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Show Supai Indians Living Frugally in 'Shangri-La' GRAND CANYON, ARIZ. An actual "Shangri-La" is located in a remote and inaccessible branch of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado. According to J. W. Hoover, professor profes-sor at the Arizona State Teachers' college at Tempe, more than 200 members of the Supai Indian tribe of Arizona live in this hideaway, and their only contact with the outside world is by the postman's weekly trip over the 30-mile, trail. "Situated in Havasu canyon and oasis, it is surrounded by towering and unbreakable walls of rock," Hoover said. "Descent is hazardous by a trail cut in the rocks. "It is quite remarkable that this American Eden which actually is within the confines of Grand Canyon National park, has not become a mecca fortourists," he said. "Actually "Actu-ally it is virtually untouched and unknown." un-known." Hoover pointed out that the 200 inhabitants live happily on an annual an-nual income of $6,635. This means that the average inhabitant gets along on $35 a year, he added. "When a visitor arrives," Hoover said, "he hears the voices of children chil-dren echoing and is overwhelmed by a feeling of being in a world apart." m |