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Thomas Banyacya

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Thomas Banyacya, Sr.
Born(1909-06-02)June 2, 1909
Moenkopi, Arizona, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1999(1999-02-06) (aged 89)
Keams Canyon, Arizona, U.S.
EducationBacone College
OccupationsHopi traditionalist leader, public figure, interpreter and spokesman for Hopi traditional spiritual and religious leaders
SpouseFermina (nee Jenkins)

Thomas Banyacya, Sr. (June 2, 1909 – February 6, 1999) was a Hopi Native American traditionalist leader.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Thomas Banyacya was born on June 2, 1909, and grew up in the village of Moenkopi, Arizona. He was a member of the Wolf, Fox, and Coyote clans.[3] He first attended Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California and then Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma.[5]

Thomas Banyacya lived in Kykotsmovi, Arizona, on Hopi Tutskwa,[6] the Hopi Reservation. During World War II, Banyacya was a draft resister, who spent time in prison over seven years each time he refused to register for the draft.[7] In 1948, he was one of four Hopis (the other were David Monongye, Dan Evehema, and Dan Katchongva) who were named by elders to communicate Hopi traditional wisdom and teachings, including the Hopi prophecies for the future, to the general public, after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.[7]

He addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 11, 1992 in celebrating the "Year of Indigenous Peoples"[8]

Thomas Banyacya died on February 6, 1999, in Keams Canyon, Arizona.[7] He was married to Fermina (née Jenkins).[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Griffin-Pierce, Trudy (June 8, 2010). The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southwest. Columbia University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-231-52010-2.
  2. ^ Roads in the Sky: The Hopi Indians in a Century of Change, by Richard O. Clemmer. Boulder: West- view Press, 1995. xiv, 377 pp.
  3. ^ a b Voice of Indigenous People, Clearlight Publishers, 1994, Santa Fe, New Mexico; ISBN 0-940666-31-6
  4. ^ Unser Ende ist Euer Untergang - Die Botschaft der Hopi an die Welt, Alexander Buschenreiter, 1991, Lamuv Verlag ISBN 3-88977-566-7; Our end is your downfall - The Message of the Hopi to the World, Alexander Buschenreiter, 1991, Lamuv Verlag Publishers, Gottingen, Germany ISBN 3-88977-566-7
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/15/us/thomas-banyacya-89-teller-of-hopi-prophecy-to-world.html; retrieved July 4, 2025
  6. ^ "Department of Natural Resources - The Hopi Tribe". Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Thomas, Robert McG., Jr. "Thomas Banyacya, 89, Teller Of Hopi Prophecy to World." New York Times. Feb 15, 1999 (retrieved Jan 28, 2011)
  8. ^ Clemmer, Richard O. ISBN 0-8133-8538-5, Roads on the Sky, Westview Press,1995
  9. ^ Oda, Mayumi (November 10, 2020). Sarasvati's Gift: The Autobiography of Mayumi Oda—Artist, Activist, and Modern Buddhist Revolutionary. Shambhala Publications. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8348-4325-7.
  10. ^ "Rites Held For Samuel Jenkins". Newspapers.com. Arizona Daily Sun. February 7, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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