On December 10, 1992, Thomas Banyacya, Kykotsmovi Hopi Nation (Arizona), addressed the United Nations General Assembly (Full Text Here).
In his speech, he explained to diplomats the significance of a
petroglyph at Prophecy Rock (Hopiland). An ancient prophecy apparently
predicted a “House of Mica†that feasibly describes the United Nations’
headquarters in New York.
“Greed and concern for material things is a common disease.†Thomas Banyacya, 1992
On December 10, 1992, Thomas Banyacya, Kykotsmovi Hopi Nation (Arizona), addressed the United Nations General Assembly (Full Text Here). In his speech, he explained to diplomats the significance of a petroglyph at Prophecy Rock (Hopiland). An ancient prophecy apparently predicted a “House of Mica” that feasibly describes the United Nations’ headquarters in New York.
“Greed and concern for material things is a common disease.” Thomas Banyacya, 1992
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“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 Acts of forced relocation, such as Public Law 93-531 in the United States, must be repealed.
(Thomas and Oren Lyons held up a picture of a large rock drawing in Hopiland)
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.
Banyyaca explained the meaning of this Hopi petroglyph to the United Nations General Assembly in 1992
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.
It’s up to all of us, as children of Mother Earth, to clean up this mess before it’s too late.”