Traditionally Associated Tribes

The entire region that includes the Flagstaff Area National Monuments has been home to Native people since time immemorial.

The Flagstaff Area National Monuments (Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki) are places of immeasurable importance to Native peoples in the Southwest. Wupatki shares boundaries with the Navajo Nation, and a total of thirteen federally recognized tribes are traditionally associated with the Monuments. Park staff have been working with tribal people for many years and are creating ever-better collaborative tribal partnerships.

We gratefully acknowledge the Native peoples on whose ancestral homelands we gather, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who continue to make their home here today.

As we celebrate Native heritage, please take a moment to ponder and appreciate the diverse cultural stories these lands hold. This history, played out on lands including the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, has been dramatic and difficult - but learning from the past can help us all in the future.

Traditionally Associated Tribes

There are thirteen tribes connected to the lands and resources now found within the Flagstaff Area National Monuments:

• Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona

• Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona

• Hopi Tribe of Arizona

• Hualapai Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona

• Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona

• Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah

  • Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation

• San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona

• San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona

• Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona

• White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

• Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona

• Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe

• Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico