“There's this term in Hopi where your hearts become one and when this happens in a ceremony, that's when us people have that strength…that's when the spirits know and they bring us the rain.”

HopiHopi - PE

May 23

Beatrice Norton (bee-ah-triss nor-tun)

chair Hopi Foundation Board of Directors

IMAGE SOURCE: David Wallace. “'Everything depends on the corn': As crops wither, the Hopi fear for their way of life.” Arizona Republic. 30 Nov. 2020. | TEXT SOURCE: Ian James. “'Everything depends on the corn': As crops wither, the Hopi fear for their way of life.” Arizona Republic. 30 Nov. 2020.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “In her youth, Norton remembers that when storm clouds appeared on the horizon, she knew the rains were coming and the skies would open up. But lately, she said, “you just pray hopefully that at least you get a drop or two. And sometimes it doesn't come.”

QUOTE QUESTION: How do you know when your hearts have become one?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “Beatrice Norton prays at sunrise while taking ground white corn in her hand in front of her home in Oraibi on the Hopi Reservation on Sept. 12, 2020.”

IMAGE QUESTION: What do you cradle in a sacred manner?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and photo are from a large regional newspaper.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How can media exposure help your People and how can it hurt?

“There's this term in Hopi where your hearts become one and when this happens in a ceremony, that's when us people have that strength…that's when the spirits know and they bring us the rain.”

Beatrice Norton (bee-ah-triss nor-tun)

“What do I need to do to be a good ancestor for those next generations to come?”

“We today live under one life philosophy which is principled upon compassion, reciprocity, stewardship and really about humility.”