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Hopi Shoshonean-speaking tribe of Native Americans. They are famous for having retained the purest form of pre-Columbian life to have survived in the USA today. Today, c.6000 Hopi live in Arizona.

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Ho·pi / ˈhōpē/ • n. (pl. same or Ho·pis ) 1. a member of a Pueblo Indian people living chiefly in northeastern Arizona. 2. the Uto-Aztecan language of this people. • adj. of or relating to this people or their language.

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	Patrick Perez, Les Indiens Hopi d'Arizona. Six etudes anthropologiques.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Anthropologie et Societés; 5/1/2005
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