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HOPI , or Most (Moguls), a tribe of See also: North See also:American See also:Indians of Shoshonean stock. They are See also:Pueblo or See also:town-See also:building Indians and occupy seven villages on three lofty plateaus of See also:northern See also:Arizona. The first accounts of them date from the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de See also:Coronado in 1540. With the town-building Indians of New See also:Mexico they were then subdued. They shared in the successful revolt of 1542, but again suffered defeat in 1586. In 168o, however, they made a successful revolt against the Spaniards. They weave very See also:fine blankets, make baskets and are See also:expert potters and See also:wood-carvers. Their houses are built of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone set in See also:mortar. Their ceremonies are of an elaborate nature, and in the famous " snake-See also:dance " the performers carry live rattlesnakes in their mouths. They number some 1600. (See also PUEBLO INDIANS.)
For Hopi festivals, see 21st See also:Ann. See also:Report See also:Bureau of Amer. See also: Ethnology (1899-1900).
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