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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Thomas Banyacya

Thomas Banyacya, Sr. was a Hopi Native American traditional leader.

June 2, 1909 - February 6, 1999
Let us live in peace and harmony to keep the land and all life in balance. Only prayer and meditation can do that.
As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things. It is a sign of the union of all people, like one big family. The unity of all humanity, many tribes and peoples, is essential.
The old people must start talking and the young people must start listening. — © Thomas Banyacya
The old people must start talking and the young people must start listening.
Nature and the spirit of our ancestors are giving you loud warnings. Today you see increasing floods, more damaging hurricanes, hail storms, climate changes and earthquakes as our prophecies said would come. 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.
We made a sacred covenant to follow the Creator's 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.
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