Havasubaaja

The Havasupai, or Havsuw’ Baaja, live in the canyon country south of the Colorado River. Their homeland includes Havasu Canyon, where a perennial stream waters fields deep beneath the rim, and the Coconino Plateau above. Families traditionally divided their time between canyon gardens, intermediate terraces and winter camps on the plateau. When the Franciscan Francisco Garcés visited the Havasupai in 1776, he found them farming in the canyon. Their crops supplemented hunting and gathering across the surrounding country, and exchange with the Hopi brought tools and other goods to the community.