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Hopi Indians
The Hopi lived in the Southwest of the United States and Northern Mexico. The name means peaceful and their rich ceremonies include dances and Kachina dolls.
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What is the principle of least interest?
the person with the least emotional attachment has more power and control in the relationship.
What are some facts about Lamborghini?
Most sites on the internet can tell you all you want to know about the company and its vehicles.
Did the Hopi Indians use wampum as money or did they trade goods?
well from what I hear they traded instead of wampum
Why was it important for the Hopi to store surplus food?
So that they were always prepared for any situation
What is the hopi rain dance ceremony?
The hopi rain dance is a ceremony performed to ask the gods for rain.
What is Oraibi in the southwest desert?
Oraibi, also referred to as Old Oraibi, is a Hopi village in Navajo County, Arizona, in the northeastern part of the state.
How was the adobe important to the Hopi way of life?
first of all the hopi lived in pueblos. and it was important to them because it kept them cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
What are some interesting facts about Marie Curie?
- Marie Curie died of leukemia brought on by her prolonged exposure to radioactivity. The notebooks she used are still radioactive.
- The element curium, discovered in 1944, was named in honor of Marie and her husband, Pierre.
- Marie Curie was the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne in Paris, and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize.
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Marie Curie:
- discovered the element, radium.
- was a co-recipient of the Nobel prize in physics in 1903.
- was the first women to be accepted into the Sorbonne University, in Paris.
- won her second Nobel prize in chemistry in 1911.
- was the first women to win 2 Nobel prizes.
- was born on November 7, 1867.
- died in 1934.
- was the youngest of five children. She had 1 older brother and 3 older sisters.
- discovered her 2nd element and named it polonium, after her birth country, Poland.
- was 10 years old when her oldest sister died an 2 years later her mother also passed away.
- father died in Warsaw.
- notebooks are still radioactive.
- favorite game was a game her family called block wars.
- married Pierre Curie.
- received a total of 19 degrees.
Was blue cloud a native American Indian?
Mari Sandoz refers to the Blue Cloud Indians as allies with the Sioux and Cheyenne in her book about Crazy Horse.
The following website indicates that Blue Clouds was the Lakota (Sioux) name for the Arapaho. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/ok/nations/cheyarap/cheyennearapaho.htm
There are also individuals from various tribes named Blue Cloud.
What is an unique fact about the Hopis?
The Hopi village of Old Oraibi, located on Third Mesa and founded about the year 1100, is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States.
See link below for source.
What is in the Hopi tribe timeline?
1 AD - Identifiable culture called "Hisatsinom (People of Long Ago) that would become the Hopi.
500 AD - Pottery-making developed and pit houses increase in size.
700 AD - Cultivating corn, beans, and cotton and becoming more sedentary in lifestyle.
1100 AD - Population becomes clustered in larger villages, such as Oraibi, Awatovi, Wupatki, Betatakin, and Canyon de Chelly.
1200's - Late in this century a massive drought forced 36 of 47 villages on the Hopi mesas to be abandoned. 11 villages were re-established.
1500's - Highly developed Hopi culture developed, with elaborate ceremonial cycle, complex social organization, and advanced agricultural system.
Population of about 250,000.
1540 - First outsiders arrive: Spanish explorers.
1592 - Catholic priests establish mission at Awatovi.
1680 - Hopi joined Puebloans of New Mexico in Pueblo Revolt again the Spanish of the Southwest.
1821 - Hopi fell under Mexican jurisdiction.
1848 - Hopi territory became part of the ever-expanding United States.
1870 - First Hopi Indian agent appointed by U. S. Government.
1874 - Indian Agency established in Keams Canyon.
1882 - 2.5 million acre Hopi Reservation established.
1906 - Oraibi village split caused by tensions between those who were sympathetic to White ways and those who were not.
1934 - Indian Reorganization Act reflects the more sympathetic sentiments of the U. S. Government.
1936 - First Hopi Tribal Council formed.
Today - While Tribal Council represents Hopi people in matters external to the tribe, Hopi villages are still more or less independent, following traditional Hopi ways. In fact, Oraibi remains strictly traditional, not even accepting any fund from the tribe.
What is the name of a Pacific northwest Indian tribe?
One Indian tribe that lives in the Pacific Northwest is the Lummi tribe.
What boardgames did the Hopi play?
They would the kakitue which was a very famouse game they played for children in hte past
Why did the hopis have to keep a surplus of food?
because a surplus of food meant survival during times of drought
the climate was very arid
What kinds of people lived in pueblo homes?
it was important because it protected them from attackers
