Yavapai-Apache Nation

Background

The Yavapai-Apache Nation is two peoples in one government. The Yavapai refer to themselves as Wipuhk’a’bah and speak a Yuman language. The Apache refer to themselves as Dil’zhe’e and speak an Athabaskan language. The Nation's own account places it in the Verde Valley of Arizona and says it is made up of five tribal communities, Tunlii, Middle Verde, Rimrock, Camp Verde and Clarkdale. Grand Canyon counts the Yavapai-Apache among the eleven tribes of the canyon region, and says the park acknowledges the Native peoples on whose ancestral homelands visitors gather. The Nation's head office is at 2400 West Datsi Avenue in Camp Verde, Arizona, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs lists the Nation by its full legal name, the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation.

Parks on its homelands

Grand Canyon National Park

The Nation is two peoples in one government: the Yavapai, who say they are Wipuhk'a'bah, and the Apache, who say they are Dil'zhe'e. The five tribal communities sit in the Verde Valley. Source

Sources

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
• https://yavapai-apache.org/yavapai-apache-nation/
• https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/first-voices-film-series.htm

Checked September 2026.

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