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COMMUNITY

LARRY’S CORNER

April 30, 202146th Anniversary, End of the
Vietnam War
Honoring the
Memories

Is it too late for
wishing?
Read more
about it

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April 7, 2021

Volume 29
Number 7
When You've Been Fully Vaccinated

2021 Village Canvass

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COVID 19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know Sunny
about
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COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had
stopped doing because of the pandemic.
After you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you should keep taking precautions in public places
like wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces
Romalita Laban, Managing Editor
Tribe’s Executive Director, Wilfred Gaseuntil we know more.
oma Hopi Tribal Treasurer, Carlene Tena-

CARES Act Committee Reports to Council in Open Session

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Wednesday, March khongva, Office of General Counsel staff,
24, 2021 and after approximately six months Ken Mason, CAC Consultant and advisor
WHAT HAS CHANGED
since the last report was provided to the Hopi along with Hopi Tribe Department Directors
Tribal Council during one of its session, the and Managers was present during the Zoom
If you’ve been fully vaccinated:
CARES Act Committee (CAC) provided meeting.
verbal updates
to the wearing
Hopi TribalaCouncil.
Topics and questions spurred from SinYou can gather indoors with fully vaccinated people
without
mask.
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Item 3. “Discussion and Possible Action – memoranda not directly from Sinquah himrelatives who all live together) without masks,Hopi
unless
any of those people or anyone they live with has
CARES Act Committee’s conduct and self. Sinquah’s letter addressing “powers of
expenditure of the COVID-19 Funding re- the Tribal Council” and several topics he
an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
ceived by the Hopi Tribe” and requested by requested to be addressed including “the
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tested unless you have symptoms.
Council was long and arduous and described instructed by Hopi Tribal Council to keep
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during the session,
as seeming facility
like HTC
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tested, even if you don’t have symptoms. ton, CAC Member, Dorma Sahneyah Hopi a few.”

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CARES Act Committee Reports to Council in Open Session,

Budget Operating Team Presents
Cont.
The discussions seemed to be reminis- that has occurred via use of the CARES
of the September 23, 2020 CAC Re- Act funding. The Hopi Tutuveni staff is
Action Item for 2021 General Fund cent
port to Council as the same topics rang- doing our best to bring vital and important
ing from how the CAC Budget had been information to the Hopi public about the
Budget and Appropriations
developed, how many proposals had been issue but we have faced shutdowns and all
and future plans for the con- the staff is still not being allowed into the
Language to Hopi Tribal Council awarded
tinued operations of the modular units Tutuveni offices by the Executive DirecRomalita Laban, Managing Editor
Hopi Tutuveni
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – On Thursday,
March 25, 2021, the Budget Operating
Team (BOT), a recommending body to
the Hopi Tribal Council, presented its
recommendations for the 2021 General
Fund Budget and Expenditure Authorization and Appropriations Language to Hopi
Tribal Council during the Second Quarter Session addressing the March 1, 2021
AGENDA – AMENDMENT #1, NEW
BUSINESS, item 2. The Council session
was held via a Zoom meeting link on
which a quorum of Council members was
present. In addition to Council members
being connected, listeners tuning in to the
local Native American public radio station, KUYI Hopi Radio at 88.1FM could
hear the discussions occurring, as well.
The presentation of Action Item #0122021 was a continuation from previous
presentations held throughout the month
of March during which figures were provided to Council who then, by motion,
took action to approve certain budget
line items, including the amount the BOT
recommended for the Hopi Tutuveni to
receive General Funds in the amount of
$76,836.48.
The presentation was the final portion
after review of the Expenditure Authorization and Appropriations had taken place
prior with only final edits and changes to
be made and which began half-way into
the 2 o’clock hour. Council in previous
days and over the course of the month
had time to review in order to finalize the
2021 Budgeting process, a process which
proved to be different and challenging due
to having to complete the process during
the 2020 Pandemic and continuing into
2021.
The normal budgeting process and
schedule was delayed because meetings
and consultations with departments, programs, Regulated Entities, such as Hopi

Tutuveni, the Villages and public could
not be conducted in a face-to-face manner due to current Executive Orders and
social distancing requirements in place.
The unusual pandemic circumstances had
the Hopi Tribe operating under a Continuing Resolution until the process could be
completed and adopted.
Suffice it to say, the budgeting process
was a challenge never seen or known before for the simple fact that it was being
conducted via Zoom meetings which provided for technical difficulties, distracting
background noises, constant reminders for
those on the call to mute their devices and
a challenge for ensuring all Council members had the opportunity to ask questions
throughout the process.
Many questions were asked about how
the CARES Act funding would impact
the budget to which reminders would be
provided by the BOT to the Council that
the only item being presented was a budget for Hopi Tribe’s General Funds and
no other funds. Council continued to ask
significant questions about how outside
funds impacted the General Funds however at the end of the process, still did not
receive a comprehensive report, as far as
was aired on the radio or during the Zoom
meeting, which showed General Funds
alongside all other revenues and outside
source funding, including CARES Act
funds.
On Thursday, March 25, 2021 and after
less than an hour of final review Chairman Nuvangyaoma asked for a motion
from Council members to which David
Talayumptewa, Kyakotsmovi Village
Representative made a motion to approve
the budget with amendments. No questions were posed to the motion and Action
Item #012-2021/H-013-2021 was formally approved with a vote of 19 in favor, 1
opposing and 0 abstaining for Fiscal Year
2021 General Fund Budget in the amount
of $19,377,055.90

recently set up at the newly developed
Turquoise Well site located next to the
Hardrock community, just inside the Hopi
reservation boundaries, and the General
Welfare Assistance Program designed to
provide assistance to Hopi Tribal members were also resurfaced. Although figures were verbally reported a written report with updated figures, according to
Council members, had not been shared
with Council members. This seemed to
draw a lot of statements of concern being
made by Council members and after being
notified that all the CAC funding had been
depleted.
Discussions lasted well over a couple
of hours and into the end of the Tribal Council session and veered into other
topics including how plans did not fall
within Hopi Tribal Priorities last updated
in 2019, whether the CARES Act funding
could be de-obligated for the Village of
Tewa which had failed to submit required
sub-recipient documents and around, as
Sinquah described in his letter, “unauthorized unilateral decisions” about the
development of the “Turquoise well site”
and moves being made by the Hopi Tribal
departments and program staff to the site.
Hopi Tutuveni has not received any
press releases or invites from the CAC to
include updates for the Hopi public in the
one and only newspaper of the Hopi Tribe
since September 16, 2020. Nor have we
received any timelines of any modular setup projects, CAC Budgets or plans.
Hopi Tutuveni readers and community members have been expressing to the
Managing Editor that they wish there was
more content and substance in the CAC
press releases. Perhaps Hopi Tutuveni
readers and the public are not aware that
the Committee determined that the media should not be allowed at the meetings
since shortly after when the CAC was created.
This article is far from complete and a
full report out to the public would ensure
the public has been fully apprised of all

tor.
Not only have we been trying to access
information about the CARES Act funding, we have been reporting since before
the pandemic and throughout these very
critical times of mitigating, responding,
preventing and preparing for any further
disasters which may impact the Hopi people. We have even dedicated the middle
insert specifically for the Hopi Emergency Operations Center’s information and
reach to the public.
We can only do so much to remind others that the one and only Hopi newspaper
is part of a democracy where open communication is vital to the public we all
serve. That very same public is impacted
by decisions being made about federal
funding, such as the CARES Act funding,
which was meant for the public’s use.
Hopi Tutuveni will not be one of the
programs moving to Turquoise well site
and due to decisions made by the Managing Editor and Editorial Board after careful review of operations , limited future
funding and having the understanding that
CARES Act funding was meant for addressing the COVID-19 virus mitigation,
recovery and future response needs of the
Hopi people.
While we have submitted a proposal
to the CAC to cover some printing costs
of the COVID-19 related materials being
published, the Hopi Tutuveni was not one
of the programs which received any of the
CARES Act funding. The Hopi Tutuveni
continues to operate on recently approved
General Funds which is supplemented
with Revolving Funds generated through
limited advertising revenue which has
also been impacted by the world wide
pandemic and shutdowns. A notice to the
public will be made for its awareness and
to provide as much transparency about the
operations of the one and only newspaper of the Hopi Tribe. We plan to provide
more information on this particular subject in future publications and article.

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Executive Order #008-2021 Hopi Phase One Re-Opening itam soosoyam qale 'ykini

WHEREAS, The Constitution and Bylaws of the Hopi Tribe, ARTICLE VI
POWERS OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL,
SECTION 1 (a) and (b) respectively, authorizes the Hopi Tribal Council to represent and speak for the Hopi Tribe in all
matters for the welfare of the tribe;and
WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe is a sovereign tribal nation, responsible to its villages, citizens and members and charged
with providing direction for the health and
safety of all during a public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 23, 2020, in
response to COVID-19, the Hopi Tribe
implemented a Stay at Home Executive
Order, which was extended by subsequent
Executive Orders to be effective through
March 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, as recently as March 15,
2021, data reflects a downward trajectory or near zero percent (5.0%) of positive
tests as a percentage of total tests over a
14-day period; and
WHEREAS, based on an analysis of
available data, benchmarks have been
reached in all thirteen Hopi Villages and
Communities that meet the gating criteria
recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) for Phase One Re-Opening; and

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe is continuing to face the COVID-19 pandemic with
limited resources to respond to the public
health emergency and is fully aware of the
danger of prematurely opening the community; and
WHEREAS, while significant progress
has been made to achieve a flattening of
the curve, there is still a need for vigilance moving forward with the Phase One
Re-Opening, including the continuation of
certain restrictions.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Hopi
Tribe authorizes the Phase One Re-Opening of Hopi, subject to the following:
1. The use of face coverings is required
inside all public facilities and buildings,
common areas, and outdoor locations
where physical distancing is not possible.
2. The Hopi Law Enforcement Services
will coordinate with village leaders and
village security officers to allow for welfare checks.
3. Hopi villages and regions that satisfy baseline CDC gating criteria are eligible to begin Phase One. In recognition
of village sovereignty, re-opening of the
various Hopi villages and communities
will be left to the administration of each
respective village.

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4. It is recommended that the Hopi business sector adhere to the following guidelines, in addition to those listed above for
Phase One Re-opening:
■ Limit capacity with adherence to
the maximum capacity restrictions for
COVID-19 and social distancing protocols.
■ Implement screening, and temperature checks for customers, clients and

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SO ORDERED this 1st day of April
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HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL Second
Quarter Session March 1, 2021
AGENDA - AMENDMENT #1

1. Action Item #061-2020 – To approve the settlement agreement in the Hopi Tribe v.
United States of America, No. 06-0941 (Fed. Ct of Claims) – Author/Fred Lomayesva,
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel – TABLED
2. Presentation of Bureau of Indian Affairs 2023 Budget Formulation Report – Lorraine Walker, Awarding Official, Hopi Agency – TABLED
XI. NEW BUSINESS
1. Action Item #010-2021 – To procure 2021 Insurance Policies for the Hopi Tribe –
Author/Edgar Shupla, Director, Office of Facilities & Risk Management Services
2. Action Item #012-2021 – To approve the FY 2021 General Fund Budget and Expenditure Authorization and Appropriations Language – Author/Wilfred Gaseoma,
Treasurer, The Hopi Tribe - **Time Certain – March 8, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.
3. Discussion and Possible Action - Hopi CARES Act Committee’s conduct and expenditure of the COVID-19 Funding received by the Hopi Tribe – Dale Sinquah, Tribal
Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages
4. Discussion and Possible Action – Proposed Alternative to Generate Revenue
for the Hopi Tribe – David Talayumptewa, Tribal Council Representative, Village of
Kykotsmovi
5. Interviews for Position of Hopi Tribal Secretary (2 applicants) – Clark W. Tenakhongva, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe - **Time Certain – March 22, 2021 starting
@ 9:00 a.m.
6. Interviews for Positions on the Hopi Tribal Housing Authority Board of Commissioners (2 applicants), Clark W. Tenakhongva, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe - **Time
Certain – March 22, 2021 starting @ 1:00 p.m.
7. Appointment of a Member of the Health & Education Committee to serve on Second Mesa Day School Board until Elections are held – Clark W. Tenakhongva, Vice
Chairman, The Hopi Tribe

Introduction of Newly
Appointed Tribal
Secretary

On March 22, 2021, the Hopi Tribal Council selected and appointed
Mrs. Judith Youvella as the Tribal Secretary to fulfill the remainder of
the current four year term. She will begin on March 29, 2021 through
December 31, 2021.
Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Youvella as she begins her duties in
working with the Legislative body of the Hopi Tribe. We wish her much
success in her new position. She may be reached by telephone in the Office of the Tribal Secretary at (928) 734-3131 and by Email at JYouvella@
hopi.nsn.us.

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April 30, 2021 - 46th Anniversary - End of the
Vietnam War
Honoring the Memories

Sharon Fredericks, Counselor – Hopi Vet Center
For Hopi Tutuveni

Hotevilla, Ariz. - March 4, 2021, April 30, 1975 was
the official end of the Vietnam War. For the Vietnam Veteran it might seem like yesterday. The Nation has come
a long way and now recognizes and honors the Vietnam
Vet, both men and women. We are slowly losing them.
For families who are fortunate to have their Vietnam Vet
in their family, I hope you will respectfully ask them to
tell their story. Every Veteran in this Nation has a story.
This is one I wrote about two Combat Soldiers who met
in war and one who made an impact on the other as a true
American Indian Warrior.
Years ago, I met R. Amador at a work event. He told me
about an American Indian veteran with whom he served
during the Vietnam War. He asked if I could help him
find the family. His friend, SSgt Parker had been killed
in action March 1970. He knew he was Shoshone from
Nevada. It took me a while and lots of phone calls and
finally someone who knew a possible contact.
Mr. Amador learned of SSgt Parker’s death through
the internet. Shocked and in disbelief he began the slow
process of mourning his loss. Staff Sgt. Parker and Sgt.
Amador served with the 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173
Airborne Brigade. They were 11B, Light Weapons Infantry. Sgt. Amador served as a fire team leader, then as a
Squad leader from 1968 to 1969.
Mr. Amador was raised Latino in a Southern Arizona
town. He roamed the nearby mesas and grew to love the
desert. When he found an arrowhead, he imagined the
Indians who inhabited the land before anyone else. He
thought how tough they had to be to survive a harsh environment and might have walked the very place he stood.
After High School he joined the Army and was sent
to Vietnam. He was 19. He remembered his first three

months as intense. It was the first time he experienced
heavy combat. It was out in the bush with his platoon
that he met Staff Sgt. Parker. Parker was a Squad leader
and a seasoned combat soldier by the time Amador met
him. They became friends and Amador developed a deep
respect for him. Amador sensed his inner strength and
although he was quiet, he was an effective leader and always took good care of his men.
During a reunion another soldier with the 173rd described SSgt Parker as “a man of few words” who taught
him how to walk point, how to be one with the land, how
to fold the elephant grass without a rustle while on patrol.
He also described how he sensed Parker had a powerful
inner strength, confidence and peace.
When Amador learned of the death, all the memories
came flooding back. Memories that included the mission
on September 13, 1968, the day they lost half of their
Company. Amador was carrying the machine gun and
walked in Third platoon. Parker was in the Second platoon when they walked into an ambush. The intensity of
enemy firepower was tremendous and lasted 15 hours,
killing 12 and wounding 49. Parker and Amador were
among the survivors, but the next day ten more soldiers
became psychological casualties.
With the information Amador provided, I made some
connections with a Kiowa in McDermott Nevada. The
next day L. Jackson, Parkers cousin called me. He was
also a Vietnam Vet. He was one of the pallbearers for
Parker’s funeral. They buried SSgt Parker with full military honors. Sgt. Jackson was in awe, “I’ve never seen
anything like that, it was something!” Parker was serving his second tour when he was killed by hostile fire.
After Amador left Vietnam, he did not know Parker had
signed up for another tour. Amador and Parker’s cousin
connected, Mr. Jackson was able give Amador more insight about his friend and how he lived before Vietnam.

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Parker’s parents had passed long before he enlisted, and
his grandmother took care of him and his brother. After
the death, she took it hard.
Amador learned that Parker died in what could have
been an ambush. His discussions with his cousin reminded him about Parker’s character remembering the times
he spent with the strong, quiet soldier. He said he always
felt safe around him and Parker always had a sense of
peace even though they were far removed from anything
that represented peace.
Talking with Parker’s cousin, Amador was able to find
healing for himself. Jackson and Amador shed many tears
when speaking of their brother in arms. As a counselor,
Amador knew first-hand the effects of traumatic experiences brought on by war.
Later, Veteran Sgt. Amador remarked, “Meeting your
group has changed my life and allowed me to find peace.
Serving with an American Indian Warrior in both good
times and bad, has filled my spirit and has helped me as a
therapist to broaden my insight to learn what a true warrior is.”
The 173rd was only a brigade size unit but lost over
1,700 men during the Vietnam War between 1965 and
1972. Those who fought beside soldiers killed in action
remember them and they will not be forgotten. There
were 235 American Indians killed, missing or captured
during that war from 1963 to 1971. The number represents men who claimed their native blood at the time.
Helping someone find healing from this connection, I
am honoring my own Hopi Vietnam veterans and Hopi
K.I.A.
If you’ve ever attended a pow-wow, you know that the
first song sung is for veterans. It is rightfully a place of
honor.

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HJSHS Athletic Calendar has
The Natwani Coalition’s
Community Grant Program been Canceled for the 2020-2021
School Year
Now Accepting Requests for
Proposals
Hopi Jr./Sr. High School
PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kyle Nutumya, Natwani Coalition
Program Associate

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – March 11, 2021
For a third consecutive year, the Natwani
Coalition will be offering the Community
Grant Program which consists of two (2)
grant opportunities for the Hopi & Tewa
community. The Micro Grant Program
and the Partnership Capacity Building
Grant. A total amount of $10,000.00 is
available to disperse at $500.00 per award
for the Micro Grant Program. A single
award amount of 25,000 is available for
the Partnership Grant. Both grants shall
fund projects from the community focused
on (1) sustainable methods of agriculture,
(2) supporting healthy food distribution &
consumption, and (3) preserving traditional food & farming knowledge.
Micro Grant Program
Award Amount – $500.00
Awards Available – 20
Eligible Applicants
•Hopi & Tewa tribally enrolled members
•Village Administrators & Staff members representing their Village, Senior
and/or Youth programs;

•Hopi/Tewa community members that
provide a public service through their
work in food, farming, ranching or growing.
Partnership Capacity Building Grant
Award Amount – $25,000.00
Awards Available – 1
Eligible Applicants
•Organizations based on the Hopi Reservation servicing the Hopi & Tewa Community;
•Village Administrators & Staff members representing their Village, Senior
and/or Youth programs;
•Community Programs that provide a
public service through their demonstration of their work in food, farming, growing, or ranching.
The Hopi Foundation office remains
closed to the public following safety
guidelines due to the pandemic. For grant
applications and grant guidelines visit
www.natwanicoalition.org/cgp
Application submissions are due April
9, 2021 by 5:00pm.
For more information you may contact
Natwani Coalition Program Associate –
Kyle Nutumya knutumya@hopifoundation.org at the office at: (928)734-2380 or
on work cell at: (928) 514-8515

Dear Students, Staff, Parents, Guardians, and Hopi Community Members,
Out of an abundance of caution and
based on Hopi Jr./Sr. High School
(HJSHS) staying with its distance-learning format for the foreseeable future,
the HJSHS Governing Board officially
canceled the 2020-2021 spring athletic
seasons during the regularly scheduled
March board meeting. Decisions to cancel activities and opportunities for our
students they provide are extremely difficult. However, the direction became clear
based on feedback from stakeholders,
staff, tribal leadership, healthcare professionals, along with the lack of other area
schools at both the High School and Jr.
High levels participating in activities this
spring. Please know that the safety of our

students and community are at the forefront of all decisions made by HJSHS.
Based on the decision, the entire HJSHS
athletic calendar has been canceled for
the 2020-2021 school year. This includes
both the High School and Jr. High levels.
HJSHS will review data, continue discussions, and seek feedback from students,
parents/guardians, staff, community
members, and tribal leadership throughout
the next couple of months as we evaluate
the possibility of summer activities and
prepare for the 2021 fall athletic seasons.
HJSHS reminds everyone to stay at
home, mask up around all individuals that
do not reside within your household, practice good hygiene procedures, and stay socially distant. It takes all of us following
these protocols faithfully to continue the
recent reduction in spread within our communities. Let’s stay diligent Bruins!

PO BOX 123 KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039, (928)737-6342; APRIL 2021

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Hopi Tutuveni April 7, 2021

Tourism Planning Effort
Underway for Hopi

A Group of Tourism Advocates Plan for the Future
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brian Cole, Building Communities
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - March 29, 2021
Although the tourism industry has been
severely impacted by the worldwide pandemic, a group of tourism advocates and
planners has been meeting at Hopi since
July of 2019 to plan for the future of the
visitor industry.
The group, known as the Hopi Tourism
Cohort, has overseen the development of
the Hopi Tourism Strategic Plan which
identifies organizational, marketing and
tourism improvement projects designed to
create jobs and diversify the Hopi economy while protecting the custom, culture,
and tradition of Hopi.
The work has been overseen by the
Hopi Office of Community Planning and
Economic Development (OCPED) under
a federal grant awarded by the Economic Development Administration (EDA).
The grant served to engage the services of
Building Communities, a community and
economic development strategic planning
firm that has served the Hopi Tribe and its
villages on a variety of projects over the
past four years.
The Strategic Plan was completed in
November 2020 and made a series of recommendations and policy guidance.
The recommendations of the Strategic
Plan include:
1)Improvement/creation of one or more
Hopi-oriented websites
2)Determination of the relative support
for tourism and events on a Village-by-Village basis
3)Development of a Visitor Center/Welcome Center
4)Increased networking with state and
national tourism entities
5)Development of a network of restroom facilities
6)Provision of potable water at restroom areas
7)Creating an organizational structure

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Information

When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated

that separates tourism development and
promotion from central government
8)Development of parking/rest areas
9)Improvement of cellular and Wi-Fi
infrastructure
Another priority is promoting Hopi artists and private arts and crafts businesses.
As the Strategic Plan was completed, Pictured is CHR staff on Second Mesa during the 2021 Village Canvass. Photo by: CHR Staff
the Hopi Tourism Cohort turned its atCommunity Health Services
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getting sick.
Based
what we know about
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a “Tour- vaccines,
on what we
knowwho
abouthave been fully vaccinated
In public
Gathering
with unvaccinated
people
can start
to do some
things that they had
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Grant”doing COVID-19
people who have people or others not from your household
stopped
because of vaccines,
the pandemic.
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start to
do some you Visiting
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precautions inmempublic places
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that
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or
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a
person
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like wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and
poorly
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of the pandemic.
risk
until we know
more.
tion Grant” include: 1) development and
After you’ve been fully vaccinated
You should still avoid medium or largemaintenance of a Hopi tourism website, against COVID-19, you should keep sized gatherings.
WHAT HAS CHANGED
2) creating a Hopi tourism organizational taking precautions in public places like
If you do travel off reservation, you’ll
If you’ve
fully vaccinated:
structure, 3) networking with state
and na-been
wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from still need to follow
You can others,
gather indoors
with fully
vaccinated
people without
a mask.and recommendational tourism associations, 4) organizing
and avoiding
crowds
and poorly
CDCwearing
requirements
and promoting Hopi tour operators, and
spaces
until
we know more.
tions.
You5)
can ventilated
gather indoors
with
unvaccinated
people from
one other household (for example, visiting with
locating sites and describing development
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with masks,
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out they
for symprelatives who
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together)
without
unless any
of those
or anyone
live with has
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toms of COVID-19, especially if you’ve
an
increased
risk
for
severe
illness
from
COVID-19.
development (visitor center/welcome cenWHAT HAS CHANGED
been around someone who is sick.
you’ve been
around
someone
who has COVID-19, you
nothave
needsymptoms
to stay away
from others or get
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If you’ve
been
fully vaccinated:
If do
you
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symptoms.
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However,
you livefrom
in a group
setting
(like a correctional
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has focused on the establishment of a new (for example, visiting with relatives who
You will still need to follow guidance at
are around someone who has COVID-19, you should still stay away from others for 14 days and get
Hopi tourism non-profit organization that
all live together) without masks, unless your workplace.
tested,
if you people
don’t have
symptoms.
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or anyone
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Hopi HERT
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(928)205-7295
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Hopi Health Care Center
The meetings are held at 3 pm on the sec- away from others or get tested unless you
COVID-19
ond and fourth Thursday of the month. have symptoms.
HOTLINE
Individuals interested in submitting their
However, if you live in a group setting
(928)737-6188
name for consideration by the Cohort to (like a correctional or detention facility
Hopi Health Care Center
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APPOINTMENT
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(928)737-6049/6081
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interested in volunteering on the Cohort ed, even if you don’t have symptoms.
HOPI Medical
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What Hasn’t Changed
Transportation Program
email address.
For now, if you’ve been fully vaccinat(928)737-6342
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Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency
Response April 5, 2021 Report

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – April 5, 2021 — For the
COVID-19 vaccines, overall effectiveness has been reported in the range of 70% to 95%. That’s well above the
average effectiveness of the flu vaccine, for example. Not
only do these vaccines appear to lessen risk of developing COVID-19, but they also appear to lessen the risk of
severe disease. In large clinical trials, most side effects
have been minor. When side effects occur, they typically last just a few days. A side effect or reaction isn’t
necessarily all bad, by the way; it may indicate that the
body is building protection against the virus. Common
side effects include: 1.) pain at the site of the injection;
2.) painful, swollen lymph nodes in the arm where the
vaccine was injected; 3.) overall fatigue; 4.) headache.
It’s normal to feel cautious about any new treatment. But
two common misconceptions may encourage people to
avoid getting a COVID vaccine. When health problems
develop soon after vaccination, people tend to blame the
vaccine. Yet cancer, strokes, heart attacks, blood disorders, and rare illnesses occurred before the pandemic,
and will of course continue to happen. If a person develops COVID-19 soon after vaccination, it’s not due to the
vaccine. No live SARS-CoV-2 virus is used in currently
available vaccines or those in development.
When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated - How to protect
yourself and others.
COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you
from getting sick. Based on what we know about
COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped
doing because of the pandemic.
We’re still learning how vaccines will affect the spread
of COVID-19. After you’ve been fully vaccinated against
COVID-19, you should keep taking precautions – like
wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and

avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces – in public
places until we know more.
These recommendations can help you make decisions
about daily activities after you are fully vaccinated. They
are not intended for healthcare settings.
Here is a quick overview of the COVID-19 statistics on
a national, state, and local level:
As of this date – April 5, 2021
The United Sates now has approximately 30.52million
confirmed positive cases with 40,601 new cases and over
554,064 deaths reported.
Over 845,840 confirmed positive cases now exist in
Arizona. Of those, close to 15,746 are in Navajo County
alone.
The Hopi Health Care Center has tested over 8,9267
patients to this date. Over 1,379 of those tests at Hopi
Health Care Center came back positive with 999 from
Hopi Tribal members. Tuba City Regional Health Care
Corporation reported 269 positives for Hopi Villages
with a combined number of 1268 positive Hopi Tribal
members.
The information below provides a glimpse of the current numbers in those respective villages.
The information by villages presented above is released
by the Hopi Department of Health & Human Services,
and the data shown reflects patients tested at the Hopi
Health Care Center and at the Tuba City Regional Health
Care Corporation specifically on Hopi tribal members.
The data from Lower and Upper Munqapi is consolidated until specific data can be re-verified. (+) number decreased due to individual being identified from another
village. The community of residence for one Hopi Tribal
member who tested positive at HHCC is in the Phoenix
metropolitan area. The community of residence for four
Hopi Tribal members who tested positive at HHCC is in

Winslow. The data here does not include all state-wide
data from other facilities such as Flagstaff, Winslow,
Phoenix or other hospitals.
*Note: These data include newly added testing results
from the Abbott ID NOW machine since April 20, 2020
** A total of 1268+ individuals who tested positive are
members of the Hopi Tribe.
+ Includes Village member(s) retested positive
Prevention:
Watch for symptoms. People with COVID-19 have
had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from
mild symptoms to severe illness.
Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the
virus. People with these symptoms or combinations of
symptoms may have COVID-19:
•
Cough
•
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
•
Or at least two of these symptoms:
•
Fever
•
Chills
•
Repeated shaking with chills
•
Muscle pain
•
Headache
•
Sore throat
•
Congestion or runny nose
•
Nausea or vomiting
•
Diarrhea
•
New loss of taste or smell
Children have similar symptoms to adults and generally have mild illness.
This list is not all inclusive. Please consult your medical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or
concerning to you.

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Tuhisa - Ability
Tuwi’yta - Able
Yuku - Accomplish
Hintsakpi - Activity
Awàmta - Add to
Yaapti - Advance
Nakwha - Agree
Teevep - All day
Qahinta - All right
Peep - Almost
Nana’waqta - Alternate
Qana’öna - Ambitious
Pupri - Analyze
Pa’angwa - Assist
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Naat - Before
Tiyo - Boy
Anihoya - Capable
Paasi - Care
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Paysok - Casually
Tuwi’va - Catch on
Qe’ti - Cease
Alöngta - Change
Kùpina - Chatter
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Yuuyuyna - Cheat
Awpòota - Check
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Mana - Girl
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Larry’s Corner

Is it too late for wishing?
Well, we made it! We made it past 1 year of our
anniversary of not working in a “normal” work environment. Well, I’m not complaining that staying
home is pretty cool and all but I miss my normal
work buddies, my normal “bad for your back” office chair. I miss working at a Tribal level where we
can say “I’ll look into that” and never do. I miss
all those stereotypical things you say about a Tribal
government.
So, 2020 was a year that everyone will try to forget, we lost so many loved ones and we lost our sanity in the process. Some of us pulled through the
past year and we are still continuing to pull through
2021, as well. We were given rules that were meant
to protect us, but we’re Hopis, rules don’t apply to
us. We think that those are white man’s rules, we
don’t need them. We were given warnings by both
spiritual and non-spiritual beings but we ignored
their warnings, and we were given a proposition to
either keep well or to…well you know.
As of this year, we are already in the 4th month
and it seems we are still in that vibe of 2020. I know
people want to have a normal life again but let’s face
it, the year 2020 changed the world. I can’t speak for
everyone, but some say it changed it for the better.
They said that our past lives were not working so
it needed a change. Others say it changed it for the
worst, while others idled by just waiting for their
sign to come so they can join the others, I guess.
Yes, the Hopi people are trying to keep up with

their traditions by practicing it, but also, they want
to practice it in a “new” way. It’s not to say that they
aren’t doing their “Hopi” duties but I’m saying that
the Hopi people are still trying to keep up with tradition and so they continued to practice it even in this
pandemic year.
I was prowling around the village and hearing
conversations around the village where some people
are not happy that others are practicing their Hopi
religion in a pandemic. And others are saying we
need to keep practicing our Hopi religion even in
this pandemic. It’s like that scenario again where,
one person doesn’t like pepperoni on their pizza and
the others want to have a supreme. We can’t please
everyone we just have to compromise on the fact
that this is a new normal and we need to “work”
with it and not work against it.
I can honestly say that I forgot how things were in
the past. I faintly remember how much good times
we had just 2 years ago. Now that’s not a bad thing
to forget, maybe for some people, this sickness was
blessing in disguise, I don’t know. Or maybe this
sickness is making us better people, again I wouldn’t
know. But what I do know is that the way we have
been acting in the past is nothing compared to how
we are acting now. So, you see, sometimes in life
we are reminded by “some things” we don’t understand, to make our lives better, and it takes harsh realities to finally learn our lesson, but sometimes we
see chaos as just chaos. We will never truly under-

stand how this all works, or how life works, that’s
why we have religion to help us understand these
questions we want answered. But then again, maybe
some things are just better left unanswered.
You know, when I was a young kitten growing up,
I had this movie called “Aladdin” and the Genie in a
bottle gave Aladdin three wishes, and he wished for
great things, not for power, but for happiness. So, I
wanted to have three wishes of my own, I wished for
a race car, I wished for a big house, and I couldn’t
think of a third wish. But now that I think about it, I
wish that everyone will be happy again. But in this
stark reality…we can try to be happy, even if you
don’t get our three wishes.
So, my advice to you is to go buy the movie
“Aladdin” because it’s a cool movie, and pretended
you’re with Genie or you can make your own wishes come true by creating your own happiness. Or
you can buy a lamp and rub it ‘til a genie pops out…
like that will ever happen.
I know this sickness is like a leech slowly sucking
our happiness away, but we will learn to compromise and eventually the leech will get tired and die,
and we can get our happiness back. It’s not going
to be the same, it might be better, it might not be,
but who knows, we just have to wait and see what
happens. I can’t speak for everyone, come to think
about it, I can’t speak at all, I’m a cat so maybe
that’s my happiness?

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Hopi Law Enforcement Services
March 2021 Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hopi Law Enforcement Services

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – April 6, 2021,
HLES provides this report as a service
to the citizens of the Hopi Reservation.
HLES reserves the right to restrict the
release of certain reports, which may not
be available or are currently under investigation. During the month of March 2021,
Hopi Law Enforcement Services received
a total of 656 calls for service.
Accidents = 8
Information = 32
Agency Assist = 13
Kidnapping = 1
Alarm = 3
Medical Calls = 11
Alcohol Offenses = 74
Property Damage/Vandalism = 10
Animal/Livestock Calls = 92
Road Check = 6
Assault = 10
Sex Offenses = 2
Attempt to Locate/Missing Persons = 8
Suspicious Person/Circumstances = 12
Breaking & Entering = 3
Theft/Fraud = 4
Child Abuse = 3

Traffic Offenses = 49
Civil Disputes/Citizens Assist = 2
Threatening = 10
Curfew Violation = 4
Trespassing = 7
Disorderly Conduct = 22
Wanted Person = 2
Fight/DV = 13
Weapons Offense = 4
Fire/Controlled Burns = 11
Welfare/Property/Sec. Checks = 213
Harassment = 5
DRUG ARRESTS: 5
DRUGS SEIZED: 26.235 total grams
Marijuana
306 total ounces Alcohol
TOTAL ARRESTS FOR JANUARY:
35 (24 booked and 11 cited and released/
charges filed)
DISCLAIMER: An arrest is not an indication of guilt, all parties are innocent
until proven guilty in a court of law. Initial
charges can be reduced or dropped at the
discretion of the Hopi Tribal Prosecutor.
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2021 Hart/Drye Ranch Wood
Harvest Revised Schedule

WEMP and Department of Natural
Resources

keep immediate interaction at a minimum.
Please read the attached protocols to ensure we have safe compliance during the
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – April 6, 2021 As event.
we continue to provide essential services
The designated Hart Ranch Wood Harfor our Hopi Tribal members, the Hopi vest area will be approximately 4.9 miles
Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Pro- south of the Twin Arrows Exit #219, down
gram (WEMP) will continue the opportu- Forest Service (FS) Road #125. There will
nities to access the Hart/Drye Ranch, to be signs placed to point you in the right
harvest dead and down, and dead standing direction.
wood to heat their homes and stock pile
If you are coming from Flagstaff, ArPUBLIC NOTICE
for the next winter, during the COVID-19
izona please exit I-40 at Exit #219 and
Pandemic.
make a right and proceed 4.9 miles south
Due to the low
Hopi
Tribal
participation
FS Road
#125. IfSchedule
you are coming from
2021 Hart/Drye Ranch Woodon
Harvest
Revised
numbers and the increase in temperatures Winslow, Arizona, please exit I-40 at Exit
and
potential
conditions
for wildland
#219Program
and make
a left and
go over the
Submitted
by:dry
Wildlife
& Ecosystems
Management
Department
of Natural
Resources
fire,
the Hopi WEMP has implemented the bridge and proceed 4.9 miles south on FS
following changes to the schedule. This Road #125.. Check-In with staff and proKykotsmovi,
2021 As
we continue
to provide
essential harvest
services site
for our
Hopi
will
be the lastAriz.
Hart– April
Ranch6, Wood
Harvest
ceed
to designated
location.
Tribal
members,
the
Hopi
Wildlife
&
Ecosystems
Management
Program
(WEMP)
will
continue
for the season and we will schedule the
We remind those participating to practhe opportunities
accessWood
the Hart/Drye
Ranch, totice
harvest
dead and down,
and dead
standing
Fall/Winter
HarttoRanch
Harvest.
COVID-19
SAFETY
PROTOCOLS
wood
to heat
theirwill
homes
stocktopile
for the next
during
the COVID-19
Pandemic.
WEMP
staff
be and
onsite
monitor
at winter,
all times
while
during the
2021 Hart/
and check-in vehicles and issue permits Drye Ranch Wood Harvest.
Due to
the low Hopi
numbers andAny
the increase
in temperatures
potential
upon
completion
ofTribal
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April 17th to April 18th

Hours of Operation
8 am to 5 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm)
8 am to 5 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm)

WEMP staff will be onsite to monitor and check-in vehicles and issue permits upon completion
of wood harvest. WEMP staff will follow CDC guidelines and follow social distancing
guidelines, and keep immediate interaction at a minimum. Please read the attached protocols to
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Colorado is latest
to weigh ban on
Native mascots
Arrowhead Stadium of the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 1, 2020. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today)

Patty Nieberg
Associated Press/Report for America
DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are considering
a proposal that would ban Native American mascots in
public schools and colleges amid a nationwide push for
racial justice that gained new momentum last year following George Floyd's death in Minneapolis and the NFL
team in Washington changing its name.
The measure, which cleared the state Senate Education Committee on Thursday, would include a $25,000
monthly fine on public schools, colleges and universities
that use American Indian-themed mascots after June 1,
2022.
The committee passed amendments exempting schools
that have or will seek agreements with local tribes to use
such mascots. The changes also would exempt schools
on tribal lands.
Colorado is one of seven states considering legislation
that would prohibit the use of Native American mascots,
according the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In 2019, Maine became the first state to ban them.
Nearly two dozen schools in Colorado still use Native
American mascots such as the "Warriors," "Reds" and
"Savages," according to Democratic state Sen. Jessie
Danielson, one of the bill's sponsors. Two prominent high
schools dropped their "Indians" mascot in the last year:
Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs and Loveland
High School in a city in northern Colorado.
A commission of tribal members and state agencies
in 2015 recommended schools remove Native American
mascots, but many still remain.
"They've been protested. They've been begged. They've
even been urged by the state of Colorado to do the right
thing, and instead of taking it on their own to do the right
thing, they've decided to continue using derogatory mascots," Danielson said of the state's need to intervene.
Before the Senate committee, tribal members testified

that the bill was important because of the nation's history of erasing Native American culture by prohibiting
traditional practices and setting up boarding schools to
assimilate youth.
"My people have worked hard to overcome these policies aimed to exterminate our existence and any record of
our history and culture," Southern Ute Tribal Chairman
Melvin J. Baker said.
Along with those policies, Baker said the "inaccurate
and cruel portrayals" of Native Americans as mascots
have been used as "strategic tools to marginalize Indigenous communities."
Sylvester Roubideaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux
Tribe, opposed the bill. He testified that the "Indians"
mascot at a high school in Yuma, Colorado, where his
family lives, has allowed for celebration of Native American culture in his community.
Roubideaux said taking away the mascots would mean
less Native American representation and that they would
become a "vanishing people."
The legislation says the mascots create "an unsafe
learning environment" for Indigenous students by "promoting bullying" and teach other students that "it is acceptable to participate in culturally abusive and prejudicial behaviors."
At the committee hearing, Talon Long, an 18-year-old
from a Native American family, recalled his classmates
calling him "Chief Talon" and asking if he lived in a cave
in the mountains.
"I'm not anyone's mascot, and I'm not an animal, a savage or anyone's good luck charm," Brody SeeWalker, a
seventh-grader and Lakota descendant from the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe, testified. "I am a human and a proud
Lakota who comes from a long line of ancestors that
fought so very hard so that I could be standing here before you today."
The push to remove mascots with Native American
imagery began during the civil rights movement in the

1960s, according to the National Congress of American
Indians, a nonprofit established in 1944 to protect Native
American and Alaska Native rights.
The movement gained little attention until 2005, when
the National Collegiate Athletic Association directed
schools to end the use of "hostile or abusive" mascots and
imagery in college-level sports. In later years, the conversation spread to the multibillion-dollar industry of the
NFL.
After years of pressure and a federal ruling, the NFL
team in Washington decided to drop the nickname last
July and become the "Washington Football Team."
More than 1,900 schools across the U.S. had American Indian-themed mascots as of last week, according to
a database kept by the National Congress of American
Indians.
In 2020, there were 68 schools in Utah, Ohio, Michigan, Idaho, New York, Massachusetts and California that
scrapped American Indian-themed mascots, the database
shows.
Proposed name changes often draw pushback because
getting rid of a mascot means new uniforms, signs on
fields and imagery on merchandise.
Measures in Washington state and Illinois would allow
their use if a nearby tribe approves a request from the
school, something Oregon has already passed. Illinois'
bill also adds exemptions for schools that conduct yearly schoolwide programs on Native American culture and
offer courses on "Native American contributions to society."
California prohibits public schools from using the former Washington NFL team as a nickname or mascot.
Nieberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/
Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report
for America is a nonprofit national service program that
places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

Hopi Tutuveni April 7, 2021

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Justice Department
working with tribes on
missing persons
(Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye)

Michael Balsamo and Iris Samuels
Associated Press/Report for America
HELENA, Mont. — Jermain Charlo vanished in June
2018. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribal member hasn't been seen since.
Valenda Morigeau, Charlo's aunt, reported her missing
to the Missoula Police Department in the days after her
disappearance. But Morigeau said the detective initially
assigned to the case failed to take the report seriously and
was slow to act, a pattern she said is common when Native Americans report missing loved ones.
"You would think that there would be more urgency to
go find the person that is missing," Morigeau said. "Here
we are, three years later, because they assumed she was
avoiding responsibilities."
Charlo's case brought the problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women to the fore in the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai tribes. Now, almost three years after her disappearance, the tribes on Thursday became the
first in the nation to complete a community response plan
— a Justice Department initiative aimed at creating collaboration between law enforcement agencies, including
tribal police, county police and federal authorities, when
Native Americans go missing on tribal land.
Still, there are major holes. Among the most glaring:
There is no plan for when a tribal citizen goes missing off
a reservation or outside tribal lands, as Charlo did.
In 2018, an Associated Press investigation found that
633 Indigenous women made up 0.7 percent of open
missing persons cases despite being 0.4 percent of the
U.S. population.
The situation is especially alarming in states such as
Montana, which have large Native American populations. Native Americans make up less than 7 percent of
Montana's population but account for 25 percent of reported missing person cases.
It is not a federal crime for an adult to go missing, and
the FBI generally would only step in if there was clear
evidence that a crime has been committed that led to a
disappearance. The federal government could lend its resources to local law enforcement officials to help in the
search.
"The things that we will learn and implement from the
work that the good people here have done can be utilized
nationwide," said Terry Wade, an FBI executive assistant

director, at a news conference Thursday on the Flathead
reservation.
The Justice Department sees its work with local law
enforcement and tribal communities as a major initiative.
President Donald Trump initiated a federal task force and
his then-Attorney General William Barr, who visited the
Flathead Reservation in Montana, committed to hiring 11
coordinators at U.S. attorneys offices across the country.
The new plan aims to increase communication among
local law enforcement officials, especially in places
where there is overlapping jurisdiction. For example,
in the immediate area around the Flathead Reservation,
there are eight police and sheriff's departments in addition to the Montana Highway Patrol, the tribal police and
federal investigators.
As part of the initiative, the police departments are now
sharing dispatch information, meaning that when one
sheriff's office receives a missing persons report, it can be
shared quickly and widely. Also, the U.S. attorney's office
and the FBI would offer resources and make a sheriff's
office aware of how the federal government could help.
Craige Couture, police chief for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, said the plan will eventually extend to address cases that occur beyond tribal land and
even in other states.
Over the past two years, the federal government has
tried to put in place the tribal plans, holding listening sessions and working with tribes to "establish model protocols," said Ernie Weyand, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person coordinator for the Justice Department
in Montana.
Weyand, a former FBI official and the first coordinator
to be hired, has helped to develop the protocols with other
coordinators and tribes across the country.
"They are a community deeply affected by its members
who have gone missing or been murdered," Weyand said
in an interview.
Officials around the Flathead Reservation are also
working to create a common missing person policy,
shared by all the agencies working on the reservation, and
have discussed storing information on a secure information server, he said.
It seems to be working.
In early 2020, when 16-year-old Selena Not Afraid disappeared from a New Year's party in Big Horn County,
Montana, the reaction was swift and the response from

law enforcement was robust. The FBI dispatched its elite
child abduction team and offered its vast resources to the
local sheriff's office.
It was too late. But unlike so many others who have
never been found, her body was discovered 20 days after
she went missing. An autopsy found she died of hypothermia. Her family still questions how she died.
Rae Peppers, a former Montana state House member
who has worked to address the crisis through legislation
and nonprofit work, said several of the federal initiatives
have come across as disingenuous and unproductive.
"It looks like we're at a standstill," she said, calling
Trump's efforts "a political move and not a compassionate move for the Native people."
But President Joe Biden's administration has brought
the prospect of revitalized efforts. Interior Secretary Deb
Haaland announced Thursday the formation of a new unit
within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to address the missing and murdered Indigenous persons crisis, with a goal
of coordinating different federal resources to investigate
cases.
The move on the part of Haaland marks the fulfillment
of a hope by Native activists, including Peppers, that the
first American Indian to lead the Department of Interior
would bring greater attention to the crisis.
“Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that
has been underfunded for decades. Far too often, murders
and missing persons cases in Indian country go unsolved
and unaddressed, leaving families and communities devastated,” Haaland said in a statement.
In tribal communities in Montana, hardly anyone can
remain untouched by the crisis. Peppers recounts that no
charges were pressed in the killing of her neighbor, who
was her husband’s cousin.
Peppers said the Tribal Community Response Plan
could prove effective, but it remains to be seen whether
such an initiative can translate to all tribal communities
and whether it brings real change.
Native Americans who have seen their neighbors and
loved ones disappear agree that while the political attention may be new, the problem is not.
“It’s a crisis that has happened clear back to Columbus’
time,” Peppers said. “It’s always been, ‘Oh, another dead
Indian.’ That was always the discussion, and it’s still like
that.”

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3A7fcdf4ac6fe95e74. Public record. Not legal advice.