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The Hopi Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Arizona<ref>Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 134, 12 July 2002 [http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/lists/FederallyRecognized2002.pdf Available online]</ref>.
[[Image:Hopi Women -Edward S Curtis Collection People 054.jpg|right|300px|Hopi Women -Edward S Curtis Collection People 054.jpg]]
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'''Ancestral homeland: '''First Mesa, Second Mesa and Third Mesa all part of the Black Mesa on the Colorado Plateau between the Colorado River and the Rio Grande.
=== Tribal Headquarters  ===


'''Clans:''' Snake, Badger, and Antelope
'''Hopi Tribe'''<br>PO Box 123<br>Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039<br>Phone: 928-734-2441<br>[https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/ Website]


== History  ==


==== Brief Timeline  ====
A federally recognized tribe, the Hopi Indians live on the Hopi reservation surrounded by the [[Navajo Indian Reservation (Arizona)|Navajo reservation in]] northeastern Arizona. The Hopi are also known as "Moki" and "Moqui," both which are considered demeaning terms.The Hopi call themselves "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu," meaning "The Peaceful People" or "Peaceful Little Ones." Like many Native American tribes, the Hopi are organized into clans, focusing on the matrilineal lines will help those searching for Hopi ancestors.


'''1583:''' Spanish explorer, Antonio de Espejo
===History===


'''1598: '''Juan de onate and men he had the Hopi swear allegiance to the Spanish Crown
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/hopi/hopeindianhist.htm Hopi Indian Tribal History]
*[http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp=1&amp;size=2&amp;id=nai.12.book.00000016&amp;volume=12 Northwestern University Digital Library Collections], Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indians; The Hopi, Volume 12, Page 3.
*[http://cpluhna.nau.edu/People/hopi.htm Canyons, Cultures and Environmental Change, Northern Arizona University, Hopi]
*[http://www.crystalinks.com/hopi1.html Hopi]


'''1629:''' first missionaries
===== Reservation =====
  The Hopi Indian Reservation is a federally-recognized reservation, located in northern Arizona. Today, the Hopi reservation is located in part in Coconino and Navajo county. It consists of about 1.5 million acres and is made of about 12 villages located on three mesas.


'''1680:''' Pueblo Rebellion occured when the Spanish tried to eliminate all kachina worship.&nbsp;  
*Reservation Established -- December 16, 1882
*BIA Agency -- Hopi Indian Agency
*Principal tribes -- Hopi Indian Tribe
*Population -- 1969: [[American Indian Enrollment Records|Tribal enrollment]]: 6,000 <ref>Confederation of American Indians (New York, New York), ''Indian Reservations: a State and Federal Handbook'' (Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland, 1986), ???. {{WorldCat|14098308|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|671299|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.1 In2}}.</ref>


==== Brief History  ====
===Brief Timeline===


==== Reservations ====
*'''1583:''' Spanish explorer, Antonio de Espejo
*'''1598: '''Juan de Onate and men, had the Hopi swear allegiance to the Spanish Crown
*'''1629:''' First missionaries encountered the tribe
*'''1680:''' Pueblo Rebellion occurred when the Spanish tried to eliminate all Kachina worship.
*'''1700:''' Hopi traditionalist killed all the Christian men in Awatovi and destroyed the village. Many living in Awatovi had converted to Catholic faith.
*'''1856: '''Hopi affairs administered by an Indian Agent stationed at Fort Defiance, New Mexico Territory
*'''1874:''' First boarding school established in Keams Canyon.
*'''1882:''' [[Hopi Indian Reservation (Arizona)|Hopi Reservation]] established
*'''1887:''' Hopi Agency Headquarters established at Keams Canyon, which derives its name from Thomas V. Keams who operated a trading post in the canyon until 1889 when he slold his building to the U.S. Government.


'''First Mesa'''
===Records===
Land Records: All land is tribally owned.


*Walpi
Records at tribal headquarters are for '''currently enrolled tribal members'''. Records may include: allotments, annuities, enrollments, employees, courts, leases, police registers, registers of families, and vital records. These records vary from tribe to tribe. Find the older and most useful records for family history research at the [[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|BIA Agency]] for the tribe, or at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]].
*Sichomovi
===For Further Reading===
*Hano
The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:<br>


'''Second Mesa'''
*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
*[[American Indian Annuity Rolls|Annuity rolls]]
*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Correspondence]]
*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Reports]]
*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]]
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]


*Shungopovi
===Agencies===
*Mishongnovi
*Shipaulovi


'''Third Mesa'''
[[Hopi Indian Agency (Arizona)|Hopi Agency]]


*Oraibi
====Contact====
*New Oraibi
*Hotevilla
*Bakabi
*Upper and Lower Moenkopi


Hopi Tribe<br>P.O. Box 123<br>Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039<br>Phone: 1.928.734.3100<br>Fax: 1.928.734.6665


[http://www.hopi-nsn.gov/ The Official Website of the Hopi Tribe]
===Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute===


==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band  ====
[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1975.html#11853 Executive Order 11829]: The Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Inter-agency Committee (signed 6 Jan 1975)<br>[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1975.html#11853 Executive Order 11853]: Amended Executive Order No. 11829, relating to the Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Inter-agency Committee (signed 17 Apr 1975)


== Tribal Headquarters  ==
"[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=327 A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member]" held at the National Archives: Letters Received, 1881-1907; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1989; Records Group 75


Hopi Tribe <br>P.O. Box 123<br>Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039<br>Phone: 928.734.3100<br>Fax: 928.734.6665
[http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/annotation/2003/2003-mar.pdf Sheridan, Thomas."The Hopi History Project:Where 21st-Century Hopis Meet 16th-Century Spaniards" ''Annotation ''Vol. 31, No.1 (March 2003)]


== Records  ==
<br> [[Hopi Tribe, Arizona (Reservation)]]


'''Agency Records'''  
'''First Mesa'''  


'''Correspondence and Census'''
*Waalpi (Walpi)
*Sitsomovi (Sichomovi)
*Hanoki (Hano or Tewa)


{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
'''Second Mesa'''
|-
! scope="col" | Tribe
! scope="col" | Agency
! scope="col" | Location of Original Records
! scope="col" |
Pre-1880 Correspondence


M234&nbsp; RG 75 Rolls 962
*Songoopavi (Shungopovi or Shongopavi)
*Musangnuvi (Mishongnovi)
*Sipawlavi (Shipaulovi)


Roll Numbers
'''Third Mesa'''


! scope="col" |
*Orayvi (Oraibi)
FHL
*Hoatvela (Hotevilla)
*Paaqavi (Bakabi or Bacavi)
*Munqapi (Upper and Lower Moenkopi/Moencopi)<br>
*Kiqotsmovi (Kykotsmovi)


Film
The Hopi Tribe was under the jurisdiction of the [[Arizona Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Arizona Superintendency]]


Numbers
===Census Records===


! scope="col" |
====[http://www.archives.gov/research/census/native-americans/1885-1940.html Indian Census Roll]====
Post-1885 Census&nbsp;


M595 RG 75 Rolls 693
*Roll 188: Hopi, 1924-26 (FS Library 576877)
*Roll 189: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1927-29 (FS Library 576878)
*Roll 190: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1930 (FS Library 576879)
*Roll 191: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1931 (FS Library 576880)
*Roll 192: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1932 (with birth and death rolls, 1925-31) (FS Library 576881)
*Roll 193: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1933 (FS Library 576882)
*Roll 194: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1934-36 (FS Library 576883)
*Roll 195: Hopi, 1937-39 (FS Library 576884)
*Roll 272: Navajo (Moqui Pueblo, or Hopi, and Navajo Indians), 1885 (with 1891 general schedule, and letter, 1898) (FS Library 579682)
*Roll 640: Western Navajo (Hopi Indians and Navajo and Paiute Indians for 1929), 1905 (letter), undated Hopi roll, 1915-20, 1922, 1923 (letter), 1924-27, 1929. (FS Library 583099)
*Roll 641: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1930 (FS Library 583100)
*Roll 642: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1931 (FS Library 583101)
*Roll 643: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1932 (FS Library 583102)
*Roll 644: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiute Indians, 1933 (with birth and death rolls, 1925-33) (FS Library 583103)
*Roll 645: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiute Indians, 1934-35 (FS Library 583104)<br>


Roll Numbers
====Enrollment====


! scope="col" |
For those interested in becoming an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, contact:
FHL


Film
Hopi Office of Enrollment<br>Kykotsmovi, Arizona 86039<br>(928-734-3153)


Numbers
[http://www.hopi-nsn.gov/tribal-services/tribal-membership/enrollment/ Hopi Tribe Website in regards to enrollment]


|-
===[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.46 Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs]===
| Hopi
| Hopi Agency, 1910-56
| Los Angeles
| -
|
| Rolls 188-95
| 576876-884
|-
| Hopi
| Western Navajo Agency, 1902-17
| Los Angeles
| -
|
| Rolls 640-45
| 583099-104
|}


'''Vital Records'''  
*'''75.5.1: Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Textual Records'''. This contains records relating to the Hopi-Navajo land dispute, 1969-72.
*'''75.6.9: Records of the Phoenix, AZ, Area Office:Textual Records (In Denver)'''.This contains contracts, policies, and plans of operations for the Colorado River, Hopi, Nevada, Papago, Pima, San Carlos, and other'''agencies''', 1941-63.
*'''75.19.46:Records of the Hopi Indian Agency, AZ:Textual Records (in Los Angeles)'''. This contains letters sent, 1910-12. Journal of agency activities ("Office Diaries"), 1911-16. Central subject files, 1926-56. Letters sent regarding supplies and property, 1911-14. Employee appraisal reports, 1911-13.Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1936-51.Census schedule of the Hopi Indians of Western Navajo Agency and related records, 1922-24. Register of pupils, 1907-11.


*Hopi Agency M595,&nbsp;births and deaths 1925-1931 FHL Film: 576881
===School Records===
*Western Navajo&nbsp; M595, births and death 1925-1933 FHL&nbsp;Film: 583103,&nbsp;and births and deaths 1928-1934&nbsp; FHL&nbsp;Film: 583104


== Important Web Sites  ==
United States:Bureau of Indian Affairs:Hopi Agency.School Records, 1937, 1950-51. (FS Library film 1249787)


*[http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/hopicons.html Constitution and By-Laws] the Hopi Tribe Arizona, approved December 1936.
*[[Albuquerque Indian School|Albuquerque Indian School]] (Albuquerque, NM)
*[http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/ Hopi Cultural Preservation Office ]Home Page
*Chimopovy Day School (Toreva, AZ)
*Wikipedia article about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi Hopi Indians]
*Moencopi Day School (Moencopi, AZ)
*Oraibi Day School (Oraibi, AZ)
*Polacca Day School (Polacca, AZ)
*Second Mesa Day School (Toreva, AZ)
*[[Phoenix Indian School (Arizona)|Phoenix School]] (Phoenix, AZ)
*[[Western Navajo Indian School (Arizona)|Westerm Navajo School]] (Tuba City, AZ)


== References  ==
===Important Websites===


<references />
*[https://www.loc.gov/law/help/american-indian-consts/PDF/37026339.pdf Constitution and By-Laws] the Hopi Tribe Arizona, approved December 1936.
*[https://www8.nau.edu/hcpo-p/ Hopi Cultural Preservation Office] Home Page
*[http://www.hopi-nsn.gov/ Hope Tribe] The official website of the Hopi Indians.


==== Bibliography  ====
===For Further Reading===


*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75], Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
EDUCATION
*Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ Available online].
*Klein, Barry T., ed. ''Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian''. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317923332?referer=list_view WorldCat 317923332]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1122745&disp=Reference+encyclopedia+of+the+American+I%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 R259e].
*Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no:037475188 WorldCat 37475188]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=831087&disp=The+Gale+encyclopedia+of+Native+American%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 G131g].


:Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
* Adams, David W.  "Schooling the Hopi: Federal Indian Policy Writ Small, 1887-1917." ''Pacific Historical Review'' 48, no. 3 (August 1979): 335-356.  
:Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
:Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
:Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands


*Sturtevant, William C. ''Handbook of North American Indians''. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– . <br>
*Seaman, P. David. ''P. David Seaman Collection''. 1974. {{WorldCat|70069014}}
*James, Harry Clebourne. ''Pages from Hopi History''. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1974. {{WorldCat|1147918}}
*Bernardini, Wesley. ''Hopi History in Stone: The Tutuveni Petroglyph Site''. Tucson: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 2009. {{WorldCat|320972410}}
*Ellis, Florence Hawley. ''The Hopi: Their History and Use of Lands''. Albuquerque, N. Mex: University of N. Mexico, 1970. {{WorldCat|2215137}}
*Eggan, Fred. ''The Kinship System of the Hopi Indians''. Chicago, Ill: Distributed by the University of Chicago Libraries, 1936. {{WorldCat|27638341}}
*Bowen, Jeff. ''Western Navajo Reservation Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians Birth and Death Rolls'', 1925-1933. Signal Mountain, Tenn: Mountain Press, 1996. {{WorldCat|37701175}}
*Bowen, Jeff. 1932 ''Hopi and Navajo Native American Census: With Birth and Death Rolls''. Hixson, TN: Bowen Genealogy, Native American Research and Publications, 1997. {{WorldCat|37813701}}
*Clinton-Tullie, Verna. ''Research of the Navajo-Hopi Tobacco Clan of Finger Point-Star Mountain of Teesto Chapter Community and Polacca, Awatovi and Sichomovi of First Mesa''. Window Rock, Ariz.?: s.n, 1981. {{WorldCat|20972675}}
*Clinton-Tullie, Verna. ''The Tobacco People from Awatovi''. Window Rock, Ariz.?: s.n, 1981. {{WorldCat|20972475}}
*United States. ''Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940''. Hopi. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1924. {{WorldCat|34771986}}
*United States. ''Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Moapa River ; Moqui''. Washington, [D.C.]: National Archives, 1965. {{WorldCat|44389251}}
*New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. New Mexico archives: facsimiles of manuscripts at Santa Fe. 1621. {{WorldCat|710854513}}
*Wilson, William Albert. Brigham Young University student fieldwork collection. 1968. {{WorldCat|455734111}}


:Volume 1 -- Not yet published
===References===
:Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234303751&referer=brief_results WorldCat 234303751]<br>
:Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255572371&referer=brief_results WorldCat 255572371]<br>
:Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19331914&referer=brief_results WorldCat 19331914]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4].<br>
:Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299653808&referer=brief_results WorldCat 299653808]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5].<br>
:Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247493742&referer=brief_results WorldCat 247493742]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6].<br>
:Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247493311&referer=brief_results WorldCat 247493311]<br>
:Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13240086&referer=brief_results WorldCat 13240086]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8].<br>
:Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26140053&referer=brief_results WorldCat 26140053]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9].<br>
:Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301504096&referer=brief_results WorldCat 301504096]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10].
:Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256516416&referer=brief_results WorldCat 256516416]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11].<br>
:Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39401371&referer=brief_results WorldCat 39401371]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12].<br>
:Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48209643&referer=brief_results WorldCat 48209643]<br>
:Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/254277176&referer=brief_results WorldCat 254277176]
:Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256517503&referer=brief_results WorldCat 356517503]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15].<br>
:Volume 16 -- Not yet published
:Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43957746&referer=brief_results WorldCat 43957746]<br>
:Volume 18 -- Not yet published
:Volume 19 -- Not yet published
:Volume 20 -- Not yet published


*Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indianlocation.htm Available online].
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Tribal Headquarters

Hopi Tribe
PO Box 123
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
Phone: 928-734-2441
Website


A federally recognized tribe, the Hopi Indians live on the Hopi reservation surrounded by the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi are also known as "Moki" and "Moqui," both which are considered demeaning terms.The Hopi call themselves "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu," meaning "The Peaceful People" or "Peaceful Little Ones." Like many Native American tribes, the Hopi are organized into clans, focusing on the matrilineal lines will help those searching for Hopi ancestors.

History

Reservation

  The Hopi Indian Reservation is a federally-recognized reservation, located in northern Arizona. Today, the Hopi reservation is located in part in Coconino and Navajo county. It consists of about 1.5 million acres and is made of about 12 villages located on three mesas.

  • Reservation Established -- December 16, 1882
  • BIA Agency -- Hopi Indian Agency
  • Principal tribes -- Hopi Indian Tribe
  • Population -- 1969: Tribal enrollment: 6,000 [1]

Brief Timeline

  • 1583: Spanish explorer, Antonio de Espejo
  • 1598: Juan de Onate and men, had the Hopi swear allegiance to the Spanish Crown
  • 1629: First missionaries encountered the tribe
  • 1680: Pueblo Rebellion occurred when the Spanish tried to eliminate all Kachina worship.
  • 1700: Hopi traditionalist killed all the Christian men in Awatovi and destroyed the village. Many living in Awatovi had converted to Catholic faith.
  • 1856: Hopi affairs administered by an Indian Agent stationed at Fort Defiance, New Mexico Territory
  • 1874: First boarding school established in Keams Canyon.
  • 1882: Hopi Reservation established
  • 1887: Hopi Agency Headquarters established at Keams Canyon, which derives its name from Thomas V. Keams who operated a trading post in the canyon until 1889 when he slold his building to the U.S. Government.

Records

Land Records: All land is tribally owned.

Records at tribal headquarters are for currently enrolled tribal members. Records may include: allotments, annuities, enrollments, employees, courts, leases, police registers, registers of families, and vital records. These records vary from tribe to tribe. Find the older and most useful records for family history research at the BIA Agency for the tribe, or at the National Archives.

For Further Reading

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

Agencies

Hopi Agency

Contact

Hopi Tribe
P.O. Box 123
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
Phone: 1.928.734.3100
Fax: 1.928.734.6665

The Official Website of the Hopi Tribe

Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute

Executive Order 11829: The Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Inter-agency Committee (signed 6 Jan 1975)
Executive Order 11853: Amended Executive Order No. 11829, relating to the Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Inter-agency Committee (signed 17 Apr 1975)

"A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member" held at the National Archives: Letters Received, 1881-1907; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1989; Records Group 75

Sheridan, Thomas."The Hopi History Project:Where 21st-Century Hopis Meet 16th-Century Spaniards" Annotation Vol. 31, No.1 (March 2003)


Hopi Tribe, Arizona (Reservation)

First Mesa

  • Waalpi (Walpi)
  • Sitsomovi (Sichomovi)
  • Hanoki (Hano or Tewa)

Second Mesa

  • Songoopavi (Shungopovi or Shongopavi)
  • Musangnuvi (Mishongnovi)
  • Sipawlavi (Shipaulovi)

Third Mesa

  • Orayvi (Oraibi)
  • Hoatvela (Hotevilla)
  • Paaqavi (Bakabi or Bacavi)
  • Munqapi (Upper and Lower Moenkopi/Moencopi)
  • Kiqotsmovi (Kykotsmovi)

The Hopi Tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Superintendency

Census Records

Indian Census Roll

  • Roll 188: Hopi, 1924-26 (FS Library 576877)
  • Roll 189: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1927-29 (FS Library 576878)
  • Roll 190: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1930 (FS Library 576879)
  • Roll 191: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1931 (FS Library 576880)
  • Roll 192: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1932 (with birth and death rolls, 1925-31) (FS Library 576881)
  • Roll 193: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1933 (FS Library 576882)
  • Roll 194: Hopi and Navajo Indians, 1934-36 (FS Library 576883)
  • Roll 195: Hopi, 1937-39 (FS Library 576884)
  • Roll 272: Navajo (Moqui Pueblo, or Hopi, and Navajo Indians), 1885 (with 1891 general schedule, and letter, 1898) (FS Library 579682)
  • Roll 640: Western Navajo (Hopi Indians and Navajo and Paiute Indians for 1929), 1905 (letter), undated Hopi roll, 1915-20, 1922, 1923 (letter), 1924-27, 1929. (FS Library 583099)
  • Roll 641: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1930 (FS Library 583100)
  • Roll 642: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1931 (FS Library 583101)
  • Roll 643: Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians, 1932 (FS Library 583102)
  • Roll 644: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiute Indians, 1933 (with birth and death rolls, 1925-33) (FS Library 583103)
  • Roll 645: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiute Indians, 1934-35 (FS Library 583104)

Enrollment

For those interested in becoming an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, contact:

Hopi Office of Enrollment
Kykotsmovi, Arizona 86039
(928-734-3153)

Hopi Tribe Website in regards to enrollment

Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

  • 75.5.1: Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Textual Records. This contains records relating to the Hopi-Navajo land dispute, 1969-72.
  • 75.6.9: Records of the Phoenix, AZ, Area Office:Textual Records (In Denver).This contains contracts, policies, and plans of operations for the Colorado River, Hopi, Nevada, Papago, Pima, San Carlos, and otheragencies, 1941-63.
  • 75.19.46:Records of the Hopi Indian Agency, AZ:Textual Records (in Los Angeles). This contains letters sent, 1910-12. Journal of agency activities ("Office Diaries"), 1911-16. Central subject files, 1926-56. Letters sent regarding supplies and property, 1911-14. Employee appraisal reports, 1911-13.Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1936-51.Census schedule of the Hopi Indians of Western Navajo Agency and related records, 1922-24. Register of pupils, 1907-11.

School Records

United States:Bureau of Indian Affairs:Hopi Agency.School Records, 1937, 1950-51. (FS Library film 1249787)

Important Websites

For Further Reading

EDUCATION

  • Adams, David W. "Schooling the Hopi: Federal Indian Policy Writ Small, 1887-1917." Pacific Historical Review 48, no. 3 (August 1979): 335-356.
  • Seaman, P. David. P. David Seaman Collection. 1974. WorldCat 70069014
  • James, Harry Clebourne. Pages from Hopi History. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1974. WorldCat 1147918
  • Bernardini, Wesley. Hopi History in Stone: The Tutuveni Petroglyph Site. Tucson: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 2009. WorldCat 320972410
  • Ellis, Florence Hawley. The Hopi: Their History and Use of Lands. Albuquerque, N. Mex: University of N. Mexico, 1970. WorldCat 2215137
  • Eggan, Fred. The Kinship System of the Hopi Indians. Chicago, Ill: Distributed by the University of Chicago Libraries, 1936. WorldCat 27638341
  • Bowen, Jeff. Western Navajo Reservation Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians Birth and Death Rolls, 1925-1933. Signal Mountain, Tenn: Mountain Press, 1996. WorldCat 37701175
  • Bowen, Jeff. 1932 Hopi and Navajo Native American Census: With Birth and Death Rolls. Hixson, TN: Bowen Genealogy, Native American Research and Publications, 1997. WorldCat 37813701
  • Clinton-Tullie, Verna. Research of the Navajo-Hopi Tobacco Clan of Finger Point-Star Mountain of Teesto Chapter Community and Polacca, Awatovi and Sichomovi of First Mesa. Window Rock, Ariz.?: s.n, 1981. WorldCat 20972675
  • Clinton-Tullie, Verna. The Tobacco People from Awatovi. Window Rock, Ariz.?: s.n, 1981. WorldCat 20972475
  • United States. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Hopi. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1924. WorldCat 34771986
  • United States. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Moapa River ; Moqui. Washington, [D.C.]: National Archives, 1965. WorldCat 44389251
  • New Mexico State Records Center and Archives. New Mexico archives: facsimiles of manuscripts at Santa Fe. 1621. WorldCat 710854513
  • Wilson, William Albert. Brigham Young University student fieldwork collection. 1968. WorldCat 455734111

References

  1. ↑ Confederation of American Indians (New York, New York), Indian Reservations: a State and Federal Handbook (Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland, 1986), ???. At various repositories (WorldCat); FS Library Book 970.1 In2.
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