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Grand Canyon Native Indians

Grand Canyon Native Indians. By Jhonabell Jackson. Who Inhabited the Grand Canyon?. Hualapai Havasupai Navajo Paiute Hopi Zuni. Figure 1. Jackson, J. Hualapai Tribe. Inhabited the Grand Canyon area for hundreds of years. Today there are 2,300 members Grand Canyon Skywalk.

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Grand Canyon Native Indians

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  1. Grand Canyon Native Indians By Jhonabell Jackson

  2. Who Inhabited the Grand Canyon? • Hualapai • Havasupai • Navajo • Paiute • Hopi • Zuni Figure 1. Jackson, J.

  3. Hualapai Tribe • Inhabited the Grand Canyon area for hundreds of years. • Today there are 2,300 members • Grand Canyon Skywalk Figure 2. National Geographic

  4. 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 members Figure 3. National Park Service

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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 Kiva Figure 6. National Geographic.

  8. Zuni Tribe • PuebloanTribe 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

  9. 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

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