Oraibi, also referred to as Old Oraibi, is a Hopi village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, in the northeastern part of the state. Known as Orayvi by the native inhabitants, it is on Third Mesa on the Hopi Reservation near Kykotsmovi Village. There are no accurate census counts or estimates for the village population.
The Hopi pueblo of Oraibi from the southwest
Oraibi village, c. 1899
Oraibi in the 1940s
Abandoned house and the outskirts of Oraibi village
The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona. The majority are enrolled in the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona; however, some Hopi people are enrolled in the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation at the border of Arizona and California.
Hopi polychrome ceramic water canteen, ca. 1870, Cleveland Museum of Art
Abandoned house and view from Oraibi village
Congressman Tom O'Halleran meeting with Hopi leadership in 2020
Hopi girls watching Pueblo dancers below, 1906