Dan Evehema
Encyclopedia
Dan Evehema was a Hopi
Native American
traditional leader. He is one of four Hopis (including Thomas Banyacya
, David Monongye
, and Dan Katchongva
) who decided or were appointed to reveal Hopi traditional wisdom and teachings, including the Hopi prophecies for the future, to the general public in 1946, after the use of the first two nuclear weapons against Japan. Evehema died on January 15, 1999 at approximately 108 years of age. In his "final message" he stated that he was the last of the group of four fully knowledgeable Hopis still alive. Evehema was co-author, with Thomas Mails, of "Hotevilla: Hopi Shrine of the Covenant : Microcosm of the World" and "Hopi Survival Kit" and co-author of Techqua Ikachi, the traditional Hopi newsletters produced from 1975 to 1986. The "Hopi Survival Kit" includes a signed affidavit from Dan Evehema approving the book, and is the only written account of the complete Hopi prophecies. Evehema was a member of the Greasewood/Roadrunner Clan.
Hopi
The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language...
Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
traditional leader. He is one of four Hopis (including Thomas Banyacya
Thomas Banyacya
Thomas Banyacya was a Hopi Native American traditional leader. One of four Hopis, including David Monongye, Dan Evehema, and Dan Katchongva, who decided or were appointed to reveal Hopi traditional wisdom and teachings, including the Hopi prophecies for the future, to the general public in 1946,...
, David Monongye
David Monongye
David Monongye was a Hopi Native American traditional leader . Son of Yukiuma, keeper of the Fire Clan tablets, who founded Hotevilla in 1906...
, and Dan Katchongva
Dan Katchongva
Dan Katchongva was a Hopi Native American traditional leader. Son of Yukiuma, keeper of the Fire Clan tablets, who founded Hotevilla in 1906...
) who decided or were appointed to reveal Hopi traditional wisdom and teachings, including the Hopi prophecies for the future, to the general public in 1946, after the use of the first two nuclear weapons against Japan. Evehema died on January 15, 1999 at approximately 108 years of age. In his "final message" he stated that he was the last of the group of four fully knowledgeable Hopis still alive. Evehema was co-author, with Thomas Mails, of "Hotevilla: Hopi Shrine of the Covenant : Microcosm of the World" and "Hopi Survival Kit" and co-author of Techqua Ikachi, the traditional Hopi newsletters produced from 1975 to 1986. The "Hopi Survival Kit" includes a signed affidavit from Dan Evehema approving the book, and is the only written account of the complete Hopi prophecies. Evehema was a member of the Greasewood/Roadrunner Clan.
External links
- The Hopi Survival Kit: The Prophecies, Instructions and Warnings Revealed by the Last Elders by Thomas E. Mails & Chief Dan Evehema (Penguin, 1997)
- Chief Dan Evehema's Message to Humankind (final message before passing)
- Original account of passing in Native News listserv
- http://books.google.com/books?id=maD6Is215c0C&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=%22We+Hopi+believe+that+the+human+race+has+passed+through+three+different+worlds%22&source=bl&ots=WyRheppBPA&sig=0Ri3HWqsQWoMQ7wx1qXZXKBiCvQ&hl=en&ei=b45DTY3MM4G6sQO_xNywCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22We%20Hopi%20believe%20that%20the%20human%20race%20has%20passed%20through%20three%20different%20worlds%22&f=falseDays of Destiny: Cosmic Prophecies for the New Century: The Emergence Of The Fifth World By Robert Ghost Wolf, Trafford Publishing, 2003]