The Hopi and Navajo live on the Colorado plateau in the Four Corners area of Arizona. The environment is dry. Of interest is that these two groups live side by side yet have adapted in very different ways to the same environment. In one case you have a group who are pastoralists, moving their herds of sheep on an annual cycle and supplementing their pastoralism with farming. On the other hand you have a group who are horticulturalists, planting a variety of crops (primarily corn). Both survive in what many would consider a harsh environment. In addition to their different food-getting adaptations, there exist similarities and differences in their settlement patterns and social organization. Over the next few minutes you will learn a little about the lives of these two cultures who live along side each other yet have adapted in different, yet successful ways. The information contained in this program should be used in conjunction with two videos: Seasons of a Navajo and Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World.
Information contained in this program was retrieved from sources listed in the references section.
This is a map of the Navajo and Hopi reservations, located in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
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