Grand Canyon, Arizona
Read Evan’s blog post about his trip to the Grand Canyon HERE
The Grand Canyon is cut by the Colorado River and is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and a mile deep. The disputed age of the canyon is between 5 million and 17 million years old, but the oldest rock at the very bottom is 2 billion years old. It is a miraculous view through space, distance, and time. Many indigenous groups have lived in the Canyon area over thousands of years, including the Ancestral Puebloan people. Many people were forced to leave their homes to make way for the National Park. Many indigenous nations still live in and around the Canyon, including the Havasupai, Hualapai, Navajo, and Hopi. Both the Havasupai and Hualapai reservations offer tourist opportunities for visitors.
Resources
Grand Canyon’s Native American Tribes and Indian Nations
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan, 2017)
The Native American Alliance to Protect the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon West - The Hualapai Indian Reservation