Support Command, Proud (2013)

postage

81st Regional

Support Command, Proud

of their link to

the Hopi Code

Talkers

At left is Brig. Gen. Beck and standing next to him

is WWII veteran, Mr. Cliff.

Sharon Fredericks-Batala

Air Force Veteran

The Hopi know first-hand of the importance of traditions, many of which

have been passed down through the

centuries. We know that our history is

formed and kept solid by the practice

of our traditions.

The military is very much the same

way. History is made by practicing the

traditions. I was able to experience the

history of how the ARMY did things in

Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

As an Air Force Veteran, I was invited to be part of the 81st’s Native American Days and “Dining Out”, a formal

function. One of the topics everyone

was interested in hearing about was our

Hopi Code Talkers, Hopi culture and

traditions.

The Historian of the 81st RSC, Dr.

Col. Boyd (Ret.) informed me that the

81st RSC was very proud of its history being the only Army Command that

had Code Talkers as part of their war

history during WWII.

The history of the 81st Regional Support Command began on August 25,

1917, when the 81st Infantry Division

was organized at Camp (now Fort)

Jackson, South Carolina. The 81st Division’s trademark, the Wildcat was

adopted from Wildcat Creek which

flowed through the reservation at Camp

Jackson. The “Wildcats” are still going

strong after 96 years of service to our

country.

Being in Ft. Jackson with the Top

Brass of the installation was inspiring.

They were kind, interesting and asked

many thought provoking questions. I

presented a slide show presentation of

Hopi culture, some history and traditions, those basic things that make us

Hopi. I shared how each Code Talker

had humble beginnings growing up in

a place in time where very few people

had running water or electricity. I provided some insight of my past knowledge through relationships I had with

Hopi Code Talkers. I shared what they

taught me, what they said about their

service and the very remarkable legacy

they left us as it relates to our language.

I remarked that I knew these men to be

very humble and yet proud of their military service.

The Dining Out was a festive and a

formal event that was impressive beyond words. It was a formal dress

event for the Top Brass and its Top Tier

NCO’s (Non-Commissioned Officers)

of the 81st Regional Command. The

room was filled with men and women in their dress blues, their uniforms

adorned with the colorful medals they

had been awarded. Their uniforms fit

perfectly, their shoes were spit-shined,

their wives were in attendance in ball

gowns.

Major General Gill Beck, 81st Regional Support Command Commanding General spoke very eloquently

about duty, service, commitment, dedication, loyalty, leadership, sacrifice

and about the unique history of the 81st

Wildcats and their link to the Hopi Indians from the remote desert of Northeastern Arizona. During the ceremony

General Beck acknowledged me and

Mr. Cliff, 91, the oldest Wildcat in attendance. Mr. Cliff told me he knew 3

of our Code Talkers, had served with

them in Peleliu in the South Pacific.

Continued on Page 4

FREE

Volume 21 Number 21

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Hopi Tribe Approves a Multi-Million Dollar

Agreement with APS

Office of the Chairman

KYKOTSMOVI-The

Hopi Tribe has approved an agreement

with Arizona Public

Service (APS), the electrical power company,

that would favorably

resolve a long-standing

dispute and allow an

APS transmission line

to continue to cross

the Hopi Reservation.

As part of the agreement, APS would make

a multimillion dollar

lump-sum payment as

well as annual payments for a new rightof-way until 2041. In

addition, APS will grant

the Tribe an option to

purchase the local, retail electric power system that serves most of

the Hopi Villages at a

reasonable price.

LeRoy Shingoitewa,

Chairman of the Hopi

Tribe, was pleased with

the results. “By a 15to-3 vote, the Tribal

Council approved the

agreement with APS

settling long-standing

Hopi claims against the

company. I wish to congratulate the Council

Task Team for negotiating a solid agreement

that will bring the Tribe

needed revenue for

years to come.”

Cedric Kuwaninvaya,

Council Representative

from Sipaulovi Village,

pushed for approval

of the settlement. “For

more than a generation, at least five past

Chairmen dropped the

ball and ignored this

problem. Now, we will

finally have a modern

right-of-way agreement

that will bring benefits

to the People.”

In 1966, the Tribe

approved a right-ofway for 25-years. The

right-of-way allowed

APS to construct a 500

kV power line across

thirty-six miles of the

Reservation in exchange for a payment

of less than $24,000.

When the initial 25year term ended in

1992, APS attempted

to renew the right-ofway for another 25-year

term at the same price,

but the Tribe objected. The Tribe and APS

were unable to agree

on terms for a renewal

of the right-of-way, and

for twenty years, the

Tribe took no action to

resolve the matter.

In 2012, the Tribal

Council directed the

Council’s Energy-Water Task Team to hold

discussions with APS

regarding payments due

to the Tribe for its past

use of the right-of-way,

and for a renewal of

the right-of-way. After

eighteen months of discussions, the Tribe and

APS reached an amicable solution. The agreement approved by the

Tribal Council includes

a lump sum payment

by APS to the Tribe

for the past use of the

right-of-way, and additional annual payments

to the Tribe for a new

right-of-way lasting until 2041.

Additionally, during

the course of the

Tribe’s

negotiations

with APS, the Task

Team raised concerns

about the reliability of

the electric power delivered to customers on

the Hopi Reservation.

Although not specifically addressed in the

agreement, APS has responded to the concerns

raised by the Task Team

by investing over $1.3

million in improvements to the power

distribution system on

the Hopi Reservation,

including more than

70 new poles and line

spacers.

According to Chairman Shingoitewa, “This

settlement will allow

the Tribe to become

more self-sufficient by

assuring an income to

the Tribe while also

giving the Tribe an

opportunity to provide

low- cost reliable electric power to the Villages. This agreement is a

giant step in the right

direction.”

Girls Night Out Brings over 500 for Breast Cancer Awareness

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Hopi Cancer Support

Services hosted many events

during the month of October as it was Breast Cancer

Awareness Month.

On Oct. 24, they held their

annual event, “Girls Nite Out”

(GNO) at the Hopi Veteran’s

Memorial Center. This year’s

theme was, “Give Cancer the

Boot”. All the gals dressed up

to match the theme and wore

boots and cowboy hats.

Lisa Lomavaya from the

Village of Tewa did the honor

of being the mistress of ceremonies for the Girls Nite Out

event. Miss Hopi Nikki Quimyintewa and 1st Attendant

did the welcome address and

prayer before the night began.

GNO had two guest speakers; Sunny Dooley and Leila

Help-Tulley, both of these

women were affected by

breast cancer and shared their

experience.

Sunny Dooley is Navajo

from Vanderwagen, NM and

was one of the guest speakers

at GNO. Dooley loved how

the organization put a lot of effort into an this event in honor

of Breast Cancer.

Dooley has been a storyteller since 1982 when she tried

out for Miss Navajo Nation

and told a story for her traditional talent. This was the first

time anyone had done storytelling for their traditional talent. She didn’t win. So when

another opportunity arose ten

years later she took advantage

of it and her storytelling took

off from there. She has been

telling stories for 30 years and

loves it.

Her father’s mother died

of breast cancer back in the

1970’s when breast cancer

awareness wasn’t as prevalent; no one knew what it

was. Dooley didn’t know her

grandmother died of breast

cancer until she saw her death

certificate and that’s when she

began regular checkups and

started paying attention to herself.

Her grandmother lived in

Over 500 people attended the Girls Nite Out event at the Hopi Veteran’s Memorial

Center on Oct. 24. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

an area west of Vanderwagen

where there is a high cancer

rate due to uranium that occurs naturally in the water.

People still live in the area.

With awareness and education

on cancer more residents are

being screened on a regular

basis.

Leila Help-Tulley is a breast

cancer survivor from Rock

Springs, NM. Tulley received

her Master’s in Social Work

from Brigham Young University in 1987. She is a survivor

of stage 3 breast cancer. Breast

cancer runs in her family.

“I had to chuckle at myself

as I was driving up and I saw

how organized the young men

were parking everyone. I was

the first to arrive. One of the

boys said they are expecting

a big crowd. When I came in

through the doors and I saw

how beautifully decorated it

was, I thought what an honor,”

said Tulley.

Girls Night Out ended with

line dancing as the country

band, Sunfire was the entertainment.

Last Candidate Forum Brings Four New Candidates

Hopi Tutuveni

Ronald Honyumptewa, Vice Chairman

Candidate

My name is Ronald

Honyumptewa

and

I’m from Moenkopi

and my clan is Dawa

(Sun) Clan. My family, I have kids, brothers and no sister and

I have a mom and a

dad. I’ve been in law

enforcement for 17

years and I have an

Associate’s Degree

that I’ve worked on

and again it’s experience. And being able

to work with different

agencies and being

able to work in the

city has really helped

me out a lot. That is

where I gained all my

experience. I have

worked with Hopi for

four years and went

back to the city and

gained all my experience and my knowledge. I hold integrity

to the highest level. If

I win Vice Chairman

I’m going to go back

to law enforcement

which means that I

have to hold myself

to a higher standard,

integrity. If you go

back to law enforcement, you have to

have integrity and I’m

not going to lose that.

I want to go back to

law enforcement because I love law enforcement; I love that

job. But again, this is

an area that I want to

experience and to be

able to give back to

my people.

As a Vice Chairman candidate, what

is your platform?

My platform is to

update all the policies within the tribal government; the

policies are outdated

and they need to be

revised again. Human

Resource policies and

Department of Natural Resources policies

and our district plans

for range managements. The other issue is the

Range Management on Hopi

Partitioned

Land

(HPL).

We need to have

range management plans to

be able to bring

that to the forefront and to be

able to get these

issues done within

District 6. We have

a lot of issues with

ranchers that need to

be implemented. The

other focus is the fire

department, an issue

that they talk about.

We have no fire department. If a house

is on fire, there is no

one to respond. The

other issue is law enforcement and lack

of investigations and

homicides. Again, we

have our own Tribal

Police

Department

which is the Rangers and being able

to build on that and

make them the tribal police department

and 638 BIA. We can

bring BIA aboard so

we can work hand

in hand to give back

to the community.

Another issue is edu-

Hopi/Tewa Youth Council

voice issues facing youth

Page 9

cation; education is a key

thing. Being able to educate our children to come

back home to be able to

work for the Hopi people.

Our elders have said be-

fore, “Go in the outside

world; learn and come

back and give back to the

community.” One of the

Continued on Page 10

Hopi Tribal Primary

Elections Set for Wed,

Nov. 6.

The Primary election for the Office of Vice Chairman and Chairman will be held on Nov. 6. There will

be 11 voting polls throughout each village on the Hopi

reservation for the Hopi/Tewa people to cast ballots,

excluding the Village of Oraibi.

The Hopi Elections Office encourages all enrolled

Hopi members to come out and vote. The polls will

open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Election headquarters will be at the Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center

where all the ballots will be delivered to and counted

at.

There are eight candidates who hope to become the

next Hopi Chairman and four for the Office of Vice

Chairman.

Chairman:

LeRoy Ned Shingoitewa – Village of Moenkopi

Col. Caleb H. Johnson – Village of Kykotsmovi

Tommy A. Canyon – Village of Moenkopi

Herman G. Honanie – Village of Kykotsmovi

Micah Loma’omvaya – Village of Shugopavi

Todd D. Honyaoma Sr. – Village of Sungopavi

Mike R. Puhuyesva – Village of Bacavi

Norman B. Honie Jr. – Village of Tewa

Vice Chairman:

Ronald A. Honyumptewa – Village of Moenkopi

Alfred Lomahquahu Jr. – Village of Bacavi

Robert Lee Sumatzkuku – Village of Moenkopi

George Mase – Village of Sipaulovi

Preserving the Hopi Language is

key to a child’s critical success

Page 4

2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE HOPI TUTUVENI

Continued on Page 3

Former Chairman Masayesva Inquires About Where Candidates Stand on Future of Mining and Revenue

To Editor, Tutuveni:

When Stewart Udall

was a Congressman from

Arizona, he and his brother Tom Udall kept trying to

get Congress to appropriate money to build Central

Arizona Project (CAP).

In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected President. He appointed Udall

to serve as Secretary of

Interior. He was now in a

powerful position to bring

water from Colorado River

to Southern Arizona cities.

To do so would require a

huge amount of electricity.

Udall came up with

an idea. Why not build

2 more dams, one below

Glen Canyon Dam, another above it. The three

dams will provide enough

hydro power to run CAP

and excess power to meet

the growing demand for

Phoenix and Tucson.

When he announced his

plan he was viciously attacked by the Sierra Club,

headed by David Bower.

Bower started a successful

national campaign killing

Udall’s plan.

Instead of building more

dams Bower suggested

building a thermal electric

generating station taking

advantage of huge coal

reserves on tribal lands

and water from Glen Canyon Dam reservoir, called

Lake Powell.

The idea made sense so

Udall got his engineers

to start designing what is

now called Navajo Generating Station (NGS). It

would be the largest generating station in the U.S.

capable of producing over

2,500 million kilowatts

of power per hour. This

would be enough power to

meet growing electricity

demand for Southern Arizona, Southern California,

Nevada and CAP.

Udall wanted NGS to be

constructed on the Navajo

Reservation next to Glen

Canyon Dam. The thermal (steam) station would

use water from Lake Powell, and coal from Black

Mesa to boil water to

make steam. The steam,

like steam from a boiling

tea pot, would then turn

the giant turbines to generate electricity 24 hours a

day, seven days per week.

Udall had to work hard

and fast to build NGS before Kennedy’s term ended and before National

Environmental Protection

Act became law. He had

to take off his trust duty

responsibility hat to expedite construction of NGS

and open up Black Mesa

to a mining company

called Peabody Coal Co.

Kennedy was assassinated

and Lyndon Johnson took

over as President. He kept

Udall as Secretary of Interior.

Udall asked John Boyden to secure coal leases

with Peabody Coal Co.

Together they pressured

Hopi Tribal Council to

lease coal to Sentry Royalty Co., an arm of Peabody

mining company. No other mining company was

invited to bid. Sentry was

pre-selected.

With guaranteed coal

supply, Udall got Congress

to appropriate $80 million

to construct NGS. Udall

was directed to participate

in building the project.

Cheap coal and water

was offered to a consortium of utility companies

to invest their money in

building NGS, which

would cost about $300

million. Accepting the

offer were three Arizona companies (Salt River

Project, Arizona Public

Service, Tucson Electric),

and two out-of-state companies (Los Angeles Water

Power District, Nevada

Energy).

Then Udall offered

cheap water and coal

to Southern Cal Edison

(SCE) to enlarge its Mohave Generating Station

(MGS), which was a

small generating station.

In return SCE will lobby

California congressional

delegates to finally stop

opposing funding for CAP.

Udall did one more

thing to romance SCE. He

offered to secure a Rightof Way to run a transmission line from Four Corners Generating Station

through Hopi and Navajo

lands to Moencopi substation. From there it will

go to SCE. SCE was then

part owner of Four Corners

Generating Station but had

no way of bringing its

share of power to Southern California. It also did

not qualify to secure ROW

so Arizona Public Service

Co, another owner offered

to secure ROW on behalf

of SCE. Before the ink on

ROW agreement was dry,

APS signed a contract giving SCE use of the transmission line without the

knowledge and consent of

Hopi Tribal Council.

With the help of Udall

Hopi

Tribal

Council

passed a resolution giving

APS the right to use Hopi

land for 50 year. The Hopi

was paid $24, 160 for the

first 25 years.

The 50 year ROW was

divided into two – 25

year periods. The first 25

years ended in 1992. The

Council has yet to authorize APS to keep ROW

for the second 25 years.

Former Chairman Ferrell

Secakuku served notice to

APS and DOI Secretary

that without HTC resolution APS is in trespass.

APS is trying furiously to

save ROW and to extend

the lease before it expires

in 2016, only two years

and one month from now.

In May 1966, in just

a few short years, Hopi

Tribal Council agreed to

lease land to Peabody. It

is important for you to

know that Hopi Tribe does

not sell coal to Peabody.

It simply leased its land

giving Peabody the right

to mine coal and sell it to

owners of NGS and unlimited amount of water from

Navajo and Dakota aquifers. Peabody agreed to

pay Hopi a fee called “royalty”. Initially Hopi was

paid 3.33% of the “Gross

value” of coal. This translates into 3 pennies for every dollar Peabody made.

Salt River Project (SRP)

was selected to build NGS.

Bechtol Corporation, one

of the largest construction

companies in the world,

built NGS and the coal

slurry line from Black

Mesa to Laughlin, NV.

The slurry operation used

over one billion gallons of

pristine water from Navajo aquifer to transport coal

370 miles to MGS through

a huge pipeline. Peabody

initially paid Hopi Tribe

only $1.67 per acre-feet

of water. One acre-feet

equals to 325000 gallons.

An acre-feet is the size of a

football field, 1 foot deep.

SRP is an arm of the

State of Arizona along

with Central Arizona Water Conservation District,

which was set up by the

State to operate CAP. This

means that the State of Arizona has control of our

coal and water.

In 1970, the slurry line

was built. Coal mining

started and MGS began receiving coal. In 1973 NGS

began producing electricity. By 1975 the world’s

largest coal-fired electric

stations were in full operation emitting hundreds of

tons of toxic waste poisoning our land and causing

health problems.

Udall had another motive for siting NGS on Navajo land and coal mining

on Hopi and Navajo Reservation. He wanted to

bring “ultimate independence” to Hopi and Navajo. To do this he has to

open our and Navajo lands

to mining companies.

This required Congressional appropriations to build

roads, telephone lines etc.

to remote areas.

Udall introduced Indian

Industrial Development

legislation and asked Con-

gress for support. Several hearings were held. At

one of the hearing this

interesting exchange took

place between Udall and

Wayne Aspinell, head of

Interior Indian Committee.

Udall: “I think this type

of legislation would move

us down the road towards

the right kind of ultimate

independence, it is what

the Indian people want.”

Aspinell: “By ‘ultimate

independence’ do you

mean doing away with reservations as such?” Udall

replied: “I think this is undoubtedly the end result.”

To the Hotevilla elders,

who opposed Udall’s proposal, ‘ultimate independence’ meant termination

of Hopi Reservation. Because of their strong opposition to federal policies

and mining they were labeled “hostile; aye’vit” by

certain members of Council who pride themselves

on being “progressive

Hopiit”.

Today Hopi Tribe has

one of the highest unemployment rate among all

Indian tribes, hovering

around 80% according to

the Hopi government officials. Ultimate economic

independence remains a

dream.

When Peabody – Hopi

coal lease was negotiated,

Arizona was included in

the agreement. This meant

Arizona has an interest in

our coal. It is, therefore,

not surprising that Arizona was collecting over

$20 million in tax revenues annually from Peabody before MGS closed.

Udall quickly approved

the lease. Why Arizona

was included has yet to be

explained.

After over 40 years

of mining and exploitation of Hopi’s natural resources Peabody mining

lease will finally expire

in 2024. Peabody and

owners of NGS, including

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), are fighting

furiously to extend NGS

and mining to 2044. The

parties to Technical Work

Group (TWG), set up by

the Federal Government,

have submitted a proposal

to EPA to extend NGS site

lease and Peabody Mining

to 2044. The TWG include U.S. Departments of

Interior and Energy, SRP,

CAWCD, Navajo Nation,

Gila River Indian community and 2 non-Indian

environmental organizations. At the insistence of

SRP, Hopi Tribe was left

out. Why?

Whether the Hopi Tribal Council and Chairman

agree to start negotiations

with Peabody to extend

leases up to 2044 rests

with the 12 independent

Hopi villages, not the Hopi

Tribal Council.

Under

the Hopi Constitution the

Council can only exercise

authority delegated to it by

the villages.

By the end of 2005,

when Black Mesa Trust,

Grand Canyon Trust, Sierra Club, Navajo Nation,

Hopi Tribe joined forces to

shut down coal slurry operation over 45 billion gallons of pristine drinking

water was gone. Enough

water to serve the entire

Hopi population for over

300 years, gone in just 35

years. Untold numbers

of our ancestral village

destroyed, and bodies

of our ancestors ground

up by heavy equipment.

Over-drafting of N-Aquifer is continuing to support

the mining operation. This

will end only when mining

ends and boys form St.

Louis go back home.

Now that the candidates for Chairman and

Vice-Chairman have filed

their candidacy to run in

the upcoming election,

each one of them should

write a letter explaining

where they stand on the

future of mining and if

they oppose it how they

propose to replace the revenues coming from Peabody.

When our grandchildren

ask: “Grandpa, Grandma,

what did you do to save

our water?” What will you

say?

Vernon Masayesva

Trail, recently recognized

by Arizona Governor Jan

Brewer and awarded the

2013 award for Best Cooperative Marketing. This

program and others, mirror

MDC’s efforts to benefit

Hopi businesses, galleries,

and artisans.

Oftentimes, unforeseen

challenges can affect the

timeline of a development.

Regardless, MDC has

maintained 100% compliance in communication

and has forwarded all documentation requested by

the Council. MDC has

striven to resolve the loan

and continues to do so.

It is a good thing to invest in the future of your

own people, it is a good

thing to grow and support

economic development on

Hopi by Hopi. With the

open philosophy of MDC

to resolve this matter and

move on, I do not understand why we continue to

meet resistance from the

Council and Chairman.

Since 2009, MDC has been

attempting to resolve the

Hopi Loan issue through

proposals that guarantee

repayment through longterm re-structuring. There

has never been an instance

where repayment of the

loan has been factored out

of our proposals, we want

to re-structure and begin

making payments today. I

know that this short letter

cannot truly address the

issue completely, however, I wanted to express my

concern, and our desire to

move forward.

It is my heartfelt wish

that we, the MDC Board of

Directors, the Hopi Tribal

Council, Chairman Shingoitewa, and legal counsel

come together and resolve

this matter so we can move

forward. We believe in the

vision our elders had to

build something for future

generations, we believe in

the work we have begun,

we believe this issue can

be resolved.

Kwa-Kwai,

Wilfred Moore

Moenkopi Developers

Corporation

Marketing Manager:

Louella Nahsonhoya

(928)734-3283

lnahsonhoya@hopi.nsn.us

Reporter:

Crystal Dee

(928)734-3284

cdee@hopi.nsn.us

Secretary:

Vernita Selestewa

(928)734-3282

vselestewa@hopi.nsn.us

The Hopi Tutuveni

Official Newspaper of

the Hopi Tribe

P.O. Box 123

Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

Ph: (928) 734-3282

Fax: (928) 734-0734

CIRCULATION

The Hopi Tutuveni is published twice

a month, with a circulation of 5,500

copies throughout the entire Hopi

Reservation. The paper is delivered

on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each

month to the following locations:

Keams Canyon Store, Polacca Circle

M, Hopi Health Care Center, Tsakursovi, Hopi Cultural Center, Kykotsmovi Village Store, Hotevilla Store,

Moenkopi Travel Center, Moenkopi

Legacy Inn, Tribal Government

Complex and all Village Administration offices. The Tutuveni is also

available at the following border

town locations: Flagstaff-outside

Hopi Heritage Square (newspapers), N.A.C.A office on Steves Blvd.,

Winslow-Caseys, Winslow Library,

Brown Mug, Alphonso’s; and Holbrook- Hopi Travel Plaza, Joe and

Aggie’s Restaurant. Whitecone Giant Gas Station. Dilkon - Bashas.

Tuba City Bashas, Moencopi Travel

Plaza, Legacy Inn.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Tutuveni welcomes letters from

readers. A full name, complete address and phone number is required

to verify authenticity of the author.

Anonymous letters will not be printed. The Tutuveni reserves the right

to edit for clarity and may decline

to print Letters that are potentially

libelous and slanderous. Letters will

be run on a space available basis.

Letters may be sent to:

Mihio Manus

Managing Editor

P.O. Box 123

Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

SUBSCRIPTION RATE

$35 for 6-months/USA

$50 for 12-months/USA

ADVERTISING

Call 928-734-3283

Hopi Tribal Council 2013

MDC Member Seeks Resolution to Hopi Loan Issue

Dear Editor:

My name is Wilfred

Moore and I am of the

Reed and Fire Clan. I am

a member of the Upper

Village of Moenkopi and

reside on Hopi Partitioned

Lands.

I write to you in order to

provide further clarity regarding the Hopi Loan issue. Having recently been

reinstated by the Upper

Village council, I and the

current Board of Directors

have continued to work towards a resolution of this

matter.

The RO/Water Treatment Plants, Tuuvi Travel

Center, Moenkopi Legacy

Inn & Suites, and Denny’s

restaurant have been the

largest single undertaking

in economic development

on Hopi since the Hopi

Cultural Center complex

was built over fifty years

ago. MDC has built over

100 jobs here at home

and continues to grow

the economy of not only

Moenkopi but of Hopi as

well. Programs have been

created like the Hopi Arts

STAFF

Managing Editor:

Mihio Manus

(928)734-3281

mmanus@hopi.nsn.us

LeRoy N. Shingoitewa, Chairman

Herman G. Honanie, Vice

Chairman

Martha A. Mase, Tribal Secretary

Robert Sumatzkuku, Tribal

Treasurer

Violet Sinquah, Sergeant-At-Arms

Solution to Hopi Food Word Find, Oct. 15th Tutuveni

Village of Upper

Moenkopi

Wayne Kuwanhyoima

Bruce Fredericks

Leroy Sumatzkuku

Danny Humetewa

Village of Bakabi

Davis F. Pecusa

Leroy G. Kewanimptewa

Lamar Keevama

Village of Kykotsmovi

Nada Talayumptewa

Danny Honanie

Norman Honanie

Caleb H. Johnson

Village of Sipaulovi

George Mase

Cedric Kuwaninvaya

Rosa Honani

Village of Mishongnovi

Arthur Batala

Annette F. Talayumptewa

Marilyn Tewa

Mervin Yoyetewa

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 3

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 2013

HTEDC presents Explore

Hopi Seminars

The Hopi Cultural Center

Conference Room on NoDIABETES AWARENESS

vember 20 – Significance

MONTH

Hopi Hunting Practices

Diabetes Education Booth December 18 – Hopi Stories

Events

Scheduled at the following January 22, 2014 – Hopi

Buffalo Dances & Hopi

ocations:

Calendar. For more inforTuesday, November 5,

mation contact (928) 7342013 – Keams Canyon

0044

Shopping Center – 11 am

to 2 pm

Community Emergency

Tuesday, November 12, Response Team Training

2013 – Hotevilla Co-op Moenkopi Legacy Inn and

Store – 11 am to 2 pm

Suites on Nov. 22 – 24,

Tuesday, November 19, 2013. For more information

2013 – Polacca Circle M – contact Gerry Blair at (928)

11 am to 2 pm

226-5086 or go to ComTuesday, November 26, munity Programs & Edu2013 – Kykotsmovi Village cation Page of the Sheriff’s

Office website http://www.

Store – 11 am to 2 pm

For more information con- coconino.az.gov/index.aspx?nid=354

tact (928) 734-3432

NATIVE AMERICAN

HERITAGE MONTH

Hopi Education Endowment

Fund Speaker Series

Event scheduled for November 7, 2013 from 1 to

4:30 pm at the Hotevilla

Youth/Elderly Center. For

information contact (928)

734- 2275

Men’s & Women’s Thanksgiving Classic Basketball

Tournament

November 29, 30th and

December 01, 2013. For

more information contact

(928) 734-3432

Hopi Cancer Assistance

2013 Veteran’s Banquet Fund Program Toy Donation

Thursday, November 7, Drive

2013 at the Hopi Veteran’s Drawing to be held on

Memorial Center 5:30 pm December 19, 2013. For

to 10:00 pm. All military more information contact

veterans, spouses and Mary L. Honwytewa at

family members over the (928) 734-1151

age of 18 years old are invited to attend. For more MISCELLANEOUS

information or to make reservations, please call Alfred Group Fitness Classes @

Lomaquahu at (928) 734- Hopi Fitness Center

9360 or (928) 313-5320

For monthly schedule call

(928) 734-3432

Veterans Day Parade & Observance Event

Need help with Child Care

Hopi Veteran’s Memorial

Costs?

Center on November 8,

2013, parade starting at Hopi Child Care Program

9 am and events starting can assist. For more inforat 10:30 am to 2 pm. For mation contact (928) 734more information on pa- 1002

rade contact Carey Onsae

at (928) 380-2119 or email 2013 Hopi Tutuqayki Sikisve

misshopicommittee@ya- Schedule

hoo.com., for Veterans ob- For information call (928)

servance ceremony events 734-4500

contact Geno Talas at (928)

737-1834/1836 or email Hopi Veterinary Services

hopivets@yahoo.com

Available Monday – Friday,

8 am to 5 pm. For more inFood Handlers Training

formation on services and

November 13, 2013 from office visit fees, call (928)

1 pm – 3 pm at the Sec- 738-5251

ond Mesa Day School. For

more information contact Shred-A-Thon hosted by

Cathy Wright at (928) 734- the Office of Aging and

3403 or cwright@hopi.nsn. Adult Service/Benefits

us

Program

October through DecemAZ. Department of Veteran

ber 2013. Event you will

Services Visit

Thursday, November 14, be able to bring any letters

2013 at the Hopi Guidance or documents that have

Center from 9am to 1 pm. personal information on it

For more information con- to be shredded. For more

tact (928) 737-1834/1836 information call Stephanie

Barehand at (928) 734So’oh and Qua’ah Event Day 3571

For Ages 55 & older on

November 14, 2013 at the Join the 2014 PF Chang Rock

Hopi Veteran’s Memorial ‘n’ Roll Marathon Team

Center from 9 am to 2 pm. Sponsored by the Hopi

For more information con- Fitness Center. Encouragtact (928) 734-3432

ing our community to stay

active in the Fight Against

Best Friends Animal SociDiabetes. For more inforety, Soul Dog Rescue and

mation contact (928) 734Tuba City Humane Society

3432

FREE Spay & Neuter Clinic

Moenkopi Legacy Inn at Hopi Tribe – Department of

Junction SR 160/264 in Education Hopi Tribal Grant

Tuba City, on November

& Scholarships Programs

16-17, 2013 starting at

College Visits Underway.

8:30 am. For more inforFor more information conmation contact (720) 939tact (928) 734-3542 or

2221

Turkey Trot Run/Walk Event 1800-762-9630.

Monday, November 18,

2013 at the Hopi Health

Care Center at 12:00 noon.

For more information contact (928) 734-3432

Candidate Encourages Hopi-Tewa Sinom to Work Together and Vote

Dear Editor,

The Hopi-Tewa Sinom

have once again come

to the decision point for

electing our future Tribal

Executive Officers, entrusting them with our

support to lead us on a

positive path for the next

four years. Our right to

vote is a valuable one and

we should consider it a

great opportunity to elect

leaders who have demonstrated a clear commitment and have a history

of supporting the Hopi

people, villages and lands.

As Hopi-Tewa Sinom we

have a very complex, rich

and unique heritage that

involves valuable cultur-

al traditions, places, languages and knowledge

of how to prosper in this

special place known to us

as Hopi Tutskwa. We all

have opportunities and

challenges that arise in

our daily lives, careers and

families and through it all

we are blessed to raise our

families with these special

traditions.

Growing up we have

been taught to hold Hopi

traditions and values close

to our hearts and minds,

as quality guidance in our

lives with principles that

lead us into healthy, successful futures. Kyaftsi

along with many Hopi values set a strong foundation

for our youth as they embark on their life journeys

to experience their own

opportunities and challenges.

As a young man I made

a decision to pursue higher education so that I may

support the Hopi people

through an Applied Anthropology career here

on Hopi lands and I have

been able to achieve that

personal goal. Now, as a

Hopi professional working

here for over 15 years, I

have seen many opportunities and challenges that

we can benefit from as a

whole by ensuring that

tribal government work is

appropriate, relevant and

most of all, beneficial to

our future generations.

We can work together as

a unified people, Hopi-Tewa Sinom, and resolve to

meet any current or future

challenges that we may

face. It is our longstanding

tradition to endure, survive

and prosper...a courageous

legacy that will continue

with quality leadership to

guide us into a successful

future. Wuyomiqw Haqami Itaaqatsi Navokyawintotani Sovkyewat Sinomu.

Kwa’kwha,

Micah Loma’omvaya,

Hopi Anthropologist

Songoopavi Village

Local Happenings

Tuuvi Gathering Has Another Successful Year

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Moenkopi Legacy

Inn and Suites held the

annual Tuuvi gathering on

Oct. 12 & 13 in Moenkopi. Tuuvi gathering is an

annual event held on the

north side of the Legacy

and people from all over

gather there to see traditional dances from Native

Tribes of the Southwest

and to buy crafts from Native vendors.

“The sun is shining and

people are out, it’s good,”

said James Surveyor, Marketing and Special Events

Manager.

Surveyor said this is one

of the premier events in

Hopi along with the Harvest Festival in First Mesa

and that the turnout of

spectators is good.

Tuuvi gathering has

been going on for over a

decade and it’s a celebration with an arts and crafts

draw. Tribes from all over

the Southwest come to sell

their jewelry or showcase

their traditional social

dances. At this year’s Tuuvi gathering there were

dance groups from Supai

and Zuni; and over 100

vendors in both food and

arts and crafts.

“I’d like to recognize

and thank all the people

who have been supportive

of Moenkopi Developers Corporation (MDC),

Moenkopi Legacy Inn &

Suites and our continued

drive to create economic opportunities for peo-

“Happy Tuuvi Clowns” take a minute to pose before they head into the plaza. They are from all over the

Hopi rez.

Moiyma Youth Group of Upper Moenkopi danced the Hopi Eagle dance. The coordinator of this group said

they started this program to instill culture in the youth and to give back to the community in a positive way.

ple and create good, safe

community events,” said

Surveyor. “I also want

to thank the vendors and

dancers, the people who always welcome to make

are working hard and the sure people are safe.”

volunteers. Law enforcement and EMS who are

Disabilities Awareness Walk Aims to Raise Funding

My name is Jolene

Johns, Disabilities Coordinator for the Hopi Head

Start Program. This school

year I started a Support

Group for our parents who

have children with special

needs. I started this Support Group because by

attending MET/IEP meetings it is always said by

parents that they need assistance in where to begin.

Not only by attending

meetings I have worked in

the Special Need field for

11 years and saw the need

in parents wanting more

for their children.

When working with the

Office of Special Needs I

had the opportunity to see

the many different types

of disabilities in children

birth to 3 years of age.

Being in this field of

work gives me the opportunity to learn new things

each and every day and

gives me challenges. I do

feel for these children and

their families which gave

me the idea to begin a

Support Group to help find

different resources, to help

parents be better advocates, to help parents understand that they are not

alone, and to have gatherings to share ideas and to

make materials needed to

help children learn. I have

learned sign language by

taking classes and would

like to teach parents beginning sign, and as they

learn, I would like to teach

more. I do have compassion in working with our

Special Children, and I

thank the Office of Special

Needs by giving me the

privilege in working with

their program, and I thank

Hopi Head Start for giving

me the privilege in working with them today.

A few of our parents

have children with autism

and were asking if there

was a way they could get

some help financially to

attend an autism walk in

Phoenix. I brought this to

the attention of my supervisor Rayma Duyongwa,

and she suggested, “why

not have one here on the

reservation for them”.

We contacted the Office

of Special Needs to have

them collaborate with us

in making this happen for

our Head Start children

as well as the community. In working with the

Office of Special Needs,

we decided to have a Disabilities Awareness walk

as a whole and not just to

pertain to one certain disability because there are

many types of disabilities

out there.

On behalf of our Head

Start parents, I would like

to bring some of their

concerns on why we also

wanted this walk to happen, and for this walk to

end at the Tribal Headquarters. Parents/grandparents wanted to bring

the message to the Tribal

Headquarters to let them

know that funding is needed to help the Head Start

program in hiring more

assistance to work with

these special need children. Also, to help support

parents with funding to attend trainings, workshops,

and/or conferences, or to

help the Head Start program with funding to bring

trainings, workshops, and/

or conferences here to the

reservation.

One training in particular we would like to have

here is the one on autism,

on how to work with autistic children, and other

trainings which are hands

on to give parents ideas

and material to use. Our

Head Start program has

been growing in receiving

more and more children

with different types of disabilities, and our support

group would like to ask

that beginning now and for

the future that funding be

looked at and set aside for

our special children and

for the parents. We have

looked at other programs,

and have asked for their

assistance in helping our

program to hire and to

fund individuals to help

with our special children,

and have had responses

that there is no funding

available. So with the

support group message,

we ask that there be some

sort of funding available

to help these special children and their families.

We hope that the disability awareness walk doesn’t

only bring this message

one time, we would like to

have it seen as a need and

that we are not forgotten.

I would like to thank the

Support Group, Head Start

and the Office of Special

Needs in making this walk

a great success. With our

collaboration in working

together, we made this

happen regardless of what

the weather was like. We

would also like to thank the

Rangers for escorting us in

the walk, the EMS, Chairman and Vice-Chairman,

parents,

grandparents,

family members, the community, and tribal employees that participated. Also,

thank you to Raymond

Namoki for letting us use

the Nutrition building and

the Kykotsmovi Community for their building use.

Thank you to HTI for their

donation of water, the Office of Special Needs for

their donation of fruit, and

to other programs who donated water. Thank You

4 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Language/Culture

Preserving Hopi Language

Crucial to Children’s Early Success

Cynthia Pardo

First Things First

What was the first

word your baby spoke?

Was it mama, papa or

was it yuuyu or taata?

In many Hopi communities, Hopi is not the

first language spoken by

children because it is not

spoken in the homes.

Studies are showing

that as English becomes

the primary language,

the Hopi language, the

tribe’s oral history, cultural identity and strong

early literacy skills are

at stake.

A recent study, the

Hopi Lavayi Early

Childhood Assessment

Project - funded by the

First Things First (FTF)

Coconino

Regional

Council in partnership

with the Hopi Tribe and

the villages - aimed to

increase the understanding of early language

concerns that village

members have about

Hopi children birth to

5. This assessment also

included suggestions for

revitalizing Hopi language with sustainable

and realistic approaches. One of those suggestions is to develop

and implement a pilot

language revitalization

project, the Hopi Lavayi Nest Model Program, for families with

children birth through

5 in one of the villages.

This project will be developed in a partnership

between Hopi language

specialists and First

Things First.

Research shows that

literacy skills learned in

a child’s first language

are later transferred into

the dominant language,

and children that speak

more than one language perform better in

school. The foundation

of early learning begins

in early childhood. Rich

early language experiences do more than

teach words, they instill

an excitement for learning. Children without

early positive language

experiences have more

to learn when they get to

school – and fewer skills

to enable that learning.

In addition, language

acquisition with fluency is more likely if language introduction begins at an early age.

FTF supports native

language preservation

efforts across the state

of Arizona. Along with

the Coconino Region,

three FTF regions support native language

revitalization programs

including those in the

Yavapai-Apache

Nation, Gila River Indian

Community and San

Carlos Apache Tribe.

In 2012, First Things

First hosted a statewide

symposium to highlight

the importance of native

language development

for kids birth to 5 years

old.

Beverly Russell, FTF

Senior Director for

Tribal Affairs, told symposium participants that

of the 175 Native American languages spoken in the U.S. today,

only about 20 are being

passed down to children

as first languages. The

rest face extinction.

“Language is strongly intertwined with culture and identity,” Russell said. “(Language)

is a major force in the

shaping of a person’s

self-awareness, identity,

and interpersonal relationships, and, consequently, success in life.”

The Hopi Lavayi Nest

Model Program aims to

connect children in Hopi

communities to their native language and culture in the critical early

years. According to the

region’s

assessment

findings, almost all respondents

expressed

that Hopi language loss

is real but there is still

hope because there are

still plenty of speakers.

It is essential that Hopi

be spoken to young children everywhere, starting in the home.

In May, the Hopi Tribal Council approved the

Hopi Lavayi Assessment and supported the

recommendation to set

up an advisory committee to develop the Hopi

Lavayi Nest Model pilot

project in the Village of

Sipaulovi.

Why Hopi Lavayi

Matters

“All children need

to be grounded in their

own language. Hopi language is so metaphorical, it actually causes

the child to think at a

higher level of thinking. So it allows them

to become literate. That

is our goal; to have them

become literate early in

life. Teaching Hopi is

most effective when

learners start at a young

age,” said Dr. Noreen

Sakiestewa,

Director

of the Department of

Education for the Hopi

Tribe and a member of

the FTF Coconino Regional Council.

“The key to reviving the language is to

bring Hopi back into the

home, where a child is

first introduced to language. If Hopi children

are taught to speak and

read in Hopi, those literacy skills learned at

home will later transfer

into English,” said Dr.

LaVerne Jeanne, proj-

ect director for the Hopi

Lavayi Early Childhood

Assessment, retired linguistics professor from

University of Nevada

and Hopi native from

Hotevilla. “We want our

children to be successful in the dominant language, and many of us

were discouraged from

speaking Hopi. From

the study, respondents

said that if we want the

language to survive,

we will all have to start

speaking Hopi. But

speaking Hopi is not

enough. We must also

continue to practice the

Hopi way.”

Anita Poleahla, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mesa

Media, Inc., a nonprofit

organization working

to revive Hopi lavayi,

shares why Hopi lavayi

is more than a language.

“Hopi lavayi is rooted in

our culture as a people,

if we lose our language,

there will no longer be

Hopi sinom. Our language defines who we

are spiritually. If we no

longer are able to speak

Hopi lavayi then we will

never really understand

the full meaning of what

our Hopi ceremonies

mean, even if we participate. The depth of

Hopi lavayi cannot be

expressed in English;

our language is unique

to our worldview. We

hold great responsibility

as stewards of this land

we live on and have yet

to fulfill our covenant to

Maasawu. This transfer

of knowledge is usually

done through our language and understanding how our cultural

reinforces these responsibilities. Hopi lavayi is

just not a language; it is

a teaching tool of life, it

is our life.”

The Language Nest model shows language using culturally significant

examples, like this one where Cheryl Soohafya, a grandmother, shows children

at the Hopi-Tribe Hopi Head Start how to weave a traditional sifter basket.

“When culture of context is lost, that is when

the culture of language

is lost. But people still

make piki bread and

sing and dance. It is not

lost yet. Children are

our future language and

cultural bearers and all

revival efforts must begin with the children,

the very young children

and their parents,” said

Dr. Jeanne.

What can Hopi parents do?

Children do best when

they have lots of opportunities to talk and interact with parents and

other caring adults, and

a

language-enriched

environment is important for all children. Research shows that reading, singing and talking

with infants, toddlers

and preschoolers supports early and lifelong

reading success.

“Just talk to your

child and talk in your

own language, especially when you are outside

of your own community,

because that is where we

revert back to the dominant language. When

you are at the grocery

store, talk Hopi; when

you are at home, talk

Hopi; wherever you are,

talk Hopi. Talk Hopi all

the time!” suggests Dr.

Sakiestewa.

For more information,

please contact the First

Things First Coconino

Regional Director at

emajure@azftf.gov. For

additional information

about Hopi language

preservation please visit

the Hopi Cultural Preservation office at http://

www8.nau.edu/hcpo-p/

index.html and Mesa

Media, Inc. at http://mesamedia.org/.

From Cover

81st Support Command, Proud of their

link to the Hopi Code Talkers

During WWII 542 were

killed and 2,736 were

wounded or missing from

the 81st Infantry Division.

As Mr. Cliff presented me

with a “Wildcat” patch,

his voice broke and tears

welled up in his eyes.

With emotion he thanked

me and our Nation for

our Code Talkers and said

it was with their assistance and language that

they were able to achieve

their military objective

during WWII. I graciously accepted with tears in

my own eyes. The evening wore on, dinner was

served, the band played so

perfectly.

As you read this, the

Hopi contingent will have

Chilocco Indian School Band

This historic photograph from 1913 shows the Chilocco Indian

School Band. The above caption lists many of the band members as

Hopi Tribal Members. Photo submitted by the Lomavitu Family.

PUBLIC INFORMATION

FROM TUTUVENI

(HOPI NEWSPAPER)

RE: PUBLICATION OF COURT

DOCUMENTS

of $80.00 needs to be made at the Hopi

Tribal Treasurer’s Office and submit

Court Document and receipt to the

Tutuveni Office for publication. Upon

completion of publication, PLEASE

pick up the affidavit, which needs to

Any Hopi Tribal Courts Legal Docu- be submitted to the Hopi Tribal Courts.

ments requiring publication requires a Any other questions, please contact

fee of $40.00/per publication, pubTutuveni Office at (928) 734-3282.

lished twice, totaling $80.00. Payment

arrived in Washington

D.C. there the families

of the Hopi Code Talkers

will receive Gold medals

for their service. An honor that is befitting of their

service.

They (Code Talkers)

told me personally that

they (at the time) would

not be Hopi if they accepted medals or praise

for acts in a time of war.

Especially when people

died. I have always and

will always respect them

for their resolve to have

stayed strong to their Hopi

values.

They are all gone now.

So I know it is time to receive the medals in their

names for their families.

I now believe they do deserve this honor.

In Ft. Jackson at the 81st

Regional Support Command building when you

enter, the first display you

see is of the Hopi Code

Talker and the veteran

events the 81st was invited

to participate in here on

Hopi. This display shows

that 81st RSC is proud of

the link they have with

us as being the ONLY

ARMY Division who had

Hopi Code Talkers.

I hope we continue to

speak our language and do

our best to teach it to the

very young. So that they

can use it to maintain the

traditions and way of life

of the Hopi. Asquali.

Legal Notice/Name Change

In the Hopi Tribal

Court, Keams Canyon,

Arizona

In the Matter of the

Change of Name of: Not

Named Norris to Jakob

Gabriel Norris

Case No. 2013-CV-0159,

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CHANGE OF

NAME.

Notice is hereby given

that Rhonda Vanee David

has petitioned the court

for the change of name

from: Not Named Norris

to Jakob Gabriel Norris.

Any party seeking to intervene in said proceeding

must file an appropriate

pleading with the Hopi

Tribal Court no later than

twenty (20) days after the

publication of this notice.

Dated: October 14, 2013

/s/ Imalene Polingyumptewa, Clerk of the Court

NAME.

Notice is hereby given

that Winnie Mae James

has petitioned the court

for the change of name

from: Nickless Calvan

Jackson to Nicholas Calvan Jackson. Any party

seeking to intervene in

In the Hopi Tribal

said proceeding must file

Court, Keams Canyon,

an appropriate pleading

Arizona

with the Hopi Tribal Court

In the Matter of the

no later than twenty (20)

Change of Name of: Nick- days after the publication

less Calvan Jackson to

of this notice.

Nicholas Calvan Jackson

Dated: October 3, 2013

Case No. 2013-CV-0149, /s/ Imalene PolingyumpteNOTICE OF PUBLICAwa, Clerk of the Court

TION OF CHANGE OF

From the Office of the Chairman

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 5

6 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Hopi Tribal Primary Elections 2013

Hopi Elections Presents Candidates for 2013 Hopi Tribal Primary Elections

Candidates for the Office of Vice Chairman

Ronald A. Honyumptewa

Village of Moencopi

Alfred Lomahquahu Jr.

Village of Bacavi

Robert L. Sumatzkuku

Village of Moencopi

George Mase

Village of Sipaulovi

Candidates for the Office of Chairman

Leroy N. Shingoitewa

Village of Moencopi

Caleb H. Johnson

Village of Kykotsmovi

Tommy A. Canyon

Village of Moencopi

Herman G. Honanie

Village of Kyktosmovi

Micah B. Loma’omvaya

Village of Shungopavi

Todd D. Honyaoma Sr.

Village of Shungopavi

Mike R. Puhuyesva

Village of Bacavi

Norman B. Honie Jr.

Village of Tewa

Graceland Portable

Buildings of Winslow, AZ

and now HOLBROOK!!!

Main Office located in the Wal-Mart

parking lot in Winslow, AZ

(928) 863-8004

NEW HOURS for Winslow Office:

Monday-Saturday 9:00 – 5:30

Sundays 12:00 – 5:00

Holbrook open by appointment

OUR NOVEMBER SPECIAL:

75 Miles FREE Delivery and Set-Up

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 7

Caleb Johnson Talks

After a long struggle in my

mind, I have finally decided

to run for the Chairman of

our Hopi Tribe. As I see it,

after being on the Hopi Tribal Council for almost a year

and being on the Land Team,

I know what is going on the

inside of the Administration

better than any other candidate. I also believe that I can

resolve the many problems

that now is going on in this

Administration. In the future

I will begin to spell them out

for all of you, Hopi sinom, to

hear so that you can decide to

support me.

Let me tell you now what

I think is the biggest problem

that has been going on since

2010, shortly after the current

Chairman was elected into

office. I have shared this information with the members

of the Tribal Council yet it

continues and will until December 31, 2013.

A contract was made and

signed on May 27, 2010,

the next day after the Tribal

Council approved H-0242019 which “…authorized

the Chairman of the Tribe to

enter into a contract on behalf

of the Tribe to employ and

supervise a law firm, which

comprised of attorneys in

good standing and licensed

to practice law in any State,

to provide interim General

Counsel services against the

ongoing litigation and for

other services as assigned by

the Chairman for up to one

hundred-eighty (180) days

or until a successor has been

named.”

Well, you can guess that no

successor has been found to

replace Mr. Robert J. Lyttle

who was hired by the Chairman in a Contract signed the

next day. This contract has

an ending date of December

31, 2013. This no accident,

it was designed for a specific

reason.

The next day, an Attorney Contract was signed by

Chairman Shingoitewa and

Mr. Robert J. Lyttle Attorney.

Under para. 3, Hourly

Rates., this Contract provided that, “The Tribe shall pay

the Attorneys for services

performed under this contract

an hourly rate not to exceed

three hundred seventy-five

dollars ($375) per hour for se-

nior attorneys and/or Special

Counsel, and an hourly rate

not to exceed two hundred

seventy five dollars ($275)

per hour for other attorney.”

As I see it, these decisions

of the Tribal Council and the

Chairman began the process

where the tribal have been

paying Attorneys hired, about

4 million dollars a year on

average. My estimate is that

Mr. Robert Lyttle is getting

paid $375 an hour and getting

$15,000 a week, at 40 hours a

week. I have not seen his pay

records so this is an estimate.

Nevertheless, in all my

time on the Hopi Tribal

Council: I have never seen

the General Counsel get paid

this much and his salary was

always part of the General

Budget of the Tribe.

My first Decision when

elected as you Chairman

will be to rescind this Contract. However, if LeRoy is

reelected, it probably will be

renewed at a higher rate.

This is one reason I have

decided to run for the Chairman of the Tribe but not the

last reason as I will be writing

more letters and present you

with further major problems

facing the tribe, such as the

lack of yearly audits.

Todd Honyaoma, Sr.

Hopi Tribal Chairman Candidate

Biography and Introduction

Lolma. My name is Todd D. Honyaoma, Sr. I am Spider clan. I am

originally from Mishongnovi, but

was raised in Shungopavi. Rayma and I have been married for 29

years, we have three children. I was

brought up in a traditional family

and was taught Hopi values and

principles which guide me today in

my everyday life.

My education began at Toreva with

Headstart, then continued at Second

Mesa Day School. I completed Jr.

High at Hopi Day School in Kykotsmovi. I graduated from Phoenix

Indian High School. My post-secondary education was at Arizona

Central College, where I earned a

certification in heavy equipment operation.

Upon my return home to Hopi, I

worked as a Tribal Ranger for nine

(9) years. I then managed the Hopi

Cultural Center when it was leased

to the late Ferrell Secakuku. I then

returned to the field of road construction as a heavy equipment operator. My legislative career began

in 1996 when I was elected as a Tribal Council Representative for Sipaulovi Village. I served four (4), two(2) year terms. I was then elected

and served as Vice-Chairman for the

Hopi Tribe for three (3) years. Currently, I have my own business operating a tire repair shop and working

as a lay advocate in the Hopi Tribal

Courts. I am also a cattleman, farmer. I enjoy horseback riding.

My experience in private sector and

public service as an elected official,

gives me a broad experience and

perspective, and makes me an ideal candidate for the Office of Hopi

Tribal Chairman. More importantly,

my upbringing in a traditional Hopi

way, and my continued involvement in our Hopi ceremonies, I believe, gives me a distinct advantage

to represent our Hopi people.

I understand the needs of the Hopi

people and the employees of the

Hopi Tribe. I interact daily with

Hopi people on a personal and professional level. Many are concerned

with the current state of our tribal

government, especially our finances and audits. Our people need

jobs and we must find ways to raise

revenues and fund programs and

services to help our people. We almost lost our precious water rights.

We need to protect these resources.

There is so much work to be done

and I am the right person who can

get things done. We must have respect for our people, our leaders,

and the sovereign rights of our villages. This respect is not being practiced in the current administration.

Respect and honesty are missing in

the current tribal administration. I

will work hard to restore these critical elements our tribal government.

I will see to it that we have an open,

transparent, and participatory government. No longer will things be

secret and closed to tribal members.

I will see to it that our tribal government can, once again, be “for the

People and by the People”.

I respectfully ask for your support

and vote. Kwak-wha.

George Mase

I am of the Sun Forehead Clan from the

Village of Sipaulovi.

I am running for the office of Vice Chairman

of the Hopi Tribe.

Accomplishments:

•

Elected twice to represent the Village

of Sipaulovi on the Hopi Tribal

Council.

•

Served as Interim Tribal Secretary for

the Hopi Tribal Council.

•

Served as CSA for the Village of

Sipaulovi.

•

Served on the local school board.

•

Currently the Chair for the Energy and

Water Task Team.

•

Currently the Chair for the Tawa Ovi

Project Task Team.

I feel we must work to build a sound

foundation at the Tribal level both financially

and strengthening our capacity.

We must take control of our Tribal assets so

that we are truly self-sustainable as a

Sovereign Tribe.

Times are changing here at Hopi and we must

keep up and be ready for all the new

challenges and opportunities that come our

way.

George Mase of the Sun Forehead Clan, Hopi name

Qötsvuyoama, from the village of Sipaulovi.

Spoke Hopi as a child before entering school, grew up on the

Hopi Reservation and after graduation from High School

attended DeVry Institute in Phoenix, AZ. After graduating

was hired by Collins Radio, a Division of Rockwell Int’l.,

worked on ship-­‐to-­‐shore communications equipment for the

military. This required moving to sunny Southern California in

the Orange County area. I also worked on Medical systems

for Philips Ultrasound, a division of Phillips Medical Systems

and Advanced Sterilization Products a division of Johnson &

Johnson. The last two companies I worked as a Quality

Assurance Engineer doing Software and Hardware

Verification & Validation. All together I spent nearly 30 years

in California and during my trips home realized how much of

the Hopi language was being lost just by not communicating

with the younger generation by not speaking Hopi. This will

take time to rectify but, will be worth the effort.

Tommy A.

Canyon

Hopi Tribal Chairman

My Goals as Chairman of the Hopi

Tribe:

My name is Tommy A. Canyon, Massaw Clan from the Village of Moenkopi.

I have lived in the Village of Kykotsmovi

for the past 29 years where I have participated in cultural and community

activities and successfully managed the

Kykotsmovi Village Store.

Any success that I may have achieved

during my lifetime is because I have had

the support of my family and given my

whole heart. Serving as Chairman for

the Hopi Tribe will be no different. I

am a strong believer in the Hopi culture

and way of life. It is a hard life but it has

taught me to be a fighter and understand

the value of making and keeping commitments. I will always fight for ALL our

people.

I am a candidate for the Office of

Chairman to be a voice for our Hopi/

Tewa people - for those who have lost

hope and feel excluded because they no

longer feel that they have a voice. Everyone should be heard.

• To see that all Villages are represented

by Hopi tribal government.

• To expand jobs, housing, and other

economic opportunities on Hopi.

• To provide leadership through wise

investment of our limited financial resources for the benefit of our Villages

and our Hopi/Tewa people.

• To find the best ways to use the capabilities and skills of the many intelligent

and successful Hopi/Tewa people who

want to contribute to the well-being of

their homeland. Hopi people are our

greatest resource.

• To work to become self-sustaining as a

tribal government and as a Nation.

• To be directly involved in marketing

our economic and natural resources and

negotiating the best returns for their use

by outside entities.

• To bring vision, respect, honor, and

leadership to the Office of the Chairman.

I may not be fully skilled in tribal politics, but I make up for that with a burning dedication and desire to do what is

right for the Hopi/Tewa people.

I urge everyone to VOTE! Don’t let a

handful of people make the decisions

for us. Be assured, if I get your vote, I

WILL LISTEN - YOUR VOICE WILL

BE HEARD.

8 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

2013 TAAWAKI TRAIL RUN

Lolmat Ovi Nanamungwa

Submitted by Andrea Siow

What a glorious morning for a run! On Saturday, October 6, volunteers

and runners arrived at the

Hopi Wellness Center as

the sun was rising over

the mesa known as Taawaki; all in anticipation

of this years’ TAAWAKI

Half Marathon, 10K &

8K Trail Run.

Bundled up in layers of

clothing; runners signed

up and prepared to take on

some of the better known

challenging trails that

Hopi has to offer. With

a good number of returning TAAWAKI Trail Run

participants and new participants to this event, the

energy was high and full

of positive enthusiasm.

As with many of the

trails here on Hopi, the

Taawaki Trail run is filled

with a variety of challeng-

es for each runner as well

as beautiful surroundings

that allow the runner to

take a moment to reflect

and really appreciate the

beauty that life has to offer. As an effort through

the Hopi Special Diabetes Program, this event is

provided as a non-competitive event that all runners of all levels can participate in with the overall

goal of strengthening

ones overall well-being.

Lolmat Ovi Namamunga,

running for the beauty of

all life, is the energy that

each runner possesses and

puts forth on the trails.

We praise each of you

on your accomplishment

in completing the event;

and thank you for being a

positive role model in the

promotion of community

health and the running

tradition here on Hopi.

We also acknowledge

all the community members that came out to

support this great event.

With well over 50 volunteers from organizations

such as the Miss Hopi

Committee, Lori Piestewa

Post 80 Princess, Greeting

the Sun Committee, First

Mesa Elementary Royalty

, Hopi High School National Honor Society, and

the Legacy Inn Corporation, we thank you for

making this year another

great success!

We hope that this event

has inspired and motivated you to take on future

challenges, and has given

you the self confidence to

continue your journey to

good health and personal

well-being. Every day is

filled with new experiences and new trails to take

on. We are very glad that

each of you could make

it out; we welcome more

participants next year on

October 5, 2014! Make

the TAAWAKI Trail Run

one of your most memorable running experiences! Happy Trails Everyone!

Hopi Wellness

Staff.

A great group of event volunteers ready to participate in the trail run.

Center

Hopi Code Talkers to Receive Gold Medals on Nov. 20

WASHINGTON, DC House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

(D-NV), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House

Democratic Leader Nancy

Pelosi (D-CA) announced

on Mon, Nov. 5, that they

will hold a U.S. Capitol

ceremony later this month

to present Native American

code talkers with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Hopi Tribal dignitaries

and family members will

be in attendance to receive

the Medals of Honor on behalf of the ten recognized

Hopi Code Talkers. Each

Tribe will receive one gold

medal for each Hopi Code

Talker and a silver medal

will be awarded to the surviving code talker families.

The Gold Medal represents Congress’s highest

expression of appreciation

for distinguished achievements and contributions.

The Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 (H.R.

4544) directs that medals

be struck to honor the valor and dedication of Na-

tive American code talkers

during World War I and

World War II. As members

of our Armed Forces, these

code talkers thwarted the

enemy by transmitting secret coded messages using

their native tribal languages. Congress will award a

Gold Medal to each tribe

that participated in this indispensable program.

The ceremony will take

place on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol

Visitor Center.

Vote Alfred Lomahquahu Jr for Vice Chairman

Greetings I am Alfred Lomahquahu Jr. I

am seeking the office of Vice Chairman, I

belong to the Greasewood/Roadrunner

clan. I am a member of the village of

Bacavi. My parents are Kathrine Burton and the late Alfred Lomahquahu

Sr. I am currently serving the Village of

Bacavi as Governor for 3 yrs. Am serving as Commander for the American

Legion-Lori Piestewa Post #80 2yrs. A

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran. I also am a

committee member of several Organizations: The Hopi Native American Cancer Prevention program (NACP), Hopi

Foundation-Hopi Youth Initiative (HOYI),

The Natwatni Coalition, The Community

Emergency Response Team (CERT) under the Hopi Emergency Response Team

(HERT). Hopi Code Talker Committee.

I am seeking the Office of Vice Chairman To fulfill the roles and responsibilities of that Office. To bring accountabili-

ty and a real connection between Tribal

operations and the Villages. Which is the

Hopi people. To bring true service back

to this office. We are elected to serve

the people and I have been trained to

serve thru my Military experience and

as an Elected official. I encourage every

to register to vote and be a positive influence on the future of the Hopi Tribe.

Kwa-Kwah.

Ronald A. Honyumptewa - Hopi Tribal Vice Chairman Candidate

VOTE FOR QUALITY HOPI LEADERSHIP

Loloma, I would like to take this

opportunity announce my candidacy for the Vice Chairman of the

Hopi Tribe. My name is Ronald A.

Honyumptewa, I am Dawawungwa

from the Village of Lower Moencopi. I was born and raised on the

Hopi Reservation, where I continue

to participate in cultural activities

and raise crops. I have proudly

dedicated 17 years of my life to the

field of law enforcement, serving in

various capacities including, Officer, Detective, Sergeant, and Chief.

After living off the reservation for

many years, I made the conscious

decision to return to the Hopi Reservation to serve the Hopi/Tewa

Half-marathon participants taking on the course.

sinom in a professional capacity. I

currently serve as Chief Ranger of

the Hopi Tribe Resource Enforcement Services (HRES).

During my 2 year tenure as Chief

of the HRES, I have worked tirelessly to build the capacity of Tribal

law enforcement services by mandating professionalism, developing

and implementing policy, securing

critical equipment and resources,

increasing staff levels, and raising

officer salaries. These critical and

long overdue developments will

serve as the building blocks for

establishing effective law enforcement services for Hopi Tribal communities.

If elected as the Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe, I will serve as a professional and dedicated leader for the Hopi/Tewa community. My goals

include:

•

Improve the Hopi Tribal governmental operations by ensuring

accountability at the program and policy levels, which will result in

improved quality of services.

•

Develop new policies and procedures, revise outdated policies, and assure adherence to these critical organizational documents.

•

Support the Hopi/Tewa Villages in their efforts to become

self-sustaining communities.

I appreciate your support in helping me achieve these goals. Kwak Kwa.

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 9

Hopi/Tewa Youth Council Give Voice To Youth Issues

Submitted by Hopi/Tewa Youth

Council Advisors

Native American youth

can make a difference

within the community they

live in. In doing so the

Hopi/Tewa Youth Council (HTYC) is becoming organized and preparing for action.

The HTYC is a group

of local youth residing

on the Hopi reservation

who have come together

for common purposes: to

make their voices heard

while representing their

villages and communities; and to play a role in

addressing issues and concerns they face.

With combined talents

and energy, HTYC members are taking a step to

contribute.

They have

the opportunity to make

change by developing and

strengthening their leadership skills. Their goal is

to become a youth advisory body for the Hopi/

Tewa communities, advocating for youth needs

and addressing concerns

effecting youth.

They

plan to network, coordinate programs, activities,

and events for youth, and

collaborate with resources

on and off the reservation.

In 2010, the Youth Advisory Committee was

formed. This group previously assisted in the

process of establishing a

Hopi/Tewa Boys & Girls

Club; unfortunately the

initiative did not come to

reality, due to stakeholders

not coming to a consensus

on the Memorandum of

Agreement.

Now known as the

Hopi/Tewa

Advisory

Committee, the group is

committed in implementing youth development

and initiatives from a

grassroots

perspective.

The group consists of:

Village Youth & Elder

Program

Coordinators,

Village Community Service Administrators, Village Board of Directors,

reservation wide community members,parents and

grandparents, schools,The

Hopi Tribal Housing Authority, and other professionals.

In January of 2013

the Hopi/Tewa Advisory

Committee developed action plans by participating in a strategic planning

and training provided by

FirstPic Inc. based out of

Washington,

DC. The

training was hosted by

the Hopi Tribal Housing Authority, to incorporate a reservation wide

Youth Program. The intent is to reopen the Youth

Center based in Polacca,

Arizona.

This facility

will focus on providing

programs and services

needed for the youth within villages and communities. In conjunction with

the Youth Center, HTYC

100% Native Owned & Operated

Business Printing

Business Cards • Brochures

Letterhead/Envelopes

Handbooks • NCR Forms

Vinyl Banners

And Much More…

Ph: 928.734.9248

www.imagesandwordsprinting.com

Providing Printing Service Since 2001

“Save Time & Money - Buy Local”

IMAGES & WORDS

Printing and Graphics

P.O. Box 917

Hotevilla, AZ 86030

Food Handler’s Training

Hopi Tribal Ordinance No. 12 requires that

all Food Service Employees, Peddlers, and

Temporary Food Vendors on the Hopi Reservation are required to possess a current

Food Handler’s Card.

A Food Handler’s Card or Certificate of

Training issued by another Tribe, County

or other Government Entity is valid on the

Hopi Reservation as long as its expiration

date does not exceed two years from the

date of issuance. There is no fee for this

training or the card.

Food Handler’s Training is scheduled for:

Second Mesa Day School

November 13, 2013

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Employment Opportunity

Hopi Tribal Housing Authority

1. Human Resources – Generalist

($36,461-$72,190)

2. Resident Services Manager

($33,939-$67,198)

3. Resident Services Specialist

($29,651-$58,708)

4. Information Tech

($26,376 - $52,222)

Please contact:

Maxine Namoki at (928) 737-2556

Mnamokie@htha.org or visit www.htha.org for

additional information.

Closing date for the vacancies is 11-13-2013

plans to also utilize the

facility to accommodate

their functions.

As of June 2013, the

Hopi/Tewa Youth Council

has aquired 14 active

participants representing

their respective villages

and communities. The

following members are

Des’ree Nasingoetewa, President (Bacavi);

Lottie Saufkie, Secretary (Lower Moencopi);

Nicholai Bolus, Treasurer (Second Mesa);

and members Alyssia

Polivema (Lower Moencopi); KeAndre David,

(Tewa); Faylene Rogers,

(Tewa); Michealla Kagenveama, (Tewa); Erin

Eustace (Tewa); Melvin

Sisto (Bacavi); Kelliegh

Lynch-Sewequaptewa

(Sichmovi); Sean Bolus

(Second Mesa); Allessandro Bolus (Second

Mesa); Alfred Soliman

(Second Mesa) and

Kaitlyn Youvella.

The advisors are Carlton

Timms, Village of Tewa,

Youth Program Coordinator and Elvia Sanchez,

Village of Bacavi, Youth

Center Coordinator.

HTYC Vice- President

and SGT AT ARMS positions are currently vacant

and will be filled at the

next Youth Council session.

Currently, the HTYC

hold their Council sessions on every second

Saturday of each month

Hopi/Tewa Youth Council represented at the Gila River Youth Conference at Crown Plaza San Marcos

Golf Resort in Chandler, Ariz. Back Row (l to r): Advisors Carlton Timms and Elvia Sanchez. Second Row:

Nicolai Bolus, Sean Bolus, Melvin Sisto, Alyssia Polivema, Lottie Saufkie, Erin Eustace and Michealla

Kagenveama. Front Row: KeAndre David and Alessandro Bolus.

at 11:00 am. With roles

and responsibilities identified, HTYC has various

goals and projects they

would like to initiate and

accomplish. In the meantime the group has had

numerous

successful

fundraising

activities,

established their monthly

meetings, and have adopted and created a logo

and bylaws, soon to be

approved.

At the end of July,

HTYC was invited to attend the 25th Annual Gila

River Indian Community

Youth Conference. This

was a great opportunity for

the council to gain external resources, meet other

youth leaders throughout

Indian Country, and become exposed to other cultures and traditions.

Village Youth and Elder Coordinators as well

as Village Administrations are continuing to

recruit youth who are 1118 years of age, currently

in school or have a high

school diploma or GED

with a minimum grade

point average (GPA) of

2.0 and/or pursuing other

educational or professional growth. Membership is

open to any youth interest-

ed in making a difference.

Through continued involvement, the HTYC is

working toward becoming our future leaders by

being proactive agents of

change. Their “VOICE

STANDS AS ONE”! For

recruitment in your villages contact your local

Village and Elder Coordinators or contact Carlton

Timms at (928)401-0376,

email:

villageoftewayouth@gmail.com.

Or

contact Elvia at (928)7347111, email: bacavi_

youth@hotmail.com

HEEF Elects New Executive Committee Officers

Sam Tenakhongva

Hopi Education Endowment Fund

The Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) is

pleased to announce that

Lois Reynosa-Qumiyintewa has been elected to

serve as President for the

HEEF for 2013-14. She

said, “It’s been a pleasure

to serve on the HEEF

board and a true honor to

be elected to this leadership position. I look forward to continuing the

success HEEF has recognized and providing added

opportunities for growth

and achievement.” Reynosa- Qumiyintewa comes

from the village of Shungopavi and is a member of

the Water Clan and is a Senior Accountant for Northern Arizona Healthcare.

Joining her on the HEEF

Photo Credits: HEEF 2013

HEEF President Lois Reynosa

Executive committee as

Vice-President is Mike

Finney from Tempe, AZ

and is the founder and

owner of AZ Communications Group which

provides domestic and international marketing in

addition to public relations

services for communities,

tribes, and private sector

businesses. Mr. Finney

works with the Moenkopi

Legacy Inn and the Hopi

Arts Trail, and shared,

“Being elected to a leadership role in the HEEF is

a great honor. The years

of achievement by former

Board members and a very

dedicated staff sets a high

bar for all of us who currently serve on the Board.

I am looking forward to

seeing the HEEF grow in

public awareness and grow

in our ability to attract significant new contributors

to the fund in 2014.”

Also elected, were Kim

Kahe-Corkin who will

serve as the Treasurer and

Jamie Navenma as the

Secretary. Other members

of the Executive committee include Dr. Angela

Gonzales, Eileen Egan

and Romalita Laban. “The

HEEF welcomes the new

officers to their new leadership positions.

Each

individual brings their individual experience and

expertise to the office they

will serve in. We look

forward to a productive

and prosperous year,” said

HEEF Executive Director

LuAnn Leonard.

The HEEF is a Hopi

Tribal

government

non-profit program qualified under section 7871

(a) of the Internal Revenue

Service Code. All contributions to the HEEF are

tax deductible. For more

information contact the

HEEF at heef@hopieducationfund.org, 928-7342275 or visit www.hopieducationfund.org

New Video Campaign on Ending Violence Against

Native Women

Ginny Underwood

Indian Law Resource Center

(Helena, Mont.) -- The Indian Law Resource Center

and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource

Center (NIWRC) have

launched the first videos

in a new campaign to raise

awareness of and help end

violence against Native

women and girls.

The campaign is twofold, featuring a series of

“Survivor Stories” with

Native women who have

experienced domestic and

sexual violence as well as

a series of videos on the

theme of “Native Love”

with Native youth expressing what Native love

means to them and the

changes they want to see

in their communities.

“With one in three

Native women raped in

their lifetimes, creating

awareness to end violence

against Indian and Alaska

Native women and girls is

the first and foremost priority for this campaign,”

said Jana Walker, Senior

Attorney and Director of

the Center’s Safe Women, Strong Nations project. “The epidemic of

violence against Native

women and girls cannot be

tolerated.”

The first survivor story released in the series

features Sheila Harjo, the

First Lady of The Seminole Nation and Councilwoman. In the video, Harjo describes the eight years

of abuse she endured by

her former husband.

“I’m not a victim. I’m a

survivor,” declares Harjo

in the video. “I now have

the opportunity to share

my story and let people

know it can happen to anybody. It’s not drunks. It’s

not the poor people. It’s

not the uneducated. It’s

anybody.”

Harjo has been a driving

force in helping The Seminole Nation establish a domestic violence program

and shelter for abused

women and their children.

The “Native Love” video series raises awareness

about violence against Native women and girls and

is aimed at empowering

tribal members, particularly young people, to speak

out. Justin Secakuku, a

member of the Hopi Tribe

of Arizona, shares a Hopi

tradition involving white

corn, and its symbolism of

the value of women to give

and produce life.

“Women should be appreciated, honored, and

loved,” says Secakuku in

the video. “In the concept

of Native love, we have to

respect what women have

to contribute to society as

a whole.”

The Indian Law Resource Center and the

NIWRC will release four

survivor stories and four

“Native Love” stories

through the end of the

year. The videos and other

online resources including

posters, Facebook banners, a domestic violence

toolkit, FAQs, and a guide

on how to share the campaign, will be available at

www.indianlaw.org and

www.niwrc.org.

“We hope to stimulate

and support a national dialogue about what Native

love is — and what it is not

— in order to create change

that will help restore safety

to our Native women and

girls,” said Lucy Simpson, Executive Director of

the NIWRC. “We encourage people to watch the

videos, share them through

Facebook and other social

media channels, and help

us create change.”

The videos were co-produced by the Center and

Native filmmaker Ryan

Red Corn, co-founder of

Buffalo Nickel Creative.

For more information or

to download and share the

videos, visit www.indianlaw.org or www.niwrc.org.

10 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

From the Front Page

New Candidates from Cover

reasons why our educated

Hopi’s leave is because

of salaries, salaries are

not competitive. We are

paying a large amount of

salaries to non-natives and

that needs to be addressed.

Another issue is Behavioral Health. There is a need

for the abused children,

elderly, domestic violence

and rehabilitation. We

don’t work hand in hand

with them. How do we

better service our community? The key thing is all

these programs need to be

looked at and reorganized

to give back to the community. We are not on the

same page, we are all scattered. That is something

we really need to look at

to see what we can do to

make things better for our

people. What can we do?

We have the Hopi Sex Offender Registration Tracking system (HSORT),

which is now educating

the community on sexual offenders, but we are

still lacking certain areas.

We want to able to communicate with the Tribal

Courts; another issue that

I’m looking at. I’m looking at the whole system,

the programs; what can

we do better to service our

community because they

are our people.

What

are

your

thoughts on environmental issues within the Hopi

Tribe?

Back to HPL and D6 we

have a lot of over grazing

going on out there and

that needs to be looked at.

You’re talking about fence

line issues and trespass animals coming out and the

drought; even the woodcutting issues. Have we

looked at that? How much

are we cutting the wood?

Can we really go out to the

new lands to cut wood? I

mean there is a lot of issues that we have, because

of the snowfall and the rain

and all these issues that

come up. We really need

to protect our resources

and that’s the key thing is

protecting our resources

for our future generation.

That’s what we got to look

at. There are a lot of issues

out there. The environment, you’re talking about

water issues, arsenic in

the water all the way from

Moenkopi to Keams Canyon. Those are issues have

to look at; we can’t look at

now we got to look at the

future. How do we protect

our environment, how do

we protect our natural resources? Again I stated

that you have to look at 15

to 100 years from now for

our children, your children

and all our grandkids. We

have to look that far, we

can’t just look at five years

or ten years. We have to do

something to protect our

environment.

What

are

your

thoughts on the financial

issues within the Hopi

Tribe?

Policy needs to change.

There are a lot of issues

within the finances and it

all goes back to looking

at what’s not working.

We got to look at what’s

not working. What do we

got to do to improve the

services; there are a lot

of issues with the Finance

Department. The procurement issues, the requisitions and there has to be

something that we can do

to improve, better tracking, better servicing; again

it’s all servicing the people. You know sometimes

programs wait for purchase orders for up to three

or four months, and who is

accountable for that? My

question then is; are they

being held accountable?

Is the Executive Director

holding the Finance Director accountable? There has

to be something because

with these kinds of issues,

are they getting disciplined

or is it just pushed to the

side? We have to look at

the system, what can we

do that’s not working. Obviously it’s been happening for years now; we have

to take a look at it. What

do we have to do to better

service and documentation

the financial issue? Again

it goes way back to years.

I’m quite sure they can’t

find certain reports that

they don’t know where it’s

at. We got to have a better

tracking system and that’s

why we’re having issues

right now. It’s affecting

all the programs, its affecting BIA and it’s even

affected my COPS grant.

My COPS grant was suspended because an audit

wasn’t done. Again, were

they held accountable?

So, it goes back to what

can we do to improve and

better service the program

and the people. The audits

need to be done; we really

need to get back on track.

It’s affecting a lot of the

programs and applying

for grants. I, myself don’t

want to apply for grants

because we have been red

flagged. Not only that, we

are being affected by receiving additional funding

from the grants to be able

to pay for services to our

financial, to the people in

the finance department.

Work is not getting done;

so again I’m glad that it

is happening. We have to

fix this issue. It’s been a

long standing issue and we

should have never gotten

to this point. It’s got to be

fixed.

What would you say

are the strengths and

weaknesses of the current administration?

They have done a lot of

good things for the Hopi

Tribe and I only been here

two years and I’ve never seen any weaknesses.

Again they have done an

excellent job in moving

the directions and being

able to get the funding

for programs. The weaknesses, I can’t speak for

what the weaknesses are,

but again all I see are

strengths. The weaknesses

within the programs itself

again goes back to the Executive Directors leadership. Those are the issues

and his responsibility to

get these things corrected.

How would you correct these issues?

To correct these issues

would be having to bring

in your seven directors

that oversee the programs.

You want to know what

their plans are, goals and

objectives and what their

mission and vision is. This

includes the Chairman and

Vice Chairman on down

to being able to carry out

these plans and hold all

the directors accountable.

Accountable

meaning

what are you working on,

how are you going to get

it done, when is it going to

be completed. So that way

things will work. Again,

Hopi Tribe’s a corporation.

It’s a corporation, again we

have to fix these issues to

be able to make it work, to

be able to get the ball rolling and right now the ball

is not rolling. We have a

lot of issues out there right

now; a lot of directors going back to years, stating

years that this has been

an issue for so long. My

question to their directors

is why is it still an issue?

You’re the Director you

got to fix it and again holding the Executive Director responsible. Why isn’t

it getting done? That’s

where the weakness is at,

the lack of accountability,

lack of directives, lack of

mission plan and lack of

strategic plan. We got to

have direction, we got to

have plan and we got to

have deadlines. If we don’t

have that; it’s not going to one is getting his Doctorate degree and my daughget fixed.

ter is in Tucson working as

What

are

your one of the Accountants for

thoughts on running for the city. I went to UCLA

Vice Chairman of the for my undergrad and then

I went for graduate study

Hopi Tribe?

I’m confident to run for to Princeton in New Jerthe Vice Chairman and sey. In 1961 I went into

again I’m seeing a lot of the military. I was in the

issues and working for an- military for 20 years and

other agency in Phoenix in 1989 I retired from the

and coming here, I see a military at Ft. Huachuca.

lot of issues. Running for My past experience has

Vice Chairman is to be been in the military and I

able to get the ball rolling went from 1st Lieutenant

and to be able to fix these to a full Colonel when

issues that we are facing. I left the military. I’ve

As a program director as been pretty successful.

well; I’m facing a lot of It’s tough to become an

these issues. Seeing a lot O6 because the promotion

of issues out there, how do amount was 2000 and they

we improve that? So, me only selected something

running for Vice Chairman like 200. People recogis to get this back in order, nize you’re a full Colonel

to be able to work hand in they will instantly rechand with the Chairman ognize it. It’s got a lot of

and being able to work prestige and power. That’s

with the Executive Direc- been my life until I came

tor . Let’s get a strategic out here in 1994 when my

plan, what is our weak- father passed away and I

ness, what is our strengths, came back to take over his

what do we do to improve church. Shortly thereafter

the services to all the pro- they elected me to the tribgrams? Again, it all goes al council for two and four

back to the community and year terms off and on.

the people; we are providAs a candidate for the

ing services to the people.

What do we need to do to Hopi Chairman, what is

improve these services? your platform?

I basically have three

Without that, it’s the Vice

Chairman’s job to be able platforms. One I mento make a difference. Be- tioned is the audits which

ing young, coming from we have to complete by

an outside agency, coming December 31and if we

from the city and coming don’t then there will be a

here to see all these is- letter coming from the Insues, you know I’m here terior to sanction us (Hopi

to make improvements Tribe) on a third level. This

and to able to do stuff means that tribal governfor my people, the Hopi/ ment grants and so forth

Tewa sinom. I encourage will begin to withdraw

the younger generation to those money’s because

step up to the plate, they they will not let it go to the

need to step up, they have tribe anymore. In another

a voice, they have all these 45 days, if we do not come

education and they need to up with the audits then

come and make that step they will begin the proto make a change for the cess of taking over these

programs, the government

generation.

programs. The Hopi TribWhat qualifies you to al Attorneys were saying

that by July they would

run for this position?

Experience in my job be taking over these govand what you go through. ernment programs if we

What kind of difference don’t complete the audit.

have you made, you If the audits are not done

know? For me I made a lot it will affect other things

differences with the career such as employment is gothat I have. Being in law ing to be difficult because

enforcement for 17 years they will have to become

you’re dealing with mak- federal employees and

ing a difference for the meet certain standards and

community and making an some may not meet those

impact in the community. standards. Or they will be

This includes coming to laid off. The attorneys are

Hopi, what have I done for saying the best thing for

the Hopi Rangers? Getting us is to complete the authe COPS grant, hiring of- dits. The other platform

ficers, getting more equip- is what I had just spoken

ment, upgrading the radio on; this contract with the

system; all these issues are Chairman and Lyttle (Hopi

getting done. Again, it goes Tribe’s Attorney) they

back to being disciplined, signed on the 27th of May

integrity, professionalism with fees to pay $375 and

and accountability. If you $275. All the attorneys that

have all those with you, are hired are being paid acit’s going to carry you a cording to that contract. So

long way because you be- as a result these invoices

lieve in the people. Hold- that are coming are very

ing yourself accountable high and there are at least

for everything you do and 15 attorneys that are workhaving that integrity and ing. As a result we have a

being honest is what is go- big stack of invoices and

ing to carry you through. It we have asked to see the

goes back to experience, invoices so that contract

we all have different expe- needs to be rescinded. My

riences, we all have differ- third platform is to get the

ent types of backgrounds First Mesa Representabut again we are all quali- tives back into the counfied and how are we going cil. They were kicked out

to carry this mission out? of council the first part

We have all these issues. of 2010; they need to get

Going back to my law en- back into council. They

forcement, I’ve done a lot are the village representafor different communities; tives and they need to get

I’ve done a lot to be able back in.

to make the community

safe, but again even here

What

are

your

doing the same thing and thoughts on environmennow working with other tal issues within the Hopi

programs to make it work, Tribe?

The big thing is the powso it’s helped me out a lot.

er plant that’s producing

Caleb Johnson, Hopi all this pollution and they

have just come to an agreeChairman Candidate

I was born in Moenkopi ment that they are going to

at the hospital there and I shut down two. One part

belong to the Coyote clan. of the Power Plant they

I’ve been married for more had three smokestacks

than 50 years to my wife, and they are going to shut

Nancy Johnson of Middle- down one and they are not

town, PA. We have three going to re-issue them the

kids and they are all col- strict things they were saylege graduates; one is an ing. So that will take care

architect in Connecticut, of the pollution. As far as

Micah Loma’omvaya from the Village of Shungopavi is a candidate for Hopi

Tribal Chairman.

Caleb Johnson from the Village of Kykotsmovi is a candidate for the Office of

Hopi Tribal Chairman

Current Chief of Hopi Rangers, Ronald A. Honyumptewa is a candidate for the

Office of Vice Chairman.

the other environmental

issues, there are not that

many environmental issues we have, except for

pollution.

What

are

your

thoughts on the financial

issues within the Hopi

Tribe?

The financial status,

it’s very weak at the tribal level right now because

of – we transferred the investments from Morgan

Keegan to Rockefeller.

The last report which was

just a couple days ago,

Rockefeller said they had

to settle with Morgan Keegan for some $67 million

and so now the investment

amount for the Hopi Tribe

is something like $60 million, it used to be $130

million. That has really cut

into the financial situation

and with the Attorney fees

is draining the tribe financially and that’s got to be

corrected because you

can’t do anything without

money and that’s a fact of

life. We have to stabilize

our financial system and

begin to accrue more money into those accounts that

we have.

What would you say

are the strengths and

weaknesses of the current administration?

The weakness of the

present government is that

the Chairman controls everything. He controls the

Tribal Council because

these representatives owe

a debt to him and so he

controls a majority of the

council

representatives.

He controls the courts by

the appointed Chief Judge.

He controls the Rangers;

they are pretty much like

his bodyguards. In other

words he controls everything and that’s the main

weakness and because he

controls everything he can

fire anybody at anytime.

So by this behavior he has

intimidated a lot of employees and they are very

careful to say the right

things and they can’t express their real opinions.

That’s the weakness of the

tribal government. I don’t

sense too much strength

in the tribal government

at this time; it’s balanced

too much to the weak side.

Until it’s stabilized and

some these things are corrected; they will not see

the strengths of the tribal

government emerge and

that’s going to take a lot of

work, but it has to be done.

How would you correct these issues?

Like I said I would first

of all rescind this contract

and fire some of these attorneys and give the Chief

Judge 24 hours to hand

in his resignation, things

like that. You can do that

and start cleaning up these

things so the tribal council

is not under control by one

individual. That’s going to

take a lot of work.

What

are

your

thoughts on running for

Vice Chairman of the

Hopi Tribe?

Well I had a difficult

time deciding to run because I realized how tough

the job is. It’s not an easy

job to do these things; to

recoup all these things.

I had a difficult time to

decide to jump in or just

stay out of it or let it go

in the direction it’s going,

but when I looked at the

candidates I could not see

anyone of those people

who knew the tribal government as much as I did

Continued on Page 11

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 2013 11

or had the courage and the

fortitude to make these

changes because it’s going

to be difficult. I have made

some very tough decisions

in the military so I’m used

to that, so I decided that

I’m going to have to get

in. If anything is going to

be done I have to do it. It’s

going to be a tough job but

somebody’s gotta do it and

if you’re capable of doing

it you can’t really let it go

by because it’s just going

to get worse and that’s the

reason I jumped in. That’s

one of the reason I’m in

the race.

What qualifies you to

run for this position?

I’m qualified for this

position because I’ve been

on the Tribal Council for

at least 12 years off and

on and I know the ins and

outs of the tribal government real well. I was the

Vice Chairman for 18

months and I controlled

all the directors and they

reported to me so I know

the whole system of the

tribal government so I

felt that since I know the

inside of the government.

You have to know the inside of the government to

correct these things; you

can’t just pop in from

some other place and do

these things because you

have to know how things

are done, who are the key

players. Fortunately the

other night we had a meeting here and the directors

of these programs were

talking and I was looking

at these directors and they

are all young ladies, maybe 30 or 35. You have a

whole crop of those directors and they were so frustrated of the way things

were going. I looked at

them and I said, “Man, if

these directors can line up

with you, you can do a tremendous job of recouping

the whole system.” They

were so frustrated because

they were the last people

to get the word and when

things change they should

be the first one to know.

In the military I compare

them to Battalion Commanders. The Battalion

Commanders are the ones

that are fighting, they are

on the front lines and they

need to be aware and they

need to be coordinated, but

somehow the administration just let them go. They

are out there crying for

some kind of guidance and

information. They don’t

want to be the last the person to know what has been

decided by the council. So

if there is a real issue that

has to be done or what are

we going to do about it, the

Chairman should call all

the directors into a meeting and brief them on what

the situation is so they

will know what is coming

down the pike. That’s the

way we have to work with

this large organization and

I guess that hasn’t been

done for the last four years

because they just reamed

out the tribal council. So

that is what I will do, I will

work with those directors

directly and we can solve

a lot of these problems that

they are faced with at that

particular level.

Micah B. Loma’omvaya, Hopi Chairman Candidate

Micah B. Loma’omvaya is from the Village

of Shungopavi. He is 39

years old and is a member of the Bear Clan. Loma’omvaya said he participates in the traditional

activities of his village and

credits his grandparents

with his traditional teachings. Out of high school,

he was able to gain internships within the field of

archaeology. He is a graduate of the University of

Arizona with a Bachelor’s

Degree in Anthropology.

“For me it’s [Shungopavi] always home,” he said.

“We have a lot of deep

roots here in this land.”

Having been raised on

Hopi, he’s been able to

see how the economy has

affected the community

with very little economic

opportunities available.

Loma’omvaya believes

his background in Anthropology gives him, and the

Hopi people, a foothold

in defining Hopi perspectives, issues and solutions

based on Hopi values and

traditions.

What are some of

the current issues that

you see facing the Hopi

Tribe?

There are many different areas that need to be

resolved. I believe that

the tribal audits need to be

resolved. As such, there

is a need for the Executive Director along with

Tribal Council to review

the policies, procedures,

Tribal plans and ordinances in-depth, so that we

have a clear understanding

of what needs to be done

next. We need to analyze

our data and formulate a

solution and not just throw

money and personnel at

the problems. We have a

lot of management issues

out on the land. We need

to meet with the land users

to understand how tribal

programs are implementing the land and resource

management plans. We

need to evaluate how we

can support law enforcement to protect Hopi interests. Health care is an

issue too. How do we expand our health care services? We need to meet at

a technical level with our

service providers to increase funding and service

here in Hopi. Education is

another issue. If we have

more educated Hopi professionals in these fields

then we are only investing in ourselves. I believe

in past administrations

we did not have the intimate knowledge of tribal affairs, situations and

conditions. So there has

always been a large learning curve. They come into

office without having this

knowledge and they basically have to learn while

on the job. Where as if I

come into office, I have

this knowledge. I’d rather see implementation being carried out rather than

having to learn it. Basically, I’m a step ahead.

and weaknesses of the

current administration?

Strengths would be the

ability to connect with

outside agencies and organizations. But in a sense,

if you hire good lobbyists

and good legal representation, almost any of those

people can create those avenues for you. Other than

that, it’s tough for me to

see a lot of strengths. Having worked in this administration, I understand the

work conditions. In terms

of weakness, I would say

past administrations, not

just the current administration, there was a need to

have experience working

in tribal government while

also having experience

working with the people.

Being here with the people, living here, farming

here, and participating in

traditional ceremonies, is

the most important aspect

we can ask of any leader.

We need to be at a ground

level to understand what

is needed to provide to the

people.

What are environmental issues that face Hopi?

You have to divide that

up into four areas. One

would be District 6, the

area where the villages

have more consulting jurisdiction. How do we

control solid waste issues?

How do we provide solutions for housing? Lack

of housing can lead to

building unsafe housing.

The HAMP is a key issue

because it provides safe

drinking water to the people. How can we provide

safe drinking water to the

people within the village

and address the arsenic issue. In District 6, how are

we able to manage roads

and infrastructure issues?

The less roads we have

the better, the more roads

we have the more access

people have to pollute the

landscape. The Hopi ParWhat are the strengths titioned Land is another

issue in monitoring and

securing our border. We

have illegal dumping, water hauling and grazing.

We have an extraction of

resources from our own

people. The Moencopi

District has many issues

like safe drinking water

and drinking water treatment. I think a big issue is

not just the boundary fence

but Pasture Canyon. It is

an unmanaged resource

that needs to be taken care

of for the people and their

farming. How do we effectively manage the Hopi

Ranches and make them

accessible to our people

for their usage?

What do you see as

critical financial and fiscal issues?

Many have to do with

understanding the current

status of our tribal budget

projections. Where is income coming in and where

is spending going out? We

need to create a multiyear

budgeting process and

not just annual, reactive

budgeting processes. We

need to understand where

we need to be thrifty and

more responsible with

spending. Where do we

need to focus more funding? We need to benefit

education, health services,

benefit resource management and tribal member

services. We shouldn’t

detract from tribal member services. We need an

effectiveness review on

tribal programs to decide

if they’re needed or if they

need to be eliminated. We

need to see where the main

deficiencies are in the core

functions of the tribe or organization. We need to see

what we do best and then

evaluate what the extras

and how they affect the

core function.

Candidate for Vice

Chairman, Robert L. Sumatzkuku, did not respond

by press time.

Sports Corner

Bruins Football Triumph Over Tuba City Warriors

Blake Sekaquaptewa goes in for an easy touchdown. Bruins beat the Warriors 44-12. This was the last home game for

the Bruins aka Senior Night. All the seniors on the football team were recognized. This was also “Pink Nite” hosted by

the Hopi Cancer Support Services as this was Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

On Oct. 18, the Hopi

Bruins and Tuba City Warriors played in one of the

most rivaled games of the

year as they have been

rivals for some time. Students, staff, parents and

fans of Hopi High anxiously and nervously waited for the game to begin.

Both teams were doing

well in their divisions and

this game was expected

to be a nail biter kind of

game. In the first half, the

Warriors had six turnovers

and were down 22 to 0; by

then nothing was stopping

the Bruins from scoring.

The Bruins played well defensively and offensively.

In the second half the Warriors were able to make a

couple touchdowns, but it

wasn’t enough to beat the

Bruins. The Bruins won

the game 44-12.

The Bruins have a team

that can’t be beat with the

exception of one loss. The

Bruins have had a successful season with a record of

6-1 before they played the

Warriors.

According to Coach Saban, the win against Tuba

City was probably one

of the biggest wins in the

history of the school since

he’s been here. Saban was

happy with the win and

gave credit to the team

as a whole. The game set

them up to for a chance to

win Sectional Champs and

they did just that. They

beat Red Mesa on Oct.

25 with a score of 48-0

making the Bruins Division V, Section I Champs.

They will play in the State

Playoffs this weekend in

Phoenix against Arizona

Lutheran in Phoenix on

Nov. 09 at 6 p.m.

Lady Bruins Cross Country team takes first place

at Hopi High School Invite

By Randi Lomayestewa

Bruin Times Staff

“Overall, the girls ran

well,” said Hopi High

Coach Laverne Lomakema. “ I was very pleased

with the effort the girls

made.”

Christen Ben, a senior

runner for Hopi, said the

team ran well.

“As a team, we ran pretty good, swell, fantastic

and excellent,” said Ben

with a smile. “I was very

happy with our results.”

Lomakema said the team

had all of their runners and

was proud everyone was

academically eligible.

“The team leaders are

all of the seniors and varsity girls because they are

older and have the most

experience in the program.

Most of them have joined

all their high school years

and know what to expect,”

said Coach Lomakema.

Ben said her personal

goal for the season is to

come in the top ten at state

and help her team become

state champions once

again.

“I’m sure that we can

get another state title because we have that dedication and determination

in our minds and hearts

to go out there and get it,”

said Ben. “We’ve worked

our butts off to get where

we are and we aren’t going

down without a fight. ”

Lomayestewa is the editor of the award winning

Hopi High Bruin Times

12 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI