{"id":53,"date":"2023-10-16T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T19:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandcanyonwest.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2025-09-24T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:28:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grandcanyonwest.com\/hualapai-tribe\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left is-style-short-clouds\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-left:3%;min-height:55vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"928\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3124\" alt=\"Hualapai Tribe Grand Canyon\" src=\"https:\/\/grandcanyonwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SampleHero-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:61% 11%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"61% 11%\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandcanyonwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SampleHero-1.jpg 1920w, 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has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-bb83dbae wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mmn-grandcanyon-responsive-spacer custom-spacer-block custom-spacer-block-9ec849a0-5962-4e5c-bd06-2e24b199a01c\" style=\"height:6rem\"><style>@media (max-width: 776px) {\n          .custom-spacer-block-9ec849a0-5962-4e5c-bd06-2e24b199a01c {\n            height: 7rem !important;\n          }\n        }<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5ba60c8d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading keep-indent has-header-font-family\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;text-transform:uppercase\">Hualapai<br>History<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column z-index-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f00c8009 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:5%;padding-left:5%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-o-hidden is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group main-column-auto is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default reversed-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e0e4babd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;justify-content:center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column z-index-1 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executive order established the Hualapai reservation, where the proud Indigenous people have lived since 1883.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hide-on-mobile is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full  is-style-pulled-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/grandcanyonwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zig-zag.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-912\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"justify-content:center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:53%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light hover-img main-column-auto\" style=\"max-width:68rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" 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After the torrent subsided, one man remained atop a mountain called Wikahme\u2019, or Spirit Mountain. The man grew old and believed his death was imminent until Dove brought instructions from Matavila, the Creator, to drain the ocean with the horn of a mountain sheep and then dig a hole in the ground. As the man did this the water drained away, and slowly the hills, plains, and deserts emerged into the sunlight.\u201d *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Shepherd, Jeffery P. We Are An Indian Nation. A History of the Hualapai People. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mmn-grandcanyon-responsive-spacer custom-spacer-block custom-spacer-block-09247672-f6ca-4ab1-a9ef-76e7c96c9dc5\" style=\"height:3rem\"><style>@media (max-width: 776px) {\n          .custom-spacer-block-09247672-f6ca-4ab1-a9ef-76e7c96c9dc5 {\n            height: 0rem !important;\n          }\n        }<\/style><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Hualpai are thriving thanks in part to the travel and tourism industry. As a sovereign Indian nation, the Hualapai Tribe does not receive federal funding. Every purchase at Grand Canyon West helps to sustain Hualapai communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about the Hualapai Tribe by exploring the exhibits found at the attractions at Grand Canyon West. Read more about the Hualapai Tribe in the book, \u201cWe Are An Indian Nation. A History of the Hualapai People\u201d on sale at Grand Canyon West gift shops and national book resellers. All proceeds from this book go to a college fund for members of the Hualapai Tribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Grand Canyon West is a quick, easy and scenic two hour drive from Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>5001 Diamond Bar Road, Peach Springs, AZ 86434<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hide-on-mobile negative-margin-30 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"justify-content:center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"873\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2329\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/grandcanyonwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trees-wide.png\" 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