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HOPI TUTUVENI

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

HOPI CALENDAR

KYAAMUYA- December

PAAMUYA- January

POWAMUYA- February

OSOMUYAW- March

KWIYAMUYAW- April

HAKITONMUYAW- May

WOKO’UYIS- June

TALANGVA- July

TALAPAAMUYA- August

NASAN’MUYAW- Sept.

TOHO’OSMUYAW- Oct.

KELMUYA- November

The Hopi Breast &

Cervical

Cancer

Early

Detection

program

announces October 2014

Breast Cancer Awareness

Month

(BCAM)

activities.

All

events

promote awarenss by:

Supporting WARRIORS

battling breast cancer, Honoring SURVIVORS who

won the battle with breast

cancer, and Remember the

ANGELS who passed away

from breast cancer.

During BCAM, an event

called “Girls Night Out”

(GNO) is held exclusively

for women enrolled in the

Breast & Cervical cancer

screening program to honor and encourage GNO is

scheduled for the evening

of Oct.16 at the Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center.

GNO is a night of education, outreach, recruitment,

good food, entertainment

and fun.

The Hopi Breast & Cancer Program is seeking door

prize donations for GNO.

Any door prize is appreciated. All donations are due

by Oct.10. For more information contact rulomayaktewa@hopi.nsn.us or by

phone at (928) 734-1151.

Volume 22, Number 19

LuAnn Leonard Special Hopi Arsenic

Contributions to Indian Mitigation Project

Education Awardee

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

Lionel Puhuyesva, Director of the Hopi Water

Resource Program and Indian Health Services held

a couple public meetings

last month to educate First

and Second Mesa community members on the Hopi

Arsenic Mitigation Project

(HAMP). This project will

provide both villages with

quality drinking water low

in arsenic and will meet

the new Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA)

standards. Arsenic is a

natural occurring mineral

and has affected the areas

of First and Second Mesa.

It is a semi-metal element,

odorless and tasteless. It

enters drinking water supplies from natural deposits

L-R: University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and AZ Board of Regent

LuAnn Leonard (Director, Hopi Education Endowment Fund)

University of Arizona recognized for teaching, serve on ABOR.

American Indian Alumni student support, mentorAs she enters the last

(AIA) Executive Board

ing, community outreach, year of her term, Regent

Congratulations to LuAnn Leonard, Arizona

Board of Regents & Executive Director for the

Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) who

has been selected by the

University of Arizona

(UA) American Indian

Alumni (AIA) Executive

Board as their 2014 Special Contributions to Indian Education Awardee.

This award is given to

a professional who has

made significant contributions toward improving

the educational experience

for American Indian students at the UA. Previous

award winners have been

and philanthropic efforts.

The award recipient will

receive a commemorative

award and joins the esteemed group of previous

award winners. The award

presentation will take

place in the evening at the

American Indian Alumni

Homecoming Reunion on

November 7, 2014 to be

held in Tucson, Arizona.

In 2008, LuAnn Leonard was appointed to serve

an eight year term on the

Arizona Board of Regents

by then Arizona Governor

Janet Napalitano. Regent

Leonard is Hopi and Tohono O’odham and is the first

Native American to ever

Leonard serves as the

Chairperson of the Academic & Student Affairs

Committee. She recently

Co- Chaired the Presidential Search Committee

for Northern Arizona University as well as other sub

committees of ABOR.

Regent Leonard is a

graduate of Northern Arizona University.

She

began her professional career as a Social Worker for

the Phoenix Indian Center

in 1983. Since then she

has worked in Hopi Tribal Government focusing

on education for over 29

years.

Cont’d on Page 3

HRES Quilt Commissioned by Chief Ranger

OPINION

If you have an opinion or idea for an

editorial you would like to

share with Tutuveni readership, please submit it to us at:

lnahsonhoya@hopi.nsn.us

Please limit submission to

500 words or less. If your

idea for submission is beyond this word count, please

call to arrange space so we

can accommodate accordingly. Phone numbers are

listed in the mast head on

Page 2.

Finished Quilt is presented to Chief Ranger Ronald Hoyumptewa

We encourage corresponlogo and badge. The art- The sun is a deity to which

dence from our readership in Marilyn Fredericks

ist of the original design we pray daily and the eaterms of opinions and con- Bacavi Village

is Bruce Monongye of gle takes the prayers of the

cerns they have.

The Hopi Tu I’ Quilters Moencopi village and is people to the heights in

Guild is made up of wom- acknowledged in this pro- flight. The eagle’s wings

en, Hopi and non-Hopi cess.

incorporate the American

who are avid quilters in

The design elements are Flag to symbolize the laws

a cross cultural setting to complex and include an of the tribe, state and fedlearn new quilting skills image of a kwaahu (Ea- eral governments that are

and techniques , to net- gle), taawa (Sun), oomaw upheld and enforced. The

work and to build friend- (Clouds), and wing feath- red circle symbolizes and

ships across cultural ers incorporating the honors fallen law enforceboundaries.

American Flag. If you ment officers in the line

A year ago, the Guild look closely you will see of duty. The stars, clouds,

was approached by the designs of stars, a black and lightening symbolize

Chief Ranger, Ronald Ho- figure, lightening and dif- the sky world above the

nyumptewa who commis- ferent feather elements.

physical world, bordered

sioned a textile rendering

Chief Ranger Ho- by the four directions repusing the Hopi Resource nyumptewa explained the resented by pahos.

Enforcement

Services meaning of the design.

Cont’d on Page 3

in the earth.

In 2001, the EPA adopted a new arsenic standard

for drinking water; 10

parts per billion (ppb). The

standard was 50ppb. First

and Second Mesa villages

do not meet the standards;

they are in the 15 ppb to 40

ppb range.

Puhuyesva said the Hopi

Water Resource Program,

along with Indian Health

Services (IHS) and EPA

began looking for ways

to mitigate the problem in

2006 when they received

money to do a feasibility study to eliminate the

problem. The Hopi Tribe

must meet the standards

before the compliance date

on Jan. 23, 2015.

Cont’d on Page 3

Selwyn

Sekaquaptewa

Water Operator

of the Year

L-R Marguerite Sheehan, Souta Calling Last, Selwyn

Sekaquaptewa, Tyler Walls and Bruce Robinson

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

“Selwyn is a true leader

in his capacity as Water

Commissioner, all village

and community Water

Operators look up to him.

Village Water Operators

elected Selwyn as the

President of Village Utilities Management Corporation (VUMC). He has also

demonstrated exemplary

leadership in his past years

and his contributions have

made a significant impact

ensuring all of Kyktosmovi

Village with safe water

and wastewater systems,”

wrote Clyde Qots’wisima on his nomination for

Selwyn

Sekaquaptewa

to receive the 2014 Inter

Tribal Council of Arizona,

Inc. (ITCA) Tribal Water/

Wastewater Operator of

the Year award.

Every year ITCA selects

a water systems operator

who goes above and beyond their responsibilities

in making outstanding

contributions to their communities.

“We believe that the daily work performed by

Cont’d on Page 3

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TRIBAL COUNCIL NOTES

Louella Nahsonhoya

Hopi Tutuveni

10/22-10/25

This Council Report does not include all Agenda items entertained by during the Oct 22 - Oct 25 Council Meeting

ACTION ITEMS

Action Item 058-2014 Fuel Delivery Services by Bradco, Inc.

(Author Alfonso Mahkewa, Solid Waste Program Manager).

Per the Hopi Tribe’s Fiscal Management Policy, any procurement/expenditures over $60,000 require Tribal Council approval. The Hopi Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP) has a contract with Bradco for Fuel Delivery Services and has established a good business to business relationship. Current expenses

for fuel delivery services is nearing $60,000 and therefore is requesting approval to pay expenditures over $60,000. SWMP also requests the Sole Source

Vendor contract with Bradco be approved/extended to avoid interruption in operation and services. Bradco provides fuel for 2 loaders and for garbage pick-up

trucks. The request was approved by majority vote of 11 Yes, 0 No and 1 abstention.

Action Item 066-2014 Keams Canyon Field Management Project Grant Proposal

(Author Darren Talayumptewa, Director Hopi Wildlife Ecosystem Management Program-WEMP).

The BIA approached the Hopi Tribe WEMP program on the availability of grant funds which could be used to conduct a Wild Land Field Reduction Project.

The $50,000 grant will enable the Hopi Tribe to hire several laborers to conduct a thinning project in the Keams Canyon, Polacca wash and Kykotsmovi area.

The grant can also be used to purchase small minor heavy equipment needed for the project (i.e., Bobcat, etc). The Grant Project should take about 6 months

to complete and will help reduce wild land fire dangers. By a vote of 11 yes, 0 no, and 1 abstention, the Hopi Tribal Council approved the Field Management

Project Grant Proposal in the amount of $50,000.

Action Item056-2014 Alcohol Monitoring Services, Inc. Procurement of Scram X Units and Services

(Author Amanda Lomayesva, Chief Judge).

Tribal Council entertained A.I. 056 in which the Hopi Tribal Courts were awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to purchase alcohol

monitoring ankle bracelets and daily monitoring services as part of the punishment for persons convicted of offenses within the Hopi jurisdiction. With their

awards from DOJ in 2012 and subsequently in 2013, the Hopi Tribal Court implemented the SCRAMx Alcohol Monitoring system and purchased 15 alcohol

monitoring sets. The Hopi Court now seeks council approval to procure 30 additional ankle bracelets and daily monitoring services for 45 bracelets, totaling

to more than $60,000 - which requires council approval per the Tribe’s Fiscal Management Policy. The Tribal Council approved A.I. 056, with Resolution

(and amendments) to procure additional ankle bracelets, daily monitoring services and necessary supplies. The Council also directs the Court work with the

Tribe’s MIS Department to ensure effective electronic data transmission and communication of monitoring services.

COMMUNITY REQUEST TO ADDRESS COUNCIL

Cedric Kuwaninvaya, former Tribal Council Representative from the Village of Sipaulovi

Kuwaninvaya addressed the Council on several important priority topics which will be published in the 10/21 edition

Ivan Sidney, Business Manager of the First Mesa Consolidated Village (FMCV) office

Mr. Sidney requested Time Certain to appear before the Tribal Council on Sept. 24. The Council acknowledged Sidney’s request and asked

that he provide an Agenda of his topic of discussion prior to his appearance. On Sept. 23, Sidney informed Council by letter that he would

need to meet with FMCV Village Leaders before addressing the Council. Village CSA’s/Boards and several members of the Village of Tewa,

Sichomovi and Walpi were in attendance; anticipating Sidney would be asking Council to release funds from the Walpi/ Sichomovi/ Tewa

Escrow Account funds to supplement the Polacca Water System (currently valued at approximately $106,651). The three Village Boards wrote

a letter to Council “on behalf of the water consumers” opposing the release of Escrow Funds to supplement the Polacca Water System. In their

letter they cited several reasons why Council should not release the funds to FMCV stating: “.....all three villages must agree to the release

of said funds and submit plans for its intended use” and “the health and safety of the water consumers is our priority. Our position therefore

is that a separate public water utility would best serve the residents of Walpi, Sichomovi, Tewa, Polacca and its commercial/business users.

Sources of funds, such as the CellularOne Escrow Funds may then be used to supplement this independent water utility for the benefit of all.”

The Letter was signed by Emily Mutz, Chairperson Village of Sichomovi, Alfonso Sakeva Sr. Chairperson Village of Tewa, and Rachel Maho,

Chairperson Village of Walpi.

REPORTS

Tribal Secretary Vernita Selestewa

The Secretary’s office is responsible for providing daily administrative support as well as other matters of correspondence and business, as

may be directed by the Tribal Council and Task Teams. The Secretary also prepares and manages Budgets for the Secretary’s Office, the Tribal

Council and the TaskTeams. The office prepares meeting agendas, prepares Action Items/Resolutions and keeps accurate meeting notes. The

Tribal Secretary is also delegated oversight of the Enrollment office. Tribal Secretary Selestewa has been busy with reorganization of the

Office to streamline efforts for a more effective and organized support system to the Hopi Tribal Council.

Objectives:

Objective 1) Provide professional, prompt and courteous service to Tribal Council, employees and the general public. To accomplish this,

a thorough review and reclassification of staff job descriptions was made to ensure everyone is functioning within their scope of work and

maximize professional services;

Objective 2) Keep up with annual staff evaluations and provide staff training to ensure performance standards are being met. To accomplish

this, a performance evaluation was conducted, accompanied by a training plan in line with each job responsibility;

Objective 3) Cross Train with Departments/Programs to ensure quality and expeditious processing of documents including any requests from

the public. There is currently a lack of personnel to carry out this objective and the Secretary will propose a Records Management position as

well as another Transcriber to update all documents in order to move forward with the objective;

Objective 4) Establish a procedure to ensure all Action Items/Resolutions are processed in a timely manner. This objective has been partially accomplished by including completed Action Items/Resolutions on Council’s Agendas. Programs, Villages and other agencies have been

mailed updated procedure outlines and forms to use. The signatory process is currently being addressed;

Objective 5) Streamline budget responsibilities and processes for the Secretary’s office, Tribal Council and Task Teams to ensure its effectiveness and to maximize use of their yearly approved budgets. Recently, much needed microphones were purchased for the Tribal Council

Chamber, with funds taken from the Secretary’s budget; due to no funds in the Council’s budget line item. Council encouraged the Secretary

to replenish the Secretary’s budget from the Contingency Fund stating “that is what the Contingency Fund is for.” Another effort and goal of

the Tribal Secretary is to digitize the records management and filing system of the Tribal Council. This will eliminate volumes of paper usage

and ensure Council has all pertinent documents readily available. Tribal Council is in consensus of this effort and supports the Secretary’s

endeavors to digitize the Tribal Council’s records management system.

Vice Chairman Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr

In his quarterly report to Tribal Council, Vice Chairman Lomahquahu stated he has been engaged in many outside activities including meetings, special projects and special assignments.

1)Vice Chairman participated in the Gathering of Tribal Leaders at the Tribal Nations Day hosted by the Navajo Nation in Window Rock. The

goal of the Gathering is for Tribal Leaders to come together to discuss and strategize efforts to form an alliance to support Tribal issues with a

unified voice. With this unity and support, Tribes are stronger in capacity when presenting their positions and concerns; i.e. to Congress, etc;

2) Chairman Honanie and Vice Chairman Lomahquahu have accepted the invitation to serve as Grand Marshalls at the Navajo Western Fair

Parade on Oct. 18. Vice Chairman also reported that the Navajo Western Fair Board is asking the Hopi Tribe for use of land for “emergency

purposes” during the Fair – namely the Pasteur Canyon area. If the Hopi Tribe approves this request, the fenced Pasteur Canyon area will

become accessible for “emergency use.” The Council cited several reasons for not supporting this request. Vice Chairman also reported that he

met with the Navajo Western Fair Board and has learned the Fair Board in past years has requested the Annual Tuuvi Gathering, not be held

during the same time as the Western Fair as it takes away their Vendor Business. It was reported from Council members that Vendors themselves chose not to do business at the Fair due to the high vending fees they have to pay. At his meeting with the Fair Board, they requested all

Vendors, including those wanting to sell at Tuuvi, set up all vending booths at the Fair Grounds. Vice Chairman said he agreed to this request

and that it is now a “done deal.” The Fair Board will compensate the Hopi Tribe about $25,000 for this effort and partnership. Council reacted

strongly stating it was not a “done deal” and by doing so is second guessing the business decisions of the Village of Moenkopi, who are not in

favor of this request. Vice Chairman said he was delegated this task by the Office of the Chairman;

3) The Vice Chairman is also looking into initiatives such as Fuel taxes, the high costs of fuel on the reservation and who is responsible for

setting the prices. He reported that if the Tribe could enact an ordinance and set up a fuel department for all tribal vehicles, prices could be

regulated for cost savings and all revenue would go back into Tribal coffers;

4) VC reported he has also been involved with several important meetings and issues, including:

1. Waterline running from Red Gap to Flagstaff, which passes through Hopi lands - currently being addressed by the Water/Energy

Team;

2. Planning & Evaluation efforts;

3. Facilities Management re: building facilities and insurance;

4. Custodial staff who are currently paid below the minimum wage;

5. TERO requesting new office space;

6. function and placement of Tribal Security (Facilities/HRES/Public Safety?);

7. Village meetings and CSA meetings;

8. Hopi-vewat Organization looking at establishing a museum to house Hopi artifacts;

9. 2015 Budget presentations to Villages, which they hope to finalize by December and bring before Council;

10. Hire a firm to start working on 2011 audits which should have started in September;

11. CBIZ and ACCU fund are now compatible and staff need training to ensure accurate and effective data communication;

12. Veterans Affairs & burials;

13. NARBHA re: behavioral health issues;

14. Hopi Education Endowment Fund re: scholarships;

15. Hopi Elections re: candidates for upcoming elections;

16. Meeting with Pueblos regarding opposition of Grand Canyon Escalade;

17. Participated in Hopi Special Needs Day and Navajo Special Needs Day run;

18. Social Services/CPS;

19. Getting key personnel together who have insight into NGS and Power Plants;

20. Inquiries from outswide entities are referred to the Vice Chairman’s office to handle;

21. Other day to day activities.

Next Tribal Council Sesion convenes Oct. 6.

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HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 3

LOCAL NEWS

LuAnn Leonard

from Page 1

She is currently the

Executive Director of the

Hopi Education Endowment Fund, a non-profit

organization of the Hopi

Tribe that provides scholarship funds for Hopi

students throughout the

United States as well as

educational programs for

the Hopi people. Under

her leadership the fund has

grown in value from $10

million to over $21 million.

LuAnn is of the Deer

Clan from the Village of

Sichomovi located on First

H.A.M.P. from Page 1

As a result of the feasibility study, the

Hopi Water Resource Program and IHS

proposed the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation

Project. HAMP is a regional water line

that will provide First and Second Mesa

villages with potable water. It will fill up

their existing tanks and run the water from

their tank into the villages.

The project will construct a remote well

field, regional water storage tanks, in-line

booster pump station and transmission

pipelines to bring water from the remote

well field to the two villages.

The proposed Turquoise Trail well field

will be developed at a location 15 miles

north of the Hopi Cultural Center along

Indian Route 4.

Test wells have been drilled at the well

field to evaluate the water production and

water quality. An independent utility enterprise authority will be established to

manage and operate the proposed facilities.

EPA and IHS have actively funded the

planning and design phases of HAMP

with the goal of assisting the Hopi Tribe

in implementing a long-term, sustainable

arsenic solution. EPA has put in $6 million

into studies.

$2.2 million was used to drill two wells

(2500 ft.) on Turquoise Trail; each well

costs $1.1 million to drill.

Turquoise #1 was used to base most of

their data from and the other two wells

were drilled to see if there was quantity

and quality.

“HAMP will be run by Hopi Public

Utility Authority (HPUA) once it’s created,” said Puhuyesva. “HPUA has been

created on paper, but we are waiting for

Hopi Tribal Council to enact it and give

them seed money for them to start.”

HPUA will be a wholesale water business where the villages will be the customer of the tribe. In the future, villages

will have the option of giving the utility maintenance to HPUA or maintain it

themselves.

After the project is complete, the esti-

Sekaquaptewa

from Page 1

these public health professionals, who are often

on-call 24 hours a day, 7

days a week, is admirable,”

said ITCA in a letter sent to

Sekaquaptewa congratulating on being selected as the

2014 ITCA Water Operator

of the Year award.

The award was presented

to Sekaquaptewa by several members of ITCA Environmental Specialist during

the VUMC’s monthly

meeting at Kykotsmovi

Community on Sept. 24.

Sekaquaptewa

has

worked for the village of

Kykotsmovi since 2000.

Tyler Walls, ITCA Environmental Specialist II,

said they developed this

award a couple years ago.

Walls, under the direction

of Brian Bennon, Elaine

Wilson and the Executive

team at ITCA wanted to

recognize the hard work of

water/wastewater operators

across Indian Country.

Qots’wisima is the Community Service Administrator for Spider Mound

Community

nominated

Sekaquaptewa when he

Quilt Cont’d

from Page 1

The background

orange,

yellow

and blue represent

dawn to dusk. Finally, the turquoise

color

represents

the universe overseen by the guardian spirit, Ma’sauu.

The HRES badge is

incorporated as part

of the quilt.

Several quilters

took on the challenge of designing

the quilt and quilting sessions were

held on Hopi to

start work on completing the design.

The primary quilting technique used

in the quilt is called

mated monthly cost for water would be

$67 per household. Currently, some villages’ pay flat rates for their monthly water use while others are metered. Villages

have the option of subsidizing the costs if

they want to.

“The Hopi people support this project

because they know it’s for their health,”

said Puhuyesva. “People need to be cognizant because they are paying for the

convenience of the water and knowing

it’s safe to drink. Everyone knows water

is free.”

They are trying to lower the cost to consumers by applying for grants; however

the Hopi Tribal audits are one of the issues

standing in the way.

Puhuyesva said they have applied for

the USDA grant loan package in hopes

of getting the maximum at 75% grant and

25% loan. The loan will be taken up by the

customers.

“We don’t want to make this water

where it’s too expensive but yet economically feasible for people to afford,” said

Puhuyesva.

There have been challenges with participation from villages; village leaders need

to sign the Right of Ways (ROW) and user

agreements. HAMP needs help from the

public to get their leaders to sign documents to move forward with the project

and to get their council representatives to

support the funding. To date the tribe has

not contributed any funds. The project is

funded by grants.

“As Hopi’s we need to start investing in

ourselves and not wait for federal handouts to invest in ourselves,” said Puhuyesva. “This is a health issue and this is why

we are doing this project.”

The program received extra funding this

fiscal year which they will use to replace

tanks and water lines for Sipaulovi and

Mishongnovi villages.

“We are working on this project from

every angle we can. If we can get some

portions done around the villages before

the project begins; it will cut down on

some the costs,” said Puhuyesva.

The project will cost $23 million.

received an email from

ITCA seeking nominations

for Water and Wastewater

operators. He spoke with

several water operators to

learn what their jobs entail.

“As CSA’s, we tend to

overlook the water operators until something catastrophic occurs. As water

operators you guys are doing a thankless job,” said

Qots’wisima. “All the tests

they have to pass in order

to get qualified as a water

operator; is a lot of hard

work.”

Sekaquaptewa said it was

an honor and nice of Clyde

to nominate him for this

award especially since he is

a CSA for another community who receives his water

services from Navajo Tribal Utility Authority.

“I don’t want to accept

this award just for me, but

for the other water operators too. I don’t do this

all by myself, they do the

same things I do and some

of them have been doing

it longer. They do this for

all of Hopi. They need to

be honored as well,” said

Sekaquaptewa. “I thought

I wasn’t going to win because I was nominated last

the applique

technique. All

the design elements are cut

out one by one and

pieced on the background. For example, each feather is

cut out and placed

one by one. This is

a great technique

for Hopi design elements as there is

great detail to be

portrayed in a Hopi

design.

The

quilters

who completed the

quilt are Marilyn

Fredericks, Bacavi Village; Eilene

Cross of Santa Barbra California and

Laura Chancellor

of Santa Fe New

Mexico. Eileen is a

Mesa on the Hopi reservation. LuAnn’s husband,

Bernard, is an elementary school teacher. They

have two children Nicole,

a senior at the University

of Arizona and Joaquin a

sophomore at the Institute

of American Indian Arts in

Santa Fe, NM.

year and I never win anything.”

Sekaquaptewa received a

gift bag and a plaque.

ITCA works with hundreds of system operators

who protect the health of

their communities. The

need for safe and reliable

drinking water and effective wastewater management is critical to the

health, safety, welfare, economic viability and self-determination goals of Tribal

communities.

The Advisory Committee of the ITCA Program

reviews and selects the

nominees and this year

there were six nominees,

including Sekaquaptewa.

The nominees were:

Brett Sellers, Pueblo of

Sandia

Elmer Yazzie, Ramah

Navajo Chapter, RNUA

Jason Burbank, NTUA

Meghann Olson & Bobby Bradley (Joint Nomination) with Pipe Springs

National Monument and

Kaibab Paiute Tribe respectively

Rick Miller, Quechan

Casino Resort

Selwyn Sekaquaptewa,

Kykotsmovi Village

quilting teacher and

Laura is a graphic

arts designer and

works in beadwork.

The final quilt

was

completed

and presented to

Chief Ranger Ronald Honyumptewa

On September 30,

2014. The textile

piece is designed to

be used as a banner

in parades, to be

displayed as a wall

hanging or other

uses to celebrate

and honor the services of all law enforcement officers.

The Hopi Range

Enforcement Services under the

leadership of the

Chief Ranger, Honyumptewa provide

law

enforcement

services to the Hopi

communities and

range enforcement

services in the Hopi

range areas. The

HRES

Rangers

have recently become SLEC certified and the training

broadens the scope

of law enforcement

services to be provided to the Hopi

Communities.

The Hopi Tu I’

quilters are honored

to represent HRES

to provide a new

visual medium to

portray their official

badge and logo as a

thank you for their

services to the Hopi

communities.

Keams Canyon Cafe

Canyon Lady Burger

Challenge

BIA Chief of Police and HRES Chief Ranger and their supporters pose for a

picture with Johnny Kay holding a $200 check to be donated to the Toys for

Tots program. L-R: Recruit Nolan Sulu, Corrections Officer Arellano, Keanu

Kootswatewa, CO Blackwater, John Kay, Chief Honyumptewa, BIA Officer Randall Begay and HRES Lt. Pinto

Crystal Dee,

Hopi Tutuveni

On Aug. 26, Keams

Canyon Café called on

people to try the Canyon

Lady Burger. The burger is made up of 2 lbs. of

seasoned beef, ½ lb. of

cheese melted over sautéed onions and frenchfries; topped with lettuce,

tomatoes and green chili.

If you take on this challenge you must eat the

burger by yourself within

an hour and remain seated

at the table. If you finish

the burger within the hour,

it’s free and your name

will go on the hall of fame.

If you don’t finish within the hour you must pay

$29.00.

It’s called the Canyon

Lady because “you will be

hurtin’ when you are finished”.

Since it was introduced,

no one has tried the “Canyon Lady”, that is until

Hopi BIA Officer Randall

Begay challenged Hopi

BIA Police Chief, Jamie

Kootswatewa and Hopi

Resource

Enforcement

Services (HRES) Chief

Ronald

Honyumptewa.

They were the first who

took on the challenge in

an effort to raise money

for Hopi BIA Police Shop

with a Cop program.

Kootswatewa said Officer Begay had initially

challenged him and other

officers for fundraising

purposes and it eventually

reached HRES and they

wanted in on the challenge.

“I didn’t realize there

was actually some publicity on this,” said Kootswatewa. “They said it was on

the Keams Canyon Café

Facebook page and the radio.”

At that point Kootswatewa said he became nervous and felt a lot of pressure to follow through and

John Kay, one of the owners said he would donate a

dollar for every ounce that

was eaten.

The Chiefs met at Keams

Canyon Café at 6pm to

begin the chow down in

front of a dining room of

spectators. Kootswatewa

opted not to wear his uniform while Honyumptewa

showed up in his.

the

beginning,

Kootswatewa said the

burger was really good,

but as he started eating

more it became painful. He didn’t eat prior to

the challenge thinking it

would help. He kind of did

some research online on

food eating competitions

and watching food competition shows.

“When you actually

start eating, you don’t

want to get sick because

you’re trying to put away

as much as you can,” said

Kootswatewa.

“It was delicious in the

beginning then halfway

through I couldn’t do it,”

said Honyumptewa. “It

was too much hamburger.

I know I ate a lot, but there

was really no strategy going into this.”

Honyumptewa said he

took his time by cutting

the burger in half then

tried to use a lot of mustard and water, after he ate

half that strategy went out

the door and he couldn’t

take another bite.

John said he saw that the

Chiefs couldn’t eat anymore so he allowed their

officers to help them eat

it all.

“They ate the burger all

and I donated an additional $200 because it’s for a

good cause. I like helping

the community out,” said

Kay.

“There are critics out

there who put a negative

atmosphere on the two

agencies not working together, which is not the

case, said Kootswatewa.

He said he hopes they

can do more community

events together.

The police dept will

continue to fundraise for

the Shop with a cop and

their goal is to raise $3000

a year. Two students per

school are selected from

the 11 schools to Shop

with a Cop. Schools nominate students who display

good citizenship, positive

characteristics and main-

OPINION

tain good grades.

“It was for a great cause

and I’m grateful to be here

and thankful to those who

showed up today and donated money for the kids

in the community,” said

Honyumptewa.

As Chiefs for the Hopi

reservation they are giving back to the community during the Holiday’s.

HRES is having the

Toys for Tots. Chief Honyumptewa said he will

be traveling to Nevada and

will bring back some toys.

Toys for Tots are donated

by the military.

During

Halloween,

HRES is having a haunted

house for the community

but is asking for donations

of canned goods as an

entry fee for the haunted

house. Canned goods will

be used in Thanksgiving dinner baskets. Those

donations will be going

to needy families during

Thanksgiving and Christmas. HRES staff will purchase turkeys with their

own money to donate.

“Make sure you all come

out to the haunted house

and donate canned foods,”

said Honyumptewa.

“Thank you to my agency for the support and to

the BIA for their support

as we both work together,” said Honyumptewa.

“Thanks to my recruit,

Yvonne McCosar who

helped me eat the burger.”

He thanked the media

for being there to document this to let the people

know they need their help

as far as donating toys and

food that is going to be donated to the community.

The BIA Police raise an

additional $186 from people who donated during

the challenge. John Kay

said if anyone is willing

to put on a challenge for

a worthy cause he will be

glad to help them out.

Kootswatewa said he

would like to thank McGee’s for hosting the event

and being generous with

the contribution; and the

community and those who

came out to support the

event.

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ADS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Hopi Jr. High School Football

Oct. 7, 3pm & 4:30pm

Hopi vs. Pinon @ Pinon

Jeremy King presents awards to: Jan Tree, Police

Assistant, Officer Jason Logg, Police Recruit Nolan

Sulu and Lt. Paul Sidney

Governor Hubert Lewis and other members of the

audience hold up signs: “No More” Together we can

end Domestic and Sexual Abuse on Hopi Lands

Upper Village of Moencopi Law & Order

Committee host 2014 Law and Order Day

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Law and Order

Committee of the Upper

Village of Moencopi hosted the 2014 Law and Order

Day at the Legacy Inn and

Suites on Sept. 23.

“The event is geared and

centered on tribal programs

and collecting information

from Coconino county officials, programs and their

counterparts to present to

community

members,”

said Jeremy King, Vice

Chairman of the Law and

Order committee.

Keynote speaker, Romalita Laban of the Hopi

Tewa Women’s Coalition

to End Abuse spoke on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; her program

was effective in getting the

Tribal Law and Order Act

passed on the Hopi Reservation.

“We need to teach our

women to say, No!” said

Laban. “Violence against

woman is not Hopi.”

Laban elaborated on her

visit to Washington D.C.

where she did a presentation on Hopi people and

what they needed as far as

receiving help for victims

of violence.

After Laban did her presentation there were breakout sessions where Hopi

tribal programs like the

Hopi Domestic Violence,

Hopi Guidance Center

Child Protective Services,

Hopi Substance Abuse

Program and Coconino

County Attorney’s Office

did presentations.

Louis Abeita, Mens’

Re-Education Specialist

highlighted said he holds

a class for men who are

perpetrators of Domestic

Violence. As a part of their

probation, the men must

take a six month class. Before, Abeita said he was

going into the jail to teach

the classes, but stopped after he found that the guys

don’t come to class after

they get out of jail. Abeita

said he wanted the men to

be held responsible and

hold them accountable after they get out of jail.

First offense they must

take a six month class, second offence – nine months

and third offence – a year

of education class.

After the breakout sessions Hopi BIA Law Enforcement officer, Lt. Paul

Sidney gave insight on

crimes in the Hopi villages.

He reported that First Mesa

is number one on the list

where the most crimes are

committed, then Moencopi

Village and Shungopavi.

First Mesa is on top of the

list because the land base

extends to Keams Canyon

and events and ceremonies

that occur there.

Sidney said he read an

article in the paper where

they were getting “bashed”

by the village of Moencopi.

“But today, Jeremy is

recognizing us by giving

us an award,” said Sidney.

“Either I can take the personally, or as an officer I

can say, what can we do to

improve?”

The Law & Order Committee acknowledged the

Hopi BIA Police Department for their services.

“They put their lives on

the line on a daily basis to

protect and to serve; and

to provide us with public

safety. We would like to

thank all the men in uniform and those who lost

their lives in the line of

duty protecting our communities,” said King.

The Hopi BIA Police

recently stationed two police officers to the Moencopi area; King said their

presence has been noticed

by the village. Not having

Police Officers stationed

in the village is something

that Moencopi has been

dealing with for years.

Since two years ago,

Moencopi has been ranked

Fall College Visitation

Hopi Jr. Sr. High School

Oct. 10, 9:30-10:55am

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For information call: 928-738-5111

Legacy Music Reggae Fest

Moencopi Legacy Inn

number three in crime, but Oct. 11, Doors open at 7pm

the Law and Order committee found that the vil- Mini Health Fairs-Special Diabetes Prog

lage ranks second in crimi- Hotevilla Youth/Elderly Center

nal activity.

Oct. 14, 9am-1pm Tewa CD

“However statistics do Nov. 25, 9am-1pm Hotevilla Youth/Elderly

not reflect this one pertinent fact that there are oth- BCAM Girls Night Out

er areas that are not taken Hopi Veterans Memorial Center

into account when they are

Oct. 16

recording the numbers,’

For information call: 928-734-1151

said King. “There is more

than just the village of upRed Ribbon Early Registration

per Moencopi.”

King feels like that has Oct. 7, 1:00- 3:00pm Keams Canyon Store

climbed because they are Oct. 8, 12:30- 2:30pm Upper Moenkopi Vlg

not in the community de- Oct.15, 11:30- 200pm Kykotsmovi Store

livering as much prevention intervention tactics Red Ribbon Relay Run

and presentation. He said Oct. 23-24

they need to get on the ball

and get information out to Halloween Carnival

the community.

Hopi Veterans Memorial Center

Law and Order team for Kykotsmovi, AZ HWY 264, MP 375.5

the village of Moencopi; Oct. 31, 5pm - 10pm

Bruce Fredericks, Chair- For information call (928) 734-3432

person; Jeremy King, Vice

Chair; Rueben Honahnie,

Hopi Day of Prayer

Member; Yvonne HooseShungopavy Halayki Church

va, Secretary and Ronalyn

Rios Outie, Ex-officio/Vil- Nov. 2, 4p.m. Dinner Provided

Everyone Welcome

lage CSA.

“I’d like to thank our For information call (928) 734-3432

committee members because they did the fund- Christmas Bazaar

raising for this event and Hopi Veterans Memorial Center

all the programs who at- Kykotsmovi, AZ HWY 264, MP 375.5

tended,” said King. “I’d Dec. 13-14 8am - 5pm

also like to thank Chief For information call (928) 734-3432

Kootswatewa for assigning

two more officers to the

area.”

Summer Youth Employment Program - Cont’d from 9/16 edition

Everett Gomez, Hopi WIA Youth Counselor

On the 7th week Summer Youth Employment

Program participants attended a work/camp activity

at Kaibab National Forest above the North Rim of the

Grand Canyon. This activity is the first Hopi WIA activity of its kind attempted off reservation! Hopi WIA is

very fortunate to have partnered with these participating

organizations and their participation was crucial to the

success of the activity:

Kaibab National Forest (KNF)

Hopi Cultural Preservation Office (CPO)

Hopi Cultural Resources Advisory Task Team (CRATT)

Hopi Tribe Department of Education (HTGSP/AVTP/

WIA)

University of Arizona CO-OP Extension Offices (Hopi

and V Bar V, Camp Verde)

Grand Canyon Trust

Kaibab Paiute Tribe

United Sates Dept. of Agriculture

Hotevilla Bacavi Community School

Hopi Tribe Dept of Natural Resources Programs (DNR)

Office of Range Mgmt and Conservation

Hopi Resource Enforcement Services

Hopi Water Resources Program

Hopi Land Information System’s

Hopi DNR Office of Planning

Hopi Wildlife and Ecosystem Program in conjunction

with Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office proposed a partnership with WIA and KNF to do an activity together.

CPO and CRATT had been working, over the past couple

of years with KNF, on a previous Assessment Project of

some natural spring sites within the Kaibab National Forest. CRATT Elders had suggested that the project involve

some Hopi Youth to assist with the actual work phase of

the project and would be a good opportunity to mentor

and work with them. Hopi WIA proposed to incorporate

the Educational Career Exploration component of the activity. We agreed to have a series of Educational “Hands

On” Presentations throughout the week in addition to the

actual work projects. These presentations to the youth

highlighted the many career opportunities encompassing Forest Service and Natural Resources Occupations,

12 presentations were provided throughout the week by

the various participating organizations. The intent was to

entice some of the youth to pursue higher education and

eventual career opportunities, culminating with the main

objective of future, full time employment. The response

from the youth was very positive and many of them are

now considering pursuing higher education and future employment in some of the Natural Resources Career areas.

For the Work Projects, the youth and adults split into

3 work groups. The first group, made up of males started

work on the “Castle Spring” site. This site was in need of

rehabilitation and keeping cattle from access, which were

damaging the natural landscape. The building of a native

stone retaining wall was prioritized in which to capture

more spring water as it seeps from the ground. Replacement

of an existing deteriorated piping system to a cattle trough

located below the spring was also necessary. A temporary

fence was constructed after spring work was completed in

order to keep cattle away from the spring itself. About two

weeks after the project ended the KNF Leadership Committee comprised of the Supervisory Forest Service Officials came in and constructed a more permanent fence that

will enable Wildlife to access the spring but prevent Cattle/

Livestock from access that, prior to the work, had contributed to the deterioration of the spring itself. A stone seating

“Smoke Ring” was also constructed and some of the group

consisting of participating Hopi CRATT Elders, Hopi men

and youth smoked and planted Paho’s at the spring site,

Kwa-Kwah! The crew discussed, planned and carried

out the work necessary to accomplish the task. Great Job!

The second crew, who also worked at the Castle

Springs site, comprised of mostly females who assisted

with graffiti abatement on the alcove walls, removal of an

old historical wooden corral, evasive vegetation removal

and general clean up and beautification of the spring site

area. It was a sight to behold and the women did a terrific job! The third crew also comprised of mostly females,

worked at the “Big Springs” Camp Site and did trail work

and evasive vegetation removal. This “Big Springs” site

was half way up a canyon wall and required access for

the Public and Forest Service Personnel. An old existing

trail leading up to the spring was not used and/or recognizable for some years. Overgrown vegetation was removed, back filling and stabilization of trail in some areas

was required and construction of native stone steps was

accomplished! The females of the work crews also took

time and went on a field trip to the overlook of the Grand

Canyon North Rim and visited some Petroglyph sites while

the boys and men finished up on the “Castle Spring “site.

This “Kaibab National Forest Natural Springs Restoration Project” was also a pilot program for the Forest

Service, and was observed closely from the Forest Service

leadership. A Film Crew was sent from Washington DC to

document the week’s activities. Their intent is to use this

project as an educational tool/model that will showcase the

potential of Government to Government partnerships with

Tribal Nations to address environmental issue affecting our

lands. We will undergo the editing process over the next

few months and will hopefully air it for the public sometime in the future. All youth and Hopi adults shared in the

cleaning, cooking and general daily chores of the camp.

Our Hopi Youth are to be highly commended on their efforts, maturity, attention to detail, and how they represented

themselves, their Villages and the Hopi Tribe!

2014 SYEP Participants included:

Nuvadi Dawahoya, Village of Hano - Complete 12 grade

at Hopi Jr/Sr High School

Brooke Hoyungowa, Village of Hotevilla – Complete 11

grade at Tuba City High School

Trevor Jackson, Village of Sichomovi - Complete 12