The Hualapai are a tribe of Native Americans who live in the mountains of Arizona. The name is derived from "hwal," the Yuman word for pine, "Hualapai" meaning "pinery people" or "people of the pine trees". Their traditional territory is a 100 mile (160 km) stretch along the pine-clad southern side of the Grand Canyon with the tribal capital located at Peach Springs. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th)  - Land 294,312 km²  - Water 942 km² (0. ... The Yuman people are a group of Native American ethnic groups in the same language and cultural group as the Quechan (formerly known as Yuma). ... Grand Cañon at the foot of the Toroweap - looking east, by William Henry Holmes The Grand Canyon is a colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. ...

The Reservation

The community is governed by the Hualapai Tribal Council which includes a chairperson, vice-chairperson and seven other council members. Law enforcement is provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, although the Hualapai Tribe is in the process of hiring four tribal police officers. Fire protection is provided by the BIA and the local volunteer fire department. There are community wide anti-drug and anti-alcohol efforts. Alcoholism is a major problem among First Nations people. The community has its own bi-weekly newspaper, Gamyu. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) responsibility is the administration and management of 55. ... Alcoholism is an addictive dependency on alcohol characterized by craving (a strong need to drink), loss of control (being unable to stop drinking despite a desire to do so), physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms, and tolerance (increasing difficulty of becoming drunk). ...

Location of Reservation

The Hualapai reservation is approximately a million acres (4,000 square km) along 108 miles (174 km) of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. It is mostly rolling hills, rugged mesas, forests, breathtaking cliffs and deep gorges. Colorado River can refer to one of the following rivers: The Colorado River in the western United States and Mexico that passes through the Grand Canyon. ... Grand Cañon at the foot of the Toroweap - looking east, by William Henry Holmes The Grand Canyon is a colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. ...

The tribal capital, and only major town, is Peach Springs. Peach Springs is 50 miles (80 km) east of Kingman, Arizona on historic Highway 66. The railroad established a water station in the early 1880s and called it Peach Springs due to the peach trees growing at nearby springs. Peach Springs is a census-designated place located in Mohave County, Arizona. ... Kingman is a city located in Mohave County, Arizona. ... The following highways are numbered 66: U.S. Highway 66, the most common meaning Interstate 66 Arizona State Highway 66 California State Highway 66 Connecticut State Highway 66 Florida State Road 66 Kansas State Highway 66 Massachusetts State Highway 66 Missouri State Highway 66 New Jersey State Highway 66 Oklahoma...

Community Facilities

The Hualapai Indian Reservation has a basic shopping including a general store, gas station, restaurant, and gift shop. A 60 room motel was built in 1997 for tourists who wish to stop for the night. Recreational facilities include a gymnasium, rodeo arena, ball fields, hunting lodge, community center, and senior citizens center.

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Education

Peach Springs School (grades K through 12) has a student body of 285 and is served by an 18-member faculty. The High School and Head Start Program have their own buildings, and a family training center is under construction. Head Start is a program of the US governments Department of Health and Human Services which focuses on assisting low-income children, through five years of age; so that they are prepared for school. ...

Medical Care

Basic medical and dental care is provided at a clinic in Peach Springs by the United States Public Health Service. It is staffed by two medical doctors, two registered nurses, and one public health nurse. The tribe provides it's own emergency and ambulance service. For comprehensive medical care, one must be transported to nearby Kingman. The United States Public Health Service was founded first by President John Adams as a loose network of hospitals to support the health of American seamen. ...

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Economy

The tribal economy is based on tourism, river rafting, cattle ranching, hunting expeditions, and timber cutting, as well as crafting of traditional and modern folk arts. Business matters are guided by the Hualapai Enterprise Board, a committee of independent, business-minded tribal members and non-members. Complete banking services are provided by Arizona's major financial institutions in Kingman.

Full time employment is provided mostly through government programs.

Current Growth

There has been rapid economic, social and governmental progress.

• More than 200 new homes have been built recently.
• About 14 miles of town streets have been paved and curbed.
• An improved community water and sewer system provides infrastructure for future growth.
• 300 streetlights were installed in 1999.

Tourism

Grand Canyon West is Hualapai land, and the tribal government runs tourist programs that attract more than 7,500 guests a month. Grand Canyon Caverns, just east of Peach Springs, offers guided tours through chambers 21 stories underground. The tribe also runs the only Indian-owned and operated river rafting company on the Colorado River: Hualapai River Running. The tribe also sells big game hunting permits for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, trophy elk, antelope, and mountain lion.

There are only three roads on the Huaulapai reservation of interest to tourists. Historic Route 66 goes through the center of Peach Springs, bringing tourists to the general store, gas station, deli, and the gift shop where Hualapai Folk Arts offers a variety of traditional and modern arts. Peach Springs Canyon offers the only road into the Grand Canyon. Diamond Creek Road is a conditional access road maintained by the tribe for tourists with the proper permits.

Taxes

State Taxes

The State of Arizona does not tax Indian lands and Indian-owned property on reservations. Incomes of Indians residing on reservations are not taxed by the State if wholly derived from reservation sources. Indian people of Arizona are also exempt from state and local sales taxes on consumer goods purchased on the reservation, unless such taxes are imposed by the tribal government. However, the State of Arizona collects taxes from reservation residents on sales of gasoline, electricity, natural gas, and telephone service.

Federal Taxes

The Federal Government does not exempt individual Indians from income or other federal taxes.

History & Culture

Major traditional ceremonies

"Maturity" and "Mourning"

Modern festivals

annual Sobriety Festival in June

Afterlife

The souls of the dead are believed to go northwestward to a beautiful land where plentiful harvest grow. This land is seen only by their spirits.

Traditional dress

wore full suits of deerskin and rabbit skin robes.

Traditional language

Yuman

Traditional housing

conical houses formed from cedar boughs using the single slope form

Reservation Created

by executive order in 1883

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Hualapai War

The war broke out in April of 1865 when Pai leader Anasa was murdered by drunken settlers in the area. They cut off the route from Prescott, Arizona to the Colorado River ports. It was not until W.H. Hardy negotiated a peace agreement at Beale Springs did the raids and the fighting subside. However, the agreement lasted only nine months. It was broken when Chief Wauba Yuma was murdered after a dispute with the Walker party over the treaty. Raids by the Pai Indians began in full force, raiding white mining camps and settlers. The Calvary from Fort Mojave responded by attacking Pai rancherias and burning them. The Army also used the Mojave Indians against the Pai. A notable Pai warrior was Sherum, he was known for his tenacity as a warrior. This war lasted until December 1868. The Pai began to surrender as a result of whooping cough and dystentry weakening their ranks, they were led by Under Chief Leve Leve of the Yavapai peoples. The warrior Sherum also later surrendered thus ending the Hualapai Wars. Prescott is a city located in Yavapai County, Arizona. ... Colorado River can refer to one of the following rivers: The Colorado River in the western United States and Mexico that passes through the Grand Canyon. ... Mojave is a town located in Kern County, California. ... Yavapai is the name of a native american people of central Arizona. ...