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Hopi Elder Chief Dan Evehema's
Message to Mankind
March
27 , 2001
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 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 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 sizes 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. If human kind does not heed our
prophecy and return to one’s original spiritual instructions. We were told of
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 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, 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 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 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. 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
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 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 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. 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 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. If you
have a way to spread the truth, through the newspapers, radio, books, thought
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 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 sustance for our table, do they not? We are
one after all. Chief Dan Evehema, (105) Spiritual leader,
Eldest Elder Greeswood / Roadrunner Clan Society Father / Snake Priest / Kachina
Father. From Hotevilla, Arizona, Hopi Sovereign Nation. |
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Tim Stouse
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