Myths of the World

The  Ouled Naïl  ( / ˌ uː l ɛ d   ˈ n aɪ l / ;  Arabic :  أولاد نايل ) are an  Arab  tribal confederation living in the  Ouled Naïl Range ,  Algeria . They are found mainly in  Bou Saâda ,  M'Sila  and  Djelfa , but there is also a significant number of them in  Ghardaïa .  The  oral lore  of the Ouled Naïl people claims ancient  Arab  descent from tribes that arrived in the area about a thousand years ago. They trace their origin back to Sidi Naïl, an Arab  marabout  and  sharif  (descendent of  Muhammad ) who settled in central Algeria in the 16th century.  Some traditions trace their ancestry to the  Banu Hilal  of  Najd , who came to the highlands through  El Oued ,  Ghardaia .  The Ouled Naïl are seminomadic or  nomadic  people living in the highlands of the range of the  Saharan Atlas  to which they gave thei...

The  Havasupai people  (Havasupai:  Havsuw' Baaja ) are a  Native American  people and tribe who have lived in the  Grand Canyon  for at least the past 800 years.  Hava  means "blue sky," (or just 'sky'), "su" means "water," and  pai  "people".  Located primarily in an area known as Havasu Canyon,   this   Yuman -speaking population once laid claim to an area the size of   Delaware   ( 1.6 × 10 6  acres   [6,500   km 2 ] ).   In 1882, however, the United States federal government forced the tribe to abandon all but   518 acres (210   ha)   of its land. A   silver rush   and the   Santa Fe Railroad   in effect destroyed the fertile land. Furthermore, the inception of the Grand Canyon as a   national park   in 1919 pushed the Havasupai to the brink, as their land was consistently being used by the   National Park Service . Throughout the 20t...