Many Hopis are artists or vendors and are reliant on tourism and face-to-face interactions to conduct business.

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With initial grants from the Arts Equity Fund ($2500) and First People's Fund, 

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Hopis are among the oldest inhabitants of North America, surviving arid climates, droughts, colonialism, and technological impacts for centuries. We have done so because of our ability to adapt, foresight & planning for the future, and our community-based values.

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The Hopi Emergency Assistance Fund exists because we as Hopi, know that difficult times are inevitable and that we can only get through them if we help each other. 

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The Hopi Emergency Assistance Fund offers aid to local villages, organizations and individuals with the intent to serve and distribute supplies and resources to a group in most critical need such as low-income, elders, single-parents, or disabled, with little or no access to transportation in areas of:

 

1. Home-heating fuel shortage;

2. Natural disaster relief for access to safe shelter, food, and clean, potable water; and

3. Public health and safety in the event of disease outbreak, contamination, etc.