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August 20, 2019

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Hopi Education Code Approved to Establish a

Comprehensive and Unified School System for All

Hopi Tribally Controlled Schools

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David Talayumptewa and Angelina Okuda-Jacobs sit before council, patently waiting for the votes to be tallied up.(Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Wednesday, August

7, 2019 at a time Certain scheduled for 9:00

a.m., Hopi Tribal Council heard from Noreen Sakiestewa, Director Department of

Education and Workforce Development and

author of Action Item #062-2019, which

was read into record.

Upon having the action item read into

record, David Talayumptewa, Kykotsmovi

Village Representative/Chairperson for the

Health and Education Committee, Sakiestewa and Angelina Okuda-Jacobs, Consultant for the Hopi Tribe, provided introductions, background, updates and comments.

After reporting that the work began in April

2016, the three supported and encouraged

Hopi Tribal Council to pass a resolution as

part of the action item.

Hopi Chairman Nuvangyaoma, who presided over the Council session, then opened

up the presentation for questions to be asked

by Hopi Tribal Council Representatives and

audience members alike. Questions regard-

ing the transition process for implementation of the comprehensive and unified school

system were posed along with concerns expressed about non-renewal of school employee contracts, attendance areas, school

progress, assessments and accountability, survey outcomes and recommendations,

school board composition and input, impacts

of social issues on students, Hopi Lavayi in

the schools, special education services for

students, alternative schools and of course

continued funding. Representatives and audience members had many questions about

the transition process which was reported by

Sakiestewa to be taking place over the next

two to three years.

Further discussion and questions surrounding topics such as; meeting Annual

Yearly Progress requirements, why Hopi

teachers have left the reservation after becoming “disenchanted” while working in

the Hopi school system, Career Technical

Education for students not wanting to go

into college but looking for vocational careers and by this point took over two hours

of time with still more questions and concerns to be asked and addressed.

Chairman Nuvangyaoma recommended a

recess after the eleven o’clock hour and reminded all those attending that he would be

calling for a motion upon return. He also

reiterated that time was of the essence in getting the action passed by Council.

Upon reconvening more questions and

discussion took place for another hour and

a half and an expression that it is time for

change before a motion was made supporting the action item with the action item getting approved with eighteen (18) Yes votes,

two (2) votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

Sakiestewa then notified those present

that the next steps would be to apply for a

no cost grant extension to the end of 2019

and would be a waiting an award for 2021.

Sakiestewa, however, could not provide an

exact amount which was expected but that it

would be used to build capacity throughout

the transition process.

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Frequently Asked Questions About the LCR Adjudication, LCR

Negotiation Settlement Efforts and Water Resources

For media release

What is the LCR Adjudication?

The Little Colorado River Adjudication (LCR

Adjudication) is a legal process in Arizona state

court. The LCR Adjudication is a special kind of

legal process called a general stream adjudication.

A general stream adjudication determines who has

what rights to water within a river basin.

A river basin is the area drained by a river and its

tributaries. All of the Hopi Reservation, and all of

the Tribe’s ranch lands in the 1-40 corridor and at

the 26 Bar Ranch, lie within the Little

Colorado River (LCR) Basin. A map of the LCR

Basin is attached as Figure 1. The LCR

Adjudication will determine the water rights of

all Indians and non-Indians within the LCR Basin.

THE LCR ADJUDICATION WILL ONCE

AND FOR ALL DETERMINE HOPI’S RIGHTS

TO THE UTILE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS

TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING MOENKOPI,

DINNEBITO, ORAIBI, POLACCA AND JEDDITO WASHES. THE LCR ADJUDICATION WILL

ONCE AND FOR ALL DETERMINE HOPI’S

RIGHTS TO THE GROUNDWATER UNDER

THE HOPI RESERVATION AND HOPI NEW

LANDS, INCLUDING THEN AQUIFER AND

THE C AQUIFER.

The LCR Adjudication will not address claims to

the mainstream Colorado River, because only the

United States Supreme Court has jurisdiction to

adjudicate claims to the Colorado River.

Regardless of how much water the LCR Adjudication reserves for Hopi’s Winters’ rights, at the

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CHAIRMAN’S CORNER

Pay Lololma.

Pay untsah itam

pisok’iwyungwa niq oovi pay nu ngasew

it hihtah umumi yu’ah’ay’kuni. Greetings everyone. In the Office of the

Chairman, we have been extremely busy.

Coming into office, I had an idea of the

challenges we would be facing as a new

administration and the challenges Hopi is

facing. Without a doubt, it has been challenging but it is something I embrace and

am hard at work at. I also keep in mind

the platform I ran on. One of the main

components of my platform was transparency. I know it is challenging for our

community members to make it to every

Hopi Tribal Council meeting and understand everything that is being worked on.

Therefore, in collaboration with the Hopi

Tutuveni, I hope to continue sharing

through the Chairman’s Corner and bring

to the public matters of Tribal Government and matters that may be of interest

to the community.

As I near the midterm of my 4-year

term, a couple notable achievements

have been made for the community. On

July 19, 2019, the Hopi Tribe assumed

law enforcement from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Another project that Hopi

has assumed is the long awaited Hopi

Arsenic Mitigation Project (HAMP). Final signatures were put in place for the

Contract Award on August 6, 2019 and

we should see tangible movement on

this project soon as well as a timeline to

completion that can be shared with the

community.

However, we have also been challenged and inherited the “not so good”

matters. Examples of these are facing

sanctions that were imposed on Hopi by

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA). In one instance, we had to pay

out approximately $200,000. The other,

compliance related sanctions related

to the well at the Hopi Cultural Center.

In total, costing the tribe approximately

$365,000.

Most recently, Hopi Tribal Council

acted on Action Item #014-2019 - To authorize the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe

to sign and enter into a new lease for the

Hopi Health Care Center for a term of 20

years. – Author Michele Honanie, Realty

Specialist, Hopi Office of Realty - After

discussion, a motion to approve Action

Item #014-2019 was made by Mishongnovi Council Representative Annette

Talayumptewa followed by a second by

Mishongnovi Council Representative

Craig Andrews. With no questions to the

motion, the votes went as follows:

First Mesa Consolodated Village

Albert T. Sinquah – No

Celestino Youvella – No

Dale Sinquah – No

Alfonso Sakeva Sr.– Absent

Sipaulovi

Rosa Honani – Abstain

Alverna Poneoma – Absent

Dennis Koeyahongva – Abstain

Kykotsmovi

David Talayumptewa - No

Phillip Quochytewa - No

Danny Honanie - No

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Craig Andrews - Yes

Ronald Humeyestewa - Yes

Merwin Kooyahoema - Yes

Annette F. Talayumptewa - Yes

Bacavi

Clifford Qotsaquahu - Yes

David Pecusa - Abstain

Upper Village of Moencopi

LeRoy Shingoitewa - Yes

Philton Talahytewa Sr. - Abstain

Robert Charley - Absent

Chairman Nuvangyaoma – Presiding and

not voting

Vice Chairman - Abstain

With the vote count as follows:

YES – 6

NO – 7

ABSTAIN – 5

Action Item #014-2019 was defeated.

As a result, The Office of Realty Services was required to issue a trespass

notice to Indian Health Services (IHS),

which was done on Monday, August 12,

2019. As part of the notice, it stated:

In order to execute the decision of the

Hopi Tribal Council, the following conditions subsequent to this Notice of Trespass will be retroactive to the date of the

expiration of the past lease for the facility

leasehold that expired on September 30,

2015.

The Indian Health Services, on-site

contractors and other occupants will be

required to cooperate by development of

a Facility Services Phase-Out Plan.

The Indian Health Service, on-site

contractors and other occupants will be

required to cooperate by development of

a Facility Closure Plan towards vacating

the leasehold parcel.

Currently, there is a duplicate Action

Item that was drafted, and, if allowed

by Hopi Tribal Council, could be placed

back on the agenda as early as Monday,

August 26, 2019 for discussion and possible action.

These are just a few matters that we are

currently dealing with as a whole.

In addition, I do understand that with

the closure of NGS that replacing lost

revenue is a priority, not only for my office, but Hopi Tribal Council as a whole.

Because transparency is important to

me, I have held public forums across the

Hopi Reservation and hope to schedule

some dates to visit with our Sinom at off

reservation sites as well.

I do want to thank all the Hopi Tribal

Staff from bottom to top for all the work

and support they provide to help meet

some of our objectives. I also want to

thank many of our Government agencies that Hopi continues to partner with

and the services they provide to our Sinom. It is truly a collaborative effort that

makes accomplishments possible for our

community.

If you have any questions, please do

not hesitate to reach out to our office at

(928) 734-3102.

Kwakwa,

Timothy Nuvangyaoma

Chairman

The Hopi Tribe

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Frequently Asked Questions About the LCR Adjudication, Cont.

end of the LCR Adjudication,

all that Hopi will have will be

a piece of paper-paper water

rights. It takes money to turn

paper water into wet water. THE

LCR ADJUDICATION WILL

NOT INCLUDE ANY AWARD

OF MONEY. Moreover, because

the LCR Adjudication will not

restrict Navajo pumping from

the N Aquifer outside the LCR

Basin, it will be difficult, if not

impossible, to protect whatever

N Aquifer rights Hopi is awarded in the LCR Adjudication. IN

SHORT, AT

THE END OF THE LCR ADJUDICATION, EVEN A "WIN"

MAY FEEL LIKE A "LOSS,"

BECAUSE ALL HOPI WILL

HAVE WILL BE PAPER WATER, NO ABILITY TO PREVENT DEPLETION OF THEN

AQUIFER, AND DECADES

OF FUTURE APPEALS.

Why is Hopi involved in the

LCR Adjudication?

Hopi is involved in the LCR

Adjudication to protect Hopi's

water from Navajo and non-Indians. In 1952, Congress passed

the McCarren Amendment. The

McCarren Amendment requires

the United States (including in

its capacity as trustee for the

Winters' rights of Indian tribes)

to participate in State court general stream adjudications. Winters' rights are the first priority

reserved water rights of an Indian tribe.

The McCarren Amendment

requires the United States to

participate in the LCR Adjudication on behalf of both Hopi and

Navajo. Because of the United

States' conflict of interest in representing both Hopi and Navajo

at the same time, Hopi and Navajo each represents its own interests in the LCR Adjudication.

Hopi did not choose to participate in the LCR Adjudication;

rather, it was forced to participate because of the need to protect Hopi's water from Navajo

and non-Indians.

Why doesn't the Treaty of

Guadalupe Hidalgo protect Hopi's water?

The LCR Adjudication court

has ruled that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo does not protect

Hopi's water.

In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded control of a

huge portion of the southwest to

the United States, and the U.S.

promised Mexico that property

rights under Mexican law from

before the treaty would be "inviolably respected."

Unlike the pueblos of New

Mexico, Hopi successfully resisted Spanish control. Because

Hopi was never conquered, the

Spanish legal rules that have

been applied to land and water

rights in

New Mexico does not apply to

Hopi land and water rights.

Hopi also successfully resisted Mexican control, and Mexico

did not define Hopi land and water rights under Mexican law.

In 1946, the United States

Congress created the Indian

Claims Commission. The Indian Claims Commission had

no authority to grant or restore

lands to tribes; it could only

award money for lands taken

from tribes. Basically, the Indian

Claims Commission was a way

for the United

States to "wipe its hands

clean" have broken treaty promises and stolen Indian land. In

1976, in Docket 196, the Indian

Claims Commission awarded $5

million to compensate Hopi for

Hopi's loss of Hopitutskwa. According to the LCR Adjudication

court, Docket 196 paid Hopi for

Hopitutskwa and for any right

Hopi may have had by virtue

of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Of course, Hopi disputes

the effect of Docket 196 and has

preserved its right to appeal rulings in the LCR Adjudication

that rely on Docket 196.

Is there any alternative to the

LCR Adjudication?

There is an alternative to the

LCR Adjudication: a negotiated

compromise and settlement. If

Hopi, Navajo, the United States,

the State of Arizona, and other

key non-Indian interests reach a

negotiated compromise and settlement, the LCR Adjudication

will become unnecessary. The

Hopi Tribal Council recently

accepted an invitation from the

United States to sit down with

the United States and Navajo

in order to explore a negotiated

compromise and settlement of

Hopi's, Navajo's, and the United

States' competing claims and positions. Such a negotiated compromise and settlement would

include not only paper water

rights in the LCR Basin, but

money from the United States

for wet water development and

infrastructure projects, importation to Hopi of Colorado River

or other off-Reservation water,

and water rights outside the LCR

Basin (including Colorado River

rights and N aquifer management outside the LCR Basin).

Navajo's New Mexico water settlement provides an example of

what an Indian water settlement

looks like. Congress approved

Navajo's New Mexico water

settlement in 2009.

The settlement will:

• provide a reliable long-term

municipal and industrial water

supply to the eastern section

of the Navajo Nation, southwestern portion of the Jicarilla

Apache Nation, and the city of

Gallup, New Mexico.

• divert 37,376 acre-feet of

water annually from the San

Juan River Basin and convey

it via approximately 280 miles

of pipeline, several pumping

plants, and two water treatment

plants, and

• support a future population of

approximately 250,000 people

by the year 2040.

Based on October 2011 prices,

the total indexed construction

cost estimate for the Navajo

Gallup project is approximately

$995,000,000.

Why are we going back into

settlement talks?

In Hopi Tribal Council Resolution H-033-2019, Council resolved to go back into settlement

talks because wet water and infrastructure beats paper water

any day. Wet water is life; paper

water isn't.

Plus, if Hopi doesn't go back

into settlement talks, the United

States will settle with Navajo

and leave Hopi out of the benefits of a negotiated settlement.

What are Hopi's goals in a negotiated settlement?

Hopi's goals in a negotiated

compromise and settlement are

several:

• Sufficient wet water to make

the Hopi Reservation the

permanent and economically

prosperous homeland that Hopi

is entitled to.

• Preservation and protection of

the N Aquifer.

• Protection of culturally important springs.

• Prompt action to address

Hopi's immediate water needs.

• A fair share of available

Colorado River water for Hopi,

including high priority Colorado

River water made available by

closure of NGS.

• A fair share of C aquifer water.

• The right for Hopi to cross Navajo land as necessary to bring

off-Reservation water and infrastructure to Hopi, without the

need for Hopi to pay Navajo.

• Enough money from the

United States to:

• replace and upgrade Village

water systems and infrastructure,

• develop N Aquifer wells and

pipelines to assure Moenkopi,

and First, Second and Third

Mesa, of a high quality, reliable

water supply equivalent to that

enjoyed by non-Indian Arizonans in metro areas,

•build a pipeline from the Colorado River or other off-Reservation source of water,

•develop new D Aquifer wells

to increase water for livestock

and other needs, and

•develop new water infrastructure for traditional and modern

agriculture.

• Completion of the State land

acquisition promised Hopi in

the 1996 Settlement Act.

Didn't we already try to negotiate a water settlement?

Yes, Hopi has tried to accomplish a negotiated compromise

and settlement of water issues

many times over the past 30

years. Each time, the effort has

failed.

In the 1990s, the settlement

framework concentrated on a

pipeline from Lake Powell supplying the Peabody mine, Hopi

communities and some Navajo communities. The pipeline

would have been funded by Peabody and the United States. The

effort collapsed when Navajo

filed a fraud and racketeering

lawsuit against Peabody in 1999.

Beginning around 2001 and con-

Rosemont: A Victory

for Three Tribes

By: Daryn Melvin, Office of the

Vice-Chairman

For Immediate Release

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - On August 1, 2019

United States District Judge James A.

Soto overturned the U.S. Forest Service’s

approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita

Mountains.

The $1.9 billion Rosemont Mine, at

approximately half a mile deep and a

mile wide, was proposed to stretch across

federal, state and private land, leaving a

toxic pile of mine tailings and waste rock

hundreds of feet high.

The ruling came after the U.S. District

Court Judge Soto determined that the

U.S. Forest Service had violated federal

mining and public land laws, citing that

the agency had improperly evaluated and

considered water use issues associated

with the Rosemont Mine project.

The Hopi, Tohono O’odham, and Pascua Yaqui Tribes who were represented

by the environmental law firm EarthJustice, had filed a lawsuit challenging the

U.S. Forest Service’s approval of the

mine, along with other environmental

groups such as Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition

and the Arizona Grand Canyon Chapter

of the Sierra Club. In addition to the request for an injunction the tribes and environmental groups continue to challenge

the U.S. Army Corps’ issuance of the

Clean Water Act permit.

“This is a tremendous ruling that safeguards a critical part of our cultural heritage for future generations,” said Hopi

Vice-Chairman Clark W. Tenakhongva. “Our ancestors lived and migrated

through the Santa Rita Mountains. The

Hopi people are committed to carrying

out our world stewardship for all living

things and have a significant responsibility to respectfully care for these special

places and to transmit traditional knowledge about these places to the coming

generations of Hopis. The construction

of this mine would have had devastating

effects on the water and natural resources

of the area, and we simply could not allow this to happen”

While the ruling blocks the Torontobased company, Hudbay Minerals, from

beginning construction on the proposed

mine in the Coronado National Forest,

30 miles southeast of Tucson, the company has insisted that U.S. District Judge

James A. Soto has misinterpreted federal

mining laws and Forest Service regulations and will appeal this ruling to the 9th

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

tinuing through 2005, the settlement framework concentrated

primarily on importing C Aquifer water for the Peabody mine

and reservation communities.

Again, the pipeline would

have been funded by Peabody

and the United States. This effort collapsed when the Mohave

plant closed in 2005 (and Peabody no longer needed water for

the slurry pipeline). Beginning

in 2005, the settlement framework refocused on a pipeline

from Lake Powell supplying

Hopi communities and some

Navajo communities. This effort collapsed when Senator Kyl

withdrew support for the Lake

Powell pipeline in 2011. Most

recently, in 2012, an attempt to

settle failed for a host of reasons.

The 2012 deal is dead, and Hopi

has told the United States and

Navajo that Hopi is not willing

to revive that deal. Based on the

benefits that a negotiated settlement would bring to Hopi, the

Hopi Tribal Council has determined that Hopi must try the

path of negotiated settlement

once more. The Hopi Tribal

Council is committed to moving

forward in consultation with the

Hopi villages and people, in a

spirit of transparency.

What are the next steps of a

negotiated compromise and settlement?

The next steps of a negotiated

compromise and settlement are

as follows:

• The Hopi negotiating team

will meet with Navajo and the

United States to try to agree on

the principal terms of a negotiated compromise and settlement. As those talks progress,

the Hopi Villages and people

can expect regular updates and

consultation with the Hopi

negotiating team.

• If agreement with Navajo and

the United States is achieved,

then Hopi, Navajo and the United States will engage with the

non-Indians, including the State

of Arizona, SRP, and Flagstaff.

There cannot be a negotiated

settlement of Hopi and Navajo

rights to the Colorado River and

the C aquifer without dealing

with non-Indian parties. We are

hopeful that if Hopi and Navajo

and the United States present a

united front to the non-Indian

interests, that our chances of

success will be better than they

have been in the past.

Why do we have to deal with

the non-Indians?

We have to deal with the nonIndians (for example, the State

of Arizona, the Arizona State

Land Department, Flagstaff,

Winslow, SRP, and non-Indian

ranchers and farmers) because

they share the water resources of

the LCR Basin (in particular, the

C Aquifer) with Hopi and Navajo. We also have to deal with the

non-Indians because they largely control the Colorado River,

and Hopi and Navajo will not

be able to secure Colorado River

water without their consent. A

negotiated compromise and settlement that provides money for

wet water will require an Act of

Congress. Without the support

of key non-Indians, Congress

will not act.

Who is on the Hopi Negotiating Team?

Chairman Nuvangyaoma

Vice Chairman Tenakhongva

Water Energy Committee Chair

Rosa Honanie (Sipaulavi)

Water Energy Committee Vice

Chair Phillip Quochytewa, Sr.

(Kyakotsmovi)

Craig Andrews (Mishongnovi)

Clifford Qotsaquahu (Bakabi)

Dale Sinquah (First Mesa Consolidated Villages)

LeRoy Shingoitewa (Upper

Moenkopi)

What is groundwater?

Groundwater is an underground reservoir that emerges

from springs, seeps and wells.

There are several different

groundwater reservoirs under

Hopi. They are separated from

each other by layers of rock,

like a layer cake. Each layer that

contains water is an aquifer. A

depiction of the aquifers under

Hopi is attached as Figure 2.

What aquifers are under Hopi?

The primary aquifers under

Hopi are the T Aquifer, the D

Aquifer, the N Aquifer, and the

C Aquifer. The T Aquifer is the

source of many springs at Hopi.

Hopi's water experts tell us that

T Aquifer springs are the springs

most impacted by drought conditions. The D Aquifer is the

source of much livestock water

at Hopi. The quality of the D

Aquifer is good enough for livestock, but marginal for human

consumption. The N Aquifer is

the most important aquifer under

Hopi. The N Aquifer is the source

of most of the drinking water at

Hopi (including Monekopi), and

also at Tuba City and Navajo

communities in the NPL. The

portion of the N Aquifer that is

"under pressure" is called the

confined N Aquifer. Wells is the

confined N Aquifer often produces abundant, high quality

water. Hopi's water experts tell

us that the confined N Aquifer is

the most important on-Reservation source of water for Hopi. A

depiction of the N Aquifer is attached as Figure 3. The C Aquifer is the deepest aquifer under

Hopi to which wells have been

drilled. Unfortunately, with just

a few exceptions, water from

the C Aquifer is not fit for human consumption without very

expensive treatment to remove

salts and other solids. One area

where the C Aquifer produces

abundant, good quality water,

is south of leupp, east of Twin

Arrows. Hopi's Hart Ranch includes a portion of this "sweet

spot." Next door to Hopi's Hart

Ranch is the Red Gap Ranch,

where Flagstaff plans to pump

large amounts from the C Aquifer to meet Flagstaff's long term

water

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Education Code

Hopi tribal council meet and discuss the pros and cons of the Hopi Education Code on August 7, 2019 (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Several council members give handshakes to Angelina Okuda-Jacobs on a

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Plans and ways

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When it comes to saving on your electric

2019 Men’s and Women’s Health Conference

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center

4:00 PM—9:00 PM

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ment

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Tiyo - Boy

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Yuku - Accomplish

Anihoya - Capable

Taalö - Day

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Yaapti - Advance

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Qe’ti - Cease

Öqala - Determined

Qahinta - All right

Alöngta - Change

Lavàytutuveni - Dic-

Peep - Almost

Kùpina - Chatter Box

tionary

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Awpòota - Check

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Mana - Girl

Pa’angwa - Assist

Nanap’oya - Classify

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Tuwanta - Attempt

Suyan – Clear

Thursday

Sometimes we forget why we,

as Hopis, hold certain ceremonies

throughout the year. We forget the

main purpose of each ceremony we

hold. So some of us now just go with

the flow of each ceremony that is

performed each year. We are slowly

forgetting about the clouds, the rain,

the happiness, and the sovereign it

brings for the Hopi people…

Politikiveh (aka Butterfly dances)

are in full effect on the Hopi reservation, I sometimes prowl the night

chasings mice and I over hear the

singing in the scared kivas with the

loud drumming

and men yelling

8/15/19, 3:19 PM

with glee…but the butterfly dance or

harvest dance is held when there is

going to be a good harvest… and so

we can be happy and merry.

That is the idea of the butterfly

dance. But now a days it seems we

dance because its “fun” and to allow

the women shake their “Hopi things”

all over the plaza.

Last year I was at a butterfly dance

at this one village and I swear, it was

like a rodeo, where women would

put on a dress and go over to the men

who were singing and “rope” them

out to dance with them, and in all the

chaos of dancing with women, men

would pay them for dancing with

them. It was like the women liked

to dance for money, which in another

context kind of sounds dirty.

Overall, in the entire butterfly

dance “craziness”… the songs and

dancing were the best. The songs

were about traveling rains, and how

they will travel a great distance to

get to the Hopi lands and rain just for

that event. But I know that no one

pays attention to the songs because

we are too busy giving women money and rolled washcloths with fake

flowers in them. I remember one

time a while ago I was watching a

dance from a distance and standing

next to this woman, she said “I’m

gonna dance for gas money, hold my

Piccadilly.” When she came back

from dancing, she was mad because,

all she got was a rolled potholder

with a nice “Indian” print on it.

We forget why we have politikiveh,

we just want to celebrate and throw

everything to the wind and shake our

Hopi booty.

But all in all, we forget that this is

the time where we can just celebrate

as a tribe to thank everyone for all

the help throughout the year. So

sometimes it’s a good thing to celebrate and also to be reminded about

why we have these dances at the end

of the various Hopi cycles.

A while back, I remembered that

there was no Facebook or YouTube

or any social media outlet so we never saw anything online about certain

dances around the mesas. But now I

go on Facebook and all I see is people in traditional attire posing and

smiling for the camera, and I don’t

know who they are. It’s strange because we can’t take pictures of our

most sacred ceremonies but taking

pictures of butterfly dances is okay

and it makes me wonder why that is

OK. Isn’t this time of year still considered a sacred ceremonial cycle? I

guess it depends on whom you ask.

Of course I did a fair share of taking pictures of butterfly dances but

never for social media, mainly just to

keep as memento. I still find on YouTube Hopi events that are still being

shown and of course I watch them

and share them but even I have to

be reminded that pictures and videos

we share on social media are shown

to the entire world to see. Then I

wonder why some of us Hopi people then complain why our culture

is being copied and taken by others

as their own. I believe we are killing our own culture…and we forget

about that as well which is so ironic.

But sometimes forgetting is a way to

move forward, like moving forward

from hate, destruction, or despair

and maybe that’s why we “forget”

I see a lot of that on the Hopi reservation and it puzzles me that we can

have so much dislike for one another

and still do our Hopi religion when

our Hopi religion calls for everyone

to come together and be happy with

one another. But we fake our happiness and come together because we

“have to” then the next day we dislike each other again. Then we wonder why our children are disrespectful little mush heads.

I like this saying, and I don’t

know where it came from but someone said, “It takes a village to raise

a child.” I always wondered about

that. I always thought that each

woman takes a turn raising the same

kid, but it turns out that by “village”

it means that, that child watches us

all; we are all kin to that child and we

are the ones with the biggest influence because the child always looks

to those who care for them and feeds

them for guidance and learning. So it

turns out society is what everything

that child sees…

Of course, in Hopi society we will

hear the same verse “…it starts in the

home, and with the parents…” and

YES, it is true, teachings do start in

the home. And when you live in a

society with hundreds of relatives, I

think the Hopi reservation is just one

big home to us all. So everywhere

you go on the Hopi reservation is

like one big home and your different

relatives are supposed to teach and

guide you through life.

My advice to you is that, we are

a proud people, but we are also

very individualized and with that, I

mean that we don’t like to do things

together all the time, just only for

certain events. I say if we are to call

ourselves a “community” we need

to start FORGETTING the hate, the

bigotry, the loathing, and the greed…

and every word that defines the opposite of happiness. Be like me…a

cat…I like to lounge around and

watch the birds and the poli’tikiveh

and just enjoy eating pizza…sometimes it’s not that hard to do.

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Current Indian World News

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Suquamish Tribe questions the

Marking the first American

Poulsbo police shooting of a Native revolution: the Pueblo Revolt of

man

1680

Photo provided by original poster (Credit to original poster)

By Jonathan Sims

For Indian Country Today

Some 250 people marched Aug 10 demanding answers from the Poulsbo

police after the shooting death of Stoney Chiefstick. (Phto by Cristina Roark)

By Richard Walker

For Indian Country Today

Poulsbo, Washington, march is a call

for justice in the Stoney Chiefstick killing

The streets of downtown Poulsbo,

Washington, a Norwegian-themed city

within the historical territory of the

Suquamish Tribe, were filled with an estimated 250 Native and non-Native marchers Aug. 10 calling for justice for Stoney

Chiefstick, a Chippewa man who was fatally shot by a police officer here in July.

Marchers call for change in the city

of Poulsbo, Washington, after the police

shooting of a Native man. (Photo by Jay

Trinadad)

Participants marched, and many

drummed and sang, through downtown

to the steps of Poulsbo City Hall, where

speakers said racism is real in the community and calling for all people to demand change.

“We’re coming together as a community,” said James Old Coyote, Stolo/Cree,

leader of the Suquamish-based Sacred

Water Canoe Family. “We’re coming together as all kinds of different people. We

need to do that as a community.

“As a brown man, I feel tension. I feel

tension when I come to Poulsbo and go

to the store. I feel tension and that’s not

right. I was concerned about bringing my

little ones here today and that’s not right.

We’ve got to do something. We’ve got to

do something right now -- today. Something has to happen today.”

What many participants want today is

to trust that the law enforcement investigation into the shooting will be honest

and that the officer will be held accountable. They also want the city to acknowledge and address the racial divide in the

community.

One speaker talked about racism

she and her family has experienced in

Poulsbo, and she called on all residents

-- particularly non-Native residents -- to

take a stand. “There’s no doubt in my

mind that if Stoney was white, he would

not be dead right now,” she said. “There

is no doubt, absolutely no doubt in my

mind, and I’m angry about that. And you

-- white people-- need to be angry about

that and do something.”

Stoney Chiefstick Sr., 39, is Chippewa.

His children are Suquamish. He was fatally shot in a waterfront park by a Poulsbo police officer as hundreds of people

gathered for the

Cont. On Page 8

Native American history in

Washington – it’s more than just a

museum

Outside the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, a

teepee frame shares some of the skyline with the Capitol dome. (Photo by

Julian Paras/Cronkite News)

By Julian Paras

Cronkite News

Bureau of Indian Affairs by Native activists is included along with Congressional

Cemetery, which is now home to three

WASHINGTON – Washington is full Lummi totem poles carved to honor the

of popular tourist sites that are monu- victims and heal the nation in the wake

ments to American history, from the of the 9/11 attacks.

White House to the Capitol, from Arlington National Cemetery to Congressional

Kristine Witherspoon, a tourist from

Cemetery.

Georgia who was visiting the National

And, with a little more exploring, Museum of the American Indian this

visitors can learn that all those sites are summer, said that as a mom of 8- and

monuments to Native American history 11-year-old kids she would like to have

as well.

something like the app to help guide

The National Museum of the Ameri- them.

can Indian may be the first – and possibly

“I felt that while exploring the nation’s

only – site that comes up with an internet capital, it’s important to start here first

search for “Native American landmarks” because I think we often sanitize the way

in Washington. But a new app opens the that our country was founded,” she said

door to a range of other sites.

as she stood outside the museum.

The “Guide to Indigenous DC” takes

“We forget about the past and the oriusers on a tour of D.C. sites that link to gins of all the cultures that were here,”

Native American prehistory all the way Witherspoon said. “We need to get a lot

to modern history.

of things right … we need to engage our

“Working on this app, learning more young people on the true history of Naabout the history of indigenous people in tive people and what they endured here.”

the D.C. area has been an honor to work

Her friend Tina Kite said she thinks the

on this project,” said Elizabeth Rule, as- app would be handy for visitors like her.

sistant director for the AT&T Center for

“You could definitely explore more,

Indigenous Politics and Policy at George and it could save you time than just

Washington University.

Googling to try and find information,”

The center developed the app, unveiled Kite said. “That would be very helpful.”

this summer, after soliciting proposals

David Bledsoe, marketing manager

for ways to tell indigenous history.

for the American Indian College Fund,

Some of the sites are obvious, like the which helped fund Indigenous D.C.,

National Museum of the American Indi- said the project was attractive because

an and the statues of tribal leaders in the it “raised awareness of Native students,

Capitol. Others include the iconic Iwo their vibrancy, their essential role within

Jima Memorial, where one of the five higher education.”

Marines raising the flag in the sculpture

While the app is focused on D.C.,

is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Bledsoe hopes it can eventually be used

The sites stem from prehistory, noting in schools nationwide.

that tribal artifacts were unearthed on the

“We see that as a way that we’ll conWhite House grounds when a swimming tinue to invest in how Natives are seen in

pool was installed in 1975, to more mod- this space,” he said.

ern history. The 1972 occupation of the

Pueblo people in New Mexico and

Arizona celebrate the day their ancestors

successfully drove out Spanish colonizers, allowing Pueblo cultures to survive

and thrive

August 10th marked the 339th anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt. Pueblo communities in New Mexico and Arizona

commemorate the day with various activities.

The Tesuque Pueblo held an early

morning run from the Pueblo to the plaza

in Santa Fe.

“Well today we are celebrating the two

runners Catua and Omptua, the two runners from Tesuque Pueblo,” said, Gil Vigil, chairman of the eight northern pueblo

council. “The significant part if you will,

(is) the preservation of traditional culture.

If we didn’t revolt in 1680, we would not

have the traditions and culture we have

today. The songs, the dances we practice

today. Living the life we were instructed

to live, from the time we set foot upon

this earth. So for us Pueblo people 1680

is a date that will live in infamy as they

say in history. This event reminds us of

who we are as Pueblo people. So for

those of you not aware of our culture, the

Pueblo Revolt was the first revolution on

this continent for independence from a

foreign nation. That is the purpose of our

event today.”

One hundred miles to the south, in the

Pueblo of Jemez, Cliff Fragua considered how the Pueblo Revolt impacts his

work and his life. He has the distinction

of creating an iconic sculpture of Po’pay.

It’s in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol

representing the state of New Mexico.

Fragua’s respect for the historical event

is evident.

“I live it everyday, let’s put it that way,

because I live here in Jemez Pueblo. It’s

a small community but we still retain

our language, our culture, and our traditions. I participate communally with the

traditions when it comes to farming and

ceremony and whatever traditions we follow. I think it is really important that we

continue those. If the 1680 revolt had not

occurred we wouldn’t be where we are

at today and we wouldn’t have what we

have today. And I think it is highly important that we think about that almost

on a daily basis. we should be grateful

and appreciative of such an occurrence to

happen. Although it got to that point, it

had to happen for our survival as Pueblo

people.”

Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber read a

proclamation for the day naming it, Saturday August 10th, 2019 Pueblo of Tesuque 1680 Pueblo Revolt Commemoration Day.

”I think a day like today reminds us

that we all live together in a very special

place,” said Webber. “And we all really

depend on each other. We have to live in

harmony and respect and honor each other, and as we work together we will build

a better future. We don’t turn our back on

the past, we remember it. It is filled with

pain. It’s filled with suffering but it’s also

filled with resiliency and with the ability

to get along and find our way forward in

a way that is unlike any other part of this

country. We really should be living together, we need each other We depend on

each other and we need to work together

and today is part of that.”

Governor of Tesuque Pueblo Milton

Herrera echoed that sentiment.

“To me it is very important because of

the two runners that sacrificed their lives

to protect their people and to protect our

way of life. Having a relationship with

Santa Fe is also important because I think

everyone needs to know that this is our

home. And I hope that people do understand that this means a lot to us and also

that they maybe need to teach the schools

and the kids, that they understand where

they live and that you know, this used to

be Tesuque Pueblo first.”

The Pueblo Revolt is celebrated in

many ways among the various Pueblo

tribes. Nearly a decade ago, the Hopi

tribal council voted to forego observing

Columbus Day instead recognizing Aug.

10th as Pueblo Revolt Day, as its official

tribal holiday.

The Native American Journalists

Association demands The

Washington Post retract unreliable

data sets and all associated reporting

NAJA

For Immediate Release

Racialized mascots and their potential long-term effects are a serious public health issue and a pressing problem

faced by Indigenous communities. The

Native American Journalists Association

(NAJA) is one of many organizations that

advocates for the retirement of racialized

mascots and the application of journalistic ethics when reporting on them. It is

the position of NAJA that persistent, irresponsible reporting on racialized mascots

and team names is unethical and harmful

to Indigenous people.

The Washington Post column, "A survey explores how Native Americans feel

about the name Washington Red*****.

No, it’s not that survey. This one is new,"

by Theresa Vargas is based on flawed

data - a recurring problem at the Post

when reporting on the Washington NFL

team. According to Vargas, “the majority

of Native Americans still aren’t offended

by the name.” That statement is based

on a new survey by Wolvereye, a market

research agency. However, Wolvereye’s

survey methodology, like the Post’s poll

conducted in 2016, is unreliable.

According to Wolvereye, the sample

was comprised of individuals who “selfidentified as Native Americans across the

United States.” Verifiable tribal citizenship or descendancy was not taken into

account, and some or all respondents

may not be Indigenous. This fundamental misunderstanding of Indigenous identity was at the heart of the Post’s survey

published in 2016, and despite calls for

the outlet to review its methods and publish corrections, the Post has failed to be

accountable for its actions. Reporting on

Wolvereye’s new survey without understanding how the data has been compromised, as well as The Post’s inability to

accurately report its results or correct its

2016 survey, amounts to dishonest and

prejudicial reporting.

The U.S. Constitution treats tribes as

sovereign nations with legally-established rights - including the right to establish criteria for tribal membership.

The Post routinely overlooks these facts,

perpetuating stereotypes and reinforcing

ignorance about Indigenous people.

The Post has established a pattern of

biased reporting that uses flawed data

to justify the use of racialized mascots caricatured representations of Indigenous

people and culture that activate and reinforce racial hostility and prejudice. Decades of research have shown that racialized mascots produce negative impacts

on the self-perception and self-esteem of

Indigenous people and deny Indigenous

communities control of their representations in society. The Post’s continued use

of prejudicial data in support of racialized mascots normalizes and rationalizes

racism and hostility toward Indigenous

people.

At a time when white supremacy has

become increasingly visible and violent,

NAJA condemns the Washington Post

for publishing materials that ignore facts,

promote discrimination and undermine

legally-established rights and protections

for Indigenous people. NAJA encourages

the Post to consider how its reporting

contributes to racism in the United States.

The Native American Journalists Association demands the following corrective

actions to address this reporting:

Retract all commentary and reporting

derived from Wolvereye’s study,

Retract all flawed data from 2016 poll

"Most Native Americans not offended by

the Washington Red***** name" and all

derived reporting.

Immediately implement a policy for

ethical reporting on racialized mascots,

and all language and imagery associated

with those mascots.

Require all editors to attend cultural

competency and research ethics training.

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Hopi Tutuveni

August 20, 2019

Suquamish Tribe questions the Poulsbo Rep. Haaland Announces Her Support

Inquiry of Trump

police shooting of a Native man, Cont. of anByImpeachment

Levi Rickert

selves and abuse their power while New

city’s 3rd of July fireworks show. The

shooting is under investigation by a regional law enforcement task force.

Members of the Poulsbo and Suquamish communities question whether the

shooting was justified, particularly in

a crowded park. The officer was armed

with a Taser as well as a sidearm, according to Poulsbo Police Chief Dan Schoonmaker.

Investigators say police officers confronted Chiefstick in response to reports

he had a screwdriver and was “acting

in a strange manner, which alarmed the

people around him.” A struggle ensued,

investigators reported, and “one officer

fired his handgun, striking the subject.”

According to County Coroner Jeff

Wallis, Chiefstick was shot once in the

face and once in the chest.

The assistant commander of the investigation team told Indian Country Today in

an earlier interview that the investigation

report will be completed and submitted

to the county prosecutor after toxicology

results are received from the state crime

lab. Based on the timeframe given, that

could be late August/early September.

“I think this whole thing is tragic,”

Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson told Indian Country Today on Aug. 7. “It saddens me for a multitude of reasons.” One,

she said, a family lost a loved one. Two,

“the Suquamish Tribe is our closest and

best neighbor. We are communities connected” with a shared history, and the

city council and tribal council formally

established a government-to-government

relationship in 2005.

Some measures Erickson said she’d

like to implement: have a liaison regularly represent the city at Suquamish Tribal

Council meetings, and invite the Suquamish Tribe to do the same; and provide

training for city employees so they can

learn about Suquamish culture and history.

But Suquamish leaders say there’s

an anti-Indian undercurrent in Poulsbo

and the area that needs to be addressed.

In an opinion piece published Aug. 6 in

the Kitsap Sun newspaper and provided

to Indian Country Today, the Suquamish

Tribal Council noted that the city went

ahead with the 3rd of July celebration “in

spite of this tragic shooting mere minutes

earlier” and that a memorial to Chiefstick

in the park where he died was later desecrated.

The tribal council wrote of Indigenous

people being subjected to hostility and

discrimination “when shopping, attending school, or being stopped by police in

Poulsbo and other parts of north Kitsap

County”; welcome signs on the reservation being riddled with bullet holes; and

the vandalism of Chief Seattle’s grave in

2000.

“Encountering racist graffiti and racial slurs are part of growing up as tribal

members,” the tribal council wrote. It

said new state standards for police training in de-escalation, mental health, and

cultural competency “can help reduce

police shootings, especially those involving racial profiling and individuals with

mental illness.

“The Suquamish Tribe provides funding to Poulsbo Police and other state and

local law enforcement [agencies] for

equipment and training designed to improve the safety of their officers and communities," the council said, "We are expecting renewed assurances this funding

is being used to reduce harm to human

life, as intended.”

Erickson said she doesn’t think a racist undercurrent exists in her city, but said

of the tribal council’s column that “their

points were well made.”

Erickson said she hopes her city council and the Suquamish Tribal Council can

meet “within the next couple of weeks”

to have a “frank, open, honest conversation” that can facilitate healing.

Tribal council members wrote in the

column that they anticipate having government-to-government discussions with

the mayor and city council regarding the

events surrounding the fatal shooting and

measures the city is taking to adhere to

new state law related to the use of deadly

force and police training in de-escalation,

mental health, and cultural competency.

Under that state law, a police officer

can be prosecuted for use of deadly force

that is found to be unjustified.

Questions, and more questions

Chiefstick’s death has brought to the

fore the troubled, and too-often deadly,

relationship between Native Americans

and police.

“Nationwide, Native Americans are the

most likely of any demographic group to

be shot and killed by police,” the tribal

council wrote in the opinion-page column, citing data compiled by the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention. “Native people are three times more likely to

die at the hands of police than are white

people. Across Indian Country, families

grieve loved ones taken from them too

soon.”

The Suquamish officials added, “Even

for those who haven’t personally lost a

loved one, Native people and other people of color are painfully aware of the

long history of violence directed against

them across the generations, creating a

pervasive historic trauma that infuses

all aspects of community life.” (Coincidentally, Chiefstick helped carry the totem pole that was placed Feb. 26, 2012

in Seattle in honor of John T. Williams,

the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations carver

fatally shot by a Seattle police officer in

2010.)

Suquamish officials called on residents

to ask themselves and their neighbors,

churches, school boards, police and city

officials “to make the hard choice to become agents of positive change, to make

the honorable decision to always call out

racism in all its ugly forms, and to rebuke

anything or anyone that would shorten

or further traumatize the lives of Native

Americans and other people of color.”

Among the questions Suquamish officials hope the investigation into Chiefstick’s death answers:

•What led police to use deadly force

“rather than any of the many non-lethal

methods available to a trained and wellequipped police force?”

•What led to the decision to discharge a

weapon in a crowd that included families

and young children?

•Will law enforcement authorities make

an objective determination about whether

to prosecute the shooting?

•What role, if any, did racial profiling

play in the incident?

‘In good standing’

The officer responsible for Chiefstick’s

death — identified by authorities as Craig

Keller, a five-year member of the Poulsbo

Police Department – is on paid administrative leave pending the results of the

investigation.

Keller joined Poulsbo police after

a rookie year with the Port Gamble

S’Klallam Police Department on the

nearby Port Gamble S’Klallam Reservation. During his time there, there were

no citizen complaints registered against

him and “he left the department in good

standing,” Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

spokeswoman Ginger Vaughn said Aug.

Schoonmaker, the Poulsbo police chief,

said all officers in his department are required to undergo anti-bias and de-escalation training, and that they have done so

in his less than three years as police chief.

March was ‘good medicine’

“Marching for justice for Stonechild

Chiefstick Sr. brought much-needed

good medicine to his children and his

loved one’s hurting hearts,” said march

organizer Trishandra Pickup, Suquamish,

with whom Chiefstick had four children.

“We the people need to stand up against

the violence happening around us today.”

Pickup said her children “have had a

sad dose of the real world too young,”

and that she had let them know “how

in this world we have good, even great,

human beings and then we have ugly,

hateful people -- ones you can trust, and

others you should run fast and far away

from, for they do not carry good spirits

within their being.”

Pickup said her children know of the

dangers police officers face every day

and they “have respect for our police who

serve and protect.”

She added that her children know police officers are human beings who make

mistakes. “We also know a man who left

no one injured, not a scratch not bruise,

should not be shot in the head.”

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Congresswoman Deb Haaland, one of the first

American Indian women elected to the

U.S. Congress, today announced she is

calling for an impeachment inquiry of

President Donald Trump. She is among

the 122 Democrats in the House of Representatives who are in favor of an impeachment inquiry.

Here is a statement released by Rep.

Haaland’s Congressional office within

the past hour:

“From day one, President Trump has

proven he’s unfit to serve as president.

I can’t sit back while our communities

live in fear because of this President. He

and his friends continue to enrich them-

Mexicans are struggling. Meanwhile, the

President and his Administration stonewall Congress and refuse to cooperate

with Congressional investigations; they

are impeding the ability of Congress to

get to the truth.

“Robert Mueller said it plainly: ‘the

special counsel’s report does not exonerate this President.’ Congress has a

constitutional tool to shed light on what

this Administration is hiding and to hold

the President accountable. This isn’t political. There is growing evidence of impeachable offenses and I believe we have

a responsibility to defend our Constitution and our Democracy. We must move

forward with an impeachment inquiry.

The President is not above the law.”

Signed into law: Arizona bill to

study the data about missing and

murdered Indigenous women

Sen. Victoria Steele holding the ceremonial pen signing the study commission bill into law. (Photo by Patty Talahongva)

By Patty Talahongva

Indian Country Today

Arizona study committee on Missing

and Murdered Indigenous Women begins

its work on August 27th

One more state weighed in on the complex problem of Missing and Murdered

Indigenous Women and Girls this week.

The issue is particularly complicated because there is no good collection of data.

So the state of Arizona is setting out to

study the issue first and then come up

with a plan.

"We are one of seven states here in

Arizona that now is addressing this issue,

doing studies to gather the data," said

Sen. Victoria Steele, Seneca/Mingo. "The

hardest part for me is I want to get in

there right now and fix this problem because while we're looking at the data that

we know is out there, more women, more

girls are going missing, more people are

being murdered, more families are being

destroyed. And, and it tears at my heart.

But if we don't have the data, then we

have nothing to base this work on."

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed the

study commission bill into law Tuesday

"... to the families of the victims here

today and throughout the state. I want

you to know that Arizona feels your pain

and we stand with you in your effort to

achieve justice and to bring this crisis to

an end." Ducey is a Republican. The legislation was agreed to unanimously in the

Senate, with two members not voting.

The House legislation was sponsored

by Rep. Jennifer Jermaine, White Earth

Ojibwe, who said the committee will formally begin its meetings Aug. 27.

"We don't know exactly how big (the

problem) is in Arizona. That data doesn't

seem to exist anywhere. And one of the

things that we will be tasked with is

combing through news outlet archives,

combing through family stories, combing

through the different agency databases

to see if we can piece together some of

this data," she said. "so that we can get

a better, better picture of what's happening here in Arizona so that we can start to

tackle this problem at its root cause."

HEALTH

Does Your Child’s School Have Safe

Drinking Water?

(StatePoint) As millions of kids around

the country trade swimsuits and popsicle

sticks for backpacks and pencils, parents

should be advised that current research

shows that contaminants in school drinking water can pose a threat to student

health. Municipal water, which is not always optimal quality, may contain chemicals, bacteria, lead or microplastics -- all

contaminants which have been found in

tap and fountain water in schools nationwide.

Lead, in particular, is a major concern

due to old metal pipelines and systems

that carry water into schools. According

to a Harvard study published in 2019,

44 percent of the nearly 11,000 schools

tested nationwide had one or more water

samples with a lead concentration at or

above their state’s action level. What’s

more, a lack of federal quality standards

and statewide requirements for testing

school water sources and pipelines means

that schools may have an undiscovered

problem or that test results may not always be public knowledge.

While students who use school water can be at risk of consuming unsafe

contaminants, there are practical steps

families can take to help ensure kids are

hydrating safely while at school, one of

which is using a filtered water bottle.

“Sending my children to school with

a water bottle that filters out contaminants is an easy way to ensure my kids

can always access clean and safe water

at school,” says Tara Lundy, a mother of

three and head of brand at LifeStraw, who

arms her own children with a bottle that

can filter fountain water on-the-go.

At a time when environmental health

advocates are calling for the proactive re-

moval of lead-bearing parts from schools’

drinking water systems, parents can start

protecting their children’s health today

with filtered water bottles.

An option designed specifically with

children in mind is the LifeStraw Play

featuring a two-stage filter that protects

against bacteria, parasites, microplastics, some chemicals and heavy metals

like lead. Using a filtered water bottle

with this level of protection means that

kids can safely and conveniently access water from any tap or public water

fountain. The bottle is also great for use

while camping or hiking and even traveling internationally, since it can remove

bacteria and parasites. And because it removes bad tastes and odors from water, it

is also a useful item for kids with sensory

defensiveness who smell or taste water.

The brand carries options well-suited for

older children, teens and college students,

too.

Benefitting not only the user, but children around the world, each LifeStraw

water bottle provides a school child in

need with safe drinking water for an entire school year. Their programs are implemented in places like Kenya, Mexico

and India. More information can be found

at lifestraw.com.

Parents can learn more about policies

affecting the safety of drinking water in

their child’s school, as well as access a

Healthy Schools Checklist, by visiting

the Environmental Protection Agency’s

website at: www.epa.gov/schools.

For a safer, healthier school year, don’t

forget to put a filtered water bottle on

your family’s back-to-school shopping

list.

Hopi Tutuveni

August 20, 2019

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Hopi Tribal Housing Authority The Final Chapter of Peabody

Interim Board of Commissioners

and NGS

By: Daryn Melvin, Office of the

coalition of environmental groups who

Appointed on June 7, 2019

Vice-Chairman

promoted construction of a thermal or

For Immediate Release

Marlon Stevens, Current Hopi Tribal Housing Authority Executive Director

and Olivia Dennis, Chairperson Hopi Tribal Housing Authority Board of Commissioners up through June 6, 2019 (Photo provided by sender)

By Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – After much inquiry and visits to the Hopi Tribal Housing

Authority (HTHA), Hopi Tutuveni staff

were able to acquire a copy of the Hopi

Tribal Council Resolution H-038-2019

appointing “Annette F. Talayumptewa to

serve as the HTHA Interim BOC Chairperson and Interim BOC Members: Albert Sinquah; Rosa Honani; Danny Honanie; Davis Pecusa; and Robert Charley,

waiving the requirement for a five member Board of Commissioners.” The resolution was signed and certified on June 7,

2019 by Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, Hopi

Tribal Chairman.

Prior to the resolution being approved

for the newly appointed HTHA Interim

Board of Commissioners, members of the

now suspended HTHA Board of Commissioners consisted of Olivia Dennis,

Norman Honie, Lamar Keevama, Patrick

Secakuku and Todd Honyaoma, all of

whom have filed complaints in the Hopi

Tribal Courts for the suspension actions

taken against them, as of June 6, 2019.

In April 2019, Hopi Tutuveni was notified by Olivia Dennis, the then presiding

HTHA Board of Commissioners Chairperson, that newly hired Marlon Stevens

would be introduced as the Executive Director at a Hopi Tribal Council meeting

on May 6, 2019. Hopi Tutuveni staff did

attend the Hopi Tribal Council session

held at the Hotevilla Youth and Elderly

Building and was awaiting a bio from

Stevens to share with its readership but

to no avail.

Fast forward just over one and a half

months and a visit from the newly appointed HTHA Interim BOC Chairper-

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - August 15, 2019,

the decommissioning of the largest electricity power generator in the state of Arizona has begun, following the March 21,

2019 decision by the Navajo Transitional

Energy Company (NTEC) to cease pursuing the acquisition of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the Kayenta

Mine. This determination comes after the

February 3, 2017 decision by non-federal

owners of NGS to end operations after

the end of its lease on Dec. 22, 2019.

In a summary released to the Hopi

Tribe on July 31 of this year, all mining

activities will be completed by August 28,

2019, and will mark the final train load of

coal from Peabody to NGS. While closure of NGS is slated for December 22,

notice given to the Hopi Tribe, has indicated NGS may close as early as November 22, 2019 with coal being mined until

August 12, 2019, after which layoffs will

begin.

The Navajo Nation will be given possession of the rail and transmission lines

to be used for future economic projects

of the tribe, while roughly 60% of the

remaining structures, stacks, and equipment will be demolished over the next

4-6 years.

The closure of NGS marks the end of

a controversial history spanning nearly

60 years, beginning in the 1950’s when

a greater generation of electricity was

needed in the Southwest to support the

growing populations of southern California, Arizona and Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) added to this

demand for electricity with their need for

a large power source to run the pumps of

the then planned Central Arizona Project

(CAP).

Several power projects were initially

considered to meet these demands, the

most notable of which were the Bridge

Canyon and Marble Canyon hydroelectric dams on the Colorado River. However, the proximity of the proposed dams

to the Grand Canyon raised opposition,

initially from the National Park Service and then more vigorously from a

son Talayumptewa to the Hopi Tutuveni

office. Talayumptewa wanted to know

how to place a public service announcement notifying the public to submit any

complaints about the HTHA to the newly

appointed HTHA Interim BOC. In the

middle of the visit, Talayumptewa notified Tutuveni staff that the service wasn’t

needed after all and left but not until notifying staff that an Interim BOC had been

approved.

On Tuesday August 13, 2019, Stevens

contacted Hopi Tutuveni staff to notify

that he had been issued a formal notice of

acceptance of his resignation as the Executive Director from the HTHA Interim

BOC to be effective Wednesday, August

21, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. He also provided

further clarification that he replied in

writing to the HTHA Interim BOC that

he had not resigned and did not intend to

resign from the HTHA Executive Director position. Stevens also provided documentation and copies of information substantiating the statements he provided.

Hopi Tutuveni has attempted to attend

the HTHA Interim BOC Special Meetings, however, due to the meetings being held in Executive Session, has not

been able to gather more information for

the public until now. Tutuveni staff will

be working on gathering more information and statements regarding the operations and latest developments surrounding the release of HTHA BOC members,

employee issues and the impacts these

actions may have on future housing development projects and the Hopi public,

which HTHA is funded to serve under the

Native American Housing Assistance and

Photo by Romalita Laban

Self Determination Act.

nuclear power plant as an alternative. As

a result of this strong opposition, the proposed dams were abandoned in favor of

the Navajo Power Project, which would

consist of NGS, the Kayenta mine, the

Black Mesa & Lake Powell (BM&LP)

Railroad, and approximately 800 miles

of 500 kV transmission lines.

The site ultimately selected for construction of the new power plant, which

began in 1963 and ended in 1970, was

approximately six miles east of the Glen

Canyon Dam and three miles south of

Lake Powell on 1,786 acres of land

leased from the Navajo Nation.

“The Construction of NGS and its employees, ninety-nine percent of whom

are Native American, is one of the main

reasons the Phoenix area and the state of

Arizona have been able to develop and

prosper” said Hopi Vice-Chairman Clark

W. Tenakhongva.

While Environmental activists have

welcomed the closure of the plant, which

they perceive as one of the biggest polluters in the country, its closure will undoubtedly deal a significant economic

blow to the surrounding communities.

Collectively NGS and the Kayenta Mine

employ nearly 800 workers who will

soon find themselves jobless, many of

whom are members of the Navajo and

Hopi tribes with both tribes no longer receiving royalties after the closure.

“Although the closure of NGS will

create economically trying times for

the Hopi people,” said Vice-Chairman

Tenakhongva, “perhaps the closure of

NGS can be seen as an opportunity for

the Hopi Tribe to diversify its economy

and consider other, more sustainable economic ventures in the future that will ultimately benefit the Hopi People.”

However, the closure of NGS will not

only create economic hardships for the

Hopi community in the coming year,

but also social and cultural hardships, as

many tribal members who have relied on

the coal provided by NGS to heat their

homes and ceremonial structures, will

now have to find alternative methods of

heating.

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Subcommittee Visit Hopi

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Editor

Second Mesa, Ariz. - August 19, 2019,

Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma and

Hopi Utilities Corporation staff and

Board members and the Hopi Water Resources staff provided a tour of the Hopi

Arsenic Mitigation Project (HAMP)

wells and areas of planned construction.

The tour was provided for Janet Ericson, Member of the Appropriations Sub-

committee and her entourage today, August 19, 2019.

Others in attendance included Josh

Pitre – Hopi Tribe Lobbyist and Indian

Health Services personnel who have been

working on the HAMP project which recently was approved for 638 contracting

by the Hopi Tribe via the Hopi Utilities

Corporation.