Havasupai and Their Land
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These posts tell in chronological order how the Havasupai lost most of their territory,
and their long struggle--and success--to repatriate some of that land.
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My Context for the Havasupai Land Story
Sets the Havasupai story in its context of who owns what in the Grand Canyon
An outline of an earlier book attempt that I used for a first take on the Havasupai story
The Havasupai Before the Reservation
Goes back into the Canyon's archeo-history, and the stories from the pre-whitefolk peoples
Presents information and speculation specifically on Havasupai origins,
up into the appearance of whitefolk in the 1870's
Establishing a Reservation
Compares how the Hualapai Reservation was established contemporaneously with,
but mysteriously differently from, the Havasupai's
The events of 1880-1 setting the boundaries that lasted over 90 years
The Southern Paiute had a method for dealing with problems confronting them;
did the Havasupai try it?
The Long Stranglehold
Between 1881 and 1919, the error was recognized, but a solution put aside
The conflicts and difficulties of Havasupai relations with Grand Canyon N.P.
The Havasupai push harder; the federal government sets itself in more firmly
Congress Decides
Even as the agencies want more, the Havasupai enlist high-powered support
As told from the Havasupai side, how they won
The battle; a story told based on other materials
From materials I collected and recorded at the time, another perspective
The Havasupai attack
Introduction and first salvos
The battle; a story told based on other materials
From materials I collected and recorded at the time, another perspective
The Havasupai attack
Introduction and first salvos
The language of Public Law 93-620, and the Conference report elaborating on it
My section-by-section analysis of what the Havasupai won
What the House and Congress actually did
How Beaver Falls fell out of the Park
More on Beaver Falls
Another bit of evidence on what Congress enacted
Legal documentation on public right to visit Beaver Falls from the river
Maps and law on the Park boundary as set in the 1975 Act The Secretarial Havasupai Land Use Plan
Introduction to the making of the Plan
Finished and unfinished business
Sketching how the Plan got done
We were on the outside, but tried to make a few points stick
An analysis of the Land Use Plan, and some questions
A Plan of the past, of the future. Is it time to ask?
A look into some of the relevant Havasupai studies
And a good-bye to the 1975 Act's aftermath
What the House and Congress actually did
How Beaver Falls fell out of the Park
More on Beaver Falls
Another bit of evidence on what Congress enacted
Legal documentation on public right to visit Beaver Falls from the river
Maps and law on the Park boundary as set in the 1975 Act The Secretarial Havasupai Land Use Plan
Introduction to the making of the Plan
Finished and unfinished business
Sketching how the Plan got done
We were on the outside, but tried to make a few points stick
An analysis of the Land Use Plan, and some questions
A Plan of the past, of the future. Is it time to ask?
A look into some of the relevant Havasupai studies
And a good-bye to the 1975 Act's aftermath
Afterthoughts
Representative, later Senator, Carl Hayden of Arizona was a prime mover
in Havasupai land history
Could whitefolk have been Havasupai saviors?
A speculation on a Southwest where whitefolk never conquered
Could whitefolk have been Havasupai saviors?
A speculation on a Southwest where whitefolk never conquered
Some thoughts about why it took almost a century for Havasupai land repatriation
