The Sacred Oral Tradition of the Havasupai: As Retold By Elders and Headmen Manakaja and Sinyella 1918-1921

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plate 1: Mooney Falls. Photo by Frank D. Tikalsky, 1974. plate 2: Mooney Falls. Photo by Frank D. Tikalsky, 1974. plate 3: Havasupai Creek. Photo by Frank D. Tikalsky, 1974. plate 4: Early Havasupai structure built no later than the early 1900s. Note from Robert C. Euler. Photograph by Frank D. Tikalsky, 1970. plate 5: Molly Mulgullo. Mother of Havasupai Tribal Chairman Lee Marshall. It was Marshall who said to a congressional committee in the 1960s, “You talk about the Grand Canyon: I am the Grand Canyon.” Note from Robert C. Euler. Photo by Robert C. Euler, 1956. plate 6: Pachilawa, Walapai Chief. From Vol. II, The North American Indian, 1908. Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Original photo owned by Frank D. Tikalsky. During our interview with Lee Marshall in 1962, he said of this photo, “We are the same people.” plate 7: Tonovige, Havasupai Woman. From Vol. II, The North American Indian, 1908. Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Original photo owned by Frank D. Tikalsky. Of this photo Curtis wrote, “The Havasupai were encamped in the high country above their canyon home. As a snowstorm was raging at the time, Tonovige’s hair became dotted with flakes as this picture reveals.” Some say Tonovige was Walapai. map 2: Map showing aboriginal Havasupai territory, as well as past and current reservation boundaries, with inset map of Arizona. Courtesy of the artist, Charles Sternberg. ...