Sovereignty

Cutaway illustration of the Havasu Canyon trail dropping from Hualapai Hilltop down to Supai village, showing a mule train, a helicopter, and blue-green waterfalls below the rim

Havasupai Lands: Supai Village, the Mule Mail, and a Sovereign Reservation

Supai village isn’t part of Grand Canyon National Park. It’s Havasupai tribal land, reached by an 8-mile trail, run on the Tribe’s own permits and infrastructure.

Cutaway illustration of the Colorado River gorge showing the disputed Hualapai reservation boundary line running along the south riverbank near a rafting exchange point

Hualapai Lands: The 108-Mile River Boundary Nobody Ever Settled

The Hualapai Tribe’s reservation runs 108 miles along the Colorado River, home to the Skywalk and a river boundary the NPS and the Tribe still don’t agree on.