Much of the land within the canyon, but outside Grand Canyon National Park is still tribal land today. The Grand Canyon is a sacred place to local tribes who still live in the area and keep their cultural and traditions alive.
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Grand Canyon West is situated on the Hualapai Indian Reservation and is an enterprise of the Hualapai Tribal Nation, a sovereign Indian nation that has been federally recognized since 1883.
The Grand Canyon is a place of immeasurable importance to Native people in the Southwest. The park shares boundaries with three federally recognized tribes; a total of 11 federally recognized tribes are traditionally associated with what is now Grand Canyon National Park.
The Havasupai Tribe is one of 11 Native American tribes that are traditionally affiliated with the Grand Canyon National Park. They've been living among the Grand Canyon's towering red walls of rock and expansive high desert landscape for centuries, before it ever became a U.S. national park.
The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation.
Despite these strategically located private in-holdings, the vast majority of the Grand Canyon is owned by the federal government, held in trust for the American people and managed by a varied collection of federal agencies. Indian reservations, state land, and private land surround these federal lands.
The first Europeans to reach the Grand Canyon were Spanish explorers in the 1540s. President Benjamin Harrison first protected the Grand Canyon in 1893 as a forest reserve, and it became an official United States National Park in 1919.
Nowadays, it's easy to tour the Grand Canyon by yourself. A self-guided Grand Canyon tour like this one can be downloaded straight to your phone. And traveling by yourself won't be overwhelming! Action Tour Guide's Self-Guided Grand Canyon Tour has a detailed map that guides you along your journey.
Tourism to Grand Canyon National Park contributed $710 million to local economy in 2021. A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4.5 million visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2021 spent an estimated $710 million in gateway regions near the park.
For the Hopi, it's a very spiritual place because of the Sipapuni, where we emerged from into this world. And it's where we go back to when we leave this world. I've felt an energy down there that is unreal. They say our ancestors dwell in the canyon, and I definitely feel that.