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Walpi ( nv, Deezʼáahjįʼ) is a Hopi people, Hopi village established around 900 AD.Experience Hopi: Guided Hopi Walpi village walking tour
. accessed 1.9.2012 It is located above Arizona State Route 264, east of the Grand Canyon in Navajo County, Arizona, Navajo County, northern Arizona. ''Walpi'' is the Hopi language, Hopi term for "place of the notch." Historically, the village has also been known as Ash Hill Terrace, Gaspe, Gualpi, Hualpi, Kuchapturela, Valpee, and Wolpi. Walpi became the official name as a result of a decision of the Board on Geographic Names in 1915. Walpi is an ancient stone pueblo complex located on the First Mesa, Arizona, First Mesa (of three), above the canyon floor, on the Hopi Reservation. The villages of Sichomovi and Hano, Arizona, Tewa (Hano) are also on First Mesa, both established after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 against the Spanish missions.
Entry in The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006
Britannica entry
*[http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/search/searchterm/%20Walpi%20(Ariz.)--1910-1920./mode/exact Digital Denver Library.org: Walpi images from 1910-1920] — ''online gallery''. * {{authority control Hopi Pueblo great houses Populated places in Navajo County, Arizona Native American history of Arizona Road-inaccessible communities of Arizona Hopi Reservation Pueblos in New Mexico
Walpi ( nv, Deezʼáahjįʼ) is a Hopi people, Hopi village established around 900 AD.Experience Hopi: Guided Hopi Walpi village walking tour. accessed 1.9.2012 It is located above Arizona State Route 264, east of the Grand Canyon in Navajo County, Arizona, Navajo County, northern Arizona. ''Walpi'' is the Hopi language, Hopi term for "place of the notch." Historically, the village has also been known as Ash Hill Terrace, Gaspe, Gualpi, Hualpi, Kuchapturela, Valpee, and Wolpi. Walpi became the official name as a result of a decision of the Board on Geographic Names in 1915. Walpi is an ancient stone pueblo complex located on the First Mesa, Arizona, First Mesa (of three), above the canyon floor, on the Hopi Reservation. The villages of Sichomovi and Hano, Arizona, Tewa (Hano) are also on First Mesa, both established after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 against the Spanish missions.
History
Walpi, of the Hopi people, is one of the older continuously inhabited villages in the United States, continuously inhabited for more than 1100 years since around 900 AD. It is an example of traditional Hopi stone architecture, used for their historic pueblos built at defensive locations on the mesa tops. The stone pueblo subtly rising from the stone mesa was well documented by photographs in the latter 19th century, by Edward S. Curtis, John K. Hillers, and others. Ansel Adams continued in the 20th century, along with increasing tourists' 'snapshots' via Fred Harvey (entrepreneur), Fred Harvey bus tours and their own automobiles up from U.S. Route 66 in Arizona, Route 66.Present day
The First Mesa Tourism Program describes the village of Walpi as "a living village where the homes are passed down through matrilineal clan lineage." About half a dozen in number live in the ancient stone dwellings, without running water or electricity, in the traditional manner. ;Access Walpi is accessible to visitors by guided tours, given by the First Mesa Consolidated Villages' Tourism Program.See also
*Hopi mythology *Hopi Kachina dolls
References
Entry in The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006
Britannica entry
External links
*[http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/search/searchterm/%20Walpi%20(Ariz.)--1910-1920./mode/exact Digital Denver Library.org: Walpi images from 1910-1920] — ''online gallery''. * {{authority control Hopi Pueblo great houses Populated places in Navajo County, Arizona Native American history of Arizona Road-inaccessible communities of Arizona Hopi Reservation Pueblos in New Mexico