Hopi Post 80 Lori Piestewa Royalty Dance Group performs the Hopi Hualapi Dance at the Hopi Arts & Cultural Festival in Flagstaff on Saturday morning, Aug. 26. Bottom left, young girls have front row seats to the festivities, center, Milland Lomakema emcees the event, right, newly crowned Miss Hopi 2023-2024 Keirra Lomayestewa poses after making opening remarks. The festival began in 2010 in downtown Flagstaff and has expanded to its current location at the Continental Country Club Driving Range, near the Hopi Tribe’s Economic Development Corp. office.
Performers included the Hopi/Tewa Dance Group with the Butterfly dance, Hooyapi Dance Group with the Water Maiden dance, Hopi Senom Corn Dancers with the Corn dance and flute player Ryon Polequaptewa. Miss Indian Arizona First Attendant Emile Eich was also in attendance along with hundreds of other visitors from across Arizona.
Hopi Post 80 Lori Piestewa Royalty Dance Group performs the Hopi Hualapi Dance at the Hopi Arts & Cultural Festival in Flagstaff on Saturday morning, Aug. 26. Bottom left, young girls have front row seats to the festivities, center, Milland Lomakema emcees the event, right, newly crowned Miss Hopi 2023-2024 Keirra Lomayestewa poses after making opening remarks. The festival began in 2010 in downtown Flagstaff and has expanded to its current location at the Continental Country Club Driving Range, near the Hopi Tribe’s Economic Development Corp. office.
Performers included the Hopi/Tewa Dance Group with the Butterfly dance, Hooyapi Dance Group with the Water Maiden dance, Hopi Senom Corn Dancers with the Corn dance and flute player Ryon Polequaptewa. Miss Indian Arizona First Attendant Emile Eich was also in attendance along with hundreds of other visitors from across Arizona.