Book

Roads in the sky: the Hopi Indians in a century of change

Westview PressBoulder, Colo.Published In 1995 • Pages: xiv, 377

By: Clemmer, Richard O..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Clemmer presents in this book a description of Hopi social organization, economy, religion, and politics as well as key events in the history of Hopi-United States relations from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s. The author notes that despite one hundred years under the dominant American culture, Hopi society today (the 1990s) maintains cultural continuity with its aboriginal roots, while reflecting the effects of the twentieth century. This work focuses "…on six major events in Hopi history: a factionalist schism that split the largest Hopi village, Oraibi, into three villages; the impact of the federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934; the rise of a political movement known as 'traditionalism' the story behind far-reaching oil and coal leases in the 1960s; the Hopi-Navajo land dispute; and the disappearance of ceremonial objects into private collections and museums" (p. 354).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Real property
Renting and leasing
Sodalities
Ingroup antagonisms
Clans
External relations
Public welfare
Political parties
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Hopi
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southwest and Basin
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 1999
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1968-1990s
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
late nineteenth century - 1990s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Hopi pueblos, First, Second and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Richard O. Clemmer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-353) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
94039462
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopi Indians