Dan Katchongva
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Dan Katchongva was a Hopi
Native American
traditional leader. Son of Yukiuma, keeper of the Fire Clan tablets, who founded Hotevilla in 1906. He is one of four Hopis (including Thomas Banyacya
, David Monongye
, and Dan Evehema
) 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 on Japan. Katchongva was the eldest of the group of four knowledgeable Hopis, and the first to die. Kachongva was a member of the Sun Clan.
The transcript of a talk by Katchongva recorded January 29, 1970 was published in the traditional Hopi newsletter Techqua Ikachi in 1972, and has been widely republished in books, journals, and on the Internet.
According to the East West Journal (July 15, 1975) publication of this message, "Dan Katchongva, the Sun Clan leader in Hotevilla village, was told by his father, Yukiuma, that he would live to see the beginning of Purification Day. Dan died in 1972."
Katchongva's talk were also published as a booklet called "Hopi: A Message for All People" (White Roots of Peace, 1975).
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. Son of Yukiuma, keeper of the Fire Clan tablets, who founded Hotevilla in 1906. 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 Evehema
Dan Evehema
Dan Evehema was a Hopi Native American traditional leader. He is one of four Hopis 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...
) 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 on Japan. Katchongva was the eldest of the group of four knowledgeable Hopis, and the first to die. Kachongva was a member of the Sun Clan.
The transcript of a talk by Katchongva recorded January 29, 1970 was published in the traditional Hopi newsletter Techqua Ikachi in 1972, and has been widely republished in books, journals, and on the Internet.
According to the East West Journal (July 15, 1975) publication of this message, "Dan Katchongva, the Sun Clan leader in Hotevilla village, was told by his father, Yukiuma, that he would live to see the beginning of Purification Day. Dan died in 1972."
Katchongva's talk were also published as a booklet called "Hopi: A Message for All People" (White Roots of Peace, 1975).
External links
- "Teachings, History & Prophecy", originally published in 1972 by Techqua Ikachi, from a talk recorded January 29, 1970.
- Obituary in Arizona Champion/Coconino Sun (Flagstaff, Arizona) newspaper
- "Teachings, History & Prophecy," quoted in Sacred Wisdom by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn
- Mentioned in excerpt from Frank Waters "Book of the Hopi"
- Some history from Kymberlee Ruff
- http://books.google.com/books?id=r-0L3IUPDRQC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=katchongva+1959&source=bl&ots=Q4fZ61x7BD&sig=UK7iFQeAmSaqW3c6iWde42bbItk&hl=en&ei=U7hDTfSKFIu0sAPl8ZSyCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=katchongva%201959&f=falseAround the sacred fire: a native religious activism in the Red Power era : a narrative map of the Indian Ecumenical Conference by James Treat]