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plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Arizona
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: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Hopi people
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Current exhibits include Hopi pottery, more than 200 paintings by female artists of the Southwest and works by John Ford Clymer, who painted the American Indians, pioneers and fur trappers of the 19th century.
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Nora Heston Tarte, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
The crew’s lead E.M.T. was a member of the Hopi Tribe.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Before moving on to the energy transition, two water stories:
Congress failed to approve a water rights settlement that would have secured Colorado River water for the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in northeastern Arizona.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Blue corn is another ancient corn variety closely associated with the Pueblo tribes of the American Southwest, including the Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Nora Heston Tarte, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
The crew’s lead E.M.T. was a member of the Hopi Tribe.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Before moving on to the energy transition, two water stories:
Congress failed to approve a water rights settlement that would have secured Colorado River water for the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in northeastern Arizona.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Blue corn is another ancient corn variety closely associated with the Pueblo tribes of the American Southwest, including the Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hopi
noun
Ho·pi
ˈhō-pē 
plural Hopi or Hopis
: a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Arizona
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: the language of the Hopi people
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