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Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Hopi Elections Office Releases Official

Results Eleven Days After November 11,

2021 General Elections

By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – November 23, 2021 and eleven

days after the Hopi General Elections were held, with

Hopi Tutuveni attending the General Election canvassing before being asked to leave by George Nasofotie, Jr.

Chairman – Hopi Elections, Tutuveni staff made email

contact at 2:01 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021.

At 2:36 p.m. Shupla sent out an email to the “All list”

and others noting, “Good Afternoon…I am so sorry I did

not send out the ‘OFFICIAL RESULTS” of the General

Elections [.. meeting] deadlines etc. I’m sorry but here it

is.” Included in the email was a PDF file named “ 2021

OFFICIAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTIONS”

At 2:40 p.m. Shupla then sent a reply to the Tutuveni

staff email inquiry noting, “OH my gosh I am so sorry

…I just sent it out through tribal [email.. I] have been so

busy with all the other requirements of the General elections thank you Romalita for the inquiry. Have a great

day.” Nothing else was included in the email and no other

reasons were provided for the delay in sending out the

Official Results.

On Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 10:03 a.m. Shupla

sent out another email to the “All list” and others noting,

“Good Morning, I am resending the results out again and

hope you will share with family and friends. Our office

does not put out a written formal notice of the General

Election only the Official Results, our office has always

just posted the results and letters to the candidates, Hopi

Tribal Council and the Hopi B.I.A. Agency per our Ord.

#34. So by posting the “Official Results” this indicates

that there were no challenges via delivery: to PBX (Tribal

Post Box), U.S. Postal Mail or hand delivery by 5:00 p.m.

or before or after 5:00 p.m. on the close of Nov. 17, 2021.

For further information on the Oath of Office, [Inauguration etc.] you would contact the Tribal Secretary’s Office.

Our office has completed the 2021 Hopi Tribal General

Elections. The Hopi Election Board thanks the programs

who were involved and you all for being a part of [the

this] process for the Hopi Tribe. Asquali, Kwak’ha.”

In the 2021 General Election Official Results, incumbent Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma shows Total votes cast in

his favor as 841, with David N. Talyumptewa garnering

587 of the votes. The Total was the same as that in the

previously released “Un-Official Results” with Nuvangyaoma having led by 254 votes for the seat of Chairman

of the Hopi Tribe. (See Official Results depicted on the

front cover page.)

In the 2021 General Election Official Results, incumbent Clark W. Tenakhongva shows Total votes cast in his

favor as 628, with Craig Andrews garnering 802. Andrews had a lead of 174 votes for the seat of Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe. (See Official Results depicted on

the front cover page.)

During the 2021 Primary and General Elections this

similar contact fashion has been utilized by Shupla in

sending information to the Hopi Tribal employees and

others included in the recipient sections of the emails.

Other than these types of emails, the Hopi Tutuveni has

not been contacted by Shupla or any other Hopi Elections

Board members via phone, email or in-person inquiry to

specifically utilize the Hopi Tutuveni to get information

out in publications. The Hopi Elections Office has foregone submitting any press releases or requests to advertise since March 2021 when a lengthy press release was

submitted but was then abruptly pulled.

The Hopi 2021 Primary and General Elections processes have been completed but not without challenges surrounding the pandemic which included having to extend

the Early Voting up though November 3rd due to having

to close and sanitizing of the Hopi Elections Office from

October 27-29, 2021.

Also impacting the processes was resignations from

Hopi Elections Board members and a most recent issue

surrounding emails and letters sent by Dorothy Ami,

Hopi Elections Board member to the Hopi Chairman,

Hopi Vice Chairman, and Hopi General Counsel. Contents of the letter were not read into record however the

issue seemed of enough importance and concern that the

Hopi Tribal Council determined to suspend the rules and

placed on the HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL 4th Quarter

Session September 2021 AGENDA Month of November

2021 – Amendment #1 as “XI. NEW BUSINESS, Item

6. Discussion/Possible Action - Memorandum dated November 8, 2021 to Clark Tenakhongva from Frederick

Lomayesva; Subject: Dorothy Ami – Rosa Honani, Tribal

Council Representative, Village of Sipaulovi.

Council addressed and discussed the item in Executive

Session on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 and upon

coming out of Executive Session a motion was made to

direct the Office of General Counsel to write a letter to

Hopi Elections Board concerning the matter. No further

information was shared.

It is interesting to note that on the OFFICIAL RESULTS provided by Shupla, there isn’t a signature for

either Mardell Lomayestewa (Member) or for Dorothy

Ami (Member) however signatures for George Nasafotie, Jr. (Chairman), Colleen Selestewa (Vice-Chairman)

and Darlene Lucario-Nuvamsa (Alternate Member) are

shown along with the date of 11/18/21.

Hopi Tutuveni contacted the Hopi Secretary’s Office on

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at approximately 11:00

a.m. to inquire if the Official Results had been received

from the Hopi Elections Office. Staff notified Tutuveni

staff that the information had been received “yesterday”

and will be read into record on December 1st.

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Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit Hopi

jewelry online; fake Charles Loloma pieces

were purchased by undercover agents

By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola

Independent correspondent

ehardinburrola@gallupindependent.

com

GALLUP – A California man pleaded guilty to violations of the Indian Arts

and Crafts Act and wire fraud after selling

jewelry online that he fraudulently marketed as being made by a renown Hopi

artist, according to the U.S. Attorney’s

Office, District of New Mexico.

Robert Haack, 55, of Los Angeles,

pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque Oct. 19. He is currently awaiting

sentencing.

Haack, indicted by a federal grand jury

on March 28, 2018, was initially charged

with two counts of wire fraud, two counts

of mail fraud, and two counts of violating

the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.

“The defendant’s scheme and artifice

consisted of using the online marketplace,

eBay, to advertise for sale counterfeit

pieces of Indian jewelry that the defendant

falsely represented as having been created

by Hopi Indian artist Charles Loloma,”

the indictment alleged. “In reality, the defendant was manufacturing and producing

the counterfeit jewelry pieces in his home

using reference materials such as design

periodicals and books about Charles Loloma’s jewelry.”

The indictment also alleged Haack received “payment from purchasers of the

fraudulent jewelry pieces” via the online

payment platform PayPal.

Two of the fraudulent jewelry pieces

cited in the indictment were marketed

as a “Charles Loloma Face Ring” and a

“Charles Loloma Modernistic Katsina

Face Bracelet.”

Two more counts of aggravated identity

theft were filed against Haack in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury

in April 2019. As in the previous indictment, federal officials stated that upon

conviction, Haack should forfeit at least

$19,398, which represented money derived from the offences.

Later that month, Haack entered a guilty

plea with the court on April 18, 2019.

Counterfeit admissions

In Haack’s plea agreement, which was

filed with the court Oct. 19, 2021, Haack

pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud

and two counts of violating the Indian

Arts and Crafts Act.

Haack admitted to the two incidents of

selling jewelry he fraudulently marketed

as being made by Loloma.

On April 4, 2013, Haack said, using the

online username of “Harvardantique,” he

listed the ring for sale on eBay as a “One

Owner Charles Loloma Kachina Face

Ring.”

Haack stated: “In the advertisement, I

falsely represented that the ring was acquired from Charles Loloma in 1984 and

that it was signed by him. In truth, that

ring was not made or signed by Charles

Loloma. I sold that ring for $4,300 and

mailed it to the buyer via USPS. I did

these acts knowingly. The buyer wired me

money electronically through PayPal. I

later learned that the buyer was an undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent.”

Haack admitted he listed the bracelet

on eBay in a similarly fraudulent manner

on June 15, 2014. The bracelet, sold for

$15,098, was also purchased by an undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent.

Haack is currently out of custody while

awaiting sentencing. According to federal officials, Haack faces up to 20 years in

prison.

The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Law Enforcement investigated the case with assistance from the

Indians Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior. Assistant U.S.

Attorneys Frederick T. Mendenhall and

Nicholas Marshall are prosecuting the

case.

Haack is represented by attorneys Todd

Coberly and Marc M. Lowry.

Editor’s note: The following article was

published by the Gallup Independent on

Oct. 30, 2021. It is being reprinted with

permission.

Hopi Tribe Enrollment

Office Updates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Dione A. Naha, Enrollment Coordinator

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – November 16, 2021 and per Executive Order #010-2021, the

Enrollment Office has reopened for business. We are following the “Return to Work”

Guidelines to ensure everyone’s safety.

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. with the office closed during the

Lunch Hour from 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m.

We kindly request updates to member’s contact information. Families that have had a

member pass on are encouraged to forward a copy of the Death Certificate and/or stop

by the office to complete appropriate documentation for the member’s file. Tribal Membership Photo ID cards are available for members who need a New or Replacement

card. Please review expiration dates on ID cards. All other services are available, please

see website for further details: www.hopi-nsn.gov.

Office contact information:

Lisa Yowytewa, Verification Clerk - P: 928-734-3152 E: LYowytewa@hopi.nsn.us

Dione Naha, Enrollment Coordinator – P: 928-734-3154 E: DNaha@hopi.nsn.us

Tanya Monroe, Enrollment Director - P: 928-734-3151 E: TMonroe@hopi.nsn.us

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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization for both Moderna and Pfizer

COVID-19 vaccines for the prevention

COVID-19 to include a single booster

dose for all individuals 18 years of age

and over after completion of an FDA-authorized or approved primary COVID-19

vaccine or vaccine series.

Also today, the Advisory Council on

Immunization Practices unanimously

recommended the Moderna and Pfizer

COVID-19 vaccine boosters for individuals 18 and over, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director has

accepted the recommendation. Moderna

and Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccines

may now be administered at federal IHS

sites and tribal and urban sites that chose

the Indian Health Service for vaccine distribution.

We anticipate that the CDC will publish

revised Interim Clinical Considerations

for boosters based on the recommenda-

tion.

The IHS Vaccine Task Force will continue to work with the CDC, the IHS

area offices and federal, tribal, and urban

sites for ongoing distribution of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children, adolescents and adults and the Moderna and

Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19

vaccines for adults.

Making booster doses available to all

individuals 18 years of age and older will

help eliminate confusion about who may

receive a booster dose. It will also ensure

booster doses are available to all who may

need one. Booster doses are great news;

however, at the IHS we will continue to

also focus on vaccinating those who are

unvaccinated. With the holiday season

fast approaching, a COVID-19 vaccine

helps individuals stay safe, especially if

they have travel plans. Whether flying,

driving, or sailing, CDC recommends delaying travel until you are fully vaccinated

against COVID-19.

Let’s continue to work together to reach

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Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Kamala Harris

gets US

President’s

power for

1 hr 25 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris became in charge of the US armed forces and nuclear weapons arsenal for a brief period (REUTERS)

AFP

Livemint.com republished

Kamala Harris became the first woman to hold

presidential power in the United States. She is already the first female vice president President Joe

Biden transferred power to Vice President Kamala

Harris for a historic one hour and 25 minutes Friday while he was being sedated for a colonoscopy

as part of a regular health check.

However briefly, Harris became the first woman to hold presidential power in the United States.

She is already the first female vice president. The

White House press office said that official letters to

Congress declaring the temporary transfer of power

were sent at 10:10 am (1510 GMT).

“The president resumed his duties at 11:35 am,”

(1635 GMT), the White House said in a statement.

Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that Biden had

spoken with Harris and his chief of staff and “was in

good spirits.” He remained at the presidential facility at Walter Reed hospital to complete “the rest of

his routine physical.”

The oldest person to hold the presidency in US

history, Biden went in for his medical check-up on

the eve of his 79th birthday.

The White House described the appointment as a

“routine annual physical.” It was Biden’s first since

taking office in January.

Despite the administration’s stressing that there

was nothing unusual in the hospital visit, Biden’s

departure by motorcade from the White House early

Friday was announced at the last minute. His public

schedule, issued the previous night, listed only the

traditional ceremony to “pardon” a turkey ahead of

Thanksgiving and departure for a weekend at home

in Delaware.

Because Biden was being anesthetized during

the colonoscopy, he had to hand over power under

the constitution, putting Harris, 57, temporarily in

charge of the US armed forces and nuclear weapons

arsenal.

Harris made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Party nomination in 2020, before being picked as

Biden’s running mate. While holding the temporary

presidential reins she continued to “work from her

office in the West Wing,” Psaki said.

Psaki noted that a similar temporary transfer of

power, “following the process set out in the Constitution,” had been carried out when president George

W. Bush underwent the same procedure in 2002 and

2007.

Psaki said that a written “summary” of the findings from the president’s exam would be released

“later this afternoon.”

Any details on Biden’s health are sure to be closely watched, given speculation on whether he will

stand by his stated intention to seek a second term

in 2024.

Biden pledged before his election a year ago to be

“totally transparent” with voters about all aspects of

his health.

- ‘Vigorous’ In a letter released by his election campaign in

December 2019, Biden’s physician had described

him as “a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who

is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”

Biden does not smoke or drink, and prior to his

election worked out at least five days per week, according to the letter.

He was vaccinated early on against Covid-19, and

received a booster shot in September.

The health check comes at a crucial moment in his

presidency, with the House of Representatives voting to send Biden’s huge “Build Back Better” social

spending agenda to the Senate for approval. Earlier

this week, Biden signed into law another package to

fund the biggest national infrastructure revamp in

more than half a century.

The twin victories come after weeks of falling approval ratings for Biden and setbacks for his Democratic Party ahead of next year’s midterm elections

when the Republicans are widely predicted to take

control of at least the lower house of Congress.

After returning from hospital, Biden was due to

participate in the annual custom of issuing a presidential “pardon” to a turkey, with the bird being

spared from next week’s Thanksgiving meals. He

was then due to fly for the weekend to his family

home in Delaware, where he will celebrate his birthday Saturday.

This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the

headline has been changed.

Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Billions coming to help tribes access

clean water

The Navajo people say that water is life, but plentiful, clean water is hard to come by on the

reservation. Many households are not good candidates for centralized water systems because

extending water lines is expensive. (Photo courtesy of Water Warriors United)

Shaun Griswold

Source New Mexico

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

signed by President Joe Biden yesterday

will include full funding for efforts to provide clean water to tribal nations.

Over the next five years $3.5 billion will

head to the Indian Health Services water

and sanitation construction program to

pay for tribal clean water projects.

On top of that, the infrastructure bill increases funding to the Environmental Protection Agency’s clean water programs,

which will leave $868 million for tribes to

build on or create better water treatment

systems, along with training and technical

assistance.

One proposal missing from the massive

federal infrastructure package is the proposal by Rep. Melanie Stansbury for $200

million that would have fully funded the

Rio Grande Pueblos Irrigations Improvement Project. The amendment was cut

during negotiations in the House.

“Pueblo leaders in our district and beyond identified the need for long-overdue

funding for Pueblo irrigation systems,”

Stansbury said in a statement. Despite

the funding being axed from the final bill

Biden signed yesterday, there is still more

than $440 million for tribal climate programs and $25 million for tribal drought

projects. “We will keep working to secure

funding in partnership with our Pueblo

and tribal nations,” Stansbury said.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez

praised the funding that will come to tribal

communities.

“Safe drinking water is a basic human

need, and the consequences of not having

access to reliable potable water supplies

are long-lasting and destructive,” he said.

The money is welcome and just the first

step in a list of solutions brought forth by

the Tribal Clean Water Initiative, a group

of advocates and tribal officials working

on the priorities of a similar effort in the

Colorado River basin.

The group is pushing the White House

to create a better relationship with tribal

government communities by listening and

addressing their needs when it comes to

water infrastructure.

Their premise is focused on what they

call a “whole government” approach that

outlines ways for the federal government

to have better discussions with tribal governments to better understand their needs.

Heather Tanana is part of the research

team with the water initiative and wrote

the report that outlines direct goals for

change. The full report can be viewed

here.

Tanana said tribes being able to operate

and maintain drinking water systems is a

big part of self-determination.

“Ensuring clean drinking water for Native Americans is part of the unfinished

business of our Republic,” she said.

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COVID-19 pandemic. November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and a good opportunity to better understand risk factors,

symptoms and the importance of early diagnosis and action.

More than 34 million people in the

United States are affected by diabetes,

and one-in-five of them are undiagnosed,

according to estimates from Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention. Health

services organization Cigna reports that

between January 2020 and June of 2021,

nearly 800 of its patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 were found to have

undiagnosed diabetes. Only 14% of those

people had previously been diagnosed

with pre-diabetes.

So why are so many people living

with diabetes going undiagnosed? Cigna

claims data shows that those at higher risk

of having social or economic obstacles to

health, also had a higher risk of undiagnosed diabetes and COVID-19, which can

compound problems.

“As is the case with many medical conditions, timely diagnosis and treatment of

diabetes is impacted by persisting health

inequities that affect certain communities

and populations,” says Dr. Mandeep Brar,

Cigna medical director and board certified

endocrinologist. “Factors such as race,

ethnicity, access to healthful food, education, health care coverage and language

barriers, to name a few, all contribute to

undiagnosed cases of diabetes.”

However, according to Dr. Brar, early

diagnosis is critical for everyone: “When

diabetes is left untreated, it will progress,

causing complications such as neuropathy, kidney disease, diabetic ulcers and

wounds, amputations and other serious

and life-threatening issues. If you’re living with diabetes, the sooner you’re aware

of that, the more quickly you can learn

to manage your condition and prevent it

from advancing.”

According to Cigna, here are three steps

everyone can take today:

1. Understand signs and symptoms.

Sharing any new symptoms with your primary care provider can be crucial in early

detection and proper, timely treatment.

Symptoms can include frequent urination,

excessive thirst or hunger, unexpected

weight loss, cuts or bruises that are slow

to heal, frequent infections, very dry skin,

extreme fatigue, and blurry vision, according to Dr. Brar.

2. Get screened. Schedule an annual

preventive check-up or diabetes screening. Regardless of symptoms, one of the

most powerful ways to detect diabetes is

to be screened for this disease with a simple blood test by your primary care provider. If diagnosed with prediabetes, there

are a number of lifestyle changes you can

make to reverse prediabetes and prevent

or delay Type 2 diabetes and other serious

health problems. These changes include

eating healthfully, increasing physical activity, losing weight and managing stress.

3. Assess risk factors. Some people are

more likely to develop diabetes than others. In addition to being 45 years or older, risk factors include being overweight,

having a parent or sibling with Type 2

diabetes and being physically active fewer than three times a week. Additionally,

African Americans, Hispanics, Native

Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific

Islanders are at higher risk than white people for developing Type 2 diabetes. If you

have any of these risk factors, request a

screening test with your primary care provider, regardless of your age.

For a quick, online Type 2 diabetes risk

test, visit diabetes.org/risk-test.

This Diabetes Awareness Month, get

savvy about the disease. Understanding

symptoms and risk factors can mean early

detection and better outcomes.

Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Cannabis bust on Indigenous land

highlights legal divide

Morgan Lee

Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. — A federal raid on a household

marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing uncertainty and resentment about U.S. drug

enforcement priorities on reservations, as more states roll

out legal marketplaces for recreational pot sales.

In late September, Bureau of Indian Affairs officers

confiscated nine cannabis plants from a home garden at

Picuris Pueblo that was tended by Charles Farden, a local

resident since childhood who is not Native. The 54-yearold is enrolled in the state's medical marijuana program to

ease post-traumatic stress and anxiety.

Farden said he was startled to be placed in handcuffs as

federal officers seized mature plants laden with buds —

an estimated yearlong personal supply.

New Mexico first approved the drug's medical use in

2007, while Picuris Pueblo decriminalized medical pot

for members in 2015. A new state law in June broadly

legalized marijuana for adults and authorized up to a dozen home-grown plants per household for personal use —

with no weight limit.

"I was just open with the officer, straightforward. When

he asked what I was growing, I said, 'My vegetables, my

medical cannabis,'" Farden said of the Sept. 29 encounter.

"And he was like, 'That can be a problem.'"

The raid has cast a shadow over cannabis as an economic development opportunity for Indigenous communities,

as tribal governments at Picuris Pueblo and at least one

other reservation pursue agreements with New Mexico

that would allow them to open marijuana businesses. The

state is home to 23 federally recognized tribal nations. It's

aiming to launch retail pot sales by April.

More than two-thirds of states have legalized marijuana

in some form, including four that approved recreational

pot in the 2020 election and four more by legislation this

year. The U.S. government has avoided cracking down on

them, even though the drug remains illegal under federal

law to possess, use or sell.

The September raid has some scrutinizing its approach

on tribal lands like Picuris Pueblo, where the Bureau of

Indian Affairs provides policing to enforce federal and

tribal laws in an arrangement common in Indian Country.

Other tribes operate their own police forces under contract with the BIA.

In a recent letter to Picuris Pueblo tribal Gov. Craig

Quanchello obtained by The Associated Press, a BIA special agent in charge said the agency won’t tell its officers

to stand down in Indian Country — and that marijuana

possession and growing remains a federal crime, despite

changes in state and tribal law.

“Prior notification of law enforcement operations is

generally not appropriate,” the letter states. “The BIA Office of Justice Services is obligated to enforce federal law

and does not instruct its officers to disregard violations of

federal law in Indian Country.”

Officials with the BIA and its parent agency, the Interior Department, declined to comment and did not respond

to the AP’s requests for details of the raid and its implications. Farden has not been charged and does not know if

there will be further consequences.

President Joe Biden this week ordered several Cabinet

departments to work together to combat human trafficking and crime on Native American lands, where violent

crime rates are more than double the national average.

He did not specifically address marijuana, though he

has said he supports decriminalizing the drug and expunging past pot use convictions. He has not embraced

federally legalizing marijuana.

Portland-based criminal defense attorney Leland Berger, who last year advised the Oglala Sioux Tribe after it

passed a cannabis ordinance, notes that Justice Department priorities for marijuana in Indian Country were

outlined in writing under President Barack Obama then

overturned under President Donald Trump, with little

written public guidance since.

“It’s remarkable for me to hear that the BIA is enforcing the federal Controlled Substances Act on tribal land

where the tribe has enacted an ordinance that protects the

activity,” he said.

Across the U.S., tribal enterprises have taken a variety

of approaches as they straddle state and federal law and

jurisdictional issues to gain a foothold in the cannabis industry.

In Washington, the Suquamish Tribe forged a pioneering role under a 2015 compact with the state to open a

retail marijuana outlet across Puget Sound from Seattle

on the Port Madison reservation. It sells cannabis from

dozens of independent producers.

Several Nevada tribes operate their own enforcement

division to help ensure compliance with state- and tribal-authorized marijuana programs, including a registry

for home-grown medical marijuana. Taxes collected at

tribal dispensaries stay with tribes and go toward community improvement programs.

In South Dakota, the Oglala Sioux in early 2020 became the only tribe to set up a cannabis market without

similar state regulations, endorsing medical and recreational use in a referendum at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Months later, a statewide vote legalized marijuana

in South Dakota, with a challenge from Republican Gov.

Kristi Noem’s administration now pending at the state

Supreme Court.

The U.S. government recognizes an “inherent and inalienable” right to self-governance by tribes. But federal

law enforcement agencies still selectively intervene to

enforce cannabis prohibition, Berger said.

“The tribes are sovereign nations, and they have treaties with the United States, and in some cases there is

concurrent jurisdiction. ... It’s sort of this hybrid,” he said.

In late 2020, a combination of state, federal and tribal

law enforcement cooperated in a raid on sprawling marijuana farms with makeshift greenhouses in northwestern

New Mexico with the consent of the Navajo Nation president. Authorities seized more than 200,000 plants. At the

time, New Mexico limited marijuana cultivation to 1,750

plants per licensed medical cannabis producer.

At Picuris Pueblo, Quanchello said the cannabis industry holds economic promise for tribal lands that are too

remote to support a full-blown casino. Picuris operates a

smoke shop out of a roadside trailer and is close to opening a gas station with a sandwich shop and mini-grocery.

“We’re farmers by nature. It’s something we can do

here and be good at it,” Quanchello said. “We don’t want

to miss it.”

He described the BIA raid as an affront to Picuris Pueblo, with echoes of federal enforcement in 2018 that uprooted about 35 cannabis plants grown by the tribe in a

foray into medical marijuana.

State lawmakers in 2019 adopted uniform regulations

for medical marijuana on tribal and nontribal land.

In legalizing recreational marijuana this year, New

Mexico’s Democratic-led Legislature and Gov. Michelle

Lujan Grisham emphasized the need to create jobs, shore

up state revenue and address concerns about harm inflicted on racial and ethnic minorities by drug criminalization.

Judith Dworkin, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based attorney

specializing in Native American law, said tribal cannabis

enterprises confront less risk of interference from federal

law enforcement where states have robust legal markets

for pot.

“It’s a lot easier for a tribe to take a position that they

want to do something similar” to the state, she said. “It’s

still a risk.”

Quanchello said he sees federal enforcement of cannabis laws at Picuris Pueblo as unpredictable and discriminatory.

“We as a tribe can end up investing a million dollars

into a project, thinking it’s OK. And because of a rogue

officer or somebody that doesn’t believe something is

right, it could be stopped,” he said.

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Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency

Response November 24, 2021 Report

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – November

24, 2021

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

every Tuesday’s for the month of November for those 18-years and older

for Pfizer and Modena only. Call (928)

737-6049/6081/6148 - Appointments

are required.

COVID-19 Testing Drive-up Testing schedule: Monday – Friday from

8-9:30am AND 3– 4 pm. 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) 737-6233.

Tuba City Regional Health Care

Corporation - Community COVID-19

Testing & Vaccination Information

Moenkopi residents Tuba City Regional Health Care will have a Pfizer

vaccine community drive-up vaccine

clinic now available for individual’s

12-years and older. Call 1-866-9765941 to schedule your appointment.

As of November 24, the United

States now has approximately 47,813

million confirmed positive cases with

over 772,180 deaths reported.

Over 1,252 million confirmed positive cases now exist in Arizona. Of

those, close to 24, 082 are in Navajo

and 25,077 in Coconino Counties.

“Prevention:

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 2-10 days after exposure to the virus. Anyone can

have mild to severe symptoms. People with these symptoms may have

COVID-19:

• 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.”

Retesting 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 will be used

by employers to use with their employees to determine when an employee with confirmed or suspected

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. You can go back to work!

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Larry’s Corner

“Working from...9 to 5”

When I was in 3rd grade and I stopped eating white

glue, my classmates and I were asked what we wanted to

be when we grew up. Most of us wanted to grow up to be

doctors, lawyers, firemen; you know the ones who make

the most money and the most obvious. None of us thought

about becoming a councilman or woman or becoming the

Chairman of the Hopi Tribe. We never thought that position or career existed in my lifetime.

See, when you’re a mush head kitten, you never think

of the fact that working for your tribe would be an actual career to retire on. When you’re brainwashed to think

that the real money would come from becoming doctors

or lawyers, it leads you to think that working at the tribe

must not “eeven” exist.

So, whenever my teacher pointed to me to answer what

I wanted to be when I grew up, I hesitated for a bit and

answered, “football player.” Well, I never thought about

playing football as a profession but more just a hobby but

I chose that as a career in the future and kind of “on the

fly” because I felt pressured. Look at me now, typing for

a local newspaper telling you I could, for a split-second,

consider having made it big playing football in the major

leagues...but I digress.

So, when I thought about it more, I wanted to become

an artist. But then when I saw movies about the artist,

they portrayed them as starving or homeless or even artists who made it big when they died. So, I couldn’t think

of a career that would suit me well enough to make me

money and I could retire on. And still, to this day, I haven’t thought of a career that I would like to retire on. I’m

pretty sure that a lot of people don’t have a career to retire

on either. As a matter of “cat-fact,” there are currently a

ton of jobs out there in America but no one is taking them,

and maybe because they are like me, thinking those are

not the careers they want to work at.

So, when I grew up, I knew of only 3 Hopi Chairmen

in my life. Well, and you do know, it’s not like the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Hopi Tribe visits any of the

villages so we can get to know them, so I never knew

that we even had a leader of the Hopi Tribe. When I was

growing up, I thought the Tribe was all about “typewriting-enthusiastic-suit wearing-one-minded people” where

“9-to-5” was not only a movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily

Tomlin, and Dolly Parton but an actual term that is still

used today, in the work environment. I was wrong. I have

found out that the Tribe housed more than one program.

Programs like the Cancer Support, the Scholarship people, and even the local newspaper are all underneath the

“Tribe” and support the Hopi people in every way possible. I never knew that those types of careers existed…

who knew? I guess there is more to learn about the Hopi

Tribe than I expected.

So, this year in 2021, we had an election, a Tribal Election to say where men and only men would compete for

the seat to be called “Caesar for a Day and a Half” and to

rule the entire Hopi Tribe. Well, it’s not exactly like that,

the seat is only a position to be the face of the Hopi Tribe

sort of like an ambassador. In my cat-like mind, it makes

me think of the Burger King, King where he’s the face of

the Burger King fast-food chain that dances on television

trying to sell you his latest burger.

Now, don’t get me wrong, the Chairman and

Vice-Chairman are important people, but perhaps only

to a certain extent and in this case to the few who voted. I mean who would put themselves in that position of

leadership to have your past life’s transgressions being

dug up, mocked, your thoughts challenged, and your life

being exposed. I mean, it’s something that only the brave

would do, and it does take a lot of courage to be in that

position to become the “Face of the Hopi Tribe.”

Now you are all probably wondering why Hopi men

would give themselves so much stress to lead and to look

like a leader for the government of the Hopi Tribe? It’s

not like the Hopi people are asking for a governmental

system, heck, the only reason why we have a Chairman

of the Hopi Tribe is that some white dudes from Peabody

wanted to sneakily steal land and coal from our lands and

they needed votes to confirm their greedy ways and a “reformed” tribe to make that happen.

At the time, waaay back, but not quite a century ago,

in 1934, most of the “traditional” Hopis didn’t accept

the idea of a government of the Hopi Tribe and wished

that it would flop, so the “true” Hopi direction would

thrive. I, myself, believe that there needs to be a reform

of some sort to the Hopi “Tribe” and I understand there

are those who believe there needs to be a restructuring of

the “traditional” part of the Hopi Tribe. Which brings me

to ask just how “traditional” are those folks who want to

restructure something that has been here since time immemorial?

So, how does choosing a leader for the government part

of the Hopi tribe change the face of the Hopi Tribe? That’s

a good question. I mean the past leaders of the Tribal government part of Hopi never really changed much. Sure,

we had school changes and approved some new structures. Although, when you think about it, we have had

our government system inside our 12 villages that can

approve such items to improve our lives as a Hopi people

even without a Tribal government, per se and because of

their sovereign immunity.

If we were true leaders of our land, the real government

of the United States would bow down to our rules and

our way of life, but we as the Hopi Tribal government are

bending backward for the United States just so we can

have jobs, money, and an alternative life, so we can fit in

with the idea of a “free” America.

If you think about it, the idea of a “free” America is not

what we think it is. Some of us Hopis want to conform

to the idea of a white man’s “free” America. In my cat

opinion, the way we’re doing it now is like we are trying

to play catchup to a white man’s idea of a “free” America

and not necessarily what a Hopi version of what a “free”

America is. Before this white man government came

along, we had our systematic way of governing ourselves

and we didn’t need a white man’s version of “free” when

we knew intuitively what “free” really meant to us.

So, my advice to you is that since we still have control

of how we conduct and present ourselves traditionally

and culturally that is our freedom. If you believe that voting in a new Chairman and Vice-Chairman would change

that just keep hoping it does…just saying. But other than

that...watch the hair, honey...

Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

First Native

to head the

National Park

Service

Portrait of Charles F. "Chuck" Sams III. (Photo by Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian)

Andrew Selsky

Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as

National Park Service director, which will make him the

first Native to lead the agency.

Some conservationists hailed Sams’ confirmation

Thursday night as a commitment to equitable partnership

with tribes, the original stewards of the land.

“I am deeply honored,” Sams told the Confederated

Umatilla Journal on Friday. “I am also very deeply appreciative of the support, guidance and counsel of my tribal

elders and friends throughout my professional career.”

The National Park Service oversees more than 131,000

square miles of parks, monuments, battlefields and other

landmarks. It employs about 20,000 people in permanent,

temporary and seasonal jobs, according to its website.

Sams is the agency's first Senate-confirmed parks director in nearly five years. It was led by acting heads for

years under the Trump administration, and for the first

10 months of Biden's presidency. Jonathan Jarvis, who

was confirmed as park service director in 2009, left the

agency in January 2017.

During confirmation hearings, Sam noted his experience with nonprofit work that included facilitating land

transfers and working with volunteers on conservation

and invasive species management, according to Indian

Country Today.

He also said he would work to ensure the Indigenous

history of National Park Service lands is broadly reflected, in addition to incorporating Indigenous views and

knowledge in decision-making. He said it is important

to work with Native people on traditional ecological

knowledge "based on 10,000-plus years of management

of those spaces to ensure that they’ll be here for future

generations to enjoy.”

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, said in August, when President Joe Biden nominated

Sams, that he brings diverse experience. The National

Park Service is part of the Interior Department.

Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

There, he gained a reputation for being unflappable. He

has worked in state and tribal governments and the nonprofit natural resource and conservation management

fields for over 25 years.

“He is known for being steady at the helm and taking

challenges in stride,” said Bobbie Conner, director of the

Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the 270-square-mile reservation.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who had asked the Senate

to pass the nomination by unanimous consent, described

Sams as a “role model in the stewardship of American

land and waters, wildlife and history.”

Sams’ confirmation means Congress and parkgoers

will have a steady, experienced leader to rely on in the

years ahead, the Democrat said.

Joel Dunn, president and CEO of the Maryland-based

Chesapeake Conservancy, celebrated the news. His organization works to conserve natural and cultural resources at North America’s largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay,

where the National Park Service manages some sites.

“This has been a historic year for the U.S. Department

of the Interior, with the confirmation of Secretary Deb

Haaland as the first Native American Cabinet secretary

of the United States, and now the confirmation of Chuck

Sams as the first Native American to serve as director of

the National Park Service,” Dunn said. Haaland on Friday formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and

said she is taking steps to remove it from federal government use and to replace other derogatory place names.

Dunn pointed to the forced migration of Indigenous

peoples that led to the creation of America’s public lands,

including national parks.

“As our country works to address those past tragedies,

it is appropriate that the leadership of the National Park

Service and the Department of the Interior reflect a new

direction and a commitment to equitable partnership with

the Indigenous peoples of the United States,” Dunn said.

Sams is a member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, appointed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.

Previously, he held several positions with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, including

executive and deputy executive director. He has also led

the Indian Country Conservancy, among other organizations.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Concordia University-Portland and a master of

legal studies in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma. Sams is a U.S. Navy veteran.

He has also been an adjunct professor at Georgetown

University and Whitman College.

Sams lives on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla

Indian Reservation with wife, Lori Sams, and their four

children.

Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Deb Haaland seeks to rid US of derogatory

place names

Piestewa Peak Drive in Phoenix, March 1, 2021. (Photo by Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today)

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, AP WRITER

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Interior Secretary

Deb Haaland on Friday formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and said she is taking steps to remove it

from federal government use and to replace other derogatory place names.

Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, is ordering a federal panel tasked with naming geographic places to implement

procedures to remove what she called racist terms from

federal use.

“Our nation’s lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage —

not to perpetuate the legacies of oppression,” Haaland

said in a statement. “Today’s actions will accelerate an

important process to reconcile derogatory place names

and mark a significant step in honoring the ancestors who

have stewarded our lands since time immemorial.”

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Oregon resident and tribal citizen Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III as

head of the National Park Service, making him the first

Native American to hold the position.

Haaland said previously that Sams, a citizen of the

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,

would be an asset as the administration works to make

national parks more accessible to everyone.

The Native American Rights Fund applauded Haaland’s move to address derogatory place names, saying

action by the federal government is long overdue.

“Names that still use derogatory terms are an embarrassing legacy of this country’s colonialist and racist

past,” said John Echohawk, the group’s executive director. “It is well past time for us, as a nation, to move forward, beyond these derogatory terms, and show Native

people — and all people — equal respect.”

Environmentalists also praised the action, saying it

marked a step toward reconciliation.

Under Haaland’s order, a federal task force will find replacement names for geographic features on federal lands

bearing the term “squaw,” which has been used as a slur,

particularly for Indigenous women. A database maintained by the Board on Geographic Names shows there

are more than 650 federal sites with names that contain

the term.

The task force will be made up of representatives from

federal land management agencies and experts with the

Interior Department. Tribal consultation and public feedback will be part of the process.

The process for changing U.S. place names can take

years, and federal officials said there are currently hundreds of proposed name changes pending before the

board.

Haaland also called for the creation of an advisory

committee to solicit, review and recommend changes to

other derogatory geographic and federal place names.

That panel will be made up of tribal representatives and

civil rights, anthropology and history experts.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Board on Geographic

Names took action to eliminate the use of derogatory

terms for Black and Japanese people.

The board also voted in 2008 to change the name of

a prominent Phoenix mountain from Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak to honor Army Spc. Lori Piestewa, the first

Native woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S.

military.

In 2020, the Phoenix City Council voted unanimously to rename Squaw Peak Drive to Piestewa Peak Drive

after it was decried as a demeaning and degrading word.

In California, the Squaw Valley Ski Resort changed its

name to Palisades Tahoe earlier this year. The resort is in

Olympic Valley, which was known as Squaw Valley until

it hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics. Tribes in the region

had been asking the resort for a name change for decades.

There is also legislation pending in Congress to address

derogatory names on geographic features on public lands.

States from Oregon to Maine have passed laws prohibiting the use of the word “squaw” in place names.

Hopi Tutuveni December 1, 2021

Improve Your Health - For Yourself

By Jessica Quamahongnewa, Diabetes Prevention Educator

“Life, at times, grants us an opportunity to make small changes that can have profound effects on the path of our health and our lives,” said Christopher Holliday, PhD, MPH, director of the Division of

Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “ Diabetes affects every part of the body and can lead a cascade of negative health outcomes, significantly impacting a person’s

quality of life. A prediabetes diagnosis sounds the alarm, letting someone know that they need to change course and take the opportunity to prevent this devastating disease before it’s too late.”

In the United States, 88 million Americans - that’s more than 1 in 3 - are living with diabetes, and more than 84% don’t even know they have it. Prediabetes can increase a person’s risk of developing

type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Research shows that once people are made aware of their condition, they are ore likely to make the necessary long-term lifestyle changes such as eating

healthier, managing weight and being active.

Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Signs & Symptoms

If you have prediabetes, losing a small amount of weight,

if you’re overweight, and getting regular physical activity

can lower your risk for developing type 2 diabetes. A small

amount of weight loss means around 5% to 7% of your

body weight, 10 to 14 pounds for a 200 pound person.

Regular physical activity means getting at least 150

minutes a week of brisk walking or any activity that gets

you moving. That’s ONLY 30 minutes a day, five days a

week!

You can have prediabetes for years and have no clear

symptoms. This often goes undetected until serious health

problems such as type 2 diabetes show up. You may be at

risk for prediabetes if you have any of the following:

You are overweight

45 years or older

Have a parent, a sibling with type 2 diabetes

Physically active less than three times a week

Race and ethnicity are also factors



What Causes Prediabetes?

Prediabetes is a serious health condition where

blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not

high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

Insulin is a hormone made by your pancreas that

acts like a key to let blood sugar into cells that are

in our blood stream to be used as energy. If the

cells in your blood stream don’t respond normally

to insulin, your pancreas works harder to make

more insulin to try to get the cells to respond.

Eventually, your pancreas can’t keep up, blood

sugar rises and sets the stage for prediabetes before you know it, you are on the road for type 2

diabetes.

Lifestyle Balance program, a CDC-led curriculum, is

offered through the Hopi Special Diabetes Program that

can help you make those changes. Trained coaches work

with you to discover how to eat healthy, be more

physically active, manage stress, stay motivated, solve

problems that can slow your progress, and most importantly, have support from people with similar goals

and challenges. Call (928) 734-3432 for more information.

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