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~Est. 1987 • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE HOPI TRIBE • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~
June 2022 Groundbreaking Ceremony
for the Hopi Detention Center
Hopi Tribe Meets Long Awaited Milestone
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June 2022 Groundbreaking Ceremony for
the Hopi Detention Center
Hopi Tribe Meets Long Awaited Milestone
Romalita Laban, Managing Editor – Hopi Tutuveni in
collaboration with KUYI Hopi Radio News Bureau
Keams Canyon, Ariz. – June 15, 2022 and on a warm
summer day, Chairman Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma provided a welcome to those present to witness a momentous
milestone for the Hopi Tribe, First Mesa Consolidated
Villages, U.S. Department of Indian Affairs, and the U.S.
Department of Corrections in breaking ground for the
long awaited renewed Hopi Detention Center.
The Groundbreaking Ceremony took place at the Hopi
Tribe Judicial Complex located on First Mesa Consolidated Village lands, located on the Hopi reservation,
where the previously built jail remains closed due to its
very limited capacity.
Hopi’s one and only Native Public Radio station, KUYI
Hopi Radio broadcasted live on air at 88.1FM and on its
Facebook page enabling more of the Hopi public to listen
in on the historical event and to see, although sometimes
sparingly, the live feed via Facebook. Hopi Tutuveni has
partnered with KUYI Hopi Radio in bringing this information to the Hopi public.
Mervin Yoyetewa, Hopi Law & Order Committee
Chairman served as an emcee providing introductions for
the speakers such as Craig Andrews, Hopi Vice Chairman, honored guests, such as James Tewayguna, Kikmongwi FMCV, Jason Friehage, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, Patricia Broken Leg-Brill Deputy
Associate Director of Corrections, Clay Curley Tribal
Engagement Manager with the U.S. Congressman Tom
O’Halleran Arizona District 1 Office.
During the Welcome Address, Chairman Nuvangyaoma expressed the extreme importance of reaching the
milestone “for the health and safety of our community…”
He recounted back in history to 1981 when the original
intent for the center was that it was going to be a treatment center and not intended for incarceration. He further explained that over time the building was converted
and repurposed into a detention center which according
to the Chairman, “led to a host of issues over the course
of decades eventually leading to the BIA condemning the
facilities in October 2016.”
He also expressed his desire that he did not want Hopi
to be known as a tribe that simply uses its facility to incarcerate people and acknowledged that substance abuse
problems are present on Hopi. He continued by stating,
“…running alongside this...is to develop a treatment facility that’ll coincide with this…because I know and I can
speak to that from experience…” Chairman explained to
those present, “…I’m in recovery. I went through this
whole system and found treatment to help myself…so
that’s a big component of the bigger picture…” He acknowledged the tremendous amount of work yet to do
while expressing to the community that their voices have
not gone unheard and that a “milestone achievement”
was reached for the Hopi Tribe.
Vice Chairman Andrews spoke of his support for the
detention center and conversations with the various village members about the initiative. He also referenced
traditional disciplinarian roles which an uncle, in a Hopi
family structure, is known to carry throughout the long
history of Hopi family principles and life prior to stating, “I have a lot of nieces and nephews that are incarcerated and I take full responsibility…it’s upon me to
talk to our younger generation and also my nephews and
nieces…I believe a majority of us are in recovery and so
[have] I…I’ve been clean and sober for over twenty years
now…” which drew supportive applause from those present and in return the Vice Chairman continued by thanking those for their presence.
James Tewayguna, Kikmongwi FMCV provided statements in the Hopi language and to the effect, as Albert
T. Sinquah, Spokesman for the Kikmongwi, explained,
“from the Village of Walpi, he introduced himself, he’s
the selected leader for our villages…we have three villages, in our area there’s Walpi…Sichomovi and Tewa…
his land area that’s his [responsible]…he described as,
continues all the way here to the east, to the border of
Hopi and up a little to the north back here, he’s [responsible]…” Sinquah continued to state, “…basically his
concept of his leadership style is that he’s responsible for
all the souls that live in this area…he prays for them on
a regular basis…he’s concerned about our lives of our
young children and as they get older…he hopes that as
we continue thru this process that we continue to support
one another…not just in his village but throughout the
Hopi reservation…we have a host of villages to the west
here…and that his hope is that we all continue to work
together for the benefit of all the Hopi people, in general all the people that reside within our reservation. He’s
thankful that we finally got to this point of having our
facility renewed and his hope is again that the facility will
help us heal ourselves reservation wide…”
Sinquah continued, “…Our people they unfortunately
get incarcerated but it’d be a place where they can learn
and try to make a better life. And one of the [things] that
he (referencing Tewayguna) emphasizes is our young
children, we need to take care of them so as they grow
they don’t fall in the same pitfalls as some of us have….
he thanks all of you for being here…all your efforts individually from the different departments that helped Hopi
gain this facility…his prayers are that as you leave from
here that you go home to your families, treat your families well, your children, your grandchildren so that they
can grow to be healthy and live a good life…”
Sinquah also explained that translating words spoken
in Hopi is “a little bit different” because one word can
take “half an hour to cover one subject” just before explaining that the Kikmongwi would be providing his
blessings. Tewaguna then provided Hopi blessing words
while emphasizing happiness and good thoughts for all
the Hopi people in moving the effort forward.
Jason Friehage, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian
Affairs expressed gratitude to all who worked towards
reaching the milestone and shared that providing and improving additional resources for public safety and justice
across Indian Country is a high priority for Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary and Deb Haaland, Secretary
- U.S. Department of the Interior for Indian Affairs and
Secretary Haaland.
Friehage mentioned that around 2018, the Administration and Congress were able to reinstate a public safety
and justice facility replacement, budget line in the amount
of $35 million, which allowed the funding such facilities,
including the Hopi Detention Center and the importance
of having received bipartisan support to acquire the resources.
Patricia Broken Leg-Brill Deputy Associate Director of
Corrections and Clay Curley Tribal Engagement Manager with the U.S. Congressman Tom O’Halleran Arizona
District 1 Office also provided expressions of gratitude
and well wishes for the project completion, as well.
Mervin Yoyetewa, Law & Order Committee provided
closing remarks just before Chairman Nuvangyaoma was
presented with an extension of gratitude by J. Scott Winchester, Tribal Liason/Senior Project Manager – AIA.
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Hopi Tribe’s Ceremonial Signing of Intergovernmental Agreement
between NACOG and the Hopi Tribe for 5-Year Transit Plan
By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor and Donovan
Gomez, Hopi Senom Transit
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 22, 2022 at the Hopi Tribal Council Chambers, Donovan Gomez, Transit Administrator for Hopi Senom Transit was accompanied and
supported by Michael Lomayaktewa, Director, Hopi
Department of Transportation in presenting a completed
Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) and the
Hopi Tribe on behalf of Hopi Senom Transit. Agreement
on the IGA approved an award funded by the Federal
Transit Administration of $125,000 to develop a 5-Year
Transit Plan. NACOG will administrate the award on behalf of FTA.
In early 2022, work began on an opportunity for Hopi
Senom Transit to receive a comprehensive analysis of its
Transit system by experienced rural transit consultants
to plan for improvement of services and possible route
expansion to better serve the Hopi Tribe and surrounding communities. The planning became reality with the
agreed upon Intergovernmental Agreement between the
NACOG and the Hopi Tribe.
Action Item No. 045-2022 listed as Item 17. Under
New Business of the Hopi Tribal Council Third Quarter
Session June 1, 2022 AGENDA – Amendment #2 addressed the Ceremonial Signing which was completed on
June 22, 2022.
In the Action Item packet the Discussion section read:
“The attached fully-executed Intergovernmental Agreement between the Hopi Tribe and the Northern Arizona
Council of Governments (NACOG) is for funding in the
amount of $125,000 for Hopi Senom Transit to produce
a 5-year Short Range Transit Plan that will include a review of system sustainability, service enhancement and
route expansion opportunities, rider engagement and
marketing strategies. Hopi Senom Transit will provide
20% in-kind match from TTP funds. The Plan will meet
the transit needs of the Hopi and Tewa people and will
help guide Hopi Senom Transit into the future.”
Work on the 5-Year plan has begun on the week of June
27, 2022.
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Hopi Tribal Council Third Quarter Session June 1, 2022
AGENDA – Amendment #2
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Discussion/Possible Action – Letter dated July 30,
2021 Re: Request to rescind Executive Order #011-2021
and directs the Drought Task Team to reach out to Hopi
ranchers and Navajo Accommodation Agreement signers
to work on identifying alternatives for addressing drought
issues on Hopi lands. / Letter dated August 16, 2021 Re:
Executive Order #011-2021 Range Mitigation and Livestock Reduction – Albert T. Sinquah, Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages – TABLED
2. Discussion of a motion to vacate judgment in the
Flagstaff v. Hopi Tribe case – Fred Lomayesva, General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel – TABLED
3. Discussion and action - Letter dated April 15, 2022
Re: Hopi Tribal Goals and Objectives - Dale Sinquah,
Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated
Villages – TABLED
4. Discussion and possible action – Letter dated April
15, 2022 Re: To address the matter of Building Communities, Inc. – Dale Sinquah, Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages - TABLED
5. Action Item #052-2022 – To approve the placement of equipment on the Second Mesa Water tank, the
Hopi Tribal Governance building and the Hopi Veteran’s
Memorial Center for the purposes of FirstNet System deployment on Hopi Lands
– Author/Amy Mignella, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
– TABLED"
NEW BUSINESS
1. Action Item #051-2022 – To approve a loss revenue election from the ARPA funds as required by the U.S.
Treasury Final Rule – Author/Jim Davis, Director, Office
of Financial Management
2. Action Item #055-2022 - To Request for Funds
to assist the Hopi Assisted Living Facility towards their
grant - Author/Linda Honahnie, President, Hopi Assisted
Living Facility Board of Directors
3. Presentation on Information Technology Policy and
use of equipment– Robert Collateta, Jr., Network Manager, Office of Information Technology
4. Presentation of Enrollment Ordinance No. 33 by
Tanya Monroe, Director, Hopi Office of Enrollment –
Rosa Honani, Tribal Council Representative, Village of
Sipaulovi
5.
Discussion and possible action – Letter dated
March 31, 2022 Re: Village of Shungopavi’s request for
information regarding land lease, including ownership of
the property comprising the Hopi Cultural Center – Craig
Andrews, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe
6. Discussion on Next Actionable Steps Regarding See
Renewal and Blue Stone Strategy – Hopi Tribal Council
XII. REPORTS
1. Office of the Chairman
2. Office of the Vice Chairman
3. Office of Tribal Secretary
4. Office of the Treasurer
5. Office of the Executive Director - Updated Report
– Directive – HTC Resolution H-058-2021
6. Office of the General Counsel
a. Village of Tewa First Amended Civil Complaint
against the Hopi Tribe
7. Land Commission
8. Water/Energy Committee
9. Transportation Committee
10. Law & Order Committee
11. Investment Oversight Committee – Update on discussions regarding Moenkopi Developers Corporation’s
request on adjusting loan schedule; update regarding
Walpi Housing Management Agreement discussion held
with Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation and
report on work being conducted to clarify the Omnibus
Account - **Time Certain – June 20, 2022 – 9:00 a.m.
12. Health/Education Committee
13. Hopi Gaming Committee Report – Update on discussions and meetings held with Tonto Apache Tribe on
proposed casino near Winslow, AZ - **Time Certain –
June 20, 2022 – 1:00 p.m.
14. Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) – (Written)
2021 Annual Report and Planned Activities for 2022 and
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for"
HTI and its Subsidiary for year ending 2021– Carroll
Onsae, President/General Manager, Hopi Telecommunications, Inc.
15. Hopi Utilities Corporation (HUC) - (Written) 2021
Annual Report and planned activities for FY 2022, and
Audited Financial Statements for HUC for year ending
2021 – Carroll Onsae, President/General Manager, Hopi
Telecommunications, Inc.
16. Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) – (Written) – Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021 – LuAnn Leonard, Executive Director, Hopi Education Endowment
Fund – Anita Bahnimptewa, Tribal Council Representative, Village of Sipaulovi -
**Time Certain – June 21, 2022 – 1:00 p.m.
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Images of June 2022 Fires near Hopi’s Sacred Nuvatukya'ovi and Surrounding Areas
Billowing smoke clouds from the Pipeline Fire and Haywire Fire can be seen blowing northeastward towards Hopi lands and villages, late afternoon on Monday, June 13, 2022. The picture was
taken approximately 35 miles east of Flagstaff, Ariz. off of I40. Hopi’s precious and sacred Nuvatukya'ovi (San Francisco Peaks) seems to be choking as it is engulfed in smoke from the fire. According to the June 24, 2022 “BAER team completes Soil Burn Severity map for Pipeline Fire” News Release from Coconino National Forest, …”The BAER team assessing the Pipeline Fire determined
that approximately 1,310 acres (1%) of the fire is unburned, approximately 15,004 acres (56%) have low soil burn severity, approximately 9,141 acres (34%) sustained a moderate SBS and approximately 1,315 acres (5%) were identified as having high SBS.” Photo by Romalita Laban HT
Big smoke clouds from the Haywire Fire can be seen traveling eastward towards Hopi lands and villages, late afternoon on Monday, June 13, 2022. The
picture was taken off of I40, near Exit 225 while facing northwest, with the
cinder hills located on the Leupp Road in the background photo by Romalita
Laban HT
Ominous smoke clouds from two fires, the Pipeline Fire and Haywire Fire,
burning north and northeast of Flagstaff, Ariz., combined with Hopi land desert dust on a windy Monday, June 13, 2022. Photo taken on Hopi lands facing
west. The Pipeline Fire was man caused with the cause of the Haywire Fire
still remaining undetermined. Photo by Romalita Laban HT
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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
Now Seeking Hopi Youth
Applicants for Commission Logo
Submitted by: Staci Kaye, Executive
Advisor Office of the Vice Chairman
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 29, 2022 the
Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, (BEITC) has announced that it is seeking Hopi
youth (between the ages 15 - 25) to serve
on the Bears Ears Commission Logo Youth Committee.
During the Trump administration, the
Bears Ears Coalition, began as a non-profit organization made up of tribal leaders,
state commissioners and the Bears Ears
coalition staff. The coalition organized
and advocated for the Bears Ears monument, on behalf of the five tribal nations.
After the Bears Ears monument was re-established by President Biden, the Bears
Ears Commission became a federally recognized entity, made up of tribal leaders
from the five tribes that will collaborate
with the U.S. government to co-manage
the Bears Ears monument.
The focus of the newly formed Bears
Ears Commission Logo – Youth Committee will be to provide guidance and recommendations to graphic artist Mallery
Quetawki (Zuni Pueblo), who will be designing the new Bears Ears Commission
logo and new marketing designs.
Bears Ears Commission Reaches
Historic Agreement with Federal
Agencies for Co-Management of
Bears Ears National Monument
The workload of the Committee members will include email correspondence
and occasional ZOOM conference meetings, with a time commitment of 2-3 hours
per month with Coalition staff and artist.
The Committee will present a final design
that will be voted on and approved by the
Bears Ears Commission Leadership. Stipends will be awarded to each participant.
This is a great opportunity for resume
building, collaborative work experience,
and a chance to contribute to something
meaningful for the community.
To be considered to serve on the Committee, interested individuals will need to
submit a 350-word essay in Word format
by July 15, 2022 to Staci Kaye at Skaye@
hopi.nsn.us. The essay should address the
following question: How would you preserve and protect Hopi’s ancestral lands
such as Chaco Canyon, Bears Ears, Mesa
Verde, etc.?
For more information, please email Staci Kaye at Skaye@hopi.nsn.us or call 928734-3113.
Picture provided by original sender
Are you into drawing
Press Release
Submitted by: Staci Kaye, Executive
Advisor Office of the Vice Chairman
COMICS?
New Perspective - Education
by: Carl Onsae
Submit your comics to
consae@hopi.nsn.us
Or
Drawing comics is a great way to show your
drawing skills and your side of Hopi Humor.
If you have the skill and the humor to draw comics
for the Hopi Tutuveni
Call 928-734-3283
To find out more information.
DISCLAIMER: Comics submitted will become property of Hopi
Tutuveni. Name of artist will be
displayed and not edited when submitted. Hopi Tutuveni has
the right to publish submitted comics.
White Mesa, UT - Saturday June 18,
2022, the five Tribes of the Bears Ears
Inter-Tribal Coalition (BEITC) signed
a historic agreement at the White Mesa
Community Center, located on Ute Mountain Ute lands in Southeastern Utah. The
Hopi Tribe delegation consisted of Chairman Nuvangyaoma, Vice Chairman’s Executive Advisor Staci Kaye, Hopi Tribal
Council Member Marilyn Fredericks, and
Hopi Tribal member Troy Honanie Jr.
The five Coalition Tribes (Hopi Tribe,
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni,
Navajo Nation, and Ute Indian Tribe)
were principal signatories to a cooperative
agreement with federal agencies for the
co-management of the Bears Ears Nation-
al Monument. The cooperative agreement
will advance principles of Indigenous
Stewardship and sets the stage for Traditional Ecological Knowledge to guide the
monument’s management plan.
Following the signing of the cooperative agreement there was an unveiling of
the new Bears Ears National Monument
signs. The new signs contain seals representing each of the five Tribes that make
up the Bears Ears Commission and the
BEITC.
In the coming weeks the Coalition will
submit a comprehensive Land Management Plan (LMP) to federal agencies. The
LMP has been years in the making and
draws from traditional knowledge holders, Tribal historic preservation officials,
and other cultural leaders from each of the
Coalition Tribes.
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Hopi Day School Book Club - June 2022
Top-June 2022 Reader April Pavinyama. Below- Deborah Secakuku Baker Photo provided by: D. Secakuku Bake. Pictured next is Talon wiTth his book. all provided by original sender
Submitted by: Deborah Secakuku Baker
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - Monday, June 6, 2022 Hopi Day
School’s June Book Club hosted, special guest reader,
April Pavinyama. April is Sun Clan from Kykotsmovi
Village. She is also an alumnus of Hopi Day School
(HDS.) She is a graduate from White Cone High School
and served as Miss Hopi for the year 2011-2012. Pavinyama’s recent accomplishment is graduating from Coconino Community College in May of 2022.
April introduced us to the Berenstain Bears book collection authored originally by Stan and Jan Berenstain
that chronicles the adventures and experiences of the
Bear Family. These books cover a wide range of topics
and are illustrated with bright colors and enticing pictorials that depict the story.
April chose a three book collection titled, “Summer
Fun.”
She shared the first book in the three book collection
titled, “The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp.” It was the
perfect story for the month of June as students begin their
summer vacation. The book shared how Brother and
Sister Bear experienced summer day camp for the first
time. At first they were a little apprehensive, but after the
first day found themselves completely involved with all
the activity of the camp. The activities included playing
sports, engaging in arts and crafts, exploring nature with
the finale of preparing for an overnight camp out on top
of Skull Rock. The illustrations help you imagine what it
would be like to really be there.
April shared that she attended running camps in her
youth. I asked if she had ever felt apprehensive like the
characters in the book. “...Most definitely, you're always
nervous the first day, [you think] I don’t know anybody,
I wonder if my friends are going to be there…but you
get to make new friends once you get over that hurdle of
meeting new people.”
April added, “My mom would sign my brother and I up
for every youth related event or activity every summer”
while laughing. I asked, of all the activities we saw in the
book, what would be your favorite? April shared the Arts
and Crafts is what she would have enjoyed the most. She
continues to craft to this day and enjoys being creative.
Elisa Galleros, HDS Fifth grade teacher was part of the
conversation and shared how a book like, “Go to Camp”
helps encourage kids to participate in community activities like these. Kids being with other kids helps them
learn many skills that will help them in their academics
and their personal lives such as socialization and being
exposed to different things. Galleros also stated, “... the
importance of reading in the summer is so the lessons
learned during the school year will not be forgotten. The
book...Go To Camp is about play so it makes [it] (reading) fun! The reading of this book is not about academics
but is about fun. It is important for kids to read for fun!”
Tejay Montgomery, Chief School Administrator of
HDS shared that the benefits of having children attend
summer camp is huge. Especially since kids have not
been able to play together, interact, or plan for the past
couple of years. Montgomery also shared that reading to
your child for 20 minutes a night will help them experience an annual growth and that reading a book to a child
also brings families together. “Having those moments as
a family is very important.” Anyone in the family can
read to a child.
Pavinyama informed us that there is a Berenstain Bears
website located at: http://berenstainbears.com. This website will help you find information about the Berenstain
Bears books, information on the foundation of reading
and the authors, Video links for some of the books which
are now animated stories as well as a home shop and
much more.
Conversation of the book club helped parents find summer activity for their children on Hopi by contacting the
following: local village offices, the Hopi Library and the
First Mesa Youth Center in Polacca, Ariz. Families can
also create fun opportunities for their children.
The Book,”Berenstain Bears Go To Camp” shared by
Ms. April Pavinyama helped generate rich conversation
about helping kids stay involved and continue reading.
Hopi Day School would also like to thank April Pavinyama for donating two copies of the “Summer Fun”
collection of Berenstain Bears books to our school and
which was received by Talon, participant of the Hopi Day
School Book Club.
Our Special Reader for July is Dinah Pongyesva. Dinah is the Library Technician for the Hopi Tribe’s Department of Education and Workforce Development Public
Library Program. She is currently delivering services for
all ages at the branch library located at the Peace Academic Center in Kykotsmovi, Ariz. Dinah is a member
of the Hopi Tribe and of the Wild Mustard clan. Dinah is
also a member of the Arizona Library Association, American Library Association and the Arizona Tribal Libraries
Association. Pongyesva brings with her a deep interest in
teaching young children early literacy skills.
Dinah will share the book, “The Water Protectors”
by Carole Lindstrom during the July presentation of the
Hopi Day School Book Club on July 4, 2022 at 6 p.m.
on KUYI Hopi Radio, 88.1fm/88.9lpfm and at kuyi.net.
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Hopi Tutuveni July 6, 2022
Film Photography and a Hopi June
Wedding Reception
Community Health
Representatives Proudly
Welcomed Four New
Community Health Aides
Image of Polaroid photo posted on Facebook by Deidra Dukepoo. Carl Onsae, HT Photographer took the
picture and presented it to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dukepoo, and many others, at the Newlywed Couple’s
Wedding reception held on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at the Village of Orayvi. photo by Deidra Dukepoo
Carl Onsae, Hopi Tutuveni
Orayvi, Ariz. – June 26, 2022 and film photography has been the staple way of capturing
moments in time for many years. It has taken
years to develop and perfect the formula for a
perfect picture.
Today, with social media and cell phone use,
anyone can capture a moment in time, and you
don’t need to hire a photographer to do it.
Film photography has become yesterday’s
news and is slowly dying, even in a world such
as the Hopi culture, where time is not a thing,
where Hopi culture still thrives from well over
2000 years ago.
Hopis have become accustomed to modern
technology in their everyday lives, although
they may still lack the connectivity needed for
fully functional technology. With digital cameras, film has become a thing of the past.
I was recently invited to a wedding reception over the weekend to take photos on my
digital camera. When the couple informed
me they would have a timeless theme which
included having gold, black and casual attire,
it compelled me to grab my Polaroid camera
with the spare film I had in stock.
I made my way about three miles east from
my home village of Hotevilla towards the
oldest, continuously inhabited village in the
United States, Orayvi. Talking about going
somewhere timeless, I couldn’t help but feel
that grabbing my Polaroid was one of the best
photographer’s decisions one could make.
Mind you, taking a camera to Orayvi is not
something one does lightly, mainly because
there is a sign that reminds everyone that pictures are not allowed by visitors, so I took my
invite as a privilege on that particular day. Especially since I was on my way as a guest, to
also extend congratulations to the happy newlywed, “Mr. and Mrs. Dukepoo.”
When I got to the Orayvi Village building,
which is relatively new, I pulled out my Pola-
roid camera, which quickly got the attention of
those in attendance. It was almost like I could
see people being thrown back to the early 80s
and 90s when Polaroids reigned supreme for
capturing on-the-scene images, which no other
device could do back in the day.
I then began to take authentic Polaroids of
guests, couples, children, and families. All Polaroid photos were given to those who posed as
subjects. They quickly showed eagerness and
even seemed shocked that anyone with a Polaroid camera in their vicinity was still possible
in 2022 in the 21st century.
It is rare to see how Hopi people react to
Polaroid pictures taken of them, which some
may have thought were a thing of the past.
Especially now that Hopi people have grown
accustomed to modern technology.
When I took the Polaroid pictures of the
guests at this wedding reception, everyone
wanted one of those treasures. As if they were
holding something of the past, and something
where a moment was captured right then and
there, all at the same time.
Of course, you can capture a photo with
your phone and post it on social media, but
when you find yourself holding an actual picture in your hand, you feel it is personal to you
and want to watch it being developed and share
it in the presence of your close friends.
Polaroid is not dead, not just a thing of the
past. There are still places in the state of Arizona and all over the country that still develop
and sell the film. So, if you want an authentic
place to buy Polaroid film, just go to their website and purchase film there.
For this Hopi photographer, I know this can
keep the business of photography alive, and it
keeps our memories close to our hearts, too.
What better way to aid in marking a celebration for the love of two young Hopis with all
their dearly beloveds.
’22 CHAs Left to Right: W.Tewanema, L.Leslie, D.Quochytewa, E. Sidney
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 8, 2022 the
Second Annual 2022 Summer Community Health Aide (CHA) Program is kicking off in full swing. On June 6, 2022,
the Community Health Representatives
(CHRs) proudly welcomed four new
CHAs, Waynelle Tewanema, Lynnice
Leslie, Delayna Quochytewa, and Evonne
Sidney to our team.
Over the next eight weeks, the CHAs
will be working alongside a CHR, getting
the ultimate hands-on experience, on and
off the Hopi reservation, by providing
care to existing clientele, partaking in various community events, training sessions,
health fairs, obtain their CPR/First Aid
certification, as well as aiding in COVID
Testing and test kit distributions.
These experiences will provide them
with valuable new tools and resources to
positively impact their daily lives and to
empower them to be our leaders of tomorrow.
Meet Your Future Healthcare Workers
Waynelle Tewanema is a recent graduate of Flagstaff High School, from the Village of Tewa. As a CHA, Waynelle hopes
to gain hands-on experience to help her
prepare for her next steps as she furthers
her education at Coconino Community
College.
Delayna Quochytewa will be starting
her senior year of high school in the fall
of 2022 and joins us from the Village of
Kykotsmovi. While working as a CHA
for the summer, Delayna hopes to gain
knowledge of the different health issues
that exist on the Hopi reservation. Her
ultimate goal is to become a Registered
Nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Lynnice Leslie will also be starting
her senior year in high school in the
fall of 2022 and comes from the Village
of Kykotsmovi. Lynnice hopes to gain
knowledge of current health topics so that
in the future, she may come back to the
reservation to help her community. Lynnice’s ultimate goal is to become a pediatrician because of her love for children
and medicine.
Evonne Sidney is from the Village of
Shungopavi and will be finishing her high
school years with the class of 2023. After
graduation, Evonne plans to attend Fort
Lewis College pursuing a degree in the
area of Pharmacy. During her time as a
CHA, Evonne hopes to get insight into her
desired profession and gain familiarity of
the health field.
Please join us in welcoming these
young ladies aboard. The CHAs are excited to visit and offer a helping hand in each
community this summer, so don’t miss
your chance to meet them. We invite you
all to come out and give our young ladies
words of encouragement as they are our
future health care providers.
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Hopivewat, Inc Receives $48,130
Hopi Tribal Enrollment Office
Award from The Association of Tribal
Provides Tribal Membership Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Count as of June 8, 2022
News Release
Romalita Laban, Managing Editor –
Hopi Tutuveni
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 9, 2022 and
according to an email notification provided through the Hopi Tribe Inter-department to system recipients, Dione A. Naha,
Enrollment Coordinator, Hopi Tribe En-
Naha further noted that the Membership Count by Village table “reflect those
counts” in reference to the 36 New Tribal
Members and added that the information
is also available on the Tribal Website under the Office of Enrollment. The link to
rollment Office provided the following,
“On 6/8/2022, Tribal Council approved
36 New Tribal Members…”
Also included as an attachment in the
notification was the most current membership counts by village (affiliation), shared
in table format depicted below:
the information is: www.hopi-nsn.gov/
tribal -services/tribal-membership/
Should you have any questions regarding Enrollment Services, the Hopi Tribe
Enrollment Office can be reached at: 928734-3152.
Hopi Tutuveni wants your AD’s
Call or email us to get a quote TODAY!
928-734-3283 or
rlaban@hopi.nsn.us
Kykotsmovi, AZ – Hopivewat, Inc received a $48130 grant through the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) American Rescue Plan:
Humanities Grants for Native Institutions.
This grant opportunity is intended to help
Native Cultural Institutions to recover from
the COVID-19 pandemic and provide humanities programming to their communities.
Funds were provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 passed by
the U.S. Congress.
Funds support the Documenting the Impact
of Covid-19 on the Hopi Community Project
that will conduct a virtual oral history project and digital curation time capture featuring
stories of the Hopi COVID-19 experience.
“Hopivewat Learning Center mission is to
create a home for preserving, sharing, learning, teaching navoti and lavayi, perpetuating
survival of Hopivewat (Hopi cultural ways)
for all. During COVID-19 we stopped having a lot of our ceremonies and lost many important people are in our lives. We are still
healing, and it is our hopes through this community project we can provide the oral history about this time to be passed on to future
generations about resilience, hope, faith and
humbleness,” Colleen Lucero Hopivewat Directing Manager.
“COVID-19 hit Tribal communities particularly hard. The pandemic is not only responsible for the loss of culture keepers, Native
language speakers, elders, and government
leaders, but also the closure of cultural institutions, furloughed staff, and reduced programming,” said ATALM President Susan Feller.
“This opportunity will provide much-needed
financial support and create humanities-based
programs that bring cultural practitioners and
the public together in a dialogue that embraces the civic and cultural life of Native communities.”
Hopivewat, Inc was selected by an independent Peer Review Committee and is one
out of 84 awardees to receive funding. Other awardees representing 25 states include
Tribal governments and Native nonprofit
organizations, as well as higher education
institutions and non-native nonprofit organizations working in partnership with state or
federally recognized tribal entities. A total of
$3.26 million was granted. A list of grantees
is available at www.atalm.org
“The National Endowment for the Humanities is grateful to the Association of Tribal
Archives, Libraries, and Museums for the
association’s important work in administering American Rescue Plan funding to help
Native American cultural institutions recover
from the pandemic,” said NEH Chair Shelly
C. Lowe (Navajo). “These grants provide
valuable humanities resources to tribal communities and represent a lifeline to the many
Native heritage sites and cultural centers that
are helping preserve and educate about Indigenous history, traditions, and languages.”
ABOUT THE HOPIVEWAT LEARNING
CENTER
The Hopivewat Learning Center became a
501(c)3 in 2017 under the support and guidance of the Hopi Tribal Council, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office and the Hopivewat
Task Team. The Hopivewat Learning Centers
overall vision is to embraces the values of the
Hopi and Tewa
communities, perpetuate and maintain the
Hopi and Tewa cultures using traditional values and principles.
HOPIVEWAT Inc.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the
Humanities supports research and learning
in history, literature, philosophy, and other
areas of the humanities by funding selected,
peer-reviewed proposals from around the
nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its
grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) is an international association dedicated to preserving
and advancing the language, history, culture,
and lifeways of Indigenous peoples. Founded in 2010, ATALM maintains a network of
support for Indigenous cultural programs,
provides professional development training, enables collaboration among tribal and
non-tribal cultural institutions, and advocates
for programs and funding to sustain the cultural sovereignty of Native Nations. To learn
more, visit www.atalm.org
Hopi Tutuveni July 6, 2022
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Dog Attack Leads to Tragedy
LEGALS
Hopi Tribe Officials ask for the Community’s
Cooperation with Animal Control Ordinance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 13, 2022 and
this weekend a person was tragically attacked by a pack of dogs in the Village of
Hotevilla. This latest attack is one of several over the past few months that include
dog bites, amputations, and in this latest
case, injuries so severe they lead to the
victim’s death.
“A tragedy such as this affects our entire
tribe both on and off the reservation,” said
Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Tribal Chairman.
“It has also led us to develop a calculated response in enforcing the Hopi Animal
Control Ordinance to help prevent occurrences from ever happening again.”
The “Hopi Tribal Ordinance #61, Sub
Section 8.00 Animal Bites” addresses
the threat created by animals who are not
restrained, and Sub Section 14.00 Disposition of Vicious Animals” allows for the
euthanizing of unwanted dogs that roam
the Hopi communities, in order to ensure
safety of all residents.
Tribal Officials are asking residents to
take an active approach and report any
stray dogs to their Village administration
personnel.
Pet owners are encouraged to have
their animals vaccinated with the rabies
shot, in addition to being neutered/spayed.
Animals are allowed to roam freely unless
they create a threat to the public.
At this time there are no plans to release
the identity of the victim in this case. An
ongoing investigation will continue.
Any new information will be released as
it is warranted. Questions may be directed
to: Ronald Honyumptewa, Director - Department of Public Safety & Emergency
Services (928)734-366.
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Hopi Tribe
928 737 6362 (w)
928 497 1622 (c) text or call
Email: Sami@hopi.nsn.us
WE ARE
HIRING
Job Position:
Loan Processor/Collector/
Financial Educator
For information contact:
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M.
through 5:00 P.M. Closed for lunch 12:00 to
1:00 P.M., second Tuesday’s of each month
10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., closed for lunch 1:00
to 2:00 P.M.
Apply online: Itcawic.itcastars.net/apply
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Email: lisa@hopicredit.us
Phone: (928) 738-2205
Website: https://hopicredit.us
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Full time: 40 hours/week
Benefits:
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HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES
Hopi Tutuveni July 6, 2022
***The June 8, 2022 Hopi Department of Health & Human Services COVID-19 Update is the last update received and being repeated for continuity sake while the DHHS is being RELOCATED to Turquoise well site. Once the DHHS is set up and
has access to a secure network, Hopi Tutuveni will provide an updated report in the next publication, once received.***
Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency
Response June 8, 2022 Report
KYKOTSMOVI, AZ –June 8, 2022 This data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s website
“COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.
Hopi Health Care Center – Community COVID-19 Testing & Vaccination Information
COVID-19 vaccines are available in the afternoons on Mondays and Wednesdays for the
month of March for those 5 years and older. To schedule an appointment call (928) 737-6148 or
737-6081. Appointments are required. For questions about COVID-19 vaccines please call (928)
737-6198 or 737-6197.
COVID-19 Testing Drive-up Testing schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 8:15–9:30
AM. Enter at the west entrance & drive around back. Mask must be worn by everyone in your
vehicle. Please stay in your vehicle at all times. To schedule for testing or for more information
please call (928) 737-6187 or 6233.
A COVID-19 Hotline has been created by the Hopi Health Care Center to assist with all
COVID-19 related questions and service requests. The hotline is open Monday–Friday from 8
AM–5 PM. To contact the COVID-19 hotline please call (928) 737-6187.
TUBA CITY REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (TCRHCC) – COMMUNITY
COVID-19 TESTING & VACCINATION INFORMATION:
To all Moenkopi residents: Testing, and now vaccinations, at TCRHCC are being held at the
outdoor tent Monday – Friday from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time. Rapid and
CEPHEID tests can take approximately 3 hours. Send out tests can take 2-3 days. The address
for Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation is 167 N. Main Street, Tuba City, AZ. For more
information regarding Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation’s COVID-19 vaccination
clinic and testing, please call 1-866-976-5941. TCRHCC now has at-home COVID-19 test kits
available for the community. To request a test kit please go through the drive up tent from 8:00
AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time or go to the pharmacy drive up window after hours.
FREE AT-HOME COVID-19 TESTS:
You can now order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the U.S. government at covidtests.gov
by calling 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489). Only 4 tests come in an order and only two
orders per household. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. Please do not wait to order your tests
when you have been exposed or become symptomatic as the tests will not arrive in enough time
for you to be tested. So please order them now so that you and your loved ones can be prepared.
Households that did not place their first order of test kits, can now place their first AND second
order. They must complete the ordering process above two (2) times to place both a first and second order (for a total of 8 test kits).
FREE N-95 MASKS
The CDC now has a resource on their website where you can see a list of local pharmacies that
have free N-95 masks by using your zip code. Click here or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888720-7489).
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION CALCULATOR:
The CDC now has a Quarantine and Isolation calculator that helps determine how long you
need to isolate or quarantine.
(TABLE ON PG 5)
“CDC is recommending that moderately or severely immunocompromised 5–11-year-olds receive an additional primary dose of vaccine 28 days after their second shot.” Remember that the
only vaccine that 5-17 year olds are eligible for is Pfizer.
SOURCE: Different COVID-19 Vaccines – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SYMPTOMS, QUARANTINE, AND ISOLATION:
Watch for Symptoms - people with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported –
ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to
the virus and can range from mild to severe. The following are COVID-19 symptoms that people
may experience:
• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
•New loss of taste or smell
•Sore throat
•Congestion or runny nose
•Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
This list does not include all possible symptoms. CDC will continue to update this list as we
learn more about COVID-19. Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious
complications from COVID-19 illness.”
Currently, the local health department and HHCC are implement the previously recommended
CDC guidelines which is a 10 day isolation for those who test positive and a 14 day quarantine
for those exposed to an infected individual.
(GLOSSARY ON PG. 5)
Be aware that when someone tests positive they became contagious 2 days before they developed symptoms, or if they are not experiencing symptoms 2 days before they tested positive not
the day they received their results. If someone was less than 6 feet away from a potential positive
case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24 hour period they would be considered
a close contact regardless of whether or not both parties were wearing masks. For example, Molly
was within 6 feet of Craig on Thursday night for 10 minutes and on Friday morning for 5 minutes.
Craig developed symptoms Saturday evening, was tested for COVID on Monday, and received
their results on Wednesday. Because Molly was within 6 feet of Craig for a total of 15 minutes
over a 24 hour period within the 2 day timeframe she is now considered to be a close contact. If
you have been identified as a close contact you may or may not need to quarantine depending on
your vaccination status.
If an unvaccinated individual that is not positive is having to take care of someone that is infected, they will need to quarantine for 14 days beginning on the infected person’s 10th day of
isolation, with that day being Day 0 and the following day being Day 1. That means the caregiver
could potentially be out of work for 24 days. If a vaccinated person that is not positive is having
to take care of someone that is infected, they will not have to quarantine but will need to get
tested 5 days from the 10th day of the infected person’s isolation. If a vaccinated person develops
symptoms while caring for an infected person they will need to get tested as soon as possible and
remain at home until they receive their results.
Re-testing of COVID-19 Positive Employees. Per guidance and alignment with HHCC, CDC,
state and local health departments, and OSHA workplace guidance for COVID-19 re-testing of
positive or suspected COVID-19 employees before they return to work, nor providing letters to
go back to work is not recommended.
The recommended reason for not re-testing is an individual may continue to test positive on
a viral test long after they are recovered from COVID-19. These dead viral particles will turn
viral tests positive even though they cannot cause disease in others. The Hopi Health Care Center
strongly encourages employers to use the CDC’s symptom and criteria below even if they continue to test positive. Once they meet the three criteria, they are no longer considered infectious
to others. However, if the employee was severely ill (hospitalized) or in immunocompromised,
plead advise them to visit their primary care provide before returning to work.
The “checklist” below has been updated as of the most recent COVID-19 guidelines from the
CDC and will be used by employers to determine when an employee with confirmed COVID-19
may return to work safely. For additional questions, please call the Hopi Health Care Center
COVID-19 hotline (928) 737-6188.
□ It’s been at last ten days since I first had symptoms or received my positive diagnosis if I’ve
not had symptoms (please note date of first symptoms: (________)
□ Overall my symptoms have improved and I am feeling better.
□ It’s been at least 72 hours since I last had a fever without using fever-reducing medicine.
If you checked all three boxes, you are no longer a considered at risk to infect others and can
go back to work!
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HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES
Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency Response June 8. 2022 Report, Cont.
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Are you into drawing
COMICS?
Submit your comics to
consae@hopi.nsn.us
Or
Call 928-734-3283
To find out more
Drawing comics is a great way to show your
drawing skills and your side of Hopi Humor.
If you have the skill and the humor to draw comics
for the Hopi Tutuveni
DISCLAIMER: Comics submitted will become property of Hopi
Tutuveni. Name of artist will be
displayed and not edited when submitted. Hopi Tutuveni has
the right to publish submitted comics.
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Hopi Tutuveni July 6, 2022
Have you ever wanted to leave the reservation to find
a better place? Have you ever wanted to go to a tropical
beach and sit there all day while sipping pineapple juice?
It seems that Hopis are like that; they hate the reservation.
They hate how it looks; it looks bland, almost like those
khaki pants that we all wore once in middle school.
Hopi is a boring place. We have no restaurants, no nightlife other than the village meth heads screaming around.
We have no lakes, boats, or fishing. We don’t even have a
bowling alley or any mall-like in middle America.
So, what does the reservation offer us? Hmm, that’s a
mystery; I mean, we still have our culture, our dances,
our language, and our community.
When I was a mush head kitten growing up, I didn’t
know that there was so much in the world; we were only
taught that Hopi is where your heart is and we should take
care of it.
Don’t get me wrong, I know there is beauty on the
Hopi reservation, but for me, lately, it’s not in the villages. Maybe I am just a cynical cat during these pandemic
times.
Recall, I believe I have shared that I was once told that
one must go outside the reservation to find beauty on the
Hopi lands. And when I did, they were right. I saw beauty in the world other than the reservation. I saw timeless beauty, not old cars in front of houses, and I saw the
greens and blues of the earth. It was more colorful than
the khaki pants I see every day on my path lately.
Many of you are probably cursing me out by now, but
that’s ok; we can see beauty in anything we want and are
entitled to our opinions. Also, let me tell you, as a cat that
lays around most of the day without a care in the world,
Hopis seem to do the same thing about their appearance,
like my owner, but I digress.
It seems that some of us don’t care about our homes.
We leave trash everywhere and teach our children that
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throwing away trash means going it on the corner, hoping
someone will come by and pick up our used water bottles.
But that’s just a fraction of what we do regarding loving
ourselves and our spaces in some of our Hopi communities.
So, what can we do about it? Well, I don’t know; we
must first learn to respect ourselves before we respect
Mother Nature and what she’s worth. As Hopis, it seems
we have lost that respect for ourselves; we hate the world
and what it stands for now, and we have become so political like the white man. And we have become the very
thing our ancestors fought against.
But how can we gain it all back? We have libraries with
supplies to bring back our native language and schools
across the Hopi reservation that dedicate themselves to
teaching Hopi first, but is it enough? Is it enough to keep
us alive? Is it sufficient to help us see a natural beauty
again on the Hopi reservation?
Don’t get me wrong; I may have overlooked those
Hopi men and women who are still striving to teach their
children the importance of how to be Hopi, but is that still
enough to keep us from seeing the ugly part of Hopi and
instead focusing on the beauty of Hopi itself?
Yes, we have poverty, drugs, and city problems like
gang-related crimes. But we hide it so well we become
the problem by not moving to solve these problems on
the Hopi reservation. In my humble cat opinion, it seems
that Hopis aren’t natural leaders. Only a few are. We are
followers of a natural leader or a mongwi. We still hold
to our clan lineage and our duties, but for some of us, we
are just followers.
When I was growing up, I had friends that would always want to play cops and robbers, and just like any
kid, we all wanted to be the cops because we were brainwashed into thinking they were the only good guys
around; they stood for something good, like in the car-
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toons we watched. But when we wanted to play cowboys
and Indians, we all wanted to be the cowboys because, in
the movies and books, the pahana writers always depicted the cowboys as the winners. We saw Indians as dirty
savages like those shown in the Saturday morning cartoons. We came so brainwashed that we only saw white
as good. I know…it sounds so sad.
BUT, as I got older, I noticed that Hopi is so colorful, and I fell in love with the proudness of being Hopi. I
wanted to become that savior like in Dances with Wolves.
I wanted to become Kevin Costner but the Indian version
of him. I wanted to help my community so much that I
wanted them to see that there is a color on the Hopi reservation other than khaki. But when reality hit me like
a sock full of Indian-head nickels, I felt betrayed by my
people, as if they didn’t want to see the color as I had seen
it. It seemed that they wanted to wear Target store-colored uniforms, khaki pants, and a red shirt. The saying
must be true, “You can’t teach old dogs new tricks.” So,
for like a minute, I became like the lifeless Hopis you see
here on the Hopi reservation, ever since I saw the new
Dark Wind movie.
But it can change; we can learn from our mistakes and
past and learn new tricks if we strive to see the color
again.
So, my advice is that if there is still hope on the Hopi
reservation, we can solve our problems with drinking and
drugs that still plague the villages. We can become true
Indians and fight back against the cowboys and WIN. And
we can see the beauty of the Hopi villages once again.
Never give up hope; never say it is what it is because we
are survivors, and that’s all that matters. But then again…
sitting at a beach while sipping on pineapple juice doesn’t
sound too bad.
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Supreme Court rejects EPA authority
Will tribes be the ‘last line of defense’ or opt for more coal development?
Mark Trahant
ICT
The Supreme Court said Thursday the Environmental
Protection Agency does not have the authority to regulate
greenhouse gas emissions without specific authority from
Congress. The decision raises new questions about the
power of government in the age of climate change.
The vote was 6 to 3 with conservatives in the majority.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will
force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal
to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the
crisis of the day,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his
opinion for the court.
But Roberts wrote that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give
EPA the authority to do so and that Congress must speak
clearly on this subject.
The Chief Justice called this decision “a major questions case.” That is the notion that federal agencies cannot answer questions of “vast economic or political significance” without specific legislation from Congress. In
this case Congress enacted the Clean Air Act but that law
does not include the EPA’s regulations.
In the Obama administration the EPA set out rules that
would have promoted a generational shift away from
coal-fired power plants to fuel sources, such as natural
gas, that have less impact on climate change.
“EPA claimed to discover an unheralded power representing a transformative expansion of its regulatory authority in the vague language of a long-extant, but rarely
used, statute designed as a gap filler. That discovery allowed it to adopt a regulatory program that Congress had
conspicuously declined to enact itself, the court held.
“It is EPA (that’s the Environment Protection Agency,
in case the majority forgot) acting to address the greatest
environmental challenge of our time,” wrote Associate
Justice Elena Kagan in the dissent. She said the “how” of
generation shifting creates no mismatch with the EPA’s
expertise.
Janene Yazzie, Southwest regional director for NDN
Collective, said a lot of tribes have modeled their own
regulations on EPA regulations. This will be confusing
and it could lead to tribes attempting to increase coal production. “I imagine particularly when we do have leadership, that seems very indecisive about the direction they
want to take regarding the future of coal and coal development on our nations, that such a ruling would also lead
to tribes, replicating that when they're trying to salvage
what's left of their coal economy.”
She said the challenge for environmentalists is to fight
harder.
“We're at a time where the entire globe agrees that there
is no future for coal,” she said. “That is not economical,
that is not healthy, that it is not going to contribute to a
viable future for our planet.”
She said tribes will be at a junction point.”They could
either be the last line of defense in protecting our communities and responding and adequate and effective ways to
mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change and
face climate reality. Or they could allow this to be another devastating blow to the future of our children and the
future of our peoples.”
Last week Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez told
ICT that coal will be around for a long time and that there
is still a market for coal. He said other nations, like China,
are still burning coal. "You know, if there's a way that we
can transport it, maybe south into Mexico, and out those
are opportunities that, of course we're, we're looking at."
First, the court did not need to weigh in. The regulations
that offended the coal industry, and states with large coal
economies, had been withdrawn. There was no pending
issue for the court to decide. Still, Roberts wrote: “There
is little question that the petitioner States are injured,
since the rule requires them to more stringently regulate
power plant emissions within their borders.”
The court’s majority wanted to take on this issue and
limit the power of government.
The second issue is broader. This decision comes at a
moment when markets, not the government, is ending
coal as a viable energy source. Just last week the Idaho
Power Company said it was ending the purchase of any
coal sourced energy six years ahead of schedule. More
utilities have strategic plans to end their use of coal as
soon as possible. (The impact of coal on the climate is
two and one-half times greater than other fossil fuels.)
The Bank of Japan announced recently it would no longer
finance any coal-related investment.
“Even China is like having a serious self-reflection
moment right now in terms of what their coal industry means, and they are heavily dependent upon it, but
they're still also facing that reality that they're gonna have
to shift,” Yazzie said. “It’s more economical to not build
more coal-fired power plants in that they really do need
to invest in the transition to cleaner and more renewable
energy.”
Conservatives on the court have been challenging the
power of government at a variety of levels, ranging from
the response by the Centers for Disease Control in the
pandemic, to this clean air regulation.
The Biden administration has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by half before the end of
the decade and to have net zero emission standards by
2035. Coal-fired power plants represent a little more than
a third of all electricity and about the same amount of
greenhouse gas emissions.
The United Nations has said there is no way for the
planet to reach greenhouse gas emission goals without
retiring coal as an energy source.
There was immediate reaction from climate-related activists across the country.
"Climate chaos and the devastation of its impact are
here. Indigenous knowledge and leadership are key to
addressing the climate crisis," said a statement from the
Ikiya Collective, a frontline-led group of femme, queer,
two-spirit Black, Indigenous, and people of the global
majority organizing in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.
"Yesterday, SCOTUS delivered a blow to our tribal
sovereignty. last week it was bodily sovereignty and our
Miranda rights. We know violence to our land, air and
water results in violence to our body," the collective said.
"Climate change and bodily sovereignty are directly related. Voting and party lines will not get us out of the
mess white supremacy and capitalism has created. Fossil
fuel pollution and the denial of bodily sovereignty create
disproportionate harm on Black, Indigenous, low income
and communities of the global majority. The unjust political and corporate greed seeking to block reproductive
justice and climate justice are one in the same evil. We
will not sit idly by."
“The MAGA Court took a sledge hammer to EPA’s
most important tool to deal with one of our biggest sources of climate pollution. It’s more important than ever for
Congress to take bold and immediate climate action to
reduce our dangerous and costly dependence on fossil fuels. Climate disasters are already ravaging our country,
and this is our last, best chance to avert catastrophe. Transitioning to clean energy will cut household energy bills
and prices at the pump for families feeling the pain of
inflation," said Lori Lodes, executive director of Climate
Power. “Despite today’s dangerous and deeply disturbing
decision, there is still room for the EPA to exercise its
authority – and duty – to cut climate pollution. The Biden
Administration should act quickly and issue the strongest
rule possible.
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Experts: US Court fractures decades of
Native American law
By FELICIA FONSECA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme
Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute
some crimes on Native American land is fracturing
decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves
on their own territory, legal experts say.
The Wednesday ruling is a marked departure from
federal Indian law and veers from the push to increase tribes’ ability to prosecute all crimes on reservations — regardless of who is involved. It also
cast tribes as part of states, rather than the sovereign nations they are, infuriating many across Indian
Country.
“The majority (opinion) is not firmly rooted in the
law that I have dedicated my life to studying and the
history as I know it to be true,” said Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, an assistant law professor at Stanford
University who is enrolled at Nambé Pueblo in New
Mexico. ”And that’s just really concerning,”
Federal authorities largely maintained exclusive
jurisdiction to investigate serious, violent crime on
reservations across much of the U.S. when the suspect or victim is Native American. The 5-4 decision
from the high court in a case out of Oklahoma means
states will share in that authority when the suspect is
not Native American and the victim is.
Criminal justice on tribal lands can be a tangled
web already, and the ruling will likely present new
thorny questions about jurisdiction, possible triple
jeopardy and how to tackle complicated crimes in
remote areas where resources are stretched thin.
States had power to prosecute crimes involving only
non-Natives on reservations even before this week’s
Supreme Court ruling.
“It will have an impact in Indian Country, so only
the future will tell us if it’s good or not,” said Robert
Miller, a law professor at Arizona State University
and citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe. “Is it better to have more criminal prosecutions, more governments enforcing crimes or less?”
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a scathing dissent
joined by the court’s three liberal members, saying
“one can only hope the political branches and future courts will do their duty to honor this Nation’s
promises even as we have failed today to do on our
own.”
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. of the Cherokee
Nation said the court “failed in its duty to honor this
nation’s promises, defied Congress’s statutes and
accepted the ‘lawless disregard of the Cherokee’s
sovereignty.’”
It’s unclear how the decision ultimately will play
out for tribes, but there is precedent. Congress established a law in 1953 that’s known as PL-280, partly
to relieve the federal government of funding public safety on some reservations. The law resulted in
state authority over crime in several states, including Alaska and California where about three-fifths
of the 574 federally recognized tribes are based.
As in the decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta,
tribes did not consent. Neither Congress then nor the
Supreme Court now funded the expansion of state
authority on tribal land.
“That’s far from the first time,” said Lauren van
Schilfgaarde, a member of Cochiti Pueblo in New
Mexico who directs the Tribal Legal Development
Clinic at the UCLA. “Federal Indian law is just littered with cases in which tribes were denied the opportunity to speak on their own behalf.”
Federal authorities have long been criticized for
declining to prosecute cases in Indian Country —
roughly a third, according to the U.S. Department of
Justice. Authorities in PL-280 states also have been
criticized for a lack of response to crime in Indian
Country, where law enforcement officers often must
travel long distances to investigate reported crimes.
Tribes asserted in court filings and elsewhere that
the federal government — which has a political relationship with tribes through treaties and acts of Congress — is the appropriate sovereign entity to handle
criminal matters. Congress maintains control over
Native American and Alaska Native affairs, which
are overseen by the Department of Interior.
States have no such obligation to tribes.
“One of the interesting things for me is how the
priority question shakes out,” said Kevin Washburn,
who is Chickasaw and dean of the University of Iowa’s law school. “That is, will feds take primacy or
will state prosecutors take primacy in cases? And
how do they decide who will be first or who will
move at all?” asked Washburn, a former assistant
Interior secretary for Indian Affairs.
While the Supreme Court ruling is an expansion
of power for states, it doesn’t come with a similar
increase for tribes. A 1978 high court ruling stripped
tribes of any criminal jurisdiction over non-Natives
on their reservations. The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013 restored some of
that authority in limited domestic violence cases and
further expanded it earlier this year.
Less than 1% of federally recognized tribes in the
U.S. have implemented that authority, with one of
the most recent being the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community outside Phoenix. It raises the
possibility of tribes, the state and the feds prosecuting a suspect for the same offense. Another U.S.
Supreme Court ruling issued last month said tribal
members prosecuted in certain tribal courts also can
be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal
court.
Most tribes can sentence convicted offenders to
only a year in jail, regardless of the crime. A 2010
federal law increased tribes’ sentencing authority to
three years for a single crime, but few tribes have
met the federal requirements to use that authority.
That includes having public defenders, establishing
or updating criminal codes, and having law-trained
judges.
Oklahoma has its own unique history on tribal
affairs, including a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as McGirt v. Oklahoma that said a large
chunk of the eastern part of the state remains a Native American reservation. That ruling, written by
Gorsuch, left the state unable to prosecute Native
Americans accused of crimes on tribal lands that include most of Tulsa, the state’s second-largest city
with a population of about 413,000.
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider McGirt. Oklahoma filed a flurry of petitions related
to the case, leading to the most recent decision on
state power over crime on reservations that extends
broadly across the U.S. Justice Brett Kavanaugh,
writing for the majority, said the state’s interest lies
in protecting all victims of crime.
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum, a Republican, applauded the ruling and pledged to work with the state and
the tribal nations “who are our partners in building
a safe city.”
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Grand Canyon won't seek volunteers to kill bison
The bison herd on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has grown too large and is damaging the park’s environment, which is why state and federal wildlife officials are planning a limited hunt as
one way to manage the herd (File photo by Kianna Gardner/Cronkite News)
Felicia Fonseca
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A bison herd that lives almost
exclusively in the northern reaches of Grand Canyon National Park won't be targeted for lethal removal there this
fall.
The park used skilled volunteers selected through a
highly competitive and controversial lottery last year to
kill bison, part of a toolset to downsize the herd that's
been trampling meadows and archaeological sites on the
canyon's North Rim.
Introducing the sound of gunfire and having people
close to the bison was meant to nudge the massive animals back to the adjacent forest where they legally could
be hunted. But the efforts had little effect.
“They just kind of moved a bit from where the activity occurred, and sometimes they'd come back the next
day,” said Grand Canyon wildfire program manager Greg
Holm.
New surveys also have shown the herd is closer to the
goal of about 200, down from an estimated 500 to 800
animals when the park approved a plan to quickly cut
the size of the herd. The park is now working with other
agencies and groups on a long-term plan for managing
the bison, an animal declared America's national mammal
in 2016 and depicted on the National Park Service logo.
Hunting over hundreds of years and a genetic bottleneck nearly left the animals that once numbered in the
tens of millions extinct in the U.S. Federal wildlife authorities now support about 11,000 bison in about a dozen
states, including the largest herd on public land at Yellow-
stone National Park.
Yellowstone, which spans 3,500 square miles in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, also is developing a new
management plan for the roughly 5,500 bison there. It's
working with Native American tribes, state agencies and
other groups to find ways to reduce the number of bison
sent to slaughter.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota
regularly rounds up bison using helicopters and corrals,
then transfers some of the animals to tribes, other states
and national parks. Without natural predators, bison herds
can grow quickly and strain the resources, the park says.
The Grand Canyon herd didn't always live within the
park's boundaries, where they can be seen along the highway leading to the North Rim entrance. The bison are
descendants of those brought to Arizona in the 1900s as
part of a crossbreeding experiment with cattle.
The animals increasingly recognized they could be
hunted on the adjacent national forest and sought refuge
in the national park. Hunting isn't allowed at national
parks, but the agency has authority to kill animals that
harm resources, using park staff or volunteers.
Most of the bison at Grand Canyon have been removed
by corralling them and transferring them to Native American tribes that have been trying to reestablish herds on
their land. A controversial pilot project last fall sought
skilled volunteers to shoot up to 12 of the animals.
More than 45,000 people applied for the chance. Ultimately, 10 were picked, and they were able to kill four
bison. Although the animals are massive, they're quick
and agile and can hide among thick stands of trees.
Grand Canyon officials say they won't repeat the pro-
gram this fall, but it won't be excluded as a tool in the
future. Another corralling effort is planned.
The latest bison population estimate based on aerial
surveys and tracking devices shows 216 bison on the expansive Kaibab Plateau, according to Grand Canyon National Park. Agencies that manage the land and wildlife in
far northern Arizona and study the bison's movement are
meeting in July to start talking about the long-term plan.
Part of that discussion will include creating more gaps
in the state-sanctioned bison hunting seasons outside
Grand Canyon National Park to see if bison will move
outside the boundaries, said Larry Phoenix, an Arizona
Game and Fish Department regional supervisor.
Meanwhile, the Game and Fish Department is seeking approval to improve fencing, cattle guards and water
catchments to expand the range for another herd of bison
in far northern Arizona. The state imported 15 bison yearlings from a privately owned nature reserve in Montana
in late 2017 and said the herd now needs more room to
grow.
Phoenix is confident these bison won't follow the others into the Grand Canyon, largely because the animals
don't know the other herd exists.
Environmental groups are skeptical fences can keep
them from straying and adding to the overall bison population in the region where they've been difficult and costly to keep in check.
They’re asking the U.S. Forest Service to do an in-depth
review of the proposal that considers climate change and
impacts to plants and animals like the chisel-tooth kangaroo rat.
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Askwali, Kwa' kwai! Um'a Tutu'ki Yu'kuya.
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Hopi Tutuveni July 6, 2022
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