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Itinerary
Day 1 (Oct 26)
Arrive Durango, CO, (DRO) shuttle to your hotel and enjoy a relaxing evening before joining the tour tomorrow
Stay: Durango
Day 2 (Oct 27)
Mesa Verde is a spectacular walk back to ancient times. Amongst more than 4000 archeological sites we deconstruct silent messages from the sandstone, mortar and wooden beams of cliff dwelling built beneath rocky overhanging alcoves, enjoying the same 360 degree panoramic views the Ancestral Puebloans enjoyed and appreciating the cultural art designs that bedecked their lives, some of which survive to this day.
Stay: Durango
Day 3 (Oct 28)
Within the Great Kiva of Aztec Ruins, we stand beneath the original timbers that held the roof over the heads of Ancient Puebloans, listening for the echo of tribal drums which connects past to present. In stepping back to the era of the Sinagua we realize that every ancient pueblo is a footstep towards understanding tribal wisdom and prophecy.
Stay Farmington
Day 4 (Oct 29)
We attempt to comprehend the drama of Chaco Canyon, a definitive site of Anasazi civilization, dating back to the basketmaker culture. Its deserted location is one of the least accessible ‘National Parks’ in the US and is an extraordinary place to find peace, and to reflect on Chaco’s existence as a stepping stone to The Emergence of the Hopi culture.
Stay: Sky City
Day 5 (Oct 30)
Sky City’, Acoma, home of the Keresan Pueblos, is the oldest continually inhabited settlement in the United States. As we wander through the exquisite Pueblo with an Acoma guide to accompany us, we reflect on the awe-inspiring beauty of this unique culture.
At Zuni Pueblo we experience the transition, yet continuation, of Indian art from ancient petroglyphs and pottery patterns to contemporary Native artisans and galleries, and become a fleeting part of that circle that is living history.
Stay: Gallup
Day 6 (Oct 31)
At The Place of the Little Hills (or in the Hopi language, “Homolovi”) the Hisat'sinom paused their migrations to the Mesas, the Center of the World, to develop agriculture on the rich, sandy plains and accordingly the Hopi people of today still consider Homolovi, to be part of their homeland; still visiting sites, renewing the ties of the people with their land, and recognizing broken pottery and stones as silent reminders that the Hopi must continue to follow the true Hopi way and the instructions of Masau'u.
Stay: Hopi
Day 7 (Nov 1)
Second Mesa is the base for this extraordinary and unique opportunity to spend time on the mesas. It is said that information and stories entrusted to each Hopi are more than enough to consider and meditate upon during a lifetime. Despite a plethora of books that routinely corrupt cultural ways beyond Hopi recognition, true preservation of the lifeway is attributed by traditional people to their ideology of passing ceremonial information to other clan members within the Kiva. The culture endures because no individual has access or responsibility for the entire sacred narrative and lifeway. Today in conversation with Hopi elders regarding philosophy and prophecy, we begin to appreciate this concept.
Stay: Hopi
Day 8 (Nov 2)
In the villages, accompanied by Hopi interpreters, we learn of Hopi culture and history through traditional and evolutionary arts - silver, Katsina doll carving, basketry, music and song, and through Hopi cultural perspectives on agriculture, foods, traditional and contemporary tribal leadership and philosophy.
Stay: Hopi
Day 9 (Nov 3)
We visit what is probably the finest single rock art site in the southwest with over 12,000 petroglyphs at Taawa Canyon. You will stand before ancient petroglyphs that interact with the sunlight to mark the equinox and solstice – thus acting as solar calendars. We remember that the Ancient Ones were one people, who became many, and returned to being one, and that the story of the Ancient Ones is a story of emergence into this, the Fourth World, through the Sipapuni of mankind. Hopi Prophecy offers clear signs in direction of The People and this day we reflect on our experiences of this journey as we leave the mesas, weaving through the footsteps of the Ancients at Wupatki. Did the Ancient Ones walk this way? Are you crossing the trails of the Anasazi and Fremont? Did the unique cultures & ancient wisdom of the Hopis invigorate your spirit?
Stay: Hopi
Day 10 (Nov 4) Depart Flagstaff
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Indian Country
Walk With The Ancients
Wisdom and Prophesy
April 7-15/19 2012, AND October 26- Nov 3/8, 2012
