THE HOPI MESSAGE TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Submitted by Thomas Banyacya, Kykotsmovi, Arizona, U.S.A.
The presentation by Mr Thomas Banyacya, the final speaker,
was preceded by
three shouts by Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Six Nations,
and first speaker of
the day. The shouts were a spiritual announcement to the
Great Spirit of the of
the people assembled and the intention to give a message of
spiritual
importance.
Thomas then 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
prophesies 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 a 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 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 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 prophesies
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.
Its 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 Worlds 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." Lets, together, do that now!
Epilogue
The night before the presentations of the native people
from around the world to
the General Assembly, there was a total eclipse of the moon
over New York City
and the sky was clear. The evening after the presentation
by Mr Banyacya and
the other native spokespersons, heavy rain and strong wind
began. The
weathermen had been calling for a snowstorm but what came
the following day
were the worst floods in New York's memory. Major highways
were washed
away by the sea and the United Nations itself experienced
flooding of its lower
subfloors, forcing a shutdown of its heating and air
conditioning and all
personnel were dismissed at three o'clock.
In the ground floor meeting room, where on December 11,
native peoples were
meeting representatives of various UN agencies, Thomas
Banyacya
spontaneously called on all the participants, including UN
officials, to form a
great circle. All the Elders were in the center and Thomas
called in some
non-native people as well. Each silently said a prayer. The
forming of the circle
of unity of all people from the four corners of the Earth
was more than just a
symbolic act. One participant said she had never felt
herself to be in such a safe
place. Later, several people present noted that no further
storm damage
occurred in Manhattan and that the storm itself abated that
afternoon.
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A Message from the Hopi Tribe to All
THE HOPI MESSAGE TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Submitted by Thomas Banyacya, Kykotsmovi, Arizona, U.S.A.
The presentation by Mr Thomas Banyacya, the final speaker, was
preceded by
three shouts by Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Six Nations, and
first speaker of
the day. The shouts were a spiritual announcement to the Great
Spirit of the of
the people assembled and the intention to give a message of spiritual
importance.
Thomas then 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
prophesies 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 a 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 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 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
prophesies
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.
Its 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
Worlds 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." Lets, together, do that now!
Epilogue
The night before the presentations of the native people from around
the world to
the General Assembly, there was a total eclipse of the moon over New
York City
and the sky was clear. The evening after the presentation by Mr
Banyacya and
the other native spokespersons, heavy rain and strong wind began. The
weathermen had been calling for a snowstorm but what came the
following day
were the worst floods in New York's memory. Major highways were
washed
away by the sea and the United Nations itself experienced flooding
of its lower
subfloors, forcing a shutdown of its heating and air conditioning
and all
personnel were dismissed at three o'clock.
In the ground floor meeting room, where on December 11, native
peoples were
meeting representatives of various UN agencies, Thomas Banyacya
spontaneously called on all the participants, including UN
officials, to form a
great circle. All the Elders were in the center and Thomas called in
some
non-native people as well. Each silently said a prayer. The forming
of the circle
of unity of all people from the four corners of the Earth was more
than just a
symbolic act. One participant said she had never felt herself to be
in such a safe
place. Later, several people present noted that no further storm
damage
occurred in Manhattan and that the storm itself abated that
afternoon.
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