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3 unusual facts about Hopi people


Calamovilfa gigantea

The Hopi used this plant to make various articles, such as bows and arrows and prayer sticks and to decorate kachinas.

San Francisco Chief

The official inauguration of the new train featured a ceremony led by Taptuka, a Hopi chief.

Tetraneuris acaulis

The Hopi used a poultice of the plant to relieve hip and back pain in pregnant women, and to make a stimulating drink.


United States Senate election in Arizona, 1952

The election marked the end of the Senate career of Ernest McFarland, who was first elected in 1940 and had served as co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration in addition to Senate Majority Leader.


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