Corn goes back to their very creation story. As the Hopi people emerged into this world, the Creator gave them three things: a gourd of water, a planting stick and a short ear of blue corn. Expand ...

Bearing on bones, Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in 1990. Its mandate was sweeping. Among the law’s provisions, writes Wesley Bernardini, an archaeologist, ...

Michael Kabotie, a Hopi artist and jeweler who was an innovator in the American Indian fine arts movement, died Oct. 23 at a Flagstaff, Ariz., hospital from complications related to H1N1 influenza, ...

Introduction -- Overview (Hopi religious ceremonies ; Hopi katsinam) -- Fourth world creation (Kelmuya) -- New life for the world (Kyaamuya ; Storytelling ; Soyalangwu (period of the Soyal ceremony)) ...

On the surface, they’re just baskets. Take a second look, and the hand-woven works of art become insightful symbols of an ancient culture full of mystique. The Arizona State Museum is hosting the ...

Traditional dances from multiple tribes and a meal of posole stew with fry bread brought Native American culture to life on ...

Introduction to the problem -- Migration, identity, and traditional knowledge -- Architecture and demography : building the case for serial migration -- Rock art analysis : identifying sources of ...

Poking up from the flat expanses of northern Arizona’s Wupatki National Monument are sandstone ruins, 800-year-old pueblos which are abandoned now, though protected for archaeologists and tourists.

The Hopi Prophecy and the End of the Fourth World. Illustration: Signo.net.br In the esoteric perspective, the “worlds” described by the Hopi are not merely physical eras but also represent states of ...