To the Hopi, kachinas are spirit-beings associated with rain, corn, animals and other elements critical to life in the desert. Dolls of the same name are crafted for children — not as toys, but as ...

If she wasn't a master kachina carver, she was pretty darn close. Mae Kathleen Sage spent decades perfecting her craft, first in balsa wood, then in the traditional cottonwood. Dozens of colorful, ...

Arizona’s professional hockey franchise, the Coyotes, could be in the throes of an ancient Indian curse. The club has recently announced plans to expand the use of its kachina logo, a move that has ...

The Tucson Roadrunners have no plans for a full-scale rebrand of their own color scheme, logo or other visual identities to match the changes announced recently by the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes. The ...

Introduction -- Overview (Hopi religious ceremonies ; Hopi katsinam) -- Fourth world creation (Kelmuya) -- New life for the world (Kyaamuya ; Storytelling ; Soyalangwu (period of the Soyal ceremony)) ...

To the Hopi, Gretchen Kurtz writes, kachinas are spirit-beings associated with rain, corn, animals and other elements critical to life in the desert. Not that you’d grasp this from the splashy ...