Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects

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HOPI WINTER GIFTING PROJECT

Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects, since 1999, has provided food and needed household and clothing items in winter when most needed.
All gifting is from a place of respect and thanks acknowledging that Hopi people are carrying on a tradition that is of importance to all the world. For more information.

ORCHARD/GARDEN

Support for orchard/garden installations at Hopi in providing more of their own fresh food by planting orchards, berry vines, herbs and kitchen gardens with low water drip systems, mulching, contouring and other water saving permaculture garden techniques.

Hopi ceremonial procession of snake dancers on a kiva roof, 1900

HOPI YOUTH AND EDUCATION SUPPORT

Support for Hopi school children with learning, art and sports supplies. We support village leaders who identify special needs for clothing, winter coats, and beds.  Over the years, we have provided support for Hopi Foster Care, Hopi Head Start, Hopi Education Endowment Fund and other Hopi based groups.

CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION

Cross-cultural education programs in Sedona/Verde Valley area (which is part of Hopi ancestral lands):

  1. Provide support and coordination to bring Hopi people to share about life today, cultural information, arts, social dances with the interested public to provide a living connection to the descendants of the people who inhabited this valley for so many millennia.
  2. Provide support for Hopi youth/adult learning in coordination with the Verde Valley Archaeology Center and other resources in the Flagstaff/Verde Valley area.

SERVICE PROJECTS – CULTURAL LEARNING COORDINATION

We provide coordination, Hopi expertise, and planning and for viable, qualified off-reservation volunteer groups who offer support/donations for a Hopi village or individual Hopi project. We arrange for the group to receive a Hopi cultural orientation when they arrive at Hopi.  For example, we coordinated with a 2003 California Waldorf high school group which purchased supplies and built an outdoor bread oven under Hopi supervision. Our goal is: for Hopi people to benefit by receiving needed assistance, that the visiting group enters Hopi with cultural education, and that the project it is an experience of sharing in friendship and respect for all concerned.

HOPI HOME REPAIR PROJECTS

Provide support for Hopi home repair projects with special focus on addressing health and safety concerns.


THE FUTURE

Future Program Goals: In these times of change, we are all learning from each other as we come together in circles of friendship and respect.

  1. Offer seminars which employ local Native people to share in a natural, experiential way cultural values, life ways and wisdom, creative expression (e.g. arts, storytelling, music) on Hopi and Navajo lands and other locations for individuals, families, groups.
  2. Coordinate authentic Continuing Education experiences taught by Hopis on Hopi land for teachers, social workers, health care providers and other interested people.   We have seen that over the years that many of these professional care providers also gain fresh inspiration to take back into their work and personal lives.

Photos on Home Page are by Sandra Cosentino, except historic images, and 5 by Jackie Klieger including Jackie’s wonderful sisters photo at top of page.  We appreciate Jackie sharing her professional expertise with us for the past several years!