Hopi Tribal Chief Joe Secakuku


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Chief Joe Secakuku (b. April 15 1895 - d. July 17, 1970) was the tribal chief on the Second Mesa. Joseph (Joe) Secakuku was a Hopi Indian from Shipaulovi, Second Mesa. 

Chief Secakuku was a Hopi kachina carver.  He was a graduate of the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California. Following his graduation, Secakuku worked as a tour car driver for guests at the El Tovar Hotel and as a dancer at the Hopi House at the Grand Canyon. It was there that he met his wife Adiah Harris, a Harvey Girl, and they were married in 1922.

He opened his first trading post at Canyon Diablo (now Two Guns, Arizona) by 1926. He later moved his store to Holbrook, and with his brother Hale opened two large stores at Second Mesa. He also had a store in Winslow, Arizona. Secakuku was chief of the Snake Society. In the 1960's he retired from the trading business when he became chief of Shipaulovi's Bear Clan. Secakuku was in his 80's when he died of cancer in 1970.

NOTE: Sharlot Hall Museum Research Center has more Hopi photographs; however these are restricted and can only be viewed by approval from the Hopi Cultural Center (email: info@hopiculturalcenter.com or telephone 928-734-2401).

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