Canyon life

摘要

Blue-green waters cascade over preci-pices 200 feet high; massive cortonwood trees and cacti grow alongside towering red cliffs; and, in the middle of it all, a village nestles under fig and peach trees. It sounds like a travel brochure for Paradise. But for the Ha-vasupai Indians who live there, in a southwestern branch of the Grand Canyon, the place more often seems like prison.