Example Sentences

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For the Hopi, Spider Woman takes the imaginings of the sun god and weaves them into being; she is the source of all life and the guardian of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

While giving back local control was Trump’s stated rationale, tribes in the area, like the Diné, Ute, Hopi, and Zuni, had been working for years to protect the two iconic and culturally significant sites.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

Voters on Navajo and Hopi reservations cast nearly 60,000 ballots in 2020, compared with under 42,500 in 2016, according to an Associated Press analysis.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2024

Many homes on Hopi lands are similarly situated.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

First to suffer, or so the sketchy evidence suggests, were the Hopi.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann