Hikers (or prospectors) posing in front of Wigleeva, a Havasupai god and goddess, Cataract Canyon (Havasu Canyon), 1898

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Title	Hikers (or prospectors) posing in front of Wigleeva, a Havasupai god and goddess, Cataract Canyon (Havasu Canyon), 1898
Description	Photographs of hikers (or prospectors) posing in front of Wigleeva, a Havasupai (Yavasupai) god and goddess, Cataract Canyon (also known as Havasu Canyon), 1898. A man and a woman standing next to their white mule are posing in front of Wigleeva, two stone pillars situated on top of the canyon walls, seen in the distance. The canyon walls have visible horizontal layers. The base of the canyon walls is strewn with large rocks. Brushes cover the sandy soil in the foreground.; "Wigleeva (also wii'igliva, or wii gl'iiv) is a double stone monument located in Supai, which is 300 feet deep in Havasu Canyons. This remarkable site is made up of Supai Sandstone. The Havasupai people revere the Wigleeva for they believe it stands over them and protects them." -- unknown author.; "Havasuw 'Baaja, the people of the blue green waters, are the traditional guardians of the Grand Canyon. Related to the Yuman, the Havasupai have from the beginning, inhabited the Grand Canyon and its environs. By 1919 with the establishment of the Grand Canyon National Park, the Tribe was restricted to 518 acres, 5 miles wide and 12 miles long in a side canyon. The Tribe has since had returned to them 188,077 acres of their former homelands which makes up their reservation today. The Havasupai Reservation is located in Coconino County, at the southwest corner of the Grand Canyon National Park. The nearest community to the Reservation is Peach Springs, 64 miles southwest from Hualapai Hilltop. The Havasupai Reservation consists of plateau country, dissected with deep, scenic canyons characteristic of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Havasu (Cataract) Canyon, now the permanent home of the Havasupai Indian Tribe, is internationally known for its blue water and spectacular water falls adorned with travertine columns, shelves and skirts. Topography of the plateau areas varies from rolling, gentle slopes, to escarpments of outcrops of the Kaibab Limestone." -- unknown author.
Subject (adlf)	canyons
Subject (file heading)	Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Campers, hikers, prospectors
Subject (lcsh)	Parks Canyons Camping Hiking Mines and mineral resources
Geographic subject (state)	Arizona
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1898
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1898
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	5157
Call number	CHS-5157
Microfiche number	1-91-254
Legacy record ID	chs-m17304; USC-1-1-1-14270
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-5157
Archival file	chs_Volume98/CHS-5157.tiff

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