Arizona Highways Magazine, July 1950 (Hopi Jewelry; Snake Dance; Kachinas)

Editor Raymond Carlson introduces this issue: The world of the Hopi Indians is a small and strange part of this wonderful place called America. Living in twelve villages on three mesas and one green little valley, these Indians have existed under conditions that would try the most obdurate. . . Many readers will be interested in our feature on Hopi Indian jewelry. This is a tribal development that began several years ago and which has added a new occupation and a new income to these skilled craftsmen. . . . . The Hopis are a people of tradition and ceremony and ritual. Dance patterns are handed down from generation to generation, unchanged, unchangeable. The Hopi prayer for rain is expressed in their famous Snake Dances held each year late in August. We show a few photographs in this issue of the Snake Dance held in Walpi in 1913. These were among the last pictures taken of this dance, because in 1915 and from then on cameras have been prohibited. Two pages of color photo (more, in black & white) of Kachina dolls, with a 3-page illustrated article about how the dolls are made. . . . HOPI JEWELRY by J. H. McGibbeny. 4 pages of color photos with 4-page article, including b&w photo of Hopi Silvercraft Guild officers Fred Kabotie, Bert Puhueyestewa and Paul Saifkie. . . . SOUTHWEST INDIAN HAIR-DOS by Paul Coze, with sketches and photographs by the French-American expert on Native American culture. . . .SUN IN THE SKY, a chapter from the book of the same title by Walter Collins O`Kane. This issue also includes an article on Apacheland; and, Arizona`s Finest Cattle Ranch. . . .Inside front cover: Photograph of a Hopi Butterfly Dancer. Inside back cover: Photograph of Butterfly Dancers performance. Back cover: Kachina Doll.