PHOENIX -- In a Paris courtroom Thursday morning, a civil judge is scheduled to decide whether to block Friday's planned sale of about 70 Hopi religious masks, known as kachinas, by a French ...

PHOENIX -- A group devoted to the cultural preservation of the Hopi American Indian tribe is getting some help in its efforts to block the sale by a French auction house of ceremonial kachina faces.

There were also dozens of Hopi kachina dolls and several striking Pueblo masks embellished with horse hair, bone and feathers, thought to be from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Twenty-one kachina masks for the Hopis and three sacred gaan headdresses for the Apaches were purchased for a total of $530,000 and soon will be returned to the two tribes.

The brightly coloured Kachina masks and headdresses were sold for more than 900,000 euros by several buyers at the Neret-Minet auction ... When I look at this mask, I will think about the Hopi.

According to the Native American Hopi tribe, the sacred masks for sale in Paris are human beings. "Drouot is creating harm to our people," said Hopi tribal member.

The sales at the auction — which totaled $1.12 million — also included dozens of Hopi kachina dolls and several striking Pueblo masks embellished with horse hair, bone and feathers, thought to ...

The sales at the auction – which totaled $1.12 million – also included dozens of Hopi kachina dolls and several Pueblo masks. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: Login.

Some 70 ceremonial masks originating from Arizona's Hopi tribe were sold for more than 900,000 euros ($1.2 million) on Friday after a legal challenge failed to prevent an auction decried by opponents ...

It noted that during the 19th century — a time when the Hopi people suffered greatly during the United States’ westward expansion — many were known to sell Kachina masks and effigies known ...

Arizona Coyotes should reach out to Hopi tribe to lift the curse of the kachina logo Opinion: Cultural appropriation has been a huge issue in sports and larger society.