Hano is a
populated place
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situated in the
First Mesa CDP in
Navajo County,
Arizona
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, United States, on the
Hopi Reservation
The Hopi Reservation () is a Native American reservation for the Hopi and Arizona Tewa people, surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation, in Navajo and Coconino counties in northeastern Arizona, United States. The site has a land area of 2,53 ...
.
It is located on the southern end of First Mesa, approximately west of
Polacca.
History
The village was settled by the
Hopi-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 bo ...
, a band of
Tewa
The Tewa are a linguistic group of Pueblo people, Pueblo Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who speak the Tewa language and share the Pueblo culture. Their homelands are on or near the Rio Grande in New Mexico north of San ...
people, in the early 17th century on First Mesa.
Name
The village has been known by a plethora of names, including Ha-no-me, Hanoki, Janogualpa, Na-ca-ci-kin, Tanoquevi, Tanus, Te-e-wun-na, and Tewa. In 1915, the
Board on Geographic Names
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officially named it Tegua, before changing their decision in 1989 to the current Hano. ''Hano'' is a
Hopi
The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona. The majority are enrolled in the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona; however, some Hopi people are enrolled in the Colorado ...
term meaning "eastern people".
References
{{Navajo County, Arizona
Populated places in Navajo County, Arizona