Hopi Indians Dance for Theodore Roosevelt at Walpi, Ariz. 1913

Summary On August 20, 1913, TR, numerous visitors, and Hopi Indians observe the performance of the ritual Hopi snakedance at Walpi, Arizona, on the Hopi Reservation. TR was on a journey through the Southwest with his sons Archie and Quentin, and a young cousin, Nicholas Roosevelt. Crowds, seated and standing, are scattered over adobe dwellings watching the ceremony. The snakedance takes place around a rough column of rock, with Hopis, in native dress and carrying snakes in their hands and mouths, circlin