Hopi Footprints Project Team
Dawa Taylor, George Gumerman, and Marvin Lalo
Hopi Cultural Preservation Office and Northern Arizona University - Anthropology
Hopi Footprints: Building a Culture Curriculum for Hopi Schools
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Hopi elder oral history are used to build a standards-based cultural curriculum for K-6 Hopi schools. Archaeological sites provide a stimulating arena for cultivating an understanding of past cultural traditions that are linked to today’s Hopi people. Hopi oral history discusses these archaeological sites telling the story of Hopi migrations across much of the southwest. Our culturally appropriate professional development and cultural curriculum enables Hopi youth to connect to their cultural history and thereby facilitate student learning.
