GILA

hēˈlə, river, 630 mi (1,014 km) long, rising in the mountains of W N.Mex. and flowing W across Ariz. to the Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz.; the San Francisco River is its main tributary. The Gila valley was occupied by the ancestors of the Pima and Papago ethnic groups, who farmed the region by irrigation. The ruins of their dwellings are preserved in Casa Grande Ruins and Gila Cliff Dwellings national monuments (see National Parks and Monuments, table). In the river's headwater region are Gila National Forest and the government-preserved "unimproved" Gila Wilderness Area. The Gila and its tributaries have many dams to provide flood control, hydroelectricity, and water for irrigation in the arid Southwest (see Salt River valley). Coolidge and Painted Rock dams are the largest dams on the Gila River. Gila monsters (poisonous reptiles) are numerous in the Gila valley.

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Antiquities of the Upper Gila and Salt River Valleys in Arizona and New Mexico
Book by Walter Hough; Government Printing Office, 1907
Subjects: Gila River Valley (N.M. And Ariz.)--Antiquities, Salt River Valley (Ariz.)--Antiquities
...BULLETIN 35 ANTIQUITIES OF THE UPPER GILA AND SALT RIVER VALLEYS IN ARIZONA AND...28 I.--The Gila from San Carlos to the head 28 1. Sources of the Gila 29...
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Gila Monsters and Red-Eyed Rattlesnakes: Don Maguire's Arizona Trading Expeditions, 1876-1879
Book by Gary Topping, Don Maguire; University of Utah Press, 1997
Subjects: Arizona--Description And Travel, Maguire, Don--1852-1933--Journeys--Arizona, Peddlers And Peddling--Arizona--History--19th Century
Gila Monsters and Red-Eyed Rattlesnakes Gila Monsters and Red-Eyed Rattlesnakes Don Maguire's Arizona...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Maguire, Don, 1852-1933. Gila monsters and red-eyed rattlesnakes : Don Maguire's Arizona trading...
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Argentina & the Jews: A History of Jewish Immigration
Book by Haim Avni, Gila Brand; University of Alabama Press, 1991
Subjects: Argentina--Emigration And Immigration, Argentina--Ethnic Relations, Jews--Argentina--History
...Haim Avni TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY GILA BRAND Published in Cooperation with the...Haim Avni; translated from the Hebrew by Gila Brand. p. cm. -- Judaic studies series...assistance. Sincere thanks are also due to Gila Brand for her talented rendering of this...
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Death, Society, and Ideology in a Hohokam Community
Book by Randall H. McGuire; Westview Press, 1992
Subjects: Hohokam Culture, Indians Of North America--Funeral Customs And Rites--Arizona, La Ciudad Site (Ariz.), Social Archaeology
...large Classic Period ruins along the Gila and Salt rivers as va-aki or magic houses...there they moved along the Salt and Gila rivers attacking each lesser va-aki...Arizona during the 1920s, principally by Gila Pueblo, shifted the focus of investigation...
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Surviving Conquest: A History of the Yavapai Peoples
Book by Timothy Braatz; University of Nebraska Press, 2003
Subjects: Yavapai Indians--History
...southwest almost to the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. This large area...Wet basins occurred near the Hassayampa-Gila confluence and mayhavebeen the site of...near the confluence of the Colorado and Gila Rivers, where they prac- ticed floodplain...
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The Liberal Bind: The Conflict between Women's Rights and Patriarchal Religion in the Liberal State
Journal article by Gila Stopler; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 31, 2005
Subjects: Democracy--Research, Democracy--United States, Multiculturalism--Research, Women's rights--Research, Women--Research
...Religion in the Liberal State. by Gila Stopler So long as tens of thousands...on the basis of race or ethnicity, see Gila Stopler, "Countenancing the Oppression...to equality within their community, see Gila Stopler, "The Free Exercise of Discrimination...
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Aharon Appelfeld: a Hundred Years of Jewish Solitude
Journal article by Gila Ramras-Rauch; World Literature Today, Vol. 72, 1998
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...Y. H. Yerushalmi, in Zakhor By GILA RAMRAS-RAUCH 1. INTRODUCTION. The literature...contin ____________________ GILA RAMRAS-RAUCH is Professor of Hebrew Literature...general discussion of Appelfeld, see Gila Ramras- Rauch , Aharon Appelfeld: The...
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Logical Consequence: An Epistemic Outlook
Journal article by Gila Sher; The Monist, Vol. 85, 2002
Subjects: Epistemology, Knowledge, Theory of, Logic, Quine, W.V.--Criticism and interpretation, Semantics (Philosophy)
Logical Consequence: An Epistemic Outlook. by Gila Sher The 1st-order thesis, namely, the thesis that logical...143-54. Thagard, P. 1992. Conceptual Revolutions. Princeton. Gila Sher...
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Keeping and Disclosing a Secret among People with HIV in Israel
Journal article by Gila Landau, Alan S. York; Health and Social Work, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: HIV (Viruses)--Care and treatment, HIV (Viruses)--Prevention, HIV--Care and treatment, HIV--Prevention
...Disclosing a Secret among People with HIV in Israel. by Gila Landau , Alan S. York Acquiring HIV infection is sometimes...confronting the challenge of HIV infection. AIDS Care, 11, 181-193. Gila Landau, PhD, is a lecturer, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist...
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The Impact of Clients' Mental Illness on Social Workers' Job Satisfaction and Burnout
Journal article by Gila M. Acker; Health and Social Work, Vol. 24, 1999
Subjects: Burn out (Psychology)--Causes of, Job satisfaction--Causes of, Job stress--Causes of, Social workers--Psychology and mental health
...illness on social workers job satisfaction and burnout. by Gila M. Acker During the past two decades, there has been considerable...pp. 151-162). New York: Taylor Francis. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gila M. Acker, DSW, ACSW, is a clinical social worker in private practice...
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Modern Science Takes a Look at an Ancient Monster
Magazine article by Bert Gildart; National Wildlife, Vol. 36, February 1998
Subjects: Chihuahuan Desert--Plants and animals, Lizards--Behavior
...burrow in New Mexicos Chihuahuan Desert, a Gila monster claws to the surface and peers...following her signals, this particular Gila monster is also one of a select few that...travels--and is known among colleagues as Dr. Gila Monster. "Gila monsters," he says, "function...
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The Seeds of Food Security
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 58, May-June 2006
Subjects: Native plants--Protection and preservation, Nonprofit organizations--Services
...Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort, on the Gila River Indian Reservation in southern Arizona...eastern Arizona demanded irrigation, the Gila River began to dry up, with the final blow...Lettuces Hand Picked by the Children of Gila Crossing School," followed by those savory...
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Welcome New Members
Magazine article; Corrections Today, Vol. 68, April 2006
Subjects: American Correctional Association--Membership, Trade and professional associations--Membership, Trade associations--Membership
Welcome New Members. ORGANIZATIONAL ARIZONA -- Gila River Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation MICHIGAN -- Livingston County Jail TEXAS -- Professional Claims Managers Inc...
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Defense of the Realm: Is the Endangered Species Act Really Working?
Magazine article by Ted Williams; Sierra, Vol. 81, January 1996
Subjects: Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Protection, United States. Fish and Wildlife Service--Management, United States. Forest Service--Management, Western States--Environmental aspects, Wise use movement--Political activity
...hundred miles southeast of Guy Pences Toiyabe district--on Gila National Forest in New Mexico--the Forest Service may...whining welfare ranchers than the plight of the endangered Gila trout. The Gila trout is neither cutthroat nor rainbow, but a species...
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San Diego
Magazine article; California History, Vol. 82, Winter 2004
...survey a line from the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers to a point on the Pacific...responsible for charting the point where the Gila met the Colorado; and Hardcastle was to...some coming the southern route via the Gila River, others abandoning their ships and...
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Gila Swim Away from Extinction
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 9, 2003
Gila swim away from extinction Byline: Gene Mueller, THE...does. It begins with a native mountain fish known as the Gila trout that was in dire straits until hard-working conservationists...interesting missive. In part, he wrote, "The local lexicon of the Gila region speaks of cultural conflicts: Massacre, Apache, Deadman...
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GOPAC, Go
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 4, 1996
Subjects: Gingrich, Newt
...David Bonior is perhaps best described as the gila monster of Washington politics. The gila (pronounced heela) monster - for those who didnt...lizard with black and orange stripes. When the gila monster sinks its teeth into its prey, its jaws...
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Reptile Revelation; Lizard Enzymes Used to Produce New Medicine, Hope for Diabetics
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 23, 2006
Subjects: Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetics
...Christian Toto, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Gila monsters are giving new hope to diabetes...check www.dlife.com for air times. The Gila-inspired medicine is part of a new wave...researcher named Dr. John Eng discovered the Gila connection through a laborious protein...
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25,000 Pot Plants Seized; 17 Arrested
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 2, 2007
...October. The raids were carried out by the Gila County Narcotics Task Force, which includes...Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Gila County Sheriffs Office, the U.S. Forest...supplies necessary for wilderness survival. Gila County Sheriff John R. Armer said since...
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TRAVEL: Luxuriate in History
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 25, 2006
...I-10 on the way to Tucson. Its luxurious and set beside the Gila River with a mountainous backdrop, but this is not your ordinary...tribes, who had always grown corn, fruit and vegetables in the Gila valley, were left literally high and dry as their huge river...
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Gila
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GILA he l , river, 630 mi (1,014 km) long, rising in the mountains...Ariz.; the San Francisco River is its main tributary. The Gila valley was occupied by the ancestors of the Pima and Papago...of their dwellings are preserved in Casa Grande Ruins and Gila Cliff Dwellings national monuments (see National Parks...
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Gila Monster
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GILA MONSTER he l , venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, found in the deserts of the SW United States and NW Mexico. It averages...through which it passes are set far back in the mouth, venom does not always enter the wound when a victim is bitten. The gila monster must fix its teeth deeply in a certain position to give a fatal bite. The only other member of the genus Heloderma...
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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT see National Parks and Monuments (table). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Maricopa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...under pressure from the Yuma, moved up the Gila River in Arizona from the Colorado River...in 1990, now live with the Pima on the Gila River and the Salt River reservations in...pottery. See L. Spier, Yuman Tribes of the Gila River (1933, repr. 1970); P. H. Ezell...
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Gilalai
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GILALAI gil la, gila lai, gil la i, in the Bible, one of Ezras musicians. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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