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The first formal meeting between the Hopi and the U.S. government occurred in 1850 when seven Hopi leaders made the trip to Santa Fe to meet with Calhoun. They wanted the government to provide protection against the Navajo, a Southern Athabascan-speaking tribe who were distinct from Apaches. At this time, the Hopi leader was Nakwaiyamtewa.
This is a list of Native American firsts.Native American people were the first people to live in the area that is now known as the United States. [1] This is a chronological list of the first accomplishments that Native Americans have achieved both through their tribal identities and also through the culture of the United States over time.
Kykotsmovi Village, also known as K-Town or New Oraibi is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is the seat of tribal government of the Hopi Reservation , a sovereign nation located in northeastern Arizona.
Emory Sekaquaptewa (December 28, 1928 – December 14, 2007) was a Hopi leader and scholar from the Third Mesa village of Hotevilla. Known as the "First Hopi" or "First Indian," he is best known for his role in compiling the first dictionary of the Hopi language.
Construction for the meeting house began in 1909—nearly a decade after the New York Society for Ethical Culture bought the land on Central Park West between 63rd and 64th streets—and was completed in 1910. [2] Originally, the Society had been meeting in Carnegie Hall, but decided to build a meeting house of their own. [2]
Nampeyo was born on First Mesa in the village of Hano, also known as Tewa Village which is primarily made up of descendants of the Tewa people from Northern New Mexico who fled west to Hopi lands about 1702 for protection from the Spanish after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. [5]
In 2004, Sekaquaptewa was included in the fifth volume of Notable American Women. [6] In 2013, she was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. [1] The chapter, "My Church", in which she describes her interactions with Mormon missionaries and her eventual conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was included in The Columbia Sourcebook of Mormons in the United ...
The Hoe Avenue peace meeting was an important gathering of gangs that took place in the Bronx, New York City, on December 8, 1971. [1] [2] [3] It was called to propose a general truce and an unprecedented inter-gang alliance. The impetus for the meeting was the murder of "Black Benjie", a peace keeper of the Ghetto Brothers. While no lasting ...