The Hopi Reservation (

Hopi The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the Unite ...

: Hopituskwa) is a Native American

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for the

and Arizona Tewa people, surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation, in

Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

and Coconino counties in north-eastern Arizona, United States. The site has a land area of 2,531.773 sq mi (6,557.262 km²) and as of the 2000 census had a population of 6,946. The two nations formerly shared the Navajo–Hopi Joint Use Area until the Navajo–Hopi land settlement act created an artificial boundary through the area. The partition of this area, commonly known as Big Mountain, by acts of Congress in 1974 and 1996, has resulted in continuing controversy. The system of villages unites three mesas in the pueblo style traditionally used by the Hopi. Walpi is the oldest village on First Mesa, having been established in 1690 after the villages at the foot of mesa '' Koechaptevela'' were abandoned for fear of Spanish reprisal after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. The Tewa people live on First Mesa. Hopi also occupy the Second Mesa and Third Mesa. The community of Winslow West is off-reservation trust land of the Hopi tribe. The Hopi Tribal Council is the local governing body consisting of elected officials from the various reservation villages. Its powers were given to it under the Hopi Tribal Constitution. The Hopi consider their life on the reservation (in particular the traditional

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residence, the spiritual life of the kivas on the mesa, and their dependence on

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) an integral and critically sustaining part of the "

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". Hopi High School is the secondary education institute for reservation residents. Hopi Radio, a station with a mix of traditional Hopi and typical American programming is run for the reservation and provides internships for Hopi High School.

Communities

* Keams Canyon * Lower and Upper Moenkopi * Polacca * Winslow West * Yuuwelo Paaki ( Spider Mound) *

New Oraibi Kykotsmovi Village (Hopi: Kiqötsmovi, also known as K-Town) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, and the home of the Hopi tribal government. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation located in northeastern Ar ...

( Kiqotsmovi,

Kykotsmovi Kykotsmovi Village (Hopi: Kiqötsmovi, also known as K-Town) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, and the home of the Hopi tribal government. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation located in northeastern Ar ...

)

First Mesa

* Waalpi (Walpi) * Hanoki (Hano or Tewa) * Sitsomovi (Sichomovi)

Second Mesa

* Songoopavi (Shongopavi) * Musangnuvi (Mishongnovi) * Sipawlavi (

Shipaulovi Sipaulovi is a populated place situated on the Hopi Reservation within the Second Mesa CDP in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It has been known by numerous names over the years, including Ah-le-la, Ahela, Ci-pau-lo-vi, Sha-pah-la, Sha-pah- ...

)

Third Mesa

* Hoatvela (Hotevilla) * Paaqavi (Bacavi) * Munqapi (Moencopi) * Orayvi (Oraibi)

Time zone

The Hopi Reservation lies within the Mountain Time Zone, like most of Arizona, but unlike the surrounding Navajo Nation, it does not observe daylight saving time.

Aerial views

Aerial views looking north along the central three of the reservation's five major washes, from west to east:

References

Hopi Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Arizona – United States Census Bureau

External links

The Hopi Tribe

Hopi Radio
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