It was pitch-dark while driving on highway 264. Then, suddenly the car's engine had no power. What's next? A very dim light could be seen in the distance. The only possible hope to get help.
Detta and Heinz walked to the house where the light came from. They hardly knocked on the door when the people inside said "come in we were waiting for you!". Detta tried to explain what happened, Caroline and Ralph, whose house it was, said "we know, we know .... sit down and listen to us".
Then Caroline, the first born of Hotevilla (the last village of Hopiland) explained the following. "This morning we saw two people dressed in ancient outfit approaching our home from the side of our backdoor. They remained silent and as we expected them to announce themselves they disappeared. Then we knew that we could expect important guests to come from the front-door ... and here you are!"
This incident was the introduction for Detta to become involved with the Hopi, especially with the last Chief of Hotevilla, Dan Kachongva.
It was Dan's great wish that the Hopi be connected with the Celt, for reasons unknown to Detta at that time. Then it was time for Dan to join the Rainbow. At age 127 he was still strong for he walked to the "nearest hospital" where he died on arrival. The distance was at least 20 miles.
The people were puzzled about Dan's decision not to die in the village with his people. Why? The assumption was that Dan was very sad about the division among the Hopi, particularly those of Hotevilla. Hotevilla was created due to the division at Oraibi. One part sided with the invasive US government and the other part wanted to hold on to the covenant made with the Creator, to keep the Earth in balance.
So, Detta left Hopiland to be later settled in Britain. While on her way a travel companion said " look what I found at Hotevilla". Detta recognised Dan's
weaving staff. "You should not have done it, because some of Dan's belongings were meant to be left to the elements". It was too late for a return and consequently the staff went to Britain.
Then much later the weaving staff found its turn to fulfil Dan's wish for the Hopi to connect with the Celt. Both of them were known as the "mound builders".
It was at Glastonbury during the initiation of a Circle of Hearts Medicine Wheel ceremony, that Detta entrusted the weaving staff to Roy Littlesun, with the request that the staff be returned. At the end of the ceremony Dan Kachongva's spirit conveyed that the staff has to be for a while connected with the people and that the return has to go along with the UNION of the Hopi at Hotevilla. This implies the abolishment of the illegally installed "Hopi Tribal Council".
