1
plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Arizona
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi people
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Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Hopi Hoekstra, also shared the institution’s commitment to broadening its access.
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 Mar. 2025
In 2016, President Obama established Bear Ears National Monument to protect a cultural landscape sacred to numerous Native peoples: the Utes, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi, and the Zuni.
—May Wang, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
The Hopi farmed in the valley seasonally from the 1300s to the 1600s, and the Hopi and the Pueblos still maintain their ties to the site today.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The exhibit also highlights the historical significance of arachnids across different cultures, such as the Greek myth of Arachne, Anansi the Spider from Ghanaian folklore and the Spider Woman legend from the Ojibwe, Hopi and Navajo nations.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 Mar. 2025
In 2016, President Obama established Bear Ears National Monument to protect a cultural landscape sacred to numerous Native peoples: the Utes, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi, and the Zuni.
—May Wang, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
The Hopi farmed in the valley seasonally from the 1300s to the 1600s, and the Hopi and the Pueblos still maintain their ties to the site today.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The exhibit also highlights the historical significance of arachnids across different cultures, such as the Greek myth of Arachne, Anansi the Spider from Ghanaian folklore and the Spider Woman legend from the Ojibwe, Hopi and Navajo nations.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Hopi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hopi. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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Hopi
noun
Ho·pi
ˈhō-pē 
plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Arizona
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: the language of the Hopi people
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