Talk:Kiva

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I wrote that "among the Hopi and most Pueblo peoples" kivas are square and above-ground, but I'll that's true for all the modern Pueblos. The "most" was because I'm not sure. I may be able to find out, or maybe someone else can.

JerryFriedman

San Ildefonso, at least, still has a round kiva.

Wschart 13:18, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other Uses of the Word Kiva

Trivia by anon. moved to talk page: "This is also the name of a multi-purpose auditorium at Lakeland High School in White Lake, Michigan." WBardwin 19:23, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User 68.62.83.86, if you have more material on this place, it may merit an article of its own and a directional finder on the main Kiva page. Is the reference to "The Kiva" in the school found on the web or in media articles? That may make it notable enough for an article. Or do you know of other uses of the word "Kiva?" That may make a seperate section of the main Kiva article worth while. Think about it and place any new information or comments on the talk page. Look forward to working with you. WBardwin 21:02, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

One of the buildings in the College of Education complex at the University of New Mexico is round and called the Kiva. One of the fraternities there also has a "kiva", which externally at least resembled the one at San Ildefonso.

At one time, the local TV station in Farmington, NM, had the call letters KIVA, which may have been significant as the nearby Aztec Ruins National Monument has the world's only restored Great Kiva. The station was assigned new call letters sometime in the 1980's, as best I recall

Wschart 13:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)