ABSTRACT
Repatriation assumes a commitment to what Cornell refers to as segregative goals. Segregative goals advocate a separation of Indian communities from the institutions of the larger society and the values they represent and the preservation or adoption of distinct institutional patterns specifically tailored to distinctive Indian needs, concerns, and historical experience. Segregative goals are fundamentally anti-assimilationist and anti-acculturational. High levels of productivity in industrial society lead to more leisure activities, and to the commodification of culture. The problem of religious objects being stolen and sold for profit is part of the general problem of the commodification of Hopi culture, which extends in many Hopis' eyes to information about their religion as well. The announcement alleged that a "dissident faction," composed of some Snake Society members but also of some political activists from other villages had sent out the closure notices.
