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Hopi Tutuveni January 8, 2020

Hopi Chairman’s Report to the Hopi Public

Loloma, Loloma. Pay nu uh, Chairman Nuvangyaoma.

Pay nu ngasew umumi hisa lavaytini. Pay ahntsa yef itam

Hopi/Tewa Sinmuy amungem ahne tumalay’yungwa. Yef

pay ahntsa ii tumala nitewtah. Hin sen itam hiita lolomat

ow yukuni, nen Hopi/Tewa Sinom put ahk mongvastotini?

Yef nat pu hisat Tutuveni pehna, it Resolution 081-2019,

itah Tribal Government lavayayat mahtafyakoh. Niikyang, ka soosook ang peniwtah, hin Tribal Council put

tumaltotakoh. It nu umumi tuwat yu’ah’aykuni nen uma

tuwat ow hin naaf wuwayani.

Greetings to all our Hopi/Tewa Sinom. This is Chairman Nuvangyaoma. During my campaign, I spoke about

transparency, and as part of that transparency, I have

visited the villages and communities providing public

forums to inform Hopi/Tewa Sinom. On December 30,

2019, a Phoenix Public Forum was held.

The Tutuveni recently published in the November 19,

2019 Issue #22 titled “Hopi Tribal Council Adopts Resolution H-081-2019 to Rescind the September 3, 2019

Vote for Selection of General Counsel”.

The story, however, failed to depict information important for our Hopi/Tewa Sinom as part of this story.

When my Administration came into office on December 1, 2017, we identified matters of concern and knew

corrective measures had to be put in place. The Hopi

Tribal Government deals with Federal and State issues.

For that reason all attorneys within the office of General

Counsel must be licensed and in good standing with the

State Bar of Arizona. The fact is no one in the Office of

General Counsel was licensed with the State Bar of Arizona. How attorneys are hired is another serious concern

that has proven to be ineffective. Over the course of years

there has been a large turnover of General Counsels.

Within the Hopi Constitution Under ARTICLE VI –

POWERS OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL – Section 1(b)

To employ lawyers, choice of lawyers and fixing of fees

to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior so long as required by Federal law. This section

has been interpreted differently by Tribal Council Representatives. Tribal Council Representatives believe they

are solely responsible for accepting reviewing, vetting,

interviewing, and hiring attorneys. For that reason, I mentioned this to Hopi Tribal Council “As I look across this

body (Hopi Tribal Representatives, including myself), I

do not see one person with any Human Resources certification. We are Legislators, not Administrators. The

Human Resources Departments specific purposes is to

properly execute the hiring process”.

Ms. Works was hired to serve as Deputy General Counsel. Ms. Thin Elk was not an Arizona Licensed Attorney.

Ms. Works attempted to resolve this matter internally

within the office of General Counsel but subsequently

had to report it to the State Bar for professional reasons

and to protect her licensure.

The Hopi Tribal Council agreed with my administrations recommendation to update the General Counsel Position description to require the applicant to be licensed

and in good standing with the State of Arizona. The Hopi

Tribal Council also agreed to have the Human Resources

component added to the hiring process of General Counsel. The following is the summary of the process in hiring

General Counsel:

The position of General Counsel has been vacant since

December 3, 2018, which is well over a year. On April

10, 2019, the Hopi Tribal Council directed the Executive

Director and the Office Human Resources to formulate a

team to review applications for the General Counsel position.

On May 16, 2019, the Hopi Tribal Council approved

a General Counsel Application Review Team, which

consisted of Dorma Sahneyah, Executive Director, Representative Dale Sinquah, Representative Rosa Honani,

Representative Philton Talahytewa Sr., Representative

LeRoy Shingoitewa, and Vice-Chairman’s Chief of Staff

Troy Honanie Jr. The panel was identified within an open

council session.

On August 7, 2019, after conducting review of applications and applicant interviews, the Review Team presented to the Hopi Tribal Council its Interview Ratings

depicting the recommended top candidate for the General

Counsel position. Hopi Tribal Council decided not to

support the Team’s recommendation of Sarah Works and

voted to interview applicants that did not meet the Team’s

qualification review.

A formal Action Item and Contract for Ms. Works were

in route for review and signature however, Vice- Chairman Tenakhongva refused to sign the documents. The

documents were sent to then Acting General Counsel

Carlene Tenakhongva who also refused to sign the documents. The Action Item/Resolution was not provided to

the Tribal Secretary’s office therefore it was never acted

upon by the Tribal Council.

On September 3, 2019, the Hopi Tribal Council, by motion, voted to hire Ms. Sarah Works as General Counsel.

Ms. Works was ranked as the highest qualified candidate,

and because the action item was not signed previously

and not provided to the Secretary’s office with a contract,

Ms. Works was processed as a regular employee.

Ms. Works began producing weekly updates which

were now being received within the Office of the Chairman and Hopi Tribal Council. Reporting had been absent

since December 1, 2017.

On November 12, 2019, Representative Dale Sinquah, First Mesa Consolidated Villages representative,

introduced an Action Item/Resolution, endorsed by Rosa

Honani, Shipaulovi Village representative which read

“Rescission of the Sept 3, 2019 vote and selection for the

position of General Counsel due to the improper manner

in which the vote was conducted and introduced, and revocation of the Personnel action to hire Ms. Sarah works,

rendering the action null and void.” Below are the voting

results:

A.T. Sinquah Yes; Celestino Youvella Yes; Dale Sinquah Yes; Alfonso Sakeva No; Craig Andrews No; Ronald Humeyestewa No; Vice-Chairman Tenakhongva

Yes; Chairman Nuvangyaoma presiding and not voting,

Merwin K Yes; Annette Talayumptewa No; Rosa Honani

Yes; Alverna Poneoma Yes; Dennis Koeyahongva No;

Clifford Qutosaquahu Absent; Davis Pecusa No; David

Talayumptewa Yes; Phillip Quochytewa Yes; Danny

Honanie Yes; Herman Honanie Yes; LeRoy Shingoitewa No, Philton Talahytewa Sr. No; Robert Charley No.

Unanimously Hopi Tribal Council voted to support this

Action Item and the Hopi Tribe was once again without a

General Counsel.

In order to correct the situation a second action item/

resolution and contract was drafted in order to meet the

December agenda. These documents were drafted and

filed with the Office of the Tribal Secretary on November

6, 2019.

On December 24, 2019, Action Item #004-2020 along

with a contract was presented to Hopi Tribal Council as a

solution to fill the vacancy of General Counsel. The presentation informed Hopi Tribal Council that there are currently 60+ Action Items pending legal review of matters

that involve contracts, leases, resolutions, ordinances,

operating budgets/outside funding matters, and ongoing/

potential lawsuits.

Cont. On Page 3

Hopi Tutuveni January 8, 2020

Hopi Chairman’s Report, Cont.

Hopi Tribal council voted against hiring Ms. Works as

General Counsel. Because of this action to date the position of General Counsel and 2 Deputy Counsel Positions

remain vacant.

On December 26, 2019, Representative Dale Sinquah

introduced and presented ACTION ITEM #009 -2020 –

To adopt policies and procedures for providing legal support to the Hopi Tribal Council and Departments -- DISCUSSION – to adopt interim procedures providing legal

support to the Hopi Tribal Council and Departments. On

November 12, 2019, the Hopi Tribal Council approved

by motion and majority vote Resolution H-081-2019; To

Rescind the September 3, 2019 vote and selection for the

position of General Counsel. The approval of Resolution

H-081-2019 resulted in the position of General Counsel

for the Hopi Tribe unfilled. The tribe must adopt procedures to direct the Executive Director to accept request

for legal support (i.e., action items, legal review, etc.) and

forward the Office of the General Counsel to contract legal firms to complete the legal review in a timely manner.

These interim procedures will apply until the position of

the Hopi General Counsel is filled.

This Action Item was approved.

The Hopi Tribe will no longer receive revenue from the

coal royalties which accounted for approximately 85% of

our General Fund budget. Contracting out our legal services is a temporary fix that will create added expense to

an already depleting Hopi Tribal General Fund budget.

I encourage the public to attend Council meetings and

become aware of Hopi Tribal Council actions. Your

awareness is necessary to empower change.

Kwakwa,

Chairman Nuvangyaoma

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Hopi Tribal Council Approves Action Item for FY2020

General Fund Budget, Cont.

program staff, the group and Council seemed volving Account) section, a subsection was

set on dollar figures and continued the final added reading. “c. Any Revolving Account

work on the Appropriations Language.

funds accumulated two years or more prior

Suggestions for using the 2020 base fig- to the current Fiscal Year shall be applied to

ure for FY2021 resulted in the change being a program’s proposed budget for the upcommade to the Appropriations language. Much ing Fiscal Year, before any other funds are

discussion over the difference between using budgeted for that particular program.”

the word “emergency” versus “exigent” in This particular addition affects and clarithe Contingency Account section also result- fies for programs such as Hopi Tutuveni the

ed in that subtle change being implemented use of its Revolving Funds. In the past there

and was changed from the previous year’s was no language stipulating how unused

Appropriations Language.

balances could be applied and since Hopi

Tribal Council members concerned for Tutuveni did submit a proposed budget, in

parity amongst salaries for all Tribal pro- accordance with instructions and directions

grams and departments, whether the pro- for the BOT, Hopi Tutuveni will be allowed

grams are funded via contract, grant or gen- use of its Revolving Fund balance in the

eral funds led members to suggest changes next Fiscal Year. Revenues earned in 2019

which would be reflective of how Cost of will not, however, be available for Hopi TuLiving Allowances, Merit Increases, Bonus- tuveni’s use until 2021, according to the apes and Incentives would be handled for all proved Appropriations Language in the secHopi Tribal employees. While the FY2020 tion. This does create limitations of sorts on

General Fund Budget approval takes into Hopi Tutuveni’s ability to fully use revenue

consideration funding from that source only, to further generate more revenue.

Council members made a point to modify In appreciation, Vice Chairman Tenakthe section ‘All Departments: General Fund, hongva issued a Memorandum with the subContract and Grant Programs and Entities’ ject line of “EARLY RELEASE” at approxand added the language, “This section ap- imately 3:11 p.m. on December 30, 2019

plies to all Tribal Department: General fund, to all Hopi Tribal Employees stating, “I am

contract/grant programs and Regulated En- sincerely appreciative of the difficult comtities.”

promises and selfless contributions made by

Villages and Communities being provided the various department director and program

funding in the amount of $290,400.00 each managers, which allowed us to continue

are as follows: Upper Moenkopi, Lower providing essential services to our constitMoenkopi, Hotevilla, Bakabi, Oraibi, Kya- uency, in the face of limited funds and dekotsmovi, Shungopavi, Mishongnovi, Si- clining revenues.” The memorandum went

paulovi, Walpi, Sichomovi, Tewa and Yu- on with, “As a sign of my sincere appreciaWeh-Loo-Pahki.

tion, I am issuing this memorandum for the

Council has made a mark in history for early release of Tribal Employees beginning

2020 with the passage of approved funds at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 31, 2019.

for the Villages and one of them being the Hopi Tribal Services will resume Thursday

Village of Oraibi. FY2020 will be the first January 2, 2020 at 8 a.m.”

fiscal year in which the Village will receive On Thursday, January 2, 2020 at approxHopi Tribe General Funds. Funding draw- imately 4:53 p.m. Wilfred Gaseoma, Hopi

downs by the Villages and Communities are Tribal Treasurer sent an email to all Tribal

contingent upon having an approved budget Employees noting, “Attached is the approved

submitted by March 1, 2020 to the Office of FY 2020 General Fund Budget and Expenthe Tribal Treasurer and of the Office of Fi- diture Authorization and Appropriations

nancial Management. Other Funding Draw- Language, A.I.#006-2020/Resolution #Hdowns, Reporting, Audit Requirements, 008-2020…The Expenditure Authorization

Employer Identification Number, Carry over and Appropriations Language will be strictly

funds, and Village/Community Allocations adhered to.” He also noted there would be a

stipulations were also included in the Appro- presentation of the document in the near fupriations Language.

ture and that program budgets would be sent

Under the section, ‘Enterprise/Special by the Office of Financial Management by

Revenue Programs/Third-Party Billing (Re- the week of January 5, 2020.

Hopi Tutuveni January 8, 2020

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Hopi Tutuveni January 8, 2020

INVITATION to attend the public Hopi School System Transition Team Meeting

Dateline: Kykotsmovi, Arizona December 30, 2019

The members of the Hopi School System Transition Team want to wish you all a Happy Hopi New Year! As members of the transition team, we are

honored to take this journey on behalf, and for our Hopi/Tewa children, and community. To support the development of an education system that

honors our children’s well-being, the work requires ALL our Hopi/Tewa community members to be involved. In that spirt, we invite you to the first

public Transition Team meeting.

Location: Hopi Jr./Sr. High School Library

Date: January 13, 2020

Time: 4:00 pm (MST)

Direct any questions to the Hopi Department of Education and Workforce Development at (928) 734-3501, Dr. Noreen E. Sakiestewa.

Call for Papers

The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office is interested in

learning about the stories of your Hopi heritage that have

inspired you. These stories may be from any point in time

from the distant past (including before the 15th century)

to the present. In order to help others appreciate these

stories, please explain how you overcame the challenges

that you have faced and how it helped you strengthen

your connection to your Hopi heritage. Your stories will

be used to make short films for educational purposes.

·Please format your submission to be double-spaced

and it should be no longer than 2,000 words.

·Include your name, birth date, address, email address,

and phone number and submit to the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office or to skoyiyumptewa@hopi.nsn.us

·Submissions are limited to members of the Hopi Tribe

and between the ages of 18 - 30 years old.

Authors whose submissions are accepted will be notified.

TRIBAL COUNCIL

Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma,

Chairman

Clark W. Tenakhongva,

Vice Chairman

Interim,

Tribal Secretary

Wilfred Gaseoma,

Tribal Treasurer

Vacant, Sergeant-At-Arms

Village of Upper Moenkopi

Bruce Fredericks

LeRoy Shingoitewa

Robert Charley

Philton Talahytewa, Sr.

Village of Bakabi

Davis F. Pecusa

Clifford Qotsaquahu

Village of Kyakotsmovi

David Talayumptewa

Phillip Quochytewa, Sr.

Danny Honanie

Herman H. Honanie

Village of Sipaulavi

Rosa Honanie

Alverna Poneoma

Dennis Koeyahongva

Village of Mishongnovi

Craig Andrews

Ronald Humeyestewa

Merwin Kooyahoema

Annette F. Talayumptewa

First Mesa Consolidated

Villages

Albert T. Sinquah

Dale Sinquah

Celestino Youvella

Alfonso Sakeva, Sr.

Hopi Tutuveni September 3, 2020

The Hopi Tribe P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

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Editorial Board of the Hopi Tutuveni

Kyle Knox , Gary LaRance, George Mase

Hopi Tutuveni Staff

Managing Editor - Romalita Laban

RLaban@hopi.nsn.us

Assistant Editor - Carl Onsae

Consae@hopi.nsn.us

ARTICLES:

The Hopi Tutuveni welcomes

original articles reporting on

local, state and national news

items on issues related to Hopi

or of interest to Tutuveni readers.

We are especially interested

in articles reporting on issues

impacting the Hopi community or on events and activities

involving members of the Hopi

Tribe. Articles should not exceed

750 words and should follow

Associated Press (AP) style and

formatting. The Managing Editor

reserves the right to edit articles

for style, length and clarity. If

significant editing is required, the

Managing Editor will communicate with the author prior to

publication.

PRESS RELEASES:

Press releases must be submitted

on official letterhead and include

the name of the organization,

contact person, telephone

number and email address. Press

releases should not exceed 500

words and submissions may be

edited for length and clarity at

the discretion of the Managing

Editor.

LETTERS TO THE

EDITOR:

Letters should not exceed 250

words and must include the

name of the author and complete

contact information (address,

phone number or email address)

CIRCULATION

and the headline and date of

the article on which you are

commenting. Anonymous letters

and letters written under pseudonyms will not be published.

The Tutuveni Editorial Board

reviews all submissions and

reserves the right not to publish

letters it considers to be highly

sensitive or potentially offensive

to readers, or that may be libelous

or slanderous in nature.

OPINION EDITORIALS:

Submissions must be exclusive

to Hopi Tutuveni and should not

exceed 1,000 words. Include with

your submission your name and

complete contact information,

along with a short 2-3-sentence

bio.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS:

All press releases, articles, letters

to the editor and Opinion Editorials electronically as a Word

document or as plain text in the

body of an email to the Managing Editor, Romalita Laban. Articles, press releases and editorials

that include photographs must

be in high resolution, 300dpi

or more and must be your own.

All photographs must include

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each photo listing the names of

all persons included in the photo

and description of what the photo is about. (call 928-734-3283

for deadline schedule).

The Hopi Tutuveni is published twice a month, with a circulation

of 2,500 copies throughout the entire Hopi Reservation. The paper

is delivered on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month to the

following locations: Moenkopi Travel Center, Moenkopi Legacy

Inn, Hotevilla Store, Kykotsmovi Village Store, Tribal Government

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Hopi Tutuveni January 8, 2020

Cross Word Puzzle

Hopilavit - Animals and Food

Find the English words

for the Hopi words.

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Answers in next issue

Answers for December 17th edition

Across

3. Eight, 6. Two, 7. Cost, 8. Dance, 10. Thank you, 11. Go home, 13. School, 14. Back, 15. Ear, 16. Who

Down

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11. Malatsi

13. Aahu

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4. Qötö

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Leetayo (Fox)

Eared Owl)

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Pavatya (Tadpole)

Pumpkin)

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Pahona (Beaver)

Koyongo (Turkey)

Tsili (Chili)

Sikwi (Meat)

Kokowe’e (Rooster)

Wutaga (Corn Gruel)

Samii (Fresh Corn)

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Mooro (Burro)

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Larry’s Corner

By LARRY The CAT

The Hopi Tutuveni

It’s that time of year again, the time

where everyone will start to say “New

Year, New Me.” Now I’m not the one

to judge your prerogative to your New

Year, but every year, most people will

say the same thing, like they are going

to have a fresh start, with a fresh mind

and nothing is gonna be in their way…

right?

It’s like we’re all abuse victims and

the “New Year” abuses us to say that

we are going to do better by it, so we

say it’s not the new years’ fault but

our fault for not making that new year

better for ourselves. But in reality,

were going to say the same thing next

year…like that dreaded cycle.

As a mush head kitten growing up

in the early 1990’s, every New Year

was awesome to me, ‘cause you get

to stay up past midnight to welcome

the new year while throwing confetti

everywhere. All while pretending to be

an alcoholic while drinking apple cider from what looks like a wine bottle

and So ‘oh (grandma) won’t get mad

when you pretend to stagger like your

alcoholic uncle. Awe yes, I love those

special times.

But now that I’m an adult, a New

Year is just a new year; it’s just a new

number that I have to remember by

the end of the 365th day. I guess what

I’m saying is that the older you get

the more you realize that time is just a

OH! A New Year...

number and that we are all controlled

by a 12-page wall hanger with funny

cats on the top page and numbers on

the bottom.

I remember the time when I turned

“of age” to drink, not apple cider.

Our family had a gathering where

we stayed up to welcome in the New

Year. We had games, singing contests,

and yes, the traditional Native game

of B-I-N-G-O, it was so much fun.

Around the “5 minute ‘til midnight

mark” we opened up a bottle of “adult

juice” for us adults and apple cider for

the little kids and watched with excitement when the live television broadcast of the lighted ball was shown being dropped and all the white people

began to sing the traditional end-ofthe-year song. We drank to a New Year

and celebrated, but when I tasted my

first adult beverage it was like drinking

rotten grapes with a hint of bubbles, it

was the worst beverage that I drank. I

think from that point on, I stuck with

the child version of being an alcoholic

and enjoyed that good ol’ bubbly apple

cider.

Sometimes I wish we could re-live

those memories again and again, but

just like every year, we create new

memories and new blessings. Yes, of

course, you will have your ups and

downs with the New Year, but that’s

because we are just human and that is

always going to be in human nature to

screw up once in a while. But we can’t

always be a “screw up” though, cause

there are times where you will have a

redefinition in life to set you back to

the right path…preachy right?

Take the Tribal Council for example,

a couple of weeks ago they had their final Council meeting of the year where

they debated long into the night about

the budget for the tribal programs and

for the Tribe in general. It was an emotional roller coaster ride where you had

certain Tribal Council members taking

up their allotted turns to “speak” their

mind about how we should treat the

“money.” It was like they were treating the money like it was going to save

us from a burning building…maybe it

will, I don’t know.

Now don’t get me wrong, our councilmen and women are trying their best

to save everyone’s job. Of course we

don’t know how to “Get Money” cause

most Hopis don’t know the first thing

about business. We can barter, but we

don’t know the first thing of running

a successful business…hence our bad

business choice in Texas…yes Texas,

you know the “Ten-Gallon Hat” kind

of Texas, but more about that later.

When I was living at one of the

neighboring towns off the Hopi reservation, I worked retail, and let me

tell you some of the strange and weird

ways of the white man. Some of it was

like “WHAT’s wrong with you?” Now

don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate or

judge anyone, but sometimes you just

have to stand back and say “What’s

wrong with you?”

When I first started my job, I wanted

to please everyone in the store. I wanted them to have such a great experience shopping for pens and pencils,

so I made it my goal to always put the

customer on a pedestal, it was like,

“You need a pencil made out a rain forest rare wood, with the finest Brazilian

rubber eraser?” “I will not stop ‘til I get

that for you…” but as the years passed

on and every year I kind of dreaded

going to work, cause I couldn’t please

everyone. I realized and knew from

that point on that you can’t please everyone and I took that as a lesson that

it’s hard to please everyone when you

want them to be happy. But during my

employment I also encountered many

new friends and new experiences and

stories. Some good and some bad, but

all in all, it was something that I will

remember for the rest of my life.

My advice to you is, it doesn’t take

a “New Year” to start something new,

but to finish something old, and with

that you can create something “New”

to be proud of. Don’t let the little things

get in the way, well and ‘cause they’re

little and you’re big. Unlike me, I’m a

cat, and everything is big…but again,

if you want to start fresh, just make

sure you don’t try to become a perfect

Hopi but instead just so you’re a better

Hopi that is humble and happy about

being better. Have a Happy New Year

and bring me pizza…just kidding.

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Congress has 'more

questions than answers'

about actions in Iran

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Robert Burns and Jonathan Lemire

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President

Donald Trump insists that Iranian cultural

sites are fair game for the U.S. military,

dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute

a war crime under international law. He

also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American

troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in

Baghdad that killed a top Iranian official.

But Congress is pushing back, in what’s

expected to be a pivotal week as lawmakers return from a holiday recess. On Monday, two top Senate Democrats called on

Trump to immediately declassify the administration’s reasoning for the strike on

the Iranian official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying there is “no legitimate justification” for keeping the information from

the public.

And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said

late Sunday the House would introduce

and vote this week on a war powers resolution to limit the president’s military actions regarding Iran. In a letter to House

Democrats, Pelosi called the airstrike

“provocative and disproportionate” and

said it had “endangered our servicemembers, diplomats and others by risking a

serious escalation of tensions with Iran.”

A similar resolution was introduced in the

Senate.

Congress, which has the sole power to

declare war, has complained that Trump

did not provide advance notice of his decision to strike in Iraq. Trump did meet

the 48-hour deadline required by the War

Powers Act to notify Congress after the

deadly drone strike, though the document

was classified and no public version was

released.

The administration is expected to brief

lawmakers on its actions this week.

In their letter to Trump, Senate Minority

Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and

the Senate Foreign Relation Committee’s

Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey said

the White House’s classified notification

sent to Congress late Saturday under the

War Powers Act was insufficient and inappropriate.

“It is critical that national security matters of such import be shared with the

American people in a timely manner, they

wrote. “An entirely classified notification

is simply not appropriate in a democratic

society.” They asked that the notification

be declassified “in full.”

Pelosi said the notification “raises more

questions than it answers. This document

prompts serious and urgent questions

about the timing, manner and justification

of the Administration’s decision to engage

in hostilities against Iran.”

Iran has vowed to retaliate for Trump’s

targeted killing of Soleimani, the head of

Iran’s elite Quds force. It has sparked outrage in the Middle East, including in Iraq,

where more than 5,000 American troops

are still on the ground 17 years after the

U.S. invasion. Iraq’s parliament voted

Sunday in favor of a nonbinding resolution calling for the expulsion of the American forces.

Trump first raised the prospect of targeting Iranian cultural sites Saturday in a

tweet. Speaking with reporters Sunday as

he flew back to Washington from his holiday in Florida, he refused to back down,

despite international prohibitions.

“They’re allowed to kill our people.

They’re allowed to torture and maim our

people. They’re allowed to use roadside

bombs and blow up our people. And we’re

not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It

doesn’t work that way,” Trump said.

On Iraq, Trump said the U.S. wouldn’t

leave Iraq without being paid for its military investments there over the years —

then said if the troops do have to withdraw,

he would hit Baghdad with economic penalties.

“We will charge them sanctions like

they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make

Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame,”

he said. “If there’s any hostility, that they

do anything we think is inappropriate, we

are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big

sanctions on Iraq.”

He added: “We’re not leaving until they

pay us back for it.”

The administration has scrambled to

contend with the backlash to the killing of

Soleimani, which marked a stark escalation in tensions between Washington and

Tehran.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said

the U.S. military may well strike more Iranian leaders if the Islamic Republic retaliates. He tip-toed around questions about

Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural

sites, a military action that likely would be

illegal under the laws Cont. On Page 12

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The sunrise ahead: What's next for International Open Call for Native

American and Indigenous actors

closed Navajo power plant

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Harrison Mantas

Cronkite News

WASHINGTON – They may have

turned out the lights, but the party’s not

over at the Navajo Generating Station and

its affiliated Kayenta coal mine.

The owners of both facilities face several years of decommissioning and cleanup as well as the possibility of decades

of environmental monitoring of the sites,

which closed down for good this fall after

a two-year fight over their futures.

At least some of the complex will live

on, through salvaged parts and relocated

jobs. But the remaining work will likely

employ only a fraction of the facilities’

hundreds of workers, many of whom were

members of the Navajo and Hopi tribes,

whose economies relied on the facilities.

Contractors for the Salt River Project,

which owns the power plant, have already

started a three-year process of decommissioning the 43-year-old coal-fired power

plant.

National Service and Salvage Corp. of

Indiana is dismantling the electrical system that powered the train that delivered

coal from Kayenta to NGS, the mine’s

only customer. An Ohio company, Independence Demolition, will begin this year

removing hazardous materials and additional electrical equipment before demolishing the plant itself.

SRP has not announced the contractors

who will do coal ash and coal pond cleanup at the site, but those processes are not

expected to start until mid to late in the

year. SRP says all of its main contractors

have been instructed to give preference to

Navajo Nation members and companies

in hiring and awarding subcontracts on

the project.

SRP estimates 90 percent of the material will be recycled, going so far as to

set up a website where members of the

public can purchase everything from office equipment to industrial parts salvaged

from the plant.

But some parts of the complex will remain, including several outbuildings. The

most prominent remnant is a transmission

substation that has the capacity to deliver

500 megawatts of power to the electrical

grid.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez

announced in October that the tribe would

be taking control of the substation. Nez

did not specify at the time how the tribe

would make use of the substation, only

that it has contracted with an outside firm

to advise it as the nation neared the Dec.

23 takeover.

An SRP spokesman said the company

will continue to pay for the operation and

maintenance of the substation for the next

decade.

Even though the plant is gone, the Navajo Nation will still get payments from

SRP for the property. An SRP spokesman

said the company was paying $600,000

a year in lease payments to the tribe, and

will give a one-time payment of $110 million, which would

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Vincent Schilling

Indian Country Today

As part of the Casting Society of America’s stated “ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion in casting” in the

film and television industry, the organization has set an international open call for

Native American, First Nations and Indigenous actors for Sunday January 12, 2020

on a scheduled appointment-only basis.

For in-person scheduled auditions, participating locations will include Los Angeles, New York, Albuquerque, Portland,

Chicago, Norman, Oklahoma and Montreal. If interested applicants are not able

to make it to the location, self-tape auditions are also being encouraged for union

and non-union actors.

According to the Casting Society of

America (CSA) press announcement,

“CSA members across the globe will open

their offices to union and non-union Native American and Indigenous Actors. Artists who are professionally trained, as well

as those actively pursuing professional careers as performers are welcome to attend.

Artists will be given an opportunity to perform a prepared scene of their choice in

front of a panel of CSA casting directors

offering actors the opportunity to interact

with casting directors who are looking to

expand their knowledge and understanding of underrepresented and undiscovered

talent in a professional casting environment.”

Russell Boast, the Casting Society of

America president and DeLanna Studi,

Chairperson of the SAG-AFTRA National Native Americans Committee both

offered comments in the announcement

regarding the casting call.

“The Native American and Indigenous

Actors Open Call follows the huge success of CSA’s Inclusion and Diversity

open calls for Trans and Non-binary actors, Performers with Disabilities, Seniors

and MENASA (Middle Eastern, North African & South Asian) actors,” said Russell

Boast in the release.

“These open calls offer both an opportunity for these underrepresented actors

to be seen and a chance for our Casting

Director members globally to become familiar with their work. Our hope is that

empowering Casting Directors by giving

them the tools to cast authentically will

create a ripple effect through the industry that will result in more opportunities

for diverse actors and filmmakers both in

front of and behind the camera.”

“As Native Americans, one of our biggest obstacles is just being seen as present-day human beings. We are an important part of our shared American story, not

only of the past, but of the present and

future as well. We have a responsibility to

ensure that this vibrant Cont. On Page 13

Hopi Tutuveni January 8, 2020

MONEY

5 Things to Do to Prepare for a

Recession

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(StatePoint) Experts agree that periods

of economic downturn, or recessions, are

unavoidable and often follow a period of

market growth. However, experts also acknowledge that it is difficult to predict exactly when the next recession will begin.

It is important to manage the pieces of

your financial life knowing that a market

decline is possible, regardless of the exact timing. A Certified Financial Planner

(CFP) can provide you with competent,

ethical advice on how to financially prepare to weather a down market.

Here are five steps you can take today to

get ready for a possible recession:

• Create or revisit your financial plan.

Now is a good time to update your financial plan, including your savings strategy

for retirement, to ensure it can withstand

a market decline. If you do not yet have a

financial plan, start working to put one in

place ahead of a recession.

• Develop a cash flow. The simple technique of identifying how much money is

coming in and how much is going out can

help you develop a short-, intermediateand long-term plan that keeps you in control of your finances.

• Maintain a healthy emergency reserve

fund. If you are still working, maintain six

to 12 months of expenses in a safe, liquid

account. Retirees should aim to keep 12 to

24 months’ worth of expenses in reserve.

• Pay down your debt. While incurring

debt can be a smart financial choice, carrying too much of it -- particularly high-interest debt -- can be dangerous, especially

during a recession. Prioritize paying off

your highest interest consumer-related

loans (credit card and auto) and then work

your way down to the lower interest ones.

Try to avoid taking on any new debt.

• Maintain a diversified portfolio. Creating and adhering to a diversified portfolio spreads your risk across different asset

classes. You may need to rebalance periodically by trading up assets to maintain

your desired level of asset allocation. Be

sure that your allocation is tied to your

long-term financial goals, instead of basing it on the market’s ups and downs.

A CFP professional can provide you

with guidance on navigating any of these

financial moves to prepare for a recession.

To find a CFP professional near you, visit

letsmakeaplan.org.

The good news is that recessions do not

last forever. Taking these proactive steps

now will help protect you from significant financial damage and quickly recover

from potential losses.

Congress has 'more questions than answers'

about actions in Iran, Cont.

of armed conflict and the U.N. charter.

Pompeo defended the targeted killing

of Soleimani, saying the administration

would have been "culpably negligent" in

its duty to protect the United States if it

had not killed him.

He did not provide evidence for his previous claims that Soleimani was plotting

imminent attacks on Americans. Instead

of arguing that an attack had been imminent, Pompeo said it was inevitable.

Trump's threat to attack cultural sites,

rattled some administration officials. One

U.S. national security official said the

president had caught many in the administration off guard and prompted internal

calls for others in the government to clarify the matter. The official, who was not

authorized to speak publicly to the issue,

said clarification was necessary to affirm

that the U.S. military would not intentionally commit war crimes.

Oona Hathaway, an international law

professor at Yale and a former national

security law official in the Defense Department's legal office, said Trump's threat

amounted to "a pretty clear promise of

commission of a war crime."

The president's threats to Iran did little

to quell Tehran's furor over the death of

Soleimani. Iranian state television reported that the country would no longer abide

by any limits of the 2015 nuclear deal it

signed with the United States and other

world powers. Trump withdrew the U.S.

from the deal in 2018 and stepped up economic sanctions on Tehran, actions that

accelerated a cycle of hostilities leading to

the last week's killing.

Schumer said he worried that "the actions the president took will get us into

what he calls another endless war in the

Middle East. He promised we wouldn't

have that."

Schumer said Trump lacks the authority

to engage militarily with Iran and Congress needs a new war powers resolution

"to be a check on this president." To which

Pompeo said: "We have all the authority

we need to do what we've done to date."

Trump made clear Sunday that he saw

little reason to give Congress advanced

warning if he orders the military to carry

out further actions against Iran.

"These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that

should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully

strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner," he wrote on Twitter. "Such

legal notice is not required, but is given

nevertheless!"

In response, the House Foreign Affairs

Committee tweeted: "This Media Post

will serve as a reminder that war powers

reside in the Congress under the United

States Constitution. And that you should

read the War Powers Act. And that you're

not a dictator."

Some Democrats running to challenge

Trump in November questioned whether

he had a long-term plan for the Mideast.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said

Trump was ill-prepared for the repercussions of the strike on Soleimani and had

alienated allies by not alerting them of the

plans. Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of

South Bend, Indiana, said, "When you're

dealing with the Middle East, you need to

think about the next and the next and the

next move. This is not checkers."

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The sunrise ahead: What's next for closed Navajo power plant, Cont.

be about $3 million a year if stretched out

over the new 35-year lease. said the company will continue to pay for the operation

and maintenance of the substation for the

next decade.

Even though the plant is gone, the Navajo Nation will still get payments from

SRP for the property. An SRP spokesman

said the company was paying $600,000

a year in lease payments to the tribe, and

will give a one-time payment of $110 million, which would be about $3 million a

year if stretched out over the new 35-year

lease.

Mine owner Peabody Energy did not lay

out a specific reclamation timeline for the

Kayenta Mine, except to say in an email

that it is expected to take several years.

That is less time than it could have taken, a Peabody spokesperson said, because

of the company’s “contemporaneous approach” to reclamation that cut down on

the overall number of acres it will have to

restore.

Peabody noted that it received the National Award for Excellence in Reclamation from the Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement in October

for its work at Kayenta. In a video, the

agency praised Peabody’s efforts to plant

juniper bushes on the site, and for converting some reclaimed land into grazing

pasture.

But local environmental activists are

not impressed. They claim the vegetation

being planted as part of the reclamation

project was chosen for how fast it can take

root rather than whether it’s appropriate

for the area.

Peabody officials disagreed, saying regulators’ oversight of the site reclamation

is thorough, with checks required before

seeding and for at least 10 years after. In

a statement, the company said it has been

a “good steward and a great neighbor ….

We’ve returned lands to a higher value

and will continue to do so throughout the

reclamation phase.”

While work to disassemble the complex

proceeds, environmental groups in the region are pushing to take steps away from

its history altogether.

A coalition of Navajo environmental

groups this fall announced the #NavajoEquitableEconomy initiative laying out

plans and policies to move the Navajo

Nation away from coal and towards more

renewable sources of energy.

Nicole Horseherder is a board member

with one of those groups, To Nizhoni Ani,

which has partnered with Oakland-based

nonprofit Native Renewables to train

members of the Navajo Nation for jobs

in solar installation. In December, the

partnership graduated 10 students from a

weeks-long solar workforce training program.

“We’re trying to mitigate the closure

and get ready for the future,” Horseherder said. “Otherwise other people will take

those jobs, and for us that usually means

outsiders.”

In April, Nez issued a Hayoolkaal – or

“sunrise” – proclamation calling for the

Navajo to diversify its energy portfolio

and restore lands used for coal and uranium mining. A bill declaring the tribe’s

intent to do so died in a Navajo Nation

Council committee in October, however.

In that same month, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority opened a second solar facility in Kayenta with the help of

SRP, which said the tribe can now generate enough solar power to serve 36,000

homes. The nation and SRP continue to

discuss possible future projects, a company spokesman said in an email.

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International Open Call for Native American...Cont.

and vital part of our shared experience is

not lost or set aside,” said DeLanna Studi. “As Native people, we are often called

the ‘Vanishing Race’ or the ‘Disappearing

People.’ One of our biggest burdens and

greatest opportunities is educating the Industry about who we really are: to break

past these stereotypes and to move our

communities forward.

“We live in a digital age where the

majority of all of our information comes

from on-screen images. In addition to our

families, our communities, and our education system, how we learn who we are

and how we relate to others is powerfully

influenced by the media. Especially now.

It is imperative that Hollywood stories

move beyond stereotypes and reflect the

great diversity and vitality of who we are

as Native Americans today. We are still

here, and we are thriving.”

How to sign up and schedule an audition

Interested union and non-union actors

are invited to any of the locations on an

appointment-only basis. For more information and to sign up for one of the locations visit:

http://bit.ly/CSA_NativeAmericanOpenCall

How to submit a self-tape

To submit a self-tape send an email inquiry to:

inclusionanddiversity@castingsociety.

com

In the self-tape:

Slate: (A piece of paper with the following info held up to the camera):

Your name, location, email address.

Read: A scene of your choice that best

shows off your strengths. No longer than

2-3 pages.

About: If you would like to tell us a little about yourself please share a minute.

Label: Please label your self-tape FirstNameLastName_OpenCall

Email: Self-tape to inclusionanddiversity@castingsociety.com

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Source

Activity

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

Previous TTP funds in

Existing 638 Contract

$106,602.00

TIP Project Totals

FY 2023

$106,602.00

FY 2024

$0.00

Fund

Source

Total

Activity

$0.00

FY20-24 TIP Total

Existing 638 Contract

$0.00

TIP Project Totals

Previous TTP funds in

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY20-24 TIP Total

$0.00

$533,010.00

$0.00

Previous PA Funds

To Be Committed

FY20-24 TIP Total

$533,010.00

$0.00

Activity

TIP Project Totals

Previous TTP funds in

Total

Project I.D.

Hopi Tribe

TRIBE/RESERVATION

Program Agreement (PA) Tribes

For Transportation Coordination and

Various Transportation Planning

Activities. Include $100K FY20 6K1.

Navajo

Route No.

Hopi

66K

Transportation Construction Funds TIP

Project I.D.

BIA AGENCY

$0.00

$106,602

$533,010

$106,602

$533,010

NOTE:

PE = Planning or Preconst. Engineering (Activitiy Codes 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 & 08)

Construction Funding Sources:

6K1= FAST ACT (2016-2020)

61E= MAP-21 Extension (2015)

TTP Const (66K) TIP Totals

TTP Const (66K) Tribal Share (for estimate use previous yr amount)

Difference

TTP Tribal Trans Plng Fund Existing in 638 Contract Totals

651= MAP-21 (2013-2014)

31E= SAFETEA-LU EXTENSION (2010-2012)

Previous PA Const Funds To Be Committed Totals

Previous PA Plng Funds Uncommitted (unspent funds per SF425 submitted to WRO)

Difference

Wrongfully arrested Flagstaff man offers to settle for $350K

By FELICIA FONSECA

AP News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Flagstaff

man who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of selling LSD has offered to settle

the matter with the city for $350,000.

Tremayne Nez, who is Navajo, spent

more than 30 hours in jail after being arrested in June as part of a multi-agency

drug operation. His mug shot was circulated online, and he said he was placed on

administrative leave from his job and subjected to a drug test.

Police have said his arrest was a case of

mistaken identity and apologized to him.

Nez has said even mistakes should have

consequences. One of his attorneys, Gary

Pearlmutter, filed a claim with the city last

month, saying Nez suffered anxiety, embarrassment and fear because of the false

arrest, loss of wages and had to drop an

internship he needed to graduate from college.

The Flagstaff Police Department is liable for the damages and for publishing

false information on Nez, Pearlmutter

said.

“Our opinion is that the police should

have exercised more diligence in identifying the person who sold the LSD to the

informant,” Pearlmutter said earlier this

week. “They appear to fail some of their

own policies when it comes to doing photo identification.”

The claim letter, dated Dec. 11 and ob-

tained by The Associated Press through a

public records request, is a precursor to a

lawsuit. It gave the city 60 days to respond

to the settlement offer of $350,000, which

includes attorney fees.

The city doesn’t comment on potential

litigation, spokeswoman Jessica Drum

said.

Nez and the real suspect share a nickname, are in their early 20s, are Native

American and have similar physical features. But Pearlmutter said police did not

diligently cross-check the description, an

address or a phone number that a paid informant provided to police before arresting Nez.

Nez, for example, doesn’t have crooked

teeth and wears glasses, unlike the actual

suspect, his attorneys said.

The police department reviewed its policies and procedures after misidentifying

Nez as a suspect to ensure it doesn’t happen again with anyone else, department

spokesman Sgt. Charles Hernandez said.

He declined to say what changes have

been made, citing the nature of undercover investigations and potential litigation.

The charge against Nez was dropped,

and the court returned a $15,000 cash

bond his family posted. His name still

appears on a public access site for Arizona courts. Pearlmutter said Nez still gets

asked about the arrest.

No illegal drugs were found in Nez’s

home.

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