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A “kachina” is a supernatural spirit in the religion of the Pueblo native people of the Southwest, primarily the Hopi, Zuni, Hopi-Tewa, and Keresan. These tribes live in the Southwest, mostly in present-day New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, along the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers and their tributaries. Kachina spirits are personifications of things in the universe. Pueblo belief holds that all objects have a life force or essence and that humans can interact with these forces. There are…

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A legend among the Hopis states that there was once a great temple city of wisdom built by the Star People, the Kachinas. Many of the Hopi clans visited this city during their respective migrations throughout the Americas and later shared stories of it when all the clans reunited at their final destination on the Hopi Mesas.

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