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Home Break-ins

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Home Break-ins on the

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CARL ONSAE

HOPI TUTUVENI

Shungopavi, Ariz. - Several home

break-ins had occurred all in early morning between the dates January 19,2010

through February 1, 2020 in the village of

Shungopovi, Ariz. Reports say the three

victim’s houses were broken into during

the early morning hours of 1:00 -2:00

a.m. on that same date. Two houses which

were broken into are located inside of the

village, and one other house was located

right around the Second Mesa Day School

area, where reports say that valuables were

stolen from the residents. Reports say that

the stolen valuables mainly consisted of

house keys, money, and guns.

Lieutenant Qumyintewa from the Hopi

Law Enforcement Services (HLES) stated, “Within the 24-48 hours, three houses

were broken into, and were suspected to

be all linked to the same person or people.” Qumyintewa mentioned that these

houses were targeted because of easy access into the homes.

Another police report stated that a local

gift shop in Shungopovi, Ariz. was broken

into. So far Hopi police reports indicated

that it might be linked to the same person

or people who were responsible for the

multiple break-ins on January 19, 2019

thorough February 1, 2020

HLES stated that no suspects have been

identified as of yet for these robberies but

a continued investigation is still being

conducted.

Qumyintewa also stated that on the

same night of the robberies, a vehicle had

been stolen from an unknown resident in

Shungopovi, Ariz. Qumyintewa stated,

“Officers were dispatched to the houses

that have been burglarized when they got

a call that a vehicle had been stolen from

another house in Shungopovi.”

Officers were quickly dispatched and

found the stolen vehicle at a baseball field

located in Shungopovi, Ariz. where the

vehicle had been abandoned and items

had been taken from the vehicle. No suspects had been identified for that crime,

but suspected have been linked to the robberies in Shungopovi.

HLES is aware of these break-ins and is

keeping a close watch on the village for a

potential suspect or suspects.

Qumyintewa also informed the Hopi

Tutuveni that the Village of Shungopavi

and the HLES conducted a meeting on

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at the local

Village Community Center. The topic of

the robberies were discussed with a goal

of working towards bringing awareness to

the community about the break-ins, prevention of future crimes like the break-ins

and possible resolutions to the situation.

As of the publication date, no reports or

updates about the meeting outcomes have

been issued to Hopi Tutuveni.

HLES wants the public to know that

we live in a time where you cannot leave

your car door or even your house door unlocked anymore.

Qumyintewa stated, “Please lock all

your doors especially during our ceremonies and holidays when the houses are

empty.” If you are going on travel please

tell a neighbor or a family member to

check on your house. Qumyintewa also

stated that it is best to buy motion detector lights and place them on your house

to deter any robbers. If at all possible, it

is recommended that homeowners install

home surveillance kits, which can be easily purchased at any Wal-Mart or Home

Depot at an affordable price.

For further information regarding these

incidents please call HLES at (928) 7347340 or if you have any information

regarding this matter and want to stay

anonymous, a Silent Witness line is also

available at (928)738-8477.

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

LEGALS

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

NAU seeks high school students to bring creative reporting

aspirations to the 2020 Andy Harvey Broadcast Journalism Workshop

High school students at the NAU Andy Harvey Broadcast Journalism Workshop learn how to navigate broadcast equipment to tell their stories. Photo courtesy

of Northern Arizona University

For immediate release:

(Flagstaff, Ariz.) February 10,

2020 – Twenty-five high school

students will tune into college

life and the opportunity to produce professional radio and television productions during the

Andy Harvey Broadcast Journalism Workshop at Northern

Arizona University from June

14–20, 2020.

During seven days living on

the Flagstaff campus, students

work alongside the staff of the

area’s only local news station

NAZ Today and faculty from

the NAU School of Communication. Attendees experience college-level workshops and classes

while training on professional

digital equipment to learn how to

report a story, shoot it and edit it

for a live broadcast.

Named after Andy Harvey

(1976-2012), a former television

reporter at KPNX in Phoenix

and NAU Journalism alumnus

who also worked for the Navajo

Nation Department of Diné Education, the workshop began in

2012 to “increase Arizona broadcasters’ higher education engagement for Native Americans,”

says Paul Helford, Principal Lecturer for NAU’s Creative Media

and Film studies and School of

Communication Workshop Director.

Students can choose their own

broadcast topics, which have

ranged from stories about health

and the environment and real-life

reporting on local people, businesses, non-profits and more.

Keanu Jones, now a senior

working on a Bachelor in Fine

Arts at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico, attended the 2015 workshop.

“The workshop

Cont. On Page 16

NAU ranks high in nation for indigenous student success

The Native American Cultural Center at Northern Arizona University is a resource for all of campus and community to learn about and celebrate indigenous

cultures.

For immediate release

(Flagstaff, Ariz.) February 10,

2020 – Northern Arizona University’s commitment to Native

American/Indigenous students is

rising on its campuses and in national rankings. NAU awards degrees to Native students at some

of the highest rates in the nation.

“Current rankings reflect that

Northern Arizona University is

standing behind its strategic goal

to become the nation’s leading

university serving Native Americans,” says NAU President Rita

Cheng.

NAU’s success with Native

students received numerous 2019

high rankings. Diverse Issues in

Higher Education reported the

university has nine top rankings

for awarding American Indian/

Alaska Native students bache-

lor’s degrees.

Based on data from four-year

public institutions throughout the

United States, NAU ranks first

in awarding bachelor’s degrees

to Native American students in

public health and management

information systems and services. The university is second

for awarding bachelor’s degrees

to Native Americans in dental

support services and allied pro-

fessions. Additional 2019 top

rankings are in engineering,

liberal arts, biological sciences,

nursing, and hospitality.

The 2019 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

ranked NAU second in the nation

for minority Fiscal Year Completions for Master’s/Doctorate Degrees, and third for Graduate Fall

Enrollment.

“We continue to support our

strategic goal, not just in words,

but with multifaceted action,”

says Chad Hamill, vice president for NAU’s Office of Native

American Initiatives.

NAU’s Native American Cultural Center serves as the primary

hub for indigenous engagement

on campus. As the only facility

of its kind in Arizona, the center provides “home away from

home” support Cont. On Page 16

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU?

Andrea Siow

Hopi Special Diabetes

Program

For Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. –

January 29, 2020. Every

year, thousands of Americans write goals to better themselves in the upcoming months; however,

keeping these goals can be

more difficult, and less fun,

than we originally thought.

But don’t fret, if your intention is to get moving,

and start making healthier choices this year, “GO

WITH THAT MINDSET”

See where it takes you one

day at a time, and keep that

positive attitude going.

The Hopi Special Diabetes Program – Hopi

Wellness Center, located

on highway 264, northeast

of Kykotsmovi Village,

kicked off 2020 with the

New Year Kick Start Challenge. The challenge began

January 6, 2020, and ends

on February 28, 2020.

As a way to get started

off on a healthy foot for

the year and begin steps

in creating healthy habits,

the Hopi Wellness Center chose to focus on the

areas of self-motivation,

hydration, nutrition, cutting down on sugary treats,

eating more fruits & vegetables, being physically

active 30 minutes or more,

and getting a minimum of

seven hours of sleep each

night. Participants were

required to complete a

fitness profile, and do a

weekly weigh-in throughout the challenge. Nearing

the close of our first month

of the challenge, many of

the participants reached

milestones in their overall

wellness, and are experiencing the successes and

challenges in creating consistent healthy habits.

One participant shared,

“I was diagnosed as being

a diabetic a year and a half

ago, and I wasn’t really

educated about diabetes.

So at a certain point, my

blood sugar was over 200,

and I didn’t understand the

impact that it was having

on me as my doctor said

it was dangerous. So I researched. In the long run,

I’ve made changes to keep

myself healthy, and I was

pleased that last week my

blood glucose count was

90, and my blood pressure

has been quite normal.”

What an amazing success. The ultimate journey

begins with each of us;

however, you do not have

to do it alone. Part of the

excitement of being on this

journey can come from

being a part of a bigger

movement with others who

are striving for their goals

of good health & wellness,

just like you. Here, at the

Hopi Wellness Center,

we value team work, and

strive each year to provide

programs and activities

that help to encourage,

motivate, and promote

wellness and self-empowerment.

We invite the community to contact the Hopi

Wellness Center on the

programs and services that

are provided. We also encourage community members to come and utilize the

Fitness Center that is free

to use. For more information, you may call (928)

734-3432.

We are off to a good start

with the New Year Kick

Start Challenge, however, do not feel like your

journey to better health

has to start with each new

year. Instead, the second

the thought of making a

change, and making that

first action step, is already

success. Now, the journey is to take action upon

it every day, and surpass

the challenges that are

to come. Know that it is

possible, and know that

the Hopi Special Diabetes

Program staff is here to

help educate, and motivate

you, along the way. We

look forward to seeing the

community at our upcoming activities in 2020.

Hopi Tribal Council Accepts

$720K DOJ Victim of Crimes

Grant, Cont.

it did not get awarded.

In 2019, Joelynn Ashley, Director, Department of Public Safety through the

Office of the Executive Director, Office

of Financial Management and Building

Communities began the application process for the three-year grant.

Discussion and questions from Hopi

Tribal Council members revealed that

the application for the grant occurred

through the Office of Executive Director

and Building Communities Consultant, a

consultant of the Hopi Tribe. Other individuals, which Dorma Sahneyah, Executive Director of the Hopi Tribe/President

of the Hopi Tewa Women’s Coalition to

End Abuse named as having involvement

in the application process included Carrie

Onsae, Executive Director for the Hopi

Tewa Women’s Coalition To End Abuse

and other staff members of the Coalition, including Sahneyah’s daughter Kim

Tacheene.

Further questions and discussions led to

explanation that the program, if accepted,

would be placed under the Department

of Public Safety & Emergency Services.

Tribal Council members reminded the

Executive Director that since it is not currently present in the Tribe’s Organizational Chart, that step would need to be completed.

Tribal Council members expressed concerns for how the “appearance of a conflict” may be present due to Sahneyah being the Board President of the HTWCEA

and that because of the appearance, there

needed to be a measure in place which

protects the Hopi Tribe as well as Ms.

Sahneyah. It was recommended by some

Council members that Sahneyah recuse

herself from any further involvement and

discussions surrounding the grant as a

condition of approving the acceptance of

the grant.

Council members made a point to express that they were not against a program,

which could service victims however they

expressed concerns for the optics of how

the grant was applied for and that ethical

protections needed to be in place before

accepting any funds.

Council members also presented questions about the longevity of the program

and asked whether it was expected that

the Tribe would have to fund the program

in the future. Due to the recent approval

of the budget and concerns for having to

fund some grant programs on a very limited budget, members adamantly expressed

the need to have it specified in the resolution to ensure the Tribe was not expected

to fund the program should it not acquire

continued funds after the three-year grant

cycle in 2022.

Hopi Tutuveni requested information

about the Action Item and Resolution via

the Hopi Tribal Secretary’s Office Information Request procedure on February 7,

2020. A reply and some of the requested

documents were received on February 10,

2020 from the Office of the Secretary. On

February 18, 2020, just a few hours before

publication submission, Hopi Tutuveni received a final copy of Resolution H-0182020.

According to the information received,

Resolution H-018-2020 specifies, “BE IT

FURTHER RESOLVED that by 2022 if

this program should no longer be funded

that the Tribe is not obligated to pick up

the program…and “that the Tribal Treasurer is authorized to accept and expend

said funds in accordance with the Hopi

Tribal Fiscal Management Policy.”

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Kidnapping Threat Is Higher For Native Women, So They're

Learning Self-Defense

Self-defense student Megan Fleury holds her hands up and faces a potential assailant. Robin Lubbock/WBUR

Quincy Walters

NPR News

On a recent Saturday in Everett, Mass.,

Native American women have gathered to

learn some self-defense techniques. Before the class starts, sage is burned and instructor Shanda Poitra smudges and asks

any Native energies to be with her.

“I just prayed, in my mind, thanking

[the] Creator for opportunities and being

with me today and helping really get the

point across today,” Poitra says.

The point?

Native women have a basic right to protect themselves.

The women at this particular class come

from tribes in Massachusetts, North Da-

Utah task force probes murdered

and missing Indigenous women

Photo by original poster

kota and El Salvador. They learn how to

recognize threats, how to de-escalate confrontational situations and how to strike

an attacker in the groin.

The class culminates with Poitra teaching attendees how to defend themselves

against someone who tries to sexually assault them while they’re sleeping. She lies

on her stomach on the floor and a man gets

Associated Press

Rep. Angela Romero

would bring together lawmakers, researchers, tribes

and law enforcement

PROVO, Utah (AP) —

Native American women

face a murder rate that is

more than 10 times the national average, according

to federal statistics, and a

Utah lawmaker wants to

address the violence.

Democratic state Rep.

Angela Romero said her

top priority this year is her

proposal to create a task

force aimed at studying violence against indigenous

women, the Daily Herald

in Provo reported.

“Native American wom-

on top of her.

“I wait for his full body pressure to

come on. Once his full body pressure is

on me ...” Poitra says to the class, before

pulling off what she calls “an explosive

move.”

While still on her stomach, Poitra lifts

her right left toward her chest and leverages all of that

Cont. On Page 14

en are at a higher risk than

any other demographic

when it comes to sexual violence and domestic

abuse,” Romero said.

Those crimes can be

particularly

challenging

because they often involve

many different agencies.

If a crime happens on a

Native American reservation, the investigation can

involve tribal police, local

police, and state and federal law enforcement.

“We need to find a way

to ensure that all these

entities are connecting

and working together so

that people aren’t falling

through the cracks,” she

said.

Her plan would bring

together lawmakers, re-

searchers, tribes and law

enforcement. It would

also include an advocate

for victims, a voice that is

sometimes isn’t heard on

projects like this, Romero

said.

“For me, it was really

important to have Native

voices and to have a balance of law enforcemen

… and individuals who

are trying to do preventative work in this area,” she

said.

Romero is working with

Republican Sen. David

Hinkins, whose district includes the Utah portion of

the Navajo Nation, which

also stretches into Arizona

and New Mexico. He has

said the issue is an important one

Cont. On Page 14

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

History again? Voters could send another Native woman to Congress

Photo by original poster

Aliyah Chavez

Indian Country Today

Wisconsin special election Tuesday will

decide the next step in Tricia Zunker’s

campaign #NativeVote20

When Tricia Zunker isn’t working as

an associate justice of the Ho-Chunk Supreme Court or campaigning to be elected

to Congress, she collects baskets.

Sometimes she sees them while she

passes by an antique store or at an estate

sale. She buys and adds them to the small

basket gallery she built in her home.

Zunker says Ho-Chunk basketmakers

created the containers as a way to make

ends meet. The baskets have always been

sold and traded. Zunker’s grandmother

James Anderson

Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — The

Trump administration on

Tuesday hosted the first of

two hearings on its proposal to speed energy and other projects by rolling back

a landmark environmental

law. Opponents from Western states argued the longterm benefits of keeping

the environmental reviews.

Among other changes,

President Donald Trump

wants to limit public reviews of projects — a process that’s enshrined in the

National Environmental

Policy Act signed in 1970

by President Richard Nix-

and other relatives were basketmakers.

“Not only are they (Ho-Chunk baskets)

beautiful, but to me, they represent perseverance and resilience,” Zunker says. “I

know without that ability to earn a livelihood through these baskets, I might very

well not be here today.”

Zunker is running as a Democrat in a

special congressional election to represent

Wisconsin’s 7th district. Tuesday voters

will head to the polls to decide if Zunker will win her party’s nomination and

advance to the state’s general election in

May.

If elected, Zunker would be the third

Native woman elected to Congress— and

she would serve alongside Reps. Sharice

Davids, Ho-Chunk, and Deb Haaland, La-

on. The administration

also wants to allow project

sponsors to participate at

an early stage of drafting

federal environmental impact statements.

Dozens of environmental and tribal activists testified at the Denver hearing

of the president’s Council

on Environmental Quality.

The act “is not just a tool

to reduce impacts to the

environment,” said Gwen

Lachelt. a commissioner in

Colorado’s La Plata County. “It’s a basic tool of democracy.”

Representatives of oil

and gas groups countered

that multiyear environmental reviews of pipelines,

coal mines and renewable

energy projects kill jobs.

increase costs and often

outlast a project’s economic feasibility.

That proposed changes

chagrined Jeannie Crumly,

a rancher from Nebraska

who has fought construction of the Keystone XL

oil pipeline for more than

a decade. President Barack

Obama canceled the project, only to have it resurrected by Trump.

“We’ve learned over the

10 years in our dealings

with the pipeline supporters about falsehoods,” said

Crumly, sporting a “No Oil

on Our Soil” button. “The

Cont. On Page 14

guna Pueblo, in the 116th Congress.

Zunker’s congressional bid came after

Republican Rep. Sean Duffy resigned in

September to spend more time with his

family.

Since then, Zunker has been campaigning “non-stop” throughout Wisconsin’s

7th congressional district. It is a place

home to 26 counties and accounts for

roughly one-third of the state of Wisconsin. There are also nine reservations in this

district.

Her congressional bid is an opportunity

to not only address pressing issues but for

“real representation,” she says.

If elected, Zunker would be the first

woman to ever represent Wisconsin’s 7th

district in Congress.

“This is another overdue representation,” Zunker said. “And people shouldn’t

vote for me because I am a woman. They

should vote for me because I am a qualified Indigenous woman who is going to

get the job done. It is high time my Indigenous relatives, our young girls and

our women see themselves reflected in

congressional leadership. Representation

matters.”

Some of the policies important to Zunker include access to affordable healthcare,

tackling Big Pharma, protecting the environment, reforming campaign finance,

instituting livable wages, reforming criminal justice and improving education.

And she has the background to get the

job done.

Zunker, a first-generation student, received her law degree from the University

of California in Los Angeles. She also has

a bachelor’s degree in three programs and

a certificate within four years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

In 2013, Zunker was elected to be an associate justice of the Ho-Chunk Supreme

Court. She has served for nearly seven

years. Zunker also serves on the Wausau

School Board.

“In that capacity, I have worked on

state-wide efforts to retire Native American mascots, logos, nicknames, imagery

and symbols in our public schools as a

matter of educational policy,” Zunker

said.

Zunker has raised more then $145,000

for her campaign since Oct. 2, according

to data from the Federal Election Commission.

She runs against another Democrat to

win her party’s nomination. Her opponent

is Lawrence Dale, who is an insurance

salesperson. Dale unsuccessfully ran for

this position as a Green Party candidate in

2014.

Tomorrow night Zunker says she will

be surrounded by friends and supporters

at a campaign party in a local restaurant.

She says she “fully expects a victory” and

looks forward to May’s general election.

Trump plan is 'a

direct

effrontery to

the sovereignty

of Native

Americans'

Juan Mancias, Chairman of the Carrizo / Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. (Photo: Angel Amaya of

Western Organization of Resource Councils)

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

Cross Word Puzzle

Hopilavit - Clans and Places

Find the English words

for the Hopi words.

Across

2. Mamqasi

5. Sipala

7. Töövu

9. Tuutsama

10. Kiihu

11. Soohu

12. Sawya

15. Pono

16. Moosa

Down

1. Mooho

2. Wiipala

4. Sungwa

5. Tumna

6. Maqto

8. Mana

10. Muki

12. Tiyo

14. Sikwi

15. Tukpu

Answers in next issue

Answers for February 5th edition

Across

5. Apple, 6. Arrow, 7. Tomorrow, 11. Tobacco, 13. Badger, 16. Language, 17. Drink, 20. Think,

21. Ladder, 23. Feed, 24. Turtle, 25. Nice

Down

1. Snow, 2. All, 3. Parrot, 4. Cattail, 8. Mustardseed, 9. Work, 10, Tea, 12, Bow, 14, Rained, 15, Breeze,

18. Ground, 19. Listen, 22. Drum

Call 928-734-3283 for hints or answers

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New Perspective - Education

by: Carl Onsae

Submit your comics to

consae@hopi.nsn.us

Drawing comics is a great way to show your

drawing skills and your side of Hopi Humor.

If you have the skill and the humor to draw comics

for the Hopi Tutuveni

Call 928-734-3283

To find out more information.

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Tutuveni. Name of artist will be

displayed and not edited when submitted. Hopi Tutuveni has

the right to publish submitted comics.

T A L A S T I M A Z I W U T A A P Q T A P I

A F O T O P S I K Y A F D W U Y A A U P A W

A N N T E P N G Y A M B G X L F L W W I A K

W U G M A Y G N S U W G N A P Q A I A I Q U

A V T W M A Y G N P O K O O K A V N N S A T

N A U K U M A Y G N E E L D K L A P G A P U

G N P Z B S M A Y G N P I P A A K I Y M N U

Y G Q L E B N G Y A M X W V T N Y O A B G T

A Y A I M M A Y G N A N O H S G E K M Q Y M

M A S N G Y A M Y X A R M D I Y E O A M A A

T M A Y G N K O T A O S B W N A K U Y A M Y

A K W A A N G Y A M M C N V N M Y N G Y A G

P I I K Y A S N G Y A M U G G R E G N G Q N

N B D I P W A H A H E S T O Y B K Y N N Y L

G C P A A I S N G Y A M R C A A D A O U U O

Y X M A Y G N S O Q I P C D M Z M M H S T V

A W A T N G Y A M Z M A Y N G N O H T T N O

M M A Y G N R A Y K Y E L N G Y A M H X U O

K O O K Y A N G W N G Y A M A Y A O O Q S P

Clans

Masngyam (Maasaw)

Wuya (Ancestor)

Honangyam (Badger)

Asngyam (Mustard)

Mowi (Female Inlaw)

Honngyam (Bear)

Kyarngyam (Parrot)

Qöö’aya (Matriarch)

Piqösngyam (Bear

Tapngyam (Rabbit)

Places

Strap)

Paaqapngyam (Reed)

Alavakyeekye (Albuq.

Awatngyam (Bow)

Tuwangyam (Sand)

NM)

Poovolngyam (ButterTsungyam (Snake)

Paatuwi (Big Mt. or

fly)

Nuvangyam (Snow)

Black Mesa)

Piikyasngyam (Young

Kyelngyam (Sparrow

Suntuyqa (Balakai

Corn)

Hawk)

Mesa) Talastima (Blue

Isngyam (Coyote)

Kookyangwngyam

Canyon)

Atokngyam (Crane)

(Spider) Taawangyam

Morova (Burro Spring)

Angwusngyam (Crow)

(Sun)

Yot.se’hahawpi (CheveKwaangyam (Eagle)

Qalangyam (Sun Forelon Buttes)

Kookopngyam (Fire)

head)

Qawinpi (Gray Mt.)

Tepngyam (GreasePipngyam (Tobacco)

Masiipa (Shonto

wood) Leengyam

Paaisngyam (Water

Spring)

(Flute)

Coyote)

Ongtupqa (Grand

Hongyam (Juniper)

Clan Words

Canyon)

Katsinngyam (Kachina) Ngyam (Clan)

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

Larry’s Corner

Larry is Starting a Podcast

-What is that?

By LARRY The CAT

The Hopi Tutuveni

When I was around 7 or 8 years old,

my mother and I would take trips to

the local border towns, and when we

travelled in our 1990 Ford Station

Wagon we would listen to the radio.

I remember her favorite song would

be “Man! I Feel like a Woman!” by

Shania Twain, and being a mush head

kitten I would scream at the top of my

lungs: “MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!” every time that came up on the

radio. Now at that time, 90’s country

was all the rage and my mother and I,

were no stranger to the 90’s All-Time

Country Hits.

See, radio stations have always fascinated me, and sometimes I would

pretend to have a radio station called

“107.5 Weird Hopi Hits” where I

would play random 80’s and 90’s

cartoon theme songs, with a mixture

of Hopi traditional songs on my Walkman©, and I would play that in my

room all day. I would pretend to be the

number one rated DJ named “DJ Cool

Cat Larry” and everyone would love

me.

When the Hopi reservation got its

first and only local radio station in the

early 2000’s I was happy because I

thought I had a real shot at being DJ

Cool Cat Larry, and would have my

picture on billboards plastered all over

the Hopi reservation, and I would be

a local celebrity and everyone would

love me…but that never happened. So

I became a storyteller and a writer that

writes for the local Hopi newspaper

instead.

When I was in high school, I failed

English Writing 101 not once but

twice, because my sentence structures

were not considered a “white man-ish”

type of writing. See, my first language

was English and even I failed my first

language. But now that I learned Hopi,

I am not very good at that either, I still

stutter and pronounce Hopi words

wrong, but I’m learning and keep

talking. So you see it’s very hard to be

kind-of-sort-of bilingual and write a

composition paper, like a white man,

with proper English grammar and

structure.

Here on the Hopi reservation we

have broken English because we speak

like how we talk Hopi, in short precise

sentences that takes a long time to get

to the point, so my writings are no different.

On the Hopi reservation no one talks

about the importance of the Hopi language as a first language. It’s like we

assume to always talk in the white

man’s language first then learn our

own language and heritage second.

I say, speaking your native tongue is

nothing to be embarrassed about. We

should be proud that we still kind-of

have our Hopi language and that even

though we don’t speak it correctly, at

least we are still trying to preserve our

language and still trying to keep that

part of Hopi alive.

I know that most of our Hopi children do not know how to speak the

Hopi language, nor do they know

about all the Hopi culture and the

customs, so whom should we blame?

Who should we blame that our culture

is slowly fading away? Do we blame

the white man for killing our culture,

or do we blame ourselves for letting

it happen? Or, do we put blame aside

and worry about preserving the Hopi

culture and start making a difference.

With that thought, our children don’t

know how to properly speak English

as well, so we are stuck in the middle

of not knowing how to speak the Hopi

language nor the English language. I

guess that’s why in today’s society, we

have this “Hop-lish” language that we

conjured up.

But all in all I feel proud that I cannot really talk like a white man or

make a complete sentence without

ending in prepositions. But as a modern day Hopi cat, I can clearly say that

we are trying to make an effort to learn

and preserve the Hopi language and

culture.

My advice to you is, never be embarrassed about your culture or your

heritage where ever you come from,

just remember who you are and never

let anyone take that away.

I have been writing for the local

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newspaper for almost 2 years now and

I thank them for putting my opinion

column in the newspaper. I guess I

must sound pretty cool or something

like that. And, I have grown to be kind

of like a local celebrity…kind of.

So I am proudly announcing that I

will have a Podcast called “LARRY’S

PODCAST Advice from a Hopi Cat”.

Which will be accessible and air on

“most-all” streaming devices, like

phones, tablets, etc. and will be every

two weeks. This podcast will consist

of me talking to special guests that will

sit down in my studio and chat on the

assimilation of Hopi and how, we as

a Hopi society are dealing with everyday modern life.

To those of you that don’t know what

a podcast is, I will explain. A podcast

is kind of like the radio but kind of different from the radio all at the same

time. It’s different because you can listen to the podcast at any time, on any

devise, like a smart phone or computer

and according to which podcast you

pick and it’s all on the Internet.

I do have a Facebook page now, so

look up “LARRY THE HOPI CAT” on

Facebook and like the page, I will have

a website soon so look out for that.

I will keep writing for the Hopi Tutuveni but this podcast is an addition

to my writings. So if you want to hear

what I sound like, keep a look out for

my podcast.

United States Currents

Trump plans on taking $3.8 billion

from Pentagon for border wall

Photo by original poster

Christopher Scragg

Cronkite News

WASHINGTON – The

Trump

administration

plans to tap the Pentagon

for another $3.8 billion in

military funds to pay for

border wall construction

this year, a move critics

blasted as “theft,” a raid

and a money grab.

The fund transfers, detailed in Defense Department budget documents

uncovered

Thursday,

would use money that had

been budgeted for two

F-35 fighters, two C-130J

cargo planes, drones and

other equipment. The plan

also targets $1.3 billion

that was originally allocated for National Guard

units from all four branches of the military.

This move comes a year

after the White House diverted $3.6 billion from

military construction projects to the wall that President Donald Trump famously promised during

his 2016 election cam-

paign would be paid for by

Mexico.

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick,

D-Arizona, said in a statement released by her office

Thursday that Trump is

“now trying to steal money

from our National Guard

to pay for his vanity wall

project.”

“It is alarming to see

President Trump raid defense accounts – without

any Congressional oversight or approval,” Kirkpatrick’s statement said.

“Not only does this action

disregard our separation of

powers and constitutional

system, it also compromises our national security by

taking away valuable resources.”

A Pentagon spokesman

said the Defense Department supports the transfer

of funds that will officially

be used by the Department

of Homeland Security for

drug interdiction efforts

along the border.

“The Department of

Defense is committed to

supporting the Department

of Homeland Security’s

efforts to secure the southern border by constructing

fences and roads and installing lighting to block

drug smuggling corridors,”

said Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell.

He said the request for

funds came from DHS last

month, “asking for assistance blocking drug-smuggling corridors on federal

land along the southern

border.”

In the budget document

detailing the transfer, the

Pentagon said DHS had

listed “vehicle barriers, pedestrian fencing and new

lighting as necessary tools

to ‘impede and deny drug

smuggling activities.’”

The Pentagon justified

each of the more than one

dozen appropriations slated for transfer, along with

an explanation describing

the targeted items as excessive, unnecessary or inconsistent with modernization

goals. Most of the items

were also labeled as

Cont. On Page 15

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said

Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to

speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Department of Homeland Security said waiving

procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California,

Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The 10 waived laws include requirements for having open competition, justifying selections and receiving all bonding from a contractor

before any work can begin.

The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf,

is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him

sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers. Secretaries under President Donald Trump have issued 16 waivers, and President George W. Bush issued

five, but Tuesday's announcement marks the first time

that waivers have applied to federal procurement rules.

Previously they were used to waive environmental impact reviews.

The Trump administration said it expects the waivers

will allow 94 miles (150 kilometers) of wall to be built

this year, bringing the Republican president closer to his

pledge of about 450 miles (720 kilometers) since taking

office and making it one of his top domestic priorities. It

said the other 83 miles (133 kilometers) covered by the

waivers may get built this year.

"Under the president's leadership, we are building

more wall, faster than ever before," the department said

in a statement.

The move is expected to spark criticism that the administration is overstepping its authority, but legal challenges

have failed. In 2018, a federal judge in San Diego rejected arguments by California and environmental advocacy

groups that the secretary's broad powers should have an

expiration date. An appeals court upheld the ruling last

year.

Congress gave the secretary power to waive laws in

areas of high illegal crossings in 2005 in a package of

emergency spending for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

and minimum standards for state-issued identification

cards. The Senate approved it unanimously, with support

from Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The

House passed it with strong bipartisan support; then-Rep.

Bernie Sanders voted against it.

The waivers, to be published in the Federal Register,

apply to projects that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

will award in six of nine Border Patrol sectors on the

Mexican border: San Diego and El Centro in California;

Yuma and Tucson in Arizona; El Paso, which spans New

Mexico and west Texas, and Del Rio, Texas.

The administration said the waivers will apply to

contractors that have already been vetted. In May, the

Army Corps named 12 companies to compete for Pentagon-funded contracts.

The Army Corps is tasked with awarding $6.1 billion

that the Department of Defense transferred for wall construction last year after Congress gave Trump only a fraction of the money. The administration has been able to

spend that money during legal challenges.

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

Trump administration seeks $1.5

billion to revive uranium mining

White Mesa Uranium Mill near Blanding, Utah. (Creative Commons photo)

Brady McCombs and

Ellen Knickmeyer

Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump

administration is asking Congress for $1.5

billion over 10 years to create a new national stockpile of U.S.-mined uranium,

saying that propping up U.S. uranium production in the face of cheaper imports is a

matter of vital energy security.

But some Democratic lawmakers, and

market analysts across the political spectrum, charge that the Trump administration’s overall aim is really about helping

a few uranium companies that can’t compete in the global market. Demand for the

nuclear fuel has languished worldwide

since Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster.

U.S. uranium production has plummeted

96% in the last five years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported

Thursday.

Trump made the request for a new national uranium reserve in his 2021 budget

request this week — the latest illustration

that trying to rescue the U.S. nuclear and

coal industries is a political priority for the

Republican president who often invokes

national security as justification.

“It’s not the responsibility of the taxpayer to bail out an industry, whether that’s

uranium, solar, coal, what have you,” said

Katie Tubb, a senior energy policy analyst

at the conservative Washington Heritage

Foundation.

The Energy Department said the plan

would boost work for at least a couple of

the U.S. West’s nearly dormant uranium

operations, although residents near one

of the mines say they fear an increase in

radioactive threats. Last year energy companies asked the administration to require

U.S. nuclear power plants to source one

fifth of their uranium fuel from domestic

sources, arguing that an over-reliance on

foreign suppliers posed a national security

risk. That request was rejected.

One proposed project could be at Bears

Ears National Monument. According to

The Salt Lake Tribune, “Energy Fuels,

whose Utah operations surround Bears

Ears National Monument, was one of two

uranium producers that had petitioned the

Trump administration to impose uranium

quotas on the nuclear power industry, requiring it to domestically source a certain

percentage of its fuel needs. Trump turned

down the request and instead impaneled

the Nuclear Fuel Working Group, which

has since offered recommendations that

remain under wraps.”

Another uranium facility that is currently idled is near Ute Mountain Reservation

in Utah. The White Mesa Mill reduced its

staff last month, laying off nearly a third

of its workforce. White Mesa is the last

conventional uranium mill in the U.S.

“Whatever Trump does, we’ll be standing our ground to let the people know that

we’re not going to give up,” said Yolanda

Badback, a resident of White Mesa, Utah,

a town of 200 people on the Ute Mountain

Indian Reservation that is near a uranium

mill in southern Utah.

Trump’s plan would need approval

from a highly partisan Congress. Rep.

Raul Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat and

chairman of the House Natural Resources

Committee, has opposed Trump’s effort

to make domestic uranium mining a strategic issue, His aides said they needed to

see more details from the administration

on the stockpile proposal.

Demand for nuclear and coal power

sources has fallen against marketplace

competition from ever-cheaper natural gas

and renewable wind and solar. Trump has

been unable to stop a string of coal and

nuclear power plant closings.

The U.S. nuclear industry has sought

help from the Trump administration, including asking for taxpayer subsidies to

promote use of U.S. uranium. U.S. nuclear power plants in 2018 got 90 percent of

their uranium from Canada, Kazakhstan

and other foreign suppliers, and only 10

percent from U.S. mines.

Trump in 2019 rejected a request from

U.S. uranium mining operators that he set

a minimum quota for domestic uranium.

But he agreed to set up a task force of national security, military and other federal

officials to look for other ways to revive

domestic production of the whole nuclear

fuel supply chain.

That task force’s findings are expected

within two weeks. Trump’s budget proposal would be part of an effort “to put the

United States back in the nuclear game

around the world,” Energy Secretary Dan

Brouillette told reporters Monday.

While Trump has called propping up

U.S. uranium mining essential to national

security, the Energy Department acknowledged in its budget presentation that “no

immediate national security need has been

identified” for the uranium reserve. The

same document contends that the funds

aren’t meant to “disrupt market mechanisms.”

“That is exactly what it is designed to

do,” said Luke J. Danielson, president of

Colorado-based Sustainable Development

Strategies Group, which advises foreign

governments about mineral policies.

“The history of the government of trying to subsidize the energy sector and pick

winners and losers is abysmal,” Danielson

added.

Many Democratic lawmakers have

challenged Trump’s

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Kidnapping Threat Is Higher..., Cont.

accumulated weight. Then she heaves up.

“Knocking him off of me,” she says. “It

only works when all his weight is on me.”

Not waiting

In November, President Trump signed

an executive order called “Operation

Lady Justice,” which would create an interagency task force to look into why so

many Native women’s lives are disrupted

or ended because of trauma.

According to research funded by the

Department of Justice, in some instances,

Native women are killed at a rate 10 times

higher than the national average.

But Poitra said she’s not waiting on the

government to save her people.

“Historically, the government hasn’t

been very good to Native people,” she

says. “So I think it’s that we start empowering ourselves and start turning it around

ourselves.”

Poitra is a survivor of domestic violence. She took a self-defense class and

was able to get out of her situation. Now

she wants to help other women from different tribes across the country.

Many who take the hours-long class —

such as Kristen Wyman, who teared up

while learning the techniques — find it

both physically grueling and emotionally

taxing.

“Almost as if my ancestors, my aunties,

my grandmother — everybody was with

me that knows what our women face,” she

says. “And just to see the power of that, in

that scenario, was real.”

The class is designed to be taught to Native women, by Native women. And Rachael Devaney told the group that aspect

is important to her.

“It is so empowering learning from other Native people. That space is not available to us all the time,” she told the group

at the end of class. “To feel that kind of

empowerment, connecting with you guys

in that way is really amazing for me, just

as a Native woman.”

Native men participate in the class as

well. Two of them wear football padding

and very reinforced helmets.

Michael Davis of the Turtle Mountain

Tribe, whose traditional name is Fire Spirit, said he volunteered because too many

Native women have had their “fire” taken away through violence. He has seen it

firsthand.

“I have an auntie who could’ve definitely benefited [from this class],” Davis

says. “She might still be alive today if she

would’ve known these tactics, or that she

could empower herself to say no, to step

away or maybe fought back one time and

deterred him and maybe made him think

twice.”

At the end of class, a song is sung that

memorializes the lives of all missing,

murdered Indigenous women:

We will always remember you warrior

women and leader women. You are in our

hearts and minds.

The class itself is a mandate for Native

women to keep their fires burning.

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Trump plan is 'a direct effrontery..., Cont.

possibility that they could create their own

environmental impact statement is just ludicrous to us."

Trump has proposed narrowing the

scope of the environmental law that along

with the Clean Air Act and Clean Water

Act spell out the nation's principal environmental protections. The environmental

law requires federal agencies to determine

if a project would harm the environment

or wildlife. It gives the public the right to

consider and comment on the projects.

Trump's plan is backed by the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum Institute and other business and

trade groups.

Among other changes, the proposal

would streamline environmental assessments and require "analysis of cumulative

effects," which environmentalists say include a project's potential impact on climate change.

The law "has done more than any other

law in the last 50 years to protect America's lands and wildlife and ensure public

comment," said Aaron Weiss, deputy director of the Center for Western Priorities.

"It's completely on brand that the Trump

administration is cutting the American

public out of the process."

Activists held a rally and other events

outside the hearing at the regional headquarters of the Environmental Protection

Agency.

Backers of the proposed changes call

the law outdated and a deterrent to infrastructure investment. They also insist the

changes won't eliminate environmental

reviews. Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines,

a Republican, has released a letter signed

by 17 other senators urging adoption of

the new rules.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat,

issued a statement acknowledging the

need to reduce red tape but said it must

be done without weakening environmental protections. Several members of Polis'

cabinet testified Tuesday, including the director of the Colorado Energy Office.

Ben Rhodd, a tribal historic preservation officer for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe

in South Dakota, labeled the proposed

changes a "direct effrontery to the sovereignty of Native Americans" because, he

said, tribal governments weren't consulted

beforehand.

The administration's proposal does call

for increased involvement of tribal governments.

“For tribal communities like Fort Berthold, which bear the brunt of health

problems such as heart disease and asthma from the poorly planned federal projects, the National Environmental Policy

Act isn’t just an environmental protection

law, it’s a critical tool for ensuring our

voice. We cannot afford to lose it.” said

Lisa DeVille, a leader with Fort Berthold

Protectors of Water and Earth Rights,

from Mandaree, North Dakota, in a news

release. “Any law that provides broad

opportunities for public participation in

government decisions that affect the environment and local communities shouldn’t

be rolled back; rather, laws like the National Environmental Policy Act should be

embraced and strengthened. The National

Environmental Policy Act is one of the

only avenues for tribal members to have

any input on federal actions.”

Another hearing will be held Feb. 25 in

Washington.

Utah task force probes murdered and

missing Indigenous women, Cont.

to people he represents. A nationwide

study of 71 cities by the Urban Indian Health Institute found Utah had the

eighth-highest number of missing and

slain indigenous women.

The task force would receive a onetime appropriation of $40,000 for staffing.

Its main goal would be to create a report

about what gaps exist and a road map to

prevent and address future violence.

The measure passed its first hurdle this

week, and will now be considered by the

full House.

"Will we solve everything? No, but it's

a starting point of where to point us as the

Legislature," Romero said.

Hopi Tutuveni February 19, 2020

Trump administration seeks $1.5

Trump plans on taking $3.8 billion

from Pentagon for border wall, Cont. billion to revive uranium mining, Cont.

congressional special interest items.

That drew the ire of National Guard Association of the United States, which said

in a sharp letter to Defense Secretary Mark

Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman

Gen. Mark Milley that the items being cut

are far from “special interest” items.

“We contend that it is instead a special

interest item for national security,” said

the letter from association President J.

Roy Robinson and board chairman Maj.

Gen. Michael McGuire, who is also the

adjutant general of Arizona.

“Reprogramming this congressionally

directed funding would severely undermine the lethality and readiness of National Guard soldiers and airmen,” their letter

said. “It would also significantly derail the

timetable for safety upgrades and modernization efforts critical to National Guard

weapon systems and equipment.”

Modernization and replacement projects for Humvees and National Guard

equipment were among over a dozen appropriations on the chopping block.

Rep. Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo,

D-New Mexico, said the administration’s

plans put the military at risk. “As someone who grew up in a military family, it’s

extremely concerning to think about the

impacts this theft will have on critical

projects, equipment, and overall military

readiness,” Haaland said. “Military families deserve to know their loved ones will

be a top priority while serving our country, not secondary to a destructive vanity

project.”

Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee also criticized what they

called administration “theft” from military accounts, and blamed Republican

lawmakers for enabling the president.

“The Constitution gives Congress, not

the President, the power of the purse,”

said the statement from Democratic Reps.

Nita Lowey of New York and Pete Visclosky of Indiana. “Congress rejected President Trump’s full request for wall funding,

which is why he is now orchestrating this

backdoor mechanism to prop up a political vanity project.”

It’s not the first time Congress and the

White House have clashed over the funding.

When Congress in late 2018 denied

Trump’s request for $5.7 billion for the

wall, the ensuing budget standoff led to a

35-day government shutdown. The shutdown ended when Trump backed off,

only to turn around and declare a national

emergency that he said gives him the leeway to shuffle government funds and call

on the Pentagon for the money.

That emergency was renewed Thursday

by the White House.

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, tweeted

Thursday that Trump is making American

taxpayers pay “to build his xenophobic

wall.”

“Trump is stealing from Arizona military funding yet again to bulldoze Southern Arizona habitats and blow up Native

American sites,” Grijalva’s tweet said.

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security argument for domestic uranium.

Existing uranium reserves and production

and trade with allies Australia and Canada were already adequate to securing the

U.S. uranium supply, Rep. Alan Lowenthal, a California Democrat, said last year.

The Energy Department didn't say

which U.S. uranium mines would benefit

from the proposal, but the Nuclear Energy

Industry trade group pointed to existing

mines in Wyoming as likely candidates.

"It's a good step to show that the administration recognizes the strategic value"

of the U.S. nuclear industry, said Nima

Ashkeboussi, the group's director of fuel

cycles programs. "We expect more good

signals to come out" with the upcoming

report from Trump's nuclear fuels task

force.

Energy Fuels Inc., a Canadian-owned

company with an office in Colorado,

called the Trump proposal "a good lifeline for the industry." Spokesman Curtis

Moore acknowledged that the company

is likely to benefit since it has operating

mines in east-central Wyoming and southern Utah.

Moore said the program should lead to

production of 2.5 million pounds of uranium per year. U.S. uranium mines produced less than 174,000 pounds in 2019,

according to Thursday's Energy Information Administration report. That's down

from 4.9 million pounds in 2014.

Energy Fuels recently laid off nearly

one-third of the company's 79 employees

at the White Mesa Mill in Wyoming and

La Sal Complex mines in Utah, he said.

At another mine, the Nichols Ranch

facility in east-central Wyoming, nearby

residents participate in a yearly protest

walk to draw attention to negative impacts

the mine has on an otherwise wide open

and remote stretch of land.

Former mine owner Uranerz Energy

Corp. in 2014 agreed to pay a $5,000 state

fine for two spills that year of more than

30,000 gallons (114,000 liters) of uranium-bearing solution.

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NAU seeks high school students to bring

creative reporting aspirations, Cont.

allowed me to better understand the different avenues of digital media and provided the environment where I could see

more Native American students and youth

create their own stories,” Jones says. “I

was motivated to continue working in this

field of digital storytelling.”

Jones eventually became a workshop mentor and plans to build his own

non-profit filmmaking company on the

Navajo Nation to “influence a new generation of Native American media makers.”

The Andy Harvey Broadcast Journalism

Workshop is open to all high school students. A $50 tuition includes a six-night

stay and meals in an NAU residence hall.

First preference goes to juniors and seniors who complete the application. Tuition scholarships are available for those

who qualify. Students without internet access can request an application be sent to

them. To apply and enjoy broadcast links

from past workshops, go to nativeamericanbroadcastworkshop.org.

The Andy Harvey Broadcast Journalism Workshop is supported by the TEGNA Foundation/, KPNX 12 News, the

NAU President’s Office, NAU’s School

of Communication, the NAU Native

American Cultural Center, Chinle Indian

Health Services, Native Public Media, and

KTNN Radio.

For information and questions, contact

Paul Helford at Paul.Helford@nau.edu or

call him at 928.523.2232.

Diane Rechel

Communications Officer/Media Relations

NAU Native American Initiatives

Diane.Rechel@nau.edu 928.523.8656

NAU ranks high in nation for indigenous

student success. Cont.

resources to help students navigate the

university and their academic success.

Support starts with numerous pre-college programs for middle- and highschool students and continues throughout

their academic career.

“The Office of Indigenous Student Success is housed at the center and offers

exceptional support to Indigenous students—from the day they step on campus

to the day they step on the stage to receive

their degree,” Hamill says.

Commitment to Native American/Indigenous students and culture is prevalent

throughout NAU’s academic programming. Students participate in learning and

research opportunities in programs such as

Applied Indigenous Studies, Tribal Public

Administration, the Partnership for Native

American Cancer Prevention and more.

Currently, more than 2,000 Native

American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students are enrolled at NAU, with

representatives from more than 110 nations bringing in an array of perspectives

and cultural experiences to the university

community.

Hamill says the primary challenge

faced by NAU and all universities serving

Native American students across the United States is the unacceptably low graduation rates of indigenous undergraduate

students.

“Given our strategic goal, we won’t rest

until graduation rates for Native American

students are equivalent to those of their

non-Native peers,” he says. “To counter

the national trend, we are increasing our

engagement with K–12 schools, in particular through the Diné Institute for Navajo

Nation Educators, which pairs our university faculty with K–12 teachers on the

Navajo Nation to strengthen teaching and

learning through a series of seminars that

are teacher driven and lead to rigorous,

culturally-infused curricula.”

For more information, go to NAU’s Native American Resources.

Diane Rechel

Communications Officer/Media Relations

NAU Native American Initiatives

Diane.Rechel@nau.edu 928.523.8656

PAID PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Brief overview of the Women, Infants, and

Children’s Program

The HOPI WIC program helps families with healthy nutritious foods.

•WIC serves breastfeeding women, Post-Partum women up to six months, pregnant

women, infants and children up to their 5th birthday.

•WIC issues food benefits monthly, bi-monthly, or tri-monthly to eligible WIC clients

to purchase healthy foods such as: cheese, milk, eggs, bread, fruits and vegetables and

milk, an infant’s food package consists of jars of infant fruit and vegetables, and infant

cereal. At times an infant may drink formula. WIC may issue infants formula although

WIC does not promote infant formula use.

•WIC also helps families to keep track of their child’s growth using a growth chart.

•WIC helps by checking a client’s hemoglobin (iron) level.

•WIC meets with their clients about nutrition and breastfeeding.

The Community Nutrition Worker and the client work together to create a nutrition

or breastfeeding goal based on the clients want or need, for example; a breastfeeding

mother’s infant is not latching on to her breast or a breastfeeding mother may think she

does not have a sufficient breastmilk supply to feed her infant, or a child may be a picky

eater or drinks too many juices that contain a lot of sugar.

•WIC clients meet with a Registered Dietician if they are at risk for nutritional or breastfeeding issues.

•WIC offers FIT WIC classes to preschool children; FIT WIC is a nutritional, fitness

and food demo class which preschoolers attend with their parents or guardians, the class

is a two (2) hour interactive class.

•WIC is referral source for WIC clients, WIC helps you to access other resources in the

community; such as Food stamps (SNAPS).

•WIC eligible clients will be issued a eWIC card. The eWIC card is similar to a debit

card which WIC clients use to purchase WIC nutritious foods.

•WIC may also provide services to elderly or foster parents who care for infants and

children up to age 5 years old who are placed in their home for foster care or guardianship.

•WIC staff consists of one (1) Community Nutrition Workers, one (1) Registered Dietician (at the Hopi WIC office 2-1/2 days and 1 full day second week of each month),

and one (1) Manager.

WIC is based on eligibility. All interested applicants may apply. Items required for

application are: income earned, identification for the applicants applying, identification

for guardian/caregivers. Foster or guardianship paper is required foster children. Residential verification is also required for all persons applying. Contact the HOPI WIC

Program for more information at 928 737 6362. HOPI WIC is located at the HOPI

Health Care Center in Polacca, AZ next to the eye clinic. WIC does not discriminate to

anyone regarding race, color, age, sex or national origin.

USDA is an equal opportunity employer.

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