life”. The peaks are seen as the home of the katsinam or kachina spirits, ancestors who have become clouds following their death. Katsinam are invited to Hopi villages to serve as ethical and spiritual guides to the Hopi community from midwinter to midsummer. Aaloosaktukwi or Humphrey's Peak holds particular religious significance and is associated with the deity Aaloosaka, a symbol of the Two-Horn Society, a religious group among the Hopi dating to the occupation of the Awat’ovi village on Antelope Mesa. Depiction of the peaks in association with calendar-keeping is attested in a kiva at the Hisatsinom settlement of Homol'ovi, which was occupied from 1250 to 1425; katsinam imagery dates to the 13th century as well. Other Native American peoples also relate kachina spirits to heavy snowfalls on the peaks. There are several names for the San Francisco Peaks in local languages: –(Navajo) (“Dookʼoʼoosłííd”, which means “the summit that never melts” or “the mountain peak that never thaws”.) Nuvaʼtukyaʼovi – (Hopi) (Nuvaʼtukyaʼovi, which means “place-of-snow-on-the-very-top”) Dził Tso – Dilzhe’e – (Apache) Tsii Bina – Aaʼku – (Acoma) Nuvaxatuh – Nuwuvi – (Southern Paiute) Hvehasahpatch or Huassapatch – Havasu ʼBaaja – (Havasupai) Wikʼhanbaja – Hwalʼbay – (Hualapai) Wi꞉mun Kwa – Yavapai Sunha Kʼhbchu Yalanne – A:shiwi (Zuni) ʼAmat ʼIikwe Nyava – Hamakhav – (Mojave) Sierra sin Agua – (Spanish) The Peaks – (Anglo Arizonans) See also San Francisco volcanic field List of mountains and hills of Arizona by height References Further reading External links Shaded relief map of the Peaks, showing locations of the principal peaks San Francisco Peaks at Coconino National Forest Around the Peaks Loop scenic drive at Coconino National Forest San Francisco Peak Trails at HikeArizona.COM Live webcam of the San Francisco Peaks Hart Prairie Preserve at Nature Conservancy Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America Volcanoes of Arizona Mountain ranges of Arizona Sacred mountains Mountain ranges of Coconino County, Arizona Stratovolcanoes of the United States Extinct volcanoes Coconino National Forest Pleistocene stratovolcanoes