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Hopi Tutuveni September 1, 2021

Hopi Tribal Council Holds In-Person Session in Tribal Council Chambers

Hopi tribal chambers newly re-modeled and ready to use (photo Romalita

Laban/HT)

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 27, 2021 Hopi Tutuveni

has been prepared to cover any Hopi Tribal Council meetings to provide updates to readers on actions being taken

by Tribal Council before an attending live audience.

Until recently, attempts by the Hopi Tribal Secretary’s Office to hold Tribal Council meetings in person

have failed and mostly due to the Hopi Tribal government phone system, technical issues with teleconference

lines and the internet, and incomplete construction on the

Council Chambers which includes carpet removal, HVAC

upgrades and proper Covid 19 prevention barriers.

Hopi Tutuveni attended the August 23, 2021 Council session in person during the last few minutes during

which time pictures of the Chambers with the newly

installed plexi-glass separators and new monitors were

taken along with a group picture of those physically in

attendance before the Chambers were closed for the day.

Hopi Tutuveni then attended the August 24, 2021

Council session once again, however due to technical difficulties with the internet and ZOOM meeting connection,

the session scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. did not occur

leaving Tribal Council without meeting quorum. Council

did not complete hearing the scheduled Updates Presentation from Hopi Health Care Center.

Persistence by Secretary Staff, along with Information

Technology staff resulted in allowing for the continuation of the day’s scheduled 3:00 p.m. Report by Dorma

Sahneyah, Executive Director and other Tribal Department Directors, about the Turquoise Well site.

The Tribal Council did achieve quorum and as Council had many questions and concerns to be expressed to

the Executive Director. Issue of concern included those

surrounding the continued lack of water, electricity and

internet connections to the site where Tribal employees

have been directed to report for work.

Council representatives mentioned making visits to

the site and had a list of issues to report to the Executive

Director that need attention, such as a foul smell occurring in the Social Services modular, cracks in the modular

buildings, concern for fire hazards which may be present

due to the closely-placed modular buildings and lack of

fire extinguishers in the buildings, aesthetics such the type

of gating that surrounds the site and limited number of

security personnel present at the site, was also mentioned.

Although there was a lot of finger-pointing and blaming, the overarching question inquiring about whom specifically authorized construction and placement of modular buildings to occur at the Turquoise Well, was never

clearly answered. Mis-statements about the Hopi Tribe

being out of the current Phase Three was also mentioned

by the Executive Director.

This seemed to create much frustration and confusion,

for those in attendance, resulting in Representatives raising their voices, calling for a Point of Order and reminders, in Hopi, to be cautious about tones being taken and

words spoken to each other. The presentation lasted well

past the 5 o’clock hour with no final resolve about issues

raised during the presentation.

Hopi Primary Elections Slated for Thursday, September 9, 2021 Early Voting for Primary Completed August 27, 2021

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 27, 2021 Hopi Tutuveni has

been providing updates and information regarding the upcoming 2021 Hopi Tribal Elections for Chairman and Vice Chairman by making contact with the Hopi Elections Office staff and

providing opportunities for press releases and ad placements.

Hopi Tutuveni staff made contact with the Hopi Elections Office on August 23rd and August 26th via email to inquire about

how many early votes were cast and from which precincts the

votes came from, thus far, for the September 9th Primary Election.

Karen Shupla, Registrar from Hopi Elections Office responded to the August 23rd email on August 25th noting, “…the turn

out for early voting in the villages have been good in most areas.

I don’t have the numbers right at hand.” No other responses

have been received as of today, August 27, 2021.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic the Hopi Elections Board

determined “EARLY VOTING SITES” for the Hopi Reservation as another opportunity for the general public to get their

votes in. According to recent submissions to the August 18,

2021 Hopi Tutuveni, Hopi Elections Office began its Early

Voting opportunity on August 16, 2021 at various sites on the

Hopi reservation with the opportunity to continue from August

23, 2021 through August 27, 2021 at the Hopi Elections Office

during specified times.

Candidates for the Vice Chairman and Chairman and their

respective Villages are as follows:

Vice Chairman Candidates;

Craig Andrews

– Village of Mishungnuvi

Clark Wayne Tenakhongva

– Village of Hotevilla

Chairman Candidates;

David Norton Talayumptewa

– Village of Kykotsmovi

Andrew Stephen Qumyintewa

– Village of Hotevilla

Timothy Loren Nuvangyaoma

– Village of Mishungnuvi

Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr.

– Village of Bacavi

In accordance with the Hopi Election Ordinance, when there

were only two candidates for the Vice Chairman seat, the names

of those two would not be listed on the Primary ballot.

Hopi Tutuveni staff attempted a number of phone contacts

with the Hopi Elections Office on July 16, 2021 to confirm how

the Absentee Ballot might appear for those requesting one by

the deadline date. Elections Office staff were not available at the

time, however, a voice recording did provide notification to the

effect that, “July 29th 2021 is last day to request for an Absentee

ballot for the Primary Election…Primary Election will consist

of the Hopi Chairman’s election ballots only…Vice Chairman

Candidates will move onto the General Election since there are

only 2 candidates running for the seat.” Hopi Tutuveni requested a sample of the Absentee Ballot and Early Voting Ballot for

the September 9th Primary however did not receive one.

Eligible Members who can vote in the Hopi Tribal Elections

are:

•Hopi: Be a member or eligible for membership in the Hopi

Tribe as set forth in Art. II of the Constitution and By-Laws of

the Hopi Tribe; and

•Age: Be eighteen (18) years of age or older on Election day,

per Election Ord. #34

The Hopi Election Board encourages all eligible Hopi Voters

to update their voter information. IF you are a new voter, IF

you have moved away or back to the Hopi reservation and have

a change of address, IF you have changed your name or IF you

just want to update your voter information you may contact the

Hopi Tribal Registrar.

IF you are going to be away from your polling site on Election Day, you may request for an Absentee Ballot (vote by mail)

OR if you would like to vote in the comfort of your home you

may request for an Absentee Ballot. The DEADLINE to do so

for the General Election is: September 30, 2021.

Information is available on the Hopi Election’s webpage on

the Hopi Tribe’s website at: https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/tribal-government/hopi-elections-office/

The Voter Registration Form and other Hopi Elections Office

information are also available at the link. The Hopi Elections

Office physical address is: SW corner of AZ State Hwy 264,

B.I.A. Indian Route 2 (Leupp road) MP 47.7 Kykotsmovi, Ariz.,

86039

For more information contact the Hopi Elections Office at:

(928) 734-2507 or (928) 734-2508. The Fax line number is:

(928) 734-1257. Email inquiries can be sent to: kshupla@hopi.

nsn.us

Hopi Tutuveni September 1, 2021

Hopi Tribal Council third quarter session June 1, 2021 Agenda month of

August 2021

"UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Discussion of the I-40 Solar Project – Kendrick Lomayestewa, Hopi Renewable

Energy Office/Fletcher Wilkinson, Hopi Utilities Corporation – TABLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

2. Action Item #041-2021 – To approve Development Permit Application from the

Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation to construct a hotel known as Taawaki

Inn on the Hopi Trust Lands near the Twin Arrows Casino in Coconino County – Author/Fred Shupla, Community Planner, Office of Community Planning and Economic

Development - TABLED

XI.

NEW BUSINESS"

No New Business

Hopi Tribal Council fourth quarter session September 1, 2021 Agenda

Proposed

"UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Discussion of the I-40 Solar Project – Kendrick Lomayestewa Hopi Renewable

Energy Office/Fletcher Wilkinson, Hopi Utilities Corporation – TABLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

2. Action Item #041-2021 – to approve Development Permit Application from the

Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation to construct a hotel known as Taawaki

Inn on the Hopi Trust Lands near the Twin Arrows Casino in Coconino County – Author/Fred Shupla, Community Planner, Office of Community Planning and Economic

Development - TABLED

XI.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item #046-2021 – To approve a 2021 Contract with Antol & Sherman,

P.C. for Conflict Public Defense Counsel in the Hopi Tribal Court – Author/Travis J.

Hyer, Deputy General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

2. Action Item #047-2021 – Approve Amendment #1 of the 2020 Contract for Legal

Representation of tribal members by Antol & Sherman, P.C., approved by Tribal Council in H-011-2020 – Author/Travis J. Hyer, Deputy General Counsel, Office of General

Counsel

3. Action Item #048-2021 – Procure 2021 Insurance Policies for the Hopi Tribe –

Author/Edgar Shupla, Director, Office of Facilities & Risk Management

4. Action Item #049-2021 – Transfer Insurance Settlement ($534,885.78) to HTEDC

– Author/ Edgar Shupla, Director, Office of Facilities & Risk Management"

“5. Action Item #050-2021 – To approve Professional Services Master Agreement

1- 5 years between the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona

and the Hopi Tribe for the purpose of improving colorectal cancer screening rates on

the Hopi reservation - Author/Dana Russell, Manager, Hopi Cancer Support Services **Time Certain – September 9, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.

6. Action Item #051-2021 – To approve resolution to terminate SWAP Agreement

and retain the law firm, Michael Best & Freidrich, LLP - Author/Fred Lomayesva, General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

7. Action Item #052-2021 – To approve completed Enrollment applications for Hopi

membership - Author/Dione A. Naha, Enrollment Coordinator, Office of Enrollment

8. Action Item #053-2021 – To authorize First Things First to collect unidentified

tribal and community data relevant to young children (0-5) on the Hopi Reservation and

the publication and dissemination of the 2022 Coconino Regional Needs and Assets

Report - Author/Dr. Noreen Sakiestewa, Director, Hopi Department of Education and

Workforce Development - **Time Certain – September 8, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.

9. Action Item #054-2021 – To authorize Hopi Telecommunications, Inc., to submit

a grant application to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

(NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce Tribal Broadband Connectivity not to exceed

$15,000,000 - Author/Carroll Onsae, General Manager, Hopi Telecommunications, Inc.

10. Action Item #055-2021 – To establish a Tribal bank account to be used with the

Tribe’s Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and to approve the Bancorp Bank as the service provider for FSA debit cards, effective January 1, 2022 - Author/Anthony Laban,

Jr., Assistant Finance Director

11. Action Item #056-2021 – To approve the Agreement for Mutual Emergency First

Response between the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation regarding the Village of Moenkopi - Author/Virgil Pinto, Chief, Hopi Law Enforcement Services

12. Action Item #057-2021 – To recharacterize the CARES Act award of $951,650 to

an advance of the Tewa’s future annual general fund village allocations - Author/Jamie

Navenma, Chairman, CARES Act Committee - - **Time Certain – September 9, 2021

@ 9:00 a.m.

13. Action Item #058-2021 – To request approval from the Hopi Tribal Council to

conduct an investigation into activities at the Turquoise Well/Tawaovi site as stated on

the enacting resolution and shall be conducted by an independent investigator - Author/

David Talayumptewa, Council Representative, Kykotsmovi Village

14. Action Item #059-2021 – To approve the Mutual Aid Agreement between the

Hopi Tribe and the Arizona Department of Public Safety - Author/Virgil Pinto, Chief,

Hopi Law Enforcement Services

15. Action Item #60-2021 – To approve Kykotsmovi Enterprise Board’s request for

approval of a line of credit from the Hopi Tribal Council to purchase inventory and establish a contingency fund for the new convenience store which is”

scheduled to open in October 2021 - Author/Cheryl Tootsie, Vice President,

Kykotsmovi Enterprise Board

16. Introduction of Miss Hopi – Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, Chairman, The Hopi

Tribe

Hopi Tutuveni September 1, 2021

Hopi Tribe Issues Executive Order to Mitigate the Effects of

Prolonged Drought on the Hopi Reservation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Hopi Tribe Drought Task Team

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 25, 2021 On July 20th,

2021, in response to the on-going drought in the state

of Arizona, and during a two-month period in which a

shocking, 90 percent of the region was in a state of either

extreme or exceptional drought, according to the U.S.

Drought Monitor Tracking system, the Hopi Tribe issued

Executive Order #011-2021: “Range mitigation and livestock reduction in response to the state of Exceptional

Drought on the Hopi Reservation.”

In reviewing historical data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Standard

Precipitation Index (SPI) the current conditions within

the state of Arizona are among the driest on record, and

while the recent heavy rains, especially during the second

half of July, resulted in short-term improvements to the

Hopi land base, the overall climate trend has remained

unchanged, with 99 percent of the state continuing to experience some level of drought.

The issuance of Executive Order #011-2021 which

mandated that livestock owners throughout the various

Range Units of the Hopi Reservation reduce their permitted cattle allocation anywhere from 30 to 100 percent, is

likely to be the first of a series of drought mitigating actions, detailed within the Hopi Drought Plan, which was

passed by the Hopi Tribal Council in 2000.

In accordance with the Hopi Drought Plan, the Hopi

Drought Task Team, which includes representatives from

the various programs under the Hopi Department of Natural Resources, such as the Water Resources Program

(WRP) and Office of Range Management (ORM), the

Office of Hopi Lands (OHLA), the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office (HCPO), and other Tribal Programs and

Federal agencies, is charged with analyzing and evaluating climate forecasts, meteorological and hydrological

data, and several drought indices to determine potential

drought conditions, and when necessary, to implement

drought mitigation and vulnerability reduction strategies.

“The Hopi reservation and the State of Arizona have

been in a drought for the last 26 years and data suggests

it is likely to continue.” said Priscilla Pavatea, Acting

Director for the Hopi Department of Natural Resources.

“But the frequency, duration, and severity of drought is

difficult to predict, and this is why the Hopi Tribe has

worked to develop effective drought preparedness and

mitigation strategies over the past decade and build consensus regarding the best use of our natural resources

during periods of drought, through public participation

and education.”

Four drought stages are identified within the Hopi

Drought Plan, each of which prescribes a specific series

of mitigation activities to reduce the vulnerability of the

Hopi people and the Hopi land base, from damage caused

by drought, and aims to address three main aspects of

Hopi life most vulnerable to drought in contemporary

times: fire, ranching, and the domestic water supply/distribution.

“The Hopi Drought Plan addresses several areas of

drought mitigation, and provides for a number of possible actions in each of these areas,” said Robinson Honani,

Range Conservationist, and Acting Manager of the Hopi

Office of Range Management. “But we chose to begin

with the reduction of livestock, for practical reasons, as

livestock are one of the biggest burdens on the Hopi land

base during times of drought and can have secondary

effects on the domestic water supply. Additionally, because it is an activity that is already subject to regulation through a permitting process, it is a sensible starting

point.”

The Hopi Office of Range Management estimates that

there are roughly 2,200 cattle on the Hopi reservation,

and according to the Humane Society’s research on the

daily intake of livestock, cattle consume on average of

2% of their body weight in forage and approximately 30

gallons of water each day. Therefore, with the average

weight of an adult cow on Hopi being roughly 800 lbs.,

and 2,200 cattle in the various Hopi Range Units, this

equates to 15.9 tons of forage and 66,000 gallons of water

consumed per day.

However, cattle are not the only animals burdening

the land base, as an estimated 555 feral horses also roam

throughout the Hopi Range Units. Although their impact

is comparatively less, the Office of Range Management

along with the Hopi Law Enforcement Services (HLES)

aims to address the feral horse impacts in the coming

months.

“We understand the importance of maintaining and

monitoring the rangeland boundaries to ensure that the

land base isn’t burdened by trespass livestock that are not

permitted to be there,” stated Hopi Police Chief Virgil

Pinto, “…and our officers and Police Range Assistants

are prepared to support the Office of Range Management

and enforce, when necessary, all standing provisions and

orders.”

“Droughts have substantial impacts on the quality

of the grazing land and actively effect forage quality.”

added Pavatea. “Even with the recent monsoons, which

have caused the land to temporarily green up, there is a

significant lack of value in the vegetation on the range,

which can lead to overuse of, and the potential loss of

vegetation.”

“We understand it can be a difficult decision to have

to reduce your herds…” stated Honani, “…but since the

beginning of this drought, Hopi ranchers have always

known that livestock reduction was a possibility, and we

have worked to inform them about the different programs

and resources available to them, such as the Conservation Reserve Program, and the Livestock Forage Disaster

Program.”

Climate conditions during drought also tend to favor

fire, whether structural or wildland, due to a lower relative humidity and a higher occurrence of erratic winds,

making fire suppression a major concern of Hopi villages

and the Hopi Tribal government. However, the demands

of a drought on the community water systems, whether resulting from a need to maintain livestock or combat fires, can result in a loss of pressure in the primary

and secondary water systems and can ultimately result

in cross-contamination and potential illness caused by

back-flow from residential gray water into primary lines.

While village water is primarily supplied by deep aquifer wells, better insulated from the effects of drought,

even these supplies can become limited in drought conditions.

“It is this primary vulnerability of village and community water systems that the Drought Task Team, per the

Hopi Drought Plan is tasked with addressing as well…”

said Jarrett Calnimptewa Program Manager of the Hopi

Water Resources Program “…to this end, the Hopi Water

Resources program has in the past, put forward actions to

complete water system upgrades to meet current community needs, although this work is on-going.”

As Executive Order #011-2021, remains in place

through December 31, 2031, to allow for adequate recovery of the land base, drought monitoring activities will

continue, with increased monitoring of specific drought

indicators and as stated within the Hopi Drought Plan,

if and when these indicators fall below certain trigger

points, the Drought Declaration may be lifted or downgraded to the next level of severity.

“In the end, we have to remember, that the main objective of this Executive Order, as well as the Drought Executive Orders issued before, is to improve and preserve the

range land and manage [that resource] for the maximum

benefit of all Hopi people, utilizing proper conservation

measures.” stated Pavatea, “And although some of the

Potential Response and Mitigation Actions might not be

popular, they are ultimately justified by the data and conditions we are seeing.”

Contact Priscilla Pavatea, Dept. of Natural Resources,

Acting Director at 928-734-3702 or PPavatea@hopi.nsn.

us with any questions and/or concerns.

Hopi Tutuveni September 1, 2021

First Official Confirmation of COVID-19 Delta

and Other Variants on the Hopi Reservation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Royce Jenkins, Director/Public Health

Authority Department of Health & Human Services

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – On August 19, 2021, the Hopi

Tribe received notice, following genetic sequencing on a

sample of 30 positive COVID-19 tests conducted at the

Hopi Health Care Center, that 2 were identified as the

B.1.17 (UK) variant of COVID-19, 22 were identified

as the B.1.17.2 (Delta) variant of COVID-19 and 6 were

undetermined. This marks the first official confirmation

of the delta and other COVID-19 variants on the Hopi

Reservation.

Although the Delta variant is known to be nearly

twice as contagious as wild COVID, and therefore able

to spread more quickly throughout a given community,

all available vaccines continue to be highly effective

against the variant and are strongly encouraged. During

late-stage clinical trials, the initial two-dose regimen of

the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, were found to be roughly 95

percent effective against the virus and shown to provide

immunity for at least 6 months after administration of the

second dose.

As of August 25, 2021 the Hopi Department of Health

and Human Services has reported 14 active cases of

COVID-19 across 6 Hopi villages, indicating an increasing degree of community spread, as compared to the

Spring, when cases were much more localized. The report also revealed a total vaccination rate of 67.92% of

the entire Hopi reservation population. The eligible population vaccination rate is 75.31% for the Hopi Reservation, representing those 12 years of age and over.

“The knowledge that nearly three-quarters of the Hopi

community is vaccinated is extremely encouraging,”

said Royce Jenkins, Director of the Hopi Department of

Health & Human Services and Public Health Authority

for the Hopi Tribe. “But it is the remaining twenty five

percent, those who are unvaccinated that are now our

greatest concern.”

Recent data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown that most new cases across the country have been among the unvaccinated,

a statistic, which in itself, demonstrates both the effectiveness of the available vaccines and the vulnerability of

those who have not yet or cannot yet take full advantage

of the protection it provides. Although breakthrough cases have occurred in those who have been fully vaccinated, few have been severe and life-threatening.

“The bottom line is that unvaccinated individuals are

much more vulnerable to catching and becoming seriously ill from COVID-19,” added Mr. Jenkins “especially

with a more contagious variant of the virus within the

community. Therefore, we encourage anyone presenting

with symptoms to get tested at the Hopi Health Care Center, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation or at

their local health care facility whenever possible, as this

helps with contact tracing, should there be an outbreak

situation.”

On Monday, August 23, 2021, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marked a significant milestone as it

approved the first COVID-19 vaccine for use in people

16 and older. This full FDA approval comes as the highly

contagious Delta Variant spreads nationwide and raises

concerns, in the hardest hit communities, about the safety

of children returning to school.

“We understand the concern that confirmation of the

Delta Variant in the Hopi community may cause,” said

Hopi Tribal Chairman Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, “this

is why the Hopi Tribe continues to mandate the same

mitigation protocols: wearing a mask, especially when

around people who have not been vaccinated or whose

vaccination status is unknown, maintaining six-feet of

social distancing, and practicing good hygiene and sanitation. It is important that individuals adhere to these protocols now more than ever.”

“I am pleased with the FDA’s decision to approve the

vaccine” said Hopi Tribal Vice-Chairman Clark W. Tenakhongva. “Hopefully this will build even more confidence

in the vaccine and the protection it provides. Hopi tradition teaches us to have respect for life, and I can’t think of

a better way to demonstrate this, than getting vaccinated

for your own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.”

It has not yet been determined whether the Hopi Tribal

Government will seek to make the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for Hopi Tribal Government Employees,

but with full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, the

Hopi Tribal Government now has greater legal support

and moral confidence in imposing such a mandate should

it chose to do so.

“The Hopi Tribal Government has taken effective

steps to protect its employees against the variants of

COVID-19, including achievement of a greater than 90

percent vaccination rate,” said Executive Director Dorma

Sahneyah, “We will continue to maintain our vigilance

and express appreciation to our government workforce,

for doing their part to keep our community safe.”

In addition to full approval of the vaccine for those

16 and older, as well as emergency use authorization for

children 12-15 years of age, the companies Pfizer and

Bio-NTech are currently studying the vaccine’s safety

and efficacy in younger children and infants and are expected to seek emergency authorization for children 5-11

years old this Fall.

Contact Royce Jenkins, Director/Public Health Authority Department of Health & Human Services at 928-7343402 or RJenkins@hopi.nsn.us with any questions and/

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Long Time Friends of Hopi Come to the Aid

of Hopi Community

By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor - Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 27, 2021 and the whole

world, including Hopi, is going into the eighteenth month

of this world wide pandemic as a result of the Covid-19

virus. Times have been uncertain, with spurts of hopefulness while people of all kind have been battling to survive

and continue in strength and hope.

Headlines have been vast and reading them may have

challenged the motivation of some who strive to continue with preventive measures such as masking up, social

distancing and continuous disinfection of workspaces,

public areas and homes alike. One thing that is certain

through it all is that the human spirit is very strong and

the faith and need to be connected somehow is what continues to aid in these uncertain times.

Here at Hopi Tutuveni we have been challenged by the

pandemic and the many Tribal Government shutdowns

leaving some folks not knowing that the one and only

newspaper of the Hopi Tribe has been operating throughout.

Some folks who took the time to reach out to their local

newspaper, out of concern and need to share some positives, were Delfred Leslie and Sandra Ami. We appreciate

their persistence and patience while we have been meandering through these challenging times, where a staff of

two strives to continue bringing information and news to

our local Hopi communities and villages.

It has been since late April that contact and connections

with Leslie and Ami picked up with a request from Leslie

to re-publish The Daily Sentinel E-Edition Article titled

“Leaving his mark” by James Burky in which Joe Higgins, longtime friend to both Leslie and Ami and his selfless work is the subject. The article covers Higgins and

his work in supporting others, including those on Hopi,

out of concern for others.

According to Leslie’s words he described the article as,

“…an article about help many Hopi people are receiving from generous people from the State of Colorado in

the form of PPE, Covid 19 cleaning material, face masks,

hand sanitizers, even treats, new clothing children and for

families on Hopi.” Leslie continued with, “Sandra Ami

and I have been receiving the products from our friends

in the State of Colorado and have been distributing them

[free] to Hopi families for almost a year.”

Leslie also shared that his initial connection with Joe

Higgins, friend to the Hopi, began through the Hopi

Courts. In Leslie’s words, “Joe and I did a lot of work in

the 1970's to reform Native American juvenile justice in

the United States and across Native American tribal lands

following the death of my sister in our Hopi jail in the in

the 1970's. We wanted locking up children in adult jails to

stop…and that happened and became a reality and law of

the land. Prior to that time Native American juveniles all

across the United States were systematically being placed

in adult jails following the commission of petty crimes

or status offenses. The United States Congress passed

legislation signed by President Carter reformed juvenile justice on Hopi and many Native American tribes in

the United States. The passage of the congressional legislation ended or stopped the practice of jailing Native

American [juvenile] in adult jails for committing status

offenses in Indian country. The effort to reform Native

American juvenile justice nationally started from here...

Hopi. That congressional law is still in effect to this date

and enforced in all federally recognized Indian lands and

tribes. U.S. Senators and U.S Congressmen and women

from many states across the United States heard us, [join]

in on our effort and passed this legislation.” Delfred also

shared, “Joe and his Colorado friends during this COVID

pandemic again are helping Hopis and Navajos be safe

and alive. He is a very good friend of all Hopis and he

loves mutton stew.”

In further contact, Higgins shared, “I have known Delfred since 1977 when he served on the Arizona State Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Council. I was

the staff person for the Council. We worked together to

help reform federal and state juvenile justice systems, especially related to ending the practice of locking up juveniles in adult jails. Delfred became a national spokesperson on this issue and spoke at several State and National

meetings. We have continued our friendship for over 40

years now and I try to visit Hopiland about every year

or other year. When he told me about the need for safety

and cleaning supplies back in June, 2020 I asked friends

in Colorado to help me raise money to send supplies. We

have been sending several boxes a month for distribution.”

After further consideration and support by Higgins, it

was determined that Leslie and Ami’s work would be the

focus along with how they reached out to Higgins and

throuhg their collective concern for others, pursued aid

for our Hopi people while continuously building trust,

support and hope.

In Ami’s written recollection she describes the following:

“COVID 19 period was definitely a time of uncertainty.

People did not know that the strain would cause all of us

to be in a type of lock down for a long period of time.

There were times Delfred and I would sit and talk

about how we could help our communities in regards to

the Covid 19 pandemic. Little did we know that after we

shared with Joe some concerns about our struggles about

Covid and how it impacted our [HOPI]/Tewa communities Joe and his wife Fran and friends from Colorado

were thinking the same. Delfred and I had mentioned to

Joe that inventory of PPE’s on the store shelves in bordering towns of Winslow and Flagstaff were very limited

or there was nothing. We were lucky if we found PPE’s

for ourselves. We also shared some information about our

neighbors on the Navajo Reservation the bordering communities of the [HOPI] reservation that were also greatly

affected by Covid.

Joe and friends sent boxes of PPE’s to us, we packed

the PPE’s (face masks, hand sanitizers, Lysol wipes, soap

and candy, fruit snacks and beef snacks in gallon size

bags and focused on distributing to the elderly population

first and disabled persons lastly we distributed to some

[HOPI] and Tewa community members. We too needed

to be careful when handing out the items. [As the packages continued to arrive.] Delfred and I would pack more

bags and distribute more PPE’s to families, this also included some members of the WIC community focusing

on the children: children’s cloth face masks were made

for children free of charge donated from a women from

Colorado and distributed as the family’s requested the

need for it.”

Ami also noted help to, “at least 130 persons and 70

households which included some families from Hard

Rock and Low Mountain…WIC staff distributed to 25

families in addition another 8 families.” And “…box of

supplies; such as, hand sanitizers, disposable masks, soap

bars, sanitizing wipes. I received 4 boxes and disbursed

them among 6 elderly, 4 men and 2 women.” With her final note that, “Helping the communities with our Colorado friend’s assistance brings thoughts of coming together

to help one another in uncertain times.”

As of Sunday, August 1, 2021, Leslie and Ami set up

a distribution table at Polacca Circle M Store during the

hours of 8:00 a.m. through 10:00 a.m. where supplies

were distributed on a first come, first served basis.

Time, patience and hope will be factors in the continued

work of Delfred and Sandra with Joe and his Colorado

friends. We at Hopi Tutuveni wish them well in instilling

hope and supporting our Hopi communities during the

pandemic and beyond, when we can gather once more.

Hopi Tutuveni September 1, 2021

Executive Order #010-2021 Hopi Phase Three Re-Opening Itam

soosoyam qale 'ykini

"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, the Hopi Tribe is a sovereign tribal nation, responsible to its villages, citizens and members and charged

with providing direction for the health and

safety of all during a public health emergency; and

WHEREAS, on April 27, 2021, after

meeting the specified gating criteria, the

Hopi Tribe implemented Phase Two Reopening, for the time frame of April 27,

2021 to May 18, 2021; and

WHEREAS, as of May 13, 2021, case

data continues to reflect a downward

trajectory or near zero percent (2.1 %) of

positive tests as a percentage of total tests

over a 14-day period, and

WHEREAS, relative to other States in

the Union, the Hopi Reservation would be

the lowest ranked in terms ofCOVID-19

cases per 100,000; and

WHEREAS, based on an analysis of

available data, benchmarks have been

reached in all thirteen Hopi Villages and

Communities indicating the gating criteria

recommended by the Centers for Disease

Control (CDC) for Phase Three Re-Opening have been met; and

WHEREAS, the Hopi Tribe continues,

with limited resources, its response efforts

to decrease spread of the virus and to

bring the pandemic under control and is

fully aware of the danger of prematurely

opening the community; and

WHEREAS, while significant progress

has been made to achieve a flattening of

the curve, there is still a need for vigilance moving forward with the Phase

Three Re-Opening, including the continuation of certain restrictions.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman of the

Hopi Tribe authorizes the Phase Three

Re-Opening of Hopi, subject to the following:

1. The use of face coverings is required

inside all public facilities and buildings,

common areas, and outdoor locations

where physical distancing is not possible.

2. The Hopi Law Enforcement Services will coordinate with village leaders

and village security officers where applicable to allow for welfare checks.

3. Hopi villages and regions that satisfy baseline CDC gating criteria are eligible to begin Phase Three. In recognition

of village sovereignty, re-opening of the

various Hopi villages and communities

will be left to the administration of each

respective village.

*Vulnerable Ind1.v.1 duals

1. Elderly individuals.

Individuals with serious underlying

health conditions, including high blood

pressure, chronic lung disease, diabetes,

obesity, asthma, or those whose immune

system is compromised such as by chemotherapy for cancer, HIV, or other immunosuppressive conditions.

**Low Risk Populations

1. Low Risk Populations are those under

50 without underlying health conditions

and have no contact with a COVID-19

confirmed or probable case.

4. It is recommended that the Hopi business sector adhere to the following guidelines, in addition to those listed above for

Phase Three Re-opening:

• Recommend continued adherence to

social distancing protocols.

• Implement screening, and temperature

checks for staff.

• Implement strict Intervention, Prevention, and Control (IPC), cleaning and disinfecting protocols.

• Implement mechanisms to control

flow of traffic within the facility to the extent feasible.

SO ORDERED this 18th day of May

2021.

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Letter to the Editor

August 23, 2021

Dear Editor,

After reading Mr. Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa’s Guest

Editorial on “Apology Not Accepted” re-published in

the August 18, 2021 Hopi Tutuveni, I felt compelled to

release my letter written in 2017 to the Hopi people. I

believe this is the right time to acknowledge and appreciate, how we as a people, have empowered ourselves to

continue our way of life in this new world and with that

I write:

Dear E dah Hopi Sinom,

I am grateful to all of you for your commitment to

maintaining, practicing, and living our “Hopi Way of

Life” (Values and Principles). I see the many facets of

our Hopi Society that makes me proud to be a Hopi, by

name. Remember that we are Hopi, by name only, unless

we truly practice and live the “Hopi Way of Life”.

Our Hisatsinom made a commitment to find a “Place”

where many good things will be available for us, our

youth, and future generations. We completed our “migrations” and settled here at “Tuuwanasavi.”

Kwak’Khay for the untiring battle we fight to rid our

lives of the “bad things of life” we see happening around

us and our children today. There have been many influences on our people and change is happening, some good,

and some bad.

One Hopi teaching (Tu-Tavo) of our elders is, “We are

to take the good things from the Whiteman’s Way of Life

and meld it (Sumitskayani/Muruknayani) with our Hopi

Way of Life”. By doing this, we will be stronger (Sus

Hohongvit Yes Vani) as a people and benefit from both

worlds, not only for ourselves but for our families, clans,

and villages as a whole.

I see the sacrifices, commitments; you have made and

see the results as evidenced by,

•Fields prepared annually and planted with corn, watermelon, etc.

•Crops harvested annually by families, clans, and villages.

•Religious ceremonies (men & women’s) being performed annually and maintained by dedicated leaders and

individuals demonstrating their strong belief.

•Young men, women, grandchildren, walking and running to maintain their physical and mental health.

•Children and youth participating in maintaining village gardens and connecting spiritually with the natural

environment.

•Cultural education and teachings being carried out in

our religious chambers (kivas).

•Young men and women still being initiated into our

religious societies, ceremonies.

•Show of faith by the number of men & women participants in ceremonial events.

•Religious ceremonies and social events performed in

village plazas and kivas.

•Religious leaders making annual and periodic pilgrimage to sacred shrines located many miles away.

•Leaders who continue to participate in prayer at religious and social events.

•Naming ceremonies held throughout the year which

binds clan to clan, family to family (babies and new initiates to religious societies).

•Hopi weddings held which bind numerous clans together (Suminungwa).

•Ngumanvaki (corn grinding) ceremonies (puberty

rites) where girls become proud young women.

•Children who become Hopi when (Kacinvaki) initiated to the Kachina and other religious societies.

•Men still being initiated into the men’s religious societies (Soyalangw, Tsu Wiimi, Len Wiimi, Somaykol

Wiimi, etc.) and women into the (Ma raw Wiimi, Lakon

Wiimi, Owa qol Wiimi, etc.)

•Young men who have assumed leadership roles in the

religious ceremonies (Kachina and Wiimi).

•Practice of harvesting wild natural foods (Nepni)

when in season.

•Runners who participate diligently in ceremonies to

bring moisture to the land.

•Individuals and families who pray every morning.

•Individuals and families who pay homage and pray to

begin the Hopi New Year (Soyalangw), annually.

•Natural foods brought to the plaza by Kachinas at religious ceremonies.

•Skilled (Tutuhist) Hopi weavers, silversmiths, artist,

storytellers, and craftsmen.

•Village members who practice Suminungwa,

Naminungwa, and Pasinungwa, daily.

•Children and Elders being cared for in the homes by

extended family members.

It has been stated that “The heart of a Nation (Tribe)

can be measured by the way it takes care of its children

and elders.” Let us aspire to be a caring Nation (Tribe).

I pray that we never forsake (Ta tam to ta ni) our commitment made to our Creator, to maintain this “Hopi Way

of Life” and continue to teach our children to live in this

manner.

May Peace and Love guide all of you in your path of

life.

Kwak’Khay

Leon A. Nuvayestewa, Sr.

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A Hopi Perspective on Archaeological

Resource Crime Safeguarding Ancestral Footprints

Submitted by: Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office

Originally published in Archaeology

Southwest Magazine Vol. 34, Nos. 2 & 3.

Shared here with permission.

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 17, 2021

Hopi is an amalgam of clans that come to

form under one identity, the Hopi Tribe.

We call our ancestral sites “footprints”

and we consider each site —whether a

single field house or multiple houses—to

be alive. The Hopi philosophy is to let archaeological sites fall into ruin, return to

the natural earth, and rejoin Mother Nature. Yet, because US policy requires protection of cultural resources for the benefit

of all people, the Hopi Tribe still has a role

to play.

At the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, we consult with state and federal

agencies on how to best protect these places. We also use preservation efforts conducted by federal agencies to our advantage, and we visit preserved or restored

sites to teach younger generations about

how they came to be modern-day Hopi

people. We use traditional knowledge and

scientific knowledge to understand how

our people lived on the landscape as they

migrated to our current homeland. Our

mission is to protect archaeological sites

in honor of the living clans that reside in

Hopi’s twelve independent villages, and

in memory of clans who are in our stories.

Damage and destruction to these places all amount to taking something from

its place, an act that essentially erases our

footprint off the landscape. Our ancestral

sites have been impacted by different levels of looting since the late 1800s, when

early anthropologists attempted to preserve Indian culture by collecting material

items from living Tribes. The excavation

of Native American human remains for

scientific study soon followed. My office

and I have been involved in numerous repatriations, and oftentimes we only have a

few parts for reburial.

Heavy looting began in the 1950s and

continues today. Several decades ago,

we had a major case in which altar items

were stolen from a safe place at Hopi. The

theft had tremendous consequences for

one of our village societies who could not

perform their ceremonies without those

items. As a result, a rite of passage ended.

Since I became involved with the Hopi

Cultural Preservation Office more than

20 years ago, I have seen other types of

damage on public and Tribal lands. Vandals desecrate whole petroglyph panels by

scratching or inscribing over rock images, causing lasting damage. Education is

an important tool to combat this problem.

My office has created classroom activities

to teach children the value of petroglyphs

and the stories they tell, and we see from

their reactions that this is effective.

Development and permitted excavations also cause destruction to our

sites. There will always be new projects

planned, and archaeologists will continue to find our footprints on the earth.

When they do, I ask that they treat these

sites with respect, try their best to protect

these places, and to reevaluate their scientific research, which can be done with

the millions of artifacts they have already

removed from Hopi ancestral sites before

collecting more. I would also like developers and cultural resources enterprises to

begin thinking about or start considering

reciprocity and to give back to the Tribes

for the destruction of and development on

our ancestral sites.

Our footprints are living pieces of history on the landscape. They are not abandoned. We believe that our ancient ancestors who have passed on return to these

dwellings in the afterworld. When I visit a

site, no matter how small or large, I feel the

presence of our ancestors. I hear laughter,

talking, and the sounds of children. I envision people cooking and I smell smoke in

the distance. We take our children, grandchildren, nephews, and nieces out onto

the landscape and show them artifacts to

teach them about our migration history.

This is not the same as teaching them at

a museum, where artifacts are preserved

outside of their context. Taking even one

artifact off the landscape is an injustice to

the Hopi people, and deprives us of the

opportunity to educate younger generations about the importance of these places.

September 2021: Recovery is For

Everyone: Every Person, Every

Family, Every Community

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Bernadean Kachinhongva, Mentor - Hopi Substance Abuse Prevention Center

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 25, 2021

The HOPI Substance Abuse Prevention

Center (HSAPC) is celebrating September’s National Recovery Month. They

would like to bring awareness to the community members for the month of September. National Recovery Month first

started in 1989 by the Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

The theme for September 2021 is “Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person,

Every Family, Every Community” and reminds people in recovery and those who

support them that no one is alone in the

journey through recovery. Everyone’s

journey is different, but we are all in this

together. Recovery month aims to educate others about substance use disorders

and co-occurring disorders, the effectiveness of treatment and recovery services,

and that recovery is possible. All of us,

from celebrities and sports figures to our

co-workers, neighbors, friends, and family members, throughout our lives have

experienced peaks and valleys, both big

and small. But with strength, support, and

hope from the people we love, we are resilient. It reminds people in recovery and

those who support them that no one is

alone in the journey through recovery.

SAMHSA's aim is to increase awareness and understanding of mental health

and substance use disorders and to celebrate the people who recover. HSAPC

has brought awareness to the national Recovery Month for several years now. Last

year HSAPC celebrated Recovery Month

by having a 72-hour challenge to abstain

from substance use and in prior years by

hosting a Hand-drum celebration in collaboration with KUYI. This year HSAPC

will not be having any in-person events

due COVID-19 precautionary measures

and safety of others. HSAPC will continue

to show our community that you can have

fun without substances and mind altering

addictions. HSAPC believes in honoring

ourselves by living an honest, sober, balanced life. HSAPC encourages everyone

to join the voice of Recovery, Resiliency

and Hope. Together we can collectively shed light for our loved ones seeking

help. If you personally need support, we

encourage you to seek help by calling a

trusted individual, program, or a HSAPC

staff member at 928-734-0300.

To learn more about September Recovery Month’s “Recovery is For Everyone:

Every Person, Every Family, Every Community” visit HSAPC’s Facebook page or

call 928-734-0300 and/or visit National

Recovery Month - NAADAC at https://

www.naadac.org. Contact Bernadean

Kachinhongva, HSAPC Mentor at 928734-0300 with any further questions regarding this release.

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Diabetes and High Cholesterol

Often Occur Together

By Jessica Quamahongnewa, Hopi

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Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – September 1, 2021

Greetings from the Hopi Special Diabetes

Program!

Here we are in the month of September,

with your health in mind and maintaining

the safe environment that we all are adapting to through this unpredictable time.

We’re in this together for the long haul,

and hoping the self-care one gives their

body to better manage diabetes is going

well. The more you can keep them blood

sugar levels down, the lower your risk of

developing cardiovascular numbers.

Here is why these two conditions often

show up together and how you can manage both with practical lifestyle approaches. According to The American Heart Association (AHA), diabetes often lowers

HDL (good) cholesterol levels and raises

triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol

levels. Both of these increase the risk for

heart disease and stroke.

A reminder:

•An LDL cholesterol level under 100

milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL) is considered ideal.

•100 - 129 mg/dL is close to ideal.

•130 - 159 mg/dL is borderline elevated.

Having high cholesterol levels can be

dangerous. Cholesterol is a type of fat that

can build up inside the arteries. Over time,

the fat hardens to form a stiff plaque that

damages arteries, arteries become narrow,

inhibiting blood flow, making the heart

work harder to pump blood throughout

ones entire body, and putting you at risk

for a heart attack or stroke, or other health

complications.

In one study published in The Journal of

Lipid Research, they found that blood sugar, insulin, and cholesterol all interact with

each other in the body and are affected by

each other. What’s important is that one

is aware of the combination and by maintaining blood sugar, your LDL cholesterol

levels may still go up, but you control both

of these conditions with medication, physical activity, and good lifestyle habits.

Let’s start with monitoring your daily

activity by:

1.Knowing your numbers – blood sugar

and cholesterol levels; follow the advice

of your health care provider.

2.Follow standard health advice – some

well-known lifestyle choices that clearly

reduce the risk, you probably know them,

but just to be sure, they are: quit smoking

or don’t start smoking, take your medication as prescribed, and maintain a healthy

weight.

3.After or before a meal, take a walk –

physical activity is a key factor in keeping

your blood sugar under control and helps

increase levels of HDL cholesterol and reduces LDL cholesterol levels.

4.Breathe a little harder five times a

week – in a 2014 study review published

in Sports Medicine, researchers found that

moderate-intensity aerobic activity can be

just as effective to optimizing cholesterol

levels.

5.Lift a few heavy things – with age,

one naturally loses muscle tone. One can

resist that change by adding some body

weight training to their weekly schedule.

6.Plan healthy meals – changes in your

diet to help keep blood sugar levels low,

eating small meals more regularly, limit

unhealthy fats, add more fiber to your diet

such as, oats, bran, fruits, beans, lentils,

and vegetables.

7.Watch out for the rest of your health –

it’s important for one to stay on top of all

facets of their health as one goes forward

daily. Your eyes, feet, teeth and immune

system gradually weakens with age.

The takeaway…diabetes and high cholesterol can occur together, but there are

ways to manage both conditions. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and monitoring

levels are important ways to enjoy life.

Nahong’vitotani umma so’soyum sinom!

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Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency Response

August 26, 2021 Report

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – August 26, 2021

The data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s

website “COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.

Masks Given what we know about the

Delta variant, vaccine effectiveness, and

current vaccine coverage, layered prevention strategies, including wearing masks,

are needed to reduce the transmission of

this variant

-At this time, as we build the level of

vaccination nationwide, we must also use

all the prevention strategies available, including masking indoors in public places,

to stop transmission and stop the pandemic. Everyone who is able, including fully

vaccinated people, should wear masks in

public indoor places in areas of substantial

or high transmission.

-Masking is “required inside all public

facilities and buildings, common areas,

and outdoor locations where physical distancing is not possible” per Executive Order #010-2021.

Hopi Health Care Center – Community

Vaccination Information:

COVID-19 vaccines are available daily

for those 12-years old and older.

Call (928) 737-6049/6081/6148 - Appointments preferred, but not required.

Moenkopi residents Tuba City Regional Health Care will have a Pfizer vaccine

community drive-up vaccine clinic now

available for individual’s 12-years and

older. Call 1-866-976-5941 to schedule

your appointment.

As of August 26, 2021 the United Sates

now has approximately 38,150 million

confirmed positive cases over 629,139

deaths reported.

Over 998,164 confirmed positive cases

now exist in Arizona. Of those, close to

18,298 are in Navajo and 19,650 in Coconino Counties.

The Hopi Health Care Center has tested

over 10,455 patients to date. Over 1,455

of those tests at Hopi Health Care Center came back positive with 1064 from

Hopi Tribal members. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation reported 277

positives for Hopi Villages with a combined number of 1,343*** positive Hopi

Tribal members.

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 2-10 days after exposure to

the virus. Anyone can have mild to severe

symptoms. People with these symptoms

may have COVID-19:

• Fever or chills

• Cough

• Shortness of breath or difficulty

breathing

• Fatigue

• Muscle or body aches

• Headache

• New loss of taste or smell

• Sore throat

• Congestion or runny nose

• Nausea or vomiting

• Diarrhea

This list does not include all possible

symptoms. CDC will continue to update

this list as we learn more about COVID-19.

Older adults and people who have severe

underlying medical conditions like heart

or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at

higher risk for developing more serious

complications from COVID-19 illness.

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Objective 1: Represent Abused and Neglected children. Represent Native American children as Guardian

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abuse and neglect, whether they live in the community,

residential facilities or correctional institutions, and

receive appropriate supports & services to enable them to

live in the most integrated, least restrictive settings appropriate to their choices and needs.

Objective 1: Monitoring Facilities and Services.

Monitor facilities and institutions at least quarterly for

instances of abuse and neglect, distributing educational

materials, and providing advocacy services for individuals who are allegedly being abused or neglected.

Objective 2: Protection for Beneficiaries of Social Security: Monitor benefit use by those with Representative

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their efforts to obtain appropriate community services,

such as housing, vocational rehabilitation services or address employment discrimination.

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paternalism, recognizing the right to autonomy in individuals with disabilities, especially those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and to increase the

awareness of their needs and services, including community supports, training or education opportunities.

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IR-2021-171, Aug. 20, 2021

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new feature

allowing any family receiving monthly

Child Tax Credit payments to quickly and

easily update their mailing address using

the Child Tax Credit Update Portal, found

exclusively on IRS.gov. This feature will

help any family that chooses to receive

their payment by paper check avoid mailing delays or even having a check returned

as undeliverable.

Any family can easily have their September check and all future checks sent to

their new address by using the portal to

make an address change request. To have

the change take effect in September, people need to complete the request before

midnight Eastern Time on Monday, Aug.

30. Families can still make changes after

that date, but their request will not be effective until the next scheduled monthly

payment.

If you change your mailing address using the Child Tax Credit Update Portal,

the IRS will use this updated address for

all future IRS correspondence so the address change feature can also be helpful

to taxpayers that are receiving payments

by direct deposit. For example, the IRS

will mail a year-end summary statement

(Letter 6419) to all taxpayers who have

received advance Child Tax Credit payments during 2021, and having a current

address on file with the IRS will ensure

prompt delivery of this statement.

Families will need Letter 6419 to quickly and accurately fill out their 2021 federal

income tax return next year. This is important because, for most families, the advance payments they are receiving during

2021 cover only half of the total credit.

They will claim the remaining portion on

their 2021 tax return.

The address change feature joins a

growing set of services available through

the Child Tax Credit Update Portal. Available only on IRS.gov, the portal already

allows families to verify their eligibility

for the payments and then, if they choose

to:

•Switch from receiving a paper check to

direct deposit;

•Change the account where their payment is direct deposited; or

•Stop monthly payments for the rest of

2021.

Any of these changes made before

midnight ET on Aug. 30, will apply to

the Sept. 15 payment and all subsequent

monthly payments, scheduled for Oct. 15,

Nov. 15, and Dec. 15.

Future enhancements are planned for

the Child Tax Credit Portal

Later this year, families will also be able

to use the Update Portal tool to:

•Add or remove children in most situations;

•Report a change in marital status; or

•Report a significant change in income.

Latest information for the Child Tax

Credit payments on IRS.gov

The IRS has created a special Advance

Child Tax Credit 2021 page designed to

provide the most up-to-date information

about the credit and the advance payments. It’s at IRS.gov/childtaxcredit2021.

The web page now features an updated

set of frequently asked questions and a

new user guide for the Child Tax Credit

Update Portal (Publication 5549). It also

provides direct links to the portal, as well

as two other online tools-- the Non-Filer

Eligibility Assistant -- and other useful

resources.

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Larry’s Corner

My empty wallet

Remember when the Hopi Tribe used to say “United We Stand.” Well… I mean…they didn’t say that

in that exact manner, but the Hopi Tribe used to try

to mean and stand by that quote.

When I was a mush head kitten, I didn’t know

better than to spend my allowance on toys and bubblegum. I didn’t know you could save money so

wasting money was my passion, I was drunk with

buying power…I felt like a god when my grandma

would give me my weekly allowance of 2 dollars. I

felt like that guy from that game, Monopoly, good

ol’ Mr. Money Bags. It was like I was unstoppable

with my buying power, to walk up to the counter of

the store with my toys to purchase them and then

they would give me my change back…I felt like an

unstoppable train.

When I grew up, and my grandma stopped giving me my allowance and now that I make my own

money, I feel powerless, I feel weak, and I feel like

money is the answer to all my problems. As a matter

of fact, it is the answer to all my problems. Now

don’t argue with me when I say, money is the answer to all problems, because it is, it’s a solution

to almost all problems. Now don’t get me wrong,

money can also be the evil twin to a solution, it can

deceive you by looking like a solution. So you pick

and choose your battles with money.

So, when I grew up and got my own money to buy

more cat toys and bubblegum, I’ve grown to a point

where I have to manage my money. Now I have a

simple savings plan, just in case when I go into debt,

‘cause ordering cat toys on-line is so easy to do especially when shipping is always free.

So, when I heard the Hopi Tribe lost their contract

to Peabody, its only money source, I really didn’t

care because I knew I was set. They weren’t like me

because I have an excellent savings plan. But when

I heard that the tribal council is looking for solutions

to their money problems it dawned on me that Hopis

have no clue on how to manage their money. It’s

like this mentality of “buy all the things in the world

and we will wait for our next allowance check from

Peabody.” But when Peabody said we need to grow

up and start getting and making our own money, the

Hopi Tribe cried and screamed because we were cut

off and now, we have to be an adult about things.

See, the Hopi Tribe is suffering because it needs

money to survive…so see…I told you, money is the

solution to everyone’s problem.

One solution being discussed lately about the Hopi

Tribe’s problem is to build a casino on the Hopi reservation. Elders and traditionalist are too proud to

even consider that solution. Another solution is to

invest in real estate and to sell our land to build a

Basha’s or a Pizza Hut or something.

But we are stuck charging our own people who

have no money to begin with, but I guess that is one

solution to this problem.

So, you’re probably wondering why doesn’t the

Tribal Council invest in solutions like real estate

because it would bring money into the tribe while

giving jobs to the Hopi people, or bring in a Basha’s

or Pizza Hut. Well, the reason why we don’t do that

is because we don’t like each other, we are greedy

like Golem from the Lord of the Rings. We believe

our land is so precious that we cannot see that our

own people’s needs, and money is the answer to our

problem in the 21st century.

Of course, you can say, “I still live the Hopi way”

but that’s a lie to me, because in my cat opinion no

one on the Hopi reservation lives the true Hopi way

because no one wants to live the true Hopi way anymore because it’s too hard to live like that. So, if you

could tell me that you live like a true Hopi without

white man’s influence then I might as well give up

on waiting for your response.

We need money to survive, we need our culture

to survive, and we need our way of life to survive.

But in this 21st century we live in today, we need

to adapt to the changing times. If we convince our

elders and traditionalists that we need to adapt to

the changing times we would become stronger with

our traditions. I know it sounds backwards, but if

you look at it, our ancestors changed with the changing times where they needed to move to better their

lives and we are kind of doing the same except I

don’t want to move cause my TV is perfect where

it’s at.

If we were to learn from the past, I would say they

were very modern in what they were doing, plus I’m

pretty sure there was a cat that was telling them the

same things I am telling you. So, my advice to you

is that we can either learn from the past or remember

the past and keep it like it should be. And if you are

like me, I want to live with the changing times while

keeping my Hopi traditions, because that is something money cannot pay for, is our tradition. One

last bit of advice…if you need money; don’t ask the

Hopi Tribe because its wallet empty…just kidding.

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COVID relief funds highlight complexity of issues

Marietta Green, left, and Leona Gopher protest outside the Blackfeet administration building in Browning, Montana. Protesters demand transparency in accounting for how federal COVID-19

relief funds were spent. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)

Nancy Marie Spears, Beth Wallis and Mackenzie

Wilkes

News21

Congress allocated a historic amount of federal funds

to tribes through the 2020 CARES Act and the 2021

American Rescue Plan Act. For some Indigenous communities, those federal funds were beneficial. For others,

the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted deeper systemic

complexities that federal funding cannot fully address.

Indigenous nations across the country have experienced chronic federal underfunding, which has led to disproportionate impacts tied to COVID-19 through housing, employment, public safety, food security, health care

and economic outcomes.

In March 2020, the CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund, which allocated $8 billion to tribal

governments and Alaska Native Corporations to address

“necessary expenditures” incurred because of COVID-19.

A year later, American Rescue Plan Act funds allocated

$31 billion for infrastructure needs and other federal programs for Indigenous communities.

Additionally, $1 billion is being divided and dispersed

to each eligible tribal government, and $900 million was

allocated for several purposes, including tribal housing

improvements.

Congress also allocated funds to various Indigenous

entities through smaller COVID-19 relief bills: $2.6 billion from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, no less

than $750 million plus a share of no less than $11 million

from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care

Enhancement Act, and $74 million from the Families

First Coronavirus Response Act.

“What we learned was, even though money was allocated, we were still running into a lot of issues,” said Eugenia Charles-Newton, a member of the Navajo Nation

Council. “There were so many rules from the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding the CARES … that made

it really difficult to try to spend that money where it was

needed.”

‘They won’t help me’

The Blackfeet Nation received $38,692,273 in CARES

money, according to Richard K. Delmar, acting inspector

general for the Department of the Treasury.

But Marietta Green, a tribal elder who lives on the

Blackfeet Indian Reservation near Browning, Montana,

said she has been waiting for the tribal housing department to address her problems for years.

Green lives in a four-bedroom house where she raises

three grandchildren. She said her home has high levels

of mold, her plumbing is unpredictable and her lights get

shut off about 11 a.m. when her electric bill isn’t paid on

time.

The tribe used CARES Act funds to distribute $500

checks to enrolled members 18 or older. Green used her

check to buy food and take care of her grandchildren.

Green said she covers the windows in the house’s back

rooms to keep out the cold Montana winters, when temperatures can dip below zero. Many windows are broken

or too drafty to keep the house warm, she said.

“The housing authority, they’re supposed to be the authority,” Green said. “They’re supposed to be there for us,

they’re supposed to be helping us maintain these places

and giving us equipment so we could maintain these places. … But they won’t help me.”

Green said when she moved in about 25 years ago, the

housing department helped with rental assistance, but

that stopped. Green applied for rent and water assistance

through the tribe and has been told by the housing department her one-time assistance check is on the way.

Tribal members like Green said they are troubled by

the lack of transparency from their government on how

CARES Act funding was spent. On June 21, 2021, Green

and fellow tribal members Laura Smith and Leona Gopher protested for accountability outside the Blackfeet

Tribal Business Council office in Browning.

Business Council members, including current tribal

Chairman Timothy Davis and Blackfeet public information officer James McNeely did not return multiple requests for comment about how CARES Act funds were

spent.

“I’m tired of what they do to us – it’s disgusting,”

Smith said. “And all of our heads count for all the money

they get. That’s why I’m down here protesting, because

I’m tired of it.”

Smith lives in a two-bedroom house and raises three

daughters and three grandchildren. She said she receives

disability payments, and has lived in her house for roughly 38 years.

With the onset of the pandemic, however, times have

gotten harder. Smith said the $500 payment she received

went to food, electricity and water bills, and gas for her

car.

Smith’s family drives two hours to Great Falls because

she said the groceries are cheaper there. Local initiatives,

such as buses that run through the reservation providing

three meals for children each weekday and federal programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, have helped.

Smith also deals with housing problems. Her toilet is

often plugged up, parts of the ceiling have caved in and

gaping holes perforate the walls.

Substandard living conditions and poor infrastructure,

compounded by Indigenous communities’ disproportionate rates of heart disease, diabetes and other comorbidities, can make them vulnerable to COVID-19.

The Blackfeet Nation had high vaccination rates, with

more than 8,700 people on the

CONT ON PG. 21

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COVID relief funds highlight complexity of issues, Cont.

reservation inoculated by Aug. 11, according to the

tribe’s COVID-19 Incident Facebook page. There have

been 48 deaths from COVID-19 in a community of about

10,000 people.

The tribe is set to receive an estimated $81 million in

funding from the American Rescue Plan Act this year,

McNeely told the Glacier Reporter. The Department of

Treasury’s Office of Recovery Programs said as of July

20, $13.2 billion of these funds have been disbursed. The

second round of payments is expected to begin mid-August.

Richard Horn, an educator and traditional elder, lives in

the Heart Butte community – a rural section of the reservation 26 miles south of Browning.

“We’re a communal people and we seek tranquility and

solace in each other,” Horn said. “It was really hard because we couldn’t mourn in the way that would be psychologically feasible to mourn because of this COVID.

Everyone, I think, suffered more from that than even the

actual losing of people.”

‘You have to report on us’

Health disparities affect Native Americans in urban

settings as well. Roughly 70 percent of Native Americans reside in urban areas, according to the Department

of Health and Human Services, but most Indian Health

Services funding is directed to tribal health facilities.

IHS received more than $1 billion in CARES Act

funds. Of the $600 million immediately distributed in

April 2020, $570 million went to IHS and tribal health facilities, while only $30 million went toward the 41 health

programs in the Urban Indian Organizations.

Being able to provide specialized care for Indigenous

people who live off-reservation is the obligation of the

federal government, according to Kerry Lessard, executive director of Native American LifeLines, an IHS-contracted referral service.

“A person’s tribal citizenship doesn’t change just because their address does, and so any trust in treaty responsibilities the federal government has to tribal citizens

doesn’t stop just because they leave the reservation,” Lessard said.

According to Wendy Carrión, director of health services at the Sacramento Native Health Center, roughly 46

percent of their patients have multiple preexisting conditions, making them vulnerable to severe effects from

COVID-19.

Carrión said the urban health program found its patients wanted information and care from officials who

understood the needs of Indigenous people. It was also

important, she said, to provide not only Sacramento’s Indigenous populations with vaccines, but other races and

ethnicities as well in order to protect the Native American

community.

“We needed to focus on the Native community and

make sure that … they have access to both testing and

immunization,” Carrión said. “But in order to keep the

community safe … we were able to talk to them and be

able to expand it to the rest of the community.”

Also impacting the response to the pandemic is data

collection and funding, according to Dr. Spero Manson,

an epidemiologist and director of the Colorado School

of Public Health’s Centers for American Indian & Alaska

Native Health.

Maryland, for example, isn’t tracking COVID-19 cases

among Native Americans.

“If we are to understand the health status of the Native

community and to make sure that interventions and funding are being what they need to be, you have to report on

us,” said Lessard. “But more than that, it is figuratively

and literally saying you don’t count — we’re not counting you, you don’t count.”

‘COVID-19 was an eye-opener’

Some tribes have used federal funds to address underlying issues exacerbated by the pandemic. In addition to

distributing COVID-19 relief checks to members, installing broadband infrastructure and building an emergency

response center, the Yurok Tribe used CARES Act funds

to address ongoing food security issues on the reservation.

The Yurok Reservation is nestled along a stretch of the

Klamath River in Northern California. The tribe, which

has more than 5,000 members, was declared a food desert

by the Department of Agriculture in 2017. The pandemic,

as well as other crises in the last several years, has made

tribal members aware of the ongoing food insecurity in

the area.

Forty acres of grassy meadows, daisy-covered hills,

towering redwoods and huckleberry brush are becoming

“food villages,” which will comprise gardens, a commercial kitchen and tiny homes. This land — the ancestral

land of the Yurok people – was purchased with the tribe’s

CARES Act allotment for $490,000, according to property tax records.

Walking along this land, Taylor Thompson, manager

of the tribe’s food sovereignty division, established in

August 2020, said having a sustainable food source was

important in case of a crisis.

“What can we do to make sure that we are able to

sustain ourselves in case of a large-scale catastrophe?”

Thompson asked. “COVID-19 was kind of an eye-opener that sometimes larger systems go down. So what can

we do to make sure that we can help support our people

through those tough times?”

The Yurok Tribe received $40,181,881 in total CARES

Act money from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. The money, in part, is being put toward food security.

Thompson said the food villages would create sovereignty for the tribe by giving members the ability to provide food for themselves.

Sammy Gensaw, a Yurok member, has been working

toward food sovereignty among the North Coast’s Indigenous communities since he was a teenager. Gensaw

co-founded the organization Ancestral Guard, which

teaches Indigenous youth farming and fishing, as well as

provides families a sustainable way to obtain food.

“Sovereignty for me means that we have the ability to

maintain and we have the ability to improve the system

that we’re part of, that our ancestors laid down before us

to give us guidelines on how to provide these healthy opportunities,” Gensaw said. “So when we say sovereignty,

we’re not just talking about political terms. We’re not just

using buzzer words. When we say sovereignty, we want

our people to be able to make healthy decisions.”

As Gensaw paddled along the Klamath in a handcarved redwood canoe, he talked about how the North

Coast’s Indigenous communities need to adapt to ensure

food security and to protect their land and water. The

Yurok traditionally fish, but moderate to extreme drought

and a parasite spreading in the Klamath River are killing

off the Chinook salmon.

Drought and lack of healthy food prompted Gensaw to

start the Victorious Garden Initiative and show that fishermen can be farmers. He said while the Yurok are traditionally fishermen, teaching youth to garden will provide

a stable source of food.

“We’re not just growing food; we’re not just giving it

to people,” Gensaw said. “We’re trying to revitalize the

idea that these gardens are a piece of our culture, because

often in Indian Country, traditions and cultures get muddled together. And in reality, these traditions are things

that our fathers have done, our grandmothers have done

and their grandparents have done and we’ll continue to

teach our children.”

‘We don’t have that infrastructure’

On the Navajo Nation, there have been more than

31,000 cases of COVID-19 and more than 1,300 deaths.

According to the 2020 census, 172,813 people live on the

reservation, most of them Navajo. At times throughout

the pandemic, tribe has used daily curfews, lockdowns

and mask mandates to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The Navajo Nation received $714,189,631 in CARES

Act funding from the U.S. government – a 225 percent

increase in funds from what the nation normally receives.

As $1.86 billion in first-round American Rescue Plan Act

funds rolls into the Navajo government’s coffers, tribal

officials are deciding how to distribute this new financial

opportunity.

According to Navajo Police Chief Phillip Francisco,

his department requested $36 million in resources from

the CARES Act and received only hazard pay and personal protective equipment. He said he’s hopeful this

round of American Rescue Plan Act funding will address

long-running infrastructural deficiencies and provide an

opportunity for the department’s “renaissance.”

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COVID relief funds highlight complexity of issues, Cont.

With about 200 commissioned personnel, the department is stretched thin from answering hours-long calls on rural dirt roads — often to homes so remote they don’t have

addresses, with radios whose signals don’t cover remote service areas.

To adequately police Navajo Nation, a study commissioned by the police department

from Boston-based consultant group Strategy Matters recommended boosting staff to

500 personnel, minimum. Ideally, the report said, staff should be around 775.

The report said the department must also expand its facilities to house more staff.

Francisco hopes American Rescue Plan Act funds will help upgrade, among other facilities, a 71-year-old building with “extremely elevated and significant airborne fungal

spore counts,” a converted post office created after a station was condemned and a

training academy made from two double-wide trailers.

“That’s really the biggest drawback here on Navajo Nation,” Francisco said. “We

don’t have that infrastructure and haven’t had it for a long time.”

During the pandemic, officers have been enforcing curfews, operating educational

checkpoints, distributing PPE and transporting arrestees to the hospital for COVID-19

tests before booking. Captain Leonard Redhorse of the Navajo Nation Police Department said officers often worked 16- to 24-hour shifts to cover colleagues who were sick

or had to quarantine due to exposure. Officer vacation time was canceled because the

department was stretched so thin.

The silver lining of potential American Rescue Plan Act funding for his department,

Francisco said, is something good that came out of a “very challenging year.”

For its members, the tribal government allocated $1,350 for adults and $450 for children to approved applicants. Navajo Nation Council Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton

said funds were used for a variety of needs, including installing bathroom additions,

water cisterns, broadband/cellphone towers and septic systems, and bringing electricity

to more than 1,000 homes through on- and off-grid methods.

One man, she said, bought a generator for his house — the first time he was able to

turn on electricity in his home. A homeless single mother with three children used their

checks to purchase an old travel trailer to live in. Charles-Newton said families were

able – often for the first time – to purchase new beds and bicycles for their children.

“It was wonderful to just see that our Navajo people all had different needs, but they

were all addressing it in different ways,” Charles-Newton said.

Roy Slowman, who grew up herding sheep on the reservation, said he used his fed-

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eral stimulus money to move from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Red Mesa region of

the Navajo Nation for a job transfer. Slowman, a utility system operator for the Indian

Health Service, moved into a hogan – a round dwelling common on the Navajo reservation – with no running water and a dirt floor used for traditional purposes.

Early this year, his cousin – whom he considered a brother and who lived in a house

on Slowman family land – died, so Slowman moved from the hogan into the house,

which has running water.

Using his tribal assistance check, Slowman traveled to the Midwest to pick up a reliable vehicle from his adult children that he could use to get to and from work.

“I’ve been away 26 years. And right from day one, I wanted to be here,” said Slowman, sitting in front of his new house on the land on which he grew up. “I have always

called this home.”

‘The effects still linger’

The CARES Act and American Rescue Plan Act brought unprecedented levels of

funding to Indigenous communities across the U.S., allowing some to address ongoing

infrastructure issues exacerbated by COVID-19, including food security, water access

and emergency response.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Senate Indian Affairs Committee chair, said more investment from the federal government is needed for long-term improvements of infrastructure in Indigenous communities.

“It is a shame that it took a global pandemic for us to recognize how these unmet

needs put Native communities behind the eight-ball when it comes to health care and

economic recovery,” Schatz said at a roundtable meeting in June. “As Congress acted

to address both, it became clear that federal investment in building new and updating

existing infrastructure in Native communities was no longer ‘nice to have’ but actually

essential.”

For Richard Horn of the Blackfeet Nation, efforts toward bolstering essential infrastructure continue while his tribe is recovering from the long-term implications of

COVID-19. The trauma members of his tribe experienced from the pandemic, he said,

will leave a lasting impression.

“It was a whole new learning curve and very traumatic,” Horn said. “We had to relearn and rethink all of the things that made us close. We had to step away from it. And

among the people in my community, the effects still linger.”

Kali "K.O." Reis's weigh-in on Thursday, August 19th, 2021. Boxing’s first Native female world champion is defending her WBA Super Lightweight title - with an IBO Super Lightweight title also at

stake. (Photo by Rudy Mondragon)

For the first time Kali “K.O.” Reis defended her World

Boxing Association Super Lightweight title.

Reis won the headline fight, streamed on UFC Fight

Pass, by a majority decision on Friday night against Diana Prazak and added the International Boxing Organization belt to her collection. Her record now stands at 18-71 with five knockouts.

She hails from the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe in Prov-

idence, Rhode Island.

ICT profiled Reis last year after she first won the

WBA’s women’s 140-pound title versus Kandi Wyatt on

November 6, 2020.

She fought at the Sycuan Casino Resort in El Cajon,

California, and was introduced by Kumeyaay bird singers. Reis has also been dabbling in acting.

Recently, IFC Films purchased the first film she starred

in called “Catch the Fair One”.

She collaborated with “Narcos” director Josef Kubota

Wladyka on the storyline which is loosely based on her

life and shines light on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s epidemic.

In the film, Kaylee, a former boxer, finds out her sister

is missing and searches for her, and the man responsible

for her disappearance, in a human trafficking network.

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Joe Biden backs

end to wolf

protections

This 2004 photo shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)

Matthew Brown and John Flesher

Associated Press

FARIBAULT, Minn. — President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by the decision under former President

Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across

most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern

over aggressive wolf hunting seasons adopted for the

predators in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky

Mountains.

Wolves under federal protection made a remarkable rebound in parts of the U.S. over the past several decades,

after being driven from the landscape by excessive hunting and trapping in the early 1900s.

States took over wolf management last decade in the

Northern Rockies and in January for the remainder of the

Lower 48 states, including the Great Lakes and Pacific

Northwest.

The removal of Endangered Species Act protections

had been in the works for years and was the right thing

to do when finalized in Trump's last days, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service Assistant Director for Ecological Services Gary Frazer told AP.

On Friday, attorneys for the administration asked a federal judge in California to reject a lawsuit from wildlife

advocate s that seeks to restore protections, signaling the

conclusion of Biden's promise on his first day in office to

review the Trump move.

But wolf management policies in place at the state level have shifted dramatically since protections were lifted, and Frazer suggested the federal government could

take steps to restore protections if population declines put

wolves back on the path to extinction.

“Certainly some of the things we’re seeing are concerning,” he said.

Wisconsin moved quickly to reduce the state’s wolf

numbers, after a pro-hunting group with close ties to

conservative Republicans won a court order that allowed

hunters — some using hounds — to kill 218 wolves in

four days.

Meanwhile, Republican-dominated legislatures in Idaho and Montana loosened hunting rules to allow tactics

shunned by many wildlife managers, including hunting wolves at night and from the air and payments for

dead wolves reminiscent of bounties that drove them to

near-extinction.

Frazer said the different states showed a common approach: legislatures and politically appointed wildlife

commissions taking determined steps to reduce populations.

“We're aware that circumstances have changed and

we'll be watching closely to see how the population responds," he added.

The lead attorney in the lawsuit to restore protections

for wolves outside of the Northern Rockies said he was

disappointed in the Biden administration for not responding immediately to the push by states to cull more packs.

“Why should we hammer the population back down

and lose all the gains that have been made before any

kind of remedial action?" asked Tim Preso with the environmental law firm Earthjustice. "The writing's on the

wall. Montana and Idaho are clear on what they're intending and Wisconsin is right behind them.”

Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday adopted

hunting rule changes in accordance with new state laws

that allow the use of snares to kill wolves, night hunting and use of bait — methods criticized as unethical by

some hunters and former officials. The new rules went

further than recommended by state wildlife experts, who

for example wanted to limit snare use to private land only.

Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission Vice Chair

Patrick Tabor, a hunting outfitter from the Whitefish area,

said in voting in favor of the changes that he was proud

of his hunting ethics. Tabor said the loosened rules “allow

more opportunity for hunters, to give them in essence better odds in trying to be successful because they (wolves)

are an incredibly difficult animal to hunt.”

Defenders of the move to lift federal protections noted

efforts to put wolves under state management enjoyed bi-

partisan support in Washington going back to President

Barack Obama.

Yet the policies adopted by the states reflect an increasingly partisan approach to predator management in legislatures dominated by Republicans.

The wolf population in the Midwest has grown to more

than 4,400 wolves, according to government figures disputed by some scientists who say officials undercount

wolves killed by poachers.

There's been growing frustration in recent years among

livestock producers and hunters over attacks on cattle and

big game. In Wisconsin, a Republican-controlled board

set the state’s fall hunt quota at 300 animals, rejecting a

130-animal limit recommended by state wildlife managers.

Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general is seeking a

court order to oust the board’s chairman, whose term expired in May. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has appointed

a successor, but the incumbent is refusing to step down

until the Senate confirms the appointment. The Senate,

dominated by Republicans, hasn’t held a hearing on the

appointment.

Hundreds of wolves are now killed annually by hunters and trappers in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. The

Northern Rockies' population has remained strong —

more than 3,000 animals, according to wildlife officials

— because wolves breed so successfully and can roam

huge areas of wild land in the sparsely populated region.

Some state officials are intent on reducing those numbers to curb livestock attacks and protect the big game

herds that wolves prey upon. Supporters of restoring

protections warn that will tip the scales and reduce wolf

numbers to unsustainable levels, while also threatening

packs in nearby states that have interconnected populations.

An indication of how deeply federal officials are worried about the states' wolf policies is expected in the next

several weeks, when they respond to petitions filed in

June to again put wolves in the U.S. West under federal

protections.

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A reminder to “‘ROCK THE VOTE“ on

September 9, 2021

The Hopi Tutuveni reminds all eligible voters to vote

Hopi Chairman Candidates

David Norton Talayumptewa

Village of Kykotsmovi

Andrew Stephen Qumyintewa

Village of Hotevilla

Timothy Loren Nuvangyaoma

Village of Mishungnuvi

Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr.

Village of Bacavi

Hopi Vice-Chairman Candidates

Craig Andrews

Village of Mishungnuvi

Clark Wayne Tenakhongva

Village of Hotevilla

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