Havasupai
Americannoun
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Havasupais,
plural
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Havasupai
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a member of a small tribe of nomadic North American Indians now living in Arizona.
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the Yuman language of the Havasupai.
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In 1882, the Havasupai people were removed from the Grand Canyon plateau, which they had inhabited for centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
In a 2022 letter of opposition, the Havasupai Tribal Council, laid out what is at stake in the uranium mining controversy.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
The Havasupai Tribe was landless for a time until the federal government set aside a plot in the depths of the Grand Canyon for members.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
A rescuer immediately responded on foot from Havasupai Gardens, and search and rescue crews were deployed by helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
In 2005, members of the Native American Havasupai Tribe sued Arizona State University after scientists took tissue samples the tribe donated for diabetes research and used them without consent to study schizophrenia and inbreeding.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
I have made the whole trip from Hopiland to the Havasupais and back twice, and have ridden for many years over small portions of the trail.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
Climb to the old fort, where the Havasupais used to retire to defend themselves when pressed too closely by their hereditary foes, the Apaches.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
Crossing the Red Horse Wash, known to the Havasupais as Ha-i-ga-sa-jul-ga, the line reaches Anita Junction.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
Among these were the Wallapais and the Havasupais.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
I will tell you," he said, "how the Havasupais came to select this canyon for their home.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch by Frank Gee Patchin
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