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Volume 21 Number 19

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Two New Candidates Added to the Race For Chairman

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

Hopi PD and

CERT Organize

Efforts To Search

for Missing Person

Sgt. Paul Sidney and the CERT team searched the hills

and deep ravines along the trail between the Kykotsmovi Store and Old Oraibi on Fri, Sep. 27.

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Hopi Police Department is requesting assistance from the general

public for missing person, Eugene

Calnimptewa, 78 of Old Oraibi. Calnimptewa is 5’4”, weighs 140 lbs.; he

has brown eyes and grey hair. Calnimptewa was last seen on Sept. 02 around

7:12 p.m. near the Kykotsmovi Village

Store. He was wearing a forest green

colored t-shirt, blue jeans, black boots

or shoes and a yellow baseball cap. In

his possession was a grocery bag with

ready-made salad mix and peaches.

There are no known medical conditions at the time of his disappearance,

but has poor vision due to cataracts.

The family does not know where he

may have gone to. Calnimptewa’s son,

Tyrone noticed he hadn’t come home

when he stopped by his father’s home

during a routine daily check-up. Tyrone

had left his father a pack of cigarettes

the day before and noticed it had not

been touched. Tyrone last physically

saw him on Sept. 01 between 5 – 6 p.m.

Calnimptewa was officially reported

missing by his family on Sept. 12, at

9:49 a.m. Roughly ten days had passed

before he was reported missing.

An immediate cursory search was

The Hopi Election

Board held the second

set of interviews for

Candidate

petitioners on Sept. 18, at the

Hopi Wellness Center

Conference room in

Kykotsmovi, AZ.

Candidates

interviewed during the second round were Hopi

Chairman LeRoy N.

Shingoitewa and Norman Honie Jr. The petitioners were given four

questions in reference

to their age, residency,

enrollment and their

fluency in the Hopi language.

Tutuveni interviewed

the candidates after

they were interviewed

by the Election Board.

LeRoy N. Shingoitewa

Shingoitewa, 71 was

born in Keams Canyon, AZ and is from the

village of Moencopi;

he is a member of the

Bear Clan. He attended

Keams Canyon Public

School for elementary school and went on

to high school at Box

Elder High School in

Brigham, UT. Chair-

Above left: Hopi Chairman LeRoy N. Shingoitewa is seeking a second term as Chairman. Shingoitewa feels that his job as a Chairman isn’t

finished. Right: Norman Honie Jr.’s platform is based on the Hopi Potskwaniat, a Hopi Tribal Consolidated Strategic Plan that revised in 2011.

man Shingoitewa is a

graduate of Penn State

University and Northern Arizona University. Before taking office

as the Hopi Chairman,

Shingoitewa worked as

an Educator for over 20

plus years in the Education of both Native

and Non-Native American Students on and

off reservations, cities,

and states. Chairman

Shingoitewa made history as the First Native

American Principal for

the Flagstaff Unified

School District. Chairman Shingoitewa and

his wife Mavis have

been happily married will help all tribes, not

for 36 years.

just one single tribe.

The position and platQ: What is your plat- form of the Chairman

form?

is that you need to keep

A: My platform is to working forward. We

continue working to- have accomplished a lot

wards finding revenue in the four years we’ve

for the Tribe, stability of been here and we’re not

the Tribe and stabilizing done. We have to keep

the finances of the Tribe moving forward. I think

as well as our invest- if we stop, some of

ments. It’s to establish a these projects will not

better relationship with be completed.

the Federal Government and state agencies Q:What is your take

and others such as the on environmental iscounties and cities that sues on the Hopi ressurround us. I’d like to ervation?

work with other tribes A: Environmental isin a unified effort that sues are large on Hopi.

Efforts were made to

do clean-up on all the

villages and lands. As

time has gone by we’re

starting to revert back

to these issues. I’m concerned about the water, the arsenic issue in

Shungopavi thru Polacca and Keams Canyon.

Because of those issues,

the Tribe has to work

toward finding a way

to bring clean water

to these villages. The

other is the Tuba City

landfill issue where the

contamination is moving towards the villages and moving towards

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EPA Fines BIA

$136,000 for

Keams Canyon

Drinking Water

Violations on the

Hopi Reservation

SAN FRANCISCO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced

their settlement with Department of

Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs including civil penalties of $136,000 for

violations of the Safe Drinking Water

Act at the Keams Canyon Public Water

Supply system.

“Access to clean, potable drinking

water is still a critical issue for many

tribal communities.” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “Our

citizens must have confidence that their

water supply is monitored and safe, and

their providers, whether a private company, local government, or federal entity, are complying with drinking water

standards.”

The Keams Canyon public water

supply system, located on the Hopi

Reservation, is owned and operated

by the BIA and serves a population

of approximately 2,000 people. EPA

found the BIA exceeded drinking water standards for arsenic and failed to

monitor for arsenic and disinfection

compounds. The system is now fully

compliant with these requirements.

The action taken on Wed, Sep. 25

follows a previous EPA order in 2011

which resulted in the BIA spending

nearly $1 million dollars to install and

operate an arsenic treatment system.

The action is part of a larger national

effort to ensure environmental compliance in Indian Country. As part of

EPA’s commitment to Indian Country,

the agency continues to focus attention

on drinking water and on solid waste

issues on tribal lands.

Tutuveni/Mihio Manus

Hopi Day School Celebrates Indian Day

Many schools across the Hopi Reservation observed Indian Day on Fri, Sep. 27. The students, teachers and adminstrative

staff from Hopi Day School participated in a parade on Friday morning before taking part in dances held at the school’s

parking lot. Students were dressed colorfully and adorned in their tradional outfits as they danced along the parade route.

The Office Depot gives backpacks to Hopi students

By Mihio Manus

Hopi Tutuveni

Second Mesa-220 students at Second Mesa

Day School from grades

K-5 received free backpacks and school supplies courtesy of The

Office Depot Foundation. The Foundation

arranged this project

with Hopi Schools

through Hope MacDonald-Lonetree who had

been in contact with the

Chairman’s Office.

On the morning of

Tues, Sep. 17, MacDonald-Lonetree along with

Chairman LeRoy Shingoitewa and members

of his Executive Staff,

presented the backpacks to eager students

at Second Mesa Day

School.

According to MacDonald-Lonetree, The

Office Depot Foundation distributes over 1M

backpacks to students

worldwide.

During

the presentation to the

SMDS students, she

also acknowledged the

Dine’ Youth Program

for their assistance in

transporting and distributing the supplies.

Before handing out

the gifts MacDonald-Lonetree spoke to

the school children.

“When you receive a

gift, it’s a gift of love,”

she said. “I want you to

know I love you. You’re

beautiful children.”

Chairman Shingoitewa also had a chance

to talk with the students. The Chairman

is a former principal at

Moenkopi where he had

worked with MacDonald-Lonetree who was

formerly a teacher.

The Chairman told

the students that when

they received the backpacks they should tell

their parents that the

gifts are to assist them

Hopi Chairman LeRoy Shingoitewa took part in distributing backpacks to students of both Second Mesa Day

School and Upper Moenkopi Day School. The backpacks were donated by the Office Depot Foundation.

with school.

“As Hopi we’re

taught not to be lazy,”

Chairman Shingoitewa

told the students. “Don’t

be lazy. Remember to

share because when we

share we show love.”

MacDonald-Lonetree, the daughter of

former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald,

has been assisting The

Office Depot Foundation in distributing

backpacks to both Hopi

and Navajo students

since she was a council-

woman on the Navajo

Nation.

“I always tried to

reach out to schools in

the most remote locations,” she said. “One

year we even went to

Rosebud Sioux.”

Chairman Shingoitewa expressed his gratitude for the backpacks.

“I think the significance is that Hope has

given back to the students,” he said. “She

has given incentive to

the students to go to

school. It doesn’t mat-

ter if the students are

Hopi or not. We Native Americans need to

help each other. As an

educator, I feel strongly

about helping the students and I appreciate

this.”

Both

Chairman

Shingoitewa and Hope

MacDonald-Lonetree

travelled to Moenkopi

afterward to distribute

215 backpacks to the

students of Moekopi

Day School.

Hopi Appellate Court Rules in Favor of President Obama Nominates Diane Humetewa to Serve as US District Court Judge

Mishongnovi Village Board

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Local News

Hopi Appellate Court Unanimously Rules in Favor of

Mishongnovi Village Board of Directors

Office of the Chairman

KYKOTSMOVI,

AZ

– On Sep. 20, 2013, in a

historic ruling, Justices

Fred Lomayesva, Patricia

Sekaquaptewa, and Robert Clinton of the Hopi

Court of Appeals resolved

a long-standing dispute

between two factions at

Mishongnovi Village each

claiming to be the government of the Village. The

Court of Appeals held that

the People of the Village

hold the power to form the

Village government, and

that Village sovereignty

rests with the People of

the Village, not with a Village leader or a Kikmongwi. The Court of Appeals

reaffirmed the right of all

Villages to decide their

internal disputes without

any outside interference,

but also held that when a

Village dispute involves

the Tribe or its officials,

then the Hopi Courts may

decide those matters. The

Court of Appeals decision

was unanimous.

Lawsuit Filed Against

the Tribe and Council

In March 2011, Archie

Duwahoyeoma,

Jerry

Sekayumptewa,

Leon

Koruh, Owen Numkena,

Jr., as well as Alvin Chaca and Celestino Youvella from First Mesa Village, Caleb Johnson from

Kykotsmovi Village, the

Mishongnovi Village Cultural Preservation Board

(“CPB”), and others filed

a lawsuit against the Hopi

Tribe, the Tribal Council,

and elected members of

the Mishongnovi Village

Board of Directors. In the

lawsuit, Mr. Duwahoyeoma claimed that he was

the “defacto Kikmongwi”,

and that the Kikmongwi alone held the power

to determine the form of

Village government and

to select Representatives

from the Village to serve

on the Tribal Council. In

rejecting Mr. Duwahoyeoma’s arguments, the Court

of Appeals said:

• “...the retained aboriginal sovereignty to decide

how the Village is governed is retained by the

Village, not the Kikmongwi...”; and,

to the Kikmongwi as a

“leader” (in the Constitution) recognizes only his

role as official spokesman,

communicator, or head of

state for the Village, not as

the repository of the Village sovereignty”. Finally,

while a Kikmongwi or Village leader may have other

roles and duties including

religious obligations, the

Court of Appeals said that

when Kikmongwi have asserted their authority “...

beyond their traditional

roles and to intrude into

matters of Village finance

or governance, they have

exceeded any role or responsibility traditionally

exercised by them...”.

The Court of Appeals rejected Mr. Duwahoyeoma’s claim that “complete

governing authority” of the

Village was vested in the

“leader” based on a plain

reading of the Constitution

as well as the traditional

roles of Kikmongwi. The

Court’s decision recognized the authority of Hopi

and Tewa Villages to chart

Kikmongwi Do Not Pos- their own course when it

sess Village Sovereignty

comes to the governing

In the landmark decision, authority of Villages.

the Court of Appeals explained that, “...the Hopi Cultural

Preservation

Constitution

Board Abuses the Judiseparates the Village as cial Process

political entity from the The Court of Appeals notKikmongwi and recog- ed the “abuse of the judinizes that the Kikmongwi cial process” by the CPB,

primarily plays a spokes- which has

man role for the Village, repeatedly filed lawsuits

rather than functioning as for more than a decade

the lawful government of over the authority of the

the Village.” The decision Village Board of Directors,

stated, “...this Court con- only to then repeatedly

cludes that the reference seek delays and refuse to

• “...the Village, not the

Kikmongwi, selects the

method of choosing its

Representatives to the

Tribal Council and the Kikmongwi merely certifies,

as official spokesperson

for the Villages, a preexisting decision made by others in the Village.”

present witnesses to support its case. The Court of

Appeals was fully aware

that on the day of the court

hearing in the latest case,

Mr. Duwahoyeoma argued

that the court should not

hear his case and that he

refused to participate in

the hearing.

ment including a Board

of Directors-style of government. The Court noted

that it was “highly ironic”

that, on the one hand, Mr.

Duwahoyeoma and others argued in support of

Village sovereignty, while

at the same time, arguing

that the Village sovereignty was limited to only two

Internal Disputes Re- possible forms of Village

solved by the Village

government.

The Court of Appeals decision also addressed other Chairman

Shingoitesignificant issues. In rec- wa welcomed the deciognition of the

sion. “I’m pleased that

Hopi Tribe’s unique status the Court finally resolved

as a union of self-govern- this long-standing dispute

ing Villages, the Court of within Villages — disputes

Appeals held that it did not that have held us back for

have any power to decide many years. I agree with

these cases if the dispute the Court’s decision to rewas “wholly internal” to spect the right of all Vila Village. However, in the lages to decide their own

Mishongnovi Village dis- internal disputes without

pute, Mr. Duwahoyeoma any interference from

and others sued the Tribe the outside; however, the

and Tribal Council. In that Court also said that when

situation, the Court of Ap- a dispute involves the

peals said that it can hear Tribe, the Tribe’s money,

cases involving disputes or Council Representative

over Village leadership seats, then the Court may

because those disputes are resolve the

not wholly internal.

dispute. Most importantly, the Court was correct

Many Forms of Village when it held that Village

Government Allowed

powers rest with People

Contrary to Mr. Duwa- of the Village and not in an

hoyeoma’s claims, the individual leader.”

Court of Appeals said that

a Village may have

The case is entitled, “Duany form of Village gov- wahoyeoma, et al. v. Hopi

ernment that it desires, and Tribe, et al”, (2012-APthat a Village is not limited 0002). The 45- page Court

to only two forms of Vil- of Appeals decision is

lage government (Village available from the Court

leader or Village Consti- Clerk, or on-line at the

tution). The Court rec- Hopi Tribe website.

ognized that Villages currently have many different

forms of Village govern-

Hopi Transit Announces

Opinion

New Winslow Route

Sovereign Hopi and Tewa Villages

Hopi Senom Transit

Reject Hopi Appellate Court Ruling

Beginning October 06,

of September 20, 2013

2013, the Hopi Tribe’s

public transportation system will provide community members with bus

services to Winslow.

In 2011, public surveys

were collected by the

Transit staff from residents of Upper and Lower

Moenkopi, Hotevilla, Bacavi, Old Oraibi, Kykotsmovi, Shungopavi, Sipaulovi, Mishongnovi, First

Mesa and Keams Canyon.

In 2012 surveys were also

collected during special

public events. Information received from both

these surveys was evaluated which favored a route

to Winslow.

The Hopi people participating in responding

to the surveys indicated

their primary need was to

“go to Winslow for shopping”.

Throughout the

planning process for this

route, it was submitted

with the 2013/2014 ADOT

Grant Proposal in December 2012 to the Arizona

Department of Transportation, Section 5311 MultiModal Division for a panel

review.

In late spring 2013, the

grant proposal was negotiated between the Hopi

Tribe and State with a recommendation to discontinue one of the current routes

to serve the public with

service to Winslow. Limited funding allocations to

Arizona state transit agencies required a careful review of data collection of

the current routes, which

included Keams Canyon

(local), Flagstaff, and

Keams Canyon to Moenkopi, for cost effectiveness

and ridership. The Moenkopi route has 2 drivers

assigned to complete a

16-hour service, beginning from Keams Canyon

Hopi Transit commuters can now add

Winslow as a destination.

to Moenkopi. Ridership

varied between 6-10 passengers per week, which

are high fuel and vehicle

maintenance costs factors

that justified replacing this

route.

Public announcements

have been made at public

meetings and published

in the Tribal Newspaper

Tutuveni. The Transit Office has received positive

responses from the public

regarding the route change

and they have expressed

that they are excited to use

the new Winslow route.

The Hopi Tribe transit

service serves disadvantaged and low-income

families; therefore, has

been approved in the new

grant to lower the fare to

two dollars per person on

all routes.

Judy Polingyumptewa,

Transit Administrator stated “we are anticipating an

increase in ridership with

the low fare and hope to

provide our Hopi people

the transportation services needed to and from

Winslow and for others

to shop, meet medical essentials, employment and

connections to out-oftown destinations.”

For additional information on the new route,

contact the Hopi Senom

Transit office at (928)7343232.

We, the sovereign and

traditional Hopi and Tewa

villages of Shungopavi,

Sipaulovi, Mishongnovi,

Walpi, Sichomovi, and

Tewa vehemently reject

the Hopi Tribal Appellate

Court’s ruling of September 20, 2013, in the matter of Duwahoyeoma, et.

al. v. Hopi Tribe, et. al.

(2012-AP-0002).

In its ruling, the Hopi

Appellate Court said the

role of the village Kikmongwi was reduced to that of

a mere certifying role of

tribal council representatives when the Hopi Tribe

adopted its Constitution

and Bylaws in 1936. The

Appellate Court further

said “that the Kikmongwi

primarily plays a spokesman role for the Village,

rather than functioning as

the lawful government of

the Village”. We reject

this rationale and argument. The Hopi Appellate Court and the Hopi

Tribal Council do not have

the authority and right to

decide or change the sacred role and authority of

our village Kikmomgwit.

These are sovereign authorities that remain with

our villages.

Our culture and our traditions are alive and well.

We will not allow any

court and the Hopi Tribal

Council to define and decide for us the sacred roles

and authorities of our Kikmomgwit, Wim’momgwit, and sovereign villages. We will continue

to practice our traditions,

our ceremonies, and our

traditional governance as

we have done since time

immemorial, despite the

Hopi Appellate Court’s

ruling.

September 20, 2013

marks one of the darkest

days in the history of our

tribe to have the Hopi Appellate Court, especially

two of whom are enrolled

members of the Hopi

Tribe, to render a ruling

that may forever destroy

the traditional governance

of our villages. We see

the Hopi Appellate Court

as “legislating from the

bench”. We see this ruling

as supporting Hopi Chairman Shingoitewa’s failed

constitutional amendment,

known as Draft 24A,

which the Hopi and Tewa

people rejected.

Hopi Chairman Shingoitewa has an obligation

to uphold and protect the

Constitution and Bylaws

of the Hopi Tribe. He

took an oath to “protect

the traditions and ceremonies of the Hopi Indians”.

But since taking office, he

has demonstrated total disrespect for the sovereignty

of our villages by attempting to force a change to

the tribal constitution that

would have removed the

sovereign authority of

our villages and place the

villages under the control of the Hopi Tribal

Council. Another attempt

was to give away our village water rights by supporting Senate Bill 2109

that would have forever

waived our water rights to

the Little Colorado River.

Throughout our long history, our traditional leaders

have often had to step up

to protect our culture, our

sovereignty, and our Hopi

Way of Life. We see this

unfortunate event as one

of those times that we,

as leaders, must speak

up. We encourage other

villages and tribal members to join us in stopping

this infringement on our

village sovereignty by

Chairman

Shingoitewa,

the Hopi Tribal Council,

and the Hopi Courts.

Finally, be reminded

that the Hopi Tribe is a

“union of self-governing

villages sharing common

interests and working for

the common interest of

all”. Let the Hopi Tribal Council and the Hopi

Courts remember that

they receive their limited

authority from our sovereign villages and that our

villages have always possessed “inherent aboriginal

sovereignty”.

Erin Byrnes, Attoney at

Law

Ivan Sidney, Sr.,

Soyalmongwi Spokesman

(First Mesa)

Ronald Wadsworth,

Spokesman, Village of

Shungopavi

Hopitutuqaiki, The Hopi School,

is offering two weaving classes

A class for Hopi dance sash (mutsapmuenkwewa) will

be offered at Bacavi, October 14-November 1.

Instructor: Ahkima Honyumptewa. Tuition: $180. A

class for Hopi wedding belts (wukokwewa) will be

offered April 7-25, 2014. Register for either class by

calling Donna at 928-737-9275 or Bob at 928-3808845.

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Reporter:

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(928)734-3284

cdee@hopi.nsn.us

Secretary:

Vernita Selestewa

(928)734-3282

vselestewa@hopi.nsn.us

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Hopi Tribal Council 2013

LeRoy N. Shingoitewa, Chairman

Herman G. Honanie, Vice

Chairman

Martha A. Mase, Tribal Secretary

Robert Sumatzkuku, Tribal

Treasurer

Violet Sinquah, Sergeant-At-Arms

Village of Upper

Moenkopi

Wayne Kuwanhyoima

Bruce Fredericks

Leroy Sumatzkuku

Danny Humetewa

Village of Bakabi

Davis F. Pecusa

Leroy G. Kewanimptewa

Lamar Keevama

Village of Kykotsmovi

Nada Talayumptewa

Danny Honanie

Norman Honanie

Caleb H. Johnson

Village of Sipaulovi

George Mase

Cedric Kuwaninvaya

Rosa Honani

Village of Mishongnovi

Arthur Batala

Annette F. Talayumptewa

Marilyn Tewa

Mervin Yoyetewa

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013 3

Local/Regional News

President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on

the United States District Court of Arizona

Office of the Chairman

KYKOTSMOVI, AZ. – In

a White House Press Release issued by the Office

of the Press Secretary,

President Barack Obama

nominated four Arizonans

to serve as Judges for the

U.S. District Court of Arizona: Diane J. Humetewa- a member of the Hopi

Tribe; Judge Steven Paul

Logan, Judge Douglas L.

Rayes; and John Joseph

Tuchi Chief Assistant

United States Attorney in

the District - who replaced

Humetewa as U.S. District

Attorney after Humetewa

resigned in August 2009.

“These men and women

have had distinguished legal careers and I am honored to ask them to continue their work as judges

on the federal bend,” said

President Obama. “They

will serve the American

people with integrity and

an unwavering commitment to justice.”

Diane Humetewa

Diane J. Humetewa currently serves as Special

Advisor to the President

and Special Counsel in the

Office of General Counsel

at Arizona State University. She is a Professor of

Practice at ASU’s Sandra

Day O’Connor College

Left to right: Assistant US Attorney, John Tuchi, Faith MacDonald, Hopi

Chairman LeRoy Shingoitewa and US Attorney for the District of Arizona, John

S. Leonardo. Tuchi was also nominated to serve as judge for US District Court

of Arizona.

of Law. From 2009 to

2011, Humetewa served

as Counsel with Squire,

Sanders & Dempsey LLP.

She worked in the United

States Attorney’s Office

in the District of Arizona

from 1996 to 2009, serving

as Senior Litigation Counsel from 2001 to 2007 and

U.S. Attorney from 2007

to 2009. While in the U.S.

Attorney’s Office, she also

served as Counsel to the

Deputy Attorney General

from 1996 to 1998. She

was Deputy Counsel for

the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs from

1993-1996.

Humetewa

received her J.D. in 1993

from the ASU College

of Law and B.S. in 1987

from ASU. A member of

the Hopi Tribe, Humetewa was an Appellate Court

Judge for the Hopi Tribe’s

Appellate Court from 2002

to 2007.

John Joseph Tuchi currently serves as Chief

Assistant United States

Attorney in the office and

previously served as Interim United States Attorney

in 2009, Senior Litigation

Counsel and Tribal Liai-

son from 2009 to 2012,

and as Chief of the Criminal Division from 2006

to 2009. Tuchi has been

an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Arizona since 1998. He also

worked as an associate at

the law firm of Brown &

Bain, P.A. from 1995 to

1998. He began his legal

career as a law clerk for

Judge William C. Canby

of the United States Court

of Appeals for the Ninth

Circuit. Tuchi received his

J.D. magna cum laude in

1994 from Arizona State

University College of Law,

his M.S. in 1989 from the

University of Arizona, and

his B.S. in 1987 from West

Virginia University.

Judge Steven Paul Logan has served as a United

States Magistrate Judge

in the District of Arizona

since January 2012. Previously, Judge Logan served

as a United States Immigration Judge from 2010

to 2012, as an Assistant

United States Attorney

in the District of Arizona

from 2001 to 2010, and as

an Assistant United States

Attorney in the District of

Minnesota from 1999 to

2001. From 2008 to 2009,

he served as Chief of the

White Collar and Public

Corruption Section in the

United States Attorney’s

Office for the District of

Arizona.

Judge Douglas L. Rayes

has served as a Maricopa

County Superior Court

Judge since 2000. During

his tenure on the bench,

Judge Rayes has presided

over a wide range of cases,

including civil, criminal,

and family law matters.

Before becoming a judge,

Judge Rayes was a partner

at the law firms of Tryon,

Heller & Rayes from 1989

to 2000; McGroder, Tryon,

Heller & Rayes from 1986

to 1989; and McGroder,

Tryon, Heller, Rayes &

Berch from 1984 to 1986.

“We are proud of Hopi

tribal member Diane Humetewa, on her nomination by President Barack

Obama for U.S. District Court Judge,” said

Hopi Chairman LeRoy

N. Shingoitewa. “We are

also pleased that Chief

Assistant United States

Attorney in the District

of Arizona, John Joseph

Tuchi has also been nominated. As Tribal Liaison

to Tribes in the State of

Arizona, Mr. Tuchi has

always advocated for justice on tribal lands and has

worked closely with the

Hopi Tribe in the development and implementation

of the Hopi Law and Order Code. We look for a

favorable approval by the

U.S Senate.”

From Cover/ Search for Eugene Calnimptewa

conducted by the BIA

Hopi Police, lead by Sgt.

Paul Sidney, within the

Kykotsmovi area leading

from the store towards his

house in Old Oraibi where

he may have possibly

walked home. This area

has a trail that is used by

people walking to and fro

either village. They also

searched and checked places where he was known to

hang out and made contact

with his friends. Another search was conducted

the next day with the assistance of the Hopi Resource Enforcement Services (HRES).

Upon coming up empty

handed with no positive

leads, Calnimptewa’s personal information was put

into the National Crime In-

formation Center (NCIC)

and the Arizona Crime Information Center (ACIC).

Both of these services will

alert other agencies that

he is considered a missing

person.

If he had gone into any

of the border towns it

would most likely be Flagstaff, but because of his

age and vision he generally makes it back within the

same day. Calnimptewa’s

family, off the reservation,

was contacted but none

had any contact with him.

“Our protocol would be

to do an immediate search

and then enter him into

the database so that in the

event he was off the reservation he would be located. So now, what we have

done is initiated a formal

search party with the Hopi

Tribe’s Community Emergency Response Team

(CERT),” said BIA Police

Chief Jamie Kootswatewa.

BIA Police have asked

CERT for their resources in setting up a formal

search grid of the places

he would most likely have

gone due to the inclement

weather that have occurred

during the time of Calnimptewa’s disappearance.

The search took place in

Kykotsmovi and Old Oraibi area. The BIA police

officers have conducted

door to door searches, also

known as, “Knock and

Talk” and they have posted

up missing person flyers in

the community.

Tyrone Calnimptewa is

the point of contact for the

family. The BIA Police has

requested the help of the

BIA Advocate to help and

assist the family with any

questions they may have

during this time.

“Concerns have been

raised about using cadaver

dogs; however there is no

information that Calnimptewa may be deceased.

We are optimistic we will

find him safely,” said

Chief Kootswatewa.

If you have any information, you are encouraged

to call the Hopi Police

Department at (928)7382236 or (928) 738-8477

(TIPS), the Hopi Police

Department anonymous

tip line.

Letter to the Editor

Boyden’s Conflicted Role of Peabody Coal

Lease Negotiations

September 13, 2013

Letter to Editor,

RE: Boyden’s Conflicted

Role of Peabody Coal

Lease Negotiations

ceived Hopi Tribal Council consent.

This contradicts Boyden’s November 1967

“Personal and Confidential” statement of work to

Peabody “for work done

to date.” The statement of

work went back three (3)

years to 1964, during the

height of coal lease negotiations. Also, in October of

1964, Boyden represented

Peabody at hearing before

the Utah Land Board and

Utah Water and Power

Board. In both meetings,

he urged the Boards to

provide land and water for

a proposed coal-fired generating station to be built

in Utah. The generating

plant would use coal from

Black Mesa. Sitting at his

side was Ed Sullivan, the

top official for Peabody.

The presentation before the Utah Water and

Power Board is particularly notable because as

Wilkinson wrote in an article for Brigham Young

University Law Review:

“(John) Boyden forcibly

and ably argued Peabody’s

side on water rights about

a possibility to obtain Indian water rights…” As we

all know so well, Peabody

did get rights to use over

4,000 Acre-Feet (AF) (1

acre-feet = 325,000 gallons) of water from the

Navajo-Aquifer, annually,

to operate mining and coal

slurry operation from 1970

to the end of December

2005. The original price

of water lease was $1.65

per AF, which was negotiated by Boyden and approved by the DOI Secretary Stewart Udall.

Former Secretary Udall,

in an interview with a New

Times investigative reporter, John Dougherty, said,

“This new information

is one the DOI Secretary

of the Interior cannot ignore”. He was referring to

billing documents uncovered by Wilkinson (Fire on

the Plateau – Conflict and

Endurance in the American Southwest).

My person opinion is

that the decision to end

mining or to extend it

rests with members of the

Hopi Tribe and the 12 independent Villages. The

will of the people can be

expressed in a reservation-wide referendum.

For years Peabody officials have been denying

that John Boyden, former

lead attorney for the Hopi

Tribe ever worked for

them. They have refused

to address the specific

documents that were uncovered in the mid 1990’s

by Charles Wilkinson, a

distinguished professor of

law at the University of

Colorado that displays the

relationship with Boyden

in the 1960s.

In 1966 and 1967, Boyden’s law firm listed Peabody as a client in the

Martindale-Hubbell legal

directory. This prompted an investigation by the

Department of the Interior

(DOI) into allegations of

conflict-of-interest. DOI

closed the investigation

because they could not

find sufficient evidence to

continue. In other words,

a “white wash”.

In 1985, the law firm,

Sonosky, Chambers, and

Sachse, was retained and

instructed by Hopi Tribal

Council to look into these

allegations. The law firm

reported that the DOI conclusion is “unconvincing...

and may bear further investigation” (History of

Black Mesa Leasing).

John Wasik, a Peabody

Western Coal Co. official,

in a letter to Black Mesa

Trust, dated August 2,

2004, acknowledged that

John Boyden did do work

for Peabody in the 1960’s,

but as he explained, the

work was done after the

coal lease negotiations

were completed. Wasik

did acknowledge that

Boyden did do “…negligible amount of work (for

Peabody) involving water

rights in Utah for potential

development of a power

plant, using Black Mesa

coal (and) that he was

paid less than $3,000…”.

Wasik went on to say, “It

is likely that Mr. Boyden

obtained consent of the

Hopi Tribe to represent

Peabody.”

An exhaustive investigation into tribal and federal archives by Sonosky,

Chambers, and Sachse,

failed to uncover records Vernon Masayesva

showing that Boyden re-

Tuhisma 13th Annual Hopi Arts & Crafts Market

Members of the Hopi Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) assisted

the BIA police, led by Sgt. Paul Sidney, during the search of missing person

Eugene Calnimptewa. CERT has been a valuable resource in instances such as

this; this is their second search.

The Tuhisma 13th Annual Hopi

Arts & Crafts Market returns for a

two day market with the best in Hopi

arts and crafts to the Hopi Veteran’s

Memorial Center in Kykotsmovi,

AZ. The doors open to the public

at 9 AM on Saturday, October 12th,

until 5 PM, then again on Sunday

from 9 AM to 3:00 PM.

The Hopi Veteran’s Memorial

Center is located on Highway 264

between milepost 375 and milepost

376, between Kykotsmovi, AZ and

the Hopi Cultural Center located on

top of Second Mesa.

Tuhisma, featuring only the best,

authentic art, cultural entertainment,

food, and more, brings together

some of the very best Hopi artisans

there are to display and sell their

beautiful works to the public. Visitors to the Market will meet the artists who produce the works that they

will see on display and Hopi artists

are happy to explain their work to

visitors.

There will be a juried competition on Friday, October 11th and a

preview night of the winners of that

competition on Friday evening from

6-9 PM at the Talahaftewa Gallery.

The gallery is located on Highway

264 about a quarter mile east of the

Hopi Cultural Center on Second

Mesa. The public is invited to attend this free event and meet some

of the artists and see their works.

Each year the Sponsors of the

Tuhisma Market chose a work of art

to be the poster art for the show. A

painting by Neil David, Sr. was chosen as this year’s poster artist. As

with past poster winners, the painting will be sold at silent auction the

day of the market.

There are still booth spaces available for artists. You can contact

Matt Livingston at 928-734-3708 at

his office or in the evenings at 928738-5352; Pam Lalo at 928-2058789.

We have youth artist spaces

available at $20.00 for both days

for youth between the ages of 14

through 17 years of age. People who

want to be a food vendor can buy a

space for $75.00 for both days. You

must have both a peddler’s permit

and a food handler’s card from the

Hopi Tribe.

The Tuhisma Market is sponsored

by the Hopi Pu’tavi Project, a local non-profit that has worked on

youth, community and economic

development projects. Education is

important to this organization and

they have sponsored youth craft

workshops in the past and plan to do

more in the future. They have also

sponsored research looking at issues

around Hopi traditional foods in

conjunction with Hopi Health Ser-

Photo By Tom Alexander

vices programs.

For information about the Tuhisma Market please contact Pam at

928-205-8789, Brenda at 928-3807976, or Matt 928-734-3708 day,

928-738-5352 evening at mateo@

ag.arizona.edu.

4 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

CALENDAR Local News

OCTOBER 2013:

BREAST

CANCER

AWARENESS MONTH –

Schedule of events planned

from Wednesday, October

2nd thru Thursday, October

24th. More information regarding all activities, available by calling H.O.P.I.

Cancer Support Services at

(928) 734-1150, 734-1151,

and 734-1152.

OCTOBER IS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

AWARENESS

MONTH, ALSO. For more

information on scheduled

events, call (928) 738-1115

Hopi Cancer Support Services Breast & Cervical

Program is hosting their

Annual Run/Walk October

2, 2013 to “kick off” the

Breast Cancer Awareness

Month for October 2013.

For more information contact Olivia Dennis at (928)

734-1151 or email odennis@hopi.nsn.us

Hopi Community Special

Education Legal Clinic

on October 02, 2013 at the

Hopi Wellness Center from

9 am to 3 pm. For individual

appointment with an attorney from Native American

Disability Law Center (Free

Service) or more information contact 1-800-862-7271

Native

American

for

Community Action and

Northland Pioneer College

(NPC) invite you to attend

a 2-day practical training

for individuals seeking to

prevent the immediate risk

of suicide, Thursday and

Friday October 3 – 4, 2013

from 8:15 am to 5 pm at

the Navajo Nation Museum

in Window Rock, AZ., and

November 7-8, 2013 at NPC

in Keams Canyon. For registration and other information contact Brenda Manthei

at (928) 526-2968 or email

bmanthei@nacainc.org

Career Fair at Hopi Jr./Sr.

High School on October 4,

2013 from 9 am to 11 pm.

For more information contact (928) 738-5111

FREE Hands-on Home

Weatherization Workshop

for interested community

members on October 2-4,

2013. Students will begin

with a full-day of classroom instruction where

they will learn the basics

to home energy efficiency,

repair techniques, and safety issues. Space is limited

so if interested contact Joe

Seidenberg, Hopi Program

Manager at (928) 734-0096

or (928) 207-0592

from the Hopi Tribal Offices. All proceeds donated go

to the HCAF. More information contact (928) 7341151.

Breast Cancer Awareness

Benefit Horseback Trail

Ride on October 7, 2013

starting at 8:00 a.m., from

Rocky Ridge to Kykotsmovi. Ride for those currently fighting cancer, for

survivors, and for those who

have passed on, our angels.

For more information contact (928) 240-8463

Hopi Tuuvi Gathering on

October 12 – 13, 2013 in

Moenkopi/Tuba City, AZ,

events include food booths

and traditional social dances. Location off Highway

16/SR 264 junction. For

more information contact

(928) 283-4500 or email

www.ExperienceHopi.com

Native Community Cancer

Support Group Meeting is

scheduled for Thursday, October 24, 2013 from 3 -5 pm

at the North Country Healthcare Center 2920 N. 4th St.,

Flagstaff, AZ. For more

information contact (928)

523-8588 or (928) 522-9425

2nd Annual Howl-O-Ween

Cat and Dog Costume

Contest hosted by the Hopi

Veterinary Services on October 31, 2013 at the Hopi

Veterinary Clinic in Keams

Canyon. All entry fee donations will go towards the

Hopi Code Talkers Association. For questions or more

information contact (928)

738-5251

NOVEMBER 2013:

Fall Carnival on November 01, 2013 from 5 pm to

10 pm at the Hopi Veteran’s

Memorial Center in Kykotsmovi, Hwy 264 MP 375.5.

For more information call

(928) 734-3432

MISCELLANEOUS

Group Fitness Classes @

Hopi Fitness Center

For monthly schedule call

(928) 734-3432

Need help with Child Care

Costs? Hopi Child Care

Program can assist. For

more information contact

(928) 734-1002

2013 Hopi Tutuqayki

Sikisve Schedule – For information call (928) 7344500

Taawaki Trail Run, Sunday – October 06, 2013 at

the Hopi Veterans Memorial

Center. For more information contact (928) 734-3432

Shred-A-Thon hosted by

the Office of Aging and

Adult Service/Benefits Program, October through December 2013. Event you

will be able to bring any letters or documents that have

personal information on it

to be shredded. For more

information call Stephanie

Barehand at (928) 734-3571

2nd Annual “Challenge

Walk for Hopi Cancer Assistance Fun (HCAF) October 4 – 7, 2013 is a 72-mile

walk from Homolovi State

Park to Kykotsmovi. For

more information contact

Hopi Cancer Support Services at (928) 734-1151.

Join the 2014 PF Chang

Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon

Team, sponsored by the

Hopi Fitness Center. Encouraging our community

to stay active in the Fight

Against Diabetes. For more

information contact (928)

734-3432

“Hot Dog Sale” sponsored

by the Hopi Cancer Support

Services on October 7, 2013

from 11 am to 2 pm, across

Moenkopi’s 6th Annual Senior Field Day

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Moencopi Senior

Center celebrated their 6th

Annual Field Day activities on Sept. 18 at Louise

Yellowman Park in Tuba

City with 203 seniors in

attendance; and an awards

ceremony held the following day. The Moencopi

Senior Center has hosted

the field day events for the

past six years for elders of

the Hopi Tribe. The field

day coordinators eventually extended invitations to

Senior Centers from Utah,

New Mexico and the Maricopa tribes of Phoenix.

Every year Moencopi

Senior Center Coordinators, Dina Burgenur and

Derrick Lomayokva think

of ways to improve their

field day and make things

better than the year before. Hoping the seniors

will want to come back

next year. The field day is

a big event for senior citizens; they look forward

to this every year. Not just

the Hopi elders, but others

who drive long distance to

be a part of the Field Day.

The field day is a two

day event with field activities taking place on the

first day and the awards

ceremony on the second

day. Activities they did

this year were the bolero

throw, chicken throw, fast

hands, fast walk (25 yrds.)

and the obstacle course.

Last year the Coordinators incorporated the chair

volleyball into their field

activities. Chair volleyball

is a “big thing” with the

Senior Centers of the Maricopa tribes, so when they

come up, they are here to

compete.

Chair volleyball is like

regular volleyball, except

a team of six sit on chairs

and volley the ball back

and forth as many times

until they score. The players cannot stand. This is

the event the elders look

forward to every year as

it has gotten competitive.

They do not give out a

pahaana trophies for this

competition; they award a

hand painted gourd bowl

that is beautifully decorated with Hopi designs.

Chair Volleyball Tournament results; 1st Place

– Rebels of District 4-San

Tan; 2nd place –Jack Rabbits of District 1 – Blackwater and 3rd place –

Prairie Dogs of District 2

- Haskenkehk.

Linda Honahni, Director

of the Moencopi Senior

Center said the main purpose of the Field Day is

to keep the seniors active

and it’s a fun activity; the

elders like receiving prizes

and trophies as well.

This year they had quite

a turn out. Elders from five

districts of the Gila River

Indian Community drove

over 200 miles to be a part

of the Moencopi Senior

Field Day. District One –

Blackwater; District Two

- Hasken Kehk; District

Three – Sacaton; District

Four – Santan; District

Five - Casa Blanca.

Agatha Apkaw, District

4 Elderly Coordinator said

this is their second year

attending the Moencopi

Senior Field Day and the

elders like coming up here

because there are a lot of

good competition in the

chair volleyball and the

Hopi people are welcoming. They were able to

bring nine elders and two

van drivers. Last year they

helped with Chair Volleyball tournament.

Bertha Thomas, Elderly

Coordinator for District 2

and Leonard Enos, Elderly

Coordinator for District 5

said the elders enjoy coming up to Northern Arizona because it is beautiful

and the people are very

friendly. Both Thomas and

Enos expressed that this

was their first time participating in the field day

events as they didn’t have

the funds to come last year.

Since they and the elders

enjoyed themselves, despite getting lost, they plan

on coming back next year.

Burgenur said the Moencopi Field Day would

not have been made possible with the help of their

volunteers. The volunteers

played a big part in getting

the field day off to a great

start and helping with

preparations. She said they

have a wonderful group of

volunteers and they are always willing to help.

The Moencopi Senior

Center would like to thank

Top: Handcrafted gourd bowls were given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place chair

volleyball winners. Bottom: Hopi and Gila River Elders gather in front of the

Moencopi Senior Center after the awards ceremony. They had a day full of

activities the day before at Louise Yellowman Park in Tuba City.

the Gila River Indian

Community - District 1, 2,

3, 4 and 5, for traveling to

the 6th Annual Field Day

event and would like for

them to come back next

year. Thanks to the Senior

Centers of Kykotsmovi,

Hotevilla, Walpi and two

elders from Mishongnovi

who came on their own;

and other senior centers

that may not have been

mentioned who were in attendance. Honahni hopes

to have other senior centers in the area to be a part

of the field day festivities

next year.

The Moencopi Senior

Center relies on donations

and sponsors to have activities such as this for the elders. This event wouldn’t

have been made possible

or successful if it weren’t

for those who donated

and sponsored this event.

The program coordinators

would like to thank the

Hopi Assisted Living Facility; The Moencopi Legacy Inn; Coconino County

who allows the Moencopi

Senior Center to host the

field day at Louise Yellowman Park; Coconino

County Supervisor Mandy

Metzger who donates to

the field day events; Morongo Band of Mission

Indians; The Hopi Foundation; and the Village of

Upper Moencopi. Special

thanks for the private donations from Lori Lamont;

Rosalyn Chase, a senior at

the Moencopi Senior Center; and a fundraiser that

was held in Sedona for the

Moencopi Senior Center,

these donations helped

with purchasing prizes and

items needed for the field

day event.

Lastly, Moencopi Senior

Center would like to thank

KUYI radio and the Hopi

Tutuveni for announcing

their event.

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drinking water. We are going to be working with the EPA to make sure that cleanup is done correctly. There are a lot of

issues that our Hopi people are not aware

of until it’s brought to their attention. I

am hoping those individuals who might

be opposed to our trying to make corrections will talk to their people and find out,

is this the right way we’re moving? In my

mind, I think we are. So environmental

issues are critical to make sure that we

keep our water clean, we keep our land

clean and keep our homes clean because

all this hinges on the welfare of our people.

Q: What are your thoughts on the Hopi

Tribes’ financial issues?

A: The financial issues are something

that occurred in 2007 and 2008. The finance issues go back ten years because

we’ve never been able to get a good financial handle on the money we have.

What occurred in 2007 and 2008, when

we went into turmoil of our finances,

especially our investments, they were

not being monitored correctly. Because

of that the Hopi Tribe, under our watch

had to file a lawsuit to try to recover the

mismanagement of these funds from the

Wachovia branch and the investment

brokers that were brought in by a prior

administration. And also to the fact that

any time you have finances, whoever is

the leader has to know what’s going on

and it’s our responsibility to watch the

money for this Tribe because what we are

doing is preserving funds for the future,

not just for today. We make sure we have

health money for the future, for our kids.

Our tribe is not a rich tribe. The only real

resource we have is Peabody Coal Company, and again this is another source

that we have to look at how we can better

utilize what coal we have left and use it

to increase our funds. I can tell you right

now to the people, is that we did our job

of bringing this the attention of the Hopi

people and bringing in a formal forensic

audit to try to correct this situation so we

can do a better job.

Q:What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current administration?

A: We have completed programs that

were on hold, which were never followed

through. We have received rental money

from the Navajo Nation for their use of

Hopi Partitioned Lands (HPL) and for

grazing. We have received close to 21 or

22 million dollars from those areas from

do it. The reason I’m running for chairman is that my job is not done. So I ask

the rental. We have also received funds the Hopi people to take a look, think

from the Peabody Coal Company for re- about it, who will do the best job and vote

opener, these are going back and recalcu- for the best person for office.

lating what they paid us for coal and now

they provide us an additional monies for Norman Honie Jr.

the years past that amounts weren’t cor- Honie was born and raised in the village

rect. We are also working on doing a bet- of Shungopavi, but is from the Village

ter negotiation deal in the right-of-ways of Tewa and comes from the Cloud clan.

across the reservation. We believe the Honie has worked for the Hopi Tribe

strengths that we have; we have done a for 28 years and is currently the Direcbetter job in protecting eagle gatherings. tor of the Office of Mining and Mineral

We have to deal with another tribe to en- Resources. He has worked with the Hopi

sure we protect the water right we have. Rangers; working in the Hopi Partitioned

Even though some people didn’t under- Lands doing restoration. He has attended

stand the Water Rights Negotiations in Arizona State University’s certified pubthe long run our whole purpose was to try lic managers program which he completto bring water to Hopi and we still want ed and is now a certified manager for the

to see that done. Our weakness is that Hopi Tribe; and with that he attended the

there wasn’t enough of me to go around. Arizona Civic Leadership academy.

We have so many meetings that are being Q:What is your platform?

done with all the outside agencies within A: My platform is based on the Hopi

the Tribe and which is why I made the Potskwaniat. It’s a document that was

statement in the interviews that, “Whoev- revised in 2011 and to this date it hasn’t

er gets in this position has to have knowl- been approved by the Council but everyedge and be ready to tackle these issues thing is laid out in that document. The

that are with us. What we ran into was tribal government and villages worked

that when we came into office, nobody on that document and everything is lined

taught me what the issues were. We had out in there from governance, education,

to learn it on our own. My feelings at this employment, economic development and

time; if I’m not elected Chairman again; social issues. It’s a valuable document

I’m going to make myself available to that needs to be followed because there

the new Chairman to bring him up to the was a lot of work that was put into that

point where they are knowledgeable with document.

what is going on. I think people need to Q: What is your take on environmental

take a look at whose running and ask the issues on the Hopi Reservation?

question; are these people running for A: We live in both worlds. The Western

Chairman have the knowledge and capa- Civilization and the Hopi World, we need

bilities to run and not lose ground so we to find balance between the two because

don’t lose ground that we have attained. the environment is very important. We

Q: How would you correct these is- need to find a balance to sustain both

sides. So I think it’s very important to

sues?

A: We would correct this by moving for- look at it in that way.

ward and get the best advisors, the best Q: What are your thoughts on the Hopi

consultants. Right now we have a good Tribes’ financial issues?

set of lawyers who have been helping us A: On the Office of Financial Managewith the land issues, eagle issues and our ment, nobody has been really monitoring

Contracts and Grants, consulting con- what is going on over there. There are

tracts, but our weakness right now is that a lot of issues that need to be resolved

we are not making payments. And if we over there and I think one of the things

don’t make payments we are going to that need to be really looked at is why the

Tribe has failed to keep a Finance Direclose these people.

Q: What are your thoughts on running tor for more than one year. That seems to

be one of the biggest problems because

for the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe?

A: I think first of all is for the people. My that is where the direction comes from.

concern is for the people, for those that Someone here at the tribal government

are my age, 71 and older, the middle and needs to monitor that office constantly

especially for young people. We have to so that we don’t get into this audit isset things up for them so that when they sue again. Also with our investments,

take over our positions they are ready to it seems as if nobody has been tracking

those things and then we find ourselves

where we are now. I think there needs to

be a thorough investigation on why these

things are happening and correct these issues so this doesn’t happen again. This is

hurting the grants and contract programs.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs sanctioned

the 638 programs and the federal government has threatened to reduce the funding or do away with the funding for grant

programs because of this audit issue.

Q: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current administration?

A: The strengths of this current administration is that its taken steps on some

issues that have been lingering, like our

investments, those kinds of things. The

weakness is accountability for some of

the upper management. There is that accountability and again we wouldn’t have

these kinds of issues, but there is a broad

range of things that need to be resolved.

Q:How would you correct these issues?

A: First of all, I think we need to go back

and look at why these things are happening. Do a thorough investigation and once

we find out what the root causes are then

take action to resolve these problems. I

think part of that is government reform;

we need to do that, so that we follow the

processes that are in place.

Q:What are your thoughts on running

for the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe?

A: Right now, I think there is a lack of

clear vision for us to take and that vision

should come from our leaders. There

needs to be a vision from the leaders

and made known, not only to the tribal

employees, but to the Hopi and Tewa

people. This is so that we can begin to

move towards that vision in a collaborative manner and everybody needs to cooperate with each other. This goes along

with sumi’nangwa and nami’nangwa. We

all need to work together towards one vision and one goal because it’s important.

I think it’s important if we are going to

make things better for ourselves and the

people.

The third round of interviews will be

held on Oct. 09, at 6 p.m. at the Hopi

Wellness Conference Room. Mike R.

Puhuyesva, Tommy Canyon and Todd D.

Honyaoma Sr. will be interviewed during

that time.

A final interview date for petitioners,

will be held at the Elections Office on

Oct. 17. For information on the time, you

may contact the Hopi Elections Office at

(928) 734-2507/08.

6 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Councilman Yoyetewa to walk for

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Kykotsmovi, AZ - The

Hopi Tribe has declared

October, Breast Cancer

Awareness Month which

has motivated some tribal members like Mervin

Yoyetewa from the Village

of Mishongnovi to start his

own crusade ; “Challenge

Walk For HCAF,” to help

raise money for the Hopi

Cancer Assistance Fund.

Mervin and friends will

begin his walk Friday,

October 04, 2013 from

Homolovi located outside

Winslow and end at the

Hopi Tribal government

complex in Kykotsmovi

on Monday, October 22nd

at noon. The path will take

him through the Navajo

communities of Dilcon,

Tees Toh, Seba Dalkai

and onto the Hopi mesas

to promote awareness of

cancer.

This endeavor holds

personal meaning for

Mervin and his family

who are coming together

to host this event in memory of his sister Susie, who

passed away from cancer.

Mervin stated, “The

purpose of my doing this

walk is to raise money, and

assist those individuals to

make their appointments

off the Hopi reservation;

and have men aware of

the importance of regular

health check-ups and that

they too can get breast

cancer. It is important for

both male and females to

do health check-ups for

early interventions. It is

important to live a healthy

and positive lifestyle. I

was borderline diabetic

at one time, but changed

that by changing my lifestyle of activities. I took

control of my diet by eating healthy and became

more active by walking

and hiking. Take ownership of your “challenges”,

everyone has the ability to

change a situation like the

one I faced.

A ‘Welcome Home’ celebration will be held at the

Hopi Cancer Support Services Program Office upon

his return at noon on October 7, 2013. A meal will

be offered for sale with

proceeds to benefit the

Hopi Cancer Assistance

Fund.

Donations in the form of

Personal Checks or Money Order should be made

payable to the Hopi Cancer Assistance Fund and

can be mailed to P. O. Box

123, Kykotsmovi, Arizona

86039. (On the MEMO

line, please write: “Challenge Walk for HCAF”).

For more information you

may contact Mary Lou

Honwytewa at 928-7341150/1151.

Two Council Reps and a Tribal Program Director

Commit to 73 Miles to Raise Awareness

By Mihio Manus

Hopi Tutuveni

For Mishongnovi Councilman, Mervin Yoyetewa, this will be his second time making the 73

mile trek from Homolovi

to Kykotsmovi to raise

awareness for Breast Cancer. However, this time

he won’t be alone. Yoyetewa will be joined by

Sipaulovi Councilwoman

Rosa Honanie and Leon

Nuvayestewa Sr. of Aging

and Adult Services.

The journey from Homolovi to Kykotsmovi

might seem random at

first. But there is a rationale behind the starting Left to right: Leon Nuvayestewa, Rosa Honanie and Mervin Yoyetewa will walk 73 miles from Homolovi to Kykotsmovi

to raise awareness for Breast Cancer.

point and destination.

“I thought about Homolovi as a part of our settlement in our migration,” think about doing this?” last day they will finish several half marathons.

I’m going to push them.

said Yoyetewa who is a He felt it was such a great just over ten miles.

Honanie joked, “I feel We can do this in two

member of the Sand Clan. idea in raising aware“My clan migrated from ness and also echoes the like I’m ready. I’ve done days.”

down south. I thought sentiments about bringI’d start from a southern ing beneficial efforts and

point and then end up in strengths to help a certain

community.

K-town.”

“My purpose is to bring

Yoyetewa also elabothis

wellness (medicine)

rated on how, historically,

and

my

thought is that I

when clans migrated to

want

people

to be well in

join other communities

our

community,”

he said.

they brought with them

“I’m

aware

of

what

our

skills or qualities that

clan

offered

when

we

setwould benefit the commutled at Oraivi and I know

nity as a whole.

“Thinking for our peo- that our clan members

ple who have this dreaded have had difficulty with

disease, I wanted to bring this disease. By doing

something to contribute this I’m hopeful that we

to these individuals,” he encourage people to be

said. “I want to help them more helpful in funding

and helping people with

however I can.”

He sought his contri- this disease. We can be

bution by putting forth well by participating. It’s

physical effort, prayers in our culture to do this.”

The three will start their

and good thoughts. The

journey

on Fri, Oct. 4 at

73 mile trek is a strenuous

Homolovi

and walk 24

journey. Last year, Yoyemiles

the

first

day. The

tewa found himself walknext

two

days

they will

ing with two-inch blisters

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along the bottom of his walk 18 miles and on the

feet. But he kept walking

and never thought about

giving in.

“I lost my sister to cancer. That does run in my

family,” he said.

Rosa Honanie said she

heard about Yoyetewa’s

walk last year and felt it

was great idea to raise

awareness for breast cancer. Honanie, who said

she had work in Chinle

for 24 years, likened the

walk to the efforts that

Grandma Marjorie Thomas makes in her walks to

raise awareness for the

youth.

“When he brought it up,

I said, I’m going to join

you,” Honanie said. “I’m

able to walk for those who

can’t and to give strength

and encouragement for

those who can’t.”

Yoyetewa said it lifts

his heart and spirits to

have another council representative and a program

director join him. Leon

Nuvayestewa will participate as well.

Nuvayestewa said when

heard about Merv’s Walk

last year he thought to

himself, “Why didn’t I Crossword provided by Mass Media

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Public Service Announcement

The Hopi-Tewa Sinom are invited to a public presentation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service regarding

the proposed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for Two Proposed Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)

rules:

(1) Proposal to Remove the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

from the Threatened and Endangered Species list and

maintain the Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) as

Endangered; and

(2) Proposed Revision to the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will provide a brief

history on the reintroduction efforts, a presentation on

the two proposed actions and the EIS for the Mexican

Wolf. The public will be allowed to ask questions and

provide comments.

The Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program encourages all Hopi-Tewa Sinom to attend, listen, and provide feedback as this issue not only affects

Tribes, but the State of Arizona.

The presentation will be held on Monday, October

7, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hopi Wellness

Center Conference Room in Kykotsmovi, Arizona.

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Unless otherwise noted, jobs are open until filled

Job Number: 04-018

Hourly: $ 25.26

Job Title: Police Sergeant

Hopi Resource Enforcement

Services

Job Number: 09-004

Hourly: $ 15.20

Job Title: Case Manager I

Office of Aging & Adult

Services

Job Number: 05-001

Salary: $ 40,612.00

Job Title: Supervisor Realty

Specialist

Office of Realty Services

Job Number: 09-005

Hourly: $ 11.58

Job Title: Mechanic/Maintenance Worker

Hopi Solid Waste Management Program

Job Number: 05-002

Hourly: $ 17.19

Job Title: Criminal Investigator

Hopi Resource Enforcement

Services

Job Number: 06-011

Salary: $ 81,077

Job Title: Clinical Psychologist

HGC/Behavioral Health

Services

Job Number: 06-012

Salary: $ DOE

Job Title: Psychiatrist

HGC/Behavioral Health

Services

Job Number: 09-006

Hourly: $ 13.83

Closing: October 7, 2013

Job Title: Windmill Technician

DNR – Range Water Fence

Maintenance

Job Number: 09-007

Hourly: $ 11.87

Closing: October 7, 2013

Job Title: Facilities Maint

Technician

Office of Facilities & Risk

Mgmt Scvcs

Job Number: 09-008

Hourly: $ 8.19

Closing: October 7, 2013

Job Title: Receptionist

Job Number: 08-003

Hopi Solid Waste ManageSalary: $ 45,760

Job Title: Behavioral Health ment Program

Therapist

Job Number: 09-009

HGC/Behavioral Health

Hourly: $ 10.00

Services

Closing: October 7, 2013

Job Title: Transportation

Job Number: 08-012

Driver (2 Part Time posiHourly: $ 15.19

tions)

Job Title: Teacher

Transportation Program

Hopi Head Start Program

HDHHS

Job Number: 08-016

Job Number: 09-010

Salary: $ 45,760

Hourly: $ 8.61

Job Title: Staff Assistant

Closing: October 7, 2013

Executive Director’s Office

Job Title: Janitor

Office of Facilities & Risk

Job Number: 09-002

Mgmt Scvcs

Hourly: $ 19.45

Job Title: Sr. CPS Social

Job Number: 09-010

Worker

Hourly: $ 8.61

Hopi Guidance Center

Closing: October 7, 2013

Job Title: Bus Driver (MoenJob Number: 09-003

copi Center)

Job Title: Accountant

Hopi Head Start Program

Hourly: $ 14.52

Village of Sipaulovi

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013 7

Council Happenings

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL – Fourth Quarter Session, September, 2013

ACTION ITEMS:

Action Item #074-2013To approve and give authorization to the Tribe to

enter into a lease with the

HALF Corporation- Marlene Sekaquaptewa. Resolution H-067-2008 established the Hopi Assisted

Living Facility (HALF)

Task Team and delegated the Team to develop

an elderly assisted living

facility to provide longterm care services as per

the Strategic Plan of the

Office of Elderly Services.

The Team has fulfilled its

task by developing the

Hopi Assisted Living Facility, owned by the Hopi

Tribe and now ready for

operation and accepting

its first residents. The Task

Team and other members

of the Tribe have formed

the legal entity, Hopi Assisted Living Facility, an

Arizona non-profit corporation- HALF Corporation, to operate the facility

and ensure it is operated

in a manner that provides

the greatest benefit to the

Hopi people. The HALF

Board “has determined

that the facility (i) should

not be operated by the Indian Health Service or by

the Tribe or a Tribal organization under the Indian

Self-Determination

and

Education Assistance Act

(PL93-638); (ii) should be

held to the same standards

as other assisted living

facilities in the State of

Arizona; (iii) should be

eligible to receive payments from the Arizona

Health Care Cost Containment System (i.e, State of

Arizona’s Medicare entity, “AHCCC”); and (iv)

should be eligible to receive grants from foundations, private donors, state

and federal agencies in order to assist the Facility in

becoming self sufficient.”

The Corporation applied

for tax-exempt status per

Sec.501c3 of the IRS code

and the US Dept of Health

and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”),

recently determined that

all non-IHS/non-638 providers, must obtain State

of Arizona health facility

licensure in order to be

enrolled as Medicaid/AHCCCS providers and be eligible to receive Medicaid/

AHCCCS payments. The

Arizona Dept of Health

Services has not made it

a practice to license nonIHS/non-638

facilities

that service tribal members, due to concerns regarding tribal sovereignty

and CMS requires those

facilities to obtain a state

license in order to serve

Medicaid/AHCCCS providers. The Tribal Council

voted 16 in favor, 2 opposed, 1 abstaining to: 1)

dissolve the HALF Task

Team and relieve its obligations and rescind its

authority per Resolution

H-067-2008; 2) formally

recognize the HALF Corporation as the sole occupant and operator of the

Facility and recognize the

HALF Board as the sole,

independent and final governing body of the HALF

Corporation and Facility;

3) recognize that while

the Tribe owns the Facility, the HALF Corporation

will be the sole occupant

and user of the Facility,

per terms of the Lease; 4)

authorize the Tribe to enter into the Lease with the

HALF Corporation which

shall be subject to the following conditions: (i) a

term of 10 years with the

possibility of extension of

an additional 10 years provided the HALF corporation is not in default under

current lease, (ii) annual

rent payment to the Tribe

in the amount of one Dollar ($1.00) per year, (iii)

HALF corporation shall

operate the facility, (iv)

the Facility shall obtain

and maintain the License

and Certification, (v) the

Tribe shall grant ADHS

the right to license, inspect

and regulate the Facility

to obtain and maintain the

licensure and certification

and (vi) other reasonable

standards for operation of

the Facility. By passage

of the Resolution, the

Tribal Council authorized

the Tribe to enter into an

MOU with ADHS, with

certain conditions. And the

Tribal Council authorized

and directed Chairman

LeRoy Shingoitewa or his

designee to negotiate, execute and deliver the Lease,

the MOU and other agreements/contracts or documents and/or amendments

necessary to carry out the

Resolution.

A.I.075-2013/Resolution

H-072-2013Request

for funding for Hopi

Code Talkers committee

members to attend Medal

Awards ceremony in Washington, DC- Vice Chairman Herman G. Honanie.

Eugene Talas, Director of

Hopi Veterans Services

and Vice Chairman Herman Honanie, updated and

explained to Tribal Council the request for funding

to support families of the

ten Hopi Code Talkers to

attend Medal Ceremony in

Washington, DC. By HTC

Resolution H-039-2007,

Tribal Council acknowledged and formally recognized Franklin Shupla,

Warren Koiyaquaptewa,

Frank Chapella, Travis

Yaiva, Charles Lomakema, Percival Navenma,

Perry Honanie, Sr., and

Floyd Dann, Sr. as Hopi

Code Talkers who served

during World War II. Additionally, by Resolution

H-024-2011, the Council

acknowledged and formally recognized Rex Pooyouma, 380th Bombardment

Group and Orville Wadsworth, 90th Bombardment

Group, both with the U.S.

Army Air Force. After that

time, April 23 was established as Hopi Code Talker Recognition Day and on

May 28 Eugene Talas was

appointed special liaison

by Chairman LeRoy Shingoitewa to represent the

Hopi Tribe to work with

the U.S. Mint per PL110420, the Code Talker Recognition Act of 2008- to

develop a Hopi Code

Talker Medal Design. The

Hopi Code Talker Advisory Team developed a Hopi

Code Talker Medal design

and submitted it to the US

Mint. On July 24, the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee at the US Mint,

voted to recommend to the

Secretary of the Treasury

for final approval of the

Hopi Code Talker Medals.

The Speaker of the House

of Representatives has set

Nov. 20 for presentation

of the Code Talker Medals

at the US Capitol, to living code talkers, widows

or surviving family members. The Tribe wishes to

provide funding for two

family members of each of

the ten Hopi Code Talkers

and six members of the

Advisory Team to travel

to Washington, DC to attend the Code Talker Medals Ceremony. The Tribal

Council fully supports the

Hopi Code Talker families’ decision to accept and

receive the Congressional

Code Talker Medals as

a historical legacy of the

Hopi Code Talkers’ courageous sacrifice and honorable military services. The

Hopi Council by, majority

vote, approved $70,000

for the Hopi delegation to

travel to the Ceremony.

REPORTS:

Hopi Tribal Housing Authority- Vice Chairman

Herman Honanie announced that former Hopi

Chairman Wayne Taylor

Jr. was selected for the

position of Executive Director for the Housing

Authority. He began employment as Executive Director on Sept. 23.

conducted, but no signs

of Calnimptewa. Contact

the Hopi Law Enforcement Services at 928-7382235/2236 if you have

any information about the

missing person.

United States Fish and

Wild Life Services(USF

& WLS) re: Mexican

Wolf- Darren Talayumptewa, Director of Wild Life

Management and Ecosystem reported to the Council that he attended an EIS

meeting in Albuquerque at

which reintroducing the

Mexican Wolf was discussed. The United States

Fish and Wildlife Service

has plans to reintroduce

75 Mexican wolves from

I-40 South to the Mexican Border and I-40 New

Mexico south to I-10. The

Mexican wolf is said to

populate very quickly and

populate in large numbers. Tribes represented

at the meeting, do not

support reintroducing the

Mexican wolf because of

the big negative impact

it will have on everyone.

The AZ Fish & Wildlife

also does not support this

effort. The Mexican Wolf

is a predator and will kill

its predators not only for

food but just to kill. They

mostly eat deer/elk. As the

wolves populate, they will

expand and mobilize in

packs and there is no control on where they travel.

If the effort is approved,

they will be protected by

law and cannot be harmed

or caught. The Hopi Tribe

has a concern for the deer

on Hopi lands and cattle

on the Hopi Ranches. A

cow at the Hopi 23-Bar

Ranch has already been

killed by a wolf. After

further discussion, it was

requested that a more

detailed presentation be

made to council, including

data, where resources will

come from and a recommendation. Talayumptewa

agreed to do a white paper

presentation.

Missing PersonsOld

Oraibi resident Eugene

Calnimptewa, 77,

has

been missing since Sept

2. He was last seen at approximately 7:12pm wearing a faded light blue polo

shirt, faded blue levi pants

and a light colored baseball cap. Calnimptewa is

5’4” tall and weighs 140

lbs, brown eyes, grey hair.

Vice Chairman Herman

Honanie reported that a National Congress of

search of the areas sur- American Indians Forumrounding Old Oraibi, was Sipaulovi Councilman Ce-

dric Kuwaninvaya updated

the Hopi Tribal Council

(HTC) on a Resolution

that they had passed and

was addressed at the midyear NCAI conference in

Reno, NV. Kuwaninvaya

told the Council that their

(HTC’s) Resolution received full support of all

Tribes present at the midyear conference with most

tribes expressing similar

concerns. With the priority

and critical need to protect

religion and cultural values and ways from desecration and disrespect of

non-tribal members, Hopi

was chosen to take the lead

at the United League of Indigenous Nations Forum

at NCAI. Kuwaninvaya

said it is some Hopi people who also contribute to

the desecration of the Hopi

religion and traditional

cultural practices. Hopi

people adopt non-Hopis

into their families and

clans and give them Hopi

names and introduce them

to Hopi cultural ways. Kuwaninvaya said it is these

individuals and the Missionaries who are going

into the Villages and getting involved in activities

and taking the information

and knowledge they gain

and taking it outside. They

are also writing books on

the Hopi people and their

ways of life. Kuwaninvaya requested financial

assistance from the Tribal Council to help defray

travel costs for panel

members and media and

printing costs necessary

for the Forum. Survival International and the Lawyer

who represented the Hopi

Tribe during the auction of

the sacred objects will also

speak on legal aspects and

the challenges of dealing

with issues internationally.

Because of its extreme importance and priority, the

issue may be forwarded

on to the United Nations

(UN). With a vote of 10

yes, 3 no and 0 abstaining, the Tribal Council approved the requested funds

in the amount of $10,000.

EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants

Environmental Protection Agency

WASHINGTON – The

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),

on Fri, Sep. 20, proposed

Clean Air Act standards to

cut carbon pollution from

new power plants in order

to combat climate change

and improve public health.

In addition, EPA has initiated broad-based outreach

and direct engagement

with state, tribal, and local

governments, industry and

labor leaders, non-profits, and others to establish

carbon pollution standards

for existing power plants

ANIMAL UNITS AVAILABLE ON HPL

Animal Units are now available to Hopi Ranchers

only. Applications will be taken starting October 1 to

October 15, 2013 at the Office of Range Management

in Keams Canyon and Kykotsmovi. Contact the ORM

at 734-3701, or 738-0014 for more information.

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ANIMAL

and build on state efforts

to move toward a cleaner

power sector.

Friday’s

proposal

achieves the first milestone outlined in President

Obama’s June 25 Memorandum to EPA on “Power

Sector Carbon Pollution

Standards,” a major part

of the President’s Climate

Action Plan.

“Climate change is one

of the most significant

public health challenges of

our time. By taking commonsense action to limit carbon pollution from

new power plants, we can

slow the effects of climate

change and fulfill our obligation to ensure a safe

and healthy environment

for our children,” EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said.

Under today’s proposal, new large natural

gas-fired turbines would

need to meet a limit of

1,000 pounds of CO2 per

megawatt-hour,

while

new small natural gasfired turbines would need

to meet a limit of 1,100

pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour. New coal-fired

units would need to meet

a limit of 1,100 pounds of

CO2 per megawatt-hour,

and would have the option

to meet a somewhat tighter

limit if they choose to average emissions over multiple years, giving those

units additional operational flexibility.

These proposed standards will ensure that new

power plants are built with

available clean technology

to limit carbon pollution, a

requirement that is in line

with investments in clean

energy technologies that

are already being made in

the power industry. Additionally, these standards

provide flexibility by allowing sources to phase

in the use of some of these

technologies, and they en-

sure that the power plants

of the future use cleaner

energy technologies -such as efficient natural

gas, advanced coal technology, nuclear power,

and renewable energy like

wind and solar.

Power plants are the

largest

concentrated

source of emissions in

the United States, together accounting for roughly

one-third of all domestic

greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, nearly

a dozen states have already implemented or are

implementing their own

market-based programs to

reduce carbon pollution.

In addition, more than 25

states have set energy efficiency targets, and more

than 35 have set renewable

energy targets. While the

United States has limits in

place for arsenic, mercury and lead pollution that

power plants can emit,

currently, there are no na-

tional limits on the amount

of carbon pollution new

power plants can emit.

In 2009, EPA determined that greenhouse gas

pollution threatens Americans’ health and welfare

by leading to long lasting

changes in our climate

that can have a range of

negative effects on human

health and the environment.

The agency is seeking

comment and information

on today’s proposal, including holding a public

hearing, and will take that

input fully into account as

it completes the rulemaking process. EPA’s comment period will be open

for 60 days following

publication in the Federal

Register. In a separate action, EPA is rescinding the

April 2012 proposal.

Separately, EPA has initiated outreach to a wide

variety of stakeholders

that will help inform the

development of emission

guidelines for existing

power plants. EPA intends

to work closely with the

states to ensure strategies

for reducing carbon pollution from existing sources

are flexible, account for

regional diversity, and embrace common sense solutions, allowing the United

States to continue utilizing

every fuel source available. In accordance with

the June 25 Presidential

Memorandum, EPA will

issue proposed standards

for existing power plants

by June 1, 2014.

8 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

SPORTS

Hopi Bruins Blow Away Pinon

Top: Blake Sekaquaptewa goes in for a 2 point conversion. Bottom: At the end of the game, both teams meet to congratulate one another on a good game.

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

Friday, Sept. 20 the

Hopi High School Bruins

played against the Pinon

Eagles at the Bruin Stadium. People who attended

the game hoped it wasn’t

going to be a repeat of last

year’s game. Last year the

Pinon Eagles came away

with a win as they had

home field advantage.

This year, the Bruins had

the advantage and beat the

Eagles with a final score of

52-0. Although the Bruins

won, almost half of their

team was ineligible.

Coach Saban said Pinon has a good team and

they played a tough game

against Ganado in a scrimmage; they had two tough

games to start out the season. He said he wanted the

team to come out early and

jump on them before they

were caught up in a dog

fight type of game.

The score at the half

was, 44-0. Coach Saban

played the young players

and rested the starters.

Last week was a bye week

for the Bruins and this

week they will play Rough

Rock at Hopi.

“We had an overall good

team effort and in order for

us to get to state we need

everyone to do well, we

got to have everyone producing. We had an overall good team effort tonight. That is our goal, to

win sections and go on to

state,” said Coach Saban.

Coach Saban commented on the game against

Valley Sander’s and said

that it was a mud bowl because of the rain, however

Valley was good team being they were 2-0. Blake

Sekaquaptewa and Wyatt

Howard played a good

game and the line played

productively.

Hopi Jr. High Cross Country Invite

4th Annual Hopi Festival in Heritage Square

The

Hopi

Tribe

Economic Development

Corporation hosted the

4th Annual Hopi Festival

at Heritage Square on

Friday and Saturday 28th

and 29th, 2013. The event

was a cultural celebration

of Native American Dance

groups and artisans.

Dance groups traveled

from as far away as Acoma,

NM and also as close as

Flagstaff, Ariz. Daily the

event started at 9am and

ran until 5pm. The drums

and singing could be heard

all throughout downtown

Flagstaff.

“With

76

artisans,

numerous sponsors and

10,000 people attending

this is not only a great

cultural event for Flagstaff

to be proud of, but it helped

dozens of artisans have a

place to sell their wares”

said Kevin Lombardo,

CEO of HTEDC.

The

HTEDC

says

Asqwali (Thank You) and

that this year’s festival

was truly what Hopi is all

about and they are proud

to represent the Hopi Tribe

Economic Development

Corporation.

“Sumi’na ngwa” All

Native American Tribes

and the City of Flagstaff

came together to share not

only culture but the spirit

of talent by way of art and

entertainment. By joining

together “Nami’na ngwu”

we not only help a child

in need (Child Protective

Services) but bring to the

world a better way of life.

“I would like to thank

all the artisans who were

in attendance to make

this the best festival for

all tribes, and for all the

talented entertainers to

give of themselves to share

with others some beautiful

culture that will bless

the City of Flagstaff and

individual lives. I thank the

City of Flagstaff to allow

us to host this festival,

and to all the downtown

businesses

for

their

support, and volunteers

and our sponsors who

helped make this happen.

Said Lisa Talayumptewa,

of HTEDC.

“We were honored to

bring together the diverse

cultures and art from the

many artisans and the tribes

they represented,” said

Lombardo. “This event

was about bringing the

leadership and community

of Flagstaff together for

an economic boost to the

area that we care about.

Living and working in this

community we believe in

community involvement

and this event is just one

of many ways we do that”

Top: Jr. High JV Girls start the race strong but couldn’t keep up with Tuba City Boarding School. Bottom: Jr. High JV Boys

sprint hard as they lead out the race.

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Hopi Jr. High School

held its annual Hopi Jr.

High Cross Country Invitational on Fri. Sept.

27 at 9 a.m. It was a cold

morning with a light rain

and cold breeze that had

spectators seeking warmth

in their vehicles or under

some blankets. That cold

weather did not stop the

500 plus runners from 14

schools run.

Schools from the Navajo,

Apache, Hopi and Phoe-

nix areas were represented

at the invitational. Before

the run, Vice Chairman

Herman G. Honanie gave

a welcome address to all

the schools.

Hopi Jr. High Boys

and Girls Cross Country

coaches, Mike Tenakhongva and Harvey Honyouti said they were

pleased with the turnout

of schools represented

and were both confident in

their teams. Several of the

invitational’s prior to the

Hopi Invite had been cancelled due to weather and

they were on a long break

from competing.

The results of the invite

were not available as of

press time.

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