Hualapai Tribal Chairman Duane Clarke (right) and Hualapai Tribal Member Ivan Bender (left) stand in front of the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse in support of their tribe before a preliminary injunction hearing on Sept. 17, 2024. Photo by Shondiin Silversmith | Arizona Mirror
When Hualapai Spiritual Leader Frank Mapatis visits Ha’Kamwe’ , the tribe’s sacred spring, to conduct any type of ceremony, the area must be completely quiet so that he can hear the water and connect with the land.
Mapatis said that as part of his traditional ways of life, when he is in prayer at Ha’Kamwe’ , he hears the water sing, and when it sings, he connects with the creator to conduct ceremonies…