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•Hotevilla-Bacavi Community School

graduating in 2019. Although, we could

below.

•Hopi Jr. High School

not cover all of the schools through out the

This year the Hopi Tutuveni tried to cover

most of the Hopi students promoting and

graduating from their respective schools. In

this issue of the Hopi Tutuveni, we covered:

•The Hopi Day School

•Second Mesa Day School

•Hopi High School

•And Tuba City High School.

We at the Hopi Tutuveni extend our congratulations to the students promoting and

Hopi reservation, we wish the students who

promoted and graduated this year with our

sincere congratulations and best wishes for

your future.

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Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

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Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - As part of strategic efforts to increase readership and ensuring readers actually get a newspaper,

Hopi Tutuveni staff has proposed to hold

a subscription drive in July 2019. Participants who subscribe will then in turn be

guaranteed that the publications, which

come out every first and third Tuesday of

the month, will reach them via mail.

We have heard from some current subscribers about how much they appreciate

being able to get the paper in the mail

and how convenient it is to stop for mail

and their Hopi Tutuveni all in one stop.

We sincerely appreciate their patronage

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EDITORIAL

COLUMN

COMMUNITY

Hopi Student Wins

National Journalism Award

Read about her greatest

success in journalism

LARRY’S CORNER

HEEF now Accepting

Nominations for their

Board

Sponsors

The major sponsors for the trip were

the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians,

Victor Aronow from Radio Phoenix and

June Fox from Seattle. Bindell, Labahe,

Thorpe and Anderson thank them for

their support.

Thorpe made a video about the conference, which can be seen on Youtube under Jacque Thorpe.

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June 4, 2019

Hopi Education Endowment Fund

Now Accepting Nominations for

their Board

LuAnn Leonard HEEF

PRESS RELEASE

KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – May 29,

2019, the Hopi Education Endowment

Fund (HEEF) announced that they are

now accepting nominations of individuals to serve on the HEEF Board. As a

charitable, non-profit program of the

Hopi Tribe, the HEEF was created and

organized for the purpose of growing

and safeguarding a perpetual source of

funding to provide educational opportunities and support to Hopi students of all

ages.

HEEF Board members play a vital

role in providing guidance, support and

direction to the HEEF staff to carry forward the mission of the organization

“Cultivating and nurturing the future our

Hopi people through education by growing and safeguarding a perpetual source

of funding.” Individuals, both Hopi and

non-Hopi, interested in sharing their expertise, talents, and resources to help further the HEEF mission are encouraged to

consider becoming a member or nominating an individual to the board.

Nominating Committee Chairperson,

Dr. Tsianina Lomawaima explained that

any member of the Hopi Tribe or current

HEEF members are eligible to nominate

a candidate for Board membership. Selfnominations are also accepted.” She further shared that members serve a three

-year term and are asked to serve on one

of the Standing Committees of the organization.

Service as a Board Member means

different things to each member. Outgoing HEEF Member Janet Regner shared

“Being a HEEF Board member has been

one of my life’s most precious honors. I

have witnessed and supported the deep

commitment of Hopi to nurture the future of its people through education. If

you have ever dreamt of offering your

talents in order to help leave a legacy,

HEEF is that organization.”

More information about the HEEF can

be found on the website at www.hopieducationfund.org or by calling LuAnn

Leonard, Executive Director at 928-7342275. Email inquiries can also be sent

to lleonard@hopieducationfund.org. To

nominate an individual or self-nominate

go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/

WL32V6Z to fill out a Nomination form.

Nominations close on June 24, 2019.

Hopi Tribe Economic Development

Corporation Presents $125,000

Annual Dividends to the Hopi Tribe

Daryl Melvin - Acting HTEDC Board Chair presents the 2019 Annual HTEDC Dividend

check in the amount of $125,000 to Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma who accepted

on behalf of the Hopi Tribe. Photo by: Cindy Smith

Cindy Smith, HTEDC CEO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOTEVILLA, Ariz. - The Hopi Tribe

Economic Development Corporation

(HTEDC) was proud to present the annual dividend check to the Hopi Tribe

during the Regular Hopi Tribal Council

meeting on May 5th.

In the past four years, the companies

managed by HTEDC have continued to

improve in performance. The improved

performance has permitted the HTEDC

to increase the dividend amount paid

each year since 2016.

On behalf of the Hopi Tribe, HTEDC manages several northern Arizona

properties that include, the Days Inn by

Wyndham Sedona located in Sedona, the

Hopi Cultural Center located on Second

Mesa, the Hopi Travel Plaza located in

Holbrook, Walpi Housing located in Polacca, and the Hopi properties located in

Flagstaff, which include the Continental Shopping Plaza, Heritage Square in

downtown Flagstaff and Kachina Square

in East Flagstaff.

Daryl Melvin, Acting HTEDC Board

Chair presented this year’s Dividend

check in the amount of $125,000 on behalf of the HTEDC to Hopi Chairman

Tim Nuvangyaoma who accepted on behalf of the Hopi Tribe.

As the HTEDC managed businesses

continue to grow and improve in performance, we look forward to steadily increasing dividends to the people of Hopi.

Hopi High media teacher wins

state journalism award

Hopi High media teacher Stan Bindell receives top journalism award from AIPA past

president Christine Brandell-Melendez. (Photo/Anna Horton)

Ellyse Fredericks

Special to the Navajo-Hopi Observer

PHOENIX — Stan Bindell, Hopi High

School media teacher, received the Forest R. Martin Memorial Award May 4 —

the highest state award that a journalism

teacher in Arizona can be given.

Bindell attended a luncheon that took

place at Canyon Grill 49 in Phoenix

where he was given the award.

Melanie Allen, president of the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association

(AIPA)and a journalism teacher at Moon

Valley High School, said the purpose of

the award is to recognize the hard work

and dedication of advisors in the state of

Arizona.

Bindell was nominated by the AIPA

members.

AIPA supports middle school and high

school journalism programs.

When Bindell heard his name called

as the award winner, he was surprised

because he believed another journalism

teacher deserved the award.

“It is such a great honor. I wouldn’t

have been given the award if not for our

hard working students. It is great that our

program is recognized,” Bindell said.

Hopi High media student Amber Labahe was proud of Bindell when she heard

about his award. She thinks Bindell is a

great teacher and he works hard.

“Bindell always made encouraging

words to me and everyone else around

me. He told me to keep on writing no matter what. It inspired me to go into journalism after high school,” Labahe said.

Bindell has been teaching at Hopi High

School for 23 years. During that time,

his students have won state awards every

year.

Bindell said his students’ awards are

more important than his own. He said he

is always thrilled when his students win

awards because his students compete

from a small Native American school.

Bindell teaches video journalism, print

journalism and radio journalism.

“The purpose of journalism in high

school is to allow students to use their

voice and knowing the importance of

it, whether it’s expressing an opinion or

sharing information with the community,” Bindell said.

Ellyse Fredericks is a media student at

Hopi High School.

June 4, 2019

Hopi Tutuveni

Hopi Tutuveni Subscription Drive

Giveaway, Cont.

unique baskets will be equal to, or valued more than, what the subscription cost

would be.

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 available for four lucky 2019 Hopi Tutuveni

Subscription Drive participants.

Hopi Tutuveni has been marketing the

idea with local and surrounding Hopi

artists/businesses and offering advertising space in exchange for items, equal in

value to the space, to be put in the Hopi

Tutuveni basket of incentives. Hopi Tutuveni will also feature the artist/business

in a “spread” in upcoming publications.

We were ecstatic to learn how much support we have from our local Hopi artists

and businesses and who truly appreciate

their Hopi newspaper – the Hopi Tutuveni. We encourage other artists and

businesses who wish to participate in this

portion of the efforts to contact Romalita

Laban, Managing Editor at 928-734-3281

or at rlaban@hopi.nsn.us.

Additionally, Hopi Tutuveni staff has

been informed by some distribution site

staff that some readers are gathering up

more than one copy of the publications,

with some individuals taking five or

more in one “grab.” We sincerely hope

the “grab” is a reflection of how very

valuable Hopi Tutuveni may be to them.

Some of the distribution staff members

have even gone the extra step of watching out for other Hopi Tutuveni readers

by making sure patrons only take one

publication at a time. We appreciate their

efforts for ensuring fair distribution for

their fellow Hopi community members,

as well.

Although 5,000 copies of the Hopi

Tribe’s official newspaper are currently

being distributed monthly and through

seventeen distribution sites, located on

and off the Hopi reservation, some read-

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LEGALS

ers may not be able to obtain a publication due to the behaviors of some select

few. We believe subscriptions could curtail this situation.

Hopi Tutuveni has also been encouraged by some distribution site staff to

start charging for the papers, as well.

They believe it would discourage readers from taking more than a fair share.

Readers have shared because they see the

newspaper as a valuable resource and,

they too, would be willing to pay for it.

The public will most likely have to start

paying at the newsstands due to the current state of economy on Hopi and surrounding areas being impacted by the

closure of the Navajo Generating Station.

Charging for the Hopi Tutuveni may become a reality sooner than later.

The Hopi Tutuveni staff’s motivation

and desire to envision revenue generating

ideas has been sparked even more in light

of recent news about the loss of revenues

coming from the Peabody Coal mine to

the Hopi Tribe. The loss is expected to

be felt by the Hopi Tribe in just a few

short months and by August 2019. The

loss will impact the Hopi Tribe’s overall

budget and in particular the General Fund

under which Hopi Tutuveni’s operations

and production are covered.

Realistically, services which the public

does not pay for may have to be charged

for, as well. Typically, municipal and

other services which are covered via a

taxation process are not covered under

the Hopi Tribe and because Hopi does not

have a taxation mechanism in place. Perhaps that could be a solution to the lack

of development and infrastructure which

is currently present on Hopi.

For now and to prepare for the strong

possibility of having to charge at the

newsstand, we at Hopi Tutuveni, have designed the subscription deal which individuals and organizations may appreciate

and look forward to during the upcoming

July 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Subscription

Drive.

We encourage all to get ready for the

Hopi Tutuveni 2019 Subscription Drive

and any questions regarding the drive can

be directed to Hopi Tutuveni staff at 928734-3283 or 928-734-3281. Email inquiries can be sent to rlaban@hopi.nsn.us

The Hopi Tribe’s 2019 Preliminary Final

Comprehensive Economic Development

Strategy Office of Community Planning

and Economic Development

Andrew Gashwazra, CPED

PRESS RELEASE

The Hopi Tribe receives a small grant

from the U.S. Economic Development

Administration’s (EDA) through The

Office of Community Planning and Economic Development (OCPED) to update

the Hopi Tribe’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy among other planning efforts. The 2019 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

(CEDS) is currently being distributed for

public review and comment. It is downloadable from the Tribe’s website: http://

www.hopi-nsn.gov/tribal-services/officeof-community-planning-development/

The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is a “living”

economic development planning document developed from planning sessions,

interviews, research, and public presentations designed to build capacity and

guide strategic economic development

decision making. It provides a foundation

to engage in a meaningful conversation

and debate by individuals, organizations,

local government, institutes of learning,

and private industry about what efforts

would best serve economic development.

It identifies weaknesses and challenges

that exist and shape the economic conditions of Hopi. Comments can be provided

to the contact information on the website

or by visiting one of the locations.

•Village Community Service Administration Offices

•First Mesa Consolidated Villages

Office

•The Hopi Tribe: The Office of the

Chairman

The Office of Community Planning

and Economic Development

•Hopi Tribal Economic Development

Corporation

5200 E. Cortland Blvd, Suite E200-7,

Flagstaff, AZ.

With the Tribe’s loss of revenues and

budget cuts, it is critical that the CEDS

should take into account and, where appropriate, integrate or leverage other regional planning efforts, including the use

of other available federal funds, private

sector resources, and state support which

can advance a CEDS goals and objectives.

A broadly inclusive process can build

leadership, enhance cooperation and enthusiasm, foster public ownership, and is

vital to the creation of a relevant and effective document, therefore, your participation in review and providing comment

is important to addressing the current

economic conditions and future planning for Hopi. The final public comment

period for the CEDS 2019 will end June

30, 2019 however any information and

comments contributing to future CEDS

updates can be provided anytime.

Would you like to put your

legals into the Newspaper?

For a single price you can put

your legals into the Hopi

Tutuveni

Call 928-734-3283 to find out how

Special Graduation Issue

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June 4, 2019

Hopi Day School Sixth Grade Promotion

Hopi Day Students listen to their guest speaker

Proud parents takes photos, and congratulate the students

Students shake hands with school officials

One student receives his certificate from the lead teacher and school officials

Second Mesa Day School Sixth Grade Promotion

Brianna Lomaintewa Valedictorian for Second Mesa Day School

Jordyn Lomakema Salutatorian for Second Mesa Day School

Students stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance before their ceremony

Happy students sit with their certificate to enter 7th grade

Hopi Jr. High School Eighth Grade Promotion

Evonne Sidney Valedictorian for the Hopi Jr. High school

Kaili Batala Salutatorian for the Hopi Jr. High school

Hopi Jr. High school students sit and listen to their guest speaker

Elias Susunkewa says the opening prayer in Hopi

Hopi Tutuveni

June 4, 2019

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Larry’s Corner

PUZZLES & GAMES

CONNECT THE DOTS

A Speech to Inspire All

Picture by https://misfitmatriarch.com/

By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE

The Hopi Tutuveni

TICK-TACK-TOE

Cross Word Puzzle

Find the English words for the

Hopi words.

Across

Down

2. Taaqa

1. Öönga

4. Kyap’tsi

3. nuy

8. Naaöna

5. Pang’qawu

9. Sivosi

6. Pumuy

11. Muuyaw

7. So’wuti

13. Tsapönagala 10. Pöhu

15. Wuy’taka

12. Soki

17. Lölökinta

14. Ka’eh

18. Tugwni

16. Naapi

19. Put’ve

17. Pitsooti

Answers in next issue

Answers for May 21st edition

Across

4. Cactus, 6. Laundry Mat, 7. Evil, 8. Elk, 10. Left, 12. Glow, 13. Heavy, 15. Girlfriend, 17. Fox, 18.

Leather

Down

1. Fart, 2. Belly, 3. Horn, 4. Cradle Board, 5. Bee, 9. Lake, 11. Big, 13. Handsome, 14. Dry, 16. Knee

Call 928-734-3283 for hints or answers

Hopilavit - Conversation Words

W I

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W A

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Find the Hopi Words

Kwisto - Get

Yup’a - Go ahead

Nima - Go home

Nakwhana - Grant

permission

Tutskwa - Ground

Naasami - Half-dollar

Hiñti - Happen (what)

Hãalayi - Happy

Kyaktayti’i - Hurry

Wuuni - Idea (thought)

Pashimu - Important

Sonkya - Improbable

Songyawnen - In effect

Tutuwna - Instruct

Tunatya - Intention

A Q

N B

A W

H A

W T

K T

A U

N T

Y U

A W

Y N

M A

X P

Q U

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R O

N W

Itsivu - Intolerant

Tuwat - In turn

Qanaani - Jealous

(feel)

Tumala - Job

Henanata - Jog

Suumi - Join

Hintaqa - Kind (what)

Tuwi’yta - Know

Ngasta - Lacking

Lavayi - Language

Qa iits - Late

Tayati - Laugh

Ya’makma - Leave

(exit)

Awtuuqayta -Listen

Tunatyawta - Look

G N

F E

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J W

M A

P Y

A G

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Q O

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T Y

W A

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after

Hiisa - Many

Paati - Melt

Qa’ãntipu - Mistake

Qaavo - Next day

Aa’awna - Notify

Ephaqam - Now & then

Himu’yva - Obtain

Paypi - Oh Well!

Namora - Option

(choice)

Angqw - Out of origin

Tuqayvasta - Pay Attention

Qe’ti - Quit

Yõoyoki - Rain

Graduation times on the Hopi

mesas are quite the sight to see and

Hopis love their education. Many

Hopis want to be a successful “Hopi-white man” where it seems they

want to have the benefits of being a

white person while practicing Hopi

religion, too. I think it’s great that

we are taking advantage of the white

man’s education system especially

since just two centuries ago, Hopis

never wanted to have any sort of

white man’s education or to deal

with any white man’s problems.

When graduation time comes

around, most schools will go out and

find the most successful person to

talk to their young graduates about

the success they have. The schools

will get the most successful person

outside of the reservation that has

a bunch of letters after their given

name like, PHD, BA, AA, or, JD just

to name a few.

And that’s ok, because we want to

inspire our graduates to become successful individuals, to go out into the

world and become doctors, lawyers,

and businessmen.

Recently and just this past May,

I was at a few graduations and promotions and every keynote speaker

or guest spoke of how they became

successful. They talked about their

story on how they made it BIG

through their rough times in their

lives. I rather enjoyed their speech

but it was the same cookie-cutter

speech where they either came from

a broken home and how their teachers were an inspiration to them to

become who they are today, and I

get that. It’s a nice story that we hear

every year at these promotions and

graduations. But when I heard their

stories it reminded me about the time

when I was graduating from high

school, and yes, I did go to Feline

High where the cool cats go.

I sat before our guest speaker; I

don’t remember who it was, because

I was still a mush head who just

wanted to get out of high school. But

I remember what this person said.

He said that we should all make a

change with what we learned in high

school and that we were the dreamers of this world we lived in then.

Now, when I graduated, the very

next day I didn’t know what else to

do. I think I bummed around for a

year ‘til I went to college. The guest

speaker said we would become successful right off the bat, and when I

remembered that I thought, now that

was a lie.

I didn’t know what I wanted to do

or what I wanted to become back

then, I just remember during my

senior year, recruiters from different colleges came around. My mom

said, “Just go to college and learn

something else.” So I did.

At these Hopi promotions and

graduations, as I listened to the

speakers, all of them said the same

thing “Go out and learn something,

then come back and teach and work

for your people.” But I don’t blame

the school administration or personnel for giving our children hope

to become lawyers, doctors, space

rangers, etc. I blame the “system”

here on the Hopi reservation for giving us hope that we could come back

and become something great, and

that we could help our people when

we graduated.

I have to admit though that there

are some Hopi people out on the reservation that have a great degree and

are doing something to help the Hopi

people, but it’s like .00001% of the

population that is doing that.

What I would very much like to

see at these promotions/graduations,

is to have someone in the Hopi community, who has graduated and is

doing something great like working at the local grocery store, or a

stay-at-home parent who is making

money by carving dolls or weaving baskets. We can’t all listen to a

cookie-cutter speech about how we

could become like a white man, we

need more average Hopi people telling our kids that it’s ok to not go to

college, its ok to work a 9-5 job, and

because the majority of our graduates will do that.

We give our new graduates so

much hope that if and when their

plans for success fail, they are very

devastated and can’t imagine working for pennies on the dollar. So they

become depressed and start asking

for handouts.

One thing we haven’t taught our

kids is how to fail and get back up

again. As much as we teach our kids

never to fail, to always have a goal,

to always make sure you strive to

become successful, and that’s ok.

I think, we should be teaching our

kids that its okay to fail at life, because how we can become successful is when we experience failure.

We’re not robots or supermen, were

just Hopis trying to understand how

to balance our religious side of our

lives and understand the white man’s

ways.

Now, don’t get me wrong, some

Hopi graduates will become doctors or lawyers, but most of them

will stay at home, play video games,

watch TV, and eat cereal at 4pm, but

that’s ok too. Just as long as they find

hope in something that they are doing to make their lives easier.

We have this notion, that in order

to become successful, we have to get

a degree from a 4-year college that

defines who we are, but in reality, our

clanship, our heritage, our traditions

define who we are, not some piece

of paper with our name and degree

on it. Sure it will get us a good job,

in the white man’s world, but if you

took your degree down to the Hopi

kiva, everyone will laugh at you and

make you sit in the back. Here on the

Hopi reservation, degrees like a PHD

or BA degree means nothing…in the

kiva. Now if there was a degree for

how many times someone butchered

a sheep then I would proudly hang

that on my wall.

Don’t skin the cat just yet, education is important to everyone, it

means that we are like supermen

where we have our deep-rooted Hopi

culture and are studying the white

man’s ways, too. We are doing twice

the work to become balanced in life.

My advice to you is that failure is

an option, if it wasn’t we wouldn’t

have that saying, “Failure is not an

option.” But, just as long you find

success in your own way, success

is what you make of it, whether it’s

working at a grocery store, or saying

“Would you like fries with that?” If

my speech to end all speeches were

to inspire anyone who reads my column, then I would feel successful if

at least that one person could say, “I

learned something from a cat.”

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Special Graduation Issue

June 4, 2019

Hotevilla-Bacavi Community School Eighth Grade Promotion

Eugene Talas presents the Hopi code talkers award to a lucky student

Students sit and listen to their guest speaker talking about their future

Proud students take their certificate of completion to enter the 9th grade

Hopi High School Graduation

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Tuba City High School Graduation

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A shower of confetti to congratulate the class of 2019

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Current Indian World News

June 4, 2019

Cherokee remembers High school student fights

for right to wear Native

fallen warriors on

regalia and an eagle feather

Memorial Day

during commencement

During a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Cherokee Veterans Memorial Park on Monday, May 27, Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed, left, U.S. Marine Corps veteran,

salutes after placing a wreath along with Sgt. Major Frank McRae, U.S. Army; SFC

Clifford Long, U.S. Army; and Col. John Carter, U.S. Army. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One

Feather photos)

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P.

ONE FEATHER STAFF

As the sun shone down on the names

inscribed in a marble statue at the Cherokee Veterans Memorial Park of those

brave Cherokee warriors who gave the

ultimate sacrifice in battle, a large crowd

gathered to honor them. The Steve

Youngdeer American Legion Post 143

hosted its annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Park on the morning of

Monday, May 27.

“They are the fallen, we are grateful for their eternal sacrifice,” Post 143

Commander Lew Harding said during

his opening remarks.

Commander Harding said on Memorial Day that unity is important nationwide. “We must seek harder to find

common ground and work together as a

country, as a Tribe, and as a people. We

must not lose our moral compass or disregard the rule of law. These freedoms,

for which these brothers and sisters have

died, are so meaningful and we must

preserve them. Each generation must

relearn and re-commit to the foundations

of our democracy. This nation was built

on the blood, sweat, and tears of Native

Americans and many others. We cannot

let those sacrifices be in vain. We honor

these veterans here today and the fallen

heroes of all the conflicts that our country has faced.”

He added, “Today, we honor the men

and women who answered the call of our

nation. They are our heroes…the families of the fallen, we love you and we

honor you. We thank you for every bit

of our freedom that we appreciate each

and every day.”

During the program, Warren Dupree,

Post 143 service officer, read a research

piece about the Post’s namesake, Steve

Youngdeer. The piece was written by

Gary Holt, U.S. Army veteran, and is

entitled “Journey of a Young Warrior

1917-18”.

After training at Camp Sevier from

September 1917 to May 1918, Private

Youngdeer and his fellow troops in the

30th Infantry Division took a 10-day

boat transport and landed at Liverpool,

England.

“About July 1, 1918, the 30th was ordered to move into Belgium,” Dupree

read. “It was assigned to Tunneling

Camp for final training in trench warfare

and in attacking strong points. This sector was turned over to the 30th Division

by the 33rd British Division.”

He continued, “On Aug. 31, 1918,

the 119th and 120th Infantry Battalions,

along with the 113th and 115th Machine

Gun Battalions, engaged the 236th German Division. Steve Youngdeer was

noted for volunteering constantly to be

one of the first men to go ‘over the top’

and out of the trenches. He was there to

take care of business and do his job as

an American soldier. On Aug. 1, 1918,

Steve Youngdeer suffered a leg wound

that would be complicated by pneumonia. He was taken to a field hospital in

the British sector called Dirty Bucket

Camp near Flanders Field. On Sept. 15,

1918, Private Steve Youngdeer passed

away.”

Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed, a

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, gave the

keynote address during Monday’s event

and said, “It is an honor to be part of a

community where so many come out to

honor the memory of our fallen veterans

who have paid the ultimate

Thunderstorms, tornadoes, and

flooding: Aftermath of severe

weather for Midwest tribes

Photo provided by Indian Country Today

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye

Indian Country Today

Cherokee Nation says their tribal citizens are safe.

Tribes in the Midwest suffered damages from severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and flooding this week, and the

severe weather will continue.

The National Weather Service has

warned the central United States of

flash flood watches and flood warnings

into next week. Friday’s forecast brings

winds, hail, and tornadoes.

Tornado warnings sent residents, including tribal citizens, looking for safety

and some residents are reporting they

haven’t slept in days.

Crystal Echo-Hawk, president of

Echohawk Consulting, posted her experiences on social media on Wednesday from Skiatook, Oklahoma, which is

north of Tulsa.

“Multiple tornado warnings, 2 trips to

storm shelter, 1 tornado reported near us

& no power. We are fried. Camping in

the living room holding it down. Ready

for this to be over!” she posted. “Grateful to be with these fierce ladies & we’ve

managed to still laugh despite some real

scares and stress. Truly appreciate all

the folks who have been checking on us.

Hope all our friends & relatives in surrounding areas are ok!”

A tornado killed 3 people in Missouri

on Wednesday night, according to multiple reports, and a damage survey is ongoing from that tornado.

President Donald J. Trump expressed

his condolences to the state of Missouri.

“Our hearts go out to the people of

Missouri as they woke up to assess the

damage from storms. You are strong and

resilient, and we are here to assist,”

Tvli Birdshead, 18, fights for his right to wear an eagle feather and regalia for his

upcoming graduation ceremony at Latta High School in Ada, Okla. Pictured with Tvli

is his mother, Taloa Birdshead. (Submitted photos)

Latoya Lonelodge, Staff Reporter

Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune

(ADA-OK) With success comes a

great deal of pride and honor as many

students are anticipating and counting

down the days until their high school

graduation. Completing a milestone such

as high school is an accomplishment for

students, a success story of its own, and

one of the last memories they will have

parting ways into the next chapter of

their lives.

While students look forward to the

big day in excitement, others are facing challenges of their own in their fight

to freely express themselves culturally

as some Oklahoma schools continue to

deny Native American students the right

wear regalia and eagle feathers during

graduation ceremonies. With Oklahoma being home to 39 Native American

tribes, it leaves some baffled by these

school decisions banning the wearing of

regalia, beaded caps or eagle feathers.

For centuries, Native Americans have

praised the sacredness of specific items

that hold significance within their individual cultures. To uphold tradition that

has been passed down from generation

to generation, one Native student, Tvli

Birdshead is actively fighting for his

right to wear an eagle feather, beaded

cap, and an honor cord that was presented to him by his tribe, the Chickasaw

Nation.

Birdshead, 18, is a senior at Latta

High School in Ada, Okla. Birdshead is

actively involved in the Native American student life at school with clubs and

maintains his grades as a National Honor

Society student, and he takes great pride

in his heritage.

Birdshead said that when he went to

his principal at Latta High School to request permission to wear his eagle feather, beaded cap and cord, he was told no.

“I kind of already anticipated what

Latta would say, they said no initially,

because you hear these stories every

year and I had anticipated their answer.

It wasn’t that big of a shock to me but

we still fought and we approached the

principal at first. After our conversation

with him my mom had a meeting with

the superintendent and he also said no.

He said it was up to the school board

members and that the next meeting that

could change that policy was May 6,”

Birdshead explained.

Referring to the school’s handbook,

Birdshead said the school’s reasoning

behind denying his request was that only

school sanctioned items could be worn

at graduation.

“They didn’t really show me anything

that said I couldn’t wear it and that’s

where me and my mom were confused

because they would say it’s against

policy and it wouldn’t go with the student handbook or it’s against the dress

code and the dress code isn’t stated and

the policy that they talked about doesn’t

state it either, so that’s the situation that

we were running into,” Birdshead said.

In wearing regalia at ceremonies such

as graduation, Birdshead said it would

give him a sense of pride in honoring his

family and where he comes from.

“It gives me the opportunity to acknowledge the people that I come from,

to acknowledge my grandfather, my

great grandmother, it gives me the opportunity to acknowledge my spirituality, acknowledge what I believe in and

just thanking the Creator for this opportunity that he’s given me and thanking

him for giving me this honor,” Birdshead said.

With the honor of showcasing his re-

galia at graduation, Birdshead said he

initially wanted to wear his eagle feather.

“I didn’t know how the school would

react to that, then the Chickasaw Nation,

I think it was new this year, they issued

honor cords for all the Chickasaw graduating seniors and those were sent in the

mail and I got mine and I asked our principal if I could wear it and he said no

and the reason is because it would open

the door for other organizations, that the

school doesn’t let them wear their honor

cords either, and so the honor cords kind

of just set the tone because I wanted to

wear my eagle feather initially and bead

my cap and the honor cords added to

that,” Birdshead said.

And while the school stood by their

policy and with Birdshead standing firm

in his fight to wear his regalia, Birdshead said it became frustrating for him

at school.

“It’s really frustrating because people

talk around the school, I’m hearing other

people use comparisons like ‘what if this

other kid wanted to honor, in quotations,

his ancestors that were Nazis or what if

they wanted to wear the swastika on their

cap,’ and they’re taking it to the extreme

and that makes me really angry because

that belief, that whole situation that they

made up is not protected in the American

Indian Religious Freedom Act and that

just makes me angry,” Birdshead said.

In helping schools better understand

the Native American viewpoint in honoring themselves at ceremonies such as

graduation, Birdshead said education is

the key.

“I think we definitely need to educate

better and get the word out about the significance of the eagle feathers … in the

Society of Indian Psychologists is an article in response to the recommendation

of the display of spiritual and cultural

symbols of graduation regalia for American Indian students, it just talks about the

historical aspect of assimilation, of how

the school systematically forced Indians

to forget about their language, forget

about their culture and spirituality and it

talks about denying us our right to wear

our eagle feather, it’s just going back to

repeating history. I think by spreading

articles like this and addressing the issue with schools like earlier in the year

would definitely help,” Birdshead said.

And in educating schools, some

schools are taking that proactive step to

communicate and coordinate with respective tribes where a majority of Native students are located.

El Reno High School Principal Pat

Liticker said they have a strong Native

American population, where Native

Americans come in second category of

minorities to Hispanics. Home to a large

majority of Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal

families, El Reno High School makes it

a priority to coordinate with the tribes

each school year.

“We do have a strong tradition of Native American students at El Reno in our

community and so we try as best we can

to meet the needs, there’s a lot of activities that the Native American students

get to participate in especially through

our Indian Education Program, which

I think is a phenomenal program,” Liticker said.

And like other schools, Liticker said

they do have policy for all students to

follow. However, the one and only exception allowed at graduation time allows Native American students to wear

an eagle feather on their cap if they

choose to.

“We have a policy, not just for Native

Americans students, but it’s a policy for

Hispanic students, African

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High school student fights for right to wear Native regalia, Cont.

American students, Caucasian

students, we have a graduation

policy that we have in place,

which we try to hold to a more

traditional graduation ceremony

where nobody is allowed to deviate, not any cultural group,

and some schools allow students to decorate their caps and

some schools don’t allow them

to. We just have that policy for

all students, at the same time,

to be respectful of our Native

American students and their heritage and their beliefs, we do, in

conjunction with the tribes, we

work very closely with them to

hammer what is called the spirit

charter where we recognize the

importance of Native American

values and culture and what that

means to those students and

families. They wear the official

feather on their cap to recognize that, we allow them to wear

full regalia under their gown,

some of them wore a medallion

around their necks, we do have

some of those agreements with

the tribe and we do have a full

agreement that we allow our Native American students to do,”

Liticker explained.

Liticker said students don’t

have to ask permission to wear

regalia underneath their gown.

“That’s their choice as far as

meeting the official dress, we

tell our students you have to be

dressed formal, dress shoes, ties,

dress shirts, all that, and for our

Native students, if they choose,

their formal official dress is their

regalia,” Liticker said.

In order to avoid lack of education of the tribe’s heritage and

beliefs, Liticker said that the

school makes sure they work

closely with the Cheyenne and

Arapaho Tribes.

“We just make sure we’re

working very closely with them,

that we’re very respectful of our

Native student’s culture, that

we’re very respectful of their

beliefs with the tribe and any

time if there is something where

we’re kind of out of line with

that we make sure we’re edu-

cated on it, because I think most

of the time that’s where it comes

from is just a lack of education

on what is the official meaning

of the headdress, sometimes our

kids don’t understand that and so

it just needs to be an educational

time of lets explain to them really what the headdress means

and the importance of it to the

tribes. Lets explain to them what

all of these things mean so that

we understand that when we’re

using this term or that term, that

you understand that’s a negative

term in the eyes of the tribe and

we want to be respectful of that,

we don’t want anybody to be offended because somebody used

a term that maybe they’ve been

using and never realized, ‘oh I

didn’t think of it that way,’” Liticker said.

While schools are proactively

involving themselves with tribes,

some educators are also striving

to praise the cultural upbringing

of Native youth in the school

system. With the continuing issue of denying Native students

the right to honor themselves

distinctly among their heritage,

the topic arises frequently across

the United States.

Founder and Interim Executive Director of the Oklahoma

City Sovereign Community

School, Phil Gover, had some

insight to share over the topic.

“I’ve been really hardened

that this issue is coming up more

and more and not just in Oklahoma, I think it comes up in

other states as well where there’s

a substantial population of Native students. Why I’m hardened

about it is because for so long,

especially in the traditional public schools systems, excluding

our tribal grant schools or BIA

schools, but for so long our Native kids don’t see themselves

reflected in their schools, like

their cultures, they tend to be

watered down if not outright disrespected. The curriculum that

schools teach in our school, and

this doesn’t necessarily reflect

their experience and knowledge,

but other times it’s just outright

lies, it’s not true, you get to the

point when someone who’s on

the verge of adulthood has the

self awareness to say, ‘you know

what this moment is about me,

it’s about my achievements

and my accomplishments and I

should have the ability to celebrate in a culturally or appropriate way,’” Gover said.

With the upcoming addition

of the Sovereign Community

School set to officially open in

the fall of 2019 in Oklahoma

City, where Native American

curriculum will be incorporated,

the issue of denying cultural

upbringing and expression will

cease to arise.

Gover said the issue comes

from a system designed for the

children.

“It was mostly designed to

assimilate them and this is how

that happens, when the important celebrations and milestones in our lives get claimed

by someone else’s rules and the

way someone else wants to do

things and for not any good reason but just because they want

you to conform, more people

should have a problem with that

and I’m glad that these students

and their parents do have a problem with that,” Gover said.

In his fight to gain the right

to wear his regalia freely at

graduation, Birdshead’s mother,

Taloa Birdshead said her son has

worked very hard as a student

and will be graduating with the

highest honors.

“Tvli has been brought up

knowing who he is, his identity

is founded in his people who are

his family, Tvli has been taught

that there is no separation of his

spirituality from any aspect of

his life, graduation, even from

high school. He is a high honor

among his family, his cousin and

brother requested to honor Tvli

by beading his cap and when

a person offers to bead something like a graduation cap it is

to honor and bestow a blessing,

an eagle feather is given to a

Cherokee remembers fallen warriors, Cont.

price. There are many communities today where there is no ceremony-taking

place at all. Memorial Day has become a

day for cookouts and family gatherings,

and while that is appropriate, the purpose

of Memorial Day is found in the name.”

Chief Sneed said that on Memorial

Day, each year, he reflects on the life

of his grandfather Vernon Sneed, a man

he never got to meet. He said he has

only one photo of his grandfather who

was killed during World War II and that

photo makes him reflect on the entirety

of his family. “I look at that picture, and

I wonder what their lives would have

been like had he not fallen during that

fateful day in Germany. I wonder how

my life would have been different had I

had the opportunity to know him, and I

wonder how our community would have

been different had he been a part of it.

And then, I reflect upon the big picture

– the world stage – and I wonder what

humanity had been like if tyranny and

despotism would have won out that day

during World War II. Fortunately, we

only have to imagine what that would be

like because of the very sacrifice of Vernon Sneed and countless millions of men

and women, just like him, who stood and

faced evil head on and paid the ultimate

price for the freedom that we enjoy today.”

Following the keynote address, Chief

Sneed and Cyndi Lambert, former EBCI

First Lady, did the Ringing of the Bell

ceremony in honor and memory of the

following members of the Eastern Band

of Cherokee Indians who were killed in

action:

World War I: Steve Youngdeer, U.S.

Army; Joe Kalonaheskie, U.S. Army

World War II: Boyd Catt, U.S. Army;

Jacob Cornsilk, U.S. Army; Adam West

Driver, U.S. Marine Corps; James R.

Lambert, U.S. Army; Samuel William Otter, U.S. Navy; Blaine Queen,

U.S. Army; Mark Rattler, U.S. Marine

Corps; Isaac Ross, U.S. Army; Joshua

Shell, U.S. Army; Sheridan Smith, U.S.

Marine Corps; Vernon George Sneed,

U.S. Army; William Taylor, U.S. Navy;

Enos Thompson, U.S. Army; Jeremiah

Toineeta, U.S. Army; Robert Austin

Wahneeta, U.S. Marine Corps

Korea: Charles Arch, U.S. Marine

Corps; Charles George, Medal of Honor

recipient, U.S. Army

Vietnam: John Burgess, U.S. Army;

John Edward Oocumma, U.S. Army

Chief Sneed, Col. John Carter, SFC

Clifford Long, and Sgt. Major Frank

McRae did the ceremonial laying of the

wreath which was followed by the dedi-

cation of Operation Flagpole at the Park.

The Operation Flagpole, a project conceived and funded by Cyndi Lambert,

involved placing permanent flagpoles

for the U.S. and EBCI colors as well as

those of all branches of the armed forces

including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine

Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine. “We are able to be here

today largely in part due to those who are

not,” she said. “And, today is a special

today to remember those who have died

for our freedoms.”

Lambert noted that she formulated

the idea for Operation Flagpole during a simple drive by the Park one day

when she noticed a general lack of flags.

“Each branch of our military have had

brave warriors who have been injured or

killed, and it’s only fitting each branch

is given a prominent recognition in our

Veterans Park.”

She said many people were involved

in Operation Flagpole, with herself and

former Principal Chief Patrick Lambert,

a U.S. Army veteran, and she thanked

Post 143, notably Commander Harding

and Service Officer Dupree, as well as

Justin French and the EBCI Facilities

Department for their work. “For Patrick

and I, this personal contribution is only

a small way for us to show our gratitude, love, and appreciation for all of

our veterans and honoring those who are

injured or gave their lives to protect us

and our freedoms. This joint effort just

goes to show that working together with

friends, neighbors, our local American

Legion Post 143, and our community,

we can ensure that the sacrifices made by

our nation’s finest and bravest never go

unappreciated and that their memories

are never forgotten.”

Post 143 presented a Certificate of

Achievement to both Joaquin Layno and

Blake Smith for being named the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively,

of the Cherokee High School Class of

2019.

The Post 143 Color Guard rendered

honors to the fallen heroes, which was

followed by the playing of “Taps”.

Phyllis Shell, U.S. Army veteran,

sang two songs during Monday’s event

including “In Honor of Those Who

Served” and “God Bless America”.

Taran Swimmer, former Miss Cherokee,

opened the event by singing the National

Anthems of the United States and the

EBCI. Patriotic readings were done by

Col. Carter and Dupree, and Big Cove

Rep. Perry Shell, U.S. Army veteran,

gave the benediction.

person to signify honor, bestow

spiritual blessings, or to honor

for personal achievement, an eagle is considered sacred to first

peoples, we are the descendants

of the first peoples of this nation,

the right to educate our children

according to our own ways was

prohibited during colonization

and the years following,” Taloa

said.

Taloa explained that many

schools across the nation receive

Title VI funding and schools that

apply and receive the funding

are required to meet the ‘unique

cultural, language, and educational needs of American Indian

and Alaska Native students.’

“Latta High School, where

my son will graduate, is a school

that receives Title VI funding, he

has the right to wear his regalia,

not only to allow his family and

his people to honor him in our

way, but also to hold the school

accountable to their obligation

upon receiving Title VI funding,

the right to honor our children in

our Native ways, even in regards

to how to educate our children

was taken from Native People

in this country long ago. Though

that right was taken from us, we

never forgot who we were as

a people, we have the right to

honor our children in our way,

and encourage them to pursue

higher education, it would show

great honor and respect for the

First Peoples of this nation by

allowing all of our children to be

honored by their family and their

people through wearing their regalia during graduation,” Taloa

said.

With addressing the Latta

School Board on May 6, the

Birdsheads had a support system

behind them supporting their

endeavors as they have opened

an investigation with the Oklahoma State Attorney General’s

office by filing the Public Accommodation

Discrimination

Complaint form. They had support from the Oklahoma ACLU,

Native American Rights Funds,

Oklahoma Indian Legal Servic-

es, with other legal representation provided through Conner &

Winter’s Law Firm, the Oklahoma Chapter of AIM, along with

numerous supporters from the

community.

Birdshead also received a letter of support from various representatives of the Chickasaw

Nation, including Lisa Billy,

Chickasaw Nation legislator

and former Oklahoma House of

Representative, National Congress of American Indians, John

Densmore, musician and Native

American activist and Representative Ruth Ann Buffalo of

North Dakota.

“Tvli and I both are hoping

to keep this moving forward

for positive change and restoring honor to our first peoples of

this nation, Tvli and I hope this

will impact the nation to create a

wave of change to bring to light

the need for change in legislation that would uphold the rights

to protect our Indigenous ways

of life. We hope to have laws in

place that protect what’s sacred,

it begins with protecting what’s

sacred to us, our children, who

carry with them our ways of life.

I’ve borrowed this quote of Sitting Bull many times, Tvli tells

me, but I’ll borrow it yet again,

‘Let us put our minds together

and see what life we can make

for our children,’” Taloa said.

The May 6 School Board

Meeting convened at the Latta

High School cafeteria where a

majority of supporters gathered

in support of Birdshead. The

board, totaling five members,

passed Birdshead’s request, allowing him to wear his eagle

feather, beaded cap and cord at

the upcoming graduation ceremony set for May 21.

Birdshead will be attending

the Institute of American Indian

Arts in Sante Fe, N.M. in the fall

where his major area of study

will be Indigenous Liberal Studies with a minor in Studio Art.

Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Cont.

he tweeted.

The River Spirit Casino, owned by the

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is temporarily closed due to the rising water from the

Arkansas River. The casino is located

next to the river where a drone captured

the now flooded property.

The resort announced it will open

back up on Sunday. Guests were evacuated yesterday and relocated to other

properties.

Chief executive officer Pat Crofts released a statement about the rising waters.

“We remain fortunate that our engineering design accounted for a 100-yearflood. However, this level of water was

not a previous measurement. The new

water level being released today is increasing the water on our south and north

parking lots, on the front service road,

on the south great lawn, in the subterranean parking and on our service road

leading to our loading docks,” he said in

the statement. “All of the Resort hotel,

Margaritaville and Ruth’s Chris restaurants, Margaritaville and River Spirit

Casinos, Paradise Cove Theater all remain, and will remain dry. The Resort

Pool is at the biggest risk at this time.”

Cherokee Nation closed its casino in

Fort Gibson on Tuesday in anticipation

of the Arkansas River flooding. The casino will open up when the flooding is

over.

The tribal nation’s emergency management team has been helping the community and tribal citizens with resources, such as food, water, and financial

assistance.

They also delivered water to a fire department and a local health center.

Pawnee Nation tribal offices closed

early on Monday and have been closed

due to severe flooding to roads that lead

to the offices. The American Red Cross

donated some cots and blankets to those

staying at the Pawnee Community Center. The tribal offices will open up on

Friday.

The Osage Nation is helping enrolled

members whose homes were damaged

from the chaos. The Nation has been

providing emergency financial assistance up to $1,000.

People are advised to not drive

through flooded roads or even park in

areas where there’s water.

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June 4, 2019

HJSHS Finishes Awesome School Year with Great Successes

Steven Berbeco

Superintendent, HJSHS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KEAMS CANYON, Ariz. – The students and staff at

Hopi Junior Senior High School (HJSHS) had unprecedented successes during the 2018-2019 school year,

thanks to the teamwork, collaboration, and dedication

of the staff, students, and school community. The school

is making significant improvements in important areas

and it is headed in the right direction.

The numbers have been finalized and the graduation rate this year is 77%, the highest it has been for

more than five years. This information is charted on the

graph. This is also higher than the graduation rate for

BIE schools across the country (53%) and Native Americans in Ariz. (67%). Also, the AzMerit scores for junior

high school students are up in reading and especially

math, where there is a jump of 8% for eighth graders

who passed this year.

HJSHS graduates are on the move, too! More than

two-thirds of this year’s graduating seniors are going to

vocational programs, community college, four-year universities, and the armed forces, and about 1 in 5 have a

job lined up straight out of high school. Just a few years

ago only 25% of students had post-graduation plans, but

now that number has increased to 87%.

The ACT scores for high school students also went

up. This year the Governing Board approved a change

from AzMerit to ACT for the high school students. The

ACT is widely accepted by colleges so it can be very

useful for students. The AzMerit test is not accepted by

colleges. The decision to change from AzMerit to ACT

was also approved by the BIE and the Arizona Department of Education.

Grades are in for the TALON dual enrollment pro-

Applied Suicide Intervention

Skills Training (ASIST)

A two-day interactive suicide first aid workshop

ASIST is for any person in a position of trust who wants to feel more comfortable,

confident and competent in helping to prevent suicide.

This includes:

• Caregivers

• Mental health professionals, counselors

• Nurses, physicians, pharmacists

• Clergy

• Teachers, youth workers, school

support staff

• Police and correctional staff

• Community volunteers

Learn how to:

• Recognize invitations for help

• Reach out and offer support

• Develop a Safety Framework

• Apply Pathway to Assisting Life Suicide

Intervention Model

• Link persons with thoughts of suicide

with resources

Wednesday, July 17

& Thursday, July 18, 2019

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (both days)

Hopi Wellness Center

Kykotsmovi, AZ

This is a Free Event! Space is limited to the

first 24 attendees who register

To RSVP, please call Hopi Behavioral Health

Services (928) 737-6300

What you need to know for this workshop:

• Dress comfortably

• Interactive; feel challenged and safe

• Group activities, skills practice

• Lunch provided both days

• Participation in full two days is required; partial absences will

result in participant having to retake course.

This training is funded through Phoenix Area IHS and

presented in partnership with Hopi Behavioral Health

Services.

For more information, contact Hopi Behavioral Health Services | (928) 737-6300

Hopi CHR Program Presents:

Females:

Females June 5, 2019

Males: June 6, 2019

Where: First Mesa Youth Center

Time: 5:30 - 8:30 pm

Ages: 13-18

DINNER WILL BE SERVED

Break Out Sessions:

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Hopi Values

Relationship Roles

Break the Silence, Speak YOUR Voice!

Not All Wounds Are Visible

For more information, please call:

928-737-6342

gram and they are awesome! Students took Spanish,

Pre-calculus and Calculus, and American Government.

They got 8 A’s, 7 B’s, and only 2 C’s. These are real college classes and the students are getting college credit

while in high school. There are actually TWO dual enrollment programs at HJSHS, so other students got college credit for their classes, too.

HJSHS, Keams Canyon Elementary School, and now

Second Mesa Day School will have AVID programs as

of this fall. AVID is the gold standard in college and

career readiness curriculums. This means that more incoming students will have this top-notch learning experience before they arrive to the junior high school

classrooms to continue with the AVID program. It’s just

one of many ways that Hopi’s schools are coordinating

student learning with each other.

Students have brought home many awards this year.

For example, in Spring Jihad Nodman was named the

2A North Region Boys’ Track Distance Runner of the

Year, and Steven Baker, Tyrall Roland, and Nico Valdez were selected as the All-Region 2nd Team for track.

Amber Labahe earned honorable mention in the newswriting category, a national award from the Journalism

Education Association. And high school students Kaleen Joseph, Jaeda Pooyouma, Serena Honahnie, Zachary Douma and Leyton Klee in the Gifted and Talented

(GATE) program took FIRST PLACE in the Climate

Action Challenge sponsored by the Flagstaff Sustainability Program for their project: “The Effect of Climate

Change on Hopi Fields.”

HJSHS is building stronger connections with the

community. The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office –

Hopi Tribe and the Resources Advisory Task Team met

in the school library recently. Over 300 students were in

attendance throughout the day and respectfully listened

to these guests. The agenda included updates on Bears

Ears, the Wildlife Program, and the Hopivewat museum

project. Students learned about ways they can participate in their Hopi culture and speak their language.

There were many other successes throughout the year.

HJSHS passed accreditation, so the school is all set for

another five years. The accreditation team was particularly impressed by the shared governance and how

staff participates in decision-making. JROTC passed

accreditation, too, and was recognized as a model and

exemplary program. High school students connected

with students around the world through the new United

Planet class and that will continue next year. Also, the

school website now has up-to-the-minute information

on school activities like the recent science fair and spelling bee, and also sports programs. More than 40,000

individual people have viewed the Facebook page this

month!

The good news is continuing during the summer.

HJSHS received a grant for more than $100,000 to offer a summer school program that is a combination of

credit recovery and enrichment classes for students who

want to learn more about Hopi culture and language and

STEM. The junior high school is offering a great summertime STEM program in partnership with a non-profit

organization, including field trips and lots of hands-on

activities. Next year there are plans to build a STEM

laboratory with 3D printers, laser engravers, and other

21st century learning tools using funding from the University of Arizona.

These are some of the wonderful things that have been

going on at HJSHS this year, where the extraordinary

staff members always put the students first and the Governing Board has set the school in the right direction.

Check out the school website at www.hjshs.org for a

count-down to the first day of school!

SUMMER LIVING

4 Ways to Beat

the Summer Heat

(StatePoint) If you love

summer and sunshine, you

may be looking for ways

to beat the heat that don’t

necessarily involve escaping indoors to air conditioning.

Here are four ways to

make the most of the summer season while staying

cool and comfortable.

1. Homemade popsicles. Get the entire family involved in making

homemade popsicles -- a

sweet treat that can be

much healthier than the

store-bought variety, depending on what ingredients you include. Consider

pineapple chunks, coconut

shavings, berries, lime

juice, kiwi, yogurt and

other fresh flavors for a

delicious, nutrient-packed

way to cool down on hot

summer nights.

2. Get on the water.

Keep cool with outdoor

water activities. Whether

you’re doing something

active like kayaking and

swimming or just lazing on the river for a day

of tubing, be sure you

have the right tools onhand, like the WSD-F30

Pro Trek Smart Outdoor

Watch, which is waterresistant up to 50 meters

and includes apps for activities like swimming and

surfing.

3. Stay hydrated. A hydrated body is like a welloiled machine. Indeed,

staying hydrated helps

keep your core body temperature in check. Be sure

to drink plenty of water,

particularly on the hottest days. At mealtime,

select items like gazpacho

or smoothies and opt for

snacks that have a highwater content, like watermelon, cucumbers and

apples.

4. Dress right. The fabrics and colors of your

summer wardrobe can

make a big difference in

the way you feel. Stick to

light, loose garments or

tech fabrics specifically

designed to wick moisture.

Some clothing even now

comes with SPF for extra sun protection, which

could be important if you

exercise outdoors or are

otherwise spending lots of

time in direct sunlight.

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