Hopi House — Attraction in Tuba City

The Hopi House is one of the National Historic Landmark buildings in the Grand Canyon Village that makes for an interesting place to visit.

This building was designed by Mary Jane Colter (1905) in the fashion of the Hopi Indian abode pueblo. The exterior of the Hopi House greatly contrasts to other landmark buildings in the area and makes for nice photographs.

Colter built the Hopi House as a gift shop and it has continued to serve this purpose to this day. Inside, you can find two floors of Native American crafts, artworks, gifts and other souvenirs. Notice the interesting interior architecture as well, including the thatch roof being branches, many of which still have dried leaves.

Note: If interested in other Native American inspired building constructions by Mary Jane Colter, you can drive out to the Dessert View Watchtower building along Desert View Drive.

Note: There are other interesting landmark buildings nearby that are also interesting places to visit. These include the Railway Depot, Verkamp's Visitor Centre and Museum and historic El Tovar Hotel. Collectively, these make a good way to spend an hour of your time at the Grand...

Hopi House is a gift store and art gallery. Built of native stone in a series of ascending terraces, this Mary E. J. Colter designed structure emulates original Hopi dwellings. It was intended to be a showplace for Native American handicrafts, a purpose which is still embraces.

Inside the dramatic building is a wide array of handmade goods, including rugs, pottery, jewelry, kachina dolls, sand paintings and the like.

The high quality is reflected in the prices, and the second floor offers visitors the opportunity to browse through even more spectacular objects.

The famous photography of Albert Einstein at the Grand Canyon was taken outside of the Hopi House.

Throughout the summer, Hopi and Navajo dancers demonstrate their skill on the stage in front of Hopi House.

We bought embroidered shirts, a treasure to remember this...

Really cool place, but seems to be more of a "store" than a "house." For example, a small, native woven rug cost upwards of $400. Small, and I mean extremely small, native made pots cost $30+ minimum.

I understand that costs have gone up, but it seems a little disrespectful to the history of this country and its people to be capitalizing off tourists at a place labelled "Hopi House."

I would suggest making a dedicated space for the history of the Hopi people, instead of the entire building a gigantic tourist trap.

All in all, if you REALLY want "authentic" Native American items, this is a good place. Just beware that it's going to cost you an arm and a leg.

4/10. Would only recommend if you have A LOT of spending dough and don't have anything else to...