The
Yavapai-Apache Nation is a
federally recognized Native American tribe in
Verde Valley,
Arizona. Tribal members share two culturally distinct backgrounds and speak two indigenous languages, the
Yavapai language and the
Western Apache language. The
Yavapai-Apache Nation Indian Reservation, at , consists of five non-contiguous parcels of land located in three separate communities in eastern
Yavapai County. The two largest sections, together – almost 90 percent of the reservation's territory, are in the town of
Camp Verde. Smaller sections are located in the town of
Clarkdale , and the unincorporated community of
Lake Montezuma . The reservation's total land area is . The total resident population of the reservation was 743 persons as of the
2000 census. The 2010 Census reported 1,615 people on the reservation. Of these, 512 lived in Camp Verde, 218 in Clarkdale, and only 13 in Lake Montezuma.