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Volume 27 Number 16

August 20, 2019
HOPI TUTUVENI
PO BOX 123
KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039
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Hopi Education Code Approved to Establish a
Comprehensive and Unified School System for All
Hopi Tribally Controlled Schools

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Hopi
Tutuveni
wants to know
how we are
doing.
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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Sometimes We Forget...

By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE
The Hopi Tutuveni

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Cross Word Puzzle

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Hopi words.

Answers in next issue

Answers for June 16th edition
Across
3. Cabbage, 5. Father, 7. Advisor, 9. And, 10. Divorce, 13. Chatterbox, 14. Fat, 16. Die, 17. I love you
Down
1. Hit it, 2. Jackrabbit, 4. All, 6. Afraid, 8. Because, 10. Dust, 11. Barley, 12. Frog, 13. Centipede
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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.
7.
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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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.
More articles on the project and plans
for the future will be forthcoming in future Hopi Tutuveni publications.

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August 20, 2019

Hopi Special Enforcement Special Purple Heart Medal
Operational Plan Successfully Ceremony Held to Honor a
Completed
Hopi World War II Veteran

Police officers check the insides, and outside of the commercial vehicles.
(Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)
By: Hopi Tutuveni Staff
Second Mesa, Ariz. - August 7, 2019,
the Hopi Tutuveni was contacted by Michael Lomayaktewa, Director Hopi Department of Transportation and notified
a special Operational Plan that was to be
conducted on August 12, 2019. Tutuveni
was also cautioned that the notice was to
be held in strict confidence until after the
Hopi Special Enforcement Operational
Plan was completed.
According to Lomayaktewa, “Because
this being a specialized enforcement inspection operation regarding large Commercial Vehicles (trucks) at this point we
do not want release of this information
out in the public in advance. We do however want to document the event (Tutuvani) for to share with our public after its
full completion.”
Hopi Tutuveni staff held the information in confidence and with special precaution given to further comments from
Lomayaktewa that, “Concerns and this
voiced from our Hopi public of various
trucks going through Hopi Land, as result is this operation to whom we like to
express our appreciation to and for the
assistance of our partnering Agencies;
ITCA, ADOT, BIA Law Enforcement,
Hopi Law Enforcement Services and
many others.
According to the summary provided
by Arizona Department of Transportation
in the After Action Report, “…a special
enforcement detail was conducted on
SR264 at milepost 379 by one sergeant,
three officers from Northern Mobile Port
Operations (MPO), and one officer from

the Fuel Tax Evasion Unit (FTEU). The
purpose of this detail was to ensure all
commercial vehicles and drivers were
in compliance with state and local laws,
conduct weight enforcement and compliance checks, perform CVSA inspections,
review log books for hours of service and All photos provided by Hopi Tutuveni (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)
driver qualifications, and issue citations
and or warnings as necessary. Operators
were checked to ensure they possessed
the proper permits required to operate in
Arizona if required to be permitted. This
detail was in response to complaints received from the Hopi Tribe in reference to
commercial vehicles attempting to avoid
the port of entry on major interstates by
traveling through the reservation, operating in violation of weight restrictions, improper load securement, overall vehicle
safety, and excessive speed.”
From what Hopi Tutuveni staff observed, the operation seemed to be a
smooth and successful completion. We
reached out to Lomayaktewa for further
comments and he provided the following
statement, “Thank you all for the successful detail and providing Hopi with
the statistics of the results. The effort in
total was a success and greatly appreci- All photos provided by Hopi Tutuveni (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)
ated of our Law Enforcement Agency of
the State, our new Hopi Law Enforcement Agency and other Agencies involved making this reality and a success.
Acknowledging and meeting our request
that we are just as important as our metropolitan cities and experiencing issues
similar.
We welcome our continued partnership
that roadways are safe on all of our areas
of the State and our Hopi Tribal Lands.”

You Got
This Mom.

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the Purple Heart Medal to his next-ofkin. The ceremony was simple and very
humbling for those in attendance, which
included an audience of up to fifty attendees.
The ceremony was followed by the
Congressman’s Town Hall meeting,
which began at 5:30 pm at the same location.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3A7d8e1e9d9230ce99. Public record. Not legal advice.