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DoomsdaysCWDivision Amongst the HopiThe situation at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourCorners</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.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.The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiTribalCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopiTribalCouncil</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">#PeabodyCoal</a> Company, allowing them to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StripMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StripMine</a> the sacred mesas, resulting in the destruction of several ancient burial sites.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">#DanEvehema</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.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">#UnitedNations</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">#HumanRights</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">#TechquaIkachi</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">#MotherEarth</a> will hide her nourishment."Grandfather Dan was also one of the Elders involved in bringing the Hopi message to the United Nations, which was finally accomplished in 1992. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiProphecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopiProphecy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaaniqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Koyaaniqatsi</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourCorners</a> Area CrucialThe Hopi prophecies warned that the white men or "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pahana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pahana</a>" would come to their land and try and lead them into evil ways. The Hopi were told that they must hold onto their tradition and their land, though always without violence. If they succeeded, their land would become a center from which Spirit would be reawakened, resonating throughout the world.Frank Waters, author of "The Book of the Hopi," wrote in 1963 that "when the 'heart' of the Hopi land trust is dug up, great disturbances will develop in the balance of nature, for the Hopi holy land is the microcosmic image of the entire planet; any violations of nature in the Four Corners region will be reflected and amplified all over the Earth," and that what is dug up there (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uranium</a>) would be used for destructive purposes. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThomasBanyacya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThomasBanyacya</a> also wrote of the Four Corners area: "Great Spirit told Hopi [that Four Corners is] the backbone of the United States. Hopi must hold land till Human Beings live in harmony."This sacred area is being strip-mined for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coal</a> and uranium, reducing the water table and causing radioactive pollution. According to Quail Littlefield of "People Concerned with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MotherEarth</a>," recent discoveries show that the Four Corners area is not only rich in coal and uranium, but is also a main source of positive and negative ions in the atmosphere. It is also said to be one of the few key focal centers in the world where the energy current must be kept in balance to maintain a life-giving biosphere. According to some Hopi Elders, if this center is disrupted, then the atmosphere will become unstable and all life will perish.The Hopi and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Navajo</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dine</a>) have co-existed peacefully on these lands (Four Corners) for many generations. A "range war" was fabricated to allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIA</a>], through the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiTribalCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopiTribalCouncil</a>, to grant exclusive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> rights to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyCoal</a> Company, which called for the eviction of Navajo elders to an area that is barren and 60 miles downstream from uranium-poisoned waters. Forcible removal of the Elders begins in February, 2000.Hopi Elders Thomas Banyacya and Grandfather <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DanEvehema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanEvehema</a>, as well as many others, have opposed this forced relocation. People from not only the United States but all over the world have sent letters to Janet Reno, and other government officials to stop this eviction, which violates the American Indian Religious Freedom Act 17 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act 18. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoUraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountainResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigMountainResistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiProphecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopiProphecy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaaniqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Koyaaniqatsi</a>

DoomsdaysCW[Thread] So grateful to the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> ! They have a web capture of my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopiProphecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HopiProphecy</a> article that I wrote in 1999 (but without the graphics). In the article, the blame is firmly aimed at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyCoal</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumingMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UraniumingMining</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwoHeartedPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TwoHeartedPeople</a> (selfish people) for destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MotherEarth</a> and the bringing about of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PurificationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PurificationDay</a>. I will be posting excerpts from the article (with the missing graphics), along with commentary, in this thread. The archived version can be found at the link below: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050130085845/http://www.whatmagazine.org/bigmountain/bigmtn5.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20050130085845/http://www.whatmagazine.org/bigmountain/bigmtn5.html</a>

DoomsdaysCWI knew Klee's grandmother, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RobertaBlackgoat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobertaBlackgoat</a> -- and supported her with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MutualAid</a> and telling her side of the story in the early days of the web. Rest in Power, Klee! 💔 :anarchoheart2: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KleeBenally</a> 'Carry On'By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a>, April 9, 2024 "Klee, discussing resource extraction, and how the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTribalCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoTribalCouncil</a> was created to sign <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oil</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gas</a> leases, quotes our friend, the gentle, soft-spoken farmer from Shiprock, who received his doctorate degree before passing, Larry Emerson."'There is no point in trying to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decolonize</a> the Navajo government -- it was not right for us from the start. Its structure and process is a replica of the American system, and the American system appears to be edging toward the possibility of failure like the great <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RomanEmpire</a>.'"Writing on these monsters, oil and gas extraction, and coal mining, Klee quotes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LouiseBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LouiseBenally</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigMountain</a>, his aunt, whose family spent their lives resisting coal mining, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedRelocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForcedRelocation</a>, and the machinery of the tribal government. "Louise said, 'The natural laws and the Indigenous Peoples were already here in a good relationship before the coming of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonial</a> society who draws laws and boundaries. However, we <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoples</a> will always have ties with these lands, we will continue to live that way with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> and we will carry on.'"Klee shares the words of his grandmother, Roberta Blackgoat, who never gave up the fight. 'The Coal they strip mine is the Earth's liver." Although many have passed, and too many have died from broken hearts, there are those who live on, carry on. "Klee writes, 'The remaining resisters to forced relocation have outlived the monster that was consuming our lands, stealing our water, and polluting our lungs.' "Before passing, Klee described the monsters, the rage against the machine, and the ways of restoring balance and harmony. Klee Benally's book, 'No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in the Defense of the Sacred,' can be ordered at: <a href="https://detritusbooks.com/products/no-spiritual-surrender-indigenous-anarchy-in-defense-of-the-sacred" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://detritusbooks.com/products/no-spiritual-surrender-indigenous-anarchy-in-defense-of-the-sacred</a> at April 09, 2024<a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/klee-benally-carry-on.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/klee-benally-carry-on.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyCoal</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountainResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigMountainResistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandBack</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBackNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandBackNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoples</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dineh</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoUraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RageAgainstTheMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RageAgainstTheMachine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAnarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousAnarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a>

DoomsdaysCWI started reporting about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyCoal</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountainResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigMountainResistance</a> in my online 'zine back in the 1990s. I tried my best to get the word out about what was going on from my email buddy Brenda Norrell (founder of Censored News), as well as folks on the ground via written correspondence. I even sent care packages with supplies to help out grandmothers who were resisting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIA</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyCoal</a> (now <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyEnergy</a>). I wish I could say that humans have evolved and changed, but alas, we've taken steps backward! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colonialism</a> is far from dead, and we must defend <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoples</a> against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>!

DoomsdaysCW2008: America’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestBank</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McCain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McCain</a>’s Forced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Navajo</a> Relocation"S 1003, sponsored by Senator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnMcCain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnMcCain</a> (R-AZ), comes as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeabodyCoal</a>, the world’s largest coal company, is planning to expand its strip mining of American Indian lands, drawing down another high-quality residential <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMesa</a> in the process. Only one thing stands in Peabody’s way: indigenous people live on the land below which lies billions of tons of low-sulfur coal. As with their ancestors, the land is the basis for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMesa</a> people’s traditions, spirituality, and livelihoods." <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Thackerpass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thackerpass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/176" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/176</a>

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