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August 29 - August 29, 2020
Join elders, Mona Polacca (Havasupai/ Hopi/ Tewa), and Harold Joseph (Hopi) for a day of teachings grounded in spiritual connection. These teachings will provide an opportunity for participants to listen, internalize, and reflect on individual and collective behavior towards the Earth and themselves through the lens of the Hopi worldview.
Mona and Harold will provide context, through the Hopi prophecy, for the central teachings that have guided the indigenous people in ways of being in relation to our Mother Earth. This one-day workshop will offer insights into the original instructions that indigenous people uphold today for basic survival.
Teachings grounded in spiritual connection- topics include:
- connection to yourself, Nature, Creator
- our relationship to technology
- the indigenous worldview
- how the indigenous ways of beings have been challenged, especially in the younger generations, loss of language
- the importance of ceremony to keep the balance
- the Hopi prophecy, is not way off in the distant future. It is NOW! The elders saw this a long time ago and this knowledge has been passed on through oral tradition.
- what was prophesied is already happening, are people ready to listen?
Mona, a Hopi/Havasuai/Tewa elder has a Master of Social Work degree and has recently been chosen as a member of the World Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders due to her international justice work. She has worked on issues of Indigenous Peoples especially related to the Rig...
Dawahafvoya (Harold Joseph) serves as a wisdom keeper and leader regarding upholding the Hopi traditions. I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona. Formerly I was the director of Economic Development for the Hopi Tribe. I initiated the establishment of a new Tri...
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