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Hotevilla Bacavi Community School students wait for council meeting to start (Photo

by Carl Onsae/HT)

Second Mesa Day School students wait for council meeting to start (Photo by Carl

Onsae/HT)

First Mesa Elementary School students wait for council meeting to start (Photo by Carl

Onsae/HT)

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - On November 26,

2019 approximately 100-plus Hopi school

students along with their parents and coaches

showed up to the Hopi Tribal Council Chambers to be present for acknowledgement of

their physical efforts, commitment and accomplishments on behalf of their school’s

cross country teams by the members of the

Council. The Hopi school cross country

teams competed in the 2019 Arizona Youth

Cross Country Championships which was

held in Surprise, Ariz. on November 2, 2019.

Each of the school teams placed at various

levels in the race outcomes.

Three local Hopi schools, located on the

Hopi reservation, took the time and effort to

transport the members of their cross-country

teams in support of having the teams show

their trophy and to be congratulated by the

presiding Tribal Council. The three schools

included First Mesa Elementary School, Hotevilla Bacavi Community School and Second Mesa Day School.

The students were accompanied by the

team coaches as well as supportive family

members who packed the Chambers. Tribal

employees temporarily adjusted for such a

crowd, by making it necessary for the students to be brought in, one school group at a

time, into the Chambers and for a respectful

acknowledgement of the students.

First Mesa Elementary School students

entered and sat patiently in Council Chambers while several Councilmen and Councilwomen stood and congratulated the students

on their efforts and accomplishments at

acquiring trophies and medals. Clark Tenakhongva, Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe,

who presided during the session stated, “I

am very proud of our Hopi children striving

to become the best they can.”

The Hotevilla Bacavi Community School

coaches guided their cross country runners

to stand and state their names to the Council.

Upon hearing the students the Tribal Council stood and clapped for the accomplished

school.

Second Mesa Day School’s cross country

team, which was the final school team to be

acknowledged, had 14 of its top runners, from

both the girls and boys cross country teams

present. They brought their winning trophy

to show to the Council in addition to being

present during the acknowledgments. The

girls’ team stood and introduced themselves

in the Hopi lavayi - language. The girls’

team coach, Kiara Pahovama also informed

Council that in addition to competing at the

2019 Arizona Youth Cross Country Championships, the team would be competing in the

Footlocker Midwest Regional Cross Country Invitational scheduled to be held on November 30, 2019 in Kenosha,Wisc.

Each of the teams and schools were very

proud of their accomplishments. Each of the

schools will be competing every year at the

championships, as well.

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Hopi Tribal Council Seats Newest Tribal Council Representatives in

December 2019

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Kykotsmovi, AZ – December 1, 2019,

prior to continuing with items on its First

Quarter Session December 1, 2019 Proposed Agenda, Hopi Tribal Council seated five new representatives from First

Mesa Consolidated Villages, Village of

Bacabi, and Upper Village of Moenkopi.

Wallace Youvella, Sr. and Wallace

Youvella, Jr. were appointed and will

serve as two of the four First Mesa Consolidated Villages (FMCV) Representatives, approved by Council to serve. Wallace Youvella, Sr. has served as a FMCV

New Hopi Tribal Council Members. Pictured l-r: Wallace Youvella, Jr. - First Mesa Representative before while Wallace

Consolidated Villages Representative and Wallace Youvella, Sr. – First Mesa ConsoliYouvella, Jr. is new to serving on Hopi

dated Villages, Representative. (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

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December 3, 2019

Early Releases and 2 Hour Delay Navajo Nation and Hopi

during 2019 Thanksgiving Holiday

Tribe working together to

for Tribal Employees

improve Hopi Route 60

Picture by Romalita Laban/HT

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Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Thursday, November 29, 2019 Hopi Tribal employees

woke up to a wintery Hopiland and snow

covered roads.

Just a couple of days prior on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, Clark W. Tenakhongva, Vice Chairman – Hopi Tribe issued a Memorandum regarding “EARLY

RELEASE” via the tribal emailing system at 3:14 p.m. Hopi Tribal employees

were notified that, “Based on information

provided to us by the Flagstaff National

Weather Service (NWS) which has indicated the onset of inclement weather this

afternoon through Thursday, November

28, 2019, I am issuing this memorandum

for early release of Tribal Employees beginning at 3:30 p.m. today.”

Upon logging into the tribal emailing

system today, Hopi Tribal employees

were also notified that Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Chairman – Hopi Tribe, upon

monitoring the weather, was allowing

for a “…2 hour time delay in reporting

for work today…” The notification came

through the tribe’s email system at 7:58

a.m.

A follow up email from Chairman Nuvangyaoma on November 29, 2019 at

9:37 a.m. provided the following message: “Hopi Tribal Staff…I appreciate

everyone’s understanding and I take the

safety of everyone traveling our roads as

a priority. I have been informed by public safety that there are currently 2 ADOT

plows on the roads. One on Hwy 264 and

SR 87. There is anticipated storm activity later this evening as well. The Hopi

Tribe will be open with very limited services today. This is to inform Hopi Tribal

Staff that the day will be called off unless it is absolutely necessary for any employee to report to their programs today.

In addition, we will be closing today at

3pm to make sure those that report today

have time to safely return home. Again,

I appreciate your understanding. Please

use caution when on the roads during this

storm. Kwakwa….Tim Nuvangyaoma,

Chairman - The Hopi Tribe”

Tutuveni staff was excited to capture

images of the late 2019 Hopiland Winter,

while en route to the Hopi Tribe. Due to

concerns for travelling safety, along with

some of the Hopi Tribal employees, we

awaited clearing of the roads in order to

get images.

We were blessed with the long awaited moisture and answers to our prayers.

Since cold temps are to be expected, black

ice and slippery roads are sure to be present. Hopi Tutuveni staff will be closing

the Hopi Tutuveni office once the update

is published to the Hopi Tutuveni landing page on the Tribal website at https://

www.hopi-nsn.gov/news/hopi-tutuveni/

Askwali/Kwa kwa from the Tutuveni

Staff and Board for your continued “readership.” We hope you enjoy this beautiful

blessing of moisture and mark in Hopi

history. We wish you all a very safe, happy, and blessed 2019 Hopi Holidays!

Announcing Our 23rd Annual

Hopi Outreach & United Rain

2019 Christmas Special

Mike Sweat, TJ Agrady, & Larry

Howard

FOR HOPI TUTUVENI

Tucson, Ariz. - Hopi Outreach and

United Rain have merged. Together we

will now be known as United Rain to

more fully help protect and support Native Americans, especially Hopi Families through our “Hopi-First” programs.

Please join us this December 6-7th 2019.

United Rain will be bringing many wonderful needed items and gifts to bring

good cheer and blessings to our Sacred

Hopi Families. Even Santa Clause will be

there bearing many presents for the children along with 70-100 volunteers helping out with our gifts to the elderly.

Time & Locations: Dec 6, we will

be at Moenkopi, lower village at 12:30

p.m. At 3:30 p.m. we will be at Oraibi.

Dec 7th we will be at First Mesa, on top,

at 9:00 a.m. At 12:00 p.m. we will be at

Mishongnovi and Sipaulovi. At 3:30 p.m.

we will be at Shungopavi.

As part of our expanded United Rain

Affiliations, we will be bringing 100,000

pounds of coal to warm the hearts and

homes of many sacred Hopi families.

This will be at Shungopavi on the 7th at

3:30 p.m. We invite all the Village Mesa

Community Centers to load up trucks

with coal for further distribution.

Come of the giveaways include: 200

hams, 200 queen and king-sized blankets,

200/10-pound each bags of pinto beans,

200 beef-chili cans, 200 solar lanterns,

200 knit-beanie’s, 200 linen packets. As

we make our way out to 6 villages, we

hope to reach hundreds of families. This

all starts December 6th and ending on

December 7th.

United Rain has proposed taking over

the Black Mesa Coal Mining operation

to supply coal to overseas clients. In

the process of locating abundant sources

of coal beds, our plan includes identifying and producing coal bed methane.

This methane currently leaks daily into

the Black Mesa Basin. We are the only

group proposing to use this gas to power

the coal mines and make the Hopi villages self-sustaining. The income level under this plan, for Hopi people, is 4 times

the prior agreement and will potentially

generate a few hundred permanent jobs.

We look forward to serving the Hopi

people this year and for years to come.

With this help and opportunity we seek to

bring in more of this type of opportunity.

More information can be found on our

website at unitedrain.org. Feel free to

ask us any questions from the website or

email us directly at info@unitedrain.org.

Hopi Tribal Council Seats Newest Tribal Council

Representatives, Cont.

New and Recertified Hopi Tribal Council Members. Pictured l-r front row:

Dwayne Secakuku - Bacabi Representative, Michael Elmer - Upper Village

of Moenkopi Representative, Herman G. Honanie - Kyakotsmovi Representative, Phillip Quochytewa, Sr. - Kyakotsmovi Representative. Pictured l-r

back row: Rosa Honani - Sipaulovi Representative, Hubert Lewis, Sr. - Upper Village of Moenkopi Representative, and Alverna Poneoma -Sipaulovi

Representative

Treasurer Positions which are being currently serves as the Interim Secretary

occupied. The Sergeant-At-Arms posi- until the position is filled by Hopi Tribal

tion was recently filled by Violet Sinquah Council.

in November. Barbara Lomayestewa

PHOTO: Hopi Tribal Vice Chairman Clark W. Tenakhongva, Navajo Nation

President Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation Division of Transportation Executive

Director Garret Silversmith, and Speaker Seth Damon in Polacca, Ariz. on

Nov. 20, 2019.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

POLACCA, Ariz. – Navajo Nation

President Jonathan Nez, Speaker Seth

Damon, and Hopi Tribal Vice Chairman

Clark W. Tenakhongva met in Polacca,

Ariz. near the First Mesa on the Hopi

Tribal lands on Wednesday, where they

offered their support to move forward

with improvements to Hopi Route 60

— a 13-mile stretch of dirt road that connects the Navajo community of Low

Mountain and the Hopi community of

Polacca.

President Nez said that Hopi Route

60 serves as a significant corridor for

residents, school buses, first responders, tourists, and many others daily. He

added that for the Navajo and Hopi communities to grow economically and for

the benefit of residents, both sides would

have to make compromises and work together for the long-term.

“I appreciate the Hopi Tribe’s willingness to work together. Under our

combined leadership, we can present a

stronger and united voice at the county,

state, and federal levels to advocate for

the completion of Hopi Route 60,” said

President Nez. For many years, the route

has been in great need of maintenance

and pavement to serve the communities

better. Several years ago, the Arizona

State Legislature approved $1.5 million

for the road. However, according to Navajo Nation Division of Transportation

Executive Director Garret

Silversmith, it would cost approximately $35 million to pave the route.

Silversmith recommended that the

Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe begin by

entering into an InterGovernmental Agreement. He said the

NDOT is willing to provide technical assistance to update existing design plans

for the roadway and to seek additional

funds. He also stated that the $1.5 million could contribute to making improvements such as the installation of two low

water crossings, graveling, and chip seal-

ing.

Hopi Tribal Vice Chairman Clark W.

Tenakhongva said that paving the route

would also help the communities to recover some of the revenue lost by the

closure of Kayenta Mine and the Navajo

Generating Station by creating a corridor

for business development. He also spoke

in support of continuing to partner with

the Navajo Nation on other initiatives

that benefit both tribes.

Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr.,

who represents the Low Mountain community as a member of the Navajo Nation Council, said he’s ready to see the

tribes take action by collaborating and

sharing expertise and resources. Last

week, President Nez nominated Delegate

Begay to serve as the co-chair of the

Tribal Interior Budget Council’s Road

Maintenance Subcommittee, which may

also help in securing road funds.

Arizona State Rep, Arlando Teller (DDist. 7), a member of the Navajo Nation,

was also in attendance and offered his

recommendations, which included meeting with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to

address the road issues. He also said that

he would be introducing a bill in the upcoming State Legislative session to provide more resources for Hopi Route 60.

Navajo County Supervisors Jesse

Thompson and Lee Jack, Sr. also attended Wednesday’s meeting to offer

their support. Supervisor Thompson said

he looks forward to joining the Navajo

Nation and Hopi Tribe in lobbying at the

state level when the State Legislature begins its session in January.

“With today’s meeting, we’ve established a positive path forward for the

Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and Navajo

County to work together with the support

of Rep. Teller to identify funding sources

and other resources to fund Hopi Route

60,” said President Nez.

The group is tentatively scheduled to

meet again in December to continue discussions.

U.S. EPA settles with

Hopi Tribe for Safe

Drinking Water Act

violations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Denise Adamic, adamic.denise@epa.

gov

TUBA CITY, Ariz. – The Hopi Tribe

has agreed to pay a $3,800 penalty for

failing to meet the terms of a 2016 agreement to reduce arsenic levels in drinking

water at the Hopi Cultural Center. The

Cultural Center supplies drinking water

for approximately 25 people within the

Hopi Reservation, 60 miles east of Tuba

City.

The 2016 agreement between the Hopi

Tribe and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlined mitigation

measures to reduce naturally occuring

arsenic in drinking water at the Cultural

Center. The Hopi Tribe failed to meet the

agreement’s deadline to implement a necessary treatment system to meet the federal Safe Drinking Water Act’s (SDWA)

arsenic standards of 10 micrograms per

liter. In quarterly tests throughout 2018,

the system failed to meet SDWA standards and to date is running an annual

average of 13 micrograms of arsenic per

liter.

“Safe drinking water is the cornerstone

of protecting public health,” said EPA

Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Mike Stoker. “The EPA will continue

working with the Hopi Tribe, the affected

Hopi Villages, and the Indian Health Service to address the high levels of arsenic

in drinking water.”

In addition to paying the penalty, the

Hopi Tribe has informed EPA of its plans

to complete an arsenic treatment system

at the Cultural Center that was part of the

2016 settlement agreement. The Hopi

Tribe has allocated funding and selected

contractors to complete the work with

a goal of finishing the project by early

2020. EPA’s ongoing efforts with the

Hopi Tribe and the Indian Health Service

also includes a more comprehensive fix

to address arsenic concerns on the Hopi

Reservation, the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project (HAMP). The HAMP is a regional pipeline project intended to bring

compliant source water to affected Hopi

Villages and the Hopi Cultural Center by

the end of 2023.

Arsenic, a naturally occurring mineral

found throughout the United States, can

be found in groundwater, and is a known

carcinogen. Drinking high levels of arsenic over many years can increase the

chance of lung, bladder and skin cancers,

as well as heart disease, diabetes, and

neurological damage. Arsenic inhibits

the body’s ability to fight off cancer and

other diseases.

For more information about the Safe

Drinking Water Act, please visit: www.

epa.gov/sdwa.

Learn more about the EPA’s Pacific

Southwest Region. Connect with us on

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December 3, 2019

Veterans Turkey Baskets – Hopi

2019 Annual Qua’ah So’oh Day Junior High School Student Council A Day to Enhance Senior Fitness

Picture provided by original sender

Carol Sieweyumptewa,

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For Hopi Tutuveni

Keams Canyon, Ariz. - To the many

veterans all over the world, we say thank

you for your services. For the Hopi Veterans, we say, “Asquali and KwaKwah!” In

addition to saying thank you this year, the

Hopi Junior High School Student Council members were able to express their

gratitude by providing Turkey Baskets to

a few Hopi Veterans. They delivered Turkey Baskets to veterans from Hotevilla,

Ariz. to Polacca, Ariz. on November 25,

2019.

As part of completing service learning

projects, the student council members

collaborate, organize, plan, and implement projects. They are realizing that

one simple idea can become a reality

with a little extra spice.

The veterans receiving Turkey Baskets

were so thrilled and honored. It was incredible to hear some stories the veterans

had to share. The overall message the

students received was for them to work

hard and be determined to succeed. There

was an underlying theme that surrounded

the group – the older people took care of

us and now we need to take care of them

too.

The Hopi Junior High School Student

Council members would like to thank

Mr. Eugene Talas with the Hopi Veterans

Services office for his assistance, to the All pictures provided by (Romalita Laban/HT)

unselfish teachers and principal of Hopi

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adventures and even “sheering sheep.”

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KYKOTSMOVI, ARIZ. – On November 21, 2019 the Hopi Veterans Memorial

Center was the venue at which some of

the most precious human beings on the

Hopi reservation, our Hopi elders. Many

elders from all over the Hopi reservation

came together to reminisce about their

younger days and to play games that incorporated exercise. The Office of Aging

and Adult Services’ (OAAS) goal was

designed to enhance senior fitness and

keep the elderly moving and rejuvenating the phrase that “age is just a number.”

The elders, who participated, sought

fun in being youthful again through this

year’s Hawaiian theme.

Diana Lucero provided an explanation of the day’s events as she served as

MC. The elderly were to play games that

brought the participants to a point where

they would feel youthful, again. There

was a photo booth where several elder

couples took pictures with their leis and

Hawaiian shirts and skirts on.

As the elderly listened to Lucero’s

jokes about the getting “lei-ed” with a

Hawaiian flower necklace, this created

a transition into an activity when Andrea

Siow and Keith Pahovama, Hopi Wellness Center staff, asked all the elderly

get up from their chairs to have some

fun. Siow interviewed some of the participants about younger days which drew

a lot of attention and laughter about the

good ol’ days. Ryan Carl, Wellness Center staff member also guided the elderly

through exercising their arms and legs,

while in their seats. Carl utilized his story

telling skills as part of using the exercises

The elderly invited a local dance

group, which consisted of young children

to dance a traditional Butterfly dance for

the elderly, while they ate their lunch.

After one of the many breaks, the

Wellness Center staff set up carnival-like

games for the elderly to play. The setup was designed around the Hawaiian

theme, and some of the elderly played

like they were in their 50’s again. With

so much vigor and happiness being expressed, you could actually feel it in Hopi

Veteran’s Memorial Center gym as music

and laughter filled the space.

The elderly were treated to a lunch,

where the Hopi Wellness Center staff

served healthy burgers on a whole-wheat

bun, complete with a healthy salad and

fruit dessert. Before the end of the day,

the OAAS held the crowning of the Annual 2019 Qua’ah So’oh Day Prince and

Princess.

All in all, the day was filled with joy,

laughter, frequent breaks and a camaraderie that seemed to enhance the day’s

events. The day was a joyous day to honor, participate with and remember one of

Hopi’s most precious resources – Qua’ah

and So’oh. These types of events led staff

to being hopeful that the OAAS will be

able to continue with such events in the

future.

This year’s events may be limited in

the near future, due to cuts in the 2020

General Fund which may impact the

OAAS and other programs, as well. To

learn more about the Office of Aging and

Adult Services - Hopi Tribe, Beatrice

Norton can be reached at 928-734-3551

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December 3, 2019

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Larry’s Corner

PUZZLES AND GAMES

CONNECT THE DOTS

Calm Before the

Storm

Photo by: Unknown Source

By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE

The Hopi Tutuveni

TICK-TACK-TOE

Across

3. Tukpu

5. Haaki

6.Tso’omti

7. Nuva

9. Kiihu

11. Sisvi

13. Poyo

14. Ööva

16. Muki

17. Tuwi

18. Paati

Down

1. Moosa

2. Yokva

4. Mansaala

8. Qöötsa

10. Taavi

11. Sipala

12. Titapta

14. Lolma

15. Kwisto

Cross Word Puzzle

Find the English words for the

Hopi words.

Answers for November 19th edition

Answers in next issue

Across

2. Snow, 3. Peach, 5. Apple, 6. Warm, 8. Deer, 9. Knife, 11. Children, 12. Full, 13. Bite, 14. Defeat, 16.

Harvest

Down

1. Bag, 2. Shade, 3. Pumpkin, 4. Bat, 7. Belly, 10. Bracelet, 11. Cut, 12. Father, 14. Star

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HOPI WORDS

Hopilavyit - Hopi Words

U Y A W

A Y A B

L A Q N

R U A P

V N W O

I D I I

U Y S G

U T T F

A U O A

K K H J

L O G O

I P K A

I N I W

N A Q O

R I K I

I H I K

T S I N

Namora - Choice

Saavu - Fire wood

HOPI WORDS

Iyoho’ti - Cold (Weather)

Tuuqayta - Fluent

Tuwi’yta - Able (skillful)

Kyesmismuyaw - December

Qalaptu - Get Over (Recover)

Yuki’at - Accomplishment

Pö’i’yta - Debt (Have)

Wiiki’yma - Guide (Singular)

Tukopna - Accuse

Öqala - Determined

Sivaqöpqö - Heater

Hintsakpi - Activity

Alögö - Different

Hopiiqatsi - Hopi Way of Life

Pu’ason - Afterward

Hötsiwa - Doorway

Nù’okwa - Kind Hearted

Qe’ti - Back out of

Hiihiko - Drink

Ngahu - Medicine

Novaki - Bakery

Nan’ip - Each (of two)

Muytala - Moon Light

Tuptsiwni - Belief

Tutuqayiw - Education

Tömö - Season (Winter)

Kwusiva - Bring

Töövu - Ember

Nuvati - Snowed

Pàato - Burst

Tumal’aya - Employee

Nawini - Suggestion

Pitanakts - Cap/Hat

Tunatya - Endeavor

Tsangaw - Thank Goodness

Sikiki - Car (Auto)

Naatsiki - Factionalize

Kyaamuya - Winter (Solstice)

Kansulmongwi - Chairman

Qöpqö - Fire place

Hihìiyà - Wow!

Yesterday when I was shopping for

cat food and treats for myself, I met a

very nice old white lady at Wal-mart

in one of our local boarding towns.

She asked me if I was Hopi and I

said, “Yeah I’m Hopi.” She told me

that she used to teach at a local Hopi

school on the Hopi reservation some

time around 30 years ago. She said

she loved all the children that were

in her class and that she made it her

goal to learn the Hopi language. She

knew some Hopi words but could

barely pronounce them. Then she

asked me if I knew some people

around the reservation and asked if

they were still alive. I politely told

her, “I’m sorry, those people I don’t

know.” We parted ways, but before

we did, she said “Asquali” and I was

shocked to hear a white woman say

“Thank you” in the Hopi language, I

didn’t know what to say to her so I

just said, “Cool…you too.” Like my

entire Hopi vocabulary was very foreign to me, so the words “Cool you

too” just slipped out.

I really liked her attraction towards

the Hopi culture and Hopi life. It was

as if she grew up like a Hopi child

and knew all the people around the

village. Right then and there, I “got”

why some outsiders want to come

live at the Hopi reservation, and because it creates unique memories.

Now comes a time in the pahana (white man) calendar, where

the major holiday is coming up for

the stores and major companies to

sell their goods and products. Now

comes a time for us to fight everyone for $5 dollars off of something,

thinking we are really getting a good

deal. And we make sure to spend as

much money as we can so our loved

ones can love us more…

See, as a mush head kitten, the holidays were very fun for me. I loved

Thanksgiving in our school cause

we got to have a turkey dinner with

our parents or in my case, my so’oh

or qua’ ah. But Thanksgiving was

just one step closer to the real holiday…Christmas, and everyone loves

Christmas.

See, we use to go shopping on

“Black Friday” because it was a part

of the pahana tradition to do so after

Thanksgiving. But since so’oh has

gotten older, she can’t move like a

ninja through the aisles, anymore.

So that tradition has stopped for us.

Around this time pahana people

get depressed or have major anxiety

during the holidays and cause it is

always “played” around money and

the goal of making everyone happy

by buying countless gifts for everyone around them.

Some Hopis love to celebrate all

the major holidays and we are no exception from being depressed, having anxiety, or being broke for the

holidays, too.

I know I know…some Hopis

don’t celebrate the pahana holidays

like Halloween, Thanksgiving and

Christmas, but it’s hard not to celebrate those holidays when you have

been influenced by Western Society.

Plus the kids are impressionable,

and we live in an age where Western

influences are dominating the Hopi

culture.

I was reading on Facebook the other day that people are stealing from

other people, and it always seems to

be around the holidays. I guess we

just want to make people happy but

we have no money to make someone

happy. So some Hopis resort to stealing from somebody that has money,

to make loved ones happy. I guess

we become so jealous of others’ successes that we feel that we just want

them to feel our pain of not having

money for the holidays. But don’t

get me wrong, Hopis love to help one

another during the holiday seasons,

too. Of course many of us don’t have

money to give, that’s why I choose

“NO” on the card reader at Safeway

that says, “Do you want to donate

to a charity?” Don’t get me wrong,

I will give to our local schools’ fundraisers and I try to buy “local” but

sometimes local doesn’t have what I

want, that can be easily brought from

Amazon or Ebay.

Now, with the holiday stress upon

us, it’s hard not to be “stressed out”

because if you have kids, it becomes more stressful because you

want them to participate in the white

man’s holiday tradition, so you buy

them gifts hoping to make them feel

included. But we also have our own

“holidays” on the Hopi reservation,

and I think we should teach our children about the traditions of Hopi

“holidays” first.

Of course in the local schools we

have Hopi teachers, teaching the

Hopi language, and Hopi traditions,

but in my opinion, it should only be a

refresher course. I think the real lessons should be taught at home, but

when you have young parents that

never learned the Hopi traditions,

it’s hard for the younger generations

to grasp on to what is what. So our

Hopi children start to lean towards

the Western Society ways, leaving

their Hopi traditions in second place.

My advice to you is that Hopis go

through the same problems as the

pahanas. Traditions of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and every other pahana tradition are very stressful to

just “FIT IN” with “local” society,

but we shouldn’t really stress over

what we are going to “please” our

children with. Toys or objects, and

materialistic items being used to

make them happy only lasts a short

time and pleases for only a short

time, too. I say that the real tradition

should be to make sure your children

have something to eat, drink, clothes

to wear, and a warm bed to sleep in.

Everything else is just a “want” and

not a need. Don’t stress over the little

wants and besides, it’s just a pahana tradition. So let the major shopping stores worry about it and we

can worry about making our loved

ones happy later on in the New Year,

when there are good sales. But if

you’re feeling generous for the holidays, I don’t mind gifts either…just

kidding.

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United States Currents

Page 7

Supreme Court reviews gun

The global response rights

(even after law it's judging

is gone)

to climate change is

'utterly inadequate'

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Mark Sherman

Associated Press

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 14th UN Internet Governance Forum, taking place this year in Berlin, Germany. (UN Photo by Tobias

Hofsaess)

Aritz Parra and Frank Jordans

Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said Sunday

that the world's efforts to stop climate

change have been "utterly inadequate" so

far and there is a danger global warming

could pass the "point of no return."

Speaking before the start Monday of a

two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the U.N. chief said the

impact of rising temperatures — including more extreme weather — is already

being felt around the world, with dramatic consequences for humans and other

species.

He noted that the world has the scientific knowledge and the technical means

to limit global warming, but "what is

lacking is political will."

"The point of no return is no longer

over the horizon," Guterres told reporters

in the Spanish capital. "It is in sight and

hurtling toward us."

Delegates from almost 200 countries

will try to put the finishing touches on

the rules governing the 2015 Paris climate accord at the Dec. 2-13 meeting,

including how to create functioning international emissions trading systems

and compensate poor countries for losses

they suffer from rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change.

Guterres cited mounting scientific

evidence for the impact that man-made

emissions of greenhouse gases are already having on the planet, including record temperatures and melting polar ice.

But he insisted that his message was

"one of hope, not of despair. Our war

against nature must stop and we know

that that is possible."

Countries agreed in Paris four years

ago to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit),

ideally 1.5C (2.7F) by the end of the century compared with pre-industrial times.

Already, average temperatures have increased by about 1C, leaving little room

for the more ambitious target to be met.

Guterres said growing demands from

citizens, particularly young people, have

shown there is widespread desire for climate action.

"What is still lacking is political will,"

he said. "Political will to put a price on

carbon. Political will to stop subsidies on

fossil fuels. Political will to stop building

coal power plants from 2020 onwards.

Political will to shift taxation from income to carbon. Taxing pollution instead

of people."

Guterres noted that some 70 countries

— many of them among the most vulnerable to climate change — have pledged

to stop emitting more greenhouse gases

by 2050.

"But we also see clearly that the

world's largest emitters are not pulling

their weight. And without them, our goal

is unreachable," he said.

The U.N. chief said he hoped the meeting in Madrid would see governments

make more ambitious pledges ahead of a

deadline to do so next year.

He also said that creating a worldwide

market for emissions, which is a key element of the sixth article of the Paris accord, remained one of the most contentious issues for negotiators.

"We are here to find answers for article

6, not to find excuses," Guterres said.

Guterres also announced that outgoing

Bank of England governor Mark Carney will become his new special envoy

on "climate action and climate finance"

from next year.

Organizers expect around 29,000 visitors, including some 50 heads of state

and government for Monday's opening,

as well as scientists, seasoned negotiators and activists during the two-week

meeting.

Some of the world's largest carbon

emitters — the United States, China and

India — will be represented by ministers

or lower-level officials.

The U.S. administration of President

Donald Trump, which has announced

the intention to withdraw from the Paris

agreement, is represented by Marcia Bernicat, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International

Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading

a delegation of Democratic lawmakers to

the talks.

More than 5,000 police officers are

charged with keeping the summit safe,

Spain's Interior Ministry said Sunday. Although authorities have stepped-up border controls and cybersecurity measures,

authorities have kept the country's terror

alert one level under the highest, where it

has been ever since extremist attacks in

Tunisia and France in mid-2015.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is turning to gun rights for

the first time in nearly a decade, even

though those who brought the case, New

York City gun owners, already have

won changes to the regulation they challenged.

The justices' persistence in hearing arguments Monday despite the city's action

has made gun control advocates fearful

that the court's conservative majority

could use the case to call into question

gun restrictions across the country.

Gun rights groups are hoping the high

court is on the verge of extending its

landmark rulings from 2008 and 2010

that enshrined the right to have a gun for

self-defense at home.

For years, the National Rifle Association and its allies had tried to get the

court to say more about gun rights, even

as mass shootings may have caused the

justices to shy away from taking on new

disputes over gun limits. Justice Clarence

Thomas has been among members of the

court who have complained that lower

courts are treating the Second Amendment's right to "keep and bear arms" as a

second-class right.

The lawsuit in New York began as a

challenge to the city's prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded

handgun outside the city limits, either to

a shooting range or a second home.

Lower courts upheld the regulation, but

the Supreme Court's decision in January

to step into the case signaled a revived

interest in gun rights from a court with

two new justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett

Kavanaugh, both appointees of President

Donald Trump.

Officials at both the city and state level

scrambled to find a way to remove the

case from the justices' grasp. Not only

did the city change its regulation to allow

licensed gun owners to transport their

weapons to locations outside New York's

five boroughs, but the state enacted a law

barring cities from imposing the challenged restrictions.

"There is no case or controversy because New York City has repealed the

ordinance and the New York state Legislature has acted to make sure it remains

repealed," said Jonathan Lowy, chief

counsel and vice president of the gun

control group Brady's legal action project.

But those moves failed to get the court

to dismiss the case, although the justices are likely to ask at arguments about

whether there's anything left for them to

decide.

Paul Clement, who represents three

New York residents and New York's

National Rifle Association affiliate challenging the transportation ban, said in an

email that among the reasons the case

remains alive legally is that the court

frowns on tactical moves of the sort

employed by the city and state that are

meant to frustrate the justices' review of

an issue.

In addition, he wrote, that "the City

still views firearm ownership as a privilege and not a fundamental right and is

still in the business of limiting transport

and denying licenses for a host of discretionary reasons."

In the event the court reaches the substance of the law, the city does contend

that what it calls its "former rule" did not

violate the Constitution. But that would

seem to be a tough sell given the court's

makeup, with Gorsuch and, in particular,

Kavanaugh on the court.

Kavanaugh voted in dissent when his

federal appeals court upheld the District

of Columbia's ban on semi-automatic

rifles.

"Gun bans and gun regulations that are

not longstanding or sufficiently rooted in

text, history, and tradition are not consistent with the Second Amendment individual right," Kavanaugh wrote in 2011.

Gun control advocates worry that the

court could adopt Kavanaugh's legal rationale, potentially putting at risk regulations about who can carry guns in public, limits on large-capacity ammunition

magazines and perhaps even restrictions

on gun ownership by convicted criminals, including people convicted of domestic violence.

"This approach to the Second Amendment would treat gun rights as an absolute right, frozen in history, and not subject to any restrictions as public safety

demands," said Hannah Shearer, litigation director at the Giffords Law Center

to Prevent Gun Violence.

Reflecting the possible high stakes,

more than three dozen supporting legal

briefs have been filed. The Trump administration, 25 mainly Republican states

and 120 members of the House of Representatives are on the side of the gun

owners.

A dozen Democratic-led states and 139

House lawmakers back the city. In addition, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a

vocal court critic, filed a brief joined by

four Senate Democratic colleagues that

asked the justices to dismiss the case and

resist being drawn into what he called a

political project.

Whitehouse also included a warning to

the justices. "The Supreme Court is not

well. And the people know it. Perhaps

the Court can heal itself before the public

demands it be 'restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics,'" he wrote,

quoting a public opinion poll showing

support for such changes.

All 53 Republican senators responded

with a letter urging the court not to be

cowed by the Democrats' threats.

A decision is expected by late June.

Current Indian World News

Page 8

A tribal hemp market? Thanks,

South Dakota.

Blizzards. Closed roads. And

thousands of flight delays

FILE - This June 26, 2007 file photo shows Alex White Plume sitting near

Picture provided by original poster

some hemp plants growing at his house near Manderson, S.D. White Plume

byAliyah Chavez

thought his decade-long wait to produce hemp. (Associated Press)

Indian Country Today

Stephen Groves

Associated Press

As Alex White Plume gathered his children and grandchildren along the bank of

Wounded Knee Creek to harvest hemp in

September, he was one of just a handful

of farmers in South Dakota with hopes of

making money from the crop this year.

Gov. Kristi Noem has blocked industrial hemp from being grown in the state,

but that's not stopping tribes who can

regulate their own hemp crops under the

2018 Farm Bill. Many tribes are drawn

to hemp's potential for bringing profits

to communities that badly need it. They

say that Noem's resistance is giving them

an advantage to getting into the market,

even as it may complicate their ability to

transport and sell it.

White Plume first tried to grow hemp

on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation when

the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance allowing industrial hemp in 1998.

His efforts put him at odds with the federal government, including Drug Enforcement Administration agents who came

to his land in 2000 armed with guns and

weed trimmers to destroy his crops.

White Plume said hemp could bring

money to his home in what he calls "the

poorest community in the poorest county

in the United States." He also said hemp

could replace plastics and synthetic material in textiles.

And Noem's stance against hemp cultivation? That's just fine with White Plume.

"I give thanks to Noem," he said.

"It gives me a chance and my family a

chance to get ahead."

The 2018 Farm Bill cleared the way

for states and tribes to grow hemp by

submitting their plans to the Department

of Agriculture. Earlier that year, White

Plume decided it was time to harvest

hemp again, relying on the argument that

he was on tribal land made sovereign by

treaties with the U.S. government.

Others are making sure the federal

government approves of their hemp plans

before putting seeds in the ground. The

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and White

Plume's Oglala Sioux Tribe have filed applications with USDA to grow hemp. The

Rosebud Sioux Tribe is holding a hemp

vote before applying.

Tribes across several states have

formed the Tribal Hemp Working Group

to share information on drafting codes,

gaining approval from the USDA, and

using the best seeds and techniques.

They are also coordinating to make

sure the new crop does not cause members to run afoul of the law. Rosebud

Sioux Tribal President Rodney Bordeaux

said he was concerned tribal members

could get into trouble transporting hemp

on South Dakota's highways.

South Dakota charged a Colorado man

with drug trafficking after he was pulled

over with 300 pounds (136 kilograms)

of cannabis that he was delivering to the

Minnesota Hemp Association. He said

the plants were hemp, but a lab test found

levels of THC — the compound in marijuana that produces a high — above the

legal limit of 0.3 percent.

Noem has argued that it would cost

hundreds of thousands of dollars for the

state's law enforcement to test cannabis

for THC levels.

Bordeaux said in a statement that he

was concerned the hemp drivers may be

arrested or have their crops confiscated

if the state's law enforcement could not

"field test the hemp to make sure that it is

what we say it is."

Noem has indicated that South Dakota

will comply with federal laws in allowing

hemp to be transported across the state.

Tribal representatives said they would

be working with the state to make sure

their hemp plans don't run into trouble.

Chase Iron Eyes, spokesman for Oglala

Sioux President Julian Bear Runner,

called the state "a necessary partner"

and said that the tribes and South Dakota

have the potential to lead the nation in

hemp production if they worked together.

Tribes also face another set of bureaucratic hurdles. Tribes and individuals

must apply with the Bureau of Indian

Affairs to change the use of tribal lands

that are held "in trust" by the federal government. While the policy is designed to

make sure land stays in tribal possession,

it has also held them back from developing agriculture, said Terry Anderson, who

studies the economics of Native American reservations at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank.

Tribes that grow hemp also face competition from large agriculture companies, including tobacco companies, said

Heather Dawn Thompson, a lawyer who

is advising the Tribal Hemp Working

Group. But she said tribes are ready to

commit to hemp for the long term, and

believe the hemp textile market will continue to develop and expand.

As hemp re-enters use after nearly 80

years of being outlawed in the United

States, people are just beginning to discover how it can be processed and turned

into products like construction material,

clothing, and dietary supplements. Janie

Simms Hipp, president of the Native

American Agriculture Fund, said that

gives Native Americans an opportunity

that has been rare in modern agriculture

— to have a place at the starting line with

everyone else.

Still, Hipp said her organization is focusing on hemp research to make sure it

doesn't make critical mistakes in the early

going.

"Opportunities can turn sour in a heartbeat," she said. "Everyone needs to calm

down and do their homework."

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Millions across the country are feeling

the effects of two winter storms that hit

over the weekend

Two winter storms brought heavy snow

and rain to the entire country over the

weekend. What else came with it? High

wind advisories. More than 45 million

people across the country were under

winter weather alerts on Saturday night.

It even brought snow to unexpected

places including Albuquerque, New

Mexico where there was a record amount

of snowfall on Thanksgiving. The city received 3.1 inches of snow. The previous

record was half an inch in 2007.

On the other side of the country, the

East Coast is currently battling a large

storm that began Sunday. Many were

stuck in the mess because yesterday was

a busy day of air travel. Folks were flying

home from Thanksgiving travels.

More than 5,700 flights had been delayed and 800 flights had been cancelled

on Sunday alone. Airlines had begun issuing vouchers for passengers on Saturday.

Additionally, the Blackfeet Indian Reservation is also currently under a blizzard

warning by the National Weather Service.

Forecasters say it will snow there through

Tuesday. Brr.

In South Dakota, nine people were

killed after a plane crashed during “blizzard-like” conditions on Saturday. It is

unclear whether any Native people were

injured or killed on the flight.

The winter weather created headaches

for drivers, as well. Major highways were

shut down over the weekend. On Sunday,

some reopened Wyoming and Colorado,

including Interstate 25 and I-80. Other

major interstates in Montana were closed

as well.

While this winter weather has created

headaches for many, things have been

different in a place that is normally cold:

Alaska.

In November, Anchorage had both

record high temperatures and a record

snowfall on the same day. The temperature reached 45 degrees, which adds to

what has already been one of the warmest

years on record.

The East Coast was bracing for more

nasty weather Monday.

Forecasters said the nor'easter could

drop 10 to 20 inches of snow by Tuesday

morning from Pennsylvania to Maine.

Heavy snow was possible in the Appalachian Mountains down to Tennessee and

North Carolina.

"We've got our shovels ready. We've

got the snowblower ready. We're prepared," said Paul Newman, of Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Schools closed preemptively as rain

was expected to turn into snow in the region's first significant storm of the season,

a nor'easter so named because the winds

typically come from the northeast.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo advised nonessential state employees to

stay home Monday, and New Jersey Gov.

Phil Murphy declared government offices

for nonessential employees would close

at noon.

More than 180 flights into or out of the

U.S. were canceled Monday morning,

with more than 450 delays. Airports in

the New York and Boston areas accounted for many of them.

Tractor-trailers were banned or lower

speed limits put in place on stretches of

interstate highways in New Jersey and

Pennsylvania.

The same storm has pummeled the

U.S. for days as it moved cross country,

dumping heavy snow from California to

the Midwest and inundating other areas

with rain.

Duluth, Minnesota, is cleaning up more

than 21 inches of snow. Major highways

reopened in Wyoming and Colorado after blizzard conditions and drifting snow

blocked them.

Thousands of historical seeds

preserved by the Onondaga

Nation Farm

Braids of Haudenosaunee corn, used to preserve the cob. (Photo by Scarlett

Lisjak)

Scarlett Lisjak

For Indian Country Today

‘We’ve already adapted to so many

changes since the time of contact, and

our foods are there right alongside of us’

Syracuse, N.Y. — A collection of thousands of seeds are kept at the Onondaga

Nation Farm, from 500-year-old squash

seeds to 4,000 year old corn seeds. This

collection contains 1,179 varieties of

corn seeds that belong to Indigenous

populations all throughout North and

South America, and even the Caribbean.

A few include:

Haudenosaunee: Onondaga, Seneca,

Cayuga, Mohawk, and Tuscarora

Chickasaw

Osage

Cherokee

Hopi

The caretaker of these seeds, Angela

Ferguson, had acquired them through the

late Carl Barns who left the seeds to his

apprentice who later passed them on to

Ferguson. For some

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of the seeds their people had been displaced, or no longer exist. Curtis Waterman, a worker at the farm, said the seeds

are a memorial for all past, and present

seed caregivers.

“Let’s say all of a sudden … something

happens and we all disappear, what’s left

is the corn. And that corn is the story of

a legacy of someone else, it’s our legacy,

and the people that work here, if we’re

not here to tell that story, true, people

might not know what the story is, but

they’ll know what the corn is, they’ll

know what the corn tastes like …” Waterman said.

Braids of Haudenosaunee corn, used

to preserve the cob. (Photo by Scarlett

Lisjak)

Different varieties of ancestral corn including the grandfather corn on the right

side that is white/grey. (Photo by Scarlett

Lisjak)

The Onondaga Nation Farm grows

these heritage seeds to later return them

back to their ancestral communities.

"When [the seeds] dug up from some of

these archaeological sites … that person

who usually is not Indigenous, that’s ar-

chaeologist who finds those seeds, for the

seeds that’s their first contact, the same

way we saw strangers and didn’t know

who they were, that’s what happens to

the seeds, to know that the seeds make it

back to their communities, to their own

people, to the comfort of those arms, for

me that’s one of the rewarding parts of it,

because they hold the potential for life,”

Ferguson said.

White corn hangs from the ceiling of

the farm. (Photo by Scarlett Lisjak)

Ferguson and the farm crew have also

planted and grown the heritage seeds of

the Haudenosaunee to provide food for

the Onondaga Nation.

“We never have to call other people or

other nations when we need something

for an event we have all our own things,

and that is very powerful, that is very

important not only for sustainability and

sovereignty but your connection to who

you are as a [Native] person ...” Ferguson

said.

The Onondaga Nation Farm has

enough seeds to provide food for the

entire Onondaga Nation for three years,

and they are working on expanding it to

seven years.

‘There should be no

medals for massacres’

Picture provided by original poster

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye

Indian Country Today

Remove the Stain Act to be considered

by Senate too; House has a version as

well

Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth

Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Sen. Jeff

Merkley, D-Oregon, released the Senate

companion to the Remove the Stain Act.

Rep. Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo and

D-New Mexico, and Rep. Denny Heck,

D-Washington, introduced the House

with the Remove Stain Act in June.

Both bills strip for the Congressional

Medals of Honor that was awarded to the

20 men in the U.S. 7th Cavalry. The soldiers murdered defenseless and unarmed

Lakota men, women and children on

December 29, 1890. Also known as the

Wounded Knee Massacre.

“The horrifying acts of violence

against hundreds of Lakota men, women,

and children at Wounded Knee should be

condemned, not celebrated with Medals

of Honor,” Warren said. “The Remove

the Stain Act acknowledges a profoundly

shameful event in U.S. history, and that’s

why I’m joining my House colleagues in

this effort to advance justice and take a

step toward righting wrongs against Native peoples.”

Sen. Merkley said they “have a responsibility to tell the true story of the horrific

Wounded Knee Massacre.”

“We cannot whitewash or minimize the

dark chapters of our history, but instead

must remember, reflect on, and work to

rectify them,” Merkley said. “The massacre of innocents could not be farther from

heroism, and I hope this bill helps set the

record straight.”

The U.S. award the soldiers the Congressional Medals of Honor, the country’s highest military decoration and only

given to a soldier who “must be so outstanding that it clearly distinguishes his

gallantry beyond the call of duty from

lesser forms of bravery.”

The bill states that the medal “has been

awarded only 3,522 times, including

only 145 times for the Korean War, 126

times in World War I, 23 times during the

Global War on Terror, and 20 times for

the massacre at Wounded Knee.”

These two bills will be in both chambers of Congress which allows for talk on

both sides, Haaland said.

“The Remove the Stain Act is about

more than just rescinding Medals of Honor from soldiers who served in the U.S.

7th Cavalry and massacred unarmed Lakota women and children – it’s also about

making people aware of this country’s

history of genocide of American Indians,

Haaland said. “Senator Elizabeth Warren

understands this, and I’m pleased we’ll

be able to have these conversations and

move bills forward in both chambers.”

Supporters of the bill, including Chairman Charles R. Vig of the Shakopee

Mdewakanton Sioux Community, urge

the passage of this bill since it will exist

in both the House and Senate.

“We urge prompt enactment of [the

Remove the Stain Act] by the House and

Senate as an important step in beginning

to correct our Country’s past wrong doings and in charting a new path forward

based on mutual understanding and respect,” the chairman wrote. “It is shameful to honor soldiers for massacring

defenseless men, women and children.

Moreover, it disrespects the entire Native

American community who send more

men and women to serve in the military at

higher rates than any other ethnic group.”

More tribes, organizations and individuals support the Remove the Stain

Act, such as the Cheyenne River Sioux

Tribe, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the Great

Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, the

Coalition of Large Tribes, United South

and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, Heartbeat At Wounded Knee

1890, the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre Descendants Society, Four Directions, the Native Organizers Alliance,

VoteVets, Veterans for Peace, Common

Defense, Veterans for American Ideals,

and the Friends Committee on National

Legislation.

Mandan Hidastsa Arikara Chairman

Mark Fox, representing the Coalition of

Large Tribes, and veteran of the Marine

Corps urged Congress to revoke the 20

medals.

“The Coalition of Large Tribes recognizes the importance of Senator Warren

and Merkley’s introduction of the Remove the Stain Act in the Senate and supports their efforts in being a voice for justice that has been denied for 130 years,”

Fox said.

At least two veterans organizations

support the bills.

Garett Reppenhagen, executive director of Veterans for Peace told Congress

they “should act to remove the stain.”

“Congress should recognize this massacre for what it was, a mistake, and not

glorify it with the 20 Medals of Honor that

were subsequently awarded,” Reppenhagen wrote. “We strongly condemn the

violence used against the Sioux people,

and believe these medals from Wounded

Knee tarnish the Medal of Honor.”

Political Director of Common Defense

Alexander McCoy agrees. He calls it

straight and said, “...there should be no

medals for massacres.”

“Recipients of this award are among

the greatest heroes of our history, and

so it is tragic that past recipients have

included U.S. soldiers who slaughtered

hundreds of Lakota men, women,

and children at the Wounded Knee

Massacre in 1890. It is critical that Congress act to rescind these specific awards,

because there should be no medals for

massacres,” McCoy wrote. “For us, this

bill is not only about correcting the historical record, it is about recognizing the

service of countless veterans alive today,

taking an important step towards healing

for the Lakota descendants, and protecting the integrity of every subsequently

awarded Medal of Honor.”

Perhaps the only obstacle in the way of

both bills and Congress is the commander-in-chief, Donald J. Trump. Of course,

he can veto a bill.

And with the commander-in-chief’s

recent actions of dubbing Navy SEAL

Edward Gallagher as a hero, it causes

concern for the military. Gallagher was

accused of multiple charges, including

fatally stabbing an Islamic State militant

captive and attempted murder of civilians

in 2017. He was acquitted of all charges

by the military jury but one, taking a photo with a dead captive.

The Navy Times reported that one of

the SEALs overheard him saying he was

“OK with shooting women.”

The jury wanted to reduce his rank and

cut his pension and benefits, according to

the Associated Press. Trump intervened

and told the Navy to reinforce his rank

among other orders.

Philip J. Deloria, professor of Native

American and Indigenous Studies at Harvard University, finds Gallagher’s case

“completely relevant” to the Wounded

Knee Massacre and Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado even if both massacres

happened more than 100 years ago.

“I can imagine in that argument the

Gallagher case in some parts of the military, the Gallagher case might ask military officials do the revisioning and take

a critical look at its history and question

why all of those medals?” he said.

In these three war crimes — Gallagher,

Wounded Knee, and Sand Creek — discipline has been ensued in different ways.

The military took action on Gallagher

but Trump overrides the system, Congress investigated the Sand Creek Massacre in 1865, and the Remove the Stain

Act is introduced for Wounded Knee.

There is “no accountability” for

Wounded Knee, he said. “Back in the day

they didn’t follow those rules” but now

Congress is stepping in and wants an “accurate lens” and says “let’s draw some

lines on what our soldiers are able and

not able to do.”

The tricky part of the two bills in the

chambers is it being “a radical function,”

Deloria said. “How often do you take 20

medals from people? It’s also legitimate.”

In all three examples, especially

Wounded Knee being a “historical

wrong”, Deloria said, “This a moment

where military rises as a voice of reason.”

“Revisiting that in the present moment would be a powerful way for the

military to reinforce its own argument of

military order,” Deloria said. “Admitting

on two levels, yes, a massacre occurred

and we inappropriately stepped outside

of our own bounds of order by awarding

these 20 medals of honor, and we’re big

enough to revisit these days and speak to

the present moment.”

On Tuesday, Trump tweeted: “I will always protect our great warfighters. I’ve

got your backs!”

Officers told Slate in that they are worried Trump undermining the military will

affect the military justice system and

some officers see the president’s actions

as a betrayal.

A Pentagon official said: “You can

wreck a military this way.”

“If a soldier or SEAL doesn’t like an

order or thinks he’s being unfairly punished, he now has the idea that he can go

over the heads of his superiors and appeal

to the president, maybe by writing a letter

to Fox,” the official told Slate.

However, with the president’s veto,

Congress can still pass a bill with twothirds of the vote, and then it becomes

law.

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