Native archaeologists will always be able to make a deeper connection to their work in their homelands. They will always have a greater advantage in their work than an outsider. We need more of them. People like Balenquah are true bridge builders to understanding for the rest of us who can only admire and appreciate their truer connections, from afar.

This video has really helped me in figuring out what I was to do with myself at university in relation to Hopi. KwaKwai

I remember as a young boy in a place that I was there for a rededication of a kiva the archaeologists had excavated. It was dismantled and filled in before it was abandoned. The tribal elder that was there. Things I can't talk about, but this is one of the reasons I am bound to the Hopi. Another time, I was separated from my people, but I was able to read some of the Hopi traditions that probably should be private, but they were there. Then I saw things, and knew things that fit. There is something there I don't understand but know they fit. My grandmother's people are from a reservation but I don't know if they are part of the tribe but I know they lived there for generations and generations. There is somethings there I know but don't yet understand. There is something very important with the Hopi for me, but I don't understand why yet.

I’m Montagnard indigenous live in USA I’m enjoy listening to his talk even I don’t understand much English.

Thank you--excellent talk. I had to take a deep breath when you began talking about the repatriated burials. Having been an Archaeologist with Native American genetics, working on burials ("accidental discoveries") was not one of my favorite things to do...

Wow, what can be said after such a heart-felt revelation? I'm almost speechless after your most poignant and moving talk. It appears you have come full circle friend. Welcome home. From a fellow traveler xoxoxo in Ohio.

Since I can't afford to volunteer with an archaeological excavation in the Eastern Mediterranean I plan to volunteer to hopefully for a Hohokham archaeological dig on the San Pedro River, this will be a good experience. His wisdom will help me develope better ethics. The early archalogist messed up a a lot of sites globally.

Wow! I loved this presentation!!!! Thanks, Lyle! I'd love to meet you one day!

I once heard a Mayan elder and also a Hopi elder say that the Hopi people are related to the Mayans in mesoAmerica

Great to hear some basic humanity injected into the inherently ghoulish aspect of archaeology with respect to ancestors and human remains. I want cremation when I die because I don't want my remains to be desecrated by ghouls masquarading as scientists and physicians. Ever. 50:00 is a touching moment, and I think universal. It speaks to one of the reasons I love working on old buildings. I like to imagine my spirit constructively haunting my 250+ year old house in PA after I'm gone. I'll continue to be the steward, keeping it in good repair for my children so they'll know that they will never be alone.

This is good and hopefully he will bring in respect in the archaeological field to the Hopi, the Americas and around the world. I was once offered the chance to be on an archaeological excavation in Cyprus, Greece. It was the Bronze Age temple of Aphrodite and part of it was the excavation of graves. As an ethnic Greek I cringed at this but I wanted to be there, so I could make sure these non-Greek Anglo kids respected my ancestor's remains, so I respect your thoughts. I could not afford to go. 😭

What an enlightened presentation. Loved every minute. Thank you for all you do for our indigenous people.

very good - I've been studying your past and present culture with sincere admiration and respect I hope to meet a Hopi in person some day - greetings and support from Minnesota

Grateful to have been here! 🤗

Thank you for your story of your migrations.

Thank you.

BRAVO...hope I Will come to see that and learning Hopi civilisation....many Thanks

Kwa Kwai Lyle for sharing and adherence to the way of not sharing to much I did learn a lot from this presentation and am happy that you are keeping this alive

Thank you for this.

Eskwali, vavah. I'm hospiwi from polacca. I learned a lot thank you.

as a young hopi this is very enlightening

He seems very passionate about his work. very good video.

Wow Lyle! Askwali!! Great Presentation! Very inspiring!

Good job. Hope to see more from this speaker.

Very Interesting talk loved it.

Hopi- Huichol native 👍🏽 here

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Los Aztecas son del Clan de la Serpiente de los Hopi?

Great speech ... I gotta know more of this guys work

So are there a connection between Hopi and Mexicas( aztecs)?

that intro should be shared with everyone who thinks that science is objectively a good and innocent thing. when someone is directly telling you that the scientific study of their own heritage is a foreign thing to their community, but their heritage is something that has been scientifically studied for generations... listen. that means science has a tradition of dismissing huge components of the truth for the sake of an agenda. never stop making efforts, like this, to repair this problem.

That's really cool

amazing

Thank you sir.💤🐢

I really enjoyed this, thank you very much. Halito.

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He is a Hopi cultural archaeologist.

Ho means tiger, pi means skin in Korean. Ancester of american indian may be people of Josun, Great dynasty established in BC2333 in Korea. They might have moved to US via Alaska in BC 1C~AD1C. Lot of Korean words in the song of indian amazing grace. Josun( Dangun Josun), Nakrang(old dynasty of Korea in AD 1C), Nakwon(paradise), Nanri(war), Sori(sound), Jaby(mercy), Jinri(truth) etc.

Hopi Archaeologists

HOPI NATION IS THE REAL AZTEC EMPIRE 👍🏽 NÁHUATL AND PUEBLOANS ARE CLOSE BROTHERS.

Uore elders might just be folks i whent to grade school with if you know ronnie lomyaktawa, thats probably not spelled right darren pullyama alex homeyestawa Toni laveta Sydney laveria shirley lance b.r. i need to come back home brother see some friends like darin and rodger and wynnona and i caint remeber the younger 2 daughters names but rodger was the scout master on the reservation ohh i might as well say this was 1986 to 1987

I'm pretty sure I can volunteer some of our knowledge to help put this puzzle together..p,l,u

Quit calling our ways and traditional ways a religious way ain't the same.

Almost an hour of talking about himself, yep a narcissist. The truth is no one knows what the petroglyphs mean. It’s all conjecture…