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From left to right: Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma from Mishungnuvi Village and David N. Talayumptewa from Kykotsmovi Village and those vying for Vice Chairman include Craig

Andrews from Mishungnuvi Village and Clark W. Tenakhongva from Hotevilla Village. All candidates competing for both Hopi Chairman and Hopi Vice Chairman in this year’s

Hopi election.

HOPI TUTUVENI

PO BOX 123

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039

1110-01600-7460

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Little Colorado River Water Rights Litigation Special Master and LCR Adjudication Attorneys Visit Hopi

Summary of Site Visit to the Hopi Reservation

Lilian Dennis, Temporary CSA for Hotevilla village shows the group around the Hotevilla springs

(Picture by original sender)

Ivan Sidney talks to the group about the oral history of the villages and the tribe (Picture by

original sender)

The group going to Walpi to tour the village and to over look the HAMP project being conducted below the mesa (Picture by original sender)

Michael Elmer talks to the group at Moenkopi spring Susungva (Picture by original sender)

Submitted by: Hopi Tribe Water & Energy Committee

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – September 30, 2021 On September 9-10, 2021, the Hopi Tribe hosted a site visit to the

Reservation in connection with the ongoing Little Colorado River water rights litigation. The Special Master,

who presides over the LCR adjudication, attended along

with attorneys representing the Hopi Tribe, the United

States, the Arizona State Land Department, the LCR Coalition, the Salt River Project, the City of Flagstaff, and the

Navajo Nation. The site visit was an opportunity for the

Special Master and the parties to view some of the Reservation’s historic sites and villages while also observing

its water infrastructure, springs, and agricultural fields.

The morning of the first day, Mr. Max Taylor and Mr.

Michael Elmer took the group to the Upper Moenkopi

Community Center and to Susungva Spring. They then

walked through Lower Moencopi before observing Pasture Canyon and the agricultural fields situated along

Moenkopi Wash.

Later, the group traveled with Mr. Taylor to Third Mesa

where they met Ms. Lillian Dennis and visited the Hotevilla Spring and terrace gardens. The next stop was Bacavi where Mr. Clifford Qotsaquahu showed the group

the gardens and the village square. The group then visited

the village of Old Oraibi where Ms. Beatrice Norton and

other representatives showed the group the newly drilled

well and traditional cisterns.

After leaving Oraibi, the group met Chairman Timothy

Nuvangyaoma, Vice Chairman Clark Tenakhongva, and

other tribal leadership members at the tribal chamber in

Kykotsmovi. The Chairman explained the structure of the

Hopi Tribe’s government and how the Tribe managed to

navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. That concluded the

parties’ first day.

On the second day, Mr. Taylor led the group to Second Mesa, where the Chairman’s mother welcomed the

visitors into her home in Mishongnovi. The group then

toured Second Mesa Day School. They observed students

and educators and were informed on the importance of

preserving the Hopi language for the next generation. The

Vice Chairman then invited the Special Master and the

group to visit his corn field and examine the current crop.

Later, Mr. Ivan Sidney welcomed the group to First

Mesa. Mr. Sidney presented an oral history of the villages and the Tribe and described the importance of Hopi

historic sites. The group was treated to a special tour of

Walpi, led by Ms. Meredith Qotswisiwma and Mr. Brannon Sidney. The guides explained the significance of returning to Hopi for ceremonies and the importance each

clan serves to Hopi history and ceremonial life. From

atop Walpi, the group could see the progress of the Hopi

Arsenic Mitigation Project pipeline.

The group then took a quick driving tour of Keams

Canyon and Keams Lake before heading to Hopi High

School to meet once again with the Chairman, the Vice

Chairman, and other tribal representatives. The Chairman

closed the visit by expressing the importance of the Hopi

way of life. The Vice Chairman offered vegetables from

his garden, which the group enjoyed as they said their

farewells and headed back to Phoenix.

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Hopi General Election Set for November 11, 2021

Hopi Elections Office Issues Notifications Regarding Election

By: Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Tuesday, September 28, 2021,

Karen Shupla, Registrar Hopi Elections Office notified

recipients on the Hopi Tribe’s “All list” and others, via

email with Subject: Voter Information- Hopi Elections

Office.”.

In the email notification, Shupla sent a very general

message noting, “REMINDER – HOPI TRIBAL GENERAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 11,

2021. WHICH IS ALSO A NATIONAL HOLIDAY- VETERANS DAY. Please keep in mind and remind others that

ALL MAIL IN BALLOTS will need to be in the KYKOTSMOVI POST OFFICE no later than NOVEMBER 10,

2021 DUE TO THE HOLIDAY, the Hopi Election Board

CAN NOT RETIRVE ANY MAIL ON A HOLIDAY. if you

have any questions please contact our office at 1-928734-2507/2508.”

Along with the email, two flyers and a Hopi Tribal

Voter Registration Form were included. To aid the Hopi

Elections Office in the democratic process of holding

elections, the Hopi Tutuveni is publishing the attachments received from Shupla. All the information received

is in this current October 6, 2021 publication. The information notes that candidates vying for Chairman include

incumbent Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma from Mishungnuvi

Village and David N. Talayumptewa from Kykotsmovi

Village and those vying for Vice Chairman include Craig

Andrews from Mishungnuvi Village and Clark W. Tenakhongva from Hotevilla Village.

Tutuveni has been providing updates and information

regarding the upcoming 2021 Hopi Tribal Elections for

Chairman and Vice Chairman by making contact with

the Hopi Elections Office staff. We’ve provided opportunities for press releases and ad placements however we

have not received contact or inquiry from the Elections

Office to advertise which may be an indication of a limited advertising budget.

Hopi Tutuveni staff made contact with the Hopi Elections Office on Thursday, September 9, 2021 via email

and to follow up on previous inquiries made on August

23rd and August 25th about how many early votes were

cast and from which precincts the votes came from during

the Early Voting dates set for August 16th through August

27, 2021.

Shupla responded to the August 23rd email on August

25th noting, “…the turn out for early voting in the villages have been good in most areas. I don’t have the numbers right at hand.”

No other responses have been received to those particular inquiries and although the Un-Official results have

been received, it cannot be deciphered how many voters

actually turned out to vote on September 9, 2021 versus

those that cast early votes from August 16-27, 2021.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic the Hopi Elections

Board determined “EARLY VOTING SITES” for the

Hopi Reservation as another opportunity for the general public to get their votes in however, it cannot be determined if those efforts brought in more or less voters

during previous election years when there weren’t pandemic concerns present.

Hopi Tutuveni reported about the Primary Election

resulting in a grand total of 945 votes being cast by eligible voters. The grand total of 945 cast votes less the

283 EV-MOBILE, EV-OFFICE, and ABSENTEE votes

combined, leaves 662 votes being cast in the KEAMS

CANYON, FIRST MESA, SIPAULOVI, SHUNGOPAVI, KYKOTSMOVI, ORAIVI, HOTEVILLA, BACAVI,

UPPER MOENKOPI category areas, representing 70.0%

of all the votes cast.

Of the 945 grand total votes, 298 votes were cast in

favor of David Norton Talayumptewa, 291 votes were

cast in favor of Timothy Loren Nuvangyaoma, 286 votes

were cast in favor of Andrew Stephen Qumyintewa and

70 votes were cast for Alfred Lomaquahu, Jr.

According to Shupla, the votes listed would be considered Un-official until September 16, 2021. The deadline

for challenges to the results were to be filed by September

15, 2021. Since that date no challenges were reported by

the Election Board which has since certified the results as

official on September 16, 2021. Candidates who received

the most votes were placed on the General Election Ballot, along with the Vice Chairman Candidates; Craig Andrews – Village of Mishungnuvi and Clark Wayne Tenakhongva – Village of Hotevilla.

In accordance with the Hopi Election Ordinance, when

there were only two candidates for the Vice Chairman

seat, the names of those two would not be listed on the

Primary ballot and would be placed on the General Election Ballot.

Eligible Members who can vote in the Hopi Tribal

Elections are:

•Hopi: Be a member or eligible for membership in the

Hopi Tribe as set forth in Art. II of the Constitution and

By-Laws of the Hopi Tribe; and

•Age: Be eighteen (18) years of age or older on Election day, per Election Ord. #34

The Hopi Election Board encourages all eligible Hopi

Voters to update their voter information. IF you are a

new voter, IF you have moved away or back to the Hopi

reservation and have a change of address, IF you have

changed your name or IF you just want to update your

voter information you may contact the Hopi Tribal Registrar.

The DEADLINE to request an Absentee Ballot expires

just two days after this article is being written, that being:

Thursday, September 30, 2021.

Information is available on the Hopi Election’s webpage on the Hopi Tribe’s website at: https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/tribal-government/hopi-elections-office/

The Voter Registration Form and other Hopi Elections

Office information are also available at the link. The Hopi

Elections Office physical address is: SW corner of AZ

State Hwy 264, B.I.A. Indian Route 2 (Leupp road) MP

47.7 Kykotsmovi, Ariz., 86039

For more information contact the Hopi Elections Office at: (928) 734-2507 or (928) 734-2508. The Fax line

number is: (928) 734-1257. Email inquiries can be sent

to: kshupla@hopi.nsn.us

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

POLLING SITES

VOTE HERE

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

POLLS OPEN:

7:00AM - 7:00PM

GENERAL ELECTION DAY

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

7:00AM - 7:00PM

National Domestic Violence

2021

Awareness month

HOPI TRIBAL

ELECTIONS

General Election

November 11, 2021

KEAMS CANYON COMMUNITY CHURCH

FIRST MESA BAPTIST CHURCH

SIPAULOVI YOUTH/ELDERLY CENTER

MISHUNGNOVI COMMUNITY CENTER

SHUNGOPAVI COMMUNITY CENTER

KYKOTSMOVI YOUTH/ELDERLY CENTER

ORAIBI LEARNING CENTER

BACAVI COMMUNITY CENTER

HOTEVILLA YOUTH/ELDERLY CENTER

UPPER MOENKOPI COMMUNITY CENTER

LOWER MOENCOPI COMMUNITY CENTER

Hopi Elections Office

PO Box 553

Kykotsmovi, Arizona 86039

Physical Location:

At the corner of AZ State Highway 264

& B.I.A. Rt. 2 - MP 47.8

Kykotsmovi, Arizona

Phone: (928)734-2507/2508

Fax: (928)734-1257

Email: KShupla@hopi.nsn.us

Your Vote Your Voice of Choice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Bernadean Kachinhongva, Mentor – Hopi Substance Abuse

Prevention Center

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - September 29,

2021 The Hopi Substance Abuse Prevention Center (HSAPC) would like to shed

light on October’s National Domestic

Violence Awareness month. October was

first declared as National Domestic Violence Awareness month in 1989 and has

been a time to acknowledge domestic violence survivors, and also be a voice for its

victims. Supporters can also wear purple

during the month of October.

Domestic Violence is prevalent in every community and affects all people regardless of age, socio-economic status,

sexual orientation, gender, race, religion,

or nationality. One may experience emotional abuse accompanied by controlling

behavior, eventually leading to physical

violence. Domestic violence can result in

physical injury, psychological trauma, and

even death. The devastating consequences

of domestic violence can cross generations and last a lifetime.

HSAPC wants to share there is hope and

light for all who are affected by Domestic

Violence. In recognition of Domestic Vi-

olence Awareness month, HSPAC will be

providing a free six-week Domestic Violence class via Zoom utilizing the ACCI

Lifeskills curriculum. The purpose of this

class is to help anyone interested in understanding how their emotions and actions

impact their behaviors. The class will be

held on Mondays and Thursdays starting

October 04, through November 11, 2021,

from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Anyone interested in attending the class can reach out to

Bernadean at 928-514-7848 or Racheal at

928-380-7409.

Other programs which can provide

more information include the following:

Hopi Domestic Violence Program at

928-734-1115 or 1116, or via email at

lwerito@hopi.nsn.us. HTWECA can provide further information by calling 928225-7029

Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and

Domestic Violence (ACESDV) 1-800782-6400

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)/ TTY 1-800797-3224

Strong Hearts Native Hotline: 1-844656-HOPE (4673)

Love is Respect (young adults): 1-866331-9474

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

The Hopi Tribe Enters into

Mutual Aid Agreements with

Arizona Department of Public

Safety, Navajo Nation Police

Department and Navajo

County Sherriff ’s Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Hopi Law Enforcement

Services

Kykotsmovi, AZ – On September 21,

2021, Chief of Police Virgil J. Pinto presented three Mutual Aid Agreements to

the Hopi Tribal Council. These Mutual

Aid Agreements were started upon at the

request of Hopi Tribal Leadership dating

back to 2011. Hopi Tribal Council approved all three agreements with a majority vote in favor of approving the agreements.

Previous work on the agreements, prior

to 2019, was halted as the Hopi Tribe was

utilizing the Bureau of Indian Affairs –

Office of Justice Services (BIA-OJS) Law

Enforcement and the Tribe could not enter into agreements on behalf of the BIAOJS. In 2019 at the time of the contracting

of law enforcement, Chief Pinto and his

leadership team made it a priority and goal

to complete the much needed agreements.

The Hopi Law and Order Commission

also tasked the Hopi Law Enforcement

Services to complete the agreements.

The importance of entering into the Mutual Aid Agreements with the surrounding

partnering agencies is to provide efficient,

effective, and cooperative law enforcement for the Hopi Tribe and the partnering agencies. It covers Officers who are

responding to the Hopi Jurisdiction for assistance and vice versa. Each department

is liable for their own Officers, and having

the Mutual Aid Agreements in place ensures the protection of each agency.

The first Mutual Aid Agreement between the Hopi Tribe and the Arizona

Department of Public Safety was passed

after a lengthy discussion in Hopi Tribal

Council. This agreement will allow for

effective law enforcement of criminal

and traffic laws of the Hopi Tribe and the

State of Arizona. Hopi Law Enforcement

Services requests AZ DPS trooper assistance with vehicle accidents, enforcement

of state traffic laws on state highways 264

and 87, and at times commercial vehicle

enforcement.

The second Mutual Aid Agreement is

between the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation. This agreement will allow for

law enforcement and emergency medical

services personnel to cross reservation

boundaries to render aide when requested

by either the Hopi Tribe or Navajo Nation.

This agreement will benefit those living in

the Moenkopi villages and Yuwehlopaki.

Lastly, the final Mutual Aid Agreement

is between the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo

County Sheriff’s Office. This agreement

will allow for effective law enforcement

of criminal and traffic laws of the Hopi

Tribe and the State of Arizona. The Hopi

Law Enforcement Services works closely with the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office for training, technical assistance and

emergency services.

The Hopi Law Enforcement Services

will continue to work on securing two

more Mutual Aid Agreements with the

Coconino County Sheriff’s Office and the

Winslow Police Department.

Chief Pinto states, “Although we have

continuously worked together with all

these agencies, having the Mutual Aid

Agreements solidifies and reinforces our

efforts to work effectively with our surrounding agencies.” HLES thanks Hopi

Tribal Council for supporting these initiatives as it supports the HLES mission,

vision and five year strategic plan.

Intermountain Centers

is hiring Caregivers in Chino Valley, AZ

We have several full-time openings, working in a

group home with adults who need your help with their daily living

needs.

Most schedules can be structured in a 7 days on shift and 7 days

off shift system, to allow for caregivers to come and stay 7 days

before leaving for 7 days off.

Requirements:

Must be 18 or older.

Must possess or obtain Level 1 fingerprint card.

All other trainings will be provided.

Please call Shirley Myrick to inquire and/or schedule an interview.

928-636-2881 x 1611

Or Manuel Humeyestewa at 928-713-8465

Rate of pay is $13.50 (Overtime likely)

Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k (and more) benefits for Full Time

employees.

Visit intermountaincenters.org > choose careers > use filter to

select Chino Valley openings for further information.

If you need help with this, please contact Shirley or Manuel

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

HOPI SENOM TRANSIT SERVICE & SAFETY PLAN

Hopi Senom Transit will resume transit services on Monday, August 2, 2021, with

limited routes and services. This plan will be in effect until further notice.

Hopi Senom Transit Office

The Transit office will be closed to the public. Customer service is available by phone

Monday through Friday from 8:00AM – 5:00PM at 928-734-3232.

Safety on the Bus

• No Mask, No Ride. Drivers will have masks available.

• Temperatures will be taken prior to entering the bus. A person with a temperature of

100 F or higher will not be allowed to board the bus.

• Essential Trips Only: Medical Appointments, Employment, Education, Groceries

& Shopping.

• Social Distancing on the bus will be enforced until the bus is filled to 75% capacity.

• As of 9/10/2021, children 12 years and older will be permitted on all routes

• Hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes will be available on the bus.

• No Fares will be charged for the duration of the COVID-19 Emergency on Hopi.

Transit Route Changes – See Attached Route Schedules for Changes

• Four routes will run daily: Flagstaff, Winslow, Keams Canyon and Midday. The

Tuba City Route is cancelled until further notice.

• As of 8/23/2021, the Flagstaff Route again has two stops in Flagstaff. The bus will

stop at Kachina Square at 9:50am and at 2:50pm and at the Greyhound Bus Station at

10:05am and at 3:05. Daily departures from Greyhound/Flagstaff to Kykotsmovi will

be at 10:15am and at 3:15pm.

• There will be one trip to Winslow daily. There will not be a stop at Dilkon until

further notice.

• The Keams Canyon and Midday Routes will run as usual.

• All drivers will radio in when their bus has reached the 75% capacity passenger

limit. No more passengers will be allowed on the bus once the bus reaches the 75%

capacity limit.

• Buses will not enter Villages with closure orders. The bus stop for Mishongnovi/

Sipaulovi will be at the Honani C- Store.

• We will buy back unused bus passes that were sold in 2020. Only the original purchaser will be refunded for the unused pass.

Refusal of Service

Hopi Senom Transit reserves the right to refuse service to anyone and will refuse service to any person who is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs or other substances, may be dangerous or disruptive or for any other reason that may create harm or make

the trip unsafe or uncomfortable to other passengers, the driver or the vehicle. Any

person who is refused service under the Refusal of Service policy will not be allowed to

ride any Hopi Senom Transit bus for the duration of the COVID-19 Emergency at Hopi.

For More Information: Call Hopi Senom Transit at 928-734-3232 from 8:00am5:00pm, Monday through Friday.

REVISED 9/16/2021

FLAGSTAFF ROUTE SOUTHWEST BOUND

Hopi Tribal Complex

8:10

1:10

Sand Spring Junction

8:45

1:45

Tolani Lake Junction

8:50

1:50

Leupp Store 9:00

2:00

Star School Junction

9:20

2:20

Kachina Square

9:50

2:50

Greyhound Bus Station

10:05 3:05

NORTHEAST BOUND

Greyhound Bus Station

10:15 3:15

Star School Junction

10:35 3:35

Leupp Store 11:10 4:10

Tolani Lake Junction

11:25 4:25

Sand Spring Junction

11:30 4:30

Hopi Tribal Complex

12:00 5:00

Hopi Senom Transit Office

(928) 734-3232

Office Hours 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday

Updated 9/13/2021

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The Hopi Cultural Preservation

IRS: Drought-stricken farmers,

ranchers have more time to replace Office and the Office of the Vice

Chairman awarded $82,609 grant

livestock

ranchers until the end of their first tax year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

to implement the American

after the first drought-free year to replace

the sold livestock. Details, including an

IR-2021-193, Sept. 24, 2021

WASHINGTON − Farmers and ranch- example of how this provision works, can

Rescue Plan (ARP) Native

ers who were forced to sell livestock due be found in Notice 2006-82, available on

to drought may have an additional year to IRS.gov.

Language Project

The IRS provides this extension to elireplace the livestock and defer tax on any

gains from the forced sales, according to

the Internal Revenue Service.

To qualify for relief, farmers or ranchers must have sold livestock on account

of drought conditions in an applicable

region. This is a county or other jurisdiction designated as eligible for federal

assistance plus counties contiguous to it.

Notice 2021-55, posted today on IRS.gov,

lists applicable regions in 36 states and

one U.S. territory.

The relief generally applies to capital gains realized by eligible farmers and

ranchers on sales of livestock held for

draft, dairy or breeding purposes. Sales

of other livestock, such as those raised for

slaughter or held for sporting purposes, or

poultry, are not eligible.

The sales must be solely due to drought,

causing an area to be designated as eligible for federal assistance. Livestock generally must be replaced within a four-year

period, instead of the usual two-year period. The IRS is authorized to further extend this replacement period if the drought

continues.

The one-year extension, announced

in the notice, gives eligible farmers and

gible farmers and ranchers who sold livestock on account of drought conditions

in an applicable region that qualified for

the four-year replacement period, if the

applicable region is listed as suffering

exceptional, extreme or severe drought

conditions during any week between Sept.

1, 2020, and Aug. 31, 2021. This determination is made by the National Drought

Mitigation Center.

As a result, eligible farmers and ranchers whose drought-sale replacement period was scheduled to expire on Dec. 31,

2021, in most cases now have until the end

of their next tax year to replace the sold

livestock. Because the normal droughtsale replacement period is four years,

this extension impacts drought sales that

occurred during 2017. The replacement

periods for some drought sales before

2017 are also affected due to previous

drought-related extensions affecting some

of these localities.

More information on reporting drought

sales and other farm-related tax issues can

be found in Publication 225, Farmer’s Tax

Guide, available on IRS.gov.

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To find out more

Drawing comics is a great way to show your

drawing skills and your side of Hopi Humor.

If you have the skill and the humor to draw comics

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DISCLAIMER: Comics submitted will become property of Hopi

Tutuveni. Name of artist will be

displayed and not edited when submitted. Hopi Tutuveni has

the right to publish submitted comics.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Daryn Melvin, Office of

the Vice Chairman

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – September 27,

2021 The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office (HCPO) and the Hopi Office of the

Vice-Chairman will begin work on a new

Hopi Language project, made possible

through funding from the American Rescue Plan, and distributed through the Administration for Native Americans.

The project will see the development

of new instructional material which will

focus on a common core of words and

grammatical structures to attain proficiency in the Hopi Language and help Hopi

individuals to better understand and grasp

the language. Historical audio recordings

of Hopi speakers currently housed at the

American Philosophical Society (APS) in

Philadelphia will be used in this Hopi Language project and new recordings of current Hopi speakers will also be created as

necessary. Recordings will then be paired

with an introductory language-learning

curriculum designed to ensure that learners have good control of the high-frequency vocabulary and grammatical conversions. Upon completion this instructional

material will then be made accessible to

the Hopi community.

“The HCPO welcomes the participation

of speakers from all the Hopi villages.”

said Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Program

Manager of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office. “Hopilavayi is at a crossroads.

There is less transmission of the language

within families and homes, across all Hopi

villages. Despite the dedicated and tireless

work of the Hopi Cultural Preservation

Office staff and Hopilavayi teachers in the

school settings, older and younger generations are sometimes unable to converse

with each other in Hopi.”

“It is our hope that the instructional

materials we develop through this grant,

will enhance and provide much needed

support for the ongoing efforts to increase

transmission of our language,” said Hopi

Vice-Chairman Clark W. Tenakhongva,

“and I am happy that through this project we can provide families with some

culturally sensitive resources that ensure

the perpetuation of the Hopilavayi into the

future.”

Contact Stewart Koyiyumptewa, Manager, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office

with any questions at 928-734-3615 or via

email at: SKoyiyumptewa@hopi.nsn.us

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

HUD awards tribes in Arizona nearly $1 million, $4.4 million to 28

tribes to provide permanent homes for Native American Veterans

HUD Public Affairs

PRESS RELEASE

ARIZONA – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in collaboration

with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), announced the award of nearly $1 million to four Tribal

housing authorities in Arizona, part of $4.4 million in

Tribal HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (Tribal

HUD-VASH) grants to 28 Tribes and Tribally Designated

Housing Entities (TDHCs).

The Tribal HUD-VASH program provides housing and

supportive services to Native American Veterans who are

experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness by

combining rental assistance from HUD with case management and clinical services provided by the VA. (See

chart below.)

“Our nation’s Veterans made the ultimate sacrifice and

are more than deserving of a decent and stable place to

call home,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “These

grants allow Tribes to provide housing and supportive

services to Native American Veterans and their families.

Today’s announcement includes a strong expansion of

this vital program that allows us to serve even more individuals in need.”

“It is exciting to see the growth of this program that

serves American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans

struggling with homelessness,” said VA Secretary Denis McDonough. “The expansion of existing programs

and inclusion of additional Tribal locations means that

Veterans will have access to housing and case management supportive services close to home. These services

reinforce the value of caring for our Veterans who courageously served our great nation.”

In 2015, Congress authorized funding for a Tribal

demonstration program in order to expand the HUDVASH program into Indian Country. HUD was directed

to coordinate with Tribes, TDHEs, and other appropriate

Tribal organizations on the design of this program and to

ensure the effective delivery of housing assistance and

supportive services to eligible Native American Veterans.

Since its inception, the program has housed almost 600

Native American Veterans and has provided case management services to many more. Tribes will be able to

reach more Veterans with today’s expansion of the program.

The FY 2021 Tribal HUD-VASH awards announced

today are:

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Smoking and Diabetes

Submitted by: Sandra Ovah, Program

Coordinator, Hopi Wellness Center

For Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – September 28,

2021, Everyone knows cigarette smoking is bad for you, but did you know it

can lead to type 2 diabetes? And if you

have diabetes, smoking can make it much

worse. Learn how they’re connected and

why quitting is one of the best things you

can do for your health.

How Smoking Can Lead to Type 2

Diabetes

•Insulin helps blood sugar enter cells,

but nicotine changes cells so they don’t

respond to insulin, which increases blood

sugar levels.

•Chemicals in cigarettes harm cells in

your body and cause inflammation. This

also makes cells stop responding to insulin.

•People who smoke have a higher risk

of belly fat, which increases the risk for

type 2 diabetes, even if they aren’t overweight.

All in all, if you smoke, you’re 30% to

40% more likely to get type 2 diabetes

than people who don’t smoke. The more

you smoke, the higher your risk.

If You Have Diabetes

Breaking the habit is one of the best

things you can do for your health.

Managing diabetes is challenging, and

smoking can make it even more so. Nicotine increases your blood sugar levels and

makes them harder to handle. People with

diabetes who smoke often need larger

doses of insulin to keep their blood sugar

close to their target levels.

Diabetes causes serious health complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, and nerve damage that can

lead to amputation (removal by surgery)

of a toe, foot, or leg. If you have diabetes and smoke, you’re more likely to have

complications—and worse complications—than people who have diabetes and

don’t smoke.

Heart disease deserves special attention.

It’s the leading cause of death in the United States, and both smoking and diabetes

increase your risk. Over time, high blood

sugar from diabetes can damage blood

vessels as well as nerves in and around

your heart. Cigarette smoking can damage

blood vessels too by increasing plaque (a

fatty, waxy substance that builds up on

your artery walls).

Quit for Good

No matter how long you’ve smoked—

or how much—quitting will help you get

healthier. As soon as you stop smoking,

your body starts healing itself:

•In 20 minutes, your heart rate and

blood pressure drop.

•In 12 hours, carbon monoxide (a toxic

gas from cigarette smoke) in your blood

drops to normal.

•In 2 weeks to 3 months, your circulation and lung function improve.

•In a year, your risk for heart disease is

half that of someone who still smokes.

Quitting smoking also helps your body

use insulin better, which can make your

blood sugar levels easier to manage.

Blood Sugar Changes

If you have diabetes, you may need to

check your blood sugar more often after you quit because your levels may go

down. You won’t need to check as often

after your body adjusts to being smokefree.

Nicotine replacement products such as

gum, patches, and lozenges are some of

the best tools to help you stop smoking—

they can double your chances of quitting

for good. Products with nicotine raise

your blood sugar, so be sure to talk to your

doctor about using them if you have diabetes.

Help for Quitting

Don’t give up if you’re not able to quit

on your first try. And don’t be too hard on

yourself if you slip up. It can take several

attempts until you’re smoke-free for good

(though some people quit their first time.)

And you don’t have to do it alone: ask

friends and family for support, try the free

quitSTART app, and get free coaching

to help you quit by calling 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669; also available in

Spanish and several Asian languages).

FAMILY LIVING

How to Ensure Social

Media Doesn’t Harm

Your Teen’s Self-Esteem

(StatePoint) Recently made public internal research from Facebook reveals

that its photo-sharing app Instagram can

have harmful impacts on young users,

particularly girls. Many in the U.S. and

U.K. study say they feel “addicted” to

these apps, while at the same time, attributing depression and anxiety to their use

of them.

While the research is still evolving,

one thing is certain. Adolescence can be a

time period for many young people that’s

already rife with body image issues, insecurities and emotional and mental health

challenges. However, experts say that

for parents looking to better protect their

teens from the negative impacts of social

media that can exacerbate these issues, the

key is not to prohibit teens’ use of these

tools, but to strike a healthy balance.

“Of course, not everything about social

media is harmful. Many young people

are using such apps to communicate with

friends and share art, music and information,” says Michele Havner, director of

marketing at Eturi Corp., a company with

a mission to empower parents to guide

their children through a balanced use of

technology. “That’s why we encourage

parents to help their teens develop healthier relationships with their devices and the

apps they use most frequently.”

Here are a few strategies to consider:

• Alternatives: When it comes to the

way young people pass their time outside

of school, there are limitless alternatives

to social media. Whether it’s sports, playing in a band or taking a pottery class, you

can encourage your child to both embrace

hobbies and interests outside the world

of their screens, as well as to spend more

time with friends in person.

• Real talk: One of the major aspects of

social media is that what people choose to

share publicly is not always a reflection

of reality. Have a conversation with your

kids about the many ways that influencers

and other social media users apply filters,

photo editing software and other tools to

create impossible goals for their followers. This might also be a good time to discuss what sort of content they’re engaging

with so you can try to steer them in a more

positive direction.

• New tools: Attempts to set social media boundaries can be easier said than

done both for the primary user (your

teen) and you. Apps designed for this

purpose can help. For example, the parental guidance app OurPact allows you

to install a profile on your child’s device.

Then, you can remotely set up automated schedules for when internet and apps

are unavailable, or block access manually to the device for a specified period of

time. Features like URL whitelisting and

blacklisting and daily screen time allowances can help you stay engaged with how

your child uses their device. Available at

the iOS App Store and Google Play Store,

parents can also sign up for an account at

www.ourpact.com.

“While social media apps are not going

away any time soon, parents can take concrete steps to help ensure teens are using

them in ways that make them happy,” says

Havner.

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

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

September 28, 2021 Report

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – September 28,

2021

This data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s

website “COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.

Hopi Health Care Center – Community

Vaccination Information:

COVID-19 vaccines are available daily

for those 12-years old and older.

Call (928) 737-6049/6081/6148 - Appointments preferred, but not required.

COVID-19 Testing Drive Up Testing

Remains Open Monday – Friday from 8

am to 9:30 am. Enter at the west entrance

& drive around back. Wear a mask & stay

in your vehicle. For more information

about other testing options please call

(928) 737-6233.

Moenkopi residents Tuba City Regional Health Care will have a Pfizer vaccine

community drive-up vaccine clinic now

available for individual’s 12-years and

older. Call 1-866-976-5941 to schedule

your appointment.

As of September 29, 2021 the United

States now has approximately 43,051 million confirmed positive cases with over

689,534 deaths reported.

Over 1,090 million confirmed positive

cases now exist in Arizona. Of those,

close to 19,648 are in Navajo and 21,291

in Coconino Counties.

The Hopi Health Care Centers most

recent data report indicates over 11,176

patients tested as of September 28, 2021.

Over 1,504 of those tests at Hopi Health

Care Center came back positive with 1091

from Hopi Tribal members. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation reported

301 positives for Hopi Villages with a

combined number of 1,403*** positive

Hopi Tribal members

*Note: These data include newly added

testing results from the Abbott ID NOW

machine since April 20, 2020 ** A total of

1,403+ individuals who tested positive are

members of the Hopi Tribe.

*** Data includes all state-wide data

from other facilities such as Flagstaff,

Winslow, Phoenix or other hospitals. +

Includes Village member(s) retested positive.

Prevention:

Watch for Symptoms - people with

COVID-19 have had a wide range of

symptoms reported – ranging from mild

symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms

may appear 2-10 days after exposure to

the virus. Anyone can have mild to severe

symptoms. People with these symptoms

may have COVID-19:

• Fever or chills

• Cough

• Shortness of breath or difficulty

breathing

• Fatigue

• Muscle or body aches

• Headache

• New loss of taste or smell

• Sore throat

• Congestion or runny nose

• Nausea or vomiting

• Diarrhea

This list does not include all possible

symptoms. CDC will continue to update

this list as we learn more about COVID-19.

Older adults and people who have severe

underlying medical conditions like heart

or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at

higher risk for developing more serious

complications from COVID-19 illness.

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A A O Y A W W O

S A O I I O G T

A L H Q S T N N

M A U S Z T U A

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HOPI WORDS

Steamed)

Tsawna - Frighten

Huk.yala - Abate (of wind)

Tu’tsi - Corn (Roasted)

Huyta - Give Out (Treats)

Nìitiwpu - Abundance

Silaqvu - Corn Husk

Maalama - Ground Cultivated

Aniwna - Achieve or Accom-

Mangwni - Corn Leaves

Höqna’ya - Harvesting Party

plish

Kyàasòmkwivi - Creamed

Hota - Haul (Harvested

Aptsiwta - Adequate

Corn

Goods)

Natwànpi - Agricultural

Angwusi - Crow

Pàngala - Heap (Harvested

Practice

Qataala - Darkness

Goods)

Qana’öna - Ambitious

Tuviku - Disguise

Moritspu - Hull (Beans)

Maqsoni - Arduous

Àasa’ta - Enough (candy

Tukwsi - Matured Corn

Tuho’os - Autumn

treats)

Kawayvatnga - Melon

Paapu - Beans (Pod)

Uti - Exclamation! (Horror)

Halasami - Moist Ground

Sikyahatiko - Beans (Y.

Nìktiwta - Extra (candy

Tuvatski - Nut Bearing Tree

Lima)

treats)

Pisoq - Occupied (Harvest)

Pasqalalni - Boundary (Crop)

Màmqasi - Fear

Sipala - Peach

Patomelooni - Canteloupe

Nùutsel’eway - Fearsome

Pintomori - Pinto Beans

Hökni - Corn (Harvested)

Sami - Fresh Corn

Natwani - Plant

Tuupevu - Corn (Pit

Sungwa - Friend

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Larry’s Corner

A confusing statement

Are you Hopi? Are you a person who dedicated their lives to live the true Hopi way? Well, if

you answered those questions both YES then you

are lying to yourself. Well let me explain myself

on that. No one that I know these days would

dedicate their lives to only live one way. It only

happed when there was no western influence to

live another way, and that was only in the 1000

A.D. era.

So, for centuries, western influence has made it

so we can’t “really” live the “true” Hopi way. So

in my opinion, people who say they are living the

true Hopi way are just plain lying to themselves.

Now don’t get me wrong, saying the “true” Hopi

way is the way to live is one way of saying, they

haven’t been influenced by western society and

that you live under a rock. So, all in all, living like

a “real” Hopi is not something we can’t say we are

doing these days.

But, if you answered YES and NO to the questions above, then you are wrong as well…Let me

explain, see there is no right or wrong answer to

the questions above. The answers are how you

view them, and I view them as Yes, I am Hopi…

well a Hopi cat, and Yes and No I can’t say I dedicate my life to live the true Hopi way. But what

I can say is that I still practice the Hopi traditions

and the culture. So, you be the judge of how you

answer the questions above.

The way that I see it is that we can live in both

worlds in the “true” way, meaning we can live a

true Hopi way by practicing and dedicating part

of our lives to live the Hopi way, while also living

the “true” pahana or white man’s way of life.

But what does “true” mean for both ways of

life? Well true meaning “accurate, spot-on, correct, and right” so meaning the way you see it, is

the way you see things as “true.” So, if you want

to live the right way, is also living the wrong way

of how you are living and that turns to hypocrisy,

or two faced when you clearly live both ways as a

Hopi and as a white man.

But who can we say is a true Hopi and who is

not a true Hopi? The way that I see it is that the

more Hopis evolve into the 21st century, the more

they understand that being true to your native

roots is something we simply cannot keep doing.

But the more Hopis start to evolve the more we

start to lose our “trueness.” But it’s not all bad,

we can still say we are keeping true to the basics

or the base of Hopi life, or we can say, “We are

still here practicing the Hopi way of life but with

a twist.” But, can we blame western society for

doing this to us Hopi natives? Can we blame the

21st century for making us forget our true way of

life? Or can we blame ourselves for not keeping

ourselves “true” and not following the real Hopi

way of life? Well you would have to answer that

for yourselves because each one of us has a different opinion about that.

When we practice our Hopi traditions, we feel

that we are staying true to our Hopi path. Then

again when we do practice our Hopi traditions we

are influenced by western culture, so that means

we are not keeping true to our way of Hopi life.

Get it?

We start to complain about how we are not following our true Hopi path then we have families

arguing about who is right and who is wrong, this

subject is really messing with our heads. Hopis

are never satisfied with the outcome even it’s a

good outcome they will find something to complain about. I believe Hopis are never really happy. I don’t think I have ever seen a Hopi smile

during a ceremony. We all have that “resting mad

face” or that “stoic look.”

So how can we be “truly” be satisfied? Well, we

can’t, we will never be satisfied with what we do

or how we do things. It’s in our mind that we have

to be perfect, but all religions and even our religion is not perfect. The only way to be satisfied is

to make ourselves better than we are today.

So, my advice to you is that we will never be

satisfied with ourselves. We will always try to find

something better to make ourselves and our lives

better because that’s what Hopis do. If you didn’t

know that by now, well I say just keep observing

all the Hopis around and watch how they will take

something, whether it’s an animate object or not

and “twist” is just so, to try to make it better…just

like the tsukus do.

But remember when we start to make something

“perfect” we are more prone to making it less perfect than it is. So, don’t dwell on the fact that our

way of life is not perfect. Dwell on the fact that

the Hopi land doesn’t have a pizzeria that has

Space Invaders and Pac-Man in it. But don’t fret,

we are not perfect and we will never be perfect,

even a diamond has crooked cuts in it sometimes.

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

A broken system: Why the number of American Indian and Alaska Natives

who have died during the coronavirus pandemic may never be known

Picture by original source

By Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Sunnie Clahchischiligi,

Christine Trudeau

From medical health privacy laws to a maze of siloed

information systems, a true accounting of COVID-19’s

impact on Indian Country is impossible to know.

This story is produced by the Indigenous Investigative

Collective, a project of the Native American Journalists

Association in partnership with High Country News, Indian Country Today, National Native News and Searchlight New Mexico. It was produced in partnership with

MuckRock with the support of JSK-Big Local News.

In May of 2020, the Navajo Nation reported one of the

highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rates in the United States. Since that milestone, official data reveals that

the Navajo Nation has been one of the hardest-hit populations during the pandemic. The Navajo Nation boasts the

largest population of any Indigenous nation in the United

States, and thousands of Navajos live outside the nation,

in towns along the border, cities across the country, and

in other parts of the world, making it difficult to tally the

virus’ impacts on Navajo citizens.

It’s made worse by a labyrinthian system of local, state,

federal and tribal data-reporting systems that often do not

communicate with each other or share information. In

an effort to come up with a more reliable fatality count,

reporters with the Indigenous Investigative Collective

made multiple public-records requests for death records

held by state medical examiners of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Those requests focused on the

counties on or adjacent to the Navajo Nation where many

Navajo families live. The states rejected those requests,

citing privacy concerns, preventing independent analysis

of those records to determine death rates. Experts also

cite pervasive misidentification of race and ethnicity of

victims at critical data collection points, making the true

toll of the pandemic on the Navajo Nation impossible to

ever know.

The Indigenous Investigative Collective has found that

those data problems extend nationwide. As of June 2, the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that

6,585 American Indians and Alaska Natives have died

from COVID-19 — the highest rate of any ethnic group

in the United States. That estimate likely falls far short of

the actual death toll.

“Even though right now we’re showing as having some

of the highest death rates, it’s a gross undercount,” said

Abigail Echo-Hawk, Pawnee, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute based in Seattle, Washington, one of

12 nationally recognized tribal epidemiology centers in

the country.

That undercount leaves researchers and epidemiologists completely in the dark when creating practices and

policies to deal with future pandemics.

When the coronavirus hit the Navajo Nation, Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS) was at the forefront of providing testing. The private, not-for-profit corporation is

tribally run and provides services to the Navajo Nation

as well as rural Native and non-Native Utah communities. From the start of the pandemic, the UNHS data team

reported its information to the state of Utah, local Indian

Health Service (IHS) units and the Navajo Nation’s epidemiology center.

“We pretty much tracked anything that we were doing,”

Verlyn Hawks, director of health information systems for

Utah Navajo, said. “The scope of what we could handle

is basically what we did.”

At first it was just test results, then deaths, and now

vaccines. Hawks said he and his team reached out to

neighboring health-care facilities like Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, to ask for

COVID-19 data from their service area and would provide them with data. From there, he said, data was reported to the state of Utah and then passed to the CDC.

“But we really don’t have a good way to know where

our numbers are going and what’s happening from there,”

Hawks said, adding that the process for the Indian Health

Service was equally opaque. “There’s no sharing between

states.”

On the Navajo Nation, efforts to track cases, vaccinations and deaths are also complicated by the fact that

community members move freely between health-care

facilities, registering at different hospitals and clinics.

“Patients on the Navajo reservation tend to be kind of

transient, meaning they go to different places for care,”

Utah Navajo’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Jensen

said.

Take for example a patient at Utah Navajo who tests

positive for COVID-19, becomes ill, and seeks treatment

at that Utah Navajo health center. If that patient becomes

critically ill, Utah Navajo would transfer the patient to

a nearby hospital, and if that patient were to die from

COVID-19 complications, the hospital they were transferred to may or may not report the death back to Utah

Navajo, where the patient originally registered. The same

is true for vaccines and COVID-19 results.

“Our systems can gather all kinds of data and run reports every way but sideways,” Jensen said. “But the

transient part of that makes it more challenging, and obviously if somebody passes in an inpatient facility, we’re

not notified unless we follow up with the family or the

doctor calls.”

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

A broken system: Why the number of American Indian and Alaska Natives who

have died during the coronavirus pandemic may never be known. Cont.

Tracking Indigenous COVID-19 patients accurately

would involve the entire health system, which is made

up of IHS health facilities, tribally owned facilities, tribal

hospitals, urban Indian health programs, private clinics

and other non-IHS health facilities, like city, county or

private hospitals. No agency is consistently or reliably

doing that.

IHS, which collects data from Indigenous nations that

volunteer to share, instead relies on the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System, which receives its information

from states. “We’re not [tracking COVID-19 deaths] because we want to avoid any underreporting,” said IHS

Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler, a Comanche citizen

and a descendant of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

The CDC, however, is also likely undercounting. For

the Urban Indian Health Institute’s Echo-Hawk, a reliable database is the APM Research Lab, which reported

at least 5,477 Indigenous deaths as of March 2, based on

figures from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Around

the same time, the CDC was reporting 5,462 deaths.

All deaths, regardless of where they occur, are reported

to the state, but the states have refused to release those

details. The Indigenous Investigative Collective requested dates, cause and location of death, race, ethnicity, age,

gender and a specific request for COVID-related information, including whether or not the infection may have

occurred at a work site. Those requests were rejected by

records custodians in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and

Colorado, citing privacy and protected health information, obscuring information for COVID-19 deaths in dozens of tribal communities in those four states combined.

New Mexico, in particular, further explained the denial of public records, stating, “The information contained

in the responsive records consists of protected health information and information reasonably believed to allow

identification of patients.” New Mexico Department of

Health Records Custodian Deniece Griego-Martinez said

even with names and case numbers redacted, patients

could still be identified. “Since this information is identifying on its own and in combination with other publicly

available information, it is not possible to redact the responsive records.”

Gaps in states’ COVID-19 data often begin right after

a person has died. The process for determining and recording the cause of death varies from state to state. In

Minnesota, for example, cause of death is registered by

medical certifiers such as physicians, medical examiners

and coroners. If a person dies from COVID-19, the cause

of death on the certificate may say respiratory or heart

failure — the reasons for those failures are not included.

Minnesota funeral director Robert Gill, who is Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, said when he sits down to fill out

vital statistics forms with a deceased’s family members,

most of the work is straightforward: legal name, address

at the time of death, social security number, next of kin,

parents, children, siblings and details of funeral arrangements. Where it can get tricky is when he needs to include

the person’s race and ethnicity.

“They could say, ‘I’m Swedish, African, German, Native American, Hawaiian, Puerto Rican all mixed in one,’

so then I’d ask the family, ‘Well what would you like?

What are you, what would you legally consider yourself?’” Gill said. There’s no limit on how many races or

tribes can be written down, and often everything is included. He also doesn’t differentiate between individuals

who are enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or are

descendants or simply community members.

“I write down what they would consider their race.

Whether it gets recorded as that, I don’t know,” he said.

“I send that into the state and I don’t know what they do

with it.”

In Gill’s facility, identifying American Indian or Alaska Native people is part of the job. But in other parts of

the country where medical examiners or funeral homes

have no knowledge of Indian Country, those individuals

can be identified as Hispanic, Asian or any other incorrect

ethnicity, because medical workers, funeral home directors and coroners simply look at the body and make a

decision. While no data exists for death-certificate undercounts of Indigenous people, a 2016 report from the National Center for Health Statistics concluded that of everyone who self-identified as American Indian or Alaska

Native on the U.S. Census, 48.6 percent were classified

as another race on their death certificate.

“There are so many different ways that these death certificates are improperly categorized for race and ethnicity,” Echo-Hawk said. “But the number one issue ends up

being nobody asks the family.”

The CDC website states that “cause-of-death information is not perfect, but it is very useful.” While the agency

estimates that 20 to 30 percent of death certificates have

issues with completeness, the agency adds: “This does

not mean they are inaccurate.” The agency did not respond to requests for comment on this story.

The IHS has tried to correct the problem and continues

to do so, with little success so far. In a 2020 COVID-19

response hearing, the chief medical officer for the IHS,

Rear Admiral Michael Toedt, testified that the agency was

working with the CDC to address the issue of racial misclassification through training. However, Toedt stressed

that the main problem with collecting good, timely data

for American Indian and Alaska Native deaths rested almost entirely on how the death certificate was filled out.

In short, death counts of Indigenous people, no matter

how they died, are woefully inaccurate — and correcting

that is likely impossible without a unified system for tracking health issues in Native communities, and regulations

requiring death certificates to accurately reflect a person’s

Indigenous citizenship, race and ethnicity. Experts who

spoke with the Indigenous Investigative Collective could

not give an exact number for the undercount.

A 2021 Urban Indian Health Institute report card that

grades the quality of collecting and reporting COVID-19

data for Indigenous people gives most states a C grade or

lower. The states were graded on the inclusion of Native

people and statistics on state health dashboards, as well as

accurate CDC data for Indigenous people. That information, Echo-Hawk said, helps leaders make decisions and

scientists think through vaccine allocations, and helps

measure success or failure in the health system.

The omission of data on Native communities, EchoHawk said, is “data genocide,” contributing to the elimination of Native people in the public eye and aiding the

federal government in abandoning treaty laws and trust

responsibilities. In other words, no data on Native people

means no need to meet obligations or provide resources.

“We definitely are in a situation where we are not capturing all of the impacts, and we are not capturing all

of the deaths for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

So we know that the picture, the true picture, is actually worse than what the data tells us,” said Carolyn Angus-Hornbuckle, who is Mohawk and the chief operating

officer and policy center director of the National Indian

Health Board. “That information is needed because like

every other government that’s facing this crisis, our tribal

nations need to have real-time, accurate data so that they

can protect their citizens.”

Meanwhile, infection rates and deaths in the Navajo

Nation are improving, but Utah Navajo Health System

CEO Michael Jensen said their work continues. “We’ve

done our own contact tracing to find out where it started

and who those people are interacting with. We’ve tried to

share that publicly — for deceased rates, I think communities should know what’s going on,” he said.

“I hope everybody would want to provide the most accurate and true numbers possible.”

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

JOB OPENING

HOPI FAMILY ASSISTANCE/TANF

PROGRAM

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Natwani Coalition Job

Announcements

Are you applying for Cash Assistance (TANF), or renewing your Cash benefits and having difficulty applying

online or by phone? You can now call the Hopi Family

Assistance Program to schedule an appointment to complete a telephone interview. Interviews will be scheduled

on Tuesday or Thursday.

Call: 928-734-2202, select option 3 to reach the Hopi

Family Assistance Program to be scheduled.

JOB OPENING

KUYI - Hopi Radio Job

Announcement

Production Assistant

Position Summary:

Responsible for 1) coordinating production of audio

for air 2) ensuring compliance with required FCC and

KUYI logs; 3) serves as an on-air DJ as needed; 4) helps

coordinate live remote broadcasts; 5) may take the lead

in the instruction of Hopi High School Radio Class; and

6) supports the daily business operations of the station.

Performs other duties as assigned by Station Manager

to ensure all aspects of office management necessary to

maintain orderly and efficient operations of the station.

Minimum qualifications:

Must have a high school diploma or GED and at least

2 years of radio broadcasting or related media experience. Must be comfortable speaking to public and have

general knowledge or interest in working closely with

computer technology and equipment. Must be willing to

independently seek out solutions to problems and troubleshoot and work in a close team environment.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTIONS & APPLICATIONS:

HopiFoundation.org/jobs

Contact: 928-299-0452 │ hannah.honani@hopifoundation.org

Salary: Based on experience & qualifications; $25-30k/

Benefits: 401k, vision, dental, and telework options

available

Deadline to Apply: Friday, October 29, 2021

Minimum Requirements: Must possess valid driver's

license; No misdemeanor convictions within the past 5

years and no felony convictions; Background investigation and fingerprinting may be required; Use of personal

vehicle may be required.

KUYI-Hopi Radio is a project of The Hopi Foundation.

Program Associate

Position Summary:

Primarily responsible for assisting the Program Manager in coordination and oversight of the Natwani Coalition programs, initiatives, and services. Working with the

Program Manager, the Program Associate will assist in

implementing the Natwani Coalition’s activities including data collection facilitation of partnership activities,

and direct communication with external partners, agencies, and individual stakeholders. This position is subject

to other project tasks as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

A combination of at least three years of management,

supervision, and programming experience; and A bachelor’s degree; or Any equivalent combination of education,

training and experience which demonstrates the ability to

perform the duties of the position.

Salary: Based on experience & qualifications; Starts at

$28k/yr

Program Coordinator

Position Summary:

Primarily responsible for coordination of Natwani Coalition programing activities. S/He will develop, maintain, and facilitate projects, communication, and community organizing to meet program goals with the support

of community members, collaborators, Community Advisory Board members, and other interested individuals.

Minimum qualifications:

Three years programming and coordination experience; and An associate’s or bachelor’s degree; or Any

equivalent combination of education, training and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties

of the position.

Salary: Based on experience & qualifications; Starts at

$25k/yr

FULL JOB DESCRIPTIONS & APPLICATIONS:

HopiFoundation.org/jobs

Contact: 928-299-0452 │ hannah.honani@hopifoundation.org

Benefits: 401k, vision, dental, and telework options

available

Deadline to Apply: Friday, October 29, 2021

Minimum Requirements: Must possess valid driver's

license; No misdemeanor convictions within the past 5

years and no felony convictions; Background investigation and fingerprinting may be required; Use of personally-owned vehicle may be required to carry out job related

tasks.

Natwani Coalition is a project of The Hopi Foundation.

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

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

JOB OPENING

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

HOPI Substance Abuse Prevention

Center Job Announcement

JOB OPENING

Hopi Telecommunications, Inc. (HTI) in Keams Canyon, Arizona is currently seeking energetic and highly

motivated individuals to join the HTI team.

CURRENT OPENINGS

•Key System/Central Office Tech (Full-time)

•Outside Plant Technician (Full-time)

•Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technician

(Full-time)

•Temporary Labor – Outside Plant Technician (Fulltime)

CLOSING DATE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

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perform the essential duties of the job. Possess a valid

Arizona Driver License and pass a background check.

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Keams Canyon Office. Or through the HTI Website.

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For more information, please call the Keams Canyon

Office at (928) 738-4674 or Flagstaff Office (928) 5228428 or email info@hopitelecom.com

Program Manager

Position Summary:

Primary responsibility is managing the Center and supervising program staff. This position is based in Kykotsmovi, AZ however services are provided throughout the

Hopi community. Manager will facilitate program development, maintain HSAPC programming and services,

and apply strategies for the unique and important work of

the HSAPC, to ensure program objectives. Also ensures

effective communication with partner agencies and the

HSAPC Community Advisor Board. He/she will complete other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

Must have Five years current and continuous sobriety;

Three years management and supervision experience;

Associate’s or bachelor’s degree; or Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which

demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTIONS & APPLICATIONS:

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Salary: Based on experience & qualifications;

$35k-40k/yr

Benefits: 401k, vision, dental, telework options available

Deadline to Apply: Friday, October 29, 2021

Minimum Requirements: Must possess valid driver's

license; No misdemeanor convictions within the past 5

years and no felony convictions; Background investigation and fingerprinting is required; Must have reliable

transportation

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Village of Upper

Moenkopi

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Philton Talahytewa, Sr.

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Village of Bakabi

Dwayne Secakuku

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Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Tribe wins major

step toward

resuming

whaling off

Washington

tow it close to shore in the harbor at Neah Bay, Wash. An administrative law judge on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, recommended that the Makah be allowed to resume whaling along the coast of

Washington state, as their ancestors did. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — An administrative law judge has

recommended that a Native American tribe in Washington state once again be allowed to hunt gray whales — a

major step in its decades-long effort to resume the ancient

practice.

“This is a testament to what we’ve been saying all these

years: that we’re doing everything we can to show we’re

moving forward responsibly,” Patrick DePoe, vice chairman of the Makah Tribe on the remote northwestern tip

of the Olympic Peninsula, said Friday. “We’re not doing

this for commercial reasons. We’re doing it for spiritual

and cultural reasons.”

DePoe was in high school in the late 1990s when the

Makah were last allowed to hunt whales — occasions

that drew angry protests from animal rights activists,

who sometimes threw smoke bombs at the whalers and

sprayed fire extinguishers into their faces.

Since then, the tribe’s attempts have been tied up in

legal challenges and scientific review. A federal appeals

court ruled in 2002 that the Makah needed a waiver under

the Marine Mammal Protection Act; the tribe applied for

one in 2005 but still hasn’t received one.

On Thursday, nearly two years after he presided over

a hearing on NOAA Fisheries’ proposal to approve the

waiver, administrative law judge George Jordan issued

his 156-page recommendation to the U.S. Department of

Commerce. He found that the tribal hunts would have no

effect on the healthy overall population of the whales, despite an unexplained die-off that has caused hundreds of

the whales to wash up on the Pacific Coast since 2019,

and which is believed to have lowered their numbers

from about 27,000 to 21,000-25,000.

The recommendation, along with a public comment pe-

riod and further environmental analysis, will inform the

department’s final decision, though no timeline for that

has been set.

As proposed, the waiver would allow the tribe to land

up to 20 Eastern North Pacific gray whales over 10 years,

with hunts timed to minimize the already low chances of

the hunters accidentally harpooning an endangered Western North Pacific gray whale.

While Jordan found the waiver’s issuance appropriate,

he also recommended additional restrictions that could

drastically cut the number of whales the tribe kills — perhaps as low as five whales over the decade-long waiver

period. DePoe said the tribe is reviewing that recommendation but called it a potential source of frustration and

further discussion.

The tribe hopes to use the whales for food and to make

handicrafts, artwork and tools they can sell.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Animal

Welfare Institute oppose the hunts, which many animal

rights activists consider barbaric and unnecessary. They

argued that NOAA’s environmental review has been inadequate, that the Marine Mammal Protection Act may

have voided the tribe’s treaty right, and that the tribe cannot claim a subsistence or cultural need to hunt after so

many decades.

Sea Shepherd said in an email Friday it was reviewing

the decision and had no immediate comment.

DJ Schubert, a wildlife biologist for the Animal Welfare Institute, said in an emailed statement the organization was disappointed with the recommendation.

“All gray whales ... face critical anthropogenic threats

from climate change, ocean noise, oil and gas development, pollution, coastal development, contaminants, bycatch, and ship strikes,” Schubert said. “In light of these

acute threats, a hunt of these animals is biologically in-

supportable and inconsistent with the protective provisions of the MMPA.”

There are fewer than 300 Western North Pacific gray

whales remaining, Schubert said, and the recommended

additional restrictions would not completely eliminate

any risk to them.

Evidence presented to the government showed that the

Makah, who now number about 1,500 members, have

hunted whales for more than 2,700 years. The tribe’s

1855 treaty with the U.S. reserved the “right of taking

fish and of whaling or sealing at usual and accustomed

grounds.”

The Makah continued whaling until the 1920s, when

commercial whaling had devastated gray whale populations. The whale population rebounded in the eastern

Pacific Ocean by 1994, and they were removed from the

endangered species list.

The Makah trained for months in the ancient ways of

whaling and received the blessing of federal officials and

the International Whaling Commission. They took to the

water in 1998 but didn’t succeed until the next year, when

they harpooned a gray whale from a hand-carved cedar

canoe. A tribal member in a motorized support boat killed

it with a high-powered rifle to minimize its suffering.

DePoe was on a canoe that greeted the returning whalers as they towed in the whale, and his high school shop

class worked to clean the bones and reassemble the skeleton, which hangs in a tribal museum.

“The connection between us and the whales is strong,”

he said. “Tribes across the Northwest have always considered ourselves stewards of the land, stewards of the

animals. We’re not trying to do anything that is going to

add to the depletion of these resources.”

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

'Reservation Dogs' Cast Brings

Indigenous Voice to 2021 Emmy

Awards

Oldest human footprints

in North America found

Reservation Dogs Creator Sterlin Harjo and cast at 73rd Annual Emmy Awards. (Photo/YouTube)

BY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF

HOLLYWOOD — The creator and cast

from Reservation Dogs, the summer’s

hottest Indigenous series, had a message

for millions of Emmy Awards viewers last

night: it’s time for Hollywood to be more

inclusive.

On stage to present the Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series,

series co-creator Sterlin Harjo (Muscogee

Creek) and actors Paulina Alexis (Alexis

Nakota Sioux Nation), D’Pharaoh WoonA-Tai (Oji-Cree), Kawennahere Devery

Jacobs (Kanienʼkeháka), and Lane Factor

(Creek-Seminole/Caddo) discussed the

state of Indigenous people in the industry.

"We are here on television's biggest

night as creators and actors, proud to be

Indigenous people working in Hollywood,

representing the first people to walk upon

this continent, and we are really happy to

be here," Harjo said.

D'Pharaoh continued, "Thankfully, networks and streamers are now—now—beginning to produce and develop shows

created by and starring Indigenous people."

Devery added, "It's a good start, which

can lead us to the day when telling stories

from undeserved communities will be the

norm, not the exception."

Finally, Paulina concluded, "Because,

like life, TV is at its best when we all have

a voice."

National Indian Gaming Association

Chairman Ernest Stevens, Jr. posted on

his Facebook page: “NATIVE AMERICA

is Loud & Proud at the EMMYS tonight.”

South Dakota state Sen. Red Dawn Foster posted on her Facebook page: “Makes

my heart so happy."

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This undated photo made available by the National Park Service in September 2021 shows

fossilized human fossilized footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. (Photo

courtesy of National Park Service)

Christina Larson

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate

that early humans were walking across

North America around 23,000 years ago,

researchers reported Thursday.

The first footprints were found in a dry

lake bed in White Sands National Park in

2009. Scientists at the U.S. Geological

Survey recently analyzed seeds stuck in

the footprints to determine their approximate age, ranging from around 22,800 and

21,130 years ago.

Most scientists believe ancient migration came by way of a now-submerged

land bridge that connected Asia to Alaska. Based on various evidence — including stone tools, fossil bones and genetic

analysis — other researchers have offered

a range of possible dates for human arrival in the Americas, from 13,000 to 26,000

years ago or more.

The current study provides a more solid

baseline for when humans definitely were

in North America, although they could

have arrived even earlier, the authors say.

Fossil footprints are more indisputable

and direct evidence than “cultural arti-

facts, modified bones, or other more conventional fossils,” they wrote in the journal Science, which published the study

Thursday.

“What we present here is evidence of a

firm time and location,” they said.

Based on the size of the footprints, researchers believe that at least some were

made by children and teenagers who lived

during the last ice age.

David Bustos, the park's resource program manager, spotted the first footprints

in ancient wetlands in 2009. He and others

found more in the park over the years.

“We knew they were old, but we had no

way to date the prints before we discovered some with (seeds) on top,” he said

Thursday.

Made of fine silt and clay, the footprints

are fragile, so the researchers had to work

quickly to gather samples, Bustos said.

“The only way we can save them is to

record them — to take a lot of photos and

make 3D models,” he said.

Earlier excavations in White Sands

National Park have uncovered fossilized

tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire

wolf, Columbian mammoth and other ice

age animals.

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Reaction to developments in Indian Child Welfare Act review

Kim Duncan’s three adopted daughters, from left, Shalyn, Shyanne and Shelbi, sit smiling with their watermelon in the summer heat. (Courtesy photo)

Nancy Marie Spears

Gaylord News

Cetan Sa Winyan, director of the American Indian

Movement’s Indian Territory Oklahoma chapter, said

all tribes -- not just the four already petitioning the U.S.

Supreme Court -- should stand together against potential

changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act in a case the

court has been asked to review.

“They closed the boarding schools and opened up CPS

(Child Protective Services), but it’s the same thing -they’re still coming in and taking our children,” Winyan

said.

The ICWA was enacted in 1978 to help keep Indigenous children in Indigenous homes. In ICWA cases, the

first preference for placement is that the child go to an extended family member, even if the relative is non-Native.

Second preference is someone within the child’s tribe;

third preference is another tribe.

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the Oneida Nation

of Wisconsin, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians of

California and the Quinault Indian Nation of Washington

are petitioning the Supreme Court to request that the bill

remain intact.

The state of Texas is challenging the constitutionality

of ICWA, claiming it’s a race-based system that makes it

more difficult for Native kids to be adopted or fostered

into non-Native homes. Another argument is that the law

commandeers states too much, giving federal law imbalanced influence in state affairs.

A Supreme Court response to the tribes’ petition and

the petition filed by the plaintiffs is due Oct. 8.

Tribes and advocates argue that ICWA is culturally- and politically-based, not race-based, because tribal

nations have political status as sovereign governments

under federal law.

Cherokee Nation Deputy Attorney General Chrissi

Nimmo said the tribe will put all the resources it has into

making sure ICWA is protected.

“ICWA attempts to keep children connected to their

tribe ... and an attack on that is absolutely an attack on

tribal sovereignty,” Nimmo said.

The bill was enacted to quell the disproportionately

high rate of Indigenous children’s removal from their

traditional homes, culture, language and dress. Before

ICWA passed, 25 percent to 35 percent of all Indigenous

children were being forcibly “assimilated” from intact Indigenous family structures to predominantly non-Indigenous homes.

“There was this bias that would lead to children being

placed in foster care for things that weren't abuse or neglect but things mainstream social services didn't understand,” Nimmo said.

Te’Ata Loper, partnership grant coordinator for the

Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association, said ICWA

is “vital to the continuation of our tribal nations and tribal

families” and is optimistic the court will maintain tribal

sovereignty given the legal precedent found “in countless

Supreme Court case decisions.”

The Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association is a

nonprofit supporting Indigenous families and children by

providing advocacy, education, training and collaboration with Oklahoma tribes and partner agencies.

AIM Indian Territory also provides a support system

for tribal families trying to navigate the child welfare

system. Winyan said the organization has been working

to educate Oklahoma tribes about what’s been happening

with ICWA in the courts.

She knows some don’t understand the politics of it,

or the severity, but Winyan said many can understand

ICWA’s impact when it’s compared to the boarding

schools era.

“It’s just another form of saying, ‘Kill the Indian, Save

the Man,’”she said. “It hasn’t changed.”

One mother from the Cherokee Nation has seen the

impacts Indigenous children face when raised in non-Indigenous homes.

Kim Duncan adopts and fosters children through the

tribe. She and her husband, also an enrolled Cherokee

citizen, became certified to foster and adopt in December

2017 and shortly thereafter took in two girls who were

also Cherokee.

The girls, then ages 9 and 10, had gone through six different non-Indigenous homes between Dec. 13 and Dec.

28 of that year, by the time Duncan and her husband became their seventh and final home.

“The other six homes before us completely shut down

and said, ‘we don’t want any more kids,’” Duncan said.

“That’s how traumatic it was … They were probably the

hardest two we’ve ever taken in and we ended up adopting them, and they are totally different kids now.”

Duncan said leaving the Indian Child Welfare Act as it

is would mean that Indigenous children like hers would

still get to grow up in homes where they are surrounded by people that not only sometimes look like them but

speak their language, understand their culture.

A non-Indigenous home, she said, just can’t provide

those needs to Indigenous children.

Duncan said when they made a home for their two

girls, they were immediately drawn to Duncan’s husband

because he was perhaps a familiar -- darker -- face.

“They just related to him more,” Duncan said. “My

children are darker-skinned, most of them, and they related to them.”

Duncan has fostered 14 children since 2017 and adopted three of them.

“People that are non-Indian are not as passionate about

keeping the language strong, the culture strong,” Duncan

said. “If we allow our Indian children to be adopted by

non-Indian homes, we’re going to lose it.”

ICWA applied in the adoption of Jennifer Bailey’s now

7-year-old Cheyenne daughter. Bailey is a member of the

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

The birth mother, Bailey said, walked away from the

adoption agency and chose she and her husband to raise

her child because the child and Bailey were of the same

tribe.

Bailey said she’s concerned that changing ICWA would

lead potentially to long-term impacts on culture and language preservation, because it will keep Indigenous children from staying connected to their history and ancestry.

Nimmo said if ICWA is ruled as unconstitutional, as

“race-based,” it would open the door to dismantling other

Indigenous laws using that argument.

“Nothing else that we deal with as tribal people -- land

doesn’t matter, money doesn’t matter, language doesn’t

matter, artifacts don’t matter if we don’t have future generations,” Nimmo said.

Hopi Tutuveni October 6, 2021

Tesla opens store on Native land

Tesla owners, Tesla employees and local political leaders gather at the service bay doors during an event on Sept. 9, 2021, to celebrate a partnership between Tesla and the Nambé Pueblo after

the electric car company repurposed a defunct casino into a sales, service and delivery center near Santa Fe, N.M. Tesla has opened a store on tribal land in New Mexico, sidestepping car dealership laws that prohibit car companies from selling directly to customers. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP)

Cedar Attanasio

Associated Press

NAMBÉ, N.M. — Carmaker Tesla has opened a store

and repair shop on Native land for the first time, marking

a new approach to its yearslong fight to sell cars directly

to consumers and cut car dealerships out of the process.

The white-walled, silver-lettered Tesla store, which

opened last week, sits in Nambé Pueblo, north of Santa

Fe, on tribal land that's not subject to state laws.

The electric car company can only sell and service its

vehicles freely in about a dozen states, while it faces restrictions in others. Some, like New Mexico, ban Tesla

from offering sales or repairs without going through a

dealership. In January, the company struck a deal with

Michigan to resolve a 2016 lawsuit, a symbolic victory

that allowed it to sell in the backyard of the nation’s largest carmakers.

Supporters of Tesla say the shop in New Mexico marks

the first time the company has partnered with a tribe to

get around state laws, though the idea has been in the

works for years.

From Oklahoma to Connecticut and other states, consumers can't buy Teslas because the company won't partner with dealerships and hasn't been successful in winning over the courts or lawmakers to allow its direct sales

model.

“These states have lots of sovereign Native American

nations in them that could be interested in Tesla,” said

Brian Dear, president of the Tesla Owners Club of New

Mexico. “I don’t believe at all that this will be the last.”

Supporters say dealership laws protect middle-class

jobs and force dealerships to compete, lowering prices.

Critics say people can get information online and direct

sales would lower costs.

New Mexico, Alabama, and Louisiana have the strictest bans, barring Tesla from both operating dealerships

and repair shops. That makes repairing a Tesla more expensive and more of a hassle. Owners have to get their

cars serviced in neighboring states or through traveling

Tesla technicians who fix problems with what they have

in a van.

The New Mexico Tesla shop, built on the site of a former casino, is nestled between two gas stations along a

highway about an hour and a half north of Albuquerque,

where most of the state's Tesla owners live, Dear said.

While sales are prohibited in neighboring Texas —

where the company plans to make its pickup trucks next

year — repair shops are allowed. New Mexico Tesla

owners have been traveling to El Paso, Texas, or other

out-of-state cities to get repairs.

To buy a Tesla, they have to drive hours to pick them up

or pay thousands of dollars to have them shipped.

“We drove a gas car — Volvo station wagon — to Denver and then I was the ‘lucky one’ who got to drive the

gas-powered car back,” said Howard Coe, a filmmaker

who works for a laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico,

about 30 minutes from Nambé and about five hours from

the nearest Colorado Tesla store.

Coe drove his wife's Tesla sedan to the new store in

Nambé on Tuesday to ask if an SUV he ordered can be

delivered there. The store told him it's not accepting deliveries for the foreseeable future and won’t do repairs

until later this month.

Tribal officials who brokered the deal over a two-year

period say it lines up with business interests and cultural

values like caring for the environment.

The tribe “has the responsibility to the land where we

have resided for over 1,000 years,” said Carlos Vigil,

president of the Nambé Pueblo Development Corpora-

tion, calling Tesla’s service center “a renewable business

that lines up with our belief system.”

Car dealership advocates say they respect the tribe’s

decision but that they hope customers will buy electric

cars from companies that follow state rules, arguing dealerships compete to lower prices and can service vehicles

in more parts of the state.

“We have competition, we have the expertise, we’re in

your local communities,” said Ken Ortiz, president of the

New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association. “We contribute to the taxes.”

New Mexico has tax treaties with the tribe for sales,

gambling and gasoline taxes. But tribal and state officials

say it’s unclear if Tesla will have to pay vehicle sales taxes or how the revenue would be split between them.

Tesla, which dissolved its public relations department

and generally doesn’t answer media inquiries, did not respond to a request for comment.

In response to a Tweet complaining of wait times in the

Northeast last month, CEO Elon Musk wrote, “Tesla will

expedite service center openings."

The electric version of Ford’s F-150 pickup has also

turned heads.

The pickup, announced earlier this year, looks much

like its wildly popular gas-powered version. Yet the resemblance is deceiving. With its new battery-powered

truck, Ford is making a costly bet that buyers will embrace a vehicle that would help transform how the world

drives.

Branded the F-150 Lightning, the pickup will be able

to travel up to 300 miles per battery charge, thanks to a

frame designed to safely hold a huge lithium-ion battery

that can power your house should the electricity go out.

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A check in: Six months as Interior Secretary

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland talks missing Native people, boarding

schools and climate change in six month update *Corrected

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in her office welcoming the department's new law enforcement task force to ensure the department "implements the highest standards for protecting the public

and provides necessary policy guidance, resources, and training." (Photo courtesy of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland via Twitter)

Aliyah Chavez

Indian Country Today

The leader of the U.S. Department of Interior says the

agency is pushing the priorities of President Joe Biden’s

agenda “rapidly,” citing moves to build a clean energy

future while working to advance the needs of Indian

Country.

Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, held a news

briefing with 10 reporters on Thursday to discuss the

progress of her federal agency. Indian Country Today was

the only Indigenous publication represented in the nearly

45-minute briefing.

September marks six months since Haaland took over

as the leader of the Interior — a historic move that made

her the first Native person to serve as a Cabinet secretary.

For Native communities, Haaland cited her work to restore tribal homelands, address the missing and murdered

Indigenous persons crisis, investigate federal boarding

schools, and to mitigate damage of climate change to

tribal nations.

This week Haaland said she reflected on the tragic death

of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, a White woman whose body

was found in Wyoming following a massive search from

federal agencies.

“Anytime a woman is assaulted, kidnapped or goes

missing, my heart breaks. I want justice for all of these

cases, and I believe that every single person deserves to

feel safe in their communities,” Haaland said.

Haaland said she feels like it’s her job to raise the issue

of missing and murdered Indigenous people in light of

Petito’s case, a media frenzy that caught national attention.

She is doing “everything” to promote public engagement on the “very important issue” of missing Native

people, she said, citing her work to create a unit in the

Interior to investigate and address these cases.

“My heart goes out to so many Indigenous women ...

whose families have endured this for the last 500 years,”

Haaland said. “Hopefully the folks who are writing the

news and broadcasting the news will understand that

these women are also friends, neighbors, classmates,

work colleagues.”

On the topic of federal Indian boarding schools, Haaland said the department is actively investigating the

scope of the historic trauma.

The investigation is identifying boarding school facilities, locations of possible child burial sites and the identities of such children. Her agency is currently compiling

decades of records.

She says the Interior is also building a framework for

engaging with tribal nations and survivors. This fall, authorities will begin tribal consultations to discuss how to

protect and share information about these findings.

A final written report on the scope of boarding schools

in the U.S. is expected next year.

The report will “serve as a basis” for the rest of the

agency’s work to bring justice to families and victims.

On climate change, Haaland announced that $14 million will go to tribes who are being forced to be relocated as a result of melting sea ice, degrading permafrost,

coastal and river erosion, extreme precipitation, flooding,

wildfires and other extreme weather events.

In a recent trip to the Quinault Nation in Washington

state, Haaland said she saw the effects of this firsthand.

Haaland said moving forward, she is urging lawmakers to send the proposed bipartisan infrastructure bill to

the president’s desk to continue forward with other infrastructure projects that have not yet been addressed.

Haaland was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March

15.

9/24 correction: President Joe Biden’s name was misspelled in a previous version of this story.

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Drought-hit Colorado River

projections grow more dire

Lake Mead is the largest reservoir on the 1.450-mile Colorado River, which serves millions of

people in the Southwest. (Photo by Jordan Evans/Cronkite News)

Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S. government released projections that indicate

an even more troubling outlook for a river

that serves 40 million people in the West.

The Bureau of Reclamation recently declared the first-ever shortage on the Colorado River, which means Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will get less water than

normal next year. By 2025, there's a 66

percent chance Lake Mead, a barometer

for how much river water some states get,

will reach a level where California would

be in its second phase of cuts. The nation's

most populated state has the most senior

rights to river water.

While the reservoir on the Nevada-Arizona border is key for those three lower

Colorado River basin states, Lake Powell

on the Arizona-Utah border is the guide

for Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and

Utah in the upper basin. Smaller reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell have been

releasing water into the massive lake so it

can continue producing hydropower. But

any bump from the releases that started

this summer isn't factored into the fiveyear projections, the Bureau of Reclamation said.

The agency's projections show a 3 percent chance Lake Powell will hit a level

where Glen Canyon Dam that holds it

back cannot produce hydropower as early

as July 2022 if the region has another dry

winter.

“The latest outlook for Lake Powell is

troubling,” Wayne Pullan, the bureau’s director for the upper basin, said in a statement. “This highlights the importance of

continuing to work collaboratively with

the basin states, tribes and other partners

toward solutions.”

Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the largest

man-made reservoirs in the U.S., largely

rely on melted snow. They have been hard

hit by persistent drought amid climate

change, characterized by a warming and

drying trend in the past 30 years.

Both have dipped to historic lows. The

lakes had a combined capacity of 39 percent on Wednesday, down from 49 percent

at this time last year, the Bureau of Reclamation said.

The seven states that rely on the Colorado River signed off on a drought plan in

2019 to help prop up the lakes by voluntarily contributing water. All agree more

needs to be done and are discussing what

will replace a set of guidelines for the river and the overlapping drought plan when

they both expire in 2026.

The federal government also has formed

a working group.

The Bureau of Reclamation's five-year

projections are meant to help water managers better plan for the future using the

best available data, said Jacklynn Gould,

who oversees the lower basin for the agency. Its August projections are what determine water deliveries to the states.

The agency says there's a 22 percent

chance that Lake Mead will drop to an

elevation of 1,000 feet above sea level

in 2025. Federal officials have said water would become inaccessible to states

downstream at 895 feet feet, often referred

to as “dead pool.”

The agency that supplies water to most

people in Nevada has constructed “straws”

to draw water from further down in Lake

Mead as its levels fall.

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