The Hopi Reservation (
Hopi: Hopituskwa) is a
Native American reservation __NOTOC__
Reservation may refer to: Places
Types of places:
* Indian reservation, in the United States
* Military base, often called reservations
* Nature reserve
Government and law
* Reservation (law), a caveat to a treaty
* Reservation in India, ...
for the
Hopi and
Arizona Tewa
The Hopi-Tewa (also Tano, Southern Tewa, Hano, Thano, or Arizona Tewa) are a Tewa Pueblo group that resides on the eastern part of the Hopi Reservation on or near First Mesa in northeastern Arizona.
Synonymy
The name ''Tano'' is a Spanish ...
people, surrounded entirely by the
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American Indian reservation, reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwe ...
, in
Navajo
The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest fe ...
and
Coconino counties in north-eastern
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
, 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
clan residence, the spiritual life of the
kivas on the mesa, and their dependence on
corn
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The ...
) an integral and critically sustaining part of the "
fourth world
The Fourth World is an extension of the three-world model, used variably to refer to
# Sub-populations socially excluded from global society, such as uncontacted peoples;
# Hunter-gatherer, nomadic, pastoral, and some subsistence farming pe ...
".
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
Keams Canyon (Hopi: Pongsikya or Pongsikvi; nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census.
Pongsikya is a narrow box canyon that is named after a plant of edible gr ...
*
Lower and
Upper Moenkopi
*
Polacca
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*
Winslow West
*
Yuuwelo Paaki (
Spider Mound
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)
*
New Oraibi (
Kiqotsmovi,
Kykotsmovi)
First Mesa
First Mesa ( Hopi: Wàlpi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Hopi Reservation. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 1,555, spread among three Hopi villages atop the 5,700-foot (1,740 ...
*
Waalpi (Walpi)
*
Hanoki (Hano or Tewa)
*
Sitsomovi (Sichomovi)
Second Mesa
Second Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, on the Hopi Reservation, atop the 5,700-foot (1,740 m) mesa. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 962, spread among three Hopi Indian villages, Musungnuvi (or ...
*
Songoopavi (Shongopavi)
*
Musangnuvi (Mishongnovi)
*
Sipawlavi (
Shipaulovi)
Third Mesa
*
Hoatvela (Hotevilla)
*
Paaqavi (Bacavi)
*
Munqapi (Moencopi)
*
Orayvi (Oraibi)
Time zone
The Hopi Reservation lies within the
Mountain Time Zone
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The clo ...
, like most of
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
, but unlike the surrounding
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American Indian reservation, reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwe ...
, it does not observe
daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...
.
Aerial views
Aerial views looking north along the central three of the reservation's five major washes,
from west to east:
See also
*
Hopi flag
References
Hopi Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Arizona – United States Census Bureau
External links
The Hopi TribeHopi Radio
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American Indian reservations in Arizona
Hopi
Geography of Coconino County, Arizona
Geography of Navajo County, Arizona