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"... where people stopped and built homes are all sacred places. No matter if they passed on, the people who couldn't travel stayed in the homes. Their spirits are there in all the sites. All the sites are sacred to us."
-- A Zuni Tribal Member
Hopi believe their ancestors purposefully settled and left villages for a reason. Though they lived here for hundreds of years, the community surrounding Montezuma Castle was never intended to be their final home.
When the people stayed too long in one place and failed to lead moral and responsible lives, they say, social and environmental catastrophes reminded them of their destiny to move on. In other instances, astronomical events were signals to continue migrations. |