Indian Country
On the far side of Grand Canyon most of the land
you see is Navajo Indian Reservation. Beyond that,
on the distant horizon, lies the Pained Desert and
the Hopi Indian Reservation.
The Navajo Indian Reservation borders the Grand
Canyon on the east from Lees Ferry south, beyond
the gorge of the Little Colorado River (see map
at right). The Navajo people, Athabaskans who
migrated into the American southwest from
western Canada in the 1400s, were traditionally
nomadic hunters and warriors.
The Hopi Indians trace their ancestry to the
prehistoric Pueblo people we know as Anasazi
and they know as Hisatsinom. They have
inhabited the lands to the east continuously
since before the 13th century.
Navajo Mountain lies astride the Arizona/Utah
border near the shore of Lake Powell.
[Features in picture, from left to right]
Echo Cliffs
Navajo Mountain
Distance 80 miles 129km
Navajo Indian Reservation
Little Colorado River Gorge
