To the typical American, Indian tribes seem rather peculiar and enigmatic. That's why we need to expose ourselves to these unfamiliar cultures to decrease this stigma. The Hopi and Tlingit are two groups of people who live in very different physical, social, and cultural environments than Americans. They have unique traditions, spiritual rituals and beliefs that we should know about. The Hopi are an Indian tribe native to northeastern Arizona and New Mexico. They live in four different villages, namely: Oraibi, New Oraibi, Bakavi and Hotevilla. (Brandt, 1954: 17). The villages are located at the top of the plateaus, surrounded by rocks and desert terrain. The dry land allows them to grow abundant amounts of corn, beans, squash and, most importantly, blue corn. Hopi men and women are both responsible for several tasks in the tribe. While men carry out agricultural work, hunting, religious ceremonies and herding, women have the authority to own houses, agricultural land and cisterns. Their society is matrilineal; Hopi families revolve around the women of the family. As a result, children are always part of their mother's clan (Nanda & Warms, 2012: 111, 170). Religious ceremonies, witchcraft, and myths are all prevalent in traditional Hopi culture. These ceremonies are believed to produce rain, promote fertility, bring good luck in hunting and warfare, or aid the sun in the transition from winter to summer (Brandt, 1954: 18). The Hopi also believe in the supernatural and the afterlife. They have sorcerers who are said to have two hearts, one derived from an animal, which gives them powers, and the other a human heart. Myths are reality for the Hopi; they are both spiritual and practical. (Brandt, 1954: 32) The white support... in the center of the sheet... as before. Works Cited Brandt, Richard B. Hopi Ethics: A Theoretical Analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1954. Print.Emmons, George Thornton. and Frederica De Laguna. The Tlingit Indians. Seattle: University of Washington, 1991. Print.Grinev, A.V. The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741-1867. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2005. PrintKlein, Laura F., and Lillian A. Ackerman. Women and power in Native North America. Norman: U of Oklahoma, 1995. Print.Loftin, John D. and John D. Loftin. Hopi religion and life. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2003. Print.Mauzé, Marie, Michael Eugene Harkin, and Sergei Kan. Coming to Shore: Ethnology, Traditions, and Visions of the Northwest Coast. Lincoln: U of Nebraska, 2004. Print.Nanda, Serena and Richard L. Warms. Culture matters: A concise introduction to cultural anthropology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2012. Print.