Pai
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Early Spanish explorers reported seeing tribes wandering in the territory occupied by the Pai, but due to remoteness of this area and the tribes' semi-nomadic nature little was known about them until the arrival of European trappers and explorers in the late 18th century. Over the next century, the other Pai bands either disappeared or were absorbed into the Haualapai and Havasupai bands. The Havasupai, whose name means "people of the blue-green water," are so-named for the impressive waters found in Cataract Canyon, the area where they lived for part of each year. This area, with its permanent rivers and lush waterfalls, has been referred to as the "Shangri-La" of the American West. The Hualapai (also sometimes spelled Walapai), or "people of the tall pines," inhabited the plateaus and canyons to the west of the Havasupai.
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Cataract Canyon, Havasupai, Arizona Source - http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-125691077/stock-photo-beautiful-havasu-falls-supai-arizona.html?src=q55CSqUyWkIlXf1tlNbuSg-1-44 |
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