There is also a tradition of the practice among the Hopi, and mentions of the custom among other tribes of New Mexico and Arizona.

" Baum mentions his characters ' distaste for a Hopi snake dance in Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, but also deplores the horrible situation of Indian Reservations.

One of Whorf's examples of this was the supposedly many words for ' snow ' in the Inuit language, which has later been shown to be a misrepresentation but also for example how the Hopi language describes water with two different words for drinking water in a container versus a natural body of water.

The name " Kokopelli " may be a combination of " Koko ", another Hopi and Zuni deity, and " pelli ", the Hopi and Zuni word for the desert robber fly, an insect with a prominent proboscis and a rounded back, which is also noted for its zealous sexual proclivities.

" It is also not clear that those stories which are told to non-Hopis, such as anthropologists and ethnographers, represent genuine Hopi beliefs or are merely stories told to the curious while keeping safe the Hopi's more sacred doctrines.

Maize is also vital to Hopi subsistence and religion.

This same story holds that three other sacred tablets were also given to the Hopi.

A letter from the Hopi to the President of the United States in 1949 also declared that " the Stone Tablets, upon which are written the boundaries of the Hopi Empire, are still in the hands of the Chiefs of Oraibi and Hotevilla pueblos ..."

However, the kachinas are also thought to be the spirits of dead ancestors, and they may come to the Hopi mesas in the form of rain clouds.

A kachina (; also katchina or katcina ; Hopi: katsina, plural katsinim ) is a spirit being in western Pueblo cosmology and religious practices.

In Hopi mythology, Aholi is a kachina, a spirit, also called a kachina.

Hotevilla-Bacavi ( Hopi: Hotvela-Paaqavi ; also known as Third Mesa ) is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Hopi Reservation.

Second Mesa is also the site of the Hopi Cultural Center.

Coachella is also home to a significant Southwest Indian ( Apache, Hopi, Navajo and Zuni ) population, though not indigenous to the California desert region.

It also filmed other undertakings, including the 1955-1956 CBS western series Brave Eagle starring Keith Larsen as a young peaceful Cheyenne chief, Kim Winona as Morning Star, his romantic interest, and the Hopi Indian Anthony Numkena as Keena, Brave Eagle's foster son.

The claim by one manufacturer that ear candles originated with the Hopi tribe has also been disproven.

The museum ’ s project architects are Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects Ltd. of Seattle and SmithGroup of Washington, D. C., in association with Lou Weller ( Caddo ), the Native American Design Collaborative, and Polshek Partnership Architects of New York City ; Ramona Sakiestewa ( Hopi ) and Donna House ( Navajo / Oneida ) also served as design consultants.

There are also Hopi traditionalists who wish to keep Christianity and other " foreign " religions from gaining a foothold amongst their people and who prefer that Native American languages be used instead of English, Spanish, and so forth.

There are also several international Sesame Street themed attractions in Monterrey, Mexico ( Plaza Sésamo ) and São Paulo, Brazil inside the Hopi Hari theme park.

Whorf's point was that while English speakers may be able to understand how a Hopi speaker thinks, they are not actually able to think in that way.

All of the film titles are taken from the Hopi language ; Koyaanisqatsi meaning " life out of balance ," Powaqqatsi meaning " life in transformation ," and Naqoyqatsi meaning " life as war.

Of the 21 pueblos that exist today, Taos, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi are the best-known.

While there are numerous subdivisions of Pueblo People that have been published in the literature, Kirchhoff ( 1954 ) published a subdivision of the Pueblo People into two subareas: the group that includes Hopi, Zuñi, Keres, Jemez which share exogamous matrilineal clans, have multiple kivas, believe in emergence of people from the underground, have four or six directions beginning in the north, and have four and seven as ritual numbers.

The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.

The Hopi and Zuni are believed to have been descended from ancient Puebloan cultures who constructed large apartment-house complexes in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico.

The Preamble to the Hopi constitution states that they are a self-governing tribe, focused on working together for peace and agreements between villages in order to preserve the “ good things of Hopi life .” The Constitution consists of thirteen different “ Articles ,” all with a different topic of interest.

Traditionally, Hopi are organized into matrilineal clans.

These ceremonies take place according to the lunar calendar and are observed in each of the Hopi villages.

Traditionally the Hopi are highly skilled micro or subsistence farmers.

He then catches up to Mike and Joe, two Walkers who are brothers and Hopi Indians.

" According to LeBow ( based on Schlegel's work ), in the Hopi, " ender roles ... are egalitarian .... either sex is inferior.

" According to Schlegel, " he Hopi no longer live as they are described here " and " he attitude of female superiority is fading ".

Schlegel said the Hopi " were and still are matrilinial " and " he household ... was matrilocal ".

The Onandaga and Hopi, among others, have prophecies that appear to relate to the times we are entering now.

In descending order of area within the county, the reservations are the Navajo Indian Reservation, Hualapai Indian Reservation, Hopi Indian Reservation, Havasupai Indian Reservation, and the Kaibab Indian Reservation.

In descending order of territory within the county, the reservations are the Navajo Indian Reservation, Hopi Indian Reservation, and Fort Apache Indian Reservation, all of which are partly located within Navajo County.

Following similar First Nations ' models to Canada, academic linguists throughout the United States are working closely with Native American reservations communities to establish immersion and second-language programs for a number of respective tribal languages including Navajo, Hopi, Cherokee, Ojibwe, Lakhota, and Sioux, among others.

He often takes part in rituals relating to marriage, and Kokopelli himself is sometimes depicted with a consort, a woman called Kokopelmana by the Hopi.

These alternate periods of harmonious living followed by wickedness, contention, and separation play an important part of the Hopi mythos.

It lies in a exclave of the Hopi Reservation which is separated from the main part of the reservation which lies to the east.

As part of the planning process, the National Park Service consulted with the five Native American nations affiliated with Rainbow Bridge: the Navajo, Hopi, San Juan Southern Paiute, Kaibab Paiute, and White Mesa Ute.

Bolo tie slides and tips in silver have been part of Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni silversmithing traditions since the mid-20th century.

The majority of the Four Corners region is part of the semi-autonomous First Nations aboriginal peoples, the largest of which is the Navajo Nation, followed by Hopi, Ute and Zuni.

Hopi is part of the Pueblo linguistic area ( a Sprachbund ) along with members of the Tanoan family, the Keresan languages, Zuni, and Navajo.

: In addition, the Diocese of Gallup ( New Mexico ) contains two Arizona counties — Apache County and Navajo County — and part of a third county, i. e., those parts of the Navajo and Hopi reservations that are in Coconino County ( Arizona ).

In the Southwestern US, it has traditionally been part of the Hopi Indian culture and the Navajo Nation.

The Hopi of Arizona were already famous for their snake dance and although April was too early in the year to see this tourist attraction, the time he spent with the Hopi was a most important part of his long journey.

The Hopi consider their life on the reservation ( in particular the traditional clan residence, the spiritual life of the kivas on the mesa, and their dependence on corn ) an integral and critically sustaining part of the " fourth world.

Oraibi, also referred to as Old Oraibi, is a Hopi village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, in the northeastern part of the state.

Oraibi remained unknown to European explorers until about 1540 when Spanish explorer Don Pedro de Tovar ( who was part of the Coronado expedition ) encountered the Hopi while searching for the legendary Seven Cities of Gold.