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~Est. 1987 • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE HOPI TRIBE • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~
COVID-19 Cases on Hopi Reservation
Show Spike in Spread
Leaders push for prevention measures, full
vaccination among tribal residents
2022 Hopi Code
Talkers
Citizenship
awards...
PG 5
Wilma Mankiller
quarters
released to
eager public
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Polacca returns...
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COVID-19 Cases on Hopi
Reservation Show Spike
in Spread
Leaders push for prevention measures, full vaccination among tribal
residents
MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Submitted by: Armando Saldivar Communications Specialist, Hopi Department of Health and Human Services
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 6, 2022,
during the week of May 28 to June 3,
2022, the Hopi Department of Health and
Human services (DHHS) recorded 102 active cases of COVID-19 within the Hopi
Reservation. This spike in cases comes after months of a significant decrease in the
number of cases that have been reported
in the area.
“We are constantly monitoring the
movement of the virus within our Tribe
and when we see the numbers trending upwards, we know that something is wrong
and that something has to change,” said
Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Hopi Chairman.
“We need to keep up with our prevention
methods and continue testing so that we
can isolate from others if we get sick.”
These prevention methods include the
continued use of masks, social distancing
(six feet from others), and washing hands
with soap and warm water often. “One of
the most important messages we are working to get out is that one or two vaccinations is not enough,” said Royce Jenkins,
Public Health Authority, DHHS Director.
“Everyone who is five years and older is
eligible for a booster vaccine and this is
a critical component in our fight against
the virus.”
COVID-19 vaccine boosters can further
enhance or restore protection that might
have decreased over time after your primary series vaccination. Children five to
11 years of age should wait five months
after their initial series of COVID vaccines before getting their booster. More
information on vaccination and boosters is
available via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at: https://bit.ly/3mrK4Z5. https://bit.ly/3mrK4Z5.
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Hopi Cancer Support
Services Receives
Funding to Continue
Work
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention approves five-year grant
MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Submitted by: Armando Saldivar Communications Specialist, Hopi Department of Health and Human Services
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 7, 2022 this
week the HOPI Cancer Support Services
was notified that their application for
funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was granted.
Agencies from across the country submitted their requests in January of this year.
The funding will provide $3 Million over
the span of five years beginning in July.
“We have served the Hopi community
for over 25 years and now we have the
opportunity to continue for 5 more years.
This is a momentous occasion for our program and for the entire tribe,” said Kellen
Polingyumptewa, Hopi Women’s Health
Program Coordinator. “During the last few
years, we have seen decreased health care
providers, unexpected COVID spikes resulting in safety mitigation strategies that
hinder work productivity, and network
and broadband issues with employees
forced to work from home. However, we
look forward to continuing and improving
our services with the same energy and momentum as before the COVID Pandemic.”
The monies from the CDC’s National
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program will be used to provide women with low income who are uninsured
and underinsured access to screening/diagnostic services for breast and cervical
cancer. It will allow the Hopi Women’s
Health Program to provide patient navigation/case management, transportation
to/from appointments, and appointment
scheduling/reminders. Additionally, it will
cover screening costs for enrolled members at two partnering health systems,
Hopi Health Care Center and Tuba City
Regional Health Care Corporation.
The program will also provide oneon-one health education, mobile on-site
mammography units to serve the local
Hopi community and navigation to cancer treatment centers for enrolled program
members.
To learn more about the Hopi Cancer
Support Services Program visit: https://
rb.gy/rmswlk
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Hopi Tribal Council Third Quarter Session
June 1, 2022 AGENDA – Amendment #1
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Discussion/Possible Action – Letter dated July 30,
2021 Re: Request to rescind Executive Order #011-2021
and directs the Drought Task Team to reach out to Hopi
ranchers and Navajo Accommodation Agreement signers
to work on identifying alternatives for addressing drought
issues on Hopi lands. / Letter dated August 16, 2021 Re:
Executive Order #011-2021 Range Mitigation and Livestock Reduction – Albert T. Sinquah, Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages – TABLED
- **Time Certain – June 6, 2022 – 9:00 a.m.
2. Discussion of a motion to vacate judgment in the
Flagstaff v. Hopi Tribe case – Fred Lomayesva, General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel – TABLED
3. Discussion and action - Letter dated April 15, 2022
Re: Hopi Tribal Goals and Objectives - Dale Sinquah,
Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated
Villages – TABLED
4. Discussion and possible action – Letter dated April
15, 2022 Re: To address the matter of Building Communities, Inc. – Dale Sinquah, Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages - TABLED
5. Action Item #052-2022 – To approve the placement of equipment on the Second Mesa Water tank, the
Hopi Tribal Governance building and the Hopi Veteran’s
Memorial Center for the purposes of FirstNet System deployment on Hopi Lands
– Author/Amy Mignella, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
– TABLED
6. Action Item #053-2022 – To obtain HTC consent
for Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) to make improvements on its Polacca & Second Mesa towers under
leases H-18-78 and H-20-78 respectively, and to authorize HTI to enter into a colocation or other agreements
with third parties as required to carry out the intent of
this Resolution – Author/Carroll Onsae, President/General Manager, Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. – TABLED
NEW BUSINESS
1. Action Item #047-2022 – Acceptance of the Trib-
al Geographic Information System (GIS) Pilot Project
Grant from the National Indian Health Board – Author/
Royce M. Jenkins, Director, Hopi Department of Health
& Human Services
2.
Action Item #048-2022 – Amend Resolution
H-044-2021, to accept ALL funding from the American
Rescue Plan Act (ACT) and funding for Coronavirus Relief Fund dollars as authorized by the Act – Author/Nada
Talayumptewa, Treasurer, The Hopi Tribe
3. Action Item #049-2022 – To approve completed
Enrollment applications for Hopi Membership – Author/
Tanya L. Monroe, Director, Enrollment Office
4. Action Item #050-2022 – Requesting for approval
from Tribal Council on an Intergovernmental Agreement
with State of Arizona on the design, advertise, award, and
administer construction of pedestrian path and lighting
along State Route 264 – Author/Michael Lomayaktewa,
Director, Hopi Department of Transportation - **Time
Certain – June 7, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
5. Action Item #051-2022 – To approve a loss revenue election from the ARPA funds as required by the U.S.
Treasury Final Rule – Author/Jim Davis, Director, Office
of Financial Management
6. Action Item #54-2022 – Contractual agreement
with AHCCCS and the Hopi CHR program to accept
CDC-CCR funding in the amount of $200,158 for three
years – Author/Joyce Hamilton, Manager, Community
Health Representative Program
7. Action Item #055-2022 - To Request for Funds to
assist the Hopi Assisted Living Facility towards their
grant - Author/Linda Honahnie, President, Hopi Assisted
Living Facility Board of Directors
8. Action Item #056-2022 – To approve Inter-Governmental Agreement regarding the Bears Ears National
Monument between the Hopi Tribe, Bears Ears Coalition,
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service, Author/Craig Andrews, Vice Chairman, The
Hopi Tribe
9. Presentation on Information Technology Policy and
use of equipment– Robert Collateta, Jr., Network Manag-
er, Office of Information Technology
10. Presentation of Enrollment Ordinance No. 33 by
Tanya Monroe, Director, Hopi Office of Enrollment –
Rosa Honani, Tribal Council Representative, Village of
Sipaulovi
11. Discussion and possible action – Letter dated
March 31, 2022 Re: Village of Shungopavi’s request for
information regarding land lease, including ownership of
the property comprising the Hopi Cultural Center – Craig
Andrews, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe
12. Discussion and possible action – Memo dated April
15, 2022 Re: Directive Regarding Executive Director’s
Budget– Craig Andrews, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe
13. Discussion on Next Actionable Steps Regarding
See Renewal and Blue Stone Strategy – Hopi Tribal
Council
14. Discussion – Continued Government-to-Government Consultation initiated in December 2019 regarding
the proposal to close the Tuba City Dump Site (TCD) –
Jessie Durham, Acting Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Regional Office - **Time Certain
– June 22, 2022 - 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
15. Discussion – Letter dated April 12, 2022 from Michele L. Honanie, Chairwoman, Kykotsmovi Board of
Directors; Re; AI #077-2021 / H-071-2021
16. Ceremonial Signing –NACOG – Hopi Senom
Transit Planning IGA - **Time Certain – June 7, 2022
– 1:00 p.m.
17. Discussion (continuing) on the FY 2023 General
Fund budget development – Eugene Talas, Chairperson,
Budge Oversight Team - **Time Certain – June 21, 2022
– 9:00 a.m.
18. Memo dated May 16, 2022 from Phillip
Quochytewa, Sr., RE: Letter dated February 10,
2022 Certification Re: Delores Coochyamptewa
and Pansy Edmo, Council Representatives, Village
of Mishongnovi – Phillip Quochytewa, Sr., Tribal
Council Representative, Village of Kykotsmovi **Time Certain – June 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. (Add-on
– June 6, 2022)"
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Hopi Day School Holds 6th
Grade Promotion with Hopi
Cultural Elements Included
Hopi Tribal Council Re-instates Village of
Mishongnovi Representatives
Coochyumptewa and Edmo, Effective
June 8, 2022
Presenters and audience members present at Tribal Council Chambers on April 7, 2022 while
Item 5. “Discussion and Possible Action Letter dated February 10, 2022 from Archie Duwahoye
oma…” was completed. Picture by Romalita Laban
By: Romalita Laban, Hopi Tutuveni
Pictures by R. Laban Hopi Tutuveni taken at May 25th Hopi Day School 6th Grade Promotion
By: Romalita Laban, Hopi Tutuveni
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – May 25, 2022 and
on the campus of the historical Hopi Day
School (HDS) campus, the HDS staff, fellow Hawks, parents, friends and family
were present to witness the honoring of
the 6th Grade Class with a very nice Promotion Ceremony, complete with Hopi
cultural elements and inclusion.
Hopi Tutuveni would be remiss if continuation of coverage of the local Hopi
community school promotions did not
occur. The most recent 2021-2022 school
year has been faced with many challenges posed for all local Hopi community
schools, including how ceremonies, such
as the Promotion Ceremony could be
completed.
Hopi Day School has always been observed as a local Hopi school that incorporates Hopi language in its curriculum
and day-to-day school activities, however,
one could not be pleasantly surprised to
hear the 6th Grade promoting class begin
the ceremony by singing a song in Hopi
for those in attendance. The audience was
quiet and the promoting class of students
had their full attention with some nodding
their heads in rhythm to the melody and
message being sung.
With creativity and resourcefulness the
school staff did a wonderful job of decorating in full HDS maroon and gold with
added touches of Hopi symbolism and
flare.
The HDS technology staff also did
wonders with a beautifully designed PowerPoint presentation complete with testimonials and goals listed by the HDS promoting class.
Hopi Tutuveni wishes the 2022 Promoting Hopi Day School Class of Hawks
a smooth and happy transition into junior
high school and future endeavors, as well.
We continue to send positives to the HDS
Administration and Staff, go HDS Hawks!
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 8, 2022 Hopi
Tribal Council took action on an issue sitting on the Hopi Tribal Council 2nd Quarter
Session March 1, 2022 Month of April 2022
AGENDA listed under Unfinished Business
as item “5. Discussion and Possible Action
- Letter dated Feb¬ruary 10, 2022 from
Archie Duwahoyeoma, Re: – Albert T. Sinquah, Tribal Council Representative, First
Mesa Consolidated Villages - **Time Certain – April 7, 2022 – 10:00 a.m.”
The letter from Duwahoyeoma was presented by Duwahoyeoma, Bear Clan Elder/
Village Leader of Musangnuvi Village and
discussed with Hopi Tribal Council on April
7, 2022 in accordance with the Time Certain
set on Council’s Agenda.
Also present on that date was Delores
Coochyumptewa. Although the presentation
was completed and discussed it was not acted upon on that date due to information provided to Council that the village was to be
holding an election in May 2022.
According to Phillip Quochytewa, Sr.
Village of Kykotsmovi Representative sitting on Hopi Tribal Council, the motion he
made, for which he provided a hand written copy for Hopi Tutuveni read, “I move
that the Hopi Tribal Council honor Mr.
Archie Duwahoyeoma’s Certification, and
reinstate Ms. Delores Coochyumptewa and
Pansy Edmo effective immediately to con-
tinue with their duties and responsibilities
as Council Representatives from the Village
of [Mishonovi.] Furthermore, both Council
Representatives shall be compensated their
full salary including their council benefits
[retro active] to the date of Nov. 30, 2021.”
Quochytewa also informed Hopi Tutuveni that since the Village did not hold an
election in May 2022 he was compelled to
follow up on the issue and further requested
through the Hopi Tribal Secretary’s Office to
have the matter placed back on the Council’s
Agenda.
Included in this publication is the Hopi
Tribal Council Third Quarter Session June
1, 2022 AGENDA – Amendment #1 and
under UNFINISHED BUSINESS is item
“18. Memo dated May 16, 2022 from Phillip
Quochytewa, Sr., RE: Letter dated February
10, 2022 Certification Re: Delores Coochyamptewa and Pansy Edmo, Council Representatives, Village of Mishongnovi – Phillip
Quochytewa, Sr., Tribal Council Representative, Village of Kykotsmovi **Time Certain – June 8, 2022 at 9:00
a.m. (Add-on – June 6, 2022)”
After coming out of Executive Session,
during which the Time Certain took place,
Council voted on Quochytewa’s motion
with a vote of 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1
abstention.
Hopi Tutuveni will be doing a follow up
article on this matter in upcoming publications.
Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
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2022 Hopi Code Talkers Citizenship
Awards
Hopi Veterans Services
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 8, 2022 and
the sounds of excitement and proud parents in the audience patiently waiting for
their young sons and daughters to march
to the stage to begin the annual promotion ceremonies occurred around Hopi
the past few weeks, is still fresh in mind.
The Hopi Veterans Services staff was happy to announce the revival of sponsoring
the 2022 Hopi Code Talkers Citizenship
Award program this school season. Due
to COVID, our last recipients from the
6th and 8th grade classes on the Hopi
Reservation were acknowledged in 2019.
However, the opportunity for in-person
promotion ceremonies across the Hopi
Reservation allowed our program to issue
the Citizenship Award for a deserving girl
and boy in each school’s 6th and 8th promotion class.
Hopi Veterans Services sponsors this
award in honor of the ten Hopi Code Talkers who used their Hopi Lavayii during
World War II in the Pacific campaigns.
Moreover, to help promote and encourage
Hopi language speaking among our youth;
to preserve our rich culture and as a lasting
tribute of the Hopi Code Talkers legacy.
The local teachers of each school made
the challenging selection for the awards.
The criteria was based on the student’s
positive and respectful attitude with students and teachers; active participation
in class, school and team sports; assisted
fellow students and had excellent communication skills during the school year. This
year’s award consisted of a certificate, a
Hopi Flag and a redesigned Hopi Code
Talker 1.5 inch lapel pin with the words
“Citizenship Award.” Additionally, the
Hopi Junior Senior High School students
received a plaque.
Our sincere appreciation to each school
for participating this year to recognize
the achievements of their students. We
congratulate each of the award recipients
and their proud parents and/or guardians
for supporting them throughout the school
year. We hope to continue this tradition
next school year.
Students enjoy your summer and get
ready to excel in junior high and high
school - nahongvita!
2022 Hopi Code Talkers Citizenship
Award Recipients
Moenkopi Day School
Mason Honie (b)
Abbie Tallsalt (g)
Hopi Day School
Londyn Lomayestewa (b)
Kylie Jose (g)
Second Mesa Day School
Sekawuunu Soohafyah (b)
Kailey Honyaktewa (g)
First Mesa Elementary
Devionn Mahle (b)
Kamaiya Chapella (g)
Keams Canyon Elementary
Christopher Penn (b)
Brianne Naha (g)
Hopi Junior High School – 8th
Kaylyn Nevayaktewa (b)
Naomi Saufkie (g)
Hotevilla-Bacavi Comm. School – 8th
Brandon Charlie (b)
Kaidence Nevayaktewa (g)
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Xoyote Soldier Tour Carries the Message of the
Plight of Indigenous Peoples and Lands of the
Colorado Plateau Region to New Audiences
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Submitted by: Ed Kabotie
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – June 7, 2022
The Xoyote Soldier Tour will kick off in
Flagstaff on Wednesday, June 8th at the
Flagstaff Community Market before traveling through the states of New Mexico,
Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Indiana,
Oklahoma, and California. Targeting
reservations, museums, and educational
institutions, the tour features Dine/Dakota flautist Hunter Eagleman RedDay,
Tewa/Hopi singer/songwriter Ed Kabotie,
Northern Arizona reggae/rock band, Tha
‘Yoties, and Dine/Apache Singer/Songwriter, Sage Bond from Red Lake, Arizona.
The purpose of the Xoyote Soldier Tour
is to raise a heartfelt cry for the Indigenous
people and lands of the Colorado Plateau
region, while comparing social and environmental struggles that Indigenous
people face in other parts of the country.
Though the Colorado Plateau houses the
most number of national parks per square
mile of any part of the country, it is also
one of the most exploited lands for uranium, water, oil, and coal. The tribes of
the region continue to shoulder the consequences of reckless mining practices.
Tour manager, Ed Kabotie explains,
“The future of this nation will be determined by our ability to mourn our history
of systemic oppression, and our willingness to work for a future in the true spirit
of liberty and justice for all.”
Tha ‘Yoties will self-document the tour
and share periodic reports via Facebook,
Instagram, and YouTube: www.facebook.
com/edkabotie www.facebook.com/thayoties
www.instagram.com/tha_yoties
www.instagram.com/edkabotie
www.
youtube.com/edkabotie The Xoyote Soldier tour is sponsored by the Sierra Club
Grand Canyon Chapter, Wild Arizona,
and Grand Canyon Trust.
For more information, you can reach
out to the band via social media or contact
Ed Kabotie by phone at: 505.274.6822 or
email Ed Kabotie at: edkabotie@gmail.
com
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COMICS?
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To find out more information.
DISCLAIMER: Comics submitted will become property of Hopi
Tutuveni. Name of artist will be
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Annual Sumi’nungwa Hopi Festival in Polacca returns
after two year hiatus
A dance group from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico prepares to dance at a prior event. (Photos/DHD Productions
By Katherine Locke
Navajo-Hopi Observer
Originally Published: June 7, 2022 8:48 a.m.
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POLACCA, Ariz. — After a two-year hiatus, the annual Sumi’nungwa Hopi Festival will return to Polacca,
Arizona on the Hopi Reservation Oct. 1-2, with many arts
and craft vendors from the reservation and other tribes
around the Southwest including New Mexico, Colorado
and Utah.
Food vendors will also be available, bringing Southwest foods to the event and some red hot chili beef stew
from Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico.
Theron Honyumptewa, chairperson for the Sumi’nungwa Hopi Festival, said the festival usually attracts about
1,500-3,000 people though they anticipate an increase
this year because people are anxious to get outdoors and
be among friends, family and relatives. He said the event
is open to everyone.
“This is definitely a popular event on Hopi for the benefit of all people,” he said. “Our goal is to bring people
together as one, thus the name ‘Sumi’nungwa.’ The festival is for everyone across the land. As people we are
connected in one way or another.”
Honyumptewa said the pandemic put the festival on a
standstill for two years, which affected everyone around
the world, including Hopi and other Indigenous nations.
“If it’s any indication, the response that we’ve received
from vendors thus far has been great. That tells us that
they are ready to make a return to the festival in 2022,”
Honyumptewa said.
This year, sponsors are giving vendors an opportunity
to register for the festival at an early bird rate for two
months. After July 31, the rate will increase.
“It is highly encouraged to take advantage of the early bird offer. More information is available regarding the
vending fees by calling the number(s) listed below,” Honyumptewa said.
Aside from the crafts and food, traditional Hopi and
other tribal social dances will headline the event each
day. All dance groups, regardless of tribal affiliation are
welcome, Honyumptewa said.
The 10K and 5K races will once again take place and
are scheduled for Oct. 2. Race time is 4 p.m. (MST). The
races are open to both male and female runners, regardless of age. Awards include, top 30 overall finishers in the
10K and 5K respectively.
Registration will be at the festival site only, starting
Sept. 30, and ending approximately one hour before race
time, Oct. 2. More race information is available by call-
ing the number(s) listed below.
Honyumptewa said DHD events, which is the sponsor,
expects a large turnout of vendors, community members
and visitors. Overnight camping is not permitted at the
festival site. Security will be on hand for everyone’s safety.
“People should know that the festival is an outdoor
event that consists of over one hundred craft and food
vendors combined, so there is a huge variety of options to
choose from in supporting our vendors,” he said.
There will be sanitizing stations throughout the festival site, with hand sanitizer and face masks. The event
is drug and alcohol free. A Hopi Tribal Peddlers Permit
is required. A Food Handlers Card is required as well for
all food vendors.
Honyumptewa said DHD productions is also seeking
volunteers to assist with the festival.
“We encourage people to attend this year’s festival.
Whether it’s your first time visit to Hopi, or your third
festival you will be a part of something special and positive for our local economy,” he said. “Come and experience that Hopi hospitality that will last a lifetime.”
More information is available at (928) 737-0174 or
(928) 206-7801.
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KEAMS CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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HOPI SMALL BUSINESS
TRAINING WEEK
PHONE: 928.738.2385 FAX: 928.738.5519
WEBSITE: kceseagles.org
“Home of tHe eagles”
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
POSITION TITLE
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SCHOOL YEAR
CLOSING DATE
CSA/Principal *$2,500 Sign-on
12 Month
SY 2022-2023
June 3rd
Facilities Manager *$2,500 Sign-on
12 Month
CURRENT
OUF
CERTIFIED POSITIONS
JUNE 27-JUNE 30, 2022
Training Schedule:
Monday, June 27
Website Development & Social Media
POSITION TITLE
CONTRACT
SCHOOL YEAR
CLOSING DATE
General Education Teacher *$2,500 Sign-on
10 Month
SY 2022-2023
June 3rd
Substitute Teacher
On-Call
SY 2022-2023
OUF
Tuesday, June 28
Tax Forms & Basic Self Employment Expense Tracking
Wednesday, June 29
Retirement & Investment Planning for the Entrepreneur
CLASSIFIED POSITIONS
POSITION TITLE
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10 Month
SY 2022-2023
OUF
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IF INTERESTED PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING:
Application - Online access: kceseagles.net
Copy of Certificate of Indian Blood (If Applicable)
Resume
AZ DPS Fingerprint Clearance Card (IVP Card)
Letter of interest
First Aid/CPR
Copy of current degree(s), certificate(s), teaching license(s)
Valid Driver’s License
- Official Transcripts will be required upon hiring
FULL –TIME EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Thursday, June 30
Taking the Leap - A Panel of Small Business Owners who Took the Leap!
Open to any small business owner.
Training will be offered with in person and virtual options.
Call or email for more information or to sign up!
(limited attendance for in person sessions).
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401K retirement plan
MORE INFORMATION
Jarrahlyn Begaye, Human Resources ● jbegaye@kceseagles.org ● 928.738.2385 Ext.2312
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favorable local jurisdiction, federal and state/county background check
Posted 05/16/2022
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Hopi Credit Association
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lisa@hopicredit.us
(928) 738-2205
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Are you a small business owner or
entrepreneur located on the Hopi
Reservation?
Sign up to be a part of the 2023
Small Business Directory!
Benefits:
HOPI SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
SIGN UP SITES
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Polacca Circle M
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Second Mesa Post Office Area
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Kykotsmovi Cell One Area
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Hotevilla Store Area
Have your business listed in the
directory. Directory will be
distributed to the public.
Receive a t-shirt and incentive bag.
Become part of a network of small
business owners that receive
information and training
opportunities to sustain and grow
your business.
Participate in the Annual Small
Business Directory Fair to showcase
your products or advertise your
service.
WE ARE
HIRING
Job Position:
Loan Processor/Collector/
Financial Educator
For information contact:
Alissa Charley, Executive Director
Email: lisa@hopicredit.us
Phone: (928) 738-2205
Website: https://hopicredit.us
Starting Wage:
$36,670.00/year
Full time: 40 hours/week
Benefits:
Retirement, Vision,
Dental, Medical, Life
Open until filled
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Polacca Circle M
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Second Mesa Post Office Area
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Kykotsmovi Cell One Area
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Hotevilla Store Area
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Upper Moencopi Honahni
Bldg Area
For information contact Hopi Credit Association
or Hopi Relief at:
Cat got your tongue?
Call 928-734-3283 or
email: consae@hopi.nsn.us
for an AD quote
928-738-2205
hopicredit.us
hopirelief.org
lisa@hopicredit.us or wendi@hopirelief.org
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reach out to potential customers
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Wilma Mankiller quarters
released to eager public
Chad Hunter
Cherokee Phoenix
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – A standing-room-only crowd gathered in Tahlequah to celebrate the life and legacy of the
Cherokee Nation’s first female principal
chief, Wilma P. Mankiller, who is now
immortalized on a U.S. quarter released
June 6.
“She’s a legend,” Cherokee Nation citizen Henry Carey Jr., 66, of Tahlequah,
said. “She deserves it. Wilma Mankiller,
she was a freedom fighter, fighting way
before she was chief. I really respect her.
So I wanted to get some of these quarters.”
Current and past tribal leaders, Mankiller’s family, friends and hundreds of others turned out for the release of a limited
number of the coins, which feature the late
chief wrapped in a traditional shawl with
“a resolute gaze to the future” on the reverse side.
“Wilma Mankiller demonstrated grit
and determination,” current Principal
Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said. “She fought
for justice for Native Americans. She inspired us all to do more to help ourselves
as a people. She made this world a better,
fairer and more just place. She did all of
this, by the way, before she ever held public office.”
Mankiller, who served as principal chief
from 1985-95, is noted as having fought
for civil rights and equality, along with
self-sufficiency for the Cherokee people.
In addition, she is described as “the anchor” in establishing what has now become the largest tribal health care system
in the country.
“The first woman to be elected chief of
a major American Indian tribe, she revitalized the Nation’s tribal government, and
advocated relentlessly for improved edu-
cation, healthcare and housing services,”
a biography from the National Women’s
History Museum states. “Under her leadership, infant mortality declined and educational achievement rose in the Cherokee
Nation.”
The Mankiller coin is one of five in the
U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters
series. Its design, one of three considered,
includes inscriptions that read “Principal
Chief” and, in the Cherokee Language,
“Cherokee Nation.” According to the U.S.
Mint, only two other Cherokee Nation citizens, Mary Golda Ross and Sequoyah,
have coins in their names.
Mankiller, who died from pancreatic
cancer in 2010 at the age of 64, remains an
inspiration for many, including friend, author and feminist leader Gloria Steinem.
Mankiller, Steinem noted, now has a “permanent place on a coin that will circulate
among us every day and will give each of
us a reason to tell her story.”
“Now we will be able to treasure the
presence of Wilma’s image daily in our
hands and in our hearts,” she said.
Following Mankiller’s passing, President Barack Obama said, “As the Cherokee Nation’s first female chief, she transformed the nation-to-nation relationship
between the Cherokee Nation and the
federal government, and served as an inspiration to women in Indian Country and
across America. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she was recognized for her vision and commitment to a
brighter future for all Americans.”
The June 6 celebration included a poetry reading by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and musical performances by the Cherokee Adult Choir and Cherokee National
Youth Choir with special guest Breanna
Olaya-Morton, Mankiller’s granddaughter.
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HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES
Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency
Response June 8, 2022 Report
KYKOTSMOVI, AZ –June 8, 2022 This data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s website
“COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.
Hopi Health Care Center – Community COVID-19 Testing & Vaccination Information
COVID-19 vaccines are available in the afternoons on Mondays and Wednesdays for the
month of March for those 5 years and older. To schedule an appointment call (928) 737-6148
or 737-6081. Appointments are required. For questions about COVID-19 vaccines please
call (928) 737-6198 or 737-6197.
COVID-19 Testing Drive-up Testing schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 8:15–
9:30 AM. Enter at the west entrance & drive around back. Mask must be worn by everyone
in your vehicle. Please stay in your vehicle at all times. To schedule for testing or for more
information please call (928) 737-6187 or 6233.
A COVID-19 Hotline has been created by the Hopi Health Care Center to assist with all
COVID-19 related questions and service requests. The hotline is open Monday–Friday from
8 AM–5 PM. To contact the COVID-19 hotline please call (928) 737-6187.
TUBA CITY REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (TCRHCC) – COMMUNITY COVID-19 TESTING & VACCINATION INFORMATION:
To all Moenkopi residents: Testing, and now vaccinations, at TCRHCC are being held at
the outdoor tent Monday – Friday from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time. Rapid and CEPHEID tests can take approximately 3 hours. Send out tests can take 2-3 days.
The address for Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation is 167 N. Main Street, Tuba
City, AZ. For more information regarding Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation’s
COVID-19 vaccination clinic and testing, please call 1-866-976-5941. TCRHCC now has
at-home COVID-19 test kits available for the community. To request a test kit please go
through the drive up tent from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time or go to the pharmacy drive up window after hours.
FREE AT-HOME COVID-19 TESTS:
You can now order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the U.S. government at covidtests.
gov by calling 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489). Only 4 tests come in an order and
only two orders per household. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. Please do not wait to
order your tests when you have been exposed or become symptomatic as the tests will not
arrive in enough time for you to be tested. So please order them now so that you and your
loved ones can be prepared. Households that did not place their first order of test kits, can
now place their first AND second order. They must complete the ordering process above two
(2) times to place both a first and second order (for a total of 8 test kits).
FREE N-95 MASKS
The CDC now has a resource on their website where you can see a list of local pharmacies
that have free N-95 masks by using your zip code. Click here or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY
1-888-720-7489).
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION CALCULATOR:
The CDC now has a Quarantine and Isolation calculator that helps determine how long
you need to isolate or quarantine.
(TABLE ON PG 5)
“CDC is recommending that moderately or severely immunocompromised 5–11-yearolds receive an additional primary dose of vaccine 28 days after their second shot.” Remember that the only vaccine that 5-17 year olds are eligible for is Pfizer.
SOURCE: Different COVID-19 Vaccines – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SYMPTOMS, QUARANTINE, AND ISOLATION:
Watch for Symptoms - people with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days
after exposure to the virus and can range from mild to severe. The following are COVID-19
symptoms that people may experience:
• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
•New loss of taste or smell
•Sore throat
•Congestion or runny nose
•Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
This list does not include all possible symptoms. CDC will continue to update this list as
we learn more about COVID-19. Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing
more serious complications from COVID-19 illness.”
Currently, the local health department and HHCC are implement the previously recommended CDC guidelines which is a 10 day isolation for those who test positive and a 14 day
quarantine for those exposed to an infected individual.
(GLOSSARY ON PG. 5)
Be aware that when someone tests positive they became contagious 2 days before they
developed symptoms, or if they are not experiencing symptoms 2 days before they tested
positive not the day they received their results. If someone was less than 6 feet away from
a potential positive case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24 hour period
they would be considered a close contact regardless of whether or not both parties were
wearing masks. For example, Molly was within 6 feet of Craig on Thursday night for 10
minutes and on Friday morning for 5 minutes. Craig developed symptoms Saturday evening,
was tested for COVID on Monday, and received their results on Wednesday. Because Molly
was within 6 feet of Craig for a total of 15 minutes over a 24 hour period within the 2 day
timeframe she is now considered to be a close contact. If you have been identified as a close
contact you may or may not need to quarantine depending on your vaccination status.
If an unvaccinated individual that is not positive is having to take care of someone that is
infected, they will need to quarantine for 14 days beginning on the infected person’s 10th
day of isolation, with that day being Day 0 and the following day being Day 1. That means
the caregiver could potentially be out of work for 24 days. If a vaccinated person that is not
positive is having to take care of someone that is infected, they will not have to quarantine
but will need to get tested 5 days from the 10th day of the infected person’s isolation. If a
vaccinated person develops symptoms while caring for an infected person they will need to
get tested as soon as possible and remain at home until they receive their results.
Re-testing of COVID-19 Positive Employees. Per guidance and alignment with HHCC,
CDC, state and local health departments, and OSHA workplace guidance for COVID-19
re-testing of positive or suspected COVID-19 employees before they return to work, nor
providing letters to go back to work is not recommended.
The recommended reason for not re-testing is an individual may continue to test positive
on a viral test long after they are recovered from COVID-19. These dead viral particles will
turn viral tests positive even though they cannot cause disease in others. The Hopi Health
Care Center strongly encourages employers to use the CDC’s symptom and criteria below
even if they continue to test positive. Once they meet the three criteria, they are no longer
considered infectious to others. However, if the employee was severely ill (hospitalized)
or in immunocompromised, plead advise them to visit their primary care provide before
returning to work.
The “checklist” below has been updated as of the most recent COVID-19 guidelines from
the CDC and will be used by employers to determine when an employee with confirmed
COVID-19 may return to work safely. For additional questions, please call the Hopi Health
Care Center COVID-19 hotline (928) 737-6188.
□ It’s been at last ten days since I first had symptoms or received my positive diagnosis if
I’ve not had symptoms (please note date of first symptoms: (________)
□ Overall my symptoms have improved and I am feeling better.
□ It’s been at least 72 hours since I last had a fever without using fever-reducing medicine.
If you checked all three boxes, you are no longer a considered at risk to infect others and
can go back to work!
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HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES
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To find out more
Drawing comics is a great way to show your
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If you have the skill and the humor to draw comics
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Yuki’at - Accomplishment
Öqala - Determined
Sivaqöpqö - Heater
Tukopna - Accuse
Alögö - Different
Hopiiqatsi - Hopi Way of
Hintsakpi - Activity
Hötsiwa - Doorway
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Pu’ason - Afterward
Hiihiko - Drink
Nù’okwa - Kind Hearted
Qe’ti - Back out of
Nan’ip - Each (of two)
Ngahu - Medicine
Novaki - Bakery
Tutuqayiw - Education
Muytala - Moon Light
Tuptsiwni - Belief
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Tömö - Season (Winter)
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Tumal’aya - Employee
Nuvati - Snowed
Pàato - Burst
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Saavu - Fire wood
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Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
A long time ago…well, back in the ’90s, I
used to have this friend from my neighborhood.
She was the most fantastic girl on the block because she had a jungle gym in her front yard,
and her yard had grass. Her mother would give
us treats like lemon bars and iced tea during
our play dates. It was one of the best memories
from my childhood.
See, the reservation is full of beauty with our
rich culture, but one thing the reservation lacks
is physical beauty. When someone visits the
Hopi reservation, visitors are quickly greeted
with trash and more trash. We can have the most
sacred songs, the most authentic way of Native
life in any Mel Gibson film. But when it comes
to physical beauty here on the Hopi reservation,
it looks like that movie with Kurt Russell done
back in the early 90s, when humans destroyed
Los Angeles.
What I’m trying to say is that our land is not
beautiful; we cannot sing sacred songs while
looking like “Escape from L.A.” the movie.
So how can we be blind to the reservation
when it asks for help?
I was in my local village just looking around,
and I must tell you that we love soda pop. I saw
pop cans, beer cans, and broken cars in the middle of nowhere. In all that, it occurred to me that
it seems that Hopis would travel great distances
to the middle of nowhere to throw a bag of trash
in the middle of that “nowhere.” Just so they
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Larry’s Corner
This land is your land,
this land is my land
don’t have to throw it away in a proper trash
can.
Now, I try my best to collect the trash, but my
trash bag fills up before I travel off the mesa. So,
it occurred to me that some Hopis don’t seem to
care about their land, or seem to want to protect
it, or seem to want to teach the youth about how
we should take care of Mother Nature. Some
of us have become so colonized and numb to
a certain point that we are stuck in our hopes
that someone else will take the responsibility to
clean up after us and others.
Don’t get me wrong, I know that some people
are trying their best to help Mother Nature and
teach our youth how to be mindful of their land,
and believe me, some kids are trying their best
to keep this Hopi land clean, too. It just seems
to me that those individuals represent a small
minority.
Our local waste management program on the
Hopi reservation is trying its hardest to provide
services to the Hopi people. The lack of funding and resources, makes it tough for them to
try to give the best services to the people. So
how can we help them? Maybe have a bake sale
for them so they can fix up their truck, so I can
have my trash emptied regularly. The idea is to
quit complaining and start helping our community. If you see trash, pick it up and throw it in a
trash can, but if we continue to complain about
our “trashy” reservation, we will never find a
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solution to our problem. And yes, I am hearing
myself which is part of the plan.
When you live on a reservation and very poor
is all you know, young and older people seem to
not care about the consequences of living like
this. We can solve simple problems like this if
we just all pitch in and pick up a pop can and
throw it away in the trash. If we start with simple issues like this and solve them quickly, we
can begin to solve more complex problems and
realize that simple solutions can solve our problems.
Don’t get me wrong, some problems are
harder to solve, as our current money problems,
but I’m pretty sure there is a solution.
Even though we lack the beauty of the Hopi
reservation, our flowers don’t grow, our trees
aren’t green, and our waters are scarce. We have
beauty in our hearts and our souls and like the
old saying goes, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
My advice to you is that we can pass the trash
around and wait till someone comes and solves
the issue for us, or we can start solving our own
problems and work towards beautifying this
place we call home. The Hopi land is not supposed to be this tan, we have rich colors like
our traditional clothes, and we have bold colors
like what’s in our hearts. We have the power to
make a change, but are we willing to change it?
That question is totally up to you.
Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
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JOB OPENING
JOB OPENING
NOTICE SEEKING PUBLIC
COMMENT ON PROPOSED
USDA RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANT APPLICATION [Docket No. RHS–22–SFH–
0008]
The Native American Disability Law Center (Law
Center) is looking for qualified applicants to fill the
following positions:
1. Representative Payee Advocate
2. Communications & Outreach Associate
3. Social Worker
Closing Date for each position: Open Until Filled
The Law Center is a private non-profit organization that provides legal services to Native Americans with disabilities living on or near the Navajo
and Hopi reservations. The Law Center is committed to ensuring that Native Americans with disabilities have access to justice and are empowered and
equal members of their communities.
The Law Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Preference is given to qualified Hopi, Navajo and other Native American applicants. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to
apply.
For an application and job description for each
position, please call 505-566-5880 or send email to
info@nativedisabilitylaw.org.
To apply: Please submit cover letter, resume and
application to:
Therese E. Yanan
Executive Director
Native American Disability Law Center, Inc.
905 W. Apache Street
Farmington, New Mexico 87401
This notice is provided pursuant to the USDA Rural Housing Preservation Grants opportunity, USDA-RD-HCFP-HPG-2022. Red Feather Development Group (Red Feather) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit
organization located in Flagstaff, AZ. Red Feather’s
mission is to partner with Indigenous communities
to develop and implement lasting and impactful
housing solutions. Our proposal seeks funding that
will support the performance of home repairs and
weatherization for low-income tribal households located within the boundaries of the Hopi Reservation
and Tuba City Chapter and Leupp Chapter on the
Navajo Nation. Public comments and questions pertaining to this funding can be submitted via email
to: Joe Seidenberg, Red Feather Executive Director,
at joe@redfeather.org, or mailed to: 2717 N. Steves
Boulevard, Suite 8, Flagstaff, AZ 86004. For more
information call 928-440-5119.
The Hopi Tribe P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
Ph: (928) 734-3281 • Ph: (928) 734-3283
Editorial Board of the Hopi Tutuveni
Wilma Dengavi , Gary LaRance, George Mase
Hopi Tutuveni Staff
Managing Editor - Romalita Laban
RLaban@hopi.nsn.us
Assistant Editor - Carl Onsae
Consae@hopi.nsn.us
ARTICLES:
The Hopi Tutuveni welcomes
original articles reporting on
local, state and national news
items on issues related to Hopi
or of interest to Tutuveni readers.
We are especially interested
in articles reporting on issues
impacting the Hopi community or on events and activities
involving members of the Hopi
Tribe. Articles should not exceed
750 words and should follow
Associated Press (AP) style and
formatting. The Managing Editor
reserves the right to edit articles
for style, length and clarity. If
significant editing is required, the
Managing Editor will communicate with the author prior to
publication.
PRESS RELEASES:
Press releases must be submitted
on official letterhead and include
the name of the organization,
contact person, telephone
number and email address. Press
releases should not exceed 500
words and submissions may be
edited for length and clarity at
the discretion of the Managing
Editor.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR:
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words and must include the
name of the author and complete
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phone number or email address)
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The Tutuveni Editorial Board
reviews all submissions and
reserves the right not to publish
letters it considers to be highly
sensitive or potentially offensive
to readers, or that may be libelous
or slanderous in nature.
OPINION EDITORIALS:
Submissions must be exclusive
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exceed 1,000 words. Include with
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along with a short 2-3-sentence
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All press releases, articles, letters
to the editor and Opinion Editorials electronically as a Word
document or as plain text in the
body of an email to the Managing Editor, Romalita Laban. Articles, press releases and editorials
that include photographs must
be in high resolution, 300dpi
or more and must be your own.
All photographs must include
photo credit and a caption for
each photo listing the names of
all persons included in the photo
and description of what the photo is about. (call 928-734-3283
for deadline schedule).
The Hopi Tutuveni is published twice a month, with a circulation
of 2,500 copies throughout the entire Hopi Reservation. The paper
is delivered on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month to the
following locations: Moenkopi Travel Center, Moenkopi Legacy
Inn, Hotevilla Store, Kykotsmovi Village Store, Tribal Government
Complex, Hopi Cultural Center, Hopi Health Care Center, Polacca
Circle M, Keams Canyon Store.
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Job Announcement
Hopi Telecommunications
HTEDC is seeking an Accounting Assistant.
The Accounting Assistant supports and assist the overall Accounting Department with assigned tasks and job
duties from the entities of the corporation and CFO.
Selected applicants must have: A professional, positive attitude with management, co-workers, and general
public; Ensure all communication is clear and concise;
Follow other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor
or CFO.
• Three or more years of accounting experience
• Knowledge in standard office procedures
• Ability to perform simple accounting reconciliation
For more information or submit resume, please contact Courtney Erickson at (928)522-8675 or email cerickson@htedc.net
Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) in Keams Canyon, Arizona is currently seeking a qualified candidate to
join the HTI team.
CURRENT OPENING
• Customer Service Representative (CSR)
CLOSING DATE: May 6, 2022
HTI is seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent customer service skills for its Customer Service
Representative (CSR) position. Under the direct supervision of the Accountant, this role is responsible for the
day-to-day customer service duties and responsibilities
with excellent communication skills.
Requirements:
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Customer Service experience.
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Indigenous activists decry retailer
over Amazon deforestation
Indigenous representatives from Brazil in the metro after a protest outside Paris courthouse, in
Paris, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Environmental groups and representatives of Brazil's Indigenous
community are protesting Thursday outside the main Paris courthouse, urging a quick trial for a
French supermarket chain accused of selling beef linked to deforestation and land grabs in the
Amazon rainforest. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Jade Le Deley
Associated Press
PARIS — A Paris judge on Thursday
ordered a mediation process to settle a legal dispute pitting environmental groups
and representatives of Brazil's Indigenous
community against a major French retailer accused of selling beef linked to deforestation and land grabs in the Amazon
rainforest.
Several leading Indigenous representatives, including some wearing traditional
headdresses, traveled from Brazil to the
main Paris courthouse, where they held a
demonstration to denounce international
threats to their territories and attract public attention to cattle farming practices in
the Amazon.
Climate groups and Indigenous activists
filed a lawsuit last year against France’s
Casino Group, which has supermarkets
around the world, accusing it of violating
human rights and environmental rules.
At a court hearing Thursday, the judge
ordered both parties to try to reach an
agreement by Sept. 15 through a confidential mediation process. If no agreement
can be reached, the case will go to trial.
“We will meet with the mediator before
the end of July and see if we can start a
mediation process upon analyzing the Casino proposals,” said Sebastien Mabile,
a lawyer for one of the environmental
groups.
Casino Group lawyers Sébastien Shapira and Thomas Rouhette told The Associated Press that the France-based supermarket chain “satisfied" with the judge's
move and has always been open to discussion. The company said it is "undoubtedly
one of the companies most advanced in
combating deforestation," without elaborating on measures it takes to do so.
For the Indigenous movement, the lawsuit against Casino Group is an attempt
to hold someone accountable for buying
cattle they say is raised illegally in their
territory, with activists warning that farright Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s
government policies are further threatening indigenous lands.
Since taking office in 2019, Bolsonaro
has repeatedly said that Indigenous peoples have too much land, saying he would
revise demarcations, even though such a
move is forbidden by law.
Cattle ranching is one of the main drivers of deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon,
with levels reaching record highs earlier
this year. More than 1,000 square kilometers (nearly 400 square miles) were deforested in April, according to satellite alerts.
The biome holds about 57 million hectares (140.8 million acres) of pasture, an
area slightly larger than France, according
to MapBiomas, a network of nonprofits,
universities and technology startups.
SENIOR LIVING
7 Behavioral Health Tips for Older
Adults
(StatePoint) Older adults experiencing a
behavioral health issue such as anxiety or
depression may be embarrassed and think
they simply need to “pull themselves up
by their bootstraps,” but helping them
seek help can empower them to live their
best lives, according to experts.
“Everyone is different, but there are
tools for better health, including therapy,
medication and self-care,” said Dr. Lindsay Evans-Mitchell, medical director for
behavioral health for Cigna Medicare Advantage.
Behavioral health disorders affect one
in five adults over 55. Older men have the
highest suicide rate of any age group or
gender. Among men who are 75 and older,
the suicide rate is 40.2 per 100,000 – almost triple the overall rate.
The most common behavioral health
disorder in older adults is dementia, and
its incidence is growing as the Baby
Boomer generation ages. Experts project
that more than 9 million Americans 65
years or older will have dementia by 2030.
Anxiety disorders and mood disorders are
also common among older people.
Dealing with a behavioral health issue?
These self-care tips can help:
1. Find a Provider. “Cognitive disorders,
such as dementia and mood disorders, often look the same,” Dr. Evans-Mitchell
said. “Only a trained professional can
make an accurate diagnosis.” For help
finding a provider, reach out to your primary care physician or health plan, such
as Medicare or Medicare Advantage. Also
consider virtual therapy. It’s easy to schedule and offers the convenience of seeing a
therapist without leaving home.
2. Nurture Yourself. Good nutrition
feeds the body and mind. If you have
questions about nutrition for older adults,
consult your physician or a registered dietitian. Additionally, drink water throughout the day. “Dehydration can worsen cognitive issues,” Dr. Evans-Mitchell said.
3. Sleep Well. Like all adults, older
people need seven to nine hours of sleep
nightly. Dr. Evans-Mitchell noted that
older people’s tendency to go to bed early,
wake up early, and nap throughout the day
can disrupt healthy sleep cycles and limit rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, potentially contributing to behavioral health
issues.
4. Exercise. Even moderate exercise can
improve mental and physical health. The
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans describes benefits such as improvements in brain health, better cognitive
function, and reduced risk of anxiety and
mood disorders. People who exercise also
tend to sleep better. Having trouble getting
started? Some Medicare Advantage plans
include a fitness benefit, which can pay for
a gym membership or provide at-home fitness tools.
5. Head Outside. Being outside has
numerous benefits, including vitamin D
absorption needed for cognitive health.
Additionally, research has shown that
chemicals released from trees can stimulate brain functions. Don’t forget the
sunscreen though, as skin cancer is most
common in people older than 65.
6. Buddy Up. Papa, available through
some Cigna Medicare Advantage plans,
connects older adults and their families
with “Papa Pals” for companionship and
support. “Papa Pals” can provide transportation, help with everyday tasks -- or
simply be a friend, doing activities like
watching movies or playing games.
7. Parent a Pet. Caring for pets generates
positive emotions and can reduce anxiety.
Just petting a dog has been shown to lower
levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and
pets provide a bond that can elevate two
feel-good brain chemicals: oxytocin and
dopamine. Dogs also encourage people to
exercise outdoors.
“Behavioral health issues can be complex and confusing to navigate, but taking
positive actions can be empowering,” Dr.
Evans-Mitchell said. “It’s never too late to
make a new start.”
Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
19
Indigenous
farmer seeks
solutions in
drought
Justin Grant watches water flow from his agricultural well, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore. Dozens of domestic wells have gone dry in an area near the Oregon-California border
where the American West's worsening drought has taken a particularly dramatic toll. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Bradley W. Parks
Oregon Public Broadcast/Associated Press
The pond is full again at Upingaksraq Spring Alaska
Schreiner’s high desert farm. It’s a welcome sight for
Schreiner, who owns Sakari Farms north of Bend, Oregon.
Last summer, as drought punished Central Oregon,
Schreiner’s irrigation district stopped delivering water.
She watched as the pond gradually disappeared, leaving
a mud puddle behind.
“I cried last year when I walked through the dry canal,” Schreiner told Oregon Public Broadcasting. “I was
pissed. I was like, ‘There’s nothing we can do.’”
Schreiner has rights to a little over two acre-feet of water, which makes its way to the farm from the Deschutes
River through a series of pipes and canals.
She only got a fraction of that amount last year.
This year is looking worse.
Gov. Kate Brown has already declared drought emergencies in 16 Oregon counties, including Deschutes.
That’s the most ever for this time of year, and Oregon
farmers like Schreiner are on edge.
“I’m not sure how to cope with going in this year knowing that there’s less water or no water,” Schreiner said.
Schreiner is Inupiaq, a citizen of the Valdez Native
Tribe of Alaska and Chugach Alaska Native Corporation.
Her traditional name is Upingaksraq, which means “the
time when the ice breaks.” She opened Sakari Botanicals
in 2012 and Sakari Farms in 2018 to bolster and restore
access to traditional foods for Indigenous people locally
in Central Oregon and across the country.
Native people will send seeds to Sakari, which means
“sweet.” The farm will grow the plants, collect the new
seeds and send them back, keeping Indigenous plant varieties going strong. Sakari also hosts farm education, tribal cooking classes and tribal community events.
Water has sustained that vision to this point, but now
Schreiner knows that water is no longer a guarantee.
“All I can do is implement it practically,” she said.
She’s channeling the frustration she felt last year into
solutions.
On a hill behind the farmhouse are four old chain-link
fence panels surrounding a bare patch of dirt. Beneath the
surface is an elaborate pattern of squash seeds, beans and
corn — the three sisters.
Schreiner won’t water the plot, but said she’s hoping
seedlings will soon emerge from the dirt. She said the
moment will surely bring her to tears.
“It’s literally your ancestors telling you thank you for
trying this,” Schreiner said.
The hilltop plot represents one of the best hopes for
Sakari’s future. Indigenous people, particularly the Hopi,
have practiced dryland farming for thousands of years in
semi-arid regions, relying solely on rain and snowmelt to
grow crops.
“It’s imperative that we look for guidance from Indigenous people on fire management, climate change, water
usage, how we grow our crops, when, why,” Schreiner
said. “No one asks us how to do things. They just kinda
push us in the corner. And that’ll bite them, I think.”
Schreiner is also installing more drip irrigation at Sakari and securing grant money to implement new technologies like weather stations and water sensors on-farm to
improve efficiency.
She said she’s learned lessons on what not to do by
watching other farmers fail. For example, Schreiner
won’t truck in water from elsewhere if her pond goes dry
again this year.
“I’m still promoting all the farmers to grow as much
food as they can and extend the seasons,” Schreiner said.
“But it’s not natural, so that’s where we’re going to be
ahead of the game.”
Sakari is almost fully planted and will only plant once
this year. Farm workers Harrison Hill and Kobe Stites
were busy putting bean starts in the ground on a hot
Wednesday in late May.
“The water that we did have to start out the season isn’t
always going to be here,” Hill said. “We’re going to have
to learn how to use it most effectively.”
Schreiner said if the water’s shut off again, she’ll cut
off the farm plot-by-plot and seek financial relief for
failed crops.
Still, the plants’ resilience and that of the people who
have grown those plants since time immemorial give
Schreiner confidence — even in the face of Oregon’s drier future.
Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
20
Same-sex marriage vote protest on tribal
land leads to change
Tyler LaMere and Marilyn Purscell lead a group of Winnebago Two Spirits and allies on a march from the tribal court building to the tribal council meeting April 18, 2022. Joining them are (left to
right): Trisha Estringer, Marilyn Free LaMere, Ariah Walker, Willy Bass, Rev. Isiah Broken Leg and Elaine Rice. (Photo by Tim Trudell for the Flatwater Free Press)
Tim Trudell
Flatwater Free Press
WINNEBAGO, Neb. — What started as a seemingly
routine tribal council vote sparked serious controversy
on the Winnebago Reservation in northeast Nebraska this
spring.
That vote – which appeared to ban the recognition of
same-sex marriage – sparked anger and fear in the tribe’s
LGBTQ members and local residents. It inspired a video
by a relative of a famed Native activist. The video was
viewed by more than a million people and compelled
hundreds to write, call, email and march to protest.
And it resulted in something you don’t see much in
American politics in 2022.
The tribal council listened to the criticism. It met again.
And it changed its mind.
“I feel like it was impactful. And, you know, it may
have been maybe difficult to hear for some people. But
I feel like that needed to happen,” said Willy Bass, one
of the protesters, of the months-long fight. “It was bigger
than any single one of us. This is about setting up the
future of our tribe, for success, for safety, for equal rights
for everybody.”
It started mundanely enough on March 24.
That night, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s tribal
court sought clarification on same-sex marriage within
its constitution. While same-sex marriage has been legal
across the United States, including in Nebraska, since
2015, not all tribes have updated their legal codes to reflect it. Some tribes rolled it into their existing laws. Oth-
ers, like the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, approved an
amendment recognizing same-sex marriage.
During its monthly meeting with tribal attorneys, the
council was asked to add recognition of same-sex marriage and divorce to the tribe’s legal code. Vice-chairman Bryan Chamberlain introduced the motion. Council
member Lorelai DeCora seconded it.
That’s when things went off the rails.
Some council members, including Aric Armell, a firstterm council member, questioned whether the council
should support the resolution. Council members allegedly used homophobic language during the discussion, including referring to LGBTQ residents as “trash people,”
who should be banned from the tribe, according to five
people who watched the tribal council meeting online.
And four members – the majority of the council – voted
against the resolution to recognize same-sex marriage in
the tribe’s legal code.
Armell did not respond to multiple requests for an
interview via email, Facebook and phone messages left
with the tribal office.
Believing some council members may have misunderstood the role of Schiange – the Winnebago term
for LGBTQ – Sunshine Thomas Bear sought to clarify
the history. Thomas Bear, the director of Angel DeCora
Museum at Winnebago’s Little Priest College, met with
council members after the meeting to review LGBTQ
people throughout the tribe’s history.
“I don’t want to say they were held higher, but they
were often prophets and healers,” she said.
Two Spirit is a relatively new term created 30 years
ago by Indigenous people, Thomas Bear said. It’s since
become accepted and embraced as a common term used
by and for LGBTQ Native Americans.
And Two Spirits became vocal about the council’s initial vote. Tribal meetings are open to Winnebago citizens
and can be watched on YouTube only by tribal citizens.
When 17-year-old Tyler LaMere saw the video of the
meeting, he decided he needed to act.
Tyler is the great-nephew of Frank LeMere, a famed
Native activist who, before his death in 2019, successfully led efforts to shut down alcohol sales in Whiteclay.
Tyler LaMere was 11 when he came out as Two Spirit.
He was 15 when he came out as a transgender male.
“For a long time, I knew I was different,” he said.
He decided to make a TikTok video. He recapped the
vote, noting homophobic language being used during
discussion and called for help in appealing the decision.
Some 1.5 million have since viewed it on that social media platform.
The video inspired hundreds of people – LGBTQ and
supporters, Native and non-Native – to swamp council
members with phone calls and emails.
The social media campaign led to the council’s reconsideration during an April 11 meeting. Council member
Isaac Smith, one of the four who had voted to ban samesex marriage from the tribal code, introduced a motion to
reconsider that vote. It passed 5-0 with two abstentions.
Then the council voted to add same-sex marriage to the
tribal court code. (The council previously voted to add
same-sex divorce to the code during the March 24 meeting.)
CONT ON PG. 21
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21
Same-sex marriage vote protest on tribal land leads to change, Cont.
Same-sex marriage was now legally recognized by the
Winnebago Tribe, but the struggle left a hole in the tribe’s
fabric, said Willy Bass, who works as a community impact and engagement manager for Ho-Chunk Inc. Bass,
who married his husband Antonio in Sioux City in 2012,
couldn’t have been married by a Winnebago judge if the
original vote had been sustained, he said.
“But, I could get a divorce in the same court, like I
would be correcting a wrong,” he said.
The council didn’t realize its impact on younger Winnebagos coming out, Bass said. It took him until attending
college in Montana, and surrounding himself with people
he could trust, before he publicly announced he was gay.
“When someone comes out, they have to prepare for
two things. One is to be accepted,” he said. “That lifts so
much stress and burden off your shoulders. The second
thing is rejection by the people you most care about, your
mom and your dad. My plan, if I was rejected, was to
leave here. If I was going to lose my family, I didn’t want
to be here.”
Bass was one of the fortunate ones, he thinks. When he
told his mother he had met a man, she simply asked when
she was going to meet him.
If young people don’t feel that they trust people enough
to come out, the consequences can be dire.
“They stay in hiding,” he said. “They keep it bottled
up. They turn to alcoholism, drug abuse. They turn to suicide. Whatever it is that helps relieve them from feeling
that stress inside themselves every day.”
Smith, one council member who changed his mind,
said he and other council members felt blindsided by the
initial resolution to add same-sex marriage to the court
code. He doesn’t oppose same-sex marriage, but wanted to have a conversation about the need to add it to the
court’s code, Smith said.
He originally voted against approving the resolution,
he said, because he believed it would lead tribal citizens
to fight.
“I don’t want Indian fighting Indian,” he said.
The activism – and the education – didn’t end when the
tribal council overturned its vote.
Two dozen LGBTQ tribal citizens and supporters rallied in front of the tribal court building on the southern
edge of the reservation. Then, nearly two dozen people
marched to the council’s April 18 meeting. Three members of the LGBTQ community addressed the council,
including Bass, LaMere and Curtis Alexander, president
of the Winnebago Two Spirits organization.
“We are the only ones who have to identify ourselves,”
Bass said. “Straight people don’t have to defend themselves.”
Alexander, an Omaha tribal citizen who grew up in
Winnebago, told council members that he and others
were tired of fighting this battle.
“I hear it every day,” he said. “I hear the slurs. On TV.
From co-workers. It’s challenging. I can take it, but it gets
hard.”
Members of the Winnebago Two Spirits seek to take on
today’s challenges, so that future generations can just live
their lives, Bass said.
“My husband and I will be OK,” Bass said. “We’re doing this for future generations. We want them to be themselves. We want it to just be.”
For elders, education is key, council member Louis
LaRose said.
“I support them,” the tribal council member said. “I
just need to know how they want me to address them.
I need to know them. Their family. I need to know who
they are.”
LaRose thought it was important that the council heard
from the Two Spirit community this spring..
“You have to educate people like me,” he said. “I don’t
like to offend people. It’s a learning experience for us.”
Winnebago Chairwoman Victoria Kitcheyan, a longtime LGBTQ supporter, hosted a listening session for
council members, giving Two Spirits an opportunity to
share their concerns and ideas for the future. Only one
council member attended, suggesting there’s still work
left to do for LGBTQ tribal members and their supporters, Alexander said.
But the council did recently approve a resolution recognizing June as Winnebago Pride Month. It was one of
only a few rural communities in Nebraska to do so. “You
usually only see this with urban Indian groups,” Alexander said.
The council also approved funding a community lunch
sponsored by the Two Spirits group, as well as authorizing a paid day off for tribal employees interested in attending it.
The key to openly accepting Two Spirit people is to
decolonize, Thomas Bear said. Native Americans have
allowed themselves to move away from Indigenous traditions and culture, accepting more Euro-American views
on some social issues, including those on LGBTQ rights
and equality, she said.
“So many things that we say, think and do are based on
colonization,” Thomas Bear said.
The protest before the council, and the resulting conversation about LGBTQ rights, will help tribal citizens
for decades to come, Bass said.
“We’re doing this for future generations,” he said. “We
want them to be themselves.”
Hopi Tutuveni June 15, 2022
22
A doll brings pride, identity for Indigenous woman
The Tenetehara Indigenous community holds a festival in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, where they have enforced six months of isolation during the new coronavirus pandemic, near
the city of Paragominas, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. The Indigenous group, also known as Tembe, are celebrating and giving thanks that none of their members have fallen ill with COVID-19,
after closing their territory from outsiders since March. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Diane Jeantet
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO — Luakam Anambé wanted her
newborn granddaughter to have a doll — something she'd
never owned as a child working in slave-like conditions
in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. But she wanted the doll
to share their Indigenous features, and there was nothing
like that in stores. So she sewed one herself from cloth
and stuffing.
The doll had brown skin, long, dark hair, and the same
face and body paint used by the Anambé people. It delighted passersby; while Indigenous dolls can be found
elsewhere in Latin America, they remain mostly absent
in Brazil, home to nearly 900,000 people identifying as
Indigenous in the last census.
A business idea was born, and her modest home now
doubles as a workshop where she and her daughter produce dolls for a growing clientele.
“Before, only White dolls existed, then came the Black
ones, but Indigenous ones didn’t appear,” said Anambé,
53, wearing a beaded necklace and a headdress of delicate orange feathers. “When Indigenous women see the
dolls, they sometimes cry.”
Since 2013, Anambé has sold more than 5,000 dolls at
local fairs and through social media, mailing them across
the country, and she is fundraising to attend a German
fair with the aim of exporting to Europe. Her burgeoning business in Rio de Janeiro is a world removed from
the Amazonian state of Para, where her life of hardship
began.
She was one of 15 children and Anambé’s parents sent
her and two sisters to live and work at a plantation. Just
7 years old, she was charged with looking after the plantation owner’s toddler. She remembers being rebuked after asking the owner's wife for a doll; she should work,
not play, Anambé recalls being told. And she received no
compassion when telling the woman that she had been
sexually abused. She never received any pay, and complaints often ended with young Anambé locked in a dark
tobacco storeroom, alone.
Anambé said she was 15 when the plantation owner
forced her to marry his friend, a man two decades her
senior, with whom she had a daughter. Anambé soon fled
her violent husband, leaving her baby with family.
“We’re fighters, in a fight to survive,” she said, referring to Indigenous people who regularly face peril from
Amazon land grabbers, loggers, ranchers and miners.
Before colonization, “there were millions of Indigenous
people in Brazil. Today, there are far fewer. And every
passing day, less and less.”
Anambé worked for years as a cleaning lady in Belem,
Para state’s capital. But she felt life had more in store for
her and that she should seek opportunities in one of Brazil's biggest cities. She hitched an eight-day ride to Rio
with a long-haul trucker and thought of him as a godsend,
especially because he didn't abuse her.
Her Indigenous features stood out in Rio, and she experienced prejudice. Eventually, she landed a job in a bikini
factory and was able to send for her daughter, by then
in her twenties. Little by little, they saved enough money to move from their one-room shack to a small home,
where she started making clothes for some fashionable
Rio brands. With the skills she developed sitting behind
her sewing machine, she made her first doll.
“It’s like a mirror,” said her daughter, Atyna Porã,
who now works with her mother. “Through the doll, we
see ourselves, and we have to break down the taboo behind it, because we have always been very discriminated
against.”
Anambé and Porã have expanded their portfolio to
include dolls bearing face and body paints of five other Indigenous groups. Each is handsewn, dressed in traditional clothes and carefully painted with a sharpened
branch from a tree in their backyard, following Indigenous custom.
While they were the first to reach a broad audience using social media, others have followed in their footsteps.
Indigenous fashion designer We’e’ena Tikuna, also
born in the Amazon rainforest and now based in Rio,
started making Indigenous dolls to dress them in her creations. “I admire her work, like that of other Indigenous
women," Tikuna said of Anambé. "We need that Indigenous representation.”
Anambé named her first doll after Atyna’s daughter,
Anaty, which became her company's name. And 20 percent of proceeds go to her nonprofit, Maria Vicentina,
named for her mother and grandmother. Based in Para, it
will provide seamstress training to women under duress,
growing the Anaty doll operation while helping provide
them financial independence.
“When I left the state of Para, I didn’t leave just for myself. I went for other women, too,” Anambé said. “Anaty
came to give this empowerment to us, Indigenous women.”
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23
Education reparation: UC tuition scholarships for
Natives are just, overdue
Randall Akee
Native Hawaiian
UCLA Associate Professor of Public Policy and American Indian Studies
Phenocia Bauerle
Crow Nation
UC Berkeley Director of Native American Student Development
Paul Ong
UCLA Professor of Urban Planning
Desi Small-Rodriguez
Northern Cheyenne and Chicana
UCLA Assistant Professor of Sociology
The University of California system is one of the largest and most prestigious post-secondary educational institutions in the country. Its beginnings 170 years ago were
as fraught as they were humble. The Morrill Act enabled
the creation of land-grant colleges, which were resourced
by the sale of federal lands. These lands were, in many
cases, stewarded by tribes, and they ended up in the hands
of the federal government sometimes by treaty and often
through seizure. Although a critical driving force behind
California’s continued economic and technological successes, UC has not been sufficiently accessible to the very
people whose dispossession was core to its founding.
In a monumental move, the State of California is looking to correct historical injustice and promote greater
inclusiveness of Native Americans, a group that to this
day encounters numerous systemic barriers to post-secondary education. The UC Office of the President, under
President Michael V. Drake, has established the Native
American Opportunity Plan that will take effect in the
fall of 2022. The tuition scholarship will cover in-state
tuition and fees for American Indians and Alaska Natives
California residents who are enrolled members of any
federally-recognized Native American or Alaska Native
tribe. This tuition scholarship will apply for all University
of California undergraduate and graduate programs and
at all campuses. Not only will the plan begin to address
some of the education barriers that marginalize American Indian and Alaska Native people, it is also an acknowledgement that UC has benefited enormously from
the sale of lands that were stolen through various means
from Indigenous peoples and, still today, sits on parcels
that rightfully belong to tribal nations and communities.
While the plan does not address non-federally recognized
tribes, there has been outreach and discussion with external entities to encourage the creation of a foundation that
will fund California resident members of non-federally
recognized tribes.
The plan is sure to draw the ire of those who would cry
“reverse racism,” but unlike explicitly race-based affirmative action programs – which are important and necessary in their own rights – this plan is rooted in the recognition of tribal sovereignty. The plan is premised upon
the political class – not the race – of tribal members, a
distinct political class established by the Supreme Court.
With this Plan, UC greatly expands on other universities’ efforts to right historical wrongs. For example,
Georgetown University – in light of the revelation that
in 1838 the institution sold 271 people it had enslaved to
keep the university afloat – announced that it would create an admissions preference for the descendants of those
enslaved people. Additionally, the Montana University
System has one of the longest-standing tuition waiver
policies for American Indian students in the country since
its adoption in 2008. However, the Montana’s program
only applies to students eligible for need based aid.
The UC Office of the President program is financially
more ambitious, covering all in-state tuition and fees for
any UC students who are California residents and enrolled
members of any federally-recognized tribe in any of the
49 states. This is not a trivial amount, having an annual
value of roughly $14,000 per student. This funding will
provide financial support for approximately 20 percent of
American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students who currently do not receive financial aid.
This ambitious UC Office of the President program
may help to close the persistent educational attainment
gap suffered by American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Among those between the ages of 24-35, a critical period
when career paths are defined for young adults, Indigenous people are far less likely to have a college education,
thus relegated to the lower segments of the labor market.
Among those in the prime college-going ages of 19-24,
less than a third of American Indians and Alaska Natives
are enrolled, compared with nearly half of non-Hispanic
whites.
There is evidence that cost is a barrier to attending
UC and other institutions that offer a bachelor’s degree.
American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduates are
concentrated in two-year community colleges, where
costs are lower. About two-in-five American Indians
and Alaska Natives with some post-secondary education
have student debt payments of at least $350 or more per
month. This is a larger proportion than for any other race
or ethnic category. The UC Plan will remove these initial
cost barriers as well as the ongoing burden of debt.
The UC system is leading the way in acknowledging
its place and role in educating Indigenous people. It is
our hope that this new UC Office of the President program will be a call to action to other public, land-grant
institutions in the US. In the absence of similar programs
in other locations, the UC system as a whole will gain a
significant advantage in recruiting the best and brightest
American Indian and Alaska Native students from around
the country. Whether motivated by justice, competitive
disadvantage, or both, other institutions that serve Indigenous peoples – such as the University of Hawai'i that sits
on Hawaiian Kingdom lands – should see UC’s plan as a
wake-up call.
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Cherokee robotics team
Summer Travel Safety Tips
competes in world
championship
SAFETY
Lindsey Bark
Cherokee Phoenix
KENWOOD, Okla. – In less than a year,
Kenwood Public School formed a robotics
team and qualified for the VEX Robotics
World Championship.
All Cherokee Nation citizens, the Kenwood Public School team qualified for the
state tournament in February and then became state runners-up in the VEX Robotics State Championship in March.
Eighth-graders Aaron Smith and
Greyson Hansen, seventh-grader Josiah
Sapp and fifth-grader Blake Smith represented their small Delaware County community on a big stage against competitors
from around the world May 8-10 in Dallas.
Kenwood competed in the middle
school division among 78 teams and
ranked number 42 at the end of the threeday tournament after competing in 10
matches. They competed in the skills
competition where the objective was to
score points by making their robots gather
and clear yellow balls from a corral, shoot
them into a box and hang the robot itself
using a built-in hook.
“You have to make sure that (the robot)
shoots or pushes,” Aaron said. “If it can
push, and not shoot, your objective would
be to get it under the bar next to the goal. It
gives you two points. If you want to make
it hang, it will be an extra six points. If you
can shoot, you will aim at the blue box and
it will be six points. A high hang will be an
extra 10 points. There’s five yellow balls
on each side of the corral. If you clear out
the corral you get five points, as well.”
Coach Marty Matzenbacher, known as
Mr. Marty by the students, said he was
proud of the team and how well it did in
its first year of robotics.
“I was very proud,” Matzenbacher said.
“Being a first-year group of kids that
didn’t know much of anything about robotics learning how to make these complex machines; there’s a lot of different
parts, being able to maintain them, and
seeing that they could do that well and
drive, it was cool to see those kids drive.”
Matzenbacher said that it’s important
for Kenwood to offer opportunities like
robotics as a part of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
“Sports isn’t the only hope of what you
may do in the future,” Matzenbacher said.
“They can use their brains and it provides
a tremendous amount of opportunities. If
I could, I would start them in first grade
in robotics and start building them up and
these kids will learn this whole process
and be ready to go out there and see the
world, and the opportunities will be there.
The scholarships are phenomenal in this.”
Greyson said the experience of being at
the world tournament was “cool.”
“I thought it was cool because I got to
see a bunch of other countries that I probably won’t ever go to in my life,” Greyson
said. “I got to meet some people and they
were friendly. At first I felt almost anxious
and then I got used to it.”
The Kenwood team represented the
Cherokee Nation and was one of several
tribes at the tournament.
Greyson added that competing at the
level they were at was different.
“Sometimes competing was kind of
hard, but we got over that challenge pretty
easy,” he said.
Greyson and Aaron have since graduated from Kenwood and will attend high
school in the fall while Blake and Josiah
will remain at Kenwood.
Matzenbacher said he expects more
students to be interested in robotics next
school year.
“I would love to get fifth- and
sixth-graders involved right away. I think
we’ll have more kids now,” he said. “This
whole community’s behind this; that’s the
amazing part. It’s not sports, but man it’s
amazing to see how they support these
kids in this. It’s just an opportunity and
they’re happy to see it.”
(StatePoint) While everyone looks forward to summer road trips, travel can
come with unexpected safety emergencies.
David Nance, founder of SABRE Personal Safety Academy and CEO of SABRE, the number one personal safety
brand of consumers and law enforcement
worldwide, provides travel protection tips
for different scenarios.
Driving
The National Safety Council says traffic
death rates are three times greater at night.
“If you can’t avoid night driving, have
at least one passenger stay awake to talk
to the driver,” says Nance.
You can also make car travel safer with
the SABRE Safe Escape 3-In-1 Pepper Gel
With Seat Belt Cutter and Window Breaker with Snap Clip. The built-in belt cutter
helps free yourself in an emergency, while
the steel window breaker could come in
handy if vehicle doors are jammed or electric windows fail to operate. Another good
choice for driving is the 2-in-1 Flashlight
With Pepper Spray, SABRE PepperLight.
Ideal for helping navigate auto issues such
as changing a tire at night, its ultra-bright
flashlight shines up to 540 feet, and its
strobe flashlight setting can ward off and
disorient potential threats. It also contains
25 bursts of pepper spray for protection
against multiple threats.
Around Town
“Looking at your smartphone can distract you from noticing potential threats,”
says Nance. “Stay engaged while exploring a new destination.”
At the same time, you can also use tech
to your advantage to store emergency
contacts and access safety apps. Using
geo-tracking technology through the free
SABRE Personal Safety App, SABRE’s
SMART Pepper Spray connects with a
smartphone and sends help alerts to assigned emergency contacts. They’ll be immediately notified of your location if the
SMART Pepper Spray is deployed or the
in-app alert button is pressed. It can also
alert first responders with a subscription.
For a smaller pepper spray option that is
about the size of a lipstick and can be easily carried for on-the-go safety, try Mighty
Discreet. Its twist top prevents accidental
discharge and the snap clip provides immediate accessibility.
Going out for the night? Keep an eye
on your beverage and don’t accept drinks
from strangers. Be sure to watch out for
your travel companions too. If they’ve had
more than their limit, don’t let them leave
alone or with strangers.
At the Hotel
Don’t take chances. Lock the doors at
your hotel and secure important belongings in the safe. For extra protection, you
can take home security on the road with
the SABRE Door Stop Alarm, a portable, wireless alarm that doesn’t require
installation and can be heard up to 1,000
feet away, alerting neighbors and helping
frighten intruders. Its wedge shape blocks
inward opening doors.
“Having personal safety products is part
of the equation. Knowing how to use them
safely is just as important,” says Nance.
“You’ll want to create a clear safety plan.
If you’ll be carrying pepper spray, consider practicing first. Practice water canisters
are available and a good idea for first-time
users.”
Products from SABRE are available
nationwide at Walmart, Target, Amazon,
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, Menards,
Academy, and Bass Pro Shops, among
other national retailers. While it’s legal to
carry these safety products in all 50 states,
check local laws where you’ll be traveling. For more information and safety tips,
visit www.sabrered.com.
With smart safety strategies and tools,
you can make summer travel just what it
should be -- a time to explore, relax and
have fun.
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