Hopi Reservation

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The Hopi Reservation is a Native American reservation for the Hopi and Tewa people -- surrounded entirely by the Navajo Reservation -- in Navajo and Coconino counties of Arizona, USA. The site in north-eastern Arizona has a land area of 6,557.262 km² (2,531.773 sq mi) and as of the 2000 census had a population of 6,946. The system of villages are based around three Mesas in the traditional pueblo style which has been traditionally used by the Hopi. Walpi is the oldest village on the first mesa, having been established in 1690 after the villages at the foot of mesa Koechaptevela was abandoned for fear of Spanish reprisal post 1680 Pueblo Revolt. The Hopi Tribal Council is the local governing body consisting of elected officials from the various reservation villages. Its powers were given to it under the Hopi Tribal Constitution. The Hopis consider their life on the reservation (in particular the traditional clan residence and kivas on the mesa) and their great dependence on corn an integral part the "fourth world", their current cultural epoch in which all people of the world now live. Hopi High School is the secondary education institute for reservation residents. Hopi Radio, a station with a mix of traditional Hopi and typical American programming is run for the reservation and provides internships for Hopi High School. Hopis also occupy the Second Mesa, while the Third Mesa is occupied by the Tewa, who here obtained refuge after the Pueblo Revolt. The community of Winslow West is off-reservation trust land of the Hopi tribe.