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by Kathryn Walker March 15, 2000  Joni: My thoughts are really
the thoughts of others in that most of the indigenous people of
the globe… umm, let me put it this way: I've been interested for
a long time in origin stories -- and ending stories. The end
stories of most of the indigenous people of the globe are coming
true, one by one. For instance, the Aborigines with their
Dreamtime, say that the world will come to an end at that time
when the youth no longer carry the bones of the old to the dream
cave. That time has come. The Hopis say the end of the world
will come, and the Hopis say that this is only one of many
worlds, the last world ended in flood, which goes along with the
Judeo-Christian concept, this one ends in fire, and they do say
that there is another -- but the end of this one comes at the
time that they can no longer collect their snakes for their late
summer festivities to bring rain to this very difficult area
that they have cho