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Dinnebito Wash, with Third Mesa in the distance -
Oraibi Wash and Indian Route 2 -
Polacca Wash, crossed by Arizona Route 87, with First Mesa and Second Mesa visible in the distance
Hopi Reservation
Hopitutskwa (Hopi) | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in Arizona | |
| Tribe | Hopi |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Counties | Coconino Navajo |
| Established | December 16, 1882 |
| Constitution | December 19, 1936 |
| Capital | Kykotsmovi (de facto)[citation needed] |
| Subdivisions | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Hopi Tribal Council |
| • Chairman | Timothy Nuvangyaoma |
| • Vice Chairman | Alfred Lomahquahu Jr. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,557.262 km2 (2,531.773 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,268 |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC −7 (no DST) |
| Website | hopi-nsn.gov |
| People | Hopi |
|---|---|
| Language | Hopilàvayi, Hand Talk |
| Country | Hopitutskwa |
The Hopi Reservation (Hopi: Hopitutskwa) is a Native American reservation for the Hopi and Arizona Tewa people, surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation, in Navajo and Coconino counties in north-eastern Arizona, United States. The site has a land area of 2,531.773 sq mi (6,557.262 km²) and as of the 2000 census had a population of 6,946.
The two nations formerly shared the Navajo–Hopi Joint Use Area until the Navajo–Hopi land settlement act created an artificial boundary through the area. The partition of this area, commonly known as Big Mountain, by acts of Congress in 1974 and 1996, has resulted in continuing controversy.[2][3]
The system of villages unites three mesas in the pueblo style traditionally used by the Hopi. Walpi is the oldest village on First Mesa, having been established in 1690 after the villages at the foot of mesa Koechaptevela were abandoned for fear of Spanish reprisal after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt.[citation needed] The Tewa people live on First Mesa. Hopi also occupy the Second Mesa and Third Mesa. The community of Winslow West is off-reservation trust land of the Hopi tribe.[citation needed]
The Hopi Tribal Council is the local governing body consisting of elected officials from the various reservation villages. Its powers were given to it under the Hopi Tribal Constitution.[citation needed]
The Hopi consider their life on the reservation (in particular the traditional clan residence, the spiritual life of the kivas on the mesa, and their dependence on corn) an integral and critically sustaining part of the "fourth world".[citation needed][clarification needed] Hopi High School is the secondary education institute for reservation residents.[citation needed] Hopi Radio, a station with a mix of traditional Hopi and typical American programming is run for the reservation and provides internships for Hopi High School.[citation needed]
