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Hopi Indian Bands,
Gens and Clans
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens,
clans and phratry. Often very little
information is known or they no longer
exist. We have included them here to
provide more information about the tribes.
Aiyaho (a red-topped plant). A
Zuni clan, by tradition
originally a part of the Asa people who afterward became Hopi.
Ala-Lengya (horn-flute). A phratral group of the
Hopi,
consisting of the Ala (Horn) and Lengya (Flute) clans.
Ala (horn). A phratry of the Hopi, consisting of the
Horn, Deer, Antelope, Elk, and probably other clans. They claim to have come
from a place in s. Utah called Tokonabi, and after their arrival in Tusayan
joined the Lengya (Flute) phratry, forming the Ala-Lengya group. Fewkes in
19th Rep. B. A. E., 583, 587, 1901.
Ala. The Horn clan of the Hopi. Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A.
E., 583, 1901.
Bachipkwasi (a species of lizard). A clan of the Lizard
(Earth or Sand) phratry of the Hopi.
Ami. The Red-ant clan of the Ala (Horn) phratry of the
Hopi.
Buli. The Butterfly clan of the Hopi.
Buli. The Butterfly phratry of the Hopi.
Buliso. The Evening Primrose clan of the Honani
(Badger) phratry of the Hopi.
Chaizra. The Elk clan of the Ala-Lengya phratral group
of the Hopi.
Chakwaina. The Black Earth Kachina clan of the Hopi.
Chinunga. The extinct Thistle clan of the Chua (Snake)
phratry of the Hopi.
Chisro. The Snow-bunting clan of the Hopi of Arizona.
Chongyo. The Pipe clan of the Piba (Tobacco) phratry of
the Hopi.
Chosro. The Bluebird clan of the Hopi.
Chua. The Snake phratry of the Hopi, comprising the
following clans: Chua (Snake), Tohouh (Puma), Huwi (Dove), Ushu (Columnar
cactus), Puna (Cactus fruit), Yungyu (Opuntia), Nabowu (Opuntia frutescens),
Pivwani (Marmot), Pihcha (Skunk), Kalashiauu (Raccoon). The Tubish (Sorrow),
Patung (Squash), Atoko (Crane), Kele (Pigeonhawk), and Chinunga (Thistle) clans
also belonged to this phratry, but are now extinct. According to tradition this
people came from a place called Tokonabi, about the junction of San Juan and
Colorado rs., and were the second migratory body to reach Tusayan. See Fewkes in
Am. Anthrop., vii, 402, 1894, and in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 582, 1901.
Chua. The Rattlesnake clan of the Chua (Rattlesnake)
phratry of the Hopi.
Chubio. The Antelope clan of the Ala (Horn) phratry of
the Hopi.
Chukai. The Mud clan of the Lizard (Earth or Sand)
phratry of the Hopi.
Eototo (name of a supernatural being). One of the clans of the Kokop (Wood)
phratry of the Hopi.
Gyazru. The Parrot clan of the Hopi.
Hekpa. The Fir clan of the Honau (Bear) phratry of the
Hopi.
Hoko. The Juniper clan of the Kokop (Wood) phratry of
the Hopi.
Honani. The Badger phratry of the Hopi, comprising the
Honani (Badger), Muinyan ( Porcupine), Wishoko (Turkey-buzzard), Bull (
Butterfly), Buliso (Evening Primrose), and Kachina (Sacred Dancer) clans.
According to Fewkes this people settled at Kishyuba, a spring sacred to the
Kachinas, before going to Tusayan. The Honani and Kachina phratries are
intimately associated. The former settled Walpi when the village was on the old
site, and some of them went on to Awatobi, whence they returned after the fall
of that pueblo. The arrival of the Honani in Tusayan was probably not earlier
than the latter part of the 17th century.
Honani. The Badger clan of the Hopi.
Honau (Ho′-na-u).
The Bear phratry of the Hopi, comprising the Honau (Bear), Tokochi (Wild-cat),
Chosro (Bird [blue]), Kokyan (Spider), and Hekpa (Fir) clans. According to
Fewkes these people are traditionally said to have been the first to arrive in
Tusayan. Although reputed to be the oldest people in Walpi they are now almost
extinct in that pueblo, and are not represented in Sichomovi. They exist however
at Mishongnovi.
Honau. The Bear clan of the Hopi.
Hosboa. The Road-runner or Pheasant clan of the Hopi,
q. v.
Huwi. The Dove clan of the Chua (Rattlesnake) phratry
of the Hopi.
Ishauu. The Coyote clan of the Hopi.
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