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HOPI: The Real Thing The Hopi, or Hopituh Shi-nu-mu, The Peaceful People or Peaceful Little Ones, call their ancestors Hisatsinom, ( ee-SAH-tse-nom ), which means the ancient ones. The Navajo use the word Anasazi, which means ancient enemies. As Hopi they have lived in the Four Corners area for at least 1, 000 years. Oraibi, AZ was settled in 1050 and is the oldest consistently occupied community ...

HOPI CIVILIZATION The Hopi Indians, which means good, peaceful, or wise, come from a group of Southwestern people called Pueblo. Hopis call themselves Hopitu - The Peacable People. Hopis live in northeast Arizona at the southern end of the Black Mesa. A mesa is the name given to a small isolated flat-topped hill with three steep sides called the 1st Mesa, 2nd Mesa, and the 3rd Mesa. On the mesa ...

HOPI INDIANS The Hopi Indians, which means good, peaceful, or wise, come from a group of Southwestern people called Pueblo, but their language is different. They live in northeast Arizona at the southern end of the Black Mesa. A mesa is the name given to a small isolated flat-topped hill with three steep sides called the 1st Mesa, 2nd Mesa, and the 3rd Mesa. On the mesa tops are the Hopi ...