Though best known to some for their katsina, or kachina, dolls, the Hopi people of northern Arizona also produce fine examples of silver and turquoise jewelry, elegant pottery, and tightly coiled grass and yucca baskets. According the author Barry Walsh, "Katsina spirits are central to Hopi religion and are said to look over the Hopi. Hopi dancers impersonate those spirits and, in turn, the katsina dolls are the representations of the...Continue Reading