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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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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.
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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
Her parents moved to Hopi after marrying and lived without running water or electric service.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Current exhibits include Hopi pottery, more than 200 paintings by female artists of the Southwest and works by John Ford Clymer, who painted the American Indians, pioneers and fur trappers of the 19th century.
—Nora Heston Tarte, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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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
Her parents moved to Hopi after marrying and lived without running water or electric service.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Current exhibits include Hopi pottery, more than 200 paintings by female artists of the Southwest and works by John Ford Clymer, who painted the American Indians, pioneers and fur trappers of the 19th century.
—Nora Heston Tarte, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 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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