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Thomas Banyacya, Sr. (June 2, 1909 – February 6, 1999) was a
Hopi The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the Unite ...
Native American traditional leader.


Biography

Thomas Banyacya was born on June 2, 1909 and grew up in the village of
Moenkopi, Arizona Moenkopi (, nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to the southeast side of Tuba City off U.S. Route 160. The population was 964 at the 2010 census. A Hopi community, it was founded in 18 ...
. He was a member of the Wolf, Fox, and Coyote clans. He first attended
Sherman Indian School Sherman Indian High School (SIHS) is an off-reservation boarding high school for Native Americans. Originally opened in 1892 as the Perris Indian School, in Perris, California, the school was relocated to Riverside, California in 1903, under the n ...
in
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, California and then
Bacone College Bacone College, formerly Bacone Indian University, is a private tribal college in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Founded in 1880 as the Indian University by missionary Almon C. Bacone, it was originally affiliated with the mission arm of what is now Americ ...
in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He lived in
Kykotsmovi Kykotsmovi Village (Hopi: Kiqötsmovi, also known as K-Town) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, and the home of the Hopi tribal government. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation located in northeastern Ar ...
, Arizona on the
Hopi Reservation The Hopi Reservation ( Hopi: Hopituskwa) is a Native American reservation for the Hopi and Arizona Tewa people, surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation, in Navajo and Coconino counties in north-eastern Arizona, United States. The site has ...
. During
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Banyacya was a draft resister, who spent time in prison over seven years each time he refused to register for the draft. In 1948, he was one of four Hopis (the other were
David Monongye David Monongye was a Hopi Native American traditional leader (Kikmongwi of Hotevilla). Son of Yukiuma, keeper of the Fire Clan tablets, who founded Hotevilla in 1906. He is one of four Hopis (including Thomas Banyacya, Dan Evehema, and Dan Katc ...
,
Dan Evehema 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 ...
, and
Dan Katchongva Dan Katchongva (January 1, 1860 (Old Oraibi) - February 22, 1972 (Hotevilla)) 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 Thoma ...
) who were named by elders to reveal Hopi traditional wisdom and teachings, including the Hopi prophecies for the future, to the general public, after the
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the onl ...
in Japan.Thomas, Robert McG., Jr
"Thomas Banyacya, 89, Teller Of Hopi Prophecy to World."
''New York Times.'' Feb 15, 1999 (retrieved Jan 28, 2011) Banyacya died on February 6, 1999 in
Keams Canyon Keams Canyon (Hopi: Pongsikya or Pongsikvi; nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census. Pongsikya is a narrow box canyon that is named after a plant of edible gre ...
, Arizona. He had been married to Fermina (née Jenkins).


See also

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Janet McCloud Janet McCloud (also known as Yet-Si-Blue; March 30, 1934 – November 25, 2003) was a prominent Native American and indigenous rights activist. Her activism helped lead to the 1974 Boldt Decision, for which she was dubbed "the Rosa Parks of t ...
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Hibakusha ''Hibakusha'' ( or ; ja, 被爆者 or ; "person affected by a bomb" or "person affected by exposure o radioactivity) is a word of Japanese origin generally designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at th ...
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Uranium in the environment Uranium in the environment refers to the science of the sources, environmental behaviour, and effects of uranium on humans and other animals. Uranium is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long physical half-life (4.468 billion years ...
*
Anti-nuclear movement in the United States The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining. These have included the Abalone Alliance, Clamshell Alliance, Committee for Nuclear Re ...
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The Navajo People and Uranium Mining ''The Navajo People and Uranium Mining'' (2006) is a non-fiction book edited by Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis; it uses oral histories to tell the stories of Navajo Nation families and miners in the uranium mining industry ...


References

* http://banyacya.indigenousnative.org/preun92.html Banyaca's letter to Perez de Cuellar


External links

* "Voice of Indigenous People – Native People Address the United Nations" Edited by Alexander Ewen, Clear Light Publishers, Santa Fe New Mexico, 1994, 176 pages. Thomas Banyacya ''et al.'' at the United Nations
Native Americans in the twentieth century By James Stuart Olson, Raymond Wilson,VNR AG, 1984




* ttp://banyacya.indigenousnative.org Thomas Banyacya Hopi Traditional Elder
Uranium Mining and Indigenous People
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