Visit Yuma just presented the Quechan Tribe with their certificate for "Best Float" at this year's Dorothy Young Electric Light Parade. The Quechan Tribal Council donated their winnings and an additional $3,000 to the Crossroads Rescue Mission. | Visit Yuma

Yuma tribe works to preserve their native language

Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe announce effort to establish National Monument

These trails carry more than footsteps. For the Quechan people, the Xam Kwatcan Cultural Landscape is a living system of spiritual arteries. These paths connecting sacred sites such as Avi Kwalal (Pilot Knob), Avi Kweu Sawen (Cargo Muchachos), and Avi Malyakitt (Picacho Peak) hold generations of prayer, ceremony, and movement. They are central to our culture and our way of life. The Protect Kw’tsán campaign calls for permanent protection of this sacred landscape, ensuring that these places of co