The Hualapai (pron [walapaɪ], wah-lah-py, Walapai: Hwalbáy[1]) are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Arizona with about 2300 enrolled citizens.Their traditional territory is a 108-mile (174 km) stretch along the pine-clad southern side of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River with the tribal capital at Peach Springs.The Peach Springs School District runs a successful bilingual program for all local students, both Hualapai and non-Hualapai, in addition to immersion camps.The Hualapai Reservation (35°54′25″N 113°07′58″W / 35.90694°N 113.13278°W / 35.90694; -113.13278), covering 1,142 square miles (2,960 km2), was created by the Presidential Executive order of Chester A. Arthur on January 4, 1883.,[3] it is located in Coconino and Mohave counties.The war broke out in May 1865, when the Hualapai leader Anasa was killed by a man named Hundertinark in the area of Camp Willow Grove and in March 1866.In response, a man named Clower was killed by the Hualapai, who also closed the route from Prescott, Arizona, to the Colorado River ports due to the conflict.However, the agreement lasted only nine months when it was broken with the murder of Chief Wauba Yuba near present-day Kingman during a dispute with the Walker Party over the treaty.
Location of the reservation within Arizona
A Hualapai winter camp, photographed by
Edward Curtis
, 1907.
Two Hualapai baskets on display, c. 1900
Two young Walapai Indian mothers with their children on their backs, Hackbury, Arizona, c. 1900