Da-na-ghong-ni-wa

Danahonginiwa was a Moqui Pueblo (Hopi) man, possibly an "Oraibi Indian"

It appears possible that the Canton Asylum, not known for maintaining accurate medical records, possibly misrecorded what could have been his name, Danaghonginiwa instead of Tawahongniwa. NO Hopi census records reviewed identify the name Danaghonginiwa. Per the research notes below, the name Tawahongniwa appears in the census for the third mesa villages of Hotvela (Hotevilla) and Orayvi (Oraibi).

Keams Canyon, Navajo County, AZ

Yes, the Moqui are the Hopi Indians. The Hopi were previously known as the Moqui Indians, a name given to them by early Spanish conquerors. The word "moqui" comes from the Hopi language and means "the dead". In the early 1900s, their name was officially changed to Hopi.

The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who are also known as the Moqui Indians. The Hopi call themselves "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu," which means "The Peaceful People" or "Peaceful Little Ones". The Hopi are the westernmost group of Pueblo Indians.

The Hopi reservation was created in 1882 by President Chester A. Arthur, granting 2.4 million acres to the Moqui (Hopi). The Hopi reservation is surrounded by the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona, and the Hopi have been involved in decades-long disputes with the Navajo over reservation lands.

The Hopi mesas in northeastern Arizona
Tucked within the Navajo Nation, the land of the Hopi Tribe is made up of a dozen villages across three towering mesas—named from east to west as First Mesa, Second Mesa, and Third Mesa—ancient pueblo villages at the top, and more modern communities at the base, numbered from east to west. The First Mesa with the villages of Waalpi (Walpi), Hanoki (Hano or Tewa), Sitsomovi (Sichomovi) and the communities of Polacca and Keams Canyon, the Second Mesa with the villages of Songoopavi (Shongopavi), Musungnuvi (Mishongnovi), Supawlavi (Shipaulovi), and the Third Mesa with Hotvela (Hotevilla), Paaqavi (Bacavi), Munqapi (Moencopi), Kiqotsmovi (Kykotsmovi), Orayvi (Oraibi) that was built before 1150 A.D. It's the oldest village in Arizona still occupied and widely considered as the longest continuously inhabited community in North America.

The name "Moqui," or "Moki," by which they have been popularly known, means "dead" in their language, but as a tribal name, it is seemingly of alien origin and undetermined signification. Moqui are Hopi Indians.

The Hopi people are divided into several phratries, consisting of numerous clans (34), each of which preserves its distinct legends, ceremonies, and ceremonial paraphernalia. Out of these clan organizations have sprung religious fraternities, the head men of which are still members of the dominant clan in each phraty. The relative importance of the clans varies in different pueblos; many that are extinct in some villages, are powerful in others. Each of the 34 living clans is distinct but related to other clans within their particular phratries. Each clan has its history, which explains not only how that clan came to be but how all Hopi came to be who they are. Hopi are forbidden to marry anyone from their clan. The entire clan is considered family, and Hopi must take care of clan members and treat them with great respect. The mother's clan, which is the primary clan, is owed special respect and responsibilities. Bringing a child into the world is especially important, and different members of the child's father's clan are given particular responsibilities, such as caring for the mother and child after birth and naming the child.

Oraibi: The 873-Year-Old Village in Hopi Arizona That Is Still Thriving

Pongsikya (Hopi: Pongsikya or Pongsikvi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Hopi Reservation. It is a narrow box canyon that is named after a plant of edible greens that survived along the seasonal stream that drains from Antelope Mesa and flows through the 3 mi (5 km) long canyon. Here William Keam, and then his cousin Thomas Keam, operated a trading post during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. They served the Navajo Indians and opened the door to commercial trade for the Hopi Indians. The nearest trading post was some 50 mi (80 km) away and Keam's trading post was 13 mi (21 km) east of the Hopi Indian settlements on First Mesa. With the opportunity for full year-round trade nearby, the regional Indians quickly identified the canyon with the traders and the name Keams Canyon took hold.

c. 1890 Native Americans and shopkeepers at the Trading Post in Keams Canyon, [94-2007.jpg]. Arizona Memory Project, accessed 20/03/2024, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/225155''

Hopi Agency, Keans Canyon c. 1920-1939

Biography:
Born c. 1875 to unknown parents, Danaghonginiwa was a man of the Moqui Pueblos.

According to Carla Joinson in her book Vanished in Hiawatha, Danaghonginiwa was admitted to the Canton Asylum on July 29, 1905, and diagnosed with acute mania (Acute mania is the manic phase of bipolar I disorder, and is characterized by an unstable mood, hyperactivity, rapid thought and speech, and reckless behavior). this diagnosis was revised in 1910 to dementia praecox with hebephrenia (Dementia praecox is a class of psychotic disorders that includes hebephrenic, catatonic, and paranoid disorders. Hebephrenia is a disorganized form of schizophrenia that is characterized by delusions, incoherence, and flat, inappropriate, or silly affect. Kraepelin believed that hebephrenia was the core of dementia praecox, which he combined with catatonia, paranoia, and dementia simplex in 1896. He called the second subtype "hebephrenic dementia" and described it as having a classical insidious onset, thought disorder, and affective deterioration.)

It is probable that in reading old handwritten cursive this person's name became misspelled. It is my opinion that what became Danaghonginiwa at the Canton Asylum began as Tanahongniwa in Oraibi Village, who, in the October 22, 1908 census of Oraibi Indians of the Moqui Agency was indicated as being "at Canton S.D."

In the letter dated February 17. 1934, Dr. L.L. Culp to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Danaghonginiwa was admitted to the Canton Asylum from Keams Canyon, died at the asylum on March 27, 1916, at the age of 441, and was buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery in tier 1 plot 91.

Note that Keams Canyon was the home of the Keams Canyon Boarding School, and is now the home of the Hopi Agency

[Photograph of the Keams Canyon Indian School] by [Native American Education]. [Arizona] - c. 1910

The Moqui Indian School, Keams Canon i.e. Canyon, Arizona. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/89710864/>

His profile is part of the [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

Research Notes:
-Dan... was admitted July 29, 1905, the Moqui census begins November 9, 1906, so his name might not appear. There is a note on Dr. Culp's letter of February 17, 1934, that says Dan... was admitted from Keams Canyon, AZ. The 1906 census lists the Oraibi in terms of Friendly and Unfriendly. In that census, there are several persons whose name begins with "Da" and ends with "wa". Most of these names also have one syllable of four characters. If our profile name is spelled Da-na-ghon-gin-i-wa, we could conclude that our profile was from Oriabi. Oriabi to Keams Canyon in now just 39 minutes away!
-In the October 22, 1908 census of the Oraibi Indians of the Moqui Agency, line 287, Ta na hong ni wa is shown "at Canton S.D." a son of age 40 (1908-40=b.c. 1868 vs. 1875) to widow mother age 70 Ko ya hong ni wa, living with sister Dora age 18, grandson George 19 and granddaughter Tilly (daughter of Totchee) age 12; all 5 identified as family 78 (Note, text in handwritten cursive and not very legible)
1908 Oct 22 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll268unit/page/n227/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 228/861, line 287, census of the Oraibi Indians, Moqui Agency

-In the October 1908 census line 299, there is a man of the same name, Ta wa hong ni wa age 40 with a wife age 37 named Ku yong un ca, no children listed.
1908 October - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll268unit/page/n254/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 255/861, line 299, census of the Moqui Indians of Hotvilla,

-Curator Note: Oraibi and Hotvilla are by map 4.9 only miles apart

Recommended Reading:
1. T, Kim. “Hopi Indians.” Genealogytrails.com, 5 Sept. 1932, genealogytrails.com/ariz/hopi-indians.html.
2. Gerke, Sarah. “Hopi Reservation – Nature, Culture, and History at the Grand Canyon.” Grcahistory.org, grcahistory.org/sites/beyond-park-boundaries/hopi-reservation/.
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Sources:

1910 Jul 2 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, line 6, census of the Canton Asylum patient Inmates

1910 Aug 12 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=675, line 53, Table 7 Form of mental disease of those admitted since opening of Asylum

1910 Aug 12 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=677, line 22, Table 8 Form of mental disease of those in Asylum, June 30, 1910, revised

1911 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll268unit/page/n488/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 489/861, line 271 (as Tanakhongnewa age 43 = b. 1868), census of the Oraibi Indinas, Moqi Agency, Arizona

1911 Jul 3 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, line xx (Note: has been married)

1916 Mar 29 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493961/dan_ach-onginiwa: accessed March 20, 2024), memorial page for Dan Ach Onginiwa (unknown–29 Mar 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493961, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).

1916 Mar 29 - Hilton, M. (Ed.). (2023, July 10). Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians Historical Marker. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183486 Photo by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 10, 2023, courtesy of HMdb.org

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