Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute

Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture is a community group established in 2004 and based in the Village of Kykotsmovi, located in Northern Arizona on the Hopi Indian Reservation. Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture is a community-based educational non-profit organization, initiating hands-on learning projects, training, and offering workshops that support Hopi youth and community to develop skills and practical experience needed to promote a more ecological and healthy Hopi community. The goal of HTPI is to strengthen food security and the traditions and cultural values that accompany food security within the Hopi community.

Our mission is to create community-based solutions in order to pass knowledge to the future generations and rebuild culturally sustainable and healthy communities. We initiate learning projects that engage, train, and inspire Hopi youth and community to revitalize Hopi culture, knowledge, and traditions. We accomplish our goals and visions with the support of our villages, communities, families, and youth in ways that honor the cultural ways and practices of our people.

Our work seeks to build organizational capacity and generate programs that nurture emerging Inter-tribal community leaders to develop the leadership skills and capacity necessary to strengthen local food systems.We accomplish our goals and visions with the support of our villages, communities, families, and youth in ways that honor the cultural ways and practices of our people. We organize and work directly with parents, elders, farmers, youth, traditional village leaders, school administrators, and tribal programs in order to build local capacity and improve livelihoods.

Our current projects include Indigenous Land Steward Fellowship, Farming and Traditional Foodways Workshop Series, Hopi Food and Farming Internship, Hopi Farmers Market and CSA, and the Hopi Tutskwa Regional Food Hub & Learning Center.

Testimonials

"I worked with Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture on the restoration of our family bread oven. HTPI Has made an impact on me and my family by connecting and communicating the ways of bread oven restoration. The family was able to learn ways of continuing to keep tradition alive and work together to get a project completed. HTPI makes a difference by connecting the community and bringing back the teaching of learning and helping one another." - Winona Tungovia

"HTPI helped our to teach our family how to care for our family orchard. Reviving the orchard made me grateful and I took interest in becoming more involved with HTPI. With the resources that Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute provide's, we are hoping that our people will begin again to become inspired to learn how to adapt and grow our foods in this climate. HTPI is a resource on Hopi, for Hopi, to help our people to do just that. I'm grateful to HTPI for allowing me to be a part of their work. Kuna'a!" - Valerie Nuvayestewa