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September 3, 2019

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Hopi Education Endowment

Fund Holds Annual Student

Donor Recognition Event

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CARL ONSAE

HOPI TUTUVENI

Tempe, Ariz. - The Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) held their Annual Student Donor Recognition event on

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at the Double

Tree Hotel in Tempe, Ariz.

The event was held to honor the newly

funded students who were awarded scholarships funneled through the Hopi Tribe

Grants and Scholarship Program with funding coming from the HEEF.

Approximately 26 Hopi students attending various colleges and universities were

awarded scholarships from various scholarship categories, such as the Peabody Navajo Generating Station Scholarship, Hopi

Academic Achievement Award, Fall 2019

Scholarship Award, and the Dianne Humetwa Scholarship, to name a few.

In addition to honoring newly awarded

Hopi students the event was also utilized to

recognize the donors who made the event

and scholarships possible via their generous

donations and support and for the one night

banquet event.

Donors which were acknowledged included Peabody, Salt River Project (SRP),

Arizona State University, Osborn Maledon, Walker & Arstrong, Patricia Ryan &

Terri Hall, University of Arizona, Clause

Law P.L.L.C., Northern Arizona University,

Freport-McMoran, Terraform Development,

LLC, and The Bott Group - Merrill Lynch.

The theme of this year’s event, “Imagine”,

was to inspire the newly funded students to

imagine a world of possibilities and to help

the students imagine a world of

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September 3, 2019

Hopi Senom Transit to Host

Meeting and Discussions

Addressing Transportation

Infrastructure on Hopi

Donovan Gomez Transit Administrator

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - August 21, 2019

Hopi Community Transportation Stakeholders are cordially invited to join

Charles Rutkowski of the Community

Transportation Association of America

(CTAA) and Hopi Senom Transit to begin a discussion of improving public

transportation on the Hopi Reservation.

This important meeting will be held

on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at the

Hotevilla Youth & Elderly Center from

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. There will be a

second session at 1:30 p.m. on the same

day, to review the morning session and

for further discussion.

This will be the first of several meetings made possible by a grant from

the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s

(USDA) Rural Development Program,

Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program with technical assistance administered by CTAA.

With the Hopi Tribe located 60 miles

north of Winslow and 90 miles northeast

of Flagstaff all while being completely

surrounded by the Navajo Nation, the

need to address existing transportation

services, unmet mobility needs and potential solutions to identified needs is an

important discussion for Hopi community members to be a part of.

Thank you in advance for your interest. Please plan to attend to listen and

speak of what you want for your community. Transportation infrastructure

development provides the foundation for

economic development, job creation, and

improved living conditions for all individuals and families on the Hopi Reservation.

For a meeting agenda and/or any questions, please call (928) 734-3231

LIVING

Bring Your A-Game With this

Tailgating Recipe for the Grill

(StatePoint) Want to bring your Agame to tailgating season? For a winning

strategy, you’re going to need the right

grill and great recipes.

Call 928-734-3283

or Email

ads@hopi.nsn.us

Advertising in the

Newspaper is a great way

to market your business

or for yourself.

We can even develop

an ad for you or your

business.

Don’t wait call or

email NOW!

(Fees may be subject to apply)

Choosing the Grill

Ninety-five percent of all tailgaters

prepare their food at the stadium, according to a Tailgating Institute research

study, which also found that 46 percent

of respondents tailgate at least six to 10

times a season. That’s a lot of set-up and

breakdown, so check out grill options

built for tailgating.

“A lot of tailgating rookies and even

some old-timers make the mistake of

bringing a flimsy grill that can’t handle

the load, or one that requires too much

set-up,” says Robert Hawkins, product

manager for Char-Broil. “The right tailgating grill should be both portable and

durable, and have features that make

cooking on game day hassle-free.”

One such grill to consider is the CharBroil TRU-Infrared Portable X200 Gas

Grill. The Char-Broil TRU-Infrared

cooking technology prevents flare ups, so

you won’t have to worry about fumbling

the game day spread, and its push button ignition and lid-mounted temperature

gauge will help you win every tailgate,

while still getting to enjoy the party.

Winning Over the Crowd

While standbys like burgers and dogs

will always hit the spot with a crowd,

why not try some new twists on old classics? This recipe for Cherry Cola Sliders

straight from the Char-Broil playbook

will help you kick your tailgate up a

notch:

Ingredients:

For the sliders

• 1 pound ground beef

• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

• 8 slices American cheese

• 8 slider buns

• 8 slices of bacon

For the sauce

• 1 tablespoon butter

• 1/2 cup sliced onions

• 2 tablespoons cherry cola

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar

• l tablespoon ketchup

Directions:

1. Preheat one side of your grill to 450

degrees F, leaving the other side off for

indirect grilling.

Place bacon slices on the cooler side of

the grill for indirect heat and cook for 20

minutes at 300 degrees F.

2. While the bacon cooks, caramelize

the onions with butter in a saucepan until golden brown. Then, add cherry cola,

brown sugar, garlic powder, salt, pepper,

vinegar and ketchup. Simmer for 10 minutes on the side burner.

3. Combine ground beef with Worcestershire sauce and form 8 slider patties.

4. Place beef patties on the hotter side

of the grill for direct heat. Cook for 4 to

5 minutes per side. When the sliders are

almost done, place a cheese slice on each

one. Set the slider buns on the warming

rack. Close the lid and grill for another

30 seconds to melt the cheese and toast

the buns.

5. Remove the patties and bacon slices from the grill. Top each slider with

caramelized onions in cherry cola BBQ

sauce, a slice of bacon and serve.

More tailgating recipe ideas can be

found at: charbroil.com/collections/tailgating-favorites.

Hosting a tailgating party or six this

season? Don’t get sidelined. Take your

grill game to the next level with the right

equipment and some brand-new recipes.

CORRECTIONS

In the August 20, 2019 Tutuveni Publication the following articles were in need

of correction:

Front-page article ‘Frequently Asked

Questions About the LCR Adjudication,

LCR Negotiation Settlement Efforts and

Water Resources’ should be attributed to

Thayne Lowe

Page 2 article ‘Chairman’s Corner’

should have included: Representative

Herman G. Honanie – No vote.

We sincerely apologize for any confusion and/or misspellings. Askwali/Kwa

kwa.

Hopi Tutuveni

September 3, 2019

Two-day Native Artist Professional

Development Training Being Hosted

by the Hopi Tribe

Tosa Two Heart

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Moencopi, Ariz. - A two-day Native

Artist Professional Development training

will be hosted by the Hopi Tribe at the

Moenkopi Legacy Inn & Suites in Moencopi, Ariz. on Tuesday, October 15th and

Wednesday, October 16, 2019.

Native artists from the area will have

the chance to develop their business

skills through a culturally-relevant training program that will be taking place in

October. At the two-day training, artists

will learn how to market their art, set

budgets and pricing structures, develop a

business plan, and more. Native artists at

any level of their arts business, including

those with little to no experience, are encouraged to attend.

The workshop is a project of the First

Peoples Fund in partnership with the

Hopi Tribe. The training curriculum

was developed by First Peoples Fund,

a national Native organization committed to supporting and honoring Native

American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska

Native artists. The Surdna Foundation is

providing funding for this training, and is

at no cost for participants to register and

attend.

The training will be held from 9:00

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15

and Wednesday, October 16 2019 at the

Moenkopi Legacy Inn & Suite. Registration is limited to 20 artists, with sponsoring tribal members to receive preference.

Advanced registration is encouraged,

visit

http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/

napd-registration.

“The Native Artist Professional Development training is a great opportunity

for Native artists to learn how to expand

or plan their own entrepreneurial endeavors,” said Tosa Two Heart, Program

Manager of Community Development at

First Peoples Fund. “The instructors carry great experience in the field and our

training curriculum is founded in indigenous values and guided by Native artists

and culture bearers”.

For more information on the Native

Artists Professional Development, please

visit www.firstpeoplesfund.org or contact

Tosa Two Heart at 605-348-0324. Register online at www.firstpeoplesfund.org/

napd-registration.

HEALTHY LIVING

Low Blood Sugar Can

Be Treated

Ryan Carl, Diabetes Prevention

Educator

For Hopi Tutuveni

Low blood sugar

People who are taking medicine or insulin for diabetes need to know the signs

and treatment for low blood sugar. Sometimes the medicine or insulin can make

your blood sugar go too low. Missing

meals, taking too much insulin, or other

medications, or increasing your physical

activity, are some other reasons, which

cause low blood sugar.

Low blood sugar signs:

• Blood sugar is too low if it falls

below 70. Test your sugar when

you feel any of these signs:

• Shaky or light-headedness

• Cannot think clearly

• Nervous or sweaty

• Angry or confused

• Tired

• Hungry

If your blood sugar is below 70, you

need to get something to eat or drink.

How Can You Treat Low Blood

Sugar?

Testing your blood sugar will help you

keep your blood sugar in good control.

Most people test their blood sugar at least

twice a day. They also test when they feel

signs of low or high blood sugar.

Treating low blood sugar

Treat low blood sugar quickly. If your

test shows your blood sugar is below 70,

you need to get something to eat or drink.

Have any of these foods or drinks:

• ½ cup of fruit juice

• 1 glass of milk

• 4 teaspoons sugar

• 3 pieces of hard candy

• 1 tablespoon of honey

Wait for 15 minutes and test your blood

sugar again. If it is still low, eat or drink

one of the items above. If you are not

scheduled to eat or have a snack in an

hour or so, you may need to eat earlier.

Many people over-treat when they have

low blood sugar. It is best to eat the recommended amounts.

Remember, your health care provider

needs to know about your low blood

sugar reactions. You may need a change

in our medicine, insulin, or diet. If you

would like more information about diabetes education, please call the Special

Diabetes Program at (928) 734-3432.

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Kanesha Quanimptewa Attains

Award for Exemplary Work at the

2019 Community Health

Representative Summit

Kim Russell, Executive Director - Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health

Care, Kanesha Quanimptewa, CHR and Loretta Haven, Consultant - Phoenix

Area Indian Health Services PHN/CHR Consultant. Photo by: Joyce Hamilton

By: Joyce Hamilton, CHR

For Media Release

Tucson, Ariz. - August 21, 2019 Kanesha Quanimptewa received an award for

exemplary work at the 2019 Community

Health Representative (CHR) Summit in

Tucson, Ariz.

Nominations were submitted by peers,

colleagues, and the community for the

CHR Summit held on August 21, 2019

in Tucson, Arizona. Quanimptewa was

nominated by Dr. Johnson, MD at the

Hopi Health Care Center for her work

with the Chronic Pain Management program.

“Kanesha has been working in partnership with the Hopi Health Care Center

Chronic Pain Management committee for

the last year for community outreach for

opioid abuse prevention. She has been

a very active and helpful contributor to

the outreach program, hosting booths and

developing programming for multiple

events and sharing opioid information in

an effective, fun manner. She also completed a training to become a facilitator

for a "Chronic Pain Self-Management

Program" and is doing a fantastic job as

one of the ongoing facilitators for this

program which provided non-pharmacological treatment modalities to patients

with chronic pain. In addition, Kanesha

has been partnering with the Hopi Health

Care Center PHN program and the Palliative Care committee to provide supportive home visits to patients with complex

illnesses and at the end of life. She is dedicated, enthusiastic, and a real asset to the

CHR program and to the Pain and Palliative care programs at the Hopi Health

Care Center. On behalf of these programs

and the Hopi Health Care Center Medical

staff, I would like to nominate her for the

outstanding CHR award” stated Dr. Johnson, Hopi Health Care Center.

Several CHRs were also nominated for

the award; those being Lori MonongyeRussell, Elyse Monroe, Rose Namoki and

former CHR Manager Beatrice Norton.

Nominations were carefully reviewed

by Loretta Haven, Consultant - Indian

Health Services PHN/CHR, and Kim

Russell, Executive Director - Arizona

Advisory Council on Indian Health Care,

and Yanitza Soto - Arizona Department

of Health Services CHW Manager.

Hopi Community Health Representative

Program Staff Attain Certification

GREEN LIVING

How You Can Eliminate Food

Waste

(StatePoint) A large amount of food in

the U.S. is never eaten. However, there

are many easy ways families and communities can eliminate food waste in their

daily lives, while also protecting the environment.

Each year, more than 66 trillion gallons

of water is used to produce food that is

estimated to be lost or wasted. Wasted

food represents about 8 percent of all

global greenhouse gas emissions, according to Food and Agriculture Organization

of the United Nations (FAO).

More importantly, according to World

Wildlife Fund (WWF), food production

is the primary contributor to deforestation, forest degradation, and grassland

conversion, harming wildlife and the

habitats they call home.

“Finding harmony between agriculture

and nature may be the most important

social, economic, and ecological issue of

this century,” says Pete Pearson, WWF’s

senior director of Food Loss and Waste.

Bringing people together from the hotel and kitchen sectors, retail and food

service sectors, as well as schools and

farms, a report from WWF called “No

Food Left Behind,” explores how to

measure and reduce waste, from field to

table. Food waste and loss is a huge environmental issue that everyone can do

something about, in their homes and their

communities. Use these tips from WWF

to get started:

Shop Smart

The choices you make at the supermarket matter. Monitor what goes in and out

of your fridge. Are you buying more than

needed and chucking the rest into the garbage? Though great sources of nutrition,

about 45 percent of all fruits, vegetables,

roots and tubers are wasted, according to

the FAO. Use the freezer! Consider making a weekly meal plan that includes frozen meat, seafood, produce and canned

products (especially in the off-season) so

that you can shop with a realistic sense of

what you actually need and not feel pressure from items spoiling. Still left with

excess? Compost, but work to reduce

what goes in the compost bin!

It’s also important to shop for foods

grown and raised sustainably. Look for

eco-labels on packaging. For example,

sustainably caught seafood means the

fishery is taking steps to reduce by-catch

(fish caught unintentionally) which allows marine wildlife populations to

thrive long-term. When it comes to coffee, an eco-label might mean the product

was sourced in an environmentally responsible way. Not seeing eco-labels at

your store? Ask your grocer to consider

stocking shelves with brands working to

eliminate wasteful production practices.

Get Schools Involved

Schools can do their part to teach kids

the value of food by introducing strategies for reducing waste. WWF is working

with students and teachers, grades 5-12 in

cities nationwide, to conduct food waste

audits, and build a connection between

food, wildlife and habitat conservation.

The WWF Food Waste Warrior Toolkit is

a free resource offering lesson plans integrating math, science and language arts

that can be adjusted by grade level.

“Turning the cafeteria into a classroom

allows students to immediately understand the impact the food system has on

the environment, empowering them to

make changes and to be tomorrow’s leaders on food waste reduction,” says Pearson.

For resources and information about

food waste, visit worldwildlife.org/foodwaste.

By doing our part and eliminating food

waste, we can help save the land, water

and energy upon which people and wildlife depend on to survive.

Elyse Monroe and Cindi Polingyumptewa, Central Arizona College Graduates - Community Health Worker Certificate Recipients Photo by: Joyce

Hamilton

By: Joyce Hamilton CHR

For Media Release

Coolidge, Ariz. - August 19, 2019 was

a sweltering hot day in the valley which

was overshadowed by a joyous occasion as Ms. Elyse Monroe, Community

Health Representative (CHR) and Cindi

Polingyumptewa CHR, received certificates in the Community Health Worker

Certificate Program.

CHRs Monroe and Polingyumptewa

enrolled in the year long course through

Central Arizona College to earn a certificate in the Community Health Worker

(CHW) program. Both CHR staff members worked a full-time job in addition to

full-time student work to earn their certification.

The 32 week program provides stu-

dents with skills in various areas such as

Epidemiology, Communicable disease,

School Health, Maternal & Infant Health,

adolescent and adult health, case studies

along with a variety of topics. The CHW

certificate program provided them with

the skills necessary to carry out the job

duties for the Hopi CHR program.

A graduation ceremony was held on

Saturday, August 19, 2019 at Central

Arizona College to honor the graduates

and present them with certificates. Cindi

Polingyumptewa stated, “The classwork

was challenging, I was forced to balance

my daily job, class work and home life

throughout the year, but taking the classes helped me to learn a variety of skills to

apply in my job as a CHR.” She further

shared, “I am proud to wear my badge as

a Community Health Worker!”

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Hopitutuqaiki Completes 2019

Preschool Language Immersion

Program

September 3, 2019

Hopi Education Endowment

Fund Holds, Cont.

Students get their certificate from the Hopi tribe dignitaries (Photo by Carl

Onsae/HT)

Marilyn Para, Hopitutuqaiki teacher and Tressa Saufkie, teacher-aide with

Hopi language immersion preschool students. The photo was taken in the

Preschool classroom at the Peace Academic Center in June, 2019. (Photo by

Bob Rhodes)

Hopi Tututuqaiki

For Immediate Release

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - August 23, 2019,

The 2019 Hopitutuqaiki Hopi language

immersion program is now complete for

2019. Pre-school students have learned to

listen and speak in Hopi. This program

is an introduction so that families can

continue to encourage Hopi language at

home.

Hopitutuqaiki, with the support of

the Hopi Education Endowment Fund

(HEEF), has completed 12 years of Hopi

Language Immersion Arts-Based Preschool for 3-5 year-old children. The

class is held in June with a celebration

of the summer and arts display in August. The annual art show and potluck

attracted about 45 people and impressive

art projects in sewing, crochet, weaving

and stained glass were on display. This

year, the artwork of the preschool was

displayed and the class instructor, Marilyn Parra, described the program in Hopi.

This year’s program started with 8 students. The students entered the class with

very little Hopi language ability and after

four weeks were able to sing songs and

follow directions in Hopi. They learned

their Hopi names and were able understand their instructors. By the end of the

four-week program, students spoke in

both English and Hopi but the instructors spoke only Hopi to the children. At

the potluck, one of the parents spoke of

her child who now requires the family

to do proper Hopi etiquette at mealtime,

offering before the meal and thanking

after. She reminds her brothers if they

forget. After only four weeks of class,

the students have picked up a lot of Hopi

language, according to the parents. The

parents only wish the program could go

longer and for older children.

HEEF has been a long-time contributor to Hopitutuqaiki, having given Imagine Grants to the program 9 times, with

three of those supporting the Hopi language immersion preschool. Both HEEF

and Hopitutuqaiki realize that language

loss is a major concern on Hopi and are

doing what they can to try to reverse it.

Hopitutuqaiki continues to support Hopi Special performance by renowned artists (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

understanding of peace throughout woman, Deborah Secakuku-Baker.

language and culture as it provides classDeborah Secakuku-Baker, from the

es in various arts and crafts. The school their lives.

Shon Quannie, a member of the HEEF Village of Sipaulovi, Ariz. gave a prois now actively looking for funding to

move its language immersion program Board, was the Master of Ceremonies and found speech about where she came

into a year-round activity. Fortunately, he held his own by introducing several from and how each and everyone of the

HEEF continues to raise funds to support speakers and performers. As a member of students can become a success story.

college scholarships for Hopi students the HEEF Board, he expressed gratitude Her speech was based around the theme

and also has given Imagine Grants to lo- for all the hard work that was put into the “Imagine” and she expressed a desire towards imaging a world of a healthy living

cal programs like Hopitutuqaiki on Hopi event.

Wane Taylor, Jr. former Chairman of Hopis. She expressed

each summer for the past several years to

the Hopi Tribe, opened the eventful eveto the students in attendance that each

support their non-profit activities.

Hopitutuqaiki has been providing arts/ ning by expressing a prayer. Taylor also of them could make that happen and one

crafts classes using Hopi language and thanked all those in attendance and paid of the first steps to take was to simply

culture as a basis for learning since 2005. special gratitude to every student who had imagine that occurring for the hope and

The school is working to develop a pro- been awarded as well, as wishing them all desire to be fulfilled. The audience was

very attentive and it seemed that Secakugram derived from Hopi strengths and the best of luck in their endeavors.

addition

being

provided

very

ku-Baker’s speech touched each of them

values and wants to have a year-round

program as an arts-magnet school on pleasant dinner and the prayers for a good in a unique way.

future, Derrick Davis, from the Village of

The event ended with the raffling of 4

Hopi.

More information about Hopitutuqaiki Oraibi, Ariz. performed his award win- gift baskets valued at over $1,000 to four

can be found at the school website: www. ning Hoop Dance performance for the lucky ticket holders. The night ended

hopischool.net or by calling the school at audience. Davis was accompanied by re- with joy, laughter and supportive excite928-401-6451. The mailing address is nowned Hopi artist, Ryon Polequaptewa, ment for the newly awarded students

P.O. Box 583, Kykotsmovi, Ariz., 86039. who performed songs, which Davis kept with the future at their doorstep. At the

perfect, beat and step to.

completion of this event the HEEF will

The expression on the audience mem- already start preparing for the next event

ber’s face was evidence that the perfor- in 2020. Time will tell what type of recmance was awe inspiring to them. To ognition event the HEEF has in store for

add to the awe-inspiring performance the the next batch of awarded students during

night’s agenda segued into the evening its twentieth anniversary year of 2020.

Keynote Speech provided by local Hopi

Do you like what you’re reading?

Call or email us to tell us if we are doing a good job. We

need your feedback

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September 3, 2019

Current Indian World News

Page 5

As Amazon rainforest burns, Kayenta Mine layoffs hit, as

Indigenous women call on Navajo Generating Station

world for support

closure looms

Picture by original poster

By Brian Oaster

Indian Country Today

Scientists say the fires in the Amazon

are human-made, and many claim fires

were ultimately spawned by Brazilian

President Bolsonaro’s anti-Indigenous

agenda

Indigenous Amazonian chieftains

warned the world about Bolsonaro. The

right-wing authoritarian known as the

‘Trump of the Tropics’ took Brazil’s

presidential office in July. And now the

Amazon is on fire.

Scientists count 72,843 fires in the Amazon this year, the highest number in recorded history. Roughly 10,000 of these

have erupted since Thursday last week.

And no, it’s not climate change at work.

In the midst of the fires, Indigenous

women leaders are calling out to the

world in need of support. Many claim

Bolsonaro’s ideologies are spawning

race-based retaliations, and the Amazon

is suffering.

Scientists find ‘nothing abnormal in

A bulldozer crawls over a pile of coal at Peabody’s Kayenta mine on the

Navajo Nation in this 2012 photo. The mine is closing this month, ahead of

the climate,’ citing humans as firestarters the December closure of its only customer, the Navajo Generating Station.

Scientists at Brazil’s national space re- (Photo courtesy Peabody Energy)

search institute say they find no meteorological abnormality that could encourage

the forest fires. During the month of June,

however, the Brazilian Amazon suffered

an 88 percent increase in deforestation,

and the current number of wildfires is 83

percent higher than the same time last

year.

“There is nothing abnormal about the

climate this year or the rainfall in the

Amazon region, which is just a little

below average,” says national space researcher Alberto Setzer. “The dry season

creates favorable conditions for the use

and spread of fire, but starting a fire is the

work of humans, either deliberately or by

accident.”

No accident, say Indigenous communities. Their reports point to cattle ranchers

and profit-motivated companies — emboldened by Bolsonaro’s anti-Indigenous

hostility — who have been starting the

fires with petrol bombs.

I used to be called Captain

Cont. On Page 8

Native Americans living in rural

America are being left behind in

today’s digital age

(Photo: Markus Spiske)

Joseph RedCloud

For Indian Country Today

Chief RedCloud’s descendant Joseph

RedCloud visits the nation’s capital to

bridge the digital divide for rural Native

Americans

My direct ancestor, Chief RedCloud,

went to Washington, D.C. after signing

the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 that settled RedCloud’s War and established the

Great Sioux Nation. Over the years, my

other ancestors (Chief Jack RedCloud,

Chief James RedCloud, Chief Edgar

RedCloud and Chief Oliver RedCloud)

also traveled to the Nation’s capital to

fight for the rights of Native Americans.

Last week, I followed in the footsteps of

my ancestors and met with federal government officials.

My ancestors fought for our sacred

land, which remains an issue today, notwithstanding the 1868 Treaty. Yes, it may

come as a surprise to most Americans

that 150 years ago, after years of battles,

the U.S. government settled the land disputes with the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota Sioux Tribes to ensure Tribal ownership of the Black Hills. No sooner was

the ink dry on the Treaty, the Black Hills

were taken from us and given to gold

prospectors. Sorry for the digression, but

our history with the United States government continues to haunt us.

In my meetings last week in Washington, D.C., I was struck by how welcoming and attentive people were to me.

While I came in peace, my message was

direct and forceful. Native Americans

living in rural America are being left behind in today’s digital age.

In the 1800s, my ancestors fought for

land rights. Today, our battle is for the

basic necessities of housing, food, edu-

cation, communications and Internet access. It may surprise you to learn that the

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is larger

than the state of Rhode Island. Yet we

have only a few cell towers to serve the

entire reservation whereas Rhode Island

has more than 1,000 cell towers.

Back home, Tribal residents suffer

with no or spotty coverage on roads and

homes and huddle around an Internet

Library for the only free Wi-Fi service

on our Reservation. As I walked around

Congress, the Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) and other areas of

Washington, D.C. last week, I witnessed

the digital age — people glued to their

phones and computers, presumably conducting business and communicating

with loved ones. I thought, if only our

people had the same access to information and communications, then maybe

we would be able to realize the American

dream and not suffer from chronic unemployment, devastating poverty and other

third world living conditions. Surely, my

message of inclusion and access to essential broadband services would be well

received and supported by our Nation’s

leaders, right?

My first stop was the office of Federal

Communications Commission Chairman

Pai, who is the Nation’s top communications leader. On the Federal Communications Commission web page, it

prominently states “Bridging The Digital

Divide For All Americans,” which surely

includes the Nation’s first Americans,

e.g., Native Americans. In fact, Chairman Pai himself states, “My number

one priority has been closing the digital

divide and bringing the benefits of the Internet age for all Americans.” I applaud

Chairman Pai’s message of inclusion and

closing the digital divide, which is

Cont. On Page 8

Harrison Mantas

Cronkite News

The last 265 workers at Kayenta Coal

Mine are being laid off this month, another step toward the looming closure of

the Navajo Generating Station that will

bring the loss of hundreds more jobs this

winter.

The mine was already down from

about 350 workers last year and will likely retain only a token force of workers to

help with cleanup after the mine ships its

last trainload of coal to the power plant,

its only customer.

“It’s a travesty,” said Phil Smith, a

spokesman for the United Mine Workers

of America, which represents mineworkers at Kayenta. Union officials said they

are in talks with the mine owner, Peabody Energy, on the size of the remaining workforce.

The power plant is set to close at the

end of this year after its owner, the Salt

River Project, said it was no longer costeffective to run the coal-fired

Cont. On Page 8

Elizabeth Warren says US has

a ‘moral obligation’ to Indian

Country

By Jourdan Bennett-Begaye

Indian Country Today

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth

Warren, D-Massachusetts, rolls out her

19-page policy plan for Indian Country

less than three days away from a historic

Native presidential forum in Iowa.

Her new plan is a comprehensive legislative proposal called the “Honoring

Promises to Native Nations Act” that she

and Rep. Debra Haaland, Laguna Pueblo

and D-New Mexico, worked on together.

Haaland publicly endorsed the senator

late last month.

Warren’s policy plan came three weeks

after Julián Castro released his “People

First Indigenous Communities” policy.

But Warren’s is a little more thorough.

Along with the 19-page proposal, there

are the 20 pages of legislative appendices, and a 1-page summary.

(ICYMI: Haaland calls Warren ‘a great

friend … and a great partner for Indian

Country’)

Haaland said it’s time for the government to live up to its responsibility.

“Native American communities have

endured a long history of oppression and

broken promises – from blankets laced

in disease to times when my grandparents and others in their communities

were taken away from their families and

put into boarding schools – the federal

government has failed to live up to it responsibility to Native Nations to provide

support for basic necessities in exchange

for land and mass extermination of Native people,” Haaland said. “Congress

will have an opportunity to address the

longstanding failures of the federal government. This legislative proposal is the

vehicle to further the conversation about

what Indian Country needs for these

promises to be adequately fulfilled, and

to empower tribal governments to serve

their people. The federal government

must honor its promises.”

Besides having the help from Laguna

Pueblo leader who has actively been fighting for Native communities at the federal

level since inauguration day, Warren’s

proposal “Honoring Promises” stems

from two reports released by the United

States Commission on Civil Rights.

The first report came out in 2003 revealing the “unmet needs” in Indian

Country. A follow-up report “Broken

Promises: Continuing Federal Funding

Shortfall for Native Americans” was released last December. It looked at how far

the needle was moved in Indian Country

-- it barely moved.

The chair of the commission, Catherine

E. Lhamon released a statement addressing Warren’s policy plan.

“With the release of our report, the U.S.

Commission on Civil Rights called for

immediate Congressional action to ensure

Native Americans and Native Hawaiians

live, work, and learn with the same expectations for opportunity and equality to

which all other Americans have access,”

Lhamon said. “We are grateful that Senator Warren and Representative Haaland

heard that urgent call, and we look forward to working with them on legislation

to address the Commission’s recommendations.”

Warren said the government must “end

the neglect” and “as a nation, we are failing in our legal, political, and moral obligations toward tribal governments and

Indigenous peoples.”

Part of ending the neglecting for the

senator is acknowledging the history of

Native people. “Native history is American history,” she says and supports it

being part of the curriculum in public

schools across the country.

If anything, the 19 pages exemplify

that the senator understands the needs of

tribal nations and sees them as political

entities and sovereign nations, not a race.

But she’s also realistic.

“This legislation will not address every

major policy issue of concern to tribal nations and Indigenous communities,” she

said in the policy. “But it will represent

an urgently needed and long-overdue step

toward ensuring that the United States finally, and for the first time, fully meets its

resource obligations to Indian Country.”

Within each policy area Warren reinforces the nation-to-nation relationship,

tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

Keeping that in mind, she wants to receive input from tribal citizens, tribal

leaders, stakeholders, the public, and experts before Congress looks at the final

product.

The entire plan can be broken down

into five areas: Native history, treaty and

trust obligations, resources for Indian

Country, structural changes, and policy

areas.

The policy areas of Warren’s plan focus

on:

Economic development (physical infrastructure, digital infrastructure, financial

infrastructure, business development,

small businesses)

Economic opportunity (marijuana)

Climate change

Housing

Health care (guaranteed funding, adequate providers, chronic disease, behavioral health, Medicaid, transition to

Medicare for All, public health, urban

Indian health)

Education (universal child care, Bureau

of Indian Education schools, K-12 support, curriculum inclusion, Generation

Indigenous, free public college, funding

for tribal colleges and universities)

Native Veterans

Public Safety and Criminal Justice

(crimes on Native land, tribal courts)

Missing and murdered Indigenous women

Tribal lands and tribal sovereignty (tribal

land interests)

Voting rights

What different from hers and others?

While Warren, like others who have

rolled out plans, hers stands out in several

ways: length, a change in funding stream,

proposal of cabinet-level position, a policy for suicide, address land loss via allotment, tackling child

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PUZZLES & GAMES

CONNECT THE DOTS

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Like a Hurricane on the Hopi Reservation

By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE

The Hopi Tutuveni

Cross Word Puzzle

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Hopi words.

Answers in next issue

Answers for August 20th edition

Across

3. Perhaps, 6. Cold, 7. Pity, 9. Mouth, 11. Arrive, 12. Chin, 14. Look, 15. Neck, 16. Face, 17. Try,

18.When, 19. Ear

Down

1. Hip, 2. Definitely, 4. Stomach, 5. Foot, 8. Back, 10. Who, 13. Nose, 14. Leg, 17. Toe 18.Wait, 20. Ribs

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Hopilavyit - Fall Related

HOPI WORDS

Wùusi - Broom

ible Plants)

Nìiti - Acquire

Wìiqöhi - Candle

Höknaya - Harvest Activ-

Màmqasi - Afraid

Moosa - Cat

ity (Corn)

Tsuye’ew - Annoying

Wishövi - Cob Web

Hatiko - Lima Beans

Mansàla - Apples

Humisi - Corn Blossom

Kasaava - Melon (Ca-

Haman’iwta - Ashamed

Silakvu - Corn Husk

saba)

(Be)

Wikto - Corn (Purple)

Siingyanta - Peeling Husk

Qötsvi - Ashes

Nanha - Corn Smut

Tuva - Pine Nuts

Tsovàlti - Assemble

Qötsaqa’ö - Corn (White)

Pàapu - Purple String

Nawis’ew - At Last

Mööya - Dry - Corn &

Beans

Yuwsi - Attire

Peaches

Sivàapi - Rabbit Brush

Naanahoy - Back & Forth

Tuphena - Dye (Bas-

Murita - Threshing Beans

Nukpana - Bad

ketweaving)

(Cleaning)

Siwi - Basketry Shrub

Wìmori - Fat Beans

Sìkyatko - Watermelon

Sawya - Bat

Kòmokto - Gather Wood

(Yellow Meat)

Tungla’yta - Beg

Hohomto - Grabbing @

Hohoysi - Wild Tea

Awsòyakna - Bewitch

Basket Dance

Siita - Wild Tea

Qöomvi - Black

Nepni - Greens (Wild Ed-

Mooho - Yucca

Growing up on the reservation has

taught me that everything out here is

very hard to accomplish. And by that

I mean actually living on the reservation…life is hard.

You would have to work for everything from food to education and everything in between. But when I was

growing up I don’t think I ever paid

attention to how life was for me at

that moment in time. When you’re a

mush head kitten, it seems you really

don’t pay attention to the bad things

in your childhood. Of course we all

have scars in a way, but look at us

now, we’re completely “NORMAL”

whatever that means.

When you’re a mush head kitten

you don’t think about the bad things

in the “now” REZ life, like drugs

and alcohol. Back then, life, as a

simple kitten was easy. All you had

to do was just wait till your parents

called you into the house. Or, you

just simply could eat at someone’s

house and they would take you home

afterwards…simple.

As kittens we knew that there were

drugs and alcohol in the village, but

it was never a bother, because it was

frowned upon. We would make fun

of the village drunks and they would

cower in shame for what they did. But

nowadays the entire village seems to

be one big drunk person. And it’s so

easy to be one big drunk person because you can buy alcohol and drugs

on the reservation. All you have to

do is go next door and simply ask. It

seems even the “grandma” next-door

will say “$20 for a bottle”…it’s that

easy.

It’s kind of strange, because in a

short amount of time drugs and alcohol has shaped the Hopi community

drastically, kind of like how a hurricane would impact Arizona, if we

had ocean front property. The drunks

we use to make fun of that cowered

in shame seem to have no shame at

all. When did that change? Now we

don’t make fun of them anymore

we just simply say, “Daha is drunk

again”…and we go back to our daily

business. Younger kids already know

what a drunken person looks like

even before their first birthday.

It’s like we have engrained drugs

and alcohol into our Hopi culture

now and we simply accept that its

part of our everyday tradition. With

drugs and alcohol now seeming to be

part of our culture, killing and stealing acts seem to also be followed

closely.

See when I was growing up, I

thought that killing and stealing

were only on TV or in the big city. I

would have never thought that those

types of words would ever be used

on the Hopi reservation because it

was never part of our vocabulary

when I was growing up. But now we

hear that everyday in the community

and in Facebook.

Of course we have a legal system

that tries to improve our “problem”

but when you have the entire reservation full of drugs and alcohol, the

problem will simply just grow from

generation to generation. So how can

we solve this reservation wide problem? That is one question I don’t

have a solution to. It’s like trying to

solve our no-rain problem. We cannot solve it, but that doesn’t mean

there isn’t a solution. It just means

that this problem is something that

the entire reservation has to come up

with and not just a single person or

group, but as a whole.

Of course in schools we teach our

children about the dangers of drugs

and alcohol by showing them what

could happen to them if they do

“go down that path.” And it seems

somewhere down the road, they will

eventually try drugs and alcohol and

some will become addicted and others will not, but I guess it’s how we

are all raised.

Do we accept that drugs and alcohol are part of Hopi culture now? Or

do we simply put a “WALL” at our

borders to not allow any drugs or alcohol in our community.

When I think of the word “STEAL”

it seems that it is always being used

on Facebook. Every time I read it,

it will say something like, “Someone stole my Hopi belt” or “Someone stole my grandma’s walker”.

We are getting to the point where

“BIG CITY” problems are become

our problems. Why don’t we do anything about it? Well I say it’s because

we know that person’s grandmother

or grandfather or relative and they

are good people. To accuse someone

of stealing is something we are all

scared of, because of the “thought”

of what might happen if we accuse

someone of stealing.

I’m pretty sure that a long time

ago when a Hopi person was caught

stealing it was dealt in a village setting where the person who stole

something would do something to

work off their debt to the community. Or that person would be shamed

into not stealing anymore by having

their behavior corrected by the village and not just an individual. But

it’s not like that anymore; we are

a close community but yet we are

miles apart from one another because it is like we don’t know who

our neighbors are anymore.

Of course we have several groups

who educate the community about

the dangers about drugs and alcohol,

and I applaud them for that. At least

they are trying to make a change for

our Hopi people. But when you have

just a simple group trying to make a

change it is not enough to actually

make a dent, but they try, and they

will continue to educate the Hopi

community about the dangers of

drugs and alcohol.

Every Hopi family here on the

Hopi reservation has a person who

drinks that lives with them and it

seems that we are forced to accept

them, as they are. So let me ask, is

it ok to do that? Is it ok to treat them

like this is part of our culture now?

So what can we do? I guess that’s

something we have to “individually”

come up with as a solution.

Sometimes we will try to come up

with solutions like rehab centers, or

more P.S.A about the “DANGERS

OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL”…

but are they working? How can we

keep the dangers of drugs and alcohol away from kids?

My advice to you is that drugs and

alcohol are touchy subjects on the

Hopi reservation. Some will simply not want to look at the truth of

this epidemic and some will try to

improve the problem. Educating

our younger generation about these

problems is one thing. Eventually

they will not be mush heads anymore

so they will have to be the ones to

come up with their own solution to

this problem. All we can do is just

try to make sure we are all adults and

show our younger generation that

there is still hope in this Hopi world

of ours and one without so much of

an impact from drugs and alcohol, if

we could just choose to not use either one, even for one day at a time.

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As Amazon rainforest burns, Cont.

Chainsaw. Now I am Nero, setting the

Amazon aflame,” Bolsonaro told reporters. He recently fired the INPE’s director after criticizing their findings of the

increase in deforestation.

Indigenous women mobilize as the

voice of the Amazon

The Amazon rainforest, the world’s

largest, provides us all with one-fifth of

the oxygen we breathe, as well as onefifth of our fresh water. It’s one of Earth’s

biggest carbon sinks. It’s home to 6,000

animal species and 40,000 plant species.

Although they’re responsible for twothirds of cancer-combatting medicines,

99 percent of these rainforest plant species have still never been studied by

western scientists for their healing power.

The Amazon is cared for by over a

million Indigenous people and at least

100 "uncontacted" tribes, more than anywhere else in the world.

Last week, thousands of Indigenous

women in leadership mobilized to march

in protest in Brasília.

“We came to denounce the president’s

hateful discourse, which has increased

violence and destruction in our territories, which directly impacts us, women,”

said Sônia Guajajara, former vice-presidential candidate and current leader of

Indigenous rights group the Articulação

dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (Brazil’s

Indigenous People Articulation) or APIB.

“For the first time in history, the Indig-

enous women’s march convenes more

than 100 different peoples in Brasilia

with more than 2,000 women present,”

says the Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasi’s Célia Xacriabá. “This is a

movement that is not only symbolically

important but also historically and politically significant. When they try to take

away our rights, it’s not enough to only

defend our territories. We also need to

occupy spaces beyond our villages, such

as institutional spaces and political representativity.”

Indigenous women leaders call for international support

Xacriabá is asking people outside of

the Amazon to support their voices in

opposition to Bolsonero’s campaign of

terror and destruction. “We call on the

international community to support us,

to amplify our voices and our struggle

against today’s legislative genocide,

where our own government is authorizing the slaughter and ethnocide of indigenous peoples. This is also an opportunity

to join our voices to denounce this government’s ecocide, where the killing of

mother nature is our collective concern."

“We are counting on international solidarity to advance this movement for our

future,” said Guajajara.

As of now, smoke from the burning

Amazon can be seen from space and is

blacking out the sun in cities over a thousand miles away.

Native Americans living in rural America, Cont.

“wide” on many Tribal lands.

Chairman Pai has pursued an open

market approach with regulatory incentives to broadband deployment. This

approach has largely worked resulting

in 93.5 percent of the population of the

U.S. having access to fixed broadband

service and 99.8 percent population of

the U.S. having access to mobile broadband service. (See Federal Communications Commission 2019 Broadband

Deployment Report.) At the same time,

the Federal Communications Commission has recognized broadband service

deployment “on certain Tribal lands lags

deployment in other geographic areas.”

In fact, the data shows that only 45.4%

of the population in rural Tribal lands

have access to fixed and mobile broadband service. Can you imagine if that

was the case in urban America? It would

be a national crisis and likely result in the

country spiraling into an economic crisis. Welcome to everyday life for many

people in Indian country.

I am encouraged, however, by Chairman Pai’s focus on the digital divide. I

am also encouraged by the work being

done on many Reservations to bridge

the digital divide. My Pine Ridge Indian

Reservation has an Internet Library and

Technology Center that provides Tribal

residents with free access to computers,

the Internet and digital literacy training.

This would not be possible but for the

broadband regulatory policies of Chairman Pai and the Federal Communications

Commission, which has allowed a company, like Native American Telecom —

Pine Ridge, LLC, to serve the broadband

and digital literacy needs of residents of

the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

I am committed to working with the

Federal Communications Commission to

ensure that “no Indian is left behind.” I

urge regulators and legislators to consult

with each Tribe and implement the necessary laws, rules, and policies to bridge

the digital divide in Indian Country. I

also urge federal and state authorities to

recognize that access is only one component of solving the digital divide. Equally

important is affordability and the Lifeline

program, which makes telephone and Internet service affordable for many residents of Tribal lands.

Recently, Tribal interested parties

challenged an Federal Communications

Commission Order in court that would

have limited the availability of Lifeline

service. We won this legal challenge,

but our work is not done and we need

to continue to work cooperatively to

establish a Lifeline program that works

for everyone. For example, I completely agree with Chairman Pai’s efforts to

eliminate fraud, waste and abuse within

the Lifeline program and establish a National Verifier to ensure that only eligible

consumers obtain valuable Lifeline discounts. But, I do not agree with implementing new rules, processes and procedures without regard for the impact on

low-income consumers. A National Verifier that cannot verify because of lack of

access to eligibility databases may eliminate fraud, waste and abuse but it does

so at the expense of eligible residents of

Tribal lands not having access to Lifeline

service. Minimum standards for Lifeline

service are important, but if the standards

are too high or too burdensome, then the

result may be less Lifeline service not

better Lifeline service. Let’s temporarily

halt some of these Lifeline reforms and

make sure we get everything right before

blindly making changes that could harm

the beneficiaries of the Lifeline program

— low income consumers.

We can solve all of these problems —

access to broadband service and affordability of service — by working together.

Like my ancestors, I am willing to take

the road less traveled to ensure that Native Americans have access to the same

services available to all Americans and

realize the American dream.

September 3, 2019

Kayenta Mine layoffs hit,Cont.

plant when it could buy energy cheaper

from natural gas plants. On its website,

SRP said the Navajo Generating Station

employs 500 workers.

They have been good-paying jobs:

A report from Coconino County said

the average annual salary at the Navajo

Generating Station is between $70,000

and $74,000. Many of the workers in the

complex were members of the Navajo

Nation and Hopi tribe.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Navajo County had an unemployment rate

of 8.1% in June and neighboring Apache

County had a jobless rate of 11.1% that

month, when the national unemployment

rate was 3.7%.

A spokesman for Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President

Myron Lizer said in an email that the economic impact of the mine and plant closure is estimated to be roughly $20 million to $30 million for the nation alone.

The spokesman, Jared Touchin, said that

estimate does not include the impact for

surrounding communities.

“The Nez-Lizer administration has

established a work group known as the

Hayoołkaał (Sunrise) Work Group that

is tasked with creating a new economic

vision for the Navajo Nation,” Touchin

wrote.

He said the administration is looking at

establishing a call center in Kayenta, and

exploring opportunities to build wind and

solar plants to replace jobs lost at the coal

mine and plant.

But efforts to save the plant or replace

its jobs have been futile so far.

The Navajo Nation Council in March

voted 11-9 to end a bid to buy the power

plant and keep it operating. Discussions

over ways to replace the mine with renewable sources of energy stalled this

summer when legislation to do so was

sent back to committee in July.

The Navajo Transitional Energy Company, NTEC, that would have run the

NGS had the nation acquired it is instead

in talks to buy three coal mines in Wyoming and Montana from the now bankrupt Cloud Peak Energy. That proposal

was criticized as risky in an Institute of

Energy Economics and Financial Analysis report by Karl Cates, who said the Navajo government would have to assume

$200 million worth of debt from the outset in such a deal.

SRP has already relocated some workers from the power plant to jobs near

Phoenix, and Peabody Energy in an

emailed statement Friday expressed a

willingness to do the same. In that statement, a Peabody Energy spokesperson

said the company is still determining the

size of the force needed to handle the

cleanup and reclamation after the mine’s

closure.

Smith said several laid-off workers

will be eligible for retirement benefits,

but he predicts that the mine’s younger

workers will be forced to move hundreds

of miles from their families in order to

find work that offers comparable levels

of compensation.

Elizabeth Warren says, Cont.

addressing mental health, a proposal for

how to fund law enforcement programs

and give more tribal courts jurisdiction,

the inclusion of Native youth, establishing an alert program for missing Indigenous women, making sure Native veterans receive services, and fighting the

Religous Freedom Restoration Act that

counters the American Indian Religous

Freedom Act from 1978.

The Massachusetts senator says structural change is needed because “I know

that when it comes to government decisions, it matters who’s in the room -- and

what authority they have.”

That’s why she proposes “a permanent,

cabinet-level White House Council on

Native American Affairs.” The chairperson would make sure the administration

would “meet their obligations to Indian

Country regardless of who is President”

and establish the annual White House

Tribal Nations conference that former

President Barack Obama started.

The annual conference and position

within the cabinet may be the answer for

tribal leaders who have been asking to

speak with the president.

Structural changes

The senator’s plan would address the

severe inadequate funding Indian Country has known for decades. Besides wanting to fully fund the Indian Health Service, she wants to lift the budget out of

the appropriations process.

“Honoring Promises will seek to end

the problem of inadequate funding by

removing these programs from the traditional appropriations process and instead

ensuring predictable, guaranteed funding

for all of these vital initiatives – no matter the circumstances in Washington,”

she said. “Trust and treaty obligations do

not vanish because of political games in

Washington; federal funding must no longer vanish for these reasons, either.”

This could avoid future government

shutdowns that affected IHS and its contractors earlier this year. An example was

Native American Lifelines, which is an

urban health clinic located in Baltimore

and Boston contracted through IHS. The

clinic had to suspend some of its services

and dip into its reserve funds to continue

operating during the shutdown.

Warren wants to establish a new White

House Budgetary Office that would “help

consult with tribes, and track and advance government-wide progress toward

meeting the federal government’s trust

and treaty responsibilities” in funding for

Native programs.

Another structural change is adding

a deputy secretary to the Department of

Interior who reports to the Secretary and

“has cross-cutting authority across departments, a special envoy on Indigenous

peoples issues within the State Department, and the establishment of additional

Deputy Secretaries for tribal nations in

other federal departments.” This is important because it allows Native people

to be at the seat of the table and more

involved in the federal decision-making

process.

Listen out for tribal governments input

on this next structural change. The policy

plan calls for “ensuring timely consultation with tribal nations on federal policy.”

Timely is an interesting word choice as

many tribal leaders know that with the

way things operate now, it’s slow. But

Warren’s new RESPECT Act wants to

set processes in place or maybe make the

processes more clear cut so tasks can get

done.

Supporters of the policy play are rallying behind her. Supporters who released

comments of support include President

Jefferson Keel of the National Congress

of American Indians, Board Chairman

Gary Cooper of the National American

Indian Housing Council, the National Indian Education Association, the National

Indigenous Women's Resource Center,

President Gil Vigil of the National Indian Child Welfare Association Board

of Directors, the National Indian Gaming Association, Chairman Pete Upton

of the Native CDFI Network, Seattle Indian Health Board's Government Affairs

Officer Aren Sparck, Chairman Robert

Miguel of the Ak-Chin Indian Community, E. Paul Torres of the All Pueblo

Council of Governors, Tribal Chairman

Bob Peters of the Gun Lake Tribe, Tribal

Chairman and CEO W. Ron Allen of the

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Chairman

Rodney Butler of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, President Julian Bear

Runner of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Tribal

Chairman Mark Macarro of the Pechanga

Band of Luiseño Indians, Rosebud Sioux

Tribe President Rodney Bordeaux, Chairman Terry Rambler of the San Carlos

Apache Tribe, Chairman Arnold Cooper

of the Squaxin Island Tribe, Chairwoman

Cheryl Andrews-Maltais of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah),

Chairman Anthony Roberts of the Yocha

Dehe Wintun Nation, CEO Wizipan Little Elk of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and

Siuslaw Indians of Oregon.

When you compare Warren’s policy

plan with Castro, Sanders, and Williamson, it’s carefully created for Native

people. Again, it’s 19 pages long with attention to detail in laws that have worked

and not worked for Indian Country. That

includes changing up the way those laws

were made: non-Natives making laws for

Natives who do not understand or barely

understand Native issues. She even threw

“living up to the principles” of the United

Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, international law created by the United Nations, that Obama

supported but didn’t make it legally binding. We’ll see what Warren does.

“Structural change means truly integrating Indigenous voices and values

into our policy decisions,” she said. “We

must ensure that America’s sacred trust

and treaty obligations are the law of the

land - binding legal and moral principles

that are not merely slogans, but instead

reinforce the solemn nation-to-nation relationships with Tribal Nations.

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