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Hopi kachina of Laqán, the squirrel spirit Hopi kachina Hopi kachina doll Native American Hopi artists carve kachina dolls, representing spirits of ancestors. Children learn about the kachina spirits while they play with the dolls.
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kachina: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Kachina Cult. Aug 30, 2021
Add new Web site: Native Indian Tribes - Kachinas. May 27, 2019
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Gods of the Hopi and the dance of the Kachinas. Feb 24, 2016
Added image of a 20th-century Hopi antelope kachina. Apr 22, 2010
Article thoroughly revised. Mar 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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