Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Story of the Havasupai People

I Am the Grand Canyon: The Story of the Havasupai People
The Story of the Havasupai People
 (Native American History and Culture)
This book tells the story of the Havasupai, who were among the first group of Native Americans to arrive in North America some 20,000 years ago. The author of this book, Stephen Hirst and his wife lived with the Havasupai people for six years. Having gotten as close inside their life, beliefs, and lore as any outsiders ever could, Hirst gives a compelling account of the Havasupai people and their struggle to recover nearly 200,000 acres of ancestral land from the government, which was taken from them in the nineteenth century.