Tenakhongva Home - September 2005

Hopi Reservation

Mary Tenakhongva’s straw bale home-the Hopi Nation’s first straw bale home on the reservation-was completed April 29, 2005. Red Feather hosted an open house in Hotevilla where Hopi tribal members gathered until late evening to see Mary’s affordable, sustainable and beautiful straw bale home. Hopi people from all the mesas, Red Feather volunteers, and neighboring Navajo tribal members joined Mary and her family to celebrate and bless their new home.