Religion and Hopi Life
Religion in North America Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein, editors
Religion and Hopi Life Second Edition
JOHN D. LOFTIN
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[email protected] © 1991 and 2003 by John D. Loftin First edition published by Indiana University Press as Religion and Hopi Life in the Twentieth Century All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Loftin, John D., date Religion and Hopi life / John D. Loftin. — 2nd ed. p. cm. — (Religion in North America) Rev. ed. of: Religion and Hopi life in the twentieth century. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes. ISBN 0-253-34196-5 (cloth) — ISBN 0-253-21572-2 (paper) 1. Hopi Indians—Religion. 2. Hopi Indians—Social life and customs. I. Loftin, John D., date. Religion and Hopi life in the twentieth century. II. Title. III. Series. E99.H7L64 2003 299’.7845—dc21 2002012402 1 2 3 4 5 08 07 06 05 04 03
For Ang and Little John
Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Acknowledgments to the Second Edition Preface to the Second Edition Introduction
ix xi xv xvii xix
Part I. Work and Ritual One. A Religious Practicality Two. A Sacred Society Three. The Utility of Prayer Part II.
3 15 33
Dominance and Religion
Four. Contact and Change Five. Compartmentalization and Prophecy Six. Sacred and Human Postscript, 2003 Notes Annotated Bibliography Index of Hopi Terms Subject and Name Index
63 82 108 122 141 165 189 191
Foreword The publication of John D. Loftin’s Religion and Hopi Life provides an occasion for the Religion in North America series to realize a set of goals it has had since its inception. The series editors have wanted to integrate the study of small and marginal groups, including American Indians, into the comprehensive study of religious North Americana. They have wanted such study of the marginal to begin to question or even t