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    Home was Oraibi‚ the oldest inhabited town in the US. Pueblos Near grand canyon Hopi Indians been there for 800 years Don born 1890 Population 1000 Descendents from cliff dwellers Speak shoshonean Men were short 5-4 Hopi means peaceful people Kiva – underground religious chamber Rain in summer No government or surpreme chief The mans sisters son succeeds Village chief always happy Crier chief makes public decisions Don sun hill kiva group Exogamous and matriliniel Old spider woman who is the salt woman

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    The Hopi Indians

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    Arizona‚ are three mesas. The mesas create the home for the Hopi Indians. The Hopi have a deeply religious‚ isolated‚ tribal culture with a unique history.<br><br>The Hopi stress group cooperation. The tribe is organized around a clan system. In a clan system‚ all the members consider themselves relatives. The clans form a social glue that has held the Hopi villages together. Clan membership provides a singular Hopi identity. <br><br>The Hopi have a highly developed belief system which contains many

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    Hopi Indians

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    Hopi Indians 1350 BCE to 1540 BCE Hopi means peaceful ones The name "Moqui‚" or "Moki‚" by which they have been popularly known‚ means ’dead’ in their own language‚ but as a tribal name it is seemingly of alien origin and of undetermined signification Bandelier and Cushing believed the Hopi country‚ the later province of Tusayan‚ to be identical with the Totonteac of Fray Marcos de Niza. The Hopi first became known to white men in the summer of 1540 Located in Arizona Buildings like steps

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    The Hopi peoples continue to thrive and preserve their culture for as long as humans have been known to inhabit this Earth. As Jake and Susanne Page maintain‚ “they are not only the oldest dwellers in this land but are considered by most other Native Americans to have a wisdom‚ a knowledge of things‚ beyond average comprehension” (1994:19). This wisdom comes from a deep connection to all things natural and of this Earth. The Hopis have always relied on nature to guide them spiritually‚ philosophically

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    The Study of Hopi Indians

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    ASSIGNMENT READ THIS CAREFULLY To access the Hopi Indian Website: 1) Go to http://www.indigenousgeography.si.edu 2) Click on English 3) Click on Resources 4) Click on Supawlavi Village‚ Hopi Nation 5) You will find a number of topics there such as a)Supawlavi Village‚ Hopi Nation Resources Hopi Nation Site Official site of the Hopi Nation offers information on lands‚ customs‚ government‚ tourism‚ and more. http://www.hopi.nsn.us/ b)Hopi Cultural Preservation Office Homepage of

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    can have so many different types of marriage rituals in the world today. The two cultures I picked were the Oraibi (Hopi) Indians and the Hindu. I will demonstrate how completely different these cultures view marriage practices. We’ll start with the Oraibi culture as it was once known. Today they are known as the Hopi Indians which is part of my own heritage. The Hopi Indians believe that those that

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    Samoans and Hopi Indians are similar in many ways‚ but there are 3 similarities that stick out from all the others. One of these similarities is that both of these cultures grew up in an environment where they have to do hard labor. They are both not very well off money wise‚ and when they come home after their day they are usually put to work doing chores or any kind of labor. Another similar characteristic that Samoans and Hopi Indians share are that they are born with a genetic disadvantage. Samoans

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    Sun Chief Essay Example

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    be covered from head to toe. In Tibetan Buddhism it is common for devotees to practice asceticism. In Hopi culture and religious tradition food and sex play large and important roles‚ although in different situations the roles may be completely opposite. In Sun Chief particularly the chapter called "the Making of a Man" we can see that food is very important spiritually to the Hopi people. In the Wowochim ceremony each boy is given their manhood name over a "mother-corn ear" (159)

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    Indian Sun Dance

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    The United States’ ban of the Indian Sun Dance in 1883 damaged the religious‚ cultural‚ and social framework of the Indians and was a key step in the United States’ effort to try to assimilate Indians into American society. II. Introduction – Banning of the Sun Dance and the Historical Events that Led to the Indian Sun Dance Ban: 1. Due to the diminishing supply of buffalo in the 1870s and 1880s‚ and the Indians’ forced movement to reservations‚ the Indians’ economic base was destroyed

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    The Hopi Tribe

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    The Hopi Tribe are a group of pueblo Indians‚ located in the northeastern Arizona. The Hopi are considered to be very wise by other Indian tribes because the Hopi have inhabited the same land for a millennium. Although the Hopi are a wise group of people with a beautiful way of life‚ the Hopi had to fight to remain near their original territory‚ and prospered on their current reservation. The Hopi are a very peaceful tribe who live in northeastern Arizona in the center of the NAVAJO lands. In the

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