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plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Arizona
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: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi people
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For years, the United States had been trying to make the Hopi send their children to federal boarding schools—the children sometimes as young as four, the schools sometimes a thousand miles away.
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
Imagine if people started believing that Hopi speakers had no sense of time, whereas Yagua speakers had the most sophisticated understanding of it, and English speakers were somewhere in the middle.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Excavations have revealed artifacts from the Clovis, the Archaic culture, the Basketmaker culture and ancestral Puebloan, as well as more recent findings from extant Indigenous groups like the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
About 40,000 acres sat within the Joint Use Area between Hopi and Navajo and the rest on Navajo reservation land.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
Here, tribal consultants have collaborated on displays of exquisite pottery, basketry, and dress by Hopi, Yavapai, and Zuni peoples, among others.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
The place is part of the ancestral homelands of the Hualapai, Yavapai, Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Hopi and Colorado River indigenous tribes.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
The deal also includes terms for water in five washes shared by the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
In the years since, it's developed an Indigenous workforce that has installed 2.5-kilowatt off-grid solar and battery storage systems in 72 homes across the Hopi and Navajo Nations.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
Imagine if people started believing that Hopi speakers had no sense of time, whereas Yagua speakers had the most sophisticated understanding of it, and English speakers were somewhere in the middle.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Excavations have revealed artifacts from the Clovis, the Archaic culture, the Basketmaker culture and ancestral Puebloan, as well as more recent findings from extant Indigenous groups like the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
About 40,000 acres sat within the Joint Use Area between Hopi and Navajo and the rest on Navajo reservation land.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
Here, tribal consultants have collaborated on displays of exquisite pottery, basketry, and dress by Hopi, Yavapai, and Zuni peoples, among others.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
The place is part of the ancestral homelands of the Hualapai, Yavapai, Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Hopi and Colorado River indigenous tribes.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
The deal also includes terms for water in five washes shared by the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
In the years since, it's developed an Indigenous workforce that has installed 2.5-kilowatt off-grid solar and battery storage systems in 72 homes across the Hopi and Navajo Nations.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Hopi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hopi. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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Hopi
noun
Ho·pi
ˈhō-pē 
plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an American Indian people of northeastern Arizona
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