Suggested Reading
The list below is not an extensive one. Most of the selections can be purchased from sources such as
Amazon or
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suggest other books, videos/DVDs or information which you feel would be helpful.
Hopi Culture & History
"
Hopi" by Susanne Page, Jake Page
(Recommended)
"The Hopi People (Images of America)" by Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Carolyn O'Bagy Davis, and Hopi Cultural Preservation Office
"
Pages from Hopi History" by Harry C. James
(Recommended)
"Deliberate Acts: Changing Hopi Culture Through the Oraibi Split" by Peter M. Whiteley
(Recommended)
"Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935-1939" by Hester A. Davis
"The Hopi Villages (The Ancient Province of Tusayan)" by John Wesley Powell, Lollie W. Campbell
"Rethinking Hopi Ethnography (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)" by Peter M. Whiteley
"Meditations With the Hopi" by Robert Boissiere, Cynthia West (Illustrator)
"The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians As Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions" by Harold Courlander, Enrico Arno (Illustrator)
Hopi Crafts
"Pueblo Pottery Families" by Lillian Peaster
"Pueblo Pottery Families: Acoma, Cochiti, Hopi, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Picuris, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, ... Zia, Zuni (Schiffer Book for Collectors)" by Lillian Peaster, and Guy Berger
(Recommended)
"Hopi Silver: The History and Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing" by Margaret Nickelson Wright
"The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts)" by Theda Bassman
"Hopi Cookery" by Juanita Tiger Kavena
"Hopi Basket Weaving: Artistry in Natural Fibers" by Helga Teiwes
"
Following the Sun and Moon: Hopi Kachini Tradition" by Alph H. Secakuku
(Recommended)
"Hopi Kachinas" by Edward A. Kennard, and Edwin Earle
"Traditional Hopi Kachinas: A New Generation of Carvers" by Jonathan S. Day
(Recommended)
"Hopi Kachina Dolls: With a Key to Their Identification" by Harold S. Colton
"Hopi Kachinas: The Complete Guide to Collecting Kachina Dolls" by Barton Wright
Miscellaneous
"Pueblo Indians of North America" by Edward P. Dozier
(Recommended)
"What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680?" (Historians at Work) by David J. Weber, and Edward Countryman
(Recommended)
"The Navajo Code Talkers" (25th Anniversary Edition) by Doris A. Paul
"Hopi" by American Indian Video Series, produced by Tellens, Inc., for the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona (1982) VHS
(Recommended)
"The Chaco Handbook: An Encyclopedic Guide (Chaco Canyon Series)" by R. Gwinn Vivian, Bruce Hilpert, R. Gwiin Vivian
(Recommended)
"Hotevilla: Hopi Shrine of the Covenant: Microcosm of the World" by Thomas E. Mails, and Dan Evehema
Language
"Concise Hopi and English Lexicon" by Roy Albert, David Leedom Shaul
"Hopi Dictionary: Hopiikwa Lavaytutuveni: A Hopi-English Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect" by Emory Sekaquaptewa (Editor), Kenneth C. Hill, Mary E. Black (Contributor), Ekkehart Malotki, The Hopi Dictionary Project (Currently not available)
"Hopi Dictionary: Hopi English English Hopi Grammatical Appendix" by David P. Seaman
