Changing Woman's Blog

Reading about various cultures now-days, I got acquainted to the Hopi Indians of Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.There culture drew my interest in so I set about searching them on-line..



Hopi Indian Homes

The Hopi have lived for centuries in he same area of Southwest America. The Hopi are agriculturist living in blocks of adobe apartment houses.


Hopi snake dancer

The Hopi religion is anti-war. To be Hopi is to strive toward this concept, which involves a state of total reverence and respect for all things, to be at peace with these things, and to live in accordance with the instructions of Maasaw, the Creator or Caretaker of Earth. The Hopi observe their traditional ceremonies for the benefit of the entire world.


Hopi Indian art..the colorful sun


Hopi are organized into matrilineal clans ( When a man marries, the children from the relationship are members of his wife's clan). The Hopi still practice a complete cycle of traditional ceremonies

When a child is born, they receive a perfect ear of corn. On the 20th day, the child is taken to the mesa cliff and held facing the rising sun. When the sun touches the baby, it is given a name...


Kachina dolls