LAND OF HOPI AND NAVAJO lis 



most positively have never witnessed nor re- 

 corded. 



Visitors are admitted to some of the rituals 

 worked in the kiva and to all of those in the 

 open street, such as that witnessed by Fleming 

 and me. It happened that we were the only 

 white men present at this ceremony, but not 

 the slightest restriction was offered us, and I 

 was permitted to enter the street itself and 

 photograph the performers at close range. 



The Hopis are an agricultural people living 

 in pueblos, or permanent villages. Their chief 

 occupation is tilling the soil and raising maize, 

 which is their food staple, together with sec- 

 ondary crops of fruits and vegetables. They 

 are also skilled makers of ceremonial kilts, 

 sashes, and blankets, which are produced in 

 various weaves and are of durable quality. 

 These products of the loom, as well as embroid- 

 ery and the fine basketware for which they are 

 famous, show a well developed sense of the 

 artistic. Formerly their pottery was of a high 

 standard of workmanship and artistic merit, 

 but of late years has deteriorated, though even 

 yet the people of Haus turn out some excellent 

 pottery. 



Hopitu-Shinumu, meaning "peaceful peo- 

 ple," is their own name for themselves. Hopi 



