Hopi Tribe

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Tribal Headquarters
Hopi Tribe
PO Box 123
Kykot smovi, AZ 86039
Phone: 928-734-2441
Websit e
A federally recognized t ribe, t he Hopi Indians live on t he
Hopi reservat ion surrounded by t he Navajo reservat ion Native American Topics
in nort heast ern Arizona. T he Hopi are also known as
"Moki" and "Moqui," bot h which are considered
demeaning t erms.T he Hopi call t hemselves "Hopit uh
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Reservation Tribes Tribes

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Unknown
T he Hopi Indian Reservat ion is a federally-recognized
reservat ion, locat ed in nort hern Arizona. Today, t he Record Types
Hopi reservat ion is locat ed in part in Coconino and Allot ment Healt h Records
Navajo count y. It consist s of about 1.5 million acres and Records
Heirship Records
is made of about 12 villages locat ed on t hree mesas.
Annuit y Rolls
Individual History
Reservat ion Est ablished -- December 16, 1882 Biography Card
BIA Agency -- Hopi Indian Agency Cemet eries Land and Propert y
Principal t ribes -- Hopi Indian Tribe Census Rolls Maps
[1]
Populat ion -- 1969: Tribal enrollment : 6,000 Census Milit ary Records
Schedules
Newpapers
 Church Records Online Records

Brief Timeline Correspondence

and Report s
Oral Histories

Probat e Records
Court Records
Regist er of
1583: Spanish explorer, Antonio de Espejo
Enrollment Families
1598: Juan de Onat e and men, had t he Hopi Records
Removal Records
swear allegiance to t he Spanish Crown Dawes Rolls
Sanit ary Records
1629: First missionaries encount ered t he t ribe Guion Miller
Rolls Schools and
1680: Pueblo Rebellion occurred when t he
Educat ion Records
Spanish t ried to eliminat e all Kachina worship. Factories/Trading
Treat ies
1700: Hopi t radit ionalist killed all t he Christ ian
men in Awatovi and dest royed t he village. Many Vit al Records
living in Awatovi had convert ed to Cat holic fait h. Bureau of Indian Affairs
1856: Hopi affairs administ ered by an Indian Bureau of Indian Area Offices
Agent st at ioned at Fort Defiance, New Mexico Affairs (BIA)
Reservat ions
Territory
Agencies
Superint endencies
1874: First boarding school est ablished in Keams
Canyon. Other Topics
1882: Hopi Reservat ion est ablished Archives/Libraries Laws and Policies

1887: Hopi Agency Headquart ers est ablished at Cit izenship Regions
Keams Canyon, which derives it s name from Claims For Further
T homas V. Keams who operat ed a t rading post in Commissn. Reading
t he canyon unt il 1889 when he slold his building to
t he U.S. Government . Cult ural Groups

Fort s

Records Glossary

Land Records: All land is t ribally owned.

Records at t ribal headquart ers are for currently enrolled tribal members. Records may include:
allot ment s, annuit ies, enrollment s, employees, court s, leases, police regist ers, regist ers of families, and
vit al records. T hese records vary from t ribe to t ribe. Find t he older and most useful records for family
history research at t he BIA Agency for t he t ribe, or at t he Nat ional Archives.
For Further Reading
T he majority of records of individuals were those
created by the agencies. Some records may be
available to t ribal members t hrough t he t ribal
headquart ers.T hey were (and are) t he local office of t he
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged wit h
maint aining records of t he act ivit ies of t hose under
t heir responsibilit y. Among t hese records are:

Allot ment records

Annuit y rolls

Census records

Correspondence

Healt h records

Report s

School census and records

Vit al records

Agencies
Hopi Agency

Contact
Hopi Tribe
P.O. Box 123
Kykot smovi, AZ 86039
Phone: 1.928.734.3100
Fax: 1.928.734.6665

T he Official Websit e of t he Hopi Tribe

Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute
Execut ive Order 11829 : T he Hopi-Navajo Land Set t lement Int er-agency Commit t ee (signed 6 Jan 1975)
Execut ive Order 11853 : Amended Execut ive Order No. 11829, relat ing to t he Hopi-Navajo Land
Set t lement Int er-agency Commit t ee (signed 17 Apr 1975)

"A Hopi (Moqui) pet it ion signed by all t he Chiefs and headmen of t he t ribe asking t he Federal Government
to give t hem t it le to t heir lands inst ead of individually allot t ing each t ribal member " held at t he Nat ional
Archives: Let t ers Received, 1881-1907; Records of t he Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1989; Records Group
75

Sheridan, T homas." T he Hopi History Project :Where 21st -Cent ury Hopis Meet 16t h-Cent ury Spaniards"
Annotation Vol. 31, No.1 (March 2003)

Hopi Tribe

First Mesa

Waalpi (Walpi)

Sit somovi (Sichomovi)

Hanoki (Hano or Tewa)

Second Mesa

Songoopavi (Shungopovi or Shongopavi)

Musangnuvi (Mishongnovi)

Sipawlavi (Shipaulovi)

Third Mesa

Orayvi (Oraibi)

Hoat vela (Hot evilla)

Paaqavi (Bakabi or Bacavi)

Munqapi (Upper and Lower Moenkopi/Moencopi)

Kiqot smovi (Kykot smovi)

T he Hopi Tribe was under t he jurisdict ion of t he Arizona Superint endency

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 (wit h birt h and deat h 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 (wit h 1891 general schedule, and
let t er, 1898) (FS Library 579682)

Roll 640: West ern Navajo (Hopi Indians and Navajo and Paiut e Indians for 1929), 1905 (let t er), undat ed
Hopi roll, 1915-20, 1922, 1923 (let t er), 1924-27, 1929. (FS Library 583099)

Roll 641: Navajo, Hopi and Paiut e Indians, 1930 (FS Library 583100)

Roll 642: Navajo, Hopi and Paiut e Indians, 1931 (FS Library 583101)

Roll 643: Navajo, Hopi and Paiut e Indians, 1932 (FS Library 583102)

Roll 644: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiut e Indians, 1933 (wit h birt h and deat h rolls, 1925-33) (FS Library
583103)

Roll 645: Navajo, Hopi, and Paiut e Indians, 1934-35 (FS Library 583104)

Enrollment
For t hose int erest ed in becoming an enrolled member of t he Hopi Tribe, cont act :

Hopi Office of Enrollment

Kykot smovi, Arizona 86039
(928-734-3153)

Hopi Tribe Websit e in regards to enrollment

Record Group 75: Records of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
75.5.1: Records of the Offi ce of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Textual Records. T his
cont ains records relat ing to t he Hopi-Navajo land disput e, 1969-72.

75.6.9: Records of the Phoenix, AZ, Area Offi ce:Textual Records (In Denver).T his cont ains
cont ract s, policies, and plans of operat ions for t he Colorado River, Hopi, Nevada, Papago, Pima, San
Carlos, and ot heragencies, 1941-63.

75.19.46:Records of the Hopi Indian Agency, AZ:Textual Records (in Los Angeles). T his cont ains
let t ers sent , 1910-12. Journal of agency act ivit ies ("Office Diaries"), 1911-16. Cent ral subject files,
1926-56. Let t ers sent regarding supplies and propert y, 1911-14. Employee appraisal report s, 1911-
13.Individual Indian money (IIM) ledgers, 1936-51.Census schedule of t he Hopi Indians of West ern
Navajo Agency and relat ed records, 1922-24. Regist er of pupils, 1907-11.

School Records
Unit ed St at es:Bureau of Indian Affairs:Hopi Agency.School Records, 1937, 1950-51. (FS Library film
1249787)

Albuquerque Indian School (Albuquerque, NM)

Chimopovy Day School (Toreva, AZ)

Moencopi Day School (Moencopi, AZ)

Oraibi Day School (Oraibi, AZ)

Polacca Day School (Polacca, AZ)

Second Mesa Day School (Toreva, AZ)

Phoenix School (Phoenix, AZ)

West erm Navajo School (Tuba Cit y, AZ)

Important Websites
Const it ut ion and By-Laws t he Hopi Tribe Arizona, approved December 1936.

Hopi Cult ural Preservat ion Office Home Page

 Hope Tribe T he official websit e of t he Hopi Indians.

For Further Reading

EDUCAT ION

Adams, David W. "Schooling t he 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: Universit y of Arizona Press, 1974. WorldCat
1147918

Bernardini, Wesley. Hopi History in Stone: The Tutuveni Petroglyph Site. Tucson: Arizona St at e Museum,
Universit y of Arizona, 2009. WorldCat 320972410

Ellis, Florence Hawley. The Hopi: Their History and Use of Lands. Albuquerque, N. Mex: Universit y of N.
Mexico, 1970. WorldCat 2215137

Eggan, Fred. The Kinship System of the Hopi Indians. Chicago, Ill: Dist ribut ed by t he Universit y of Chicago
Libraries, 1936. WorldCat 27638341

Bowen, Jeff. Western Navajo Reservation Navajo, Hopi and Paiute Indians Birth and Death Rolls, 1925-
1933. Signal Mount ain, Tenn: Mount ain Press, 1996. WorldCat 37701175

Bowen, Jeff. 1932 Hopi and Navajo Native American Census: With Birth and Death Rolls. Hixson, T N:
Bowen Genealogy, Nat ive American Research and Publicat ions, 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

Unit ed St at es. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Hopi. Washington, D.C.: T he Bureau, 1924. WorldCat
34771986

Unit ed St at es. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Moapa River ; Moqui. Washington, [D.C.]: Nat ional
Archives, 1965. WorldCat 44389251

New Mexico St at e Records Cent er and Archives. New Mexico archives: facsimiles of manuscript s at
Sant a Fe. 1621. WorldCat 710854513

Wilson, William Albert . Brigham Young Universit y st udent fieldwork collect ion. 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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