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Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

Tribal Employees Face 2 Hour Delays, Early Releases Due

to Village Water Tank Issues

Photo by Carl Onsae/HT

Romalita Laban, Managing

Editor

Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Friday,

January 10, 2020 Hopi Tribal

employees woke to a dusting

of snow. Employees also encountered a “2 hour delay” and

an “Early Release” because of

Kykotsmovi Village water tank

issues.

Just a day prior on Thursday,

January 9, 2020 at approximately 4:19 p.m., Malinda Andrews,

Hopi Chairman Executive Advisor issued a Tribal System wide

email with subject line “2 hour

delay.” Hopi Tribal employees

were notified via the email that,

“Per the update from Ms. Gail

Poley CSA for Kykotsmovi Village; APS has not located the

electrical problem and are diligently working to correct the situation. The Kykotsmovi Village

is requesting to have the Tribal

employees and the schools be

on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, in

order to refill the water storage

tank. The water tank will be

monitored throughout the night

in hopes that we will not have

to cause any longer delay than

two hours. Again, thank you for

working with us and we will

keep you updated. Gail Poley,

CSA” the email went on to noti-

fy that, “The 2 hour delay will be

for those employees who work

within the Tribal complex area in

Kykotsmovi…This message is in

concurrence with Mr. Gaseoma,

Treasurer.”

At approximately 10:44 a.m.

Hopi Tutuveni staff contacted

the Kykotsmovi Village Office to

get an update on the situation as

no other updates were received at

that time. Although Gail Poley,

Kykotsmovi Village CSA was

unavailable, Kykotsmovi Village

staff informed Hopi Tutuveni

that work was still being done on

the tanks.

A follow up email from Daryn

Akei Melvin, Staff Assistant Office of the Vice Chairman was

issued via Tribal System email at

approximately 11:32 a.m. with

subject line of “Early Release

Tribal Employees within the

Kykotsmovi Tribal Complex/

Utilizing the Kykotsmovi Water

System” and an attached Memorandum from Hopi Vice Chairman Clark Tenakhongva dated

January 10, 2019.

The memorandum went on to

notify “All Tribal Employees”

that due to continuing issues with

the Kykotsmovi water system

and in an effort to help conserve

the use of water he issued the

memorandum for early release

of Tribal Employees who work

within the Hopi Tribal Complex

or within facilities that utilize

the Kykotsmovi Water System.

The Early Release was to begin

at 12:00 p.m. Friday, January 10,

2020.

The memorandum also went

on to explain that all other Tribal

Employees and programs who do

not utilize the Kykotsmovi water

system were expected to continue operations and services.

At approximately 12:11 p.m.

Gail Poley, CSA – Village of

Kykotsmovi returned a call to

Hopi Tutuveni Office confirming

what had been notified by Hopi

Vice Chairman’s Office. She also

requested that notice be provided

to all those living in the Kykotsmovi area to “please conserve

water and usage as much as possible.”

Hopi Tribal staff began sending email messages of early

closures and plans for the early

release shortly after the notification was provided. Hopi Senom

Transit notified Hopi Tutuveni

it would continue with regular transit runs and operations

throughout the day. Although the

main office, located in the Hopi

Tribal Complex would be closed

at 12:00 p.m., the transit was still

available for the Hopi public.

On Friday, January 10, 2020,

Hopi Tribal employees were up-

dated with yet another email at

approximately 4:06 p.m. from

Hopi Vice Chairman Clark Tenakhonvga concerning another 2

Hour delay for Monday, January

13, 2020 and because of Kykotsmovi Village water tank issues.

The follow up email went on to

explain, "Today at 3:00pm, I received more details on the water

issue and pumps, the village and

water crew have been advised it

will take more testing over the

weekend and into next week.

The water operator can ‘ONLY

UTLIZE THE ONE OPERATIONAL PUMP’, no more than

8 hours a day. Plan is to restore

the tank, up to 24% level this

weekend. If the current which

has been diagnosed as a possible problem, APS must come

out and check their systems from

Joe City to here. I have agreed

to help with the situation; therefore, only employees working

at Kykotsmovi complex are allowed start work at 10:00am on

Monday January 13, 2020. We

should be provided with more

details by Monday morning, and

determine how to resolve this

matter..." as explained by Vice

Chairman Tenakhongva.

Hopi Tutuveni staff provided

updates on the Hopi Tutuveni

landing page on the Hopi Tribe’s

website and abided by all noti-

fications to close the office in

consideration of water conservation and allowing the system to

replenish water in the tank. Business was resumed on Monday,

January 13, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

On Tuesday, January 14, 2020,

Hopi Tribal employees were provided an update via Memorandum from Hopi Vice Chairman’s

Office with subject line of: STATUS OF THE KYKOTSMOVI

VILLAGE WATER SYSTEM.

The memorandum went on to

explain that the water tanks had

been filled to a level “considered

full capacity” despite continuing

issues with the pump and its power source coming from the Arizona Public Service electrical lines.

It was noted that APS would continue monitoring and searching

for the cause of the lack of power

to the water pumps.

Further reminders were provided that while the village administration staff was able to fill

one tank to operational capacity, there was still only one tank

with one operational pump being

utilized. Tribal employees and

customers of the water system

were reminded to conserve and

limit daily use of water until the

Kykotsmovi Village administration informs otherwise.

Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

Hopi Tribal Council Adopts

Interim Policies and Procedures

for Legal Support and Review

Romalita Laban,

Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – December 26, 2019 with a

quorum present Hopi Tribal Council, by motion and

majority vote, approved

Action Item #009-2020

and Resolution H-0072020 which according to

the Action Item packet and

Objective was “To adopt

policies and procedures for

providing legal support to

the Hopi Tribal Council

and departments and that

this Resolution will no longer apply once a General

Counsel begins work”

In the November 19th

publication of the Hopi Tutuveni it was reported that

on November 12th Council

approved and adopted Resolution H-081-2019 “To

rescinded the September

3, 2019 vote and selection

for the position of General Counsel, due to the improper manner in which

the vote was conducted and

introduced; in violation of

established parliamentary

procedure and the central

tenant of a representative

democracy, namely the

right and responsibility of

an elected representative to

make informed decisions

on behalf of his or her constituency, and to direct the

Hopi Tribal Secretary to

schedule an interview with

Mr. Meisinger, at his earliest available date, for consideration of the position

of General Counsel.” The

Action Item was authored

and presented by Dale

S. Sinquah, Hopi Tribal

Council Member, First

Mesa Consolidated Villages Representative and was

endorsed by Rosa Honanie, Hopi Tribal Council

Member, Sipaulavi Village

Representative.

Just over a month later, a cover Memorandum

dated December 27, 2019

was sent from Barbara Lomayestewa, Interim Tribal

Secretary to Dale Sinquah,

Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages, which

was included in the Action

Packet with other background documents.

The memorandum provided notification of the

approved Action Item and

described further that, “By

passage of this Resolution,

the Hopi Departments shall

send all Requests for Legal

Services to the Office of

the General Counsel and

OGC staff will receive and

log the requests into the

RLR log, assign to a contracted legal firm, track,

and ensure the support is

completed in an economic, efficient and timely

manner.” It also explained

that the Office of the Vice

Chairman was hereby directed and authorized to

sign contracts for legal service in support of the legal

needs of the Tribe.

Some Hopi Tribal employees were notified via

the Hopi Tribal email system on December 31, 2019

about the interim policies

and procedures by the

Office of the Vice Chairman in a Memorandum

dated December 30, 2019

with subject line: Office

of General Counsel – Requests for Legal Review

(RLR)

In addition to providing

explanation about the purpose of the memorandum,

it was noted that the in the

interim, Hopi Tribal Council approved several measures meant to “help with

the backlog of outstanding

legal review requests,”

which were to include, “1.

The staff within the Office of General Counsel

is tasked with the responsibility of processing and

tracking all requests for legal support, from the Hopi

Tribal Council and the Departments. 2. The Office

of the Vice Chairman will

assume oversight authority over the personnel and

operations of the Office

of General Counsel until

such a time that a General

Counsel is hired. In addition, the OGC staff will

provide bi-weekly updates

to the OVC on all Requests

for Legal Review. 3. The

Office of the Vice Chairman is authorized to sign

contracts that do not contain any waver of sovereign immunity.”

Hopi Tutuveni requested

information about the Action Item and Resolution

via the Hopi Tribal Secretary’s Office Information

Request procedure on January 17, 2020. A reply and

the requested documents

were sent on the same date

from the Office of the Secretary.

American Legion Lori Piestewa

Post #80 Royalty Visits Hopi Tribal

Council

Romalita Laban,

Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. –

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

during a Time Certain

scheduled for 9:00 a.m.

the current 2019-2020

American Legion “Lori

Piestewa” Post #80 Royalties were accompanied

by Eugene Talas, Royalty

Committee Advisor, Cory

Secakuyva, Commander,

and Gene Pooyouma, Vice

Commander. In addition,

family members and members of the public were

also present in the Council

Chambers audience.

Talas informed Council the purpose of the visit

was not only to introduce

the Royalty to Hopi Tribal

Council but also to provide

the young Royalty the opportunity to complete community service initiatives

by way of informing the

Council about its Yellow

Ribbon Project, increasing

their communication skills

and for the Council to get

to know who serves as the

current Royalty Ambassadors.

Talas explained in a

December 9, 2019 letter

to Hopi Tribal Council

that the three young Hopi

ladies, will serve in the

capacity until November

2020. He further introduced the three as Rose

Marie Honanie, Princess,

Honeycomb Clan, from

Kykotsmovi Village. She

attends Flagstaff High

School. Also present was

Keara GeAnn Lomayestewa, 1st Attendant, Coyote Clan, from Moenkopi

Village. She attends Tuba

City High School. And

last but certainly not least

was Kaitlyn Bailey Hough,

2nd Attendant, Water Clan,

from Shungopavi Village.

She attends Winslow High

School.

According to Talas, “The

Post #80 Princess and her

Attendants are cultural ambassadors of the American

Legion Lori Piestewa Post

#80, Hopi Veterans, Military and their family members. They will represent

Post #80 at various Veteran/Military related events,

as well as other activities

on the Hopi Reservation

and at national and/or statewide functions. They are

expected to conduct themselves with poise, confidence and speak in large

public settings. Above all

they will serve as positive

role models, promote our

Hopi veterans and military

members and emulate the

legacy of Specialist Lori

Piestewa, US Army.”

The three young ladies

introduced themselves in

the Hopi language and in

addition to receiving many

praise worthy comments

and encouragement, pro-

vided answers to questions

from Council members

about their aspirations and

goals.

Honanie explained she

was interested in pursuing

a degree in Nursing. Lomayestewa explained she

was interested in becoming

an Early Childhood Educator and Hough expressed

her desire to become a

counselor to “help people

with their problems and

how to solve those problems.”

Talas provided support

to the Royalties by aiding

in explaining that the Yellow Ribbon Project was

one in which the Royalties

were raising funds to purchase yellow ribbons to be

distributed to the public to

wear in support of active

duty soldiers. The Royalties also explained they

would be holding fund

raisers to support the project.

In closing, the Royalties

encouraged Council members and the public to wear

red on Friday, January

24th in support of current

active military personal

deployed for recent situations abroad. The Royalties also provided yellow

ribbons and cookies to

Council members and the

public before posing for

photo ops.

Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

“Rumble” Event Bridges the Divide Between Cultures

and Generations

All photo credit to original poster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ED KABOTIE

Despite efforts to bridge the gap between tribal and non-tribal communities

of the Colorado Plateau, a marked division

remains. On January 25th, Rumble on the

Mountain 6 will bring together voices of

neighboring tribes and Flagstaff community members in an effort to bridge the divide between tribal and non-tribal world

views; science and traditional knowledge;

students and social justice issues. The

show will feature educational presentations and entertainment (“edu-tainment”)

from the Hopi Hooyapi Dance Group,

Vernon Masayesva, Ed Kabotie & Tha

‘Yoties, Sage Bond, Leigh Kuwanwisyouma, and student participants in Northern

Arizona University’s Community-University Public Inquiry program. Live art by

Diné artist, Jerrel Singer, will be raffled

off at the event, with proceeds to benefit KUYI Hopi Radio. “Rumble on the

Mountain 6: Bridging the Divide” is an

all-ages event at the Museum of Northern

Arizona from 1pm-5pm. $8 adults/$5 students/12 and under free.

Following Rumble on the Mountain

6, will be The Aftershock concert at the

Green Room featuring Indigenous performers. The nationally acclaimed Levi

Platero Blues Band, local reggae/rockers Tha ‘Yoties, acoustic sensation Sage

Bond, and emerging hip-hop group Macchiato Music, will rotate between two

stages throughout the night. The concert

is all ages from 7:30pm-10pm. (21+ after

10pm) $5 at the door, or free to attendees

of Rumble on the Mountain 6.

Event organizer Ed Kabotie explains,

“For all of its beauty, the Colorado Plateau

and its Indigenous communities have been

greatly abused and assaulted by the industrial age. In this great future, more than

ever before, we have both the need and the

ability to foster understanding between

native and non-native communities.”

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Current Indian World News

Tribal Leaders Hope Large South Dakota Solar

Project Becomes Model for Others

Lookout Solar Park would employ 200 to 400 (Photo credit to original source)

By Andy Balaskovitz

Nativenewsonline.net

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — On the

western edge of the Pine Ridge

Reservation in South Dakota,

tribal officials hope a major solar

energy project will help tap into

the vast potential of renewable

energy projects on tribal land

across the U.S.

The planned Lookout Solar

Park project — which could exceed $200 million and add up

to 140 megawatts to the state’s

paltry solar energy portfolio —

would be the largest of its kind in

the state. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission could

vote on a settlement agreement

for the project this month.

Lynn Dee Rapp, founder of

Eagle Opportunity and a tribal

citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe,

said the Pine Ridge Reservation

includes a “significant amount”

of land that could be developed

for utility-scale solar or wind

projects, and that a nearby transmission line has capacity to take

on more power. These are key

requirements for tribes interested

in pursuing large-scale renewable energy projects as an economic development pathway.

Rapp added that the Lookout

Solar Park would employ 200 to

400 people for construction, with

a hiring preference for people

living on the reservation through

a Tribal Employment Rights Or-

dinance (TERO). German developer Wirsol Solar AG is leasing

the property from Rapp’s family.

“The important thing that will

happen is employment,” Rapp

said of the project. “We are lacking in opportunities that produce

jobs.”

The multi-million dollar investment includes land leases

and an 11-mile connection to the

nearby Western Area Power Administration’s transmission line.

If approved, developers would

need off-takers for the power,

which Rapp is optimistic could

be found through virtual power

purchase agreements with large

corporations.

The Lookout Solar Park highlights both the opportunities and

challenges for large-scale renewable energy projects on tribal

land. The projects can lead to

construction jobs, new investment and greater self-sufficiency.

However, obtaining financing,

identifying suitable and large

tracts of land, overcoming federal government bureaucracy, and

access to both transmission lines

and power off-takers remain barriers.

However, an increasing number of tribes across the U.S. see

economic development potential

in clean energy.

Solar, in particular, is “creating

economic opportunities, people

are going to work learning this

new way to honor the old ways,”

said Henry Red Cloud, founder of Lakota Solar Enterprises.

“Our language, songs, dance and

ceremonies are all based around

the sun. (Solar) is taking this up

to the next level and bringing that

forward.”

‘New casinos’

Federal and tribal officials

have identified thousands of

megawatts of renewable energy

potential on reservations. The

Pine Ridge project is among

dozens of proposed solar and

wind projects on tribal lands,

Bloomberg reported this year,

including 500 MW in solar projects on the Moapa River Indian

Reservation in Nevada.

Red Cloud has called renewable energy “new casinos.” He

has spent more than a decade

training more than 1,000 students to install residential solar

heating systems, and has visited

more than 100 tribes to discuss

clean energy opportunities.

Including solar with wind,

geothermal and hydropower represents a “new cash flow for Indian Country,” he said. “Over time,

we can create our own economies. It’s basically a commodity

we can trade and sell our power.”

Rapp agrees.

“The opportunities we’ve gotten from gaming over the past 25

years have been amazing,” she

said. “But at this juncture, we

take what we’ve learned there

and move it into other economic

development projects, and energy is ideal for tribes.”

Brian Ross, senior program

director with the Great Plains

Institute, said renewable energy

is similar to discussions around

mineral resources, farmland and

gaming.

“These are issues tribes deal

with all of the time: To what extent the tribe is using its resources to help people within the tribe

and the people living in the area

versus a purely economic engine

that is really focused on benefits

elsewhere,” he said.

Rapp said a goal of the Lookout Solar project is to replicate

the model elsewhere. She and

other advocates are helping identify sites near transmission lines,

a crucial requirement — and barrier, at times — for rural renewable energy projects.

“We want to replicate this

in Indian Country,” Rapp said,

adding that multiple tribes in the

Great Plains have sought more

information about the process.

In pursuing utility-scale projects, tribes also would work with

the Bureau of Indian Affairs to

take land out of trust. The Pine

Ridge project would take roughly 810 acres designated for grazing, Rapp said.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has worked with

tribes for more than two decades

providing technical data on en-

ergy potential, said Elizabeth

Doris, laboratory manager for

NREL’s State, Local and Tribal

Program. The agency has also

created a Tribal Energy Atlas that

maps renewable energy potential

on tribal land. Doris said NREL

has provided technical assistance

to nearly 300 tribes. In 2018,

NREL identified 61,000 MW of

economic potential from utility-scale solar potential for tribes.

“We have a good amount of

background in terms of what has

been effective in tribal applications,” Doris said.

Rapp called renewable energy

as tribal economic development

“absolutely unique. In the first

place, there are very few developers who are willing to take the

chance of working on reservations,” she said. “They don’t understand tribal sovereignty.”

Transmission and sovereignty

Although tribal leaders see

great economic potential in renewable energy, several key

challenges persist. These include

finding funders to back major

projects, maintaining sovereignty over the federal government

and accessing transmission, to

name a few.

“Getting the transmission line

to come to Indian Country” is

a “major hoop” facing tribes,

Lakota Solar’s Red Cloud said.

“That way Indian Country can

get involved in these huge-scale

solar and wind

Cont. On Page 14

Hopi Tutuveni September 22, 2020

Miccosukee Festival: Dance, Art and

Alligators

Sandra Hale Schulman

For Indian Country Today

Deep in the humid heart of the

Florida Everglades, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians hosted their

annual Indian Arts & Crafts Festival at the Miccosukee Indian

Village.

The spacious village along

Tamiami Trail brings out thousands of visitors for the weeklong

fest filled with music and dance

from Plains and Apache tribes.

There are arts and crafts as well

as authentic Native foods, alligator wrestling demonstrations

and Village tours of the beautiful

wildness of the Everglades.

With over 45 vendors, performers and demonstrators, this

is the largest gathering of its

kind in South Florida outside of

powwows. The festival village

grounds are a permanent structure with a museum, gift shop,

snack bar, and amphitheater, a

large alligator and turtle pool

where the wrestling demonstrations happen and multiple food

vendors. The cuisine includes

Gator Platters, catfish and frog

legs along with fry bread.

The highlights this year included dance from the knockout

White Mountain Apache Crown

Iroquois Sky Dancers. Photo: Sandra Schulman

Dancers from Winslow, Arizona. Born and raised on the White

Mountain Apache reservation

in the Whiteriver community

of North Central Arizona, Joe

Tohonnie, Jr. was the ebullient

host as he draws inspiration for

performing from his culture. His

grandfather, Stacey Classey, was

a medicine man who sang traditional Apache songs, and his father Joe Tohonnie Sr. shared tra-

ditional Navajo songs with him.

His Dzilth Ligai White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers are

his family, they honor their traditional values and their integrity.

This astounding visual dance

from Apache Indians who perform White Mountain Spirit

healing rites acquire the masked

images they personify through

personal vision. Mountain Spirit

masks are

Cont. On Page 15

Háyoołkááł Work Group announces partnership with Salt River Project

to develop up to 200-megawatts in solar energy on the Navajo Nation

By Press Pool

Solar project will deliver power to the

Salt River Project transmission system

News Release

Navajo Nation - Office of the President

and Vice President

On Wednesday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron

Lizer, and Háyoołkááł Work Group joined

Salt River Project in announcing a partnership to seek proposals for the development of up to 200-megawatts of solar

energy on the Navajo Nation.

Salt River Project issued a Request

for Proposals on Wednesday for up to

400-megawatts of solar power development – 200 megawatts will be dedicated

for a solar project on the Navajo Nation

that will deliver power to the Salt River

Project transmission system.

“It’s the beginning of a new era for the

Navajo Nation — the start of new opportunities. We recognize that coal-based energy provided many benefits for the workers

and their families, but times are changing

and energy development is changing. As

Diné people, we have always been resilient in times of change, and that’s what

we are doing by seeking developers for up

to 200-megawatts of solar development

with Salt River Project. We are looking

to become the leader in renewable energy throughout the Southwest and Indian

Country,”

Cont. On Page 15

Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

Cross Word Puzzle

Hopilavit - Numbers, Colors and Directions

Find the English words

for the Hopi words.

Across

3. Senpi

6. Iyohoo

7.Oki’wa

9. Mo’a

11. Pitu

12. Oyi

14. Yori

15. Kwapi

16. Taywa

17. Tuwanta

18. Hisat

19. Naqvu’

Down

1. Pi’ala

2. Suuyan

4. Pono

5. Kuku

8. Ho’ota

10. Hakiy

13. Yaqa

14. Hokya

17. Kuvosi

18. Haaki

20. Tsungu

Answers in next issue

Answers for January 8th edition

Across

1. BearPaw, 2. Ladder, 4. Head, 8. Language, 9. Plaza, 10. Hip, 12. Lightning, 14. Brother, 15. Draw, 16.

Sand

Down

1. Bullfrog, 3. Bearstrap, 4. Hear, 5. A lot, 6. Haircut, 7. Children, 11. Finger, 13. Worm, 15. Dance

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Colors

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Kawestima (NW)

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Nuvatukya’ovi (SW)

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Kiisiw (NE)

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Punctive

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Kwiningya (NW)

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Taavang (SW)

Numerals and

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Tatya (SE)

Counting

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Hoop (NE)

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16. Suukop

Ablative

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Kwininyaqw (NW)

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Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

Larry’s Corner

SPACE ADVENTURES 2020 and 1/2

By LARRY The CAT

The Hopi Tutuveni

I often wonder about the future,

well mostly my future. I was asked

once, “Where do you see yourself in

20 years?” and I said, “Probably still

living with my grandma, but I guess

that’s what all good millennial people

do now, is to live with their parents

cause the housing market is flawed and

the old people won’t give us young

people their jobs, they just don’t seem

to retire…”

When I graduated from high school

I immediately went to college to prove

to myself that I can obtain a degree

and to come back and help the Hopi

people…boy was I wrong about that.

Not only did I come back as promised

but now everyone that encouraged

me to leave the reservation, to further

my education, looked at me as if they

were thinking I was better than them

for leaving and coming back in nice

clothes.

You see, education is everything to

the Hopi people. Well, I guess to Native people in general, because in our

minds, if we have the same knowledge

and the same skills as the white man

we can have the same life as the white

man, like the “American Dream” or to

make it a “Native American Assimilated Dream” (NAAD). Hopi people

like to use a lot of acronyms, too. But,

the Hopi people don’t realize that we

as “Hopis” have it made for us here at

home. We have a culture that is very

strong and unique as compared to anyone living in the United States. And

most of us have some sort of degree to

obtain any job in the nearby cities, too.

The way that I see it is that we don’t

really have anything to complain

about. Well, we can complain about

our tribal government not doing their

job, but that’s always a given in all Native American politics.

I mean, yes our Hopi tribal government is slowly sinking, but if you want

to see the tribal government thrive,

then be a part of the solution and not a

part of the problem.

Young Hopi kids are influenced by

both western society and Hopi society,

and in my opinion the way it seems is

that they act as if they think they are

part “white man” first, then learn their

Hopi heritage at a later date. For example: in the schools we have a dedicated

teacher who is teaching Hopi language

and culture. Rather than our Hopi culture and language being learned in

the household as it has been for centuries. I guess now we can get credit

for learning our own heritage to pass

middle school and it makes me wonder if those points could apply towards

college too…hmm but I digress.

We as Hopis don’t realize that we

need to have “young parents” understand and speak the Hopi language and

understand the culture first in order to

bring new life into this Hopi world.

But in this assimilated Hopi world, our

future generations is where our young

Hopi children will grow up, not understanding the Hopi culture and kind of

speak the Hopi language, but most of

the time will be spent in the western

world.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are

some young Hopi parents out there

trying to learn the Hopi culture and

language first, but it’s hard for them

when the biggest influence on Hopi

culture is the western society side of

life.

So where do you see yourself in 10

years, 20 years or in 50 years? How

will our tribal government be running

by then? Will our tribal government

do something to protect our Hopi lavayi and all that is connected to our

language, including our Hopi religion? How will we perform our cultural duties when all the old generation

Hopis are long gone? I feel for the old

generation Hopis because I see their

attempt to try to pass on their knowledge to the younger generation while

being out-influenced by the younger

generation “likes” of cell phones, cool

technology, shopping malls, and sports

bars. It’s hard to tell what the future

will be like for the young Hopi generation and when I become one of the old

generation Hopis.

Now don’t get me wrong, there is

still hope for the future for the Hopi

people because when I walk around

the villages I see happy families in

their little homes eating dinner togeth-

er, watching TV together, and sometimes singing together.

Yes, we still perform our cultural

duties with dances and cultural events

and if you are Hopi and live on Hopi

and participate you know the good part

of Hopi that I am referring to.

Yes, we can look at our life, as if we

are DOOMED!!! But we can also look

at life realistically and know when we

need to put on the brakes and really

look at what we as Hopi want to continue to fight for…that being our culture, our heritage, our language, and

overall our Hopi-ness…

My advice to you is that our future is

what we make of it. Either we can continue down the road like nothing will

ever happen to our language or culture,

like everything is “peaches and herbs”

or whatever you call it. Or we can try

to fight as a whole to continue how we

can save our heritage, our language,

our culture, and yes…OUR government.

So I have homework for you and

that is that I challenge you to ask yourselves, “How do you think Native culture will be in 10, 20, or 50 years?”

What will the younger generation do

when all they know is western society

first? What could we do about it, other

than teaching it in schools like passing

a required subject like English? Let me

know, and maybe your answer will be

featured in the next “Larry’s Corner.”

Credit photo: https://giphy.com/stickers/Meowingtons-space-nasa-catsa

United States Currents

Russians hacked company key

to Ukraine scandal

Photo credit to original poster

Frank Bajack

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents have successfully hacked the Ukrainian

gas company at the center of

the scandal that led to President

Donald Trump's impeachment.

Russian agents launched a

phishing campaign in early November to steal the login credentials of employees of Burisma Holdings, the gas company,

according to Area 1 Security, a

Silicon Valley company that specializes in e-mail security.

Hunter Biden, son of former

U.S. vice president and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe

Biden, previously served on Burisma's board.

It was not clear what the hackers were looking for or may have

obtained, said Area 1's CEO,

Oren Falkowitz, who called the

findings "incontrovertible" and

posted an eight-page report. But

the timing of the operation suggests that the Russian agents

could be searching for material

that damaging to the Bidens.

The House of Representatives

impeached Trump in December

for abusing the power of his office by enlisting the Ukrainian

government to investigate Biden,

a political rival, ahead of the

2020 election. A second charge

accused Trump of obstructing a

congressional investigation into

the matter.

"Our report doesn't make any

claims as to what the intent of the

hackers were, what they might

have been looking for, what they

are going to do with their success. We just point out that this

is a campaign that's going on,"

said Falkowitz, a former National Security Agency offensive

hacker whose company's clients

include candidates for U.S. federal elected offices. In an earlier

interview, he told The Associated

Press that top candidates for the

U.S. presidency and House and

Senate races in 2020 have in the

past few months each been targeted by about a thousand phishing emails.

Falkowitz did not name the

candidates. Nor would he name

any clients.

Russian hackers from the same

military intelligence unit that

Area 1 said was behind the operation targeting Burisma have

been indicted for hacking emails

from the Democratic National

Committee and the chairman

of Hillary Clinton's campaign

during the 2016 presidential race.

Stolen emails were released

online at the time by Russian

agents and WikiLeaks in an effort

to favor Trump, special counsel

Robert Mueller determined in his

investigation.

Area 1 discovered the phishing

campaign by the Russian military intelligence unit, known as

the GRU, on New Year's Eve,

said Falkowitz, who would not

discuss whom he notified prior

to going public. He said he followed the industry standard process of responsible disclosure,

which would include notifying

Burisma.

In the report, he said the GRU

agents used fake, lookalike domains in the phishing campaign

that were designed to mimic the

sites of real Burisma subsidiar-

ies.

Falkowitz said the operation

targeting Burisma involved tactics, techniques and procedures

that GRU agents had used repeatedly in other phishing operations, matching "several patterns

that lots of independent researchers agree mimic this particular

Russian actor." Area 1 says it has

been tracking the Russian agents

for several years.

The discovery's timing — just

weeks before presidential primaries begin in the United States

— highlights the need to protect

political campaigns from targeted phishing attacks, which are

behind 95 percent of all information breaches, said Falkowitz.

"This is a real specific, timely

case that has real implications,"

he said. "To discover it and potentially get out in front of it is a

significant departure from what's

typical in the cyber security community, where someone just tells

you, yeah, you're dead."

In phishing, an attacker uses

a targeted email to lure a target

to a fake site that resembles a

familiar one. There, unwitting

victims enter their usernames

and passwords, which the hackers then harvest. Phished credentials allow attackers both to rifle

through a victim's stored email

and masquerade as that person.

Area 1 said its researchers connected the phishing campaign

targeting Burisma to an effort

earlier last year that targeted

Kvartal 95, a media organiza tion

founded by Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

In this case, the Russian military agents, from a group security researchers call "Fancy Bear,"

peppered Burisma employees

with emails designed to look like

internal messages.

In order to detect phishing attacks, Area 1 maintains a global

network of sensors designed to

sniff out and block them before

they reach their targets.

In July, the U.S. Federal Elections Commission gave Area 1

permission to offer its services

to candidates for federal elected

office and political committees

at the same low rates it charges

non-profits.

Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

Bernie Sanders didn't

think woman could

win presidency,

Elizabeth Warren

says

Will Weissert

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren said Monday that

fellow Democratic presidential

candidate Bernie Sanders told

her he didn’t think a woman

could win the White House when

they met privately in 2018.

Sanders has denied telling

Warren that a woman couldn’t

win. But the Massachusetts senator said in a statement that during

their two-hour meeting to discuss the 2020 election, “among

the topics that came up was

what would happen if Democrats

nominated a female candidate. I

thought a woman could win; he

disagreed.”

The dispute marked an ex-

Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Mary

Clare Jalonick and Laurie

Kellman

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate

Republicans signaled they would

reject the idea of simply voting to

dismiss the articles of impeachment

against President Donald Trump

as the House prepares to send the

charges to the chamber for the historic trial.

“I think our members, generally

are not interested in the motion to

dismiss. They think both sides need

to be heard,” Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.,

who is part of GOP leadership, said

Monday.

It will be only the third presidential

impeachment trial in American history, a serious and dramatic endeavor

coming amid the backdrop of a politically divided nation and the start of

an election year.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not set

the timing for the House vote that

will launch the Senate action. Trump

was impeached by the Democrat-

traordinary turning point in a

Democratic primary that, with

few exceptions, has been characterized by genial differences over

domestic issues such as health

care. The feud brewing between

Warren and Sanders will likely

change the tone of the campaign

going into Tuesday’s debate and

comes less than three weeks before the Iowa caucuses launch

ic-led House last month on charges of

abuse of power over pushing Ukraine

to investigate Democratic rival Joe

Biden and obstruction of Congress

in the probe. Democrats said the vote

could be Wednesday.

With the impeachment trial starting

in a matter of days, senators are still

debating the rules of the proceedings.

GOP senators are conferring privately about whether to allow a motion to

dismiss the charges against the president or to call additional witnesses

for testimony.

Trump suggested over the weekend he might prefer simply dismissing the charges rather than giving legitimacy to charges from the House,

which he considers a “hoax.”

It was an extraordinary suggestion,

but one being proposed by Trump

allies with support from some GOP

senators, including Majority Leader

Mitch McConnell.

But it is clear McConnell does not

have the votes needed from his GOP

majority to do that.

One key Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said she, too,

the Democratic contest. It also

marks a jarring split between the

two longtime progressive allies,

potentially giving an opening for

a more moderate rivals such as

former Vice President Joe Biden

to attempt unifying the party.

In her statement, Warren said

she and Sanders “have far more

in common than our differences

on punditry.”

would oppose a motion to dismiss

the charges.

Collins is leading an effort among

some Republicans, including Sens.

Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa

Murkowski of Alaska, to ensure the

ground rules include plans to eventually consider voting to call witnesses.

“My position is that there should

be a vote on whether or not witnesses

should be called,” Collins said.

Romney said he wants to hear from

John Bolton, the former national security adviser at the White House,

who others have said raised alarms

about the alternative foreign policy toward Ukraine being run led by

Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. “I’ve said I’d like to hear from

John Bolton,” Romney told reporters

Monday. “I expect that barring some

kind of surprise, I’ll be voting in favor of hearing from witnesses after

those opening arguments.”

Democrats have been pushing Republicans, who have the majority in

the Senate, to consider new testimony, arguing that fresh information has

emerged during

Cont. On Page 14

“I’m in this race to talk about

what’s broken in this country

and how to fix it -- and that’s

what I’m going to continue to

do,” she said. “I know Bernie is

in the race for the same reason.

We have been friends and allies

in this fight for a long time, and

I have no doubt we will continue

to work

Cont. On Page 14

Idea to dismiss

articles of

impeachment

cools in Senate

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Hopi Tribal Council

Better late than never...

I’d like to sincerely congratulate my grandchildren whom I’m very proud of.

First Maree Ann Makewa for making the

Dean’s List from NAU. Lewis Delano Nuvayestewa, acquiring a B.S. Degree in Criminal Justice from Fort Lewis in Colorado, Lori Belle

Nuvayestewa upon completing the Leadership

Program from the Hopi Foundation.

These were accomplishments coming from

self-discipline, ambition, and dedication.

Thank you very much for fulfilling our dreams

and advice. Encouragement is to go forward

as far as you can

Love, encouragement and much support

Saya, Eva Nuvayestewa

Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma,

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Barbara Lomayestewa,

Interim Tribal Secretary

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Treasurer

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Village of Upper

Moenkopi

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work experience conduction public health education

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presentations and counseling. OR Any equivalent

combination of Education, Training and Experience,

which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of

the position.

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This is a full-time position working with a great team

of professionals who strive to meet the cancer screening

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Hopi Tutuveni September 22, 2020

Bernie Sanders didn't think woman could win presidency, Elizabeth Warren says, Cont.

together to defeat Donald Trump and put our government

on the side of the people."

CNN first reported Sanders' comment earlier Monday,

based on the accounts of anonymous people with knowledge of the meeting. That drew a swift and strong denial

from Sanders, a Vermont senator, who said, "It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I

would tell her that a woman couldn't win."

Sanders aides then accused Warren's campaign of leaking what they said was an inaccurate description of what

was said during the meeting.

That helped prompt Warren's statement hours later. Jeff

Weaver, a senior adviser to Sanders, then seemed to try

and defuse the situation, refusing to refute Warren's version and instead saying only on CNN on Monday night

that "those conversations can sometimes get misconstrued."

Still, the controversy is likely to revive anxiety among

Democrats about whether — nearly four years after Hillary Clinton lost her White House bid — voters are willing to support another woman running for president. Such

questions have dogged Warren and other female candidates throughout the 2020 campaign.

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard tweeted Monday night that

she had also met with Sanders before announcing her

presidential campaign. "In that meeting, he showed me

the greatest respect and encouragement, just as he always

has," Gabbard wrote.

The clash between Sanders and Warren comes on the

eve of a Democratic presidential debate in Iowa, the last

before that state kicks off the Democratic primary with

its leadoff caucuses on Feb. 3. Warren and Sanders, both

of whom support universal health care, tuition-free public

college and raising the minimum wage, have for months

competed for their party's most liberal wing while refraining from attacking each other.

But following a Politico story over the weekend that

reported the Sanders campaign had instructed some volunteers to characterize Warren as a candidate for wealthy

and well-educated voters in conversations with undecided voters, Warren issued a rare critique of her opponent.

She said she was "disappointed" Sanders was instructing

staffers to "trash" her.

That set the stage for Monday's hours of additional

squabbling -- and may well spell a lively debate Tuesday.

Stephanie Taylor and Adam Green, co-founders of the

Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which has at

times praised both Warren and Sanders, released its own

statement Monday night saying they "believe that a backand-forth about this private meeting is counter-productive for progressives."

"In this pivotal moment of the campaign, progressives

must work together to defeat Donald Trump," Taylor and

Green said.

Idea to dismiss articles of impeachment cools in Senate, Cont.

Pelosi’s month-long delay in transmitting

the charges.

McConnell is drafting an organizing

resolution that will outline the steps ahead.

Approving it will be among the first votes

senators take after they are sworn as jurors by Supreme Court Chief Justice John

Roberts for the Court of Impeachment.

Republicans control the chamber, 5347, and are all but certain to acquit Trump.

McConnell is hesitant to call new witness-

es who would prolong the trial. He prefers

to model Trump's trial partly on the process used for then-President Bill Clinton's

trial in 1999.

It takes just 51 votes during the impeachment trial to approve rules or call

witnesses. Just four GOP senators could

form a majority with Democrats to insist

on new testimony. It also would take only

51 senators to vote to dismiss the charges

against Trump.

Most Republicans appear willing to go

along with McConnell's plan to start the

trial first then consider witnesses later,

rather than upfront, as Democrats want.

Collins is pushing to have at least the

promise of witness votes included in the

organizing resolution. She and the others

appear to be gathering support.

"I've been working to make sure that

we will have a process that we can take a

vote on whether or not we need additional

information, and yes, that would include

witnesses," Murkowski told reporters.

McConnell is expected to huddle privately with senators at their weekly lunch

Tuesday.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

told reporters the House vote might come

Wednesday. "Could be," he said.

Tribal Leaders Hope Large South Dakota Solar Project Becomes Model for Others, Cont.

projects and transmit their power anywhere in the country.”

In October, the National Congress of

American Indians passed a resolution

calling on the U.S. Interior Department to

adopt new regulations over Tribal Energy

Resource Agreements that remove “bureaucratic barriers to permitting the use

of these natural resources in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.”

The resolution says these barriers have

cost tribes “millions of dollars in economic development and growth in Indian

Country,” and asks for authorization for

tribal nations to conduct the permitting for

energy projects on tribal land.

A 2015 report by the U.S. Government

Accountability Office found that the Bureau of Indian Affairs had limited energy

projects on tribal lands, mostly because of

a lack of skills and management.

Lou Nelson, policy associate with the

Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb.,

said any large-scale renewable energy

project faces a series of regulatory hurdles

before construction.

“It gets even more complicated if you

have a Native community that wants to

develop a project and hook up to the larger

grid,” he said.

‘Game-changer’

However, not all tribal land can accommodate large-scale solar or wind projects.

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, for

example, has pursued smaller distributed

solar projects that offset the tribal government’s energy usage. Rather than an economic development engine, solar is seen

as a path toward self-sufficiency, said Ann

Marie Bledsoe-Downs, vice president for

community impact and engagement at

Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe’s economic de-

velopment agency.

“The commercial market for renewable

energy is just out of reach. In some senses,

it requires a large land base and a lot of

investment — that’s not where we’re at,”

Bledsoe-Downs said.

Ross of the Great Plains Institute said

tribes across the U.S. are weighing the

potential for large-scale projects versus

smaller distributed installations that have

a direct effect on tribal members by lowering energy costs.

The declining costs of solar power has

allowed the Winnebago Tribe to see a faster return on investment, Bledsoe-Downs

said. As of July 2018, the Winnebago Tribe

of Nebraska reportedly had more installed

solar capacity than any Midwestern tribe,

at 400 kilowatts. The tribe is now ensuring

new construction is able to accommodate

solar if needed.

Energy savings, she added, are reinvested into tribal or community programs.

“It’s really been a game-changer,” she

said.

As costs continue to decline, large- and

small-scale solar power makes for an enticing prospect for U.S. tribes. For utility-scale projects, which could be a new

source of tribal income and employment,

Rapp at Eagle Opportunity in South Dakota feels a sense of urgency.

“I know there’s a great opportunity in

the energy field for tribes,” Rapp said.

“We must take advantage of those. If not,

the non-Indian communities surrounding us are going to jump in ahead of us.

They’ll fill the grid and we won’t have any

opportunity, so we’ve got to get going.”

Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

buckskin hoods painted black,

that fits snugly over the head

and are secured by a drawstring

gathered about the neck. Tiny

holes are cut for the eyes and

for the mouth. Attached to the

top of the hood is a complex upright structure of wooden slats,

brightly painted and decorated,

sometimes referred to as horns.

On each side hang short wooden

slat earrings that strike against

one another, making the distinctive sound of the approaching

Mountain Spirits. Their bodies

are painted black with crosses

and bells attached to their belts

and feet.

One white painted dancer

mask differs from the others,

being made of scraped buckskin

and decorated with big ears. The

clown is the servant and messenger for the other dancers. They

Miccosukee Festival: Dance, Art and Alligators, Cont.

chant and pay homage to the four

directions with bird calls and

stomping. They stomp around a

fire and beat out rhythms. After

the mesmerizing performance,

the audience was invited to form

a big circle around the arena as

the ‘White One’ went around and

shook blessings into every person's hands.

Colorful and energetic, the

next featured performers were

the Great Plains Dance Company, a high-energy show featuring

wild feathered regalia adorned

with vivid assortments of brightly-colored ribbons, feathers, and

beads, and furs; all of which

honor the nations' elders and the

legacy of traditional arts. Imitating eagles the dancers soared

and swooped around the stage as

actual hawks soared above the

amphitheater.

The Iroquois Sky Dancers from

upstate New York performed

dances that honor apple picking

and matrilineal clans. After the

show, the whole troupe posed for

photos with festival-goers.

A Miccosukee fashion show

highlighted the elaborate patchwork designs, modeled by toddlers, teens, and elders who

twirled the stage in their capes,

skirts, shirts, and dresses.

Featured artist Bunk Echo

Hawk, a Pawnee from Oklahoma, had traveled to Miami

in a van with his family. The

acclaimed national artist, who

has made designs for Nike and

Pendleton, had recently completed a mural for the tribe in the

art soaked Miami neighborhood

Wynwood, where murals by

many famous artists have turned

it into a tourist mecca.

Bunky Echo Hawk and family

At the Festival, Echo Hawk set

up under a chickee hut and did

live painting, completing a painting every two days that were

then donated to the tribe. He said

he was “glad to be in Miami and

not the Oklahoma winter” as he

mixed colors on a large palette

and greeted people who stopped

to watch and make comments.

Bunky Echo Hawk paints live

At the Festival, Echo Hawk set

up under a chickee hut and did

live painting, completing a painting every two days that were

then donated to the tribe. Photo:

Sandra Schulman

The Miccosukee are in a

unique situation as most of their

reservation lands are underwater,

so they have to take advantage of

what they have. The Everglades

provide swamp tours and airboat

rides which were started by their

first chief Buffalo Tiger. Food

(gator, catfish, frogs, turtles)

plays a major part in the ecosystem, and they protect the glades

that filter water from the rivers

and lakes into the ocean. They

have a casino resort and produce

beautiful unique rick rack handsewn clothing.

Gator hides are another big

business and as the plains buffalo, they use all the parts of the

animal. They eat them, wrestle

them, adorn themselves with

them, wearing the teeth and

skins. Heads are sold in the gift

shop.

The small but proud tribe has

survived, thrived and flourished

in their watery heat infused

world. The annual festival is

their big way of giving back and

giving thanks.

Háyoołkááł Work Group announces partnership with Salt River Project to develop up to

200-megawatts in solar energy on the Navajo Nation, Cont.

said President Nez.

The Háyoołkááł Work Group,

which was created by President

Nez and Vice President Lizer to

serve as the clearinghouse for energy development proposals and

initiatives for the Navajo Nation

in April through the Háyoołkááł

Proclamation, has met with Salt

River Project on several occasions to assist in developing the

Request for Proposals.

The Háyoołkááł Work Group

is comprised of officials from

the Navajo Nation Division of

Natural Resources, Department

of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Economic Development, Division of

Community Development, Na-

vajo Nation Washington Office,

and the Office of the President

and Vice President.

“Throughout this process, the

Háyoołkááł Work Group has had

a seat at the table in determining

the criteria and requirements that

are spelled out in the RFP that

was issued. We will continue to

work together with Salt River

Project to ensure that the proposals are vetted carefully and

that the Nation benefits from this

project,” said Vice President Lizer.

President Nez and Vice President Lizer said the Háyoołkááł

Work Group will continue serving as the primary clearinghouse

for energy projects along with

the Navajo Nation Energy Office

when it is established. The office

was funded in the current year’s

budget, however, enabling legislation to officially create the office was previously tabled by the

Council.

In December, the Nez-Lizer

Administration also announced

the Navajo Nation’s acquisition

of the rights to 500-megawatts

along the Navajo Generating Station transmission lines that will

allow the Nation to earn revenue from the use or marketing of

transmission of electrical power.

“The acquisition of the

500-megawatts places the Navajo Nation in the driver seat to determine its own energy future in

accordance with the Háyoołkááł

Proclamation, which prioritizes

renewable energy development

for the long-term benefit of the

Navajo people and our communities,” added President Nez.

In the Request for Proposals,

Salt River Project requests respondents to provide competitive

solar project proposals that are a

minimum of 100-megawatts and

up to 200-megawatts in size. Proposed projects must be able to

achieve commercial operation by

no later than December 2023 to

ensure that projects are eligible

for federal tax incentives.

“This project is critical as it

moves us forward in our goal

to invest in more solar energy

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projects and offer our customers a diverse mix of affordable,

emission-free power. We are also

proud to work with the Navajo

Nation as they facilitate further

development of renewable energy,” said Salt River Project

General Manager and CEO Mike

Hummel.

Proposals in response to the

RFP must be submitted to Salt

River Project by May 4, 2020.

Selection of new resources is expected to be completed by July

2020. Additional information

about the RFP, including instructions on how to register to submit

proposals, is available at srpnet.

com/SolarRFP.

Hopi Tutuveni January 22, 2020

Newly Formed Transition Team Has First

Meeting for the Public

Part of the Transision Team members hold meeting at Hopi High School’s libarary (photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

CARL ONSAE

HOPI TUTUVENI

The newly appointed Hopi School System, Transition Team, held its very first

Public meeting at the Hopi High School

in Keams Canyon, Ariz. on January 12,

2020.

The meeting was held as a follow up

gathering of the Team on the morning of

the 12th and to provide a report on the

plans for successfully transitioning the

current system to a new Hopi School System.

The Hopi Tribal Council adopted the

Hopi Education Code in August 2019 to

create a one school district, under which

all local Hopi schools would be required

to operate and report a new Hopi Board of

Education and to solidify all school operations into one.

The Transition Team consisted of almost 40 members who were assigned to

create separate subgroups focused on addressing various school operation issues

which consisted of the following subgroup

teams: Education Services team, Community Support team, Finance and Human

Resources team, Transportation and Facilities team, School Support Services team,

and Hopi Board Election team.

All of the teams are to work with the

Transition Team leaders that consist of,

Darold Joseph, Chairperson, Alban Naha,

Vice Chairperson, and Samantha Honanie,

Secretary. The goal being to ensure that

all teams will work towards a deadline to

make the Hopi School System transition

run as smoothly as possible.

Naha informed the teams about their

mission and statement to be included; so

as to work towards the goal of transition

but no mission and statement had been set

by the team before the end of the Public

presentation.

Alma Sinquah, principle for the First

Mesa Elementary School, who is also on

the transition team, gave an update on a

“road map” which consisted of the different tasks that each team will tackle upon

the transitioning. Although, a vote to approve the said road map was in discussion

and no vote was taken to approve of the

proposed road map to follow.

Joseph commented on several questions

asked by the audience regarding transparency. He stated, “I want to make it clear

and present that we will try to include the

transparency on what we are doing and to

make sure to include the people on everything we do.”

Elise Goldtooth from the Election

Board Election team gave an update on

how they are trying to work with the Hopi

Elections Office Board to make sure they

can go about doing an election and asked

“How are we going to get the funding to

do an election and how are we going make

sure we are going to do a fair election?”

She also stated that her team will work

closely with the different schools about

their policies on how they do elections for

a new school board.

With all said and done, the Transition

Team is working closely with the Hopi

Elections Office to establish an election

for the new Hopi School System Board,

but with the lack of funding to do an election, the Transition Team is thinking of a

different strategy to do an election with

the limited resources.

All of the different teams gave an update on what they are going to do in the

near future about having meetings with

the public and to work closely with the

schools on making this transition as

smooth as possible. The public in attendance was informed that the next scheduled Transition Team meeting is to be announced at a later date.

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