Hualapai Hilltop, Arizona
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Hualapai Hilltop is the location of the trailhead that leads down into Supai, Arizona
. At some point in the past, the rim area was inhabited by the Havasupai people, who moved seasonally between the canyon floor and the rim, but they were forced to stay in the canyon by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and so nobody lives at Hilltop anymore. It currently consists of a parking lot, a helipad and little else, at the end of Indian Route 18. It also serves as the staging ground for helicopter rides and mule trains into Supai.
Supai, Arizona
Supai is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, within the Grand Canyon.As of the 1990 census, the CDP had a population of 423; the 2000 census erroneously recorded a population of 0...
. At some point in the past, the rim area was inhabited by the Havasupai people, who moved seasonally between the canyon floor and the rim, but they were forced to stay in the canyon by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior. It is responsible for the administration and management of of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American...
and so nobody lives at Hilltop anymore. It currently consists of a parking lot, a helipad and little else, at the end of Indian Route 18. It also serves as the staging ground for helicopter rides and mule trains into Supai.