Havasupai
Americannoun
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Havasupais,
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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
Havasupai means "people of the blue-green water," McKinnon said.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
It was another big step for the Havasupai, and for the 10 other tribes that consider the Grand Canyon their ancestral homeland.
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
There are about thirty basket-makers among the Havasupais, and specimens of their work may be found in the Hopi House.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
Leaving the kindhearted Havasupais, he returned to the plateau above, and soon saw for the first time the deep gorge of the Colorado River itself,—the Grand Canyon.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
This story was told to me by O-dig-i-ni-ni-na, one of the old men story-tellers of the Havasupais.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
First the Havasupais were born, then the Apaches, then the Wallapais, then the Hopis, then the Paiutes, then the Navahos.
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
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