Two Havasupai women in front of a native dwelling, Havasu Canyon, ca.1899 | James, George Wharton/ University of Southern California – Libraries/California Historical Society

A series of century-old photographs documents the Havasupai, a Native American tribe that has lived in the Grand Canyon region for more than a thousand years.

The Havasupai are one of 11 Native American tribes traditionally connected to the Grand Canyon and are the only tribe that still lives below the canyon’s rim today. For at least a millennium, the tribe has lived primarily in Havasu Canyon, a remote area within the wider Grand Canyon region in what is now the U.S. state of Arizona.

Two Havasupai women with “Kathaks” on their backs, ca.1900 | Charles C.…