Editing Hopi (section)

==Federal recognition==
At the dawn of the 20th century, the U.S. government established day schools, missions, farming bureaus, and clinics on every Indian reservation. This policy required that every reservation set up its own police force and tribal courts and appointed a leader who would represent their tribe to the U.S. government. In 1910 in the Census for Indians, the Hopi Tribe had a total of 2,000 members, which was the highest in 20 years. The [[Navajo people|Navajo]] at this time had 22,500 members and have consistently increased in population. During the early years of this century, only about three percent of Hopis lived off the reservation.<ref name="Johansson, S. Ryan 1978" /> In 1924 Congress officially declared Native Americans to be U.S. citizens with the [[Indian Citizenship Act]].

Under the [[Indian Reorganization Act]] of 1934, the Hopi established a constitution to create their own tribal government, and in 1936 elected a Tribal Council.<ref name="Dockstader, Frederick J. 1940" /> The Preamble to the Hopi constitution states that they are a self-governing tribe, focused on working together for peace and agreements between villages in order to preserve the "good things of Hopi life." The constitution consists of 13 articles, addressing territory, membership, and organization of their government with [[legislative]], [[executive (government)|executive]] and [[judicial branch]]es.<ref>[http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org/ccfolder/hopi_const.htm "Constitution of the Hopi Tribe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414235011/http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org/ccfolder/hopi_const.htm |date=2021-04-14 }}, National Tribal Justice Resource Center's Tribal Codes and Constitutions. November 28, 2009.</ref>