| Official Name: | Hopi Reservation |
| Settlement Type: | Indian reservation |
| Flag Size: | 140px |
| Flag Link: | Hopi flag |
| Seal Size: | 95px |
| Subdivision Type: | Tribe |
| Subdivision Name: | Hopi |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Arizona |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Coconino Navajo |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | December 16, 1882 |
| Established Title1: | Constitution |
| Established Date1: | December 19, 1936 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | 10 Villages |
| P1: | First Mesa |
| P2: | Mishongnovi |
| P3: | Sipaulovi |
| P4: | Shungopavi |
| P5: | Oraibi |
| P6: | Kykotsmovi |
| P7: | Bacavi |
| P8: | Hotevilla |
| P9: | Upper Moenkopi |
| P10: | Lower Moenkopi |
| Governing Body: | Hopi Tribal Council |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Timothy Nuvangyaoma |
| Leader Title1: | Vice Chairman |
| Leader Name1: | Alfred Lomahquahu Jr. |
| Area Total Km2: | 6,557.262 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2,531.773 |
| Population Total: | 9268 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Mountain |
| Website: | hopi-nsn.gov |
| People: | Hopi |
| Language: | Hopilàvayi, Hand Talk |
| Country: | Hopitutskwa |
The Hopi Reservation (hop|Hopitutskwa) is a Native American reservation for the Hopi and Arizona Tewa people, surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation, in Navajo and Coconino counties in northeastern Arizona, United States.[2] [3] [4] [5] The site has a land area of 2,531.773 sq mi (6,557.262 km2) and, as of the 2020 census had a population of 7,791.[6]
The two nations formerly shared the Navajo–Hopi Joint Use Area until the Navajo–Hopi Land Settlement Act created an artificial boundary through the area. The partition of this area, commonly known as Big Mountain, by acts of Congress in 1974 and 1996, has resulted in continuing controversy.[7] [8]
The system of villages unites three mesas in the Pueblo style traditionally used by the Hopi. Walpi is the oldest village on First Mesa, having been established in 1690 after the villages at the foot of mesa Koechaptevela were abandoned for fear of Spanish reprisal after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. The Tewa people live on First Mesa. Hopi also occupy the Second Mesa and Third Mesa.[9] The community of Winslow West is off-reservation trust land of the Hopi tribe.
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.[10]
The Hopi consider their life on the reservation (in particular, the traditional clan residence, the spiritual life of the kivas on the mesa, and their dependence on corn) an integral and critically sustaining part of the "fourth world". 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[11] and provides internships for Hopi High School.
The Hopi Reservation lies within the Mountain Time Zone, like most of Arizona, but unlike the surrounding Navajo Nation, it does not observe daylight saving time.[12]
Aerial views looking north along the central three of the reservation's five major washes,[13] from west to east: