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Volume 27 Number 14

July 16 2019

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Monday, July 8,

2019 at 1:00 p.m., the “Villages Against

Meth” (VAM) grassroots group was scheduled to present to the Hopi Tribal Council.

Although a June 27th email from a VAM

Representative, identifying as “Educator,

Independent Consultant, Community Empowerment Advocate” notified mail recipients that the presentation was scheduled,

from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hopi Tutuveni

did not receive any notification about the

time change.

The presentation was deemed as the “second meeting with Hopi Tribal Council.”

Hopi Tutuveni staff attempted to sit in on the

presentation, however, due to limited seats

in the chambers, was not allowed entrance

by Hopi Tribe Security personnel, until approximately 2:25 p.m. when a seat became

available upon an audience member’s exit

from the Hopi Tribal Council Chambers.

In the July 2nd publication Hopi Tutuveni

reported eight items listed on the “VILLAGES AGAINST METH Hopi Tribal Council

Presentation AGENDA” and as follows:

1. Intro of why we’re here 2. Education –

Whitney, Education/Awareness efforts 3.

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

ROMALITA LABAN

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Physician testimony 4. Testimonies 5.

Presentation of VAM report 6. Subject Matter Experts 7. Accountability & Responsibility 8. Obvious on Efforts and Tangible communication on your work toward ending this

crisis

During the July 8th Time Certain with

Hopi Tribal Council, Hopi Tribal Council

heard and voted on a motion determining to

delegate through the Hopi Tribe’s Executive

Director’s Office, for the Hopi Safety Director to begin the task of creating a Task Team

to address making changes to the Hopi Code

by including other key participants. The motion passed and Hopi Tutuveni reached out

to the VAM Representative for further comment and backup information leading up to

the July 8th presentation to Tribal Council.

Upon making contact with a VAM Representative on July 11, 2019, Hopi Tutuveni

was able to learn that the VAM submitted,

via a July 8th correspondence to Hopi Tribal

Council and which was provided to Hopi

Tutuveni on July 11, 2019, the following

requests:

“REQUEST 1: PRIORITIZE the updating

of the Hopi Code; timeline by OCTOBER

31, 2019. Specific areas needed changed

include: Transportation, manufacturing, distribution, use, paraphernalia, and sentencing of methamphetamine, opioids, fentanyl,

heroin, and other dangerous drugs including

pharmaceuticals. Ensure General Council is

given the work a priority.

REQUEST 2: Place Hopi Code Revision

process a PRIORITY for all individuals

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Rancher’s News

Photo by: Robert Adams, Land Ops Range Technician

By: Priscilla Pavatea, Office of Range Crew 1 - RU 257

Management

Crew 2 – RU 262, 351 and 258

Hopi Partitioned Lands (HPL) Annual

Livestock Inventory

The Office of Range Management/

Land Operations will be conducting the

2019 Annual Livestock Inventory for

the Hopi Partitioned Lands (HPL) range

units starting August 5, 2019 and will

continue through August 22, 2019.

Under Ordinance 43, Section 106, E.

Livestock Counting Roundup, “the ORM

or the Superintendent can call a livestock

roundup and inventory in accordance

with good range management practices

and principles of animal husbandry.” It

further states that all ranchers shall participate in the livestock roundup and inventory. Please make sure you are present for your scheduled livestock count if

you are a participating rancher.

Ordinance 43 indicates that all livestock owners must be present when the

livestock inventory is conducted. The

following will be checked by Hopi Law

Enforcement Services (HLES) during

the livestock inventory:

•Valid Grazing Permit. Please have

your grazing permit available.

•Types of Livestock (sheep, cattle,

horses) should be within your allocated

grazing permit.

•Current brand registration. Make sure

it is not expired.

Hopi Law Enforcement Services will

be on hand to identify the livestock and

cite individuals who are not in compliance with Ordinance 43. All NOBs and

trespass animals will be picked up by

HLES on site.

Listed below is the set livestock inventory schedule, which will not be changed:

Monday August 5, 2019

Moenkopi District

RU 255 – West side

Monday August 12, 2019

Crew 1 - RU 253

Crew 2 - RU 251

Tuesday August 13, 2019

Crew 1 - RU 259, 260, 261

Crew 2 - RU 263

Wednesday August 14, 2019

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Monday August 19, 2019

Crew 1 - RU 552 and 554

Crew 2 – RU 551 and 553

Tuesday August 20, 2019

Crew 1 - RU 451, 572, 571 and 569/570

Crew 2 – RU 565, 567/568, and 563

Wednesday August 21, 2019

Crew 1 – RU 562

Crew 2 – RU 559 and 558

The crews will begin the schedules at

the first corral listed (mailed to the ranchers) and proceed through the list, according to date and until done. If you have

any questions prior to the count please

call the Land Operations HPL office at

928-738-0014. During the count, questions can be directed to the ORM Land

Operations office at 928-734-3701.

Rangeland Drought Conditions

We are now into July, which is the

most critical month for livestock. This

is the month when we see a lot of our

earthen tanks dry up, windmills breaking down or not produce enough water

for the livestock grazing the range units,

water hauling increases on the windmills

and in general the health of the livestock

decreases due to lack of water or feed.

Reports have already been received

concerning dirt tanks drying up and livestock getting stuck in them as they try to

get to what little water is left in them.

Ranchers need to be out on the range

on a daily basis to check on the livestock

and to ensure the safety of the livestock

and to make sure the livestock are getting adequate nutrition and water to keep

them going. The animals permitted to

ranchers are ultimately the rancher’s responsibility.

The Hopi Tribe is operating under the

Executive Order #02-2018 Declaration

of Exceptional Drought (D4) on the Hopi

Reservation. The declaration mandates

removal of wild and non-productive

livestock from range units and reducing

grazing permit allocations by 30%.

Hopi Public Library

Digitization Week

by: Dinah Pongyesva

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – On July 17, 2019,

the Hopi Public Library in collaboration

with ASU (Arizona State University)

Libraries’ Community Archives Project

will be hosting an Archive and Preservation Workshop at the Branch Library/

First Mesa Youth Center in Polacca. The

participants will learn how to be a Community Archivist and receive a free ‘Archives Starter Kit” that contains preservation information and archival supplies.

The ASU Library staff will show individuals how to use the starter kit, appraise,

arrange, and describe archival material

(e.g. photographs or correspondence) in

order to preserve it for future generations.

Continuing on July 29-August 1, 2019,

the Hopi Public Library, in collaboration

with the Arizona State Library, Archives

and Public Records, will offer a Free

Digitization Week library program. The

Digitization Week is a pilot project on

how a library can offer programming for

the public to digitize personal community

records. Community members will have

the opportunity to learn how to digitize

family and community records for personal use. The Hopi Public Library and

Partners will make available training materials for digital literacy, archival practices, and digital preservation.

The program goals are: 1) to provide

the opportunity for community members

to digitize audiocassette tapes, photographs, and print materials on the Hopi

Mobile Computer Lab; 2) to increase

digital skills of community members to

preserve and archive family materials; 3)

to teach participants how to copy, transfer, and organize analog audio formats

and print materials; 4) and to encourage

the youth and elders in intergenerational

knowledge sharing.

The Digitization Week will occur on the

Hopi Mobile Computer Lab during the

Mobile Computer Lab’s regularly scheduled stops on the same days and time of:

Monday – Polacca Circle M store parking

lot, Tuesday – Hopi Cultural Center parking lot, Wednesday – Hotevilla Youth &

Elderly Center parking lot, Thursday –

Across the Kykotsmovi Village Store in

Kykotsmovi. Times of operation are from

10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Scanners and cassette digitization stations will be open for

use by community members. Attendees

will be provided with a digital storage device (e.g. USB drive or CD-ROM) with

the content. They will not be required to

share a copy with the library.

Community members are encouraged

to bring their documents, photographs, or

audio recordings to the Archive/Digitization Workshops to learn how to archive

personal and family records for future

generations.

We expect people to have digitization

format needs greater than cassette tapes

and standard-sized print materials. During the event, library staff will take notes

on what additional formats are being

requested. Library staff will administer

a survey to participants requesting feedback on the event.

The Arizona State Library, Archives &

Public Records, a division of the Arizona

Secretary of State support this program,

with federal funds from the Institute of

Museum and Library Services.

For additional information regarding

the Digital Archive and Preservation Library Program contact Dinah Pongyesva

at the Hopi Public Library Office at (928)

734-4500, the Branch Library at (928)

737-2799, or the Library cellular phone

at (928) 205-8073.

July 16, 2019

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86 Years of Bringing Hopi Artists Hopi Tutuveni Subscription Drive

Together

fully underway, Cont.

they are all taken.

incentives. We also anticipate hearMuseum of Northern Arizona hosts On June tenth we received contact Drive

ing from the Hopi Cultural Center and

from Clark Tenakhongva, Hopi Vice LaFonda Mexican Restaurant in Flagwho is also a local Hopi artist/ staff, Ariz. for more Hopi Tutuveni SubAnnual Hopi Arts and Festival Chairman

performer, who committed support to the scription Drive incentives.

Hopi Tutuveni’s efforts via offering one

(1) set of five (5) CD/DVDs which will

go to one of the lucky 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Subscription Drive participants. The

set was added to the already acquired

items, such as the (4) “Hopi Tutuveni”

Baskets, 1 set – “Gourd Jewels” earrings

donated by Romalita Laban, a “Don’t

Worry Be Hopi” t-shirt and a Coin bracelet from Tsakursovi, “Hopi Tutuveni”

coffee mugs from Tribal Ink, 4 bags w/

incentives from Hopi Senom Transit and

a KUYI Hopi Radio t-shirt, as incentives

for drive. Hopi Tutuveni was also successful in negotiating further with KUYI

Hopi Radio and garnered three (3) more

t-shirts resulting in one being placed in

each of the baskets. Additionally, Tutuveni also acquired two (2) beautiful pieces

of artwork from White Bear Hopi Arts.

Hopi dancers from Second Mesa, Arizona (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

As, of July 3, 2019, Monongya Gallery

has generously participated by offering

CARL ONSAE

the artists themselves.

one (1) ladies pair of yellow mocassins,

HOPI TUTUVENI

The winners of the Hopi Festival of

silver link chain, and a beautiful Star

Arts & Culture are as listed below:

Blower silver pendant. And on July 5,

Flagstaff, Ariz. - Hundreds of visitors

2019 Honyoutink, a local Hopi owned

gathered to Flagstaff, Ariz. on July 6

Best of Show and Textiles - Atu’u

printing company added four (4) coffee

and 7, 2019 for the Museum of Northern (Woman’s shawl)-Akema Honyumptewa

mugs and two (2) t-shirts, which all have

Arizona’s Annual Hopi Arts and Festival.

MNA Spirit Award, First Place - The

the Honyoutink designs, to list of items

The event housed many Hopi artisans,

Match Up by Mavasta Honyouti

available as Hopi Tutueni Subscription

who proudly displayed their master art- Fine Art Award, First Place – Mentoring

work ranging from Hopi carvings, weavby Wallace Lomakema

ings, paintings, jewelry and more to ei- Fine Art Award, Second Place - Mixed

ther be sold or judged by the museum.

Night Dance by Duane Koyawena

Awards were only available for particiFine Art Award, Honorable Mention

pating artists as has been the practice in

- Hopi Water Clan Symbols by Kevin

previous festivals.

Horace Quannie

Over the past eighty-six years, the Mu- Cultural Arts, First Place - Cedar Lined

seum of Northern Arizona in combinaChest by Richard Honyouti

July 10, 2019

tion with the members of the Hopi Tribe, Cultural Arts, Second Place - Deer in the

CONTACT: Hannah Hurley

have combined ideas to improve upon

Sunflower Patch Top by Gregory Hill

Press@sinema.senate.gov

each event to showcase the rich culture Cultural Arts, Honorable Mention - Deer

202-228-0598

and the traditions that the Hopi people

Medicine Bag by Alicia Nequatewa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

have to offer. Each year has proven to be Basketry, First Place - Eagle-Messenger

more unique and successful than the preof Prayers by Jessica Lomatewama

WASHINGTON – Arizona senior Senvious year.

Basketry, Second Place - Eagle with

ator Kyrsten Sinema today introduced the

Throughout the day, Hopi dancers from American Flag by Wiletta Kayquaptewa

RESPECT Act with Republican Senator

Second Mesa village performed during Basketry, Honorable Mention (2 Awards)

Mike Rounds (S.D.).

the eventful day. An amazing hoop dance

– Wicker by Dorleen Gaswesoma

The bipartisan legislation repeals sevperformance was also provided by Derek

Morning Star by Eugene Fredericks

eral outdated federal laws that discrimiDavis, which he has explained comes

Jewelry, First Place - Paakwa (Frog)

nate against Native Americans, includfrom his Choctaw heritage and blends

Necklace by Emmett Navakuku

ing laws subjecting Native Americans to

his cultural influences by entertaining the Jewelry, Second Place - Mother Rain on

forced labor and laws that allow for the

audience in regalia that reflects his Hopi

Paaqua by Johah Hill

forced removal of Native American chilheritage, as well. As the beats of the drum Jewelry, Honorable Mention (2 Awards)

dren from their homes to attend boarding

penetrated the museum walls, the amaze– Palolokong by Jonah Hill

school, a practice that took place in Ariment from the spectators in attendance at

Spiral Migration Bracelet by Watson

zona.

the museum grew with much liveliness.

Honanie

“Tribal communities in Arizona deArtist demonstrators were located Traditional Kachina, First Place - White

serve to be treated with dignity by the

throughout the museum complex and

Ogre byAaron Fredericks

federal government. By repealing these

who demonstrated their skills at Hopi fry

Traditional Kachina, Second Place outdated and shameful laws, we can help

bread and Hopi piki bread making, with

Red-Tailed Hawk by Gene Lalo

ensure Native American communities

their final products beings served to the

Contemporary Kachina, Second Place

on-looking guests of the museum.

- Masau Kachina Miniature by Ron

A new concept was also executed by

Honyouti

the museum to have visitors enter the Textiles: Weaving, First Place - Atu’u

Easton Collection Center that displayed (Woman’s shawl)-Akema Honyumptewa

rarely seen Hopi overlay jewelry, plant

Weaving, Second Place - Hopi Woven

specimens, pottery and Kachina dolls.

Kilt by Eugene Fredericks

The sight was definitely something rare

Weaving, Honorable Mention - Atu’u

and programs needed to make changes.

to see during the special and unique fesCape-Valjean Lalo

tival.

Pottery: First Place - Muyingwa and the For example, L/O committee needs the

attendance of the Court, this component

As visitors examined the artwork of

Hummingbird by White Swan

over a hundred skilled and talented Hopi Second Place - Water Canteen by Lydia piece is vital for safety. These two must

meet for them to work efficiently.

artisans and craftsmen, who had subMahle

REQUEST 3: Public safety officer –

mitted their artwork to be judged, Hopi

Honorable Mention (2 Awards) - Yoy

Include Updating the Hopi Code a part

artists explained through lectures about

Beh Kwa by White Swan

of their office’s work priorities. *VAM

what is reflected in their artwork.

Large Cylinder by Lydia Mahle

Many other Hopi artists showed their Youth: First Place - Butterfly Flying by Acknowledges HTC for making Public

Safety as a priority for the community

creativity and gifted talent through tradiRaeAnne Koyquoptewa

REQUEST 4: Update the exclusion ortional dancing, traditional and contemHonorable Mention - Corn- RaeAnne

der; timeline August 31st. We need an exporary music, and entertainment and by

Koyquoptewa

clusion

order that doesn’t have loopholes

making various traditional Hopi foods.

Sculpture: Honorable Mention - DipAll Hopi artwork on display were avail- ping into the Nectar Riyanpi by Gregory or gaps that prevent law enforcement and

villages to enforce them.

able for purchase and buyers from all

Hill

over were able to purchase directly from

We encourage other artists and businesses who wish to participate in this

portion of the efforts to contact Romalita

Laban, Managing Editor at 928-737-3281

or at rlaban@hopi.nsn.us.

A sample depiction of what the Hopi

Tutuveni Subscription Incentive Basket

may look like is shown above. We wanted

to prepare Hopi Tutuveni readers for the

upcoming drive by giving a sneak peak

of a couple of the completed baskets. The

uniquely designed baskets were created

by a locally commissioned Hopi artist,

Ronald L. Laban who is from Walpi village and is a part of the local artist group

– Walpi Studios, based in Walpi, Ariz.

Some incentives are still in route to Hopi

Tutuveni with more incentives expected.

There will be a total of four baskets, filled

with the incentives, available for four

lucky 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Subscription

Drive participants.

We encourage all to participate in the

Hopi Tutuveni 2019 Subscription Drive

which is now taking place. Any questions regarding the drive can be directed

to Hopi Tutuveni staff at 928-734-3283

or 928-734-3281. Email inquiries can be

sent to rlaban@hopi.nsn.us

New Sinema Bipartisan Bill Repeals

Outdated, Shameful Laws Directed

at Native American Communities

achieve the equality and respect they deserve,” said Sinema.

The RESPECT Act, passed unanimously out of the Senate Indian Affairs

Committee in 2017, repeals 11 outdated

statutes targeting tribal communities that

are still part of current law. One of the

statutes the bill repeals allows for the

forcible relocation of Native American

children to boarding schools. Unfortunately, starting in 1891, Native American

students were brought from across Arizona and surrounding states to the Phoenix

Indian School, a Bureau of Indian Affairsrun school, for the misguided purposes of

trying to get Native American students

to “assimilate into mainstream culture”.

While laws relating to forcible relocation

of Native American children to boarding schools are not enforced, they are a

sad reminder of the hostile aggression

and overt racism displayed by the federal

government toward Native Americans.

“Villages Against Meth”,

Cont.

TO THE

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REQUEST 5: Recognize the two Petitions & Recommendations submitted by

the work of Villages Against Meth within

the Hopi & Tewa Community (which began December 2018). *See Recommendations from community (hand out) and

petitions with community signatures.

It will be yet to see if the requests, listed above, will be addressed once the Task

Team is created. No further timelines

about how soon and who the key participants will be on the Team are known at

publication submission deadlines.

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July 16, 2019

2019 Annual Hopi Youth Springs Project, A Successful

Partnership

Students from the WIOA program along side with Cultural Preservation staff, Museum of Northern Arizona Spring Stewardship Institute staff, and Coconino Forest Service at

Dane Spring Arizona. (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

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Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - The Hopi Cultural

Preservation Office in conjunction with

the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity

Act (WIOA), Museum of Northern Arizona Spring Stewardship Institute, and

Coconino National Forest made their annual plans to restore and revitalize various springs in the northern part of Arizona. The Hopi Tutuveni was specially

invited by the Hopi Cultural Preservation

Office to document via newspaper articles, photography and future reporting

about this unique and special opportunity.

This program is to teach enthusiastic

students from the WIOA program about

the importance of the various springs

throughout Northern Arizona and also, to

get the students on the right path for a career that they will be interested in.

The 4-day excursion which started

on Monday, June 24, 2019 and lasted

through Thursday, June 27, 2019 educated ten students ranging from 18-24

years old. Staff and mentors strived to

get the students interested in the field of

Earth Science, and to explore more into

the world of Northern Arizona’s beauty

of natural springs, its flora and fauna.

Joel Nicholas, from the Hopi Tribe

Cultural Preservation office explained

that this trip is an annual trip made to

various springs throughout Arizona. This

year the Dane Spring was their destination to study and learn more about the

spring and its characteristics.

Nicholas stated, “We have been doing

these types of trips for the students in

hopes that they will become more interested in protecting native springs and so

we can involve the students in what we

do as a program.” It was Nicholas who

reached out to Romalita Laban, Managing Editor in spring 2019. Nicholas inquired about the possibility for a partnership to begin, in which coverage of the

project could be combined with documenting of the activities and sharing with

students about careers in journalism and

at the local Hopi newspaper level. After

learning more about the project, Carl Onsae was assigned covering the project for

Hopi Tutuveni and its readers with future

continued coverage in mind.

The ten students started from the Hopi

Tribe’s headquarters in Kykotsmovi,

Ariz. and made the two-hour ride to the

Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA)

located in Flagstaff, Ariz. to rendezvous

with their mentors for their trip. There

the group met up with Larry Stevens,

Coordinator and steward for the Northern Arizona Spring Stewardship Institute

who committed to helping the students

understand more while on the trip and to

help them better understand why natural

springs are of such importance, not only

to Native Americans but to every living

creature including plants and organisms

known to inhabit Northern Arizona.

The trip began with an introduction

from Stevens telling the students of what

was to be expected of them during the

trip. Stevens explained that they would

be separated into different groups who

would be assigned to the various parts

of study, while under the supervisions of

staff and mentors. The goal of the staff

and mentors was to teach the students

about the various parts of the springs,

which included measuring to levels of

flowing water content of the spring itself,

all those which utilize the spring including plants, insects and to learn the history

of the individual springs that they were

scheduled to visit.

The Coconino National Forest Service

personnel also made sure the place where

the students were to visit and study was

accessible and in good shape to ensure

the areas of study could be researched.

The service personnel were to assist the

students in learning more about the history of the forest and to make sure everything they did was with their wellbeing

as a priority.

After meeting, connecting and clarifying logistics at the MNA, the students and

accompanying staff and mentors were

packed up and ready to head to Dane

Spring, Ariz. located on the Mogollon

Rim.

The students were taken to various

springs located along the way and in

route to their destination. It was a goal

to show the students how each spring is

developed and study the various flora and

fauna in the surrounding areas.

With all fun and joy from being outdoors the students had a great experience in learning about how different

each spring is from the types of various

insects, to the type of insects or animals

which benefit from the spring.

Throughout the day the students hiked

around 2-4 miles round trip from their

campsite to the various springs within the

distances surrounding the Dane Spring

camp area.

Nicholas also incorporated the idea of

having various presenters from the different Hopi Tribal department programs

present to the students about what their

jobs entailed on a daily basis. He invited other colleagues prior to the students

making the trip and was successful in

having them answer his request.

Water Resources Program, the Tribal

Monitors Program, Hopi Office of Range

Management, Hopi Renewable Energy

Resources Program, Hopi Land Information Systems Program, Hopi Forestry,

Hopi Wildlife and Ecosystems Management Programs, and Hopi Tutuveni were

there to present to the students in the evenings about the various professions and

jobs which each program and department

fulfills as being Hopi Tribal employees.

The presentations were designed to

share with the students that each program

within the Hopi Tribe is a vital part of the

type of work, research and learning being

done at Dane Spring. Also, these presentations were to get the students interested

thinking more about the various and possible career paths which hopefully they

could see themselves working in sometime in the future.

Photo from the 2019 MNA Hopi Festival

Jonah Hill with his work of art (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Unique Hopi carvings (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

ANNOUNCEMENT

Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ARTISTS AND SPONSORS THAT

SUPPORTED OUR ANNUAL HOPI ART FESTIVAL FOR THE PAST 9

YEARS

The Hopi Economic Development Corporation has suspended this year’s festival

to allow time to incorporate suggestions to make the festival more successful and

beneficial to all participants

Hopi artists, flock to MNA to sell and display their work of art (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Do you speak Hopi lavayi?

PLANS HAVE ALREADY STARTED

FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL HOPI ART FESTIVAL

TO BE HELD IN AUGUST 2020

For updated information go to information@htedc.net or look in the Tutuveni for

announcements with details on location, dates and festival changes as they become

available

We need your voice on air as a KUYI

volunteer or consider joining our

Community Advisory Board which

educates the community about the

importance of KUYI Hopi Radio & raises

funds for the station. Email info@kuyi.net

or call us at 928-738-5505.

Hopi Tutuveni

July 16, 2019

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Larry’s Corner

PUZZLES & GAMES

CONNECT THE DOTS

Photo by: www.globalanimal.org

Are We Trash...?

By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE

The Hopi Tutuveni

Across

1. Kaa’so

2. Navahomki

7. Naap’haqam

8. Nalqatu

9. Yuuyuy’nah

11. Nayavu

13. Yotse’

14. Poyak’in’pi

15. Navahompi

Down

1. Tsiipu’at

2. Nuva’kwahu

3. Pas’kwavi

4. Hamana

5. Sumala

6. Hohoyaw

10. Kiisi

12. Söhös’pala

16. Maa’at

17. Sawya

Cross Word Puzzle

Find the English words for the

Hopi words.

Answers in next issue

Answers for June 18th edition

Across

1. Hold, 3. Bag, 6. Good, 7. Kill, 8. Back pack, 10. Woman, 11. Fall, 12. Carpet, 13. Fox, 15. Heavy

Down

2. Dig, 3. Bag Lunch, 4. Mountain, 5. Chili Powder, 6. Guts, 9. Doll, 11. Foot, 12. Catch, 14. Darn

Call 928-734-3283 for hints or answers

Hopilavyit - summer dance activities

Find the Hopi Words

HOPI WORDS

Nakwha - Accept Partner

Honhokyasmi - Anklet

(patterned)

Tsopt-yuutu - Antelope

Soc. Race

Masmi - Bracelet (Silver)

Polìit - Butterfly Dance

Namorta - Choose Dance

Partner

Eptawi - Dance in Place

(Song)

Pitipko - Dance

Participant

Amawa - Dance Partner

Tipko - Dancer (Social)

Masànpi - Dance Wand

Kwangwtoya - Eager to

dance

Tsoona - Enjoy Dancing

Ngumànqöma - Face Corn

Powder

Tiitso’na - Finish Dance

Usimni - Flowered Black

Scarf

Siiqölö - Flower Patch

Leelent - Flute Society

Tsovala - Gather Dancers

Höqni - Harvested Corn

Nepna - Harvest Wild

Greens

Kopatsoki - Head Dress

(Tabilita)

Polimana - Maiden Butterfly Dancer

Polìitipko - Male Butterfly

Dancer

Palawìikya - Male Red

Headband

Kanelkwasa - Manta

Dress

Awtawi - Moving into

Plaza (Song)

Tasavum - Navajo Social

Dancers

Mööyi (at) - Nephew

(Partner)

Tiimayi - Observe dance

Sisvi - Pay Dancing

Partner

Nàaqa - Pendant (Turquoise)

Ngötiwa - Post Snake

Cer. Event

Siivàapi - Rabbit Brush

Kiipo - Raid by Social

Dancers

Tuwanlawu -Rehearsal/

practice

Siva’nàaqa - Silver Earrings

Tsu’yuutu - Snake Society Race

Tseletawi - Social Dance

Song

Tsele - Social Event

Nawki - Take away partner

Pöhö’ynapna - Velvet

Shirt

Kipoköqti - War Whoop

We’re trashy people, and by that I

mean Hopis seem to be trashy people to some folks passing through

Hopi. No…I don’t mean trashy like

the “Living in trailers with a broken

truck outside of their trailer” trash…

oh wait, some of us are like that…

but that’s another story. I mean actual trash, like “Buy something at

the local store and unwrap it in the

parking lot only to throw the wrapper out the car window in the parking lot hoping the wind will take it

away kind of…trash.”

Hopis love to talk about the beauty

of their land and how we should protect it by teaching our youth that this

is our home and we should take care

of it. Plus, there are some fully functioning adults who talk about protecting “Our Land” and make efforts

to clean up while right next to them

might be a fully function adult who

is throwing trash off the side of the

mesa in the same spot that the others

just cleaned up. It’s kind of hard to

believe in adults who should know

better when you know this is happening.

I was running around several mesas this past weekend and I have to

tell you that, we sure love soda pop,

too. I saw pop cans, beer cans, broken

cars in the middle of nowhere, and in

all that, I saw that Hopis would travel

great distances to the middle of nowhere just to throw a bag of trash in

the middle of that “nowhere.” Now, I

try my best and collect the trash, but

my trash bag fills up before I traveled off the mesa to the bottom. So it

made me wonder and it occurred to

me that some Hopis don’t care about

their land, they don’t want to protect it, and they don’t want to teach

the youth about how we should take

care of Mother Nature. Some of us

have become so colonized and complacent to a certain point that we are

hoping that someone will take the responsible part and clean up after us

and others.

No don’t get me wrong, there are

some people that are trying their

hardest with faith filled efforts and

hope to teach our youth how to be

mindful of their land, and believe me

some youth are trying their best to

keep this Hopi land clean, too.

I was at a traditional dance last

month, and let me tell you that it was

so nice to hear the songs, to see the

colors, to see the mass amount of

people enjoying a two-day festival

of songs, heat, and gifts.

But when the dance was over I saw

the amount of trash that was left behind in the dance plaza, wrappers,

corn cobs, orange peels, and plastic

water bottles were left inside of the

most sacred place in the village it

looked like a waste landfill. I waited

around to see if some of the people

would comeback and cleanup after

themselves, but no one came back,

it was like we didn’t care about the

aftermath of the dance. Now, I don’t

know who cleans up after the dance,

but I’m pretty sure it’s the people

who have houses around the plaza

area, so I praise them.

Now, I’m sure that all villages

have this problem with trash because

we complain about being a trashy

village. It’s like a stereotypical Native American movie where you live

in a run down reservation, and your

dad left you when you were a kid,

so you try to find him ‘cause he died

in Arizona and your traveling with

Thomas cause he has money. You

know…the typical “indan” movie…

and that’s reality, so I picture our village looking like that and I’m Victor

looking for my dad…but that’s another story…

Our trash company out here on the

Hopi reservation is trying its hardest to try to provide services to the

Hopi people, but with the lack of

funding its very hard for them to try

to provide the best services for the

people. So how can we help? Maybe

have a bake sale for them so they can

fix up their truck so I can have my

trash emptied on a regular basis, the

idea is to quit complaining and start

helping out with your community, if

you see trash, pick it up throw it in a

trash can, but if we continue to complain about our “trashy” reservation

we will never find a solution to our

problems.

When you live on a reservation

and poverty is all you know, young

and old people seem to not care

about what the consequences of living like this.

There are programs that are trying to get started in collecting recyclables but when the Hopi Tribe is

not supporting it enough it tends to

be lost in the world of Hopi bureaucracy. So how do we help? Easy…

just start picking up trash and throwing it away in the trash can, I do it all

the time, when I can reach the top of

the trash bin. We can’t blame anyone

for trash; it seems we all just became

lazy to throw our trash away so we

just leave it everywhere. I say the

Hopi Tribal hall should provide free

trash bags to everyone who wants to

clean up their yard, plaza, roadside,

or community because in my mind

we spend money on trash bags only

to throw the trash bags away seems

kind of redundant. If the Hopi Tribe

wants to help its people, I say start

by providing the simple things like

trash bags, in hopes it will elevate

people’s hopes to clean Mother

Earth.

We can solve simple problems

like this if we just all pitch in and

pick up a beer can or pick up your

drunken uncle with his beer cans and

throw the cans away…but not your

uncle. If we start with simple problems like this and solve them easily,

we can start to solve more complex

problems and start to realize that our

problems can be solved by simple

solutions.

Now don’t get me wrong there are

problems that are harder to solve like

our current money problems, but I’m

pretty sure there is a solution for that.

My advice to you is that, we can

sit around and look at the trash hoping someone will come and pick it

up or we can just go pick it up and

throw it away ourselves. What I’m

saying is that we have the power to

make change, but are we willing to

change it? That question is totally up

to you…

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Current Indian World News

Navajo man wrongly arrested

during Flagstaff drug bust

Flagstaff Police Department issues

apology to Tremayne Nez June 26

Tremayne Nez (center) speaks to the press June 28 at Flagstaff Superior Courthouse

in Flagstaff regarding his recent arrest in a drug sting by law enforcement. Nez was incorrectly identified during the arrest and spent 30 hours in jail. (Katherine Locke/NHO

By Katherine Locke

Navajo-Hopi Observer

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flanked by his

lawyers and his father June 28, Tremayne

Nez said the Flagstaff Police Department

and other federal agencies violated his

rights when he was wrongfully arrested

June 18 in a drug sting called Operation

Riptide.

On the steps of Flagstaff Superior

Court, Nez’s lawyer Wendy White said

the damage done to Nez with the wrongful arrest has yet to be calculated — but

Nez has already faced some consequences — he was put on administrative leave

by his job at Flagstaff Medical Center and

had to undergo a drug test. Nez and his attorneys say his face was splashed across

the internet as the face of the operation.

He was cleared to go back to work June

25, but was not on the schedule as of

noon June 28.

Flagstaff Police Department issued a

retraction and correction June 26 stating

that during its operation conducted June

18, one individual was incorrectly identi-

fied as having sold drugs.

That individual was Nez in what the

police department called a case of mistaken identity.

“The Flagstaff Police Department

wants to make it clear that Tremayne Nez

did not sell drugs during Operation Riptide and once the mistake was discovered,

the department took action to ensure the

chargers were dismissed…” a statement

from the FPD read. “The department

apologizes to Mr. Nez for the mistake and

thanks him for his cooperation during the

investigation.”

A motion to dismiss has been filed with

the Coconino County Superior Court and

a judge signed the order without prejudice — it can be filed again, according to

one of Nez’s lawyers Gary Pearlmutter.

“Which we don’t understand because

in their own motion, they said this was

an erroneous identification,” Pearlmutter

said.

White said they are investigating the

case and expect to file a claim against the

city of Flagstaff and the other agencies

involved. The operation was

Page 7

Tri-Council declares State

of Emergency for Cherokee

language

Members of the EBCI Tribal Council are shown, left to right, prior to Thursday’s meeting including: Birdtown Rep. Albert Rose, Birdtown Rep. Boyd Owle, Tribal Council

Chairman Adam Wachacha, Big Cove Rep. Richard French, Painttown Rep. Lisa

Taylor, Wolftown Rep. Jeremy Wilson, Painttown Rep. Tommye Saunooke, Cherokee

County – Snowbird Rep. Bucky Brown, Tribal Council Vice Chairman David Wolfe, and

Yellowhill Rep. Tom Wahnetah. Not pictured – Big Cove Rep. Perry Shell.

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P.

ONE FEATHER STAFF

KITUWAH – The three federally recognized tribes of Cherokee people have

declared a State of Emergency for the

Cherokee language. In a Tri-Council

meeting at Kituwah on the morning

of Thursday, June 27, leaders of the

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the

Cherokee Nation (Okla.), and the United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

(Okla.), passed unanimously a resolution

“declaring a state of emergency for the

Cherokee language and supporting the

continued development of the language

revitalization programs”.

Submitted by the Cherokee Nation,

Tri-Council Res. No. 02-2019 states,

“…there are approximately 2,000 fluent

first language Cherokee speakers left,

and each Cherokee tribe is losing fluent

speakers at faster rates than new Cherokee speakers are developed.”

The resolution states that the Cherokee language is considered “endangered”

by the United Nations Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Cont. On Page 8

(UNESCO) and goes on to state, “…

both remaining dialects of the Cherokee

language, the Kituwah (Middle) and the

Otali (Overhill), are endangered, and the

language revitalization programs must be

enhanced to prevent the extinction of the

Cherokee language.”

Roy Boney Jr., a Cherokee Nation

citizen and renowned artist, has been

working on gathering signatures in the

Cherokee Speaker Roll Book, an archival

document featuring first language Cherokee speakers alive today. “For years,

everyone has always been asking, ‘how

many Cherokee speakers do we have?’

And, they’ve really just been guesses.

It’s as high as 10,000; as low as 500. So,

Trump vows Census will ask

citizenship; critics decry ‘scare

tactics’

to really find out how many we have, we

started conducting a survey…”

Events have been held in Oklahoma

whereby Cherokee speakers could sign

the Speaker Roll Book and receive a commemorative medallion. Locally, an event

was held at the New Kituwah Academy

on the evening of Wednesday, June 26,

and a subsequent event was held the following day in the Snowbird Community.

“At the moment, we have about 2,100

names,” he said, “and, that includes all

three Cherokee tribes represented here.”

Boney Jr. added, “The most recent

count has 1,991 western Cherokee

speakers and 211 Eastern Band Cherokee

speakers. Out of the roughly 400,000

federally recognized Cherokees, that’s

less than 0.005 percent of the population…the language is our birthright as

Cherokees. We’re at a really critical

juncture with our language.”

It was decided that a Steering Committee, with representatives from each of

the three tribes, would be formed to help

carry out the intent of the resolution.

Also during the meeting, Tri-Council

Res. 01-2019 was passed which calls

for the federal government of the United States to issue an apology “for the

wrongful, hurtful wrongdoings that were

imposed” on Cherokee ancestors. It also

was passed unanimously.

Thursday’s event began with the Steve

Youngdeer American Legion Post 143

Color Guard posting the colors and the

Warriors of Anikituhwa performing the

Cherokee Warrior Dance.

Tribal Council Chairman Adam

Wachacha welcomed everyone to the

event and stated, “This event is very important to us as Cherokees. An historian

told me that this (KItuwah) is where it all

began for the Cherokee. This is where

the clanship was first established.”

Cont. On Page 8

Trump removes Native American

presidential appointee from Cultural

Property Advisory Committee

By Press Pool

News Release

Association On American Indian Affairs

Picture credit: Cronkite News

Miranda Faulkner

Cronkite News

WASHINGTON – President Donald

Trump vowed Wednesday that his administration is “absolutely moving forward”

with a push to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, just hours after

the Census Bureau said it would not do

so.

The apparent reversal was dismissed

by advocates as a “scare tactic” by the

president aimed at keeping immigrants

and minority groups from participating in

the census – what critics who fought the

citizenship question said it was designed

to do in the first place.

“We think that he is trying to spread

false or misleading information as a

scare tactic to keep people discouraged in

participating in the census,” said Karina

Martinez, communications director for

Mi Familia Vota, a group that works to

protect Hispanic-voting rights.

The latest go-round came less than

a week after the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s plan to ask the

question, and a day after the Commerce

Department – which oversees the Census Bureau – said it has started printing

questionnaires without the question. The

bureau had said it needed to start printing

this week in order to be ready in time for

next April’s census.

“I respect the Supreme Court but

strongly disagree with its ruling regard-

ing my decision to reinstate a citizenship

question on the 2020 Census,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement released overnight. “The Census

Bureau has started the process of printing

the decennial questionnaires without the

question.”

But that appeared to be upended hours

later, by a late-morning tweet from Trump

that said Commerce would not drop “its

quest to put the citizenship question on

the Census.”

“We are absolutely moving forward as

we must because of the importance of the

answer to this question,” he tweeted.

Calls to Commerce and Census seeking a response to the president’s tweet

were not immediately returned Wednesday.

But opponents of the question were

not worried. New York Attorney General

Letitia James, whose office led the legal

challenge to the citizenship question,

called Trump’s tweet “another attempt to

sow chaos and confusion.”

“The Supreme Court … has spoken,

and Trump’s on Commerce Department

has spoken,” James said in a prepared

statement. “It’s time to move forward

and ensure every person in the country is

counted.”

At stake are billions of dollars in federal funding as well as representation in

Congress, both of which are based on the

population numbers reported by the decennial census.

Cont. On Page 8

Trump's replacement appointee Stefan

C. Passatino has no known experience

in protecting cultural heritage resources and has been under investigation by

the House of Representatives Oversight

Committee for ethical misconduct

President Trump has expressed his intent to remove the first and only Native

American representation on the Cultural

Property Advisory Committee in the U.S.

State Department and appoint Stefan

C. Passatino in her place. Mr. Passatino

works as outside legal counsel for the

Trump administration, formulating its

responses to Congress’ various investigations. The House of Representatives

Oversight Committee has been investigating Mr. Passatino for ethical misconduct. He has no known experience in protecting cultural heritage resources.

Mr. Passatino will replace Shannon

Keller O’Loughlin, citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and Executive Director and Attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs. Ms.

O’Loughlin was the first and only Native

American ever appointed to the Cultural

Property Advisory Committee within the

U.S. State Department. Ms. O’Loughlin

has deep expertise regarding U.S. law

that protects cultural heritage and has

served on the Native American Graves

Protection and Repatriation Act Review

Committee as well. Other members of

the Committee have been serving over

many administrations and yet continue

to serve. Ms. O’Loughlin, appointed by

President Barack Obama in 2016, has

been the only Committee member replaced during the Trump administration.

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee is a federal advisory committee

administered by the U.S. Department of

State’s Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs, which advises the President

on appropriate U.S. action in response to

requests from foreign governments for

assistance in protecting their cultural heritage. This Committee was established by

the 1983 Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, which implements Article 9 of the 1970 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO) Convention on

the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing

the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of

Ownership of Cultural Property. In the

committee’s 33-year existence, never had

a Native American been appointed to this

position.

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau

for Educational and Cultural Affairs has

a significant budget that is used to protect other countries’ cultural heritage,

but little to nothing towards protecting

Native American cultural heritage from

being exported out of the U.S. or to help

repatriate cultural heritage items back to

Tribal Nations. The inclusion of a Native American perspective on the Committee is imperative to make sure that

agreements with other countries are truly

mutual and advocate to protect Native

American cultural heritage. Additionally, Native American representation assures that the U.S. does not overstep its

boundaries by asking other countries to

do more than what the U.S. is willing to

do to protect cultural heritage in the U.S.

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Hopi Tutuveni

Tri-Council declares State of Emergency

for Cherokee language, Cont.

He added, “Cherokees have a long history here at the Kituwah Mound where it

all began…it touches my heart to know

that we were able to get this established

and this wonderful weather that’s been

provided to us today. I hope that everybody’s enjoyed themselves this week. I

know we have.”

Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed and

Vice Chief Alan B. Ensley presented gifts

to the executive leadership of the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah

Band.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill

John Baker commented, “I feel welcome

coming back home. It’s almost like a

religious experience every time that we

come. We feel the spirit of our ancestors,

and your hospitality adds to that. We

know that we belong here even though

maybe our families have been gone for

180 years.”

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee

Indians Principal Chief Joe Bunch said,

“I certainly look forward to the opportunity to return the hospitality and the

friendship. For the past three days, it’s

been very hard work…on behalf of the

United Keetoowah Band, thank you.

Thank you for the many opportunities

and the hard work that you do – the leadership as Council for our great nations.

There’s so much that depends on you.”

Joe Byrd, Cherokee Nation Speaker of

Council, “Every time we come here, it’s

like a revival. It’s like the going to water

ceremony; just feeling revived again.”

Stephen Yerka, EBCI Tribal Historic

Preservation Office, gave a brief history

for the crowd of Kituwah. “Even though

the three Cherokee nations are separated

geographically, you all are of one people

– one people together in spirit. When

you gather here, and when Cherokee

people come together, great things happen. I think this Tri-Council is a good

representation of that.”

He added, “Under our feet here walked

thousands of people stretching back

at least 15,000 years on this site here

– Cherokee people here living, working, eating, doing ceremonies together.

This site is the most sacred of all mother

towns – the beginning of the clan system,

the sacred fire belong here.”

The 2020 Tri-Council meeting will be

hosted by the United Keetoowah Band.

A date and location will be announced

soon.

Trump vows Census will ask citizenship;

critics decry ‘scare tactics’, Cont.

The citizenship question has been asked

by the Census before, but not since 1960.

Despite bureau estimates that restoring

the question would lower response rates

by 5.8 percent, Ross said any reduction

in responses would be outweighed by the

benefits of asking it, including better enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

Critics sued, saying Ross’ real goal

was an undercount in minority communities by suppressing turnout. The Supreme

Court last week said that while Ross had

a right to add the question, his justification was suspect.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that

evidence in the case showed Ross “was

determined to reinstate a citizenship

question from the time he entered office,” and called the bureau’s defense of

the question “more of a distraction” than

an explanation.

The court said Ross would have to reargue his case before lower courts if he

wanted to try to add the question in 2020

– even though the bureau had repeatedly

told the high court that it needed a final

decision before July to meet its deadlines.

Trump last week called it a “ridiculous” ruling and said he had “asked the

lawyers if they can delay the Census, no

matter how long” to push their case in the

lower courts.

Before Trump’s latest tweet on the

topic, Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton, DPhoenix, welcomed Ross’ announcement

that census forms would be printed without the question. Stanton had called the

push for a census citizenship question

“ill-conceived.”

“This is a big win for Arizona. Now, our

focus must be on getting the most complete, accurate count on the #2020Census,” Stanton said in a tweet Wednesday.

Martinez agreed, saying her group is

just looking forward to making sure everybody is counted and taking the fear

out of the census – and not taking the

president’s threats too seriously.

“We are still pleased with the fact that

the citizenship question has been blocked

from the questionnaire”, she said.

YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY

Youth create signs to sell food for their end of the summer field trip in Kykotsmovi

Arizona. (Photo by Carl Onsae /HT)

(Hopi Tutuveni) Today in…”Youth in

the Community” has Hopi Tutuveni observing young and entrepreneurial students working towards increasing economic gains by selling food from their

local youth and elderly center located in

Kykotsmovi, Ariz.

While some may be critical about the

go-to-fundraising efforts of selling food

as not being something they would like to

see our Hopi people doing, the perspective has not kept a number of individuals

from the activities. In fact, selling food

for economic gain seems to be on the rise

and many people continue buying from

locals like the youth group.

These girls created signs and doubled

their efforts by spending time in the hot

summer weather in hopes of encouraging

passersby to make a purchase at nearby

fundraiser. The youth were set on raising

funds for an end-of-the-summer field trip.

The students sold food through part of

the summer in hopes of providing something enjoyable to eat in exchange for

gaining funds for their end of the year

field trip, most likely off the reservation

to the local border town/city.

Hopi Tutuveni wishes them the best of

luck and their excellent efforts towards

driving our local Hopi economy with

their marketing skills and experiences

with customer service. It was clear to see

that staff from the different programs in

the Hopi Tribal complex was happy to

buy up plates full of tacos, rice, beans,

and salsa for $5.00.

Look for them throughout the rest of

their summer break to buy some local

food from the local youth and to support

their cause. We wish good luck to the students and hope to see continued positive

efforts towards their endeavors here on

Hopi and beyond.

For back issues of the Hopi Tutuveni

visit:

https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/news/hopitutuveni/

July 16, 2019

Navajo man wrongly arrested during

Flagstaff drug bust, Cont.

a multi-agency task force, including the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, ATF,

County Sheriff’s Office, the Department

of Public Safety as well as Flagstaff Police Department.

“We don’t know where the error occurred, but we certainly know that it has

been defamatory,” White said. “…Unfortunately, apparently, Tremayne’s picture

was the one that was chosen to be the face

of Operation … Riptide and so his face is

all over the Internet connected with this

wrongful arrest. How long it’s going to

take to clear that out of the Internet? We

all know now that when your picture is in

the Internet, when statements are in the

internet, it’s there forever.”

The arrest – 30 hours in jail

According to a press release, Nez’s

time in jail started about 9:30 a.m. June

18 when he was awakened by his 7-yearold nephew who told him the police

wanted to talk to him.

“I walked downstairs, half -asleep, and

there were a bunch of officers’ right outside my door, fully-armed with automatic

rifles, bullet-proof vests, tactical clothing

and a metal battering ram,” Nez said.

He was told he had a felony warrant for

his arrest on drug sale charges. Despite

telling them he was the wrong person,

Nez was handcuffed, arrested and taken

to jail.

“I was very scared and very shocked,

I didn’t know what was going on,” Nez

said at a press conference June 28. “There

was a lot of questions. I was just very

afraid. I didn’t know what to say. It’s

been a horrible experience. It’s been difficult to get past. I have never felt so helpless before... My wife was trying to find

out what was happening… My parents

and siblings were in disbelief. My mom

was in tears... I was raised to be a Godfearing, law-abiding citizen who helps

out in the church community.”

Nez said he tried to remain calm, even

though it was hard.

“I was so close to … resisting, it’s so

easy to… ‘cause I know I didn’t do anything,” Nez said. “And I had more questions in my mind. I felt the whole weight

of the system on my back, for no reason.

I was so ready to resist that because it

wasn’t me.”

White said Nez was strip searched and

subjected to the humiliation of being arrested with the 30 other people who were

part of the drug bust.

“This is a horrendously humiliating

thing for a young man,” White said.

Nez said he does support the police and

all they do but there are consequences for

mistakes.

“As citizens when we make mistakes,

we go to jail,” Nez said. “If law enforcement makes mistakes, then they have to

have consequences, too. That’s the whole

point of this. I support the law and everything, but there’s consequences for

everything.”

White said people are all entitled to

certain rights under the U.S. Constitution,

which includes the right to liberty and the

right to be free from unlawful searches

and seizures.

“That certainly wasn’t upheld in this

case,” White said. “We haven’t yet decided what the damages are.”

White said the investigation into the

case is still in its early stages.

“But there are problems in Flagstaff

with racial bias,” she said. “And in this

case, it appears that some of that may have

occurred as well. Obviously, we haven’t

investigated. We have not gotten the police reports. But we suspect that there is at

least some aspect in Tremayne’s arrest.”

White said it was a great first step for

the police department to have issued an

apology and acknowledged that they

made the mistake.

“But an apology to a young man just

starting his career,” White said. “As I

said, he’s got internet exposure, negative

exposure, which can dramatically impact

his future. A simple apology… is really

not enough. What does help is that they

acknowledged the fact that Tremayne is

not the guy they were looking for, that he

was misidentified, that they made a mistake.”

During the press conference, Flagstaff Police Department issued a post to

Facebook that said that when he was arrested and informed of the charges his

only statement was that ‘[he] didn’t know

what this was about.’

“Mr. Nez never indicated to the arresting officers that he was not the person

who had sold drugs or that he was not a

drug dealer,” the statement said.

White said that is not true. “That is absolutely false,” White said. “Mr. Nez certainly made that clear. And, I think by the

fact that he had no clue what they were

talking about certainly indicated and

showed them that he was not the person

and didn’t have a tattoo clearly shows this

post is absolutely false.”

The police department reports that Trey

Store was arrested on June 26, 2019 for

the charges originally attributed to Nez

and for additional sales of cocaine and

acid that occurred June 26. The police

department said once those reports are

completed, they will be made available.

Nez background

Nez’s father and older brother are

both well-known Navajo ministers. Nez

is originally from Birdsprings, Arizona

on the Navajo Reservation. He has a degree in political science from Northern

Arizona University and was a member of

the National Society of Leadership while

there.

Toney T. Nez, Tremayne’s father, said,

for the sake of justice, he was there supporting his son.

“We shouldn’t have been here at all,”

he said. “If people, the law, just took the

right approach. I would expect them to

be professional in whatever they do, top

notch people, well-trained. The top resources in the world, but yet, they still

botched it and they did a lot of damage

to the family.”

Toney said he takes pride in his ministry work, which he has been doing for

over 30 years. He pastors a church in his

community of Birdsprings, Arizona on a

voluntary basis.

“I love doing the Lord’s work,” Toney

said. “That’s how we raised our children.

We raised them ethical, biblical with expectations of each of them.”

Toeny raised five children, three boys

and two girls. Tremayne is the youngest.

“I do believe we are all public servants,” Toney said. “Not by use of badges or guns but by use of sacred biblical

standards. To uphold the law. We do work

side by side with local law enforcement.

We support them. I expect nothing short

of being professional in what they do.”

GREEN LIVING

Is Your Supermarket Reducing

Plastic Pollution?

(StatePoint) Plastic pollution is a crisis

for communities, oceans and waterways,

according to environmental experts, who

point out that supermarkets -- as major

contributors to the growing problem -are in an important position to acknowledge and address the issue.

A recent report from Greenpeace,

“Packaging Away the Planet,” ranked

20 major U.S. grocery retailers on their

efforts to eliminate single-use plastics,

evaluating them on their policies, plastic

reduction efforts, innovation and initiatives and transparency. The report found

that, across the board, U.S. supermarkets

are not adequately addressing the plastic

pollution crisis.

“While some retailers have started to

take small steps toward reducing their

plastic footprints, none are acting with

the urgency needed to match the scale of

the problem and their contribution to it,

despite growing consumer demand for

plastic-free solutions,” says Greenpeace

plastics campaigner, David Pinsky. “Not

only do these large companies have the

resources to reimagine their stores with

refill and reuse systems, they can use

their buying power to pressure consumer goods companies to act as well. The

question is whether retailers will take responsibility and act.”

According to experts, eliminating plastic straws or making small changes to

produce bags is not enough, and major retailers wishing to adequately address the

problem will need to immediately create

and implement ambitious, public-facing

plans to shift away from single-use plastics and toward refill and reuse systems.

Notable retailers making positive

changes, according to the report, include

ALDI, which ranked highest due to its

plastic reduction target, comprehensive

reduction plan, transparency and commitment to implement refill and reuse

systems; Kroger, the only retailer of its

size to ban single-use plastic checkout

bags; and Albertsons Companies, which

has made a commitment to reduce its

plastic footprint. However, even these

top-ranked retailers have a long way to

go toward eliminating single-use plastics.

Hoping this year’s report will serve

as a baseline to measure future reforms,

Greenpeace plans to follow up with retailers to assess progress on plastic reduction initiatives, and report those efforts publicly. Consumers can also get

involved by asking their grocery store

managers to phase out throwaway plastics. To learn more, visit greenpeace.org/

usa/shopping-for-plastic-2019/.

While there’s a long way to go to address the global plastic pollution crisis,

supermarkets, which have relationships

with both consumers and consumer goods

companies, are an important industry to

start with, say experts. Working together,

the reduction of plastic use will mean direct relief for communities, oceans and

waterways worldwide.

Hopi Tutuveni

July 16, 2019

KUYI Hopi Radio Station Benefit

Concert Held On Hopi

Page 9

LEGALS

Öngtupqa on stage on July 9, 2019 (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Gary Stoutsos plays flute on stage on July 9, 2019 (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Matthew Nelson plays the clay pots on stage, July 9, 2019 (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

CARL ONSAE

HOPI TUTUVENI

Keams Canyon, Ariz. - On July 9, 2019

the Hopi reservation’s only native public

radio station, KUYI Hopi Radio located

on the dial at 88.1FM and 89.1 for Upper

Moencopi, held a benefit concert to raise

funds for the station.

The concert was to aid the local Hopi

non-profit radio station in staying afloat

on the airwaves and to give back to the

community. Local Hopi artist and Vice

chairman for the Hopi Tribe, Clark Tenakhongva, accompanying Hopi youth performers and non-Hopi artists along with

KUYI Radio staff and DJ’s kept the audience members’ attention throughout the

one-night concert.

Clark Tenakhongva, known as a local

Hopi artist also serving as the Vice Chairman for the Hopi tribe, wanted to help

the radio station by performing his songs

along with his newly formed band called

Öngtupqa. Tenakhongva stated that he

wanted to help the radio station because

it was there that he made his start in music, which led him to becoming a musician. Öngtupqa’s line up consists of Clark

Tenakhongva as lead singer and sound

effects, Gary Stoutsos on flute, and Matthew Nelson on the clay pots. The trio

played some of Tenakhongva’s favorite

songs that either played on the radio or

from his personal music archives.

The benefit concert was held at the

Hopi Jr. Sr. High school located in Keams

Canyon, Ariz. on the Hopi reservation,

and in hopes of playing to an audience

in such a venue where acoustics are bet-

ter accommodated. The audience turnout

was pretty fair and can be seen as a success to some. The concert entry fee was

$5.00 per audience member with Tenakhongva’s CD’s and KUYI Hopi Radio

t-shirts available for purchase.

The concert began with Stoutsos playing gracefully on the flute, putting the

audience in a trance like state, while the

rest of the group was back stage waiting

to join Stoutsos. Tenakhongva and the

rest of his group, including his grandson,

made their way onto the stage to join

Stoutsos to complete the song.

With the soothing sounds of flutes and

soft rumbles from the clay pots, Tenakhongva sang with delight to the audience. Men, women, and children attending the concert seemed to be enjoying

the 2-hour concert, which also included

heavy storytelling by Tenakhongva and

which was followed by soft melodies.

Jennifer Himel, KUYI Marketing Director coordinated the benefit concert for

the people as a means of providing entertainment for those who also attended to

show support for their local Hopi radio

station.

Throughout the concert, Tenakhongva informed audience members about

how the various songs came about and

through his journey to find the right

sound for a specific song. All in all, it

appeared that those in attendance were

fully entertained, with some being in awe

and showing signs of enjoyment and anticipation for more from Tenakhongva,

Öngtupqa and the other performers. One

could say that the night was a success for

all involved.

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July 16, 2019

FLAGSTAFF RED SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL, CELEBRATING

INDIGENOUS WORLD CINEMA, ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL

LINEUP

and communicate to a broad audience;

Native American and Indigenous filmmakers have done just that with their incredible storytelling abilities.

The Red Screen Film Festival showcases these stories and seeks to bring

about deeper understanding and awareness of the lived experiences of Native

and Indigenous peoples around the world.

Flagstaff provides a relevant venue for

displaying these stories and lends to a

culturally-rich experience for students of

NAU and for the broader Flagstaff and

Northern Arizona community.”

Festival Co-Direct or Vicky Westover:

“With Red Screen, we are dedicated to

the building of community around Native

American and Indigenous focused films,

and presenting a broad representation of

contemporary Indigenous cinema for a

diverse audience. We aim to engage and

educate festival attendees via interactions

with attending filmmakers. Red Screen

aligns closely with both the Hanson FilmTV Institute’s mission and with the UA’s

aim to support and celebrate diversity.”

Festival Schedule

WEDNESDAY JULY 24, 7:00pm,

Harkins Theatres Flagstaff 16

Spotlight on Director Sydney Freeland:

DRUNK TOWN’S FINEST IN PERSON: Actress/filmmaker Morningstar

Angeline (Navajo, Blackfoot, Mexican)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Flagstaff, AZ [July 9, 2019] – Flagstaff

Red Screen Film Festival, a new film

festival celebrating Indigenous World

Cinema, will take place in Flagstaff, AZ

from July 24 through 28. Entirely free to

the public, the festival’s inaugural lineup

includes the Arizona Premiere of films

from Canada, Australia, Scandinavia,

and the US, as well as a spotlight on Film

and Television Director Sydney Freeland

(Diné) and a tribute to the late filmmaker

Jake Hoyungowa (Diné/Hopi). The full

lineup and free tickets are available at the

festivals website: www.redscreenfilmfestival.org

Festival Highlights

Highlights of the five-day festival include a Spotlight on Emmy-nominated

film and television Director Sydney Freeland (Navajo) with an encore screening of

her first feature film Drunktown’s Finest

, and the Arizona Premiere of SGaawaay

Kuuna/Edge of the Knife Co-Directed

by Gwaai Edenshaw (Haida) and Helen

Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot'in), the first feature

film in which the actors speak only in dialects of Haida, an endangered language

now spoken by fewer than 30 people in

the world. The festival will also present

a tribute to Flagstaff filmmaker and photographer Jake Hoyungowa, who passed

away in May 2019. Much of Hoyungowa’s works focused on Indigenous

rights and life on Dinétah (Diné LandNation) and Hopitutskwa (Hopi LandNation). The tribute will be followed by

a Focus on Navajo filmmakers, at which

Christopher Nataanii Cegielski, Stacy

THURSDAY JULY 25, 7:00pm, Harkins Theatres Flagstaff 16

Arizona Theatrical Premiere: WARRIOR WOMEN Presented in Association

Howard, Sarah Del Seronde, Blackhorse with Vision Maker Media

IN PERSON: Director Elizabeth Castle

Lowe, Deidra Peaches and Donavan Seschillie will be in attendance. Filmmaker (Shawnee descent)

Dustinn Craig (White Mountain Apache/

FRIDAY JULY 26, 7:00pm, Harkins

Navajo) will present a talk on Indigenous

Storytelling and Self-Representation Theatre Flagstaff 16

Flagstaff Premiere: SWEET COUNat the Museum of Northern Arizona, a

festival partner. Four Navajo filmmak- TRY

Post-Screening Discussion with Octaers participating in the festival are University of Arizona alumni: Christopher viana Trujillo Ph.D., former tribal leader

and

founding chair and professor of the

Nataanii Cegielski (BFA, 2014), Stacy

Howard (BFA, 2017), Sarah Del Seronde department of Applied Indigenous Studies

NAU

(BA Political Science 1998, MA American Indian Studies 2000), and Donavan

Seschillie.

University Partnership

A new partnership between the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona

University, Flagstaff Red Screen Film

Festival is presented by the UA Hanson

Film TV Institute and Cline Library at

NAU . The event marks the universities’

first partnership on an Indigenous cultural

film festival. The festival’s Co-Directors

are Shepherd Tsosie (Diné), Associate

Librarian at NAU, and Vicky West over,

director of the Hanson FilmTV Institute.

As presenting entities, Hanson’s partnership with Cline Library was a natural fit.

Hanson FilmTV Institute brings 30 years

of film programming experience and a

track record as the 16-year producers of

Tucson Cine Mexico, the nation's first

and longest-running Mexican film festival. Cline Library has produced a smaller

annual Native American and Indigenous

film series - an official film festival was

the natural next step.

Festival Co - Director

Shepherd

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SATURDAY JULY 27, 11:00am, Museum of Northern Arizona

A Talk by Dustinn Craig: My Career as

a Native Filmmaker: Indigenous Storytelling and Self-Representation

SATURDAY JULY 27, 4:00pm, Harkins Theatre Flagstaff 16

Arizona Premiere: SAMEBLOD/

SAMI BLOOD Post-Screening Discussion with Octaviana Trujillo

SATURDAY JULY 27, 7:00pm, Harkins Theatre Flagstaff 16

Arizona Premiere: SGAAWAAY

K’UUNA /EDGE OF THE KNIFE PostScreening Discussion with Octaviana

Trujillo

SUNDAY JULY 28, 1:00pm, Harkins

Theatres Flagstaff 16

TRIBUTE TO JAKE HOYUNGOWA

and FOCUS ON NAVAJO FILM MAKERS

SUNDAY JULY 28, 4:00pm, Harkins

Theatres Flagstaff 16

Arizona Theatrical Premiere: BLOOD

MEMORY Presented in association with

Vision Maker Media

IN PERSON: Director Drew Nicholas

with special guest Carolyn Doyle Matter

(White Mountain Apache)

Screening Information

The 2019 Red Screen Film Festival

screenings will all take place at the Harkins Theatres Flagstaff 16 (4751 E. Marketplace Dr., Flagstaff 86004) and the talk

by Dustinn Craig will be at the Museum

of Northern Arizona (3103 N. Fort Valley Rd., Flagstaff 86001). Free tickets are

now available at www.redscreenflmfestival.org. Note that tickets do not guarantee

seats. Seating will be available to ticket

holders on a first-come first-served basis.

Patrons are encouraged to arrive early

to secure seats. Tickets are not required,

but ticket holders will be seated ahead of

non- ticket holders.

Festival Team

Co-Directors: Shepherd Tsosie (Diné)

and Vicky Westover Assistant Director:

Kerryn Negus Committee: David Church,

David Gray, Susan Slonaker, Octaviana

V. Trujillo (Yaqui) Technical Director:

Dan Brock Guest Narrative Programmer:

Sydney Freeland (Navajo) Post-screening

discussant: Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui)

Special Projects: Mathew Bogaert Social

Media Coordinator: Emily Herrera

Festival Presenters and Sponsors

Presenters:

UA Hanson Film TV Institute

The Hanson FilmTV Institute (hansonfilm.org), part of the UA College of

Fine Arts, is concerned with the art and

business of film. The Institute works in

partnership with diverse UA entities and

local, national, and international organizations. The Institute produces educational programs, public events, and creative projects that provide educational

and professional development opportunities for students, faculty, and filmmakers.

The Institute contributes to the University's land-grant mission by producing

film events and films that address societal issues. The Institute places a special

focus on Mexican and Native American

filmmaking.

Cline Library at NAU

The Cline Library at NAU (https://nau.

edu/library/) engages users in the design

of discovery, research and learning experiences that advance NAU’s mission

and strengthen a diverse community. The

Library’s expertise, collections, services

and spaces elevate learning, scholarship,

creativity and innovation in Arizona and

beyond.

Lead Sponsors: NAU College of Arts

and Letters, UA College of Fine Arts,

NAU Office of the President, UA School

of Theatre, Film & Television

With Support From: Museum of Northern Arizona, Native American Cultural

Center at NAU, NAU Department of

Comparative Cultural Studies, NAU Office of Native American Initiatives

Documentary films presented in association with: Vision Maker Media

Press contact

Kerryn Negus | Assistant Director,

Hanson FilmTV Institute | p. (520) 6261405 | e. knegus@email.arizona.edu

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