Zuni in the Grand Canyon

[@katiejones6775]

I pass thru Ribbon Falls quite often 🙏🏼It is such a special place on earth. I am so happy to have found this documentary...Thank you to the members of the Zuni tribe for sharing the stories, tradition, history, and heart of the Emergence. Much love and respect.

[@mikekennedy2965]

I was fortunate enough to meet these guys the day before they went to the place of emergence. We were camped near each other and I invited them to our campsite for some desert (fruit). They were nice enough to tell us all about what they were doing and about the documentary that was being filmed. One of the film crew was actually from our state back east. It was such an honor to be able to meet and hear these elders speak. Me and Rodney the Rain Priest (who was close to my age) both share a love of country music so that was cool too. We had rain showers for the next seven days. The humidity was really welcomed by us New Englanders. It was a very special meeting that I will never forget!

[@estelleharrington3866]

This is a Beautiful well kept History on your part. Too many lies, too much lost for profit, money & control. Blessings to you, your people this planet our brothers & sisters of this planet & Humanity. May we all come to terms that we are one race. The Human race on a mission t make this world a better place for it's inhabitants. To connect with with the oneness of all things. To use the part of our brains that we have laid aside for wealth instead of knowledge & wisdom & knowingness. 💖🤗

[@prismwashere]

Thank you so much to the elders, the medicine keepers and the story tellers for allowing this sacred journey to be filmed. I had the privilege of traveling through New Mexico and the Grand Canyon recently. My spirit is drawn with respect and admiration to the land, the plants and animals, the art, and symbolism of the indigenous people in the middle place. I hope to return soon. 🏜

[@rutbrea8796]

I can imagine the peace felt in such a place that I've been there able to watch the sky at night. Clean healthy water to drink from the mountains! A dream state!! Thanks for sharing your trip and prayers!!

[@juancaraccioli3489]

So strong connection with the divine peace …Great people great connection with theirs ancestors… Deep spiritual experience Thanks for your faith 🙏

[@athenasword8312]

Thank you for sharing this sacred journey. May it always be so.

[@DotMoore-o6c]

Thank you so much for recording your journey. It's so important to learn true history.

[@OfficialRomicRR]

Thanks to all of you doing this I live in Zuni and it helps me so thank you ❤️❤️

[@aliciatsalabutie5948]

I'm so proud of my late uncle Cornell that went to the Grand Canyon and explored the place where we came from...this video made me cry just to see my Uncle once again. Thank you!

[@selenarodriguez1245]

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[@irvjkeeto4135]

Outstandingly AWESOME!!! I'm a Di'neh from Hunters Point, AZ and I would like to THANK everyone who took part in making this video possible and also sharing the Beauty of Mother Earth..... A'he'hee (Thank you)

[@michaelwoodsmccausland915]

We all need to return to pilgrimage guided by the Indigenous Culture’s! We do and we shall protect these sacred indigenous lands! You have taught us so much. It is our long overdo time to overcome the mistakes of the past created by those who came to conquer! MWM@

[@toscazraikat4924]

I am deeply touched. Thank you. May they and their children keep making this journey forever ,in peace and safety.

[@danielbyers]

Yes, Tosca! That is why we called it “Then, now, and forever!”

[@bethescobar7905]

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[@pamelasosin8228]

Thank you for this gift. May your journey to the place of emergence and the Land always be protected! You let me see thru your eyes and your story. Thank you.

[@wilclaw665]

Yah'tah'hey my native neighbors, keep tradition strong, I attended your ceremony s it's spiritually touching, love it 😀

[@lindamckenzie4543]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful journey. Friendship and Love from Aotearoa/New Zealand. 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@csnow7190]

Beautiful, it was nice to hear the language again and familiar faces. It’s a place I thought I’d never see. Elakwa

[@jackhershaw6295]

I love the way they keep everything alive in song and words.

[@SuzanneTatham-so1jj]

TYSM for filming and posting these sacred moments.

[@kevinreardon2558]

Thank you. I love hearing your stories. They help out so much.

[@frenchpizza9725]

I love love love love love love you Ancestors for loving us still.

[@indeedgenous7872]

HEY!! Kyakya Datchu Oc! I enjoyed the trip you invited me on and learned a Whole lot. I still watch the videos I took. ILL NEVER FORGET THE FEELINGS, SOUNDS, SMELLS AND TASTES Of the Canyon.

[@Airriel333]

thank you just beautiful and deeply moving BLESSINGS

[@jcwolfe1751]

Beautiful and uplifting documentary.

[@danielbyers]

Thank you, JC!

[@TheBodynsoul1]

Beautiful! My Sons and grandchildren are Shiwi 💙

[@kuttmowf]

I shed a tear at the end knowing where I came from. 💙💛

[@TravelsWithPhil]

A very nicely done and respectful documentary. Phil (Cherokee)

[@emersonb.4152]

This Diné is very proud and respectful of the A:shiwi. The Grand Canyon is very signifcant to all cultures in the 4 Corners.

[@c20moreno]

A very informative, timely, and moving piece, thanks to everyone involved for sharing.

[@danielbyers]

Thanks so much, Chris! Hope we can work together in Zuni sometime soon!

[@martharomeroibarra8282]

HERMOSO DOCUMENTAL. SIGUIENDO LAS HUELLAS DE NUESTROS ANCESTROS. DESPERTANDO NUESTRO AMOR ANCESTRAL.

[@cynthiaquam9105]

Makes me proud to be a Shiwi! And my uncle Nakush deyakowa is in this documentary! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏RIP🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@danielbyers]

Incredible! Makes me very happy to hear this!

[@kwolf6602]

Good Man/Respected Man May He Rest at Ease Now and Forever..

[@emersonb.4152]

This Diné is very proud and respectful of the A:shiwi. The Grand Canyon is very signifcant in all cultures in the 4 Corners.

[@indeedgenous7872]

Your uncle Eldred deyakona was on the trip I was invited on in '19. He was very knowledgeable and was very kind. The bear on my profile pic here is the one he gifted me at the end of the trip. His son and my friend Elric was also on that trip. Condolences. He watches over. 🙏🏽

[@mikekennedy2965]

It was an incredible honor to meet these men! They were so nice to us! They told us all about what they were doing there. Your ancestral homelad is such a special and magical place!

[@nickkuiper32]

One of the most breathtaking places I've ever visited in my life. The history that tied with it is something we (non natives) only can guess and imagine. The stories about the emergence from inner earth, also facinating.

[@leemarker1233]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing your stories. I've enjoyed watching the documentary. Now I have a better understanding of the Zuni people. I respect all tribes and their stories. I am Diné

[@daniellerawlins3887]

Thank you for beautiful video water is life and has a spirit water can feel feelings just as tree and mountains all have feelings and birds and humans we are all related aho

[@teemusavikurki1285]

Love the fact that it's all in Zuni language.

[@SuzanneTatham-so1jj]

It’s a sweet language to hear.

[@LittleBird777]

Very moving and beautiful, your ancestors certainly greeted you and were waiting there for you

[@brunildamarrero2095]

Beautiful video! I’m touched with emotions.🙏🏼♥️

[@carlosmacmartin4205]

Keep the connection strong! Thank you for sharing!

[@simonethegoddess]

Thank you for sharing your history and ancestral wisdom. May all tribes be protected and all land given back. (Cherokee)

[@swan_clan]

So beautiful!

[@turboturbo3617]

Awesome documentary 👏

[@SEAQUEST-R]

In gratitude (good monsoon)...praying for snow. All My Relations 🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🌈🦋🌊💦💧

[@ispysaidmylittleeye3489]

May your journeys never end!

[@awillt2364]

Nicely done. Really made me proud to see that tradition still going never lose that I am glad to be ZUNI AND UTE MOUNTAIN.

[@DropsOfLadyAku222]

I absolutely loved this.

[@angievacit2701]

So Amazing! Proud to be a Shiwi!

[@Cnsalmoni]

What an incredible spiritual people. Wonder what our world would be like if we all embraced life and the earth in the same way.

[@tk1950]

Wonderful!

[@CynthiaQuam-i5k]

Eldred Quam my late uncle made it to see where we came from 🐸, RIP ❤🙏🥰

[@roylemmens7321]

Feel bad for all past native americans,, can you imagine if the grand canyon wasn't a national park, would be a mess with mining, housing, amusement parks, private corporations doing whatever they want, I'm thankful they made it a national park

[@SherrilynnGrayer.prettyeyes]

PTMH thank you for your journey Covid bringing out truth .... Blessings the Creators children soon we will be together ....

[@irishelk3]

Hello, i am from Ireland, i have always been very interested in American Idians, which i believe is the correct term according to Russell Means. My grandfather, the chief of our family, the Ryans, meaning little KIng in Gaelic, left me behind many of his books on Indians after he passed away in 07, he loved your culture and ways of life and now im 30, and i take after my grandfather in that light. I think its totally ridiculous how you have been treated by the US government, even to this day, 2021!. In Ireland, we faced some truly awful things at the hands of the English, for a very long time, however our relations today are quite good, and our countries have a mutual fondness for each other today, but things were very bad indeed. I think you should continue to do as you wish, visit your sacred places and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. America is huge!, mostly empty land, which should be given back to the natives, its total greed. The world could learn so much from you and your ancient wisdom. Some day i would love to visit your beautiful country. Bail ó dhia ort - God be good to you.

[@HaajiCruz]

American Indians are ppl from India who are borned in America. We are indigenous or whatever our tribes are named.

[@matthewstorer8236]

This was absolutely beautiful. ❤

[@lspringerjones]

I enjoyed learning more about the A:shiwi heritage, but was sad to see no younger people on the pilgrimage. Are they not allowed or just uninterested?

[@AstraLuna-o9i]

I think they are not old enough. Zuni young people are very connected to their culture and languages, much more so than other indigenous tribes.

[@lspringerjones]

@@AstraLuna-o9i That is good to know. Thank you.

[@bowannie23]

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[@zuni23yat54]

💗💗💗💓

[@edlementino7089]

Rip my brother miss u ....E.Quam😢🙏⭕❌😥

[@danielcockerspanial9556]

I grew up in Albuquerque. There is a Zuni pueblo at the base of the jemez mountains. I was blessed to spend quality time with the extended families of a friend I made. A very accepting family who treated me as one of theirs

[@milapadilla2387]

Zuni is not Jemez, get your Pueblos correct!

[@garyharris3159]

Thank You

[@daniellerawlins3887]

Clifford mahootie is one of my most favorite s

[@michaelwoodsmccausland915]

Beautiful! I/We returned to Turtle Island in 1638 AD not to destroy, but to Regain the indigenous knowledge! Shine Bright! Musicians Against Multiple Sclerosis@ promotes indigenous Homestatic Agro Tech that follows the indigenous Topological Metaphor! Shine Bright! MWM@

[@luluu0415]

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[@aurliawaseta8091]

Optimus n Hopeful ✊💕

[@Becca6296]

I hope this was not destroyed by the flood and the Havasupai reservation is able to recover their sacred land safely.

[@A-Jay-G]

I feel these are my people

[@NMTactical00]

Elakwah! A:shiwi strong! 💪🏽

[@frenchpizza9725]

Wow. No mistake being Native. Thanks creator

[@garyharris3159]

Very Good

[@edgarperezlfwl]

Noah had webbed fingers & toes also . Albino & red eyes .

[@nelsonramone2366]

Cool 😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@hakeemsalaam6185]

Interesting

[@vespernyx2016]

This is a post-flood origin story. Before the flood, they did not have webbed hands and feet. The rain revealed the petroglyphs that had been made by the ancestors of the ancestors. The connection to trees as a pathway from the underworld to the surface is interesting. Maybe these are references to giant trees that used to grow in that region many thousands of years ago but don't anymore due to earth changes. Earth changes could have also sent people underground to survive, which is why they are described as having come from the dark underworld. The Ahayuta brothers are lightning war gods. They were sent to protect the Zuni (A:shiwi) people. But to protect from what or maybe WHOM? Some stories say from bad giants. Who were those giants? All of this is a survival story. Many were lost to the flood, especially the children. But Zuni survived as a people, found dry land, and started anew. Unrelated, but makes me curious. The Zuni are not vegetarian, so it would be interesting to hear them talk about how they reconcile eating animal flesh with spirituality. The ancestors' spirits live in fish and birds and other animals, but what happens if you eat a fish with an ancestor spirit in it?

[@matthewstorer8236]

The ancestors give of themselves to preserve human life

[@hayosh9309]

You honor their sacrifice. You disrupted their life and you have to make an offering for the action otherwise because you destroyed their physical body and are bugged about that they punish you for not giving an offering or having any sympathy

[@franklinchavez3242]

Respectfully not true because they describe the beginning and ending by noting fourth world stories or biblical events throughout their survival. They knew that animal kingdom had a soul so they thrived with vegetation because when founded by other civilization they noted were slim but built like any body builder's and were extremely fast which are in some parts of Africa where tribes still live in the past. All the flesh eating was done by the people whom came from the north were "Navajos" with their sheep's which now today's near the end of the year is a fasting as a reminder the health benefits that the zunis participated at a time no flesh consumption due to stories in relations to relatives of the past that became the animal kingdom. Just so you know the history of the hardships and the wellbeing of medicine

[@lanilani1769]

​@@franklinchavez3242 True. Thanks Franklin.

[@Dawavan]

Es us qwa li my Zuni 27:36 brothers.

[@marthamontes6005]

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[@denisechaib5680]

I'm not from your tribes but I have watched this my brother if I can call him this , we are all ONE,HURT 1 YOU HURT ALL.WE ARE OF 1 blood ALL OF USE I BELIEVE IN THE CREATOR

[@TheZombieSlayerKing]

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[@Jaredpm._3]

I bet you're watching this in school

[@dayerotth8273]

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[@williamwyatt]

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[@keishasiow3198]

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[@shiwiboy2203]

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[@naernes]

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