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Rick Baker Hopi High Cross Country Coach - Positively Affecting Lives of Hopi Boys

Honored and Inducted at July 1, 2021 NFHS Hall of Fame Ceremony

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor – Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotstmovi, Ariz. - July 1, 2021 Rick Baker, Cross

Country Coach for over thirty years for Hopi Jr./Sr. High

School, “The Legend” represented well at the National

Federation of State High Schools (NFHS) Press Conference held today at 10:00 a.m. MST.

Hopi Tutuveni staff attended the hybrid format that allowed the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to proceed

with an in person aspect, with limited in person attendance while also allowing more attendees and viewers

via internet connections to the live streaming event. The

press conference was held prior to the NFHS Hall of

Fame Induction Ceremony, which was at 3:00 p.m. MST

and also available via live streaming.

It was explained in press releases and articles circulating on Hopi, via social media and on the NFHS website

that Baker had been recognized in 2020 but due to the

pandemic and the numerous shut-downs around the country, the NFHS 2020 Induction Ceremony was not held.

The NFHS, however, made statements regarding the importance of honoring Baker in person and therefore included him with the 2021 Inductees during the 2021 Hall

of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Baker was introduced, along with other Inductees, as

being a part of the “Class of, officially, 2021 now” and in

describing Baker, the speaker mentioned, “One of three

coaches that we have in this year’s class…he led Hopi

High School to 27 consecutive state cross country championships, he’s obviously tremendously impacted the

lives of thousands of kids on the reservation in Arizona,

please welcome Rickey Baker.”

After the general overview introduction, each Inductee

was given a few moments to introduce themselves and

share a few words and with that Baker began by stat-

ing, “Good morning” and after realizing it was already

afternoon in Florida being three hours ahead of Arizona

time, mentioned to the group while chuckling that he was

still on Arizona time. His easy going nature and chuckle

seemed to put the audience at ease while they chuckled,

as well. Baker went on to explain it was still hard to get

acclimated to the time and the humidity as he told the

group, “Where I come from, it’s dryyy” while drawing

out his last syllable and chuckling a bit more.

The other Inductees had a chance to greet the audience

before each had the opportunity to share more statements

and recollections of past experience leading to the Induction into the Hall of Fame.

In true “Baker” style and story-telling fashion he mentioned many memories and described coming from a village of about 500 members and the challenge and times

of his running days and how it impacted him. He made

mention of some of the following, “…it inspired me to

take it and I went with it…also come from Hopi…known

as distance runners so I also took it from there..” in recalling his own days as a young runner, to talks he had

with his coaches and individuals who had an influence on

him through to the days of becoming a Coach at Hopi Jr.

/Sr. High School located on the Hopi reservation which

opened in 1987. He further explained, “I try to recruit

kids, who their fathers, their grandfathers were great

runners…tried to work with that…” and how those techniques and times with the students and athletes aided in

developing positive relationships with those he coached

and mentored at Hopi High School.

He also described some of his thoughts today by mentioning, “…going on 36 years now and you think about

retirement but you want to take it a little further…whoever takes over the program you want to work with them

and I hope it’s one of my former runners”

Baker during the time also described, “…at a young

age I knew I could do something special..I was chosen

to do this…somewhere, somehow someone said you can

do this…”, and how those relationships with past team

mates, students and remembering the fun times in addition to the competition, the mentors and past coaches, in

turn have inspired him. He recalled one of his coaches

telling him, “You’re not a basketball player…you’re a

runner…I needed someone to tell me, hey this is who

you are…that’s what I try to instill in the kids that I work

with. Is that, hey you know, find yourself, find your purpose in life. Let’s ride it from here on out.

Baker finished the press conference successfully with

the rest of the Inductees and in time for other events slated for the day leading up to the Induction Ceremony.

During the Induction Ceremony, occurring today at

3:00 p.m. MST, Baker was recognized and according to

the NFHS speakers, “Rickey Baker led Hopi High School

to 27 consecutive Arizona state boys cross country championships, but more importantly, he has positively affected the lives of hundreds of boys on the Hopi reservation.”

The Induction Ceremony was one of pomp and circumstance complete with Baker dressed to par in a very nice

suit, being provided a very nice plaque and medal as well.

It could be seen on Facebook and other sites that those

he coached and mentored were happy for the honor being

bestowed upon him. As well, community members and

family members of those who Baker coached were happy

to be sharing in celebrating such a committed and positive role model to so many Hopi athletes and students.

The honor that Rick Baker has achieved is not doubt one

that will be remembered for years to come.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL Third Quarter Session June 1, 2021

MONTH OF JULY AGENDA - PROPOSED

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Action Item #033-2021 – To Rescind Resolution

H-016-2021 and entertain newly submitted Action Item/

Resolution to accept and agree to the terms and conditions of the Funding Agreement for Older Americans

Act, Title III and authorize a limited waiver of sovereign

immunity as stated in Section 42 of the Agreement – Author/Beatrice Norton, Program Manager, Office of Aging

and Adult Services – ADD-ON – 06/24/2021 – TABLED

TO JULY 6, 2022 - a.m.

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

Lomayestewa, Hopi Renewable Energy Office/Fletcher

Wilkinson, Hopi Utilities Corporation – TABLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item #028-2021 – To approve acceptance of

funding in the amount of $854,769.53 from the Health

Resources and Service Administration – Author/Laverne

Dallas, Director, Behavioral Health Services

2. Action Item #030-2021 – To accept the Final Report for Project Namitunatya and approve submittal of a

manuscript to the Journal of Community Health entitled,

“Formative Assessment to Improve Cancer Screening

in American Indian Men: Native Patient Navigator and

mHealth Texting” – Author/Dana Russell, Manager, Hopi

Cancer Support Services

3. Action Item #031-2021 – To approve and grant

permission to identify and interview ten to fifteen Hopi

Tribal members as it relates to research study entitled,

“A Mixed Method to identify Causes of Kidney Cancer

Surgical Disparities in AZ” – Author/Dana Russell, Manager, Hopi Cancer Support Services

4. Action Item #034-2021 – To approve continuation

of Johnson-O’Malley Contract as a “Mature Contract”

for the Hopi Head Start Program for an indefinite period of time and to change the Fiscal Year from December

1 – November 30, to July 1 – June 30, to coincide with

the Head Start Program’s funding cycle – Author/Rayma

Duyongwa, Early Childhood Education Program Manager

5. Action Item #35-2021 – To approve a 5-year continuation of funding for the Hopi Head Start Program and

authorizes an Indirect Cost Rate of 4% to be implemented

– Author/Rayma Duyongwa, Early Childhood Education

Program Manager

6. Action Item #036-2021 – To contract Snyder &

Butler, CPAs, PLLC to complete the Hopi Tribe’s annual

audit for the year ended December 31, 2020 – Author/

Anthony Laban, Jr., Assistant Finance Director, Office of

Financial Management

7. Action Item #037-2021 – To enter into a new Residential Lease Agreement with the Hopi Tribal Housing

Authority for placement of a Modular Home within Marlena Selina’s land assignment in the Village of Bacavi

– Author/Michele Honanie, Realty Specialist, Office of

Real Estate Service - **Time Certain – July 8, 2021 @

9:00 a.m.

8. Action Item #038-2021 – To approve modification

to Lease No. 608-016-03 (Dorothy Ami) to allow Hopi

Tribal Housing Authority to rebuild a new home due to

severe structural damage to existing home – Author/Michele Honanie, Realty Specialist, Office of Real Estate

Services - **Time Certain – July 8, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.

9. Action Item #039-2021 – To approve modification to Lease No. 608-002-010 (Belinda Poleheptewa)

to allow Hopi Tribal Housing Authority to rebuild a new

home due to severe structural damage to existing home

– Author/Michele Honanie, Realty Specialist, Office of

Real Estate Services - **Time Certain – July 8, 2021 @

11:00 a.m.

10. Action Item #040-2021 – To approve a superseding

Resolution with regard to the name, scope and composition of the CARES Act Committee – Author/Jamie B.

Navenma, Chairman Hopi Cares Act Committee **Time

Certain – July 6, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.

11. Budget Oversight Team to deliver Team’s collective Budget Recommendations – Clark W. Tenakhongva,

Chairman, Budget Oversight Team - **Time Certain –

July 26, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

12. Presentation of Book: Becoming Hopi, A History, Dr. Wesley Bernardini, Redlands University and Dr.

Greg Schachner, University of California Los Angeles **Time Certain – July 26, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.”

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Official Announcement of Candidates for Hopi Chairman and Vice

Chairman Elections

Hopi Election Board Holds Certification Event on June 29, 2021

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor

Lower Polacca, Ariz. – June 29, 2021 and

true to the Program Agenda times set, the Hopi

Election Board and Staff began the Certification of Candidate for the Hopi Tribal Chairman

and Vice Chairman Elections event on time

with Chris Hawk from the Village of Shungopavi beginning the program as Emcee at approximately 6:01 p.m.

Hawk began by first introducing himself,

to the audience in the main gathering room

of the Tewa Administrative Building, which

at the time was only about ¼ full including

the Hopi Election staff and Board members,

Tewa Administrative staff, VIP guests seated

throughout the room and the panel of individuals seated from left to right being: Craig Andrews, Clark W. Tenakhongva Hopi Tribe Vice

Chairman, Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr., Andrew

S. Qumyintewa, David N. Talayumptewa, and

Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Hopi Tribe Chairman.

The panel was seated at the front of the room.

More guests and the general public were seated

outside the main building under canopies set

up for those not listed as VIP.

In addition Hawk also noted that KUYI

Hopi Radio was carrying the event live on its

Facebook page, as he waved at the equipment

set up just to the side of the podium, gesturing

to those watching the live feed and just before

introducing Ronald Adams from the Spider/

Stick Clan, from the Village of Tewa.

Adams conducted the opening prayer and

before George Nasafotie, Jr. who serves as

Chairman of the Hopi Election Board was

introduced and then provided a welcome and

comments along with an introduction of the

Hopi Election Board and Hopi Election staff

and mentioned the Board, “…had a hard

time…” and that the members worked hard on

the Primary then will be going into the General

Elections and just before extending appreciation to the Candidates by stating, “Glad you all

showed up tonight, we need you” before turning the mic back over to Hawk.

Hawk then went in to acknowledging the

Village of Tewa Board and staff before explaining the staff experienced “crunch time”

while preparing with all the logistics and setting up for the event. He also acknowledged

the Special Guests present before then handing the mic over to Darlene Lucario Nuvamsa,

Hopi Election Alternate Board Member.

Lucario Nuvamsa provided an overview

of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Hopi

Tribe Article IV – Tribal Council, Section 9 and

Confirmation of the Requirements for a Chair-

man and Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe by

describing the length of terms for the candidacy being four (4) years, that candidates must be

an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe being 25

years of age, able to speak the Hopi language

fluently, with a primary and physical residence

being on the Hopi reservation no less than two

years prior to being certified, and not having

been convicted of any crime or moral turpitude. She then described the important things

the Board reviewed as being the packet of each

candidate, that the individuals were enrolled

Hopi members who were at least 25 years of

age and verified residency requirements along

with having interviews with the candidates to

determine language proficiency and that all

background checks, including Federal, State,

and local checks were completed and cleared.

She described the process as taking “about 35

days” which included some delays due to the

“Covid-related” shutdowns and that the group

was present to officially certify the candidates.

The emcee then re-introduced Nasafotie Jr.,

who continued with the portion of the agenda

scheduled to be occurring at 7:00 p.m. and listed as:

“Certification of Candidates for the Vice

Chairman and Chairman for the 2021 Hopi

Tribal General Election – George Nasafotie Jr.,

Chairman, Hopi Election Board

Candidate for Vice Chairman – Craig Andrews

Candidate for Vice Chairman – Clark Wayne

Tenakhongva

Candidate for Chairman – Alfred Lomahquahu Jr.

Candidate for Chairman – David Norton Talayumptewa

Candidate for Chairman – Andrew Stephen

Qumyintewa

Candidate for Chairman – Timothy Loren

Nuvangyaoma”

By this point in time it was approximately

6:24 p.m. and the room was becoming filled as

more audience members, who were previously

seated outside, were allowed to come into the

main gathering room of the building.

After welcoming the newly seated guests

Nasafotie, Jr. continued by calling out the

names of the individuals as Candidates for

Vice Chairman and Chairman and stated,

“Hopi Election Board at this time certifies the

individuals” and continued explaining that

each candidate would be drawing numbers to

determine the order of how their names would

be placed on the ballot.

Nasafotie, Jr. then called Craig Andrews to

the podium to draw a number and when he was

seated, was then followed by Clark W. Tenakhongva. At this point more explanation was

provided noting in accordance with the Hopi

Election Ordinance, that when there were only

two candidates for the Vice Chairman seat,

the names of those two would not be listed

on the Primary ballot. In accordance with the

numbers drawn, the names would appear on

the General Election ballot, only. Candidates

for the Chairman seat were then called up to

draw their numbers in order following Alfred

Lomahquahu, Jr, Andrew Stephen Qumyintewa, David Norton Talayumptewa and finally,

Timothy Nuvangyaoma.

At approximately 6:31 p.m. the Presentation of Candidates for Hopi Tribal Chairman

and Vice Chairman Elections scheduled to be

occurring at 7:10 p.m. began with explanation

that each candidate would be allowed five minutes to provide a statement.

The Candidates began making their statements, as they were called to the podium and

in the same order they drew numbers for name

placement on the ballots.

Overall all Candidates basically introduced

themselves in the Hopi language, provided

comments in Hopi and English and gave very

brief background about the villages which they

come from, the clans they belong to and some

of their past experience. The Hopi Election

Board was stringent about the five minutes

allotted to each candidate to make such statements and some candidates almost ran out of

time just from first introducing themselves in

Hopi then rushed the very last statements. A

couple of Candidates seemed to do quite well

at providing an introduction and background

experience within the time allotted.

Candidates for the Vice Chairman and

Chairman and their respective Villages are as

follows:

Vice Chairman Candidates;

Craig Andrews – Village of Mishungnuvi

Clark Wayne Tenakhongva – Village of Hotevilla

Chairman Candidates;

David Norton Talayumptewa – Village of

Kykotsmovi

Andrew Stephen Qumyintewa – Village of

Hotevilla

Timothy Loren Nuvangyaoma – Village of

Mishungnuvi

Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr. – Village of Bacavi

After the Candidates provided the short

statements, the event concluded at approximately 7:06 p.m. with time allowed for the

public to meet and greet the Candidates prior

to the Village of Tewa Administrative staff providing to-go meals to attendees before leaving

for the evening.

Below is a re-print of information included

in the Hopi Primary Election Date Reminders

article published on May 19, 2021 and from

a recent July 2, 2021 Notice to Hopi Tribal

Members from the Hopi Election Office:

Thursday, July 29, 2021 - Deadline date to

request for Absentee Ballot for the Primary

Election.

If you have turned 18 years of age or will be

18 on or before the election date, you can contact the Elections Office for a Voter Registration Form to register to vote, or to update voter

information if you have changed your name or

mailing/physical address.

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 is: July 29, 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) 7342508. The Fax line number is: (928) 734-1257.

Email inquiries can be sent to: kshupla@hopi.

nsn.us

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Official Announcement of Candidates for Hopi Chairman and Vice Chairman Elections, Pictures

All pictures by Carl Onsae/HT

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Public Service Announcement

In anticipation of the Fourth of July Weekend the Hopi Department of Public Safety

and Emergency Services would like to remind the Hopi Public that Executive Order

#01-2018 Declaration of Extreme Fire Danger is still in effect.

As a result, the following Restrictions and Sanctions are to be observed within the

Boundaries of the Hopi Reservation, even after the Fourth of July Weekend, as well.

Open burning is prohibited within the Reservation woodlands, wetlands, rangelands,

farming areas, residential areas and near public facilities.

Fireworks are prohibited. The possession and/or use of fireworks are strictly prohibited due to the high fire risk. Fireworks will be confiscated by Hopi Law Enforcement

Service Officers.

Camp fires are prohibited within residential areas. Charcoal grills, propane and wood

stoves are allowed within a 10 foot area of a residence, provided that it is clear of any

flammable material. Furthermore:

•The fire must be constantly monitored and controlled to assure it will not become

unmanageable.

No burning is allowed during "RED FLAG WARNING" days as determined by the

National Weather Service or when there are sustained winds in excess of 5 miles per

hour.

Any violations of this Executive Order will be prosecuted in accordance with the

Hopi Code.

Questions may directed to Mr. Paul Saufkie at 928-401-0461

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EXECUTIVE ORDER #01-2018

Declaration of Extreme Fire Danger

"WHEREAS, current data from the U.S. Drought Monitor and the climate assessment

for the Southwest indicates that the Hopi Indian Reservation is experiencing below average

precipitation, this is a trend for the past three to four years and we are in a state of severe

drought; and

WHEREAS, the dry conditions along with high winds, has resulted in 6 of human caused

fires on the Hopi Reservation have already occurred in 2018 and pose extreme wildfire

threats which necessitates the issuance of certain restrictions and sanctions for the protection

of life, property, natural and cultural resources on the Hopi Indian Reservation; and

WHEREAS, the adopted Hopi Tribal policies and plans including the Hopi Drought

Contingency Plan, Hopi Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, Hopi Wild land Fire Management

Plan and Hopi Integrated Woodlands Management Plan, outlines steps to mitigate

uncontrolled wildfire and recognizes the authority of the Executive Offices to initiate declarations to prevent such fire hazards; and

WHEREAS, the use of Hopi range lands and woodlands will increase in the summer

and fall months due to agricultural preparations, wood harvesting and hunting activities.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the

Hopi Tribe, hereby declares that a State of Extreme Fire Danger be recognized.

It IS FURTHER DECLARED the following restrictions and sanctions are hereby placed

within the boundaries of the Hopi Indian Reservation until further notice:

• Open burning is prohibited within the Reservation woodlands, wetlands, rangelands,

areas, residential areas and near public facilities.

“• Fireworks are prohibited. The possession or use of fireworks is prohibited due to the

high fire danger. Fireworks will be confiscated by BIA Law Enforcement Officers and/or Hopi

Resource Enforcement Services Officers.

• Camp fires are prohibited within residential areas. Charcoal grills, propane and wood

stoves are allowed within a 10 foot area of a residence only if it is clear of flammable material.

The fire must be constantly monitored and controlled to assure it will not become an

uncontrolled fire.

No burning is allowed on “”RED FLAG WARNING”” days as determined by the National Weather Service or when sustaining wind is in excess of 5 miles per hour.

BE IT FINALLY DECLARED that any violations of this Executive Order may be prosecuted in accordance with Hopi Code:

3.4.S CIVIL DAMAGES:

A. A person subject to the civil jurisdiction of the Hopi Tribe, but not subject to the criminal

jurisdiction of the Hopi Tribe, who engages in conduct in the territory that constitutes a violation

of this Code shall be liable to the Hopi Tribe for the following civil damages:

1. Civil damages not to exceed $15,000 upon a finding by the court that the person engaged in

conduct constituting an offense defined in this Code as a “”dangerous offense””.

2. Civil damages not to exceed $10,000 upon a finding by the court that the person engaged in

conduct constituting an offense defined in this Code as a “”serious offense””.

3. Civil damages not to exceed $5,000 upon a finding by the court that the person engaged in

conduct constituting an offense defined in this Code as an “”offense””.

4. Civil damages not to exceed $2,500 upon finding by the court that the person engaged in

conduct constituting an offense defined in this Code as a “”minor offense””.

5. Civil damages not to exceed $1,500 upon a finding by the court that the person engaged in

conduct constituting an offense defined in this Code as a “”petty offense””.

B. The Tribal Prosecutor is authorized to file civil actions on behalf of the Hopi Tribe for civil

damages pursuant to subsection A of this Section.

3.8.6 CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

A. A person, who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly defaces, damages or tampers with

property not his own, whether public or private, is guilty of an offense.

B. age of property in an amount of five thousand is guilty of a serious offense.

3.8.8 BURNING .

A. A person who recklessly causes a fire or explosion that result in damage to an occupied

structure, a structure, Wild/and or property is guilty of an offense.

B. A person who knowingly and unlawfully damages an occupied structure by knowingly causing a fire or explosion, or commits burning to property in an amount of five thousand dollars or

more is guilty of a serious offense.

Executed this 19th day of April 2018

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Hopi Law Enforcement Hopi Law Enforcement Services May

2021 Report

Services Welcomes One

New Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Hopi Law Enforcement

Services

Photo provided by original sender

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Submitted by: Hopi Law Enforcement

Services

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 14, 2021 Hopi

Law Enforcement Services welcomes Officer Stanley Lomayestewa who graduated from the Northeastern Arizona Law

Enforcement Training Academy (NALETA) on June 10, 2021. NALETA is run

through Northland Pioneer College and

is held at the Jake Flake Emergency Services Institute in Taylor, Ariz. NALETA

is a certified Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (AzPOST) academy

where recruits undergo an eighteen week

academy, completing over 700 hours of

law enforcement training. Officer Lomayestewa’s graduating class had a total of

thirteen who successfully completed the

academy. Officer Lomayestewa will now

undergo a 12 week field training program.

Officer Stanley Lomayestewa previously worked with the Hopi Tribe’s Wildlife

and Ecosystem Management Program. He

began his employment with Hopi Law

Enforcement Services as a Police Recruit

on July 06, 2020. Officer Lomayestewa is

Fog Clan from the Village of Shungopavi.

Hopi Law Enforcement Services

(HLES) congratulates Officer Lomayestewa and his graduating class. HLES is

excited to continue to add to the program

and is actively recruiting new Officers.

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 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 May 2021, Hopi

Law Enforcement Services responded to a

total of 837 calls for service.

Accidents = 7

Indecent Exposure = 2

Agency Assist = 18

Information = 32

Alarm = 3

Juvenile Problem = 2

Alcohol Offenses = 64

Kidnapping = 1

Animal/Livestock Calls = 74

Medical Calls = 12

ARPA/NAGPRA = 1

Noise Disturbance = 3

Assault = 5

Probation/Parole Violation = 1

Attempt to Locate/Missing Persons = 14

Property Damage/Vandalism = 21

Breaking & Entering = 7

Sex Offenses = 5

Child Abuse = 4

Shooting = 3

Civil Disputes/Citizens Assist = 17

Stabbing = 1

Department of Natural Resources = 3

Suicide/Attempted Suicide/Ideations = 1

Disorderly Conduct = 14

Suspicious Person/Cir. = 20

Drugs = 2

Theft/Fraud = 6

Fight/DV = 22

Traffic Offenses = 104

Fire/Controlled Burns = 24

Trespassing = 1

Found Property = 2

Threatening = 7

Gas Leak = 1

Wanted Person = 5

Harassment = 4

Weapons Offense = 2

Illegal Dumping/Littering = 2

Welfare/Property/Security Checks = 320

DRUGS SEIZED: 15.575 total grams

Marijuana 1.125 total grams of Meth

1451.98 total ounces Alcohol

FIREARMS SEIZED:1

TOTAL ARRESTS: 48 (34 booked and

14 cited and released/charges filed)

DISCLAIMER: An arrest is not an indication of guilt; all parties are innocent

until proven guilty in a court of law. Initial

charges can be reduced or dropped at the

discretion of the Hopi Tribal Prosecutor.

The Hopi Law Enforcement Services

can be reached at 928-734-7340 for emergency and calls for service. For HLES

Administration, Records requests or

non-emergencies call 928-734-7344.

Hopi Tribe Enrollment Office Updates

Submitted by: Dione A. Naha,

Enrollment Coordinator

For Hopi Tutuveni

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – July 1, 2021 and

per Executive Order #010-2021, the Enrollment Office has reopened for business.

We are following the “Return to Work”

Guidelines to ensure everyone’s safety.

The current office hours are: Monday

– Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. with the office

closed during the Lunch Hour from 12-1

p.m.

We kindly request updates to tribal

member information. Individuals requesting a New or Renewed ID card may be

added to a wait list as we await supplies.

All other services are available, please see

website for further details: www.hopi-nsn.

gov.

Office contact information is as follows:

Lisa Yowytewa, Verification Clerk

Phone: 928-734-3132 email: LYowytewa@hopi.nsn.us

Dione Naha, Enrollment Coordinator

Phone: 928-734-3134 DNaha@hopi.nsn.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

A Reflection of Family and Career Accomplishments Dr. Daniel Honahni

12/22/1942 - 6/8/2021

Submitted by: Kathleen Honahni

Moenkopi, Ariz – June 18, 2021, Daniel Honahni, 78,

left this world peacefully, among loved ones on Tuesday,

June 8, 2021 at his family home in the Upper Village of

Moenkopi, Ariz. He was a member of Hopi Tribe, Sun

Clan, and known by his Hopi name Loma Ledayo –

Beautiful Fox. Daniel was born December 22, 1942, in

Tuba City, Ariz. and was the oldest of the 14 children of

Alton Honahni Sr. and Nora J. Dalton Pavatea. Daniel

was the figurative link to every descendant of his parents; even the youngest members of the Honahni lineage

knew him as Kwa’ah and were respectful to him. Dan is

survived by 7 daughters and a step-daughter, 25 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 43 nieces and nephews

and their children‘s children, aunt Bernice Talahytewa,

uncle Anthony Honahnie, and his 10 surviving siblings.

Dan is also survived by his loving companion, Delores

Lee. Daniel was preceded in death by his parents, 3 siblings, a son, a step-daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and 4

nephews. Daniel was laid to rest at the village cemetery

in Moenkopi, Ariz. on June 9, 2021.

Daniel was a distinguished and natural born leader who

led his entire family to follow the traditional values and

vision of what it means to be a Hopi through core values

of humility, prayer, faith, commitment to family, diligent

work, and working for the good of others. These traditional values guided his cultural participation, sharing

of traditional knowledge, preservation of family and his

passionate and dedicated career.

Daniel joined the United States Army Reserves after

graduating from Tuba City High School in 1961 and was

later Honorably Discharged in September 1964. He enrolled in a college correspondence extension program

with LaSalle University, earning his Degree in Accounting while he concurrently worked as the Comptroller for

the Hopi Tribe (1965-1967). During this same period, he

also developed the Hopi Department of Education, which

subsequently led to a higher education opportunity in

Boston, Mass. where he earned his Master’s Degree in

Education from Harvard University in 1971, as a highly

recruited member of an elite cohort of Native American

scholars from across the nation. He was the recipient of

Honorary Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of

Islandiae in 1980. His pursuit of education was encouraged and supported by the Hopi Tribal Council, Hopi elders, village members, and his family, all who relied on

him to advance the Hopi Tribe in matters of economic

development, tribal sovereignty, and education.

Daniel served many capacities in his lifetime being:

Executive Director for the Pueblo Teacher Training Pro-

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gram and Associate Professor at the University of New

Mexico (1973- 1978); President of the College of Ganado

(1980-1985); Private Business Owner in Flagstaff, Ariz.

(1985-1990); Hopi Tribal Operations Director (19911999), President and CEO of the Moenkopi Development

Corporation (2002-2010) of which his accomplishments

are the Moenkopi Village Wastewater Treatment Plant,

Tuuvi Travel Center and the Moencopi Legacy Inn Hotel

& Suites.

In 2018, he officially retired from being the Executive

Director of the Hopi Tribe, which was his third impactful role for his Hopi People. Daniel regularly, over three

decades, provided consulting services to 41 tribes, tribal

organizations and schools on topics related to budget policies, curriculum development, organizational management, education and program evaluation. Throughout his

career, Daniel served on several state and national boards,

including the President of the Arizona Commission on Indian Affairs, National Indian Education Advisory Council, and the National Indian Education Association. He

was also instrumental in working with Eloise Cobell in

the financial research and analysis, that led to initiating

the class action lawsuit against the federal government

for mismanaging Indian trust monies and assets and improperly accounting for those funds, resulting in the largest class action lawsuit settled for $3.4 billion in 2009.

Daniel’s career contributions and accolades were astounding, but his most valuable, cherished, and influential roles were that as a Hopi, a son, oldest brother, father, uncle, nephew, grandpa, and friend. His physical

presence will be missed tremendously, but his love and

memory will live on in our hearts until we see him again.

Correspondence to the Honahni family may be emailed to

kathleenhonahni505@gmail.com.

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Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

IRS announces ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams for 2021, Americans urged to

watch out for tax scams during the pandemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IR-2021-135, June 28, 2021

Washington, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service today began its “Dirty Dozen” list for 2021 with a warning

for taxpayers, tax professionals and financial institutions

to be on the lookout for these 12 nefarious schemes and

scams.

This year’s “Dirty Dozen” will be separated into four

separate categories: pandemic-related scams like Economic Impact Payment theft; personal information cons

including phishing, ransomware and phone ‘vishing’;

ruses focusing on unsuspecting victims like fake charities and senior/immigrant fraud; and schemes that persuade taxpayers into unscrupulous actions such as Offer

In Compromise mills and syndicated conservation easements.

The agency compiled the list into these categories

based on who perpetuates the schemes and who they impact. In addition to today’s scams the IRS will highlight

the other schemes over the next three days.

The IRS urges all taxpayers to be on guard, especially

during the pandemic, not only for themselves, but also for

other people in their lives.

"We continue to see scam artists use the pandemic to

steal money and information from honest taxpayers in

a time of crisis," said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.

"We provide this list to alert taxpayers about common

scams that fraudsters use against their victims. At the

IRS, we are dedicated to stopping these criminals, but it’s

up to all of us to remain vigilant to protect ourselves and

our families."

Taxpayers are encouraged to review the “Dirty Dozen:

list in a special section on IRS.gov and should be alert to

these scams during tax filing season and throughout the

year.

Economic Impact Payment theft

A continuing threat to individuals is from identity thieves who try to steal Economic Impact Payments

(EIPs), also known as stimulus payments. Most eligible

people will get their payments automatically from the

IRS. Taxpayers should watch out for these tell-tale signs

of a scam:

•Any text messages, random incoming phone calls or

emails inquiring about bank account information or requesting recipients to click a link or verify data should be

considered suspicious and deleted without opening.

•Be alert to mailbox theft. Frequently check mail and

report suspected mail losses to Postal Inspectors.

•Don’t fall for stimulus check scams. The IRS won’t

initiate contact by phone, email, text or social media

asking for Social Security numbers or other personal or

financial information related to Economic Impact Payments.

Taxpayers should remember that the IRS website, IRS.

gov, is the agency’s official website for information on

payments, refunds and other tax information.

Unemployment fraud leading to inaccurate taxpayer

1099-Gs

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many taxpayers

lost their jobs and received unemployment compensation

from their state. However, scammers also took advantage

of the pandemic by filing fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation using stolen personal information of

individuals who had not filed claims. Payments made on

these fraudulent claims went to the identity thieves.

The IRS reminds taxpayers to be on the lookout for

receiving a Form 1099-G reporting unemployment compensation that they didn’t receive. For people in this situation, the IRS urges them to contact their appropriate

state agency for a corrected form. If a corrected form

cannot be obtained so that a taxpayer can file a timely tax

return, taxpayers should complete their return claiming

only the unemployment compensation and other income

they actually received. See Identity Theft and Unemployment Benefits for tax details and DOL.gov/fraud for

state-by-state reporting information.

Additional protection to help protect taxpayers

IRS makes IP PINs available to all taxpayers – adding

another layer of security

To help taxpayers avoid identity theft, the IRS this year

made its Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) program available to all taxpayers. Previously it was available only to

victims of ID theft or taxpayers in certain states. The IP

PIN is a six-digit code known only to the taxpayer and

to the IRS. It helps prevent identity thieves from filing

fraudulent tax returns using a taxpayer’s personally identifiable information.

Using an IP PIN is, in essence, a way to lock a tax account. The IP PIN serves as the key to opening that account. Electronic returns that do not contain the correct

IP PIN will be rejected and paper returns will go through

additional scrutiny for fraud.

Reducing fraud

The IRS and its Security Summit partners in the states

and the private-sector tax community have made changes

to help reduce identity theft-related refund fraud that are

noticeable to the average person filing a return:

•Tax software providers agreed to strengthen password

protocols. This is the first line of defense for these companies to make sure their products are secure.

•State tax agencies began asking for taxpayers’ driver’s

license numbers as another way for people to prove their

identities.

•The IRS limited the number of tax refunds going to

financial accounts or addresses.

•The IRS masked personal information from tax transcripts.

Multi-factor authentication can help

It is important for taxpayers filing in 2021 to know that

online tax software products available to both taxpayers

and tax professionals will contain options for multi-factor

authentication. Multi-factor authentication allows users

to better protect online accounts. One way this is accomplished is by requiring a security code sent to a mobile

phone in addition to the username and password used to

access the account.

The IRS and its Security Summit partners have formed

an information sharing center that allows them to quickly

identify emerging scams and react to protect taxpayers.

The Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Information Sharing and Analysis Center is now operational.

Also, check out our recent A Closer Look column for

more on how to be vigilant about tax scams. Visit Identity

Theft Central and Tax Fraud Alerts for more information

on how to protect against or report identity theft or fraud.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Pope to meet

with Canada

Indigenous

Pope Francis speaks from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to a crowd of faithful and pilgrims gathered for the Sunday Angelus noon prayer in this June 6,

2021 file photo,. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)

Nicole Winfield

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada's notorious residential schools amid calls for a papal apology for the

Catholic Church's role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of Indigenous children.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said

Francis had invited the delegations to the Vatican and

would meet separately with three groups — First Nations, Métis and Inuit — during their Dec. 17-20 visit.

The pope will then preside over a final audience with all

three groups Dec. 20, the conference said in a statement

Tuesday.

The Vatican didn't confirm the visit Wednesday, but the

Holy See's in-house news portal reported on the bishops'

statement. The Canadian bishops said the trip was contingent on the pandemic and that the delegations would

include survivors of the residential schools, Indigenous

elders and youths, as well as Indigenous leaders and Canadian bishops.

In recent weeks, investigators using ground-penetrating radar have reported finding hundreds of unmarked

graves at the sites of two residential schools for Indigenous children. The discoveries — more than 600 graves

in one school, 215 bodies in another and 182 in a third —

have revived calls, including from Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau, for the pope to make a formal apology.

From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than

150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend

state-funded Christian boarding schools in an effort to assimilate them into Canadian society. Thousands of children died there of disease and other causes, with many

never returned to their families.

Nearly three-quarters of the 130 residential schools

were run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations,

with others operated by the Presbyterian, Anglican and

the United Church of Canada, which today is the largest

Protestant denomination in the country.

The government formally apologized for the policy

and abuses in 2008. In addition, the Presbyterian, Anglican and United churches have apologized for their roles

in the abuse.

The Canadian bishops didn't mention the demand for a

papal apology in the statement, saying only that Francis

was "deeply committed to hearing directly from Indigenous peoples."

It said he had personally invited the delegations of Indigenous and would use the meetings for "expressing his

heartfelt closeness, addressing the impact of colonization

and the role of the Church in the residential school sys-

tem, in the hopes of responding to the suffering of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing effects of intergenerational

trauma."

A papal apology was one of 94 recommendations from

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but the

Canadian bishops conference said in 2018 that the pope

could not personally apologize for the residential schools.

Pope Benedict XVI, who retired in 2013, met with

some former students and victims in 2009 and told them

of his "personal anguish" over their suffering. But he offered no apology.

After last month's discovery of the 215 bodies, Francis

too expressed his pain and pressed religious and political

authorities to shed light on "this sad affair." But he didn't

offer an apology, either.

The Argentine pope, however, has apologized for

the sins and crimes committed by the Catholic Church

against Indigenous peoples during the colonial era conquest of the Americas. He begged forgiveness during a

2015 visit to Bolivia and in the presence of Indigenous

groups, suggesting that a similar in-person mea culpa

might be in the offing in December.

The Canadian bishops said they hoped the meetings

would "lead to a shared future of peace and harmony

between Indigenous peoples and the Catholic Church in

Canada."

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Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Greetings from the 100 Mile Club!

Let’s Keep Moving

Creating a Smile that Shines Just

Like You

Hopi CHR Community Information for

Submitted by: Sandra Ovah, Program Co- it can make working out more fun. Choose

activities that you enjoy, fit into your schedordinator – Hopi Wellness Center

Hopi Tutuveni

ule, and are within your budget will also

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – June 30, 2021 and the

weeks are flying by for the 100 Mile Club

participants. We are now in week 9 of the

Club and have gone through the Crazy Sock,

Lunar, PJ, Reggae and the Bubble run/walk

events. As we move along in the weeks, continue to find that motivation to see the goal

you have set for yourself - be it reaching 100

miles for the 100 Mile Club, participating

in upcoming runs/walks, or reaching goals

in your choice of physical activity. You will

overcome this Covid hibernation and rebuild

to become a stronger and more active person. Uma Ovi Nahongvitotani!

FITNESS

Maintaining Your Motivation

It’s easy to start an exercise routine once

you’ve decided it’s time for a change, but,

keeping it up is a challenge for many people. Hitting a roadblock or two is normal,

but by planning ahead, you can overcome it.

There are bound to be days when you have a

bad work out or don’t get to exercise at all.

When this happens, the most important thing

is to accept it, turn any negative thoughts

into positive thoughts, and plan to get back

at it the next day.

Track Your Activity

Stay on track with your routine by keeping a record of the activity that you do. It

can help keep you more accountable for

times that you do not make time for activity,

and times that you could have done more. A

record or log will also help you see patterns

so you can adjust your routine to work better

for you.

Mix Up Your Routine

Mix up your routine with activities you

enjoy; you’ll have more fun, and you’ll stay

active longer. Changing up your routine will

also help you work different muscles. Let’s

say you’re getting tired of walking every

day, for a change of pace, you could try a

group fitness class once a week instead. On

another day, you could do a brisk walk or

bike ride with a friend.

Find an Exercise Buddy

Having an exercise buddy or a group to

work out with can be a real motivator. If you

have regular planned activities with a group

or even just one other person, it helps hold

you accountable and get you moving. Plus,

help you stick with it. Select a few things

that keep you moving and a few that help

you build muscles. Be prepared; choose a

few activities you can do outside and a few

you can do inside when the weather is bad.

Reminders to the participants:

1.Make sure you are submitting your

mileage on a bi-weekly basis.

2.Print legibly on your hard copy log

sheet using the name you registered with,

not a nickname and/or an alias name.

3.When entering your miles on the digital log sheets, do not include words, i.e., 2

miles, three miles. Enter numbers only.

4.You are responsible for making contact

with the 100 Mile Club if you do not receive

a response from Google forms after submitting mileage via the links provided weekly.

5.Please utilize only one method of mileage submission – hard copy log sheets or

digitally (links). If you chose to submit your

miles using the hard copy log sheets, do not

enter your miles on the links provided.

6.You are encouraged to submit your run/

walk photos to the Hopi Wellness Center

email or to the Hopi Wellness Center Facebook page using the hashtag #2021Virtual100MC.

DIGITAL LOG SHEETS

Digital log sheet links will be provided in

weekly emails and posted on the Hopi Wellness Center Facebook page. All of the weekly links will remain open until Friday, July

30, 2021 and will close promptly at 5:00

p.m. Once the links are closed, we will no

longer accept digital mileage submissions.

HARD COPY LOG SHEETS

Hard copy log sheets will be submitted on

a bi-weekly basis. The last day for all log

sheets to be submitted is on July 30, 2021

at 5:00 p.m.

Inquiries regarding the 100 Mile Club

may be made through the following options:

Telephone number: (928) 734-3432

hopiwellnesscenter@gmail.com

Hopi Wellness Center Facebook page

Hopi Wellness Center Facebook messenger

We greatly appreciate your patience and

understanding as we move through this

year’s Virtual 100 Mile Club.

Submitted by: Geralynn D. Dukepoo,

Hopi CHR Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – July 7, 2021 The

Hopi CHRs will be providing Fluoride

Application Events for ages 18 years and

younger. Are your children in need of

some TLC (Tender Loving Care) for their

pearly whites? We got them covered.

Join the Hopi Community Health Representative (CHR) Program to help prevent cavities and promote healthy smiles

across the Hopi Reservation beginning

July 19 through July 26, 2021.

Q&A

What is Fluoride? Fluoride is a natural

mineral that builds strong teeth and prevents cavities.

How are cavities harmful? Cavities occur when bacteria build up on teeth and

gums and form a sticky layer of plaque.

Plaque produces an acid that erodes teeth

and gum tissue and can infect and harm

the nerves and blood at the core of the

tooth.

Why is Fluoride important? Fluoride

supports healthy tooth enamel, the outer

protective layer of each tooth, and fights

the bacteria (cavities) that harm teeth and

gums.

Reminder

Our Mouths contain BACTERIA +

SUGARS in our Food/Drinks which turns

to STICKY PLAQUE build-up which then

turns to ACID DAMAGE to teeth/gums

PREVENTION

Fluoride applications have been an essential oral health treatment for decades

and now the Hopi CHR Program will

provide this valuable service in your community. Remember to keep smiling; even

under your face masks!

For more information or questions

about this event, feel free to contact the

CHR office at (928) 737-6342

HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

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

June 30, 2021 Report

“KYKOTSMOVI, AZ – June 30, 2021 — we need to

all make it our personal responsibility to ask everyone

we come in contact with to get vaccinated. This week we

have seen our number of COIVID-19 cases increase to

five in last 14-days. If you aren’t fully vaccinated, be sure

to wear a mask, washing hands frequently, and maintaining distance around those who aren’t members of your

household as mandated on the Hopi reservation. While

off the reservation continue to wear your mask around

large gatherings and avoid large gatherings all together

as much as possible where required by federal, local, or

business rules.

In the past weeks we have seen ceremonially dances

in some of our villages and encourage everyone to continue mask during the dances as COVID-19 is still active

during any and all social gatherings.

COVID-19 Safety - This week, the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) classified the so-called

Delta variant of COVID-19 — B.1.617.2 — as a variant

of concern. Its shift from a variant of interest reflects the

Delta variant’s higher transmissibility and the potential

that the human immune system and antibody treatments

are less effective against it.

The Delta variant is in Arizona. In the past week the

Navajo Nation reported one case of the Delta variant.

Variants such as Delta (B.1.617.2) raise the prospect of

more contagious and potentially more lethal forms of the

virus. Vaccines have proven highly effective against Delta and other variants, so if you aren’t already vaccinated

please consider doing so as soon as possible to protect

yourself and others. If you only received one dose of the

vaccine, make the time to get your second dose/shot as

soon as possible.

In the coming days our Community Health Representatives (CHR) Program and student workers will be coming

to your community and villages providing educational information on how you can prevent COVID-19 and information on getting you and families vaccinated – please

keep a lookout for them in your community / village and

share these informational educational material.

Here are some Heat Safety tips as we approach the

Fourth of July Holiday.

For everyone, be safe in the heat. Be sure to stay hydrated, wear lightweight, light-colored clothing, apply

sunscreen frequently, and limit your time outdoors during

the hottest parts of the day (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Know the

signs of heat exhaustion, which can lead to a potentially

deadly case of heat stroke.

Water Safety

Enjoy your pool if you have one, but be sure to watch

children at all times. Have a phone nearby in case of an

emergency and never swim when you’re feeling sick or

have diarrhea. You’ll find other pool safety tips here.”

“Food Safety

Independence Day is a great holiday for get-togethers

and sharing great food. Some simple precautions will

help prevent foodborne illness from spoiling the party.

Some examples:

Wash your hands before preparing or serving food;

Keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from

ready-to-eat foods such as salads and fruit to prevent

cross- contamination; Use a meat thermometer to make

sure what you are grilling reaches the proper temperature.

Remember to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold

and refrigerate leftovers after 2 hours to reduce the risk

of illness.

Have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Vaccinations are available at the Hopi Health Care

Center for those adolescents’ 12-years and older. Parents

need to call (928)737 - 6029/6081/6257 or 6204 to schedule appointments. For 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.

Here is a quick overview of the COVID-19 statistics on

a national, state, and local level:

As of June 30, 2021 the United Sates now has approximately 33.42million confirmed positive cases with

14,168 new cases and over 600,859 deaths reported.

Over 892,236 confirmed positive cases now exist in

Arizona. Of those, close to 16,622are in Navajo County

alone.

The Hopi Health Care Center has tested over 9,619 patients to this date. Over 1,398 of those tests at Hopi Health

Care Center came back positive with 1013 from Hopi

Tribal members. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation reported 274 positives for Hopi Villages with a

combined number of 1287 positive Hopi Tribal members.

The information below provides a glimpse of the current numbers in those respective villages.

The information by villages presented above is re-

leased by the Hopi Department of Health & Human Services, and the data shown reflects patients tested at the

Hopi Health Care Center and at the Tuba City Regional

Health Care Corporation specifically on Hopi tribal members. The data from Lower and Upper Munqapi is consolidated until specific data can be re-verified. (+) number

decreased due to individual being identified from another

village. The community of residence for one Hopi Tribal

member who tested positive at HHCC is in the Phoenix

metropolitan area. The community of residence for four

Hopi Tribal members who tested positive at HHCC is in

Winslow. The data here does not include all state-wide

data from other facilities such as Flagstaff, Winslow,

Phoenix or other hospitals.

*Note: These data include newly added testing results

from the Abbott ID NOW machine since April 20, 2020

** A total of 1287+ individuals who tested positive are

members of the Hopi Tribe.

+ 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

2-14 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.”

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

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Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Hopi (Arizona) High School’s Baker Builds Cross Country Dynasty

By Nate Perry on May 10, 2021

https://nfhs.org

“Rick Baker has become one of the

most successful boys cross country coaches in the nation since his arrival at Hopi

High School in Keams Canyon, Arizona

in 1987.

Three years later, Baker led Hopi to

its ﬁrst state boys cross country championship, and his teams didn’t lose another state title until 2017 – a streak of 27

consecutive team championships. The 27

consecutive state cross country titles is a

national record and is third all-time when

considering all sports (girls swimming

and boys swimming).

Baker’s 1999 team scored a perfect 15,

which means Hopi runners ﬁnished 1-23-4-5. Perhaps most amazing about the

streak is that Hopi continued to win despite moving into larger classiﬁcations.

Hopi won 11 straight 2A titles (19902000), six consecutive 3A titles (20012006) and 10 straight 4A titles (2007-16).

Since the streak ended, Hopi has ﬁnished

runner-up the past three years. Baker started coaching the girls cross country team

three years ago and has led his teams to

two second-place ﬁnishes.

He has also coached Hopi’s boys basketball team for 18 years, with a 2A state

title in 1997, and the girls and boys track

and ﬁeld teams for the past 10 years. Nine

of his track and ﬁeld athletes have won individual state titles. During his days as a

high school athlete, Baker was Arizona’s

one-mile champion in 1977 while attending Winslow High School, and he was a

member of Winslow’s state cross country

team in 1976.

In recognition of these amazing accomplishments, Baker will be inducted into

the NFHS’ National High School Hall of

Fame July 1 at the NFHS Summer Meeting in Orlando, Florida.”

“I would have to say back in high school

– maybe even earlier than that in junior

high when I started getting involved in

athletics here on the Hopi Reservation and

having my coaches as mentors.”

“Back when I was in high school, we

didn’t have a high school out here on the

Hopi Reservation. There were talks that

they were going to build a high school out

here, but it never came about till 1987,

after I had graduated from college. When

the school opened, it was my chance to

come back and coach at the high school

level, which was something that I wanted.

It was my dream job to come back to the

reservation and help our next generation

of kids coming up. It was perfect timing

for me to get into the high school, which

is”

“now Hopi Junior Senior High School,

and it has been a perfect ﬁt for me, and

I’ve been there for 33 years now.”

“I think a lot of credit goes to the runners, the kids that came out for the team.

I just guided them and told them, “this

is what we’re going to do; this is where

we’re going to go; and hopefully someday

we can capture a state title.” I think with

those types of expectations and those team

goals that we set, the kids buy into it. And

after you win your ﬁrst state title, then you

win your second, your third, and by the

time you win your ﬁfth, I think the kids

that come into the program just have that

expectation now, and they don’t want to be

the team to lose the state title streak. The

thing is, I think, just keeping them motivated. Just talking to them, not just about

winning the state title, but being champions in life and having them continue their

career in whatever career they choose after they graduate from high school.”

“I think it’s something that we embraced. We knew that we had that target

on our back and we knew that if anybody

was going to take the state trophy they had

to come through Hopi. That’s the kind of

talk that I give to our kids: “We can’t let

our guard down no matter what we do.

Everybody’s shooting for us no matter

what size classification we’re in. We’re

the team to beat, and in order to be a great

team, this is what we have to do. This is

how we have to train. This is how we have

to act. This is how we have to carry ourselves – with that champion mentality. We

can’t be afraid to work out. No matter how

tough the workout is, we have to be there,

and we have to do it. And that includes everyone being accountable, including me,

as a coach. I have to do my part, too.” So, I

think the important thing has been having

everybody buy into that philosophy that

we have here with Hopi cross country.”

“Nahongvita is a Hopi word, and it

really ﬁts in with the cross country program because in a lot of our cultural ceremonies that we have, the elders use that

word. Nahongvita means like to dig really

deep, deep down in your soul; no matter

how tired you are, no matter how you

feel physically or mentally, you have to

ﬁnd that strength somewhere within you.

And that strength comes by our spiritual

prayers that we do. So, it really ﬁts right

in with our cross country program because

we train so hard, we race so hard, that we

use this word as motivation to ﬁnd that

inner strength somewhere very deep in

there. The harder you train,” “hopefully,

the easier the race is going to be, and Nahongvita is a really, really strong, special

word that we use as hope.”

“Question: Running holds a great historical and cultural significance among

the Hopi people, bearing connections to

a number of ancestral practices including

prayer, hunting, messaging and competition between villages, as well as physical wellness. What does that significance

mean to you personally, and how”

“Growing up out here in the 60s, a lot of

our cultural ceremonies were really strong

yet. My grandpa and my uncles and my

dad, they really drilled it into my head

that physical activity is really a big part of

our Hopi tradition. Going planting is one

of the things that we’re getting ready for

now in the spring, and that is really, really

hard work, going to the ﬁelds. And then

the ceremonies that we have are geared

toward asking for moisture in the form of

rain and snow. That’s kind of what I relay

on to the kids that I coach, that we are running more than just for the state trophy.

We’re running for survival, so that our

tribe can survive into the next generation,

into the next century. And we do that by

learning how to be a hard worker. I tell the

kids, “don’t ask for an easy life. Ask for a

strong life.” And that’s kind of what being

a Hopi is about is having that strong life

and just surviving out here. Our ancestors

found ways for us to survive out here. So,

I do talk to our kids about that, that there

is more to it than just winning the medals

and the state titles. We’re running for our

lives. When we lost our state title three

years ago, it was really hard and I had to

ﬁnd a different way to get through to the

kids, and that was mainly what I talked

about.”

“Question: You also coached the boys

basketball team at Hopi and won a state

championship over your 18”

“I grew up playing different sports. I

really enjoyed basketball, and that’s also

a big sport out here at Hopi. When the

opportunity came to coach boys basketball, I applied and got hired, and we took

that team to the state title in 1997, I believe. But just being involved with various sports growing up, that interest (in

coaching other sports) was always there.

And I applied the same methods, same

techniques, same coaching style that I did

in cross country to basketball, and we’ve

had some really talented kids while I’ve

coached. So, yeah, it was a big part of my

plan. I always wanted to be a head basketball coach, and when I got the opportunity, I jumped at it. A lot of the same kids

that run cross country play basketball, and

then track, too. And then those nine state

title winners, some of them won like three

or four state titles while they were here at

Hopi, and those kids were really talented.

You still coach them, and you still talk to

them, and it’s just icing on the cake when

you win a team state title and then also

have individual state champions.”

“As a coach, I think you have a lot

of roles, but I think I’m a servant. I like

to look at myself as a servant because I

serve these kids and their parents and the

community. As Hopis, we’re taught to be

humble, and that’s a big part of my philosophy. Once you win a state title or you’re

successful at something, there’s always

somebody to remind you that you’re a

Hopi, that you have responsibilities back

at the village, back at home. So, in that

way, I think I serve these kids. I’m an educator – I’ve been doing this for 36 years

now. I think that’s what I am. And then

I’m also a father ﬁgure to some of these

kids. I give them advice and I talk to them

when they need someone to talk to. And to

some of them I’m a mentor. So, there are

just various roles that I play as a coach. I

think it’s really important how you carry

yourself, how you talk to these kids, and

to give them that encouragement, that support. These are kids

CONT. PG 13

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Hopi (Arizona) High School’s Baker Builds

Cross Country Dynasty, Cont.

from our villages, they are kids of my

classmates, they are kids of some of my

former students, so I really like to take

care of these kids. I look out for their

well-being, and hopefully they’re successful once they get out of high school."

"We do have a lot of obstacles out here

being isolated on the reservation. When

I was growing up, we didn’t have much

access to the outside world. We also have

a big problem with alcohol, and we have

some problems with drugs also. So, as a

coach, I have to talk to (students) almost

daily about that the choices that they make.

“Is this the right choice for you?” “Is this

a positive choice?” I’m always talking to

them about making the right choices so

they can succeed in life, and that involves

a daily talk about alcohol and drugs. And

then a lot of us – and that includes me –

didn’t grow up with many materialistic

things as kids, so I try to tell them that

those things aren’t really important. (The

important thing is) you’re alive. You have

a life – let’s get an education and move on

from here so that you can be successful

and achieve whatever success is for you."

"I think a lot of it is just modeling. I

am not a perfect person, but if I can do

positive things in my life, these kids can

see that just like I did with the coaches

I had at Winslow, Haskell and at Central

Oklahoma. All these coaches I had modeled positive characteristics that I picked

up, and that is what I want to relay to the

kids that I work with. It’s really, really important how you carry yourself, how you

treat people, and just being that role model. And then I also use some of my former

runners who went on and ran in college

and graduated from college, and I use

them as role models, too, to tell the kids,

“this is what you can do. These guys did

this, so there’s a good chance that you’re

going to be successful in life also.”"

"Recently, I have. I had never really thought about it because I try to be as

humble as I can be. Then you start getting

these National Coach of the Year and all

these accolades and you do start reﬂecting. I had a former runner come up to me

after we won our 27th (championship) and

he says, “you know what, coach? You got

more state titles than I have years. I am

25 years old, and you’ve been winning

state titles longer than I’ve been alive.”

That kind of put it in perspective for me,

like, “yeah, wow, it has been 27 years and

it has been 27 state titles.” You just don’t

really realize it during that time. When I

used to talk to the kids back then I would

tell them, “hey, we want to put this record

so far out there that nobody touches it.” To

me, that was just talk, trying to motivate

the kids, but when it really comes to realization, it’s like, “maybe these kids were

really listening to me.” So, I do reﬂect,

and it’s just amazing to think about it and

wonder if that record is going to ever be

broken."

"Baker: Wow, that’s a tough one. Well,

of course, winning the state titles, but I

think the thing I’m most proud of with

this is that I got to coach my two sons to

state titles. I never really thought about it,

but I think that’s what I’m really proud of

– that I got to coach my own sons to state

titles. Every one of these kids is important

to me; I treat them all like my sons. And

for the school and for the community to be

proud of our program, and to have taken it

to where it’s at now, I think that’s also a

big part of what I’m proud of."

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

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Larry’s Corner

Money, Money, Money.....

MONEY!

When we think about money, we think big or

small, we want money and lots of it. Why? Well because money buys us things, it supports our health,

our goals and our futures. But with money, comes

trouble and bad things, too. Money can be both good

and evil at the same time, and it is hard to differentiate between the two sometimes.

When I was a mush head kitten, I thought money

could do and make anything possible, and it did. It

bought me candy, it bought me food, and toys, but

when the money ran out, I became a totally different person. I needed that money to survive, but of

course being a mush head kitten, I didn’t know there

was more to life than just money.

Some people will say that they don’t need money

to be happy, and I have to say…that’s a total lie.

Money is like water; we need it to survive, it’s become precious to our health, our understanding of

life, and our way of life. Now don’t get me wrong,

some people are happy without money, but that’s the

hermits that live in the woods talking. I don’t believe there is just one person living in the world that

will say, “I don’t need money to be happy” well except for the hermits but that doesn’t apply here. But

like I said before, money can turn evil, and with evil

money it will corrupt the humblest person. I have

seen money do some crazy stuff to cats, dogs, and

humans. Money will turn them to liars, thieves, and

politicians.

Before money, the Hopi people were happy with

trading and bartering, with doing tasks for other

people for free and expecting nothing in return. The

Hopi people didn’t need money to survive or to be

happy, because it wasn’t needed by them in their

own little world. Then with the invention of cities,

stores, and capitalism, money became the staple of

all businesses. Recall the reason why some outsiders

came to Hopi was because of the “glistening cities

of gold” which was likened to their form of money

and which they thought we Hopis had. Those outsiders even tortured and killed Hopis and our Pueblo

brothers and sisters of other tribes, all for their kind

of money. And yet, all we had was our valuable culture and way of life, which is probably what, was

really making us at Hopi seem so “shiny and glistening” but I digress…

The Hopi people weren’t an exception to the

changing times and they too became corrupted with

the power of money. Now it’s not to say, that money

became “first” in all the Hopi traditions, but it is to

say that money became the forefront to almost all

Hopi traditions.

Now-a-days, Hopi traditions cannot live without

money, many of our Hopi traditions, ceremonies,

and our way of life is run by the pahana “all mighty

dollar.” Now don’t get me wrong, we can argue all

we want about how our ceremonies and our way

of life are without money. But I say we cannot lie

to ourselves about the fact that the majority of our

Hopi villages are building our ceremonial life based

around the white man’s calendar and this in turn is

influenced by the white man’s dollar. Heck, even

Easter, which is a white man’s religious holiday, is

so commercialized it’s as if the Easter-goers have to

pay to pray…I digress, again.

I was reading an old newspaper from the late 2013

and on the headline of the newspaper there was our

fearless Chairman and a Representative from the

Peabody Company. The headline read “Hopi Tribe

Receives 1.8 million Dollars to Renew Peabody

Contract” and looking at that now, I say to myself,

“1.8 million is not a lot of money, the people at Peabody screwed us over for pocket change.”

Now I’m sure back then 1 million dollars was a

lot of money to the Hopi Tribe, but when you are

dealing with a multi-billion corporation, the Hopi

tribe should have been the richest tribe in the world!

But I’m sure our humbleness is getting in our way

of becoming rich.

By this time, you are probably thinking to yourself that this cat is greedy with money and you are

right. Money is the backbone to our community, just

like the Finance Department is the backbone to any

organization. If you’ve heard some Tribal Council

Representatives say that Human Resource is the

backbone to the Hopi Tribe, that’s not entirely correct but that’s for another article.

We cannot conduct our ceremonies without some

sort of payment to the grocery stores, and yes, I cannot live without money, the Hopi people cannot live

without money, hence we have all the drunks, all the

drug addicts, and all the thieves stealing from one

another to sell and gain money for their habit and

food, too.

But don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty sure in our

community we can live without money, but that’s

just a pipe dream and a wish to go back to trading

and bartering.

So, my advice to you is that, money is something

we Hopi people cannot live without now-a-days. It

is already ingrained in our culture and ceremonies.

We cannot go back to the old ways of living, it’s

just simply impossible. But what you can do as an

individual is to just stay humble, and to start giving

back as a community member. I can assure you that

we cannot live without the white man’s green backs

but we can live without the corruption of the white

man’s dollar.

‘Course without money, I cannot get pizza from

our local store, so my humbleness is buying pizza from our local store and keeping you happy.

‘Course, I’m just a cat, what do I really know about

money…I don’t even have pants to keep my wallet

in.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

JOB OPENINGS

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General Manager

Position Summary: Primarily responsible and accountable for the overall administration of KUYI Hopi

Radio, oversight of personnel, programming, financing,

technical operations, and public relations of the station.

Working with the staff, the Community Advisory Board,

and the community, the General Manager is responsible

for monitoring and guiding the station to ensure efficient

and quality operation while striving to maintain financial

viability. Ensures compliance with public radio, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards and

guidelines, and Hopi cultural values. Reports to the HF

Program Director for all administrative and HR matters

and secondly to the HF Executive Director, representative of the licensee The Hopi Foundation, on all matters

legal, regulatory and funding compliance.

Minimum qualifications: Five years management and

supervision experience; and Three years managing a radio station; and Two years of experience in radio broadcasting or related media; and Associate’s or Bachelor’s

degree; OR Any equivalent combination of education,

training, skill, and experience which demonstrates the

ability to perform the duties of the position.

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Biden Administration Invests

Interior Secretary Reportedly

Additional $1.8 Billion in

Recommends to President Biden

American Rescue Plan Funding to

to Restore Boundaries of National

Combat COVID-19 in Indian Country

Monuments

BY ANDREW KENNARD

Native News online

WASHINGTON — The Washington

Post reported on Monday evening that

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has submitted a recommendation to President Joe

Biden return the Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons

and Seamounts National Monuments to

the sizes they occupied before drastic reductions were made by President Donald

Trump.

Her recommendation is that full protections should be restored to the three

national monuments, preserving about 5

million acres of federal land and water.

The Post said Haaland’s report was confidential and its sources spoke on condition

of anonymity.

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The Inter-Tribal Bears Ears Coalition

(BEITC) thanked Sec. Haaland for her

work and recommendations.

“We are thankful that Secretary Haaland

concurs with the Coalition’s assertion that

former President Trump’s attempt to remove and replace the original Bears Ears

National Monument was unjustified,” the

coalition said in a press release Wednesday.

Native News Online previously reported about the great historical and cultural significance of Bears Ears to tribes

and Trump’s reduction of its size by 85

percent in 2017. According to the Post,

Trump also cut the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by almost

half its size and allowed for commercial

fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument.

Utah’s congressional delegation sent a

letter to President Joe Biden, asking him

to meet with them and make Haaland’s re-

port available to Congress before issuing

a final decision.

“We appreciate your cooperation and

willingness to engage thus far, and we

again urge your administration to work

with us to craft collaborative, consensus

legislation that reflects the input of the

people most directly impacted,” the delegation wrote. “It is past time to end the

political back-and-forth that the communities in our state have been subjected to

for more than 25 years, and you have a

historic opportunity to do so by working

with Congress.”

The BEITC calls for Biden to act now,

saying that Utah legislators have not been

open to working with the coalition in the

past and that this is “nothing more than a

stall tactic.”

“The Hopi Nation, with its historical

and cultural ties to the Bears Ears National Monument, is anxiously and patiently

awaiting a conclusive decision from President Biden, one that will correct the injustices done to us by the last president and

his administration,” Hopi Vice-Chairman

and BEITC Co-Chair Clark Tenakhongva

said in the BEITC’s press release. “And

it is my hope that once the Bears Ears

National Monument has been restored,

together, we can turn the page to a new

and brighter chapter in the shared story of

America.”

The BEITC also thanked Haaland for

consulting with stakeholders during her

visit to Bear’s Ears in her first month in

office. The coalition is made up of the

Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the Ute

Mountain Ute Tribe, the Pueblo of Zuni,

and the Ute Indian Tribe. It advocates

collaborative land management between

the coalition and federal agencies and

protection of historic sites and cultural resources, among other objectives regarding

Bears Ears.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

As part of President Biden’s continued efforts to ensure the pandemic response reaches all people and all communities, the Biden

Administration is announcing an investment

of $1.8 billion to combat COVID-19 in Indian Country. This is in addition to an investment of more than $4 billion that was

announced in April 2021 .

“This investment from the American Rescue Plan will strengthen the public health

workforce in Indian Country, support mental

health and substance abuse prevention and

treatment, continue efforts to detect and treat

COVID-19, and meet facility and equipment

needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic,”

said Elizabeth Fowler, IHS acting director.

“Investing in our workforce and providing

our team with the facilities, equipment,

supplies, and funds they need is absolutely

critical to ensuring our ability to fulfill the

IHS mission of raising the physical, mental,

social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level.

Today’s allocations include:

$240 million for Public Health Workforce

Activities

Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, IHS

will invest $240 million for public health

workforce activities, to recruit and retain additional public health professionals at IHS,

tribal health programs, and urban Indian

organization health programs. IHS will also

use these funds to create a new IHS career

opportunities web site and improve the loan

repayment application process.

$420 million for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

IHS will invest $420 million to expand

mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, at IHS, tribal

health programs, and urban Indian organization health programs and to support nationwide mental health and substance abuse

prevention support activities.

$500 million to Detect, Diagnose, Trace,

Monitor, and Mitigate COVID-19 Infections

The IHS will invest an additional $500

million to directly support detection, diag-

nosis, treatment, monitoring, and mitigation

of COVID-19.

$220 million will be distributed to IHS

facilities, tribal health programs, and urban

Indian organization health programs.

$280 million will be allocated to the IHS

National Supply Service Center to purchase

testing supplies, personal protective equipment, and related COVID-19 supply needs

to be provided to IHS, tribal, and urban

Indian health programs at no cost. In addition, these funds will expand the National

Supply Service Center warehouse footprint

and stockpiling capacity for these critically

needed materials.

$610 million for COVID-19-Related Facilities Activities

The IHS will invest $610 million for

COVID-19 related facilities activities:

$381 million to IHS, tribal, and urban Indian health programs for the lease, purchase,

construction, alteration, renovation, and

maintenance and improvement of facilities.

$167 million to IHS and tribal health programs for COVID-19 related sanitation facilities construction projects.

$23 million to IHS and tribal health programs for COVID-19 equipment needs.

$29 million to support the appropriate

management and oversight of facilities-related expenditures and to expand COVID-19

related environmental health activities.

$10 million for potable water delivery to

IHS and tribal health programs on a caseby-case basis.

The IHS continues to work closely with

our tribal and urban Indian organization

partners, as well as state and local public

health officials, to coordinate a comprehensive public health response to the ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic. For more on the federal response in Indian Country, visit https://

www.ihs.gov/coronavirus/ .

The IHS, an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , provides a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately 2.6 million

American Indians and Alaska Natives who

belong to 574 federally recognized tribes in

37 states.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

182 Unmarked Graves Found at

Another Residential School in

Canada

St. Eugene Resort and Casino was home to former residential school. (Photo/Facebook)

BY LEVI RICKERT

Native News online.net

CRESTON, British Columbia — For

the third time in less than two months,

unmarked graves have been discovered

at another Canadian residential school for

Indigenous children.

The Lower Kootenay Band of the Ktunaxa Nation announced Wednesday that

182 unmarked graves were discovered

using ground-penetrating radar near the

former St. Eugene’s Mission School in

Cranbrook, British Columbia.

The process was conducted in 2020 and

reports of the findings were just presented

to the Lower Kootenay Band, according to

a press release.

“The Lower Kootenay Band is still in

the very early stages of receiving information from the reports of the findings but

will provide updates as time progresses,”

the press release said.

The findings released today revealed

that 182 unmarked graves were discovered. Some of the human remains were

buried in shallow graves only three to four

feet deep.

Wednesday’s announcement comes on

the heels of two similar announcements involving the discovery of unmarked graves

at two other Canadian residentials schools.

In late May, the remains of 215 children

were found at a former residential school

site in Kamloops, British Columbia. Then,

last Thursday, Chief Cadmus Delorme of

the Cowessess First Nation announced the

discovery of as many as 751 unmarked

graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.

St. Eugene’s Mission School operated

from 1912 until the early 1970s by the

Roman Catholic Church. About 100 Lower Kootenay citizens were forced to attend

the school.

More than 5,000 children from British

Columbia and Alberta attended the school

between 1912 and 1970. After the school

was closed, several bands of the Ktunaxa

Nation decided to convert the school into

the St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino,

which has operated since 2000.

Those needing mental wellness assistance can call the national Indian Residential School Crisis Line, a 24-hour national

crisis line at: 1-866-925-4419.

Indian Country Applauds Interior Sec.

Haaland’s Federal Indian Boarding

School Initiative

BY LEVI RICKERT

Native News online.net

WASHINGTON — The discovery of

215 remains of school children at the Kamloops Industrial Residential School in

Canada late last month has prompted the

U.S. Department of the Interior to establish a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

Interior Sec. Deb Haaland made the announcement during her appearance at the

National Congress of American Indians

(NCAI) 2021 Mid Year Conference on

Tuesday afternoon.

The initiative will include an investigation to identify past boarding schools,

the location of known and possible burial

sites, and the identities and tribal affiliations of the children who were taken there.

Indian Country was quick to embrace

the idea.

NCAI President Fawn Sharp released

the following statement on Tuesday evening:

“The National Congress of American

Indians commends the Department of

Interior for taking the essential first step

of providing an official account of the

atrocities that Native children experienced

during the boarding school era. By documenting who, what, when and where these

egregious abuses occurred, Native families may not be able to fully heal, but they

may be able to begin to reconcile with the

past. Many mothers, fathers, siblings, and

children of boarding school victims and

survivors have walked on without ever

knowing the full extent of what happened

to their loved ones. But knowledge is

power. By learning the truth, we can finally begin reconciling the past and healing

for the future.”

Sarah Kastelic, executive director of the

National Indian Child Welfare Association, says the initiative is the first step towards telling the truth about the centuries

of forced assimilation and uncovering the

lasting and intergenerational impact on

Native families.

“A recurring theme of historical U.S.

government policies is efforts to assimilate and intentionally separate Native chil-

dren from their families, identities, languages, cultural practices, and spirituality.

In the form of boarding schools and public

and private child welfare systems, Native

children were systematically removed

from their families,” Kastelic said.

The organization’s president also

weighed in on the initiative.

“While difficult, long-term, and painful

work, it is a starting place,” Gil Vigil, president of the National Indian Child Welfare

Association, said. “The Department of the

Interior was responsible for the operation

of Indian boarding schools for over a century. Compiling and making public data

about the sites of boarding schools, known

and suspected burial sites, and identified

remains and tribal affiliations of children

is a first step. In consultation with tribal

governments, the Department of Interior

can begin the process of healing the great

open wound of our missing relatives.”

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez

the initiative is a means to educate others

about the atrocities Native people have

experienced. He is hopeful uncovering

the painful truths about Indian boarding

schools will lead to a better understanding

in today’s society so that we can work together to heal.

“As Navajo people, we all have parents,

grandparents, and other elders who were

subjected to boarding schools and that has

contributed to many of the modern-day

monsters in our society such as suicide,

substance abuse and addiction, violence

in our homes and communities, the physical and mental health of our people, and

much more. Our people were forcefully

removed from their homes and families,

placed into the boarding school system,

and stripped of their identity as Navajo

people to assimilate them. Some were

abused physically, mentally, and sexually,

and sadly, many had their lives taken. This

troubling history deserves more attention.” President Nez said.

The Federal Indian Boarding School

Initiative will result in a written report on

the investigation to Secretary Haaland in

just over nine months from now by April

1, 2022.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Enduring trauma: Arizona's Indigenous boarding schools will be

investigated, Interior announces

Chiricahua Apaches at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, after four months of training in the late 1800s. Courtesy Library of Congress

Emma Ascott, Cronkite News

PHOENIX – When the Phoenix Indian School was established in 1891, the top federal administrator considered it a budgetary win to send Native American children

to boarding schools to enforce assimilation into white

society.

“It’s cheaper to educate Indians than to kill them,” Indian Commissioner Thomas Morgan said at the opening

of the school.

The true cost of Indigenous boarding schools in the

United States and Canada, and the abuses Native Americans endured in them, continues to be revealed. With

nearly 1,000 bodies in mass graves discovered this month

on the grounds of Canadian boarding schools amid their

ongoing investigation, and Secretary of the Interior Deb

Halaand’s recent pledge to investigate past abuses in the

U.S., Arizona’s Indigenous boarding schools will face

fresh scrutiny.

Rosalie Talahongva, who curates the Phoenix Indian

School Visitor Center, said she and many of her Hopi relatives went to school there.

“If you ask, was that voluntary, I would ask you, is it

voluntary when there isn’t any other option?” Talahongva

said.

The Phoenix Indian School closed in 1990 by order of

the federal government. But a handful of Indian boarding

schools remain in operation.

“Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt had a lot to do with

the structure of these boarding schools,” Talahongva said,

referring to the founder of the influential Carlisle Indian

School in Pennsylvania. “His idea was ‘Kill the Indian,

save the man.’ So the whole destruction, annihilation of

Indian identity – Indian culture was to be destroyed at

these federal boarding schools.

“There were many children that were just forcibly taken away from their families and made to come to boarding school.”

By 1900, 20,000 children were in Indian boarding

schools. By 1925, that number had more than tripled, according to Boarding School Healing.

Students were stripped of everything related to Native

life. Their hair was cut short, they had to wear uniforms,

and students were punished physically for speaking anything but English. Contact with family was discouraged

or prohibited. Survivors have described a culture of pervasive physical and sexual abuse at the schools. Food

and medical attention often were scarce and led to many

deaths, according to The Atlantic.

Some of the schools were operated by the Catholic

Church. The Atlantic reports “about one-third of the 357

known Indian boarding schools were managed by various Christian denominations” under the 1819 Civilization Fund Act.

The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix did not respond to

requests for comment.

The operation of the long-shuttered schools will face

new inquiry under the Federal Indian Boarding School

Initiative announced Tuesday by Haaland. The department intends to identify boarding school facilities and

burial sites across the country and review enrollment lists.

The announcement came after the discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of Kamloops Indian

Residential School in Canada. More graves have already

been found in Canada. The Cowessess First Nation found

751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval

Indian Residential School, the Washington Post reported

Thursday. The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is working to

identify a series of unmarked graves at the former Brandon Residential School in Manitoba, according to Chief

Jennifer Bone. So far, 104 possible bodies of Indigenous

children have been discovered on or around the school’s

property.

“It will be hard to look back on that past, but it’s time

that it was acknowledged,” Talahongva said. “The atrocities that happened here need to be acknowledged.”

According to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, four

off-reservation Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools

are still in use: Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California,

Flandreau Indian School in Flandreau, South Dakota, and

Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Oklahoma. However, the National Native American Boarding School

Healing Coalition told Reuters more than 70 schools still

operate in the U.S.

Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna in New

Mexico, calls herself a product of “horrific assimilationist

policies” in the U.S.

“I come from ancestors who endured the horrors of

Indian boarding school assimilation policies carried out

by the same department that I now lead; the same agency that tried to eradicate our culture, our language, our

spiritual practices, and our people,” she said Tuesday in

remarks to the National Congress of American Indians.

Marsha Small, a Montana State University doctoral

student, has been using ground-penetrating radar to locate unmarked graves at the Chemawa Indian School

cemetery in Salem, Oregon. So far, she has found 222

sets of remains at the school, which remains in operation.

“Until we can find those kids and let their elders come

get them or know where they can pay respects, I don’t

think the Native is going to heal, and as such I don’t think

America is going to heal,” Small told Reuters.

One researcher told Reuters they believe that as many

as 40,000 children may have died in Indian boarding

schools in the U.S.

“We must uncover the truth about the loss of human

life and the lasting consequences of the schools,” Haaland said in remarks about the new Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. “This investigation will identify

school facilities and sites, the location of known and possible burial sites located at or near school facilities, and

the identities and tribal affiliations of children who were

taken.”

The initiative will proceed in several phases and include the identification and collection of records and

information related to the Department of Interior’s own

oversight and implementation of the Indian boarding

school program, as well as conducting consultations with

Tribal Nations, Alaska Native corporations and Native

Hawaiian organizations, according to a press release from

the Department of the Interior.

“I know that this process will be long and difficult,”

Haaland said. “I know that this process will be painful

and won’t undo the heartbreak and loss that so many of

us feel, but only by acknowledging the past can we work

toward a future that we’re all proud to embrace.”

Cronkite News reporter Julia Sandor contributed to this

report.

Hopi Tutuveni July 7, 2021

Wilma Mankiller’s

greatness minted

onto 2022 quarter

Wilma Mankiller biography book cover. (Photo courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation)

Vincent Schilling

Indian Country Today

The first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation

will be stamped onto the 2022 quarters, the U.S. Mint

announced.

Wilma Mankiller is one of the five women appearing

on the quarters as part of the American Women Quarters

Program, which “is a four-year program that celebrates

the accomplishments and contributions made by women

to the development and history of our country,” according

to the U.S. Mint. The four-year program begins in 2022

and continues until 2025.

Other notable women joining Mankiller are celebrated

author and poet Maya Angelou, the first American woman in space Dr. Sally Ride, suffrage movement leader in

New Mexico Adelina Otero-Warren and the first Chinese-American film star in Hollywood, Anna May Wong.

The U.S. Mint will be issuing up to five new reverse

designs, meaning the image will appear on the tail side of

the coin, and the likeness of George Washington will be

different than in previous years.

“The American Women Quarters may feature contributions from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to,

suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities,

science, space, and the arts,” read the announcement.

“The women honored will be from ethnically, racially,

and geographically diverse backgrounds. The Public Law

requires that no living person be featured in the coin designs.”

Mankiller was elected as the principal chief of the

Cherokee Nation in July 1987 and re-elected in 1991. She

served in the post until 1995. She died on April 6, 2010.

She stated in her autobiography, "If I am to be remembered, I want it to be because I am fortunate enough to

have become my tribe's first female chief. But I also want

to be remembered for emphasizing the fact that we have

indigenous solutions to our problems.

Mankiller’s husband Charlie Soap, producer, director

and co-creator of the film “Cherokee Word for Water” is

grateful for the recognition.

“We thank the U.S. Mint for recognizing Wilma and

the other recipients for such an honor. Wilma was a humble, spiritual great leader, whose leadership was not only

for Cherokee people but for all women and races,” Soap

told Indian Country Today. “The real value of this coin

is the inspiration it brings to Indian people and women

everywhere. Wilma did a simple thing as a tribal leader:

she reminded our people of our greatness and our gift to

help one another.”

He added: “Mankiller’s legacy is her connection with

the common people. She looked out for everyone, especially the underdog who always seems to be left behind.

I am deeply honored to have had the opportunity to have

partnered and worked with her. Although she faced hardship with her health challenges—that never slowed her

down—this coin is a reminder of her leadership and what

our people believe in ‘gadugi’ (people helping each other

and working to better solve problems.) Thank you for bestowing such an honor. Of course, if it was up to me, she

should be on the $1,000 bill,” Soap said.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. also

celebrates the honor of the former tribal leader.

“When we celebrate the achievement of women in this

country, it is absolutely fitting and deserving that former

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller be

represented for her national voice, influence and leadership that first elevated Native American tribes and tribal

issues in this country. Chief Mankiller served as the first

female Chief in a role dominated by men and during a

time that the Cherokee Nation was first getting its footing

after decades of suppression by the U.S. Government,”

Hoskin wrote in an email. “She stood for tribal sovereignty and treaty rights. She fought for civil rights and equality, and self-sufficiency for the Cherokee people. She was

the anchor establishing what has now become the largest

tribal health care system in the country. She was truly a

champion for Indian Country and we are so proud she is

forever honored on this coin by the U.S. Mint as part of

the American Women Quarters Program.”

Rebecca Anderson, a close personal friend of Wilma

Mankiller and founder of the First Nations Development

Institute and First Peoples Worldwide said, “This is so

powerful and a perfect tribute to her leadership power and

spirit.”

Mankiller’s life and legacy has been celebrated in over

35 film festivals worldwide since the 2018 award-winning documentary, “Mankiller,” aired nationally on PBS

for Womens’ History month.

The documentary executive producer Gale Anne

Hurd told Indian Country Today in an email, “Through

the American Women Quarters Program initiative, I am

thrilled that so many women are finally getting long-overdue recognition. Having researched the late Wilma

Mankiller’s incredibly inspiring legacy in the documentary, MANKILLER, I am hopeful that this honor will bring

her the worldwide recognition she deserves. Wilma is in

excellent company, right where she belongs.”

Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, director of the documentary,

said, “I was so delighted to learn that Wilma Mankiller

will be one of the first distinguished American women

on the 2022 quarters. In having the honor to direct the

documentary about her life and leadership, I learned that

her legacy, wisdom and character remain so very relevant

today and are pillars of the role model she was and is. She

should be celebrated broadly and boldly!”

This story has been updated to show that Dr. Sally Ride

was the first American woman in space.

Weatherization

Assistance program

No-cost energy-efficient

home improvements

APS customers who own a home on Navajo or Hopi tribal land may be eligible for no-cost

energy-efficient home improvements that could help lower your energy bill, including:

• Air sealing

• Improved insulation

• Heating, cooling and air quality

The energy-efficient improvements are made through Red Feather Development Group. To

learn more and see if you qualify, call Red Feather at 928-440-5119.

More ways to save on your energy bill

Our Energy Support program offers qualified customers a 25%

discount on their energy bill every month. To see if you qualify

and find other assistance resources, visit aps.com/assistance.

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