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~Est. 1987 • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE HOPI TRIBE • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~

Hopi Tribe Dedicates Hopi

Arsenic Mitigation Project

FBI updates list

of Native

Americans verified as missing...

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Warren opens

investigation

into state-imposed abortion

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Photo Caption: Pictured l-r are: Raymond Namoki - Village of Sipaulavi Representative, Merwin Yoyetewa - Village of Mishongnovi

Representative, Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Vice Chairman Craig Andrews, Rosa Honanie - Village of Sipaulavi Representative, Dale

Sinquah – First Mesa Consolidated Villages Representative, Clifford Qotsaquahu Village of Bakabi Representative, and Michael Elmer Village of Upper Moenkopi Representative present and doing the “ribbon cutting” during the HAMP Dedication Ceremony on July 30,

2022 at Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center in Kykotsmovi, Ariz. Photo by: Ariel Escobedo, WW Clyde, Inc.

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coming to Hopi

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Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Hopi Tribe Dedicates Hopi Arsenic

Mitigation Project

Submitted by: Hopi Utilities Corporation

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - August 03, 2022. At dawn on a

crisp Saturday morning of July 30, 2022, runners gathered at the starting line at the Hopi Veterans Memorial

Center to run the 10K HAMP Celebration Run. The Celebration Run was significant in that for the Hopi senom

running is an act of prayer for rain, which brings water for

life and sustenance in this high desert region in northeastern Arizona; and in this case is befitting the celebration

for completion of a regional water delivery system for

the community.

The HAMP Dedication and Ribbon Cutting ceremony started shortly after 9:00 a.m. with Vice Chairman

Craig Andrews serving as the emcee for the event. He

introduced Leigh Lomayestewa, Shungopavi Kikmongwi, who provided an eloquent Hopi prayer. Chairman

Timothy Nuvangyaoma followed by welcoming the community and special guests to the celebration and talking

about the long history of the Hopi Tribe, affected villages

and federal partners working together to find a best solution to address the high level of arsenic in the water from

wells at First and Second Mesa and further east in Keams

Canyon.

The wells serving the community were first installed by

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the 1960s. In 2002

the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) revised its

drinking water standards for public water systems which

reduced the federal maximum contaminant level of arsenic from 50 parts per billion to 10 ppb. Enforcement of

the standards began in 2006, and six wells from Second

Mesa to Keams Canyon were found to be out of compliance with the new standards, some exceeding safe levels

by as much as three times the allowable contaminants.

Efforts began soon thereafter to address the violations

with mixed results. In June 2017 the Hopi Tribal Council

created the Hopi Utilities Corporation (HUC) to manage

the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project (HAMP) as a regional water delivery system to replace the arsenic contaminated water. The price tag for the project is more than

$20 million.

During the celebration ceremony, the engineer for the

project DB Stephens & Associates and the Contractor

WW Clyde shared their experience working on the project and provided a 3D model as well as a 13-minute flyover of the entire regional water system, with close to

forty miles of pipeline starting from wells some 15 miles

north of the Hopi Cultural Center.

EPA Region 9 Administrator Martha Guzman, Indian

Health Service Phoenix Area Director Dr. Ty Reidhead

and BIA Regional Environmental Scientist John Krause

were all recognized as important partners for the project

and provided remarks during the celebration.

Members of the Hopi Tribal Council joined Chairman

Nuvangyaoma and Vice Chairman Andrews in the Ribbon

Cutting Ceremony. The Shongopufhoyam Youth Dance

Group showed up late to the event, but their performance

stole the show and some in the audience couldn’t resist in

joining the dance, as is tradition.

Chef Raymond Namoki provided a wonderful Hopi

traditional meal for all the guests at the conclusion of

the event. All the guests and attendees went home with a

HAMP Celebration t-shirt.

Construction is underway to extend and connect the

regional water system to the BIA water system at Keams

Canyon. For questions or more information regarding

the HAMP you may contact Selwyn Sekaquaptewa,

Water Utility General Manager, at (928) 310-7057 or

ssekaquaptewa@hopiuc.com.

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Hopi Tribal Council Third Quarter Session

June 1, 2022 MONTH OF AUGUST 2022

AGENDA – Amendment #1

"UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Discussion of a motion to vacate judgment in the

Flagstaff v. Hopi Tribe case – Fred Lomayesva, General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel – TABLED

2. Discussion and action - Letter dated April 15, 2022

Re: Hopi Tribal Goals and Objectives - Dale Sinquah,

Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated

Villages – TABLED

3. Discussion and possible action – Letter dated April

15, 2022 Re: To address the matter of Building Communities, Inc. – Dale Sinquah, Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages - TABLED

NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item #065-2022 – Arizona Public Service

Grant of Right-of-Way Request – HTHA, Owakitsoki

North Lot, Winslow, Arizona – Author/Eric Tewa, Sr.,

Realty Technician, Office of Real Estate Services

2. Action Item #066-2022 – To approve completed

Enrollment applications for Hopi Membership – Author/

Tanya L. Monroe Director, Office of Enrollment

3. Action Item #067-2022 – Approval to purchase and

upgrade sixteen (16) strength equipment for the Hopi

Wellness Center-Hopi Fitness Center – Author/Elvia Sanchez, Manager, Hopi Wellness Center

4. Action Item #068-2022 – To approve a resolution

clarifying the Hopi Tribe’s position regarding the role and

responsibility of the Tribal Council and its designees as

they engage in advocacy and negotiations in pursuit of

federal legislation – Author/Herman Honanie, Chairman,

Land Commission"

"5. Action Item #069-2022 – Purchase of a 2022 Tow

Master Trailer T-70DTG – Author/Danny Joseph, Supervisor, Hopi Department of Transportation

6. Action Item #070-2022 – To set aside funds to pay

a Judgment for Attorney Fees in Hopi Tribe v. Arizona

Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership and the City of

Flagstaff – Author/Fred Lomayesva, General Counsel,

Office of the General Counsel

7. Action Item #071-2022 – Request for the Hopi

Tribe Chairman or designee maintain and manage the

2022 and future Hotevilla Village allocations from the

Hopi Tribe until all the required audits are completed

with a report to the Hotevilla Village members and the

Hopi Tribe from the “Volunteer Board members” and the

“Acting Community Service Administrator” – Author/

Carla J. Honanie, Secretary/Treasurer, Hotevilla Village

Board of Directors

8. Action Item #072-2022 – Approval to conduct an

Elder Needs Assessment, a pre-requisite for the FY 20232025 Title VI funding of Part A & C – Author/ Beatrice

Norton, Manager, Office of Aging & Adult Services

9. Action Item #073-2022 – To authorize and approve

resolution with regard to the name, scope and composition of the CARES Act Committee and the administering

of ARPA funds through the “Hopi Tribe Pandemic Recovery Committee” – Author/Wilfred Gaseoma, Chief of

Staff, Office of the Vice Chairman - **Time Certain –

August 11, 2022 – 10:00 a.m.

10. Action Item #074-2022 – Approve the Hopi Tribe

Emergency Medical Services and Medical Center-Prehospital Care Agreement for Administrative Medical Direction – Author/Anthony Huma, Director, Hopi Emergency Medical Services

11. Action Item #075-2022 – Approve Agreement between AERO Med Claims, Inc., and Hopi Emergency

Medical Services in order to continue a Third Party Billing System of persons eligible for third party payment –

Author/Anthony Huma, Director, Hopi Emergency Medical Services

12. Action Item #076-2022 – To accept funding from

Bureau of Reclamation to install three phase power to the

Orayvi well and for Hopi Utilities Corporation (HUC) to

administer the funding to address Orayvi’s well power

need – Author/Beatrice Norton, Chairperson, Orayvi Village Board

13. Action Item #077-2022 - To approve the Bears Ears

Intertribal Coalition Land Management Plan – Author/

Craig Andrews, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe **Time Certain – August 11, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

14. Action Item #078-2022 – To approve Attorney-Client Contract with Mr. Gary LaRance to act as a Special

Prosecutor – Author/Mervin Yoyetewa, Chairman, Law

& Order Committee

15. Action Item #080-2022 – Procure 2022-2023 Property Insurance Policies for the Hopi Tribe – Author/Nada

Talayumptewa, Treasurer, The Hopi Tribe (Add-on by

David Talayumptewa, Tribal Council Representative,

Village of Kykotsmovi)

16. Follow up to Presentation and discussion with the

Hopi Tribal Council on Arizona Public Service (APS)

electrification census work – Janet Dean, Public Affairs"

"Manager, APS Northeast Division and Ann Becker,

APS Vice President of Sustainability - **Time Certain –

August 23, 2022 – 10:00 a.m.

17. Presentation on Information Technology Policy and

use of equipment– Robert Collateta, Jr., Network Manager, Office of Information Technology – Work Session

- **Time Certain – August 25, 2022 – 1:00 p.m.

18. Presentation of Enrollment Ordinance No. 33 by

Tanya Monroe, Director, Hopi Office of Enrollment –

Rosa Honani, Tribal Council Representative, Village of

Sipaulovi – Work Session - **Time Certain – August 29

- 30, 2022 – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

19. Discussion and possible action – Letter dated

March 31, 2022 Re: Village of Shungopavi’s request for

information regarding land lease, including ownership of

the property comprising the Hopi Cultural Center – Craig

Andrews, Vice Chairman, The Hopi Tribe - **Time Certain – August 24, 2022 – 9:00 a.m.

20. Discussion on Next Actionable Steps Regarding

See Renewal and Blue Stone Strategy – Hopi Tribal

Council

21. Letter dated June 17, 2022 From Keesha Talayumptewa, First Mesa Elementary School Governing

Board; RE: Additional Work Assigned to First Mesa Elementary School Staff by HBE – Dale Sinquah, Tribal

Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages

22. Discussion and possible action – Letter requesting

the FY 2022 budget funding allocations for a Hopi Tribal

Council Goals and Objectives work session and a State

Lobbyist – Rosa Honani, Tribal Council Representative,

Village of Sipaulovi

23. Discussion and possible action – Letter dated July

22, 2022 from Chairman Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma and

Vice Chairman Craig Andrews; RE: Concern regarding

First Mesa Consolidated Villages’ Representative Ivan

Sidney, Sr. and Letter dated July 26, 2022 from Ivan Sidney, Village Administrator, RE: Resignation from Hopi

Tribal Council (Add-on by Leroy Sumatzkuku, Tribal

Council Representative, Upper Village of Moenkopi)"

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Hopi Tribal Council Entertains Action Item

#071-2022 Authored by Hotevilla Village

Board of Directors

Photo by Romalita Laban/HT

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 8, 2022 at the Hopi

Tribal Council Chambers Action Item #071-2022

listed as, “Request for the Hopi Tribe Chairman or

designee maintain and manage the 2022 and future

Hotevilla Village allocations from the Hopi Tribe

until all the required audits are completed with a report to the Hotevilla Village members and the Hopi

Tribe from the “Volunteer Board members” and the

“Acting Community Service Administrator” – Author/Carla J. Honanie, Secretary/Treasurer, Hotevilla Village Board of Directors” was entertained,

discussed and acted upon after about an hour’s long

time frame.

After hearing from the Hotevilla Village Board of

Directors, elected pre-COVID and approximately

three years ago, Herman G. Honanie Hopi Tribal

Council Member/Kyakotsmovi Village Representative made a motion to the effect of approving the

Action Item with the amendment being made where

the Office of Financial would manage any allocations being made to the Village of Hotevilla.

Upon Chairman Nuvangyaoma’s ask if there were

any questions to the motion, Mary Felter, Elected

Hotevilla Village Board member, emphasized the

need for including verbiage that “any other future

funding being given” be included and until all required audits are completed.

The motion maker was amenable to including the

verbiage and Tribal Council voted on the motion,

with 9 in favor, 5 opposed and 4 abstaining resulting

in the motion being carried and passed.

Hopi Tutuveni reported in the Mary 18, 2022 publication about a meeting taking place at the

Veteran’s Memorial Center (HVMC) and during

a Time Certain scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on the Hopi

Tribal Council Session Agenda, Item 9. listed on

the agenda as “Hopi Tribal Council’s meeting with

members of Village of Hotevilla, Re: Letter dated

January 25, 2022 from Vernita Selestewa regarding

Lease with Cellular One, CARES Funding and Water Tank Issue” was addressed by Council.

The Time Certain was scheduled after Vernita Selestewa, a Hotevilla village member, wrote a letter

to Lillian Gomez, Acting Community Service Administrator (CSA) Hotevilla Village, the Hotevilla

Village Board, and the Hopi Tribal Council to request time to hear from Village of Hotevilla members, regarding their concerns about various issues

and to have the issues addressed accordingly.

Selestewa was unavailable for comment regarding

the August 8, 2022 Tribal Council’s action and prior

to publication submission deadlines.

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Health Official Work to Prevent

Monkeypox Spread

No cases of monkeypox currently reported

on Hopi despite nationwide increase

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kykotsmovi, AZ – With more than

7,500 confirmed cases of monkeypox in

the United States, and the declaration of

a public health emergency, the Hopi Department of Health & Human Services

(DHHS) is working to prevent the virus

from taking hold in our community.

“As we continue to handle the

COVID-19 outbreak and its effects on

our health care system, it has become

increasingly important that we prevent

the spread of any and all communicable

diseases on Hopi”, said Royce Jenkins,

DHHS Director/Public Health Authority.

“Part of this plan includes the requirement

that tribal and public buildings be routinely cleaned in a similar way when dealing

with COVID-19 prevention.”

As a part of the strategic plans being put

into place, tribal programs and officials

are to ensure that anyone with skin conditions observed or disclosed that could be

considered similar to monkeypox should

restrict access to all tribal and public

buildings and public transportation until

the individual is medically evaluated. The

person must then have a health care provider supply documentation that they do

not pose a health threat to others in order

to resume normal activities. It is recognized there are many benign and chronic

skin conditions that exist, and these are

primarily precautionary measures to ensure public safety and confidence.

Unless there was direct, close, skin to

skin contact with an affected individual,

all other passengers and employees should

not consider themselves exposed to a possible monkeypox case. If the individual

is willing to be seen at the Hopi Health

Care Center (HHCC), staff will ensure an

appropriate level assessment, maintain

patient confidentiality, and also share only

relevant information for a possible public

health response, if necessary.

In absence of confirmatory testing, there

are many other possible diagnoses, at this

time, there is no need for strict home isolation. The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) are closely tracking reports of monkeypox transmissions

and the guidance they provide, as always,

will be closely followed. These steps are

to ensure the health and wellbeing of all of

our Hopi communities, to raise local community awareness of this emerging public

health emergency, and ensure support to

any individuals needing assistance or further guidance from local health resources.

Additional information is available by

contacting the HHCC by calling (928)

737-6037.

Background: Symptoms of monkeypox can include: fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, swollen lymph

nodes, chills, exhaustion, respiratory

symptoms (e.g. sore throat, nasal congestion, or cough), a rash that may be located

on or near the genitals (penis, testicles,

labia, and vagina) or anus (butthole) but

could also be on other areas like the hands,

feet, chest, face, or mouth. The rash will

go through several stages, including

scabs, before healing. The rash can look

like pimples or blisters and may be painful

or itchy. You may experience all or only a

few symptoms.

Sometimes, people get a rash first, followed by other symptoms. Others only

experience a rash. Most people with monkeypox will get a rash. Some people have

developed a rash before (or without) other

symptoms. Monkeypox symptoms usually start within 3 weeks of exposure to the

virus. If someone has flu-like symptoms,

they will usually develop a rash 1-4 days

later. Monkeypox can be spread from the

time symptoms start until the rash has

healed, all scabs have fallen off, and a

fresh layer of skin has formed. The illness

typically lasts 2-4 weeks.

Please visit the CDC and FDA websites

for the latest information on the monkeypox outbreak response.

HEALTH

6 Things to Know About

COVID-19 Vaccines for

Children Under 5

(StatePoint) COVID-19 vaccines are

now available for children under 5 years

old, and the American Medical Association (AMA) is urging parents to get their

children vaccinated.

“The wait for this moment has been excruciating for parents who were ready on

day one for their children to receive a vaccination to prevent severe COVID,” says

Jack Resneck, Jr., M.D., president of the

AMA. “While there is overwhelming scientific evidence showing the COVID-19

vaccines are safe and effective, we know

many parents and families still have questions.”

Here are six things to know about pediatric COVID-19 vaccines for kids under

1. The vaccines are safe: The U.S. Food

and Drug Administration and Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

reviewed all trial safety data before authorizing and recommending vaccines for

children under 5. The vast majority of side

effects were mild, including irritability

and crying, sleepiness, fatigue and loss of

appetite.

2. The vaccines are effective: Both the

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines

are effective at preventing severe disease.

Based on 230 pages of data, regulators

said the vaccines show a strong immune

response in children, and are somewhat

effective at preventing symptomatic disease.

3. They’re widely available: Vaccines

will be available at pediatricians’ offices,

as well as from primary care physicians.

Information on locations near you is available at vaccines.gov.

4. COVID-19 poses a danger to children: According to the CDC, COVID-19

is a leading cause of death among children

ages 0-19 years. Among children in the

United States aged 6 months to 4 years,

there have been more than 2 million cases

of COVID-19, more than 20,000 hospitalizations, and more than 200 deaths since

the beginning of the pandemic.

5. There is more than one dose: Like

most vaccines, the COVID-19 vaccines

involve more than one dose. Pfizer’s vaccine is a three-dose primary series at onetenth the dosage of the adult formulation.

The Moderna vaccine primary series is a

two-dose regimen, spaced four to eight

weeks apart, at one-fourth the dosage of

the adult formulation. Booster shots will

likely be part of the regimen, too, just as

they are for other age groups.

6. Getting up to date is important: Make

sure your child is up to date on all vaccines when they get the COVID-19 vaccine. Adolescents and adult immunizations declined during the pandemic and an

estimated 26 million recommended vaccinations were missed in 2020 as compared

to 2019.

If you have additional questions, speak

with your physician and review trusted resources, including getvaccineanswers.org.

“COVID-19 vaccines are safe and

effective, they’re backed by science

and data; they work. More than 1 million people in the United States have

died from COVID, and I urge you to

keep yourself and your loved ones

safe by getting vaccinated,” says Dr.

Resneck.

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Hopi Tribal Enrollment Office

Provides Tribal Membership

Count as of August 8, 2022

By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

– Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 9, 2022

and according to an email notification provided through the Hopi Tribe Inter-department to system recipients, Dione A. Naha,

Enrollment Coordinator, Hopi Tribe Enrollment Office provided the following,

“On 6/8/2022, Tribal Council approved

36 New Tribal Members…”

Naha further noted that the Membership

Count by Village table is also available

on the Tribal Website under the Office of

Enrollment. The link to the information is:

www.hopi-nsn.gov/tribal -services/tribal-membership/

Should you have any questions regarding Enrollment Services, the Hopi Tribe

Enrollment Office can be reached at: 928734-3152.

Also included as an attachment in the

notification was the most current membership counts by village (affiliation), shared

in table format depicted below:

Tribal Enrollment

Office Public Notice

Regarding Tribal I.D.

Card

Immediate Release

Submitted by: Tanya L. Monroe, Director - Office of Enrollment, Director

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – August 12, 2022 The Tribal Enrollment Office is not able to provide Tribal I.D. Cards at this time due to technical issues with equipment.

The Enrollment Office will inform the public when the I.D. Printer is back in operation.

Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Questions may be directed to the Office of Enrollment (928) 734-3152

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Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Fiber to the Homes

Project is coming to

Hopi

Submitted by: Hopi Telecommunications, Inc.

For immediate release only

Keams Canyon, Ariz. - August 8, 2022. Five years after

Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) submitted its application to the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS), the

agency finally informed HTI in June 2022 that its $5.8

million loan has been approved. This funding will allow

HTI to extend fiber to the homes (FTTH) throughout the

Hopi Reservation, which will significantly increase the

broadband speed and improve reliability. HTI is now in

the process of final engineering of the fiber routes, ordering materials, and preparing to bid the projects. The

FTTH project construction is slated to begin January

2023.

In a bold step towards self-determination the Hopi

Tribe created HTI in April 2004 with the intention of taking over its telecom provider based out of Louisiana. In

October 2005 HTI closed the deal to acquire the assets of

Century Tel of the Southwest. The very next month HTI

received its first RUS loan in the amount of $12 million

to pay for the Century Tel assets and to immediately upgrade and expand its newly acquired telephone company,

including laying fiber-optic lines across the reservation

from Keams Canyon to Hotevilla. A subsequent loan in

2009 in the amount of $4.8 million allowed HTI to purchase additional Central Office and electronic equipment,

fiber-optics to the premises, and fixed-wireless system to

expand services. The Hopi Tribe is one of only a handful

of tribes throughout the United States which owns their

own telecommunications company.

In 2010 HTI took advantage of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in the amount of

$3.6 million ($2.5 mm grant and $1.1 mm loan) to fund

a fiber-optic cable line from Holbrook, Ariz. to Hopi to

significantly increase the bandwidth for HTI services.

While the fiber-optic trunk line exists across the reservation, homes on the reservation are currently connected

to this fiber-optic trunk line by copper wires that connect

the telephone and internet. This next round of funding

will replace the copper wires with fiber-optic lines to increase the bandwidth and improve reliability. The only

entities that have fiber connection to their premises from

the trunk line are the Hopi Jr/Sr High School, First Mesa

Elementary School, Second Mesa Day School, Jeddito

Public School (JPS), and the Hopi Tribal Headquarters.

Only JPS and the Hopi Headquarters have taken advantage of the fiber connection at this time.

“HTI is making every effort to take advantage of the

resources available to upgrade its telephone and internet

system to improve and expand services.” HTI President/

General Manager Carroll Onsae said. “However, because

these are federal funds, it takes longer to deploy because

we have to follow federal rules and regulations.”

Since the new FTTH project will replace the existing

copper wire connections with fiber, the project will use

existing routes without disturbing new areas. HTI is planning to meet with the Villages’ leadership to go over the

details of the project and obtain permission before the

construction project begins in early 2023. This will be

one more step in addressing the digital divide that exists

in many rural and tribal communities.

HTI was successful in securing a 2.5 Ghz spectrum

from the FCC in 2021. The spectrum is designed to provide service to areas where fiber-optic cable is unavailable. HTI also submitted a grant application last year to

the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) and is waiting to hear on its grant application to extend the fiber-optic cable to Moencopi and

fiber to the premises, among other initiatives. Moencopi

is out of the HTI service area and HTI will work with the

FCC to include Moencopi as part of its service territory.

Most recently, HTI submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI)

to the NTIA for a Digital Equity Planning Grant Program

as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

President Biden and Congress recognize, and what was

further crystalized by the Covid-19 pandemic, that highspeed internet access is not a luxury, but a necessity for

all Americans regardless of their age, race, or income.

Funding under this program will help HTI create a

digital equity plan which will address this digital divide

for our Tribal nation by tapping into additional available

funding to implement the Digital Equity Plan. NTIA has

notified HTI that it has received the LOI and once the

Planning Grant is received HTI plans to reach out to the

community for their input into the Digital Equity Plan.

You may contact HTI President/General Manager, Carroll Onsae, for more information at (928) 522-8428 or

consae@hopitelecom.com or Wayne Taylor, Executive

Assistant, at (928) 691-9919 or wtaylor@hopitelecom.

com.

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

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

Response JULY 20, 2022 Report Re-publication

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – July20, 2022

This data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s website “COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.

Hopi Health Care Center – Community COVID-19 Testing & Vaccination Information

COVID-19 vaccines are available in the afternoons on Mondays and Wednesdays for the

month of July for those 6 months and older. To schedule an appointment call (928) 737-6148 or

737-6081.

Appointments are required. For questions about COVID-19 vaccines please call (928) 7376198 or 737-6197.

COVID-19 Testing Drive-up Testing schedule: Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30 AM – 9:00

AM. Enter at the west entrance & drive around back. Mask must be worn by everyone in your

vehicle. Please stay in your vehicle at all times. To schedule for testing or for more information

please call (928) 737- 6187 or 6233.

A COVID-19 Hotline has been created by the Hopi Health Care Center to assist with all

COVID-19 related questions and service requests. The hotline is open Monday–Friday from 8

AM – 5 PM. To contact the COVID-19 hotline please call (928) 737-6187.

WHEN USING AN AT-HOME TEST IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU REPORT

YOUR RESULTS TO THE

COVID-19 HOTLINE AT HOPI HEALTH CARE CENTER OR TUBA CITY REGIONAL

HEALTH CARE CORPORATION SO THAT ACCURATE DATA IS PROVIDED TO THE

COMMUNITY.

VACCINE UPDATE:

On June 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of

the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention

of COVID-19 to include use in children down to 6 months of age. For more detailed information

please visit www.cdc.gov

TUBA CITY REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (TCRHCC) COVID-19 TESTING & VACCINATION INFORMATION:

Testing, and now vaccinations, at TCRHCC are being held at the outdoor tent Monday – Friday

from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time. Rapid and CEPHEID tests can take approximately 3 hours. Send out tests can take 2-3 days. The address for Tuba City Regional Health Care

Corporation is 167 N. Main Street, Tuba City, AZ. For more information regarding Tuba City

Regional Health Care Corporation’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic and testing, please call 1-866976-5941. TCRHCC has at-home COVID-19 test kits available for the community. To request a

test kit please go through the drive up tent from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daylight Savings Time or go

to the pharmacy drive up window after hours.

FREE AT-HOME COVID-19 TESTS:

You can now order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the U.S. government at covidtests.gov

by calling 1-800-232- 0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489). Only 4 tests come in an order and only two

orders per household. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. Please do not wait to order your tests

when you have been exposed or become symptomatic as the tests will not arrive in enough time

for you to be tested. So please order them now so that you and your loved ones can be prepared.

Households that did not place their first two orders of test kits, can now place their first, second,

AND third order. They must complete the ordering process above three (3) times to place both a

first, second, and third order (for a total of 16 test kits; 4 kits for first order, 4 kits for second order,

8 kits for third order).

FREE N-95 MASKS:

The CDC now has a resource on their website where you can see a list of local pharmacies that

have free N-95 masks by using your zip code. Click here or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888720-7489).

QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION CALCULATOR:

The CDC now has a Quarantine and Isolation calculator that helps determine how long you

need to isolate or quarantine.

SYMPTOMS, QUARANTINE, AND ISOLATION:

Watch for Symptoms - people with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported –

ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to

the virus and can range from mild to severe. The following are COVID-19 symptoms that people

may experience:

• 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.”

Currently, the local health department and HHCC are implement the previously recommended

CDC guidelines which is a 10 day isolation for those who test positive and a 14 day quarantine

for those exposed to an infected individual.

(GLOSSARY ON PG. 5)

Be aware that when someone tests positive they became contagious 2 days before they developed symptoms, or if they are not experiencing symptoms 2 days before they tested positive not

the day they received their results. If someone was less than 6 feet away from a potential positive

case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24 hour period they would be considered

a close contact regardless of whether or not both parties were wearing masks. For example, Molly

was within 6 feet of Craig on Thursday night for 10 minutes and on Friday morning for 5 minutes.

Craig developed symptoms Saturday evening, was tested for COVID on Monday, and received

their results on Wednesday. Because Molly was within 6 feet of Craig for a total of 15 minutes

over a 24 hour period within the 2 day timeframe she is now considered to be a close contact. If

you have been identified as a close contact you may or may not need to quarantine depending on

your vaccination status.

If an unvaccinated individual that is not positive is having to take care of someone that is infected, they will need to quarantine for 14 days beginning on the infected person’s 10th day of

isolation, with that day being Day 0 and the following day being Day 1. That means the caregiver

could potentially be out of work for 24 days. If a vaccinated person that is not positive is having

to take care of someone that is infected, they will not have to quarantine but will need to get

tested 5 days from the 10th day of the infected person’s isolation. If a vaccinated person develops

symptoms while caring for an infected person they will need to get tested as soon as possible and

remain at home until they receive their results.

Re-testing of COVID-19 Positive Employees. Per guidance and alignment with HHCC, CDC,

state and local health departments, and OSHA workplace guidance for COVID-19 re-testing of

positive or suspected COVID-19 employees before they return to work, nor providing letters to

go back to work is not recommended.

The recommended reason for not re-testing is an individual may continue to test positive on

a viral test long after they are recovered from COVID-19. These dead viral particles will turn

viral tests positive even though they cannot cause disease in others. The Hopi Health Care Center

strongly encourages employers to use the CDC’s symptom and criteria below even if they continue to test positive. Once they meet the three criteria, they are no longer considered infectious

to others. However, if the employee was severely ill (hospitalized) or in immunocompromised,

plead advise them to visit their primary care provide before returning to work.

The “checklist” below has been updated as of the most recent COVID-19 guidelines from the

CDC and will be used by employers to determine when an employee with confirmed COVID-19

may return to work safely. For additional questions, please call the Hopi Health Care Center

COVID-19 hotline (928) 737-6188.

□ It’s been at last ten days since I first had symptoms or received my positive diagnosis if I’ve

not had symptoms (please note date of first symptoms: (________)

□ Overall my symptoms have improved and I am feeling better.

□ It’s been at least 72 hours since I last had a fever without using fever-reducing medicine.

If you checked all three boxes, you are no longer a considered at risk to infect others and can

go back to work!

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency Response JULY 20. 2022 Report, Cont.

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HTI Website.

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HOPI WORDS

Tunatya - Intention

Hiisa - Many

Kwisto - Get

Itsivu - Intolerant

Paati - Melt

Yup’a - Go ahead

Tuwat - In turn

Qa’ãntipu - Mistake

Nima - Go home

Qanaani - Jealous (feel)

Qaavo - Next day

Nakwhana - Grant per-

Tumala - Job

Aa’awna - Notify

mission

Henanata - Jog

Ephaqam - Now & then

Tutskwa - Ground

Suumi - Join

Himu’yva - Obtain

Naasami - Half-dollar

Hintaqa - Kind (what)

Paypi - Oh Well!

Hiñti - Happen (what)

Tuwi’yta - Know

Namora - Option (choice)

Hãalayi - Happy

Ngasta - Lacking

Angqw - Out of origin

Kyaktayti’i - Hurry

Lavayi - Language

Tuqayvasta - Pay Atten-

Wuuni - Idea (thought)

Qa iits - Late

tion

Pashimu - Important

Tayati - Laugh

Qe’ti - Quit

Sonkya - Improbable

Ya’makma - Leave (exit)

Yõoyoki - Rain

Songyawnen - In effect

Awtuuqayta -Listen

Tutuwna - Instruct

Tunatyawta - Look after

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Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Larry’s Corner

To be or not to be...

When you look at the news today, you see

disastrous events. You see school shootings,

robberies, drownings, flooding, and more. Then

you think that this world is ending. Then you

realize that this world has been ending, since

the dawn of time. We have been killing each

other, there have been floodings, and there have

been disastrous events throughout history. But

what makes it more impactful is the media that

portrays it. We now see what we are doing to

ourselves in full high-definition color.

Of course, we have seen disastrous events

throughout our lives, but now we finally see

them for what it is. We can now see that the

actual monsters are not what Alfred Hitchcock

made, but the beast is who we see in ourselves.

Hopis have seen its fair share of disastrous

events throughout history; some will acknowledge it, some will keep it to themselves, but ultimately, the events we experienced will make us

who we are today. Take, for example, the Pueblo Revolt; of course, the history goes where the

bad guys come to our home and say, “Hey, make

me a sandwich!” “What, you don’t know how to

make me a sandwich?” “I will make you learn

how to make a sandwich!” “You don’t what to

make a sandwich? Then I will wipe you from

history….” “What, are you chasing me out of

your house? Then I will leave…” that’s basical-

ly how the Pueblo Revolt went in my cat opinion…but more Quentin Tarantino-style movie.

But let me get back to the subject at hand.

What makes us think of the bad things first, before the good things in life? Because that’s all

we focus on. We focus on the wrong things first

because it’s what we see. First, it’s what we experienced, first. When we were babies, we don’t

remember the happiness we shared, and we

don’t remember rolling a ball around with our

parents; we don’t remember getting ice cream

for the first time. But we remember when a dog

barked at us loudly, and it scared us so much

that now we hate dogs from when we were a

baby.

See, it seems we remember disastrous events

first and in my belief, because it’s when it

changed our lives forever. But what if devastating events in our lives were to teach us lessons? What happens to the value of learning

from disastrous events? How do we know not to

touch the hot stove again? It’s when you place

an event in front of a person, and they have two

choices, to not engage in the event or to engage

in it. We make those choices because it makes

us feel like we have options in life. But when

you look at it, we don’t choose to see a car crash

on the side of the road; we want to see it. We

choose to see the disastrous event because that’s

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all we see on social media. But how can we see

the glitz and glory of life? Is that true happiness? Is covering a pothole with mud solving

a problem? Or are we just putting glitter on a

disastrous event?

I guess the choice is yours, you can choose

to be happy, or you can choose to see the disastrous events first.

All is not bad; we don’t have to choose to see

the bad. First, it looks more significant, so it’s

more noticeable, but if you’re a weird one who

only considers happiness through rose-tinted

glasses, you could be lying to yourself. We can

put flowers on a wound and expect it to grow

beautifully, or we can see that wound and treat

it with proper care. But you choose to see the

happiness.

So, my advice is that disastrous events are always there and will always be around, but you

can choose to see them or not. If you choose to

see it, you know the truth for what it is. If you

decide not to see it, you are missing out on how

you can improve from that event. But you can

choose to do whatever you want to do, and I’m

not your mother, I’m just a cat. And I listen to

my mother…because she tells me what’s right

and wrong, but then again, what mom doesn’t

know won’t hurt her. Right?

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

FBI updates list of Native Americans

verified as missing throughout New

Mexico and the Navajo Nation

Interior Department leaders

highlight Biden-Harris

administration’s commitment to

strengthening Indian Country,

environmental protections at

United Nations conference

News Release

U.S. Department of the Interior

(Photo: Albuquerque FBI Division - Public Affairs Office)

News Release

Albuquerque FBI Division - Public Affairs Office

The FBI has updated a list of Native

Americans it has verified as missing in

New Mexico and the Navajo Nation.

The list, first released on July 25, has

been updated to add 19 names while 10

have been removed.

There are a total of 186 missing Indigenous persons now on the list, which can be

found at fbi.gov/mmip.

"This list exceeded our expectations,"

Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda of

the Albuquerque FBI Division said. "Besides appearing to be accurate for the state

of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation,

the list has galvanized local and tribal law

enforcement agencies to update their files

on missing Indigenous people. That's good

news for the families who are seeking answers. The public also has reached out to

us and our partners to share information."

"Every missing person is important."

- Raul Bujanda Special Agent in Charge,

Albuquerque FBI Division

"Every missing person is important."

- Raul Bujanda Special Agent in Charge,

Albuquerque FBI Division

If someone’s relative is included in the

names, the FBI is actively checking numerous law enforcement databases and

other sources nationwide to identify leads

that will be quickly passed along to the appropriate agency.

If an Indigenous family member who

is missing is not included in this list, the

relatives are urged to contact their local

or tribal law enforcement agency and ask

them to submit a missing person report to

NCIC.

For further assistance with their request, family members or local law enforcement can contact the New Mexico

Attorney General’s Office or the FBI at

1-800-CALL-FBI.

Anyone who knows the location of a

person on this list is asked to contact law

enforcement.

Partners involved in the project include

the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services, New

Mexico's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR)

Task Force, New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, New Mexico Department of

Public Safety, New Mexico Department of

Indian Affairs, Bernalillo County District

Attorney’s Office, and the City of Albuquerque Office of Equity and Inclusion.

The FBI also received information and

support from the Navajo Nation, Native

American pueblos, and local law enforcement.

Plans are to update this list monthly.

Senior leadership from the Department of the Interior are representing the

Biden-Harris administration this week

in Geneva, Switzerland at the 107th session of the United Nations Committee on

the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

(CERD). Principal Deputy Solicitor Ann

Marie Bledsoe Downes and Senior Advisor to the Secretary Heidi Todacheene

joined the U.S. delegation to discuss the

U.S. implementation of measures to combat racial discrimination and human rights

obligations as required under the International Convention on the Elimination of

All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Convention).

Both representatives delivered formal

remarks to the Committee, in which they

acknowledged the various efforts the Interior Department and the Biden-Harris

administration are undertaking to seek

justice and equity for communities enduring racial discrimination in the United

States and its territories, disadvantaged

communities marginalized by extractive

industries, and historically overlooked Indigenous communities. Remarks included

a focus on the federal trust responsibility;

missing and murdered Indigenous people; investigating the U.S. government’s

role in the federal Indian boarding school

system; and environmental and natural resource protections for marginalized communities including incorporating Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in

decision-making so that all governments

can benefit from the lessons of the original

stewards of our lands and waters.

Bledsoe Downes and Todacheene will

join the U.S. delegation’s presentation

from the Committee on a broad range of

issues, including racial profiling, racial

disparities with respect to criminal jus-

tice, education, housing, health care, and

the environment; voting rights; treatment

of Indigenous people, Black Americans,

and members of other marginalized racial

and ethnic communities; and immigration

policy.

The Convention has been ratified by

182 countries, including by the United

States in 1994. The Convention requires

each State Party to pursue a policy of

eliminating racial discrimination in all

its forms, including by reviewing and

amending laws and policies that have the

effect of creating or perpetuating racial

discrimination. States Parties are required

to prohibit racial discrimination in the

enjoyment of civil, political, economic,

social and cultural rights, in areas such

as equal treatment before courts, voting

rights, employment, housing, medical

care and education.

Throughout the convening, the U.S.

delegation presented its 2021 report on the

implementation of U.S. obligations under

the Convention. The report documents the

extensive federal and state laws, policies

and programs established to ensure equal

protection and prevent discrimination,

including for health care, housing, education and gender-based violence in Native

communities.

About the U.S. Department of the Interior

The Department of the Interior (DOI)

conserves and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage for the

benefit and enjoyment of the American

people, provides scientific and other information about natural resources and natural hazards to address societal challenges

and create opportunities for the American

people, and honors the Nation’s trust responsibilities or special commitments to

American Indians, Alaska Natives, and

affiliated island communities to help them

prosper.

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Tribe builds

tsunami refuge

tower

The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe dedicated a 50-foot tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington. (Photo courtesy of Washington Emergency Management)

Associated Press

TOKELAND, Wash. — There’s a new option to escape

a tsunami for people on the southwest coast of Washington.

The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe dedicated a 50-foot

tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington, on Friday,

the Northwest News Network reported.

When the next magnitude 9.0 rip of the offshore Cascadia fault zone happens, people on the Pacific Northwest coast will have some 15 to 35 minutes to get to high

ground to escape a possible tsunami.

Tokeland is on a long, flat peninsula with no high

ground within walking or running distance for many

there.

Shoalwater tribal council member Lynn Clark said at

the dedication ceremony that the tower will save lives.

Tribal leaders and the Federal Emergency Management

Agency said it should be an example and inspiration for

other vulnerable coastal communities.

The tribe’s emergency management director, Ken

Ufkin, said he can sleep better now that the sturdy, double-decker tsunami refuge tower exists. The tower stands

close to the midpoint of the nearly 3-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) Tokeland Peninsula.

“This allows folks even if it’s 2:30 in the morning in

your pajamas to scoop up your family and make it here

in a very short amount of time – in under a 15-minute

window for nearly everyone from Tokeland Point to the

heart of the reservation,” Ufkin said.

The tower will be open to all in a disaster. The tower platforms have a capacity of more than 400 people,

which is considerably more than the tribal population of

the small Shoalwater Bay reservation.

The Tokeland evacuation tower resembles free-standing tsunami towers built in Japan, but officials said it's

the first of its type in North America. Two other tsunami

refuges on the Northwest coast — in Newport, Oregon,

and Westport, Washington — are reinforced platforms on

the roofs of a school or university building.

Design engineer Cale Ash, who worked on the Tokeland tower for Degenkolb Engineers, said tsunami experts modeled the maximum wave height near the mouth

of Willapa Bay as 16.3 feet (4.9 meters) and said the design team rounded up to 20.2 feet (6.1 meters) to be safe.

He said the floor of the lower platform is 33 feet (10 meters) above the ground and the floor of the upper platform

is 43 feet (13.1 meters) high.

Ash also said at the dedication that the tower rests on

concrete pilings that go 55 feet (16.7 meters) deep to

withstand violent shaking of the soft, sandy soils of the

peninsula.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided $3.8 million toward the design and construction of the

Tokeland tower. The Shoalwater Bay tribe contributed an

additional $1.2 million to complete the budget.

The most likely next place in the Northwest to build a

tsunami evacuation tower is the town of Ocean Shores,

Washington, which is working with Degenkolb on a design.

Some emergency planners have qualms about relying

on vertical evacuation structures because it leaves a potentially large number of people in a disaster zone who

will need to be rescued later.

Ufkin and others say, however, that reaching safety quickly by driving away is unlikely to be an option

if a major earthquake buckles roads and topples power

poles in low-lying places such as Tokeland – or in Ocean

Shores and Long Beach, Washington, and parts of Seaside and Warrenton, Oregon, for example too.

Geologists and emergency planners consider the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault among the most significant

disaster threats in the U.S. The offshore fault last ruptured

in January 1700, spawning a tsunami that reached all the

way across the Pacific to Japan.

Hopi Tutuveni August 17, 2022

Warren opens investigation into state-imposed abortion restrictions

and their impacts on women’s access to health care

News Release

Office of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Warren Highlights Horrific Accounts of State Abortion Bans

Resulting in Denial of Pregnancy Care, Reproductive Care, and

Non-Reproductive Health Care; Seeks Information from Five

Leading Health Care Organizations

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe

v. Wade, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

opened an investigation into how state abortion bans enacted

by rightwing legislators have affected women’s access to urgent and critical pregnancy care, reproductive care, and even

non-reproductive health care. Senator Warren’s investigation

comes on the heels of reports from across the country highlighting shocking stories from women in states that have enacted

radical abortion bans and criminalized health care. Senator Warren wrote to five leading organizations representing physicians,

nurses, pharmacists, and other health care providers to gather

more information: the American Medical Association, Physicians for Reproductive Health, National Nurses United, the

American Pharmacists Association, and the American Hospital

Association.

“These initial reports are a harbinger of the threats faced by

millions of women under state-imposed abortion bans and by

their providers who took an oath to ‘do no harm.’ And as more

states restrict abortion access, they will only multiply,” wrote

Senator Warren.

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn

Roe, rightwing legislatures across the country have enacted

highly restrictive abortion bans: at least ten states have banned

abortion outright, four states have prohibited abortions after six

weeks of pregnancy, three states will outlaw abortion in a matter of weeks, and five states have abortion bans in place that

are only temporarily blocked by judges. Despite over 75% of

Americans opposing such radical restrictions, virtually none of

these bans have exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape

or incest.

In the letters, Senator Warren highlights horrifying accounts

from Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri, and Ohio that show how the

effects of abortion restrictions have extended far beyond abortion care – women have been unable to receive critical pregnancy care, reproductive care, and even non-reproductive health

care:

In Wisconsin, a woman “bled for more than ten days from an

incomplete miscarriage after emergency room staff would not

remove the fetal tissue.” Hospital staff feared the consequences

of violating state laws “amid a confusing legal landscape” set

off by the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

In Texas, a woman was denied medical care for days after her

water broke in the 18th week of her pregnancy, despite vomiting, passing clots of blood and yellow discharge, and exhibiting

signs of infection. The chance of survival for her fetus was “as

close to zero as you’ll ever get in medicine.” But because there

was still a fetal heartbeat and Texas’s abortion ban offers no

definition for its “medical emergency” exception, the hospital

ethics committee did not approve treatment until her discharge

was “foul” and “(e)nough to make her retch.”

In Missouri, one of the largest hospital systems in St. Louis

stopped providing emergency contraception such as Plan B because of ambiguities in the state’s abortion ban, one that has no

exceptions for rape or incest. The hospital system was only able

to reverse course when the state’s attorney general issued guidance stating that contraception was not covered by the abortion

ban.

In Ohio, a clinic received calls from two women with ectopic

pregnancies who said that their doctors would not treat them.

Ectopic pregnancies, which occur in one out of every 50 pregnancies, definitionally cannot be carried to term and can quickly

become life-threatening emergencies.

Methotrexate — a drug used by patients suffering from certain cancers and auto-immune diseases—has become less accessible to women because it can be used to induce abortions.

Reports indicate that “some doctors have already stopped prescribing methotrexate rather than risk falling afoul of antiabortion laws.” In one instance, a pharmacist in Texas refused to dispense methotrexate to an eight-year-old girl because “(f)emales

of possible child bearing potential have to have (a) diagnosis on

hard copy with state abortion laws.”

Senator Warren is asking each health care organization to assist in her investigation to better understand the effects of radical abortion bans on health care access, including pregnancy

care (such as care for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies),

reproductive care (such as emergency contraception and fertility services), and any other form of health care. She is requesting

that each organization respond to her questions about the effects

of abortion bans on patients and providers, the guidance provided by these organizations about state-imposed abortion bans,

and how the federal government can respond to these bans by

September 9, 2022.

As access to abortion care and health care is under attack by

the extremist Supreme Court and Republican state legislatures,

Senator Warren has called on the government to use every tool

to expand and protect reproductive care:

On August 5, 2022, Senator Warren spoke on the floor of

the Senate about the need to crack down on the deceptive and

misleading practices employed by many crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). Senator Warren also spoke on the need to bring

the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act up for a vote. The

legislation would direct the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit deceptive or misleading advertising that many CPCs use to

dissuade patients from getting the reproductive care they need,

including abortion care.

On August 4, 2022, Senators Warren, Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), outlining concrete

actions HHS can take to help meet President Biden’s goal of

protecting and expanding access to medication abortion.

On July 29, 2022, Senators Warren and Hirono led 23 of

their colleagues in a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA), calling on the VA to take immediate administrative action

to offer abortions and all abortion-related services to veterans

and eligible dependents.

On July 21, 2022, Senators Warren and Ed Markey (D-Mass.)

sent letters to Bark Technologies, Gaggle.net, GoGuardian, and

Securly Inc., raising concerns that the software these companies

use to monitor students’ online activity could be used to criminalize or punish students who are seeking information about

abortion services and reproductive health care.

On July 19, 2022, Senators Warren, Tina Smith (D-Minn.),

and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act, legislation that would

protect access to critical reproductive health care services—like

birth control, cancer screenings, and more—by providing a

consistent and strong source of funding for the Title X Family

Planning Program.

On July 14, 2022, Senators Warren, Cory Booker (D-N.J),

Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and over a dozen Senate Democrats

wrote to President Biden and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra,

urging them to immediately declare national and public health

emergencies over Americans’ access to reproductive care.

On July 11, 2022, Senators Warren and Amy Klobuchar

(D-Minn.) sent letters to Facebook and Instagram, calling on

them to address their reported censorship of posts related to

abortion services, following the Supreme Court’s overturning

of Roe v. Wade.

On July 7, 2022, Senator Warren announced two key data

brokers’ commitments to permanently stop selling the location

data of people seeking abortion services.

On June 23, 2022, Senators Warren and Bob Menendez

(D-N.J.) and Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and

Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion

Disinformation Act, legislation that would crack down on false

advertising that crisis pregnancy centers employ to dissuade patients from getting the reproductive care they need, including

abortion care.

On June 22, 2022, following the Supreme Court’s decision

overturning Roe v. Wade, Senators Warren and Smith wrote an

op-ed in the New York Times laying out the next steps in the

fight to protect the right to an abortion, including calling for the

declaration of a public health emergency.

On June 15, 2022, Senator Warren introduced the Health and

Location Data Protection Act, legislation that bans data brokers

from selling some of the most sensitive data available about everyday Americans: their health and location data.

On June 7, 2022, Senators Warren and Murray led 23 of their

Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to

immediately issue an executive order directing the federal government to develop a national plan to defend Americans’ fundamental reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion.

On May 17, 2022, Senator Warren led thirteen of her Senate

colleagues in letters to two data brokers, demanding answers

about their collection and sale of the cellphone-based location

data of people who visit abortion clinics such as Planned Parenthood.

On May 10, 2022, Senator Warren delivered a speech on the

floor of the United States Senate on the need to protect the constitutional right to an abortion, pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, and fight back against Republican extremism.

On May 9, 2022, Senator Warren wrote an op-ed in Marie

Claire about the need to enshrine the right to an abortion in federal law.

On May 3, 2022, when the draft Supreme Court opinion that

would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked, Senator Warren spoke

on the steps of the Supreme Court twice to activists, protestors,

and the nation about the need to protect abortion rights.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.