Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument protects nearly 1 million acres of tribes’ ancestral homelands on the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon.
Carletta Tilousi shares her Havasupai connections to the Grand Canyon region in this short video.
Transcript
CARLETTA TILOUSI: According to Havasupai stories and the teachings I was provided, all this region here—the Grand Canyon region, Red Butte, Wii’i Gdwissa, Wii Hagnbajah—is originally our ancient territories. And there’s also burial sites and sweat lodges and archaeological rock writings that are also in this area. And we have a responsibility to take care of this place. That’s a very big responsibility for the Havasupai. That’s why we’re coming together and reaching out to the other tribes to protect this beautiful area.
Learn about tribes’ efforts to protect these ancestral homelands as Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument
