The Hopi, whose name comes from hopitu meaning 'the peaceful ones,' are traditionally associated culturally with the Zuni and with the Pueblo Indians. The Hopi are descendants of people who migrated into the Southwest prior to 1000 BC. The Anasazi are the Hopi's ancestors and believed to be related to the Aztecs of ... Mexico. The Hopi's did have their own religious beliefs and language, but they also shared a basic culture with the Zuni and other Pueblo Indians. The Hopi's have their own reservation a top of three mesas (Mesa I, II and III respectively). The men and women of the Hopi both sh...

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... priestly rituals are patterned. Four is the sacred number; songs and prayers occurred in quartets. The ceremonial circuit moves clockwise. And rites last four successive nights. Pueblo Religion The Pueblos believe life began within the Earth, who used her resources, particularly the corn plant, to sustain them for centuries. Their symbiotic relationship with ... and sometimes even with medicine. They can be disciplinarians or represent warriors, but most importantly they serve to initiate youth into the Pueblo social structure and to usher them into adulthood. The kachina society is most...

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