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The Influence and Role of Religion In Hopi Society Barry Campbell Religion 379 Instructor: Colleen Irwin The Hopi are one of the groups of Native Americans known as the Pueblo People. The Pueblo People consist of around twenty-five tribes of Native Americans who reside in permanent, established villages in Northern Arizona and Western New Mexico (Dozier, 1970, p. 17). This area is known as the southern extension of the Colorado Plateau and is a land of high altitude and arid conditions (Whiteley, 1987, p.45). The word pueblo has its origins in the expeditions of the Spanish explorer Coronado, whose group were the first Europeans in the area. Pueblo means "town or village" in Spanish and at first referred to the buildings and architecture, but over time, the Spanish began to apply the term to the people inhabiting the pueblos1. Living in established villages and utilizing intensive agriculture, the pueblos became distinguished from...

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