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Even the Mokis, Tunis and Pimos still regard Mo-ti as immortal and await his return.

From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by McAllan, Alexander

Some of them, as the Mokis and Lagunas, are organized in gentes, and governed by a council of chiefs, each village being independent and self-governing.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

By the Mokis, maidenhood is indicated by wearing the hair as a disk on each side of the head.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Many of the ruins in this vicinity, according to the traditions of the Mokis, have been occupied in comparatively recent times—-a number of them having been abandoned since the Spanish conquest of the country.

From Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 by Powell, John Wesley

I've got a bid from old Silver Arrow, and then I'm going to Walpi and see the Mokis dance.

From The Eagle's Heart by Garland, Hamlin