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October 2023- FUNDRAISER FOR HOPI AND TEWA

Many homes on Hopi do not have central heating and now rely solely on wood for heat. Historically, families relied on coal, which was an inexpensive heat source. However, due to the coal mine closure in 2019, wood has now become a more expensive yet vital necessity. We are fundraising to provide STOVE READY Wood, an essential resource for warmth, comfort, and safety, that will allow Hopi families to live on their ancestral lands and continue to practice Hopi ways of life.

DOWNLOAD our FUNDRAISER PDF HERE

CHAPEL OF THE HOLY DOVE MEADOW RESTORATION & BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT
PIKYANIVI WOOD HAULERS -WARMTH FOR HOPI & TEWA IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS ON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2023 FROM 9:00 am TO 3:00 pm MST TO HELP MOVE LIMBS FROM FELLED TREES TO CREATE SLASH PILES

Pikyanivi Wood Haulers – Warmth for Hopi & Tewa is working with the Flagstaff Ranger District to thin 12 acres of encroaching Ponderosa pine. The felled Ponderosa pine will be harvested for Hopi communities to heat their homes.
Please dress appropriately in pants, long sleeve shirts, gloves, and a hat
Lunch will be provided
Donations of water and snacks are greatly appreciated

DOWNLOAD the Information on our Dove Chapel Project Day HERE (2)

MESSAGE US!
FACEBOOK – PIKUNIVIWOOD HAULERS

TEXT 928.450.7565 OR928.457.6616

EMAIL DRM28@NAU.EDU

BECOME a SÍPÀAPU DEFENDER

We, the descendants of ancient people, came here thousands of years ago to a safe place to raise children and to start a new way of life.

Our ancestors followed the Colorado River all the way up through the Grand Canyon and the Little Colorado River. There, they came upon a huge mound shaped like an anthill. Water was coming in and out of the mound. Some say, others followed the Rio Grande River all the way to Mesa Verde, then turned back and came to the Hopi mesas.

Here they came out of the Canyon and came to the Hopi mesas, and met Màasau, a farmer in a dry barren land. The ancestors received his permission to stay with him on the condition they take good care of Mother Earth and to follow his way of life.

This is why Sípàapu is called an umbilical cord to the Old World. A place of Emergence from the Third to the present Fourth World, a passageway to the spiritual world.

Sípàapu is the heart of Mother Earth some call Tuwanasavi, now known as the Colorado Plateau. The heartbeat is weakening. Water no longer comes in and out of the mound. It is dying.

The reason is caused by overuse of the Little Colorado River Basin water system by non-Indians, corporations, towns and cities in Coconino, Navajo, Apache Counties, and the State and Federal Governments.

Our right to carry on our religion, guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, is being violated. We must now unite and act to defend Sípàapu. Without Sípàapu our civilization could die. Religious ceremonies, which are tied to Sípàapu will become meaningless.

You can act now by supporting a Proclamation to Save Sípàapu. The Proclamation will mandate the Federal Government to set aside Sípàapu as a Traditional Hopi Cultural Protected area.

Copies of the Proclamation and Petition to Save Sípàapu is available at our Village Community Administration Office. It is also available on the internet at www.blackmesatrust.org or our Facebook page.

Please sign on to the Petition to “Save Sípàapu”

Please mail your federal tax deductible donation to Black Mesa Trust, P.O. Box 33, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039, today.

Siipa’puni

Planning is underway by non-Indian partners to construct Grand Canyon Escalante Resort at the confluence of Little Colorado River, outside of Grand Canyon National Park boundary on the Navajo Reservation.     Visit:  http://www.grandcanyoescalade.com         Type:   Siipapuni

“Grand Canyon Escalade, as it’s been named, would span 420 acres near the confluence, just east of Grand Canyon National Park.  Its centerpiece would be the “Escalade” Gondola Tramway, carrying tourists from the Grand Canyon’s South Rim to the canyon floor.  Once there, visitors could walk along a 1,400-foot elevated riverwalk to the confluence, eat at a restaurant, or visit an amphitheater and terraced grass seating area overlooking the Colorado River.”

Siipa’puni is one the holiest places on earth and is therefore worthy of protection.   means umbilical cord in the Hopi language.  Hopi people refer to it as the Place of Emergence from the Third to the Fourth World.   It is their Mecca, Vatican, and their Jerusalem.   It was here that the prophesized 5^th World will be formed.

The project is opposed by Black Mesa Trust, Hopi Tribal Council, Zuni Tribe, and coalition of Navajo landowners and grazing permit holders who reside near the “confluence.”

Write:  

U.S. Secretary of Interior

U.S. Department of the Interior

1849 C Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.   20240

For more information visit:  www.blackmesatrust.org
E-mail:  Vernon Masayesva, Black Mesa Trust Executive Director at kuuyi@aol.com

Please send your contributions to:

Black Mesa Trust
P.O. Box 33
Kykotsmovi, Arizona 86039

or donate now  (just fill in the amount you would like to donate)

(928) 255-2357 (phone)

Black Mesa Trust is a non-profit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code