About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Puebloan peoples, Hopi, Hopi mythology, Kachina, First Mesa, Arizona, Second Mesa, Arizona, Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona, Hotevilla-Bacavi, Arizona, Hopi language, Wendy Rose, Tuba, Hopi Kachina dolls, Lori Piestewa, Oraibi, Arizona, Fred Kabotie, Hopi Reservation, Jo Mora, Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy, Linda Lomahaftewa, Soyal, Anthony Earl Numkena, Fannie Nampeyo, Gregory Lomayesva, Michael Kabotie, Charles Loloma, Tukvnanawopi, David Monongye, Diane Humetewa, Dextra Quotskuyva, Dan Katchongva, Blue corn, Lewis Tewanima, Black Mesa, Arizona, Dan Evehema, Kikmongwi, Thomas Banyacya, Helen Naha, Elva Nampeyo, Jean Fredericks, Hopi House, Tyra Naha, KUYI, Sikyatki, LaVerne Jeanne, Hu, Don C. Talayesva, Walpi, Arizona. Excerpt: The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the 2,531.773 sq mi (6,557.262 km ) Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The Hopi Reservation is entirely surrounded by the much larger Navajo Reservation. The two nations used to share the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area, but this was a source of conflict. The partition of this area, commonly known as Big Mountain, by Acts of Congress in 1974 and 1996, has also resulted in long-term controversy. The Hopi and Zuni are believed to have been descended from the ancient Puebloan cultures who constructed large apartment-house complexes in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. They lived along the Mogollan Rim, especially from the AD1100s through the 1300s, when they abandoned their large villages. No researchers have been able to determine the reason, although it is likely that a drying of watercourses would have forced the peoples aw...
