candytuft, and barrel cacti were only a few of the many plants and seeds gathered by the women throughout the spring and summer months. Modern culture Government A seven-member tribal council, which handles most policy matters, is elected once every two years. It is led by a chairman who is elected from among the members of the council. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the entity charged with law enforcement and protection for the Tribe, while the Indian Health Service clinic provides health care and emergency services. Language Havasupai is a dialect of the Upland Yuman language spoken by about 450 people on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in and around the Grand Canyon. It is the only Native American language in the United States spoken by 100% of its indigenous population. The Havasupai variety is nearly identical to the variety of the Hualapai, although the two groups are socially and politically distinct (Kendall 1983:5) and employ different orthographies. The speakers of Havasupai and Hualapai consider their languages separate. It is a little more distantly related to the Yavapai language. Grammatical descriptions, vocabularies, and texts documenting Havasupai have been published (Mithun 1999:578). Supai Supai () is the Havasupai city at at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The town is the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation, at in Coconino County. It is home to around 400 of the tribe members and is one of the most remote cities in the contiguous United States, as it can only be accessed by taking old U.S. Route 66 and traveling about along BIA Road 18 to the trailhead. The city can be reached from the trailhead via an hike. An alternative to the hike is a helicopter ride or a horse ride. The town has 136 houses, a café, a general store, a tourist office, a lodge, a post office, a school, among other buildings. Tourism Tourism is the main source of revenue for the Havasupai tribe. The town receives 30,000 to 40,000 visitors per year. The Tribe charges for entering its land, and visitors are required to reserve either a room at their lodge or a space at the campground. Havasupai Trail The trailhead is at Hualapai Hilltop, Arizona (located at the end of BIA Road 18), where there is a large parking lot, a helipad and portable toilets. The trail can be traveled by foot or horseback. Alternatively, transportation by