Resource Issue: Grand Canyon
Native voices share their personal and cultural connections to the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
Native voices share their personal and cultural connections to the Little Colorado River in this collection of stories.
Native voices — sheepherders, scientists, educators, farmers, artists, and activists — share their personal and cultural connections to the Little Colorado River, from its headwaters to the Grand Canyon
Native voices share their personal and cultural connections to the Little Colorado River in this multimedia story collection.
Watch, listen, and learn from Native people who have called the Grand Canyon home since time immemorial.
Nikki Cooley, a Diné woman and Grand Canyon river guide, talks about her cultural view of the Colorado River and how to visit respectfully.
Loretta Jackson-Kelly, a Hualapai woman, speaks about her ancestral ties to the Grand Canyon and the importance of the Colorado River to her people.
Jim Enote, a Zuni tribal member, traditional farmer, and CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation talks about his homelands, the Zuni place of emergence, petroglyphs, and connections to the Grand Canyon.
Year after year of economic data shows that Grand Canyon National Park is an economic engine for northern Arizona.
According to Dianna Sue White Dove Uqualla (Havasupai), the Grand Canyon is one of the most powerful altars in this world.
Zoom in on this interactive map of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
Find out what Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument protects in this interactive story map.
The rules for managing the Colorado River expire at the end of 2026. There isn’t enough water in the Colorado River to go around. New rules are desperately needed to sustain the river for people and the environment.
Below Glen Canyon Dam, nonnative fish like smallmouth bass are threatening imperiled humpback chub in the Grand Canyon. Get the facts.
Completed in 1963, Glen Canyon Dam was designed to operate with a full reservoir behind it. But climate change and rising demand of water across the thirsty West are shrinking Lake Powell. It’s time to address the dam’s design flaws.
See a map of the Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, Southern Paiute, Yavapai-Apache, and Zuni tribes’ traditional connections to the Grand Canyon region.
A map of the traditional tribal connections to the Grand Canyon.
This map shows active mining claims, including various uranium mines, inside the boundaries of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument
A map of Ha’a Gyoh (Havasupai Gardens) in Grand Canyon National Park.
Test your Grand Canyon IQ. How many of these 100 places can you name?
This interactive map shows the Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) haul route, from the south rim of the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa uranium mill in southern Utah.
See a map of the controversial mega-resort on the doorstep of Grand Canyon National Park.
This map shows the route uranium haul trucks will take to deliver uranium ore mined at Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) to the White Mesa Mill for processing.
In 2008, there were over 8,000 mining claims on public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park.
View the map of three dam proposals that threaten the Little Colorado River.
Zoom in on the location of the proposed Tusayan development.
Congressman Raúl Grijalva was a true friend of the Grand Canyon and his conservation legacy lives on at the canyon today.
Arizona voters strongly support Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument near the Grand Canyon.