The Hopi Reservation is a reservation for Native American Indians of the Hopi tribe that is located in different counties in Arizona. The are in Arizona has 2,531 square miles with a population of around 7,000. They Hopi Tribe do not observe Daylight Savings Time.
The village is divided among three mesas in a style like the traditional pueblos. The Mesa Tribe occupies the first mesa and the Hopi live in the second and third mesa. The Hope tribe has trust land that is off the reservation called Winslow West.
Hopi Reservation near Flagstaff, AZ, inside the Navajo reservation is about 40 miles square. The Navajo people moved into the area over 300 years ago and surrounded the entire nation of the Hopis. The Hopi nation is a mixture of Americans and Hopi a mixture of ancient and modern. The people speak in English as well as Hopi. The Hopi are very religious people and practice their religion throughout the year with different kinds of ceremonies.
The Hopi people are agrarian and plant melons, beans, corn in the sandy soil. They don't irrigate their land, but rather do yearly dances and ceremonies to pray for rain. On the weekends, they have Deer, Buffalo, Katchina and other dances. These dances are open to the public and anyone wishing to come to eat and dance. The Hopi Reservation is an interesting site for many tourists in the area. They come there to learn more about the Hopi culture and try many of their customs.
