The Hopi Reservation ( Hopi: Hopituskwa) is a Native American reservation 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 bor ...

people, surrounded entirely by the

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...

, in Navajo and Coconino counties in north-eastern

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, 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 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 United ...

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

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s in the

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style traditionally used by the Hopi.

Walpi Walpi ( nv, Deezʼáahjįʼ) is a Hopi village established around 900 AD.Koechaptevela'' were abandoned for fear of Spanish reprisal after the 1680

Pueblo Revolt The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Popay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than present-day New Mex ...

. 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 In the United States, off-reservation trust land refers to real estate outside an Indian reservation that is held by the Interior Department for the benefit of a Native American tribe or a member of a tribe. Typical uses of off-reservation trust ...

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 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 United ...

. The Hopi consider their life on the reservation (in particular the traditional clan residence, the spiritual life of the

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s on the mesa, and their dependence on corn) an integral and critically sustaining part of the " fourth world".

Hopi High School 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 United ...

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 ...

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and Upper Moenkopi *

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* Winslow West * Yuuwelo Paaki ( Spider Mound) * New Oraibi (

Kiqotsmovi 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 ...

, 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 m ...

* 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 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-l ...

( Shipaulovi)

Third Mesa

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

Time zone

The Hopi Reservation lies within the

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, like most of

, but unlike the surrounding

, 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:

References

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

External links

The Hopi Tribe

Hopi Radio
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