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August 5, 2020

Volume 28
Number 15
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First Time in Tribe’s History - Two Qualified Hopi
Attorneys in Office of General Counsel

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Fred Lomayesva, General Counsel for Hopi Tribe presents Action Items to approve Deputy General Counsel Candidates Photo by Romalita Laban/HT
HOPI TUTUVENI
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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

CARES ACT COMMITTEE
PRESS RELEASES
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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.

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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

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“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.

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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.

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Hopi Tribe-Department of Health and Human
Services, Cont.

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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

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HEALTH

Everyone Can Help Stop the
Spread of COVID-19, Here's How

Copyright StatePoint

(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

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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.

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WORLD INDIAN NEWS

Second US virus
surge hits plateau,
but few experts
celebrate

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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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(HTEDC) in Flagstaff, AZ. is seeking applications to fill
a position of its Board of Directors.
The HTEDC is a federally chartered corporation wholly owned by the Hopi Tribe. The HTEDC is established
under federal charter provisions making it distinct and
separate from the Hopi Tribe. A board of seven (7) directors governs the HTEDC. Board members are appointed
by the Hopi Tribal Council, representing the sole shareholder.
Currently there are 2 (two) vacancies, both are threeyear term positions required to be filled by Hopi Tribal
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Marlene
Sekaquaptewa, Hopi
Tribal Leader and
Quiltmaker, Dies at
79
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
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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.”

Job Vacancy

Hopi Tribal Council

Hopi Credit Association
Request for Proposal – Audit Services
Hopi Credit Association is seeking proposals for its
yearly audited financial statements and related filings for
a three-year period beginning with the 2020 fiscal year
ending December 31. Our organization does not require a
federal single audit. The audit of our financial statements
must be performed in accordance with generally accepted
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.

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Hopilavit - Kachina Ceremonies
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Hoohu - Arrow
Tuuwi - Bench Stone
Awta - Bow
Pisoq’a - Busy
Kanelnina - Butcher
Sheep
Nönga - Came
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Melooni - Cantaloupe
Omva - Cloud Up
Tsutskut - Clowns
Kiipo - Clowns Raided
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Tiikive - Dance Day
Totokya - Dance Day
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Pusukinpi - Drum
Maawiki - Drum Stick
Naakwayi - Feed Kachinas
Tiitso’a - Finish Dancing
Siitapalo - Flowered
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Namangwu - Food Gifts
Nöqkwivi - Hominey
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Angaktsina - Long Hair
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Toktayta - Night Vigil
Kiisonvi - Plaza
Yokva - Rain
Aaya - Rattle (Gourd)
Palaviki - Red Piki
Katsinki - Resting Place
Taawi - Song
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ARIZONA NEWS

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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.”

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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.

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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.”

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3A74cd01aa01470f71. Public record. Not legal advice.