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A Hopi Chiefs’. Last Cry
I
am often asked the question… "What are the living Indigenous
elders and spiritual teachers telling us about this time?"…. The
late Chief Dan Evehema, was a personal friend, as well as an
advisor and mentor to me since the Early 70’s.
Dan was also known as the eldest Hopi up in Hopi Land...I like to remember him taking me on journeys as he told stories of what Hopi Land and Arizona was like back in the days before automobiles, and high flying jets spewing "Chemtrails " over the once pristine desert.
Before his passing in 1999 Dan left this message to mankind his
Final Warning: it was Chief Dan who worked with me and gave
sanction to my writing and delivering the Hopi Messages, in my
book Last Cry which was originally to include a documentary
film… But life happens. The film was made but the Hopi elected
not to release it… only my friend Ingrid know what happened to
it, as she holds the original masters.
An Open Letter to Hotevilla, Arizona, Hopi Sovereign Nation
“I am very glad to have this time to send a message to you. We are celebrating a time in our history, which is both filled with joy and sadness we know many of you are
having the same troubles.
“ 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 asked and 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
Creators 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 this creation 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 a Spider woman and
Her two grandsons They were wise and powerful helpers of the
Great Spirit.
“ Before the Great Spirit went into hiding, He and Spider woman
put before the leaders of the different groups of people many
colors and sized of corn for them to choose their food in this
world.
“ The Hopi was the last to pick and then choose their food in
this world. The Hopi then choose 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) and I
will place in your authority all land and life to guard, protect
and hold trust for Me until I return to you in later days for I
am the First and the Last.”
“This is 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.
“ Then it is together with the other spiritual leaders the
destiny of our future children is placed. 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 the Spider woman’s two grandsons the sacred stone
tablets were given. These two brothers were then 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 on his return.
“ 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 meet the
Creator at Old Oribe (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 Hopi land where we
met the Great Spirit and 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 drops upon the earth will boil everything within a
large space and nothing will grow for a very long time.
“ When the leaders turned to evil ways instead of the Great
Spirit we were told there would be many ways this life may be
destroyed.
“ Great Spirit Said that if human kind does not heed our
prophecies and returns to the original spiritual instructions
our world would be no more.
“ We were told of three helpers who were being sent by the Great
Spirit to help the Hopi bring about a peaceful life on this
Earth.
“ We were told not to change our ceremonies, or our ways, or
even 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, 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 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.
“ 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
over take 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 remaining 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 out 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 games 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 its
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 are instructed in our ancient prophecy that this would
occur. 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 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 between 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 goes 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 any one in our
ceremonials.
“ 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 give life and meaning of
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 original
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 rite 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 but they do not listen.
“ We now stand at a cross road whether to lead ourselves in
everlasting life or total destruction.
“ We believe that human beings spiritual power through prayer is
so strong it decides life on earth.
“ So many people have come to Hopiland to meet with us. Some of
you we have met on your lands. Many times people have asked how
they can help us. Now I hope and pray that your help will come.
“ 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 freedom and God on this Earth Mother.
“ 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 still 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 sustenance for our table, do they not?
We are one after all.
Excerpted from Days of Destiny.... Changing The Tides of Fear by Dr. Robert Ghost Wolf
Thank you Grandfather Dan, may you finally be able to walk softly and find those happy days…
Chief Dan Evehema, ( from what we can estimate was at least 105
years of age at his passing. He was a Spiritual leader, Hopi
Sinom and Eldest Elder Greeswood / Roadrunner Clan Society
Father / Snake Priest / Kachina Father..
Today I live with memories of days spent with Dan, and many other elders, who our children will never come to know. they will never feel what I felt when I looked into the eyes of all those generations looking into the window of my soul. Those who are like these ancient wondrous hearts are even more rare of an experience today, then they were in my youth… With their passing the link between two worlds is fading like the mists of morning in the mountains… kind of reminds me of a song where Jesse Collin Young once sang…
” We are but a moments sunlight and we shall surely fade…when
the ones that left us here return for us at last….”
They are coming now, look up once in a while…
Blessed
Be and may your journey be less harsh then mine… I will meet you
here on the mountain… Shunkmanitu Tanka Wanagi