The Dream Masters - Hopi Sacred Sites Run

Hopi celebration raises awareness
By Austen Tate / Special to The Malibu Times

Friday, May 11, 2007

People from all walks of life gathered around a medicine wheel at the Wright Organic Resource Center on Sunday in Malibu to support the calling of the Hopi tribe in bringing together permaculture designers, architects, gardeners and pro green environmentally active communities to shed light on greenhouses, solar energy, and sustainable water system projects. The Hopi are working to have part of their reservation in Arizona to become a permaculture model for sustainable development.

The ceremony began with a special prayer on the warm spring day. A Chumash woman dressed in ceremonial feathers and holding her staff shared her story of her tribe's tradition. The Chumash and Hopi came together to pray for the land and water of the earth.

"We all heal together," Hopi dancer Ruben Saufkie said. "It is water that brought us here. We are made up of 80 percent water. We are all clouds from all directions and all colors. It doesn't matter from where you are. We are the spirit of water."

Saufkie is one the many supporters of the Inter-Tribal Sacred Rites Run 2008, a spiritual journey starting in the Hopi nation in Arizona and traveling through New Mexico to the pyramids of Teotihuacan, Mexico in a six-week period to promote awareness and help protect, preserve and balance plant life, water and sacred sites. The Incan, Mayan and Aztec tribes will also participate in the run. Sunday's event also helped to raise funds for the sacred run.

Rachelle Figueroa, founder and chairwoman of The Morning Star Foundation, a non-profit organization, which she said is "dedicated to supporting and protecting all indigenous ways," came to sponsor the culmination of raising awareness to others for the Hopi's visions, messages and hopes in creating a more harmonious earth.

The Hopi's songs and dances, which honored different generations of family and spirit, energized the rest of the day's performances. Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, in colorful and feathered ceremonial dress, each took turns performing traditional dances.

The event was open to the public and Topanga resident Suzanne Teng, musical flute performer with the musical group Mystic Journey, contributed with a vibrant, celebratory performance.

In addition to the ceremonial and musical performances, arts and crafts, educational booths and food was sold to raise funds for the cause.

Indian Country Today Articles

by Brenda Norrell

March 29, 2005

SHUNGOPAVI, Ariz. - American Indian runners will carry the sacred message of water to the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City in March 2006, beginning the journey in the Hopi village of Moencopi.

''Every person represents a cloud and the more people that come, the more clouds will come to make it rain,'' Hopi run organizer Ruben Saufkie Sr. told Indian Country Today.

Hopi from each of the 13 villages will join members of other Indian nations to carry their water message 2,000 miles. For Hopi, it is also an effort to bring unity to their people.

Urging runners to begin preparing spiritually now by purifying themselves throughout the year, Saufkie said they would carry the message of how Black Mesa Trust is pressuring the world's largest coal company, Peabody Coal, to stop pumping water from the N-aquifer.

Runners will begin in Moencopi and pass through Zuni Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo before continuing to El Paso and the border of Mexico. ''Water is life'' is the message the runners will carry.

''It is for all living things. We all need to come together and heal. We need to all get together and get back in balance,'' Saufkie said.

''All water systems are part of a singular network of life and this network is part of the global unity of life - one that includes the great oceans and the seas, the frozen waters and glaciers from which are born the clouds and rains that nurture all life,'' stated the project summary.

''As demand for clean water increases and resources diminish, the prospect of water wars and domestic struggles among diverse populations become more and more likely. The basic right of all peoples to life-giving water is drawn into question and we Hopi - stewards of balance, dancers of rain, teachers of peace - must accept the stewardship responsibilities of our covenant with Massau'u.''

On their journey south, runners will accept water samples that will be poured into a lake at the end of the run. Runners will also carry water from Mount Fuji in Japan in celebration of Black Mesa Trust's ''Decade of Water.''

Urging respect for water, Saufkie, Vernon Masayesva and other board members at Black Mesa Trust are working with Japanese researcher Masaru Emoto and pioneering research into the intelligence of water.

Emoto has released photos of scientific magnifications which reveal that water crystals change in response to the environment. Beautiful music causes the crystals to become more beautiful, while words such as ''war'' and angry expressions cause the crystals to transform into dark and ugly formations, according to Emoto's video shown at the Hopi's ''Water is Life'' conference at Kykotsmovi.

Emoto, who brought his water message to Northern Arizona University last year, said, ''Water teaches in a very clear way how we must live our lives. The story of water reaches from every individual cell to encompass the entire cosmos.''

Along with releasing new information on the essence of water, Black Mesa Trust continues its battle to halt the pumping of Black Mesa water for the purpose of coal slurry. The water from N-aquifer is water that Hopi and Navajo depend on for survival in the arid region. While the coal is slurried to Nevada to produce electricity for the Southwest, most Navajo living on Black Mesa lack running water and electricity.

Saufkie said although the struggle to protect the water on Black Mesa has been a long and hard battle, it afforded the benefit of uniting Hopi and Navajo with the common goal of protecting the water.

''Without water, we are not going to survive out here. Hopi and Navajo came together on the water issue. Everyone needs water: not just Navajos and Hopis, but all living things.''

Saufkie said Hopi need to heal from dealing with Peabody Coal. ''We are paying the consequences for selling our water and coal,'' he said in a statement announcing the run. ''Some of the royalties from the coal and water sales get distributed to the villages, and that causes divisions among the villages. This run will be a way of healing those divisions through water.

''We Hopis run not only for the Hopi people, but for all of humankind and all living things. We all need water. We need renewing and healing of ourselves, our villages and our world.''

In September, more than 80 runners, many from the Hopi Water Clan, met with Saufkie in the village of Shungopavi to support the run. Hopi filmmaker Victor Masayesva, brother of Vernon Masayesva, will document the run.

Runners must obtain Mexican visas, as that country now requires U.S. citizens to present at least two official forms of identification, such as a state driver's license, passport or voter registration card, to enter. While families will host runners along the way, runners will need hotel reservations in Mexico City and airline reservations for the trip home. Hopi are raising funds to help runners cover expenses.

Saufkie said when he runs in preparation for Mexico City, he calls out his gratitude to the Hopi springs and prays there. Then he offers a cup of the water to the six cardinal directions before pouring it over his heart, mind and body to stay strong.

SHUNGOPAVI, Ariz. - Hopi prophecies tell of the coming apocalypse and the reasons for changes in the global climate. Ruben Saufkie Sr. and other Hopi are working to slow down the process, and bring about healing and balance to humankind and restoration for the living things of the Earth.

''People are the main cause: our greed. Man has become so greedy taking out the natural resources, and this is the reason for global warming,'' Saufkie told Indian Country Today: that the prevailing thought is: ''How much money can be made in the shortest time.'' He said the destruction is carried out without consideration of natural resources and the effect on Mother Earth.

Saufkie, board member of Black Mesa Trust and school board president of Second Mesa Day School, said Hopi long ago prophesized the apocalypse. ''It is running its course, but we are planning to slow it down.

''The world is in a chaotic state. What we are trying to do on behalf of Mother Earth is to slow it down. Even though I am young, I listen to the elders tell of the apocalypse.

Saufkie said the movie ''The Day After Tomorrow'' is not just a fictional film. ''The Hopi prophecy tells that this is going to be a reality.''

In the 20th Century Fox film, a radical change in the temperature of the world's oceans results in deadly storms, international disasters and a new ice age.

''I tell everyone, 'See this movie.''' When asked which parts reveal Hopi prophecy, Saufkie said, ''Everything in it.''

Hopi teachings tell of the necessary transformation and regeneration on a personal level necessary to slow down the degeneration of the climate.

''We need to look at ourselves - who we are. We need to look at the lives we are living and need not focus on material things. Hopi and Navajo who don't have their cultural ties need to ask their elders,'' Saufkie said.

''Nothing is a coincidence: everything has a meaning here on Earth, even our own lives. We were put here for a reason. It is up to us to find what we can offer for Mother Earth. Each of us has a talent, a gift. It is up to us to find that gift.''

Pointing out his own struggles, Saufkie said each person needs to return to a place of gratitude to the Creator for creating Mother Earth and initiate their own healing. ''I have this optimism that it is never too late.''

''We are here for all of mankind, every living thing out there,'' he said of the Hopi philosophy. ''But in modern times, remaining humble is among the challenges.

''It is scary when you really think about it. As Hopis, we are living our lives and preparing for the life after death, there is another journey after this.''

One way to prepare is to listen. ''It is up to you, how you live your life, it will be a direct reflection of the life afterwards.''

The journey, he said, depends on healing. ''We need to heal through water. We are all made from water. We are all born from water.''

Saufkie said he struggles for a better world so that his own four children will grow up in better circumstances than he did. He said he is grateful to be alive today and urged others to take the first step toward healing and transformation. ''Once you ask for help, people are willing to help you: but you have to take that first step.''

LAGUNA PUEBLO - Water, it covers much of the earth and in recent years has become a sought-after commodity to be traded like gold and silver.

But to Ruben Saufkie, water is sacred and it belongs to everyone.
In March 2006, 28 runners left Hopi Pueblo in Arizona and made their way along Interstate 40 and then down Interstate 25 towards Mexico. It took the runners 16 days to make the trip.

With them, they carried water gathered from all over the world, including Hopi, and delivered it to the Native women in Mexico who are the water keepers.

“Last year, it was about a water forum. Basically, big corporations with a lot of money are treating it like a commodity. They are privatizing it and taking it away from the people and only the companies are profiting from it,” Saufkie said. “When you try to control (water), there are always consequences.”

This time, the natives from Xochimilco, Mexico are returning the water the Hopi took and are bringing along another element, fire.

Saufkie said he and a group from Hopi made their way to El Paso, Texas, to continue the journey with their brothers and sisters from Mexico, but they encountered some problems at the border.

“They almost didn't make it across the border. Even though we had all the paperwork and letter of invitiation, homeland security was not going to let them cross,” Saufkie said.

Saufkie said that the suffering and division among people around the world is described in the prophecies of the Hopi people.

“We're in a time where we all need help. At Hopi, we're a divided people and that too was described in the Hopi prophecies. But we're doing something about it and the main thing is we're running with our hearts. So this message is about uniting the eagle nations from Alaska to here and the condor nations which they are down there (Mexico), for strength and helping one another, our ancestors, because we also came from there,” Saufkie said.

Saufkie said it is stated in the Hopi prophecies that one day we will find our relatives, and this run symbolizes that.

“This run is very powerful. And everyone who is not here, we're praying for them,” Saufkie said.

Yao Pilzin, a native woman from Xochimilco, took a few minutes with Laguna Governor John Antonio and his family to explain the items they were carrying from their home in Mexico to Hopi.

Pilzin described the smoldering coal burning in a ceremonial vessel that the runners could carry with them on the road as they made their way from place to place and a basket held the sacred water, some corn meal and items meant to protect the runners from harm on their journey.

Ahuivotzin, a descendant from the Aztec people of Mexico, said this is a prayer journey.

“Last year, the water came to Mexico and the Aztec people received the Hopi and this year my family, we made a commitment to run back with the fire which is one of our sacred elements. Running with the fire and the water they gave us is a prayer for the beginning of life. So, this is the prayer that we have, a prayer for life, a prayer for the land and a prayer for everyone,” Ahuivotzin said.

Ahuivotzin said the people from Mexico gathered the sacred elements from other indigenous peoples around the world and it is in prayer that they carry them on their journey to Hopi.

“This is pretty much a prayer for all life on this planet,” Ahuivotzin said.

Antonio welcomed the runners and their support crew with messages of encouragement and a meal to nourish their bodies and to help them complete their sacred journey.

“It was a great experience and we said we would wait for them. We got experience a little bit of their culture. And they are not just praying for one group, they are praying for everybody,” Antonio said.

Before the end of the early dinner, a female representative from Mexico gave Phyllis Antonio, Laguna's First Lady, a piece of the sacred fire which the governor pledged to put into a pottery for safe keeping.

POLACCA -- Brianna Puhuyesva, a sophomore at Hopi High School, said she will join the Hopi runners who are running from Hopi to Mexico.

About 25 Hopis and Tewas will run from the reservation to Mexico from March 3-15 to raise awareness about water issues.

The runners will take about two weeks to run the 2,000 miles or about 150 miles per day. The journey will go through the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas before finding its way into Mexico.

Puhuyesva said she joined the group because she wants to address what's going on in the world today. She ran cross country in junior high school and runs for the Hopi High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (Junior ROTC) Raider exercise team.

"I want to save water, especially on Hopi," she said. Puhuyesva, who maintains a B-average, is glad that Peabody closed down.

Water and running is a significant part of Hopi life so it seemed only natural when they learned that the Fourth World Water Forum was being held in Mexico that they would run from Hopi to Mexico City to show how they feel about protecting water. The World Water Forum will be held from March 16-22.

Because of the amount of runners going, they were told that they can't enter the forum, but they will meet with the Secretary of the forum the day before theforum.

The run is supported by the H2OPI Run Coordinating Committee and the Black Mesa Trust. They have raised funds through food sales, raffles, village runs and public awareness.

Ruben Saufkie Sr., said the runners will be carrying the ancient messages and beliefs of water stewardship.

Saufkie said the problem with the representatives of the non-governmental organization meeting at the forum is that they view water as a commodity for developers and production.

"Water is not a commodity. It's a necessity for our survival on earth," Saufkie said.

Saufkie noted that a child dies from drinking polluted water every eight seconds. He said as demands for fresh water increases and resources diminish that the prospect of global water wars and domestic struggles are more likely.

"In the meantime, corporations are getting rich buying and selling clean water all over the world," he said.

Saufkie, who is also board member with the Black Mesa Trust, said Hopi people just had a huge water victory when Peabody closed down the area mine.

"Our message now is that we need to make sure that everybody throughout the world has enough water," he said. "We need enough water for all mankind and allliving things."

"My scouting expedition turned out really great. People were excited to hear our message," he said.

Saufkie said this trip has special meaning to him because as a member of the Water Clan he knows his family roots go back to Mexico.

"Some Hopi clans migrated from Mexico. This gives us a chance to trace our historical migration roots backward," he said.

During his scouting trip, Saufkie met with members of the Azteca and Mexica tribes.

"They said 'You are home,' " he said about his reception during his scouting trip.

Saufkie said these tribes, like the Hopi, believe that at the time when the world is in peril that the eagle and condor come together to bring peace. He doesn't know the specifics of this story, but hopes to find out during the Mexico visit. In honor of this quest, Hopis will perform the eagle dance when meeting with the Mexico tribes.

"The eagle is a powerful messenger to the Hopi and other indigenous people," he said.

Saufkie said it's important to take kids because that's where the hope lies for today and the future.

Kristine Sumatzkuku, a 12-year old runner from Moenkopi, will be the youngest runner. Brianna Puhuyesva, Marshall Masayesva and Levon Nahpi from Hopi High School will also run for their belief to protect water.

• Bringing the Hopi philosophy of water and stewardship of the land to the representatives of the non-governmental organizations attending the World

• Sharing teachings that renew Hopi cultural heritage as makers of peace and stewards of balance called to unite the global community in knowledge that water is

life, a gift from the creator and that access to it is a right of all human beings.

• Beginning to overcome the political, religious and racial disrespect that threatens global balance, the well-being of Mother Earth and the natural system of life-giving waters.

• Renewing Hopi traditions and ceremonies of running and the use of runners to carry vital communications from village to village.

• Renewing through direct contact and cultural exchange Hopi ties of identity and kinship with the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico.

The Hopi runners will carry with them spring waters blessed and gifted to them from each Hopi village.

They will also carry a gourd of water, an ear of corn and a planting stick--these are the symbols of Maasaw's gifts to the Hopi. The Hopi elders on the trip will offer daily prayers and corn meal blessings.

Saufkie said the runners for the event were selected by their commitment by attending meetings and agreeing to commit to the entire time of the journey.

"They didn't have to be strong runners, but they had to have a strong commitment to protecting water," he said.

International Run of Hopi Indians from Arizona to Mexico City sends a message to water-starved area.

Mexico City - Hopi runners in green shirts come in through Chapultepec Park and come to a stop in front of the statue of Tlaloc - the ancient spirit of water, rain.

There, they are received by traditional leaders and elders, marking the end of their two-week, 2,000-mile historic water run into Mexico-Anahuac. During the ceremony, they are also greeted by a descending eagle (Cuauhtemoc: eagle that descends).

It will probably take years to fully comprehend the significance of some 60 members of the Hopi nation in Mexico (more than half of them runners) delivering a message to the world regarding the sacredness of water

The runners came from 12 desert villages, some of which, such as Oraibi, are actually older than Tenochtitlan, founded in 1325 A.D. In the Hopi mesas, the water is scarce and always threatened by mining corporations (Peabody, no more)) that for decades have extracted and contaminated their underground waters. Despite this, their maize grows. Always. (On the run, they receive word that Hopiland has received four days of snow.)

I left to go to my birthplace of Anahuac, spur of the moment to witness the end of this historic run in the midst of the most intense anti-immigrant hysteria in decades. The pending draconian legislation before Congress has in turn spurred on massive mobilizations by Mexican/Central and South American peoples – individuals of all colors – demanding that they be treated not as aliens or criminals, but as full human beings.

Yet, in the midst of these huge nationwide protests, something beckons me to the land of Quetzalcoatl.

The Hopi runners, with indisputable ties and connections with the peoples of Anahuac, came with water, prayers, maize, cornmeal, staffs and feathers from many nations. The message was simple: “Water is the sustenance of all life… To threaten water is to threaten all life.”

The runners began their trek in northern Arizona, through New Mexico, all the way down to the Fourth International Water Forum in Mexico City. And while not officially received, they were not deterred. (A massive anti-water privatization protest also greeted the forum).

On every stop, there's talk of prophecies, migrations and ancient connections. And they are greeted, not with a welcome, but with a “welcome home. These are your lands and your waters.”

Wherever they go, dances, prayers, songs, ceremonies, gifts, stories, water and food are exchanged. They trek to the 2,000-year-old city of Teotihuacan where the temples of the Sun, Moon and Venus (Quetzalcoatl) are housed. They also pilgrimage to the lands of Mexico's volcanoes in Puebla where El Popo spews out a plume during Hopi dances. They also journey to Temoaya, the Otomie ceremonial grounds, where they also meet up with Otomie and Incaica relatives.

Everywhere they go, the runners are treated with utmost respect and great reverence, particularly the elders. Many of those they meet with acknowledge that they/we are related and that the Hopi represent memory. The people do not need linguists, archeologists or anthropologists to affirm this. The stories, the common languages, the water and the maize communicate this same message: San Ce Tojuan. Ti masehualme, okichike ka centeotzintli: We are one. We are macehual, made from sacred maize.

In late night conversations, I am told of the many obstacles and challenges of the run. However, all will become lost in the mist of time. What will be remembered instead is that the runners have created, healed and reunited history. Some will say they have fulfilled prophecy; the coming together of the eagle & the condor… cuahu & kuntur.

Oral traditions speak of the Hopi being the oldest peoples of the continent and of never having surrendered their sovereignty to anyone. And indeed, they are accorded this respect across the continent. It was amazing to see this unfold before my very eyes when the runners were obstinately prevented from leaving Mexico because most had come in without passports or visas. And yet, even in times of high levels of security, Hopi ID was sufficient; they prevailed.

The Hopi left huge footprints in Anahuac (as seen in our ancient Amoxtlis or painted books) and a special message for humanity. Yet another message was also received … just as Hopi are free to travel across artificial borders, so too one day their relatives. Tojuan Titehuaxkalo Panin Pacha Mama.

Hopi Indian runners head south to World Water Forum
"I AM A SIMPLE MAN" – Ruben Saufkie Sr. center, (Photo by Zdenek Plachy) a Hopi Indian from Arizona, tells Mexicas, Teotihuacanos, Otomí and dancers from Amatlán de Quetzalcoatl in Mexico City about a delegation of Hopi runners who will arrive bringing sacred spring waters gathered from around the world to the World Water Forum from March 16 to 20 in a call for spiritual unity. In the middle of the dry season, drops of rain began to fall, a sign of assistance from the spirit of water.

TIES TO THE SOUTH - Jerry Honawa (photo by Joan Price), a Hopi Indian religious leader was at home upon seeing a clan sign and stories with other petroglyphs in New Mexico that recorded the history of pre-Columbian cultures traveling between Central Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. Honawa will be going to Mexico in March with a team of Hopi runners to the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City on March 16 to 20 with a message about the spiritual nature of water.

KYKOTSMOVI, ARIZONA - Relying on their own feet and centuries of tradition, Hopi Indians runners 12 to 75 years of age, will run from their desert mesas homelands of Arizona 1,500 miles south to Mexico starting March 2. They will carry an ancient message about water to the 4th World Water Forum March 16 to 20 in Mexico City. 8,000 delegates are officially expected to attend representing the business of water – municipal utilities, pipeline companies, bottling companies, political and government representatives – to discuss the global crisis of equitable drinking access, food production, wide-spread contamination of water sources and global climate change.

Along with hundreds of other Native American nations, non-governmental organizations and environmental groups who will also attend on their own, the Hopi do not have an official invitation. But they will be coming with a message – a spiritual ceremony to place water as a living sentient being, "the first living spirit on Earth," at the center of the global forum.

Vernon Masayesva is the executive director of Black Mesa Trust, a grassroots organization that led the final years of a 40 year struggle of two generations of Hopi people to evict the worlds largest water pumping project for an coal slurry pipeline in their homeland. Masayesva met with the Secretariat of the World Water Forum Cesar Herra and three assistants in Mexico City on Feb. 8 to present and explain the Hopi message to be brought by the runners.

"We will also be participating in Chapultepec Park with other indigenous peoples and NGO’s gathering for conferences and position papers on water rights and the cultural values of water in their own world water forum “Mirror of Water” said Masayesva.

The team of runners and supporters have been preparing for the continental run strengthened by a cultural history shared with other native communities along the route. The Hopi runners will be joined by Native American runners at Zuni, Albuquerque and Isleta del Sur – all bringing water in gourds gathered from sacred springs to add to a ceremonial water bowl carried by a Hopi matriarch to the forum and indigenous events.

These waters will be used for the ceremonies to renew the memory of water as a sacred being and to unite all land and life.Hopi women have been giving as much of their spare time as possible to this preparation.“We have had water sent from the Lake of Galilee by Jerusalem and from Mt. Fuji in Japan. As Hopi people, we know something is wrong," said Burton, a member of the Snow Clan.

Saufkie Sr. returned from Mexico on Feb. 15 after scouting the way and meeting with organizers and supporters along the route into Mexico City. "I stayed longer than I intended because I was invited to present our project to a Mexica-Azteca dance ceremony. The people really responded. People are more than willing to give and help out because water is sacred, a human right, not a commodity to be privatized – water is our unifier because we are all made of water," said Saufkie. "If water is privatized, there won’t be enough water for all the children of the future generations," he said.

"The waters we bring will be received at the Indigenous Water Forum by four women including a "rain maker," a Holy woman who was marked by lightning," said Saufkie, a member of the Water Clan.

"I told the people I am a simple person, not elegant or a leader. I said I am a raindrop and that they were clouds," he said.

Jerry Honawa, a Hopi religious leader and advisor to Black Mesa Trust, will accompany the runners to the World Water Forum to pray for renewal for the global waters all life depends on.

"In most cases, we have a female counterpart in our prayer ceremonies when we are going to start rejuvenation of a water source because the female is responsible for new life," said Honawa.

Honawa said his grandfather told him Hopi concerns in the 1950’s of global climate change. "He told me that once they start tearing down our mountains, once they start blocking our waterways, (and these are the dams that are being built), once they go and start making oasis out of desert areas that they should be, they are going to move the ‘belt of patuwakatsi’ (water world). It is going to lose its equilibrium, it is going to shift, it is going to move when spring or when summer should begin. It will be warmer all the way into winter months, you will not see the cycles as they are today and yesterday," said Honawa.

The runners will speak and stand for the spiritual relationship humans have to rain, clouds and lightning, snow, mists, dripping caves, springs and oceans, living forms of a moist global matrix within which a spiritual life is lived in resonance and mutual cooperation rather than domination.

"We are of water, and the water is of us. When water is threatened, all living things are threatened. What we do to water, we do to ourselves," they stated in a Declaration of Water sent out in October 2003."The runners have received an endorsement by Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona and Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico. We have also been given a resolution from the All Pueblo Council to carry to the peoples of the world," said Masayesva.

Each placement of a foot is a pulse-prayer into the earth and the pulsing vibrating waters that moisten the planet. "Now we have to organize a run that is a prayer -- the vibration and energy goes out with thoughts of peace and harmony for all living things and for the children of the future," said Masayesva.