The Hopi are a Native American people who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation today in northeastern Arizona. In the past, the Hopi had encountered Spaniards as early as the 16th century, who referred to them at the Pueblo people because they lived in villages (pueblo means village in Spanish). They dedicated themselves to farming squash, corn, and other cultivates. The Hopi people had settled in permanent villages, while the more nomadic Navajo people moved around and only settled in temporary camps. The Navajo also herded sheep in addition to agriculture. Their languages are also different. The Hopi language seems derived from the Aztec language, whereas linguistically the Navajo have more similarities to Canadian and Alaskan groups