"This is the greatest gift for the Hopi people," he said.
The Hopi people claim there are four worlds of human passage.
The titles of all three films are words from the language of the Hopi people, in which the word qatsi means "life."
"And the Hopi people are also very special."
He decided, instead, to do ethnographic fieldwork with the Hopi people.
He worked as a missionary among the Hopi people of Arizona from 1943-1946.
The Hopi people are teaching the children the language to be passed on for future generations.
In Arizona she provided dental services to Hopi people.
As of 2010, there were 18,327 Hopi people in the United States, according to the 2010 census.
The Hopi people have repeatedly voted against gambling casinos as an economic opportunity.