DoomsdaysCW<p>Division Amongst the Hopi</p><p>The situation at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourCorners</span></a> has brought to the surface a division amongst the Hopi themselves, something that Hopi prophecy said would occur three times. The first occurred in 1906 between the Traditionalists (one-hearted Hopi) and Modernists (two-hearted Hopi), the Traditionalists leaving the mother-village Oraibi to establish a new home in Hotevilla. The Traditionalists have strived to protect their way of life and to keep the covenant with the Creator to perform the ceremonies necessary to hold the world in balance. The Traditionalists also believe that the Hopi are obligated to the Great Spirit (Masaau) never to cut up their land, or to sell it.</p><p>The second division occurred in 1970 amidst a spectacular lightshow of unknown origins. The third division has recently taken place between progressive Hopi belonging to the Hopi Tribal Council and the Traditionalists.</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiTribalCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HopiTribalCouncil</span></a> was created in part by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. At the urging of the Department of the Interior of the Untied States, the Hopi Tribal Council has signed several leases with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeabodyCoal</span></a> Company, allowing them to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StripMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StripMine</span></a> the sacred mesas, resulting in the destruction of several ancient burial sites.</p><p>In 1996, the Modernists had another victory as sewer and power lines were brought to Hotevilla. Many considered these to be disruptive to the sacred prayer ceremonies. In 1997, the sacred prayer bundle was unearthed -- another desecration. Possibly as a result of these actions, Grandfather <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DanEvehema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanEvehema</span></a>, considered to be one of the last traditional elders, left Hotevilla in protest. He passed away less than a year later, at the age of 108.</p><p>Grandfather Dan Evehema had met with many world leaders as well as Native American ones, and was a respected healer who has spent his life praying for world peace and upholding the Hopi truth of "Together with All Nations We Hold This World in Balance." He spoke at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a> several times, and last winter met with the UN <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> Violations and Religious Rights inspectors who recently investigated human rights violations taking place on Native American reservations. He co-authored "Hotevilla Shrine of the Covenant" and the "Hopi Survival Kit," and worked on the traditional Hopi newsletter, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechquaIkachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechquaIkachi</span></a> for many years. In the "Hopi Survival Kit" he stated that fuel shortages will bring technology to a stop -- people will either learn to live in sacredness with the Earth, or they will perish when "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> will hide her nourishment."</p><p>Grandfather Dan was also one of the Elders involved in bringing the Hopi message to the United Nations, which was finally accomplished in 1992. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiProphecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HopiProphecy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaaniqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koyaaniqatsi</span></a></p>