Chief Dan Evehema's Message
to Humankind
"We Hopi believe that the human race has passed through
three different worlds and life ways since the beginning. At
the end of each prior world, human life has been purified or
punished by the Great Spirit "Massauu" due mainly to
corruption, greed, and turning away from the Great Spirit's teachings.
"The last great destruction was the flood which destroyed
all but a few faithful ones who received a permission from the
Great Spirit to live with Him in this new land. The Great Spirit
said, "It is up to you, if you are willing to live my poor,
humble, and simple life way. It is hard but, if you agree to
live according to my teachings and instructions, if you never
lose faith in the life I shall give you, you may come and live
with me." The Hopi and all who were saved from the great
flood made a sacred covenant with the Great Spirit at that time.
We Hopi made an oath that we will never turn away from Him. For
us the Creator's laws never change or break down.
"To the Hopi the Great Spirit is all powerful. He
appeared to the first people as a man and talked with them in
the beginning of the creation of this world. He taught us how
to live, to worship, where to go and what food to carry, gave
us seeds to plant and harvest. He gave us a set of sacred stone
tablets into which He breathed all teachings in order to safeguard
his land and life. In these stone tablets were made instructions
and prophecies and warnings. This was done with the help of Spider
Woman. Before the Great Spirit went into hiding, He and Spider
Woman put before the leaders of the different groups of people
many colors and sizes of corn for them to choose their food in
this world. The Hopi was the last to pick. The Hopi then chose
the smallest ear of corn. Then Massauu said, 'You have shown
me you are wise and humble. For this reason you will be called
Hopi (people of peace).'
"This why, when a Hopi is ordained into the higher
religious order, the earth and all living things are placed upon
his hands. He becomes a parent to all life on earth. He is entitled
to advise and correct his children in whatever peaceful way he
can. So we can never give up knowing that our message of peace
will reach our children. We are instructed to hold this world
in balance within the land and the many universes with special
prayers and ritual which continue to this day.
"It was to Spider Woman's two grandsons the sacred
stone tablets were given. These two brothers were instructed
to carry them to a place the Great Spirit had instructed them.
The older brother was to go immediately to the east, to the rising
sun and upon reaching his destination was instructed to immediately
start to look for his younger brother who shall remain in the
land of the Great Spirit. The older brother's mission when he
returned was to help his younger brother (Hopi) bring about peace,
brotherhood and everlasting life.
"Hopi, the younger brother, was instructed to cover
all land and mark it well with footprints and sacred markings
to claim this land for the Creator and peace on earth. We established
our ceremonials and sacred shrines to hold this world in balance
in accordance with our first promise to the Creator. This is
how our migration story goes, until we met the Creator at Old
Oraibi (place that solidifies) over 1000 years ago. It
was at that meeting when he gave to us these prophecies to give
to you now at this closing of the Fourth World of destruction
and the beginning of the Fifth World of peace.
"He gave us many prophecies to pass on to you, and
all have come to pass. This is how we know the timing is now
to reveal the last warnings and instructions to mankind. We were
told to settle permanently here in Hopiland where we met the
Great Spirit and to wait for Older Brother, who went east, to
return to us. When he returns to this land he will place his
stone tablets side by side to show all the world that they are
our true brothers -- when the road in the sky has been fulfilled
and when the inventing of something, in Hopi means, gourd
of ashes, a gourd that, when it drops upon the earth will
boil everything within a large space and nothing will grow for
a very long time.
"We were told that three helpers who were commissioned
by the Great Spirit to help Hopi bring about the peaceful life
on earth would appear to help us and that we should not change
our homes, our ceremonials, our hair, because the true helpers
might not recognize us as the true Hopi. So we have been waiting
all these years.
"It is known that our True White Brother, when he
comes, will be all powerful and will wear a red cap or red cloak.
He will be large in population and belong to no religion but
his very own. He will bring with him the sacred stone tablets.
With him there will be two great ones, both very wise and powerful.
One will have a symbol or sign of the swastika, which represents
purity and is Female, a producer of life. The third one or the
second one of the two helpers to our True White Brother will
have a sign of a symbol of the sun. He, too, will be many people
and very wise and powerful. [One will have the symbol of the
moja, or cross.] We have in our sacred Kachina ceremonies a gourd
rattle which is still in use today with these symbols of these
powerful helpers of our True Brother.
"It is also prophesied that, if these three fail to
fulfill their mission, then the one from the west will come like
a big storm. He will be many in numbers and unmerciful. When
he comes he will cover the land like the red ants and overtake
this land in one day. If the three helpers chosen by the Creator
fulfill their sacred mission, and even if there are only one,
two, or three of the true Hopi who remain holding fast to the
last ancient teaching and instructions the Great Spirit, Massauu
will appear before all, and our would will be saved. The three
will lay our a new life plan which leads to everlasting life
and peace. The earth will become new as it was from the beginning.
Flowers will bloom again, wild game will return to barren lands,
and there will be abundance of food for all. Those who are saved
will share everything equally and they all will recognize Great
Spirit and speak one language.
"We are now faced with great problems, not only here
but throughout the land. Ancient cultures are being annihilated.
Our people's lands are being taken from them, leaving them no
place to call their own. Why is this happening? It is happening
because many have given up or manipulated their original spiritual
teachings. The way of life which the Great Spirit has given to
all people of the world, whatever your original instructions,
are not being honored. It is because of this great sickness called
greed, which infects every land and country, that simple people
are losing what they have kept for thousands of years.
"Now we are at the very end of our trail. Many people
no longer recognize the true path of the Great Spirit. They have,
in fact, no respect for the Great Spirit or for our precious
Mother Earth, who gives us all life. We were told that someone
would try to go up to the moon, that they would bring something
back from the moon, and that after that nature would show signs
of losing its balance. Now we see that coming about. All over
the world, there are now many signs that nature is no longer
in balance. Floods, drought, earthquakes, and great storms are
occurring constantly and causing much suffering. We do not want
this to occur in our country, and we pray to the Great Spirit
to save us from such things. But there are now signs that this
very same thing might happen very soon on our own land.
"Now we must look upon each other as brothers and
sisters. There is no more time for divisions among people. Today
I call upon all of us, from right here at home, Hotevilla, where
we too are guilty of gossiping and causing divisions even among
our own families, out to the entire world where thievery, war,
and lying go on every day. These divisions will not be our salvation.
Wars only bring more wars, never peace. Only by joining together
in a Spiritual Peace with love in our hearts for one another,
love in our hearts for the Great Spirit and Mother Earth, shall
we be saved from the terrible Purification Day which is just
ahead.
"There are many of you in this world who are honest
people. We know you spiritually for we are the "Men's Society
Grandfathers" who have been charged to pray for you and
all life on earth, never forgetting anything or anyone in our
ceremonials. Our prayer is to have a good happy life, plenty
of soft gentle rain for abundant crops. We pray for balance on
earth to live in peace and leave a beautiful world to the children
yet to come. We know you have good hearts, but good hearts are
not enough to help us out with these great problems. In the past,
some of you have tried to help us Hopis, and we will always be
thankful for you efforts. But now we need your help in the worst
way.
"We want the people of the world to know the truth
of our situation.
"This land which people call the Land of the Freedom
celebrates many days reminding people of the world of these things.
Yet in well over 200 years, the original Americans have not seen
a free day. We are suffering the final insult. Our people are
now losing the one thing which gives life and meaning to life
-- our ceremonial land, which is being taken away from us. Hotevilla
is the last holy consecrated, undisturbed traditional Native
American sacred shrine to the Creator. As the prophecy says,
this sacred shrine must keep its spiritual pathways open. This
village is the spiritual vortex for the Hopi to guide the many
awakening Native Americans and other true hearts home to their
own unique culture. Hotevilla was established by the last remaining
spiritual elders to maintain peace and balance on this continent
from the tip of South America up to Alaska. Many of our friends
say Hotevilla is a sacred shrine, a national and world treasure
and must be preserved. We need your help.
"Where is the freedom which you all fight for and
sacrifice your children for? Is it only the Indian people who
have lost, or are all Americans losing the very thing which you
originally came here to find? We don't share the freedom of the
press because what gets into the papers is what the government
wants people to believe, not what is really happening. We have
no freedom of speech, because we are persecuted by our own people
for speaking our beliefs.
"We are at the final stages now, and there is a last
force that is about to take away our remaining homeland. We are
still being denied many things including the right to be Hopis
and to make our living in accordance with our religious teachings.
The Hopi leaders have warned leaders in the White House and the
leaders in the Glass House[the United Nations] but they do not
listen. So as our prophecy says then it must be up to the people
with good pure hearts that will not be afraid to help us to fulfill
our destiny in peace for this world. We now stand at a crossroad
whether to lead ourselves in everlasting life or total destruction.
We believe that human beings' spiritual power through prayer
is so strong that it decides life on earth.
"So many people have come to Hopiland to meet with
us. Many times people have asked how they can help us. Now I
hope and pray that your help will come. If you have a way to
spread the truth, through the newspapers, radio, books, through
meeting with powerful people, tell the truth! Tell them what
you know to be true. Tell them what you have seen here, what
you have heard us say; what you have seen with your own eyes.
In this way, if we do fall, let it be said that we tried, right
up to the end, to hold fast to the path of peace as we were originally
instructed to do by the Great Spirit.
"Should you really succeed, we will all realize our
mistakes of the past and return to the true path -- living in
harmony as brothers and sisters, sharing our Mother, the Earth
with all other living creatures. In this way we could bring about
a new world, a world which would be led by the Great Spirit,
and our Mother will provide plenty and happiness for all.
"God bless you, each one of you and know our prayers
for peace meet yours as the sun rises and sets. May the Great
Spirit guide you safely into the path of love, peace, and freedom.
May the holy ancestors of love and light keep you safe in your
land and homes. Pray for God to give you something important
to do in this great work which lies ahead of us all to bring
peace on earth.
"We, the Hopi, hold the sacred stone tablets and now
await the coming of our True White Brother and others seriously
ready to work for the Creator's peace on earth. Be well, my children,
and think good thoughts of peace and togetherness. Peace for
all life on earth and peace with one another in our homes, families
and countries. We are not so different in the Creator's eyes.
The same great Father Sun shines his love on each of us daily
just as Mother Earth prepares the substance for our table, do
they not? We are one after all."
Chief Dan Evehema from Hotevilla, Arizona, Hopi Sovereign
Nation
Spiritual leader, Eldest Elder Greasewood/Roadrunner Clan
The United Nations Mission
In 1959, a delegation of six traditional Hopi leaders,
led by the late spiritual leader, Dan Katchongva, traveled to
the United Nations Building in New York to fulfill a sacred mission
in accordance with ancient Hopi instructions. Because of their
prophetic knowledge, the Hopi leaders felt it was time to go
east, where "a house of mica" [The United Nations building]
would stand at this time, where Great Leaders from many lands
would be gathered to help any people who are in trouble. They
were to go when the lands of the Hopi and other Indians were
about to be taken away from them and their way of life was in
danger of being completely.
The Hopi Message to the United
Nations (12/10/92)
Mr. Thomas Banyacya sprinkled corn meal next to the podium
of the General Assembly and made a brief remark in Hopi that
translates as follows:
"Hopi spiritual leaders had an ancient prophecy that
some day world leaders would gather in a Great House of Mica
with rules and regulations to solve the world problems without
war. I am amazed to see the prophecy has come true and you are
here today! But only a handful of United Nations Delegates are
present to hear the Motee Sinom (Hopi for First People) from
around the world who spoke here today."
(In English:) "My name is Banyacya of the Wolf, Fox
and Coyote Clan and I am a member of the Hopi sovereign nation.
Hopi in our language means a peaceful, kind, gentle, truthful
people. The traditional Hopi follows the spiritual path that
was given to us by Massau'u the Great Spirit. We made a sacred
covenant to follow his life plan at all times, which includes
the responsibility of taking care of this land and life for his
divine purpose. We have never made treaties with any foreign
nation, including the United States, but for many centuries we
have honored this sacred agreement. Our goals are not to gain
political control, monetary wealth nor military power, but rather
to pray and to promote the welfare of all living beings and to
preserve the world in a natural way. We still have our ancient
sacred stone tablets and spiritual religious societies which
are the foundations of the Hopi way of life. Our history says
our white brother should have retained those same sacred objects
and spiritual foundations.
"In 1948, all traditional Hopi spiritual leaders met
and spoke of things I felt strongly were of great importance
to all people. They selected four interpreters to carry their
message of which I am the only one still living today. At the
time, I was given a sacred prayer feather by the spiritual leaders.
I made a commitment to carry the Hopi message of peace and deliver
warnings from prophecies known since the time the previous world
was destroyed by flood and our ancestors came to this land.
"My mission was to open the doors of this Great House
of Mica to native peoples. The Elders said to knock four times,
and this commitment was fulfilled when I delivered a letter and
the sacred prayer feather I had been given to John Washburn in
the Secretary General's office in October, 1991. I am bringing
part of the Hopi message to you here today. We have only ten
minutes to speak, and time is late, so I am making my statement
short.
"At the meeting in 1948, Hopi leaders 80, 90 and even
100 years old explained that the creator made the first world
in perfect balance where humans spoke one language, but humans
turned away from moral and spiritual principles. They misused
their spiritual powers for selfish purposes. They did not follow
nature's rules. Eventually the world was destroyed by sinking
of land and separation of land by what you would call major earthquakes.
Many died, and only a small handful survived.
"Then this handful of peaceful people came into the
second world. They repeated their mistakes, and the world was
destroyed by freezing, which you call the great Ice Age.
"The few survivors entered the third world. That world
lasted a long time, and as in previous worlds, the people spoke
one language. The people invented many machines and conveniences
of high technology, some of which have not yet been seen in this
age. They even had spiritual powers that they used for good.
They gradually turned away from natural laws and pursued only
material things and finally only gambled while they ridiculed
spiritual principles. No one stopped them from this course, and
the world was destroyed by the great flood that many nations
still recall in their ancient history or in their religions.
"The Elders said again only small groups escaped and
came to this fourth world where we now live. Our world is in
terrible shape again even though the Great Spirit gave us different
languages and sent us to four corners of the world and told us
to take care the Earth and all that is in it.
"This Hopi ceremonial rattle represents Mother Earth.
The line running around it is a time line and indicates that
we are in the final days of the prophecy. What have you, as individuals,
as nations and as the world body been doing to take care of this
Earth? In the Earth today, humans poison their own food, water
and air with pollution. Many of us, including children, are left
to starve. Many wars are still being fought. Greed and concern
for material things is a common disease. In this western hemisphere,
our homeland, many original native people are landless, homeless,
starving and have no medical help.
"The Hopi knew humans would develop many powerful
technologies that would be abused. In this century, we have seen
the First World War and the Second World War in which the predicted
gourd of ashes, which you call the atomic bomb, fell from the
sky with great destruction. Many thousands of people were destroyed
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"For many years there has been great fear and danger
of World War Three. The Hopi believe the Persian Gulf War was
the beginning of World War Three, but it was stopped, and the
worst weapons of destruction were not used. This is now a time
to weigh the choices for our future. We do have a choice. If
you, the nations of this Earth, create another great war, the
Hopi believe we humans will burn ourselves to death with ashes.
That's why the spiritual Elders stress strongly that the United
Nations fully open the door for native spiritual leaders as soon
as possible.
"Nature itself does not speak with a voice that we
can easily understand. Neither can the animals and birds we are
threatening with extinction talk to us. Who in this world can
speak for nature and the spiritual energy that creates and flows
through all life? In every continent are human beings who are
like you but who have not separated themselves from the land
and from nature. It is through their voice that Nature can speak
to us. You have heard those voices and many messages from the
four corners of the world today. I have studied comparative religion,
and I think in your own nations and cultures you have knowledge
of the consequences of living out of balance with nature and
spirit. The native peoples of the world have seen and spoken
to you about the destruction of their lives and homelands, the
ruination of nature and the desecration of their sacred sites.
It is time the United Nations used its rules to investigate these
occurrences and stop them now.
"The Four Corners area of the Hopi is bordered by
four sacred mountains. The spiritual center within is a sacred
site our prophecies say will have special purpose in the future
for mankind to survive and now should be left in its natural
state. All nations must protect this spiritual center.
"The Hopi and all original native people hold the
land in balance by prayer, fasting and performing ceremonies.
Our spiritual Elders still hold the land in the Western Hemisphere
in balance for all living beings, including humans. No one should
be relocated from their sacred homelands in this Western Hemisphere
or anywhere in the world. Acts of forced relocation, such as
Public Law 93-531 in the United States, must be repealed.
"The United Nations stands on our native homeland.
The United Nations talks about human rights, equality and justice
and yet the native people have never had a real opportunity to
speak to this assembly since its establishment until today. It
should be the mission of your nations and this assembly to use
your power and rules to examine and work to cure the damage people
have done to this Earth and to each other. Hopi Elders know that
was your mission and they wait to see whether you will act on
it now.
"Nature, the First People and the spirit of our ancestors
are giving you loud warnings. Today, December 10, 1992, you see
increasing floods, more damaging hurricanes, hail storms, climate
changes and earthquakes as our prophecies said would come. Even
animals and birds are warning us with strange change in their
behavior such as the beaching of whales. Why do animals act like
they know about the earth's problems and most humans act like
they know nothing? If we humans do not wake up to the warnings,
the great purification will come to destroy this world just as
the previous worlds were destroyed."
(Thomas and Oren Lyons held up a picture of a large rock
drawing in Hopiland)
"This rock drawing shows part of the Hopi prophecy.
There are two paths. The first with technology but separate from
natural and spiritual law leads to these jagged lines representing
chaos. The lower path is one that remains in harmony with natural
law. Here we see a line that represents a choice like a bridge
joining the paths. If we return to spiritual harmony and live
from our hearts, we can experience a paradise in this world.
If we continue only on this upper path, we will come to destruction.
"It's up to all of us, as children of Mother Earth,
to clean up this mess before it's too late.
"The Elders request that during this International
Year for the World's Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations keep
that door open for spiritual leaders from the four corners of
the world to come to speak to you for more than a few minutes
as soon as possible. The Elders also request that eight investigative
teams visit the native areas of the world to observe and tell
the truth about what is being done and stop these nations from
moving in this self-destructive direction.
"If any of you leaders want to learn more about the
spiritual vision and power of the Elders, I invite you to come
out to Hopiland and sit down with our real spiritual leaders
in their sacred Kivas where they will reveal the ancient secrets
of survival and balance.
"I hope that all members of this assembly that know
the spiritual way will not just talk about it, but in order to
have real peace and harmony, will follow what it says across
the United Nations wall: "They will beat their swords into
plowshares and study war no more."
"Let's, together, do that now!"
Message to the United Nations
(Another Attempt)
Delivered and Submitted by Martin Gashweseoma, Caretaker
of the Sovereign Hopi Nation to the General Assembly November
22, 1993
"For The Great Spirit, Massau'u:
"We come here from the Sovereign Hopi Nation to attend
the Cry of the Earth Conference at the United Nations. We are
proud that you have opened the door for us. My name is Martin
Gashweseoma. As Hopi, we have come here to present our message
which is about how we first came here from the previous world.
"The Hopi way is to lead a good life and through our
ceremonials and mediations, we take care of this land and life.
We still have the sacred stone tablets given to us by the Spider
Woman. This is our title and deed to this world, and it was given
to us with the life plan to follow, and with strong instructions
and serious warnings. It was a good life. When the rains came
and brought a lot of moisture, then our crops would yield enough
for all living beings, including the ants, animals, birds, plants
and human kind.
"Before leaving the previous world, we came up here
to ask permission from the Great Spirit, Massau'u, if we could
live here with him because the world down below had become corrupted.
He told the people, 'It is up to you if you are willing to live
with full respect for my way of life.' They said, 'Yes we are
willing to live your way.' So with his consent we came here,
into this new world. This world is where the Great Spirit, Massau'u,
first appeared to all first peoples and gave them their instructions
and rules to follow. Then the Spider Woman laid before them ears
of corn of different colors from which to take their sustenance
and livelihood. The greediest people hurried to pick out the
longest ears. But the Hopi, being the most humble, waited until
last and chose the shortest ears of corn. Spider Woman then gave
each group of people their own language and name and told them
to migrate to every corner of this continent leaving their footprints,
clan markings, and ruins to claim this land.
"Before the migrating peoples arrived at the place
where the Great Spirit, Massau'u, lives, he used to take walks
nearby his home. Coming back home, bringing back violet flowers,
he dropped them along the way. After discovering he had dropped
the violet flowers, he went back to look for them, but the flowers
had already been found by the Horny Toad Woman. The Great Spirit,
Massau'u, asked if she would give it back but the Horny Toad
Woman refused. Instead, she told him that in time there would
be a crisis in this world, with which he would need help. At
that time she would be there with her steel helmet to help. Meaning
that someday if the Hopi got into trouble, a group of people
with the steel helmet would help them.
"The Great Spirit, Massau'u, let the first group who
had found him live there with him and settle down. Each subsequent
group of people who came to settle in Oraibi after their migrations
were allowed to stay based on judgment of their character and
how they had traveled when they were searching for the Great
Spirit, Massau'u. Those who were boastful and arrogant were sent
away to the east. Those of humble and sincere hearts were allowed
to stay and keep the ceremonials in the proper manner to ensure
rain for the crops and all living things. After this was settled,
all the things that were to come were told to the first people
in Oraibi by the first people that came from the underworld.
"The people were told of another race of people who
would come to this land and claim it as their own land. We were
told not to accept anything these people would offer to us, but
it will tempt us and be hard to resist. They would be intelligent
and the inventors of many things. Now we realize that these people
are the light-skinned people, the Bahanas. We were told of something
that would come that would be pulled by animals, meaning wagons
or carts. And ones that would run very fast, meaning automobiles
and other motorized vehicles. We were told of the land being
cut up by long roads and fences, and of highways that would be
built in the sky. And that women would adopt male clothing. And
that the secret of women, with clothing, covered, would no longer
be secret, but be revealed and exposed.
"When this happens, all the world leaders and all
the people will be corrupted and will not know whom to look to
for direction to correct this corruption. When all this happens,
it will mean that we are all nearing the end. Then the wars will
come about like powerful winds, and will spread from country
to country and bring Purification or Destruction to this world.
The more we turn away from the instructions of the Great Spirit,
the more signs we see in the form of earthquakes, floods, drought,
fires, tornadoes, as Nature makes ready her revenge. All of this
will happen at one time along with the wars and corruption. We
see this now as young children become angry, killing each other
and their parents. They show no respect. We are all corrupt.
"If this Purification does not materialize, then the world
will turn over 4 times and will leave only ants here to start
a new life. Before people came to this world they were sick,
just as today, we are sick from all this corruption. Now we are
seeking a way to solve our present situation. This is the last
world, we are not going anywhere from here. If we destroy this,
the highest world, we will be given no other chances.
Let us consider this matter seriously so that this world
is not destroyed, so that we can continue to live and save this
land and life for the generations to come."
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