# KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039 (2014)

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HOPI TUTUVENI
PO BOX 123
KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039
102-13-5510-4012-000

FREE
Volume 22 Number 5

Tuesday, March 4 2014

Mishongnovi
Village votes
to remove
Councilman
Batala from
HTC
Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni

The
village
of Mishongnovi
voted to remove
Arthur Batala as
the Mishongnovi
Council Representative
after
the Mishongnovi
Board of Directors reported to
the village that
Councilman Batala had not been in
Hopi Tribal Council since January
13th.
Rolanda Yoyletstewa motioned
to remove Arthur
Batala as the Mishongnovi Council
Representative,
seconded by Duvaughn Figueroa.
Results of the vote
were 14 yes; 0 no;
and 5 abstained.
No one has seen
or heard from
Batala since January 13th and there
have been several
attempts to contact him by phone.
At press time,
the Mishongnovi
Board of Directors still hadn’t
heard from him
or known of his
whereabouts.
Gloria Quanimptewa, Mishongnovi Board of
Directors said the
board had come to
an agreement at a
previous meeting
to halt his pay un-

til he came forth
to provide them
with answers as
to why he hadn’t
been attending the
council and task
team
meetings.
Batala was a part
of the Water and
Energy task team.
The Mishongnovi Board of Directors does not
plan on replacing
Batala’s council
seat until the elections in June when
the other council
representatives
terms are up.
“It’s really difficult for me and
disheartening to
share this, but I
do owe it to the
village to be honest and forward.
I really value Art
Batala’s knowledge and participation in the Hopi
Tribal
Council.
But he has to be
there to represent
the village and the
people who elected him to be there.
It’s hard for me
to share this with
you, but this is not
the first time he
has done this. I’ve
made several attempts to call and
text him,” said
Mervin Yoyetewa, Mishongnovi
Rep.

The Hopi Tribe’s
AML Program is
awarded a $1M
reclamation grant
through OSMRE
Mihio Manus
Hopi Tutuveni

On Feb. 24, the
Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
announced
that
the Hopi Tribe
was awarded a
reclamation grant
in the amount of
$1,164,826.98 to
be utilized through
the Tribe’s Abandon Mine Lands
(AML) program.
The Hopi Tribe
was one of three
tribes to be awarded AML funds.
The other two
tribes
included
both the Crow
Tribe and the Navajo Nation. Beyond the three
tribes, 25 states
were also awarded
reclamation
grants.
The 2014 AML
grants
enable
states and tribes
to help eliminate

dangerous conditions and pollution caused by
past coal mining.
AML-funded
projects include
closing dangerous
mine shafts, reclaiming unstable
slopes, improving
water quality by
treating acid mine
drainage, and restoring water supplies damaged by
mining.
Between now
and the end of
September, states
and tribes will
apply for their
annual reclamation grants, after
which time OSMRE will make the
respective award
amounts
available.
In total, OSMRE
awarded
$298,317,882.60
in
reclamation
grants for 2014.

Crystal Dee/Hopi Tutuveni

Hale Kahe, Computer Lab Technician stands by the new mobile computer lab that will bring the internet to the villages through the free Wi-Fi services.

Hopi Wuwanamtapsikisve Hits the Road
New mobile computer lab brings internet access to Hopi villages

A

ccess to the internet isn’t always
easy to come by on the Hopi reservation.
There are places that do offer free WiFi like the community college, Keams
Canyon Café, Hotevilla Village Store and
the Hopi Cultural Center. However, these
aren’t always the most convenient places
for people who have limited transportation to travel just to get on the internet for
a few minutes.
But that is changing since the Hopi Education Department introduced the “Wuwanamptapsikisve”, which translates to
mean “advanced knowledge where things
are stored vehicle”; the new Mobile Computer Lab.
A grand opening of the Mobile Computer Lab was held on Feb. 19, at the

Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni
Tewa Community Development Building
in Polacca. Hale Kahe, Computer Lab
Tech, was pleased with the turnout which
was good for a windy day on the Hopi
reservation.
The establishment of the Mobile Computer Lab began in 2009 when Dinah
Pongyesva, Library Assistant did a needs
assessment in which library patrons wanted a computer lab. Pongyesva and Dr.
Noreen Sakiestewa, Hopi Department of
Education Director submitted a grant application to the Institute for Museum and
Library Services (IMLS); with the help of
Geneva Durkee, Navajo County Library
Director.

They were awarded a two year grant in
October 2009 in the amount of $150,000
in which most of the costs went towards the vehicle itself. The vehicle cost
$100,000, the satellite cost $20,000 and
the rest of the money went towards equipment. Sakiestewa said the equipment was
e-rated which means that the program
paid 10% of the total cost.
The Mobile Computer Lab will be
managed by Kahe. The lab is equipped
with five laptops, a printer and a projection screen. The lab is open to everyone
who has a library card with the Hopi Public Library and is in good standing, meaning they must not have any overdue books
or fines. Everyone must sign a waiver, if

See MOBILE LAB on Page 5

HTEDC Moves Closer to Completion of I40 Feasibility Study
Mihio Manus
Hopi Tutuveni

With Phase One and Two of
the feasibility study complete,
the Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation (HTEDC) looks toward presenting
recommendations to the Hopi
Tribal Council before entering
into Phase Three of the study.
As undertaken by the HTEDC, The Hopi Tribe I-40
Corridor Economic Development Feasibility Study has
assessed Hopi land holdings
along Interstate 40 between
Flagstaff and Holbrook for
economic development opportunities.
In Phase One of the feasibility study, the HTEDC explored the universe of ideas
to match them against the usability of the land and market
needs. Phase One assessed
all the business development
opportunities along the 1-40

Mihio Manus/Hopi Tutuveni

The completion of Phase Three of the feasibility study will develop a comprehensive
roadmap to Hopi economic development among Hopi land along the I-40 corridor.

stretch to indicate core areas
that could be economically viable in terms of developments
or products.
In Phase Two the HTEDC
took these ideas and looked

into what it would take to develop these lands in terms of
investment, viability, market
sustainability and long-term
sustainability. Phase two also
narrowed the scope of oppor-

tunities to evaluate those that
would likely provide a good
return for the Hopi Tribe.
Phase Two created foresight
into development as a ten
to fifteen year development
process. The goal of the feasibility study is to develop a
blueprint for a ten to fifteen
year development plan for the
assessed land parcels.
As the HTEDC is about to
enter Phase Three, they are
looking at developing a master
plan and moving onto enterprise and infrastructure development.
“We’re at point where we’ve
completed two phases and
met with council,” said Kevin
Lombardo, CEO for the HTEDC. “Now we have to define
our recommendations and the
details of a successful Phase
Three to put shovel to dirt.”
Within the next 45-60 days,

See FEASIBILITY STUDY on Page 5

Community Gathers to Address Suicide Prevention Measures
Growing concern over suicide rates is impetus for community meeting and organization

A Hopi Suicide Prevention meeting was
held on Feb. 26 at the Hopi Resource Enforcement Office. Several members of the
community, law enforcement and suicide
prevention resources were in attendance
to talk about bringing suicide awareness
to the communities.
“The purpose of this meeting is to bring
awareness on suicide to the communities
to see what concerns they have and to get
their feedback on what areas we should be
focusing on regarding suicide awareness
and prevention,” said Andrea Joshevama,
Child & Family Therapist for The Guidance Center.

Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni
There have been several reported attempts of suicide within the past year but
none ending in fatality, most of which
related to adults and involved alcohol.
According to the Hopi Guidance Center,
the access to statistics is not immediately available; however there is a concern
within the community as there have been
attempts.
One benefit to having these meetings
is capturing what the communities would

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Page 7

like; services they need and what prevention and awareness activities they would
like.
It’s disheartening to hear kids saying
they don’t want to be alive or wish they
were never born. The circumstance isn’t
exclusively regarding kids but also adults
and veterans who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The community needs more resources
and more people to get out into the communities and talk about prevention and
awareness. The program hasn’t addressed

See SUICIDE on Page 5

Hopi Tribal Council Notes
First Quarter Session 2014
Page 6

2 TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Local News
Business Profile: Bryan Humetewa Overcomes Hurdles
to Find Accomplishments at MDC
Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni
Bryan Humetewa never thought he would ever
live on the Hopi Reservation because he was raised
in the city since he was
one. Life wasn’t always
easy for him. He grew
up without his father and
struggled with his identity
as a Hopi. He was teased
in school for being a Hopi
and when he came home
he was teased for not being Hopi. This eventually
led to him struggling with
drugs and alcohol.
“I lost my wife, my kids,
my job and everything I
had. Because of that I went
to rehab at Native American Connections,” said
Humetewa.
He overcame his sickness and became a mentor in the men’s facility
and has been sober for ten
years. His father saw the
change his son made and
asked him to come home
and help him with his sobriety. Before this, Humetewa never had a relationship with his father and
said it was a hard decision
to take that chance.
“I’m glad I took that
chance,” said Humetewa. “Because of sobriety
our relationship has been
great. I’m learning a lot
from him and he’s learning
a lot from me. We are helping one another to make a
better life.”
This was five years ago
when Humetewa came to
live with his father. This
experience has helped Humetewa become a better
person and allowed him
to have a relationship with
his father, one that he had
never had. His father is

able to teach him what his
mother couldn’t teach him
to become a man.
He admits that it’s hard
to be clean and sober on
the reservation and a lot of
things get in the way, such
as dysfunction and abuse.
He said he has seen a lot in
the villages.
When Humetewa came
home to help his father it
was hard for him to find
a decent job. He went
through the Navajo Nation
Workforce and got a job at
the Moencopi Developers
Corporation (MDC) as a
laborer. Not too long after getting the job at MDC
there was opportunity that
opened up for Humetewa.
The construction of the
Moencopi Legacy Inn and
Suites (MLIS) had started
and the construction company, Brycon was having
problems with holding
onto workers because
many of them did not pass
their drug tests. Someone
had recommended Humetewa to the company and
they called him. He passed
his drug test and began
work the next day.
Humetewa helped with
the construction of the
MLIS and when construction was completed he was
offered a job as the grounds
keeper which eventually led to him working as
maintenance too.
Having been here since
the hotel was just a foundation, Humetewa said it
not only represents his life,
but the struggles he went
through; coming from
nothing and then building
himself up to a better person.
He takes pride in the hotel and says there’s a piece
of him everywhere in the
building. From the floors

THE HOPI TUTUVENI
STAFF
Managing Editor:
Mihio Manus
(928)734-3281
mmanus@hopi.nsn.us
Marketing Manager:
Louella Nahsonhoya
(928)734-3283
lnahsonhoya@hopi.nsn.us
Reporter:
Crystal Dee
(928)734-3284
cdee@hopi.nsn.us
Secretary:
Vacant
(928)734-3282

The Hopi Tutuveni
Official Newspaper of
the Hopi Tribe
P.O. Box 123
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
Ph: (928) 734-3282
Fax: (928) 734-0734

“I take pride in this hotel because I help to build it,” said Bryan Humetewa, who has worked for the Moencopi Legacy
Inn and Suites since construction.

to the ceilings, the art on
the wall and his music that
is used in one of the tourism videos.
Wendi Lewis, MDC
Project Manager noticed
his skills in computer
graphic design and asked
him to create a logo for
the runner’s forum she
has hosted for the last two
years. He has created logos
for MDC to promote their
business.
Humetewa went to
school for graphic design after high school. He
went to Al Collins Graphic
Design School where he
earned an Associates of
Arts degree and graduated
with honors.
“I had my first son when
I was 18 years old and I

had to make a choice. I
chose to go to work,” said
Humetewa. While he was
working, he thought of doing something more and he
knew he was good in arts
and that helped him with
his decision to go to graphic school.
Humetewa is Bear Clan
from the village of Upper
Moencopi. His parents are
Corwin Humetewa and
Alvera Coin. Humetewa
is married to Melissa, his
high school sweetheart and
they have two kids.
He said if it weren’t for
MDC, he would’ve gone
back to Phoenix. Working
at the Legacy has given
him a sense of belonging
when he comes to work
every day and takes pride

in the hotel.
“I know I’m going to
contribute something at
work every day. When I’m
interacting with guests, it
gives me a sense of pride,”
said Humetewa.
Working at the Legacy,
Humetewa has learned
a lot about himself; his
strength and weaknesses,
working as a team, and
learned he has a lot of
kyah-ahs.
Humetewa joined the
Legacy Runners and started running every day. He
is diabetic and since he
started he said he has gotten off insulin and certain
pills. “This place has given me a chance to a better
person,” said Humetewa.

Community Members
Fundraise to Send Hopi
Runners To Boston
Marathon in April 2014

Ian Masayesva of
Iss-Ahlii Kettle Corn assisted Caronline “Kadoo”
Sekaquaptewa’s cousin,
Samantha Antone in raising money for Kadoo’s
online giving day by
giving free kettle corn to
people who donated money towards Kadoo’s trip

to the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 26.
“I’m really grateful for
all the people who are
supporting me and those
who have donated money
so I can reach a goal that I
have set for myself,” said
Kadoo.

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- N.A.C.A office
on Steves Blvd., HTEDC and Mike
and Rhonda’s East. Winslow-Caseys,
Winslow Library, Brown Mug, Alphonso’s; and Holbrook- Hopi Travel
Plaza, Joe and Aggie’s Restaurant,
El Rancho Restaurant. Whitecone Giant Gas Station. Dilkon - Bashas.
Tuba City Bashas.
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
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ADVERTISING
Call 928-734-3283

Ian Masayesva and Samantha Antone were set up at the Kykotsmovi Community Building on Wed, Apr. 26 to fundraise to send two Hopi runners to
the Boston Marathon.

Free Online I.H.S. Food
Handler’s Class/Test
Submitted by Catherine Wright, Public Health Compliance Officer

Need to do some fundraising by selling food?
Need to earn some gas
money by selling breakfast burritos to starving
Hopi Tribal employees?
Food Handler’s card expired? Never had a Food
Handler’s Card?
All you need is an
internet
connection,
computer access and
an email address. You
can log into www.ihs.
gov/foodhandler/
and
register to take the free
online I.H.S. Food Handler’s class. The class
takes about an hour and
fifteen minutes and uses
teaching examples from
a tribal restaurant. Upon
completion of the class
you will take a test to
demonstrate your food
safety knowledge.
If you pass the test,
you will be emailed an
Online Food Handler
Training
Certificate.
Please provide a copy to

Catherine Wright, Public Health Compliance
Officer, at cwright@
hopi.nsn.us or at the Department of Health and
Human Services Office
located in the 2 story
Administration Building in Kykotsmovi or
mail the Certificate to
PO Box 123, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039. A
laminated Hopi Food
Handler’s card will be
prepared and mailed to
you, which must be displayed at all times when
selling food. Your Hopi
Food Handlers card will
be valid for two years
from the date you pass
the test. Also, if you
have lost your Food
Handler’s’ card, please
call 734-3403 to request
a replacement as soon as
possible so you will be
in compliance with Hopi
Food Service Ordinance
12.

Hopi Tribal Council 2014
Herman G. Honanie, Chairman
Alfred Lomahquahu Jr., Vice
Chairman
Vernita Selestewa, Tribal Secretary
Vacant, Tribal Treasurer
Alfonso Sakeva, Sergeant-At-Arms
Village of Upper
Moenkopi
Michael Elmer
Daniel Honahni
Leroy Sumatzkuku
Danny Humetewa
Village of Bakabi
Davis F. Pecusa
Leroy G. Kewanimptewa
Lamar Keevama
Village of Kykotsmovi
Nada Talayumptewa
Albin Mooya Jr.
Norman Honanie
Caleb H. Johnson
Village of Sipaulovi
George Mase
Rosa Honani
Village of Mishongnovi
Arthur Batala
Annette F. Talayumptewa
Marilyn Tewa
Mervin Yoyetewa

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 3

Local News
HTC votes to transfer Hopi Three Canyon Ranches to Hopi DNR
for Direct Tribal Control
Louella Nahsonhoya
Hopi Tutuveni

At a Hopi Tribal Council
meeting on Feb. 26, the Tribal
Council entertained Action Item
092-2013/Resolution
H-0072014, to re-establish Management of the Hopi Three Canyon
Ranches (H3CR), LLC currently managed by the Hopi Tribe
Economic Development Corporation (HTEDC) and transfer
Management to the Hopi Tribe
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for direct Tribal control.
HTEDC Board Chair Bonnie
Secakuku and HTEDC Chief
Executive Officer Kevin Lombardo were present at the meeting to respond to questions and
allegations of serious concerns,
which led to transferring of the
Three Canyon Ranches back to
the Tribe.
The HTEDC was established
by Resolution H-033-2004 as a
federally chartered corporation
to assist the Tribe with economic development of certain
assets owned by the Tribe. The
Council at the time felt it in the
best interest of the Hopi Tribe to
place the H3CR under the management of HTEDC.
Tribal Council Bacavi Representative Lamar Keevama (on
behalf of the Hopi Land Team)
presented the Action Item and
informed the Council of concerns:
•HTEDC Board and Administrative Management Team
have no experience in the Cat-

tle Ranching Business (except
for 1 or 2 board members).

and Ranches are being turned
down for credit purchases.

•Lack of Business Progress
Reports. No Business Plan in
place. The Hopi Land Team
met with HTEDC and requested a Plan, but none was
submitted.

•Lack of reporting and no
communication with the Hopi
Tribe. Unsatisfactory management.

•Untimely/No Financial Reports. HTEDC is a revenue
generating entity. Stakeholders want to know status of
revenue generated by the Cattle Business.
•Unsatisfactory Management
and Oversight of Ranch Properties; including dilapidating
buildings, old and broken
vehicles, land management
issues, windmills/fences need
repair and concerns of health
conditions of cattle.
•Council learned that a former Ranch Manager applied
for and received a large
grant from the Conservation
Stewardship Program (CSP)
through the Natural Resources Conservation Services
(NRCS) to enhance ranching
conservation practices on all
three ranches.
•What has grants funds been
used for and where/who is
using the vehicles purchased
through the CSP funding.
A new position was created through CSP funds. What
is the position and where
housed.
•What has been purchased for
Ranches from CSP.
•Vendors are not getting paid

After a lengthy discussion and
questions by Tribal Council and
input from DNR Director Clayton Honyumptewa, the Council called upon HTEDC Board
Chair Secakuku and HTEDC
CEO Lombardo to answer and/
or clarify questions and respond
to allegations.
Secakuku and Lombardo addressed and informed the Tribal
Council that since the HTEDC
took over management of the
H3CR in 2006 they have done
their best to manage the Ranches for the Tribe. The Team responded to questions and allegations:
•The HTEDC previously
requested they be placed on
the Council’s agenda to give
a report on status of the business and health of the Ranches, but were never given time
to make their presentation.
•Cattle Ranches are healthier with a marginal business
and revenue has been generated, albeit it be small since
cattle business can fluctuate
and depends on the economy.
•A Business Plan/Action
Plan was submitted to the
Land Team (an arm of the
Tribal Council). Although
HTEDC does not meet with
the Council as a whole directly, they do meet with the Land
Team. A detailed budget/fi-

nancial report was also given
to the Land Team. Bills are all
paid.
•HTEDC reminded Council that they approved previous Ranch Manager to apply
for the CSP grant, which was
awarded at close to $8 million. Projects for 2014 total
to approximately $876,000,
which was recently approved
by the Board.
•An administrative accounting position was created for
the CSP using grant funds and
three vehicles were purchased
for the CSP administration/
management. The vehicles
will eventually be turned over
to the ranches.

tion H-007-2014 to move the
Hopi Three Canyon Ranches
back to the Hopi Tribe to be
managed by Department of Natural Resources Director Clayton
Honyumptewa who will supervise the General Manager of
the Hopi Three Canyon Ranch,
LLC. Motion was seconded by
Mishongnovi Council Representative Marilyn Tewa, with a
Vote of 10 yes, 6 no, 0 abstentions, Chairman presiding and
not voting.
Through this Resolution,
the Council directs HTEDC to
transfer: 1) all responsibility for
management and operation of
the Ranch Lands and Ranches
2) assets owned or controlled by
HTEDC 3) information includ•A fencing project is slated for ing books and records regarding
2014 using CSP funds.
the operation of the Ranch Lands
•There have been no com- and Ranches and all rights and
plaints from Ranch Staff; information concerning existing
however, complaints of hous- agreements including, but not
ing were brought to the atten- limited to grants involving the
Ranch Lands and/or Ranches 4)
tion of the EDC
rights to receive any remaining
•Currently the EDC is workundisbursed grants, and 5) rights
ing on new business opporto any remaining unexpended
tunities which will be lost land conservation grant funds.
if ranch management is reThe full transfer of ownership
moved. Opportunities include
of Hopi Three Canyon Ranch,
a Bed/Breakfast business, a
LLC and the responsibility for
food sovereignty program
operation of the Ranch Lands
which would include Producand Assets; deposit all revenue
ing and Marketing prime beef
generated in a separate H3CR
to address food sovereignty
account, develop and implement
issues and to develop and creoperation and financial poliate a Slaughter.
cies and hire needed staff shall
After much more discussion be completed no later than one
by the Council, Kykotsmovi hundred twenty (120) days after
Councilman Norman Honanie the approval of the Resolution.
motioned to approved Resolu-

Letter to the Editor
Correction concerning Intro to Jail article published Jan. 21st 2014
I was mistaken in a
statement written in this
article. I said that the jail is
on lock down. I have since
found out that, not only do
I not know the full meaning of that word, but that I
was also wrong. I am sorry. The jail is not on lockdown.

Flagstaff route driver, James Kuwunvana said ridership is picking up back to where it originally was.

Hopi Senom Transit Back on the Road
Mihio Manus
Hopi Tutuveni

If you haven’t noticed,
the Hopi Senom Transit is back on the road
transporting commuters
across the Hopi Reservation and also to Flagstaff.
The Transit resumed
services on Mon, Feb.
24 restoring all previous routes except for the
Winslow route.
James
Kuwunvana,
driver for the Flagstaff
route, said as the transit
first restored services,
the ridership was very
sparce.
Kuwunvana had only
a few riders on his first
day back. However as
word spread and more
people started seeing the
buses traversing the res-

ervation, he noticed more
riders were waiting at the
stops.
According to Hopi
Tribe Executive Director,
Donovan Gomez, who
oversees the program,
the Tribe is very happy
to have transit services
restored.
“I was receiving several calls a week from
the tribal public wanting
to know when they’ll
be able to ride the bus
again,” Gomez said.
The Executive Director
said Cynthia Sekakuku
of the Transit program
issued a brief ridership
report to Chairman Honanie and Vice Chairman
Lomaquahu on Fri, Feb.
28, that was very promising. Both Chairman and
Vice Chairman have giv-

en their complete support
to the effort.
“The individual efforts
of Shawn Silas of the
Transit program and Carrie Sakeva of the Finance
staff were extremely
instrumental in getting
the program operating again,” he said. “It
wouldn’t have happened
without the work they
did while the program
wasn’t running.”
Hopi Senom Transit
continues to receive calls
from the community regarding Transit services
and they encourage input
from all ridership.
For more information
about routes, times and
fees please contact the
Hopi Senom Transit at
(928)734-3232.

A transit rider gives the thumbs up approval as he exits the bus in Kykotsmovi.

Families can visit the
inmates at anytime, and
they are allowed multiple
privileges.
Just to clarify, the letter
previously printed was not
supposed to be a negative
reflection on the institution, but a narrative on
how the Church services

are held within. In all actuality the workers are
very gracious, accommodating, professional, and
I want them to know that
we stand with them in their
work!
Thank you,
Pastor Andy Magnarella

4 TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Education
NPC District Governing Board approves curriculum changes, dedicates
Skills Center and discusses budget
Paramedics, wanting
to take advantage of additional job opportunities
as registered nurses, will
have a new pathway to that
goal starting in this summer at Northland Pioneer
College. The new degree
option was one of four
curriculum modifications
approved by the Navajo
County Community College District Governing
Board during their regular
monthly meeting on Feb.
18 in Holbrook.
The new Paramedic to
RN pathway to the Associate of Applied Science
(AAS) Nursing Degree
recognizes the medical
training and experience
of currently-­‐certified paramedics. A Paramedic to
Nurse bridge course will
avoid repetition of skills
already learned, and two
pharmacology
courses,
also required for traditional nursing students,
prepares the paramedic
for the traditional second-­‐year nursing courses.
Successful completion of
the second-­‐year courses
makes the student eligible for the National
Council Licensing Examination for Registered
Nursing (NCLEX-­‐RN).
For several years paramedics have expressed
an interest in having a
pathway to becoming a
registered nurse, without
repeating
coursework.
Working with the State
Board of Nursing, which
has approved the pathway,
NPC’s nursing and emergency medical (paramedicine) instructors designed
the new degree option.
“There has been sufficient
interest expressed by students for this pathway to
be full for the upcoming
year,” noted Mark Vest,
vice president for Learning and Student Services.
After the upcoming enrollment cycle, the program will be offered as
demand dictates.
The board also accepted major modifications in

the Fire Science degree
and certificate programs
to match the National Fire Academy (NFA)
Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education
(FESHE) model. By making these changes to the
program, students will
receive national certification for their studies.
The changes will also take
effect in the fall 2014 semester.
A mathematics course
previously listed as an option for the Computer Information Systems (CIS)
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree will
be dropped. “The Math
Department had created
a single semester course
(MAT 121) that covered
material normally presented over two semesters,”
noted Vest. “We found
the student success rate
in 121 unacceptably low
compared to the two semester alternative, so we
are removing the one semester option from the
CIS program.”
Other
curriculum
changes in the CIS studies included switching
the “Written Business
Communication” course
previously offered under
Administrative Information Services (AIS) to the
Business (BUS) department. A “Digital Photography” course, previously
required for a Certificate
of Proficiency (CP) in
Graphic Design, was also
approved for deletion from
the requirements.
The board also approved deletion of the
Certificate of Proficiency
in Substance Abuse Counseling. “The certificate
was created to fill a specific training need for a local
agency. There has been no
interest or participation for
many years. The courses
will remain in the course
bank, if there is a future
need for certification,”
Vest told the board.
The only other action
items for the board were

the adoption of the 2012-­
‐13 Budgeted Expenditure
Limitation Report, prepared by the state Auditor
General’s Office, and acceptance of last month’s
minutes.
Following adjournment
of the meeting, the board
participated in the dedication ceremony for the new
Skills Center. The 26,600-­‐
square-­‐foot facility was
built using carryover capital reserve funds. Some of
the specialized equipment
for the new Mechatronics
program was purchased by
a federal Get Into Energy
grant.
Budget Analysis
The majority of the
board meeting focused on
preliminary budget analysis, examining the components of revenue and expenditures. At the March
18 meeting, the board is
scheduled to set tuition
and fees, and adopt salary
schedules.
Blaine Hatch, vice president for Administrative
Services, explained the
anticipated reductions in
state operating aid due to
declining enrollment and
equalization aid due to
changes in property valuations. Overall, state aid,
which is now less than
half of 2008 amounts,
now accounts for only 3
percent of the community college revenue stream
state-­‐wide.
Faced with a projected 7.5 percent reduction
in county property valuations, Hatch is recommending going to the
maximum tax levy, which
would be 4 percent higher than the current year’s
levy. After Hatch’s explanation, board member
James Matteson replied it
would mean a minimal annual increase in his property taxes.
To help students better plan for the future, the
board is considering setting tuition for a three-­‐year
period, increasing $2 per
credit hour each year. Four

initiatives are also under
consideration designed to
increase completion rates
in the face of changes in
federal Pell Grant criteria.
One proposal would
eliminate tuition for the
last 12 credits needed to
complete a degree. Students would be required
to apply for this special
scholarship after demonstrating they had also
applied for a Pell Grant.
This proposal would assist
students who, due to new
limitations placed on federal Pell funds, have found
themselves without the financial resources to finish
a degree.
NPC is also considering offering scholarships
for up to seven general
education credits per semester to qualifying high
school juniors and seniors.
Increased participation in
regular college courses
at nearby NPC facilities
will allow the high school
students to progress more
quickly toward degree or
certificate completion.
The third proposal
would reduce tuition for
summer classes by 50 percent, starting in 2015. This
would allow students to
continue work on degree
requirements, attaining educational goals and entering the workforce sooner.
The fourth suggestion
would reduce tuition for
courses offered in The
Learning
Cornerstone
(TLC). These adult basic
education (ABE) courses
help individuals attain a
GED and prepare for college-­‐ level studies. Reductions in funding for adult
basic education have left
hundreds of area students
on waiting lists. Lowering the tuition rate in the
ABE program will allow
the college to assist more
area residents for the same
level of funding.
Turning to expenditures,
nearly 70 percent of NPC’s
expenses are employee-­‐related. Based on inflation
index projections, and

Spring gardening classes at NPC
The weather outside
may still be winter, but
gardeners should begin
planning now for a successful growing season
in the high desert. Organic gardening guru Kim
Howell-Costion is leading a series of noncredit
gardening
workshops
this spring at Northland
Pioneer College’s Snowflake (1611 S. Main) and
Winslow (1400 E. Third)
campuses.
Kim has always felt
drawn to the land and
has honed her passion
for gardening through
knowledge gained from
years of extensive travel
and networking with numerous experts. She now
focuses on two particular
aspects of gardening: soil
restoration and improvement and techniques for
extending garden production. But meeting these
two challenges comes
down to the same end:
“We specialize in how
to produce a whole lot of
food in a little area,” says
Kim.
“Kim is the best! She
has so much knowledge.
It’s a pleasure to be in her
class!” wrote a previous
student.
Total cost is $68 for
each workshop, which
includes $20 paid directly to the instructor for
materials and lunch. Enroll in these workshops

at least a week before
the class starts to ensure
it is not cancelled due to
insufficient enrollment.
Sign up at any NPC location during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, or 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Fridays, or by
phone, (800) 266-7845
ext. 7459.
Learn how to raise
your own vegetable
and flower seedlings in
the “Raising Your Own
Starts” workshop. Topics
include preparation, making potting soil, seed germination, transplanting,
quality light, watering,
organic fertilizing and
hardening off. Included
is a hands-on opportunity to experience working
with seeds, seedlings and
transplanting.
The Snowflake workshop (reference AGR
099x-73797) meets on
two Wednesdays, from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m., March
19, in the campus Learning Center, room 113.
The March 26 session
will be at Kim’s garden,
located 10 miles east of
Snowflake for hands-on

activities.
The Winslow class
(reference AGR 099x74333) meets Friday and
Saturday, March 21 and
22, from 9 a.m. until 5
p.m., in the MPB, room
104.
Kim shares techniques
to harvest year-round by
extending the High Desert gardening season in
the “Extending the Season” workshop. Topics
include various styles
and methods of using
cold frames, tunnels,
frost and shade covers,
wall-o-waters and greenhouses. Also discussed
will be choosing specific
seed varieties, succession planting and raising
sprouts.
Offered only in Snowflake, the workshop (reference AGR 099x-73798)
meets on Wednesday,
April 2, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., in the Learning
Center, room 113. The
April 9 session will be at
Kim’s garden, located 10
miles east of Snowflake
for hands-on activities.
In the “Seed to Seed”
workshop, you will explore the beauty and mag-

ic of seeds. This workshop is part of a series of
organic gardening classes
covering the bio-diversity, heirloom, open pollinated and sources to obtain these types of seeds.
Techniques for raising
your own seed, including
pollination, flower structure, maintaining purity,
seed cleaning and storage
will be covered.
Also offered only in
Snowflake, the workshop (reference AGR
099x-73799) meets on
Wednesday, April 16,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
in the Learning Center,
room 113. The April 23
session will be at Kim’s
garden, located 10 miles
east of Snowflake for
hands-on activities.
NPC’s Community and
Corporate Learning Division provides personal interest and specialized corporate training
throughout NPC’s service area. For more information about noncredit,
personal interest classes,
contact Loyelin Aceves,
community
learning
specialist, (800) 2667845, ext. 6244, or email
loyelin.aceves@npc.edu
or visit www.npc.edu.
For corporate training,
contact Royce Kincanon,
corporate learning coordinator, (800)266-7845,
ext. 6239, or email royce.
kincanon@npc.edu.

adjustments for state retirement employee contributions, Hatch and the
college’s executive team
is recommending a two
percent increase in wages
through adjustments in the
wage and salary schedules.
Possible statutory expenditure limitations, reduced revenues from state
aid and property taxes, and
declining enrollment were
all cited as reasons for
recommending only a two
percent salary increase,
versus larger increases
requested by employee
groups.
The board is also considering establishing a future capital projects policy,
designating certain carryover funds each June for
future facilities and other
major expenditures.
Reports to the Board
Ms. Kate Dobler-­‐Allen
updated the board on the
First Things First (FTF)
activities in the Navajo-­‐ Apache Region. She
stressed the goal of FTF –
to provide every child access to opportunities to become prepared for school.
First Things First provides family support and
literacy training, early
learning
opportunities
and early screening for
potential health issues.
FTF partners with NPC in
training early childhood
educators, caregivers and
parents.
The monthly financial
report showed December property tax revenues
slightly below normal, but
still on track for the year,
noted Blaine Hatch. Overall, halfway through the
fiscal year, the college is in
a healthy position, Hatch
said.
NPC’s cosmetology department’s participation
in the annual Skills USA
competition was the focus
of Barbara Hick’s presentation to the board. Past
participants have placed in
the top 10 in national competitions, with students
routinely among the best

in the state.
Students from cosmetology, fire science,
welding and automotive
will be competing in this
year’s
Skills USA at the Phoenix Convention Center,
April 15 and 16.
Faculty Association co-­‐
chair Cynthia Hutton presented the group’s request
for a 3.5 percent wage increase and continued additional pay for “windshield
time” and Internet courses. The association is also
supporting increased summer offerings, rather than
switching to a year-­‐round
college.
Interim Student Government
Association
President Kyle Nowell
reported on a team-­‐building trip to Flagstaff; participation in the Holbrook
Quiz Night; upcoming auditions for the sixth annual Talent Contest in early
March; and a basketball
tournament in April. SGA
officers have been visiting
campuses and centers recruiting new members to
get involved and have a
voice in student activities.
Collection of more data
to meet internal and external needs has been the
focus of the Institutional
Effectiveness staff. Director Dr. Leslie Wasson explained to the board how
they are linking the strategic operational plans with
the budget process and
satisfying the requests for
more data from external
agencies. Her department is also working
on the college initiative
project that will become
the cornerstone for NPC’s
accreditation renewal.
The next regularly-­‐
scheduled meeting will
be Tuesday, March 18,
tentatively schedule to begin at 9 a.m., in the Tiponi
Community Center on the
Holbrook – Painted Desert
Campus, 2251 E. Navajo
Blvd.

Workshop explores earth
building techniques
SNOWFLAKE — Several innovative and yet
age-old methods of building houses out of locally
available earth will be explored in a one-day “Earth
Building
Techniques”
workshop on Saturday,
March 15, from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m., at Northland Pioneer
College’s Snowflake campus, 1611 S. Main.
Joseph Costion, considered a pioneer in sustainability, will be teaching
the workshop. “Come
to class prepared to get
‘earthy,’” said Costion.
Students should bring a
5-gallon bucket of earth.
You’ll learn whether the
soil at your site is suitable
for earth construction,
which is easily determined
through some preliminary
field tests. There will also
be demonstrations on adobe making, soil brick using a “Cinva Ram,” cob,
and a hydraulic soil brick
machine. Rammed earth
wall forms will also be
constructed.
Total cost of workshop
is $42, which includes $10
paid to the instructor for
supplies.
The class starts at the
NPC Snowflake campus,
in the Learning Center,
room 101. Then students
will travel in their own vehicles to Ashokala Farms,
located 10 miles east of
Snowflake for hands-on
activities. Students should
bring their own sack lunch
and water/beverages.

Costion has been involved in construction for
over 30 years and since the
early 1980s he has focused
on solar greenhouse and
sustainability techniques.
He serves on a number
of statewide boards and
agencies that deal with
sustainable economic development, green building
and solar issues. His past
students have praised his
classes as being “informative, interesting and important.”
Sign up for the Earth
Building
Techniques
workshop at least a week
before the class starts to
ensure it is not cancelled
due to insufficient enrollment. Register at any NPC
location or by phone, 5247459 or (800) 266-7845
ext. 7459, during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, or 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Fridays.
For more information
about noncredit, personal
interest classes, contact
Loyelin Aceves, community learning specialist,
(800) 266-7845, ext. 6244,
or email loyelin.aceves@
npc.edu or visit www.npc.
edu and click on the “Noncredit Classes {Learning
Adventures” link. For
corporate training, contact
Royce Kincanon, corporate learning coordinator,
(800) 266-7845, ext. 6239,
or email royce.kincanon@
npc.edu.

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From the Front Page
Mobile Lab/From Page 1
you are under the age of
18 years old, your parent
or guardian must sign for
you.
A password is required
to access the internet
which will be given to you
when your library card
is scanned by Kahe. This
applies to those who are
using their own laptops
or electronic devices outside the computer lab. The
password will be changed
daily so they can keep accurate data when scanning
library cards for Wi-Fi usage.
Certain websites are
blocked for viewing, but
people are welcomed to
research what they want
because of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA).
There will be a time limit in using the computers,
but that will depend on
how busy it is. First prior-

ity will go to people who
are job searching, building
resumes or who are doing legitimate researches.
Saving work on the laptops will not be allowed
so you must bring a USB
to save any work. There
will be absolutely no food
or drinks in the computer
lab. Printing is available at
a minimum fee of 10 cents
for black and white; and 20
cents for colored printing.
“We want to help the
Hopi/Tewa people with
digital literacy and we
want to be viewed as a
regular library, but we are
taking it to the people”,
said Kahe.
They will schedule
classes for those people
who are not familiar with
using a computer. Some
of the classes will consist
of basic computer skills,
internet surfing for begin-

ners, Excel, MSWord and
Power Point. He will also
assists users with resume
building and job searches.
These are some of the programs other libraries offer
and the Computer Mobile
Lab wants to be viewed as
a regular library.
“There were a couple
people who had come
by to see the computer
lab. They asked technical
questions and if we would
offer computer classes,”
said Kahe.
The Mobile Computer
Lab will follow the same
schedule as the Bookmobile; stopping at all the
villages except on the
days when special classes are scheduled and Fridays when staff are in
their office at the Education Department. Contact
information for Dinah
Ponyesva, Library Assis-

Kyle Knox, Laurel Secakuku and Angie Harris of the Hopi Foundation, stopped in to see the new mobile computer lab
and were impressed.

tant - (928)205-8073 and
Hale Kahe, Computer Lab
Technician – (928) 3136644. Office phone number is (928) 734-4500.
Dr. Noreen Sakiestewa,
Dinah Ponyesva and Hale

Kahe would like to thank
Geneva Durkee, Navajo
County Library Director;
Navajo County Library;
Institute for Museum Library Services; Jerolyn
Takala, Hopi Tribe Man-

agement Information Services and Quality Vans of
Tempe who outfitted the
mobile computer lab.

FEASIBILITY STUDY/From Page 1
Lombardo said the HTEDC
plans to formulate their recommendations for development to
present to Hopi Tribal Council.
“At end of Phase Three we
want to say that these are the
developments we will move forward on. Phase Three will work
on issues like making sure the
recommendations have specific
details, infrastructure costs, associated timeframes and identification of finance partners,”
Lombardo said.
In terms of specific business
enterprises the feasibility study

has indicated as possible development ventures, Lombardo and
the HTEDC have remained relatively tight-lipped in identifying
these areas.
In the Twin Arrows area,
Lombardo said they are looking
at complimentary businesses
that could trade off of the casino traffic. Moving forward, the
HTEDC will remain deliberate
and careful to leverage successful marketing ventures against
the depth of research and analysis of the feasibility study.
“Some of the developments

we are looking at are not reliant on the casino,” he said. “We
want to be sure if we build it,
that the market can support it.
We want to make certain we
have evaluated other opportunities that are not solely reliant on
casino business.”
Yet, before shovels can be put
to dirt, the HTEDC will first being recommendations to HTC.
Phase three of the study will also
solicit the insight and response
of the Hopi villages via community outreach.
“If we decide to build some-

thing that is community oriented, not retail, we want the input
of the villages into how they are
represented. We want to be able
to design buildings in a way that
represents Hopi architecture,”
Lombardo said. “We want Hopi
voices to be heard.”
The execution of the feasibility study in three phases has
been undertaken on an accelerated basis in looking at creating
economic development projects
from a baseline of zero. Initially the feasibility study assessed
upward of 400,000 acres. Phase

Two of the study then narrowed
the scope to encompass land
parcels along 1-40 exits and interchanges that could potentially
support development.
“We’re developing a roadmap
for Hopi development for the
next ten plus years,” Lombardo
said. “From that perspective, it’s
accelerated. We do not want to
miss the window of opportunity
and we believe it’s still open.
We are focused on taking advantage of that window.”

SUICIDE/From Page 1
the need of the community, but applying for grants
they will be able to bring
more resources to the community.
The Hopi Guidance
Center, also known as
Pa’angni, is hopeful they
will get additional dollars
to provide and pay for
suicide prevention trainings that are being offered.
They have been lucky

and fortunate that the surrounding
communities
have offered trainings for
free to the community.
“We don’t have to pay
for the participant’s registration; they are footing
the costs for the training.
If we get the dollars we
will be able to pay for our
own community members
to become trainers so they
can offer the services in

their own community,”
said Joshevama.
Ideally,
Joshevama
would like to have a group
from each village to become trained in suicide
prevention so they can offer trainings both in Hopi
and Tewa.
The Garrett Lee Smith
grant, is a suicide prevention grant that most of the
surrounding tribes receive,

The group discuss ways to bring suicide awareness and prevention to the community. Native American’s for Community
Action(NACA) representatives were in attendance to offer trainings they provide. Applied Suicidal Intervention Skills
Training (ASIST) is a two day training and Safe Talk, a three hour training.

but the Hopi Tribe has
never applied for it according to Joshevama. She is
confident they will have a
good application to submit
if they apply for the grant,
but they need to make sure
the community is interested. In addition, the suicide
prevention grants will be
announcing the availability of their grant soon and
having these meetings will
show interest and support
to apply for the grant.
“Again, we want to see
if there is enough interest
and support to apply for
it,” said Joshevama.
Youth coordinator from
Bacavi Village said this
particular area does not
seem to focus on depression in elders. They have
that thought process of
being lonely and no one
being there for them. She
has come across some elders who have thought
of suicide and is blessed
that none of them ended
in death. She was able to
approach one elder and
talk to them, but she didn’t
have a referral form to refer them elsewhere. The
coordinator mentioned the
Hopi Guidance Center to
the elder, but replied they
didn’t want to go there.
With this experience she
would like to have attention put on the elders and
have something in place
for them. The suicide prevention trainings would
be beneficial to caretakers
who take care of elders.
Lavaughn Dyer, Police
Administrator for Hopi
Resource
Enforcement

Services said when individuals are sent away
there are no follow up
services provided by the
Hopi Guidance Services
and with the recent suicide
in Polacca, she said there
were ten programs who
said they offered services
for individuals who needed help.
“It’s just a matter of getting this information out
there and letting people
know what kinds of services are available,” said
Dyer.
So who does law enforcement contact when
there is a suicidal person
or what is the procedure
they follow?
According to Joshevama, their current protocol
definitely needs to be improved, but for now this
is what law enforcement
follows. She said if law enforcement picks up someone who is suicidal or at
risk; they take them to the
Hopi Health Care Center
(HHCC). The Doctor will
do their evaluation and
then call Hopi Behavioral
Health. Behavioral Health
will conduct a crisis assessment that determines
their risk level. There are
certain criteria’s and questions they must answer. If
it’s determined by Behavioral Health that they are at
eminent risk to themselves
or others they will be taken to an acute care facility.
The Doctor has the ultimate authority. Behavioral
Health will work with law
enforcement to transport
the individual. Stabiliza-

tion can take anywhere
from a day to five days. If
there was a crime committed they are released back
to the police department,
otherwise they are released
back into the community.
Behavioral Services currently work with hospitals
in Pinetop and Flagstaff
because they are closer
to the reservation. Sometimes they are booked,
such as during the holidays
and so they will send individuals to Phoenix.
Joshevama said the Hopi
Guidance Center recently updated their policies
and is in the finalization
stage in what procedures
to follow for suicide cases.
These procedures are for
native individuals; however there are no procedures
in place for non-natives
who are threatening suicide on the Hopi reservation. But that does not
mean they will refuse services to them.
Joshevama encourages
the community to be on
the look-out for the Hopi
Suicide Prevention meetings in their villages and to
participate in them. These
meetins give community
members the opportunity to share their input and
voice their concerns.
“We know we can’t address this by ourselves. It’s
a big issue with many layers of concerns so it’s going to take everyone from
our communities to make
the change,” said Joshevama.

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HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL NOTES - First Quarter Session 2014Louella Nahsonhoya
Hopi Tutuveni
CORRESPONDENCE:
A letter from the Mishongovi
Board of Directors was read into
record in which they notified
the Hopi Tribal Council that the
Board will be holding a Village
Meeting on Feb. 26, at which
time they will address the absenteeism of one of its Tribal Council Representatives at Council
meetings and afford him the opportunity to explain and answer
their questions.
REPORTS:
Tatwaovi Community Development Team (TCD)- Upper
Moenkopi Tribal Council Representative Daniel Honahni gave a
brief report on the composition
of the TCD Board: Hopi Chairman Herman Honanie; Vice
Chairman Alfred Lomaquahu;
Director of Natural Resources
Clayton Honyumptewa; Director
of Education Noreen Sakiestewa; Director of Health Services
Lori Joshweseoma; Interim Finance Director Lillian Dennis;
Hopi Housing Executive Direc-

tor Wayne Taylor, Jr; Director of
Community Planning & Development Royce Jenkins; Council
Representative George Mase and
Council Representative Daniel
Honanie- who was also elected as Board Chair at their Feb.
14 meeting. The Board Chair
also gave a brief update on the
Tawaovi Project and reported
that the Project is very close to
implementing the first phase of
the Community near Hardrock,
which will include apartments
and a convenience store.
Chairman/Vice Chairman
Report – Chairman Herman
Honanie and Vice Chairman
Alfred Lomahquahu gave an
update report of their activities
since taking office in January.
Both offices are currently understaffed. Chairman Honanie
stated he has been very busy
and has not yet scheduled time
to meet with Vice Chairman
Lomahquahu to delegate assignments pursuant to the Hopi
Constitution. The Tribal Council
expressed their disappointment
and directed the Chairman and
Vice Chairman to immediately meet to discuss their priori-

ties and for Chairman to share/
delegate responsibilities to the
Vice Chairman. Vice Chairman
is currently visiting all Programs/Departments through a
Meet and Greet to see where
programs stand and to see what
their needs are. He has also been
meeting with agencies for a better Government to Government
relationship. Vice Chairman was
assigned the task of assisting the
Solid Waste Program to ensure
the program is in compliance
with its operations and to ensure
proper accounting/record keeping. Chairman has been busy
with pending projects and legal
issues, including the recent hire
of a General Counsel for the
Tribe. The Tribal Council directed the Chairman and Vice Chairman to meet and report back to
Council with a bona fide list of
their priorities and the direction
of the Administration.
General Counsel Report
- Ms. Susan Williams was
hired as General Counsel for
the Hopi Tribe. In her report to
Counsel, Ms. Williams said she
is currently working on a priority, with timelines, of extreme

importance to the Tribe. Legal
Counsel Norberto Cisneros was
working on investments and
litigation issues under previous
General Counsel Robert Lyttle.
One project was the Seawall
Project. Through their investigations, Robert Lyttle found that
the Hopi Tribe had invested $8.5
million of unauthorized tribal
funds into building two hotels
in Galveston, Texas, known as
the Seawall Project. Norberto
Cisneros was assigned to work
on this Investment issue to try
to recoup Tribal monies, since
it was an unauthorized investment. When Robert Lyttle’s
contract was not renewed, the
lawyers working under Robert Lyttle were also terminated.
Ms. Williams stated that Norberto Cisneros has expertise in
this area of work and has great
knowledge on the background
of the Seawall Project. Ms. Williams informed Council that
each lawyer has their own areas
of expertise and experience in
working on certain projects. She
informed Council that she could
probably do the work but would
need to study and learn about

the Seawall investment, which
would take time and currently time is of the essence. Ms.
Williams was before Council
to request a 6-month contract
for Counsel Cisneros to continue work on the Seawall Project.
Cisneros had just started communication to get the Tribe’s
money back when their contract
was not renewed. Seawall had
verbally agreed to a return settlement of $7.5 million. Nothing
in writing. Recently, the Tribal
Treasurer received a Capital Call
from Seawall to pay $250,000
per the agreement at the time
the Investment was made. Ms.
Williams said stakes are getting higher and more intense
and there are deadlines to meet.
With timeline Norberto Cisneros needs to start working on the
Seawall Project. Ms. Williams
also informed Council that she
needs help and additional staff.
She will be bringing in an Assistant (someone she knows and
who she knows can do the work)
and will also be advertising for
another position. Tribal Council had questions but seemed to
support a contract for Norberto.

State Briefs

Health Awareness

Arizona Women Hiding in Plain
Sight, March 28-29

Hopi HPV (human papillomavirus)
Project

Phoenix, AZ - The Arizona Women’s History
Alliance presents “Arizona Women Hiding in Plain
Sight,” a symposium dedicated to Arizona Women’s
History. It will be held
on Friday and Saturday,
March 28-29, 2014 at
Chandler-Gilbert Community College. With opening
remarks by The Honorable
Sandra Day O’Connor,
Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court, this day-and-a-half
symposium will acquaint
attendees with the current
state of Arizona women’s
history.
This symposium represents the first major public educational project of
the Arizona Women’s History Alliance (AWHA), a
collaboration of the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame
and the Arizona Women’s
Heritage Trail. It will help
identify assumptions about
women’s roles, discuss
the importance of placing
women in historical con-

text and stimulate thinking
about the research, writing
and interpretation of women’s history.
The public is invited
to attend including historians, researchers, archivists, librarians, museum
administrators, students
and history lovers. The
goal of the symposium is
to stimulate the audience
to participate in conversations about the contributions of Arizona women
representing our rich and
diversified cultural and
social history. This is an
opportunity for attendees
to hear and talk to notable scholars and archivists
about conducting research
on Arizona women, the
process of historical inquiry, providing historical
context and answering the
“so what” questions.
The Symposium will
be held in room CHO-110
in Cholla Hall at Chandler-Gilbert Community
College, 2626 East Pecos
Road, Chandler. It be-

gins on Friday, March 28
at 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
and on Saturday, March
29 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
For a detailed look at the
program of events, visit
this website: http://www.
azwhf.org/?p=827.
Interested parties should
contact Liz Garland at
602-926-3720 for more information about the Symposium.
This Arizona Women’s History Symposium
is funded by an Arizona
Humanities grant to the
Arizona Women’s History Alliance (AWHA) and
its affiliates the Arizona
Women’s Hall of Fame
and the Arizona Women’s
Heritage Trail. Additional sponsors include the
Arizona State Library, the
History Department of
Chandler-Gilbert Community College, the Business
and Professional Women/
AZ and the Arizona Archives Alliance.

SJC Approves Six Judicial Nominees To
Fill Emergency Vacancies
WASHINGTON – The
Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved six nominees to
fill judicial emergencies
in Arizona, including one
nominee who is poised
to become the first Native American woman to
serve on the federal bench.
All six nominees, who
have the support of their
home state Senators, appeared before the Judiciary Committee in January.
Diane Humetewa, once
confirmed, will become
the nation’s only currently serving Native American judge and the first
Native American woman
to serve in the judiciary.
Rosemary Marquez, the
longest-pending nominee
in the Judiciary Committee who was first nominated in June 2011, was also
approved on Thursday.

“Federal district court
judges handle the vast majority of the caseload of
the Federal courts and are
critical to making sure our
courts remain available to
provide a fair hearing for
all Americans,” Chairman
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said.
“I expect that this diverse
group of judicial nominees
will be confirmed now that
they have been reported out of Committee and
have the support of their
home state Senators. The
progress we made today
in the committee to move
these nominations forward
would not have occurred
without the support of
Senator McCain and Senator Flake. I thank them
for their support today and
I hope the Senate quickly
confirms these nominees
who are urgently needed
in the state of Arizona.”

The Committee’s action
today comes as more
than 90 judicial vacancies
throughout the country
prevent the courts from
operating at full strength.
Leahy, in a floor statement
this week, urged Senators
to work together to approve qualified nominees.
Following today’s committee action there are
now 35 judicial nominees
pending on the floor who
the Republican leadership
is holding up from getting a confirmation vote.
The
Committee
also
unanimously
approved
the STOP Identity Theft
Act, a bipartisan bill that
aims to protect Americans who are filing tax
returns from identity theft.
Results and a webcast
of Thursday’s executive business meeting
can be found online.

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Cervical cancer is more
common in American
Indian women than in
non-Hispanic White women. American Indian women also have the poorest
survival rate from cervical
cancer of any racial/ethnic
group in the United States.
Cervical cancer is Hopi
HPV (human papillomavirus) Project caused by
the human papillomavirus
(HPV), which is passed
from person to person.
With regular Pap screening, most cervical cancers
can be detected early and
successfully treated, or
prevented altogether by removing abnormal cells before they turn cancerous.
A vaccine is also available
to prevent adolescents
from getting HPV. If more
American Indian women
were screened and more
adolescents were vaccinated, rates of cervical cancer
would drop.
In November 2010, the
Hopi Tribal Council passed
a resolution approving a
five-year research project:
“Enhancing Cervical Cancer Prevention Strategies
among Hopi and Tewa
Women and Adolescents.”
This work is funded by the
National Cancer Institute
and is conducted through
a partnership with the
University of Washington, Cornell University,
and HOPI Cancer Support
Services. It has two goals:
to increase the number of
Hopi and Tewa girls who
get vaccinated against
HPV, and to find new ways
to screen for cervical cancer that will be acceptable
to Hopi and Tewa women.
Dr. Angela Gonzales, a
Hopi tribal member from
the Village of Shungopavi
and an Associate Professor at Cornell University,

led the first two phases of
the project. The first phase
began in the fall of 2011,
when Dr. Gonzales conducted small group discussions with Hopi and
Tewa parents of adolescent
girls. These discussions
explored what parents
knew and thought about
HPV and the HPV vaccine. Their purpose was
to understand why parents
would or would not wish to
vaccinate their daughters.
Parents’ knowledge about
HPV and the HPV vaccine was somewhat limited, as many parents were
aware of the virus and the
vaccine, but were unsure
how the vaccine protected against cancer. Results
from these discussions
were used to develop educational materials about
HPV, which were presented to the community in the
second phase of the project. These materials provide the information that
parents need to make an
informed decision about
whether or not to vaccinate
their daughters.
The second phase of
the project began in 2012.
Its goal was to find out
whether an educational intervention would influence
Hopi and Tewa mothers’
decisions about HPV vaccination. The intervention
was delivered in March
and April of 2012, in a
unique format tailored to
Hopi and Tewa cultural
traditions. The researchers
hosted a series of community dinners for mothers
who had daughters aged
9 to 12 years, which is
the preferred age range
for HPV vaccination. The
dinner series was called
Hopimamant Itaaqatsiy
Oqalni’yyungwa (Hopi
Girls Sustain the Hopi
Way of Life). Altogether,
more than one hundred
mothers participated along
with their daughters. HPV

vaccination rates among
participating daughters increased during the twelve
months after the dinners.
Dr. Rachel Winer from
the University of Washington is leading the third
phase of the project, which
offers Hopi and Tewa
women the option of testing themselves for HPV.
Women who are interested in participating receive
an HPV test kit that they
can use in the privacy of
their homes. The primary goal of this third phase
is to learn whether Hopi
and Tewa women would
consider home testing an
acceptable way to screen
for cervical cancer in the
future. A secondary goal
is to learn whether HPV is
more common in women
who do not get regular Pap
tests than in women who
do. Participation is ongoing, and will continue into
2015.
Lorene Vicente, who
works as a Health Educator on this project, says
she has learned a lot from
providing community education. She did not realize
that cervical cancer rates
in American Indian women were so high. She hopes
that this work has educated Hopi and Tewa women,
and that it will help them
be mindful of the need for
regular Pap testing. “Hopi
and Tewa women are the
backbone of the home,”
she said. “No one should
ever die from cervical cancer.”
To learn more about the
project, contact Lorene Vicente, HPV Project Health
Educator, or Olivia Dennis, HPV Project Coordinator, at HOPI Cancer
Support Services (928734-1151).

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 7

Health Awareness

Get Yourself Tested for Colorectal Cancer
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Mihio Manus
Hopi Tutuveni

Colorectal cancer is a
cancer that occurs in the
colon or rectum. It is also
known as colon cancer.
Colorectal cancer is
the second leading cancer
killer in the United States.
This particular cancer
most often affects adults
50 years and older. If you
are an adult in this age
range, it would be a wise
decision to get screened
for colorectal cancer.
Rose
Tenakhongva,
Case Manager for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Program at Hopi Cancer
Support Services, said her
department has seen approximately five patients
come through regarding
Colorectal Cancer treatment. Tenakhongva assists patients in coordination with the Hopi Health
Care Center. She helps
providers to understand
how to use the test kits
and she helps patients to
understand how to provide
specimens for the screenings.
If you have a close relative that has tested positive for colorectal cancer
or has had colorectal polyps, your risk for getting
colorectal cancer is higher.
Having an inflammatory
bowel disease increases
your risk. Your risk also
increases if you have a
genetic syndrome such as
familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or hereditary
nonpolyposis colorectal
cancer.
Colorectal Cancer usually starts from polyps
in the colon or rectum.
A polyp is a growth that
shouldn’t be there. Over
time, these polyps can turn
into cancer.
Screening in adults over

I

f there is a high risk of colon cancer in your family’s
bloodlines, you should get
screened right away

age 50 can detect polyps
so they can be removed
before they turn cancerous. Screening can also
detect colorectal cancer
early and when found early the chances of being
cured are greater.
Testing and screening
is important because precancerous polyps and early-stage colorectal cancer
don’t always cause symptoms.
Someone could
have polyps and not even
know it.
“At first people are shy.
As they start to learn more
about it, it’s easier for everyone,”
Tenakhongva
said. “I’m finding out that
people would like to use
the test kit. Some people
were saying that it hurts.
When they learn the procedure it’s sometimes scary.”
However,
being
screened is beneficial to
the health of those in the
target age range.
Some colorectal cancer
can be indicated by certain
symptoms. These symptoms include blood in or
on your stool, stomach
pain or cramps that don’t
go away or losing weight.
Although these symptoms
could be related to general
health issues, the only way
to know what is causing
them is to see your physician.
There are several different screening tests that
can be used to find polyps
or detect colorectal cancer. The U.S. Preventative
Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for men and
women aged 50-75 using
high-sensitivity fecal occult blood testing (FOBT),
sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.
“These screenings check
for traces of blood,” she
said. “It could be a sign
that there may be something to look further into.

If it comes back positive,
then patients should go for
a colonoscopy. If there is a
high risk of colon cancer in
the family bloodlines, they
should go in right away.”
High-Sensitivity FOBT
(Stool Test)
There are two types of
FOBT: One uses the
chemical guaiac to detect
blood. The other, a fecal immunochemical test
(FIT), uses antibodies to
detect blood in the stool.
Test kits can be acquired
through your health care
provider with assistance
from Hopi Cancer Support
Service’s Colorectal Cancer Screening Program.
In this screening, you use
a stick or brush to obtain
a small amount of stool.
This sample is returned
to the doctor or lab where
they are checked for blood.
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
In this test, a doctor puts a
short, thin, flexible, lighted
tube into your rectum. The
doctor checks for polyps
or cancer inside the rectum
and lower third of the colon.
Colonoscopy
This procedure is similar
to flexible sigmoidoscopy,

except the doctor uses a
longer, thin, flexible, lighted tube to check for polyps
or cancer inside the rectum and the entire colon.
During this test the doctor
can find and remove most
polyps and some cancers.
Many insurance plans
and Medicare help pay for
colorectal cancer screening tests. Check with your
plan to find out which tests
are covered for you. If a
patient has no insurance
the test kits can be provided through the Colorectal
Cancer Screening program
under a contract with the
Arizona Department of
Health Services.
“There is assistance
provided in the form of
screening services,” Tenakhongva said. “We do
have an income eligibility
criteria.”
The Hopi Cancer Support Services and Colorectal Cancer Screening
Program would like to
convey that nationally
colorectal cancer is on the
radar screen. It is something that adults need to
acknowledge and because
of this it adults over age 50
should learn about it and
get themselves checked
according to guidelines.
“Early detection is what
were trying to catch,”
Tenakhongva said. “The
kit test doesn’t mean you
have cancer, it’s a detection that you might want to
get a colonoscopy.”

Opinion
Adultery
By Pastor Andy Magnarella
The colon is the large intestine or bowel and the rectum is the passageway that connects the colon to the anus.

The Bible says in Proverbs 6:32 “But whoso
committeth adultery with
a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it
destroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonour
shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped
away.” 1Corinthians 6:18
says, “Flee fornication.
Every sin that a man doeth
is without the body; but
he that committeth fornication sinneth against
his own body.” The Bible
clearly states that adultery,
and fornication is wrong.
The definition of fornication is: harlotry (including adultery and incest).
Not only is this morally
wrong but the Bible says
that if you commit these
acts you are not only sinning against God but
against yourself.
Hollywood and the philosophy of the world has
painted lust as love, and
has most of the world convinced that premarital sex
is a fun rollercoaster. Just
find somebody who will
ride it with you and when
you are done just walk
away and try it with someone else.
What they fail to tell you
is that sex is the binding of
two people together. Not
only physically but mentally and emotionally as
well.
Genesis 2:24 says,
“Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave
unto his wife: and they
shall be one flesh.” Mathew
19:6 says “Wherefore they
are no more twain, but one
flesh. What therefore God
hath joined together, let

not man put asunder.”
We see here that once
two people have become
one (Marriage - Sex), they
are not supposed to be broken up again.
When you have sex
with several different people you are hurting yourself. You are permanently
bonding with one person
and then ripping yourself
apart from them only to
bond again with another
person. This leaves many
emotional holes in your
life that cannot be healed.
Not only does this
wound you greatly forever but it creates distrust
in every relationship you
will ever have, including
the one you want to last
forever.
Adultery may be fun in
the moment but you will
be hurting yourself on
the inside forever causing
yourself much emotional
pain, distress, and distrust
in future relationships.
God created sex and all
the joys that go with it.
But, He created it for marriage. One man and one
woman together, till death
do you part! This is God’s
way for you to have happiness.
Ladies and Men don’t
get pressured into premarital sex. It will only hurt
you more then you can
imagine and the scars it
causes can ruin what could
be a perfect marriage later
in your life! Not to mention the STD’s that can kill
you or leave you childless.
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8 TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Indian Country

Legal/Public Notice

In the Hopi Tribal
In the Hopi Tribal
Pasqua Yaqui Tribe to implement special domestic Court,
Keams Canyon, Court, Keams Canyon,
Arizona
violence criminal jurisdiction under VAWA 2013 Arizona
In the Matter of the
In the Matter of the

Pilot Projects Allow Tribal Prosecution of Non-Indian Abusers For the First
Time in More Than Three Decades
WASHINGTON – The
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona will be one of three
American Indian tribes,
joining the Umatilla Tribe
of Oregon, and the Tulalip
Tribe of Washington, to
be the first in the nation to
exercise special criminal
jurisdiction over certain
crimes of domestic and
dating violence, regardless
of the defendant’s Indian
or non-Indian status, under
a pilot project authorized
by the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization
Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013).
“This is just the latest
step forward in this administration’s historic efforts
to address the public safety crisis in Indian country.
Every day, we’re working
hard to strengthen partnerships with tribal leaders
and confront shared challenges – particularly when
it comes to protecting Indian women and girls from
the shocking and unacceptably high rates of violence they too often face,”
said Attorney General Eric
Holder. “With the important new tools provided
by the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization
Act of 2013, these critical
pilot projects will facilitate
the first tribal prosecutions
of non-Indian perpetrators
in recent times. This represents a significant victory for public safety and the
rule of law, and a momentous step forward for tribal
sovereignty and self-determination.”
“The VAWA Pilot Project provides the Pascua
Yaqui Tribe the latitude
to exercise a wider jurisdictional range to pros-

ecute those who commit
domestic violence crimes
on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation,” stated U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo.
“The Pascua Yaqui now
have the legal ability to
prosecute such cases in
tribal court without recourse to the federal courts
thus affording the tribe
more local control in its
efforts to protect victims
of domestic violence on
its reservation. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe was one
of only three tribes in the
country chosen forthis national pilot project, and I
congratulate the Tribe on
its implementation of this
historic legislation.”
“Making the Pascua
Yaqui Reservation safe
and secure has been very
important to the Pascua
Yaqui Tribal Council. The
Tribal Council has made
stopping violence against
Native American women a
top priority issue. Our judicial system, like all other
judicial systems, will now
have the opportunity to address offenders for wrongs
committed against our
most vulnerable community members,” says Peter
Yucupicio, Tribal Chairman. “We no longer have
to simply stand by and
watch our Native women be victimized with no
recourse. I’m here to put
the community on notice,
perpetrators will be held
accountable in the tribe’s
own justice system,” adds
Raymond Buelna, Councilmember and Chairman
of the tribe’s Public Safety
Committee.
Although the provisions
authorizing the special ju-

risdiction take effect generally in March 2015, the
law also gives the Attorney
General discretion to grant
a tribe’s request to exercise the jurisdiction earlier, through a voluntary pilot project. The authority
to approve such requests
has been delegated to Associate Attorney General Tony West. Associate
Attorney General West
today congratulated tribal
leaders of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, the
Umatilla Tribe of Oregon,
and the Tulalip Tribe of
Washington on this historic achievement in letters to
the three tribes.
“The old jurisdictional
scheme failed to adequately protect the public – particularly native
women – with too many
crimes going unprosecuted and unpunished amidst
escalating violence in Indian Country,” stated Associate Attorney General
West. “Our actions today
mark an historic turning
point. We believe that by
certifying certain tribes to
exercise jurisdiction over
these crimes, we will help
decrease domestic and
dating violence in Indian
Country, strengthen tribal
capacity to administer justice and control crime, and
ensure that perpetrators of
sexual violence are held
accountable for their criminal behavior.”
Since the Supreme
Court’s 1978 opinion in
Oliphant v. Suquamish
Indian Tribe, tribes have
been prohibited from exercising criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian
defendants. This includ-

ed domestic violence and
dating violence committed by non-Indian abusers
against their Indian spouses, intimate partners and
dating partners. Even a
violent crime committed
by a non- Indian husband
against his Indian wife, in
the presence of her Indian children, in their home
on the Indian reservation,
could not be prosecuted by
the tribe. In granting the
pilot-project requests of
the Pascua Yaqui, Umatilla, and Tulalip tribes today,
the United States is recognizing and affirming the
tribes’ inherent power to
exercise “special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction” (SDVCJ) over
all persons, regardless of
their Indian or non-Indian
status.
As described in the Department of Justice’s Final
Notice on the pilot project,
today’s decisions are based
on a diligent, detailed review of application questionnaires submitted by
the tribes in December
2013, along with excerpts
of tribal laws, rules, and
policies, and other relevant
information. That review,
conducted in close coordination with the Department of the Interior and
after formal consultation
with affected Indian tribes,
led the Justice Department
to determine that the criminal justice system in the
Pascua Yaqui, Umatilla,
and Tulalip tribes have adequate safeguards in place
to fully protect defendants’
rights under the Indian
Civil Rights Act of 1968,
as amended by VAWA
2013.

Change of Name of: Anecia Nicole Domingo
Case No. 2014-CV0019, NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CHANGE
OF NAME.
Notice is hereby given
that Alicia Cuch has petitioned the court for the
change of name from: Anecia Nicole Domingo to
Anecia Nicole Cuch. Any
party seeking to intervene
in said proceeding must
file an appropriate pleading with the Hopi Tribal
Court no later than (30)
days after the publication
of this notice.
Dated: February 18,
2014
/s/ Margene Namoki,
Clerk of the Court

Change of Name of: Dylan
Marc Quochytewa
Case No. 2013-CV0133, NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CHANGE
OF NAME.
Notice is hereby given
that Rebecca Bilagody has
petitioned the court for
the change of name from:
Dylan Marc Quochytewa
to Dylan Marc Morningstar. 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: August 26, 2013
/s/ Belena Harvey, Clerk
of the Court

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3A519281306ee072e6. Public record. Not legal advice.