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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 12 March 2019
Tribal land known for waterfalls won't allow tour guides

By FELICIA FONSECA own way to the reserva- cessible only by foot or heli-
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The tion's waterfalls and caves, copter, or by riding a horse
thousands of tourists who and carry their own food or mule. The tribe does
travel to a remote Native and gear. maintenance in the camp-
American reservation deep Abbie Fink, a spokeswom- ground and on the trails in
in the Grand Canyon each an for the Havasupai Tribe, December and January.
year to camp near a series said the Tribal Council's de- The tribe doesn't allow day
of picturesque, blue-green cision isn't a reflection on hikes, so visitors wanting to
waterfalls will have to do so the outfitters. Rather, she take in its waterfalls and
without the benefit of pro- said the tribe wanted to other sights must reserve
fessional guides. manage all tourist traffic it- overnight trips in the camp-
The Havasupai Tribe has self. ground or at the sole lodge.
decided not to allow out- "It's not solving a problem. Rooms in the lodge, which
fitters to escort visitors this It's returning the enterprise can be booked only by
year down the long, wind- to the control of the tribe," phone, are sold out for the
ing path that leads to its she told The Associated rest of this year. Reserva-
small, roadless reservation Press. tions for 2020 start June 1.
and on to its main tourist For years, the tribe has set Permits for 2019 camping
draw: towering waterfalls aside spots for tour compa- spots become available
that cascade into swim- nies, which often bought online Feb. 1 and are ex-
ming holes that are warm permits in bulk. The outfit- This 1997 file photo shows one of five waterfalls on Havasu Creek pected to sell out in min-
as its waters tumble 210 feet on the Havasupai Tribe's reserva-
year-round. ters paid a licensing fee of tion in a southeastern branch of the Grand Canyon near Supai, utes. People on social me-
Tourists can visit the wa- several thousand dollars, Ariz. dia have been strategizing
terfalls, either by reserving and some had elaborate Associated Press for months about how to
a room at the tribe's only setups with gourmet meals, boost their chances, in-
lodge or by snapping up inflatable couches and been issued in the past. between February and cluding by setting up an
a coveted permit for one massage therapists. Most She said the Tribal Council November, it gets 30,000 account early, recruiting
of its hundreds of camp- brought just the essentials. would re-evaluate outfitter to 40,000 visitors per year friends and family to try to
ing spots scattered amid a Fink couldn't say exactly licenses for 2020. to its reservation deep in a book a trip and repeatedly
creek. But starting in Febru- how much tour guides paid The tribe relies heavily on gorge west of Grand Can- refreshing multiple internet
ary, they'll have to find their or how many licenses have tourism and estimates that yon National Park that's ac- browsers.q

Art collected by Jewish lawyer before WWII goes to auction

By JAMIE STENGLE notes that when Ismar Lit-
Associated Press tmann's widow consigned
DALLAS (AP) — About 200 about 160 works to a Berlin
works of art from a Jew- auction house, the Gesta-
ish lawyer's collection that po seized 64 of the works —
were spirited out of Nazi 11 went to a museum and
Germany to the U.S. are the rest were burned.
going up for auction. John Littman said the family
The works collected by Is- has worked to get around
mar Littmann being offered eight pieces restituted.
Tuesday at Swann Auction Weyman points out that
Galleries in New York are the pieces that remain
mostly drawings, etchings were those that were "most
and lithographs. They were transportable, the works
once part of a collection that were flat works on pa-
of about 6,000 pieces he per."
amassed. The works be- John Littman said his father
ing auctioned are pieces served in the Army during
brought out of Germany World War II in Europe. Ed-
before World War II by Litt- ward Littman eventually
mann's son, who eventually settled in Wharton, located
settled in Texas. In this undated photo art is displayed that is going up for auction at Swann Auction Galleries in about 60 miles (96 kilome-
New York that were once part of a 6,000-piece collection amassed by a Jewish attorney in Ger-
Todd Weyman, auction many before pieces were scattered and lost as the Nazis took over. ters) southwest of Houston,
house vice president, said Associated Press and, like his father, prac-
the collection is notable for ticed law.
its singular focus on Ger- Polish city of Wroclaw, co- yers led to the demise of Lit- Edward Littman's son, John John Littman said his father,
man works. founded the Breslau Jew- tmann's practice. He killed Littman, 61, of Houston. who died in 1970, built spe-
"His collecting was very ish Museum in the city that himself in 1934. John Littman says there's no cial cabinets in his attic for
optimistic for what was to had a thriving art scene. His son, Edward, who way to know how much of the artwork. "He spent a lot
happen," Weyman said. Littmann was friends with changed the spelling of his the collection, which had of time with the collection
"He was looking forward to many of the artists whose last name to Littman, immi- a focus on German Expres- through the years," he said.
putting together this great works he acquired, includ- grated to the U.S. in 1933. sionism, still exists. He says John Littman said it's clear
German collection." ing Otto Mueller and Hein- He returned to Germany some pieces were confis- his grandfather was a "very
The civic-minded collec- rich Tischler. after his father died and cated, some destroyed passionate collector."
tor in Breslau, which after But with the Nazis in power, was able to ship around 800 and some sold under du- "It was very personal to
World War II became the restrictions on Jewish law- works back to the U.S., said ress. The auction house him," Littman said.q