# KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039 (2014)

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

THE HOPI TUTUVENI
FREE
Volume 22 Number 4

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Pueblo of Acoma
Declares Victory
as the NM State
Supreme Court
Lists Mt. Taylor
as TCP
On Thu, Feb. 6,
the New Mexico
Supreme
Court
released a unanimous decision regarding the designation by the New
Mexico Cultural
Properties
Review Committee
to list Mt. Taylor
as a Traditional
Cultural Property
(TCP) on the New
Mexico
Register of Historical
Properties.
The
opinion
released
today
states, “We affirm
in part the Committee’s decision
and hold that the
Mount
Taylor
listing was lawful
under the Cultural Properties Act
and that the proceedings before
the
Committee
did not violate
the constitutional
guarantee of due
process of law.
We reversed the
Committee’s inclusion of 19,000
acres of Cebolleta
Land Grant property and hold that
land grant property is not state land
as defined in the
Cultural Properties Act.”
Acoma Governor Fred S. Vallo

Sr., released the
following statement, “The Pueblo of Acoma is
pleased with the
final decision of
the NM Supreme
Court affirming
the designation of
Kaweshtima, Mt.
Taylor as TCP. It
continues to be
our position that
Mt. Taylor is essential to maintaining our cultural heritage and
vital to providing the resources
needed to sustain
our Pueblo people. This has been
the impetus for
seeking the designation, thereby
using the designation as a tool to
help in the management of the
mountain in all
areas of development, recreation
and resource extraction.
The Pueblo of
Acoma continues
to stand with the
other Nominating
Tribes of Laguna,
Zuni, Hopi and
Navajo, in our
commitment
to
protect our cultural resources and
places important
to our history.”

Smoki Museum
Receives Grant
to Repair ‘Nellie’s
Basket”
The
Arizona
Commission on
the Arts awarded $5500 to the
Smoki Museum
in Prescott for
their
campaign
to repair “Nellie
Quamalla’s Basket”, the world’s
largest Hopi basket. The museum
will also produce
a children’s book
about Nellie’s story to act as a tool
for education and
fundraising.
The
Arizona
Commission on
the arts through
its innovative Arizona Art Tank
was able to provide seed-funding
grants to 21 artsbased ventures.
In total, $124,000
in seed-funding
grants were invested in projects
across Arizona.
Art Tank review panels were
composed of Governor-appointed

Arts
Commissioners, elected
officials,
business leaders and
arts professionals
from each region.
Recipients of Arizona Art Tank
funding will be
required to adhere
to the strict eligibility and accountability protocols
governing all Arts
Commissions
grants.
Arizona
Art
Tank was made
possible by a special one-time allocation to the Arts
Commission
in
the State of Arizona’s budget for
Fiscal Year 2014.
Devised by State
Senator Steve Farley and marshaled
by broad bipartisan support in the
legislature,
this
allocation was derived from interest
accrued on the
State’s Rainy-Day
Fund.

Children Exposed to Violence

Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaskan Native Children Exposed
to Violence seeks new ways to address juvenile justice systems
The Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed
to Violence held the second of four public
hearings on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, Arizona on Tue, Feb. 11, 2014.
The advisory committee, which includes tribal members and national experts in American Indian studies, child
health and trauma, victim services and
child welfare will use information gathered during four public hearings to produce a final report of policy recommendations for the Attorney General in late
2014.
In her testimony to the Attorney Gen-

Mihio Manus
Hopi Tutuveni
eral’s Advisory Committee on American
Indian/Alaskan Native Children Exposed
to Violence, Theresa M. Pouley, Chief
Judge of the Tulalip Tribal Court and
member of Indian Law and Order Commission said the circumstances for Indian
children are truly dire.
The Tulalip Tribal Court Chief Judge
elaborated on statistics she drew from her
testimony to the Senate of Indian Affairs.
She said that one in three Native American women would be raped in their lifetime; one-fourth of Indian children live in

poverty; the high school graduation level of Indian children is 17 percent lower
than the national average; Indian children
are twice as likely to die before the age
of 24; the rate of exposure to trauma is
2.3 percent higher among Indian children;
they stay longer in the welfare system;
they are 2.9 percent more likely to commit suicide; and the Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder rates rival those of returning veterans from Afghanistan.
“Indian children are not well,” Pouley
said.

See VIOLENCE, Page 4

Business Profile: MDC’s Wendy Lewis Develops
Projects for Community Wellness

Wendi Lewis is Dawa-wungwa (Sun
clan) from the village of Kykotsmovi.
Lewis has three girls ages 12, 11 and 2
years old.
Lewis is the Project Manager for the
Moencopi Developers Corporation
(MDC) and has worked with them for
several years. She is gaining notoriety for
projects she has managed. Lewis shares
with us her journey in establishing herself within the MDC and her vision in
helping her Hopi people.
Lewis graduated from Hopi High
School in 2000 and went to Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) where
she ran cross country for one year.
After having her first child, Lewis
moved home to get back on her feet. She
began work at the Hopi Cultural Center
for a couple months when she was hired
to work at Hopi High School.
Lewis worked in the Special Education
department and coached cross country
and track & field for both junior high and
high school.
She worked at Hopi High for four

Tribal member, Ovah will represent
Hopi in Boston Marathon
Page 2

Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni

years and was given an opportunity to go
back to school. Being an employee at the
school for over a year the school helped
employees by paying for college classes.
She took advantage of it and enrolled in
Northland Pioneer College to improve
her GPA as she didn’t do very well at
PVCC.
Her former coach at PVCC saw that
she was still running even though she
had two kids. He convinced Lewis to go
back to school and run for him again and
she took it.
“In junior college, your eligibility to
run doesn’t expire for cross country,”
said Lewis. “I was 25 or 26 when I went Wendy Lewis, Project Manager for MDC, created the
Hopi Runner’s Forum to promote health and wellness.
back.”
Lewis graduated from PVCC with her home to the reservation always helped
Associates degree in 2007 and moved her get back on her feet. She returned to
back to the reservation. She said it was Hopi High School to work as a substitute
hard for her to stay in the city as she was
a single mother at the time. Coming back

See LEWIS, Page 3

Kids Korner Teaches Healthy
Lifeways While You Workout
Page 2

Letter to Editor: Hopi was first
to have smoke-free hospital

Page 3

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Tribal member, Ovah will represent Hopi in Boston Marathon

STAFF
Managing Editor:
Mihio Manus
(928)734-3281
mmanus@hopi.nsn.us

Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni
The Hopi Tribe will
have two runners represented at the 2014 Boston
Marathon, Caroline “Kadoo” Sekaquaptewa and
Stephen Lawrence Ovah
of Sichomovi. The marathon is scheduled on Mon,
Apr. 21, 2014
Ovah is 29 years old;
he is from the Water clan.
His parents are Marty and
Joycelyn Ovah. He is the
oldest of three kids and
has two kids, a daughter 5
years old and a son 3 years
old.
His resume includes
four state championships
with Hopi High School.
He went on to run for Haskell University where he
ran cross country and track
& field. After running at
Haskell, he began running
in marathons such as the
Shiprock Marathon; the
PF Chang’s Rock and Roll
Marathon last year and this
year; the Hopi Taawaki
Run, a 50K (30 mile) relay
run that is held in Polacca,
AZ every year in September.
Ovah said he had no specific intentions of running
in the Boston Marathon.
“I just started running
marathons because it’s
something I like to do and
it keeps me focused on my
goals. And it makes me a
better person,” said Ovah.
He didn’t think he had
a chance at qualifying
for Boston because of the
registration process and
there is a time you must
beat to qualify. He ran the
Shiprock Marathon where
his goal was to break under three hours, but came
up a minute shy of his goal
at 3:01:00. Ovah knew that
his time was a qualifier for
the Boston Marathon, but
at the time it wasn’t something he wanted to pursue.
However, Wendi Lewis, Project Manager for
the Moencopi Developers Corporation (MDC)
noticed he beat the qualifying time for the Boston
Marathon. MDC offered to
register Ovah into the marathon and helped him with
the registration process.
Lewis later informed him
that he had qualified.
Since finding out he
qualified to run in the marathon, he’s been training
and preparing for it.
In preparing for the Boston Marathon he is training smart and putting in a
lot of miles every week. A
typical day for him is waking up and getting something to eat before he starts
his day. He’ll run 10-14
miles a day, but if he wants
to put in a long run he
will run 20-21 miles. By
week’s end he will have
put in a total of 80-100
miles a week. He plans to
be over a 100 miles at the
peak of his training.
When asked about what
his diet is like he responded that he eats a lot of carbohydrates, water and Gatorade. He has also trained
himself on food intake
while running to replenish
the calories he is losing. “I
have a big appetite and I
eat every couple of hours.
I need all the calories because I lose about 2000
working out every day.”
He has been improving
his time in the marathons
for over a year and says
it’s something that you
can’t rush and you need to
be consistent. In preparing for the Boston Marathon, I asked him if he
had a strategy and said he
will come up with a running plan. A realistic plan
where he will set a pace
throughout the race, but it
depends on how he feels
that day he said. He hopes
to be in a good mood because it will help him to

run hard, but if not he
said he will give it his all.
“Knowing that I ran hard
and did my best is what
I’m going for and to represent the Hopi and Tewa
people in a positive way.
There are a lot of runners
out here who are capable
of doing this and I’d like
to see them do this too,”
said Ovah.
Since Ovah can’t physically walk the course he
has been talking to people
who have ran in the marathon and he also has seen
the run on T.V. He knows
the course is hilly with a lot
of downhill and the course
is asphalt; he said that is an
advantage for him because
it’s easier to run on compared to the sandy trails
out here. He knows the run
is going to be fast because
the world’s best runners
will be out there.
As far as elevation, altitude and the difference in
times, he said it will not affect him. “They are at sea
level and we are at 6000 ft.
It will be easier for me to
breathe at that elevation.”
He plans to get to Boston
a couple days early so he
can get acclimated.
He hopes to finish the
marathon in under 2:45:00
and if he has a good day
he hopes to make it under
2:30:00. His training is
geared toward meeting his
goal in getting comfortable
at running the pace to meet
it. He is pushing himself to
meet it and says it’s a long
process, but is all worth
it and is confident he will
reach his goal.
Ovah’s family has been
very supportive of him and
is helping with fundraising efforts for his trip to
Boston. He will be travelling with his brother. “It’s
just my immediate family,
but my extended family as well has been very
supportive. Actually the
whole community is very
supportive. I can’t thank
them enough,” said Ovah.
Ovah’s paternal grandmother, Lillian said she
is very proud of him and
said he has always been a
runner. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence, was a
runner and ran in traditional Hopi footraces. She
said Lawrence wanted his
grandchildren to follow in
his footsteps.
“I wish he was here today to see what Stephen is
doing with his running, he
would be proud of him,”
said Lillian.
His inspiration for getting through the marathon
is his children. He wants
to be a positive role model for them and running
in the marathon will be
something that they can
remember and say their father has ran in the Boston
Marathon, not just for his
kids but for all the youth in
the community.
“I want to set a positive
example and this is one of
the reasons I’m happy to
be a part of this event,”
said Ovah. He is also taking classes at Northland
Pioneer College full time.
When he is running he said
his mind is sharper and he
is motivated to do things.
Right before the race he
is usually nervous, but has
gotten better at it because
he knows he has done the
work and is ready to run.
The only thing he worries
about is eating too much
before the race. All the
hard work is done when he
gets to the starting line and
says its fun when you’re at
the starting line because he
gets to race.
“I respect the Hopi culture and I’ve been running
my whole life and I have
run in basket dances. But
spirituality is a big thing

and I actually go to church
now, so I pray a lot when
I’m running and it has
given me strength to keep
me grounded. I belong
to the First Mesa Baptist
Church,” said Ovah.
Ovah said he can’t
thank Wendi and MDC
enough for what they have
done for him because he
is doing what he loves to
do, and that’s to run. He
doesn’t think of himself as
an elite runner, “I’m just
doing what I love to do.”
Running has been a
part of his life since he
was young and it has given him strength. “It keeps
me grounded and it’s therapeutic and spiritual for
me,” said Ovah. “I think
running comes natural for
Native American runners
and it’s something we are
good at.”
Ovah said he is happy to
be sharing this experience
with “Kadoo” because
they are both representing
the Hopi/Tewa people.
MDC is selling t-shirts
with a silhouette of Ovah
and “Kadoo” with the
words, “Hopi to Boston”.
You may get in contact
with Wendi Lewis at the
MDC office. Phone num-

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here are a lot of runners
out here who are capable of
doing this and I’d like to see
them do this too,” -Stephen Ovah

Marketing Manager:
Louella Nahsonhoya
(928)734-3283
lnahsonhoya@hopi.nsn.us
Reporter:
Crystal Dee
(928)734-3284
cdee@hopi.nsn.us
Secretary:
Vacant
(928)734-3282

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

Stephen Ovah pictured here with his paternal grandmother Lillian Ovah (left),
qualified to run in the Boston Marathon in April. His grandmother said he
takes after his grandfather, Lawrence Ovah who was also a runner.

bers were not available at
time of interview. You may
also make your donations
for the runners at any one
of their fundraising activities.
“I’m so grateful for
MDC because without

them I wouldn’t be running the Boston Marathon.
They are doing a lot of
great things for runners.
I want to represent them
very well,” said Ovah.

Kids Korner Teaches Healthy Lifeways
While You Get Your Workout
Submitted by Valerie Nuvayestewa
Special Diabetes Program

Nobody has a greater
battle to fight with diabetes than Native Americans.
So what does this mean
to the Hopi/Tewa people?
It means getting off your
couches, start exercising
and eating healthier, and
the most important thing, to
pass this on to our children
so they become healthy, active adults.
Parents must become proactive when it comes to healthy eating
and exercise.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Special Diabetes Program, encourages the Hopi/Tewa community to
bring their children in to Kids Korner.
Located near Kykotsmovi, AZ. at the
Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center, Kids
Korner provides free childcare services
for families and individuals who utilize
the Hopi Wellness Center for exercise
activities and events such as Zumba
Nights.
Kids Korner provides a safe, healthy
environment that promotes self-expression, exploration and encouragement.
Each month weekly activities such as
nature walks, holiday craft projects and
fun, age appropriate exercise activities
are provided. The children learn about
healthy foods, which includes Hopi
foods and snacks that the children can
fix at home; they learn how to make
traditional Hopi foods such as blue marbles (povolpiki) and somiviki. Healthy
snacks are also provided to children on
a daily basis.
The registration packet consists of the
following:
• Registration form
• Medical Information Form
• Authorization for Check In/Check
Out Form
These forms are available at the Hopi
Wellness Center. Updated immuniza-

CIRCULATION
The Hopi Tutuveni is published twice
a month, with a circulation of 5,500
copies throughout the entire Hopi
Reservation. The paper is delivered
on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month to the following locations:
Keams Canyon Store, Polacca Circle
M, Hopi Health Care Center, Tsakursovi, Hopi Cultural Center, Kykotsmovi Village Store, Hotevilla Store,
Moenkopi Travel Center, Moenkopi
Legacy Inn, Tribal Government Complex and all Village Administration
offices. The Tutuveni is also available at the following border town
locations: Flagstaff- N.A.C.A office
on Steves Blvd., HTEDC and Mike
and Rhonda’s East. Winslow-Caseys,
Winslow Library, Brown Mug, Alphonso’s; and Holbrook- Hopi Travel
Plaza, Joe and Aggie’s Restaurant,
El Rancho Restaurant. Whitecone Giant Gas Station. Dilkon - Bashas.
Tuba City Bashas.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Tutuveni welcomes letters from
readers. A full name, complete address and phone number is required
to verify authenticity of the author.
Anonymous letters will not be printed. The Tutuveni reserves the right
to edit for clarity and may decline
to print Letters that are potentially
libelous and slanderous. Letters will
be run on a space available basis.
Letters may be sent to:
Mihio Manus
Managing Editor
P.O. Box 123
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
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tions records are also required to enroll
your children in Kids Korner. To obtain
an updated immunization record you
can go to the Hopi Health Care Center
to fill out the immunization form or we
can fax in the form for you and it will be
sent directly to us.
Kids Korner is open from 12:00 p.m.7:00 p.m. (Winter Hours) Monday thru
Thursday. We are closed on Fridays and
holidays.
A reminder to everyone, that you are
valuable tools to your children’s source
of learning. You are the role models and
when you take the time to take care of
yourself and your health, your children
will learn to do the same!
Life is more fun when you are healthy
and fit!

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

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From The Front Page

Letters to
the Editor

LEWIS/Continued from Page 1
teacher, a math aide and cross
country coach for three years.
However, being on the reservation was temporary and
being in the same routine was
not working well for Lewis. She decided to go back
to school and she registered
at Arizona State University (ASU). Her focus was in
speech pathology and was
accepted into the Speech and
Hearing Bachelor of Science
program.
Lewis had her third child in
February before she graduated from ASU in May 2012.
Having graduated with an
emphasis in Speech Pathology, it was required for her to
go to grad school and needed
to take the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE).
But
Lewis wanted to take a year
off from school so she could
study for the GRE and apply
in the winter.
She and her children moved
home with her boyfriend who
is from Tuba City in the summer after graduation. While
living in Tuba City she volunteered at the local hospital
with the Speech Pathologist
so she could get exposure as
her plans were to become a
Speech Pathologist and work
for her tribe.
She just had her third child
and volunteering wasn’t paying the bills so she applied
with the Moencopi Developers Corporation as a clerical assistant to the Project
Director. Although she was
a clerical assistant she was
doing construction management that involved clearance
site surveys and following the
protocol for construction. At
that time she and the Project
Director were working on
MDC’s mission statement.
The Project Director wanted
to convey the mission thru the
form of running.
They began working on a
video that included known
Hopi runners who have made
an impact in the running
world and at the same time
expressing the MDC’s mission statement.
“I was assigned to this
project because I have a
background in running and I
knew people who are runners.
I wanted Hopi runners from
each village to be included in
this video. This was my first
big project,” said Lewis.
However, the video was not
used for what it was intended

for, but a project was created
from it. While they were filming the video, the camera man
was interviewing the runners
and their answers were inspirational.
“These were people I have
looked up to growing up,”
said Lewis. “I thought people
should hear what they had to
say because it was very inspiring.”
Lewis pitched the idea of
having a conference for runners to the Project Director
and he approved of it and supported the idea.
The first Hopi Runner’s
Forum and Expo was held
on January 2-4, 2013. Billy
Mills, 1964 Olympic Gold
Medalist was the keynote
speaker at the event along
with other Native American
Runners such as Alvina Begay, Nike Ambassador.
The second Runners Forum
was held in January of this
year and it couldn’t have gone
any better as Lewis was prepared and had learned from
the first conference. She was
ahead of the game plan and
then her life turned upside
down when she lost her mother. Being prepared helped her
because she was able to take
time off.
“One of the reasons we
have the runners expo here at
the Legacy is to show people
that we have this nice hotel
and the speakers who come
here have nothing but nice
things to say about it,” said
Lewis.
Running is huge and people pay a lot of money to run
a race said Lewis. Because
the Hopi tribe doesn’t have a
casino they are finding other
ways to bring people to the
Hopi reservation and running
is one way.
“It’s not only bringing people to this establishment but
it’s also promoting health and
wellness within the community,” said Lewis. “And that’s
a part of our mission statement.”
The conference has created
the opportunity for Lewis to
start working on funds to specifically sponsor runners of
all ages. Right now they are
officially sponsoring two runners, Caroline Sekaquaptewa
and Stephen Ovah.
“The idea of that is to build
them up and push them to
work harder in a way; and to
inspire the community in let-

ting them know that anyone School. They help and supcan do it if you put work into port the expo with collecting
it,” said Lewis.
data during the event, education and curriculum.
Future and Current Proj“It’s very hard to get these
ects
things and I’ve learned that
MDC is currently working through grant writing,” said
on a Cultural Sustainable Pa- Lewis. “It’s really hard to get
vilion that is new and inno- the money unless you have a
vative. The solar project will track record.” She said you
incorporate Hopi culture and can’t write a grant and say
will be located in the plaza of you want money for this beMoencopi Legacy Inn. The cause this is what we are goproject is a collaborative part- ing to do with your money.
nership between MDC, Shon- The grantors get turned off by
to Energy and Grand Canyon that.
Trust. Lewis said they had
I asked her what it was
met a couple years ago and like for her when she wrote
came up with the idea to cre- her first grant; she said it
ate the pavilion. They haven’t was scary, stressful and
established a mission state- nerve-racking. She said when
ment for the pavilion but they she wrote her first grant she
are all in agreement that this felt like she was trying too
will be a central location for hard at first. MDC sent her to
ideas and programs to focus a grant writing workshop and
on sustainability.
there they shared helped her
On Shonto Energy’s web- with the do’s and don’ts of
site, they have a picture of grant writing.
what the pavilion will look
Since the Project Direclike. This is a description from tor left last summer, Lewis
their website, “The Hopi Sun picked up his responsibilities
(Dawa) will support approxi- on top of her own duties. She
mately 24 panels on the outer has gotten her foot in the door
edge and hover over a garden to something big and great
arranged in the Hopi symbol for her. She said she no lonby tubes of steel arranges as ger writes grants but manages
Hopi clouds. The project will them now.
be used to create power for
“The project that I’m workthe growing garden area and ing on is a big project. I befuture pavilion.”
lieve this project will help
According to Lewis, the Hopi and the rest of Indian
Pavilion will be powered by country in a positive way. I’m
solar which has been pledged really excited about it, but it’s
pro-bono by Shonto Energy. a lot of work,” said Lewis.
This also includes materials.
Since becoming the ProjThe Grand Canyon Trust in- ect Manager for MDC, Lewis
vested monetary suport for said she has learned that she
the construction of the Pavil- is young for someone in this
ion.
particular position. She goes
“I also wrote for a grant to to conferences and the people
the San Manuel Band of Mis- who attend are much older
sion Indians to support this with a lot more experience
project,” said Lewis.
than her. It’s very humbling
There is another project in for her to be in this position
the works, but Lewis is not and to have the opportunity to
quite ready to share because meet all these people.
she wants to make sure all the
“I’m friends with the CEO
I’s are dotted and the T’s are of Arizona Multi Bank and
crossed. But she said we will he shares his knowledge and
be the first to hear when it’s helps me when I need help
ready to be presented.
with something,” said Lewis.
MDC has had successful
Lewis said she understands
events prior to the Runners there is some confusion as to
Expo. During the summer what Moencopi Developers
through fall, MDC sponsors Corporation is. She wants
weekly farmers markets and people to know that they are
to close out the farmers mar- building for the future.
ket they hold a Cultural Sus“I’ve brought a different
tainability Expo. The expo is form of understanding, such
in conjunction with St. Jude’s as through the Runners FoFood Bank, John Hopkins rum,” said Lewis.
Center for American Indian
Health and Moencopi Day

Hopi Established First SmokeFree Hospital

I write to you on the 60th anniversary
of the release of the first United States
Surgeon General’s report warning of
the health hazards of smoking. Since
this landmark report came out in 1964,
successes in tobacco control have more
than halved smoking rates in our country.
Our collective view of smoking has been
transformed form an accepted pastime
to a discouraged threat to individual and
public health. Strong policies have largely driven cigarette smoking our of indoor
work environments.
I wanted to take this opportunity to acknowledge and commemorate an important milestone in our nation’s transition to
being smokefree. In October 1983, by
resolution of the Hopi Tribal Council,
the Hopi Tribe’s Keams Canyon Hospital in rural northeastern Arizona became the first smokefree hospital in the
United States. In the intervening years,
thanks to smokefree laws, doctors, nurses, patients, and hospital staff at hospitals
across the country are now free from the
damaging effects of secondhand smoke.
I applaud the Hopi people for the wisdom and foresight necessary to take that
first step over thirty years ago, and I believe it underscores our shared interest in
enhancing health, lengthening life, and
reducing illness and disability.
Sincerely yours,
Francis S. Collins,
æM.D., Ph.D.
Director
Dept. of Health and Human Services

Notice
The Department of Wildlife and Ecosystems Management program has been
receiving questions regarding permits
for rabbits for the upcoming Soyoko
ceremonies.
Permits for small game (rabbits) are
not required for ceremonial purposes. However, hunting at night with the
use of artifical lights (vehicles lights,
spotlights, flashlights, etc) is prohibited
and a violation of HTO #48. Hunting at
night is a violation of Hopi Traditional
teachings and has been supported by the
village leaders.
Per Hopi Tribal Ordinance #48, any
minor between the ages of 10-17 years
old must be accompanied by an adult,
18 years old and older, when hunting for
small game.
No discharging of any firearm with
1/4 mile of residences.
Hunters should wear hunter orange.
Any questions please feel free to call
me at (928) 380-5372 or email me at
your earliest conveniece. Thank you.
Darren Talayumptewa, Director
Wildlife & Ecosystems Management
Program

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Making Tsili Piki

Crystal Dee/Hopi Tutuveni

It is Powamuya, time
for Bean Dances in the
villages. During this time
the men go to the Kiva’s
to do their responsibilities
as men and the women are
preparing by making piki.
I had the opportunity
to spend time with Patty
Wells and her aunt, June
Talaswaima of Sipaulovi
in their Piki House on
Saturday. Patty was making piki for her daughter’s
godmother, as there will
be an initiation that will be

closed off to non-Natives,
and June was making chili
piki. Chili piki is made
with ground chili that is
usually eaten with bean
sprouts that the Kachina’s bring during the bean
dance.
In the picture, June is
rolling up her chili piki
over one she has just put
on the stone. The steam
from the other makes the
piki she is rolling moist so
that it rolls up easily.

4 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014 | HOPI TUTUVENI

From the Front Page
Attorney General’s Task Force
on American Indian/Alaskan
Native Children Exposed to
Violence

VIOLENCE/Continued from Page 1
Testimony of the Abused
The public hearing hosted speeches and testimony from elected leaders,
experts and also those
who signed up to speak
on abuse they had experienced.
Daniel Cauffman testified to being abused as a
child by his stepmother.
As a child, Cauffman’s biological mother had gained
custody of him when she
divorced his father. However, the young Cauffman
would still maintain visitation with his father. Because his father worked
long hours and frequent
nights, he was often left in
the care of his stepmother.
It was she that abused him.
His demeanor in testifying was calm and collected as he recounted terrible
memories of childhood
abuse. He remembered
his stepmother abusing
him in the absence of his
biological father. He said
she would take any chance
she could to do so.
“I was woken up being
pulled by my hair,” he
said. “I tried to rationalize
why she was doing this but
there wasn’t much I could
do.”
One of his most horrific
memories includes being
swung from his feet by his
stepmother as she let the
family’s dogs attack the
young man. It was after
this incident that Cauffman
told his biological mother
what had happened to him.
Cauffman was eight years
old at the time and since
the incident he has never
seen his father again. He
is 21 years old now.
His father, he says,
maintains that the abuse
never happened.
“This was me experiencing my abuse,” he said.
“I’ve coped with it.”
He says that he’s never
received counseling for
the abuse but has come to
terms with it on his own.
Cauffman said he hopes
to return to his home tribe
and eventually become a
counselor.
Demetria Young is an
18-year-old member of the
San Carlos Apache Tribe.
She has grown up in a foster family and spent many
of her adolescent years in
detention facilities.
Young said she dropped
out of school as a sophomore and then started
getting into trouble by
drinking with her friends.
Because of her drinking
she was thrown in jail a lot
and had even spent three
of her birthdays there. In
these detention facilities,
Young said the detention
officers constantly accused
her of being a troublemaker. They accused her of
talking back.
Her time in detention
facilities was riddled with
being bullied by other inmates. This led her to cutting herself.
“I started cutting my
wrists,” she said. “Seeing
the blood and feeling the
pain made me feel better. I cut myself because I
didn’t understand why my
biological parents gave me
up. I tried to hide my cuts
by wearing long sleeves.”
In spite of the adversity
she’s experienced in life
and in detention facilities, Young said she wants
to make something of
her life. “I want to go to
school.”
Native American Youth
in Juvenile Justice Systems
Addie Rolnick, Professor at William S. Boyd
School of Law and Author, said when it comes
to Native American youth
coming into contact with
the juvenile justice system, they “may come into
contact with a tribal, state
or federal system”. Rol-

Panel #4 addressed Components of the Juvenile Justice System Impacting American Indian Youth. Speakers included
experts ranging from Directors of tribal child advocacy centers to Senior Staff Attorneys for national juvenile defense
centers.

Andrea Joshevama, Child and Family Therapist/Supervisor at the Hopi Child Sexual Abuse Program, spoke on behalf
of the Hopi Tribe. Joshevama said that last year on the Hopi Reservation approximately 400 child abuse reports were
reported to her department. She also said the Hopi tribe emphasizes strong adherence toward placing children within
family/clan relations before sending them off-reservation. Above Joshevama (right) stands next to Senator Byron
Dorgan, Chairman of the Board of Advisors Center for Native American Youth.

nick said Native American youth might confront
several systems at once,
which can make it very
complicated.
She said the advisory
committee should assess
the needs of particular Native American communities and look at the types
of offenses that are being
committed. They should
then tailor their policies
to address crimes in accordance to offensive priority. She feels that tribal
communities need to consider prevention programs,
alternatives to incarceration and then ultimately,
varying levels of secured
facilities
“Incarceration should
be the last option,” Rolnick said. “We know that
Native Americans have
high levels of historical
trauma from assimilation
and boarding schools and
foster care. We need to
avoid taking children from
homes. We need to build
facilities that treat and not
just detain and punish offenders.”
Rolnick said states often
override tribal decisions
to rehabilitate children
and then send them to detention facilities. “Tribes
want treatment but the
Bureau wants something
harsher.”
Overall, she said many
tribal efforts to rehabilitate children are thwarted
by federal organizations.
She proposed that jurisdictional limitations be
assessed.
Juvenile Court Judges
weigh in
“I speak to you today
from experience of over
thirty years of being a lawyer, practicing in Navajo
Nation court and other
tribal courts, state courts
and federal courts,” said
Herb Yazzie, Chief Justice
from the Navajo Nation
Supreme Court. “Thirty
years of experience with
problems arising from
families. I come to you
hoping that you will hear
us.”
Yazzie noted that the
public hearing’s Judge’s
panel had close to a century of experience. The
common theme he noticed
was that the judges encouraged active and aggressive
practices of breaking the
cycle.
“We’ve heard today that
we have to find data to find
where our kids are,” Chief
Justice Yazzie said. “We

need to break the cycle
not just within families but
also the cycle that governments seem to be engaged
in. Through my experience, you will never break
the cycle if you put kids in
jail.”
His hope, he said, is that
the current administration
starts to think outside the
box. “I will be blunt in
saying that the American
criminal justice system is
inappropriate to be applied
to young people. You do
not apply criminal concepts to young kids.”
By applying criminal
concepts to young children, Yazzie said the system is building a cycle to
perpetuate something that
does not work. When
it comes to helping our
young children we have to
put our weapons down he
said.
“This is the American
system to do this. Applying punitive criminal
measure to the youth is pathetic. We have an opportunity to truly help.”
The chief judge said he
feels that not applying punitive criminal concepts,
in which detention comes
with sentencing, has to be
at the forefront. Yazzie
said that tribal judicial systems should be prioritizing
and applying funding towards addressing how ancient/tribal laws and principals can be taught.
“These ancient laws and
principals, the acknowledgment of them, we hold
those laws dear to our
hearts because we know
that they work. You don’t
treat the issues of family
by locking people away.
Let’s put our weapons
down and practice what
ancient laws say to us.”
How are Tribes Addressing this Issue?
Gregory Mendoza, Governor of the Gila River
Indian Community, said
his tribe has over 20,000
enrolled members and approximately 12,000 live
on the reservation. Their
reservation is composed
of over 3200 acres and located along the southern
boundary of the Phoenix
Metropolitan area.
“Our reservation has
been prone to violence.
In part, because our land
is expansive and our land
is located next to an interstate highway,” Governor
Mendoza said.
He noted the problems
of domestic violence and

gang violence have risen
in alarming amounts within his community.
“We have recognized
that children are exposed
to violence,” he said. “We
overhauled our justice system over the past 30 years
to address this.”
Governor Mendoza said
that GRIC has appropriated gaming revenues to
services of children’s well
being. He said the Community has established a
multi-tiered judicial system that provides alternatives to detention facilities. An example being
that the children’s court
now includes drug court,
teen court and drug family
court.
The policies they have
developed are built around
community awareness and
tradition. The courts offer
options within their diversion program to provide
for alternative treatment.
Alternative forms of treatment are generally used
for offender’s first through
fourth offenses.
The Governor said the
Community has largest
children’s detention facility but that the number
of children in facility has
dropped since 2007.
“The facility usually
now has 15 inmates that
stay for 12 days,” he said.

In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice released a study with alarming statistics about the
safety and well being of
our nation’s children. It
concluded that “60 percent of children are exposed to some form of
violence, crime or abuse,
ranging from brief encounters as witnesses to
serious violent episodes.
It was learned that almost
40 percent were direct
victims of two or more violent acts, and one in ten
were victims of violence
five or more times. While
this study was not focused
on tribal communities
and had a relatively small
sampling of American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/
AN) respondents, anecdotal evidence suggests
that on some reservations
the percentage of children
exposed to violence may
be higher. The consequences of this problem
are significant and widespread. Children’s exposure to violence, whether
as victims or witnesses,
is often associated with
long-term physical, psychological and emotional
harm.
In 2012, the Attorney
General’s National Task
Force on Children Exposed to Violence found
that AI/AN children have
exceptional unmet needs
for services and support to
prevent and respond to the
violence they experience.
The Task Force called
for the Attorney Gener-

al to “Appoint a federal
task force or commission
to examine the needs of
American Indian/Alaskan
Native children exposed
to violence.” Based on
that
recommendation,
the Attorney General has
established a Task Force
on American Indian and
Alaskan Native Exposed
to Violence. The new
Task Force is anchored by
an Advisory Committee
consisting of non-federal experts in the area of
AI/AN children exposed
to violence and a Federal Working Group consisting of federal experts
working in areas related
to AI/AN children exposed to violence.
The Advisory Committee will examine the scope
and impact of violence
facing AI/AN children
and make policy recommendations to Attorney
General Holder on ways
to address it. The Task
Force, through the Advisory Committee, will
convene four public hearings and several listening
sessions to examine the
pervasive problems associated with AI/AN children exposed to violence
in their homes, schools
and communities. The
information gleaned from
these hearings and listening sessions will assist the
Task Force, through the
Advisory Committee, in
developing policy recommendations to Attorney
General Holder.

“They are put through
school and cultural education. They work in
traditional gardens and
participate in traditional
activities.”
Other initiatives the
Community has addressed
are revisions to children’s
code and the criminal
code. They have revised
specific definitions of
child
violence/abuse,
which have been broadly
expanded to include many
acts that expose children
to crime.

and federal juvenile justice systems to be a part of
the tragic juvenile system
of violence,” West said.
“We have to talk about
ways to work with tribes
to figure out how we can
lessen the experiences in
the first place.”
West also called for new
approaches to be informed
by the awareness of forced
relocation and prohibitions of native cultures
and traditions. He would
like for recommendations
to take into account that
historical trauma that is
real and has affected multiple generations of Native
Americans.
“We’re not looking for
easy answers but systemic solutions that will
make a difference in Indian country,” he said. “Let
us rededicate ourselves to
giving Native American
children a future that is not
clouded with violence.”

From the Associate Attorney General
Tony West, Associate
Attorney General, U.S.
Department of Justice,
said he knows that the
road to involvement in the
juvenile justice system is
paved with experiences of
injustices and trauma.
“The last thing we want
to do is for our tribal, state

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2014 5

Health
Hopi Runner, Sekaquaptewa sets sights on Boston Marathon
Crystal Dee
Hopi Tutuveni

“I

like to finish strong. I know
I can improve my time because I’ve been running a
Caroline “Kadoo” Sekaquaptewa is water clan from lot more and I’m much faster. My
the village of Sipaulovi. Her parents are Rosa Honanie goal is run my fastest time at the
and the late Phil Sekaquaptewa. She is the oldest of four
siblings and a single mother of four girls ages 19, 16, Boston Marathon.”
10 and 5 years old. She is in her 10th year of teaching -Caroline “Kadoo” Sekaquaptewa

at Salt River Elementary School as an Early Childhood
Educator.
Moencopi Developers Corporation (MDC) is sponsoring both Sekaquaptewa and Stephan Ovah to participate in the Boston Marathon. MDC has paid for their
registration fees and are having custom made uniforms
designed for them. MDC is also helping them with
fundraising efforts for their expenses.

Being a Hopi woman, what does it mean to you to
run in the Boston Marathon?
I hope more people will do it because we have a lot of
good runners out home and I hope that people know that
they can do it. They have the talent to go and run in
these bigger races. I hope more people will go and experience something like this. It’s exciting.

There is a process in which one must go through to qualify to run in the Boston Marathon. The Boston Athletic
Association (BAA) has a list of Marathons in which one Caroline “Kadoo” Sekaquaptewa of Sipaulovi will run in
can run to beat the qualifying times. Qualifying times the Boston Marathon on April 21.
are based on age. The qualifying time for Sekaquaptewa is 3:40:00 for her age and she beat it with a time of coach. On my off days I go swimming because I need to
3:33:00 at the L.A. Marathon.
stay active and I try to stick to my schedule.
What is your diet like?
I eat all the time! I eat several meals all day. I rarely
drink soda and I drink a lot of water. After I run I refuel
and get ready for the next workout. I eat a lot of protein, fruit, vegetables and salads; I try to stay away from
greasy foods. If I do well, I’ll treat myself.

What is a typical week for you as far as training?
Lately, I’ve been running 50-60 miles a week, run a
track workout and I run hills. On my rest days I swim
because I’m going to participate in the Ironman again
this year and I’m preparing for that. I also ride my bike
and do strength training twice a week. I workout early in the morning at 4 a.m. because it’s harder for me
What does it mean for you to run in the Boston Mar- to workout in the evening and my girls participate in
athon?
basketball and other activities. I also participate in short
I’m excited because I’m reaching another goal that I distance races with a group of friends from the Healthy
have set for myself. To be a member of the Hopi tribe, Active Natives (HANS).
running in the Marathon is a good feeling. Stephen
Ovah will also be representing the Hopi tribe. I don’t Have you taken a look at the course?
know of any Hopis who have run this particular mara- Yes, I have and it shows where the hills are and I have
thon, but it’s always neat to see your tribe represented. I been talking to two individuals from Leupp and Tuba
know I will be thinking about everything out home. I’ll City, who have ran the Boston Marathon about the
run for my family and for people that can’t run. This is course and what it’s like. They are always excited to
a big deal to me compared to a “pahanna” running it.
share information with me.
How have you prepared yourself for the Boston
Marathon?
I’ve done a lot more running this year than I’ve ever
done. I train with a running coach who sends me workouts every week. A lot of the workouts have speed work
on the track and more miles so I’m able to run faster
for a longer time. In addition I’m doing strength training and taking care of my body better. I haven’t had a
whole lot of injuries and I’m thankful for that. I train
all year and I don’t ever take breaks. In October and
November I had some health problems and I was barely
running. Once I started my treatment I started training
hard again. In January I started getting back into shape.
I don’t know if I would be training as hard without my

Have you set a time in which you want to finish the
marathon?
I haven’t picked a specific time, but I know I can run
faster than I did in my last race. I know I can beat that
time.
Who or what is your inspiration in getting through
the race?
I think about when my kids when it’s getting tough. I
think of how they support me. My youngest told me,
“Mom, I’m praying for you to win the Ironman.” Little
things like that keep me smiling and keep me going. I do
everything for them and I want them to see me succeed
and reach goals that I set for myself so that they will be
the same way. I also think of home on the reservation
and my family. It gives me strength when I think about
them.

What made you decide you wanted to run in the Boston Marathon?
When I did the Ironman Triathlon a couple years ago I
knew that running a marathon was definitely possible
if I could swim, bike and still run a marathon; I knew
I could qualify. A couple months later at the 2013 PF
Chang’s Marathon I tried to qualify, but I didn’t make
the time. I trained some more and then in March 2013
I ran in the L.A. Marathon and beat my time by seven
minutes. Running in the Boston Marathon is something
I’ve always wanted to do, somewhat of a bucket list. I
had always read about the Boston Marathon or watched
the events surrounding the Marathon on T.V.

When you beat the qualifying time for the Boston
Marathon, how did you feel?
I was running with one of my friends and we didn’t get
a good start and I kept looking at my time. We knew we
were supposed to be at a certain point of the race. I started doing the math and figured out where we should be
at a certain time and I thought we could make it. Then
halfway through I looked at my time again and told myself “I think we can make it”. Without hesitating we
both took off and started running fast. We started running at a fast pace at the 13 mile mark to the end. When
we finished, our bodies were hurting. It was worth the
pain.

my energy until the end of the race. I have been asking
people about the course. The big thing is to be patient
because it’s a long race. I like to finish strong. I know
I can improve my time because I’ve been running a lot
more and I’m much faster. My goal is run my fastest
time at the Boston Marathon.

Would you say running in the Boston Marathon is
more exciting than participating in the Ironman?
No, it’s about the same. It’s really exciting because I’m
running in it for the first time which makes it better then
the Ironman.
What races have you run in the past year?
January 2014 I ran the PF Chang’s marathon, Sells Half
Marathon, 10K in Paradise Valley and the Ragnar Relay
with a group of friends who are on the team. The Ragnar
Relay is 200 miles; the relay begins in Wickenburg and
ends in Tempe. There are six members in each team and
they run 25-30 miles each.
How does your family feel about your running in the
Boston Marathon?
My family is very excited and they have been very supportive. My daughters want to go but I can’t take them
with me because of the cost and I don’t want to take just
one and they would miss a week of school.
Sekaquaptewa’s mother, Rosa said she is very excited
for her daughter and very proud of her because of the
work she has put into getting where she’s at.
“We are very supportive of her,” said Rosa. “My son,
mowii, Sam and her husband will be at various locations throughout the race to cheer her on. Having that
support means a lot knowing someone is there for you.”

What are you doing as far as fundraising and who
will be travelling with you?
Well it started off with my mom, but now I have my
brother, his wife, my cousin Samantha Antone and her
husband going. We are all fundraising to get our travel
What is your strategy for running hills?
I’ve been running hills out home and in races. When I’m expenses covered.
running hills I think positive thoughts and tell myself
There was a fun run on Feb. 13 for Stephen Ovah
I like running them. I always think positive because
when you think negative thoughts your mind starts to and Kadoo. In addition, there is also a raffle ticket sale
believe them. Hills are where you catch people and you where local artists have donated their handcrafted pieces to be raffled off for this event.
have to be strong running up the hills.
“I’m really grateful for the all the people who are
What is your strategy in getting through the mara- supporting me such as MDC and the people who are
helping with fundraisers, and the people donating to the
thon?
I’m kind of new to running marathons; I’ve only ran raffle. I’m very excited and grateful for their support. I
in six. I find it helpful to break-up the run into six sec- know Stephen is going to run hard, he always runs fast.
tions and I have a set time to run in those sections, so So I’m going to run hard and do my best to represent our
my strategy is to stay within those times. I like to save tribe,” said Sekaquaptewa.

Education Notes

Contestants compete for
cash prizes at 6th annual
NPC SGA Talent Contest
Everett Robinson
NPC Media Relations

Hopi Junior/Senior High School Students of the Month - January 2014
The Hopi Junior and Senior High School students of the month for January were treated to a luncheon at Keams Canyon Café on
Feb. 13. Laurel Mansfield (far right), Academic Counselor said the students are nominated by their teachers for good citizenship.

Auditions for the sixth
annual Talent Contest,
sponsored by Northland
Pioneer College Student
Government Association,
will be from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. on March 7 and 14;
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on March 8; and from 5
to 8 p.m. on March 13 at
NPC’s Winslow – Little
Colorado Campus, 1400
E. Third St.,
and at the Snowflake
Campus, 1611 S. Main
St., in the Learning Center
Symposium Room at both
locations.
Contestants
must bring their own music, instruments, accompanist and props.
A $500 first place prize
awaits the winner of the
talent contest on Friday,

April 4, beginning at
7 p.m., at the Performing Arts Center on the
Snowflake/Taylor – Silver Creek Campus. The
runner-­up takes home
$250. The competition is
open to the general public
of all ages. Contestants
will be divided into two
ages groups: 5 to 13 and
14 & up. The show will
feature singing, dancing
and comedy routines.
General admission for
the show is $5. Tickets are
available through the PAC
Box Office, 536-­6250, or
online at www.npc.edu/
tickets.
For more information,
click on www.npc.edu/
sga-­talent-­contest, or contact Paul Hempsey, 524-­
7401, (800) 266-­7845,
ext. 7401 or email paul.
hempsey@npc.edu.

6 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Creator of ‘More Than Frybread’ to
air pilot of Native American sitcom
Isaac Curley
HH Productions
The pilot TV episode of
‘Frybread’ is sixty-percent
completed that features
several cast members from
the movie, ‘More Than
Frybread.’ The release of
the pilot by Holt Hamilton
Productions (HHP) could
very well be the first TV
series based on Native
American sitcom. The
original movie released
in 2012 was screened in
more than fifty reservations throughout the U.S.
and Canada. The release
of Frybread sitcom is
scheduled for mid-March
2014.
The series takes off with
the World Wide Frybread
Association in peril with
bankruptcy and litigation
nipping at its heels. Donathan Littlehair, played by

J.W. Washington, conjures
up a plan to save the organization with the aid of humorous and colorful characters from various Native
American tribes.
Producer, Travis Holt
Hamilton, a non-native
has completed five films
that encompass comedy
and drama with a Native
American slant.
“Hollywood does not want to
make Native American
films. They don’t do well
and the market is too
small.” For that reason
alone, Hamilton states “I
want Native country to
collaborate with me in delivering positive content
to a starving Native audience that is tired of Hollywood’s control on how the
world should view Native
American imagery.”
The goal of the pilot episode is to establish Season

#1 that will consist of 13
episodes. Holt Hamilton
Productions foresees filming the series in various
tribal communities that
will aid in opening doors
for aspiring actors and
technical staff of Native
American heritage.
The public will have an
opportunity to view the
pilot episode via a stream
prior to its release to the
world with a contribution.
Contributions will assist
in funding the remaining
production and postproduction costs through a
link www.kickstarter.com/
projects/holthamilton/frybread-the-tv-show.
If you would like more
information please call
Isaac Curley at (480) 2355261 or e-mail Isaac at
highhogan@msn.com

Public Notice
In the Hopi Tribal
Court, Keams Canyon,
Arizona
In Re the Marriage of:
Ericka Rae Stevens,
Petitioner, AND Shawn J.
Stevens, Respondent.
Case No. 2013-CV-0191,
20-DAY CIVIL SUMMONS
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO: SHAWN
J. STEVENS
1. A Petition/Complaint
has been filed against you
demanding for: Verified
Petition for Dissolution
of Marriage. A copy is

available with the Clerk
of the Court.

Tribal Court, P.O. Box
156, Keams Canyon,
Arizona 86034 and mail
2. You are given 20 days
a copy to the Petitioner’s
from the 1st date of pubLegal Counsel Darlication to file an answer/ lene Lucario-Nuvamsa,
response and defend
DNA-People’s Legal
against the claim. You can Services, Inc., Hopi Ofprepare a written answer
fice, Post Office Box 558,
on your own and file it
Keams Canyon, Arizona
with the court within this 86034.
time period or you can
hire legal counsel to help 4. If you do nothing, the
you prepare a written
Court may give judgment
answer.
for what the petition
demands.
3. If you deny the claim
and want the court to hear Dated: December 31,
your side of the case, you 2013
must file a written answer
and file it with the Office /s/ Belena Harvey, Clerk
of the Hopi Tribal Court
of the Clerk of the Hopi

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3A698447c98fb16313. Public record. Not legal advice.