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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Hopi Primary Elections Held on Thursday, September 9, 2021

Hopi Elections Office Issues Un-Official Results

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – September 10, 2021 during the

9 o’clock morning hour, Karen Shupla, Registrar Hopi

Elections Office notified recipients on the Hopi Tribe’s

“All list” and others, via email with Subject: Hopi Tribal Primary 'UN-OFFICIAL RESULTS" - Hopi Elections

Office about the Hopi Tribe Election Un-Official Results

– September 9, 2021.

Shupla sent a very general message noting, “…Here is

the ‘UN-OFFICIAL RESULTS” FOR THE PRIMARY

ELECTION WHICH WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER

9, 2021. You may share this your family and [friends.]

REMINDER September 30, 2021 is the last day to request for and ABSENTEE BALLOT for the GENERAL

ELECTION[.. another] REMINDER if you want an absentee ballot contact our office for yourself and we will

be able to get the proper information.. These are the

‘UN-OFFICIAL RESULTS”. Thank you.”

A depiction of the Hopi Tribe Election Un-Official Results – September 9, 2021 is provided on the front cover

of this publication for the public’s information.

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 and providing opportunities

for press releases and ad placements.

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 gener-

al 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.

Based on information received during a phone call

to Karen Shupla, Registrar on the afternoon of September 10, 2021, the numbers listed under the categories

‘EV-MOBILE’ ‘EV-OFFICE’ represents early votes.

The ‘EV-MOBILE’ category votes were made from August 16-20, 2021 when the Elections Office went out

into the Hopi communities with no further distinctions

made about the category. The ‘EV-OFFICE’ category

votes were made at the Election Office from August 2327, 2021. With that in mind, according to the Hopi Tribe

Election Un-official Results – September 9, 2021, Andrew Stephen Qumyintewa had the most EV-MOBILE

and EV-OFFICE votes totaling 53 votes in those two categories. Early voting efforts made by the Elections Office seemed to have benefitted 119 voters who cast their

votes either through the Early Voting Mobile or the Office

location representing 12.5% of the total 945 votes cast.

No other distinctions about that particular category were

made.

The ‘ABSENTEE’ category represents mail-in votes

made during the period of August 4, 2021 through September 9, 2021. Deciphering exactly how many would

have come in before and/or specifically on September 9,

2021 is difficult based on limited information shared in

the Un-official results table. The numbers provided in the

table, depicts incumbent Timothy Loren Nuvangyaoma

with 64 votes and ahead of others under that particular

category.

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 will be considered Un-official until September 16, 2021. The deadline

for challenges to the results to be filed is September 15,

2021. If no challenges are received, the Election Board

will certify the results as official on September 16, 2021.

At that point the two Candidates who received the most

votes will be 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.

IF you are going to be away from your polling site on

Election Day, you may request for an Absentee Ballot

(vote by mail) OR if you would like to vote in the comfort of your home you may request for an Absentee Ballot. The DEADLINE to do so for the General Election is:

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 September 15, 2021

Hopi Primary Elections Held on Thursday, September 9, 2021

Hopi Elections Office Issues Un-Official Results, Cont.

Kykotsmovi voting poll where voters wait their turn to vote in the Primary Elections (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Bacavi’s new community center is being used as voting poll where a potential voter waits her turn to vote (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Hotevilla voting poll where a security guard waits for potential voters

during the hours of 7am-7pm (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Oraibi voting poll where for potential voters during the hours of 7am7pm (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Hopi Tribal Council Fourth Quarter Session

September 1, 2021 AGENDA

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Discussion of the I-40 Solar Project – Kendrick

Lomayestewa Hopi Renewable Energy Office/Fletcher

Wilkinson, Hopi Utilities Corporation – TABLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

2. Action Item #041-2021 – to approve Development

Permit Application from the Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation to construct a hotel known as

Taawaki Inn on the Hopi Trust Lands near the Twin Arrows Casino in Coconino County – Author/Fred Shupla,

Community Planner, Office of Community Planning and

Economic Development - TABLED

XI.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item #046-2021 – To approve a 2021 Contract with Antol & Sherman,

P.C. for Conflict Public Defense Counsel in the Hopi

Tribal Court – Author/Travis J. Hyer, Deputy General

Counsel, Office of General Counsel

2. Action Item #047-2021 – Approve Amendment #1

of the 2020 Contract for Legal Representation of tribal

members by Antol & Sherman, P.C., approved by Tribal

Council in H-011-2020 – Author/Travis J. Hyer, Deputy

General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

3. Action Item #048-2021 – Procure 2021 Insurance

Policies for the Hopi Tribe –

Author/Edgar Shupla, Director, Office of Facilities &

Risk Management

4. Action Item #049-2021 – Transfer Insurance Settlement ($534,885.78) to HTEDC – Author/ Edgar Shupla,

Director, Office of Facilities & Risk Management

5. Action Item #050-2021 – To approve Professional

Services Master Agreement 1- 5 years between the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of

Arizona and the Hopi Tribe for the purpose of improving

colorectal cancer screening rates on the Hopi reservation

- Author/Dana Russell, Manager, Hopi Cancer Support

Services - **Time Certain – September 9, 2021 @ 1:00

p.m.

6. Action Item #051-2021 – To approve resolution to

terminate SWAP Agreement and retain the law firm, Michael Best & Freidrich, LLP - Author/Fred Lomayesva,

General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

7. Action Item #052-2021 – To approve completed

Enrollment applications for Hopi membership - Author/

Dione A. Naha, Enrollment Coordinator, Office of Enrollment

8. Action Item #053-2021 – To authorize First Things

First to collect unidentified tribal and community data

relevant to young children (0-5) on the Hopi Reservation

and the publication and dissemination of the 2022 Coconino Regional Needs and Assets Report - Author/Dr.

Noreen Sakiestewa, Director, Hopi Department of Education and Workforce Development - **Time Certain –

September 8, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.

9. Action Item #054-2021 – To authorize Hopi Telecommunications, Inc., to submit a grant application to the

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce Tribal

Broadband Connectivity not to exceed $15,000,000 - Author/Carroll Onsae, General Manager, Hopi Telecommunications, Inc.

10. Action Item #055-2021 – To establish a Tribal bank

account to be used with the Tribe’s Flexible Spending

Account (FSA) and to approve the Bancorp Bank as the

service provider for FSA debit cards, effective January

1, 2022 - Author/Anthony Laban, Jr., Assistant Finance

Director

11. Action Item #056-2021 – To approve the Agreement for Mutual Emergency First Response between the

Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation regarding the Village

of Moenkopi - Author/Virgil Pinto, Chief, Hopi Law Enforcement Services

12. Action Item #057-2021 – To recharacterize the

CARES Act award of $951,650 to an advance of the Tewa’s future annual general fund village allocations - Author/Jamie Navenma, Chairman, CARES Act Committee

- **Time Certain – September 9, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

13. Action Item #058-2021 – To request approval from

the Hopi Tribal Council to conduct an investigation into

activities at the Turquoise Well/Tawaovi site as stated

on the enacting resolution and shall be conducted by an

independent investigator - Author/David Talayumptewa,

Council Representative, Kykotsmovi Village

14. Action Item #059-2021 – To approve the Mutual

Aid Agreement between the Hopi Tribe and the Arizona

Department of Public Safety - Author/Virgil Pinto, Chief,

Hopi Law Enforcement Services

15. Action Item #60-2021 – To approve Kykotsmovi

Enterprise Board’s request for approval of a line of credit

from the Hopi Tribal Council to purchase inventory and

establish a contingency fund for the new convenience

store which is scheduled to open in October 2021 - Au-

thor/Cheryl Tootsie, Vice President, Kykotsmovi Enterprise Board

16. Action Item #061-2021 – To formally accept the

funds allocated to the Hopi Tribe by the American Rescue

Plan Act.

17. Introduction of Miss Hopi – Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, Chairman, The Hopi Tribe - **Time Certain –

September 7, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.

18. Discussion/Possible Action - Letter dated July 26,

2021 re: Grants & Scholarship Committee Alternate –

Danny Honanie, Tribal Council Representative, Village

of Kykotsmovi

19. Discussion/Possible Action – Letter dated July 30,

2021 Re: Request to rescind Executive Order #011-2021

and direct the Drought Task Team to reach out to Hopi

ranchers and Navajo Accommodation Agreement signers

to work on identifying alternatives for addressing drought

issues on Hopi lands. / Letter dated August 16, 2021 Re:

Executive Order #011-2021 Range Mitigation and Livestock Reduction – Albert T. Sinquah., Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Villages - **Time

Certain – September 10, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

20. Discussion/Possible Action – Letter dated July 23,

2021 Re: Complaint Regarding the Turquoise Well Site

– Herman G. Honanie, Tribal Council Representative,

Village of Kykotsmovi

21. Discussion/Possible Action – Memorandum dated

August 23, 2021 Re: Research Project on Juniper commonly referred to as the Cedar Tree and wish to conduct

an online survey of Hopi Tribal Members to determine

how cedar is being used on the reservation – Herman

G. Honanie, Tribal Council Representative, Village of

Kykotsmovi

22. Discussion/Possible Action Re: Letter dated July

27, 2021 re: Request Hopi Tribal Council’s approval that

Alternate #3 Darlene-Lucario-Nuvamsa move to Alternate #1 and request that the Hopi Tribal Secretary advertise the vacant Hopi Election Board’s Alternate #2 and

Alternate #3 positions – Danny Honanie, Tribal Council

Representative, Village of Kykotsmovi

23. Letter dated August 24, 2021 Re: Hopi General

Counsel and Election Board issues – Herman G. Honanie,

Tribal Council Representative, Village of Kykotsmovi

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Service Completes Review

of Petition to Revise Jaguar

Critical Habitat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Contact: Al Barrus, 505-248-6409, al_

barrus@fws.gov

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has

reviewed a formal petition to exclude

lands around the proposed Rosemont

Copper Mine from the jaguar critical habitat designation in Arizona, finding that

the petition did not provide substantial

scientific information indicating that the

exclusion is warranted.

Threats to international jaguar populations have increased in recent years,

including unprecedented fires in important jaguar habitat, an increase in the

black-market trade and hunting of jaguars,

and the diminishment of jaguar potential

prey.

In November 2020, Rosemont Copper

Company petitioned the Service to remove 50,000 acres of designated critical

habitat in Arizona in the northern Santa

Rita Mountains, stating this area provides

limited conservation benefits, and its removal would have little impact on the remaining critical habitat.

Service biologists determined the petition did not provide substantial scientific

information that areas petitioned to be

removed from critical habitat do not contain the features that are essential to the

conservation of the jaguar or that these

features do not require special manage-

ment considerations or protection. Service

biologists also found that the petition did

not present information indicating why

the petitioned areas are not essential for

conservation of jaguars.

Read the full 90-day finding here:

https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/A040

The Service has established strong

working relationships with state and local partners, conservation groups and the

Mexican government in support of jaguar

recovery.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to

conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

We are both a leader and trusted partner

in fish and wildlife conservation, known

for our scientific excellence, stewardship

of lands and natural resources, dedicated

professionals, and commitment to public

service.

For more information on our work

and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov. Connect with our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/usfws,

follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/

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at http://www.youtube.com/usfws and

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Hopi Law Enforcement Services

August 2021 Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Hopi Law Enforcement

Services

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – May 14, 2021

HLES provides this report as a service

to the citizens of the Hopi Reservation.

HLES reserves the right to restrict the release of certain reports, which may not be

available or are currently under investigation. During the month of AUGUST 2021,

Hopi Law Enforcement Services responded to a total of 730 calls for service.

Abandoned Vehicle = 1

Information = 25

Accidents = 7

Medical Calls = 17

Alarm = 2

Noise Disturbance = 4

Alcohol Offenses = 89

Pan Handling = 1

Animal/Livestock = 88

Property Damage/Vandalism = 12

Assault = 14

Road Check = 1

Attempt to Locate/Missing Persons = 9

Sex Offenses = 1

Breaking & Entering = 15

Shooting = 1

Child Abuse = 9

Suicide = 2

Civil Disputes/Citizens Assist = 21

Suspicious Person/Circumstances = 19

Court Order Violation = 6

Theft/Fraud = 8

Department of Natural Resources = 5

Traffic Offenses = 81

Disorderly Conduct = 25

Trespassing = 1

Event Activity = 4

Threatening = 6

False Information to Officer = 1

Wanted Person = 6

Fight/DV = 17

Weapons Offense = 3

Fingerprinting = 1

Welfare/Property/Security Checks = 204

Fire/Controlled Burns = 12

Harassment = 10

Criminal Homicide = 2

DRUGS SEIZED:77.99 total grams Marijuana

20.77 total grams of Meth

0.71 total grams Cocaine

1570.71 total ounces Alcohol

FIREARMS SEIZED:

TOTAL ARRESTS: 70 (52 booked and 18

cited and released/charges filed)

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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Hopi Runner, Kyle Sumatzkuku

Launches Campaign to Achieve

Boston Marathon Dream

PUBLIC NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuba City, Ariz. – September 6, 2021

Kyle Sumatzkuku’s pursuit of participating in the 125th Boston Marathon recently received a boost after Duane Humeyestewa launched a fundraising campaign

on GoFundMe. The campaign aims to

raise the much needed funds for Kyle Sumatzkuku, a Native American Endurance

Runner from the Hopi Tribe, to be able to

travel and participate in the event, scheduled to be held on October 11, 2021, now

recognized as "Indigenous People’s Day"

in most progressive states across the country.

Duane Humeyestewa, who is tracking

Kyle on this journey with a documentary

project, states, "As Hopi people, we have

the inherent strength and resilience to

run the highest mesas and hike the highest mountains, so running and finishing a

marathon is a testament of that endurance

built into our DNA. We can’t let anything

stop us from achieving our dreams."

The Boston Marathon has become increasingly popular over the years as a

major event bringing together thousands

of runners in the United States and other

parts of the world. While the pandemic led

to the suspension of the event and other

similar gatherings, the marathon will be

making a return in grand style in October

2021, and Kyle Sumatzkuku is set to race

alongside some of the world’s top runners

at the event and to represent the Native

American community.

Kyle’s move is inspirational, with his

achievements so far serving as an encouragement to Native American children and

youth to engage in sports and turn to athletics, instead of succumbing to the pressures

of playing video games and adopting bad

eating habits. His story and eventual acceptance to run in the limited event, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic will

motivate people from tribal communities

to push boundaries and achieve their full

potentials, giving hope to youth to look at

participating in US Sports and Olympics.

The fundraising campaign to support

Kyle’s plight of running at the Boston

Marathon also helps to raise social awareness around the issues related to health

and wellness, physical activity and nutrition, and diabetes.

Kyle’s feat at the Boston Marathon will

further bring to bear the accomplishment

of notable Native American athletes,

runners, and Olympians, including Billy Mills, Jim Thorpe, Andrew Sockalexis, and the Hopi Tribe's very own Lewis

"Tsökahovi" Tewanima.

For more information about the Kyle

Sumatzkuku campaign and to support the

pursuit of his dream, visit https://gofund.

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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

2021 Hopi High School Varsity Football Schedule

2021 Hopi High School Volleyball Schedule

Date

Opponent

Location

Times

Fri. 8/27

Chino Valley, Holbrook

Holbrook H.S.

Joseph City, Mogollon

& Round Valley (Scrimmage)

V-2:00 pm

Tue. 8/31

Red Mesa H.S.

Teec Nos Pos

JV-4:00 pm & V-5:00 pm

Tue. 9/7

Tuba City H.S.

Tuba City

JV-4:00 pm & V-5:00 pm

Thu. 9/9

Rock Point H.S.

Hopi

JV-4:00 pm & V-5:00 pm

Fri. 9/10

Sat. 9/11

Window Rock H.S. Invite

Fort Defiance

Fort Defaince

TBD

Thu. 9/16

Valley H.S.*

Sanders

JV-4:00 pm & V-5:00 pm

Sat. 9/18

Alchesay H.S.

Hopi

JV-12:00 pm & V-1:00 pm

Tue. 9/21

Pinon H.S.*

Hopi (Senior Night)

JV-5:00 pm & V-6:00 pm

Thu. 9/23

Round Valley H.S.*

Eagar

JV-5:00 pm & V-6:00 pm

Thu. 9/30

Ganado H.S.*

Hopi

JV-5:00 pm & V-6:00 pm

Thu. 10/7

St. Johns H.S.*

Hopi (Pink Night)

JV-5:00 pm & V-6:00 pm

Fri. 10/8

Sat. 10/9

Joseph City H.S. Invite

Joseph City

TBD

Tue. 10/12

Pinon H.S.*

Pinon

JV-4:00 pm & V-5:00 pm

Thu. 10/14

Round Valley H.S.*

Hopi

JV-4:00 pm & V-5:00 pm

Date

Opponent

Location

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Fri. 11/5

2A State Playoffs-1st Round

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Valley H.S.*

Hopi

JV-12:00 pm & V-1:00 pm

Tue. 10/19

Rock Point H.S.

Rock Point

JV-3:00 pm & V-4:00 pm

Thu. 10/21

St. Johns H.S.*

St. Johns

JV-5:30 pm & V-6:30 pm

Fri. 11/12

2A State Playoffs-Quarterfinals

High Seed

7:00 pm

Sat. 10/23

Ganado H.S.*

Ganado

JV-11:00 am & V-12:00 pm

Sat. 11/20

2A State Playoffs-Semifinals

TBD

Thu. 10/28

2A North Region 1st Round High Seed

6:00 pm

Sat. 10/30

2A North Region Finals

Ganado

TBD

Tue. 11/2

2A State Play-In Game

High Seed

6:00 pm

Sat. 11/6

2A State 1 & 2 Rounds TBD

TBD

Fri. 11/12

2A State Semifinals

TBD

Sat. 11/13

2A State Championship

TBD

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Sat. 11/27

2A State Playoffs-Championship TBD

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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

2021 Hopi Jr. High School Football Schedule

Date

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Sat. 10/2

Tue. 10/5

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NAIC Semifinals

Higher Seed

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Sat. 10/9

NAIC Championship

Ganado

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Games, dates, and times are subject to change. HJSHS will provide notification of any changes via

our website, Facebook pages, local radio stations, and our mass messaging system.

Date

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2021 Hopi High School Cross Country Schedule

Date

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Event

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2021 Hopi Jr. High School Cross Country Schedule

Date

Event

Location

Times

Tue. 8/31

Hopi Invite

Hopi

3:00 pm

Sat. 9/4

Kayenta M.S. Invite

Kayenta

8:00 am

Sat. 9/11

Canyon De Chelly Invite

Chinle

8:00 am

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Fri. 9/17

St. Michaels Invite

St. Michaels

5:00 pm

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Sat. 9/25

Ganado Invite

Ganado

8:00 am

Sat. 10/2

9:00 am

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NAIC Finals

hosted by Tsehootsooi M.S.

Fort Defiance

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Tue. 11/2

Sectional Meet

Holbrook

(Hidden Cove G.C.)

TBD

Sat. 11/13

Division IV State Meet

Phoenix

(Cave Creek G.C.)

B-1:00 p.m.

G-1:55 p.m.

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Meets, dates, and times are subject to change. HJSHS will provide notification of any changes via

our website, Facebook pages, local radio stations, and our mass messaging system.

Note: All Times Mountain Standard Time (No Daylight Savings)

Meets, dates, and times are subject to change. HJSHS will provide notification of any changes via

our website, Facebook pages, local radio stations, and our mass messaging system.

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

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

September 9, 2021 Report

AZ – September 9, 2021

The data is updated on the Hopi Tribe’s

website “COVID-19 Response and Resources” page.

SARS Cov2 Variant testing at Hopi

Health Care Center as of September 9,

2021 – 38 samples sequenced to date from

positive Cepheid test collected between

06.18.2021 and 08.18.2021

Note: Those unable to determine have

high Ct values, meaning low viral load

• Since 6/18/21, 94% (30 of 32 samples)

that were able to be sequenced were the

Delta variant

• The earliest Delta variant was from a

sample collected on 6/23/2021

• Since 6/23/2021, all sequenced samples have been Delta variants

• Delta variant has caused cases among

the non-vaccinated, partially vaccinated,

and the fully vaccinated

Variants

Delta-B.1.617.2

*Spreads much faster

*A much as 2 times more contagious

Unvaccinated people remain the greatest concern

*Severe illness, hospitalization and

death

Treatments

*Certain monoclonal antibody treatments are less effective

Fully vaccinated individuals can still get

COVID, but less often (<10% of cases)

 If vaccinated individuals do get

COVID, it is less severe

Vaccines

 Vaccines are highly effective against

Delta, especially severe outcomes

Delta Variant -Vaccine Effectiveness

 Currently authorized vaccines are

highly effective in preventing serious infections.

 Vaccine risk reduction

o 10 times lower reduction for serious

infection

o 3 times lower for infection

 CDC Data: Fully vaccinated persons

account for <0.004% of breakthrough

COVID causing hospitalization and

<0.001% of breakthrough COVID causing death.

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 9, 2021 the United

States now has approximately 40,345

million confirmed positive cases over

649,299 deaths reported.

Over 1,039 million confirmed positive

cases now exist in Arizona. Of those,

close to 18,901 are in Navajo and 20,259

in Coconino Counties.

The Hopi Health Care Center has tested

over 10,757 patients to date. Over 1,468

of those tests at Hopi Health Care Center came back positive with 1065 from

Hopi Tribal members. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation reported 290

positives for Hopi Villages with a combined number of 1,360*** positive Hopi

Tribal members.

+ 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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Qöomvi - Black

Nepni - Greens (Wild Edible

Nìiti - Acquire

Wùusi - Broom

Plants)

Màmqasi - Afraid

Wìiqöhi - Candle

Höknaya - Harvest Activity (Corn)

Tsuye’ew - Annoying

Moosa - Cat

Hatiko - Lima Beans

Mansàla - Apples

Wishövi - Cob Web

Kasaava - Melon (Casaba)

Haman’iwta - Ashamed (Be)

Humisi - Corn Blossom

Siingyanta - Peeling Husk

Qötsvi - Ashes

Silakvu - Corn Husk

Tuva - Pine Nuts

Tsovàlti - Assemble

Wikto - Corn (Purple)

Pàapu - Purple String Beans

Nawis’ew - At Last

Nanha - Corn Smut

Sivàapi - Rabbit Brush

Yuwsi - Attire

Qötsaqa’ö - Corn (White)

Murita - Threshing Beans

Naanahoy - Back & Forth

Mööya - Dry - Corn & Peaches

(Cleaning)

Nukpana - Bad

Tuphena - Dye (Basketweaving)

Sìkyatko - Watermelon (Yellow

Siwi - Basketry Shrub

Wìmori - Fat Beans

Meat)

Sawya - Bat

Kòmokto - Gather Wood

Hohoysi - Wild Tea/Yellow Dye

Tungla’yta - Beg

Hohomto - Grabbing @ Basket

Siita - Wild Tea/Yellow Dye

Awsòyakna - Bewitch

Dance

Mooho - Yucca

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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Larry’s Corner

Shameful Pride

When I was a mush head kitten, I thought the

world was small, I never knew there were other

countries let alone other races in the world. It is true

that I was a sheltered kitten. I never knew that the

world was such a big place and there were billions

of people that occupied only 20% of the world.

When I grew up, I learned about how different we

really were, even in the Hopi community. We’re all

named Hopi but we are so separate in what and how

we conduct our Hopi things or our Hopi way of life.

I wonder if other pueblos have this same challenge

with unity. I mean, we’re so separate in our ways of

teaching the Hopi culture that we don’t see that we

are becoming a separate nation even though there

is only one word for us…HOPI. We might as well

call ourselves Hopi-Sub 1, Hopi-Sub 2, Hopi-Sub

3 for all the distinctions which come with being on

separate mesas.

When I was in high school, I had friends from all

different mesas and we seemed to get along well, I

think. We spoke the same language, we took our culture values in the same way, and we didn’t see ourselves as a “sub-culture” of Hopi like it seems today.

Let me reiterate…our Hopi people are becoming

separate in our teachings and now we are arguing

how to be Hopi in our own ways. We are slowly

teaching our children that one mesa does not matter

and that they do things “different” and we shouldn’t

follow that example. We seem to have become a separate nation within this unified culture. Of course,

we can argue that we still come together for our

Hopi ceremonies and different events but we can

also argue that Hopis are different, in the way we

conduct our ceremonies. Even though we speak the

same language and even though we walk the same

Hopi path, we seem so different in the ways of traveling to get to our destination. It’s like the freeway

lane in Phoenix, we have about 6 lanes and some

lanes have faster cars and other lanes have slower

cars, but all in all we still arrive to the same destination. That’s how Hopi culture is, everything we do,

we do differently in all the villages aka lanes here

on the Hopi reservation highway, but we all come

to the same resolution. But how can we say which

teaching is the right or wrong way? Who can we

contact to find out how the real Hopi way of life is

supposed to be?

Now, don’t get me wrong, all the 12 villages here

on the Hopi reservation have their own way of conducting Hopi beliefs and culture and we can still

understand each other when we talk to each other.

It’s not like we are totally foreign to each other’s

understanding how Hopi life is to be. So, when certain ceremonies and certain ways of doing Hopi ceremonies are conducted on the Hopi mesas, we all

understand why they do things a certain way.

With all that explained, my biggest pet peeve in

the process is when we say “Kiiyavq’vi” meaning

“Person who lives from a faraway place.” We say

this phrase when we are in another village, or when

someone from another village visits our village. It’s

not like they are foreign, we still speak and live the

same way, and we were just born from another part

of the village.

The way that I look at Hopi is that we are like a

metropolis, and in that metropolis, we have cities

like Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Avondale. So, my comparison is that Hopi is like a large

metropolis with different little cities aka villages,

we all shop at the same Wal-Mart and eat at the same

Chinese restaurant, and I also think that saying “Kiiyavq’vi” is totally a misunderstanding of the way

we see each other.

So, what can we do to make ourselves whole

again? For starters, we stop calling each other Kiiyavq’vi because we all have family from different

villages. And we stop trying to pride ourselves by

the way we conduct our ceremonies. It’s like we are

in a competition with each other and the villages

we come from. It’s as if we are doing things to be

“cool” or do things that people will talk about in the

future, to make ourselves appear to be the best village to go to.

We have so much pride to be Hopi, and that’s a

bad thing…in my opinion. Well let me provide an

example of how I see this…it’s like when the Phoenix Suns went to the Playoffs and won. In my cat

opinion, they became too prideful after winning at

that level. It seemed to me that they became jerks at

winning, so when the Championships came along,

they were put in their place and ended up losing the

Championships because they came out with only 2

wins.

So, in a sense that’s how I see Hopi when we get

boastful and we start to act like jerks to our own

people. When I say jerks, I’m not saying like we

hurt people intentionally I’m saying we want to hurt

people intentionally by trying to be a perfect village

or by being a village with all the toys and games.

So, my advice to you is that when we forget how

to have humility, we forgot that being prideful is not

something to have all the time. We forget that being Hopi is just living peacefully with oneself, and

not trying to get involved with every little thing. We

can’t control the outlook of how people view each

other, but we can control how we view ourselves. If

we start to control ourselves with the way we look

at each other, we will be better people, not perfect

but better. But then and again, if I’m prideful like a

lion then maybe I can control the world! Then again

maybe that’s just a kitten wishing…

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Native youth are stepping

up & repping

(Photo courtesy of Vivian Juan-Saunders)

Kalle Benallie

Indian Country Today

A few history-making tribal leaders have one thing in

common: A commitment early on to make a change.

Brian Weeden, the youngest chairman to date for the

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in southeastern Massachusetts, and Vivian Juan-Saunders, the first chairwoman of

the Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona, both

had the ambition and commitment to help their tribes in

any way they could. They sought out helping the youth

by joining or creating organizations that benefited them.

“I figured I needed to be the boots on the ground and a

lot of our elders were happy to see a young person stepping up for our community,” Weeden said.

He helped create Mashpee Wampanoag’s youth council, which participated in a well-known national Native

youth organization. Through being an affiliated youth

council, Native youth “engage in annual projects in four

areas – cultural preservation, environmental awareness,

healthy lifestyles, and community service.”

Weeden, 28, said being one of the youngest tribal leaders in the country feels like “our generation is finally getting our chance to show everyone else what we're made

of.”

While campaigning for chairman this year, he worked

temporarily as a custodian at the Kenneth C. Coombs

school in Mashpee, Massachusetts, for COVID-19 cleaning. It was a job he took because it aligned with his passion in working with youth. And he recalled an enlightening conversation with a kid that showed him children

were interested in what’s happening in their communities.

The kid asked if Weeden was going to be chairman, after Weeden responded with uncertainty, the kid gave him

a sure answer that he would.

“That’s what it’s always kind of been about for me is

the children and our young people and providing the service to the community at large,” he said.

Before Weeden met requirements to run for tribal council — candidates had to be at least 25 — he dedicated his

time to his community. He served and continues to serve

on numerous boards and committees such as the Mashpee

School Committee, historical commission, conservation

commission, environmental oversight commission and

a special commission that is currently investigating the

Massachusetts seal and motto.

Weeden was also the first northeast area representative

for United National Indian Tribal Youth’s executive committee and later was elected as co-president and trustee.

He also served as co-vice president of the National Congress of American Indians Youth Commission.

He said his commitment through committees, commissions and boards is what got him to where he is today and

he advised youth to do the same if they are thinking of

becoming a leader in their communities.

“You get there because of your blood, sweat and tears

along the way. And I think that your community will recognize that and one day it’ll pay off and you’ll be in one

of these positions to hopefully lead your tribe,” he said.

In Arizona

The first woman to chair the Tohono O’odham Nation,

Vivian Juan-Saunders, also leveraged youth leadership

opportunities over the years that led her to her former

role. The now 61-year-old had a similar work ethic as

Weeden and a goal to be part of tribal politics.

She began as an intern for former Chairman Josiah

Moore and later was a community representative and

served on the district council. J.R. Cook, who had been

the executive director for UNITY for 37 years, also mentored her while she was at the organization, where she

also served on the board.

When she set her sights on running for chair she felt

her outside experience could be beneficial to the tribe

and wanted to be of service to the people. She ultimately

was elected in 2003, her term ended in 2007, and credits

her time at the organization as shaping her term as chairwoman. She said she learned about strategic planning,

decision-making, and presented positive mental attitude

training sessions throughout the country.

“I made every effort to communicate to all levels within our government programs, districts, other elected officials,” she said about her time in tribal leadership.

And during her campaign, she realized the impact it

could have on young women. She thought back on how

the historic run coincided with what she’s done before.

She said she was the first female president at her school’s

Future Farmers of America chapter and was the first sixth

grader, along with her friend, to wear pants at school. It

was rare for women to wear pants before the 60s and 70s

because it resisted social norms, according to the Huffington Post.

“I didn’t realize I had started early. Then being elected

to chairwoman, they didn’t know what to call me because

in our constitution it’s chairman,” she said.

Today, she is still in tribal politics and represents the

Chukut Kuk district on the tribe’s legislative council. Additionally, she is on the appropriations, domestic affairs

and human resources development committees.

She said her experience with UNITY and being around

other Indigenous youth who had the same dreams, goals

and aspirations, was extremely encouraging. She said organizations and conferences can be influential for youth

today to stay on track and motivated.

“[Youth] just need to come together to see other youth

in action and understand you’re part of this chain linking

that innovation and change in tribal communities,” she

said.

Mary Kim Titla, executive director for UNITY, said

many youth participants like Weeden and Juan-Saunders

go back to their communities and use what they learned

at the organization.

“[Brian] encourages young people to take matters into

their own hands, and to use their voices and to start getting involved now,” she said.

Titla said so many people have been positively affected

like her when she asked her parents 40 years ago to attend

her first UNITY conference in Oklahoma City. She later

served on the council of trustees for more than 30 years.

"I tell people it's hard to describe UNITY because it's

like going to Disneyland. You can talk to people all day

long about Disneyland, but until they go there, they won't

experience that magic. And that's exactly what UNITY is;

it inspires hope and changes lives,” Titla said. “And we

have heard time and time again from people all over the

country who say UNITY changed my life.”

Titla said bringing youth to the forefront is a powerful

asset because it allows them to directly connect to their

generation.

“When we allow them to use their voices and give

them a platform, they can reach their peers in ways adults

can’t,” she said.

And many can benefit with more youth involvement.

“It’s important to tap into the talent that we have out

there because they have some great ideas, and they have

the energy to really help improve their communities,” she

said.

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Unequal pay

devalues

Native

women

In this Dec. 29 photo, registered nurse Starla Garcia prepares a coronavirus vaccine in Chinle, Arizona, for someone who enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccine trials on the Navajo Nation and initially

received a placebo. (Nina Mayer Ritchie/Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health via AP)

Kolby KickingWoman

Indian Country Today

Sixty cents on the dollar.

That’s what Native women earn compared to White,

non-Hispanic men based on 2019 data, according to the

Equal Pay Today campaign.

September 8 is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. Based

on the aforementioned numbers, it is the date Native

women must work up until to make what White, non-Hispanic men made at the end of last year.

Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, along with the committee’s Native American Caucus chair and vice-chair Rion Ramiriez, Turtle Mountain

Chippewa and Pascua Yaqui, and Paulette Jordan, Coeur

d’Alene, released a statement saying the Biden administration has prioritized ending the gender pay gap and no

American should find the disparity acceptable.

“Today marks another day that Native American women are paid just $0.60 for every dollar earned by a White,

non-Hispanic man,” the statement reads. “While $0.40

today doesn’t buy a bus ticket, over a 40-year career it

amounts to nearly $1 million in lost wages - but it also

amounts to the devaluation of Native American women’s

contributions to our country that no American should find

acceptable.”

For Native mothers, the gap becomes worse, earning

just 50 cents on the dollar compared to White, non-Hispanic fathers.

Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk, and New

Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury, wrote in Ms. Magazine that paying all women equally would cut poverty

for working women in half, add billions of dollars to the

gross domestic product and urged all to continue to call

out unfair compensation.

“We will not rest until Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

no longer exists because equal pay for equal work becomes a reality for all Americans,” the pair wrote.

The wage gap also exists for Native women with an

advanced higher education degree. A Native woman with

a master’s earns approximately the same as a White man

with an associate’s degree, around $52,000, according to

the National Women’s Law Center.

Raising awareness across social media, Native and

non-Native advocates and organizations publicized their

support using the hashtag, #NativeWomensEqualPay.

To address the pay gap for Native women, through

their statement, the DNC said the Biden administration

has pushed to ensure Native women have a voice and representation at every table; including the president’s cabinet with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo.

Through the Infrastructure Deal, the committee says

investing in electricity, water, transportation and more on

tribal lands will both support Native women and tribes

at large .

“Native American women are essential to the fabric

of our country’s values and success, and the Democratic

Party is committed to ensuring their contributions to our

economy and our nation are met with the full value and

respect they are due,” the statement said.

Sara Alcid, senior campaign director of the Workplace

Justice of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, had more pointed and concrete examples of how to

end the wage gap.

She called on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness

Act, raising the minimum wage to $15, as well as universal child care and paid family and medical leave.

“No one should ever be shortchanged on her paycheck

due to her gender or race,” Alcid said. “We will continue

to fight until we build an economy of shared prosperity

that works for all of us.”

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

JOB OPENING

HOPI FAMILY ASSISTANCE/TANF

PROGRAM

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

HTEDC is seeking an Assistant General Manager for

the Hopi Cultural Center.

The AGM’s responsibility is to assist the General Manager in all areas of the property operations, as well as the

successful coordination and directing of activities within

the Hopi Cultural Center.

Selected applicants must have: A professional, positive attitude with management, co-workers and general

public; Maintain product and service quality standards;

and assist employees in maintaining a seamless, positive

experience for guests in all aspects of the Hopi Cultural

Center.

• Knowledge and experience in a hospitality setting

• Demonstrate a proactive and enthusiastic attitude in

providing excellent customer service

• Ability to communicate and multi-task in a fast paced

environment

• Ability to anticipate and solve problems

For more information, please contact Lamar Keevama

at (928) 734-9511 or email lkeevama@hopiculturalcenter.com

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

HOPI TRIBAL HOUSING

AUTHORITY JOB

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION: Project Director

DEPARTMENT: Development

POSITION OPEN: 9-15-2021

CLOSING DATE: 9-24-2021

CONTACT:

Sherry Lomayestewa, HR Generalist

928.737.2800

Visit our website at www.htha.org for

more detailed information regarding

this vacancy announcement.

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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

JOB OPENING

Hopi Tribal Council

HTEDC is seeking a General Manager for the Hopi

Cultural Center.

The GM is responsible for all areas of the property operations as well as the successful coordination and directing of activities within the Hopi Cultural Center.

Selected applicants must have: A professional, positive

attitude with employees, co-workers and general public;

Maintain product and service quality standards; and assist

employees in maintaining a seamless, positive experience

for guests in all aspects of the Hopi Cultural Center.

• Assist in preparing annual budget

• Ensures that HCC is always maintained

• Maintain product and service quality standards

• Demonstrate a proactive and enthusiastic attitude in

providing excellent customer service

• Promote teamwork and act as a positive role model

• Ability to communicate and multi-task in a fast-paced

environment

• Ability to anticipate and solve problems

• Minimum 5-year knowledge and experience in hospitality management

• Possess a four-year college degree or equivalent experience

For more information, please contact Cindy Smiley at

(928) 522-8675 or email csmith@htedc.net

The Hopi Foundation Job

Announcement

Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma,

Chairman

Staff Accountant

POSITION SUMMARY: Assists The Hopi Foundation

Controller in preparing and maintaining general ledger of

the organization including processing accounts payable

and receivable, and payroll, making general journal entries, researching questions related to financial transactions and preparing financial statements and other reports

in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and internal policies and procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: At

least 3 years of work experience in accountancy, bookkeeping or related position; associates’ or bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accountancy, Bookkeeping, Business

or any equivalent combination of education, training, or

skills which demonstrate the ability to perform the duties

of the position.

NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS: Possess a valid

driver’s license; Have no felony or misdemeanor convictions within the past five years; Background investigation

& fingerprinting may be required; Personal vehicle may

be required.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION & APPLICATION:

HopiFoundation.org/jobs

SALARY: Based on experience & qualifications;

$25-35k/yr

CONTACT: Hannah Honani

hannah.honani@hopifoundation.org

928·734·2380; 928·299·0452

DEADLINE: Friday, September 17, 2021

Clark W. Tenakhongva,

Vice Chairman

Judith Youvella

Tribal Secretary

Wilfred Gaseoma, Tribal

Treasurer

Violet Sinquah, SergeantAt-Arms

Village of Upper

Moenkopi

Robert Charley

Philton Talahytewa, Sr.

Hubert Lewis, Sr.

Michael Elmer

Village of Bakabi

Dwayne Secakuku

Clifford Qotsaquahu

Velma Kalyesvah

Village of Kyakotsmovi

David Talayumptewa

Phillip Quochytewa, Sr.

Danny Honanie

Herman G. Honanie

Village of Sipaulavi

Rosa Honanie

Alverna Poneoma

Raymond Namoki

Village of Mishongnovi

Delores Coochyamptewa

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Mervin Yoyetewa

First Mesa Consolidated

Villages

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Dale Sinquah

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PH: (928) 289 0974

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Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Judge refuses to

block new sports

betting law

Talking Stick Casino in Arizona. (Photo by Indian Country Today)

Bob Christie

Associated Press

PHOENIX — A judge on Monday evening refused to

block a new Arizona law allowing sports gambling to be

run by professional sports teams in a decision that will

allow the major gambling expansion start as planned later

this week.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith

refused to issue an injunction barring sports betting from

starting Thursday. The ruling came just hours after he

held an unusual Labor Day hearing on the request filed

by one tribe.

The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe wanted the law,

which allows professional sports teams to get licenses

to run sports gambling, declared unconstitutional. They

argued it violates the state’s Voter Protection Act by illegally amending the 2002 voter initiative that authorized

tribal gambling in Arizona by allowing nontribal groups

to have gambling operations without asking voters to

weigh in. Proposition 202 restricted gambling outside

tribal reservations.

But Smith wrote that Proposition 202 regulated the

types of gambling allowed at tribal casinos, not other

kinds of betting.

“Plaintiff did not cite language from the proposition

indicating that Arizona would never expand gambling

to different activities or locations,” Smith wrote. “What

is more, the proposition contemplated gambling expansions.”

The judge also rejected several other arguments the

tribe made in seeking to have the sports betting law declared unconstitutional.

“Today’s ruling is not just a win in court, but a win

for Arizona,” said C.J. Karamargin, spokesman for Gov.

Doug Ducey, who signed House Bill 2772 into law in

April. “A tremendous amount of work by a diverse group

of stakeholders has gone in to implementing HB2772 and

the amended tribal-state gaming compacts. This ruling

means that work will be allowed to continue.”

The tribe also argued the law passed by the Legislature

and signed by the Republican governor is unfair because

it allows 10 licenses for professional teams to run sports

betting at or near their stadiums and online, while allocated only 10 for tribes to run online sports betting operations. All tribes with casinos can run sports books.

That shortchanged tribes because there are only nine

qualifying teams or events such as professional golf tournaments while there are more than twice that number of

tribes competing for licenses, and all must pay a nonrefundable $100,000 application fee.

Smith’s ruling said that may be worth exploring as the

lawsuit proceeds, but is far below what is needed to issue

an injunction.

Attorneys for the state said the tribe’s interpretation of

the law is wrong and it also waited too long to seek a

restraining order preventing sports betting from starting.

Smith agreed the tribe’s delay in filing the lawsuit

weighed against it, noting that the legislation was signed

in April, as were updated tribal gaming compacts that

most of Arizona’s 22 tribes signed.

“The tribe’s delay filing suit rebuts the notion of irrep-

arable harm,” Smith wrote.

And he rejected the tribe’s “speculative” argument that

allowing sports gambling outside of tribal casinos will

harm the tribe’s revenue. Those factors helped push the

balance of hardships that judges weigh at the preliminary injunction stage of a suit far into the state’s favor,

he wrote.

The tribe contends that allowing off-reservation sports

betting will siphon off gamblers that would normally go

to their two casinos in Prescott, about 100 miles north of

Phoenix, by removing tribes' exclusive rights to run gambling operations. But it mainly argued that its inability to

get an online sport gambling license could decrease its

future revenue.

The professional teams, including all of the major

sports franchises, NASCAR and PGA events that were

issued state licenses are all based in metro Phoenix. They

will run brick-and-mortar sports betting operations at or

close to their stadiums or related venues, but also can take

bets online.

In concert with the new law, Ducey and the vast majority of Arizona’s 22 tribes — but not the Yavapai-Prescott

tribe — signed new tribal gaming compacts that greatly

expand tribes' exclusive gambling offerings. Tribal casinos can now offer games such as Baccarat and craps to

their existing offerings of slot machines, blackjack and

poker. Ten tribes were awarded sports gambling licenses

that allow them to run sports books online.

The new compacts were the result of five years' negotiations between the governor's office and tribal leaders

across the state.

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Rooted in place 'Footprints of Hopi History' a must-read for any Four Corners historian

by Jonathan Thompson

When I was a teenager, I spent some weekends, holidays and most of the summers at my father’s little house

overlooking a small canyon on the edge of Cortez. On his

and my days off, we’d get up early, drink some instant

coffee and drive west onto the Great Sage Plain. The old

car floated over rolling hills on county roads that started

out paved but inevitably became washboard nightmares

that rattled dashboard screws free and caused dust to rise

from the old car’s floorboards to mingle with the smoke

from my dad’s cigarettes. Each of us stared silently out

the windows, ruminating on rows of vibrant green bean

stalks rising from red earth or cubical hay bales lined up

on a freshly cut field.

Eventually he would steer the car to the side of the road

and park in what seemed like an arbitrary spot. Then we

ambled through sage, piñon, and juniper – and, in the heat

of summer, the incessant cicada-screech – until we came

to a fragment of a wall sticking up from the earth, perhaps, or maybe just a pile of hewn stones covered with

lichen with potsherds scattered about: a cultural site, the

remains of a structure from the Pueblo II or III period.

We then walked delicately around the site, studying it,

my father looking for architectural features, the function

of which archaeologists had yet to discern – alignments

of large stones, walls set apart from other structures, Chaco-style swales, often called “roads” for lack of a better

term. My job was to find high vantage points, such as

on top of a nearby hill or in the branches of an ancient

juniper, from which I could see the surrounding skyline

in order to see how the architecture fit into the larger landscape. Did walls or berms align with Ute Mountain or the

Bears Ears, for example? Did a road point due north? Was

there a sign of a similar structure on the opposite side of

a canyon?

I almost always found these sorts of alignments – or

perhaps I imposed them upon the structure. Yet I never

knew what to do with that information or what it meant.

My dad was doing archaeology of a sort, informed by

Pueblo scholars with whom he worked as Crow Canyon

Archaeological Center’s research director. Although I

didn’t know it at the time, I think I was doing something

more like place-ology, trying to better understand my

place in Place by piecing together how the Pueblo people placed themselves in Place through their architecture.

These two approaches may have been one and the same.

Memories of those site visits returned recently as I listened to the screechy thrum of cicadas and pored through

Footprints of Hopi History: Hopihiniwtiput Kukveni’at,

a 2018 book edited by Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, T.J. Ferguson and Chip Colwell, with contributions from a number

of Hopi and non-Hopi scholars and archaeologists. It’s

not a new book, but it’s a remarkable one, and a must read

for anyone interested in the archaeology and history of

the Four Corners country.

As the title implies, the book delves into the history of the Hopi people placing footprints – or migrating

from place to place – over the course of millennia around

the Four Corners until they reached the center place, or

Tuuwanasavi, on the Hopi mesas. But it tells that story

through the lens of another narrative; one about the creation of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office and efforts

by its longtime director, Kuwanwisiwma, to retake control over the Hopi story and how it is told. You might call

it history sovereignty.

One way in which the Hopi Tribe could have done this

is to simply shut out non-Hopi researchers and archaeologists, which would have been an understandable response to what one of the contributors to the book called

historicide, or the anthropological community’s failure to

see Hopi history from the Hopi point of view. Instead,

Kuwanwisiwma and his colleagues take a different approach: educating non-Hopi scholars, government officials and archaeologists through collaboration. In many

ways, Footprints is the manifestation of that collaboration.

One chapter, “The Genetic Diversity of Hopi Corn,” by

Kuwanwisiwma, Shirley Powell and Mark Varien, lays

out the details of one of those partnerships with the Crow

Canyon Archaeological Center. Crow Canyon researchers wanted to better understand the farming techniques

of the Ancestral Puebloans in the northern San Juan or

Mesa Verde region. The northern San Juan Puebloans

most likely grew crops without the aid of irrigation, relying only on direct precipitation, just as the Hopi still

farm today.

So, Hopi farmers got together with Crow Canyon to

cultivate experimental plots at Crow Canyon. While the

Crow Canyon farmers wanted to mix several strains of

corn in one plot, the Hopi farmers insisted that each strain

be separated into distinct plots to avoid cross-pollination

and hybridization. This discussion led to the possibility of

analyzing the DNA of the current Hopi corn varieties in

order to determine where the corn originated, to protect

existing strains, and to protect Hopi intellectual property.

Ironing out details and addressing everyone’s concerns

took years, but eventually the testing went forward. The

results showed that different strains of Hopi corn are genetically distinct, not simply morphologically different.

“This result supports the Hopi view and the view of other

Pueblo groups that varieties of Hopi (and Pueblo) corn,

distinguished by color, have distinct characteristics that

were important to the survival of Pueblo people,” the authors write. “Clearly, thousands of years of Hopi plant

husbandry have created and preserved morphologically

and genetically distinct corn varieties that are uniquely

suited to the highly variable environmental conditions of

the northern Southwest.” Hopi corn may be just what is

needed in these times of climate change-induced aridification as more and more crops become unviable in the

dry West.

Most enlightening was a theme that runs throughout

the book: The importance of landscape to the Hopi people. The land is not merely a backdrop against which human history plays out. It is integral to that history and

culture; you can’t have one without the other. “The Hopi

past and present are shaped by the way the land is remembered and discussed,” write the authors of a chapter on

“multivocal approaches to Hopi Land.” Landscape is not

just a trigger for memories, it is memory.

This concept is important to consider when thinking

about preserving and protecting cultural sites in places

like Bears Ears National Monument. It is not adequate

merely to draw a line or put up a fence around a single

Puebloan structure or village. The physical village is only

a small piece of a much larger ritual landscape, it is the

center of “a nested set of landscape features that mark

cardinal directions, sacred places and boundaries, giving

physical definition to the notion of centeredness,” write

Wesley Bernardini – informed by the work of Alfonso

Ortiz – in “Visual Prominence and the Stability of Cultural Landscapes.” If you want to protect a village, you have

to include far more than just the architectural remnants.

Establishing a 2-million-acre national monument, in

other words, is perfectly reasonable and is in line with the

Antiquities Act’s mandate to set aside the smallest area

possible in order to preserve the antiquities in question.

Bernardini’s chapter was the one that brought back

those memories of site visits with my dad. Bernardini describes visiting sites with Kuwanwisiwma who, instead

of staring at the ground, like most non-Hopi archaeologists, would look out to the horizon and take stock of the

landforms he saw. He and his colleagues would often be

able to discern which clan occupied the site based on the

information they gathered.

Bernardini goes on to present a methodology for placing a site in its landscape and in relation to landforms near

and far in order to “operationalize an Indigenous spatial

lens that can identify likely cosmological landmarks.”

Back during my site visits, I was doing a version of this,

albeit an uninformed one in which I didn’t quite know

what I was looking for, even if I had a vague sense of it.

Now, thanks to Footprints of Hopi History, I have a

slightly better understanding of what I was seeing. I look

forward to taking that new knowledge back out onto the

Great Sage Plain.

The Land Desk is a thrice-weekly newsletter from

Jonathan P. Thompson, longtime journalist and author of

River of Lost Souls, Behind the Slickrock Curtain, and

the forthcoming Sagebrush Empire. To subscribe, go to

www.landdesk.org.?

Hopi Tutuveni September 15, 2021

Manoomin will have its day in court

Cass Lake is one of many lakes in Minnesota where wild rice or manoomin grows. Cass Lake, Minnesota 2019 (Photo by Mary Annette Pember)

Mary Annette Pember

Indian Country Today

On Sept. 3, a federal judge dismissed the Minnesota

Department of Natural Resources motion for an injunction against the White Earth Band of Ojibwe tribal court

and judge in its lawsuit, Manoomin versus Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

“The federal court rightly noted that it has no authority

whatsoever to enjoin a tribal court judge from hearing a

tribal court law case,” said Angelique EagleWoman, professor and co-director, Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

“This is a matter of respect between different sovereigns and is also a matter of U.S. Supreme Court decisions holding that tribes have sovereign immunity,” EagleWoman added.

EagleWoman is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate.

“Manoomin will have its day in court; this is big,” said

Michael Fairbanks, chairman of the White Earth Band of

Ojibwe on hearing about the court’s decision.

In a first of its kind legal action, opponents of En-

bridge’s Line 3 pipeline construction project filed a complaint in August on behalf of wild rice, or manoomin in

the Ojibwe language, in White Earth tribal court claiming

the Department of Natural Resources violated the rights

of manoomin as well as multiple treaty rights for tribal

citizens to hunt, fish and gather outside the reservation.

Plaintiffs in the case say that the agency failed to protect the state’s fresh water by allowing Enbridge to pump

up to 5 billion gallons of groundwater from construction trenches during a drought and thus endangering the

health of wild rice.

The Department of Natural Resources argued that the

White Earth tribal court lacked jurisdiction over the state

agency, citing its own sovereign immunity and the fact

that it’s not a tribal citizen.

In her order, U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright

wrote, “The Supreme Court has made clear . . . that a

tribe’s sovereign immunity bars suits against the tribe for

injunctive and declaratory relief; In summary, plaintiffs

are not entitled to injunctive relief because this Court

lacks the authority to enjoin the defendants in this case.

Moreover, in light of Defendants’ tribal sovereign immunity, the Court also concludes that it lacks subject-matter

jurisdiction over this case and must dismiss the complaint

without prejudice.”

EagleWoman expressed surprise that the Department

of Natural Resources went to federal court to try to stop

a tribal court rather than seeing the rights of manoomin

lawsuit as an opportunity to discuss the claims and seek

a settlement.

“Their expectations that the federal court would ignore

federal law were not well thought out,” EagleWoman

said.

The case will move forward in tribal court. Spokespeople for the Department of Natural Resources did not

respond to an email from Indian Country Today asking

about their plans in the case.

In a letter shared with Indian Country Today, Oliver

Larson, Minnesota assistant attorney general wrote to

Judge Wright on Sept. 5 requesting leave to file a motion

with district court to reconsider its order. Larson offers

examples of case law backing up his claim that federal

courts have jurisdiction to review tribal court jurisdiction

and enjoin tribal court proceedings.

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