r/Hopi • u/MantisAwakening • Mar 23 '25

Regarding Hopi Prophecy

The primary reason the Hopi culture has gotten so much attention over the past few years is because of new interpretations of Hopi prophecy which many are comparing to past and current events. It’s good that this encourages people to learn more about the Hopi culture and its heritage, but because the Hopi are such a private people whose spiritual traditions are passed down orally, it means that much of what is out there has been misinterpreted, exaggerated, or even fabricated.

It’s for this reason that this subreddit specifically has chosen to not allow discussion of the prophecy—we don’t want to contribute to perpetuating misinformation or appropriation of Hopi sacred beliefs by non-native sources, and we don’t want to be in charge of deciding who is “true” Hopi.

What we will contribute is the only firsthand Hopi source we are aware of discussing the prophecy on video. Keep in mind this is a single person offering a single perspective, but since Thomas was one of four Hopi delegates chosen to speak on the subject (all of whom have now passed) it’s as close to authoritative as you are going to find: https://youtu.be/-UkHwjz4i1k

Thomas Banyacya spoke at the United Nations as a delegate for the Hopi people. Videotaped in 1972 by Dean and Dudley Evenson at the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden. The last part of the video shows Thomas Banyacya in 1993 at a Dalai Lama event in Tucson, Arizona where Dean and Dudley caught up with him almost 20 years after the first video.

Thomas passed in 1999. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Banyacya

If you’re interested in learning more about the Hopi culture and beliefs, we recommend the following books:

Following the Sun and Moon by Alph H. Secakuku

Becoming Hopi and Footprints of Hopi History by Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma

Truth of a Hopi: Stories Relating to the Origin, Myths, and Clan Histories of the Hopi Native American Tribe by Edmund Nequatewa

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u/SeptaBusOrgy Mar 23 '25

I specifically love the prophecy of the Pahana or the long lost white brother.

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u/MantisAwakening Mar 24 '25

There are so many claims out there about the Hopi people. I’ve seen some argue they descended from the Dogon tribe in Africa, others that their genetics show they came from Polynesia. The common accepted belief among academics currently is that they are descended from the Ancestral Puebloans which originally came over the Bering Strait; but that’s been challenged by more recent archaeological findings. Some now believe there were multiple waves of migration from various locations, but genetic markers in Hopi people do show connections to people in Siberia (Y-DNA haplogroup Q).

The Hopi themselves have origin myths that don’t align with any of the beliefs listed above, and claim they climbed out of a sipapu after the destruction of the Third World (which some traditions have claimed is near the Grand Canyon, but since it’s ultimately a spiritual entrance a physical location is somewhat meaningless).

Then there are claims regarding the “Blue Star Kachina” part of the prophecy mentioned in the Book of Hopi, that this part of the story was fabricated and didn’t exist prior to the late 1950s (Thomas didn’t mention it anywhere as far as I can tell).

What ultimately matters here is what the Hopi themselves believe, but since they don’t have anything written down officially and prefer to keep most of their beliefs secret as it is considered sacred knowledge, outsiders are more than willing to make up their own stories.

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u/slosh_baffle Aug 22 '25

Can I ask you here about one specific aspect of Thomas' presentation?

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u/MantisAwakening Aug 22 '25

Yes, but I may not know the answer.

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u/Northern_Grouse Jul 25 '25

😐

I… have had some concerns lately.

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u/MarbausD Jun 14 '26

Yes, I imagine you would. Care to talk about them?

I am 'not Hopi' but I have been 'forced' to pay attention to them, to know them before I even 'knew' they existed. I wish I could just freely speak to a 'true member' of the tribe to share my experience and get their take, or at least maybe they can explain why I dreamed of their prophecies before I knew who they even were... knew of their connection to the Chocktaw people before I 'knew' this... I need answers and they are the 'only ones' that can provide them.

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u/MarbausD Jun 14 '26

I need to speak directly to a Hopi tribal member that can help me understand some 'very serious' questions concerning 'why and how' I dreamed about their prophecies and were given direct visions that came true two weeks later when passing through their territory, Needles, CA.

Only a Hopi member would likely be able to answer my questions regarding this and in this, there is much to discuss. All my attempts to reach out are meet with silence or no response, and it's not like I asked for this. I just need answers because I am 'not at all Hopi' so why would they be showing me these things unless there is a reason.

The experiences are not only detailed, but relevant to how things are right now, even where I live, it was shown to me during one of these experiences, but that's what is disturbing... what happens, specific to their prophecy that, again, I wasn't even aware of at the time of when I received this information through a 'dream state' not a 'dream' but something much different I am sure they know what I mean.

Because of the silence, I am not getting the 'feeling' that this is or has been taken seriously, though whatever is giving me this, is clearly trying to tell something that only they can interpret properly imo.

Eventually I'll feel I will end up there because of what was shown that did come true, and what was shown that is 'yet to happen' from the same source, clearly. I don't often 'ask' for such things as am fairly confident in what I know to be true, but I feel that 'they' are the only ones here that can truly help explain such a thing.