MISSION

“Identifying, protecting, preserving, and managing cultural resources within Hualapai Tribal lands and Hualapai Traditional use lands. The Department shall implement and ensure appropriate measures to foster conditions that promote Hualapai Tribal sovereignty and meet the social, environmental, economic and other needs for present and future generations in providing leadership in preservation and protection of cultural resources of the Hualapai Nation.”

 

SERVICES

The Hualapai Cultural Center promotes cultural traditions and public education through continuing programs such as:

  • Cultural Arts and Language Program (CAL)
    • Classes in pottery making
    • Cradleboard making
    • Hualapai cultural history, archaeology & anthropology
    • Field trips
  • The yearly PAI Language Immersion Camp
    • Youth camp promoting Pai language
  • Green arrow garden project
    • Community garden
  • Support to the Yuman Language Summit
    • Pai language annual conference
  • Youth and elder ethnobotany program
    • Classes promoting traditional ecological knowledge
  • Quarterly Genealogy classes
  •  Children Art Expo (May)
  •  Support in the annual Pai Gathering
  • Hualapai Language Immersion Program
  •  Providing Language books through 1st Things 1st grant
  • Native American Horsemanship Program
  • Outreach Presentations on Hualapai Cultural at schools
    • Please contact Marcie Crayon for additional information

STAFF

The cultural programs are brought to life by the dedicated cultural center staff.

  • Martina Dawley- Director, THPO, and Senior Archaeologist- Martina.Dawley@hualapai-nsn.gov
  • Marcie Craynon- Admin. Assistant- Marcie.Craynon@hualapai-nsn.gov
  • Carrie Cannon- Ethnobotanist- Carrie.Cannon@hualapai-nsn.gov
  • Lyndee Hornell- Cultural Technician II- Lyndee.Hornell@hualapai-nsn.gov
  • Drake Havatone- Cultural Technician II- Drake.Havatone@hualapai-nsn.gov
  • Jorigine Paya- Hualapai Language Program Manager- Jorigine.Paya@hualapai-nsn.gov
  • Grace Dashee- Archivist- Grace.Dashee@hualapai-nsn.gov

People of the Tall Pines

WELCOME

The Hualapai Tribe is a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in northwestern Arizona. Hualapai means "People of the Tall Pines". In 1883 an executive order established the Hualapai reservation.

Employee Email

Hualapai Tribe Employee Email can be accessed HERE.

Contact the IT Department if you are experiencing difficulty.

Cultural Documents

Contact Cultural

P.O. Box 310 Peach Springs, AZ 86434 Phone: 928-769-2223 Fax: 928-769-2234

Master Plan

MASTER PLAN

Click HERE for updates on the Hualapai Master Plan Committee's progress to date.

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