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Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

First Time in Tribe’s History - Two Qualified Hopi

Attorneys in Office of General Counsel

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 4, 2020

with a quorum present on this day Hopi

Tribal Council, by motion and majority

vote, approved Action Item #066-2020 –

To approve Attorney Contract with Amy

Mignella and Action Item #067 – To approve Attorney Contract with Carlene

Tenakhongva.

A day before on Monday, August 3,

2020 with a quorum present Council by

motion and majority vote approved Action Item #065-2020 – To approve Attorney Contract with Travis Hyer. All three

Action Items were authored by Fred Lomayesva, General Counsel of the Hopi

Tribe’s Office of General Counsel.

It has been approximately four months,

since the March 25, 2020 approval of Action Item #036-2020 by Council when a

quorum was present and addressed Council’s appointment of Fred Lomayesva

as General Counsel. During these past

months of working under restrictive social distancing measures, Lomayesva and

his staff, have been addressing many legal issues including having contact with

outsourced lawyers representing the Hopi

Tribe on matters such as the Little Colorado River Litigation, 1996 Land Settlement

issue, the Snow Bowl litigation efforts to

name a few and having direct legal review

of Hopi Tribe’s Personnel issues and matters, Hopi Code Amendments with regard

to the 2020 world wide pandemic issues

present on the Hopi reservation - a list not

totally conclusive of all matters, in addition to filling the three vacant General

Deputy Counsel positions.

Prior to Lomayesva’s appointment in

March 2020, the Hopi Tribe was challenged to get the Office of General Coun-

sel fully staffed since November 12, 2019.

In the January 22, 2020 publication Hopi

Tutuveni reported that the Hopi Tribal

Council adopted “Interim Policies and

Procedures for Legal Support and Review” as a means for meeting the challenge of having vacancies in the office,

until Lomayesva was appointed.

Lomayesva authored the three separate

Action Items at the request of Council and

continued with presenting from Monday,

August 3, 2020 through today, August 4,

2020. It didn’t seem that the Action Item

#’s 065-2020 and 066-2020 took quite as

much time for discussion and debate as

Action Item #067-2020, nonetheless, they

all received a majority vote and approval.

Hopi Tutuveni reached out to Fred Lomayesva, General Counsel who provided

the following: “The Hopi Tribal Council

passed three resolutions extending offers

of employment as Deputy General Coun-

sel to Travis Hyer, Amy Mignella and Carlene Tenakhongva. All three are qualified

attorneys who have experience working

with Indian tribes and peoples. Mr. Hyer

is an experienced tribal prosecutor who

will bring to the Tribe his knowledge of

the Hopi Tribal Court and law enforcement. Ms. Mignella is an experienced attorney with over twenty-five years in law.

Carlene Tenakhongva is a member of the

Hopi Tribe and licensed to practice law in

the State of Arizona and the Hopi Tribal

Courts. With the approval of the contracts,

the Office of the General Counsel will be

fully staffed. This is the first time in the

Tribe’s history that the Office of General

Counsel will have two qualified Hopi attorneys working to promote the legal interests of the Hopi Tribe and people.”

Although Travis began working for the Hopi Tribe in January 2019, his interests

in indigenous issues began long before that. He first focused his undergraduate and

graduate studies on the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Then, after a career as a

Spanish interpreter, he went to law school to study domestic and international relations

between indigenous peoples and governments. He served as the Public Interest Law

Fellow at the Indian Law Resource Center in Washington DC in 2017. There he worked

on projects at the United Nations seeking to increase the participation of indigenous

peoples' governments there and in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to

protect the property interests of a Mayan community in Guatemala. After working in

state and tribal courts in Utah, he then became a prosecutor in the Hopi Tribal Court.

Travis grew up on the beach in Florida, but frequently traveled throughout what is now

known as the southwest United States. He enjoys living in the region and is excited to be

continuing his career with the Hopi Tribe.

TICK-TACK-TOE

Travis Hyer, newly hired Hopi Tribe Deputy General Counsel. Photo by: Romalita Laban, HT

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Former Hopi Tribal Chairmen (Vernon Masayesva and Benjamin Nuvamsa) Demand Reclamation of Black

Mesa Mine and Kayenta Mine by the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)

Vernon Masayesva (credit: Sacred Fire Foundation)

PRESS RELEASE

July 20, 2020

Contact: Benjamin

Nuvamsa; (928) 380-6677

In early 2019, the Peabody Western Coal (Peabody) announced its intent to close the Kayenta Mine by the end

of 2019. Now more than a year later and more than eight

months after mine production has ceased, Peabody has

failed to lay out a clear plan for the safe closure and reclamation of the Kayenta Mine and the remaining Black

Mesa lands, as required by the Surface Mining Control

and Reclamation Act (SMCRA).

The second mine, the Black Mesa Mine, which provided coal to the Mohave Generating Station (MGS), has

been closed since 2005. MGS also shut down in 2005.

Prior to its closure, the Black Mesa Mine was operating

under an interim program permit, while Peabody was

pumping over 3.3 million gallons a day of pristine Navajo aquifer water to slurry coal to MGS, some 275 miles

away.

By federal law, and as federal trustee to the Hopi people, the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has a legal duty and obligation to

initiate work to reclaim lands and resources damaged

through years of mining activity in compliance with SMRCA. Considerable time has passed since the closure of

both mines, but OSMRE has failed to meet its meet its

legal obligations to reclaim the Kayenta Mine and Black

Mesa Mne as required under SMCRA, and as federal

trustee to the Hopi people.

On June 15, 2020, former Hopi tribal chairmen, Vernon Masayesva and Benjamin Nuvamsa, wrote to Director David Berry of the Western Region of OSMRE, to

request OSMRE to comply with SMCRA and initiate reclamation of the Kayenta Mine as a “significant permit revision”, as required under section 511(a)(2) of SMCRA.

30 U.S.C. §1261(a)(2).

A critical part of the “significant permit revision” must

Ben Nuvamsa (credit: Navajo Hopi Observer)

include a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that

will require full consultation with, and participation of

the affected parties (Hopi and Navajo) to ensure a thorough assessment or reclamation activities, a realistic but

aggressive timetable for carrying them out, and alternative approaches to reclaim the damaged lands.

Masayesva and Nuvamsa assert that OSMRE is currently in violation of SMCRA and federal regulations at

20 CFR §780.18(b)(1) that provide for “a detailed timetable for the completion of each major step in the reclamation plan”. OSMRE has not provided a clear plan or

timetable for: (a) backfilling and grading; (b) protection

and restoration of the hydrologic balance for surface and

groundwater resources; and (c) redistribution of topsoil

or approved topsoil substitutes.

The chairmen also expressed concerns about the restoration of springs used for religious purposes, restoration

of the Moenkopi water flow, addressing high levels of

arsenic in the domestic water supply of the Hopi villages, construction of a facility to store archaeological artifacts removed from the mine sites, considerations for

post-mining use of lands; and to ensure a sufficient reclamation bond is in place to restore the quality and quantity

of Black

Mesa’s water resources, including the Navajo aquifer

that sustains the Hopi villages.

Since the mid-1960’s Peabody mined high quality coal

from the Kayenta Mine on tribal lands in northern Arizona to provide coal for NGS to generate electricity to

transport millions of gallons of the Colorado River water

into the Central Arizona Project’s (CAP) massive water

canal system in southern Arizona. Peabody also provided

coal to MGS to generate and distribute electric power to

southern Nevada and California.

Masayesva said “former Interior Secretary Stewart

Udall assured the Hopi people that we will gain enormous wealth from the world’s largest coal strip mining

operation. But today, over

50 yeas later, Hopi people are living in poverty and suf-

fer health problems caused by the mining operations. Unemployment is over 80%. Families are living in crowded

conditions, some without electricity and running water.

Our Hopi people have been treated like a commodity.

When coal became expensive to generate electricity, Peabody dumped us after earning enormous profits, and leaving our sacred lands in a permanent wreck. It is our intent

to make sure Peabody and OSM repair the damage and

rehabilitate the area.”

Nuvamsa offered a brief reminder, “In the mid-60’s,

Salt Lake City attorney John Boyden came to Hopi looking for a job. He first sought a job at Navajo but was not

hired so he came to Hopi. Boyden pushed the idea of a

coal mine on our reservation, and claimed that the coal

deposit on Black Mesa was the highest quality coal in

the country and would be highly profitable for Hopi and

would forever sustain the Hopi economy. But it was not

learned until it was too late that Boyden was also attorney

for, and was representing Peabody. Boyden and the Bureau of Indian Affairs pushed a lease through that the BIA

signed on behalf of Hopi.

But to be legal, the lease needed the Hopi tribal council

to ratify it, but the Hopi tribal council was not functional

at that time because most villages had pulled their representatives out the tribal council. Boyden hurriedly handpicked individuals to form a make-shift tribal council for

the sole purpose of ratifying the BIA lease.

Nuvamsa then expressed his frustrations, “today, we see

the spoils of over 50 years of mining with no movement

toward reclaiming our lands. The promises of economic

wealth to Hopi never happened because the leases heavily favored Peabody. Owners of NGS, MGS, and Central

Arizona Water Conservation District, which manages

the massive Central Arizona Project, reaped significant

profits from our coal and only left us with the spoils. We

see extensive surface and subsurface damage, an overpumped N-aquifer, damaged ecosystem; and destroyed

springs, shrines and burial sites. We reminded OSM that

it has a federal trust duty to the Hopi people to reclaim

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Amendments to Hopi Code, Title III Chapter 13

On July 7, 2020, the Hopi Tribal

Council by motion and majority vote,

approved the above mentioned Action

Item and Resolution.

By passage of this Resolution, the Hopi

Tribal Council approves and adopts the

Hopi Code,

Chapter 13, which will provide law enforcement and the Office of the Chairman

the necessary ability to enforce emergency written directives during a declared

disaster.

Furthermore, the amendment to the

Hopi Code shall be effective immediately

upon passage of the Resolution and shall

replace and supersede the existing title

and chapter.

Should you have any questions, you

may contact (928) 734-3131.

Pursuant to Hopi Tribal Council Resolution H-047-2020, the Hopi Code,

Title III, Chapter 13, is amended and

restated as follows:

Chapter 13. OFFENSES AGAINST

PUBLIC PEACE, ORDER, WELFARE AND ADMINISTRATION

3.13.1 CURFEW VIOLATIONS.

A. Children under age eighteen shall

observe the following curfew schedule:

1. During School Term: Unless accompanied by a lawful custodian, children under age sixteen shall not appear in public

places after 9:00 pm; children ages sixteen

through seventeen shall not appear in public places after 10:00 pm, regardless of

whether they are enrolled in school.

2. During Vacation Periods: Unless accompanied by a lawful custodian, children

under age sixteen shall not appear in public places after 11 :00 pm; children ages

sixteen through seventeen shall not appear

in public places after 12:00 midnight.

3. Exceptions: When a school, commu-

nity, village, clan or ceremonial function

runs late, curfew is extended for all children until one half-hour after the official

close of the function.

B. A lawful custodian who intentionally fails to enforce the curfew schedule is

guilty of a petty offense.

3.13.2 DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

A person commits a minor offense if,

with the intent to disturb the peace and

quiet of a community, family or person,

he or she:

1. engages in violent or seriously disruptive behavior;

2. makes unreasonable noise;

3. uses abusive or offensive language

or gestures in a manner likely to provoke

immediate physical retaliation by another

person; or

4. recklessly handles, displays or discharges a deadly weapon or dangerous

instrument.

3.13.3 DISRUPTING MEETINGS,

PROCESSIONS AND CEREMONIES.

A. A person makes any unreasonable

disruption, commotion or display with the

intent to prevent or obstruct a lawful meeting, procession, ceremony or gathering is

guilty of a petty offense.

B. For purposes of this section, a person

will be considered to have made an “unreasonable disruption” if he or she attends

a lawful meeting, procession, ceremony

or gathering while under the influence of

alcohol, marijuana or a controlled substance.

C. A person who has been previously

convicted under this section and makes

an unreasonable disruption is guilty of a

serious offense.

3.13.4 DISRUPTING RELIGIOUS

CEREMONIES.

A. A person who recklessly or negligently enters a kiva, ceremonial building

or ceremonial area during a religious or

ceremonial activity and makes any unreasonable disruption, commotion or display

is guilty of an offense.

B. For purposes of this section, a person

will be considered to have made an “unreasonable disruption” if he or she enters

a kiva, ceremonial building or ceremonial

area during a religious or ceremonial activity while under the influence of alcohol,

marijuana or a controlled substance.

C. A person who has been previously

convicted under this section and makes

an unreasonable disruption is guilty of a

serious offense.

3.13.5 RIOT.

A person who intentionally, knowingly

or recklessly induces two or more persons

to use force or violence to disturb the public peace, or to create an imminent threat

of disturbance, is guilty of an offense.

3.13.6 DECLARED DISASTER.

A. During a declared tribal disaster, any

person failing to comply with the emergency directions issued by the Chairman

or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman or,

in the absence of both the Chairman and

Vice Chairman, the Chairman’s designee

pursuant to the Hopi Emergency Plan,

Section 7-701 (2), shall be a guilty of a

petty offense provide that the public has

been given notice of the emergency directions.

B. During a declared tribal disaster,

emergency curfews contained in the

emergency directions issued Chairman

or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman or,

in the absence of both the Chairman and

Vice Chairman, the Chairman’s designee

will apply to both adults and juveniles and

will supersede the curfew provisions in

the Hopi Code, Section 3 .13 .1.

C. During a declared village disaster,

any person who violates the written emer-

gency directions issued by a recognized

Village Authority is guilty of a petty offense provided that the public is given notice of the village’s emergency directions.

D. The provisions of the Hopi Code,

Section 3.4.2, Repetitive Offenders, shall

apply to offenders who repeatedly violate

subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section.

E. The Court may consider previous

convictions under this section as an aggravating factor in imposing release conditions.

F. A non-Indian who is subject to the

civil jurisdiction of the Hopi Tribal Court

who violates the emergency directions of

the Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice

Chairman or, in the absence of both the

Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Chairman’s designee or of a village shall be

subject to the civil damages provisions of

the Hopi Code, Section

3.4.5 (A)(5).

G. If a non-Indian who repeatedly violates this section poses an immediate

and substantial risk of harm to the public

health, safety or general welfare to the

Hopi Tribe or its peoples, the Chairman

may order the nonmember’s immediate

exclusion pursuant to

Ordinance 46, Section 46.02.05.

H. This section only applies during a

declared disaster and the enforcement of

the

Chairman’s or, in his absence, the Vice

Chairman’s or, in the absence of both the

Chairman and Vice Chairman, the

Chairman’s designee’s emergency directions ends when the declared disaster

ends.

I. This section only applies during a declared disaster and the enforcement of the

village authority’s emergency directions

ends when the declared disaster ends.

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Hopi Reservation Curfew Restriction - Extension

Declaration of State of Emergency

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe is facing the Coronavirus,

COVID-19 pandemic with limited resources to respond

to the public health emergency; and

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe is a sovereign tribal nation,

responsible to its villages, citizens and members of the

general public to employ strategies and provide direction

for the health and safety of all under the current state of

emergency in response to COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe has evaluated the impact

of COVID-19 within the capacity of the emergency response and unmet need across the expansive land base of

the Hopi reservation; and

WHEREAS, most of the Hopi villages are served by

one small health clinic to respond to COVID-19 related

health conditions, which requires tribal members facing

serious health conditions or life-threatening emergencies

to be transported to off-reservation health care facilities,

including Flagstaff Medical Center located approximately 100 one-way miles away from the Hopi Reservation;

and

WHEREAS, data available to the Hopi Tribe reflects

117 new positive COVID-19 cases on the Hopi

Reservation within an approximate one month timeframe of July l - 30, 2020; approximately 83% of the 117

new cases are attributed to three villages/communities,

which will require a comprehensive and targeted containment and mitigation effort; and

WHEREAS, as of July 30, 2020, the seven-day average hospitalization rate is still above 20 per day in the re-

gion, which is challenging healthcare facilities and tribal

resources as we are not yet seeing a downward trajectory

of positive test results over a 14 day period; and

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe recognizing the imminent

and immediate threat of a surge in positive

COVID-19 cases in Hopi villages, aims to continue to

support the respective Village

Orders issued to protect the health and safety of their

respective community members; and

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the

Chairman of the Hopi Tribe directs the following pursuant to section 7-701 (2) of the Hopi Emergency Response

Plan:

1. A Nightly Curfew shall be put into effect across the

entire Hopi Reservation and shall commence on July 30,

2020 at 8:00 p.m. MST and continue daily until August

31, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. MST, at which time the Nightly

Curfew will cease.

2. A Weekend Curfew shall be put into effect across

the entire Hopi Reservation for the following consecutive

weekends:

a. Friday, July 31, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. MST through

Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

MST; and

b. Friday, August 7, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. MST through

Monday, August I 0, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. MST; and

c. Friday, August 14, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. MST through

Monday, August 17, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. MST; and

d. Friday, August 21, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. MST through

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL

Third Quarter Session

June 1, 2020

PROPOSED AGENDA

NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item #063-2020 – To update

Transition time frames required by the

Hopi

Education Code, establish new process

to fill vacancies on the Transition Team

and update Hopi Board of Education election process – Author/Noreen

Sakiestewa, Director, Department of

Education and Workforce Development

2. Action Item #064-2020 – To Amend

the Procurement Policy to provide flexibility for the CARES Act Committee to

utilize the Coronavirus Relief Fund –

Author/Anthony Laban, Jr., Assistant

Finance Director, Office of Financial

Management

3. Action Item #065-2020 – To approve

Attorney Contract with Travis Hyer –

Author/Fred Lomayesva, General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

4. Action Item #066-2020 – To approve

Attorney Contract with Amy Mignella –

Author/Fred Lomayesva, General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

5. Action Item #067-2020 – To approve

Attorney Contract with Carlene

Tenakhongva – Author/Fred Lomayesva, General Counsel, Office of the General

Counsel

Monday, August 24, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. MST; and

e. Friday, August 28, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. MST through

Monday, August 31, 2020 at 5:00 a.m., at which time the

Weekend Curfew shall end.

3. Compliance with the Hopi Tribe reservation-wide

curfew shall be an individual responsibility, in consideration of the health & safety of all Hopi families and residents, until such time the Hopi

Tribal Council approves enforcement provisions under

the Hopi Code.

4. During restricted curfew hours, the Hopi Law Enforcement Services are authorized to establish checkpoints to make reasonable inquiries of occupants about

their safety while traveling during reservation-wide

curfew hours and to provide infom1ation and education

about COVID-19.

5. The Hopi Law Enforcement Services will coordinate

with village leaders and village security officers to allow

for welfare checks.

6. Exceptions to the curfew shall include travel to obtain food and other essential supplies, access medical

care, or do work essential to the functioning of tribal government and society. All unnecessary travel to, from, and

across the Hopi Reservation shall cease.

7. The Hopi Law Enforcement Services shall provide

data on the number of issued warnings to the

Office of the Hopi Tribal Chairnan and Vice Chairman.

SO ORDERED this 31st day of July 2020.

TICK-TACK-TOE

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Amending Executive Order No. 002.5-2020 to extend the

Stay at Home Order for all residents of the Hopi

Reservation

WHEREAS, the Constitution and By-laws of

the Hopi Tribe, ARTICLE VI-POWERS OF THE

TRIBAL

COUNCIL, SECTION 1 (a) and (b) respectively, authorizes the Hopi Tribal Council to represent and speak for the Hopi Tribe in all matters

for the welfare of the Tribe; and

WHEREAS, on March 23, 2020, the Hopi

Tribe implemented a Stay at Home Executive Order effective through April 17, 2020, in response

to the COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, on April 14, 2020, Hopi Executive Order No.002.1-2020 was issued extending

the Stay at Home

Order to May 9, 2020, to control COVID-19

spread on the Hopi Reservation; and

WHEREAS, on May 4, 2020, Hopi Executive

Order No.002.2-2020 was issued extending the

Stay at Home

Order to May 31, 2020, to limit potential exposure of the general public on the Hopi Reservation to COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, on May 27, 2020, Hopi Executive

Order No. 002.3-2020 was issued extending the

Stay at Home

Order to June 19, 2020, to build on comprehensive efforts to control the COVID-19 spread and

protect the general Hopi public, and

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2020, Hopi Executive

Order No. 002.4-2020 was issued extending the

Stay at Home

Order to July 3, 2020, to contain the COVID-19

community spread through ongoing case tracking, increased testing, and aggressive preventive

precautions; and

WHEREAS, on June 30, 2020, Hopi Executive

Order No. 002.5-2020 was issued extending the

Stay at Home

Order to July 31, 2020, to mitigate the

COVID-19 community spread through increased

isolation and quarantine support, public health

awareness and education, and other containment

measures; and

WHEREAS, data available to the Hopi Tribe

reflects 117 new positive COVID-19 cases on the

Hopi

Reservation within an approximate one month

timeframe of July 1 - 30, 2020; approximately

83% of the 117 new cases are attributed to

three villages/communities, which will require

a comprehensive and targeted containment and

mitigation effort; and

WHEREAS, as of July 30, 2020, the seven-day

average hospitalization rate is still above 20 per

day in the region, which is challenging healthcare facilities and tribal resources as we are not

yet seeing a downward trajectory of positive test

results over a 14 day period; and

WHEREAS, continuation of the Stay at Home

Order is necessary for public compliance with

efforts to contain the COVID-19 spread across

villages and communities; and

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that it is REQUIRED that the public OBEY the following

preventive precautions:

1. Hopi Reservation Residents are required

to stay home and undertake only those outings

absolutely necessary for their health, safety or

welfare

2. Avoid close contact with people who are

sick.

3. Wear a face covering in public places when

practical or feasible.

4. Wash your hands often with soap and water

for at least 20 seconds, especially after blowing

your nose, coughing, or sneezing or having been

in a public place. If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least

60% alcohol.

5. Avoid touching high-touch surfaces in public places. Use a tissue or sleeve to cover your

hands or finger if you must touch something.

6. Avoid touching your face, nose, eyes, etc.

7. Clean and disinfect your home to remove

germs: practice routine cleaning of frequently

touched surfaces.

8. Avoid crowds in Social and Ceremonial Setting and adhere to Social Distancing Standards

(for example: not shaking hands, standing at least

6 feet away from other people)

9. A void all non-essential travel.

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribal Chairman is authorized pursuant to Section 7-701 (2) of the

Hopi Emergency

Response Plan to provide the necessary direction to preserve the peace and order of the Hopi

Tribe.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that

the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe directs that Executive Order

002.5-2020 shall be extended beyond July 31,

2020, and shall remain in effect through August

30, 2020, unless modified, extended or rescinded.

SO ORDERED this 31st day of July 2020.

Introducing the Nurturing

Indigenous Intelligence

Grassroots Organization

Lexie James co-founder of NI2 (Photo credit: Facebook/Lexie James/Creater)

Lexie James – CoFounder NI2

Press Release

Polacca, Ariz. - Nurturing Indigenous Intelligence is a grassroots

organization comprised of artists,

business owners, community organizers, ambassadors and more

importantly concerned community

members.

We understand the trying times

that our Tribe is facing right now

and we want to be able to be a part

of the solution. As young people,

who are well and able to give, we

want to be able to show our younger

folks that hard work can definitely

get you results. We want to be that

web of support our students need to

help get through these tough times,

from the Head Start students up to

our college students.

Our organization is working to

gather school supplies for students

across the Hopi Reservation. Currently we are accepting in-kind

donations of supplies, monetary

donations, and raffle donations.

The raffle is out biggest fundraiser right now. ALL proceeds will

go to purchasing supplies. What

we don't fundraise; will be paid for

out- of-pocket. Dates for the distributions are still being worked out.

For more information you may

email us at: nuturingisquared@

gmail.com or give us a call at (928)

313-4874. You can also follow us

on Facebook @Nurturing Indigenous Intelligence and Instagram @

nurturingisquared. CoFounders are

Timothy Grover & Lexie James,

Secretary is CiAnna Sakeva, Treasurer is Aeon Albert and Marketing

Executives are Ivern Beatty and

Josh Sidney. Thank you for your

support!

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

CARES ACT PRESS RELEASES

2020 Virtual 100 Mile Club, HOPI TRIBE ENACTS CARES

Moving and Connecting in a ACT FUNDING COMMITTEE

Progress Update of the CARES Act

Time of Social Distancing

Committee

Andrea Siow – Hopi Wellness Center

Team Member

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Tuesday, August

4, 2020 and the Hopi Wellness Center

TEAM understand that it’s been a trying

time out there for all of you. We are grateful to still have one of the most important

things available - walking and running to use as a tool for navigating our physical, emotional, and communal health in

the face of our current situation.

As a part of doing our best to adapt to

the current circumstances, this year’s 100

Mile Club has embraced the concept of

going virtual, and moving forward in promoting physical activity in our community. Despite the challenges and barriers

faced in running this year’s program, we

are happy with a great turn-out of 787 participants for 2020.

We are delighted by the stories that we

are reading about on our Facebook page

and mileage logs being received; on how

families and communities during this time

of social distancing through walking and

running, and finding creative and safe

ways to take back their physical, mental,

and spiritual health.

Although we cannot join together physically; support continues for the safe and

responsible movement across Hopi.

As we near the end of this year’s 100

Mile Club, we remind participants, the

last day to earn miles is August 21, 2020,

and all mileage log sheets are due by Friday August 28, 2020. Mileage log sheets

may be mailed to the Hopi Wellness Center, P.O. Box 123, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039,

or emailed to TKoyayesva@hopi.nsn.us.

We encourage everyone to remain

strong, and resilient, through these challenging times, and we invite you to visit

us on the Hopi Wellness Center Facebook

page, and the Hopi Tribe website for updates from the Hopi Wellness Center.

Uma Nahongvitotani!

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – July 20, 2020 the Hopi

Tribal Council on June 26, 2020, approved by

motion and majority vote, Action Item #0512020/H-046-2020; CARES ACT COMMITTEE DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A METHOD TO CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND

PROJECTS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE PUPOSE OF THE CARES

ACT (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic

Security Act (CARES Act)).

On *July 9, 2020, the Hopi Tribe CARES

Act committee convened its first official meeting by teleconference with some members

present and participating in the Hopi Tribe’s

Department of Administration & Technical

Services (DATS) conference room. The committee is comprised of 15 appointed members

and 7 Ad Hoc members.

To date, the CARES Act committee has

convened 4 official meetings and has set standing weekly meetings for 9:00 o’clock a.m. on

Tuesday and Thursday. A progress report of the

committee was made to Hopi Tribal Council

on Friday, July 10, 2020 with a second report

scheduled for July 20, 2020.

Meeting Dates

July 9, 2020, First Meeting

July 14, 2020

July 16, 2020

July 17, 2020

The CARES Act committee has established

their immediate priorities with timelines as;

1)Review broad categories for budget development, July 17, 2020.

2)Develop the CARES Act budget, July 21,

2020.

3)Develop procedures to accept & approve

proposals for CARES Act funding, July 23,

2020.

4)Target date to begin first review of proposals, July 28-30, 2020.

5)Target date to issue first funding for approved proposals, August 3, 2020.

*correction to date

CARES Act committee membership

Garalene Povatah of the Office of the Tribal

Treasurer serves as the recording secretary and

Point of Contact (POC) for the CARES Act

committee.

CARES Act committee membership

Garalene Povatah of the Office of the Tribal

Treasurer serves as the recording secretary and

Point of Contact (POC) for the CARES Act

committee.

Appointed members (15) R e p r e s e n t i n g

Agency

Carroll Onsae, Chairman- Hopi Telecommunications Inc.

Monica Nuvamsa,-Vice-Chairwoman Hopi

Foundation, Hopi non-profit

Craig Andrews- Hopi Tribal Council

Tim Bodell-Hopi Utilities Corporation

Lillian Dennis-Hopi Villages

Andrew Gashwazra-Office of Community

Planning

Mose Herne-Hopi Health Care Center, Indian

Health Services

Jamie Navenma-Department of Public Safety

& Emergency Services

Timothy Nuvangyaoma-Office of the Chairman

Dorma Sahneyah-Office of the Executive

Director

Noreen Sakiestewa-Department of Education

& Workforce Development

Cindy Smith-Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

Clark Tenakhongva-Office of the Vice-Chairman

Ad Hoc Members (7)

Robert Collateta Jr.-Office of Information

Technology

Jim Davis-Office of Financial Management

Wilfred Gaseoma-Tribal Treasurer

Anthony Laban-Office of Financial Management

Micah Loma’omvaya-Office of Real Estate

Services

Fred Lomayesva-Office of General Counsel

Cheryl Tootsie-Office of Financial Management

For questions or more information, please

call the Hopi Tribe – Office of the Treasurer at

928-734-3121 or Office of the Executive Director at 928-734-3202.

CARES ACT PRESS RELEASES

CARES Act Committee Develops Working Budget

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: CARES Act Committee –

Hopi Tribe

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - July 24, 2020, The Hopi

Tribal Council established the CARES Act

Committee (CAC) designating the responsibility to develop a budget and expenditure plan

for funds received under the Aid to Tribal Governments totaling $92.9 million dollars and the

Aid to Tribal Government Welfare Assistance

totaling $2.4 million dollars.

The CARES Act Committee’s priorities

with timelines are;

1)Develop the CARES Act budget, in progress.

2)Review procedures to accept & approve

proposals for CARES Act funding, July 28,

2020.

3)Target date to begin first review of proposals, TBA.

4)Target date to issue first funding for approved proposals, TBA.

Preparing for Accountability

On July 14, 2020, the CARES Act Committee approved a contract with Walker &

Armstrong, LLP and welcomed Ken Mason,

Advisory Services Manager for their services,

including;

•To provide advisory services to the CARES

Act Committee and Office of Financial Management in best practices to meet reporting requirements and documentation standards.

•To help the Hopi Tribe’s financial management team prepare for a Single Audit.

•To support fiscal accountability, taking into

consideration the eligible purposes and time

restrictions of each funding source.

•To assist in program development as needed to ensure compliance with guidelines promulgated by the Department of the Treasury

and other agencies.

•To provide technical support to villages to

clarify and support regulatory accountability in

receiving & expending CARES Act funding.

•Initial meeting for Hopi village CSA’s with

Ken Mason, Sunday, July 19, 2020.

•Ken Mason’s professional experience;

https://www.wa-cpas.com/professionals/mason.htm Developing a Working Budget

Friday, July 17, 2020, the CAC established

Broad Categories of Funding to guide budget development. The categories identify and

frame priorities of the COVID-19 direct response to villages, first responder agencies,

tribal government, schools, tribal corporations

& tribal-member businesses, and nonprofits.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Ken Mason delivered a presentation titled, “Spending the

CARES Act, THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF

FUND FOR TRIBES.” The presentation focused on fund allocations, allowable & disal-

lowable costs of CARES Act funding, lasting

benefits, and covered Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s). Time was allowed for Question

& Answer with committee members, village

CSAs and invited media representatives.

The Committee noted consideration of other sources of funding provided as COVID-19

direct response to other Hopi tribal programs

and local organizations through their existing

federal contracts including but not limited to;

Hopi Tribal Housing Authority, Indian Health

Services, Transportation, all Hopi Schools

through the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),

and donations made to The Hopi Tribe and The

Hopi Foundation. The committee remains focused on the directive to create a budget and to

expend funds specific to the Aid to Tribal Governments, emphasizing the greater intent of the

committee to maximize funding to strengthen

the community at large, while appropriately

expending federal funds. The committee will

review the budget and an expenditure report

for the Aid to Tribal Government Welfare Assistance reflecting a $2.4 million dollar allocation on July 28, 2020.

July 21, 2020, the CAC developed Broad

Categories to provide a framework for a Request for Proposals (RFP’s) process and to provide the structure of budgeting and accounting

of COVID-19 related expenditures. The committee decided to remain flexible in the distribution to allow for reallocation based on the

proposals to be received and a contingency to

fund unforeseen proposals or conditions related to COVID-19. A Cost Accounting Structure

(coding for budget expenditures) was supplied

by Walker & Armstrong, LLP.

July 23, 2020, the CAC designated a subcommittee to develop the process to submit

and review project proposals. The committee

will finalize this process on July 28, 2020.

Broad Categories of Funding with Allocations;Broad Categories

Allocation% of $92.9M

a.COVID Family Direct Response

$21M23%

b.Community Infrastructure Capacity Building $21M23%

c.Business Operations & Economic Recovery

$21M23%

d.Education & Child Care Services$9.5M10%

e.Health & Medical Services Response Needs

$9M 10%

f.Food Security & Food Access$5M 5%

g.Home Safety & Energy Efficiency $5M 5%

h.Contingency$1.4M 1%

$92.9M100%

For questions or more information, please

call the Hopi Tribe Office of the Treasurer at

(928) 734-3121 or Office of the Executive Director (928) 734-3202.

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Developing a Project Proposal

Process for CARES Act Funding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: CARES Act Committee Hopi Tribe

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - On July 28, 2020,

the CARES Act Committee convened to

discuss and provide direction for a project

proposal process for CARES Act Funding

of The Hopi Tribe. For this topic, discussion centered on financial accountability

and internal controls that would support

an equitable, expedited process for options being considered that include fast

track grants to formal project proposal

submission.

One critical component recommended

for a project proposal is a detailed budget. Timelines for project completion are

December 30, 2020 as no extensions have

been granted for CARES Act Funding requirements to date.

A request was made for villages to continue to work to submit requests for reimbursements to The Hopi Tribe. Elements

to support a village request for reimburse-

ment from CARES Act Funding include;

•Submit reimbursement request on

Hopi Tribe Requisition

•Include justification for costs incurred

in response to COVID-19

•Receipts

•Proof of Purchase

The designated subcommittee was advised to further develop and submit tangible documents to support the project

proposal process. This includes recommended applications, types of award or

distribution options, and internal controls

that will help streamline the review and

award process.

The CARES Act Committee will reconvene to review the project proposal process on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 9:00

a.m.

For questions or more information,

please call the Hopi Tribe Office of the

Treasurer at (928) 734-3121 or Office of

the Executive Director (928) 734-3202.

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New Perspective - Education

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Howling Against Racism

Ed Kabotie

Self-Artist

Press Release

The Yoties (credit: original sender)

Flagstaff, Ariz. – August 3, 2020 and

in commemoration of the 340th anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Cloud

Mtn Arts and The Orpheum Theater present "An Alter-Native History of America." Part education, part entertainment

(Edu-tainment), the online event will be

an overview of American History from an

Indigenous perspective in three Acts: I. Indigenous Prehistory II. Clash of Cultures

III. The Industrial Age. The four hour

show will feature the music of Ed Kabotie and Tha 'Yoties, with an overview of

Native History by Kabotie. Artwork from

both the Kabotie family & Earth Tones

Photography by Andrew Baker will guide

the narrative. The objective of the show is

to demonstrate how systemic racism has

affected Indigenous people throughout

American history with a particular emphasis on the people and lands of the Colorado Plateau.

“An Alter-Native History of America"

is a FREE Facebook Live event, streaming online Saturday, August 8th, 2020,

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at www.facebook.

com/edkabotie. Intermissions will present

the work of The Hopi Foundation, whose

mission centers on the empowerment of

Hopi communities. Viewers will be encouraged to consider donating to The

Hopi Foundation's Hopi Emergency Assistance Fund. A drawing for select pieces

of artwork will be raffled off for those that

give to the fund during the show.

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Robert J. Tórrez

for

RoundtheRoundhouse.com

On January 18, 1867, N. M.

Davis, the chief clerk of the U.

S. Indian Department in New

Mex-ico submitted a troubling

report to the Commissioner of

Indian Affairs in Washington. He

reported that several days earlier

a delega-tion from the Hopi settlement of “Oriva” (Oraibi) had

arrived at his office and reported that a party of some seventy

(New) Mexicans had entered the

pueblo in late Decem-ber, asked

for some food, and after being

fed, attacked the settlement. Before it was over four Hopi men

had been killed and eleven children and one woman taken captive. As they made their escape

the raiders killed three Indian

herders and took several hundred

sheep and goats.

On January

15, 1867 Acting Governor W. F.

M. Arny issued an executive order to all the Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs in the territory to

assist Special Indian Agent John

Ward in the recovery and return

of the captives to their families.

The following week, The New

Mexican confirmed Ward had

been assigned the task of rescuing the captives and on February

10, 1867, Ward reported he had

found the captives scattered in

many directions. At least one was

found at Tierra Ama-rilla and

others at Ojo Caliente, El Rito,

Arroyo Seco (north of Taos) and

some at Conejos in Colorado.

Subsequent reports suggest the

raiders had found a ready market for the captives and had sold

them at these locations on the

premise that they were Navajo.

Ward in-dicated he had managed

to rescue six of the children and

the woman that month and hoped

to have the others in hand very

shortly.

According to a letter

from Pueblo Agent J. B. Henderson, the regrettable incident took

place when a militia company

from Taos and Abiquiú failed in

their search for some Apache or

Navajo raiders and inexplicably

decided to attack Obaibi instead.

This circumstances seem plausible because the previ-ous November 1866, the governor had

issued a proclamation autho-rizing the formation and arming

of militia companies to counter

the “constant incursions and de-

The 1866 Attack

on Oraibi

pre-dations” of hostile tribes. I

have not yet found evidence that

such a militia company was actually organized in Taos or Abiquiú

but it is clear that campaigns by

duly organized militia companies were supposed to pursue

and punish Navajo or Apache

raiders. Accord-ing to the Pueblo agents, those who attacked

Oraibi were a “predatory band,”

acting “without authority.” Why

this militia company, with or

without official sanction, ended up raiding a peaceful Hopi

village is unexplained in any of

the asso-ciated documentation.

Somehow, Obaibi seems to have

ended up being a convenient

and unfortunate target.

Subsequent documents indicate that

when the participants of the raid

were identified, attempts were

made to have them brought before a court of law. However,

conflicting jurisdictions – Obaibi was in Arizo-na Territory and

outside the juris-diction of New

Mexico courts and being that the

Pueblos were under the Indian

Department, apparently no one

was ever brought to justice for

the incident. In August 1867, A.

B. Norton, Superintendent of In-

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dian Affairs for New Mexico, reported he had attempted to have

the responsible individuals tried

in the March 1867 session of

district court but the grand jury

failed to return any indictments.

According to Norton he could

fathom no oth-er reason than

“the clannish nature of the Mexicans” and because the crime, if

any, had been committed in Arizona and should be prosecut-ed

there. Norton’s report includes

lists of the men who had participated in the raid in hopes that

the gov-ernor of Arizona would

ask New Mexico to have the men

extradited to an Arizona court,

noting that “it is absolutely necessary that the Bandits be punished severely.” This fascinating

document, based on information,

according to Norton, provided by

Antonio Sierra, con-sists of two

separate lists. One lists the names

of twenty one men from El Rito,

Abiquiú, Conejos (Colora-do),

Arroyo Seco, Ojo Caliente, the

Pueblo of Taos, Rincón, and

Cha-ma who were identified as

the ones who actually attacked

the Pueblo. A second list also has

twenty one names, but notes that

while these did not participate in

the attack they did take part in

the theft and division of the stolen Hopi live-stock. These men

were from the same communities

as those on the first list as well as

some from Em-budo, Ballecito,

Mora and Huer-fano (Colorado).

The names and whereabouts of

seventeen others remained unknown. Antonio Sier-ra, the reported informant, is not further

indentified in any of the documents and is not on either of the

lists. It is not known how Sierra

knew the identities of the raiders.

According to Ward’s reports, he managed to recover all

the cap-tives and by the end of

March had arranged transportation to their homes for all but the

woman, who was pregnant and

remained at the Pueblo of San

Ildefonso with her husband and

some relatives to await the birth

of the child. If baptism records

of San Ildefonso for this period

have survived it would be interesting to see if this child was

baptized during that time frame

and maybe, identify his or her

parents.

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Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Seeking

Artists!

Looking for artists to help develop COVID-19 related

health education/messaging information/materials.

Seeking to develop the following:

-Coloring book/graphics

-Songs/jingles on COVID-19 prevention

-Murals

IF interested, please contact:

Gary Leslie, Hopi Health Care Center (HHCC) at:

(928) 737-6037, Gary.Leslie@IHS.GOV or

Royce Jenkins, Hopi Tribe, Department of Health &

Human Services at: (928) 734-3401 or rjenkins@hopi.

nsn.us

Coloring Book ideas.

1.Wear a face covering

2.Social distance- emphasize 6 feet

3.Stay home – best way not to spread COVID-19

4.Wash your hand at least 20 seconds with soap and

water

5.If no soap and water us hand sanitizer with at least

60% alcohol

6.Don’t go to social gathering or host one

7.Cover your cough and sneeze with a tissue and throw

it away

8.If no tissue cough or sneeze into your sleeve/elbow

9.Help one another – like getting groceries/medicines

and leave them at the door

10.Give support via phone or text NOT in person

11.Clean and disinfect surfaces

12.Track your health if you feel sick

13.If you get worse call your doctor or the HHCC

14.Other messages: It’s everyone responsibility to help

prevent the spread of COVID-19 Pandemic!

15.LAST PAGE: “We are Hopi We are Strong” + logo

and various phone numbers (HERT: 928-734-3661 and

after hours and weekends 928-734-3663), HHCC hotline:

928-737-6188, Hopi Police: 928-734-7340 or 911

Hopi H.E.O.C Updates

“I AM JUST…” - A

phrase that spreads

the virus and puts

you, your family and

the entire

community

at risk.

“I AM JUST going to the

baby naming ceremony

for only one hour.”

Remember gathering of

multiple people from

different households is

very risky and can

“I AM JUST going to the

birthday dinner to eat then

leave.”

“I AM JUST going to visit for a few minutes at a

neighbor’s house!”

Visiting for any length of time can put you and your

family at risk for COVID-19

Gatherings of any size rapidly

spread the virus. Remember,

some people who have

the virus can show no

symptoms & look well but

may still carry the virus

and be contagious.

“I AM JUST going to invite one person over for dinner

because I cooked too much and they told me they don’t

visit anyone and they tested negative for COVID-19 last

week.”

Even if someone tests negative, they could be

exposed since and could be contagious. You can

share your food by leaving a plate on their

doorstep. DON’T GO INSIDE!

“I AM JUST going into the

store for a minute, I don’t need

a mask.”

Your mask protects others

and other’s masks protect

you. Always wear your

mask when out in public.

KEEP HOPI SAFE AND STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19: Avoid gatherings of any size, wear a mask when in public, wash your hands for at

least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer, and always over your sneeze/cough. Remember to stay home and don’t have any visitors.

Simple Reminders from the CDC to Keep

Safe

Please if you are sick, stay home, except to get medical care.

Even if you are not sick please remember to:

•Keep at least six feet between you and other people and

don’t go to--or host--parties or other group events.

•Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when

you are around others or when you go out in public.

•Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20

seconds, or hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if you

can’t use soap and water.

•Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the

tissue in the trash and wash your hands.

Hopi H.E.O.C Updates

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

confirmed positive cases with 47,576 new cases

and over 154,471 deaths reported.

Over 179,497 confirmed positive cases now

exist in Arizona. Of those, close to 5,284 are in

Navajo County alone.

The Hopi Health Care Center has tested over

3,323 patients to this date. Over 425 of those

tests at Hopi Health Care Center came back

positive with 310 from Hopi Tribal members.

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation

reported 47 positives for Hopi Villages with a

combined number of 357 positive Hopi Tribal

members.

* The information by villages presented on

the next page is released by the Hopi Department of Health & Human Services, and the data

shown reflects patients tested at the Hopi Health

Care Center and at the Tuba City Regional

Health Care Corporation specifically on Hopi

tribal members. The data from Lower and Upper Munqapi is consolidated until specific data

can be re-verified. (+) number deceased due to

individual being identified to another village.

The community of residence for one Hopi Tribal member who tested positive at HHCC is in

the Phoenix metropolitan area. The community

of residence for four Hopi Tribal members who

tested positive at HHCC is in Winslow. The

data here does not include all state-wide data

from other facilities such as Flagstaff, Winslow,

Phoenix or other hospitals.

** A total of 357 individuals who tested posi-

tive are members of the Hopi Tribe.

+ Includes Village member(s) retested positive

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 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms or combinations of symptoms may have

COVID-19:

•Cough

•Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

•Or at least two of these symptoms:

•Fever

•Chills

•Repeated shaking with chills

•Muscle pain

•Headache

•Sore throat

•Congestion or runny nose

•Nausea or vomiting

•Diarrhea

•New loss of taste or smell

Hopi Tribe-Department of Health and Human

Services Covid-19 Emergency Response –

August 3, 2020 Report

PRESS RELEASE

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – August 3, 2020 — The

COVID-19 pandemic is a serious global health

threat, and the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) is committed to stopping its

spread. CDC has a long history of strengthening

public health capacity throughout the world to

contain outbreaks at their source and minimize

their impact. CDC is working closely with the

World Health Organization (WHO) and other

partners to assist countries and communities

around the globe to prepare for and respond to

COVID-19.

Community mitigation measures are actions

taken to slow the spread of infectious diseases.

Governments, individuals, communities, businesses, and healthcare providers are all part of

an overall community mitigation strategy used

to minimize morbidity and mortality, as well as

the social and economic impact of COVID-19.

Tribes should consider community mitigation

measures and choose which ones to put in place

to prepare for and respond to community transmission of COVID-19. On Hopi, the door-todoor surveillance work in the villages is one

form of the community mitigation measures put

in place to get a handle on COVID-19. .

Here is a quick overview of the COVID-19

statistics on a national, state, and local level:

As of this date – August 3, 2020

The United Sates now has over 4.64 million

Children have similar symptoms to adults and

generally have mild illness.

This list is not all inclusive. Please consult

your medical provider for any other symptoms

that are severe or concerning to you.

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

Hopi H.E.O.C Updates

Hopi Tribe-Department of Health and Human

Services, Cont.

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Hopi H.E.O.C Updates

Brother and Sister Donate Cartoon Art to Help

Educate Local Youth about COVID-19 Safety

SHE’S TOO

CLOSE…. 6

FEET APART

KYA’AH!

All artwork done by Nevaeh and Ihzaeh Lomavaya

Hopi Health Care Center

While a lot of youth are trying to occupy their time at home, Nevaeh Lomavaya, age 15 and Ihzaeh Lomavaya, age 12,

decided to put their creative humor in art

to good use by creating COVID-19 health

education cartoons that are Hopi-tized to

educate their fellow Hopi and Tewa youth

peers about practicing good safety habits

to avoid getting sick with COVID-19.

The Lomavaya Family is very familiar

of the COVID-19 safety precautions. Both

Nevaeh and Ihzaeh’s parents; Troy and

Lisa Lomavaya work at Hopi Health Care

Center in Polacca. The brother and sister team decided to support the efforts of

ARTWORK BY: IHZAEH LOMAVAYA, TEWA VILLAGE

Hopi Health Care Center to help stop people from getting sick with the virus. Not

even realizing their artwork contributions

to Hopi Health Care Center were going to

make an enormous impact on the HHCC

Facebook page with over 20k views, 200+

likes and 400+ shares…and still counting!

Their COVID-19 health education cartoons are doing a spectacular job in what

they were intended for!

Hopi Health Care Center gives a BIG

THANK YOU and much appreciation to

Nevaeh and Ihzaeh for the valuable contributions of their artistic talents to aid

Hopi Health Care Center in educating the

community on how to be safe during the

COVID-19 pandemic

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

HEALTH

Everyone Can Help Stop the

Spread of COVID-19, Here's How

(StatePoint) As businesses and services

reopen nationwide, the death toll from

COVID-19 continues to rise, and experts

warn that Americans must continue taking

precautions to help stop the spread of the

virus.

“In states across the country, the spread

of COVID-19 is staggering and concerning. We all have a role to play in stopping

the spread and protecting ourselves, our

family and our neighbors,” says Susan

R. Bailey, M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA). “The

science is clear. We know what stops the

spread of the virus – wearing cloth face

masks, physical distancing and regularly

washing hands -- and it is on all of us to

practice these steps. Without a vaccine for

this novel virus, the only way to turn the

tide and recapture a sense of normal is by

working together.”

The AMA offers the following guidance

and insights that can help keep you, your

friends and your loved ones healthy and

safe.

• Wear a cloth face mask: Take the

simple steps that science has shown will

help stop the spread of the virus: wearing

a cloth face mask, maintaining physical

distancing and washing your hands. The

simplest tried-and-true methods are still

the most important.

• Keep up with doctor visits: Before you

decide to forgo routine care or screenings,

talk to your doctor. Physicians are using

telehealth services and have taken painstaking precautions to make their practices

safe. Make sure you keep up with your

vaccines, and don’t let something that in

normal circumstances could be handled

with an early visit to your physician land

you in the hospital.

• Be mindful that re-opening is not the

same as a return to normal: When indoors,

wear a mask, even in restaurants and

stores that are open. Consider dining outdoors whenever possible. Stay connected with friends and family, but do so in

a physically-distant and safe manner, including small outdoors gatherings where

masks and hand sanitizer are used.

• Take time to clear your head and rest:

With many people working from home

or working under more stressful conditions, it is important to take mental health

breaks. Get up and move, take a walk outside, step away from the computer, and

take days or hours off from work.

As the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise, physicians, nurses, hospital

and health system leaders, researchers and

public health experts want Americans to

know that it is within their power to help

stop the spread of the virus.

Hopi Tutuveni June 3, 2020

The Dream of the NO-FACE...the ENDING?

The dream of the NO-FACE…The Ending?

It was a sunny afternoon when my

mother called me to come eat lunch, “Larry, come and have lunch.” She said. I

didn’t hesitate to answer and quickly said,

“Yes.” As I was headed inside the house,

I saw what looked like a small dog-like

creature in the distance that was staring at

me. I didn’t pay any attention to it because

my hunger was stronger than my curiosity.

Although, I didn’t pay any attention to

the dog-like creature outside, my mother

said “What’s that?” she pointed in the direction of the creature and I quickly said

“Probably just a dog, or another cat.” I

didn’t want to keep lunch waiting and ate

as quickly as possible.

As soon as I got my fill of lunch, I remembered the creature and quickly looked

out the window to see if it was still there.

“Do you know which way that dog-likethingy went?” I asked my mother. “No,

I just saw it and I don’t remember which

way it went” my mother said.

My curiosity did not peak to what was

outside in broad daylight but in the back

of my mind I knew that I would have to

investigate.

My workmate Steve texted to say that

we have a “3pm” meeting today and I

need to be at the work site by that time.

I don’t remember anything more from

my dream when I dreamt of a glowing

worm-like- creature at our worksite, or

something like that, I digress. I vaguely

remember that worm-like creature glowing and then, maybe our minds had been

wiped. Or we all dreamt of the same thing.

None of the other guys seemed to remember that night.

As I arrived to the worksite, I saw Steve

walking towards the building and I quickly

ran to talk to him. “Hey, what’s this meeting about?” I asked Steve. “I don’t know,

all I know is that we have a mandatory

meeting, I don’t know anything more.”

Steve said while shrugging his shoulders.

As we went into the building, I saw

government agent cars parked outside the

building. I said to me, “Whoa, the Men in

Black are here.”

In one room all of the men were in there

sitting and chatting and I saw Rick who

was talking to Blake. They seemed to be

kind of disturbed to what was going on.

I sat down close to them and asked “Hey

guys, what’s going on?” Blake looked at

me and said “I think it’s an investigation,

two dudes in suits pulled up to boss’s

house last night and demanded to see the

evidence. I don’t know what though.” He

said. “So, none of us has a clue on what’s

going on?” I asked Blake. Everyone

looked puzzled and continued to make assumptions among themselves.

The door opened and Bill, our boss

and two dudes with suits came into the

room. “Guys, this is Detective Andrew

and Detective Bradly, they are here because something happened last week and

we were all a part of it.” Bill said with a

discerning voice. All the guys looked puzzled about what he meant by the “what

happened last week” statement. Tommy

spoke out and said “We don’t know what

you’re talking about. We have done nothing wrong, what’s this got to do with all of

Larry’s Corner

us?” Detective Bradly spoke with a calming voice and assured us that it will be taken care of real quick. “Fellas, we are here

to ask you some questions on what you remember from last week, if you all comply,

this will end quickly.” So, they quickly

took us one by one to a separate room to

ask us questions, but the guys who were

taken never returned to the room where

we were all at.

Detective Andrew pointed at me and

told me to quickly follow him to the next

room. I felt that I had done something

wrong, like they were going to erase my

mind or something like that. It was so science-fiction- like.

They sat me down on a chair that was

facing them and asked what my name

was. “My name is Larry Watahamagee

and I work here as a night guard.” Both

Detective Andrew and Detective Bradly

looked at each other and Detective Andrew said, “So you are the first one to see

this creature?” “I didn’t know what they

were talking about” I thought in my head

as they were talking about the dog-like

creature I saw earlier that day. Then Detective Bradly explained, “On the night of

August 31, you witnessed a glowing entity

approximately 9:45 p.m. This entity drew

you into its glowing aura and then your

mind was reset.” “Reset?” I said with a

concerning voice. “Yes, reset.” Said Detective Bradly. I had so many questions

rush through my mind and I became very

puzzled to what this creature was, was this

a real thing I witnessed last week? Was

this thing they are asking me, for real,

what is this? My mind couldn’t handle all

the questions at once.

Detective Bradly continued to explain

what this creature was, “This entity is a

shape shifter, we had been tracking this

entity for months now, when it landed on

Earth, we lost track of it for a while, then

it found this place. The glowing you saw

was not part of the entity but was its blood.

It was probably hurt upon landing here.”

Detective Anderson quickly jumped into

the conversation, “We call this entity 00109B, and it poses a threat to the planet

Earth. This entity has no face, has no body

of its own and takes on various shapes it

touches.”

I quickly asked the detectives if they

were going to catch this thing. Both the

detectives reassured me that they have this

under control. Although, I didn’t believe

them, they seem to sound like they knew

what they were doing.

As our conversation came to an end, I

asked them, “Are you going to like erase

my mind or what? You know, like in the

movies?”

Both detectives looked at each other

and smiled and then one of them said, “It

will be all over soon Larry…”

…I have awoken to a loud noise; it was

my cup that fell of the night stand, I must

have placed the it too close to the edge last

night. I don’t know what time it is; it still

looks kind of dark outside but it seems as

if there is some sunlight peeking over the

horizon. I hear birds singing but they seem

too distant to enjoy.

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Indigenous Environmental

Kiowa chairman’s Network

statement on Trump's

Keystone 1 Pipeline capacity

impeachment

increase

hearing delayed

Pictured: Pipes for Keystone XL Pipeline in Nebraska, 2009.(Photo: Shannon Patrick [CC BY

creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/2.0])

News Release

Indigenous Environmental Network

Kiowa Tribal Chairman Matthew Komalty. (Kiowa Tribe via Facebook)

Nancy Spears

Gaylord News

The impeachment trial for Matthew

Komalty, chairman of the 14,000-member Kiowa Tribe in Oklahoma, was halted

Thursday after the Court of Indian Offenses ordered a delay.

Komalty sought the delay because of a

concern that two legislators were reportedly exposed to COVID-19, one receiving

a false positive test result, according to

Angela McCarthy, the legislature’s speaker. The impeachment trial is now set to resume Wednesday.

Komalty is facing impeachment on

multiple charges: mishandling CARES

Act funds, wrongful termination of Kiowa

gaming employees, failing to go through

the proper process on the annual tribal audit, failing to ensure that the tribe’s

treasurer was properly bonded, salary in-

creases given without approval, and the

wrongful and unapproved appointment of

an executive director.

The Kiowa Constitution outlines that

impeachment requires a unanimous vote

by all seven legislators.

If an unanimous vote occurs, Komalty’s

impeachment and removal from office

would be effective immediately. Vice

Chairman Rhonda Ahhaitty would replace

Komalty for the duration of the four-year

term, and would be responsible for selecting a new vice chairman.

The seven tribal legislators unanimously

approved proceeding with the Komalty’s

impeachment on June 23.

Komalty also is looking at a potential

recall election to vote him out. The recall

petition was launched on June 20, only

three days before the legislature voted to

move forward on impeachment.

Yesterday, President Trump announced

he will allow TC Energy’s Keystone 1

pipeline to increase its capacity beyond its

stated limits, putting communities along

its path at great risk. Keystone 1’s normal

capacity is 435,000 barrels of oil per day

(bpd), but Trump’s presidential permit

will increase oil loads beyond its maximum design capacity, transporting over

760,000 bpd.

The Keystone pipeline is an existing

tar sands oil project that currently crosses

Oceti Sakowin, Omaha, Ponca, and Hochunk territories without their consent.

This pipeline, operating at lower limits

then what Trump is allowing, has already

caused ecological damage. It has spilled

21 times, with a total of 836,000 gallons

of oil. It has violated the regulations of the

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety

Administration (PHMSA) on a number

of occasions. In 2007 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

granted a special permit to Keystone 1 to

allow it to operate at higher limits, but re-

tracted those limits after a series of significant spills.

Statement by Indigenous Environmental Network:

“This move is outside the powers of

the presidency and we cannot allow this

type of mad hatter decision making to occur. The pipeline has already ruptured numerous times. This increase is beyond the

"safe" capacity as dictated by TC Energy's

own engineers. There is next to no oversight or review of TC Energy. This does

nothing but put our people, agriculture,

cultural resources and water at further

risk.”

Established in 1990, The Indigenous

Environmental Network is an international environmental justice nonprofit that

works with tribal grassroots organizations to build the capacity of Indigenous

communities. Indigenous Environmental

Network’s activities include empowering Indigenous communities and tribal

governments to develop mechanisms to

protect our sacred sites, land, water, air,

natural resources, the health of both our

people and all living things, and to build

economically sustainable communities.

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

WORLD INDIAN NEWS

Second US virus

surge hits plateau,

but few experts

celebrate

A sign reminding customers of social distancing is posted in the Bink's Outfitters store Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Retailers in 89 of Tennessee's 95 counties were allowed to

reopen Wednesday with restrictions as the state begins the next wave of reopening its economy during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mike Stobbe and Nicky Forster

Associated Press

NEW YORK — While deaths from

the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting

rapidly, public health experts are seeing a

flicker of good news: The second surge of

confirmed cases appears to be leveling off.

Scientists aren’t celebrating by any

means, warning that the trend is driven by

four big, hard-hit places — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — and that cases

are rising in close to 30 states in all, with

the outbreak's center of gravity seemingly shifting from the Sun Belt toward the

Midwest.

Some experts wonder whether the apparent caseload improvements will endure. It's also not clear when deaths will

start coming down. COVID-19 deaths do

not move in perfect lockstep with the infection curve, for the simple reason that

it can take weeks to get sick and die from

the virus.

The future? “I think it’s very difficult

to predict,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the

government's foremost infectious-disease

expert.

The virus has claimed over 150,000

lives in the U.S., by far the highest death

toll in the world, plus more than a half-million others around the globe.

Over the past week, the average number

of deaths per day in the U.S. has climbed

more than 25 percent, from 843 to 1,057.

Florida on Thursday reported 253 more

deaths, setting its third straight single-day

record. The number of confirmed infections nationwide has topped 4.4 million.

In other developments:

— The collateral damage from the virus

mounted, with the U.S. economy shrinking at a dizzying 32.9 percent annual rate

in the April-June quarter — by far the

worst quarterly plunge on records dating

to 1947. And more than 1.4 million laidoff Americans applied for unemployment

benefits last week, further evidence that

employers are still shedding jobs five

months into the crisis.

— Amid the outbreak and the bad economic news, President Donald Trump for

the first time publicly floated the idea of

delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election,

warning without evidence that increased

mail-in voting will result in fraud. Changing Election Day would require an act of

Congress, and the notion ran into immediate resistance from top Republicans and

Democrats alike.

— Herman Cain, the former pizza-chain

CEO who in 2012 unsuccessfully sought

to become the first Black candidate to win

the Republican nomination for president,

died of complications from the virus at 74.

Based on a seven-day rolling average,

daily cases of the coronavirus in the U.S.

fell from 67,317 on July 22 to 65,266 on

Wednesday, according to data kept by

Johns Hopkins University. That is a decline of about 3 percent.

Researchers prefer to see two weeks of

data pointing in the same direction to say

whether a trend is genuine. "But I think it

is real, yes,” said Ira Longini, a University of Florida biostatistician who has been

tracking the coronavirus and has been a

source of disease forecasts used by the

government.

The Associated Press found the seven-day rolling average for new cases plateaued over two weeks in California and

decreased in Arizona, Florida and Texas.

The trends in Arizona, Texas and Florida are “starting to bend the curve a bit,"

said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins

public health researcher. Those states,

along with California, have been pouring

large numbers of cases each day into the

national tally. So when those places make

progress, the whole country looks better,

she said.

Also, in another possible glimmer of

hope, the percentage of tests that are coming back positive for the virus across the

U.S. dropped from an average of 8.5 percent to 7.8 percent over the past week.

But with the outbreak heating up in the

Midwest, Democratic Wisconsin Gov.

Tony Evers ordered masks be worn statewide because of a spike in cases, joining

some 30 other states that have taken such

measures.

The latest surge in cases became evident in June, weeks after states began

reopening following a deadly explosion

of cases in and around New York City in

the early spring. Daily case counts rose to

70,000 or more earlier this month. Deaths,

too, began to climb sharply, after a lag of

a few weeks.

Some researchers believe that the recent

leveling-off is the result of more people

embracing social distancing and other

precautions.

“I think a lot of it is people wearing

masks because they’re scared,” Longini

said.

But Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Public Health,

said the trend could also be due to natural

dynamics of the virus that scientists to do

not yet understand.

Without robust testing and other measures to keep the virus in check, a third

peak is possible — or even likely — given that only an estimated 10 percent of

Americans have been infected so far, experts said. And there's no reason to believe

the peak can’t be larger than the first two.

“This disease will continue to hopscotch around until it finds tinder — susceptible individuals — like any good fire,”

said Khan, a former top infectious-disease

outbreak investigator at the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention.

Fauci said he is “somewhat comforted”

by the recent plateau. But a stabilization

of cases at around 60,000 is "still at a very

high level." He said he is also worried

about rising percentages of tests coming

back positive in states like Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana.

“That’s a warning sign that you might

be seeing a surge," Fauci said. “They’ve

really got to jump all over that."

U.S. CURRENTS

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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make first splashdown in 45 years

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley ahead of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission,

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Florida. (Photo by SpaceX, Flickr)

Marcia Dunn

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two NASA astronauts

returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style

splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of

Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon

Musk's SpaceX company.

It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45

years, with the first commercially built and operated

spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit. The return

clears the way for another SpaceX crew launch as early as

next month and possible tourist flights next year.

Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode the

SpaceX Dragon capsule back to Earth less than a day after

departing the International Space Station and two months

after blasting off from Florida. The capsule parachuted

into the calm gulf waters about 40 miles off the coast of

Pensacola, hundreds of miles from Tropical Storm Isaias

pounding Florida's Atlantic coast.

“Welcome back to planet Earth and thanks for flying

SpaceX,” said Mission Control from SpaceX headquarters.

“It was truly our honor and privilege,” replied Hurley.

The astronauts’ ride home in the capsule dubbed Endeavour was fast, bumpy and hot, at least on the outside.

The spacecraft went from a screaming orbital speed of

17,500 mph (28,000 kph) to 350 mph (560 kph) during

atmospheric reentry, and finally to 15 mph (24 kph) at

splashdown. Peak heating during descent was 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,900 degrees Celsius). The anticipated

top G forces felt by the crew: four to five times the force

of Earth’s gravity.

“Endeavour has you loud and clear,” Hurley radioed

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew

capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday,

May 30, 2020. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an

American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

following a brief communication blackout caused by the

heat of atmospheric entry.

A SpaceX recovery ship with more than 40 staff, including doctors and nurses, moved in quickly following

splashdown and lifted the 15-foot capsule onto its deck.

Two smaller, faster boats arrived first at the capsule while

it was slowly bobbing upright in the water. To keep the

returning astronauts safe in the pandemic, the recovery

crew quarantined for two weeks and were tested for the

coronavirus.

After medical exams, the astronauts were expected to

fly home to Houston for a reunion with their wives and

sons.

The last time NASA astronauts returned from space

to water was on July 24, 1975, in the Pacific, the scene

of most splashdowns, to end a joint U.S.-Soviet mission

known as Apollo-Soyuz. The Mercury and Gemini crews

in the early to mid-1960s parachuted into the Atlantic,

while most of the later Apollo capsules hit the Pacific.

The lone Russian “splashdown” was in 1976 on a partially frozen lake amid a blizzard following an aborted

mission; the harrowing recovery took hours.

SpaceX made history with this mission, which launched

May 30 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It was the

first time a private company launched people into orbit

and also the first launch of NASA astronauts from home

turf in nearly a decade. Hurley came full circle, serving as

pilot of NASA’s last space shuttle flight in 2011 and the

commander of this SpaceX flight.

Musk monitored the descent and splashdown from

SpaceX Mission Control in Hawthorne, California.

NASA turned to SpaceX and also Boeing to build capsules and ferry astronauts to and from the space station,

following the retirement of the shuttles. Until Hurley and

Behnken rocketed into orbit, NASA astronauts relied on

Russian rockets. SpaceX already had experience hauling

cargo to the space station, bringing those capsules back to

a Pacific splashdown.

“This is the next era in human spaceflight where NASA

gets to be the customer,” NASA Administrator Jim

Bridenstine said from Johnson Space Center in Houston

shortly before the astronauts’ return.

SpaceX needs six weeks to inspect the capsule before

launching the next crew around the end of September.

This next mission of four astronauts will spend a full six

months aboard the space station. Hurley and Behnken’s

capsule will be refurbished for another flight next spring.

A Houston company run by a former NASA official,

meanwhile, has partnered with SpaceX to send three customers to the space station in fall 2021.

Boeing doesn’t expect to launch its first crew until

next year. The company encountered significant software

problems in the debut of its Starliner capsule, with no one

aboard, last year. Its capsules will touch down in the U.S.

Southwest desert.

By beating Boeing, SpaceX laid claim to a small U.S.

flag left at the space station by Hurley and the rest of the

last shuttle crew. The flag — which also flew on the first

shuttle flight — was carefully packed aboard the Dragon

for the homecoming.

Also on board: a toy dinosaur named Tremor, sent into

space by the astronauts’ young sons.

The boys recorded a wake-up call for their fathers Sunday morning, urging them to “rise and shine” and “we

can’t wait to see you.”

“Don’t worry, you can sleep in tomorrow,” said Behnken’s 6-year-old son Theo, who was promised a puppy

after the flight. “Hurry home so we can go get my dog.”

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Quiltmaker, Dies at

Marlene Sekaquaptewa was a Hopi Tribal leader, expert quiltmaker and cultural ambassador for

her people.Credit...Ethan Elkind

By Simon Romero

New York Times

Published July 24, 2020 Updated July 28,

2020

This obituary is part of a series about

people who have died in the coronavirus

pandemic. Read about others here.

Marlene Sekaquaptewa was the matriarch of a large, distinguished family, a

master quiltmaker and a political leader

who played a major role in the Hopi Tribal

government for decades.

“She was a cultural ambassador, very

involved in public life,” said her niece

Patricia Sekaquaptewa, 53, a justice on

the Hopi Appellate Court and a professor specializing in tribal criminal justice

at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. “I

was always amazed at how she could do

so many things at once.”

As the coronavirus began taking its toll

in the soaring high-desert mesas where

the Hopi live in northeastern Arizona, it

claimed Ms. Sekaquaptewa, who was the

governor of the Hopi village of Bacavi.

She died on June 24 in Mesa, Ariz., of

Covid-19. She was 79.

Ms. Sekaquaptewa (pronounced roughly see-KIA-cwop-tee-wah) was born on

July 10, 1940, into a prominent Hopi family. Her mother, Helen, was a homemaker who described her own life story on

and off the reservation in the 1969 book

“Me and Mine.” Her father, Emory, was a

farmer and tribal judge.

One of Ms. Sekaquaptewa’s brothers,

Emory Jr., was an anthropologist at the

University of Arizona who compiled the

first comprehensive Hopi dictionary; another, Abbott, was a longtime Hopi tribal

chairman.

Ms. Sekaquaptewa’s family was from

Oraibi, a village that is one of the oldest

continuously inhabited places in the United States. Some of her great-uncles were

among the 19 Hopi men imprisoned on

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Alcatraz Island in California in the 1890s

when they resisted sending their children

to assimilationist boarding schools.

Growing up in Arizona, and later as an

adult, Ms. Sekaquaptewa moved between

different worlds. She graduated from Central High School in Phoenix while her parents lived away from the reservation.

Ms. Sekaquaptewa lived briefly in Los

Angeles during the relocation era in the

1950s and ’60s, when United States authorities contentiously tried to disband

tribes and assimilate Native Americans in

cities.

Back in Arizona, Ms. Sekaquaptewa

started a family, graduated from the tribal development program at Scottsdale

Community College and got into politics.

Her husband, Leroy Kewanimptewa Sr.,

and two of her five children, Kenneth and

Paul, died before her. She is survived by

a daughter, Dianna Shebala; two sons,

Leroy Kewanimptewa Jr. and Emory Kewanimptewa; 14 grandchildren; and 12

great-grandchildren.

She served multiple times as governor

of the village of Bacavi and was a key

figure in drafting the Hopi Tribal Constitution in 2012. She recently helped create

an assisted living facility for Hopi elders.

Ms. Sekaquaptewa was also a renowned

quiltmaker whose creations have been displayed in museums around the country.

Scholars often consulted her about Hopi

culture and traditions.

In 2018, Ms. Sekaquaptewa narrated in

Hopi a brief description of the tribe’s creation epic for PBS. “We lived beneath the

earth and it came time for us to emerge,”

she said, recounting how the Hopi people

received guidance from the earth’s ancient

caretaker, Maasaw.

“So we made a covenant to walk to

the earth’s farthest corners,” she said, “to

learn the earth with our feet and to become

one with this new world.”

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yearly audited financial statements and related filings for

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auditing standards.

Our nonprofit is a 501(c) (4) organization. We will require the following services:

1. Annual financial statement audit.

2. Preparation of IRS form 990

3. Management letter

All of the above must be completed within 90 days of

the end of each fiscal year, in order for our Board to review each document prior to its submission to the appropriate recipients.

All proposals must include:

a) Evidence of the firm’s qualifications to provide the

above services;

b) Background and experience in auditing nonprofit

clients;

c) Statement of the firm’s understanding of work to be

performed,

d) A proposed timeline for fieldwork and final reporting;

e) Proposed fee structure for each of the three years of

the proposal period, including whatever guarantees can

be given regarding increases in future years, and the maximum fee that would be charged;

f) Describe your billing rates and procedures for technical questions that may come up during the year, or

whether these occasional services are covered in the proposed fee structure;

g) References and contact information from comparable nonprofit audit clients.

Proposals must be received by August 31, 2020. Proposals may be sent to:

Hopi Credit Association

Attn: Alissa Charley

PO Box 1259

Keams Canyon, AZ 86034

Any questions may be directed to Alissa Charley at

928-738-2205.

A Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)

Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma,

Chairman

Clark W. Tenakhongva,

Vice Chairman

Dwayne Secakuku,

Interim Tribal Secretary

Wilfred Gaseoma, Tribal

Treasurer

Violet Sinquah, SergeantAt-Arms

Village of Upper

Moenkopi

Robert Charley

Philton Talahytewa, Sr.

Hubert Lewis, Sr.

Michael Elmer

Village of Bakabi

Dwayne Secakuku

Clifford Qotsaquahu

Village of Kyakotsmovi

David Talayumptewa

Phillip Quochytewa, Sr.

Danny Honanie

Herman H. Honanie

Village of Sipaulavi

Rosa Honanie

Alverna Poneoma

Dennis Koeyahongva

Village of Mishongnovi

Craig Andrews

Ronald Humeyestewa

Merwin Kooyahoema

Annette F. Talayumptewa

First Mesa Consolidated

Villages

Albert T. Sinquah

Dale Sinquah

Wallace Youvella, Sr.

Wallace Youvella, Jr.

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

GAMES AND PUZZLES

Hopilavit - Kachina Ceremonies

Answers for July 15

Q W A

A T S

Q U H

A U X

A W T

S I J

N E L

A E E

M X A

I V L

N L A

U B M

W O L

M A N

W S A

S O N

Hopi Words

Loosti - 2-day Dance

Hoohu - Arrow

Tuuwi - Bench Stone

Awta - Bow

Pisoq’a - Busy

Kanelnina - Butcher

Sheep

Nönga - Came

Out-Kachinas

Melooni - Cantaloupe

Omva - Cloud Up

Tsutskut - Clowns

Kiipo - Clowns Raided

A’avatshooyam - Corn

Dancer

Hooma - Corn Meal

Pik’ami - Corn Meal

Pudding

Piki - Corn Meal Wafer

I B A T

T S K U

I K I P

Y N J I

O A Z K

P M A A

I N A M

I K I I

K O T O

O S T I

I I T S

A W I K

P A T I

W U W Q

A V I V

I F I K

A T K

D L F

F J X

B I A

I V Y

Y I A

A W N

W K Y

K Q U

A O K

A N W

N L A

S D T

N A Y

P O H

I S T

Tuupepwiki - Corn

(Strung)

Tiikive - Dance Day

Totokya - Dance Day

Eve

Wunima - Dancing

Pusukinpi - Drum

Maawiki - Drum Stick

Naakwayi - Feed Kachinas

Tiitso’a - Finish Dancing

Siitapalo - Flowered

Shawl

Namangwu - Food Gifts

Nöqkwivi - Hominey

Stew

Hopiviva - Hopi Tobacco

Totsa - Humming Bird

Kachina

P J

A Z

L M

A A

V Y

I O

K O

I H

W S

P T

E A

P V

U A

T B

X F

Yangqw - I want some!

Piptuqa - Kachina Actor

Koyaala - Koshare

Saaqa - Ladder

Angaktsina - Long Hair

Kachina

Tuuqwavi - Necklace

Toktayta - Night Vigil

Kiisonvi - Plaza

Yokva - Rain

Aaya - Rattle (Gourd)

Palaviki - Red Piki

Katsinki - Resting Place

Taawi - Song

Tawkuynaya - Start

Singing

Yöngösona - Tortoise

Shell

TICK-TACK-TOE

ARIZONA NEWS

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

COVID-19 on pace to become

third-leading cause of death in state

State health officials caution that numbers are still preliminary, but with more than 3,300 deaths linked to COVID-19 in the six months since the first case was confirmed in Arizona, the disease is on

pace to become the third-leading cause of death in the state this year. (Photo by Dawn Endico/Creative Commons)

By Farah Eltohamy

Cronkite News

PHOENIX – Six months after the first

case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Arizona, the disease is well on its way to

becoming the third-leading cause of death

in the state this year, following cancer and

heart disease, according to state data.

As of Sunday, July 26, the Arizona

Department of Health Services reported

3,305 deaths from COVID-19, which was

first reported in the state on Jan. 26. The

number of deaths had grown to 3,694 by

Friday, an increase of 389 deaths in the

last five days alone.

If COVID-19 deaths continue at the

current pace, that would put the disease

squarely between cancer, which killed

12,097 Arizonans in 2018, and accidents,

which killed 4,211 people that year, the

most recent for which state mortality

numbers are available.

A health department official cautioned

against reading too much into the numbers

at this time, however, noting that the cause

of death will not be official until analysts

can review death certificates, something

that is not likely to happen until late 2021.

“Final death certificate information can

take weeks or months to collect, depending upon the complexity of each case and

whether testing or autopsy is required

through the medical examiner,” said Holly Poynter, the department spokesperson,

adding that final counts “tend to be lower

than the counts produced” by daily reporting.

But other health experts in the state said

the disease could “easily” become one of

the biggest killers in the state this year.

“I think it’s definitely within the realm

of possibility – of course that’s not a guarantee because there are things that we can

do policy-wise to lower the fatality rate,”

said Joe Gerald, an associate professor in

public health policy and management at

the University of Arizona.

The daily ADHS numbers for

COVID-19 indicate the disease would

become the third-leading cause of death

compared to other causes over six months

whether 2018 statistics are used or an average of death reports for the 10-year period from 2008-2018.

COVID-19 appears to have already

eclipsed opioid deaths, which was the

headline-grabbing epidemic of recent

years. The health department reports that

6,500 people have died of an apparent opioid overdose since June 15, 2017, a rate of

less than 2,200 deaths a year on average.

Ping Yang, an epidemiologist at Mayo

Clinic, agreed with Poynter that it may be

too soon to declare COVID-19 a leading

cause of death, simply because the question of sorting out mortality rates can get a

little complicated.

Chronic lower-respiratory diseases,

for example, would likely not include

COVID-19 deaths because the disease is

not a chronic illness, but complications

caused by the coronavirus could drive up

mortality rate for respiratory illnesses, she

explained via email. Chronic lower-respiratory diseases were the third-leading

cause of death in Arizona for the 20082018 period.

But Will Humble, executive director of

the Arizona Public Health Association,

said there is no denying that mortality

rates as a whole have already been greatly

affected by the coronavirus. He said June

and July are usually lower months for

deaths, but not so this year.

“The gross death numbers don’t lie, it’s

just total mortality,” Humble said. “And

you can’t totally say every single one of

those is COVID-19, but you can see a

big jump in June and July is going to be a

much bigger jump.”

Gov. Doug Ducey’s office did not respond to requests for comment.

But Poynter said that, whatever the final

analysis, the number of deaths is a reminder that the disease needs to be taken seriously by everyone. That means wearing a

mask, washing hands frequently, staying

home when you feel sick and maintaining

a 6-foot distance from others when possible, among other measures.

“We are currently seeing increased

deaths due to COVID-19, which corresponds to higher case counts in early

summer,” she said in an email. “It is an

important reminder that COVID-19 is

widespread in Arizona, and the best way

to protect yourself and your community

from COVID-19 is to take everyday preventative measures at all times and in all

places.”

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

ARIZONA NEWS

With little guidance, schools offer range of

‘pandemic schooling’ plans

Arizona school districts are starting the year wirh virtual classes, but have been ordered to have in-school teaching available by Aug. 17 for those families who want or need and that has left school

administrators scrambling to come up with plans that educate while protecting student and teacher health. (Photo by SOMANEDU/Creative Commons)

By Ellie Borst

Cronkite News

PHOENIX – When Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona Schools Superintendent

Kathy Hoffman ordered state schools to

open for some type of in-person instruction on Aug. 17, they gave school administrators the flexibility to design a plan that

best suits their districts.

What they didn’t give them were directions on how to plan for what one educator

called “pandemic schooling.”

Guidance from health officials on

safe school reopenings in the face of

COVID-19 may not be released until Aug.

7, leaving school districts, many of which

will already be holding classes by then, to

figure it out on their own.

“It hasn’t been easy,” said Tucson Unified School District Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo of the struggle to balance the

conflicting desires of parents, teachers and

students.

What has resulted is a patchwork of approaches, from the Queen Creek Unified

School District, which is ready to open its

doors to any students who are ready once

health officials give the OK, to others like

Yuma School District One, where families

will have to choose between a range of

in-person and online options.

In each case, school administrators are

performing a balancing act.

“We had concerns all across the board,

there were large populations who were

ready to go back, large populations that

were not,” said Christine McCoy, communications coordinator for Yuma School

District One, who said the “responses

were polarizing.”

“We decided it was best to provide options rather than one pathway.” she said.

Students in the district will be able to

opt for online learning from home, online

learning in a school facility, in-person

schooling two days a week with the other days at home or in-school five days a

week – two days of which would be with a

teacher and three of which would be spent

online at school.

Reaching that decision, and ironing out

any possible kinks, was the work of a task

force that included everyone from custodial employees to parents to the superintendent, who brought the perspectives of

hundreds to the table, McCoy said. And

that plan could still change depending on

guidance from health officials.

Trujillo said the plan the Tucson district has devised is “not perfect,” but that

no plan is. As Arizona’s second-largest

school district and home to over 45,000

students, the plan had to accommodate a

wide variety of needs.

“We wanted to stay away from prioritizing the needs, wants and preferences of

one stakeholder group at the expense of

another,” he said.

The plan gives parents two options:

Students can learn online at home, or they

can learn online at school. Trujillo called

it “very simple because it’s one, universal

instructional model, wherever you’re at.”

That plan was unveiled almost a week

before Ducey and Hoffman’s July 23 announcement that schools would have to

provide some sort of in-person instruction

for families that wanted it, either because

the kids rely on school-provided meals or

the parents needed to work – or they just

want their kids back in school.

Trujillo said his district’s plan still

stands, but other districts are having to recalibrate in light of the governor’s order.

Mesa Public Schools had planned to be

fully online for the start of the school year,

but officials are back “in the brainstorming phase right now” to figure out how to

accommodate in-person classes, said Superintendent Andi Fourlis.

“We just need to get additional guidance, and then we need to work with our

school-level leaders to see what that will

look like,” Fourlis said.

She said she and her board are trying to

figure out how best to accommodate the

district’s roughly 80,000 students.

“We are reinventing the educational

model just about every day,” Fourlis said.

While larger school districts face challenges in the numbers, they also often

have the resources to provide students and

teachers devices for online learning. But

that’s little help in districts where families

do not have reliable internet at home.

For Yuma School District One families

who want to keep their kids home, but

don’t have internet service, teachers are

preparing packets and workbooks as they

did when schools shut down suddenly in

spring.

“It will be available, but we don’t want

to encourage it unless it’s absolutely necessary,” McCoy said.

So far, more than 60% of Yuma students have said they plan to come back in

person, a level at which McCoy said officials are confident students will be able to

maintain recommended distances.

As of Tuesday, Trujillo said, around

40% of families in his district had opted

for the in-person option. He said the district should be able to keep classrooms at

15 students to maintain safe distancing,

but if the number who want to come in

person gets much higher than 50%, it may

have to bus students to other, less-populated campuses.

“I think when you get to 60% to 75%

percent, this plan is going to stretch like a

rubber band,” Trujillo said. “It’s going to

be a significant challenge to pull off.”

But even if schools keep in-person

classrooms small, the overall student population will not change. That could leave

teachers stretched between in-person and

online teaching, which has school districts

looking for extra staff to watch those students who are there in person.

With teachers busy teaching students

online, Trujillo said the district will lean

on the school workers who may not have

a role in the new “pandemic schooling,”

including bus drivers, community liaisons

and student support coaches.

Despite the challenges and the uncertainty, school officials were certain about

one thing – they will make it work for

their students, one way or another.

“We are hopeful that whatever the outcome is, we are still going to provide a

fantastic education for our kids,” McCoy

said.

ARIZONA NEWS

Hopi Tutuveni August 5, 2020

30 years on, ADA

changes minds along

with limitations for

Arizonans

The Americans with Disabilities Act removed many of the physical obstacles people with disabilities face every day, but it also provided legal protections as well as casting people with disabilities

in a new light, advocates say. (Photo by Mike Mozart/Creative Commons)

By Lisa Diethelm

Cronkite News

PHOENIX – April Reed remembers

what it used to be like before the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed.

Reed remembers her father, who wears

hearing aids, telling her how he was turned

away from a job interview. She remembers a colleague hoping every day that the

bus would be wheelchair-accessible when

it came by, so she could go about her day.

She remembers another colleague with a

master’s degree but an obvious physical

disability that cost him his job.

The ADA, signed 30 years ago Sunday,

changed all that.

“That’s what the ADA did,” said Reed,

the vice president of advocacy at Ability360. “It released people from some of

these limitations and gave them the basis

of civil rights to go into a job interview

and have those protections or expect for a

bus to roll up and be accessible.”

But the act did more than force physical

and legal protections – in the words of one

advocate, it forced Americans to see people with disabilities “as fully human” for

the first time.

Despite the gains of the last 30 years,

however, advocates say there is still work

to improve what one called a “baby law”

if the country wants to fully guarantee the

rights of people with disabilities.

“Every day there are court cases that

further expand … the ADA so that people

understand their rights and then employers

and public accommodations understand

their responsibilities,” said J.J Rico, CEO

of the Arizona Center for Disability Law.

President George H.W. Bush signed the

ADA into law on July 26, 1990. It prohibited discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, transportation and more for the disabled community.

The law defines a person with a disability as someone who has physical or mental

impairment “that substantially limits one

or more major life activities.”

The Census Bureau estimates that

12.6% of Americans were categorized as

having a disability in 2018, the latest year

for which numbers were available, while

the rate in Arizona was 13.3%.

Jon Meyers, the executive director of

the Arc of Arizona, said that before the

law was passed, people with disabilities

were considered an afterthought and accommodating them was considered “too

much work.” The act “completely remade

the world,” at least in terms of accommodations, he said.

“I would say we as a society are now

viewing individuals with disabilities, Arizonans with disabilities, as fully human

– as people who deserve the respect and

the equal level of access to public accommodations and to public benefits that everybody else deserves,” Meyers said.

It’s been a struggle, but he said the

“awareness and the advocacy have snowballed … over the last several decades,

and will continue to snowball.”

“There is no fairy dust that we can

sprinkle that’s going to change everybody’s attitude immediately but we’ve

come so far,” Meyers said. “We’re going

to start seeing what each individual needs

and how we can meet those needs to help

them become better employed, better ed-

ucated, and have more opportunity for inclusion in their communities.”

But hurdles remain. Meyers noted that

in addition to providing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

with services, the Arc of Arizona also actively works with state legislators to tackle laws and bills that expand, or defend,

the purpose of the ADA.

Legislators like Arizona Rep. Jennifer

Longdon, D-Phoenix, who uses a wheelchair.

“I still encounter barriers on a daily

basis – barriers that you would think, 30

years post-ADA, wouldn’t exist,” Longdon said. “So it’s going to be a continued

fight to bring awareness and visibility of

this particular community to the typically

abled community.”

Longdon, who was paralyzed in a random drive-by shooting in 2004, has been

working on bills focusing on people with

disabilities since she was elected to the

House in 2018. She sees it as part of the

larger struggle for civil rights.

“Civil rights have always been taken

– by women, by African Americans, by

Native Americans, by people with disabilities, by the LGBTQ community,”

Longdon said. “None of these communities have just been given rights. They had

to speak up, and demand them and take

them.”

And the community faces new challenges today that could not have been dreamed

of when the act was passed in 1990 – like

access to the internet, a problem that has

been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As society has transitioned to remote

work and online shopping, the challenges

that people with disabilities face with utilizing the internet have become obvious.

What’s not obvious, Rico said, is how far

the ADA goes to accommodations for online services.

“We’re talking about a pandemic that

has been restricting us to our homes,”

Rico said. “So how do we shop? We use

the internet. We have Instacart and other

delivery services. And so I think the ADA

has to clearly apply to websites.”

Rico said the pandemic has also put a

damper on what should have been in-person 30th anniversary celebrations for the

ADA, but he has been pleased to see virtual celebrations.

“I would have loved to see people with

disabilities out celebrating the progress

and sharing the stories out in public,” Rico

said. “But I’m hoping that some of these

virtual ADA celebrations get attention

so that people with disabilities can share

their stories.”

Reed sees the fact that people have

taken to social media with hashtags and

pictures to share their stories for the 30th

anniversary is more proof of the support

for the ADA.

“Just those simple signs – it really does

remind you of what the ADA has done,”

she said.

“And again, we are not done. There is

still much work to do,” Reed said. “But

certainly being grateful for where we are,

knowing this is the foundation, this is the

basis for what work we will do in the future.”

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.