Acting
Thomas Banyacya
Born 1909-06-02 · Moenkopi, Arizona, USA
Thomas Banyacya Sr. (1909-1999) was a Hopi Native American traditional leader. In 1948, he was one of four Hopis (along with David Monongye, Dan Evehema, and Dan Katchongva) who were named by elders to reveal Hopi traditional wisdom and teachings, including the Hopi prophecies for the future, to the general public after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Acting credits
5.8Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
Broken Rainbow
1985
NRDocuments the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983