Havasupai Reservation, Havasupai Tribe

The Havasupai (people of the blue green water) Reservation is located at the southwest corner of the Grand Canyon National Park. It consists of 188,077 acres. The nearest community is Peach Springs on the Hualapai Reservation, which lies 79 miles southwest of the Havasupai Reservation.

The Havasupai Reservation is situated among plateaus, which are dissected with deep, scenic canyons, typical of the Grand Canyon. Notable geographic features include The Great Thumb, Long Mesa, and Tenderfoot Mesa, which converge on the Coconino Plateau at the south end of the reservation.

Havasu (a.k.a. Cataract) Canyon, now the permanent home of the Havasupai Tribe, is internationally known for its blue water and spectacular waterfalls adorned with travertine columns, shelves and skirts. Topography of the plateaus consists of rolling, gentle slopes, to escarpments of Kaibab Limestone.

Each year, thousands of visitors hike or ride horses into the canyon. The tribe operates a lodge at the bottom of the canyon (3000 feet deep), offering overnight accommodations, as well as food at the lodge’s full-menu café.

The tribe’s museum and cultural center provide visitors a chance to learn about the Havasupai people’s heritage and culture.

Census 2000 Profile

Arizona Department of Commerce, Community Profile

Tribal Enterprises

Besides the lodge near Havasu Falls, the Havasupai Tribe owns and operates a grocery store, tourist office, café, post office, a museum and cultural center, as well as an

art and silk-screen studio.

Havasupai offers camping, hiking, horse trips at the Grand Canyon. For further information,

contact the Havasupai Lodge at (928) 448-2111, e-mail: lodge@havasupaitribe.com, or contact the Havasupai Tourist Office at:

Havasupai Tourist Enterprise
P.O. Box 160
Supai, Arizona 86435

(928) 448-2121