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Chapter 4 Hopi Kachinas: A Life Force, Barton Wright
Chapter 4 Hopi Kachinas: A Life Force, Barton Wright
Hopi Nation: Essays on Indigenous Art, Culture, History, and Law
“Everything has an essence or life force, and humans must interact with these or fail to survive.”
It is not known where the Kachina Cult originated, but some evidence points to a Meso-American origin, brought possibly with the clans which migrated from north to south and north again. There are a few archaeological hints which indicate that there was a viable Kachina Cult by the time the Hopi settled at the center of their world in 1100. The Kachina Cult is shared with all the other Pueblo peoples who live to the east, from Zuni to Taos and formerly Pecos …