Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians

A nation today

View east from Sunrise Point over the Bryce Amphitheater, with pink and orange Claron Formation hoodoos filling the bowl below the rim.
Famartin, Wikimedia Commons (2013) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Background

The Band calls its people the Kaivaviching'w and its language kaivavich nengwe. The Band governs the Kaibab Indian Reservation, 120,840 acres on the Arizona Strip about 50 miles north of the Grand Canyon, with the northern border on the Arizona and Utah line. It was established under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and is governed by a seven-person tribal council. The reservation runs from about 4,400 to 7,058 feet above sea level and from semi-arid to alpine, with pinyon pine and juniper, natural springs, and washes that feed the Colorado River. Five tribal villages, the non-Indian community of Moccasin, and Pipe Spring National Monument all sit inside the reservation boundary.

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Visit and learn

Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians's own site

Tribal lands have their own laws. Check the nation's site before you visit.

Parks on its homelands

View east from Sunrise Point over the Bryce Amphitheater, with pink and orange Claron Formation hoodoos filling the bowl below the rim.Bryce Canyon National Park

The Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians was established in 1934 under the Indian Reorganization Act and is governed by a seven-person tribal council. Its reservation runs about 121,000 acres on the Arizona Strip, about 50 miles north of the Grand Canyon, and hosts five tribal villages. Source

The Grand Canyon dropping away below the railed paved overlook at Mather Point on the South Rim.Grand Canyon National Park

NPS calls the Kaibab Paiute homeland Neung'we Tuvip and the people Kai'vi'vits. NPS describes the country between the Grand Canyon and the high plateaus to the north as Kaibab country used for centuries. Source

Programs

  • Kaivavich Nengwe Ampaxapi language program

    The Band's language program runs an online learning site with lesson videos, worksheets, songs, and a cultural protocol policy. The Band says access to the material requires a tribal member account.

    https://www.kaivavichlanguage.com/·language

  • Education Department

    The Band's education department runs a K-12 program and posts college and career scholarship links.

    https://kaibabpaiute-nsn.gov/services/education.php·education

Affiliations

  • Southern Paiute Consortium

    An entity created in 1993 by and for its member tribes, the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians and the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, to improve those federally recognized tribes' participation in the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program.

    https://kaibabpaiute-nsn.gov/services/spc.php

Sources

Checked September 2026.

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