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HOPI TUTUVENI

Volume 25, Number 05

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017

Data

shows

severe

obesity

among

Osomuya

March

Native Youth in 14 Southwest Tribes

Valerie Nuvayestewa,

Hopi Special Diabetes

Prevention Educator

The moon of

whistling winds

HOPI CALENDAR

Kyaamuya- December

Paamuya- January

Powamuya- February

Osomuya- March

Kwiyamuyaw- April

Hakitonmuya- May

Woko’uyis- June

Talangva- July

Talapaamuya- August

Nasan’muya- September

Toho’osmuya- October

Kelmuya- November

This Month

in Hopi

History

• A.D. 1250, Drought

causes abandonment of

Cliff Dwellings on Mesa

Verde and Tsegi Canyon

• A.D. 1276-1299, Great

drought during this

time caused 36 to 47

Hopi pueblos to be

abandoned

• 1866-1867, During severe smallpox epidemic, Hopis lived at Zuni

Pueblo

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Marshall Masayesva, Program Director, Adventures for Hopi, demonstrates kayak maneuvers.

“It is the first time in history our people are dying

from diabesity-diabetes and

obesity-and not starvation,”

Denisa Livingston from the

Dine’ Community Advocacy

Alliance noted.

Recent data that was analyzed on native youth from

14 tribes in the Southwestern

U.S., most of whom reside in

Arizona and who attended a

one-week residential summer wellness camp during

15 camp years between

1995-2015, found that there

was a high prevalence of severe obesity among the youth

who attended, (age range

9-16 years). Severe obesity

is above the 95th percentile

on the BMI chart; over half

of the youth were in the Class

2 (120%) and Class 3 (140%)

obesity levels.

Emerging evidence also

suggests that maternal stress,

in combination with food insecurity, may negatively impact

child weight status. That may

well be most households across

reservations. Our children are

growing up in environments

where they are neither nurtured nor nourished.

Cont’d on P4

Housing

Tribal Council approves Hopi

grazing allocations for Authority Annual

thirteen range units in Performance Report

Land Management District 6

Louella Nahsonhoya

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After several years of

research, assessments, and

meetings regarding the issuance of grazing permits

in thirteen range units in

Land Management District

Six, the Hopi Tribal Council (HTC) adopted Resolution H-025-2017, which

authorizes and directs

the Hopi Office of Range

Management (ORM) to

begin issuing grazing permits in D6.

Pursuant to Hopi Tribe

Ordinance 43 (Resolution

H-49-89), the Ordinance

for Control of Livestock

and Grazing on the Hopi

Reservation, ranchers are

required to have permits to

graze their livestock within boundaries of the Hopi

Reservation.

Severe drought conditions, and land management issues of overgrazing

in D6, prompted livestock

owners to recommend and

request that grazing allocations also be applied to

D6. The Council approved

permitting D6 through

Resolution H-008-2014;

however, shortly thereafter, postponed the implementation of permits

by passage of Resolution

H-082-2015.

Council then approved

Resolution H-116-2015,

directing the ORM to consult with Villages, ranchers and farmers on their

thoughts regarding the

D6 permits and make the

necessary amendments to

Ordinance 43 to include

grazing permits.

The ORM began consultations with the villages,

ranchers and farmers in

2015. ORM Director Priscilla Pavatea said a majority

of ranchers agreed to participate in the permitting.

After that time, Council approved Resolution

H-013-2016

rescinding

H-082-2015 and amended

Ordinance 43 to include

permitting in D6.

Still, further studies and

consultations

continued

and finally on Feb. 28, the

HTC, by majority vote, adopted Resolution H-0252017 authorizing grazing

allocations in each of the

thirteen range units which

make up Land Management District 6.

By passage of this Resolution, the Council further

authorized ORM to issue

permits to those ranchers

(identified on a list submitted to Council) and to

notify those ranchers who

did not want to participate

and whose names did not

appear on the list, to remove their livestock from

D6. The Resolution also

states that ranchers utilizing D6 are required to

abide by Ordinance 43 and

help protect, conserve and

prudently manage grazing

of livestock on the Hopi

Reservation. The Resolution further resolves that

the South Oraibi grazing

unit shall be addressed on a

separate action item/resolution, within 60 days of the

passage of this Resolution.

The final resolve of the

Resolution declares that

the HTC authorizes Hopi

Resource

Enforcement

Services to implement the

enforcement of Ordinance

43 on District 6, in its entirety.

Pavatea said “We have

been trying to permit D6

ever since Ordinance 43

was passed in 1989. The

Ordinance states: This Ordinance shall govern the

allocation of grazing and

accommodation permits

to and the use of the Hopi

Reservation for grazing

purposes by tribal members and Accommodation

Agreement signatories and

shall otherwise control

the presence of livestock

on the Hopi Reservation.

Previous Director Robinson Honani, and I, made

several attempts to get this

approved, but it was the

ranchers themselves, who

were in support of this and

were influential in finally

getting this passed.”

Cont’d on P3

As a recipient of funds

under the Native American

Housing Assistance and

Self-Determination act of

1996 (NAHASDA), the

Hopi Tribal Housing Authority (HTHA) is required

to publicly announce its

Annual Performance Report (APR) at the end of

each Fiscal Year.

At a recent Hopi Tribal

Council session, HTHA

Executive Director Wes

Corbin, presented the

FY2016 Performance Report addressed to the Hopi

Sinom. In his presentation,

Corbin reviewed and outlined housing activities

planned and/or accomplished during the program

year. All proposed plans

were in accordance with

established statutes and

regulations of HUD.

Corbin said there is a

continuous need for housing and the need to assist

low-income families is a

foremost priority. Present

housing conditions and the

need for housing include:

multiple family units in a

household, homelessness,

renters in need of affordable housing, housing for

college students, substandard housing units in need

of rehabilitation, handicap

accessible housing, infrastructure, and energy efficient home upgrades, to

name a few.

Cont’d on P5

Officer involved

shooting in Polacca

Office of the Chairman

The Hopi Tribe

Kykotsmovi– Hopi Resource Enforcement Services and the Bureau of

Indian Affairs Hopi Law Enforcement announced that an

investigation is ongoing into

an officer involved shooting

that occurred in Polacca.

The incident occurred

on February 16 at approximately 1:59 pm while officers were conducting an

attempt to locate an individual wanted on a federal arrest warrant. An adult

Native American male was

fatally shot during a confrontation with officers.

The deceased male has

been identified as Gene

Austin, 36, of Polacca.

One officer sustained minor injuries during the confrontation. No additional

officers were injured.

The Federal Bureau of

Investigations is actively

investigating this incident.

No additional information

is available at this time. ##

2 TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 | HOPI TUTUVENI

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL

Second Quarter Session

March 1, 2017 AGENDA - Amendment #1

I. Call to Order

II. Certification of Tribal Council Representatives

III. Roll Call

IV. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance

V. Announcements

VI. Correspondence

VII. Calendar Planning

VIII. Approval of Minutes

November 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 2015- Approved 3/1/17

IX. Approval of Agenda

X. Unfinished Business

1. Action Item 007-2016 – To adopt the Hopi Human Resources Policy

Manual with an effective date of (Approval Date by Tribal Council) – Author/Lisa Pawwinnee, Director, Office of Human Resources – TABLED

2. Action Item 096-2016 – To approve amendment to Ordinance 37–

Hopi Labor Code– TERO Fee – Author/Brant Honahnie, Director,

TERO - 3/6/17, 3:30pm

3. Action Item 006-2017 – To appoint Ms. Olufunmike Owoso as

Chief Prosecutor – Author/Dwayne Secakuku, Chief of Staff, Office of

Vice Chairman– TABLED

4. Action Item 014-2017 – To amend Ordinance 17A (Revised) to increase fees on all non-Hopi businesses – Author/Danny Honanie, Chief

Revenue Commissioner, Office of Revenue Commission – TABLED

7. Land Commission *

8. Water/Energy Committee * - 3/1/17, 10:30am- COMPLETE

9. Transportation Committee *

10. Law Enforcement Committee *

11. Office of Revenue Commission *

12. Investment Committee *

13. Health/Education Committee *

14. Budget Oversight Team

15. Report on progress of Task Team 2 – Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr., Vice

Chairman - 3/6/17, 1:30pm .

16. Report on Peabody Bankruptcy Case – Karen Pennington, Deputy

General Counsel - 3/7/17, 8am

17. Report – update on Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project (HAMP) – Lionel

Puhuyesva, Director, Hopi Water Resources Program - 3/7/17, 3:30pm

XIII. APPOINTMENTS/INTERVIEWS

1. Audit Team

2. Fire Designee (2)

3. Election Board – Alternate 3 position

4. Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation – Board of Directors (2 positions for Hopi/Tewa Tribal Members)

5. General Counsel (1 position) & Deputy General Counsel (1 position)- 3/8/17, 9:30am-5pm & 3/9/17, 10:30am-5pm

XIV. OTHER

Discussion on BIA Law Enforcement Service’s Scope of Work – Mario

XI. NEW BUSINESS

Redlegs,

Acting Special Agent in Charge, District III, BIA Office of Jus1. Action Item 022-2017 – To increase width of Stetson Road roadway

tice

Services

and Jamie Kootswatewa, Assistant Special Agent in Charge,

easement – Author/Lamar Keevama, Tribal Council Representative,

District

III,

OJS

– 2/23/17@ 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. - To be rescheduled

Bacavi Village – 3/6/17, 9:30am

Discussion

re:

Vice Chairman’s Email of October 25, 2016 alleg2. Action Item 023-2017 – To authorize Chairman of the Hopi Tribe to

ing

Chairman

serious

neglect of duty – LeRoy Shingoitewa, Tribal

execute a land lease with SEC Power Corporation – Author/Lamar KeeCouncil

Representative

1/6/17 - @ 3:30 p.m. - To be rescheduled

vama, Tribal Council Representative, Bacavi Village – 3/6/17, 10:30am

Hopi

Tribal

Council

Orientation

& Priority Setting – Hopi Tribal

3. Action Item 024-2017 – To approve Tribal Enrollment applications

Council

1/23,

25/17,

9am-5pm

daily – To be continued

for Hopi Membership – Author/Mary L. Polacca, Director, Office of

Visit

and

observation

HTC

session

by Hopi Day School Student

Enrollment – 3/6/17, 2:30pm.

Council

Sponsor

–

Jaselynn

Shulavicie,

Student Council Sponsor 4. Action Item 025-2017 – To approve carry over funds in the Hopi

3/7/17

9:00

a.m.

Cultural Preservation Office Revolving Account into subsequent years

5. Discussion – Appeal to extend appointment of Tribal Registrar Kar– Author/Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Director, HCPO - 3/7/17, 2:30pm.

en Shupla and Election Board Member Colleen Seletstewa’s term –

XII. REPORTS - (1 hr. time allotted) *Required

Kristopher Holmes, Chairman, Hopi Election Board – 3/7/17, 9:30am.

1. Office of the Chairman *

6. Discussion re: review & oversight authority including personnel

2. Office of the Vice Chairman *

evaluations over all Regulated Entities – Herman G. Honanie, Chair3. Office of Tribal Secretary *

man - 3/7/17, 10:30am

4. Office of the Treasurer *

7. Discussion re: cleanup alternative at Tuba City Dump – Clancy Ten5. General Counsel *

ley, USEPA- 3/7/17, 1:30pm

6. Office of the Executive Director *

XV. ADJOURNMENT

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL

First Quarter Session - December 1, 2016 AGENDA

February 23, 2017 Amendment #7

I. Call to Order

II. Certification of Tribal Council Representatives

III. Roll Call

IV. Invocation/Pledge Of Allegiance

V. Announcements

VI. Correspondence

VII. Calendar Planning

VIII. Approval of Minutes

September 1, 2, 3, 10, 21, 22, 23, 28, 2015 – APPROVED

2/7/17

October 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27, 29, 2015 - APPROVED 2/7/17

November 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 2015

IX. Approval of Agenda

X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Action Item 007-2016 – To adopt the Hopi Human Resources Policy Manual with an effective date of (Approval Date by Tribal Council) – Author/Lisa Pawwinnee, Director, Office of Human Resources

– TABLED

2. Action Item 096-2016 – To approve amendment to Ordinance 37

– Hopi Labor Code – TERO Fee – Author/Brant Honahnie, Director,

TERO - TABLED

3. Action Item 006-2017 – To appoint Ms. Olufunmike Owoso as

Chief Prosecutor – Author/Dwayne Secakuku, Chief of Staff, Office of

Vice Chairman – TABLED

4. Action Item 014-2017 – To amend Ordinance 17A (Revised) to increase fees on all non-Hopi businesses – Author/Danny Honanie, Chief

Revenue Commissioner, Office of Revenue Commission – TABLED

XI. NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item 022-2017 – To increase width of Stetson Road roadway easement – Author/Lamar Keevama, Tribal Council Representative, Bacavi Village - 2/23/17 @ 9:30 a.m. – To be rescheduled

2. Action Item 023-2017 – To authorize Chairman of the Hopi Tribe

to execute a land lease with SEC Power Corporation – Author/Lamar

Keevama, Tribal Council Representative, Bacavi Village - 2/23/17 @

10:30 a.m. - To be rescheduled

XII. REPORTS - (1 hr. time allotted) *Required

1. Office of the Chairman * - 1/6/17 @ 9:30 a.m. - COMPLETE

2. Office of the Vice Chairman * - 1/4/17 @ 9:30 a.m. - COMPLETE

3. Office of Tribal Secretary * - 1/6/17 @ 10:30 a.m. – COMPLETE –

Written Report

4. Office of the Treasurer * - 1/4/17 @ 1:30 p.m. - COMPLETE

5. General Counsel *

6. Office of the Executive Director * - 2/6/17 @ 10:30 a.m. - COMPLETE

7. Land Commission * - 1/4/17 @ 2:30 p.m. - COMPLETE

8. Water/Energy Committee * - 1/5/17 @10:30 a.m.

9. Transportation Committee * - 1/6/16 @ 2:30 p.m. - COMPLETE

10. Law Enforcement Committee * - 2/21/17@ 2:30 p.m. - COMPLETE

11. Office of Revenue Commission *

12. Investment Committee *

13. Health/Education Committee * - 2/7/17 @ 9:30 a.m. - COMPLETE

14. Budget Oversight Team

XIII. APPOINTMENTS/INTERVIEWS

1. Audit Team

2. Fire Designee (2)

3. Election Board – Alternate 2 and 3 positions - Memo OTS 7/23/15

- 1/3/17 @ 3:30 p.m. – COMPLETE (Alternate 2 position filled)

4. Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation– Board of Direc-

tors (2 positions for Hopi/Tewa Tribal Members)

5. General Counsel

6. Sergeant-at-Arms – Interviews - 12/6/16 @ 10:30 – 12:00 noon COMPLETE

7. Tribal Council Committee Appointments - 12/29/16 @ 9:45 a.m. –

COMPLETE

8. Tribal Secretary – Interviews - 1/3/17 @ 4:25 p.m. - COMPLETE

XIV. OTHER

1. Discussion on BIA Law Enforcement Service’s Scope of Work

– Mario Redlegs, Acting Special Agent in Charge, District III, BIA

Office of Justice Services and Jamie Kootswatewa, Assistant Special

Agent in Charge, District III, OJS – 2/23/17@ 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. - To

be rescheduled

2. Discussion re: Vice Chairman’s Email of October 25, 2016 alleging

Chairman in serious neglect of duty – LeRoy Shingoitewa, Tribal

Council Representative - 1/6/17 - @ 3:30 p.m. - To be rescheduled

3. Hopi Tribal Council Orientation & Priority Setting – Hopi Tribal

Council - 1/23, 24, 25/17 @ 9am- 5p.m. daily – To be continued

XV. ADJOURNMENT

COMPLETED ACTION ITEMS

1. A.I. 113-2016 - To approve Employee Benefits Committee ByLaws & Employee Benefits Trust Documents – Author/Lisa Pawwinnee, Director, Office of Human Resources - 12/5/16 @ 2:30 p.m.

- APPROVED

2. A.I. 116-2016 – To approve amendments/additions to Constitution

& By-laws of the Hopi Tribe – Author/Kristopher Holmes, Chairman, Hopi Election Board – 12/5/16 @ 3:30 p.m. - APPROVED

3. A.I. 129-2016 – To correct Resolution H-058-2015 and amend

consulting agreement between the Hopi Tribe and Patricia

Sekaquaptewa – Author/Carlene Tenakhongva, Chief of Staff, Office

of the Chairman – 12/1/16 @ 1:30 p.m. - APPROVED

4. A.I. 130-2016 – To correct Resolution H-060-2015 and amend

consulting agreement between the Hopi Tribe and Robert Clinton –

Author/Carlene Tenakhongva, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman

– 12/1/16 @ 2:30 p.m. – APPROVED

5. A.I. #132-2016 – To approve Fiscal Year 2017 General Fund

Budget – Author/Robert Sumatzkuku, Treasurer, The Hopi Tribe –

12/1/16 @ 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – APPROVED

6. Action Item 133-2016 – To approve Hopi Tribe Enrollment

Applications – Author/Mary L. Polacca, Director, Enrollment Office

- 12/5/16 @ 1:30 p.m. - APPROVED

7. A.I. 134-2016 – To approve Hopi Tribal Housing Authority’s Fiscal Year 2017 Indian Housing Plan – Author/Wes Corben, Executive

Director, Hopi Tribal Housing Authority – 12/1/16 @ 10:30 a.m. –

APPROVED

8. Action Item 135-2016 – Request for $100,000.00 to purchase

Point of Entry system for the Hopi Cultural Center to remain in

compliance with U.S. EPA Administrative Order – Author/Lionel

Puhuyesva, Director, Water Resources Program - 12/28/16 @ 10:30

a.m. – APPROVED

9. Action Item 001-2017 – To issue allocation of available Animal Units within the HPL Range Units – Author/Priscilla Pavatea,

Director, Office of Range Management - 12/28/16 @ 1:30 p.m. APPROVED

10. Action Item 002-2017 – To approve supplemental funding for

Moye White to continue to provide legal services concerning Peabody

Western Coal Company’s bankruptcy case – Author/Karen Pennington, Deputy General Counsel - 12/28/16 @ 2:30 p.m. - APPROVED

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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017

Grazing Allocations from P1

According to Pavatea, the Bureau

of Indian Affairs (BIA) was originally responsible for issuing permits on

D6; but when the Hopi Tribe took

over Land Operations through a 638

contact, they also assumed responsibility for issuing grazing permits.

“The ORM is responsible for issuing grazing permits on D6 and we

finally got it approved in 2014 and

again now, by passage of this Resolution,” said Pavatea. “We will now

process grazing permits based on

the allocations approved and begin

notifying and issuing permits to the

ranchers. We will also notify those

ranchers who did not receivew permits, to remove their livestock from

the land base. Enforcement will be

done by HRES. We want to work

cooperatively with all ranchers and

assist them in getting their approved

allocation numbers. Removing livestock from range units will be more

difficult and we will work with HRES

on this. This will take time because

it is a big change for this area, but by

cooperation from all parties, it can be

done.”

Pavatea said 99% of ranchers do

not practice range management techniques and the DNR/ORM will continue to focus on protecting the land,

protecting the livestock and enforcing the policy.

LETTER TO EDITOR

Dear Tutuveni Editor:

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Cancer Support Services, the Hopi Health Care Center or

the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation.

All too often people tend to ignore information like

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you know, “indestructible” or they take an “it couldn’t

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March is recognized as National Colorectal Cancer

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screening for colorectal cancer beginning at age 50 saves

lives. If you are 50 or older, getting a colorectal screening test could save your life. Talk to your health care

provider about which test is right for you and how often Dana Russell, Manger

you should be screened. If you want to learn about the Hopi Cancer Support Services

HTC First Quarter Session - Continued

Amendment #7

11. Action Item 003-2017 – To create a Revolving

Account for Hopi Senom Transit – Author/Donovan

Gomez, Transit Administrator - 12/28/16 @ 3:30 p.m.

- APPROVED

12. Action Item 004-2017 - To accept FTA Formula

Grant for Rural Areas, Public Transportation on Indian

Reservations for FY 2016 – Author/Donovan Gomez 12/28/16 @ 4:15 p.m. – APPROVED

13. A.I. 005-2017 – To approve contract with Antol &

Hance, P.C. as Conflict Counsel – Author/Craig Wallace, Acting Chief Judge, Hopi Tribal Court - 1/3/17

@ 1:30 p.m. - APPROVED

14. Action Item 007-2017 – To retain Norberto J. Cisneros, Esq. of Maddox, Isaacson & Cisneros, L.L.P.

as attorney of record for the Hopi Tribe in lawsuits

related to the Tribe’s investments – Author/Karen Pennington, Deputy General Counsel - 12/30/16 @ 3:30

p.m. – APPROVED

15. Action Item 008-2017 – To approve request to

carry over any remaining funds in the 2016 LCR

Support Budget into 2017 and the years following

until exhausted – Author/Karen Pennington, Deputy

General Counsel - 1/4/17 @ 10:30 a.m. - APPROVED

16. Action Item 009-2017 – To accept the Ramah Settlement in the amount of $3,308,423.44 by the Hopi

Tribal Council – Author/Robert Sumatzkuku, Treasurer, - 1/6/17 @ 10:30 a.m. – APPROVED

17. Action Item 010-2017 – To approve attorney contract between Hopi Tribe and Verrin Kewenvoyouma to

assist with negotiating and signing a Gaming Compact

with the State of Arizona – Author/Herman G. Honanie, Chairman, The Hopi Tribe – 2/21/17 @ 10:30

a.m. - APPROVED

18. Action Item 011-2017 – To have the Hopi Tribe

acknowledge requirements contained in 25 CFR

115.813 - 2/7/17 @ 10:30 a.m. - WITHDRAWN 19.

Action Item 012-2017 – To approve 638 contracting

of HHCC Expansion Construction and construction of

Keams Canyon Apartments from Phoenix Area – Indian Health Service – Author/Daniel Honahni, Executive

Director, Office of Executive Director - 2/7/17 @ 2:30

p.m. - APPROVED

20. Action Item 013-2017 – To approve MOA between

Navajo County and the Hopi Tribe which was signed

in May 2014 for funding of materials for road maintenance projects – Author/Karen Pennington, Deputy

General Counsel – 2/9/17 @ 10:30 a.m. – APPROVED

21. Action Item 015-2017 – To request approval for

2014-2018 grazing allocations for Land Management

District Six – Author/Priscilla Pavatea, Director, Office

of Range Management - 2/22/17 @ 9:30 a.m. - APPROVED

22. Action Item 016-2017 – To accept Comprehensive

Economic Development Strategy 2016 – Author/Andrew Gashwazra, Director Office of Planning & Evaluation - 2/8/17 @ 2:30 p.m. - APPROVED

23. Action Item 017-2017 – To procure 2017 General Liability, Property and Casualty Insurance Polices

– Author/Edgar Shupla, Director, Office of Facilities

Management - 2/9/17 @ 9:30 a.m. - APPROVED

24. Action Item 018-2017 – To rescind H-091-2009

– Author, Lamar Keevama, Tribal Council Representative, Bacavi Village – 2/9/17 @ 2:30 p.m. – APPROVED

25. Action Item 019-2017 – To obtain Hopi Tribal

Council certification of the Eligible Voters list which

is compiled by the Hopi Enrollment Dept. – Author/

Kristopher Holmes, Chairman, Hopi Election Board 2/21/17 @ 1:30 p.m. - APPROVED

26. Action Item 020-2017 – To approve Consulting

Agreement between the Hopi Tribe and Hawkes &

Mehnert LLP – Author/Craig Wallace, Acting Chief

Judge, Hopi Tribal Court - 2/8/17 @ 9:30 a.m. – APPROVED

27. Action Item 021-2017 – To rescind Resolution

H-083-1979 – Author/Karen Pennington, Deputy General Counsel - 2/22/17 @ 10:30 a.m. - APPROVED

COMPLETE REPORTS

1. Report on Investments Account held with Rockefeller

& Co. – Matt Gelfand - 12/5/16, 10:30am COMPLETE

2. Update report on LCR Adjudication (Executive Session) – Karen Pennington, Deputy General Counsel 12/5/16 – COMPLETE

3. Update Report on the Lomayesva Case (Executive

Session)– Karen Pennington – 12/30/16 @ 10:00 a.m.

– COMPLETE

4. Report – Case updates – Norberto Cisneros - 1/5/17

@ 10:30 a.m. – COMPLETE

5. Presentation on Benally Case, Mishongnovi Forfeiture Case and current cases – Norberto Cisneros –

1/30/17 @ 9:30 – 5:00 p.m. – COMPLETE

6. Report on Hopi Wellness Court – Judge Eric Mehnert

– 2/6/17 @ 2:30 p.m. - COMPLETE

7. Report re: strategies to extend 2019 deadline on NGS

closure – Task Team 1 - 2/6/17, 1:30 p.m.– COMPLETE

8. Discussion with Executive Director Daniel Honahni &

Assistant Finance Director Shirley Wesaw re: discrepancies, concerns & complaints related to Office of Financial

Management – 2/21/17, 3:30 PM- COMPLETE

9. Visit/observation

of Council meeting by Jeddito Pubth

lic School 8 grade students and Teacher Delores Noble

- 2/22/17 @ 9:00 a.m. - COMPLETE

10. Hopi Tribal Housing Authority’s Annual Performance Report and update on ongoing HTHA projects

– Wes Corbin, Executive Director, HTHA – 2/22/17 @

1:30 – 5:00 p.m. – COMPLETE

OTHER COMPLETE

1. Introduction of SixKiller Lobbyist and discussion

re: priorities of the Hopi Tribe – Carlene Tenakhongva,

Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Chairman - 12/6/16 @

9:30 a.m. – COMPLETE

2. Hopi Three Canyon Ranches Dividend Check Presentation – Clayton Honyumptewa, Manager, Department of Natural Resources - 12/29/16 @ 9:15 a.m. –

COMPLETE

3. Check Presentation – Wastewater Treatment Plant

final loan payment – Hubert Lewis, Governor, Upper

Village of Moenkopi - 12/29/16 @ 9:30 a.m. – COMPLETE

4. Introduction of Lori Piestewa Post #80 Reigning

Royalty Princess and Attendants – Eugene Talas, Adjutant, Lori Piestewa Post #80 - 12/30/16 @ 9:30 a.m.

– COMPLETE

5. Review of the FY 2013 Audit Report – Moss Adams

– 12/30/16 @ 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. – COMPLETE

6. Report on Hopi Education Endowment Fund – LuAnn Leonard, Director, HEEF - 12/7/16 @ 9:30 a.m.

– 12/30/16 – COMPLETE

7. Discussion – Upcoming ending of attorney contracts (Executive Session) – Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr.

Vice Chairman - 12/30/16 @ 3:00 p.m. – COMPLETE

8. Discussion – Research on impact of climate change

and community adaptation with respect to long-term

performance of disposal cell covers for uranium mill

tailings located in Native American communities – Carrie N. Joseph – 1/3/17 @ 10:30 a.m. – COMPLETE

9. Presentation of draft Information Technology Policies – Jerolyn Takala, Director, IT - 1/3/17 @ 2:30 p.m.

– COMPLETE

10. Discussion with All Villages/Community – Responsibility of the Office of Chairman and/or Hopi

Tribal Council to fulfill the obligations as approved on

the Village Budgets/Appropriations – Sandy Whitehair,

CSA, Shungopavi Village and Villages/Community 1/4/17 @ 3:30 p.m. – COMPLETE

11. Recognition of Hopi High School Boys and Girls

Cross Country Teams for their accomplishments at the

Arizona State Cross Country Finals and Coach Rick

Baker – Hopi Tribal Council - 1/5/17 @ 9:30 a.m. –

COMPLETE

12. Presentation of 2019 BIA Budget – Wendell Honanie, Superintendent, Hopi Agency - 1/5/17 @ 1:30

p.m. – COMPLETE

13. Discussion with Villages on concerns - 2/6/17 @

3:30 p.m. – COMPLETE

14. Discussion to come up with specific strategy and what

the Hopi Tribe intends these committees to do and what

authority they have – Task Team 1 & 2 - COMPLETE

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Obesity - Cont’d from P1

NO ONE

CHOOSES

TO TAKE UP

SECONDHAND

SMOKING.

Nathan, Age 54

Oglala Sioux

Idaho

Secondhand smoke at work triggered Nathan’s severe asthma

attacks and caused infections and lung damage. If you or someone

you know wants free help to quit smoking, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

#CDCTips

March is Nutrition Awareness

Month

Kanesha Quanimptewa

Diabetes Prevention Educator

Hopi Special Diabetes Program

March is Nutrition

Awareness Month; are

you aware of what you are

putting in your body? We

take time to make sure that

our automobiles are well

serviced, our electronics

are up to date, and even

make sure our pets are

well fed; for some reason,

we take only a fraction of

our time to focus on our

bodies. We take care of everything else besides what

really matters, our body,

and continue to neglect

our most precious gift,

our health. This is the only

body we get, so why aren’t

we taking care of it?

According to the USDA,

the average American consumes 150 to 170 pounds

of sugar per year. Onethird of the United States

is obese while another

one-third is overweight.

This puts two-thirds of our

population at risk for diabetes. Despite all of this,

we make very little effort

to change our approach to

nutrition.

Small changes to your

diet can result in weight

loss, lowering blood pressure, lowering cholesterol

levels, reducing heart disease, and can even prevent

type 2 Diabetes. Making

small changes can feel

overwhelming; I am not

suggesting that you eliminate all of your guilty

pleasures; however, eating

in moderation and small

Men’s Wellness

Conference

Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center

March 16, 2017

8:00am. ~ 5:00pm.

FREE EVENT

First 100 registrations will receive a t-shirt.

(928) 737-6300

words that will change their life as they know

it; “you have diabetes” - ADA website

That fact blows me away every time.

Every 23 seconds someone is diagnosed

with diabetes. Janie Simms Hipp, Director

of the University Of Arkansas School Of

Law’s Indigenous Food and Agriculture

Initiative, sums it up very well by saying,

“If you want to destroy a people, you take

away the power of their food. If you want

to build a people backup, you build them

up through their food.

The government has done this very effectively by taking our language, our culture, our food. By actively reclaiming all

of this, by actively engaging our youth,

we can begin to reverse the “diabesity”

epidemic that is overcoming the health of

the young ones around us.

NOW is the time to reinvest in our

youth, and by that, I mean invest a part of

your time daily to nurture the young ones

around you. Not only your own children,

but reach out to those who have no guidance, who have not been so fortunate to

have been raised in a loving, supportive

family. Embrace them as your own, it our

duty, our responsibility to be human to all

human beings.

We must also never overlook the importance of prayer. When we pray our Creator strengthens and guides us throughout

the day. Prayer will also help us on our

journey and provide us with the answers

needed to overcome this “diabesity” epidemic that seeks to destroy the very identity of our people.

Now is the time to stand strong and preserve what we still have left.

The Hopi

Environmental Health Project

STUDY INFORMATION

changes can give you great

results. Alternate a bottle

of water for every other • The Hopi Tribe, in collaboration with professors from the University of Arizona, is evaluating the environment inside Hopi homes on several health

beverage you drink. If you

have a hard time drinking

conditions. This Project will help programs at the Hopi Department of

just water, there are great

Community Health Services and the Hopi Environmental Protection Office

alternatives like flavored

to identify health and environmental issues facing the Hopi.

water and infused water.

The idea is to increase • Household exposures found in the air, water, and food are major sources

your water consumption.

of environmental hazards for many communities. These exposures or hazAfter all, water is an essenards, along with factors such as unemployment, poor access to preventive

tial part of a healthy body.

programs and health services, can affect human health including respiratoMake

these

small

ry and cardiovascular health, diabetes, cancer and obesity. You may have

changes simply by adding

heard that a recent survey suggests 24% of Hopi have asthma, which is high

good, healthy food to your

compared to national averages.

current diet, and eventually you will see a change.

You will be amazed at how • The goal is to recruit people from 90 Hopi homes over a 3 year period. The

homes will be selected at random (by chance) from across Hopi communimuch better you will look

ties. We will collect information about both the home and the people living

and feel. You have nothin the home at two different seasons of the year (winter and summer).

ing to lose and your health

to gain.

1st Annual

For more information

and a registration form,

please contact:

“The environment is what shapes and

forms our culture, so if we can start taking

better control and empowering ourselves

with our own wellness by eating our (native)

foods, by being active on the land–all those

things-reciprocity happens,” stated Valerie

Segrest, Muckleshoot Tribe.

We need a framework to bring the community together to take control of our

lives because our poor health is a symptom of deeper problems in our communities. We need community involvement

in developing health policy. We need our

Tribal Council to be engaged. We need

our elders and youth to be engaged.

The Hopi/Tewa Sinom is not alone in this

”diabesity” epidemic. Other tribes all over

the country are in the same predicament

with their youth, our future tribal leaders,

that is, if they live long enough to lead.

Every month, another young life is lost to

chronic diseases, such as diabetes.

Diabetes demands a daily sacrifice from

those afflicted with this. It wakes a mother

at two in the morning to test her two year

old’s blood sugar. It spreads despair in

grandparents whose limited mobility due

to nerve damage in their hands and feet

keeps them from enjoying a walk with their

grandchildren. It steals precious hours of

time from those who have to make visits to

the hospital or the dialysis center. It does

not discriminate, nor pause to hesitate on

who it will lay claim to, mothers, uncles,

sisters, grandparents, your little brother,

niece, nephew.…no remorse shown, nor

sympathy for family members who will be

left to care for their loved ones.

Every 23 seconds someone hears the three

• One person in the house will be asked to answer some questions about

conditions of your house. You will be asked to allow environmental sampling of the air, soil, dust, and water at your home for pollutants. Information about these equipment is available and will be described to you.

• You, and anyone else in the house who is 18 years of age or older, will be

asked to complete some tests about your lung and heart health. We will

also ask if you are willing to give a urine sample which we will test for metals, like arsenic or uranium.

• The project requires equipment be placed at your home to measure the

quality of the air during both the winter and summer seasons. Some of this

equipment will need to stay in your home for at least 24 hours. This means

that there will be 4 visits to your home over the next 12 months. The project will involve 4 to 5 hours of your time over 2-3 days in winter and then

again in summer. A description and pictures of the equipment to be used in

this study is available.

• You will receive reports from the project about your home and your personal tests.

• You may decide not to participate and you may stop your participation at

any time.

• You will receive a $100 thank you for participation after both the winter

and summer sampling visits.

• This Project is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It has received

approval from the Hopi Tribal Council.

For further information, you can contact

• Gayl Honanie, Director of Environmental Protection Office, Phone: 928-734-3631.

• Lori Joshweseoma, Director of Hopi Department of Community Health Services,

Phone: 928-734-3401.

• Robin Harris, Principal Investigator, University of Arizona, Phone: 520-626-5357

HOPI TUTUVENI |

Black Mesa Trust Housing from P1

applauds decision

to Shutter Navajo

Generating Station

The HTHA’s Indian Housing Plan

(IHP) has been designed to address

the housing shortage by constructing

new homes and rental units, rehabilitation of substandard homes, assisting

families with mortgage buy-downs and

rental assistance for low-income families and college students. Full funding

for these housing projects are leveraged by NAHASDA funds.

Eligibility for housing programs

Submitted by:

based on the American Indian and

Black Mesa Trust

Alaska

Native (AIAN) household in(928) 55-2356, kuyi@aol.com

come of 80% median income or lower. The low-income requirement will

ensure homeowners are able to make

“I am very happy and

Moenkopi farmers and minimum house or rental payments,

relieved that Black Mesa

endangered species. An leading to successful homeownership.

Trust’s struggle to save sainvestigation must be Corbin reported that in his position

cred waters on Black Mesa

conducted and must in- as new Executive Director (E.D), he

will finally end in 2019,”

clude the outright sale of has encountered and/or inherited sevsaid Black Mesa Trust Exwater leased form Hopi eral challenges which have caused deecutive Director Vernon

Tribe and Navajo Nation lays in Projects. Corbin replaced ChesMasayesva. “Black Mesa

to owners of Mohave ter Carl who resigned as ED effective

Trust was founded in 1998

Generating Station with- 9/22/2016. Rights –of-Ways (ROW)

with the singular mission

out the knowledge of the have been a major problem, due to no

of saving drinking water

Hopi Tribe.

clearances obtained prior to start of

stored deep under our saNow that Peabody En- Projects.

cred land. We will succeed, ergy’s coal strip mining Corbin said there were also three

but the price for allowing has ended, we begin a new different leases for a certain Project, all

industrial use of pristine chapter. It is time to begin with different legal descriptions. The

drinking water has been healing the ecological-cul- Spider Mound project has been placed

unconscionably high.”

tural landscapes.

on hold by the YuWehLoo Pahki Board

must

hold

the

federal

due to land assignment issues and the

• Over 45 billion gallons

government,

Peabody,

and

2016-10 Scattered Housing Project is

of water stored in ancient

owners

Navajo

Generatin the pre-planning/pre-engineering

aquifers is gone forever.

ing

Station,

which

includes

phase but needs environmental reviews

This would have been

U.S.

Bureau

Reclamaand clearances have to be obtained.

enough water to sustain

tion,

accountable

for

leavHe said, although there are delays,

a Hopi population of

ing

with

devastated

will ensure HTHA is in compliance

10,000 people for over

landscape,

the

irretrievable

before

moving forward. He also wants

300 years, but it was gone

loss

drinking

water,

make

it known that “Projects have

in just 47 years.

compromised

aquifers

and

not

stopped,

but are delayed to get

• Many springs are now

the

destruction

cultural

things

order.”

dry and an unknown

number of others are sites and artifacts, not to “The urgency to get Projects startcontaminated. Some of mention desecration of our ed (by previous E.D.) was a priority,

rather than follow proper protocols for

the springs were used to ancestor’s burial sites.

full

investigation

and

construction,” said Corbin.

conduct ceremonies.

congressional

hearing

When asked by Council why prop• An unknown number of

the

scope,

extent

and

damer

protocols, processes and procedures

Hopi ancestral villagages

cause

coal

mining

were

not followed, Corbin stated that it

es, burial sites, sacred

Black

Mesa

must

could

have been a threat of expending

shrines and petroglyphs

held.

funds

by a certain date, or risk losing

have been destroyed.

The

Hopi

and

Dine’

must

the

funding;

or, it could have been to

These were footprints of

work

together

call

for

make

certain

ones happy. Other areas

our ancestors who seteconomic

restitution.

non-compliance

and/or findings:

tled on Black Mesa over

deserve

compensated

established

procedures

and/or

1,000 years ago.

for

the

economic

benefit

policies

for

self-monitoring

• Hundreds of acres of cedar

trees have been uprooted bestowed on millions of 2) Lack of self-monitoring reporting, including monitoring of sub-recipients.

by bulldozers. Cedars are Arizona rate-payers and

used for purification and utility companies while 3) Single Audit Finding for FY2015

Hopi and Dine’ are living 1. Payroll 5/25: Compensatory time

medicine.

paid, not-preapproved

• The dynamiting of coal in abject poverty. Arizona

Payroll 1/25: Overpayment due to

seams has released an State University’s Morunknown quantity of rison Institute conducted

error (pending investigation)

methane gas. Coal fires an economic impact study 2. SF425’s were not prepared properly.

may have been ignited that shows Arizona reaped 3. Drawdowns: Over drawdownand of so they are still over a trillion dollars in

request date 7/22/15

burning, creating cave- benefits due to delivery of 4. Procurement:

like tunnels within the water from the Colorado

a. Suspension and debarment

River to Phoenix and Tucmesa.

check was not performed

• The extraction of billions son through the 330-mile

b. All Nations Environment: did

of water stored in high- open canal called Central

not have proper procurement docArizona

Project.

Not

penly-pressurized aquifers

umentation. Total amount paid to

went

Hopi

and

Dine’

has caused thousands of

All Nations was $39,300.

whose

backs

this

was

sinkholes in the landc. Pending Ad proof for 19 Scatdone,

even

though

was

scape.

tered Housing Project.

coal

and

water

from

Black

• Impacts on the health of

d. Whiteriver Construction:

Mesa

that

powered

Navajo

Dine’ (Navajo people)

Generating

Station,

which

additional cost was approved after

living downwind from

was

built

part

pump

Purchase Order (P.O.) was created.

the mine area and their

water

for

the

Central

AriWork has not started even after

livestock, their main

Board approval.

source of livelihood, zona Project.

For Hopi people the

e. Pending Board Resolution for

have never been objechealing process must beBarton Southwest- additional

tively investigated.

$10,245.40 for drainage repair at

• Nor has the impact of gin. The modern Hopi

First Mesa Youth Ctr.

groundwater

pump- Tribal Council must take

ing on Siipa’pu, place responsibility for approv- HTHA Projects:

of Emergence from ing the coal lease, which Project 2016-20 Model Activity –

the Third World to the treated water like a com- Construction of two warehouse faciliFourth World, located modity that could be ne- ties and open bay facility to store equipnear the convergence of gotiated, leased and sold in ment and building material. Actual cost

Little Colorado River direct violation of ancient of Project was $473,305.33, which was

and the main Colorado Hopi beliefs that water is under the budget of $520,000. Project

life, therefore sacred.

River been examined.

We thank the many en- completed in FY16.

• Over 165 impoundProject 2016-1 Operation of NAment ponds built by the vironmental, religious or- HASDA Units – Provide housing assist

ganizations

and

individuals

mining company have

families under the NAHASDA homeblocked the rainwater who helped us achieve this ownership program with management,

and snowmelt that used victory.

We thank the founders maintenance inspection and warranty

to flow through washes

and members of Black work. Assist families with tracking

to Siipa’pu.

payments, tracking equity accounts,

• Moenkopi Wash, which Mesa Trust, some of whom compliance with occupancy, grievance

once provided water for have joined the spirit and collection policy, training in comfields and crops, is bone world.

Black Mesa Trust, a pliance of homeownership agreement

dry most of the year. The

non-profit

501© 3 orga- and extra ordinary maintenance due to

impoundments were auweather or unforeseen circumstances.

thorized by U.S. Army nization, has submitted a HTHA conducted maintenance inspecCorp of Engineers with- proposal to mitigate the tion and warranty work repairs on 50

out full investigation impact of the loss of jobs units, focusing on erosion work and reof the environmental and revenues generated by pairs to foundations as well as HVAC

or cultural impacts or NGS and coal mining. It is assessments and replacements.

the possible effects on available upon request to 2016-2 Operation of 1937 Houskuyi@aol.com.

ing Units New Mutual Help and Low

Rent – To assist families funded under

the 1937 Housing Act Program with

house management programs to ensure housing units are in safe, sanitary

conditions. The HTHA is also back on

track from a backlog of work orders

from prior fiscal years and in FY2016

successfully completed all unit inspec-

visit us on-line at:

hopi-nsn.gov

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017

tions; thus, ensuring homes are safe

and in sanitary conditions.

2016-3 Modernization of 1937

Housing Units – This Project will

modernize units constructed under the

1937 Housing Act, upgrade mechanical systems, electrical and lighting,

structure, upgrade use of building material for energy efficiency and make

homes handicap accessible.

2016-5 First Mesa Community

Development for planning and engineering of 40 rental homes - After

conducting the required 30-day comment period in accordance with NEPA

process, the Project was terminated

by the HTHA due a large opposition

from community members opposing

the Project, Project funding, cultural

concerns, and concerns with the land

assignment. There was also no residential lease, nor pre-planning surveys as

required by the Tribe’s Ordinance 55,

prior to transition to the next step. The

HTHA also determined that the Title

VI option was not in the best financial

interest, over a 12-15 year period, to

offer $1.3 million annually due to a

long wait list of 70+ Hopis requesting

homeownership rather than rental units

2016-6 First Mesa Day Care Center,

to provide child care for families to encourage low-income families to seek

education & employment for self-sufficiency. After 30-day comment period, per NEPA process, Project was

terminated due to opposition and concerns as stated in 2016-5.

2016-7 Twin Arrows (TA) Community Development study to plan for

future housing development of rental

and homeownership homes – Conduct

feasibility study on types of housing

that can be constructed in the area to

provide affordable housing for eligible

families. The Project will also cover

administrative costs of withdrawing

land under a master lease, including

environmental assessment. A study

by Southwest Business Development

Corp showed that the landsite is not

feasible for community development

and recommended a location south of

TA. The study showed statistical data,

resources and current assessments/surveys of information needed for future

planning of housing units near TA. The

study was successful and will benefit

the Hopi Tribe.

2016-8 Winslow Development and

Site Improvement – This Project will

construct new affordable housing for

eligible families. Construction is in

progress and 85% complete; however

there is a delay due to ROW issues for

electricity to the site. It was discovered

in 2016 that there was no ROW and

currently working with BIA Realty to

obtain proper clearances. The HTHA

also had to redo soils testing in 2016

which was hampered by bad weather.

2016-9 Spider Mound Community

Development Project – This Project will

construct new housing units for low-income families. On Oct. 4, 2016, HTC

approved a Resolution for a Special

Land Use Assignment on Hopi Partitioned Lands (HPL) at the Yuwehloo

Pahki (YP) Community Development

tract. The approved Resolution authorizes HTHA to obtain a sublease for the

Project. The Project, however, is currently in a holding status by request of

the YP Board of Directors. In a letter

dated Nov. 28, 20126, the YP Board requested HTHA address several areas of

concern before a sublease can be granted. The YP board requested to meet with

HTHA on three different occasions, but

no meeting has transpired to date.

2-16-10 Scattered Housing Units –

Planning and pre-engineering for nine

homes and scheduled to complete planning, land surveys, obtain land leases,

conduct environmental review archaeological and engineering services.

2016-11 Scattered Housing Units Construction of 20 scattered housing

units in progress throughout the Hopi

reservation at 95% complete. Project

delayed due to no ROW’s for utility

connections and currently working to

obtain ROW’s from APS for electricity hook up to two homes in Polacca.

Additionally, no ROW’s were obtained

for two homes in the Spider Mound

community and currently waiting on

BIA Realty to submit resolution to

HTC for approval. Another hold up

to the Project was the design of power

and water from NTUA (provides services to Spider Mound on HPL), which

took an additional three months.

2016-12 BIA HIP Homes– Project

funded for FY2008. HTHA delayed the

project to complete a thorough review

of client files for compliance. The

team also reviewed the planning steps

for compliance. An RFP was published

and a firm was selected to construct

four Category B homes. Construction

will commence in FY2017.

2016-13 Rehabilitation and Relocation Assistance of current dwellings

– Rehab includes roof repair, wall

reconstruction of traditional homes,

install flooring, plumbing, kitchen

and bathroom, upgrade windows and

make handicap accessible. Serious

delays were encountered due to dilapidated and deteriorating home conditions. These were not seen during

inspections and only became visible

during construction. Other problems:

mold, mice infestations, asbestos,

lead paint, weather conditions, and

cultural ceremonies (most homes are

located in plaza or kiva areas).

2016-14 NAHASDA Units- This

Project will construct two units with

foundation settlement issues. HTHA

obtained a new land assignment for

one home and a new land use area

on existing assignment for another

home. Feasibility studies have been

complete for both sites and anticipate

completing all NEPA and Hopi Tribe

requirements the first half of 2017 and

construction to start the end of 2017.

2016-15 Down Payment Assistance/

Closing Cost – Project helps eligible

low-income homebuyers with down

payment for purchase of home. Five

Hopi families were assisted with

purchase of mobile home and/or new

building projects. This is a new program to HTHA in FY2016 and was

very successful.

2016-16 First Mesa Youth Center –

Provides various activities for Youth

throughout the Hopi Reservation.

2016-17 Crime Prevention/Resident

Organizations – Assist residents to

form Resident organizations to address crime related activity in housing

areas. No Crime Prevention Plan was

in place for 2016; therefore, will not

continue in 2017, until a comprehensive plan is developed for crime prevention.

2016-18 Tenant Based Rental Assistance Project– This Project will assist

families who qualify for rental assistance (30% of adjusted income) and

does not include assistance for utilities. Thirteen Hopi families were assisted with rental assistance in Coconino, Maricopa and Navajo counties.

2016-19 Youth Apprenticeship Program – This is a job training program

for Hopi individuals who wish to

learn a trade in building construction to eventually gain meaningful

employment. It is the goal of HTHA

that these individuals will be the local workforce for construction projects on the Hopi reservation.

2016-21 Moenkopi Housing Development Project is a project to construct

twelve new housing units. A resolution

was passed by the Village authorizing the Project. The Village of Upper

Moenkopi determined client eligibility

and approved the list of enrolled/eligible members of the village. The project was delayed due to the Village not

obtaining approval from HTC.

2016-22 VASH – This program will assist 15 veterans and their families with

tenant based rental assistant vouchers.

In cooperation with the Prescott VA

office, a case manager was hired and

a Rental policy was approved. The

Veterans services does not have housing units available on the Hopi Reservation and is in a unique situation

because homes are typically Not built

on clan lands for a short term but for

long term homeownership.

2016-23 Bacavi Community Building

– This model activity will evaluate the

existing building, conduct planning,

pre-engineering and reconstruction

of existing building. Evaluations,

planning and pre-engineering are in

progress. There is currently no documentation from land owner authorizing reconstruction. With the change

of leadership, the new ED conducted

an audit of the Project and found that

requirements in the planning phase

were not complete. The staff is now

back tracking their work to ensure

compliance before any advance work

is done on the project. The project is

on-going and HTHA is in communication with the Village CSA.

2016-24 Moenkopi Village Water

Repair Project – Repairs will be

made to C-Aquifer #4 which serves

1,300 low income families. There

is currently a list of 125 income eligible housing units in the Village.

Funds from this project will assist

with costs to repair the well which

will cost $21,480.21. HTHA will

assist with $5,000. A checkwas presented to the Village and project has

been deemed successful.

6 TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 | HOPI TUTUVENI

MY BOOKKEEPING PLACE

TAX SERVICE

HOPI JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Post Office Box 337

Keams Canyon, Arizona 86034

Telephone: (928) 738-5111

Fax: (928) 738-5333

Our office will open for the 2017 Tax

Mr. J. Jason Lobik, High School Principal

Mrs. Lucille Sidney, Jr. High Principal

Mr. Alban Naha, Interim Superintendent

__________________________________________________________________________

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS

SCHOOL YEAR

2016-2017

We are located in Kykotsmovi Village, on

the south side of the road between the Post

Office and Hopi Day School.

CERTIFIED POSITIONS:

For the 2017 tax season, the new PATH Act passed

by Congress is now in effect. The new law requires

taxpayers to show proof of filing status, dependents,

residence and Native American enrollment status.

Please bring the following when you come to our office:

• Identification Card (State or Tribal document)

• Birth Certificates for yourself and dependents

• Social Security cards for yourself and dependents

• Tribal enrollment cards or Certification of Indian Blood (CIB)

• School enrollment verification letters for dependent(s)

• Immunization document showing name and

address for dependent

• Other documents - Guardianships, Court Documents, etc.

We encourage you make an appointment to schedule a convenient day/time.

Office Hours:

Monday thru Friday, 8am - 6pm

Saturday, 9am - 1pm

WE ARE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS

Telephone: (928) 734-5049

Cell Number: (928) 606-2231

Hopi Tutuveni

Seeks

Freelance

Writers

The Hopi Tutuveni is

looking to hire freelance

writers with previous

journalism experience or

subject matter expertise

to research and develop

news articles and feature

stories of interest to its

readers. The ideal applicant must have excellent

research and writing skills,

a high level of initiative

to seek out and develop

newsworthy stories, and

excellent time management

skills to meet deadlines.

Ability to understand

and speak the Hopi language is preferred, but not

required. Freelancers are

self-employed, independent contractors and must

possess a valid business license with the Hopi Tribe.

Applicants should send

two to four writing samples along with a cover

letter to Louella Nahsonhoya, Managing Editor,

P.O. Box 123, Kykotsmovi, A 86039 (email

address: Lnahsonhoya@

hopi.nsn.us). For additional information please

call 928-734-3282.

H.S. Vocational Ed/Carpentry Teacher – HHS-17-001 - OUF

Junior High School Science Teacher – HHS-17-002 – OUF

High School Academic Counselor – HHS-17-003 – OUF

H.S. Social Studies Teacher (NAS) – HHS-17-004 - OUF

Computer Teacher – HHS-17-005 - OUF

H.S. Social Studies (Government/Economics) Teacher – HHS-17-006 - OUF

School Superintendent – HHS-17-008 – OUF

CLASSIFIED POSITIONS:

OPENING DATE: 02/27/2017 – CLOSING DATE: 3/10/2017

Educational Aides (SPED) - (2) positions – HHS-17-007

Student Liaison (SPED) – (3) positions – HHS-17-009

Custodian – HHS-17-010

Reasons to choose Hopi Jr./Sr. High School



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Refrigerators Court Ordered

No Power No Problem

Many sizes

& colors.

In stock.

Starting at

$1449.00

Layaway plan

available

(928) 636-1955

warehouseappliance.com

Second Mesa Day School

P.O. Box 98

Second Mesa, Arizona 86043

Phone: (928) 737-2571 Fax: (928) 737-2565

“Itah Tsasayom Mopekya”

SY 2016-2017

Employment Opportunities

Come join the S.M.D.S Bobcat Team!

Closing Date: March 3, 2017

CERTIFIED POSITIONS: 10 MONTH

4th Grade Teacher

5th Grade Teacher

2nd Grade Teacher

ESS Teachers

Art Teacher

Gifted & Talented Teacher

PE Teacher

ESS Director

Hopi Lavayi Teacher

Substitute Teachers

Letter of

To the Hopi People,

I am writing this Letter

of Apology for my actions of May 19, 2016.

I was caught for DUI

and I am saying sorry

for my actions, for it

has taken time away

from more important

matters such as family, work and having to

go to court and spend

time in jail when I could

spend time with family

and go to work.

So again, I am saying

sorry and it will never

happen again.

Sincerely,

Ryan Kewanimptewa

Dial 911

for

emergencies

Bus Driver

Substitute Bus Driver

ESS Teacher Assistant (3) positions

Teacher Assistant (2) positions

Monday

All positions except substitutes are eligible for full

benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Shortterm & Long Term disability and 401 K Retirement

Plan.

WOOD HARVEST at HART RANCH

Enrolled Hopi Tribal Members Only

March 25, 2017: 8:00am - 2:00pm

March 26, 2017: 9:00am – 2:00pm

Last vehicle in @ 2:00 P.M. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

DIRECTIONS:

From Flagstaff: The Hart Ranch is approximately 20 miles east on I-40.

Exit at the Twin Arrows Exit (Exit 219).

From Winslow: The Hart Ranch is approximately 40 miles west on I-40. Exit

at the Twin Arrows Exit (Exit 219).

Harvesting sites are located approximately 5.5 miles south of Exit 219. WEMP

staff will be stationed at the Main Entrance to check you in and direct you to

the different sites.

ITEMS TO BRING:

Your Tribal Enrollment Card and/or ID.

A spare tire, tools, chain saw, lunch and plenty of water.

** NOTE**: A Special Hopi Tribal Wood Hauling Permit will be issued to you

at the main entrance before you leave the Hart Ranch. For more information, you may contact the Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program at (928) 734-3673/3677.

Hopi Junior/Senior High School

PO Box 337

Attn: Human Resources Department

Keams Canyon, AZ 86034

(928) 738-5111

ALL APPLICANTS ARE SUBJECT TO A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

NATIVE AMERICAN PREFERANCE.

“A Great Place to Learn”

Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

5200 E. Cortland BLVD Ste. E200-7

Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Phone: 928-522-8675 Fax: 928-522-8678

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Line Cook

Hopi Travel Plaza

Holbrook, AZ

Line Cook

Hopi Cultural Cener

Second Mesa, AZ

Front Desk Position

Days Inn Kokopelli

Secona, AZ

Front Desk Position

Hopi Cultural Center

Second Mesa, AZ

Housekeeping Positions

Hopi Cultural Center

Second Mesa, AZ

Housekeeping Positions

Days Inn Kokopelli

Sedona, AZ

Maintenance Technician Maintenance Technician

Hopi Travel Plaza

Hopi Cultural Center

Holbrook, AZ

Second Mesa, AZ

Restaurant Server

Hopi Travel Center

Holbrook, AZ

Restaurant Server

Hopi Cultural Center

Second Mesa, AZ

Assistant to the Controller

Flagstaff Corporate Office

Flagstaff, AZ

For more information on the Jobs listed. Please

contact Cindy Smith, Human Resource Manager

at csmith@htedc.net or at # listed above.

ALL POSITIONS ARE HOPI PREFERNCE.

Wednesday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

2 INTERVAL 3

RUN

FLEXHHCC & HFC ABILITY

ZUMBA PARTY @ 12:10 p.m.

5:30 p.m. - 7:30

AGILITY HFC @ 12:00

p.m.

HFC @ 5:30

p.m.

NO NOON GF

All interested applicants may obtain employment application in person or by contacting the school. Applicants MUST be willing to undergo intense background

investigation and MUST have a valid Driver’s License.

Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program

SEND APPLICATIONS TO:

Apology

CLASSIFIED POSITIONS

For further information, please contact: Janet Lamson,

Human Resource Technician at Second Mesa Day

School (928) 737-2571.

 Opportunity to learn about Hopi and Native American Culture and traditions

Opportunity to challenge Native American students with College and Career Readiness

 Competitive salary schedule to other Arizona schools

 Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance benefit package

 Athletic coaching opportunities

 Teacher Housing provided at low rental rate; Walking distance to work

 After 3 years school pays student loan forgiveness of $15,000 (SPED ONLY)

9 INTERVAL 10

RUN

MARCH

AGILITY

TOTAL

FLEXHHCC & HFC ABILITY

MADNESS HHCC & HFC

BODY

ONE MILE @ 12:10 p.m. HFC @ 12:10 @ 12:10 p.m.

AGILITY HFC @ 12:00

TESTING INTERVAL p.m. & 5:30

p.m.

HFC

@ 5:30

DAY

RUN HFC @

p.m.

5:30 p.m.

16INTERVAL 17

RUN

MARCH

AGILITY

TOTAL

FLEXHHCC

& HFC ABILITY

MADNESS HHCC & HFC

BODY

@ 12:10 p.m.

ONE MILE @ 12:10 p.m.

TESTING INTERVAL HFC @ 12:10 AGILITY HFC @ 12:00

p.m.

DAY

RUN HFC @ p.m. & 5:30 HFC @ 5:30

p.m.

5:30 p.m.

23INTERVAL 24

RUN

MARCH

AGILITY

TOTAL

FLEXHHCC

& HFC ABILITY

MADNESS HHCC & HFC

BODY

@ 12:10 p.m.

ONE MILE @ 12:10 p.m.

TESTING INTERVAL HFC @ 12:10 AGILITY HFC @ 12:00

p.m.

DAY

RUN HFC @ p.m. & 5:30 HFC @ 5:30

p.m.

5:30 p.m.

MARCH

MADNESS

ONE MILE

TESTING

DAY

30INTERVAL 31

RUN

NO GROUP

MARCH

FLEXFITNESS

HHCC & HFC ABILITY

MADNESS

@ 12:10 p.m.

ONE MILE

SPRING

AGILITY HFC @ 12:00

CARNIVAL

TESTING

p.m.

HFC

@ 5:30

DAY

5:00 p.m. - 10:00

p.m.

Monday - Thursday: 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Group Fitness classes will also be held at the Hopi Health Care Center

(HHCC) concurrently with the Hopi Fitness Center (HFC). We hope to see

you at one of these locations! For more information call (928) 734-3432

HOPI TUTUVENI |

Veterans

Income Tax

Settlement

Fund

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 7

We are looking for Hopi

Demonstrators/Presenters/Lecturers

To share knowledge about

Hopi arts & crafts and culture

from May thru September.

Give us a call today!

Arizona

Native

American Veterans

who served in the

U.S. Armed Forces during 1993 to

2005, may be eligible for Arizona state

income tax refund.

This includes all living and deceased

Native

American

Veterans.

(928) 283-4500

or email: darren@experiencehopi.com

Arizona

Department of Veterans’

Services may not

accept claims after December 31,

2017. So act now to

file your application

claim.

by IRS Certified Preparers for income up to $85,000

For more information, please contact

the Hopi Veterans

Services at (928)

734-3461 or to obtain the application

to start your claim.

www.experiencehopi.com

2017

HopiVITA Partnership

Providing FREE IncomeTax Assistance

with the Helping Hands ofVolunteers

Northland Pioneer College Hopi Center

(near the Hopi High School campus)

DAYS:

Monday &

Tuesday

Only

TIMES:

10am—7pm

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

13th & 14th

20th & 21st

27th & 28th

6th & 7th

20th & 21st

27th & 28th

3rd & 4th

10th & 11th

*Closed Spring Break

D OCUMENTS TO BRING :



All W-2 Forms/1099 Forms

Social Security Cards for everyone on tax

return

Valid picture I.D. for adults on tax return

2015 tax return if available.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

(928) 738-2265 or (888) 635-0545

FB: www.facebook.com/HopiVITA



1095-If you purchased Healthcare from

Marketplace

Account and Routing numbers for Direct

Deposit

If you are married and planning to file jointly, both parties must

be present to sign.

All tax preparation will have a 1 week

turnaround. Must be present for the

intake & screening process.

HOPI CREDIT ASSOCIATION (HCA)

NOTICE TO CONTACT

The following individuals need to contact the Hopi Credit

Association as soon as possible at 928-738-2205:

Christopher Quotskuyva

Madeline Honanie

Gorman Howato

Tobias Lomayestewa

visit us on-line

2017 Hopi Pottery Festival

hopi-nsn.gov

Recognize/Appreciate/

Keynote

Featuring

Video

Saturday and Sunday

April 29 and 30, 2017

Time ??

Hopi Veterans’ Memorial Center – Wellness Center

Kykotsmovi, AZ

For information on the Pottery Festival call Mesa Media at 928-737-2255 OR

928-313-3134 OR email apoleahla@aol.com

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills

Hopi Tribe Economic

Development Corporation

Training

March 8 & 9, 2017

Hopi Wellness Center

9 A.M.— 5 P.M.

LIMITED REGISTRATION

To register or inquire please call Hopi Behavioral Health Services at:

(928)737-6300

FREE!

*Light Breakfast and lunch will be served*

For more Information please

Contact:

Hopi Behavioral Health Services

Education Specialists at

(928) 737-6300

SEEKS APPLICANTS TO FILL TWO (2) MEMBERS ON ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

**THE TWO (2) AVAILABLE POSITIONS ARE FOR

HOPI/TEWA TRIBAL MEMBERS**

The HTEDC is a legal entity wholly owned by the Hopi

Tribe. The HTEDC is established under federal charter

provisions making it distinct and separate from the

Hopi Tribe. A board of seven directors governs the HTEDC. The Board is appointed by the Hopi Tribal Council, representing the sole shareholder, either a three or

four-year term.

All Directors must meet the required qualifications

as set forth in its By-Laws and must pass a mandatory

background check.

If you are interested and want more information

please contact Lynnora Mahle- Talayumptewa by

phone at 928-522-8675 or e-mail at lmahle@htedc.net

or regular mail.

This packet includes information about the HTEDC

and its mission, as well as information about the roles

and responsibilities of a Board of Director member.

Calls for more information are welcome.

Board positions will remain open until filled

8 TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 | HOPI TUTUVENI

VETERANS CORNER

Native American

Settlement Fund

The Honorable Herman G. Honanie

Chairman

The Hopi Tribe

Kevin Gover

Director

National Museum of the American Indian

By: Geno Talas

Manager Hopi Veterans

Services

Earlier this year, the Arizona Department of Revenue and the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services

jointly announced the Native American Settlement Fund

cordially invite Native veterans and community members to a discussion

(NASF) passed by the Arizona State Legislature last

about the National Native American Veterans Memorial

year. This Settlement Fund was established to refund Arizona state income tax withheld from Native American

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

veterans domiciled on their reservations while on active

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (MST)

duty military in the years 1993 through 2005.

Background: On November 22, 2000, the United

Kykotsmovi Community Center (KCC)

States Justice Department issued a memo declaring that

the taxation and withholding of state income taxes from

Kykotsmovi Village, AZ,

active duty military pay of Native Americans domiciled

(KCC is located on Kykotsmovi Main Street about

on their reservation was impermissible.

½ mile south of AZ Highway Route 264 near the village store)

Arizona withheld state income taxes from all active

duty military pay from September 1, 1993 through DeThe National Museum of the American Indian has been

cember 31, 2005. Beginning January 1, 2006 Arizona

authorized by Congress to create a memorial honoring the service

no longer taxed active duty military pay and therefore

of Native Americans in the armed forces of the United States.

discontinued state income tax withholding of this type

of income. The Native American Veterans Income Tax

Led by the Honorable Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne)

Settlement Fund (NASF) was established on July 1,

and the Honorable Jefferson Keel, Lieutenant Governor of the

2016 to refund Arizona income tax erroneously withheld

Chickasaw Nation, the memorial advisory committee

from Native Americans who served in the military while

claiming tribal land as their domicile.

RSVP to NMAI-RSVP@si.edu

Claimants: Who may make an NASF claim? Native

American veterans who had Arizona income tax withheld

AmericanIndian.si.edu

from their active duty military pay while domiciled on their

reservation. If the veteran is deceased the surviving spouse

War bonnets adorn uniform jackets at a Ton-Kon-Gah (Kiowa Black Leggings Society)

or personal representative may make a claim. If anyone

ceremonial near Anadarko, Oklahoma, 2006. NMAI

other than the surviving spouse or personal representative (e.g., child of the veteran) makes a claim they must

show the value of decedent’s estate was less than $30,000.

Duration: What is the time window for NASF Claims?

• The Native American Veterans Income Tax Settlement Fund was established July 1, 2016.

• The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services

(ADVS) is designated as the recipient of claims.

• The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services may

not accept claims after December 31, 2017.

• The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will not

Rebecca Trautmann, Project Manager, Smithsonian

grant refunds after June 30, 2019.

National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resources Center

• Any monies left in the Native American Veterans

Income Tax Settlement Fund on July 1, 2019 will be

Native Americans have served in military. Hundreds of Hopi, Navajo, Museum and the U.S. Capitol. The swept into the state general fund.

the United States military in every Comanche, and other Native lan- dedication ceremony is planned for

major conflict since the Revolution- guage speakers—Code Talkers— Veterans Day 2020, to unveil the me- Claim Process: How does the NASF claim proary War. In recent decades, they have played a crucial role. More than morial and honor the immense con- cess work? The claimant sends their completed forms

served in greater numbers per capita 42,000 Native Americans served tributions and patriotism of Native along with any relevant paperwork to the Arizona Deduring the Vietnam War. Today, the Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces. partment of Veterans’ Services (ADVS). ADVS has 210

than any other ethnic group.

The Smithsonian’s National Muse- U.S. Department of Defense estiConsultations with Tribal Lead- days to accept or reject the claim. A non-response from

um of the American Indian (NMAI) mates more than 24,000 American ers and Veterans: The NMAI and ADVS after 210 days is considered a denial. Claims achas been charged by Congress with Indian and Alaska Native men and the advisory committee are current- cepted by ADVS are next sent to the Arizona Department

building a National Native Ameri- women are on active duty, and more ly conducting consultations to share of Revenue (ADOR). ADOR has 210 days to approve or

can Veterans Memorial to give “all than 150,000 veterans self-identify plans for the memorial and to seek reject claims they receive from ADVS. ADOR will issue

Americans the opportunity to learn as American Indian or Alaska Native. input and support. Regional events refunds to claimants with valid claims. If a claim has been

of the proud and courageous tradiAn advisory committee for the me- bring together tribal leaders, Native denied by ADVS, you can reapply to ADVS or appeal the

tion of service of Native Americans morial has been formed, led by the veterans, and community members. denial decision to the Director of the Department. If you

in the Armed Forces of the United Honorable Ben Nighthorse Campbell

On Tuesday, March 14, the Hopi choose to appeal, you must submit a written notice of apStates.” Working together with the (Northern Cheyenne) and Chickasaw Tribe will host a consultation for the peal to the Director of the Department. The written notice

National Congress of American In- Nation Lieutenant Governor Jefferson memorial at the Kykotsmovi Com- shall include a concise statement of the reasons for the

dians and other Native American or- Keel. The group, composed of tribal munity Center, from 10:00 a.m. to appeal. This decision is considered final thirty (30) days

ganizations, the museum has begun leaders and veterans from across Na- 12:00 p.m. Veterans and members of after receipt of the denial notice.

Locally there are several ways Native American Veterpreliminary plans to construct this tive America, is assisting with out- the community are invited to attend.

memorial in the next four years.

reach to communities and veterans and

As Kevin Gover, Director of the ans can obtain the NASF application:

Honoring Native Americas’ Long advising on plans for the memorial.

National Museum of the American 1. For those with internet access, go to www.dvs.az.gov weband Distinguised Service: The serIn the fall of 2020, the museum Indian, states, “As many more of site and look for the NASF ion. There you will find the apvice and sacrifice of Native Ameri- will launch a juried competition to these veterans’ stories are known, plications for both living and deceased veterans with instruccan veterans, including American select a design for the memorial. The people will begin to ponder that tions on necessary forms to attach and the mailing address.

Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native National Native American Veterans these people who had been so ter- 2. For local Veterans on/near the Hopi Reservation, they

Hawaiians, spans nearly two and a Memorial will be located prominent- ribly wronged by the United States can stop by the Hopi Veterans Services office located in

half centuries of American history. ly on the museum’s grounds on the throughout history were nevertheless Kykotsmovi, AZ, to obtain the applications. AdditionalDuring World War II, over 44,000 National Mall, between the Smith- patriots and believed in the promise ly, for Hopi Veterans registered with our office, you can

Native Americans served in the U.S. sonian’s National Air and Space of the United States.”

obtain your DD Form 214, military discharge document.

3. For those Veterans who do not have their W-2s for the

years claimed (1993 – 2005), there is a box to check on the

NASF application to request AZ Department of Revenue

to obtain on your behalf. Additionally, if Veterans do not

have a DD Form 214, military discharge document, fill out

the SF Form 180 that is included with the application form.

Your military records will be mailed directly to ADVS.

4. Finally, there is a section on the NASF application form

By: Geno Talas

requiring a Tribal official to attest Veterans home of reManager Hopi Veterans Services

cord on tribal land. For Hopi Veterans, the Hopi Veterans Services is the Hopi Tribal delegate to sign the secThe Hopi Veterans Services is happy Due to safety considerations, our trans- medical provider (doctor) to obtain ser- tion. For non-Hopi Veterans, they will need to contact

to announce we are fully staffed again ports are for Veterans who are ambula- vices or referrals for their health needs. their respective Tribal governor, president or designee to

with the recent addition of Mr. Bren- tory (able to walk or move about) and

Hopi Veterans interested in enrolling determine who signs home of record section.

nan Torivio, Client Transporter, who require little assistance to get into our with the VA Health Care System can As mentioned the deadline date to file your NASF claim

is Sunforehead Clan and from Shun- program vehicles. We do not have come to our office or go to the near- is December 31, 2017. We hope all Native Veterans take

gopavi Village. Mr. Torivio will be wheel-chair lift capabilities.

est VA Health Care facility to fill out the opportunity to file a NASF claim and to help spread

transporting Hopi Veterans to their VA

Now for Hopi Veterans who are not the necessary VA health enrollment the word to others in your local communities. For more

medical appointments at various loca- enrolled in the VA Health Care System, application form. Veterans or if their questions or assistance on the NASF application process

tions on/or near the Hopi Reservation. many services are available to enhance family members are assisting, will also please call us at (928) 734-3461 or 734-3462. Our office

Hopi Veterans can also be transported their health and quality of life ranging need a copy of the military discharge is located in the H.O.P.I. Cancer Support Services buildto medical appointments authorized from basic health check-ups to referrals document to attach to the application ing in Kykotsmovi, AZ. Our business hours are Monday

under the new VA Choice Program.

for other specialty clinics such as audi- form. Our office will help you fill out through Friday (excluding tribal declared holidays) from

Hopi Veterans who are currently ology, orthopedics, prescription glasses the application form and then fax the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (MST).

enrolled in the VA Health Care Sys- and other health programs. There are completed form to Prescott VA Meditem can request for our transportation also special VA health programs for cal Center Enrollment Office to process

service if they are registered with our Women Veterans unique to their health the application to determine your eligiprogram. If not registered with our needs. Additionally, the VA Health bility status. Once approved for VA

program, bring a copy of your mili- Care System has programs for Veterans Health Care, you can begin requesting

On behalf of my staff, fice is located in the H.O.P.I.

tary discharge document and Hopi En- suffering from substance abuse, mental for VA medical services. Hopi VetHanna

Polewytewa, Secre- Cancer Support Services

rollment card to our office so we can health issues and PTSD (Post-Trau- erans have a choice to be assigned to

conduct an in-take interview with you. matic Stress Disorder). Finally El- the VA clinics at either Polacca Hopi tary II, and Mr. Torivio, we building in Kykotsmovi, AZ,

Once approved, registered Hopi Veter- derly and Disabled Veterans who need Health Care Center or the Tuba City highly encourage all Hopi business hours are Monday

ans can begin requesting transportation home care and/or home renovations to Regional Health Care Center. Cur- Veterans or Family members - Friday (excluding tribal

services at least 7 work days prior to enlarge their bathrooms or add house rently, the VA medical services are on to learn more about our pro- declared holidays) from 8am

the scheduled VA medical appoint- ramps for wheel-chair bound Veter- Thursdays at the Polacca facility and gram services, request for VA -5pm (MST year round).

Thank you all Veterans

ment. For elderly Veterans, a family ans may qualify and apply for VA ser- other weekdays at the Tuba City facil- transportation or enroll in the

Health

Care

System,

for

your honorable service

member escort is highly encouraged vices or grants. Once enrolled in the ity. To schedule a VA appointment at

giving

call

928-734in

the

U.S. Armed Forces.

and permitted to travel with the Vet- VA Health Care System, Veterans can either facility, you can talk to the VA

3461 or 734-3462. Our of- Now let us serve you!

eran to assist with the appointments. begin working with their assigned VA medical staff at 928-283-4465.

Consultation for the National Native

American Veterans Memorial March 14

VA Health Care Services for Hopi Veterans

HOPI TUTUVENI |

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017

HotevillaBacavi Community School Winter storm creates havoc

Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance and hardship on residential

areas with unpaved roads

Pam Ovah

Hotevilla Bacavi Community School

The Hotevilla Bacavi Community School recently held their 1st Quarter Honor Roll

and Perfect attendance assembly. He following students was recognized for their efforts in achieving exceptional grades and /or Perfect Attendance. The students enjoyed the afternoon with a party of mummy games and receiving incentives for their

hard work. We at Hotevilla Bacavi Community School are very proud of those students and encourage all our students to strive for the best. Below is a listing of our

Honor and Perfect Attendance students.

“A” Honor Roll

“B” Honor Roll

Perfect Attendance

Cayden Joseph Isiah Tessay

Kailee Chimerica

Lynell Roy

Kiara Kinale

Lorissa Mahle

Aden Seletstewa

Kaidence Nevayaktewa

Wupatsua Roy

Sonway Masayesva

Brianna George

Jacelyn Mahle

Madison Talashoma

Scarlet Fred

Cayle Joseph

Valarie Honanwyma

Renee Secakuku

Clarrisa Hamilton

Stephan Lomakema

Joseph Mc Cosar

Kai Rogers

Brooklyn Allison

Danielle Tallas

Kiara Natoney

Brett Chimerica Jr.

Isiah Tessay

Alvin Selina

Kiara Kinale

Lorissa Mahle

Rylee Natoney

Eldrice Namoki

Jacelyn Mahle

Halen Fred

Dewey Namoki

Angel Tenakhongva

Floyd Thompson

Four tips to help prevent tooth

decay in Arizona’s young kids

News Article

Hopi Tutuveni

Everyone prays for rain

and snow to moisturize the

dry Hopi lands; however,

this can also cause problems

to areas with unpaved roads,

especially residential areas.

With the last storm, residents in the lower Mishongnovi areas, residents behind

First Mesa and residents in

the Low Mountain junction

area, faced hardship and

difficulty getting in and out

of their homes to access the

nearest paved roads.

“Many of these roads

are bus routes and need to

be maintained so the chil-

dren can be safely picked

up and on time,” said one

resident. “Sometimes there

are also emergencies, but

emergency vehicles can’t

make it through the muddy

roads. This is also bad for

our vehicles. We got stuck

several times and had to

leave our vehicle in the mud

overnight to freeze and then

walk over in the morning to

get it out.”

These homeowners don’t

look forward to rain or snow

because of the situations

they are placed in.

After the mud dries, ruts

are formed in the roads creating more problems for

vehicle owners. They often

face financial hardships due

to maintenance and repair

costs to fix their vehicles

from damages caused due to

the muddy road conditions.

Residents have made calls

to the Hopi Department of

Transportation on many occasions to have gravel put on

the road and have requested

roads be graded once the mud

dries. Frustrated residents

state they don’t know who

to turn to now because their

requests go unanswered.

“Changing Views”

a Language Enhance Project

Peter Van Wyck

First Things First

Parents and caregivers are the first defense in helping prevent tooth decay in

Arizona’s youngest children.

February is National Children’s Dental

Health month, which promotes the benefits of good oral health. Left untreated,

tooth decay in young children’s primary

teeth puts them at risk for future problems

like damaged permanent teeth; increased

vulnerability to infections in other parts

of the body, such as the ears, sinuses and

the brain; and, impaired speech development, and reduced self-esteem.

“Tooth decay is the most common

chronic disease faced by young children,”

said Joe Fu, First Things First’s Senior Director for Health. “It is also 100 percent

preventable.”

Even though more and more toddlers

and preschoolers are making that important first visit to the dentist’s office,

challenges remain. According to a First

Things First study, conducted in partnership with the Arizona Department of

Health Services, 52 percent of Arizona’s

kindergartners have experienced tooth decay compared with 36 percent of 5-yearold children nationally. Nearly one third

of kindergarteners (30%) in the FTF Coconino region have untreated decay and

are in need of dental care. Untreated decay

findings for the region are slightly higher

than for Arizona (27%). When looking at

overall decay experience, a higher percentage of kindergarteners in the region

had decay experience (63%) compared to

Arizona (52%).

In Coconino County, FTF works with

the Coconino County Public Health Services District to bring the services of the

Smart Smiles program to children 5 and

under. Smart Smiles provided fluoride

varnishes and oral health screenings and

education from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Feb.

9 at the North Country Storytime, 2920 N.

Fourth St., Flagstaff.

FTF offers these tips for families of babies, toddlers and preschoolers:

1. Clean your child’s teeth: When your

baby’s first teeth come in, brush them

after each feeding, especially before

bedtime. Use a soft toothbrush and a

rice-sized amount of fluoride tooth- NEWS RELEASE

paste. When your child turns 3, you Jeremy King

can use a pea-sized amount of fluoride

Facilitator, Language Enhance Project

toothpaste.

2. Prevent baby bottle decay: Don’t put Moenkopi Developers Corporation

your baby to bed with a bottle at night

or at nap time. The sugar in milk, forMOENKOPI, ARIZ.- - families to inform and enmula, juices and soda can cause tooth “I am proud to announce courage participation in

decay. Beginning at 6 months, give a reservation wide cam- the year long language enyour child water to drink to help keep paign to encourage the use hancement Project.

their mouth clean and healthy.

The title “Changing

and teaching of the Hopi

3. Serve healthy food and snacks: Sugary language,” said Jeremey Views,” was chosen in

and sticky foods cause tooth decay, so King, Facilitator of the hopes that views on the imgive your child fruits, vegetables or Moenkopi

Developers portance of language and

cheese instead.

Corporations “Changing language loss would be

4. Take your child to the dentist: By ba- Views” Language En- re-evaluated and, hopefulby’s first tooth or first birthday, take hancement Project. “The ly prioritized, to help make

them to the dentist to check that their Project comprises of Com- this project a success.

mouth, gums and teeth are healthy. ### munity enthusiasts conThe Project continues to

cerned about the current be successful, and particiissues surrounding the loss pants are seeking financial

of the Hopi language and support to help sustain the

Project.

Cultural teachings.”

Weekly sessions are held

According to King, the

conditions of the local Tuesdays and Thursdays

Hopi communities, society from 1-4pm in the Tsotsand the environment, are Vahl-Ki at the Moenkopi

worse than before and have Legacy Inn. Sessions are

all contributed to language open to anyone wanting

to gain more information

loss and and culture.

During the month of Jan- about the Project.

Children, adults, and Eluary, 2016 the Colorado

Plateau Foundation award- ders of the Hopi Tribe are

ed the Moenkopi Devel- the future of the Hopi Reopers Corporation a Grant ligion and considered to be

Award to begin working the greatest working assets

with Hopi community within the Hopi Commumembers to enhance and nities. All possess great

encourage use of the Hopi wealth in culture, tradition

and ceremonial beliefs.

Language.

“The Elders of our Hopi

Meetings were held with

local Elders, community community will not only

members, businesses, and be recognized for their

Pinon man sentenced to 48

months for domestic violence

offense committed on Hopi

Reservation

Cosme Lopez, Public Affairs

Office of the U.S. Attorney

Elizabeth A. Strange

District of Arizona

PHOENIX – This week, Erik Yazzie,

37, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to

44 months of imprisonment, in addition

to four months of imprisonment already

served on a related prosecution in the

Hopi Tribal Court.

Yazzie had previously pleaded guilty

to assault by strangling or suffocating an

intimate partner.

In August 2014, Yazzie, a member of

the Navajo Nation Indian Tribe, assaulted a member of the Hopi Tribe. The offense occurred on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Hotevilla, Arizona.

The investigation in this case was

conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian

Affairs-Office of Justice Services (Hopi

Agency). The prosecution was handled

by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander

Samuels, District of Arizona, Phoenix.

CASE NUMBER: CR-15-8128PCT-NVW

For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit

http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/

Follow the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, on Twitter @USAO_AZ

for the latest news.

cultural knowledge and

wealth of knowledge, but

also the extent of historical

information they possess,”

said King. “We appreciate

and encourage your presence, your participation,

and contributions of historical information to this

Project.”

Financial contribution to

this Project will go towards

promoting a successful and

healthier life, provide a

clearer understanding of

the culture and most importantly, help revitalize,

teach and sustain the Hopi

language.

Please, “Let the language be your guide and

guide your language to

preserve the Hopi people

and their religion,” said

King. “Your support and

participation to teach and

learn the Hopi Language

is appreciated. The Hopi

Language is the pillar of

Hopi culture.”

For more infornmation

King may be contacted

at 928-660-3542, Monday-Friday, 11am - 5pm

or via email at thesession.2017@gmail.com.

The Tutuveni is published twice a month on the

1st and 3rd Tuesday.

All Submissions, ads, artwork and articles

are due one week in advance.

10 TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017

Hopi Tutuveni

Seeks

Freelance Writers

The Hopi Tutuveni is looking to hire freelance writers with previous journalism experience or subject matter expertise to research

and develop news articles and feature stories of interest to its readers.

The ideal applicant must have excellent research and writing skills, a

high level of initiative to seek out and develop newsworthy stories, and

excellent time management skills to meet deadlines. Ability to understand and speak the Hopi language is preferred, but not required. Free-

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Marketing Manager

Hopi Tutuveni

PO Box 123

Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

Job Description:

The marketing manager manages the day-to-day marketing and sales activities

of the Tutuveni and long term marketing and sales strategy for the newspaper.

This position is responsible for planning and organizing the marketing, advertising and sales component of the Tutuveni to generate revenue for the business.

The incumbent performs duties of considerable difficulty and complexity requiring working knowledge & skills in marketing, sales, advertisement, negotiation, public relations and newspaper publication methods, digital marketing,

techniques, policies & procedures. The incumbent will develop, coordinate and

implement all promotional campaigns and perform other duties as assigned in

order to achieve office/tribal goals and objectives.

lancers are self-employed, independent contractors and must possess a Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Minimum of Associates Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Accounting/Bookkeeping

Applicants should send two to four writing samples along with a Experience: Two (2) years work experience in marketing, advertising, sales,

bookkeeping, accounting and office manager, executive secretary level and prefcover letter to Louella Nahsonhoya, Managing Editor, P.O. Box 123, erable experience in the newspaper business, Or;

Kykotsmovi, A 86039 (email address: Lnahsonhoya@hopi.nsn.us). Any equivalent combination of Education, Training and Experience, which

demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.

valid business license with the Hopi Tribe.

For additional information please call 928-734-3282.

Visit Us on-line

www.hopi-nsn.gov

Desired Qualifications:

Speak and understand the Hopi language fluently.

Salary:

$39,000 per annum, FT, Non-exempt, 32hrs/wk

A complete signed application must be submitted to the Office of Human Resources

by 12:00 noon on the closing date. HR will accept resumes; however, the applicant

understands that it is not in lieu of the application. “See resume attached” on the application will not be accepted. Any questions may be directed to the Office of Human

Resources at (928) 734-3212.

Applications can be submitted to the Office of Human Resources in person or by mail to:

The Hopi Tribe, Human Resources, PO Box 123, Kykotsmovi Arizona 86039. By Fax:: 928734-6611 (call to verify your fax has been received). Email: HumanResources@hopi.nsn.us

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