Gathering of Elders: Hopi Prophecy

At this critical time, we must consider how we move into the future with our Native Traditions intact. As our ancestors have prayed and blessed the Seventh Generation of their people to carry on their valuable teachings and life ways.

Our people regarded such traditions as honoring Mother Earth and her children, to take care of our "brothers and sisters" which are the four-legged, the winged ones, the finned ones, all life forms and the healing herbs, all tree and plant life, the rivers and lakes and the air.

Our ancestors also wanted us to take care of sacred burial sites and ceremonial areas. They wanted us to take good care of the special healing ceremonies, to practice them and bless our people with them always.

The Gathering of our Native people would be to do as we were expected and blessed to do, to carry forward our traditional ways and share them.