Hopi Tribe

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The Hopi Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Arizona. The Tribe was originally referred to as the "Moqui" or "Moki" Indians, although this term applied to most of the pueblo Indians of what is now northern Arizona and northern New Mexico.

Ancestral homeland: First Mesa, Second Mesa and Third Mesa all part of the Black Mesa on the Colorado Plateau between the Colorado River and the Rio Grande.

Clans: Snake, Badger, and Antelope

Population: 1990: 7,300

Tribal Headquarters
Hopi Tribe P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039 Phone: 1.928.734.3100 Fax: 1.928.734.6665

The Official Website of the Hopi Tribe

History

 * Hopi Indian Tribal History
 * [http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp=1&amp;size=2&amp;id=nai.12.book.00000016&amp;volume=12 Northwestern University Digital Library Collections, Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indians; The Hopi, Volume 12, Page 3.
 * Canyons, Cultures and Environmental Change, Northern Arizona University, Hopi
 * Hopi

Brief Timeline

 * 1583: Spanish explorer, Antonio de Espejo
 * 1598: Juan de Onate and men, had the Hopi swear allegiance to the Spanish Crown
 * 1629: First missionaries encountered the tribe
 * 1680: Pueblo Rebellion occured when the Spanish tried to eliminate all Kachina worship.
 * 1700: Hopi traditionalist killed all the Christian men in Awatovi and destroyed the village. Many living in Awatovi had converted to Catholic faith.
 * 1882: Hopi Reservation established

Reservations
"A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member" held at the National Archives: Letters Recieved, 1881-1907; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1989; Records Group 75

[http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/annotation/2003/2003-mar.pdf Sheridan, Thomas. "The Hopi History Project: Where 21st-Century Hopis Meet 16th-Century Spaniards" Annotation Vol. 31, No.1 (March 2003)]

Hopi Tribe, Arizona (Reservation)

First Mesa


 * Walpi
 * Sichomovi
 * Hano

Second Mesa


 * Shungopovi
 * Mishongnovi
 * Shipaulovi

Third Mesa


 * Oraibi
 * New Oraibi
 * Hotevilla
 * Bakabi
 * Upper and Lower Moenkopi

The Hopi Tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Superintendency

Census Records

U.S.

Indian Census Roll

 * Roll 188: Hopi, 1924-26
 * Roll 189: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1927-29
 * Roll 190: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1930
 * Roll 191: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1931
 * Roll 192: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1932 (with birth and death rolls, 1925-31)
 * Roll 193: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1933
 * Roll 194: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1934-36
 * Roll 195: Hopi, 1937-39
 * Roll 272: Navajo (Moqui Pueblo, or Hopi, and Navajo Indians), 1885 (with 1891 general schedule, and letter, 1898)
 * Roll 640: Western Navajo (Hopi Indians and Navajo and Paiute Indians for 1929), 1905 (letter), undated Hopi roll, 1915-20, 1922, 1923 (letter), 1924-27, 1929.
 * Roll 641: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1930
 * Roll 642: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1931
 * Roll 643: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1932
 * Roll 644: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiute Indians, 1933 (with birth and death rolls, 1925-33)
 * Roll 645: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiute Indians, 1934-35

Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

 * 75.5.1: Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Textual Records. This contains records relating to the Hopi-Navajo land dispute, 1969-72.
 * 75.6.9: Records of the Phoenix, AZ, Area Office: Textual Records (In Denver). This contains contracts, policies, and plans of operations for the Colorado RIver, Hopi, Nevada, Papago, Pima, San Carlos, and other agencies, 1941-63.
 * 75.19.46: Records of the Hopi Indian Agency, AZ: Textual Records (in Los Angeles). This contains letters sent, 1910-12.  Journal of agency activities ("Office Diaries"), 1911-16.  Central subject files, 1926-56.  Letters sent regarding supplies and property, 1911-14.  Employee appraisal reports, 1911-13.  Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1936-51.  Census schedule of the Hopi Indians of Western Navajo Agency and related records, 1922-24.  Register of pupils, 1907-11.

Records
Correspondence and Census

Land Records

All land is tribally owned, 2,472,254.26 acres

Vital Records


 * Hopi Agency M595,births and deaths 1925-1931, FHL Film:
 * Western Navajo M595, births and death 1925-1933, FHL Film: and births and deaths 1928-1934,

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws the Hopi Tribe Arizona, approved December 1936.
 * Hopi Cultural Preservation OfficeHome Page
 * Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., Hopi Tribe