Voices of the Grand Canyon Film

Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. Hear voices of the Grand Canyon speak.

Experience the Grand Canyon alongside Jim Enote (Zuni), Nikki Cooley (Diné), Leigh Kuwanwisiwma (Hopi), Coleen Kaska, (Havasupai), and Loretta Jackson-Kelly (Hualapai) as they share what the Grand Canyon means to them and what they know in their hearts to be true.

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Director: Deidra Peaches

Featuring: Nikki Cooley, Jim Enote, Loretta Jackson-Kelly, Coleen Kaska, Leigh Kuwanwisiwma

This film was produced in collaboration with the Intertribal Centennial Conversations Group, which works to place Native voices at the forefront of education, stewardship, and economic opportunities in Grand Canyon National Park.

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Dragon Bravo Fire Map showing the locations and burn perimeters of the White Sage and Dragon Bravo wildfires in 2025 near Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest, with affected areas shaded in orange.
See a map of the areas the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires burned on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in the summer of 2025, destroying the lodge and numerous other park buildings.