But so many tourists have defied the decades-old ban on photography at Hopi kachina dances (more properly called katsinas), that Hopi people now often close dances to outsiders. Each village makes its ...

For the Hopi of Northern Arizona, farming and gardening provide not only sustenance but are fundamental sources of tradition and culture. Archeological records suggest the Hopi began their ...

Introduction -- Overview (Hopi religious ceremonies ; Hopi katsinam) -- Fourth world creation (Kelmuya) -- New life for the world (Kyaamuya ; Storytelling ; Soyalangwu (period of the Soyal ceremony)) ...

Cottonwood is for sale outside Tsakurshovi, Joe and Janice Day's shop on Second Mesa in the heart of the Hopi reservation. Hopi kachina dolls are carved from these tree roots. When Jonathan Day was ...

From a traditional cradle doll hand-painted with natural pigments to a contemporary, intricate belly-ache doll dressed in feathers, no two Kachina dolls made by Hopi artist Sylvan Sahmea are exactly ...

Among the pueblos of the Southwest, supernatural rain-bringers known as kachinas have long been at the heart of their spiritual beliefs. Masked dancers, impersonating various kachina figures, ...