Tezos

Kuuyi - Water

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First light at Dry Beaver Creek - August 22, 2022, 6:22am Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 Shot in C-Log at 4k, 23.976 fps Video captured by David Lennard Live sound source from the location. The Sinagua tribe are probably most closely affiliated with modern-day Hopi, and once lived alongside this creek in the Arizona desert. This location is about a half mile north of the Chávez Pass Trail, an important and well-used east-west trail established in 1864 that crossed the southern part of central Arizona’s Verde Valley, linking Winslow, on the Colorado Plateau, with Prescott, in the Central Arizona Highlands. It followed an old Hopi Indian path, the “Palatkwapi Trail,” going westward through Chávez Pass, past Stoneman Lake, and down the Mogollon Rim to the Verde Valley. Hopi practice "dry farming" of their sacred corn. For a thousand years, the main water source for Hopi Nation, now 150 miles north of here, has been a natural aquifer. Overuse by industry has reduced the water table to a point where the supply now contains highly dangerous levels of arsenic and uranium. Arsenic poisoning is associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which plague Hopi Nation. Peabody Coal has been the biggest offender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_Peabody_Coal_controversy). There is now an average lifespan of only 45 years for Hopi living on tribal lands compared with the national average of 78 (2019). For the #TezosTuna event, I shot these scenes in honor of Hopi Nation. As part of my legacy to support the tribe, all proceeds from the sale of this piece on the primary market will be converted into US$ and electronically deposited with The Hopi Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund (https://www.hopifoundation.org/hopi-emergency-relief). The receipt will be posted at www.davidlennard.com and on Social Media. This event has brought together all sorts of creators and collectors from every nook and cranny of the globe in celebration of Water and Summer. I’m proud to be part of it and to have a platform to share these scenes that were once the lifeblood of Indigenous Peoples as far back as 13,000 years ago, and some local contemporary knowledge. 500 pieces minted Unsold pieces will be burned at midnight August 28, Arizona time.

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