The Hualapai Ethnobotany Youth Project
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Many people believe the desert is a harsh forsaken place, but for the Hualapai Tribal people of Northern AZ it is home; a place where every plant has a name, a purpose, and a story. The Hualapai Ethnobotany Youth Project is celebrating its tenth year of existence. It is an intergenerational program bringing Tribal elders and youth together to share about the plants that sustained the people for millennia.
Frank Mapatis and Phyna Cook harvesting mescal agave within Peach Springs Canyon, a side Canyon within the greater Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.
Sequoya Wakayuta harvesting the cholla cactus buds within Hualapai ancestral lands.
Sterling Dashee and Tristan Wakayuta proudly holding a tray of the calcium rich cholla cactus buds harvested on the Hualapai Ethnobotany Youth Project Field Trip.
Carrie Calisay Cannon is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and an M.S. in Resource management. If you wish to contact her you’ll need a fast pony to catch up with her and Thundercloud as she travels Arizona lands promoting the persistence of ethnobotanical knowledge to endure as a living practice and tradition. You can reach her at calisay17@hotmail.com. 
