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HOPI TUTUVENI

Volume 26, No. 01

Paamuya

January

The Moon

of Positive

Hopi Life

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018

Kuwanwisiwma retires from the

Hopi Tribe after 30 years of service

Louella Nahsonhoya

Hopi Tutuveni

HOPI

CALENDAR

KyaamuyaDec.

PaamuyaJan.

PowamuyaFeb.

OsomuyaMar.

Kwiyamuya- April

Hakitonmuya- May

Wukouyismuya-Jun.

KyelmuyaJuly

PaamuyaAug.

Nasanmuya- Sep.

Angakmuya- Oct.

Kelmuya Nov.

Leigh Kuwanwisiwma

This Month

In Hopi

History

•January 01 - Hopi

leaders imprisoned

at Alcatraz for 8

months.

•A.D. - Hopi Ancestors

build houses in dry

caves in the Four

Corners region.

• A.D. 1260-1300 Betatakin and Keet

Seel occupied by

Hopi Clans

A retirement celebration was held on December 17, at the Tewa Village Community Center for Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, who served as Director of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office for 30 years. Over 100

staff, family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances were present at the

celebration. Words of remembrances and wells wishes were shared by

those who knew him and presented him with memorable gifts.

The Hopi Tutuveni sat down with Kuwanwisiwma for an interview

to share his highlights and most memorable moments of his career.

Kuwanwisiwma vividly recalled historical and challenging moments

as noted below:

In the early 1970’s after graduating from NAU, Kuwanwisiwma began his first employment with the Hopi Tribe as Tribal Treasurer for

two terms.

After that time he was called upon by, then Hopi Chairman Abbott

Sekaquaptewa to team up with Eugene Kaye who was Indian Health

Service Unit Director at one of the health service units in Alaska and

had come in as a contractor to the Hopi Tribe. Sekaquaptewa wanted

him to learn all the administrative and technical components of health

services and learn all the contractual obligations that came with it.

Kuwanwisiwma accepted and was sent to Phoenix for one year as an

intern doing contract work. Upon his return, he helped create the Hopi

Health Department and created the first Emergency Medical Services

Department through grant funds. Kuwanwisiwma then became the Assistant Director of the Hopi Health Department, under Director Leon

Nuvayestewa. Soon after, they applied for and received grant funds to

establish a Clinic in Second Mesa near the Hopi Cultural Center. Later,

the health clinic became a dental unit; which has now become defunct.

In 1988, Kuwanwisiwma received another call, this time, from then

Hopi Chairman Ivan Sidney and Vernon Masayesva asking for his help

in researching and managing the Cultural matters of the Hopi Tribe.

Kuwanwisiwma recalls entering a room, literally filled with boxes

full of consultation letters and correspondences all of which were culturally related and also had religious significance. About this same

time, Stanley Honanie drafted a Resolution, which passed through

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and was approved by the Tribal

Council, to establish a Cultural Preservation Office (CPO). Through

grant funds, the CPO was created, but there was no Director to run the

office; only cultural advisors from the Villages.

With grant funds running out, Masayesva created a staff position

from the Tribal budget and appointed Kuwanwisiwma as the Director

of the Cultural Preservation Office. His position as CPO Director was

a political appointment.

Upon his transfer from the Health Department to his new position

as Director of the newly established Cultural Preservation Office, Kuwanwisiwma needed funding to staff his office. His friend and colleague and Director of the Hopi Health Department Leon Nuvayestewa, allowed the transfer of employee Merwyn Kooyahoema. Funding

was also approved to hire Secretary Rhonda Kyasyousie. This, he

recalls, was the beginning of the CPO at the urging of Sidney, Masayesva, and support of Honanie and Nuvayestewa.

Cont’d on P3

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Trevor Jackson, from Sichomovi Village,

graduates with honors as class Salutatorian

Louella Nahsonhoya

Hopi Tutuveni

Trevor Clayburn Jackson, sand/snake clan from the Village of Sichomovi, recently

graduated with honors as class Salutatorian from the Arizona Automotive Institute

(AAI), Glendale, AZ. Jackson graduated from Hopi Jr. Sr. High School in 2015.

After High School, Jackson enrolled in AAI and begin his studies in the field of

Welding; majoring in Combination Welding. Jackson had perfect attendance during

his studies at AAI and maintained a 4.0 grade point average. Jackson was also a

member of the National Technical Honor Society.

“Nothing is impossible in this world,” said Jackson. “Whatever you put your mind

and heart to you, can strive and thrive for the best in life.”

Jackson has four brothers and is the son of proud parents Hazelena Komalestewa

and Duane Hyeoma.

Congratulations to Trevor Jackson on your accomplishment!

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Proud family, L-R: Grandfather Willie Hyeoma, Father Duane Hyeoma, Trevor

Jackson, Mother Hazelena Komalestewa and brother

Trevor Clayburn Jackson, 2017 Class Salutatorian

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Hopi Tribal Council Agenda

First Quarter Session

December 1, 2017 (Amendment #2)

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. CERTIFICATION OF TRIBAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES

III. ROLL CALL

IV. INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS

HOPI

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EDITORIAL

BOARD

VI. CORRESPONDENCE

VII. CALENDAR PLANNING

VIII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

January 04, 05, 06, 07, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2016 - APPROVED

February 03, 04, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2016 - APPROVED

IX. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

XI. NEW BUSINESS

1. Action Item 121-2017 – To approve and accept the SMART FY 2017 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program funding award – Author/Virgil Pinto, Chief Ranger, Hopi Resources Enforcement Services - APPROVED

2. Action Item 001-2018 – To approve 2018 – 2022 Grazing Allocations for Hopi HPL Permittees – Author/Priscilla Pavatea,

Director, Office of Range Management - APPROVED

3. Action Item 002-2018 – To investment funds from the Albin Estate into the Hopi Education Endowment Investment Portfolio to

grow the funds and be utilized for future education programs for Hopi children – Author/David Talayumptewa, Chairman, Health

& Education Committee - APPROVED

4. Action Item 003-2018 – To approve the release of balance of escrow account established for Antelope Mesa rentals to First

Mesa Consolidated Villages – Author/Wallace Youvella, Sr., Tribal Council Representative, First Mesa Consolidated Village - APPROVED

5. Action Item 004-2018 – To approve establishment of Hopi Business Community Development Financial Institution – Author/

Stephen Puhr, Executive Director, Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

6. Action Item 005-2018 – To approve the 2017 Water Rate Amendment to Coal Mining Lease No. 14-20-0450-5743 between the

Hopi Tribe and Peabody Western Coal Company – Author/Theresa Thin Elk, General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

7. Action Item 006-2018 – To approve disenrollment of dual enrollment of a Hopi Tribal Member – Author/Mary L. Polacca

8. Tribal Secretary - Interviews - 12/7/17 – 1:00 – 5:00 pm - COMPLETE

9. Tribal Treasurer – Interviews - 12/8/17 – 9:00 – 10:30 am - COMPLETE

10. Sergeant-at-Arms - Interviews - 12/8/17 – 10:30 - 12:00 noon - COMPLETE

11. Chief Revenue Commissioner & Deputy Revenue Commissioners – Interviews - 12/8/17 @ 1:00 – 4:00 pm - COMPLETE

12. Deputy Revenue Commissioner - Interviews - 12/8/17 - 4:00 – 5:00 pm - COMPLETE

13. Hopi Tribal Council Appointments to Committees/Commission and Boards

14. Discussion re: programmatic issues/concerns with Virgil Pinto, Chief Ranger, Hopi Resource Enforcement Services and Priscilla Pavatea, Director, Office of Range Management

15. Introduction of Lori Piestewa American Legion Post #80 2017 – 2018 Royalty – Eugene Talas, Manager, Hopi Veterans Services

16. Discussion: October 10, 2017 Letter from Louella Nahsonhoya, Director, Tutuveni, requesting direction on how to proceed

with enforcing Resolution H- 040-2017

17. Discussion: September 24, 2017 Memorandum from Vice Chairman Alfred Lomahquahu, Jr., re: Appointment of Executive

Director – Lamar Keevama, Tribal Council Representative, Bacavi Village

18. Update on Navajo Generating Station and to meet new Tribal Council – Peabody Energy Representatives - 12/7/17 @ 9:00

a.m. – 12:00 noon - COMPLETE

19. Review of Tribal Council protocols, procedures and Resolutions - COMPLETE

20. Discussion: November 29, 2017 E-mail from the General Counsel re: response from the Election Board in response to the Certified questions posed to them (add-on) - COMPLETE

21. Discussion: Draft Personnel Policies and Procedures – Lisa Pawwinnee, Director, Office of Human Resources (add-on)

22. Discussion: Report from Abandoned Mine Lands Program – Norman Honie Jr. (add-on)

23. Discussion Re: formation of a Task Team that will amend the Rules of Order – Hopi Tribal Council - (add-on)

24. Update on Land Settlement Discussion – Craig Andrews, Member, Land Commission (add-on) - 12/18/17 @ 9:00 a.m. – 12:30

p.m. - COMPLETE

25. Update on LCR Litigation (add-on) Wallace Youvella, Sr., Member, Water/Energy Committee - 12/18/17 @ 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. COMPLETE

XII. REPORTS - (1 hr. time allotted) * Required

1. Office of the Chairman *

2. Office of the Vice Chairman *

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3. Office of Tribal Secretary * - COMPLETE Written 4 Quarter report

4. Office of the Treasurer *

5. General Counsel *

6. Office of the Executive Director *

7. Land Commission *

8. Water/Energy Committee *

9. Transportation Committee *

10. Law Enforcement Committee *

11. Office of Revenue Commission *

12. Investment Committee *

13. Health/Education Committee *

14. Hopi Education Endowment Fund Annual Report – LuAnn Leonard, Director, Hopi Education Endowment Fund

15. Report on Trust Settlement Case – Theresa Thin Elk, General Counsel, Office of General Counsel - 12/06/17 – 9:00 am – 11:00

am – COMPLETE

XIII. ADJOURNMENT

*Hopi Tribal Council may go into Executive Session on any agenda item

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Kuwanwisiwma from Page 1

When Kuwanwisiwma accepted the position of CPO

Director, he accepted a huge responsibility of advocating for the Hopi Tribe and the Hopi people. He recalls

the many challenges he faced and how he piece milled

everything together with the little resources he had and

how he and his original staff scrutinized and sieved

through all the correspondences stored in boxes. It was

during this time that he realized he needed an archaeologist. In 1990 he reached out to Dr. Shirley Powell

a Professor at the Northern Arizona University (NAU).

Powell gave him his first introduction and education to

archaeology and helped him write the first position description. She also sat in on the interview panel when

they hired the Tribe’s first archaeologist Dr. David Carmichael.

1991 he applied for and received a grant from the Bureau of Reclamation, to establish a Cultural Resource

Advisory Team. This also started the successful Grand

Canyon and San Juan river raft trips held annually. Before this time, in 1990, he relied on Dalton Taylor as

his Cultural Advisor when he faced his first reburial of

human remains. He called on Taylor because he didn’t

know how to handle this properly. Any burial is sacred

and is also of religious significance. During that time,

Taylor helped him with two more reburials of human remains at Homolovi. The second year, he organized his

first Cultural Resource Advisory Team (CRATT) consisting of Elridge Koinva, Valjean Joshevama, Byron

Tyma and Dalton Taylor, all from Shungopavy, all from

Shungopavy Village. The current CRATT has representatives from all the Villages.

Kuwanwisiwma did not know about the Native

American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), but learned fast that it was a law, and dealt

with repatriation. This was “a big eye opener for me as

we began to get inventory from museums of human remains and artifacts. This became a very huge project.”

Since 1990 to 2017 he helped rebury the remains of

about 8,000+ Hopi ancestors and about 1,500 -2,000 of

funerary objects . This has been the greatest number of

reburials, of human remains, of any Tribe in the US.

Kuwanwisiwma said he did what he “had to do to make

sure our Hopi ancestors were buried properly.”

In the mid 1990’s it was found that artifacts in museums were treated with pesticides for insects – a poison.

They immediately had to stop repatriating. CPO received a grant and did their first testing of collections of

27 kachina friends out of the Heard Museum. In 1997,

the Hopi Tribe and CPO became the first tribe to do

pesticide testing. All artifacts have to be tested and they

perform regular testings.

After that period, he engaged in a 5-year research on

the Eagle issues in the Navajo/Hopi land dispute cases.

This started in about 1996-2002 where he researched

and fought to protect and document the Hopi eagle nesting and gathering sites. Much field work, in collaboration with the Hopi land office and the Land Information

System (LIS), went into this project. The Hopi Tribal

Council passed a Resolution to research and document

Hopi sites in preparation for trial in the Navajo-Hopi land dispute. In total 480 Hopi religious sites and

shrines were documented as being located on the Navajo reservation. All these records are maintained in

the Library by Stewart Koyiyumptewa, Archivist for

the Hopi Tribe

“I came in really naïve but drew on my Hopi background and early on had the support of Dalton Taylor

and my cultural advisors,” said Kuwanwisiwma.

In 2001, the owners of the Snowbowl came to CPO

and the CRATT and asked for their support and input

into artificial snowmaking on the peaks. The CRATT

met with the villages and each time told the Snowbowl

owners that the Hopi Tribe did not support artificial

snowmaking. In about March, 2005 the Coconino National forest authorized the Snowbowl owners to make

artificial snow. “I call it a day of infamy,” said Kuwanwisiwma. “That particular day in March was a day of

infamy.”

Everyone was angry. Kuwanwisiwma drafted a Resolution to file a lawsuit. The Council was at first reluctant, but authorized the lawsuit protesting the artificial

snowmaking. The Tribe’s attorneys at the time recommended and advised against the lawsuit because they

had lost a similar “first amendment religious issue” lawsuit in 1988. The case was a big and it went all the way

to the Supreme Court. Kuwanwisiwma remembers the

attorneys telling the Council there was a 99% chance

they would lose. He remembers contemplating and going to Council and telling them “I will take that 1%,

because we owe it to the hopi people.” “These were

big challenges, especially going against your own lawyers,” said Kuwanwisiwma.

In 2005 trial was held in Prescott. Seven tribes had

a lawsuit against Coconino National Forest. Six tribes

were represented under one lawsuit; but Hopi had their

own lawsuit – Hopi was on their own. “We went to trial

and this was a very big, hard case,” said Kuwanwisiwma. “All the tribes were being brought down and ridiculed on the stand, it was very nasty. I was the last to

take the witness stand and was grilled for 8 hours. They

hammered me and attacked my credibility.” He recalls

the many hours of reading laws and regulations, researching and consulting to prepare for the hearing, but

nothing could prepare him for the harshness of the trial.

After it was finished, the District judge ruled against

the Hopi Tribe. They then appealed to the Appellate

Court – a 3 panel judge who unanimously overturned

the lower court’s decision and ruled in favor of Hopi.

The government and snowbowl then appealed and the

11 panel judges, again, ruled against the Hopi Tribe.

The Hopi Tribe submitted an appeal to the Supreme

Court, but they refused to hear it.

In 2008, Chairman LeRoy Shingtoitewa called him

in and asked him advise on what do about this whole

thing. There was nowhere to go on the federal side.

What should the Tribe do and it would require a lot

of funding. Then Tribal Attorney Robert Lyttle began

to review and rehash the lawsuits and see what else

could be done to stop the artificial snowmaking. They

found some faults and inconsistencies they felt could

help them stop the snowmaking. They found a public

nuisance claim that use of artificial snow, and use of

snow blowers would create dangerous health and environmental issues. The Hopi Tribal Council then agreed

on another lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed somewhere

around 2008-2009 and is still going through the Court

system. “I am still hanging on to that 1%,” said Kuwanwisiwma. “This is a hard one.”

In 2010, the big one was the Paris, France Auction.

“Another big peak in my career,” said Kuwanwisiwma.

“Sixty-five of our kachina friends were to be sold at an

auction in France. The irony was that the auction was to

be held on my birthday, April 12. We only had about

2 weeks before the auction. The first thing I did was

send an email message demanding the Hopi items be

taken off the auction. I tried to figure out how to deal

with it on a bigger scale. I informed Chairman Shingoitewa and the Council and during the first two weeks, a

French attorney called and said if the Tribe could get affidavits and statements claiming authenticity and ownership and identifying the Hopi objects, the Survivors

International would try to help in halting the objects to

be sold. All the photos of the kachina friends were authentic and clearly Hopi. Chairman Shingoitewa did all

he could and went public with the media. Lyttle worked

on the international issue, since no one was licensed to

go into the French court to represent Hopi.

“This was Hopi’s first lawsuit against the auction so

Jim Scarboro, attorney, wrote a really strong letter on

behalf of the Hopi tribe and became part of that lawsuit,

sadly, we lost in the French court,” said Kuwanwisiwma. “I remember the day before the French court was

going to rule, and remember when I got a call saying we

lost. I went through the day blurred. That was another

big thing in my career.”

How did the kachina friends end up in France? “People who bought them were now trying to get rid of them

and selling them,” said Kuwanwisiwma.” “They were

shipping them to France. After the first auction, 8 of the

65 kachina friends were purchased by people in France.

These people placed bids on them, just to return them

to Hopi. Another big auction was held in December,

2014. The Tribe passed a resolution authorizing our

own lawsuit and retained a French attorney pro bono.

They filed a lawsuit to stop the auction. It was heard

and Hopi lost again. The French court asked the owners

if they had proof they were rightful owners and they

said “yes” and provided affidavits and receipts of purchase from another French couple. That’s all the Court

needed to see. They didn’t go back any further than that.

The judge also said that if any cultural item or artifact

is religious in nature but is commodified or sold, it loses its sacredness. The Court said, these French people

sold it to you, here’s the evidence, now it has lost its

sacredness.”

Archivist Stewart Koyiyumptewa has been with office for about 16 years. He started as an intern in 1997

and will assume the responsibility as Director of the

CPO. Kuwanwisiwma feels Koyiyumptewa is prepared

to carry on considering his academic background and

tenure. “He is pretty much ready to go,” said Kuwanwisiwma. There is so much stuff to deal with and I will

be here to support him. I thank the staff for carrying on

the challenge and the CRATT team and the people who

support CPO. The Council has also always been there

for me at the highest level. I’ve gone through seven

administrations, now going on eight -Chairmen going

back to Ivan Sidney and Vernon Masayesva who have

always supported me and Farrell Secacku, Wayne Taylor, LeRoy Shingoitewa, Herman Honanie, and current

Tim Nuvangyaoma and Clark Tenakhongva. I will continue to do culture. I am establishing my own institute

- Natwani Institute, a foundation - with my daughter

Soonwy. I want to concentrate on language preservation, cultural history,clan histories and agriculture. I

want to actively engage females and have already started a round table in Bacavi.”

Koyiyumptewa will be the new CPO Director beginning January 1. Currently he has a big 3-year Navajo

Gallup Pipeline Project that will be starting next year.

He has made a commitment to this Project and will continue to build on the work that Kuwanwisiwma started. “I like Leigh’s direction of having actual reports

available that people can rely on. As the archivist for the

past 17 years, we built a library that houses information

on the Projects we generated. I’m a student of culture

change. I’m interested on how culture changes. The

Hopi people have a rich background, rich history, rich

culture, but slowly things are not how they use to be and

it has become acceptable in the communities. My main

focus is on our children; because our children are really

at a lost state. The reason I bring these reports up is because Leigh built this library based on our past history.

One of the CRATT advisors made a commitment about

his observances during his time here and said, “We’ve

opened up this big culture field and are consulting with

all these agencies circling our homeland. We need to

bring that back and close the gap and focus more on the

local needs of our people. The consulting work can be

secondary.” We have the support of the people and we

will be there to help them, but we need to find a way to

be more streamlined and focus more at the local level,

especially with our children.”

Koyiyumptewa is ready for the challenge and looks

forward to getting started with his agenda in 2018.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018

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HOPI TUTUVENI EDITORIAL BOARD:

Dr. Angela Gonzales

Candace Hamana

Curtis Honanie

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The Struggle to Protect a Tree at the Heart of Hopi Culture

To Hopi traditionalists—Hopis who practice traditional culture—the humble one-seed juniper tree has deep cultural meaning.

By: Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa

and Chip Colwell

In the American Southwest, the loss of juniper trees at the hands of mining

and development xould cost the Hopi a crucial part of their heritage.

A rumbling, low boom unfurled over the land like a current of thunder. But it was a

clear, cloudless day in northern

Arizona. We realized the reverberation was the echo of an explosion—dynamite loosening

the earth—and that the strip

mine was finding its way toward

a colossal seam of coal.

It was the fall of 2015, and the

Kayenta Mine’s owners, Peabody Energy, the world’s largest

coal company, had proposed to

expand the mine into neighboring areas. If that were to happen,

then the place we were standing

on

would one day be peeled

open like a can of sardines to

reveal the prize of shiny, midnight-black coal.

The Kayenta Mine has long

been a source of controversy.

Every year it ships millions of

tons of coal by rail to the Navajo

Generating Station northeast of

the Grand Canyon. The power plant keeps air conditioners

humming in Phoenix and Los

Angeles, and lights shimmering

in Las Vegas and beyond.

We were there as anthropologists with a team of researchers

and Hopi elders to study the

project’s potential impact on

religious sites, archaeological

remains, springs, and more. But

at every stop, the elders talked

about the juniper tree. The trees

were so abundant—blanketing every hill that hasn’t been

mined—that at first it seemed

strange to be concerned about

the potential loss of this plant.

There were ancient Pueblo villages and graveyards to worry about. There were precious

springs and rare songbirds.

But the elders kept returning

to their fears for the junipers.

“We’re always going to

be here,” said Bill Preston, a

soft-spoken Hopi traditionalist

from the village of Walpi. “This

is our home. All these plants

have life. What will happen

when they blow it up? What for?

Money. But it will be gone by

the time our children grow up.”

The one-seed juniper is the

most humble of trees. It grows

leisurely, each year lucky to

reach some 6 inches closer to

the sky. A mature plant, a survivor of centuries of droughts and

storms, may stand no taller than

you or I. The bark, a coarse calico of grays, sheds from the trunk

in long strips like peeling skin.

The tree is just common enough

to easily fade into the dusty

landscape in which it grows—a

range that extends from Arizona

to the western regions of Texas

and Oklahoma, from southern

Colorado to perhaps as far south

as Mexico. It is an evergreen,

but its leaves typically feel sharp

and look burned. Few would say

it is beautiful.

And yet, the juniper’s ordinariness masks an array of remarkable gifts. It is an oyster of

the high desert that hides many

pearls inside. To the Hopi people, the juniper is a vital part of

their traditional way of life.

That Hopis ascertained the

tree’s extraordinary endowments is unsurprising given their

dependence on wild plants for

their survival. With cultural origins that stretch back thousands

of years in the Southwest, the

Hopi Tribe now numbers about

14,000 members who live in

rural isolation. The heartland of

the tribe is in northern Arizona,

on a stark, high plateau that receives about 10 inches of rain

a year. Hopis must make use of

every possible thing. They are

traditionally farmers of corn,

beans, squash, and other vegetables. But their livelihood also

depends on gathering a range of

wild resources—animals, minerals, and especially plants. Some

travel up to 200 miles away from

home to gather them. These collected plants are a part of everyday Hopi life. They are used for

food, housing, tools, decoration,

medicine, ceremonies, and magic. Many Hopi traditionalists

could name without hesitation

such plants as nanakopsi (bee

balm), mö’öngtorhavu (bush

mint), wùusi (sand muhly), hunvi (cliffrose), and hoongavi (arrowweed).

When we directed a research

project in 2006 to evaluate Hopi

cultural resources in the path of

a new power line that stretches

from New Mexico to Nevada, we

discovered that Hopis depend on

more than 200 plant species for

their cultural practices.

Consider that. How many wild

plant species and their uses can

you name?

The juniper provides Hopis

the basics of warmth, shelter,

tools, and food. Hopis do not cut

down junipers but rather collect

deadwood for winter fires and

for building houses, corrals, and

fences. Juniper roots, which

can stretch downward 200 feet,

are carved into cradleboards,

bows and arrows, and hairpieces that are used for the famous

squash-blossom hairdo of Hopi

maidens. The bark—làapu—is

a fire starter, and can be rolled

into a ceremonial torch called a

kopitsoki. Collected deadwood

is often the fuel used to cook

piiki—a paper-thin rolled wafer

bread made of ground blue corn.

The juniper tree’s berries are

considered a “starvation food”

for when the tribe’s crops fail.

The berries are still eaten, but

just as significantly, they recall

Hopi history—all the hard times

their ancestors endured. “Just

because people are living an

easy life now, it hasn’t always

been that way,” Owen Numkena, a Hopi elder, told us during a

related project. “It’s important to

remember.”

The juniper’s deeper value

to the Hopi lies in its powers to

purify and protect. “It’s a tree

with a lot of medicine,” Preston

said. Boiled as a tea, the leaves

are a medicine; the sap can be

consumed to clean people’s intestines out. Newborn children

are rubbed with juniper ash,

while their mothers, who veered

toward death during childbirth,

are bathed in juniper-infused

water. Berries ground to a paste

are used to clean new mothers

further. Even misbehaving youth

are held to the smoke of a smoldering juniper fire to purge them

of mischief. Juniper smoke also

cleanses Hopis who have encountered the dead.

Hopis see the forests of juniper as interconnected to the

entire natural world, a thread

woven into the tapestry of life.

Junipers provide shade to other

plants; they give shelter and food

to wildlife; their roots retain the

soil, keeping erosion at bay.

In the dry, high desert of

northern Arizona, the juniper

contributes further to Hopi life

by bringing the most precious

resource of all: water. “These

trees trap the clouds and bring

the rain,” Lyman Polacca, an

elder from the village of Sitsomovi, said. “They’re like our

rainforest.”

Alot has changed since that

day in 2015. The Navajo Generating Station’s owners announced in June that the power

plant is no longer economically

sustainable and they are planning to shut it down. Since the

Kayenta Mine ships coal exclusively to the Navajo Generating

Station, it appears that the mine

may close by 2019.

This is good news for the juniper stands we saw as we stood

near the mine back in 2015. And

some people welcome the energy project’s demise for other

reasons too. The power station

has degraded air quality. Peabody’s mining operations have

destroyed hundreds of Hopi ancestral sites. And since the company began mining the area in

the 1970s, it has used billions

of gallons of pristine drinking

water.

But others fear what will become of the region’s precarious

economy. Peabody claims that

99 percent of its workers are Native American. The Hopi Tribe

depends on royalties from the

mine for upward of 85 percent of

its annual budget. But while the

economic costs of the plant shutting down would be steep for the

Hopi and others in the region,

there would also be substantial

and important benefits, such as

cleaner air and water, the restoration of harmony in the ecosystem, and a return to a more respectful and mindful way of life

on Hopi lands.

The Dakota Access pipeline,

which carries oil nearly 1,200

miles from North Dakota to Illinois, has made headlines over

the last year for threatening traditional sites and waterways.

But across the United States,

countless development projects

threaten resources that Native

Americans depend on for their

cultural survival. As anthropologists, we’ve worked with the

Hopi Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Office for years to document the natural and cultural

resources that are in the path

of many new pipelines, power

plants, mines, and roads.

Pinyon-juniper vegetation still

covers about 100 million acres

across the American West. But

these ecosystems have declined

over the last century. Since the

1800s, pinyon-juniper forests

in the Southwest have been dramatically reduced by livestock

grazing, landscape fragmentation, the timber industry, wildfire-control techniques, invasive

plant species, and development

projects. Hopis have agonized

over these changes. Because

Hopis do not cut down junipers,

they must find healthy forests

that produce deadwood they can

collect. They have already lost

easy access to junipers in their

immediate homeland. When juniper forests are cleared, Hopis

lose a resource that is at the heart

of their way of life.

Preston told us that after witnessing the mined and reclaimed

areas, he became consumed with

thoughts about the survival of

the Hopi homeland. “These places were put here for us, and it is

our responsibility to preserve

them for the future,” he said.

Hopis are further troubled by

the decline in juniper forests

because the tree is not merely a

tool for their culture. It is a living testimony to sacred practices. “People have come here for

centuries, and there are offerings

everywhere,”

Preston said. “The whole landscape is filled with offerings.”

When the juniper is gathered for

its many uses, Hopis leave offerings of corn meal at the base of

each tree to feed the spirits—and

as a sign of respect for the tree’s

gift and a prayer that the tree

continues to grow strong.

Each juniper thus becomes a

shrine, an offering place. The

hills and plateaus of the northern

Southwest are not just forests of

junipers. They are forests filled

with living shrines.

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5

Obituary

In Long Memory of

our precious brother,

uncle and newphew

Mark Tahbo

Born: April 13, 1958

Entered Rest: December 23, 2017

Mark is preceded in death by his Parents

Ramon and Mary Tahbo, Brother

Merwyn Tahbo and Sister Dianne Howato

He is survived by Brother Maynard Tahbo,

Sister Pamela Namingha,

Aunts Ernestine Goldtooth,

Deanna Sakiestewa

and Louise Tahbo;

6 nieces, 6 nephews and many cousins

Youth Internship Opportunities With Hopi Cultural

Preservation Office

The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office is pleased to announce internship opportunities for Hopi and Tewa youth ages 18 to 26 (must be a high school graduate). The

HCPO is embarking on a 3 year project that will involve fieldwork, archival research,

interaction with elders, and skill building in the natural and cultural resources. Possible tasks may include the following:

• Attend planning meetings and conference calls to become oriented with project

goals.

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• Help develop questions for oral interviews and place-based field interviews.

• Participate in oral history interviews and fieldwork.

• Help create a bibliography of relevant sources available at HCPO archives.

• Use Hopi Dictionary to contribute to a list in Hopi of plants, minerals, animals,

and other resources that may be identified during the project.

• Help develop a table of archaeological sites in the project area, with site descriptions.

• Assist with additional project-related tasks as determined by Internship Coordinator or HCPO Staff.

Internship applications can be submitted year round. A letter of interest is all that is

required to apply followed by an interview. Please include a one page letter providing

your name, contact information, age and reasons for interest in this program and how

working with the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office will benefit you.

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If you would like more information about this project or to apply, please contact:

Stewart Koyiyumptewa at skoyiyumptewa@hopi.nsn.us, 928-734-3615 or

Joel Nicholas at jnicholas@hopi.nsn.us or 928-734-3618

MESSAGE FROM

Hopi Resource Enforcement Services

With the Holidays approaching and current ceremonies occurring, Hopi Resource Enforcement Services will be taking a proactive approach towards traffic,

seatbelt and DUI enforcement. Each year, lives are lost on our highways. We

would like everyone who travels on the roadways to remain safe.

HRES Officers will be out patrolling the highways throughout our Hopi reservation, they will take a zero tolerance approach towards highway safety. Expect

Officers to be highly visible on the highways and roadways, conducting safety

check points and issuing citations. This notice is in effect until January 1, 2018.

HRES wishes everyone an enjoyable safe Holiday Season. Be safe and Don’t

Drink and Drive!

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6 TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018 | HOPI TUTUVENI

IN THE HOPI TRIAL COURT

KEAMS CANYON, ARIZONA

In the Matter of the Change of Name Of: Derrick Albert Myron.

Hopi Tribal Census Number: 1605-1509

NO. 2017-CV-0116: NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CHANGE OF NAME

Notice is hereby given that Derrick Albert Myron has petitioned the Court for the

change of name from: DERRICK ALBERT MYRON TO DERRICK ALBERT

POLEQUAPTEWA.

Any party seeking to intervene in said proceeding, must file an appropriate pleading with the Hopi Trial Court no later than twenty (20) days after the publication of

this notice. Dated this 21st day of November, 2017.

/s/ Imalene Polingyumptewa,

Deputy Court Clerk

Hopi Credit Association (HCA)

Hopi

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

PO Box 1259

Keams Canyon, AZ 86034

Phone: 928-738-2205 Fax: 928-738-5633

POSITION:

CLOSING DATE:

Accountant

January 19, 2018

Submit application, resume and names of three (3)

references by fax or email to lisa@hopicredit.us. The

Accountant PD and employment application can be

found at www.hopi-nsn.gov/hopi-credit-association.

It’s Almost a New Year

You’ve put off improving your

education and job skills long

enough. Don’t waste another

year. Get started on the path

to a better life by enrolling

today for spring classes!

Choose from 18 Career Programs or one

of 5 degrees guaranteed to transfer

to AZ & most universities!

Tutuveni

Registration Now Underway

PO Box 123

Most classes start the week of January 16.

Kykotsmovi,

For the latest course offerings, visit www.npc.edu/class-schedule

AZ 86039

928-734-3282

Paper application deadline

for 2018 elk, pronghorn

draw is Jan. 30

“This will have an impact on how our

Hopi Tribal hunters will be applying for

the AZGFD Hopi Hunts for Elk and Antelope in 2018,” said Darren Talayumptewa,

Director of Hopi Wildlife and Ecosystem

Management Program

Holbrook • Hopi • Kayenta • Show Low • Snowflake/Taylor

Springerville/Eagar • St. Johns • Whiteriver • Winslow

(800) 266-7845

www.npc.edu

9TH ANNUAL

HOPI ARTS & CULTURAL FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 2018

Heritage Square, Downtown Flagstaff

POSTER CONTEST

The Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation would like to invite Hopi artists

to submit art for our poster contest for 2018 festival.

Arizona Game and Fish Department

Hopi Wildlife and Ecosystem Management Program

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and

Fish Department has posted the 2018

Pronghorn Antelope and Elk Hunt Draw

Information online at www.azgfd.gov/

draw.

The department now is accepting paper

applications for hunt permit-tags. Paper

applications can be mailed to: Arizona

Game and Fish Department, Attn.: Drawing Section, P.O. Box 74020, Phoenix,

AZ 85087-1052, or dropped off at any

department office statewide.

The printed “2018 Pronghorn Antelope

and Elk Hunt Draw Information” booklets are expected to be available the first

week of January at department offices

and license dealers statewide.

In an effort to provide better customer

service by announcing draw results sooner, all paper applications must be received

no later than 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time)

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Postmarks do

not count.

The online application service for the

random draw is expected to be available

in early to mid-January. Online applications must be received no later than 11:59

p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, Feb. 13,

2018.

The department encourages all applicants to sign up for a free AZGFD portal account and apply online. The portal

allows customers to create a secure account where they can manage and view

their draw applications, license history,

bonus points, gain access to their “I Support Wildlife” membership and more in

the “My AZGFD Dashboard” section. A

portal account also provides convenient

access to the online license purchase and

draw application systems. Draw results

will be posted only to portal accounts.

It’s easy to create an account. Just click

on “My Account” in the upper right-hand

corner of the www.azgfd.gov home page

and then select the “Register” option, filling in the requested information. A portal

account is mobile-friendly, so customers

can view their information on their smartphones.

AZGFD is dedicated to assisting applicants with the online process. All department offices are equipped with customer

computers that can be accessed from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Customer service representatives can be

reached by calling (602) 942-3000. As a

reminder, customer service representatives will be available to provide assistance only until 8 pm, February 13 (deadlline day).

A valid hunting license (or combination

hunting and fishing license) is required to

hunt wildlife in Arizona. No one under 14

may hunt big game without having completed a Hunter Education course. While

it is not necessary for anyone 10 to 13 to

complete a Hunter Education course before applying for a hunt permit-tag, these

courses fill quickly. Consider registering

now by visiting www.azgfd.gov/huntered or calling 623-236-7239.

Information is also available at the

Hopi WEMP Office by calling:

928-734-3671 (Office)

928-734-3672 (Receptionist)

928-734-3673 (Admin Secretary)

928-380-5372 (Cell)

Visit us on-line

www.hopi-nsn.gov

The winning poster artist will be selected as our featured artist for 2018 festival.

The winning Artist will receive the following:

● Booth at festival paid in full ● 2 night paid accommodations for festival week-end

● 10 copies of winning poster and 4 printed T-shirts

Poster Contest deadline entry is March 30, 2018 @ 5:00 P.M.

Entry must be an original and 11 x 17 (no larger then 11x17)

A waiver will be required for each entry when entry is received

Entry can be dropped off at the office or mailed to:

Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

5200 E. Cortland Blvd., Ste. E200-7

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA 86004

Looking forward to another successful festival!

For more information contact Lisa Talayumptewa at (928) 522-8675, or e-mail lisa.talayumptewa@htedc.net.

Proceeds from festival to benefit Hopi education

Sponsored By The Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

Get your message out to over

14,000 tribal members on

and off the Hopi Reservation

Advertise in The Hopi Tutuveni

call 928-734-3282 for information

Subscribe to the Hopi Tutuveni

2018 Subscription Rates

On Reservation: $25 for 6 months

$40 for 12 months

Off Reservation: $40 for 6 months

$60 for 12 months

HOPI TUTUVENI |

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018

7

Hopi High School Bruins

Boys/Girls Basketball Schedule

Date Opponent Location Times

1/5 St. Johns St. Johns VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 4:30pm

FB 6pm

FG 7:30pm

1/6

Many Farms

Many Farms

VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 12pm

1/9 Window Rock Hopi VB 7:30pm,

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 12pm

1/13 Round Valley Eager VB 3pm

VG 1:30pm

JVB 12pm

JVG 12pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 3pm

1/16 Many Farms Hopi VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 12pm

1/19 Alchesay Hopi VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 12pm

1/20

Red Mesa

Tees Nos Pos

VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

1/23 Valley Sanders VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30p

JVG 3pm

1/26 St. Johns Hopi VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 12pm

1/27 Tuba City Tuba City VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 1:30pm

FG 2pm

1/30 Ganado Ganado VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

FB 6pm

FG 4:30pm

2/1 Greyhills Hopi VB 7:30pm

VG 6pm

JVB 4:30pm

JVG 3pm

2/6 Regionals Higher Seed VG TBD

2/7 Regionals Higher Seed VB TBD

1st Round Girls

1st Round Boys

2/8

VG TBD

VB TBD

2/9 Regionals Finals Round Valley VB TBD

VB TBD

2/13

2/14

Regional Semifinals

State Play-in Game

State Play-in Game

Round Valley

Higher Seed

Higher Seed

VG TBD

VB TBD

Girls

Boys

2/16 State Round of 16 Prescott VG TBD,

VB TBD

2/17

State-Quarterfinals

Prescott

VB TBD,

VB TBD

2/23

State-Semifinals

Prescott

VG TBD,

VB TBD

2/17 State-Finals Prescott VB TBD,

VB TBD

Happy New Year to our Readership.

Wishing you a blessed and prosperous New Year!

Pharmacy Technician training at NPC gets you job-ready

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Northland Pioneer College

You could be employed this summer as

a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

working in a retail or hospital pharmacy if

you enroll in training courses this spring

at Northland Pioneer College’s Winslow,

Snowflake or Whiteriver locations.

Pharmacy technician students may

qualify for free or reduced-cost training

through Women, Infants and Children

(WIC), Arizona @ Work, available online (arizona@work.com), through local

Department of Economic Security offices, or the Navajo and Apache Counties

Workforce Investment Board (www.navajocountyaz.gov/wia/).

“It is important to check with these

agencies BEFORE registering for the

Pharmacy Technician course,” stressed

Connie Warren, NPC’s coordinator of

Allied Health programs. “Once you register, it is harder for these agencies to

assist with the cost of tuition, fees and

textbooks.”

And if you need financial help to cover

some of the costs for this training, NPC

Friends and Family is offering five $500

grants to qualified applicants. Applications must be received by noon, Tuesday,

January 9. To apply or for more information, visit www.npc.edu/scholarships/

pharmacy-technician or contact Bet-

syann Wilson, executive director of NPC

Friends and Family, (928) 536-6245 or

email betsy.wilson@npc.edu.

Northland Pioneer College’s Pharmacy Technician Training course will

prepare you for the national certification

exam, required by most employers in this

fast-paced healthcare field. CPhT training

also provides a foundation for additional

studies to become a registered pharmacist.

This intensive, eight-credit-hour course

covers medical and pharmaceutical terminology, basic anatomy, pharmaceutical

calculations, and prevention of medication errors. The ethics of pharmacy practice and the technician’s role in this allied

health profession are also covered. Students will also complete a 120-hour paid

or unpaid externship, providing valuable

job experience.

The Pharmacy Technician Training

(PHT 102) course meets on Tuesday

evenings, January 16 through May 8,

on NPC’s Winslow – Little Colorado

Campus, 1400 E. Third St., from 6 to

8:59 p.m. The Snowflake class meets on

Thursday evenings, January 18 through

May 10, from 7 to 9:59 p.m., in Student

Center, room 131, at 1611 S. Main. The

class meets on Tuesday and Thursday

evenings from 6 to9 p.m., January 16

through May 10, at the Whiteriver Center, 720 S. Chief.

Individuals interested in becoming

pharmacy technicians can have no prior

felony convictions or record of drug or

substance abuse. Students must be 18 or

older, have a GED or high school diploma, and have current health care provider

CPR and First Aid certification. The CPR

course is available through NPC (EMT

104) for $72. Proof of legal United States

residency is required to obtain a trainee

license. Before beginning the required

externship, students must obtain and acquire fingerprint clearance from the Arizona Department of Public Safety ($67)

and a Pharmacy Technician Trainee License ($46) from the Arizona State Board

of Pharmacy.

Tuition for the eight-credit PHT 102

course is $576, plus a $40 course fee, $45

media fee, and textbooks (±$116). Order

books by January 1 to insure delivery

before the first class session. Students

enrolling on or after January 16 will be

charged a $25 late registration fee.

Most people are familiar with the retail

pharmacy technician, but CPhT’s are also

employed in hospital or nursing home

pharmacies, at research facilities and by

insurance companies. Government agencies, such as branches of the armed services, federal drug agencies, and the National Institute of Health, offer positions

for nationally registered technicians.

Registration for spring classes is currently underway during regular business

hours. As part of the registration process,

you will need to verify your U.S. residency status. Your local NPC campus or

center will provide details about required

documentation. For more information,

see an NPC academic adviser.

For more information about NPC’s

Pharmacy Technician training program,

contact an NPC academic adviser at the

nearest NPC campus or center, or call the

Nursing & Allied Health Division, (800)

266-7845, ext. 6136.

Northland Pioneer College serves the

residents of Navajo and Apache counties

through four regional campuses and five

centers with a variety of educational options for academic, career and technical

and personal enrichment. NPC supports

each student’s educational goals through

affordable tuition, small class sizes and

caring, professional instructors. For more

information about NPC programs and

services, visit www.npc.edu or call (800)

266-7845.

8 TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Food Handler’s Training

Hopi Tribal Ordinance No. 12 requires that all Food Service Employees,

Peddlers, Temporary Food Vendors on the Hopi Reservation possess

current Food Handler Cards.

A Food Handler’s Card or Certificate of Training issued by another Tribe,

County or other Government Entity is valid on the Hopi Reservation as

long as its expiration date does not exceed two years from the date of

issuance.

There is no fee for this training or the card. Just bring along a pen or pencil.

Food Handler’s Training scheduled for:

Upper Moenkopi Senior Center

Thursday, January 4, 2018

1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.

For more information, please call the Department of Health & Human Services at (928) 734-3403 or 3404

www.hopi-nsn.gov