 Kabotie inherited his mothers membership in the Snow Clan and he was initiated into the Hopi Wuwutsim Society in 1967.During this ceremony he was given the Hopi name, "Lomawywesa" (Walking in Harmony), which he used to sign his paintings and hallmark his jewelry.His father Fred Kabotie helped develop many of the overlay techniques that have come to typify quality Hopi silverwork, and he learned these techniques as a teenager.