OLD ORAIBI IS A HOPI VILLAGE IN NAVAJO COUNTRY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF ARIZONA. IT IS ON THE THIRD MESA OF THE HOPI RESERVATION. IT WAS FOUNDED BEFORE THE YEAR 1100 A.D. MAKING IT ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED SETTLEMENTS IN THE U.S. ARCHAEOLOGISTS THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME SEVERE DROUGHTS IN THE 13TH CENTURY AND THE HOPI WERE FORCED TO CONSOLIDATE TO A FEW POPULATION CENTERS. HOWEVER, OLD ORAIBI WAS A SURVIVING CENTER THAT GREW CONSIDERABLY AND BECAME AN INFLUENTIAL SETTLEMENT. BY 1890 THE POPULATION WAS 900. MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED THIS CENTER WHEN WE WERE TRAVELING DURING GRADUATE SCHOOL AT ASU. THERE WERE NO OTHER NON HOPI FOLKS THERE. THE BEATING OF THE DRUMS AND THE DANCING PUT THE AUDIENCE INTO A TRANCE!
IN 1890 A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS MORE RECEPTIVE TO THE CULTURAL INFLUENCES MOVED CLOSER TO THE TRADING POST TO ESTABLISH NEW ORAIBI SPLIT. BETWEEN THOSE WHO WANTED TO PRESERVE THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS AND THOSE WHO OPPOSED THEM. TRIBAL LEADERS DECIDED THAT THE TRADITIONALISTS WOULD MOVE TO A NEW VILLAGE CALLED HOTEVILLA.
OLD ORAIBI HAS RESISTED THE ADOPTION OF THE MORE MODERN CULTURE. THESE FOLKS ARE VERY PRIVATE. THE SETTLEMENT IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
LAGUNA PUEBLO
LAGUNA ANCESTORS LIVED HERE ABOUT 3000 B.C. THIS NATIVE AMERICAN PUEBLO IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IS SPANISH FOR LAKE. THERE IS A RESERVATION ON THE LAKE. THEY HAVE 7000 FOLKS THERE AND A MISSION SAN JOSE DE LA LAGUNA THAT WAS BUILT BY SPANISH IN 1699. THEY VALUE EDUCATION AND INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY SO A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS LED TO MANY WELL EDUCATED LAGUNA FOLKS. THEY HAVE URANIUM MINING ON THEIR LAND TO SUPPORT THEIR SCHOLARSHIP. THEY HAVE A LAGUNA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST U.S. CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ. LAGUNA AND ACOMA ARE CLOSELY TIED, INCLUDING BY LOCATION.
THE PUEBLO OPERATES SEVERAL BUSINESSES, A TOURIST AND TRUCK ROUTE CORRIDOR TO ATTRACT NEW MEXICO TOURISTS; A HAUL TRUCK BUSINESS, AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES.
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THE PUEBLO OPERATES SEVERAL BUSINESSES, A TOURIST AND TRUCK ROUTE CORRIDOR TO ATTRACT NEW MEXICO TOURISTS; A HAUL TRUCK BUSINESS, AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES.
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TAOS PUEBLO
TAOS PUEBLO IS LOCATED JUST JUST NORTH OF THE SANTE FE. IT IS THE LARGEST SURVIVING MULTI STORIED STRUCTURE AT A PUEBLO IN THE U.S. THEIR WATER SOURCE IS CRYSTAL BLUE RIO PUEBLO WHICH ORIGINATES AT A SACRED BLUE LAKE. LIFE HERE HAS EXISTED FOR 1000 YEARS. THEY MAKE ALL KINDS OF CRAFTS FOR TOURISTS, INCLUDING TEE SHIRTS, MOCCASINS, AND DRUMS, SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS, AND JEWELRY, AND TRADITIONAL ART FORMS. THEY MAKE HIGH QUALITY MICA FLECKED POTTERY. ABOUT 150 PEOPLE LIVE HERE.
IN 1966 IT WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IF YOU VISIT ON A FEAST DAY THEY SING SONGS AND DANCE TRADITIONALLY WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THEIR LAND IS 99,000 ACRES. THEY LOVE TO BAKE LARGE LOAVES OF BREAD IN OUTDOOR OVENS.
MY MOM, BROTHER, SISTER IN LAW VISITED THE PUEBLO WHEN WE TOURED ALBUQUERQUE ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. IT HAD A NICE CLEAR CREEK RUNNING THROUGH THROUGH THE VILLAGE. THEY HAVE BOTH KIVAS AND A CATHOLIC MISSION. NINETY PERCENT ARE CATHOLIC. THEY TRAVEL UP TAOS MT. TO HAVE SACRED CEREMONIES.
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IN 1966 IT WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IF YOU VISIT ON A FEAST DAY THEY SING SONGS AND DANCE TRADITIONALLY WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THEIR LAND IS 99,000 ACRES. THEY LOVE TO BAKE LARGE LOAVES OF BREAD IN OUTDOOR OVENS.
MY MOM, BROTHER, SISTER IN LAW VISITED THE PUEBLO WHEN WE TOURED ALBUQUERQUE ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. IT HAD A NICE CLEAR CREEK RUNNING THROUGH THROUGH THE VILLAGE. THEY HAVE BOTH KIVAS AND A CATHOLIC MISSION. NINETY PERCENT ARE CATHOLIC. THEY TRAVEL UP TAOS MT. TO HAVE SACRED CEREMONIES.
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SKUNK TRAIN IN WILLITS
WHEN I WAS A MOM AND RAISING OUR SON OUR FAMILY TOOK SEVERAL RIDES ON THE SKUNK TRAIN FROM WILLITS TO FORT BRAGG. THE SKUNK TRAIN GOES THROUGH DENSE REDWOOD FORESTS AND TAKES ABOUT 2 TO 3 HOURS TO GO HALF WAY AND ABOUT 5 HOURS TO GO TO FORT BRAGG. AT THE MID STATION THE TRAIN STOPS TO REFILL IT'S WATER TANK. IT IS A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND THE FUMES ARE PRETTY HEAVY IF YOU ARE RIDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAIN. WE HAVE TAKEN RIDES ON IT SEVERAL TIMES AS MY YOUNG SON LOVED TRAINS. AT THE MID STATION THEY HAVE SOME FOOD AND THE PASSENGERS GET OFF TO WALK AROUND AND STRETCH. THEY HAVE AN UNUSUAL TRAIN STATION IN WILLITS WITH ALL SORTS OF CRAFTERS AND RESTAURANTS. IT IS A POPULAR ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS WITH CHILDREN.
WILLITS IS A SMALL TOWN IN MENDOCINO COUNTY THAT IS HEAVILY WOODED. MUCH OF THE SURROUNDING FOREST IS WITHIN THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST.
WILLITS IS A SMALL TOWN IN MENDOCINO COUNTY THAT IS HEAVILY WOODED. MUCH OF THE SURROUNDING FOREST IS WITHIN THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
PECOS INDIAN PUEBLO
PECOS INDIAN PUEBLO IS THE LARGEST OF THE PUEBLOS AND MOST POPULAR. THEY SPEAK A LANGUAGE OF THE TANOAN FAMILY. THEY ARE ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE PECOS RIVER, 30 MILES FROM SOUTHEAST FROM SANTE FE. DURING PREHISTORY THE PECOS FOLKS OCCUPIED NUMEROUS 200 - 300 ROOM PUEBLOS.IN 1540 WHEN THE FIRST, SPANIARDS CAME THROUGH UNDER CORONADO THE TRIBE WAS IN A COMMUNAL STRUCTURE AT PECOS. THEY PROBABLY ORIGINATED FROM THE NORTH AND SHIFTED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE. THE PRINCIPAL PUEBLO OF THE TRIBE.
WHEN CORONADO VISITED PECOS THERE WERE 2500 PEOPLE RESIDING IN TWO GREAT COMMUNAL BUILDINGS ON THE TERRACE. THE PUEBLO RAIDED BY COMANCHES IN 1790 TO 1793 IN WHICH EVERY MAN WAS KILLED! THEN THERE WERE EPIDEMICS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE PROXIMITY OF THE WATER TO THE CEMETERY. THEY HAD ABOUT 26 CLAMS.
PECOS IS A MIXTURE OF THE OLD SPANISH AND MODERN WEST. IT IS AT 7000 FEET ELEVATION AND HAS PINE SCENTED AIR. THEY HAVE GALLERIES AND GIFT STORES. PECOS MEN WERE MIDDLE MEN IN THE TRADING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE RIVER PUEBLOS AND PLAINS TRIBES. THEY WERE ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL AND PRACTICED IN THE ARTS AND CUSTOMS OF THESE TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.
THEY PRACTICED ANCIENT TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PATTERNS. PLANTED SACRED CORD, COTTON, BEANS, AND SQUASH. THIS PUEBLO IS PREPARED FOR ANY TYPE OF ATTACK AS THEY HAVE A LARGE WALL AROUND THE PUEBLO WITH DEFENSIVE AMMUNITION.
THEY EXPERIENCED AN ELABORATE CEREMONIAL LIFE. THEY HAD MANY KIVAS, REACHED OUT TO THE NURTURING SPIRITS OF ALL THINGS. HARMONY AND FITNESS WERE THE HIGHEST IDEALS. THE SPANIARDS THOUGHT THE PECOS WERE EITHER ENEMIES OR POWERFUL ALLIES.
DURING PREHISTORIC TIMES AROUND 1000 A.D. THE FIRST PRE PUEBLO PEOPLE BUILT ROCK AND MUD VILLAGES IN THE PRESENT AREA OF THE PECOS. THEIR SURROUNDING LAND HAD MANY NATURAL RESOURCES. THEY USED EVERY PLANT FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, MEDICINE AND TURNED EVERY PART OF THE ANIMALS THEY HUNTED INTO A USEFUL ITEM. THEY WERE PRIMARILY FARMERS. THEY BUILT CHECK DAMS TO SLOW RUNOFF AND PLANTED THEIR CROPS WHERE TOPSOIL COLLECTED. THEY HAD STOREROOMS PILED HIGH WITH CORN FOR THREE YEARS! THIS PUEBLO NOW HAS A NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK WITH ARTIST'S DEMONSTRATIONS, AND GUIDED TOURS.
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WHEN CORONADO VISITED PECOS THERE WERE 2500 PEOPLE RESIDING IN TWO GREAT COMMUNAL BUILDINGS ON THE TERRACE. THE PUEBLO RAIDED BY COMANCHES IN 1790 TO 1793 IN WHICH EVERY MAN WAS KILLED! THEN THERE WERE EPIDEMICS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE PROXIMITY OF THE WATER TO THE CEMETERY. THEY HAD ABOUT 26 CLAMS.
PECOS IS A MIXTURE OF THE OLD SPANISH AND MODERN WEST. IT IS AT 7000 FEET ELEVATION AND HAS PINE SCENTED AIR. THEY HAVE GALLERIES AND GIFT STORES. PECOS MEN WERE MIDDLE MEN IN THE TRADING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE RIVER PUEBLOS AND PLAINS TRIBES. THEY WERE ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL AND PRACTICED IN THE ARTS AND CUSTOMS OF THESE TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.
THEY PRACTICED ANCIENT TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PATTERNS. PLANTED SACRED CORD, COTTON, BEANS, AND SQUASH. THIS PUEBLO IS PREPARED FOR ANY TYPE OF ATTACK AS THEY HAVE A LARGE WALL AROUND THE PUEBLO WITH DEFENSIVE AMMUNITION.
THEY EXPERIENCED AN ELABORATE CEREMONIAL LIFE. THEY HAD MANY KIVAS, REACHED OUT TO THE NURTURING SPIRITS OF ALL THINGS. HARMONY AND FITNESS WERE THE HIGHEST IDEALS. THE SPANIARDS THOUGHT THE PECOS WERE EITHER ENEMIES OR POWERFUL ALLIES.
DURING PREHISTORIC TIMES AROUND 1000 A.D. THE FIRST PRE PUEBLO PEOPLE BUILT ROCK AND MUD VILLAGES IN THE PRESENT AREA OF THE PECOS. THEIR SURROUNDING LAND HAD MANY NATURAL RESOURCES. THEY USED EVERY PLANT FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, MEDICINE AND TURNED EVERY PART OF THE ANIMALS THEY HUNTED INTO A USEFUL ITEM. THEY WERE PRIMARILY FARMERS. THEY BUILT CHECK DAMS TO SLOW RUNOFF AND PLANTED THEIR CROPS WHERE TOPSOIL COLLECTED. THEY HAD STOREROOMS PILED HIGH WITH CORN FOR THREE YEARS! THIS PUEBLO NOW HAS A NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK WITH ARTIST'S DEMONSTRATIONS, AND GUIDED TOURS.
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SANTA DOMINGO PUEBLOANS
THESE PEOPLE ARE ALSO CALLED KEWA AND THERE PUEBLO IS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF SANTE FE. IT'S POPULATION IS 2000 TO 3000 AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED WITHIN ALBUQUERQUE. THEY SPEAK AN EASTERN KERESAN LANGUAGE. THE PUEBLO CELEBRATES AN ANIMAL FEAST DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST TO HONOR ST. DOMINIC. 200 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A TRADITIONAL CORN DANCE.
KEWA PUEBLO IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PUEBLOS IN THE SOUTHWEST BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD MARKETER OF THEIR JEWELRY AND CRAFTS. IT IS THE 5TH LARGEST IN POPULATION OF NEW MEXICO'S 19 PUEBLOS. THEIR LIFE HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH SINCE THEIR FIRST ESTABLISHMENT THERE. THEY PLACE GREAT EMPHASIS ON ANCIENT RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES AND SOCIETIES. MOST IMPORTANT OF THEIR CRAFTS IS JEWELRY AND THEY TRAVEL IN ALL STATES DISPLAYING AND SELLING IT AT FAIRS. THEY ALSO MAKE FINE HEISHE OF TURQUOISE.
THEIR POTTERY IS WELL KNOWN ALSO AND THEY STRICTLY USE TRADITIONAL ANCIENT DECORATIONS AND DESIGNS. THEIR DANCES ATTRACT MANY VISITORS.
THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURE WAS OPENED IN 1976. IT IS A RESEARCH CENTER THAT DIRECTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR SCHOLARS AND INDIANS. DR. JOE SANDO IS ONE OF IT'S FOUNDERS. THE PUEBLO IS LOCATED NEAR THE ANCIENT TURQUOISE MINES. DURING LABOR DAY THERE ARE OVER 350 ARTISTS, DANCES, AND FOOD BOOTHS.
IN 1598 THE PUEBLO LEADERS MET IN A COUNCIL IN A KIVA AT SANTO DOMINGO. EACH PUEBLO WAS DEDICATED TO A PATRON SAINT BY ONATE.
IN 2007 THE EPA AWARDED SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO $ 619,000 FOR IMPROVING THEIR DRINKING WATER QUALITY.
SANTO DOMINGO POTTERY CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY IT'S BUFF COLORED CLAY, CREAM SLIP, AND DARK BLACK GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. THE CLAY OF THIS PUEBLO LENDS ITSELF TO LARGE VESSELS. THEY PAINT THEIR POTTERY WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND BIRDS. THE POTTERY IS FIRED USING COTTONWOOD BARK. IT IS A FAMOUS POTTERY.
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KEWA PUEBLO IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PUEBLOS IN THE SOUTHWEST BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD MARKETER OF THEIR JEWELRY AND CRAFTS. IT IS THE 5TH LARGEST IN POPULATION OF NEW MEXICO'S 19 PUEBLOS. THEIR LIFE HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH SINCE THEIR FIRST ESTABLISHMENT THERE. THEY PLACE GREAT EMPHASIS ON ANCIENT RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES AND SOCIETIES. MOST IMPORTANT OF THEIR CRAFTS IS JEWELRY AND THEY TRAVEL IN ALL STATES DISPLAYING AND SELLING IT AT FAIRS. THEY ALSO MAKE FINE HEISHE OF TURQUOISE.
THEIR POTTERY IS WELL KNOWN ALSO AND THEY STRICTLY USE TRADITIONAL ANCIENT DECORATIONS AND DESIGNS. THEIR DANCES ATTRACT MANY VISITORS.
THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURE WAS OPENED IN 1976. IT IS A RESEARCH CENTER THAT DIRECTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR SCHOLARS AND INDIANS. DR. JOE SANDO IS ONE OF IT'S FOUNDERS. THE PUEBLO IS LOCATED NEAR THE ANCIENT TURQUOISE MINES. DURING LABOR DAY THERE ARE OVER 350 ARTISTS, DANCES, AND FOOD BOOTHS.
IN 1598 THE PUEBLO LEADERS MET IN A COUNCIL IN A KIVA AT SANTO DOMINGO. EACH PUEBLO WAS DEDICATED TO A PATRON SAINT BY ONATE.
IN 2007 THE EPA AWARDED SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO $ 619,000 FOR IMPROVING THEIR DRINKING WATER QUALITY.
SANTO DOMINGO POTTERY CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY IT'S BUFF COLORED CLAY, CREAM SLIP, AND DARK BLACK GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. THE CLAY OF THIS PUEBLO LENDS ITSELF TO LARGE VESSELS. THEY PAINT THEIR POTTERY WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND BIRDS. THE POTTERY IS FIRED USING COTTONWOOD BARK. IT IS A FAMOUS POTTERY.
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HAVASUPAI INDIANS
THE HAVASUPAI LIVE AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE GRAND CANYON, AND HAVE BEEN IN CATARACT CANYON FOR OVER 800 YEARS. THEIR NAME MEANS PEOPLE OF THE GREEN BLUE WATERS. IN 1882 THE GOVERNMENT FORCED THEM TO LEAVE MUCH OF THEIR ORIGINAL LAND EXCEPT FOR 578 ACRES. THEY WITNESSED A SILVER MINING PERIOD AND THE RAILWAY THAT WAS BUILT DESTROYED SOME OF THEIR LAND. IN 1975 THEY FOUGHT FOR RESTORING LAND THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND REGAINED 250,000 ACRES OF THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS! THEIR LANDS ARE A TOURIST HUB THAT ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR.
I HAVE BACKPACKED THERE AND SWAM IN THEIR TURQUOISE WATERS. THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR FALLS THAT ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S.
THEY HAD SOME INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOPI TO THE EAST. THEIR RESERVATION WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEM AND THEY TRADED A LOT.
I HAVE BACKPACKED THERE AND SWAM IN THEIR TURQUOISE WATERS. THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR FALLS THAT ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S.
THEY HAD SOME INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOPI TO THE EAST. THEIR RESERVATION WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEM AND THEY TRADED A LOT.
HOPIS INTRODUCED THEM TO SUNFLOWERS ND GOURDS THAT THE HAVASUPI LIKED. THEY DID HAVE ENEMIES WHO STOLE THEIR CROPS - THESE PEOPLE WERE YAVAPI AND SOUTHERN PAIUTE.
THE ANGLO SETTLERS HUNTED THE GAME IN THEIR LANDS AND DEPLETED THEM. INTERACTION WITH THE ANGLOS LEAD TO DISEASES THAT THEY WERE NOT FAMILIAR ITH - SMALLPOX, INFLUENZA, AND MEASLES. BY 1906 ONLY 106 MEMBERS REMAINED. IN 1817 THE RAILROAD SPUR OF THE SANTE FE RAILROAD WENT DIRECTLY TO THE GRAND CANYON. BY 1908 THE GRAND CANYON BECAME A NATURAL MONUMENT. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HIKED DOWN THE CANYON AND ORDERED THE HAVASUPAI TO LEAVE THE AREA. BY 1950 THE SETTLERS COMING WEST AFFECTED THE HAVASUPAI.
IN 1968 THEY WON THEIR INDIAN CLAIM COMMUNITY CASE THAT SAID THE GOVERNMENT ILLEGALLY TOOK THEIR LAND. IN THE 70'S THEY CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR THE 251,00 ACRES. FINALLY IN 75 PRESIDENT FORD SIGNED THE BILL SAYING THEY WERE GRANTED TITLE TO 160,000 ACRES, WHILE THE NPS OVERSAW 90,000 ACRES. HOWEVER, THE HAVASUPAI WERE FREE TO USE IT.
SINCE 1976 THE TRIBE HAS BEGUN TO FLOURISH AND THERE ARE ABOUT 650 MEMBERS. THEY HELP OUT IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. PRIOR TO THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AGRICULTURE WAS WHAT THEY USED TO SURVIVE ALONG WITH HUNTING. IN THE WINTER THEY STAYED UP ON THE PLATEAU AND IN SUMMER THEY IRRIGATED THEIR CROPS IN THE CANYON WHERE THEY HAD SHELTERS. THEIR MAIN CROPS WERE CORN BEANS AND SQUASH, SUNFLOWERS, GOURDS, AND COTTON.
THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO MELONS, AND ORCHARDS AND TREES BY THE SPANISH. BY THE 40'S THEY WERE STAPLES. HUNTING WAS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE - THEY HUNTED SHEEP AND DEER, RABBITS, AND SQUIRRELS.TRADITIONALLY THEY HUNTED IN LARGE GROUPS DURING THE 1900'S LARGE GAMES ANIMALS DROPPED DUE TO OVER HUNTING. GATHERING WILD PLANTS WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. THEY SEEDS FROM PLANTS. THE WOMEN COLLECTED PLANTS AND SEEDS THAT COULD BE MOVED TO THE PLATEAU DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. WALNUTS, AND BARREL CACTI WERE A FEW OF THE PLENTIFUL PLANTS GATHERED BY THE WOMEN.
THEY SPEAK UPLAND YUMAN LANGUAGE. IT IS THE ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY 100% OF THEIR POPULATION. SUPAI IS THE TOWN LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF HAVASUPAI FALLS. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE CITIES IN THE U.S. THEY HAVE 136 HOMES, A CAFE, A GENERAL STORE, AND A TOURISM OFFICE, A SCHOOL AND SEVERAL CHURCHES.
TOURISM IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR HAVASUPI. THEY GET 12,000 VISITORS PER YEAR. THE TRIBE CHARGES FOR ENTERING THEIR LAND. THE HELICOPTER CONTRACTOR BRINGS BRINGS DOWN MUCH OF THE SUPPLIES FOR THE TOWN. THEY NOW HAVE A SMALL LODGE WITH A FEW ROOMS. I HAVE HIKED UP AND DOWN THEIR 10 MILE GRAVEL STEEP TRAIL IN THE SUMMER WHICH DESCENDS 3000 FEET. THERE IS A CAMPGROUND DOWN THERE WHERE MY HUSBAND AND I AND SOME FRIENDS CAMPED AND COOKED OUR MEALS.
THERE IS HAVASU CREEK THAT MEANDERS 50 MILES UNTIL IT ENTERS THEIR CANYON AND FEEDS THREE WATER FALLS THERE. THE WATER IN THE POOLS STAYS AROUND 70 DEGREES ROUND. THE FALLS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR BLUE GREEN COLOR AND TRAVERTINE FORMATION. ANYTHING THAT FALLS INTO RIVER THE RIVER CHANGES THE COLOR OF IT YEAR TO YEAR. THE CREEK EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO COLORADO RIVER. THIS IS A DRY LIMESTONE FALLS FORMATION (NAVAJO FALLS) THAT WAS NAMED AFTER A SUPAI CHIEF. HAVASU FALLS DROPS 120 FEET DOWN AND HAS BEEN A VERY POPULAR FALLS. MOONEY FALLS IS THE THIRD FALLS. IT HAS A VERY PRECARIOUS CLIMB THROUGH TWO TUNNELS THAT I REMEMBER.
BEAVER FALLS IS A 4TH SET OF FALLS WHICH ARE A SMALL SERIES OF FALLS. IN 2008 THEY HAD A FLOOD WHICH BROKE THE DAM ON HAVASU CREEK. THE VILLAGE HAD TO BE EVACUATED. BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD ANOTHER CREEK FORMED A NEW FALLS.
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