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Hopi Culture

bullet  Hopi are born into groups called clans, which are named after animals, birds, or things in nature.
bullet  The clans are taken care of by a clan woman, who is old, and also by her brother.
bullet  There are three Hopi main ritual dances:  the Snake Dance, a Pueblo Prayer Drama, and Prayers for a Bountiful Life.
bullet  According to Hopi tradition, The Hopi emerged from the Third World into this current Fourth World. This life is therefore referred to as the Fourth Way of Life for the Hopi.
bullet  The Hopi language is of the Uto-Aztecan language family, which is spoken from Idaho in the north to Central America in the south. Hopi is a separate branch within Northern Uto-Aztecan, of the Shoshone dialect.

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