The Hopi Survival Kit

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Summary: Don't be put off.
Review: Dont be put off by the other reviews, they disuade you from reading an extreemly important message just because the style of writing isn't to their taste. Read it yourself and make your own judgement, i found the book very inspiring and enjoyed reading it.

As for Mails being regarded as an outsider and not speaking for the hopi, the reader should have read the book more closely as this issue is addressed in the book. No one Hopi could ever speak for all of them, as their views are so divided. Thomas Mails and Dan Evehema are traditionalists who are trying to pass on an ancient message. The progressives may not like this, or the book, but they can have their opinion, and you can have yours. This book will help you make up your own mind.

I agree that the style of writing was difficult, but i feel the content is far more important. If only more people in the world listened to the message the book conveys, i believe it would be a better place.

Read the book, don't be put off by those who try to dissuade you.

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Summary: Don't Bother...
Review: I was very excited to read this book when I first found it. Native American religion and culture is something that interests me and I enjoy reading about it. However, this book is not very interesting and definately not exciting. The text seems to jump around frequently and the author never seems to come to any conclusions. The author must feel that the reader has no common sense when he points out obvious similarities between Hopi beliefs and Chrisianity. Also, this book appears to continuely repeat the same information. In summary this books simply drones on and is a chore to read.

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Summary: The Hopi Survial Kit
Review: It may be true that this book is hard to follow, BUT
the message is the most important part. Read it carefully and you will understand the message. We must follow the Hopi elders instructions.

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Summary: This Book is Great!
Review: This book is an important view of the Hopi Traditional Way of life. My grandfather and I do business here in Southern Utah selling Alabaster stone to the Hopi. A lot of them give the prophecies Credit that are in this book. Chief Dan Evehema Authorized this book with his on Signature in a written document which you will find inside the Book. Thomas E Mails has a lot of Credintials and is a very respected Author. This book is totally against the idea of mining on Indian Sacred Lands, and so am I. This book does not steal the culture but reperesents it from the Traditional Hopi View Point. I would recommend this book for any person who is wanting to know the truth of the Traditionals. This book is backed up with evidence.

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Summary: The Hopi Survival Kit
Review: This is one of the worst written books I have ever tried to read. I am very interested in the subject matter and tried really hard to complete the book (I especially tried to read it cover to cover as the author kept emphasing to do). I finally resorted to skipping ahead to different sections to try and find the meat of it. I guess there is some info in the book, but it is drug down so hard with a whole, lot of empty impressions of the author. I felt as if the real substance of the book could easily have been condensed down to a mere handfull of pages. The author kept making references about how important the msg in the book was, but just couldn't bring himself to sharing it with the reader!!!. Well, there is info in the book, but it sure is hard to try and extract it out of the endless ramblings of the author.

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Summary: Very weak, to say the least.
Review: Thomas Mails is one of the best authors about Native Americans alive today. His Mystic Warriors of The Plains, Dancing in The Paths of The Ancestors and both Fools Crow books were all masterful. But this book is by far his worst. I really had to force myself to read this book to the end. If I had to use one word to describe it: vague. All information about the Hopi and their prophecy's take up the space of about 30 pages. The remaining space is filled with the author's vague ramblings.

I was amazed that a man of Mails' intelligence could believe that the end of times is near and that only the Hopi and like-minded individuals will "board the ark". A good book about the Hopi and their prophecies would be more than welcome, but instead of treating the subject critically he lets the Hopi prophecies cloud his common sense. This book is a waste of time and money. I hope it never gets printed again. http://www.julio-online.net

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Summary: Needs an Editor
Review: While I give five stars to Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power by Mails because of its moving and enjoyable content and very readable style, The Hopi Survival Kit is hard to survive and might dissuade readers from getting to know Fools Crow through Mails's two books on the great man. One can browse through the Kit and pick up the esssential message, or one can look up brief and readable accounts of Hopi prophecy by Thomas Benyacya and Dan Katchongva.