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Volume 30

WEDNESDAY

August
3, 2022

Number 15
83˚/ 45˚
Sunny

~Est. 1987 • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE HOPI TRIBE • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~

2022 Monsoon devastates
Lower Polacca and Hopi
lands

Hopi Day School
book club July
2022
PG 5

US to plant more
trees as climate
changes kills off
forests
PG 23

COLUMN

Page 17

LARRY’S CORNER

Native Rain Dance Read
more about it

More on Page 2 and 3

Page 8
COMMUNITY
Former Police Sergeant
named lead animal....

Flood waters reach many homes like this on the Hopi reservation on July 28, 2022 Photo by Romalita Laban/HT

Papal visit: Pope
takes first step
toward apology

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Hopi Tutuveni reporting on July 28,
2022 flooding occurring in Lower Polacca
residential area and Polacca Wash.
Homeowner Emmaline Naha re-living
flooding of her home for a second year in
a row. Her home was flooded in July 2021
when the Polacca Wash overflowed due to
rains and a broken dam in Pinon, Arizona.
Repairs were completed and a move
in was scheduled to occur two days ago
on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. However due

to continuous rains and yet another dam
breaking in Pinon, Arizona, once again the
home has been flooded from the overflow
coming out of the Polacca Wash into her
home.

Naha has been encouraged by family and friends to create a GoFund me
page for aid in this unfortunate outcome

A dam located in Pinon, Arizona has broken resulting in more water flow coming downstream through Polacca Wash. All photos by Romalita Laban/HT

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Emergency Declaration Issued from the Village of Walpi Office
Press Release
Submitted by: Alan Chavez, Village of
Walpi Administrator
Polacca, Ariz. - July 29, 2022, an Emergency Declaration was issued from the
Village of Walpi on July 28, 2022, for
the Polacca Region. We are experiencing
flood waters rising in the Polacca Wash
that has affected multiple homes in the
area and displaced families that were in
the process of rebuilding. The fact of the
matter is that our wash is in need of repair
via the Army Corp of Engineers, and due
to buildup of silt and clay there is little to
no room for the water to empty, from the
rush of the higher elevations. Last year a
Dam broke up stream in Navajo County
that has not been remedied. With global
warming at our door, we are experiencing
heavy rains that come and leave quickly,
and in the rain’s stead leave large amounts
of water with nowhere to go but to flood
the area. The culvert located at the 87
has issues also, with the heavy amount
of water traveling through, it is not large

enough to handle the flood waters of the
Polacca Wash.
As the village administrations of Sichomovi, Tewa/Hano, and Walpi work diligently to amass sandbags and create sand
berms, we are limited to the resources the
villages have and have requested aid from
the Hopi Tribe departments. Since 2021
this has been an ongoing issue that needs
remedy. The First Mesa Consolidated Villages Representatives Wallace Youvella,
and Dale Sinquah have made themselves
available and are working to acquire
Hesco Barriers for the use near homes,
schools, and sewer lagoons. The monsoon
season is upon us and we urge safety be on
everyone’s minds while traveling, please
stay clear of flooded areas, as just inches
of water can sweep away vehicles, or take
a person away with the swift traveling
water. The National Weather Service has
issued a Flood Advisory for this monsoon
season, and we will continue to work diligently to help aid our communities.

The Hopi Tribe, Water Resources Program Announces
Public Meetings

Triennial Review

Kykotsmovi, ARIZ. - July 28, 2022
Held at the following locations:
1.Moenkopi Senior Center 10:00AM September 14, 2022"
2.Kykotsmovi – Hopi Veterans Center 10:00
AM September 15, 2022"
3.Polacca -FMCV 10:00 AM September 16,
2022
In accordance with the Clean Water Act
(CWA) §303©(1), EPA’s implementation
guidance at 40 CFR 131.20, and §1.104 of the
Water Quality Standards (WQS) of the Hopi
Tribe, the WRP will be conducting its Hopi
WQS; and is seeking input from individuals,
Hopi Villages. Tribal program staff, and federal agencies involved in the use of, and protection or preservation of the Hopi water resources and quality.
The Hopi Tribe established water quality
standards (WQS) in 2011. Federal regulations require the Tribe to review them every
three years. If appropriate, the Tribe may be
retaining the standards or modify them based
on EPA review and approval. The Triennial
Review is a process leading to these potential
outcomes. Information from the meetings will

enable an understanding of the WQS program
and WRP’s role and responsibility in the implementation of the standards. A slide presentation, picture boards, and handouts will allow
you to understand water quality programs.
Questions regarding the Hopi WQS, the monitoring of surface water and groundwater, the
protection of and mitigation of springs and other water quality problems. Also, the role and
responsibility of the WRP about Tribal water
resources will be reviewed at the meetings."
You are invited to attend any one of the
meetings proposed above. You are also invited
to comment, ask questions, and express any of
your concerns relating to the quality of the water in your village. Your input will be considered and the drafting of the Triennial Review
Report and its submission to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region
9, in compliance with the Water Quality Standards review."
For more information about this announcement, please contact: The Hopi Tribe, Water
Resources
Program, P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ
86039, (928) 734-3712 or (928) 734-3713."

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Hopi Day School Book
Club - July 2022

Dinah Pongyesva, Hopi Tribe Public Library Technician was the Special Guest Reader and shared the book, “We Are Water Protectors” by Carole Lindstrom. Photo by original sender

Special to Hopi Tutuveni
By: Deborah Secakuku Baker
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – July 18, 2022 July Fourth was a
great day to celebrate our country's independence. It was
also the day for the July Hopi Day School Book Club.
Dinah Pongyesva, Hopi Tribe Public Library Technician
was the Special Guest Reader and shared the book, “We
Are Water Protectors” by Carole Lindstrom.
The book was written in response to the Dakota Access
Pipeline protests, the book tells the story of an Ojibwe
girl who fights against an oil pipeline in an effort to protect the water supply of her people. It also documents the
urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from
harm and corruption.
The book, “We are Water Protectors” is a picture book
vibrantly illustrated by a Native American artist, Michaela Goade. It incorporates designs from the woodland native tribes and does a wonderful job of turning the pipeline into the likeness of a snake. The book helps remind
us that all creatures and living things depend on water for

life. It is the winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal, a prestigious award given to the artist of the most distinguished
American picture book for children.
Pongyesva selected the book to correspond with the
summer theme of the Hopi Library “Oceans of Possibilities.” This theme is hosted by libraries across the country
and highlights books about the ocean and/or water. She
also stated this issue of protecting our water is an important issue to her and corresponds with our Hopi views of
being stewards of the land. She felt it was an important
story to introduce to our children.
Pongyesva also shared summer activities planned at
the Hopi Library for all youth including a special weeklong science camp presented by the AZ Science Center.
She also explained that Hopi library cards allow access to
all libraries in Navajo county and many on-line libraries.
I personally signed up for a library two years ago and was
able to access many of those on-line libraries. It was an
eye opener to be able to access many books through this
process. It was my first experience reading an ebook, a
sign of the times - but so exciting. Other programs the

Hopi Library offers include the Dolly Parton Imagination
Library; a monthly book club for preschool children that
provides a free book to children up to age 5.
Pongyesva’s huge announcement was that she is planning to bring back the Mobile Library by this fall. The
Mobile Library travels to the various Hopi villages and
enables many in the community the opportunity to check
out books and have access to the library.
Our Hopi Library is packed with so many more programs and invites the community to come to The Hopi
Library located at the Peace Academic Center in Kykotsmovi, AZ. Hopi Day School thanks Ms. Dinah Pongyesva for taking time to spend with us as a reader for the
HDS Book club and for her work to promote literacy in
our Hopi community.
August 1, 2022 will feature Hopi Vice-Chairman, Craig
Andrews as the Special Guest Reader. Join us on KUYI
Hopi Radio 88.1 FM, 89.1 LPFM or kuyi.net to listen to
the Hopi Day School Book Club at 6:05 pm on the first
Monday of the each month.

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Apology Not Accepted
Hopi Religion, a Religion That Was Never Conquered

The Menonite church at Orayvi established in the late 1800’s
AD, once stood as a way to convert Hopis to another religion.
Photo by: Carl Onsae

By: Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa
Guest Editorial
On June 13, 2000, Bishop Donald E. Pelotte, Bishop
of the Diocese of Gallup, NM of the Catholic Church
delivered an apology from the Pope to Hopi religious
leaders and cultural advisors in the chambers of the
Hopi Tribal Council in Kykotsmovi. The Pope’s apology
sought forgiveness for the abuses Franciscan missionaries had inflicted on Hopi people during the mission period (1629-1680)---abuses documented in Moquis and
Kastiilam: Hopis, Spaniards, and the Trauma of History,
a collaborative project between The Hopi Tribe and the
University of Arizona. Those abuses included the forced
labor of Hopi men, the suppression of Hopi religion, and,
worst of all, the rape of Hopi women.
Hopi religious leaders and cultural advisors sat silently as the bishop addressed them. There was awkward si-

lence that fell upon the gathering when the bishop concluded his apology. Then one of the Hopi men stood up
and addressed the bishop. “Apology not accepted. I don’t
accept your apology,” he stated. Several men rose and expressed similar statements, adding that the historical trauma inflicted by the Spanish on the Hopi people during the
mission period still haunted Hopi lives today. One by one,
Hopi religious and political leaders added reasons why
they could not accept the apology. Besides, if there was
ever going to be a full reconciliation, then the Pope himself should deliver the apology. Hopi also stated that if
the men of the Church were serious about correcting past
wrongs, then it should look into Hopi treaty rights, specifically land and water rights guaranteed by the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which are now at the heart of the
concerns facing the Hopi people. The bishop agreed to
take their messages to the Pope and look into the request
for help. The Hopi Tribe has not heard anything from the
bishop or the Church since then.
Having witnessed this event, I asked myself, “What if
the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was not successful? What if
the Hopi people weren’t able to drive the Spaniards out
of their villages and their homelands? What if the Hopi
practiced Catholicism instead of the Hopi way of life?”
By asking myself these questions, I slowly realized the
significance of the Pueblo Revolt in the history of the
Hopi people. Unlike other Pueblo people, we don’t have
Catholic churches in our communities or Hispanic last
names. We have been free to practice our religion and our
customs since 1680. We were never reconquered.
Another question that I asked myself is about the behavior of my own people. Have the Hopi people taken for
granted what our ancestors fought and died for, the abuses they endured, the sacrifices they have made and losses
they suffered? In my time with the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, I have witnessed changes in the behaviors
of the Hopi people, including my own. We act like we
are entitled. We behave differently at our own Katsina
ceremonies. We fight amongst ourselves instead of being
unified as a people. Moreover, the most offensive part of
all of this is that we put it on YouTube and other social
media outlets for the world to see. We need to protect
and safeguard what we have so that our way of life will
endure in our hearts, mind, and spirit.
In 1629, the Spaniards transformed the Hopi way of
life by inaugurating the Mission system in the three major Hopi villages of Awat’ovi, Songòopavi, and Orayvi.
Everything about the mission system was an assault on
the Hopi people. Hopi men were forced to carry beams to
build mission churches from Nuvatukyaovi. Some mis-

sionaries sent husbands away to gather water from distant
springs so they could rape their wives or take advantage
of their daughters. No wonder the Hopi term for missionaries is Tota’tsim, a tyrant, dictator, or demanding person
interested only in personal gain. The Hopis also viewed
the Spaniards as Na’na’önt or Na’öna, lazy.
The key to survival is accomplished through hard work,
yet both missionaries and encomenderos (those who held
grants of encomiendas, the labor system) had the right to
extract tribute---2.6 bushels of corn and one cotton manta
each year---from Hopi households, even during drought
years when Hopis barely produced enough food to feed
themselves. They also had to work for up to three days
a week tending to mission fields and mission herds of
sheep and cattle. Do you know how much water is needed to successfully cultivate cotton? Hopis were punished
severely if they failed to meet those demands.
As the drought worsened because Hopis could not
perform their ceremonies, Hopi men would sneak away
from the villages to rehearse songs, ceremonies, and religious practices so they would not be lost and forgotten.
And after one Hopi man from Orayvi named Sitkoyma
sponsored a Niman ceremony in the Katsina Buttes, the
missionary discovered his “idolatry,” whipped him in
the plaza, and poured scalding turpentine on his wounds.
After Sitkoyma’s brutal murder, Hopis began to discuss
whether they needed to take stronger action. They met
with other Pueblo people and finally decided that the only
way to preserve the Hopi way of life was to kill the missionaries and other Spaniards.
Every Hopi person knows that it takes hard work to
survive, incorporating the teachings of life and reciprocity we were given long ago. Survival requires a lifelong
commitment that involves faith, prayer, humility and
hard work. Our ancestors endured a lot for us to be where
we are today, to carry on our way of life as we have been
taught by them through the generations, and the right to
be called Hopisinom.
Tomorrow when you wake, pray and greet the Sun, ask
Taawa to deliver a message to our ancestors, a message
of Askwalí/Kwakwhá to those who had the courage to
stand up to the Tota’tsim, who fought for and protected
our unique way of life for each of us as Hopisinom today.
Let us not take our Hopi way of life for granted. Continue
to live in faith, prayer, humility and hard work the best we
can each day so that our children and future generations
will learn and receive it just as we received it from our
ancestors. Kwakwhá.
Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Interim Manager
Hopi Cultural Preservation Office

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Hopi Tutuveni Re-publishes the
Ever Relevant Guest Editorial

- "Apology Not Accepted - Hopi
Religion, a Religion That Was
Never Conquered"

By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor
- Hopi Tutuveni
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – July 28, 2022 and
the realization that the Hopi Tribe will
soon be observing Pueblo Revolt Day on
August 10, 2022 is set in while seeing
recent articles and posts on social media
regarding the Pope taking steps to apologize to Native peoples in Canada is also
occurring.
I am reminded, yet again, about the
published Guest Editorial - "Apology
Not Accepted - Hopi Religion, a Religion
That Was Never Conquered" by Stewart
B. Koyiyumptewa published in Hopi Tutuveni Volume 26 Number 12 published
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 and re-published
in August 2021 and how very relevant the
Guest Editorial, remains in 2022.
The Editorial speaks of the Diocese of
Gallup, NM of the Catholic Church attempting to deliver an apology to Hopi
religious leaders in 2000 and here in 2022,
the Catholic Church is making attempts
in another country, to another group of
Native peoples for past transgressions
against them by representatives of the
Catholic Church.
Hopi Tutuveni is sharing Indian Country Today’s “Papal Visit: Pope takes first
step toward apology” article in this current August 3rd publication and it only
seemed fit that we share Koyiyumptewa’s
Guest Editorial, as well.
The term "Tota’tsim - a tyrant, dictator, or demanding person interested only
in personal gain" was referenced by
Koyiyumptewa in the 2018 Editorial. In
2020-2021 Tribal Councilmen used the
term during 2020-2021 Council Sessions
in comparing and describing behaviors

they had been observing of some administrators during the Hopi Tribal Government Shutdown. The Shutdown has been
a response and result of the current world
wide pandemic which is still in effect this
day in 2022, while humanity continues
"fighting a foreign enemy of sorts" - the
Corona virus.
Interesting times and comparisons
which remind me to be grateful for all I
am blessed with, including still being able
to practice the Hopi culture and religion
the best way I can with my children and
grandchildren. I am also grateful to be
able to work for the Hopi people during a
time in which the Hopi Tribe is facing dire
economic limitations. I continue working for the people at the Tribe’s one and
only newspaper into this third year of the
worldwide pandemic because it is my way
of giving back to those who came before
me.
I am grateful too for the ability to read,
contemplate and be reminded of the closing remarks by Stewart noting, "Tomorrow when you wake, pray and greet the
Sun, ask Taawa to deliver a message to our
ancestors, a message of Askwalí/Kwakwhá to those who had the courage to stand
up to the Tota’tsim, who fought for and
protected our unique way of life for each
of us as Hopisinom today. Let us not take
our Hopi way of life for granted. Continue
to live in faith, prayer, humility and hard
work the best we can each day so that our
children and future generations will learn
and receive it just as we received it from
our ancestors. Kwakwhá." ~ Stewart B.
Koyiyumptewa, Interim Manager Hopi
Cultural Preservation Office.

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Former Police Sergeant Named Lead
Animal Control Officer

August is National
Charles Mahkewa brings nearly two
“Immunization
decades of service to new role
Awareness Month”
PRESS RELEASE
Submitted by: Bernadean Kachinhongva, HSAPC Mentor

(Photo 1) Charles Mahkewa, new Lead Animal Control Officer (Photo 2) Caption: Charles Mahkewa, new Lead Animal Control Officer meets with members of the community to discuss the
Small Animal Control Program during wellness event. Pictures by original sender

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Submitted by: Armando Saldivar,
Communication Specialist - Hopi Tribe/
CDC Foundation
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – July 18, 2022 the
Hopi Department of Health & Human
Services announced today that former police sergeant Charles Mahkewa is now the
Lead Animal Control Officer for the Small
Animal Control Program.
Mahkewa is a Hopi Tribal member
from the Village of Paqaavi and brings
with him, an extensive knowledge of our
homeland, and its surroundings and its
people.

“I have dealt with our Tribe's dog and
cat issues throughout my Law Enforcement career and know what it's going to
take to make some effective changes for
our animal friends,” Mahkewa said. “I'm
excited to be a part of this program and I
look forward to working with all the agencies and programs involved.”
Mahkewa was able to meet with members of the community and present important information regarding the Small
Animal Program during the Hopi Health
and Wellness Fair last week. Mahkewa
can be reached at (928) 497-1532 or by
email to ChMahkewa@hopi.nsn.us.

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - July 27, 2022, August is National “Immunization Awareness Month.” The Hopi Substance Abuse
Prevention Center (HSAPC) would like to
inform the community about the importance of immunizations.
It is also important to recognize that we
as Hopi do have medicinal healing practices that are beneficial to us. Although
having these teachings, some may not
completely protect us from evolving diseases. Vaccines are important to have the
best defense against illness and will help
to keep you and your future generations
healthy.
Our lifestyles can tend to keep us busy
and forget about our health. When we are
active in our addictions, we seldom think
of our health. Once we start to work on
bettering ourselves, that’s when we also
get our mind and body healthy. Let’s work

towards keeping our generations alive for
years. In the efforts to support National
Immunization Awareness month, HSAPC
would like to suggest we all make time
to get ourselves and help our loved one’s
vaccines up to date.
As a grant recipient of the Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family
- Trauma Informed Substance Abuse Prevention Program (funds provided through
SAMHSA), the HSAPC staff receive
trauma informed care training and utilize
strategies in our services. HSAPC mentors help individuals work through their
physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
healing journey. “We believe in honoring
ourselves by living an honest, sober, balanced life.” Healing begins with you! Be
patient with yourself as you begin to heal.
We encourage all to take the steps towards keeping healthy. To schedule an
appointment, call your local health facility. You can also call Hopi Health Care
Center at 928-737-6000. If you would like
HSAPC services call 928-734-0300.

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Downtown Phoenix Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Creatives
Collaborate to Bring Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration in October
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Submitted by: Candace Hamana – Hello Badger PR
Phoenix, Ariz. - July 12, 2022 Cahokia SocialTech +
ArtSpace, named the Best Place to Discover Emerging
Artists by Phoenix magazine, announced Indigenous
Peoples’ Day Phoenix Fest on Monday, October 10,
2022. Cahokia co-founders Eunique Yazzie and Melody
Lewis have partnered with the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation (RRCDC), The Churchill,
NDN Collective, Native Guitar Tours, Seven Layer Army
skateboards, and many others to create a celebration honoring this nation’s First Peoples.
The event is free, open to the public, and will be from
3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. It will feature a vendor market,
food trucks, skateboard demos and competition, a community zone, Indigenous film screenings with Indie Film
Fest, and musical guests on the Main Stage. The Churchill will be the host site for a paid VIP experience that
includes an Indigenous fashion show and select musical
artists on the NDN Collective Premiere Stage. More information about the VIP experience including ticket prices and performances to be announced in August.
“Indigenous Peoples' Day is about celebrating the indigeniety of people all over the world. This includes Indigenous people belonging to non-federally recognized
tribes, First People of other countries, and the 574 federally-recognized tribes in the United States; 22 of those
tribes are here in Arizona,” said Lewis. “The festival will
provide an opportunity to see and hear accurate representation of the wide diversity of Indigenous cultures, languages, and expressions of art.”

Yazzie, who is a board member with RRCDC, initiated
a collaboration between Indigenous creatives and social
entrepreneurs to pivot the artistic and cultural direction
during COVID. “As the downtown landscape was changing, the RRCDC recognized there were opportunities to
align with communities who shared the same goals. We
decided to partner with Cahokia SocialTech and Artspace
to fully visualize the mission of advancing arts-focused
initiatives for artists, entrepreneurs and residents, cultivating creative space within the Roosevelt Row Arts District,” said Yazzie.
The planning committee of this year’s event is 90 percent Indigenous and includes collaborative efforts from
over 40 ambassadors and 15 members of Cahokia representing Indigenous-owned businesses and organizations.
Other out-of-state organizations like NDN Collective and
New Mexico Community Capital are providing additional resources and opportunities to amplify civic engagement efforts during the event.
“We are proud supporters of Indigenous excellence,
especially in art, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and
sports and we believe that by gathering and celebrating
who we are today, we can continue building Indigenous
power, one community at a time. We are even more proud
to continue supporting Cahokia SocialTech + ArtSpace as
they strive to create space for free and liberated thought
and expression. We look forward to the opportunity to
meet and learn more about the Phoenix area Indigenous
community,” said Lycia Maddocks, Political Director and
Head of Policy Advocacy at NDN Collective.
For more information please visit the event website at
www.ipdphx.com.

Event Details
•
What: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Phoenix Fest
•
Where: First and Garfield Streets
•
When: Monday, October 10, 2022
•
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
•
Cost: General Admission: FREE, VIP Tickets:
to be announced.
About Cahokia, Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation, and NDN Collective
Cahokia is a female-owned, Indigenous-led Social
Tech + Art Space in downtown Phoenix. On the ancestral
lands of the O'odham and Piipaash, Cahokia is an established enterprise between social entrepreneurs and community-based organizations whose mission is to support
and revitalize underrepresented communities through capacity building, place-making, place-keeping, workforce
training and collaboration.
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation
(CDC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, whose mission is to advance arts-focused initiatives for artists, entrepreneurs and residents, cultivating creative space within a sustainable Roosevelt Row Arts District. For more
information, please follow Roosevelt Row on Facebook
and Instagram.
NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. Through organizing,
activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building,
and narrative change, we are creating sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms.

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HEALTH

HEALTH

6 Things to Know About COVID-19
What You Need to Know About
Vaccines for Children Under 5
Life-Saving COVID-19 Treatments
(StatePoint) While stopping the spread
of COVID-19 is the goal, the reality is that
every day, more people contract the disease. For this reason, it’s important to be
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The Treating COVID-19 Campaign,
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• Know your risk. It’s important to
know if you’re at high risk for severe illness from COVID-19, as this can determine what treatments are available to you.
There are many factors that may put you
in the “high risk” category, including if
you’re 65 and older, you smoke cigarettes,
you have a chronic lung disease, are immunocompromised, or are living with certain medical conditions, including chronic
lung disease, heart disease, diabetes and
chronic kidney disease. Individuals who
are overweight or pregnant also fall in the
high-risk category. You can see a full list
at Lung.org/covid-19.
• Test, and then treat, at onset of symptoms. Experiencing symptoms that may be
COVID-19? Get tested right away. If you
test positive and are high risk, speak with
your healthcare provider promptly about
treatment options that may help prevent
severe illness and reduce the risk of hospitalization. Currently available treatments
include antivirals or monoclonal antibody treatments (mAbs). Your healthcare
provider can help you determine the best
course of treatment for you, which needs
to start as soon as possible to help prevent
possible progression of severe illness.
• Get informed. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized certain antiviral medications and monoclonal antibod-

ies. Antivirals and monoclonal antibodies
can help your immune system fight off the
coronavirus infection, with a goal of preventing you from becoming seriously ill.
Antivirals target certain parts of the virus
to stop it from replicating, while monoclonal antibodies help the immune system
better recognize and stop the infection. In
both cases, medications need to be prescribed by a healthcare provider and started as soon as possible after diagnosis to
be effective.
• Be your own advocate. Many patients
have discovered firsthand that persistence
can be necessary when it comes to getting treatment for COVID-19. When Jill
Hein’s 83-year-old father tested positive,
his primary care provider told him he
wasn’t very sick and to go home and call
if he got any sicker.
“When this information was relayed
back to me, I objected and asked that Dad
follow up with his pulmonologist immediately. He didn’t want to, insisting that his
primary care provider said he was doing
okay. It wasn’t until I told Mom, ‘This can
kill him,’ that I got through to them and
she called his pulmonologist for a second
opinion. Within four hours of having the
infusion, Dad felt himself getting better.
Over the next couple days, he continued
to improve at home. Thankfully, he fully
recovered,” says Hein.
For more information about treatment
options, as well as COVID-19 care tips,
visit lung.org/treating-covid.
With people taking fewer precautions as
COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, the virus is spreading at a high rate. The good
news is that there are treatments available
for the most vulnerable among us to help
avoid severe illness and hospitalization.

(StatePoint) COVID-19 vaccines are
now available for children under 5 years
old, and the American Medical Association (AMA) is urging parents to get their
children vaccinated.
“The wait for this moment has been excruciating for parents who were ready on
day one for their children to receive a vaccination to prevent severe COVID,” says
Jack Resneck, Jr., M.D., president of the
AMA. “While there is overwhelming scientific evidence showing the COVID-19
vaccines are safe and effective, we know
many parents and families still have questions.”
Here are six things to know about pediatric COVID-19 vaccines for kids under
5:
1. The vaccines are safe: The U.S. Food
and Drug Administration and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
reviewed all trial safety data before authorizing and recommending vaccines for
children under 5. The vast majority of side
effects were mild, including irritability
and crying, sleepiness, fatigue and loss of
appetite.
2. The vaccines are effective: Both the
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines
are effective at preventing severe disease.
Based on 230 pages of data, regulators
said the vaccines show a strong immune
response in children, and are somewhat
effective at preventing symptomatic disease.
3. They’re widely available: Vaccines
will be available at pediatricians’ offices,
as well as from primary care physicians.
Information on locations near you is avail-

able at vaccines.gov.
4. COVID-19 poses a danger to children: According to the CDC, COVID-19
is a leading cause of death among children
ages 0-19 years. Among children in the
United States aged 6 months to 4 years,
there have been more than 2 million cases
of COVID-19, more than 20,000 hospitalizations, and more than 200 deaths since
the beginning of the pandemic.
5. There is more than one dose: Like
most vaccines, the COVID-19 vaccines
involve more than one dose. Pfizer’s vaccine is a three-dose primary series at onetenth the dosage of the adult formulation.
The Moderna vaccine primary series is a
two-dose regimen, spaced four to eight
weeks apart, at one-fourth the dosage of
the adult formulation. Booster shots will
likely be part of the regimen, too, just as
they are for other age groups.
6. Getting up to date is important: Make
sure your child is up to date on all vaccines when they get the COVID-19 vaccine. Adolescents and adult immunizations declined during the pandemic and an
estimated 26 million recommended vaccinations were missed in 2020 as compared
to 2019.
If you have additional questions, speak
with your physician and review trusted resources, including getvaccineanswers.org.
“COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, they’re backed by science and
data; they work. More than 1 million people in the United States have died from
COVID, and I urge you to keep yourself
and your loved ones safe by getting vaccinated,” says Dr. Resneck.

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Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency
Response JULY 20, 2022 Report
KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – July20, 2022
This data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s website “COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.
Hopi Health Care Center – Community COVID-19 Testing & Vaccination Information
COVID-19 vaccines are available in the afternoons on Mondays and Wednesdays for the
month of July for those 6 months and older. To schedule an appointment call (928) 737-6148 or
737-6081.
Appointments are required. For questions about COVID-19 vaccines please call (928) 7376198 or 737-6197.
COVID-19 Testing Drive-up Testing schedule: Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30 AM – 9:00
AM. Enter at the west entrance & drive around back. Mask must be worn by everyone in your
vehicle. Please stay in your vehicle at all times. To schedule for testing or for more information
please call (928) 737- 6187 or 6233.
A COVID-19 Hotline has been created by the Hopi Health Care Center to assist with all
COVID-19 related questions and service requests. The hotline is open Monday–Friday from 8
AM – 5 PM. To contact the COVID-19 hotline please call (928) 737-6187.
WHEN USING AN AT-HOME TEST IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU REPORT
YOUR RESULTS TO THE
COVID-19 HOTLINE AT HOPI HEALTH CARE CENTER OR TUBA CITY REGIONAL
HEALTH CARE CORPORATION SO THAT ACCURATE DATA IS PROVIDED TO THE
COMMUNITY.
VACCINE UPDATE:
On June 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of
the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention
of COVID-19 to include use in children down to 6 months of age. For more detailed information
please visit www.cdc.gov
TUBA CITY REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (TCRHCC) COVID-19 TESTING & VACCINATION INFORMATION:
Testing, and now vaccinations, at TCRHCC are being held at the outdoor tent Monday – Friday
from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time. Rapid and CEPHEID tests can take approximately 3 hours. Send out tests can take 2-3 days. The address for Tuba City Regional Health Care
Corporation is 167 N. Main Street, Tuba City, AZ. For more information regarding Tuba City
Regional Health Care Corporation’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic and testing, please call 1-866976-5941. TCRHCC has at-home COVID-19 test kits available for the community. To request a
test kit please go through the drive up tent from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time or go
to the pharmacy drive up window after hours.
FREE AT-HOME COVID-19 TESTS:
You can now order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the U.S. government at covidtests.gov
by calling 1-800-232- 0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489). Only 4 tests come in an order and only two
orders per household. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. Please do not wait to order your tests
when you have been exposed or become symptomatic as the tests will not arrive in enough time
for you to be tested. So please order them now so that you and your loved ones can be prepared.
Households that did not place their first two orders of test kits, can now place their first, second,
AND third order. They must complete the ordering process above three (3) times to place both a
first, second, and third order (for a total of 16 test kits; 4 kits for first order, 4 kits for second order,
8 kits for third order).
FREE N-95 MASKS:
The CDC now has a resource on their website where you can see a list of local pharmacies that
have free N-95 masks by using your zip code. Click here or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888720-7489).
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION CALCULATOR:
The CDC now has a Quarantine and Isolation calculator that helps determine how long you
need to isolate or quarantine.
SYMPTOMS, QUARANTINE, AND ISOLATION:
Watch for Symptoms - people with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported –
ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to
the virus and can range from mild to severe. The following are COVID-19 symptoms that people
may experience:
• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
•New loss of taste or smell
•Sore throat
•Congestion or runny nose
•Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
This list does not include all possible symptoms. CDC will continue to update this list as we
learn more about COVID-19. Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious
complications from COVID-19 illness.”
Currently, the local health department and HHCC are implement the previously recommended
CDC guidelines which is a 10 day isolation for those who test positive and a 14 day quarantine
for those exposed to an infected individual.
(GLOSSARY ON PG. 5)
Be aware that when someone tests positive they became contagious 2 days before they developed symptoms, or if they are not experiencing symptoms 2 days before they tested positive not
the day they received their results. If someone was less than 6 feet away from a potential positive
case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24 hour period they would be considered
a close contact regardless of whether or not both parties were wearing masks. For example, Molly
was within 6 feet of Craig on Thursday night for 10 minutes and on Friday morning for 5 minutes.
Craig developed symptoms Saturday evening, was tested for COVID on Monday, and received
their results on Wednesday. Because Molly was within 6 feet of Craig for a total of 15 minutes
over a 24 hour period within the 2 day timeframe she is now considered to be a close contact. If
you have been identified as a close contact you may or may not need to quarantine depending on
your vaccination status.
If an unvaccinated individual that is not positive is having to take care of someone that is infected, they will need to quarantine for 14 days beginning on the infected person’s 10th day of
isolation, with that day being Day 0 and the following day being Day 1. That means the caregiver
could potentially be out of work for 24 days. If a vaccinated person that is not positive is having
to take care of someone that is infected, they will not have to quarantine but will need to get
tested 5 days from the 10th day of the infected person’s isolation. If a vaccinated person develops
symptoms while caring for an infected person they will need to get tested as soon as possible and
remain at home until they receive their results.
Re-testing of COVID-19 Positive Employees. Per guidance and alignment with HHCC, CDC,
state and local health departments, and OSHA workplace guidance for COVID-19 re-testing of
positive or suspected COVID-19 employees before they return to work, nor providing letters to
go back to work is not recommended.
The recommended reason for not re-testing is an individual may continue to test positive on
a viral test long after they are recovered from COVID-19. These dead viral particles will turn
viral tests positive even though they cannot cause disease in others. The Hopi Health Care Center
strongly encourages employers to use the CDC’s symptom and criteria below even if they continue to test positive. Once they meet the three criteria, they are no longer considered infectious
to others. However, if the employee was severely ill (hospitalized) or in immunocompromised,
plead advise them to visit their primary care provide before returning to work.
The “checklist” below has been updated as of the most recent COVID-19 guidelines from the
CDC and will be used by employers to determine when an employee with confirmed COVID-19
may return to work safely. For additional questions, please call the Hopi Health Care Center
COVID-19 hotline (928) 737-6188.
□ It’s been at last ten days since I first had symptoms or received my positive diagnosis if I’ve
not had symptoms (please note date of first symptoms: (________)
□ Overall my symptoms have improved and I am feeling better.
□ It’s been at least 72 hours since I last had a fever without using fever-reducing medicine.
If you checked all three boxes, you are no longer a considered at risk to infect others and can
go back to work!

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Biden Administration launches heat.gov with tools for
communities facing extreme heat
News Release
The White House
Today, the Biden Administration through the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System
(NIHHIS) launched Heat.gov, a new website to provide
the public and decision-makers with clear, timely and
science-based information to understand and reduce the
health risks of extreme heat. Heat.gov will provide a onestop hub on heat and health for the nation and is a priority
of President Biden’s National Climate Task Force and its
Interagency Working Group on Extreme Heat.
Extreme heat has been the greatest weather-related
cause of death in the U.S. for the past 30 years — more
than hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding or extreme cold —
killing over 700 people per year. In addition, the heat crisis does not affect people equally. Extreme heat mortality
disproportionately affects Native American and Black
communities, as well as those living in the urban core or
very rural neighborhoods, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The launch of Heat.gov is just the latest measure to
address extreme heat. With funding from the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, the Biden Administration has invested in programs to build resilient infrastructure that helps
communities withstand extreme heat, drought, wildfires
and other heat-related hazards. Additionally, the Administration has made record investments to help families
with their household energy costs, including summer
cooling.
“President Biden has directed us to respond to the
extreme heat gripping the nation. Extreme heat is a silent killer, yet it affects more Americans than any other weather emergency — particularly our nation’s most
vulnerable,” said Gina McCarthy, White House National
Climate Advisor. “Heat.gov is an exciting new and accessible website designed to help everyone become engaged
with their community, their state-level government, and
federal partners, to take actions that can reduce the deadly
health impacts of extreme heat.”
To serve the American people, Heat.gov offers maps,
data and information from across disciplines, from inside
and outside of government, that will enable informed
decisions by communities on a daily basis and allow
planning weeks and months ahead. The site features
heat information from across federal agencies, including
heat forecasts from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service,
the new national Climate and Health Outlook developed
by the Department of Health and Human Services, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Heat and

Health Tracker, as well as heat planning and preparedness
guides. Heat.gov also includes information on National
Integrated Heat Health Information System programs;
events and news articles; heat and health program funding opportunities; and information to help at-risk communities.
“Addressing the climate crisis, including extreme heat,
has been a top priority for the Biden-Harris Administration, and at the Department of Commerce, we have been
working to use every tool at our disposal,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “Heat.gov leverages innovation and data to help deliver timely and accurate
information to the public. As extreme heat conditions
impact millions of Americans, this site will help ensure
that all our communities, including our most vulnerable,
have access to the data, tools and resources they need to
mitigate heat impacts.”
July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth,
and summers are getting hotter and deadlier. The annual
average temperature of the contiguous United States has
already warmed over the past few decades and is projected to rise by 5°F – 8.7°F by the end of this century.
Heat-related illnesses and death are largely preventable
with proper planning, monitoring and education. City
officials, the growing number of heat resilience officers,
as well as doctors, nurses, first responders, researchers
and the general public, are increasingly requesting federal support to understand the complex and dangerous
impacts of extreme heat. Heat.gov helps to meet this
growing demand for authoritative heat and health tools
and information.
“For far too long, our most vulnerable populations are
the ones who bear the brunt of extreme heat,” said Health
and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who established the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity
at HHS as directed by President Biden’s first executive
order on tackling the climate crisis. “Heat.gov provides
real tools and resources that can help people who are suffering. This is one more important step the Administration is taking to address climate change’s impact on our
health and our lives.”
“Extreme heat is a global health threat, and due to
human-caused climate change, it’s getting worse,” said
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “Reducing the risks of
extreme heat in our country requires a whole-of-government effort, which is why NOAA has led a large federal
coalition to create, launch and manage Heat.gov. This
website will improve public health and help us build a
Climate-Ready Nation.”
“Currently, few health systems have heat action plans

and heat exposure is rarely integrated into real-time clinical health decision-making for patients,” said Cecilia
Sorensen, M.D., associate professor and director of the
Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education offsite link at Columbia University. “With more frequent,
intense and longer lasting heat waves, there is an urgent
need for increased health system preparedness to meet the
growing burden of heat-related illness. These new tools
will allow health systems easy access to the information
they need to promote climate-readiness and heat-resiliency, ultimately improving patient and community health
outcomes while reducing system-wide impacts and improving the efficiency of health systems.”
Heat.gov is a collaboration of National Integrated Heat
Health Information System’s federal government partners, including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
Climate Program Office and National Weather Service,
in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, founded National Integrated Heat Health Information System to bring together all federal agencies
and programs focused on societal heat resilience to jointly improve federal, state and local capacity to reduce the
health, economic and infrastructural impacts of extreme
heat.
Heat.gov was created in collaboration with Esri, a
geographic information system company. The website is
hosted on Esri’s cloud-based geospatial platform, which
allows easy access to a range of features, such as localized heat information, links to heat tools across the federal government, and an interactive map of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National
Integrated Heat Health Information System urban heat
island mapping campaigns. The site supports open data
access, enabling communities and planners to integrate
federal heat information into their own decision-making.
To keep up with National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and National Integrated Heat Health Information System’s latest extreme heat health resilience
efforts, subscribe to the Heat Beat Newsletter.

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Court fights raise caution flags on green energy push

In addition to concerns about toxic waste, the lithium mine sits on federal land local tribes
say is a sacred site where dozens of their ancestors were massacred by the US Cavalry
Scott Sonner
Associated Press
RENO, Nev. — Opposition from friends, not foes, is
creating potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s
green energy agenda on federal lands in the blue-leaning,
Western swing state of Nevada.
Two lithium mines and a geothermal power plant in
the works in the biggest U.S. gold-mining state are under
attack from conservationists, tribes and others who otherwise generally support Biden's efforts to expedite the
transition from fossil fuels to renewables.
The conflicts put a spotlight on an emerging reality as
the Biden administration tries to meet its goal of having
the U.S. power grid run on clean energy by 2035.
Renewable or not, the actual mining of the resources faces many of the same regulatory and environmental hurdles the government has encountered for decades
when digging for coal or drilling for oil.
Whether it's tapping hot underground water to generate electricity with steam-powered turbines or extracting
lithium to make electric car batteries, the operations still
must comply with laws designed to protect wildlife habitat, cultural and historical values, and guard against pollution or other degradation of federal lands.
During a recent failed attempt to overturn a Nevada
water permit for a mine near the Oregon line above the
biggest known lithium deposit in the nation, opponents
raised some of the same concerns leveled four decades
ago about some of the largest gold mines in the world.
Specifically, the Great Basin Resource Watch and others say the lithium mine will produce toxic waste. More
generally, they still accuse regulators of rubber-stamping
industry plans without a thorough review of the potential
harms.
“Everything seems to be in the hands of the mining
company,” Sarah Wochele, a mining justice organizer
for the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, said
at last month's appeal hearing. “And we just ignorantly
praise new technology, new technology.”
Ramped up domestic production of lithium is key to
Biden’s blueprint for a greener future, a critical element
for electric vehicle batteries. Worldwide demand for the
lightest metal on Earth is projected to increase six-fold by
2030 compared to 2020.
The big deposit bordering Oregon where Lithium Nevada plans to begin construction in December is “vital
to our national security and nation’s need for lithium to
support green energy development and achieve climate

change objectives,” the company said in recent court filings.
But in addition to concerns about toxic waste, the mine
sits on federal land local tribes say is a sacred site where
dozens of their ancestors were massacred by the U.S.
Cavalry in 1865.
Another big lithium mine still on the drawing board,
halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, is home to a rare
desert wildflower the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has
proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
Meanwhile, the geothermal power plant faces both
cultural and environmental challenges in a case pending
before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The San Francisco-based appellate court could rule
any day on a lawsuit seeking to halt the development in a
high-desert oasis 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of Reno
where a rare toad currently protected under the Endangered Species Act lives in the same hot springs where Native Americans have worshipped for thousands of years.
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management approved Ormat Nevada's geothermal project last
November over the objections of another Interior agency,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Since then, USFWS has taken the rare step of declaring
the Dixie Valley toad endangered on a temporary emergency basis — something it's done only one other time
in 20 years.
This month, the Center for Biological Diversity and
the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe amended their lawsuit
against the Reno-based Ormat and the Bureau of Land
Management in U.S. District Court in Reno to include
the April listing.
The updated version alleges both are in violation of the
Endangered Species Act because they've failed to halt
construction "despite USFWS’s unambiguous finding
that the project poses an imminent and existential risk to
the Dixie Valley toad.”
The government hasn't responded yet, but the case continues in district court on a parallel track with the appellate court. And the ongoing legal battles underscore the
difficulty of turning Biden’s vision of a cleaner energy
future into reality.
Administration officials insist they’ve known all along
that implementing their plans to slow the warming of the
Earth wouldn’t be easy.
“Catalyzing the clean energy economy and seeing
renewable energy projects through to completion is no
small task,” said Tyler Cherry, press secretary for Interior
Secretary Deb Haaland.

“Indeed, these are complex, large-scale projects that require a robust public process,” he wrote in an email July
12 to the AP in response to a request for comment.
The three-judge panel at the 9th Circuit that heard
oral arguments on the geothermal case in June said they
couldn't consider the April listing of the toad because it
came after the appeal was filed in January.
But the judges acknowledged USFWS had raised similar objections in earlier opinions, warning about the likelihood the geothermal plant's operations could push the
toad to the brink of extinction.
The Justice Department lawyer representing the bureau, Michelle Melton, said federal law required the bureau to consider USFWS's criticisms but it wasn't bound
by them.
The emergency listing of the toad doesn’t change the
bureau's position that the project will have no significant
impact on the tribe or the toad, she said.
“Fish and Wildlife has a different opinion," Melton
said. “It was not a surprise to BLM that Fish and Wildlife
felt that way.”
Ormat Vice President Paul Thomsen said the emergency listing overstates the potential impact of the project on
the toad partly because it makes false assumptions about
underground faults in the geothermal reservoir it intends
to tap.
“There are sufficient safeguards in place to avoid endangering the toad,” he wrote June 6 in comments to USFWS.
The 9th Circuit judges appeared sympathetic last month
to some of the opponents' arguments. But they noted that
the lower court judge had weighed the pros and cons and
determined the public was best served by allowing the
temporary injunction blocking construction to expire 90
days after it was issued in February.
They pointed to Judge Robert C. Jones' conclusion that
the electricity produced at the geothermal plant would
significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared
to other energy production facilities and that “depriving
the public of a source of carbon-free" electricity is not in
the public’s best interest.
Scott Lake, a lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity, said the benefits of renewable energy resources
are “something the tribe and the center actually agree
with.”
“But nothing in the record establishes a public interest
in, or a compelling need, for this particular project ... on
a tribal sacred site and in such a way that threatens the
entire existence of the Dixie Valley toad,” he said.

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Tunatya - Intention

Hiisa - Many

Kwisto - Get

Itsivu - Intolerant

Paati - Melt

Yup’a - Go ahead

Tuwat - In turn

Qa’ãntipu - Mistake

Nima - Go home

Qanaani - Jealous (feel)

Qaavo - Next day

Nakwhana - Grant per-

Tumala - Job

Aa’awna - Notify

mission

Henanata - Jog

Ephaqam - Now & then

Tutskwa - Ground

Suumi - Join

Himu’yva - Obtain

Naasami - Half-dollar

Hintaqa - Kind (what)

Paypi - Oh Well!

Hiñti - Happen (what)

Tuwi’yta - Know

Namora - Option (choice)

Hãalayi - Happy

Ngasta - Lacking

Angqw - Out of origin

Kyaktayti’i - Hurry

Lavayi - Language

Tuqayvasta - Pay Atten-

Wuuni - Idea (thought)

Qa iits - Late

tion

Pashimu - Important

Tayati - Laugh

Qe’ti - Quit

Sonkya - Improbable

Ya’makma - Leave (exit)

Yõoyoki - Rain

Songyawnen - In effect

Awtuuqayta -Listen

Tutuwna - Instruct

Tunatyawta - Look after

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Larry’s Corner

Native Rain Dance
Hopis say we are prepared for anything and that
nothing could hurt us because we are so isolated,
but that’s not true. I believe we are the least prepared
people in the world…well, I can’t say it’s all true
because we never had such an event before, so I can
give you that one. So recently, the Hopi reservation
had some outlandish flood waters rip through the
Hopi mesas. It was like last year when the washes in
the Hopi reservation flooded over, and people were
in a panic; it was like it had never rained hard like
that before.
I thank the rain gods for sending these flood rains
to the Hopi mesas, and it tested our faith in both rain
gods and our shovels. Did you know natural disasters take fake money to fight something so natural?
I didn’t know that either. But who’s to say that we
need money to fight anything so natural? But I guess
money still takes the top to do something. Of course,
money is not the only thing to make things happen
sometimes, it just takes some good ol’ elbow grease
and a good heart to accomplish something.
I heard that other villages and washes were bringing things like chairs, refrigerators, freezers, couches, and even a cow was floating in the strong flood
waters. No one told these people to help with what
needed to be done, and no one paid for their services; it was just an automatic reaction and done
for the satisfaction of just helping people. Hopis
call this action Híta’nangwa or doing something

helpful without being told or asked to do so. Of
course, many good people on the Hopi reservation
help someone without asking for something in return, but sometimes it’s not always like that. Sadly, many people want something in return for doing
something so simple, like emptying the trash for the
elderly or even taking someone to the local store to
get something to eat.
Mainstream society has taught us that we must get
something in return for our deeds. But that’s just the
younger generation. If we taught the younger generation that money is not what you need, the idea is to
teach them that we, as Hopi people, don’t need money to survive. Of course, we need it for our snacks
at the local store, but if we teach the younger generation, we can survive without money and with the
power of our culture.
We have become so detached from the Hopi world
that we now follow mainstream society. It tells us
that some people might harm us if we pick up a fellow person who is simply hitchhiking at the local
store, or we might succumb to social hate if we help
the wrong person that others don’t like. We have
become so distrustful and disrespectful to each other that we forget that simply helping someone, like
bringing in the wood for grandpa or taking someone
to the local store so they can get something for their
children, is something we as a community committed to doing. We forgot that we are a community, a

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village, or a family.
We want to keep to ourselves and stay safe, and I
get it; the world is different nowadays. It can sometimes feel unsafe, and it can affect us feeling like we
need to protect ourselves rather than our community.
I know some people had horrible experiences with
people and became distrustful of others. Still, if you
care for your community or yourself and whoever
you like or love, then you would be able to do anything for them.
My advice to you is that it is hard to trust someone
when you have fallen victim to distrust from someone you trusted. But we all do need to try to learn
or relearn to trust one another again. We will be better prepared for what’s to come when the storm hits
again. I hope that makes sense…because I feel like
I was rambling. If you can make sense of what I
was talking about…here’s to “more meow in your
buck.”
But, be kind to someone in need because we all
need someone to lean on from time to time. Sometimes we all need to feel dependent on someone
who we can trust. So, when I drive my “cat-mobile”
around the Hopi mesas, say hi, and I might pick
you up if you give me pizza money…just kidding; I
might pick you up because I’m a cool cat like that.

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FBI: 177 missing Native people in
New Mexico, Navajo Nation
Shaun Griswold
Source New Mexico
For Indian Country Today
Walcie Downing was last seen in 1956. Her case is
the oldest on the list. Brittney Clinton, Clark Lanaya and
Jimmy Owens were last seen a few days ago, on July 14.
They are the latest additions.
According to the FBI, 177 Native Americans are missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation.
The FBI’s list, released Monday, comes from a lengthy
review of existing law enforcement databases tracking
missing cases involving Native Americans. The FBI
spent six months compiling the info.
The majority of the cases were reported within the last
five years, though there are some from the 1970s through
the 1990s. But a case like Downing’s that goes back more
than 60 years shows the scope of systemic failure when it
comes to finding justice for missing or murdered Native
Americans in this region, and across the country.
One-hundred and seventy-seven. That number is key
in part because it’s the first time law enforcement found
some agreement on how many active cases exist.
After an examination of all agencies that keep files on
missing Native American cases in this area, the FBI consolidated the information into a single database to determine there are 177 active cases in the state and from the
Navajo Nation.
That number does not include open murder investigations or cold cases.
The FBI’s list of missing Native Americans in New
Mexico and across the Navajo Nation can be seen at
www.fbi.gov/mmip. People with information on any case
are asked to contact their local FBI office. Anyone who
wants to add a person to the list is to contact local police.
Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous
Women and Relatives rose through social media posts
— #MMIW #MMIWR — into federal policy. And as the
public pressure grew, law enforcement explained that inconsistent reporting between police agencies did not allow them to understand exactly how many people this
affects. Community groups agreed, lifted the issue, and
asked when and how information-sharing and paperwork
problems could be resolved so more relatives could be

brought home.
In an attempt to address inconsistencies when missing
persons reports are filed, the FBI said its new database
will be a centralized and easier way for all law enforcement — local, state, tribal and federal — to submit the
info.
“I want to make this clear that it’s not a finished product. It’s only a starting point,” said Raul Bujanda, special
agent in charge at the Albuquerque FBI Field Office.
Bujanda announced the new database flanked by federal and state officials. New Mexico Secretary of Indian
Affairs Lynn Trujillo said it’s a solid starting point in determining how many people are missing.
Trujillo, Sandia / Taos / Acoma, administers the New
Mexico MMIWR Task Force. The group has long called
for a centralized database where all law enforcement
agencies file cases of people who’ve gone missing. In
May 2022, the task force released an action plan that
highlights issues caused by police agencies not communicating with one another.
“This will help us better understand the depth of the
crisis here in New Mexico, which is something that the
task force found in their report, in the beginning of their
work,” Trujillo said. “We still did not understand how
many people are truly missing here in the state of New
Mexico.”
Families seeking answers have reported instances of
cases jumping between agencies, or worse, situations
where police are unable to determine who has jurisdiction on a case. This wastes valuable time in the immediate
hours after a person goes missing.
Staffing in rural police departments is another issue —
one that leaves local police to rely on federal resources
when they are available.
Families reporting missing relatives sometimes wait
days before an officer responds to file an initial report.
Follow-up reports, when they happen, can take weeks,
months or even years.
“That was the reason why we started, because that
number was so inconsistent. And everyone was doing the
right thing,” Bujanda said. “They were collecting missing
data on individuals to try to find these individuals, but
the problem is we weren’t doing it collectively. It was all
patchwork.”

During the review to build this new database, the FBI
acknowledged multiple gaps in communication.
“The data was incomplete in many places,” Bujanda
said. “And some agencies were reporting different data
— no fault of their own — but in different ways,” Bujanda said.
The publicly available info on these cases is also limited. Not every case has a picture of the person who’s
missing. There is no information on tribal affiliations, or
where the last person was seen and under what circumstances.
Bujanda said this is all part of the next phase in building out this tool, but first he wants to get it in the hands of
law enforcement across New Mexico.
In September, the FBI will begin outreach to set up free
training for local law enforcement on how to use the new
database. Existing models for reporting and sharing information on missing people can still be used, but the FBI
wants this one to be specified for cases involving Native
Americans.
The system will be brand new for many police agencies
across the state, and it could become a model nationally.
The New Mexico Department of Public Safety is the first
in the nation to modify its National Crime Information
Center (NCIC) missing person form to require tribal affiliation status to add their cases to this federal database.
As for the 177 people listed by the FBI, the police
agency says it is reviewing each case again to find possible leads. The FBI also asks anyone with a missing persons case that is not yet included to contact their local or
tribal police department and ask to file a report.
How does it look when agencies responsible for investigating these cases cooperate and work to communicate together? Bujanda shared a recent example. He said
someone in California contacted the City of Albuquerque’s Office of Equity and Inclusion seeking to find a
person’s next of kin. That office contacted the FBI, which
found family for the person through their Four Corners
offices and contacts within the Navajo Nation.
“It provided closure to that family,” Bujanda said.
“And that is something that just has not happened prior
to this initiative.”

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Papal Visit:
Pope takes first
step toward
apology
Pope Francis is welcomed by Grand Chief George Arcand Jr. of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and other government and Indigenous leaders as he arrives July 24, 2022, in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, for a six-day swing that is expected to bring an apology for the Catholic Church's role in operating Indigenous residential schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

WARNING: This story has disturbing details about
residential and boarding schools. If you are feeling triggered, here is a resource list for trauma responses from
the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition in the US. The National Indian Residential School Crisis Hotline in Canada can be reached at
1-866-925-4419.
Indian Country Today
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Pope Francis stepped
Sunday for the first time onto Indigenous lands of Canada, arriving in the homelands of the Métis people in a
city that has one of the largest concentrations of Indigenous people in the nation.
The Pontiff was greeted at Edmonton International Airport just after 1 p.m. Eastern Sunday by Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau; Grand Chief George Arcand Jr. of the
Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, and Mary May
Simon, Inuk, Canada’s first Indigenous governor general.
Honor drumming from the Logan Alexis Singers also
greeted his arrival as he began a six-day swing through
Canada that he has called a “penitential pilgrimage.”
The Pope greeted and exchanged gifts with a number of Indigenous leaders, including Arcand; residential
school survivors Vicki Arcand and Greg Desjarlais, chief
of Frog Lake First Nation; and RoseAnne Archibald, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
“This apology validates our experiences and creates an
opportunity for the church to repair relationships with Indigenous peoples across the world,” Arcand said.
But he added, "It doesn’t end here – there is a lot to be
done. It is a beginning.”
The pilgrimage will take the Pontiff through the lands

of Canada’s three Indigenous peoples – First Nations,
Métis and Inuit – with an expected apology Monday
for the Catholic Church’s role in operating residential
schools for decades that stripped Indigenous children of
their families, culture and language.
In a land acknowledgement on the City of Edmonton’s
website, the city recognizes the lands as Treaty Six Territory, referring to one in a series of treaties in the late
1800s between the government and Indigenous peoples.
“We would like to thank the diverse Indigenous Peoples whose ancestors’ footsteps have marked this territory
for centuries, such as Nêhiyaw/Cree, Dené, Anishinaabe/
Saulteaux, Nakota Isga/Nakota Sioux, and Niitsitapi/
Blackfoot peoples,” according to the statement on Edmonton’s website. “We also acknowledge this as the Métis’ homeland and the home of one of the largest communities of Inuit south of the 60th parallel.”
The Pope will hold his first public event Monday at
Maskwacis, Alberta - the home of two Cree First Nations
and a center for three others. It is the former site of the
Ermineskin Residential School, one of the largest schools
operated in Canada by the Catholic Church.
He is expected to visit the school site, meet with First
Nations, Métis and Inuit communities and deliver a formal address to the thousands of Indigenous people who
have gathered at Maskwacis for the anticipated apology.
More than 150,000 Indigenous children in Canada were
taken from their families and forced to attend residential
schools starting in the late 1800s and continuing into the
1970s. Many died at school and were never returned to
their families.
The Catholic Church operated nearly three-fourths of
the 139 government-funded residential schools in Canada and more than one-fourth of the approximately 400

schools in the U.S.
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called
the residential school system “cultural genocide,” and
the Indigenous people of Canada have long demanded an
apology from the church. Pope Francis met privately in
April with a delegation of Indigenous elders, knowledge
keepers, survivors of residential schools and youth at the
Vatican, where he apologized for the “deplorable” abuses children suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential
schools.
But his apology suggested the abuses were by individuals and he did not acknowledge the church’s role in the
destructive system, Indigenous leaders said. They have
called upon the Pope to apologize as well for the Indian
boarding schools in the United States, which served as a
model for those in Canada.
The U.S. has trailed Canada in acknowledging the devastation wreaked by the boarding school system, though
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo,
issued a federal report earlier this year on the boarding
school system and has launched a nationwide “Road to
Healing” tour to gather testimony from survivors and others.
After speaking at Maskwacis, the Pope will return to
Edmonton to perform mass Tuesday for thousands at
Commonwealth Stadium. He then will travel to Lac Ste.
Anne, a sacred site for Indigenous Catholics who bathe in
the waters of the lake, before moving on Wednesday and
Thurday to Quebec and the National Shrine of Ste. Anne
de Beaupre in eastern Canada.
On Friday, July 29, he’ll travel to Iqaluit, Nunavut,
the homelands of the Inuit people, where he will meet
privately with former residential school survivors before
leaving to return to the Vatican.

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New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention)

Laura Ungar
Associated Press
Two new studies provide more evidence that the
coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China
market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild
rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.
The research, published online Tuesday by the
journal Science, shows that the Huanan Seafood
Wholesale Market was likely the early epicenter of
the scourge that has now killed nearly 6.4 million
people around the world. Scientists conclude that
the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2,
likely spilled from animals into people two separate
times.
"All this evidence tells us the same thing: It
points right to this particular market in the middle
of Wuhan," said Kristian Andersen a professor in
the Department of Immunology and Microbiology
at Scripps Research and coauthor of one of the studies. "I was quite convinced of the lab leak myself
until we dove into this very carefully and looked at
it much closer."
In one study, which incorporated data collected by
Chinese scientists, University of Arizona evolutionary biologist Michael Worobey and his colleagues
used mapping tools to estimate the locations of more
than 150 of the earliest reported COVID-19 cases
from December 2019. They also mapped cases from
January and February 2020 using data from a social
media app that had created a channel for people with
COVID-19 to get help.

They asked, "Of all the locations that the early
cases could have lived, where did they live? And it
turned out when we were able to look at this, there
was this extraordinary pattern where the highest
density of cases was both extremely near to and very
centered on this market," Worobey said at a press
briefing. "Crucially, this applies both to all cases in
December and also to cases with no known link to
the market … And this is an indication that the virus started spreading in people who worked at the
market but then started to spread into the local community."
Andersen said they found case clusters inside the
market, too, "and that clustering is very, very specifically in the parts of the market" where they now
know people were selling wildlife, such as raccoon
dogs, that are susceptible to infection with the coronavirus.
In the other study, scientists analyzed the genomic diversity of the virus inside and outside of China
starting with the earliest sample genomes in December 2019 and extending through mid-February
2020. They found that two lineages – A and B –
marked the pandemic's beginning in Wuhan. Study
coauthor Joel Wertheim, a viral evolution expert
at the University of California, San Diego, pointed
out that lineage A is more genetically similar to bat
coronaviruses, but lineage B appears to have begun
spreading earlier in humans, particularly at the market.
"Now I realize it sounds like I just said that a
once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short
succession," Wertheim said. But certain conditions

were in place — such as people and animals in close
proximity and a virus that can spread from animals
to people and from person to person. So "barriers to
spillover have been lowered such that multiple introductions, we believe, should actually be expected," he said.
Many scientists believe the virus jumped from
bats to humans, either directly or through another
animal. But in June, the World Health Organization
recommended a deeper probe into whether a lab accident may be to blame. Critics had said the WHO
was too quick to dismiss the lab leak theory.
"Have we disproven the lab leak theory? No, we
have not," Andersen said. "But I think what's really
important here is there are possible scenarios and
there are plausible scenarios and it's really important
to understand that possible does not mean equally
likely."
The pandemic's origins remain controversial.
Some scientists believe a lab leak is more likely and
others remain open to both possibilities. But Matthew Aliota, a researcher in the college of veterinary
medicine at the University of Minnesota, said in his
mind the pair of studies "kind of puts to rest, hopefully, the lab leak hypothesis."
"Both of these two studies really provide compelling evidence for the natural origin hypothesis," said
Aliota, who wasn't involved in either study. Since
sampling an animal that was at the market is impossible, "this is maybe as close to a smoking gun as
you could get."

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US to plant more trees as climate
change kills off forests

A firefighter lays hose around the Foothills Visitor Center while battling the KNP Complex Fire in Sequoia National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The blaze is burning near the Giant Forest, home to more than 2,000 giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Noah Berger

Matthew Brown
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration on
Monday announced plans to replant trees on millions of
acres of burned and dead woodlands as officials struggle
to counter the increasing toll on the nation's forests from
wildfires, insects and other manifestations of climate
change.
Destructive fires in recent years that burned too hot for
forests to quickly regrow have far outpaced the government's capacity to replant trees. That's created a backlog
of 4.1 million acres (1.7 million hectares) in need of replanting, officials said.
The U.S. Agriculture Department said it will have to
quadruple the number of tree seedlings produced by nurseries to get through the backlog and meet future needs.
That comes after Congress last year passed bipartisan
legislation directing the Forest Service to plant 1.2 billion
trees over the next decade and after President Joe Biden
in April ordered the agency to make the nation's forests
more resilient as the globe gets hotter.
Much of the administration's broader agenda to tackle climate change remains stalled amid disagreement in
Congress, where Democrats hold a razor-thin majority.
That's left officials to pursue a more piecemeal approach
with incremental measures such as Monday's announcement, while the administration considers whether to declare a climate emergency that could open the door to
more aggressive executive branch actions.

To erase the backlog of decimated forest acreage, the
Forest Service plans over the next couple years to scale
up work from about 60,000 acres (24,000 hectares) replanted last year to about 400,000 acres (162,000 hectares) annually, officials said. Most of the work will be
in western states where wildfires now occur year round.
“Our forests, rural communities, agriculture and economy are connected across a shared landscape and their
existence is at stake,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
said in a statement announcing the reforestation plan.
“Only through bold, climate-smart actions ... can we ensure their future."
Almost 5.6 million acres have burned so far in the U.S.
this year, putting 2022 on pace to match or exceed the
record-setting 2015 fire season, when 10.1 million acres
(4.1 million hectares) burned. Many forests regenerate
naturally after fires, but if the blazes get too intense they
can leave behind barren landscapes that linger for decades before the trees come back.
The Forest Service this year is spending more than
$100 million on reforestation work. Spending is expected
to further increase in coming years, to as much as $260
million annually, under the sweeping federal infrastructure bill approved last year, agency officials said.
Some timber industry supporters were critical of last
year’s reforesting legislation as insufficient to turn the
tide on the scale of the wildfire problem. They want more
aggressive logging to thin stands that have become overgrown from years of suppressing fires.
To prevent replanted areas from becoming similarly

overgrown, practices are changing so reforested stands
are less dense with trees and therefore less fire prone, said
Joe Fargione, science director for North America at the
Nature Conservancy.
But challenges to the Forest Service's goal remain,
from finding enough seeds to hiring enough workers to
plant them, Fargione said.
Many seedlings will die before reaching maturity due
to drought and insects, both of which can be exacerbated
by climate change.
“You’ve got to be smart about where you plant,” Fargione said. “There are some places that the climate has
already changed enough that it makes the probability of
successfully reestablishing trees pretty low.”
Living trees are a major “sink” for carbon dioxide that’s
driving climate change when it enters the atmosphere,
Fargione said. That means replacing those that die is important to keep climate change from getting even worse.
Congress in 1980 created a reforestation trust that had
previously capped funding — which came from tariffs
on timber products — at $30 million annually. That was
enough money when the most significant need for reforestation came from logging, but has proven too little as
the number of large, high intensity fires increases, officials said.
Insects, disease and timber harvests also contribute
to the amount of land that needs reforestation work, but
the vast majority comes from fires. In the past five years
alone more than 5 million acres were severely burned.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3A52f4c64ad2ff5649. Public record. Not legal advice.