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Hopi Tutuveni Attends 2019 American

Indian Tourism Conference as Part of a

Tourism Cohort

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2019 AITC attendees at break-out session. (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Hopi Tutuveni

Tulsa, Okla. – September 16-19, 2019

the Hopi Tutuveni was present at the 2019

American Indian Tourism Conference, held

at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Tulsa,

Okla. Romalita Laban, Hopi Tutuveni Managing Editor attended as a member of a newly developed cohort who has been gathered

for the possible development of a tourism

strategy for Hopi.

In April 2019, the Hopi Tribe received a

grant through the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Economic Development

Administration (EDA) for developing a tourism strategy amongst other scopes of work.

The grant in the amount of $145,241 was

awarded on April 1, 2019 and is required to

be completed by December 31, 2019.

Work under the grant, which addresses

tourism strategy, began with determining

an approach towards the development of

a tourism cohort. Building Communities,

currently serving as a consultant under the

grant to the Office of Community Planning

and Economic Development – Hopi Tribe,

(OCPED) began by scheduling meetings to

gather potential cohort members from the local Hopi communities. The first of the gathering meetings began in June 2019. During

the first meeting an introduction about the

initiative was provided to meeting attendees

with encouragement for the invitee to attend

any further meetings to be held in the near

future.

A second meeting with potential cohort

members was conducted on August 29, 2019

at the Hopi Cultural Center Conference

Room. During the meeting, in addition to

being provided a summary of the previous

meeting discussion, attendees were guided

through completing a survey and informed

of an all-expense paid opportunity to attend

an upcoming national Native tourism conference from September 16-19, 2019, via

the grant. The survey portion of the meeting

wasn’t completely completed, due to electrical repairs being conducted at the Hopi

Cultural Center, on the same day and during the same time of the meeting. Attendees

interested in the all-expense paid tourismtraining opportunity were asked to provide

contact information to Building Communities. Approximately, four of the meeting attendees expressed interest.

It is important to note that cohort members, who have been invited to the meetings

thus far, have been identified as “key to the

team and initiative.” Most potential members of the cohort, who included local Hopi

artists, village office tourism professionals,

and media staff, had time conflicts and other

budgetary difficulties with being able to take

up the opportunity to use the grant travel

funds. Other challenging factors included

having to go through the Tribal financial

system and its requirements and schedules.

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“18 Million is 18 million” - Hopi Tribal Council Directs the Budget

Operating Team to Provide Recommendations for the 2020 Hopi

Tribal Budget at $18 Million Level

members expressed that they did not have

the handout and others reported not being

able to retrieve the information, either.

Vice Chairman Tenakhongva called for a

ten-minute recess in order for the BOT to

gather copies of the information.

Once the handouts were provided,

Hopi Treasurer Gaseoma continued

with explaining what the figures represented, in terms of the funds available

in investments, savings accounts and the

proposed 2020 Budget in the amount of

$18,025,000.00.

The BOT also reported that some programs failed to comply with the call for

documents. Other programs, according to

the BOT, did not comply with submitting

budgets, based on what the BOT directed

them to use. Apparently, some individual

programs submitted budgets, which did

not reflect what the BOT’s recommended

amount was and instead submitted budgets, which were based on levels needed

Hopi Vice Chairman Clark Tenakhongva presides over Hopi Tribal Council Session for essential services to be provided to the

while BOT presents. (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Hopi people.

John Hawkins, Community Service

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor other BOT members, seated at the preHopi Tutuveni

senter’s table, included John Hawkins, Administrators’ Representative to the

Community Service Administrators’ BOT, added comments and began by

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - Wednesday, BOT Representative and Wilfred Gas- apologizing to the Council on behalf of

September 25, 2019 at the Hopi Tribal eoma, Hopi Tribal Treasurer while other the BOT, who he explained had made

Council Session the Budget Operations BOT members were seated in the audi- misstatements earlier in the presentation.

Team, as part of its scheduled time cer- ence section of Council Chambers. Vice According to Hawkins, although it was

tain, provided a PowerPoint presentation Chairman Tenakhongva also currently stated that villages have not had any cuts

complete with background information as serves as the Budget Operations Team in the past, he deemed those statements as

to how it came to be providing the pro- Chairman, which was a task delegated not true, as the villages have had previous

posed and recommended 2020 Budget in to the Vice Chairman’s office by Hopi cuts. Hawkins further stated that, “Villages, in the past, have even offered to take

amount of $18million plus.

Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma.

Hopi Vice Chairman Clark TenakhongAfter a quarter of the presentation was cuts before BOT or Council proposed any

va presided over the Council session completed and reaching the portion where cuts.” Hawkins continued to explain that

while Daryn Melvin, Vice Chairman’s dollar figures were being presented, the the BOT did not call for the $278,000

staff member, led the presentation. Two presentation had to be paused. Council budget figure for villages to use, but inCURRENT INDIAN NEWS

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Council Directs the Budget Operating

Team, Cont.

was brought on. He also mentioned there

has been discussion about charging villages for services being acquired from the

Tribe and that the decision will be up to

Council. He also reiterated that what was

being provided was a BOT recommendation and restated that figures from the

past three years were reviewed, as well

as other tools to come up with the current

budget. He expressed that due diligence

will be continued which then led up to

him asking for a directive from Council,

to state an amount for the village budgets.

Vice Chairman Tenakhongva then began calling upon Council member who

raised their hands to make comment and/

or ask questions of the BOT. Hopi Tribal

Council representative David Talayumptewa asked how many programs didn’t

respond to the budget call. Melvin explained that all programs responded but

that approximately seven programs did

not fully comply and some had various

circumstances for not complying. It was

also reported that meetings with the programs were to be continued and at which

time more reasons may come forth which

did Melvin as “ground truthing” and an

opportunity to provide a more qualitative

analysis for the circumstances describe.

Representative Dale Sinquah made a

comment that one village he knew of was

in agreement with the amount set by the

BOT. He asked that his time be yielded

to the Community Service Administrator

from the village of Walpi. At that point,

Wilbur Kaye, Walpi CSA came to the

presenter’s table and began explaining

that he believed they could work with the

amount BOT recommended and that adjustments were being made, with regard

to expenses, to try to work with the Tribe.

He also explained he was speaking for

the village as a CSA, not a representative,

and would be continuing to work with the

Tribe.

Representative Albert T. Sinquah expressed concern for seven programs not

complying with the budget call and that

he wanted the Executive Director to take

a look at that. He further explained the

effort as needing “all troops on board.”

He also expressed concerns for cuts to the

Tribal Council budget. He mentioned that

he did not agree with the recommendation as the Council is the body that is responsible for going out to look for funds

and without resources how would anyone

expect that to be achieved.

Representative LeRoy Shingoitewa

added comments regarding the “ask”

presented by the Hopi Tribal Treasurer.

He further explained that he didn’t understand what more was needed when a

directive was given for the BOT to come

back with a budget based on the $18 million figure. He reminded the BOT that if

the budget was not completed by December the Tribe would have to spend at the

2019 Budget level and stated, “All I am

telling the Budget Team is you need to get

this done.” He asked, “Are you going to

cut positions, retirement packages being

offered?” He mentioned that he thought

this would be the day the BOT would be

coming in with the final recommended

budget amount. He began mentioning the

various amounts in the Proceeds of Labor

account and Docket 196 funds that still

have not been looked at. He reminded the

BOT that realistically, all those figures

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2019 American

Indian Tourism Conference

as Part of a Tourism Cohort,

Cont

need to be considered and reiterated “Get

us a final budget. Quit coming in asking,

we want direction.” He also explained

this is a tentative budget, Council will

then determine if we want to go up or

down a little before reminding the BOT

that we are “pushing the deadline again.”

Vice Chairman responded with comments before closing with, “We got our

marching orders.”

Representative Clifford Quotsaquahu

began his comments by acknowledging

that this is not an easy process and especially since being “spoiled” in previous

years by Peabody. He also mentioned

there is a lot to be desired on Hopi while

there are also a lot of unmet needs. He

expressed while looking at the budget,

if the BOT looked at performance based

budgeting. He also expressed that he was

concerned for the protection of our people and that taxes need to be considered

and if Docket 196 needs to be used, “let’s

do it.”

Representative Phillip Quochytewa

commended the villages, which have taken the initiative towards economic development and reminded Council to not “dig

too deep into our coffers, let’s not drain it

all at once.”

Robert Charley, Village of Upper MoVendor booths set up at the 2019 AITC. (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

encopi representative reminded those

present that Hopi Farmers, Vets, Youth

working in CD’s get a lot of money and

we need to look at that, while Council

needs to look at the contracts with lawyers, use of Navajo Revolving Account

and avoid multi-year contracts. He also

mentioned, there are a lot of positions

that are open and that maybe we need to

downsize. One of his “last” mentions was

with regard to the $700,000 not spent in

the Economic Development Board and

that it needs to be spent.

Danny Honanie, Representative from

the Village of Kyakotsmovi, reminded all

that every year Council says, “We need to

cut the budget.” Then he explained that

every November we end up going with

the same amount. He also reminded all

that, “Tomorrow is the deadline for the

budget to be approved.” After mentioning he did not understand what more was

needed by the BOT in terms of more direction he then stated, “18 million is 18 OCPED staff mans AOT tourism exhibition booth set up during the 2019 AITC. (Photo

million…no less, no more.”

by Romalita Laban/HT)

Representative and previous Hopi

Chairman, Herman Honanie’s comments

included expressing the idea that there

is a Public Relations budget amount of

$60,000 which hasn’t been used for past

2 years and asked, “Why not divvy up the

amount towards other programs?” before

also mentioning that the Election Office

has elections every four years and asking,

“Why does that have to be funded every

year?”

Representative Craig Andrews also

commented that he understood what John

Hawkins spoke of regarding the village

budgets. He also made mention of a resolution that determined that village budgets would not be touched.

After two hours of the BOT presentation, Vice Chairman Clark Tenakhongva

provided closing comments and praised

the BOT for the work completed thus Native tourism exhibition booth set up during 2019 AITC. (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

far before recessing the Council session

at 11:33 a.m. and until October 7, 2019

of the challenges which cohort mem- ism is Reshaping Tourism in Canada,

when Council will reconvene.

bers, which includes artists and local Driving Tourism Through Cultural CenHopi business members, face when at- ters, Shared Stewardship: Re-claim Your

tempting to become involved in such Narrative by Co-Managing Public Lands,

initiatives whether they are a function of Empowering Tribal Nations to Build Sustribal initiatives or not.

tainable Economies: The Role of Federal

Unfortunately, due to last-minute rea- Policy, The Asterisk Nation: The Imporsons for not being able to attend the con- tance of Data Collection, Authentically

ference, most of the cohort members, Cultivating Cultural Tourism, Strategic

were unable to take advantage of the op- Planning for Cultural Tourism: A Process

portunity. However, Tribal staff including for Implementing Community and Ecothe OCPED staff and the Hopi Tutuveni nomic Development, Many Roads Lead

Managing Editor was able to utilize the to Tribal Tourism, Six-steps to Honing

opportunity presented. If not for having Your Tribal Tourism Skills, Got Press?

travel funds and/or being able to modify How to Pitch Media Like a Pro, A Native

budget line items, with the promise that Approach to Sustainable Tourism, and

any funds spent would be reimbursed by Many Voices – Telling the Story of the

Building Communities with the cohort USA Through Film.

funds, the effort might have had to be deFuture plans include continued cohort

layed or foregone altogether.

meetings with information being shared

Building Communities has manage- about the training acquired at the 2019

ment authority of the cohort funds as part AITC to the cohort members. Because

of their scope of work to assist the Tribe media is vital and an important resource

and the cohort however; they too faced for any tourism endeavors, the Hopi Tua few delays. Building Communities at- tuveni will continue to be present at the

tempted to provide assistance to make cohort meetings. The Hopi Tutuveni will

this effort work as conveniently as pos- serve as a partner, resource and support

sible and were involved in coordinating for the Hopi Tribe’s efforts towards any

travel and any reimbursement questions tourism development and strategies for

directed to them. Because of Building increased revenue opportunities.

Communities efforts, at least two Hopi

The Hopi Tribe will, no doubt, need to

Tribal staff, which also represents local start strategizing how to approach other

Hopi communities, was able to take up economic ventures, such as tourism, since

the opportunity to attend the 2019 Ameri- its biggest revenue source has sent out the

can Indian Tourism Conference.

last payment this September 2019.

Some of the topics covered during the

It will be imperative that tour guides,

2019 AITC included some of the fol- artists and local community members

lowing; Mobile Workshops at various become involved by providing input and

tourism sites in Oklahoma, The Busi- ensuring their voices are heard, with reness of Art, Native Art Market, Exhibi- gard to any possible future tourism plans,

tion Booths from various Tribal Tourism should that be the direction the Hopi

programs and support resource partners, Tribe and/or local community group’s

Building Tribal Arts Programs, How determine their endeavor.

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In the Community

October 1, 2019

Local Elementary School Highlights: Second Mesa Day School

Students perform Santo Domingo Dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Students perform Hopi Butterfly dance(Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Students sit and wait for their turn to dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Two students pose after their dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

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Larry’s Corner

PUZZLES & GAMES

CONNECT THE DOTS

Hopi Dating in the

31st Century

Photo by: pic.wikianimal.news

By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE

The Hopi Tutuveni

Across

2. Yuku

5. Tuwa

6. Lepena

8. Tsivot

10. Yooyoki

11. Poovolhoya

12. Qa’e

14. Talvi

15. Qömvi

16. Paati

17. Morivosi

19. Iyohoo

Down

1. Navaya

3. Maakya

4. Sakwa

7. Melooni

9. Paqavi

13. Peena

14. Tsawna

18. Nuva

Cross Word Puzzle

Find the English words for the

Hopi words.

Answers in next issue

Answers for September 17th edition

Across

2. Fear, 5. Peach, 7. Ember, 9. Invite, 10. House, 11. Star, 12. Bat, 13. Worm, 15. Belly, 18. Cat

Down

1. Yacca, 3. Gravy, 4. Friend, 5. Potato, 6. Hunt, 8. Girl, 10. Hot, 12. Boy, 14. Meat, 15. Bag

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Hopilavyit - Fall Related

HOPI WORDS

Huk.yala - Abate (of wind)

Nìitiwpu - Abundance

Aniwna - Achieve or Accomplish

Aptsiwta - Adequate

Natwànpi - Agricultural

Practice

Qana’öna - Ambitious

Maqsoni - Arduous

Tuho’os - Autumn

Paapu - Beans (Pod)

Sikyahatiko - Beans (Y.

Lima)

Pasqalalni - Boundary

(Crop)

Patomelooni - Canteloupe

Hökni - Corn (Harvested)

Tuupevu - Corn (Pit

Steamed)

Tu’tsi - Corn (Roasted)

Silaqvu - Corn Husk

Mangwni - Corn Leaves

Kyàasòmkwivi Creamed Corn

Angwusi - Crow

Qataala - Darkness

Tuviku - Disguise

Àasa’ta - Enough (candy

treats)

Uti - Exclamation! (Horror)

Nìktiwta - Extra (candy

treats)

Màmqasi - Fear

Nùutsel’eway - Fearsome

Sami - Fresh Corn

Sungwa - Friend

Tsawna - Frighten

Huyta - Give Out (Treats)

Maalama - Ground Cultivated

Höqna’ya - Harvesting

Party

Hota - Haul (Harvested

Goods)

Pàngala - Heap (Harvested Goods)

Moritspu - Hull (Beans)

Tukwsi - Matured Corn

Kawayvatnga - Melon

Halasami - Moist Ground

Tuvatski - Nut Bearing

Tree

Pisoq - Occupied (Harvest)

Sipala - Peach

Pintomori - Pinto Beans

Natwani - Plant

Remember the good ole’ days

where a guy, who would be interested in a girl, would go to her window and sing to her? Well I don’t

remember any of that; I grew up in

a time where if you have “drinks or

smokes” then the girl would be interested in you to no end.

In my grandparents’ time, my

grandfather said he “courted” his

“wife to be” with his natwani (corn,

beans, squash, etc.) and bringing his

sikwi (meat) to her house, in hopes

to “buy” his way in. If that were a

success, then they would be together,

forever.

Today’s young society is very different, you don’t have to ask a girl

out, you would just hang out together

and hope there is “love” to fall into

it with you and then go from partner

to the next partner, hoping someone

would stay with you…I guess that’s

what love is today.

Then the younger generation

would put their relationship status on

Facebook or any online social media

outlet. In addition there would be

complaining about how they aren’t

wanted by anyone anymore and

hoping to get another relationship

through the Internet. I guess we are

just dating the Internet and not the

actual person.

When I was growing up, as a little

mush head, we didn’t have time for

girls. We were too busy trying to live

out our lives. We didn’t grow up with

the Internet or with smartphones,

iPad’s, or laptops. The closest thing

to modern technology was trying to

program the time on the VCR. We

grew up actually having conversations for hours at the “spot.” Everyone here on the Hopi reservation had

a “spot” where they would go and

hangout, but that was back in the

day. I don’t know if kids today have

a “spot” to hang out, or are we now,

too paranoid if someone’s “gonna”

take our kids now…but that’s a different story. We didn’t care what we

looked like or what kind of jeans or tshirt looked best on us. We just lived

in the moment. Plus have you seen

1980’s and 1990’s fashion style?

Those were weird years. But when I

started to get interested in girls, all

of that changed, I started dressing

nicer, no more sweatpants, or holey

t-shirts. I actually started combing

my hair in the morning and trying to

grow out my mustache, all of this…

for a girl to like me.

Of course there were drinking parties around us but I never wanted to

go because I didn’t feel cool enough

to join in their cool cat games. Plus

my So’oh (grandma) would tell me

that it was “ka-Hopi” to do that, and

I always listened to my So’oh. Now

don’t get me wrong; I am now a cool

cat doing cool cat things…I think.

In today’s modern Hopi society

dating has become like a chore. Kids

hate chores, so I guess they opt-out

of actually dating, like going out to

dinner, movies, and arcades or carnivals, like actually trying to know

someone. Now folks do things like

“stalk” someone on Facebook hoping they aren’t with anyone and try

to message someone hoping they

will go out. Or some guys just have

drinks with the girl and get her pregnant then run away from the responsibility of being a dad. It seems to be

the way of Hopi life now.

Of course there are still dances

we will go to, like social dances and

hope a girl will dance with you or

watch the dance together. All in all,

we are slowly forgetting how to date

the “HOPI WAY”…tsnee!

A friend once told me, that in Taos,

New Mexico, their dating culture involved having the boy, if interested

in a girl, going to the girl’s house in

hopes that she would be interested

in him and accept his offer to court.

If the girl was not interested in him,

she would give him a pumpkin…I

know…cool right? In the Hopi culture, when a girl is interested in a

boy, she will make piki and somiviki

for him and hopes that he will accept

her food. If he did accept, then they

will date, marry, and live the rest of

all eternity together. But that’s the

old way of dating. It was much simpler to date a girl back then…I think.

Nowadays, it seems that we don’t

teach our Hopi children how to date

or how to court one another. Maybe

that’s why children have many dads

and many moms… and not just as

their clan moms and dads…wink.

In today’s Hopi world of dating,

we date too much like a pahana

(white man). We don’t care enough

about each other’s clan or ask what

clan each other is, just in case they

are our sister or brother. We just date,

‘cause they look pretty or handsome,

so we loose out of our own cultural

on how or whom we should date or

marry. We watch sappy love movies

hoping that we can copy them and

find romance in the Hopi world, but

that only works for pahanas in the

city, in my opinion.

When I was in high school, there

were girls that were interested in me,

but I knew so’oh wouldn’t approve

of them, ‘cause the girls that were

interested in me only knew how to

make “blue corn mush.” I knew if

I were to marry outside of the Hopi

culture I wouldn’t have the privilege of having my kids take part in

any Hopi ceremony. So I try to date

only Hopi girls. I know that sounds

shallow, but when you look at how

we are losing so much of our own

culture because we are integrating

“other” cultures into Hopi culture.

Then we complain on social media

that “other” cultures are stealing our

Hopi culture. But I guess it is now

the modern Hopi way of dating.

My advice to you is that Hopi dating in this century is hard because

it’s like a chore. We just want it done

quickly and we are very impatient.

We cannot sit and look at the rising or fading sun anymore, because

it takes too long. But I say that if

your young and hip like me; be the

greediest person with your money

first. Make sure you have a “life”

FIRST, before making a “life” with

someone. Not everyone has to fall in

love at first sight, sometimes it take

two or three times to find the right

person. Plus if that right person likes

pizza, and you like pizza…then it’s a

perfect match.

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Students sit and wait till their turn to dance the Navajo dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

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Current Indian World News

October 1, 2019

A great day to be Muscogee ‘We have to live with it’: Students

demand climate action across the

world

Pictured: Muscogee (Creek) Nation Ambassador Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri.(Photo: Mark Trahant)

Jonodev Chaudhuri

For Indian Country Today

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is home

to some of the highest thinkers and creative artists, including U.S. Poet Laureate

Joy Harjo says Jonodev Chaudhuri

Jonodev Chaudhuri

Two hundred thirty years ago the sovereignty of the newborn United States

was inextricably interwoven with that

of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Today

is no different, as last week’s events in

Washington, D.C. demonstrates.

From the Library of Congress to the

Smithsonian National Museum of the

American Indian, America’s capital was

inundated with accolades to Muscogee

women receiving the highest honors in

the arts, leadership, and public advocacy.

As Ambassador to the Muscogee

(Creek) Nation, I could not be more

proud.

Thursday I was honored to attend the

inaugural reading, commencing Joy

Harjo’s term as the first ever Native,

U.S. Poet Laureate. The reading was

held at the Library of Congress, and the

line of individuals hoping to get into the

Coolidge Auditorium stretched seemingly forever down the long marble hallway. Staff reported that more than 1200

showed up that night to hear Joy, more

than any other poet laureate has ever seen

on their inaugural eve. Joy came on stage

to a raucous, never-ending standing ovation, and I watched as the audience hung

on her every word. Her poetry touched

all who attended that night; we laughed,

we cried, and most of all, we celebrated.

We were witnessing history. The first ever

Native U.S. Poet Laureate.

It is not lost on me that our first Native U.S. Poet Laureate is Muscogee. Our

Nation is home to some of the highest

thinkers and creative artists. Joy is a citizen of Creek Nation, and she explained

to the audience how her cultural experience and survival as a Muscogee woman

have profoundly impacted her poetry. She

also created space to recognize and honor

the sovereignty of her Nation. The entire

evening’s program began with a prayer

from Robin Soweka, the warrior, or Tvstvnvke, from Hickory Ground, one of our

traditional ceremonial grounds. Follow-

Congress begins impeachment

inquiry after 'violation of law'

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye

Indian Country Today

Nancy Pelosi says “No one is above the

law.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the

country that President Donald J. Trump

“must be held accountable” and greenlighted an official impeachment inquiry

late this afternoon.

Pelosi was reluctant on pushing forward with impeachment. However, she

made the move forward after Trump

asked Ukranian President Volodymyr

Zelensky to intervene in the upcoming

election.

During the press conference, Pelosi

said, “this week the president has admitted to asking the president of Ukraine to

take actions Ukraine that would benefit

him politically.”

Trump told aides to hold military from

Ukraine one week before his phone call

with Zelensky, according to CNN. In exchange Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s

son, Hunter.

The intelligence committee told Congress that the Trump administration was

“forbidding” a whistleblower complaint

about Trump.

“The actions of the Trump presidency

revealed dishonorable fact of the president’s betrayal of his oath of office, a

betrayal of national security, betrayal of

integrity of our elections,” Pelosi said.

“Therefore today I’m announcing the

House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.”

Pelosi said they asked Trump to turn in

a transcript of the call by tomorrow.

The House will be voting on a resolution tomorrow that shows Congress disapproves of the Trump administration not

Thousands gather in downtown Los Angeles’ Pershing Square to protest the

ing this prayer from one of our esteemed

lack of action regarding climate change prevention. (Photo by Erica Morris/

ceremonial leaders, the Librarian of Congress invited Principal Chief James Floyd Cronkite News)

James Carr and Wissam Melhem

in Washington on Friday and missed the

to the stage, and he provided a welcome

Cronkite News

climate strike she helped organize back

on behalf of all of Muscogee (Creek) Nahome, but that was OK with her. The

tion. Following Chief Floyd’s address,

About 2,000 people marched in Phoe- high school senior attended a companion

the Librarian of Congress came on stage

and gifted our Chief a framed portrait of nix, and similar events were scheduled rally with thousands of others in front of

Chitto Harjo, from the Library’s archives. in Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, Payson, the U.S. Capitol.

“I wanted to come to the D.C. Climate

The significance of this moment can- Prescott, Show Low, Scottsdale, Mesa

not be overstated. Chitto Harjo is one of and Tempe. In cities from Los Angeles Strike to show my support for climate isCreek Nation’s most significant Ambas- to Cape Town, South Africa, and Kiev, sues and show that I’m dedicated to solve

sadors, and one of my personal heros. At Ukraine, thousands turned out to address the issue even in the littlest way I can,”

a time when Creek Nation’s sovereignty the rise of greenhouse-gas emissions and said Karthikeyan, who was in Washington for a conference anyway.

was on the line amidst federal implemen- the subsequent warming of the planet.

The strikes, which came three days

The 17-year-old, who attends BASIS

tation of allotment policies, Chitto Harjo

passionately advocated to preserve Creek before world leaders gather in New York Phoenix, was among a handful of Arilands and sovereignty. Despite the many City for the U.N 2019 Climate Action zonans who joined thousands on Capitol

devastating effects of allotment policy, Summit, were inspired by the activism Hill as part of the Global Climate Strike.

due to the advocacy of Chitto Harjo and of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg of Swe- On a hot, sunny day, they marched from

others, critical aspects of Creek Nation’s den, who began protesting alone outside John Marshall Park to the Capitol, where

nationhood, including its reservation the Swedish Parliament more than a year the list of speakers included Rep. Raul

ago. Since then, she has traveled to the Grijalva, D-Tucson, and Tokata Iron

boundaries, were retained.

Today, I serve as the official ambas- U.S. on a zero-emissions sailboat and Eyes, 15, an environmental activist from

sador to Creek Nation — a role I do not testified in front of Congress, the U.N., the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, whose

take lightly. And as the U.S. Poet Laure- the European Union and other world or- reservation is in North and South Dakota.

Grijalva echoed the message of rally

ate, Joy now serves as a cultural ambas- ganizations.

Amritha Karthikeyan of Phoenix was organizers when he told the

sador to the Creek Nation. Just as Chitto

Cont. On Page 9

Harjo faced adversarial attacks on our

nation’s sovereignty, Joy’s role as a cultural ambassador comes at a time when

our nation’s sovereignty is under attack.

Oklahoma is seeking to have the Creek

Nation Reservation judicially dis-established in the Supreme Court — just one

building down from where we celebrated

Joy’s inauguration. In a country with a

long history of marginalizing, or outright

dismissing, Native voices, Joy’s role as

U.S. Poet Laureate provides a powerful

platform to educate non-Natives about

who Native People are today.

The very next day, I was honored to

attend a symposium at the Smithsonian NMAI entitled “A Promise Kept:

The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan

Shown Harjo.” The symposium featured

luminaries from all across Indian Country, from Rick West and Kevin Gover to

Mary Kathryn Nagle and Mark Trahant,

all who came to discuss Suzan’s influential role as a policy advocate, writer, and

curator. Suzan’s contributions to Indian Picture provided by original poster/author

Country cannot be overstated. She has

Vincent Schilling

Due to Bartle’s desire to bring his

advocated tirelessly on issues related to

Indian Country Today

version of Native American culture to

treaty rights, abolition of racist

scouts, he took over a pre-existing camp

Cont. On Page 9

When searching the Boy Scouts of society called Manhawka. He used his

America website for ‘Mic-O-Say’ the experiences with local tribes such as the

website says “Sorry nothing to display,” Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone

However, after careful searching, the in creating the Tribe of Mic-O-Say.

Mic-O-Say makes its way to the surface.

As the leader of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say,

Though references to the Mic-O-Say Bartle became the ‘chief,’ a nickname he

releasing the whistleblower complaint, cannot easily be found on scouting.org, carried for his life. As chief, Bartle conaccording to a statement from Pelosi and the history of the Tribe of Mic-OSay ducted ceremonies on new members, by

are much more profound in the scouting placing an eagle claw around their necks

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.

and giving them a ‘Native name.

Pelosi and Hoyer also want protection world’s public eye.

The Tribe of Mic-O-Say — as deThe Mic-O-Say became wildly popuof the whistleblower.

Trump immediately reacted to the an- scribed on their website at micosay.org, lar and increased camp attendance in

which also posts the emblem of the Boy scout summer camps by young men who

nouncement with a few tweets.

“Such an important day at the United Scouts of America and state they are a wished to incorporate Native American

Nations, so much work and so much suc- proud partner — are the honor camping traditions into their scout activities. In

cess, and the Democrats purposely had to society of Camp Geiger, Pony Express 1928, Bartle was named the Scout Execruin and demean it with more breaking Council, and the Boy Scouts of America utive of the Kansas City area council, and

news Witch Hunt garbage. So bad for our and that “its ceremonies, customs, and Mic-O-Say had become so successful,

traditions are loosely based on the folk- other Mic-O-Say camps were formed.

Country!” he wrote.

Though some historical accounts difRep. Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee lore of the American Indian.”

The about page of the Tribe of Mic-O- fer as to the number of scout members,

and R-Oklahoma, also wants the “Pelosi

Say states:

here is one description as posted in a

Democrats” to stop.

“By blending the spirit and pride of 2015 Facebook page post by the Missouri

“Will they ever stop this witch hunt?”

he wrote. “This is nothing more than the American Indian with the ideals and newspaper ‘The Clinton Daily Demoa distraction from their failed socialist objectives of the Boy Scouts of America, crat.”

“The Tribe of Mic-O-Say has hundreds

agenda. The American people deserve the Tribe of Mic-O-Say endeavors to prolong the Scouting adventure with a his- of members in Henry County alone and

better than this ridiculous charade.”

torical theme that has held the attention tens of thousands in Missouri and KanBut Pelosi and Hoyer disagree.

“This is not a partisan matter, it’s about and captured the imagination of boys and sas. At present, there are around 60,000

the integrity of our democracy, respect men alike for many generations. Its pur- Scouts who are members of the tribe.

for the rule of law and defending our pose is to reinforce the principles of the Founded in 1925 near Agency, Mo., unConstitution,” they said in a statement. Scout Oath and Law and to foster contin- der the leadership of the legendary Chief

Lone Bear (H. Roe Bartle), the tribe has

“We hope that all Members of the House ued participation in Scouting.”

What and who are the Mic-O-Say?

a link with the Arapaho Nation, Lakota

– Democrats and Republicans alike – will

Though the Order of the Arrow is more Nation, and Shoshone Nation. As a Scout

join in upholding the rule of law and oath

of office to protect and defend the Consti- of a secret-based honor society of the Executive in Wyoming in the 1920s,

tution as Representatives of the American Boy Scouts of America, the tribe of Mic- Chief Lone Bear worked with an ArapaO-Say is much more pronounced in the ho Chieftain who was a Scoutmaster for

people.”

a troop on the Wind River Reservation

A count by CNN showed that 161 public’s eye.

Roe

Bartle

also

referred

to help formulate the program which, in

Democrats support the impeachment in“Chief” Lone Bear - circa 1925

2015, still emphasizes a belief in a higher

quiry process and one Independent.

The Mic-O-Say was founded in 1925, power and fundamental values.”

In U.S history, only two presidents

Though Mic-O-Say proper is not dehave been impeached: Andrew Johnson under the leadership of Harold Roe

in 1869 and Bill Clinton in 1998. Both Bartle, a former Scouting leader for the scribed on the Boy Scouts website, Barwere impeached by the House but not Cheyenne Council of Boy Scouts in tle’s Mic-O-Say camp in Osceola, Misconvicted by the Senate after trial. For- Casper, Wyoming, that claimed he was souri, which is now called the ‘Bartle

mer President Richard Nixon resigned inducted into a local tribe of the Arapaho Scout Reservation” still exists today.

people. According to a “traditional MicAccording to the BSA webpage debefore he could be impeached.

The word “impeach” was trending on O-Say legend” Bartle was also given the scription, which includes a Vimeo video

the Merriam-Webster Dictionary today. It name Chief Lone Bear by an Arapaho is as follows:

Cont. On Page 9

chief.

showed a spike of 3,600 percent.

The Tribe of Mic-O-Say dance

teams regularly perform’ in ‘Nativestyle regalia’

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A great day to be Muscogee, Cont. The Tribe of Mic-O-Say dance, Cont.

sports mascots, sacred places’ protection and access, religious freedom and

language revitalization—and her efforts

have been incredibly successful. Working

in collaboration with many other celebrated Native rights advocates, Suzan has

been integral to the passage of the Native

American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the Religious Freedoms Act,

the act that gave rise to the Smithsonian

National Museum of the American Indian

on the Washington Mall and so much

more. She served as executive director

of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) from 1984 through 1989,

and her poetry and playwriting have won

accolades and awards across the United

States. In 2014, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest

honor a civilian can receive from the U.S.

President.

The symposium itself was powerful,

as presenter after presenter added layer

upon layer of photos, quotes, and other

forms of evidence to document Suzan’s

profound impact. Her father was a Muscogee Creek citizen, as well as her son

Duke, and she grew up accompanying her

father to his family’s ceremonial grounds,

Nuyakv. Although she is undeniably

proud of her citizenship in the Cheyenne

and Arapaho Tribes, she is also seen by

many as a prototype of a strong Muscogee matriarch. Her Muscogee roots run

deep, and she has spent years defending

all sacred places, but especially Hickory

Grounds, a sacred ceremonial ground

that contains the burials of our Muscogee

forefathers.

The recent celebration of Suzan’s critical work as an artist, a policy advocate, a

leader, and a protector of our ceremonial

Hickory Ground draws its roots to the

historic sovereign-to-sovereign relationship between Muscogee (Creek) Nation

and the United States.

In 1790, President Washington signed

a treaty with the Muscogee Creek Nation,

and in order to do so, he negotiated with

the Head of the Muscogee delegation—

a leader from our ceremonial Hickory

Ground — the ground Suzan has worked

so hard to protect. Together, meeting often in Washington’s home, they shaped

and secured the southwestern boundary

of the United States. This became known

as the Treaty of New York, since the capital of the infantile United States was in

New York.

At a time when international nations

questioned the sovereignty of the newly

born United States, President Washington sought to sign treaties with the Indian

Nations whose sovereignty had previously been affirmed through their treaties

signed with France, Spain, and England.

Following the ratification of the new U.S.

Constitution, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation was one of the first to sign a treaty

with the newborn United States.

In addition to Joy’s celebration and

Suzan’s honors, another powerful event

highlighting our strong matriarchal tradition recently occurred. On September 14,

Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen Sarah

Deer was inducted into the National

Women’s Hall of Fame in upstate New

York. Among her many contributions

to the arenas of law and policy, she was

recognized for her staunch advocacy to

end domestic violence and sexual assault

against Native women in securing the

re-authorization of the Violence Against

Women Act.

The recognition of two Muscogee

women in the United States capital honors not only the continued sovereignty of

the Muscogee (Creek) Nation—but also,

the United States. As the celebration of

these historic events occurred practically

within earshot of the Supreme Court, the

symbolism could not be more poignant. I

am confident that the work of these two

incredible Muscogee women will build

on the foundation laid by our historical

Ambassadors, such as Chitto Harjo, and

embolden us as we face renewed attacks

on our sovereignty today.

It is a great day to be Muscogee.

‘We have to live with it’: Students

demand climate action across the

world, Cont.

crowd there is a need to “protect all life,

not just protect the profits,” before calling on his colleagues in Congress to take

urgent action.

“Time is not on our side when it comes

to the climate crisis and the need of systematic, strong and powerful and bold

solutions,” he said. “As time passes, this

climate crisis becomes worse and worse

and worse.”

Marchers in Washington waved signs

and banners demanding that the government tackle climate change, stop taking

money from the fossil fuel industry and

pass the comprehensive Green New Deal

proposed by progressive Democrats in

Congress.

Demonstrators expressed their anger

and frustration as they marched with

chants that included “Hey, hey, ho ho,

climate change has got to go!” and “Vote

Trump out!”

Scores of students skipped classes to

attend the march. Layal Rabat, an adult

volunteer for the Phoenix Restoration

Project, said that makes sense because

young people will be most affected by

climate change.

“They are super-smart, super-capable

of leading their own movements,” said

Rabat, who accompanied Karthikeyan to

the D.C. conference and march. “In a few

years, if things keep going the way that

they are going, nobody is going to be able

to go to school at all.”

After marchers arrived at the Capitol,

Iron Eyes – a leading figure in the youth

environmental movement along with

Thundberg – led the crowd in an indigenous prayer before speakers took the

stage.

The rally’s message was loud and

clear: Enough is enough, the climate

needs immediate action.

“We are the generation that has to deal

with the problems that these fossil fuel

industries have created,” Karthikeyan

said, “so we are the ones that have to

fight for it the most, because we have to

live with it.”

Friday’s youth climate march in Phoenix, which is meant to send a message to

state officials, began at 2 p.m. at Maricopa County Courthouse and proceeded

west to the state Capitol. On its Facebook

page, Arizona Youth Climate Strike, one

of the organizers, said activists are “calling for the protection and restoration of

50% of the world’s lands and oceans,

including a halt to all deforestation, by

2030.”

The organization’s website lists further demands, such as Phoenix declaring

a climate emergency and Arizona transitioning to “a 100% clean energy grid

with nuclear … by 2035 and must transition off of nuclear by 2050.”

Aniket Pandey, youth climate ambassador, attended the strike with the hopes

of not only bringing more awareness to

the issue but to also educate those watching the strike.

“I feel you can’t make a solution without addressing the problem and identifying the actual problem,” Pandey said.

“You can have a strike, you can have

people show up, but if you have people

talking about way complex stuff like,

‘You should do this and this, and buy this

and plant trees,’ but (if) they don’t know

why we’re doing this or they don’t know

how we’re doing this, there is no point.

“I feel like the awareness and informing the audience is the most important

part of this entire climate strike.”

Although it’s important to act against

climate change, Pandey said getting

real policy changes will require realistic

goals.

“I personally don’t want to see way too

ambitious goals because I believe you

won’t have the support of the people,”

Pandey said. “If you go for a goal like,

‘In five years I want full renewable energy and no fossil fuels,’ that’s unrealistic

and won’t get any support from any of

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“The H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation,

located in Osceola, Missouri, is home to

over 6,600 Boy Scouts and 3,000 leaders

each summer. The 4,200 acre reservation

consists of three camps Lone Star, Sawmill, and Piercing Arrow and the Osage

Wilderness Trail. The H. Roe Bartle

Scout Reservation has been a summer

home to Scouting and its leadership development program, the Tribe of Mic-OSay since 1929.”

Mic-O-Say and Kansas City Chiefs

connection

Bartle, who was known in many of

his circles as ‘chief’ continued into the

world of public service and politics.

Bartle served as mayor of Kansas City,

Missouri, for two terms and in 1962 he

helped to persuade the Dallas Texans

football team to come to Kansas City.

As written about in a Kansas City Star

article from 2016 by Rick Montgomery:

“Bartle learned on a business trip that

Hunt was thinking about relocating his

American Football League franchise.

Not yet ready to sever his football ties in

Texas, Hunt originally declined the mayor’s invitation to check out Kansas City.

So Bartle promised total secrecy, which

included mailing papers to Hunt from a

location outside City Hall.

When Hunt visited, Bartle introduced

him as ‘Mr. Lamar’ and referred to Steadman as “Jack X.”

Team owner of the Dallas Texans Lamar Hunt who was also the founder of

the American Football League met with

Bartle under a veil of secrecy that he truly

enjoyed according to the article, and after

what then Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe McGuff cited as “a remarkable

selling job on Lamar Hunt,” the team

owner agreed to have his team named the

Kansas City Chiefs after Bartle.

The Kansas City Chiefs were not

named for a Native American, but for

Bartle’s invention as a chief and his involvement with Mic-O-Say.

Mic-O-Say today

Today the Tribe of Mic-O-Say flourishes as evidenced by their website in

which leaders go by the names of ‘Chief

and Chieftains, Camp Directors and

Scout executives. Listed on the Mic-OSay website these “Chief and Chieftains”

Camp Directors and Scout Executives

can be seen wearing various Nativeinspired regalia with the majority being

Native style headdresses.

Leaders and members have a list of Native-themed titles such as chief, chieftain,

foxman, brave, warrior honorary, warrior

hard-way, fire builder, tom-tom beater,

runner, Keeper of the sacred bundle, shaman, sachem, keeper of the wampum,

sagamore and medicine man depending

on their level of achievement and status

in the Mic-O-Say.

Each of the titles also has a certain

‘eagle-claw’ emblem, usually worn as a

necklace designating their status in the

Mic-O-Say. The titles also have a specific description as described on the MicO-Say site.

An example are the sachem and medicine man, which are part of the tribal

council, they are described as follows:

Sachem

Signified by white paint on the tips

of the claws. Sachem is the first level of

membership in the Tribal Council.

Medicine Man

Signified by white paint on the tips of

the claws. Medicine Man is the senior

level of membership on the tribal council.

According to the Mic-O-Say “Rights

and Responsibilities” page on the Boy

Scouts of America website:

“There are two ranks in the Tribe of

Mic-O-Say: braves and warriors / honored women. The two divisions of warriors are hardway warriors and honorary

warriors. Hardway warriors entered the

tribe before their 18th birthday, whereas

honorary warriors and honored women

entered the tribe after their 18th birthday.

The descriptions are listed on the Boy

Scouts web site.

‘Native’ traveling dance teams

The Mic-O-Say promotes Native dances in full “regalia” by nine separate dance

teams that travel across the country to

different scouting and public events. The

nine teams are Crossed Arrows, Five

Rivers, Kanza, Lone Star, Ma-Has-Ka,

Maha, Otoe, Robidoux and White Shield.

The White Shield Dance team is one

of the nine non-Native dance teams that

travel around the country performing

Native-themed dance demonstrations. As

listed on the Mic-O-Say as well as their

own website at www.whiteshieldmicosay.com The White Shield Dancers are

the “largest in the Pony Express Council

encompassing the entire 19-county Kansas City metro area.”

The team, which wears “Native-themed

regalia” has an average attendance of 30

“tribesmen” at every performance and 50

“tribesmen” at every practice. The current dance director is Paul Brenneman,

who is called the “Sachem Northern

Owl.” His image on Facebook shows him

wearing such “Native regalia.”

Currently, Boy Scouts or Cub Scout

groups can request dance performances

from the White Shield Dancers, as well

as the other groups as is described on

their “Schedule a Performance” pages.

The White Shield Dance Team is one

of many such teams throughout the United States.

Make Talk Now

The Mic-O-Say has several social media accounts existing under the name @

MakeTalkNow which are currently active. The @MOS_HOAC, the Official

Twitter account of Mic-O-Say from the

H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation, has an

active account, but the tweets are protected as a private account.

The most prominent of the accounts is

the MakeTalkNow YouTube site which

has nearly two hundred videos with

scouts wearing Native-style ‘regalia’

conducting interviews, giving tutorials

on creating regalia and videos of the MicO-Say pow wows and dance recitals.

The Mic-O-Say’s purpose

According to the Boy Scouts of America, the Tribe of Mic-O-Say “accomplishes its purposes by affording members

ongoing opportunities for introspection

on Scouting values as well as practical

application of those ideals.”

The website description, which lends

credibility to the organization's ideals

continues as follows:

“The program is focused on boys who

have shown leadership abilities through

specific achievement and growth, and

provides them with a distinctive lifelong

direction. The program is energized by

memorable customs and traditions. Adult

leaders are brought into the Tribe so that

they may interpret and encourage the use

and application of those principles in the

lives of boys.

“Tribesmen who have embraced the

principles of Mic-O-Say will find their

lives enriched by a vision raised to higher sights, see their performance increased

beyond previous limitations, and will

develop lifelong friendships. They will

stand tall within their communities as examples of unselfish service and of willing

leadership.”

Through its cultural appropriation of

Native culture, there has still been a list

of high-achieving individuals that have

made their way through the ranks of the

Mic-O-Say.

Prior members of the Mic-O-Say,

which as of 2019, has had membership

into the several tens-of-thousands since

its conception in 1925, have included the

following members:

Harold Roe Bartle: the former two-term

mayor of Kansas City; Congressmen Ike

Skelton: A 34-year member from Missouri's 4th District and Sam Grave from

Missouri's 6th Congressional District and

Todd Graves, a former US Attorney.

The Tribe of Mic-O-Say has no indication of slowing its impression on young

scouts.

As David Woodman, aka Painted Elk,

the presiding chieftain of Mic-O-Say

wrote in part in his 2019 Year in Review:

“As anyone who has spent much time

at Bartle knows, the place grabs a special hold on our hearts and stays there,

forever pulling on us to return … Let's

see where we can take the Tribe in 2020

and beyond. There will be challenges but

together we can weather the storm and

keep the Tribe pointed in the right direction. I ask for your support to volunteer,

donate and serve where you can. Ya Ta

Hey.”

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Hopi Tutuveni

2019 Hopi Sumi’nungwa Festival

October 1, 2019

Butterfly performance by Hopi and Tewa people (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Sign to welcome guests at the festival (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Booths all around selling food and art (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Butterfly dance performed by Hopi teens (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Deer Dance performed by Hopi and Tewa teens and children (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Singers sing for the performers (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Festival shirts and race shirts for sale (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Racers set at the starting line to run during the Hopi festival (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

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