KYKOTSMOVI — In the spring, as Mike Koiyaquaptewa prepared to plant corn, gusty winds whipped across the land, sending dust and sand billowing. He waited for a morning when the winds had died down, ...
Corn goes back to their very creation story. As the Hopi people emerged into this world, the Creator gave them three things: a gourd of water, a planting stick and a short ear of blue corn. Expand ...
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. In September 2020, the Hopi Tribe’s four-decade effort to secure its right to water ...