Orayvi

Orayvi, or Oraibi, stands on Third Mesa in the Hopi country of northeastern Arizona. Its stone houses overlook a dry landscape in which Hopi farmers have long cultivated their fields. Oraibi is among the oldest continuously inhabited Hopi villages and has been an important centre of Hopi ceremonial and community life. Franciscan missionaries established a mission at Oraibi in 1629. During the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Hopi communities joined the uprising against Spanish rule; the mission was destroyed and its resident priests were killed. Oraibi endured as a Hopi village after the revolt, while Spanish efforts to re-establish control met resistance in the mesas.