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TECHQUA IKACHI: ABORIGINAL WARNING

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Intended Audience: Family

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This educational film with a lesson plan shows history, as the Hopi and other indigenous peoples protest exploitation and pollution of their lands by oil and mining interests, and their prophecy has predicted carbon can kill us all.

The educational film TECHQUA IKACHI (Land and Life) relates history and prophecy to global warming. The teaching lesson plan is at http://techquaikachi.wordpress.com.
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American history omits the most peaceful of societies. "Hopi" means "peaceful people", a thousand years at peace, far longer than any nation of America, Europe, Asia, or Africa.

The accuracy of Hopi prophecy is unmatched, directed specifically against mining and oil and proven accurate by the rising specter of global warming.

PART ONE: In AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HOPI (10 minutes), a Hopi farmer tells of his travels to hard times, to war, and back home to appreciation of traditional life close to nature.

PART TWO: In EARTH SPIRIT (34 minutes) indigenous people follow prophecy to resist oil and mining interests that exploit and pollute the land. News reports from similar confrontations faced by indigenous peoples around the world at techquaikachi.wordpress.com.


Meet the Filmmaker

  • Directed by Alan Gorg
  • Written by Alan Gorg
  • Produced by Gwyn Gorg, Galyn Gorg, Alan Gorg
  • Running Time 44 min
  • Release Date 2009
  • Country United States of America
  • Content Rating Intended Audience: family
  • Website TECHQUA IKACHI: ABORIGINAL WARNING

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Directed by Alan Gorg

Written by Alan Gorg

Produced by Gwyn Gorg, Galyn Gorg, Alan Gorg

Cast James Kots:
Jose Andrews:
Robert Tena:
Betty Matwick:
Larry Roop:
Forrest Wood:
Crew
Moondance International Film Festival
Columbus International Film & Video Festival

Here are relevant links to information and articles:

http://techquaikachi.wordpress.com

http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/60962.html

http://www.visionmagazine.com/archives/0804/human_rights.html

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28396244.html

http://www.venicevisionarymedia.net

DIRECTOR ALAN GORG’S STATEMENT

The Hopi elders changed my life. In 1970, toward the end of the era of civil rights protests, a gathering of Hopi elders threw themselves in front of a bulldozer, risking their lives to keep electricity out of Hotevilla, the last traditional Hopi village. A 90-year-old man later died from injuries. Capitalism and communism competed for which could better provide modern conveniences. Hopi traditionals opted out. Either way, indigenous peoples must pay by exploitation and pollution of their land.

Photography is prohibited on the Hopi reservation, so we developed our docudrama film EARTH SPIRIT, where prophecy like that of the Hopi and other indigenous peoples warns against exploitation and pollution. Arizona has seen many decades of protests by the Hopi and Dineh against mining coal and uranium and against drilling for oil on reservation land.

Issues of James Kots’ newsletter TECHQUA IKACHI (“Land and Life”) can be found on the internet. http://www.thehopiway.com/content/messages/techqua/techqua_ikachi.html.
James was co-creator for our AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HOPI documentary. We combined the two stories into a single film, as the docudrama did develop out of the short. .

The Hopi elders rejected the government authorized Tribal Council. I came to agree majority rule can be tyranny. Traditionals operate by consensus.

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