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Hopi Tribal

Treasurer

Staff Member

Retires after

25 Years

Tribes work to shield

elder, knowledge

from virus

-More on pg. 9

-More on pg. 19

COLUMN

COMMUNITY

LARRY’S CORNER

Read Clark

Tenakhongva’s

message about the

New Year, with a

special Hopi

Submission

More on Page 3

The Year of

Weird Things

about how

weird it gets

January 7, 2021

Volume 29

Number 1

~ E s t. 1987 • OFFIC IA L NEWSPA P E R OF T H E H OP I T R I B E • N E W S S OU R C E F O R T H E H O P I P E O P L E ~

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Sunny

Newly Developed Hopi Tribal Complex located next to

Hardrock Community on Hopi lands

Modular units set to house various Hopi Tribal DNR Departments and Programs (photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Story on Page 2

Hopi Emergency Response Team Quarantine units.(photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

HOPI TUTUVENI

PO BOX 123

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039

1110-01600-7460

Shared Community space in Quarantine Units.(photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

US Capitol locked down

as Trump supporters

clash with police

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

-More on pg. 17

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Hopi Tutuveni Office Impacted by 2021 IT Consultant

Work – Office Re-opened with Limited Capacity

Public Service Announcement

by Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Tuesday, January

5, 2021, the Hopi Tutuveni staff and Editorial Board thought it would be a typical

and usual day of submitting the upcoming

Wednesday’s publication scheduled to

be distributed on Wednesday, January 6,

2021. However halfway through the day

technical difficulties began to occur.

Hopi Tutuveni staff and Board request

the public’s attention to this announcement in response to the Hopi Tribe’s Consultant Flagstaff IT (FIT) work being done

on IT issues. Prior to today, no other notices or communication about the work was

provided to Hopi Tutuveni.

Most notably, on Tuesday, January 5,

2021, the Outlook email system began

displaying delays in sending out messages. Messages began showing in the Outbox file where they sat for the remainder

of the day and into the next morning on

Wednesday, January 6, 2021, when staff

returned to office workstations.

On Tuesday, the Managing Editor made

an Executive decision of contacting the

Hopi Tutuveni Editorial Board garnering support to push the publication back

by one day to Thursday, January 7, 2021.

This would allow for more time to troubleshoot from other Internet connections

sites, to contact the Hopi Tribe Management Information System Department

staff and IT Helpline of the Tribe. Hopi

Tutuveni Board supported the decision

allowing staff to fully complete the first

publication of Hopi Tutuveni in 2021.

Therefore, the already scheduled publication date of Wednesday, January 5, 2021

had to be temporarily changed for the first

publication of Hopi Tutuveni in 2021.

Readers may recall that the Hopi Tutuveni had been previously displaced due to

the Tribe’s Carpet Removal Project scheduled to be completed at the Hopi Tribal

Complex. The Hopi Tribe’s one and only

newspaper office had re-opened but with

limited capacity. As it stands desks in the

main Hopi Tutuveni office remain standing on its sides with no further updates

on when the movement or replacement of

broken furniture and/or equipment will be

completed. The public was notified that all

publications for 2020 had been published

and distributed with placement of advertisements being a priority for early 2021

publications.

There is no doubt that the COVID 19

pandemic has severely impacted the Hopi

Tutuveni with damages to equipment, loss

of effective work time and energy and impacts to the availability to the public, now

because of IT technical difficulties.

Hopi Tutuveni staff sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause

readers and the Hopi public who look to

the newspaper as a source of information

and updates about what is occurring on

Hopi and in particular with the Hopi Tribal government itself. The public is also being notified that an announcement about

the delay would have come much sooner,

if the Hopi Tutuveni staff and Editorial

Board had been informed about the technical difficulties.

Persistence by Tutuveni staff to get the

first publication of 2021 complete is what

has ensured readers will receive the publication and updated COVID 19 related

information only one day late.

Until the Hopi Tutuveni office is fully

ready for continued occupancy by all staff,

patrons and the public can leave voice

messages for Romalita Laban, Managing

Editor at (928) 734-3281 and emails can

be sent to rlaban@hopi.nsn.us. Voice messages can be left for Carl Onsae, Assistant

Editor at (928) 734-3283 and emails can

be sent to consae@hopi.nsn.us. Normal

office hours have resumed for Hopi Tutuveni with the Managing Editor who is listed as an Essential Employee, is available

Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.

Payments for ads can still be taken at

the Treasurer’s Office by credit or debit

card by calling (928) 734-3124. Check or

money order payments can still be sent to:

Attention - Hopi Tutuveni – Hopi Tribe

P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039.

We ask for Hopi Tutuveni supporters’

and the public’s patience and prayers, as

we transition through these challenging

pandemic times. We are still here, we are

Hopi and we are strong. Askwali/Kwa

kwa for your continued patronage and

support going into 2021. Pasningwu.

Newly Developed Hopi Tribal

Complex Located by Navajo

Hardrock Community

Hopi Emergency Response Team Quarantine units.(photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Romalita Laban

Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 6, 2021 is

here as we continue into 2021, we have

witnessed much in the past year of 2020.

While the Hopi Tribe experienced up to

seven different Executive Orders, including the latest EO No. 007-2020 Reservation-wide Lockdown, it also experienced

a Carpet Removal Project, disbursement

of thousands, if not millions through the

General Welfare Assistance Program to

Hopi Tribal members, disbursement of

millions of dollars to the Hopi villages

for projects and Hopi Tribal Council approvals of various Special Land Use Assignments, including a most recent one

addressed on Monday, January 4, 2021.

During the January 4th session, Hopi Tribal Council addressed and approved Action

Item #007-2021 and 008-2021 for the

Utility Scale Solar Array Development, to

name a few.

In addition to the above mentioned projects, a newly developed Hopi Tribal Complex also went up on Hopi Tutskwa, next

to the Navajo community of Hardrock,

Ariz. located approximately fourteen plus

miles, north of the Hopi Cultural Center

located on the Hopi reservation on Second

Mesa, Ariz.

Much to the surprise of Hopi Tutuveni

staff who visited the site on Wednesday,

December 30, 2020, a walk-through tour

of the complex was provided and bits of

information about the modular buildings

and site were shared by Chuck Howe,

Project Superintendent and Project Manager/Owner of C2 Environmental LLC.

Some of the buildings are to house the

Hopi Emergency Response Team quarantine units, the Hopi Solid Waste Department, Hopi Public Safety Department, Department of Natural Resource Programs

and Departments and the biggest modular

housing the Hopi Behavioral Health and

Social Services Departments. Also on site

is a large warehouse with plenty of protective fencing and lighting. Expectant dates

for water to be pumped in were described

as perhaps as early as during the first week

of January 2021

It is expected that a report out about the

newly developed complex will be provided to Hopi Tribal Council on Thursday,

January 7, 2021 or after, when Council resumes its session after being out on recess.

Scheduled on the Council’s Agenda in

Section XII. REPORTS, is item “13. Report – Monthly Oral and Written Comprehensive reports from the Hopi CARES

Act Committee” and item “14. Report

from Tribal Employment Rights Office on

Contractor Fees and Hopi Employment”

were added to the Agenda by motion of

Herman G. Honanie, Village of Kyakotsmovi Representative on Monday, January

4th.

The Hopi public is sure to learn a lot

more about the newly developed complex

by tuning into Tribal Council’s session,

scheduled to air on the local Hopi radio

station, KUYI at 88.1 on the FM dial.

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

A New Year’s message to the

Hopi and Tewa People:

Special Submission from

Clark W. Tenakhongva – Hopi

Tribal Vice Chairman

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021

Puhuyàasangwtiqw itam sòosoyam sùytsepngwat

kyaananvotya. Peetu kyaananvotpit akw qa hàalàyiwuy

aw öki, pu’ kyaysiwqam sivahaqni’yyungwa, pu’ nanap

itàaqatsi a’ni alöngti.

Hiihìimu yasveq it wukotuyat yayngwangaqw alöngtoti: itàaqatsi itàakitsokiniqw itàahopihintsakpi.

Noq angsakis puhuyàasangwvaqw itam yasmiq ahoy

wuuwayaniqey qeniptuyangwu. I’ itamuy u’nanani, naap

hìita lavayit angqw itwat lavayit kwakwhánìiqat sushimunìiqat’a. Nu’ paniqw oovi as sinmuy susmòopeq tumala’yyùngqamuy, ngatwi’yyungqamuy, solaawamuy pu’

qatuvostumala’yyùngqamuy amumi kwakwhatani. Ima

naatatamit akw naaqavo aqwhaqami hopitutskwanawit

Hopisinmuynit Teewasinmuy amungem tumala’ywisa.

Tumala’am antsawat pas himu. Noq tumalayamuy akw

angsakis qöniltiqw itàaqatsi suytsepngwat naatuwa’yma.

Pu’ piw naat himu, nu’ enang kikiy ang huruyesqamuy

amumi kwakwhatani; taq yan unahinyùngqamuy tuutuwalaniqey pa’angwantotaqe hakiy pay kwàyyaqamuy

qa hàalayiwuyamuy angqw kyaysiwqamuy ayó’ nöngaknani.

Kyaysiwqam it wukotuyat akw hopitutskwanawit

hin’unangwtoti, tsaatsawna, pu’ unangwmok.yaqw oovi

pas hapi pùutsemokqw, naasùutokqw, tuu’ovelaqw qa

hinta. Hapi ason itamùupe qenini, itam it hikwis’ùutstuyat ep sòosok hìita ang yoyrik.yaniqat pu’ itàahintsakpiy pávantotaniqat. Noq pu’ tis itam sòosoyam pavan

nahongvitotani, it wukotuyat pu’ sòosok hìita aw toonawtaqat ángwutotaniqey oovi.

Pu’ tsivot.sikip sunat pu’ lööp sunat pakwt sìikya’yyùngqam hopitutskwanawit hikwis’ùutstuyat na’palya. Kur pas piw ahoy i’ tuuya itamùusaliwmaqw itam

oovi put sööwu’ytoynayaniqey oovi antsatotani. Yaniqw

oovi puhumaqastutavo pu’ hisat yukìlti. Noq sunat.sikis

taalat ang hisnentiqw itam sòosoyam it kyaptsi’ywisni.

Naamahin kya kiy ep huruqtuwtaqw qatuvosi; i’ suusustiniqey, naawuwaniqey hakiy qenitoynani. Pu’ piw naat

himu, itam hakim hopìit yan itàakikiy ang huruyesniqey

natuwi’yyungni; taq pan hak tìiqatsiwuy hintsakmangwu. Noq oovi itam nawus yàasat tìiqatsiwuy an tsaatsak-

wmuy amungem nangu’i’ykyàakyangw qa kwiikwivitnìikyàakyangw pu’ hapi nawuko’nangwa’yyungni.

Pu’ itam sòosoyam yaayantsaktiwise’ itàa’okiwhimuy

aqw ahoy taywisni; nit hin itam kur it hinìwqat aw áhoytotaqey akw naavitsni’yyungni. Noq itamutpiknìiqam

ítakw lavàytotini, hopìit pu’ yesqam pas hapi hisatyesqamuy amun hóhongvitniqat, naat itam hopituwitnit hopitutavot ang hong.yaniqat.

Itam qa naap itàahinìwtipuy.sa akw hopìitniqey akw

naavitsni’yyungni; noq pu’nìiqatnit naatoniqat akw piiwu. Ura angsakis itam sòosoyam suupwa’iwyungqw, pu’

imuy sopkyawatuy sinmuy amungem angsakis suvotumala’yyungqw ep hapi hopiqatsi sushongvi’iwtani.

Noq oovi naamahin itam naat kyaananvotya; nu’ suyanniqw itam ayoqhaqami qale’ykiniqe oovi pas pep a’ni

yesni.

Kwakwhá

Clark W. Tenakhongva

We enter the New Year during what is an increasingly

difficult time. A time which has brought grief to some,

financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to

each of our lives.

Much has changed in the past year, since the onset of

the COVID-19 pandemic – the world around us, our villages, our homes, and our communal and cultural activities.

But the arrival of a new year gives us all an opportunity to reflect on the previous year and reminds us that

the most important words in any language are thank you.

Thank you to everyone on the front lines, our healthcare

workers, our law enforcement, and those carrying out

essential roles, who selflessly continue their day-to-day

duties throughout the Hopi Community on behalf of the

Hopi and Tewa people. Your efforts are genuinely appreciated, and every hour of your hard work brings us closer

to a return, to more normal times. We must also thank

those who are staying at home thereby helping to protect

the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already

felt by those who have lost loved ones.

Indeed, life amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic has

sparked fear, frustration, and anxiety all around and it is

easy for distractions, criticism, and stress to set in. There

will be an appropriate time to debrief, to look carefully at

all aspects of this pandemic, to learn and rethink our approaches. But now, more than ever, we must focus all our

efforts on overcoming this pandemic and the challenges

associated with it.

Currently, there are approximately 150 active

COVID-19 cases within the Hopi community with a positive test average of nearly 16%. We are clearly in a new

phase of this pandemic and additional effort and diligence

is needed to reverse this trend. It is for this reason that a

new 20-day Reservation-wide lockdown has been issued.

We recognize that staying at home can be disruptive,

but it presents an opportunity for each of us to slow down

and reflect on the situation at hand. Furthermore, for

many Hopi such a 20-day period of seclusion carries special significance, as it is a familiar practice observed by

many Hopi mothers following the birth of a child. Now,

as during the period of tiiqatsiw, this situation requires

that we exercise restraint, self-discipline, humility and

resolve for the future.

If we can effectively demonstrate these qualities now,

each of us will be able to look back on this time and take

pride in how we responded to this challenge, and those

who come after us, will be able to say that the Hopi of

this generation, were as strong as any, that the traditional Hopi values, and characteristics prized and utilized by

our ancestors are still followed and part of our lives today.

Remember that the pride in who we are as Hopi people is not merely a part of our past, it defines our present

and our future, and the moments when Hopi people stand

united and work together for the collective benefit of all is

when the Hopi way, and tradition are most alive.

Therefore, may we take comfort in the fact that while

we may have more still to endure, in time we will recover,

and better days will return.

Kwakwhá

Clark W. Tenakhongva

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee Issues

Gaming Survey

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 5, 2021 Hopi Tutuveni

staff attempted to attend the Hopi Tribal Council Gaming Committee meeting occurring Thursday, September

3, 2020 and arrived after 9 a.m. Staff checked in at the

Security Check Point at the Legislative Building and after hearing loud voices coming from Chambers, asked if

there was a council meeting in session.

The Security Guard, said, “Yeah the Gaming Committee is having a meeting” and was asked if the public was

allowed and he said, “Yeah, they don’t have their sign out

so you can go in, go on in.”

After going down the hall and double checking for

signs outside the Hopi Tribal Council Chambers and on

the door, and since there were none, Tutuveni staff entered the Chambers.

Besides Craig Andrews, Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee Chair/Mishongnovi Village Representative, Herman

Honanie, Kyakotsmovi Village Representative, Dennis

Koeyahongva, Sipaulavi Representative, Berdella Nasingoetewa, Tribal Secretary Staff and the newly hired attorney, Travis Hyer were in Chambers.

After a couple of minutes of sitting while taking a couple pictures of slides on the teleprompter and listening

to Sarah Works, Hopi Tribal Gaming Attorney on speaker, Tutuveni staff was approached by Ms. Nasingoetewa

who said, “Craig said you need to leave.” Staff asked,

“Oh are you all in Executive Session?” She replied, “I

don’t know, he just asked me to tell you to leave.”

After sitting there a minute or two, Tutuveni staff then

asked Mr. Hyer, Hopi Tribe General Counsel staff member if the group was in Executive Session to which he

said, “I don’t know, I just came in, too.”

Mr. Andrews, Gaming Committee Chairman then

called out to those on the phone and said, “Chair [Hopi

Chairman], the Tutuveni lady is here and she is taking all

kinds of pictures, so I need to know what the committee

feels about that.”

No one answered for a bit before Wallace Youvella, Sr.,

First Mesa Consolidated Villages Representative said,

“Chair, I just need to let you know that I need a copy of

the Power Point packet because I didn’t get one.” That

was all he said and didn’t say anything further.

Dennis Koeyahongva said, “Well, nothing against

Hopi Tutuveni but I think we have to be careful about

what we share because we don’t want to get in trouble

sharing something we’re not supposed to.” No one else

said anything.

Mr. Andrews then asked Ms. Works, Hopi Tribe’s

Gaming Attorney what she thought. Ms. Works said, “So

far, what has been shared is ok but if we get into other

topics we might want to disclose that some information is

for attorney client privilege before going on.”

Tutuveni staff raised their hand to be acknowledged

while Mr. Andrews began talking. He seemed to be trying

to avoid the request to be acknowledged, so staff continued holding their hand up and waved for his attention, to

which Andrews then he finally acknowledged the staff to

speak.

Tutuveni staff introduced them self to the group and

thanked them for allowing time to speak. The group was

then informed that procedures for out checking in with

Security, and his allowing entrance to the Chambers were

followed. It was also explained there is an understanding that all Committee meetings are open to the public

unless in Executive Session. It was also shared that Tutuveni staff was aware the Committee had already been

sharing information with the public on the radio and for

the record staff didn’t just barge into the meeting without

getting permission. And if there is something they didn’t

want in the paper to let the staff know. Since Mr. Andrews seemed perturbed with their presence, staff decided to leave after being there for about 10-15 minutes at

the most.

That is the last Gaming Committee meeting attended

in person.

Since that time the Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee,

via Sarah Works, Gaming Committee Attorney has issued

the following message to Hopi Tribal Members via the

Hopi Tribe’s Secretary Staff email on Wednesday, December 16, 2020:

“Dear Hopi Tribal Members:

Please click on the internet link below to take a brief

survey about an Indian gaming development proposal.

We understand that the Hopi Tribal Council will be voting on this matter in early January. The purpose of this

survey is to let the Hopi Tribal Council know how you all

feel as Hopi Tribal Members.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdA4gpkel0A4Yo3FaNtcpDvPGQP59JMhts2pv7WUtbMLqVvGw/viewform?usp=sf_link

If you have any questions or any trouble filling out this

survey, please contact Craig Andrews, Chairman of the

Hopi Gaming Committee, cell phone (928) 419-0029

The survey was to the point of asking survey takers if

they supported gaming for Hopi or not and in addition to

requiring takers provide a Hopi Tribal enrollment number

prior to submission.

The survey had been posted on the local KUYI Hopi

Radio’s Facebook page which resulted in many comments and questions about the survey.

As of today, January 5, 2020 the survey is no longer

accessible. (See below)

We would like to attend and/or call into the Gaming

Committee meetings and other Committees meetings, as

well, however due to the Tribal Government Executive

Order 007-2020 – Lockdown – 20 Day Curfew and Secretary Staff not providing the Zoom meeting information

for Hopi Tutuveni staff, we cannot attend to provide a

report out to the public. We will keep requesting access in

2021 and for the public’s information and need for transparency.

Due to limited onsite scheduling, technical difficulties

in the Tribe’s information technology and delays in sending the January 6th publication files, we sincerely apologize for Hopi Tutuveni not being able to make contact

with the Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee, prior to publication deadlines for the January 7th publication.

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Updated public information from

the Hopi Judicial Branch

LETTER FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN

NOTICE TO THE HOPI

Effective December 21, 2020, the Court

Filings and motions can be emailed to

COMMUNITY

Offices will be open for business on Mon- hopicourtclerk@gmail.com.

day and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For payments, etc., please contact the

The Courts will be closed for business on Court for information and instruction re- We are still in a State of Emergency.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. This is garding proper method of payment and

necessary due to the continuing increase filing. Criminal and Civil traffic fines

Hopi Lives Matter.

in COVID cases.

may be paid online at WWW.CITEPAYThe Court will hear in-custody criminal

cases and emergency cases by telephone

only. All other cases will be continued to

a later date. For more information about

services and hearings, call the Court at

928-738-5171.

USA.COM or mailed to HOPI TRIAL

COURTS, P.O. Box 156, Keams Canyon,

AZ 86034.

Probation/Pre-Trial check-ins will continue through telephone contact at 928738-5171 or 928-205-3742.

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL First

Quarter Session December 1, 2020

AGENDA Month of January 2021

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Action Item #061-2020 – To approve the settlement agreement in the Hopi Tribe v.

United States of America, No. 06-0941 (Fed. Ct of Claims) – Author/Fred Lomayesva,

General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel - TABLED

NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item #007-2021 – To approve and grant to the Hopi Renewable Energy

Office, a Special Land Use Assignment in the amount of 814± acres for the construction

of a Utility Scale Solar Array Development at the Buffalo Range

Road on the Hopi Hart Ranch – Author/Edison Tu’tsi, Manager, Office of Hopi Lands

Administration

2. Action Item #008-2021 – To approve and grant to the Hopi Renewable Energy

Office, a Special Land Use Assignment in the amount of 402± acres for theconstruction

of a Utility Scale Solar Array Development at the Meteor Crater Road on the Hopi Hart

Ranch – Author/Edison Tu’tsi, Manager, Office of Hopi Lands Administration

3. Action Item #009-2021 – To accept award 2020-TW-AZ-0024 from Department

of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women on behalf of the Hopi Domestic Violence

Program – Author/Maude Yoyhoema, Director, Hopi Domestic Violence Program

HAPPY NEW YEAR

FROM THE

HOPI TUTUVENI

•On March 18, 2020 the Hopi Tribe

declared a State of Emergency and activated the Hopi Emergency Response

Team (HERT) due to the presence of the

COVID-19 Coronavirus in the surrounding areas.

•The presence of COVID-19 continues

to exist giving rise to an ongoing declared

state of emergency.

•The number of daily new COVID-19

cases on the Hopi reservation have risen

substantially; and demands more effective

enforcement of and compliance with the

critical public health and safety measures.

•This unprecedented public health

emergency requires full coordination and

cooperation between the sovereign village

administrations and the Hopi Tribal Government to avoid waste of resources and to

minimize any increased risk of exposure

to the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

•In response to concerns raised by the

public regarding non-compliance and enforcement of the Stay-at-home Executive

Order as well as the implementation of a

reservation wide curfew, an amendment to

the Hopi Code was made and approved by

the Hopi Tribal Council. The amendment

to Section 13.3.6 of the Hopi Code made

non-compliance with certain provisions

within issued Executive Orders and other Emergency declarations a civil offense

under this code.

In order to preserve the public health

and safety of the residents of the Hopi

Reservation and to support and reinforce

the independent precautionary measures

taken by the various Hopi villages to mitigate the risk of infection there shall be a

RESERVATION-WIDE LOCKDOWN

ORDER for a period of 20 days, from

December 23, 2020, through January 11,

2021 starting at 8 p.m. on December 23,

2020 and ending at 5 a.m. on January 11,

2021.

Citations will be issued per the Executive Order No 007-2020 for non-compliance.

STAY HOME. SAVE LIVES. STAY

HOPI STRONG.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Roma & Staff,

Thank you for publishing information to us while we stare at each other every day

with this stay at home times.

I'd like to publicly express much gratitude to those people for their caring thoughts

and generosity for everyone to have plenty of food during these hard times; The Hopi

Foundation, Navajo and Hopi Families Covid-19 Relief, Ancestral Lands-Hopi and

Hopi Relief.

I'm sure everyone (Hopi people) appreciated and enjoyed keeping healthy and strong

while at home.

On behalf of all, we wish you "Many happy returns and happy holidays with families".

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE

HART/DRYE ranch wood harvest

Schedule of Hopi Non-Commercial Wood

Covid-19 safety protocols

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WEMP

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021,

To ensure we provide a safe environment

and follow COVID-19 requirements, the

Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management

Program (WEMP) requests you adhere to

the following guidelines:

•Please remain in your vehicle. Each

vehicle will check-in with WEMP staff,

with minimal contact. Please have your

Hopi Tribal Census Card or Census Number and Driver’s License ready to provide

to the staff.

•During check-in, we request all individuals in each vehicle wear masks and all

individuals are from the same household

and keep to their group while harvesting

wood.

•Once checked-in, you will proceed

to harvest your wood and upon completion of loading your wood, please checkout and you will be issued a Hopi Wood

Hauling Permit. The permit will be your

validation to haul the wood to your destination.

•All individuals will be required to

wear a face mask, covering your nose and

mouth when you are within 6 feet of other

individuals. Although this is an outside activity, we require each individual to wear

your mask, especially when you are near

other individuals outside of your group.

•Please stay away from other groups

and practice the 6 foot social distancing.

We request you stay with your group to

minimize contact with other groups.

•Please use hand sanitizer or wash your

hands with soap and water, if possible.

•ªWEMP Staff will be monitoring the

areas to ensure we have compliance,

please cooperate with staff and follow

their requests.

•PLEASE PACK OUT YOUR TRASH.

We ask that you take your trash and make

sure you police up the area for your trash.

•Upon leaving for home or your destination, PLEASE make sure to strap down

or secure your load. We do not want you

to cause any damage or cause an accident

on the highways.

•We understand the need to stop for gas

and other necessities, however we ask you

minimize your time in local border towns,

mask up and hand sanitize and/or wash

your hands with soap and water and take

other preventative safety measures.

Although this is an outside activity, we

require you follow these simple protocols

to ensure the Hopi WEMP can continue

to offer the Hopi Hart/Drye Ranch Wood

Harvest for the remainder of the year. We

thank you for your cooperation and please

feel free to take advantage of this opportunity. If you have any questions, please

contact our office at (928) 734-3671/3673

or at (928) 497-1010/1011/1014.

Hopi Law Enforcement Services

Public Service Announcement Update

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hopi Law Enforcement Services continues to have limited administrative services available to the public. The HLES

facility is vacated and Patrol and Dispatch

services are working out of the main administrative building at the Hopi Tribe (no

public access).

The following services are impacted:

• Property & Evidence - NO Services

• Records and requests for information

- NO Services

• HSORT (SORNA) - NO Services

Telephone lines to reach HLES will be

limited to:

• 911

• 928-734-7340

• 928-734-7341

We will notify of our return to full service.

Please continue to follow the CDC

guidelines, practice social distancing,

wear a mask and wash your hands often. HLES wishes you a safe, happy and

peaceful New Year.

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Navajo and Hopi Statements on

the demolition of smokestacks at

largest coal plant in the West

Razing brings an end to the painful era of coal for

tribes; opens the door to healing and building new

sustainable economies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PAGE, Ariz. – At 8:30 a.m. on Friday

morning, explosions rocked the base of

the first of the three massive smokestacks

that have dominated the horizon on the

western edge of the Navajo Nation for a

half century. In slow motion, the towering

stack came crashing down in a thundering

cloud of dust, followed in succession by

the other two as part of Salt River Project’s demolition of the largest coal-burning power plant in the West.

The demolition of the three 775-foottall smokestacks at Navajo Generating

Station (NGS) is hugely symbolic. It

marks the close of a painful chapter for

thousands of Navajo and Hopi whose lives

and families have been impacted by coal.

Until it closed last November, the 2,400

MW power plant generated electricity for

Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

and other cities, insultingly bypassing Navajo and Hopi homes and businesses. The

plant also pumped the massive amounts of

water that has allowed Phoenix to grow

into the fifth largest city in America, all

while thousands of Navajo and Hopi

homes also lack access to running water.

“The demolition of the smokestacks

at NGS is a solemn event,” said Nicole

Horseherder, executive director of the

Navajo grassroots group Tó Nizhóní Ání,

which has worked for 20 years to move the

Navajo Nation past coal. “It's a reminder

of decades of exploitation subsidized by

cheap coal and water from the Navajo and

Hopi. Coal provided jobs and revenue to

the Navajo Nation, but Navajo ranchers

and farmers, who depended on the land

that was mined and the water that fed the

mine and power plant, shouldered the

cost. While miners were provided safety

gear as they worked, hundreds more living near the coal industrial complex had

to endure asthma and other health issues

without any recourse.

“That chapter is now closed,” Horseherder continued. “But the work is far from

over. We have to make sure Kayenta Mine

is cleaned up. We have to secure water

and electricity for many communities that

lack access to both. We have to replace

the millions of dollars in lost coal revenue

from the abrupt closure of the plant and

coal mine. And we have to make sure investment flows back into building a more

sustainable economy for the Navajo and

Hopi.”

“We’re hopeful that this marks the

continuation of our transformation into a

sustainable economy that is built on fundamental Navajo and Hopi respect for air,

land and water and that will have direct,

measurable benefits for our communities,

not exploit them,” said Carol Davis, executive director of the Navajo grassroots

group Diné CARE. “We hope the incoming Biden Administration follows through

on commitments it has made to Native

American tribes and assists us in addressing the many problems left behind by 50

years of over-dependence on coal.”

“So far, the federal government has

failed to meet even its most basic trust

responsibilities to the Navajo and Hopi,”

said Ben Nuvamsa, a former chairman of

the Hopi Tribe. “The massive coal pits and

piles that stretch across thousands of acres

at Kayenta Mine remain as they were

when the mine closed more than a year

ago. Billions of gallons of pristine water

were pumped from the Navajo Aquifer

and I’m not sure if it will recharge in our

lifetime. There must be accountability for

cleaning up this mess, for restoring vital

groundwater that was taken from us and

for returning the countless artifacts and

burial sites that were removed for the

mine.”

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Hopi Executive Order No. 007-2020: Reservation-wide Lockdown for All Residents of

the Hopi Reservation to limit and control the Spread of the COVID -19

WHEREAS, the Constitution and By-laws of the

Hopi Tribe, ARTICLE VI-POWERS OF THE TRIBAL

COUNCIL, SECTION 1 (a) and (b) respectively, authorizes the Hopi Tribal Council "To represent and Speak

for the Hopi Tribe in all matters for the welfare of the

Tribe"; and

WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020 the Hopi Tribe declared a State of Emergency and activated the Hopi Emergency Response Team (HERT) due to the presence of the

COVID-19 Coronavirus in the surrounding areas; and

WHEREAS, the presence of COVID-19 continues to

exist giving rise to an ongoing declared state of emergency; and

WHEREAS, the number of daily new COVID-19 cases on the Hopi reservation have risen substantially; and

demands more effective enforcement of and compliance

with the critical public health and safety measures; and

WHEREAS, the degree of contact with contagious individuals and the subsequent degree of exposure is unknown and continued person-to-person spread throughout the surrounding areas, as well as spread within the

Hopi reservation itself, is posing an extensive and substantial Public Health risk; and

WHEREAS, the conditional probability, in light of the

number of active cases on the Hopi Reservation, demonstrate that any gathering of individuals greater than 10,

will have a 1in 7 chance of being a super spreader event;

and

WHEREAS, the likelihood of gathering is increased

due to the approaching Christmas and New Year's Holiday; and

WHEREAS, each of the thirteen (13) Hopi villages and

Communities are autonomous, and a majority of this total

have exercised their inherent aboriginal sovereignty on

behalf of the health, safety and welfare of their members

by closing their villages to all non-residents; and

WHEREAS, this unprecedented public health emergency requires full coordination and cooperation between

the sovereign village administrations and the Hopi Tribal

Government to avoid waste of resources and to minimize

any increased risk of exposure to the COVID-19 Coronavirus; and

WHEREAS, in response to concerns raised by the

public regarding non-compliance and enforcement of the

Stay-at-home Executive Order as well as the implementation of a reservation wide curfew, an amendment to the

Hopi Code was made and approved by the Hopi Tribal

Council; and

WHEREAS, the amendment to Section 13.3.6 of the

Hopi Code made non-compliance with certain provisions

within issued Executive Orders and other Emergency

declarations a civil offense under this code; and

WHEREAS, “Indian Tribes possess civil jurisdiction

over non-members and non-Indians who enter into con-

sensual relationships with the Tribe or its members; and”

WHEREAS, in the event their presence or conduct violates COVID-19 public health measures and/or threatens

the political integrity, the economic security, or the health

and welfare of the community, the Hopi Tribe possesses

the inherent right to exclude non-members from tribally

owned lands; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 7- 70 l (2) of the

HERP, the Hopi Tribal Chairman is authorized to provide

the necessary direction to preserve the peace and order of

the Hopi Tribe.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the

Chairman of the Hopi Tribe issues the following emergency directives:

1. In order to preserve the public health and safety of

the residents of the Hopi Reservation and to support and

reinforce the independent precautionary measures taken

by the various Hopi villages to mitigate the risk of infection there shall be a RESERVATION-WIDE LOCKDOWN ORDER for a period of 20 days, from December

23, 2020, through January 11, 2021, starting at 8 p.m. on

December 23, 2020 and ending at 5 a.m. on January 11,

2021.

2. All previously issued precautionary measures mandated by the Hopi Tribe remain in place, including, but

not limited to, the following:

a. The requirement that masks be worn at all times in

public.

b. A daily reservation-wide curfew between 8 p.m. and

5 a.m.

3. Essential personnel who are currently designated as

such and are needed to maintain the continuity of operations for the essential services and infrastructure of the

Hopi Tribe will continue to operate.

4. During the Reservation-wide Lockdown, all residents are restricted from gathering with individuals with

whom they do not normally reside. This restriction applies to secular gatherings and holiday celebrations with

extended family and relatives.

5. All cultural and religious activities are strongly encouraged to be conducted in accordance with guidance

issued by the Department of Health and Human Services

regarding Cultural Activities for the duration of this order.

6. For the Duration of this order, individuals may leave

their homes or places of residence only under the following circumstances:

a. Traveling to or from work (with proof of employment).

b. Obtaining or seeking medical care.

c. Essential Travel and Activities as defined below:

1. Attending or Providing Care for an Elder or Resident

needing assistance

11. Picking up groceries for the household by l person

only

111. Hauling water from the watering points for the

household

1v. Gathering hay and feed for livestock and pets

v. Procuring Wood, Coal or propane for household

heating purposes.

7. All businesses within the Hopi Reservation, except

Essential Businesses and Services as defined herein, are

required to cease all activities. To the greatest extent feasible, Essential Businesses shall comply with the Social

Distancing Requirements.

8. Essential Businesses:

a. Health Care Operations, Essential Governmental

Functions and Essential Infrastructure (e.g. courts of law,

medical providers for urgent care, public utilities, and

critical school operations such as nutrition programs).

b. Gas stations, auto-supply, auto-repair, and related facilities (with reduced hours of operation).

c. Businesses providing mailing and shipping services.

d. Businesses that provide, ship or deliver groceries,

food, goods or services to residents or other businesses of

the Hopi Reservation (with reduced hours of operation).

e. Home-based care for seniors, adults, or children.

Residential facilities and shelters for seniors, adults, and

children.

f. Residential and commercial construction sites may

otherwise continue to operate so long as it is in compliance with this Order in reference to Social Distancing

Requirements and

Limiting persons on site to no more than l O people at

any given time.

g. For purposes of this Order, all first responders, emergency management personnel, emergency dispatchers,

court personnel, law enforcement personnel, and others

working for or to support Essential Services are categorically exempt from this Order.

9. Further, nothing in this Order shall prohibit any individual from performing or accessing

Essential Governmental Functions. Essential Government Functions means all services needed to ensure the

continuing operation of the government agencies and

provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public.

All Essential Governmental Functions shall be performed

in compliance with Social Distancing Requirements to

the extent possible.

l 0. All provisions of this Order should be interpreted

to effectuate this intent. Failure to comply with any of the

provisions of this Order constitutes an immediate threat

to public health and renders one subject to civil penalties.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Order shall

take effect immediately and shall remain in effect through

January 11, 2021 unless otherwise extended. Additional

advisories and Orders will follow as warranted, SO ORDERED THIS 23 DAY OF DECEMBER 2020.

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Hopi Tribal Treasurer Staff

Member Retires After 25

Years

Open

WIC is still

Sarah Tawayaoma celebrating her last day at the Hopi Tribe (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Romalita Laban

Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz – At the end of 2020,

Hopi Tribal Employees received an announcement of a special colleague reaching a significant milestone in her career

with the Hopi Tribe.

On Thursday, December 31, 2020, Wilfred Gaseoma, Hopi Tribal Treasurer sent

out the following message to Hopi Tribal

Employees about Sarah Tawayaoma, Hopi

Tribal Treasurer Office staff member:

“Today we celebrate the retirement of

Ms. Sarah Tawayaoma, she has been an

exceptional asset serving the Hopi/Tewa

People for over 25 years in the Office of

the Tribal Treasurer. She has been a loyal

employee that has persevered and contributed her knowledge and skills through the

years, she has definitely been the heart of

our office. We will surely miss her. We wish

her well in her retirement. Thank you very

very much Sarah!”

If you have ever made a payment at the

Hopi Tribe Treasurer’s Office, you were

bound to meet Sarah and received a smile

with her service. We wish Sarah Tawayaoma much happiness, great health and continued goodness in 2021, during her retirement and beyond

The Hopi Tutuveni wishes

Sarah Tawayaoma all the

best with her retirement

All services available remotely via phone

Hopi WIC Program

928.737.6362

Hopi Health Care Center

Hwy 264, Mile Post 388

Polacca, AZ 86042

itcaonline.com/WIC

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services

Covid-19 Emergency Response January 5, 2021 Report

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – January 5, 2021 — For the second time during the entire pandemic, since March 2020,

Arizona is leading the world with the highest seven-day

average of COVID-19 infections per capita. According to

the COVID Tracking Project and data from John Hopkins

University, Arizona currently has the highest COVID-19

per capita rate of any region in the world. The COVID

Tracking Project is a collaborative volunteer-run effort

to track the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It maintains a regularly updated database of a

variety of types of state-level information related to the

outbreak, including counts of the number of positive and

negative test results obtained in each state, hospitalization

and outcome data for cases, and the racial and ethnic demographic breakdowns of cases and deaths. Arizona has

been in this position once before. The state posted a 52.8

on July 7 at the height of the summer peak in this same

metric, which was higher than any other tracked jurisdiction at the time. While Arizona is sitting at the top of the

states today, it is still far behind North Dakota’s record

setting rate of 184.8 cases per capita that was recorded on

November 19, 2020. The past seven days has seen a surge

of reported positive tests in Arizona which would account

for the per capita rankings. It is no different here on Hopi,

with a continued increase in cases throughout all villages

on the reservation. The implications of higher case counts

carries over to an increase in hospitalizations and higher

potential for fatalities as COVID-19 spreads throughout

the community.

Here is a quick overview of the COVID-19 statistics on

a national, state, and local level:

As of this date – January 5, 2021

The United Sates now has approximately 20.73 million confirmed positive cases with 173,915 new cases and

over 352,464 deaths reported.

Over 567,474 confirmed positive cases now exist in

Arizona. Of those, close to 11,991 are in Navajo County

alone.

The Hopi Health Care Center has tested over 7,456 patients to this date. Over 1,013 of those tests at Hopi Health

Care Center came back positive with 696 from Hopi Tribal members. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation

reported 152 positives for Hopi Villages with a combined

number of 848 positive Hopi Tribal members.

The information below provides a glimpse of the current numbers in those respective villages.

* The information by villages presented above is released by the Hopi Department of Health & Human Services, and the data shown reflects patients tested at the

Hopi Health Care Center and at the Tuba City Regional

Health Care Corporation specifically on Hopi tribal members. The data from Lower and Upper Munqapi is consolidated until specific data can be re-verified. (+) number

decreased due to individual being identified from another

village. The community of residence for one Hopi Tribal

member who tested positive at HHCC is in the Phoenix

metropolitan area. The community of residence for four

Hopi Tribal members who tested positive at HHCC is in

Winslow. The data here does not include all state-wide

data from other facilities such as Flagstaff, Winslow,

Phoenix or other hospitals.

** A total of 848+ individuals who tested positive are

members of the Hopi Tribe.

+ Includes Village member(s) retested positive

Prevention:

Watch for symptoms. People with COVID-19 have had

a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild

symptoms to severe illness.

Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the

virus. People with these symptoms or combinations of

symptoms may have COVID-19:

-Cough

- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

- Or at least two of these symptoms:

- Fever

- Chills

- Repeated shaking with chills

- Muscle pain

- Headache

- Sore throat

- Congestion or runny nose

- Nausea or vomiting

- Diarrhea

- New loss of taste or smell

Children have similar symptoms to adults and generally have mild illness.

This list is not all inclusive. Please consult your medical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or

concerning to you.

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services

Covid-19 Emergency Response January 5, 2021 Report,

Cont.

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Covid-19: Community

Unmet Demand for Afterschool

Programs Reaches All-Time High

Simple Reminders from the CDC to Keep Safe

Please if you are sick, stay home, except to get medical care. Even if

you are not sick

please remember to:

•Keep at least six feet between you and other people and don’t go to--or

host--parties or other group events.

•Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when you are

around others or when you go out in public.

•Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or

hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if you can’t use soap and water.

•Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the

trash and wash your hands.

(StatePoint) Parents of children enrolled in afterschool programs are happier

with their participation than ever before,

according to a new study. At the same

time, there aren’t nearly enough programs

available, and students from low-income

families are the most likely to lack access.

For every child in an afterschool program

today, three more are waiting to get in.

Commissioned by the nonprofit Afterschool Alliance, and conducted by Edge

Research, “America After 3PM 2020”

builds on household surveys conducted in

2004, 2009 and 2014 and offers a pre-pandemic snapshot of how youth spend their

afternoons that has significant implications for the post-pandemic world.

The study finds that the families of 24.6

million children -- more than ever before

-- are unable to access afterschool programming, with many reporting cost as a

barrier. It also exposes significant inequities, with Black and Latinx children and

low-income households disproportionately affected.

“Quality afterschool programs are essential to student success in school and

life. If we want to emerge from this pandemic strong, we need to provide all youth

access to the important enrichment opportunities and resources afterschool programs provide. We’re far from doing that

now,” says Jodi Grant, executive director

of the Afterschool Alliance.

To further understand the state of U.S.

afterschool programs today, consider

these core findings from the report:

• Unmet demand is soaring. Demand

has grown 60% since 2004, from 15.3 million children waiting to get into a program

in 2004 to 24.6 million children in 2020.

• Barriers to participation grow. Sixty-one percent of low-income parents report that cost is a barrier to enrolling their

child in an afterschool program, up from

50% in 2014. Access, such as a lack of a

safe way for their child to get to and from

a program, is a barrier for 58% of respondents.

• Inequities persist. These barriers especially affect low-income families. The

number of children from low-income

households in afterschool fell from 4.6

million in 2014 to 2.7 million in 2020,

while the number of higher-income children in afterschool fell by just under

450,000.

• Public support is strong. Eighty-seven

percent of parents support public funding

for afterschool programs in communities

that have few opportunities for children

and youth, support that crosses demographic and political divides. This may

in part be due to the growing recognition of the benefits programs provide.

Eighty-three percent of respondents agree

programs give working parents peace of

mind, 81% agree programs help parents

keep their jobs, and 76% agree programs

help children gain interest and skills in

STEM.

For low-income families, the survey

reveals that programs address additional

needs, such as providing children snacks

and meals and offering them skill-building workshops, as well as connecting families to valuable community resources.

To view the full report, visit afterschoolalliance.org/AA3PM.

“It’s unacceptable that the parents of

nearly 25 million students are struggling

to find or afford an afterschool program,”

Grant said. “Every parent should have access to an affordable, quality afterschool

program that will keep their child safe,

supervised and learning. We need more

federal, state, local, business and philanthropic support to meet the needs of students and their families after school.”

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

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Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Coping with Stress During

Infectious Outbreak

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Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Larry’s Corner

I’m back! Yes, I know I haven’t written anything new

in a while, but it’s a new year and I am ready to tackle

anything now.

We made it!! The year 2020 was the year to talk about.

It started out with joy and happiness, ringing in the New

Year, people were saying, “2020 is the year where nothing will go wrong!” Boy, were we wrong about that.

Around mid-March or so, things went south, and each

month after, we had some very shocking moments. Some

people even thought that this virus was just a hoax and

that it wouldn’t hurt us. Most Hopis believed that we live

in such a remote area, sickness wouldn’t find us, but sickness knows no boundaries.

“We’re American!” some people shouted, but the virus didn’t care who you were, what race you were, how

important you were, the sickness does not care who you

are. So, some US continued to do as we normally do.

Some forget about laws, and talked down on everyone

or anything we come into contact with. And we have to

give some understanding and credence to that reaction,

because part of why they reacted that way was because

some of US were not communicating either, which led

others to make judgments and decisions based on not

having all the necessary information one needs to function in a pandemic state. Fear drove many – fear of an

unknown disease, fear of how it would affect us individually, fear of not knowing how long it would last, fear

that leaders were not sharing all the facts with us and

fear of losing our jobs in an already strapped economic

downturn on Hopi. One thing that this virus has taught

me is that, we need to be humbler, have more humility

and overall be more Hopi and to be open with one another

about the truth. Communication is key, they say, and I

have to agree.

By mid-August we saw numbers rise as more and more

people got sick of this virus. We heard of our loved ones

in hospitals and we couldn’t even go see them and had

to remember them how they were from the last time we

saw them. Even our connections with fellow colleagues

were impacted the same way. Who would’ve thought we

would be functioning in this manner? We longed for our

“normal” in this abnormal time and way. Laws created

2020-The Year of

Weird Things

by our own government were created in hopes of making

it so we didn’t get sick. It seemed to some of US that

others didn’t care because they continued to go fishing,

they continued to go to casinos and have parties and they

threw away the laws to protect us. Our lives and conditions were about US and them and we pointed fingers at

each other, accused each other of not being honest about

our whereabouts and we didn’t communicate with each

other even more. We gave the sickness a deadline of one

year. But the sickness does not tell time nor does it keep

time, but we put it on a timeline, anyway.

By mid-October we wanted to tell the sickness to stop

for one night so we can have fun for just one night and

be back in our “normal” for longing of happier times. We

found out that the sickness does not celebrate holidays,

and it even seemed to go full force and seemed satisfied

when we gathered. We continued to enjoy our holidays as

planned hoping the virus wasn’t at “our” party. We were

wrong about that too, we gathered in large numbers to

celebrate thinking that if we partied hard enough, we can

forget about the sickness and it will go away. Instead the

sickness just partied alongside with US; my cat theory is

that the sickness does not care for parties anyway. You

know us cats, and our counterparts – the dog have certain

senses about sickness and diseases that our owner might

not even realize. I can even sense when my owner may be

a little glum…I digress.

By the end of November, we were exhausted. This

sickness took so many loved ones from US. We couldn’t

figure it out why this sickness was still around. We finally gave into the government’s plan on keeping us safe…

well some of US. We didn’t want to party anymore, we

didn’t want to gather anymore, and we didn’t want to get

sick anymore. Hopis were finally realizing that this sickness is here to stay. Some of US realized that the Hopi

government’s “Laws” were to keep us safe. Many of us

celebrated Thanksgiving in our homes, by ourselves, eating distribution box turkey. We complained it was not the

same. We missed gathering in large groups even for our

annual cultural “doings” during this time. No “ifs, ands or

buts” we just had to bite that turkey leg and get through it.

We were finally accepting our new “normal.”

By December, we were in submission to 2020. We

didn’t care for parades, school plays, end of the year luncheons, or for gathering in large groups. We just wanted

to survive the year. We finally learned that it’s not about

gathering in large groups but gathering with immediate

family that is important. It seems with all our losses of

those near and dear to us that we started to become kinder

and humbler. We finally realized that we don’t need big

celebrations to make us happy. We were finally seeing

that being Hopi is to have humility in this world. We are

the keepers of the peace. We are makers of the rain. We

have mysteries that only Hopi holds. I say this as a Hopi

cat and I know my owner has shared these thoughts with

me, too, in our quiet-time. We, Hopis and Hopi cats, too

have forgotten about that in the past years, but now we

are finally seeing where the error of our ways may need to

be redirected. Remember, this sickness is not done with

us yet. There are still lessons we need to learn and there

are stories we still need to tell.

Some of US have forgotten how to be Hopi. We forgot

how to do Hopi “things.” We became what we swore we

would not be. We started to become “commercialized.”

We started sharing our culture to those who are not Hopi

and we started to make our tradition bigger. Hopis don’t

need to be big, they don’t need to share it all, and that’s

what makes Hopi a mystery – a special gift meant for US.

That’s what makes our tradition strong. But this sickness

is a sort of a teacher in a way, to make us think more

about what we might lose, about what we have lost and

what we are going through.

My advice to you is that Hopi is a mysterious culture

and we have jeopardized and destroyed some of the essence by writing books, selling our Kachina dolls to collectors, making music CD’s for the masses to hear our

stories and songs. We forgot that if we sell out our culture, we are no better than any corporate executive. I say

we need to go back to our roots to become one with the

earth, to reclaim our clanship and to believe in Hopi a

little more. But if that does not work, I can settle for a

pizzeria on the Hopi reservation…at least I can eat pizza

and sing Hopi songs.

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

US Capitol locked down

as Trump supporters

clash with police

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Angry supporters of President

Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday

in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer

of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral

College victory. Trump issued a restrained call for peace

but did not call on his supporters to leave.

The ordinarily mundane procedure of certifying a new

president was always going to be extraordinary, with Republican supporters of Trump vowing to protest results

of an election that they have baselessly insisted was reversed by fraud.

The deliberations inside were still in their early stages when they were overcome by raucous demonstrations

outside, as protesters who clashed with police entered

the building, shouting and waving Trump and American

flags. They abruptly interrupted the proceedings in an

out-of-control scene that featured eerie official warnings

directing people to duck under their seats for cover and

put on gas masks.

With the crowds showing no signs of abating, Trump

tweeted, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay

peaceful!”

Senators were being evacuated. Some House lawmakers tweeted they were sheltering in place in their offices.

Demonstrators fought with Capitol Police and then

forced their way into the building, not long after a huge

rally near the White House during which Trump egged

them on to march to Capitol Hill.

Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint

session to confirm the Electoral College results.

New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, Laguna and Jemez

Pueblos, and Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk,

tweeted later that they were safe in the building.

“We will stay put until they tell us it is safe to go out,”

Haaland said from her office.

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee, of Oklahoma, also

was among those inside the Capitol and was reported to

be safe, a staffer told Indian Country Today.

Rep. Yvette Herrell, Cherokee, of New Mexico tweeted that she was safe and added that the “violence at the

Capitol is unacceptable.” She urged protestors to allow

Congress to continue their work.

Rep. Kai Kahele, Native Hawaiian, also tweeted that

he was safe. The status of Rep. Tom Cole, Chickasaw,

wasn’t immediately clear.

Though fellow Republicans were behind the challenge

to Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sought to lower tensions

and argued against it. He warned the country “cannot

keep drifting apart into two separate tribes” with “separate facts.”

McConnell declared, “The voters, the courts and the

states all have spoken.”

But other Republicans, including House GOP leaders

among Trump’s allies were acting out the pleas of supporters at his huge Wednesday rally up Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House to “fight for Trump.”

“We have to fix this,” said Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the GOP whip.

The last-gasp effort is all but certain to fail, defeated

by bipartisan majorities in Congress prepared to accept

the November results. Biden i s to be inaugurated Jan. 20.

Still, Trump vowed to he would “never concede” and

urged the massive crowd to march to the Capitol where

hundreds had already gathered under tight security.

“We will never give up,” Trump told his noontime rally.

Vice President Mike Pence was closely watched as he

stepped onto the dais to preside over the joint session in

the House chamber.

Pence has a largely ceremonial role, opening the sealed

envelopes from the states after they are carried in mahogany boxes used for the occasion, and reading the results

aloud. But he was under growing pressure from Trump

to overturn the will of the voters and tip the results in the

president’s favor, despite having no legal power to affect

the outcome.

“Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” Trump

tweeted Wednesday.

But Pence, in a statement shortly before presiding, defied Trump, saying he could not claim “unilateral authority” to reject the electoral votes that make Biden president.

Despite Trump’s repeated claims of voter fraud, election officials and his own former attorney general have

said there were no problems on a scale that would change

the outcome. All the states have certified their results as

fair and accurate, by Republican and Democratic officials

alike.

Arizona was the first of several states facing objections

from the Republicans as Congress took an alphabetical

reading of the election results. Then the chaos erupted.

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Navajo casinos lay off more

than 1,100

This 2018 photo shows the Navajo Nation's Twin Arrows Casino, east of Flagstaff, Arizona. (AP

Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)

Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Casinos

run by the Navajo Nation have temporarily laid off more than 1,100 workers because of prolonged closures caused by the

coronavirus pandemic.

The tribe's Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise announced the decision Thursday

night, saying it was left with no choice but

to move ahead with the layoffs because of

lack of revenue caused by the closures.

"Due to the extended closure, since

March 17, 2020, our business operations

have been severely impacted and as a result, we must make very difficult financial

and personnel decisions," Brian Parrish,

the tribal casino operation's Interim CEO,

said in a statement. The layoffs took effect on New Year's Day.

The tribe operates four casinos in Arizona and New Mexico, and together they

employ more than 1,200 people, including

more than 775 tribal members. The Gaming Enterprise plans to keep 165 employees on the payroll to ensure essential functions are maintained at the casinos.

Officials had repeatedly warned that

layoffs would become necessary if the

casinos weren't allowed to reopen at least

with limited capacity.

But officials also warned Thursday that

permanent closure of the entire operation

is possible by the end of January if casinos are not allowed to reopen or if more

funding isn't allocated to keep the operation running. The tribe allocated nearly

$25 million in federal virus relief funding

to the casino operation in August but that

money has run out.

The tribe invested $460 million in the

casinos and that would be lost if they

closed. Closure would also lead to ongoing yearly losses of about $220 million in

revenue and economic activity, Parrish

said. He said he believes it's possible to

safely reopen with reduced capacity even

amid the pandemic.

"The Nation's vision took years to build

but the Nation has been successful," Navajo Gaming Board Chairman Quincy Natay said. "If it allows its gaming industry

to fail, a permanent closure will cause a

long-term setback for Navajo economic development, even if it eventually reopens."

The Navajo Nation spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

FOOD

Delicious Ideas for Big Game Sunday

(StatePoint) With just a grill and a bit of

smoke, your menu will be the real MVP of

the Big Game.

“The key to making snacks and appetizers more flavorful is with hardwood

pellets, which can add rich, wood-fired

flavor to just about anything. And, with

a few modifications, you don’t even need

a pellet grill to achieve that delicious

wood-smoked flavor,” says Ben Madden,

product manager at Bear Mountain BBQ

Woods, crafter of gourmet, hardwood pellets.

Below, Madden shares his winning tips

and game-day recipes.

Smoked & Roasted Wings

From classic Buffalo hot sauce to

sweet teriyaki, chicken wings are always

a crowd-pleaser, especially on game day.

Take their flavor to the next level with this

recipe for Smoked and Roasted Chicken

Wings:

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: ~ 2 hours depending on size

and amount of wings

Ingredients:

• Essential BBQ Rub or poultry seasoning

• Chicken wings

• Sauce of choice

• Bear Mountain’s Savory BBQ Craft

Blends pellets

Preparation:

1. Lightly coat wings in seasoning.

2. Arrange wings on smoker or grill at

225 degrees with at least 2 inches of space

between.

3. Smoke for 1 to 1.5 hours.

4. Turn up grill to 350 degrees to finish.

Start brushing on sauce and turning wings

periodically.

5. Once wings hit an internal temperature of 165, remove from the smoker or

grill and toss in a bowl with remaining

sauce. Then they’re ready to serve!

No pellet grill or smoker? Try using

Smoke ‘Ems wood pellet packets in this

recipe in the following way:

• On one side of grill, turn burner to

medium-high heat or fire up charcoal and

place Smoke ‘Ems packet directly over

heat until it starts smoking.

• Place wings on other side of grill

over medium heat until Smoke ‘Ems has

stopped smoking. Note: For more smoke

flavor, use a second packet after first has

been used.

• Increase temperature under wings and

continue with Step 4 above.

Beer Cheese Dip

Bring your appetizer game to a new

level with this delicious recipe for Beer

Cheese Dip with Pretzel Ring, from Bear

Mountain BBQ ambassador, Jennifer

Danella:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese grated

• 1/2 cup gruyere cheese grated

• 8 ounces cream cheese softened

• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

• 1/2 of a 1-ounce Hidden Valley Ranch

Packet

• 2 tablespoons green onions chopped.

• 1/4 cup German lager beer

• 2 tablespoons baking soda

• 1 can biscuits

• 1 large egg, mixed with 1 tablespoon

water, for brushing biscuits

• 12-inch cast iron skillet

• Bear Mountain’s Bourbon BBQ or Savory BBQ Craft Blends pellets

Preparation:

1. Preheat pellet grill to 350 F.

2. In large bowl, combine 1 cup cheddar,

gruyere, cream cheese, Dijon mustard,

Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning, beer and

1 tablespoon green onions. Mix evenly.

3. Cut biscuits in half. Roll each half

into a ball, then slice an X across top.

4. Boil 2 cups water in medium saucepan. Once boiling, add baking soda and

mix immediately.

5. Add biscuits in batches and cook until

puffy, approximately 1 minute. Remove

and transfer to skillet, forming ring along

inside edge.

6. Brush biscuits with egg wash. Sprinkle with salt.

7. Transfer dip to center of skillet.

Sprinkle with remaining cheddar.

8. Bake until biscuits are golden and dip

is bubbly, 30-35 minutes.

9. Garnish with remaining green onions.

Serve!

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visit bearmountainbbq.com.

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Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Tribes work to shield elders, knowledge from virus

U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Erica Harker, IHS Navajo Area pharmacy consultant and a member of the Zuni Tribe, and Gallup Indian Medical Center Chief of Pharmacy Vicky Chavez prepare

COVID-19 vaccines to be redistributed from GIMC to other health care facilities on the Navajo Nation, on Dec. 14. (Photo courtesy of the Indian Health Service)

Christine Fernando

Associated Press

As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam's

Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking

shelves clean of toilet paper and canned goods. Seniors

couldn't move fast enough, and Harvey saw their faces

fall when they reached empty shelves.

The Navajo woman wanted to help tribal elders get

household staples without leaving their homes and risking exposure to COVID-19, so she started Defend Our

Community, a group that delivers supplies.

Tribes across the nation are working to protect elders

who serve as honored links to customs passed from one

generation to the next.

"When you lose an elder, you lose a part of yourself,"

said Harvey, who lives in Leupp, Arizona, east of Flagstaff. "You lose a connection to history, our stories, our

culture, our traditions."

Harvey remembers her own grandfather explaining

the stories behind Navajo songs and teaching her Navajo

words from the songs. She often listened to her grandparents speaking Navajo while she practiced the words

under her breath.

In Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation has increased food

distributions to elders and offered financial aid to those

who were struggling to pay rent or utilities. Concern

for elders is also apparent in the tribe’s COVID-19 vaccine-distribution plans.

Participants and workers in the tribe’s elder program

are first in line for the shots, along with hospital workers

and first responders. Next are those whose first language

is Cherokee and others considered “tribal treasures,” an

honor given to members who keep Cherokee art, language and other culture alive through their work.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is prioritizing vaccine

distribution to those who speak Dakota and Lakota lan-

guages.

An effort among the Blackfeet in Montana is helping

the tribe’s members connect with elders who need support. And Connecticut’s Mashantucket Pequot Nation is

providing its citizens with masks and telemedicine, delivering meals to their doors and organizing home visits to

give flu vaccines.

“Elders are like libraries. Losing one is like a library

burning down,” said Loren Racine, creator of a Facebook

page offering help in the Blackfeet community.

Roy Boney Jr., who manages a Cherokee language

program, said the vast majority of Cherokee speakers are

elders. They make up a small pool of people the program

relies on to teach the language he calls the “beating heart”

of Cherokee identity.

“For decades our language has been taken from us

through forced assimilation,” Boney said. “Elders hold

our history and culture but also our language. ... Our elders are precious.”

Almost half of the Cherokee who received care from

the tribe’s health services but died from the coronavirus

were fluent Cherokee speakers. Losing even a handful

of speakers can be devastating for language preservation

and other cultural practices, Boney said.

“With them goes so much information in terms of

language knowledge, dialect, specialized knowledge of

medicine and traditional practices,” he said. “All these

things we’re trying to revitalize and save, they’re the

heart of all of it.”

Mashantucket Pequot elders shifted to a virtual format

for the intergenerational gatherings where they tell traditional stories. An elders council also helps to organize

Pequot language bingo nights and Schemitzun, the annual Festival of the Green Corn.

“When we heard how COVID-19 was spreading, we

were immediately concerned for our elders and how losing them would affect the tribe, so we immediately start-

ed working to protect them,” said the tribe’s chief medical officer, Setu Vora.

The tribe has no known COVID-19 deaths.

Pequot elders play an important role in the effort to

revive the tribe’s language, which is no longer widely

spoken. Elders still remember relatives who spoke the

language and can verify the definitions and context of

certain words. A handful of the tribe’s 2,000 members are

becoming somewhat proficient in Pequot as they research

and reclaim new words, Vora said.

Karen Ketcher was among 28 Cherokee Nation elders

who have died from the coronavirus. She was weeks shy

of her 71st birthday and had decades of experience working for the tribe and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Her knowledge was unmatched and invaluable, said her

granddaughter, Taryn King.

“There’s so much at stake when this virus hits our communities,” said King, 31, of Stilwell, Oklahoma. She described elders as “the glue that holds our communities

together.”

At work, Ketcher was affectionately called “Granny.”

She was the go-to person for questions about Cherokee

policies, tribal governance and how to apply for grants.

She also was the first stop for snacks, help mending holes

in sweaters or questions about community relations.

One co-worker, Kamisha Hair, went into Ketcher’s

office shortly before the tribe temporarily closed it in

March because of the pandemic. She assured Ketcher

things would be OK and implored her to pray.

The two hugged and said they loved each other. Ketcher died in April.

Relatives held a small outdoor service for her. When

they returned to town, other Cherokees had lined the

streets to pay their respects.

“Losing an elder like Granny is like losing a piece of

your identity,” Hair said. “It dies with them, and you can

never get it back.”

Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

Vaccine trials' fast rollout reveals distrust

Felicia Fonseca

Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The news came

during a hopeful time on the country's

largest reservation.

Daily coronavirus cases were in the single digits, down from a springtime peak of

238 that made the Navajo Nation a U.S.

hot spot. The tribe, wanting to ensure a

COVID-19 vaccine would be effective for

its people, said it would welcome Pfizer

clinical trials on its reservation spanning

Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

Right away, tribal members accused

their government of allowing them to be

guinea pigs, pointing to painful times in

the past when Native Americans didn't

consent to medical testing or weren't fully

informed about procedures.

A Navajo Nation review board gave the

study quicker approval than normal after

researchers with Johns Hopkins University's Center for American Indian Health

made the case for diversity. Without Native volunteers, how would they know if

tribal members responded to vaccines the

same as others?

"Unfortunately, Native Americans have

effectively been denied the opportunity to

participate in these clinical trials because

almost all of the study sites are in large,

urban areas that have not done effective

outreach to Native Americans," said Dr.

Laura Hammitt of Johns Hopkins.

About 460 Native Americans participated in the trials for the vaccine by Pfizer

and its German partner BioNTech, including Navajos. The enrollment reflects

a growing understanding of the role that

people of color play in vaccine development and the push to rapidly deploy it to

curb infections among populations that

have been disproportionately affected by

the virus.

Yet, few of the country's 574 federally

recognized tribes have signed on for the

studies, a hesitation often rooted in suspicion and distrust. Many tribes also require

several layers of approval for clinical trials, a challenge researchers aren't always

willing to overcome and don't face in the

states.

While vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna Inc. roll out across Indian Country,

others are being studied.

In the Pacific Northwest, the Lummi

Nation and the Nooksack Indian Tribe

plan to participate in a vaccine trial from

another company, Novavax Inc. A Cheyenne River Sioux researcher plans to enroll Native Americans and others in South

Dakota in the Novavax trial and another

by Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline.

On the Navajo Nation, Arvena Peshlakai, her husband, Melvin, and their

daughter Quortnii volunteered for the

Pfizer trials.

Arvena Peshlakai said the rumors were

rampant: Navajos would be injected with

the virus, and researchers would use plasma from people who got COVID-19.

She was assured that wasn’t happening

and let the words of her parents and grandparents guide her: Don’t let our struggles

be your struggles, begin with our triumphs.

“What else am I supposed to do? Just

sit back and say, ‘No, I don’t trust them’

and not try something new to see if we can

find a breakthrough?” Peshlakai said. “We

have to do something, we can’t just sit by

and wait and hope and pray.”

She overcame her fear of needles to get

the doses and keeps track of her well-being daily on an app. As trial participants,

the family can get the vaccine if they initially received a placebo.

The Pfizer trials among the Navajo and

White Mountain Apache tribes enrolled

275 people, about 80 percent of them Native American, Hammitt said. It wasn’t as

many as researchers had hoped for, but

she said it’s enough to compare immune

and antibody responses in Native patients

to others.

Vaccine trials nationwide have been

moving quickly, which doesn’t always

align with tribal guidelines on considering

research proposals.

“It must be done with respect for tribal

sovereignty and knowing that each individual has truly been given informed consent,” said Abigail Echo-Hawk, director

of the Urban Indian Health Institute in

Seattle.

It helped that Johns Hopkins has a decadeslong history with the Navajos and

Apaches, including other clinical trials.

Hammitt said the Navajo Human Research Review Board was receptive to a

quick review of the vaccine trials because

of the devastating impact of the pandemic.

In South Dakota, the Cheyenne River Sioux tribal health committee initially

pushed back on Dr. Jeffrey Henderson’s

proposal for trials of the Novavax vaccine.

Henderson, a tribal member, was sent into

the community to gauge support.

He expects to get approval from a newly seated tribal council but for now, plans

to set up a mobile unit outside the reservation.

“We refuse to do this type of research

or any research within the boundaries of

a tribe without having explicit approval

from the tribe,” Henderson said.

In Washington state, the Nooksack tribe

is set to begin enrolling volunteers in the

Novavax trials Monday, said Dr. Frank

James, the tribe’s health officer.

“I expect a slow start to it, and we have

to get a few brave people who are comfortable with it and then people to follow,”

he said.

The nearby Lummi Nation is moving

forward with a three-part review and approval process for the Novavax trials.

Initial hesitation among the tribe

stemmed from a researcher who took

photos of Lummi children years ago to

develop a tool to diagnose fetal alcohol

syndrome but didn’t offer any ways to

address it, said Dr. Dakotah Lane, executive medical director of the Lummi Tribal

Health Clinic.

“I had already known and was aware

of certainly some distrust with any kind

of research within our community,” Lane

said. “But I also knew the only way out

of this pandemic was with access to vaccines.”

Other stories about the sterilization of

Native American women, noted in a 1976

federal report, and military testing of radioactive iodine on Alaska Natives have

bred distrust.

The Havasupai Tribe also settled a lawsuit a decade ago that accused Arizona

State University scientists of misusing

blood samples meant for diabetes research

to study schizophrenia, inbreeding and

ancient population migration without the

tribe’s permission.

That case came to mind when Annette

Brown, a Navajo woman, heard about

her tribe’s willingness to participate in

COVID-19 vaccine trials.

“There’s this historical distrust when it

comes to any type of experimenting,” she

said. “It’s just experience, I don’t know

that there are many families out there who

haven’t been touched by some sort of experimentation (or) biological attacks on

tribal communities.”

Brown has mixed feelings because she

previously participated in a vaccine trial

with Johns Hopkins.

It was related to research that determined the first generation of vaccines for

bacterial meningitis was less effective

among Navajo and Apache children 6

months and younger, Hammitt said. The

rate of the disease used to be five to 10

times higher among those children than

the general population.

Researchers and doctors in Native

American communities also have found

that standard doses for medications like

blood thinners weren’t always the best fit

for tribal members.

For Marcia O’Leary, helping with a

study that indirectly discovered HPV vaccines don’t protect against a strain that’s

a leading cause of cancer among Native

American women in the Great Plains

shows the importance of having more

Native researchers and being involved in

clinical trials.

“We can’t wait for this to trickle down,”

said O’Leary, director of Missouri Breaks,

a small Native American-owned research

group on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation. “It seems like in Indian Country,

we keep chasing the ball of health and we

never get ahead of it.”

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