I Am the Grand Canyon: The Story of the Havasupai People

A historical nonfiction account of the Havasupai tribe who originally populated the lands now known as the Grand Canyon and their struggle to reclaim what was stolen from them in the nineteenth century. When the federal government proposed incorporating still more Havasupai land into the National Park in 1971, they fought the US Congress, the National Parks, the US Forestry Service, and even the Sierra Club. Havasupai Tribal Chairman Lee Marshall said “I heard all you people talking about the Grand Canyon. Well, you’re looking at it. I am the Grand Canyon.” His speech paved the way for the return of thousands of acres of Havasupai land in 1975, the largest return of native land in US history.