Grand Canyon Native Indians

By Jhonabell Jackson

Who Inhabited the Grand Canyon?

• Hualapai

• Havasupai

• Navajo

• Paiute

• Hopi

• ZuniFigure 1. Jackson, J.

Hualapai Tribe

• Inhabited the Grand Canyon area for hundreds of years.

• Today there are 2,300 members

• Grand Canyon Skywalk

Figure 2. National Geographic

Havasupai Tribe

• Havasupai means “people of the blue-green waters”

• Inhabits the Havasu Canyon area

• All supplies are brought to the village

• Today there are around 400 membersFigure 3. National Park Service

Navajo or Dine’ Tribe

• Over 300,000 members making the Navajo Tribe the largest tribe in North America

• The Navajo Nation is composed of 16 million acres

• Today mining, ranching, and tourism are their main industries

• Known for their traditional artistry

Figure 4. National Park Service

Paiute Tribe

• Made up of two tribes • Northern Paiute

• Southern Paiute

• Paiute means “the people”

• Grand Canyon “Kaibab” means “mountain turned upside down”

Figure 5. Kaibab Paiute Tribe

Hopi Tribe

• Believed to be descendants of Puebloan tribes.

• Build their homes on cliffs

• Today there are about 7,000 members

• Renowned desert farmers.

• Deep within the Grand Canyon• Sipapu

• Hopi KivaFigure 6. National Geographic.

Zuni Tribe

• Puebloan Tribe that live on the Zuni Pueblo

• Today there are about 12,000 members

• Speak a language that is unrelated to any other Native American language.

• Renowned Artisans.

• Grand Canyon’s Ribbon Falls and Thunder River are sacred for the Zuni’s.

Figure 7. National Park Service

References

• National Park Service. (Since 1916). National Park Arizona. Retrieved from http://www.nps.gov/grca/photosmultimedia/index.htm

• Grand Canyon Guru. Grand Canyon Tribes. Retrieved from http://www.grandcanyonguru.com/grandcanyontribes.html

• National geographic.(2012, October 28). Photo in the New: Grand Canyon Bridge Rolled Out. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070308-skywalk-picture.html

• About Havasu Falls. (2013). Waterfalls of Hvasupai. Retrieved from http://havasupaifalls.net/waterfalls.html

• Kaibab Paiute Tribe. (2008). Southern Paiute Traditional Lands. Retrieved from http://www.kaibabpaiute-nsn.gov/spc/SPCp2.html