Awatovi was the first of the Hopi villages to be visited and conquered by the Spanish.

IN the dusty plaza of a Hopi Indian village, the flat pueblo rooftops begin to fill with people.

The Hopi believe that for six months out of the year, the Kachina spirits live in the Hopi villages.

A Hopi village, Moenkopi, was in its midst, and the Hopis claimed they had historically used much of the surrounding land.

This expedition headed northwest to the Hopi villages, which they recorded as Tusayan.

Subsequent attempts to reestablish the missions in Hopi villages were met with repeated failures.

Coronado dispatched Pedro de Tovar and other members of their party to find the Hopi villages.

The Spanish wrote that the first Hopi village they visited was Awatovi.

He noted that there were five Hopi villages and around 12,000 Hopi people.

These ceremonies take place according to the lunar calendar and are observed in each of the Hopi villages.