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Volume 21 Number 12

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Kwaatsi from Paris auction returned

Paris Lawyer Pierre Servan-Schreiber purchases Kwaatsi for $8K in Neret-Minet auction

and returns it to Hopi Tribe

Ft. McDowell Yavapai

Nation Mourns the

Loss of Honorable

President Dr. Clinton

Pattea

Mihio Manus/Hopi Tutuveni

Hopi Tutuveni

With great sadness the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation announced the passing of Tribal President Dr. Clinton M.

Pattea. Dr. Pattea was born, raised, and

died in his beloved homeland of Fort

McDowell. He passed on the early

morning of July 5th, 2013.

Clinton Pattea, whose Indian name

in Yavapai is Diss’-Diss’ah, devoted

much of his life’s work serving the Fort

McDowell Yavapai people, including

his 50 years in Tribal office. He was

centrally involved in the Nation’s defining events for over 60 years.

Pattea fought for the tribe’s rights.

The proposed Orme Dam at the confluence of the Verde and Salt Rivers

would have flooded most of the Ft. McDowell reservation, forcing the tribe to

relocate. However, Pattea and other

leaders faced the federal government

and saved the reservation.

While his life has come to an end,

his visionary leadership endures in

the promising futures of his People.

“He will be deeply missed by all who

knew him. But, we at Fort McDowell

will continue in his legacy of promoting education, preserving our native

language, and maintaining our Tribal

sovereignty and self-reliance,” Vice

President Bernadine Burnette stated.

“Pattea has done much work for

Indian Country and he will surely be

missed” said Hopi Chairman LeRoy

N. Shingoitewa. “We continue to honor

his legacy and benefit from the foundation he laid for us. His passion and

work in education is a lasting tribute to

Native America, which will never be

forgotten.”

A Celebration of Life Memorial service was held Monday,July 15 at the

Raddison- Fort McDowell, AZ.

Hopi Youth Ranch

Intern Program

Workshops Begin

State and federal government

leaders among presenters

for this Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation

Program

Patrick M. Browning

General Manager, Hopi 3 Canyon Ranches

Mormon Lake and 26 Bar Ranch,

Ariz. – Hopi 3 Canyon Ranches is

hosting a series of workshops as part

of a hands-on summer job internship

program for Hopi youth sponsored by

the Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation (HTEDC). The Hopi

Youth Summer Ranch Intern program

trains and encourages Hopi youth in

livestock, ranching and range management and encourages good land stewardship.

“We are offering a series of workshops during the months of July,

August and September,” said Pat

Browning, General Manager of Hopi

3 Canyon Ranches, a HTEDC enterprise. “Even though the Hopi Youth

Ranch Intern Program is for Hopi

students exclusively, we have opened

these workshops to all students interested in any of these fields of endeavor.

We are opening all of these special presentations to students of all ages and

their parents.”

The first workshop takes place July

17 and 18 at the Hopi Youth Ranch

Intern Camp off Mormon Lake Road.

See Ranch Intern Program Page 6

Louella Nahsonhoya

Hopi Tutuveni

Hopi Chairman LeRoy N.

Shingoitewa, a few Hopi

Council members and Soongopavy Katsin Mongwi Lawrence Keevama First Mesa

Katsin Mongwi Sam Tenakhongva gathered in Flagstaff

on Friday to receive and welcome back one of the Hopi

kwaatsim sold at an auction in

Paris, France in April.

In their attempts to stop the

sale of the Hopi objects, Attorney Pierre Servan-Schreiber

and Jean Patrick, Coordinator

of the French based Survival

International, filed a motion

on behalf of the Hopi Tribe

to stop the auction. A Judge

in Paris, France ruled against

and rejected the motion saying

it could only intervene to protect human remains or living

beings.

Attorney Servan-Schreiber,

who represented the Hopi

Tribe Pro Bono, purchased

one of the objects, which he

returned to the Hopi Tribe on

Friday. He was accompanied

by Jean Patrick, Coordinator

of the Survival International

French Office, Leila Batmanghelidj, Coordinator and Kayla

Wieche, Assistant Coordinator

of the U.S. Survival Interna-

Left to Right: Councilman Norman Honanie, Councilman Bruce Fredericks, Coordinator of Survival International France Office Jean Patrick, Assistant Coordinator of San Francisco Survival International Office Kayla Wieche, Soongopavy Katsin Mongwi Lawrence Keevama, Attorney Pierre Servan-Schreiber,

First Mesa Katsin Mongwi Sam Tenakhongva, Hopi Chairman LeRoy Shingoitewa, San Francisco Survival Int. Office Coordinator Leila Batmanghelidj,

Councilwoman Rosa Honanie, Councilman George Mase and Councilman Leroy Kewanimptewa

tional.

The tireless efforts of Servan-Schreiber and his staff in

filing a temporary injunction

to stop the auction until they

could figure out the origin and

authenticity while researching

repatriation laws, was the hardest part of the case. “This was

a hard case because of repatriation” said Servan-Schreiber

and affirmed by Jean Patrick.

“Outside the United States

there are no Native American

Graves and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA) rules that apply

to these types of cases. In the

United States NAGPRA is

very strong in repatriation of

indigenous objects, but out of

the Country it is not known.

This has, however, educated

people around the world and

is good for the public to know

that these issues exists.”

Leila Batmanghelidj from the

San Francisco based Survival

International office said, “we

are honored to have been able

to play a small part in the return of the katsina to Hopi. We

will not forget the kindness and

hospitality of everyone we’ve

met. Survival International believes, above all, in respect for

indigenous people around the

world, and for us it’s been an

incredible experience to see

that respect between cultures

in action. It contrasts with the

audacity of the French auction

house that insisted on the auction going ahead. Perhaps out

of that, some good has come

after all.

The group stated they did not

know who bought the other

objects, but did say a French

Foundation was in possession

of one of the objects and had

plans to return them to the

Hopi Tribe later in the year.

The Survival International

is a non-profit organization

which helps tribal people

defend their land rights and

livelihood. This is the first

time they represented a Native

American Tribe in the United

States. Survivalist defended

the Yanomami Tribe from Brazil in 1992 when their bio reserves were targeted.

Hopi Officials attend Public Hearing on 60-acre

land development near Twin Arrows Casino

Louella Nahsonhoya

Hopi Tutuveni

On Thursday, July

11, Hopi Chairman LeRoy N. Shingoitewa,

along with members of

the Hopi Tribal Council, the Hopi Tribe Economic Development

Corporation,

private

ranchers and landowners, ADOT and State

and County officials,

were present at a Rezoning Public Hearing

regarding the new proposed development at

the Twin Arrows Community.

The Public Hearing,

hosted by the Navajo

Nation Shopping Centers, Inc. (NNSCI), was

the first public meeting, as required by the

County, for rezoning of

any proposed develop-

Mihio Manus/Hopi Tutuveni

The Navajo Nation Shopping Centers, Inc., held a rezoning public hearing last Thursday regarding proposed

developments in the Twin Arrows Casino and Resort area. NNSCI is planning on developing retail stores,

entertainment venues and restaurants within the next year as a part of Phase I of their development plan.

ment. With the Navajo

Casino at Twin Arrows

now in full operation,

the NNSCI have implemented the initial

phase of developing a

60-acre area adjacent

to the Casino. The new

development will appeal to patrons of the

Casino, local community residents, the Flagstaff Community, local

businesses, tourists and

traffickers along the

I-40 corridor.

In Oct.2002, the Navajo Nation Council

unanimously approved

NNSCI’s removal from

the Navajo Nation Di-

vision of Economic

Development’s Plan of

Operations, to become

a Navajo-owned Corporation, charged with

enhancing the economy

of the Navajo Nation

and its communities.

NNSCI is becoming

a key component in

economic development

initiatives for the Navajo Nation. Currently, NNSCI owns and

operates 10 shopping

centers throughout the

Navajo Reservation,

with 2 more in process.

According to Nathan

Begay, CEO of NNSCI, the land adjacent to

the Twin Arrows Casino, was purchased last

year for the Outlook at

Glittering Mountain

development project-as

See NNSCI Page 5

HAMP Well Construction Commences

In response to

revised

drinking

water regulations

that decreased the

allowable level of

arsenic in drinking

water in 2006 to

10 ppb, EPA funded a study to assist

the Hopi Tribe in

evaluating existing

conditions for public water systems in

the First and Second Mesa areas that

were known to exceed the maximum

contaminant level

(MCL) for arsenic

and

recommend

viable engineering

solutions to ensure

regulatory compliance.

Beginning

in

2008, the Hopi Water Resources Program (WRP) began

working with Indian Health Service

(IHS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US

EPA) to complete

an arsenic mitigation study.

After reviewing

Hopi area wells,

research

identified a region 15

miles north of the

Hopi Cultural Center referred to as

“Turquoise Trail/

Tawaovi” which,

according to a report completed by

Thompson

Pollari and the WLB

Group in 2005, has

an existing well

with superior water

yield potential and

an arsenic concentration of 3-4 ppb,

which is well below the EPA water

quality limit.

The report contains pump test data

and water quality

information for the

Navajo Aquifer in

the Turquoise Trail

region that suggests

favorable

conditions that may support development

of this area as a primary water source

for the villages that

are currently out of

compliance with

regulations related

to arsenic.

Hopi Police Department seeks

officers through Pilot Program

Page 2

After assessing

the water needs

of the area and reviewing the Turquoise Trail well

data, the Hopi Water Resources Program, IHS and US

EPA collaboratively developed the

Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project Concept. It is through

this collaborative

working effort that

we are now seeing

the development of

a new well field in

the vicinity of the

existing Turquoise

Trail well to take

advantage of the

higher quality water which appears

to be available in

Two wells are being constructed in the Turquoise Trail

area which will provide water from the Navajo Aquifer

as the main source for villages that are currently out of

compliance with arsenic regulations.

sufficient quantity

to serve the First

See HAMP Page 5

Planting a New Orchard in Sloping

Areas

Page 5

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Local News

THE HOPI TUTUVENI

Hopi Police Department seeks officers through Pilot Program

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The number of daily

phone calls that go through

dispatch for police assistance is no match for the

small police force at the

Hopi Police Department.

There are currently three

Sergeants and six officers

on patrol. They are on a

staggered shift where only

one officer may be on duty

to cover the entire Hopi

Reservation from Moencopi to Spider Mound. In

an effort to improve this issue, Hopi Police Chief Jamie Kootswatewa and the

Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA) have implemented

a Pilot Program to recruit

motivated and energetic

applicants.

“We are looking and

seeking motivated, enthusiastic and energetic

individuals with good

moral character and a

clean background,” said

Chief Kootswatewa. “The

amount of serious offenses and violent crimes has

increased over the last ten

years; therefore we are

seeking interested individuals who want to make a

difference and to be a part

of a team that has a strong

bind and a unique sisterhood and brotherhood.”

The Pilot Program will

enable the Hopi Police to

identify a solution for a

quick application process

to hire prospective applicants. The current application process takes close

to two years to complete.

With the Pilot Program it

will hopefully take under

a year.

The basic requirements

to becoming a police officer: must be between the

ages of 21-37; no felony

convictions; must have a

clean driving history; have

a high school diploma; no

degree or experience, but

is preferred.

Under the Pilot Program

applicant(s) must submit

a resume and fill out the

Indian Preference form instead of going online and

filling out the application.

Background checks, credit

checks and medical exams

will be processed while the

applicant is attending the

Police Academy. The increased standard in background checks and credit

checks is to show that the

applicants are responsible

individuals.

In addition to the basic

qualities and enthusiasm,

AILTA Accepting Nominations

for Living Treasures Awards

Photo courtesy of AILTA

Hopi weaver, Thomas Nahsonhoya, was honored with the Arizona Indian

Living Treasure Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

By Daryl Melvin

AILTA

PHOENIX, AZ - The Arizona Indian Living Treasures Awards (AILTA)

committee is accepting nominations for the

2013 Living Treasures

Awards.

The committee will accept nominations postmarked through August

16, 2013.

This year’s ceremony

is on Sunday, November

17, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. in

the Steele Auditorium

at the Heard Museum

in Phoenix. During the

ceremony,

recipients

receive an embroidered

Pendleton blanket and

plaque.

Each year, the AILTA

Board of Trustees honors individuals who

demonstrate a lifetime

of achievement in the

area of arts, education,

and cultural and language

preservation.

Additionally, AILTA recognizes individuals who

serve their community

by sharing their arts and

traditions, and passing

them on to the next generation. The Living Treasures Awards reinforces

the mission of AILTA,

which is to encourage

the preservation of cultural traditions and artistic ideals, while providing education and

awareness to the public

about Indian culture.

Howard Sice, board

president and founding

board member stated,

“To recognize the contributions of our native

elders, for their service

and commitment to retain traditional art and

culture for all Indian

people, is an important

calling.”

Previous

recipients

of the Living Treasures

awards include: Carl

Gorman – Painter, Emory Sekaquaptewa –

Silversmith/educator,

R. Carlos Nakai – Performer, Charles Lolma

– Jeweler/Potter, and

Marvin Ringlero – Saddle maker.

STAFF

Managing Editor:

Mihio Manus

(928)734-3281

mmanus@hopi.nsn.us

Marketing Manager:

Louella Nahsonhoya

(928)734-3283

lnahsonhoya@hopi.nsn.us

Reporter:

Crystal Dee

(928)734-3284

cdee@hopi.nsn.us

Secretary:

Vernita Selestewa

(928)734-3282

vselestewa@hopi.nsn.us

Crystal Dee/Hopi Tutuveni

Officer Duwayne Honahni of Moenkopi stands beside his new police vehicle, one of three vehicles that was purchased.

applicants must have the

ability to make sacrifices

due to time spent away

from family. They must be

able to manage stress, and

remain calm under critical

and stressful situations. In

addition they must be able

to make quick and good

judgments that may be related to life and death situations.

The Hopi Police responds to a variety of calls

from everyday traffic violations, fires, explosives,

weapons, assaults, domestic violence and disputes

among neighbors and families. Some calls are medical emergencies, which

require officer action, because they are the first on

scene.

“Our police agency

provides a top notch quality law enforcement program where we should be

compared to other police

agencies. Beyond that we

have highly trained and

well qualified officers to

respond to any situation

and as a result the community should feel confident

in the Hopi Police department,” said Kootswatewa

about the Hopi Police De-

partment. “Anyone who

is willing to make that

sacrifice with the will and

desire to help their own

people is encouraged to

apply.”

Kootswatewa hopes to

get more applicants than

vacancies. With the vacancies he fills he would

like the applicants to have

the opportunity to get into

corrections, dispatch or refer some of them to other

agencies so they can get

their foot in the door. Because they are a federal

agency they may get detailed throughout the United States in the event of a

natural disaster or where

aid is needed. If the other

agencies need help with

staffing, the correctional officers, dispatchers or

police officers at the Hopi

Police Department may be

detailed out temporarily.

Over the course of

years, the Hopi Police

Department has suffered

a substantial amount of

turnovers due to officers

transferring to other departments and agencies. It

normally takes a year to

fill vacancies o through the

normal application pro-

cess.

“As the Police Chief, I

expect the officers to be

professional,

courteous

and responsible to the

needs of the community.

The Police Department

has had some challenges

in the past but we want

to look forward positively

with a good attitude that

will reflect with the quality

of the people we will hire,”

said Kootswatewa. “This

recruitment drive will really help out with that.”

For more information

you may contact Hopi Police Chief Jamie Kootswatewa by calling (928)7382236 or through e-mail at

Jamie.kootswatewa@bia.

gov. Additional information and application you

may visit usajobs.gov.

The Hopi Tutuveni

Official Newspaper of

the Hopi Tribe

P.O. Box 123

Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

Ph: (928) 734-3282

Fax: (928) 734-0734

CIRCULATION

The Hopi Tutuveni is published twice

a month, with a circulation of 6,000

copies throughout the entire Hopi

Reservation. The paper is delivered

on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each

month to the following locations:

Keams Canyon Store, Polacca Circle

M, Ponsi Hall, Hopi Health Care

Center, Tsakursovi, Hopi Cultural

Center, Kykotsmovi Village Store,

Hotevilla Store, Moenkopi Travel

Center, Moenkopi Legacy Inn, Tribal

Government Complex and all Village

Administration offices. The Tutuveni

is also available at the following

border town locations: Flagstaff-outside Hopi Heritage Square (newspapers), Mt. View Store, N.A.C.A office

on Steves Blvd., Winslow-Caseys,

Winslow Library, Brown Mug, Alphonso’s; and Holbrook- Hopi Travel

Plaza, Joe and Aggie’s Restaurant.

Whitecone - Giant Gas Station.

Dilkon - Bashas. Tuba City Bashas,

Moencopi Travel Plaza, Legacy Inn.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Tutuveni welcomes letters from

readers. A full name, complete address and phone number is required

to verify authenticity of the author.

Anonymous letters will not be printed. The Tutuveni reserves the right

to edit for clarity and may decline

to print Letters that are potentially

libelous and slanderous. Letters will

be run on a space available basis.

Letters may be sent to:

Mihio Manus

Managing Editor

P.O. Box 123

Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039

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About the Arizona Indian Living Treasures

Awards

The Arizona Indian Living Treasures

Awards,

Inc.

was

formed in 1988 and recognized Hopi basked

maker, Sarah Gashwytewa, the first living

treasure recipient. To

date AILTA has recognized 100 Arizona

American Indian living

treasures.

For more information,

the public may contact

Daryl Melvin, P.E., AILTA

Board member at info@

ailta.org or at 928-3801807.

Hopi Tribal Council 2013

LeRoy N. Shingoitewa, Chairman

Herman G. Honanie, Vice

Chairman

Martha A. Mase, Tribal Secretary

Robert Sumatzkuku, Tribal

Treasurer

Violet Sinquah, Sergeant-At-Arms

Village of Upper

Moenkopi

Wayne Kuwanhyoima

Bruce Fredericks

Leroy Sumatzkuku

Danny Humetewa

Village of Bakabi

Davis F. Pecusa

Leroy G. Kewanimptewa

Lamar Keevama

Village of Kykotsmovi

Nada Talayumptewa

Danny Honanie

Norman Honanie

Caleb H. Johnson

Village of Sipaulovi

George Mase

Cedric Kuwaninvaya

Rosa Honani

Village of Mishongnovi

Arthur Batala

Annette F. Talayumptewa

Marilyn Tewa

Mervin Yoyetewa

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 3

Local News

Miss Hopi Committee is looking for eligible Hopi Maidens for royalty pageant

Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

The Miss Hopi Committee has set a date for the

2013 Miss Hopi Pageant

and is seeking eligible

Hopi Maidens to showcase

their talents and knowledge of the Hopi Culture

and language by running

for the 2013 Miss Hopi

royalty. The pageant will

be held on Friday, Aug.

2 beginning at 6:30 pm

(MST) at the Moenkopi

Legacy Inn.

The Miss Hopi Committee sought to incorporate

the value and importance

of agricultural significance

within the theme for this

year’s pageant and chose,

“Planting seeds to honor a

lifetime of traditions and

values.”

Eligibility

Requirements:

Between 18 - 25 yrs. of

age (If 17 yrs., must turn

18 within 3 months from

pageant date)

Single - no children, never

married, no co-habitation

High School Graduate

and/or Possess G.E.D.

Enrolled Member of the

Hopi Tribe

Understand the Hopi/Tewa

Language

(Hopi/Tewa

speaking preferred)

Familiar with Hopi/Tewa

Culture and Traditions

Each contestant will be

judged on six (6) pageant

segments: Personal Interview, Essay, Introduction,

Impromptu Question, Cultural Essay Presentation

and Traditional Talent.

The Miss Hopi Committee

selects a different judging

panel every year in order

to offer fair-play and participation for the contestants.

“I encourage all eligible young Hopi women to

seriously consider being a

part of the Miss Hopi Pageant. This is an amazing

opportunity and learning

experience that will definitely prove to benefit any

young lady who takes on

this prospect to represent

our Hopi Tribe,” said Lisa

Lomavaya,

Contestant

Co-manager who is in

charge of recruiting eligible contestants to run for

Miss Hopi.

The Miss Hopi Pageant

is an annual event solely

sponsored,

coordinated

and maintained voluntarily

by the Miss Hopi Committee through donations and

fundraising efforts. The

committee takes exceptional pride and pleasure in

presenting a pageant filled

with “theme” based décor, diverse entertainment

and excitement for guests.

Currently there are 17 volunteers including Pageant

Director Carey Onsae who

will be responsible for

making final decisions in

making this an eventful

and memorable pageant.

In addition to being the

Pageant Director, Onsae

has taken on the duties of

Public Relations Manager

and Script Manager.

“It is always a true honor to witness the talent,

confidence and beauty in

all of the contestants as

they face the audience

and courageously present

their talent and knowledge

of Hopi culture. I have

been on the Miss Hopi

Committee since 2006

and every year the pageant

comes to life with passion

and enthusiasm from the

committee, royalty and

Crystal Dee/Hopi Tutuveni

Carrie Onsae, Miss Hopi Pageant Director, discusses pageant themes with committee members. The

pageant will take place Aug. 2, 2013 at the Moenkopi Legacy Inn.

volunteers. We truly believe in the value of our

young Hopi/Tewa women, therefore our efforts as

the Miss Hopi Committee

come from the heart and

values of the Hopi way of

life,” said Carey Onsae,

Vice-Chairperson & 2013

Pageant Director.

Over the years, our Miss

Hopi Pageant has received

state-wide and out-of-state

recognition as being one

of the best tribal pageants

Hopi Officials Represent the Tribe at the

NCAI Mid-Year Conference

Cedric Kuwaninvaya

Village of Sipaulovi

A delegation representing the Hopi Tribe traveled to Reno, Nevada the

week of June 24 to represent the interests of the

Tribe at the National Congress of American Indians

(“NCAI”). Chairman Leroy Shingoitewa and Tribal Council Representative

(Village of Sipaulovi) Cedric Kuwaninvaya attended the Mid-Year Meeting

of NCAI to advocate for

Hopi priority issues and

to learn more about national issues affecting the

tribe, including the implementation of the Violence

Against Women Act, the

protection of sacred objects and sites and tribal

energy issues.

VAWA

Implementation

Representatives of the

Tribe attended the first

tribal meeting ever held

to discuss the implementation of the Violence

Against Women Act

(“VAWA”)

provisions

passed earlier this year

by Congress. This law

recognizes tribe’s jurisdiction over non-Indian

perpetrators of domestic

violence on Indian lands

and provides a necessary

tool for law enforcement

in Indian Country.

The tribal participants

at the meeting shared information about best practices for exercising jurisdiction and will continue

to dialogue as more information becomes available

to tribes regarding the

early implementation of

VAWA.

Protecting Sacred

Objects

Tribal Council Representative Cedric Kuwaninvaya, on behalf of the

Hopi Tribe, introduced a

resolution to be adopted

by NCAI calling for increased protections for

tribes’ sacred sites and

objects.

The resolution received

enthusiastic support and

was unanimously adopted by the tribal leaders

attending NCAI. The resolution received particular

support from the San Carlos Apache Tribe and the

Crow and Osage Tribes,

and was not opposed by a

single tribe.

While attending the

NCAI meeting and the

subcommittee meetings

dealing with this resolution, Council Representative Kuwaninvaya learned

that other tribes have had

the same problem as the

Hopi tribe, in that their

sacred objects have been

placed for sale in the in-

Cedric Kuwaninvaya addresses NCAI at Mid-Year Conference

ternational markets.

This led to a discussion

about the need for more

protections for tribes in

the area of international

repatriation. Based on

these discussions, we expect the NCAI to hold a

session at its fall meeting

in October, just to talk

about the issue of increasing international protections for sacred objects.

Hopi Tribe is expected

to have a lead role in the

development of draft legislation.

Resolution affecting

Tribal energy

production

Letter to the Editor

District Six Grazing Permit Process

Dear Editor:

I read in the Hopi Tutuhveni that the Office

of Range Management,

along with the Hearing

Board, is implementing

the District Six Grazing Permit Process. As

a rancher, I don’t believe

this issue went before the

ranchers and/or farmers in

District Six. This is again

circumventing the public’s input process, which

is normally what has been

done all along.

District Six is exclusive

Hopi Reservation, which

includes clan lands, clan

farming areas, village

farming areas, imaginary

boundaries, unlike the

Hopi Partitioned Lands.

These lands were divided

by the Federal Govern-

ment, and partitioned to

the Hopi Tribe, including

the fencing, now referred

to as Range Units.

The implementation and

enforcement of Hopi Ordinance 43 applies to the

HPL areas and not Hopi

District Six. I believe this

issue came before the

council in the past and

was defeated. I further

believe that the Hearing

Board was not funded for

the past several years, and

was non-existent, maybe

they’re funded now.

I am requesting that the

Tribal Council put a hold

on this Permitting Issue

until such time public

hearings are conducted

throughout the villages,

seeking input from the

public. I further request

that I be given a time certain, at the Tribal Council’s earliest convenience,

to express my concerns,

along with the public if

any would like to express

their concerns, as I will

be soliciting their input

regarding this permitting

process. I understand the

permit applications will

be available starting July

15, 2013 and closing July

29, 2013 at 5:00pm.

Should you have any

further questions, please

don’t hesitate and feel

free to contact me at (928)

734-2634. Quak-kwah.

Todd D. Honyaoma, Sr.

Rancher/Farmer

Former Hopi Vice Chairman

While attending the

NCAI sessions, the Hopi

delegation learned that

a group of Northwest

tribes was seeking support

from NCAI to adopt a

resolution that would limit

the ability of numerous

tribes throughout the

United States to develop

or continue to produce

traditional

energy

resources.

Although it was very

short notice, the Hopi delegation joined forces with

the tribes from the Great

Plains to stop this resolution, which was contrary

to NCAI’s on the record

support for tribal development of energy resources.

After much discussion

between the tribal leaders in the northwest and

the Hopi and Great Plains

tribal leaders who were

concerned with the conflict, the northwest tribes

agreed to table their resolution.

To better understand

the position each other’s respective position,

the northwest tribes have

agreed to travel out to the

Great Plains and Hopi to

gain a better understanding of our economies and

cultures and have invited

the Hopi to travel to the

northwest so there can be

a better understanding and

perspective of the situation from both sides.

Ultimately, the parties

hope to find a way to develop a mutually agreeable resolution for consideration at the October

NCAI meeting in Tulsa,

Oklahoma.

in the State of Arizona.

It is recognized for their

planning and creativity,

and professionalism of

committee members and

volunteers.

The Miss Hopi Pageant

was established in 1982

to display the beauty of

young Hopi and Tewa

women, and also to allow

each contestant to demonstrate their talent and

knowledge of the Hopi

and Tewa culture by vying

for the prestigious Miss

Hopi Crown and Title.

The mission of the Miss

Hopi Committee is to “encourage strength, knowledge and respect in young

Hopi women.”

The Hopi Camp Crew Gives

Back to Mimbres Valley

Children’s Garden

The Hopi Agency Camp

Crew of Arizona was recently dispatched to the

New Mexico Incident

Management Team to

work the Silver Fire.The

fire broke out June 7, 2013

when lightning hit in the

Gila National Forest. The

Hopi Camp Crew of 11

cared for the incident command post in San Lorenzo

and its 728 personnel who

camped there while fighting the fire. The command

post was established at the

San Lorenzo Elementary

School.

Crew Boss Arley Woodty said it was ‘the best

assignment yet’, because

during down time, the

Hopi Crew also completed a service project for the

youth and community.

The school is home to

the Mimbres Valley Community Nature Garden.

School Custodian Linda

Jones has been watering the vegetables during

summer break and needed

help expanding plots for a

new crop of sweet potatoes.

“Our students started

a pollinator garden and

grow their own food and

learn the importance of

agriculture to this valley

that began 1,000 years ago

with the Native Americans, continued with the

homesteaders, and organic

farms today,” Jones said.”

Thanks to the Hopi

crew, the school has three

new raised garden beds

that are decorated in traditional Hopi symbols –

Butterflies, Bears, Corn,

Eagles, and Horses.

“We are artists back

home; we all do arts and

crafts, making baskets,

dolls and jewelry, but

we hardly ever get to do

things for kids. We like it,”

Woodty said.

Each member of the

crew, even the bus driver,

took part in painting. They

hope the youth appreciate

the meaning of the art as

it relates to agriculture,

snow, water, and prayer.

Jones saw the work and

started showing it off. “I

had no idea of the talent of

this crew.”

She called the school’s

volunteer archaeologist,

Marilyn Markel. When

Markel saw the garden

work, she brought the

school’’s historic mascot

(of sorts), a wooden rabbit named Conejo Mimbreño. “We teach the kids

about the history of the

valley through the rabbit

visits,” she explained.

The next lesson will focus on the locations where

the firefighters were stationed and how their work,

and the New Mexico Incident Management Team,

helped protect Mimbres

Valley resources.

During down time in

fire camp, it is common

for firefighters to assist

the communities that host

them in service projects.

Facilities used by crews

are always left looking

better than when the emergency trucks rolled into

town.

4 TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Local News

Director of Survival International France and French lawyer travel to Flagstaff

to return a purchased Kwaatsi from the Neret-Minet auction

Mihio Manus

Hopi Tutuveni

O

n April 12, 2013,

a Paris judge ruled

against an injunction to

stop the controversial auction of 70 Hopi Kwaatsim

being sold at the auction

house of Neret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou. The judge

ruled, ‘In spite of their sacredness to the Hopi these

masks are not a representation of any creature,

alive or dead.’ Lawyer

Pierre Servan-Schreiber

of the firm Skadden, Arps

worked in collaboration

with Survival International to try and halt the auction. Unfortunately, their

efforts did not stop the

auction. The auction netted well over $1M USD.

Servan-Schreiber

bid and won one of the

Kwaatsi with the intention of returing it back

to the Hopi Tribe. On

Fri, Jul. 12, Servan-Schreiber along with Jean

Patrick-Razon, Director

of Survival International France, travelled from

Paris, France to Flagstaff,

Ariz., to bring the Kwaatsi home and deliver it to

attending members of the

Hopi Tribal Council, the

Executive Office and religious leaders from Hopi

villages.

After a brief but emotional ceremony of repatriation, both Servan-Schreiber and Patrick-Razon

sat and discussed their

efforts in trying to halt the

auction and their interpretation of the days events.

How was Survival International put in contact with the Hopi Tribe

to assist in stopping the

auction?

Jean

Patrick-Razon:

We received information

from the Hopis telling us

that there was an auction

in Paris. A few days after, we received more information from a French

Anthropologist who was

working with Hopi. His

name was Patrick Perez.

He asked us if we could

do something. In many

ways it was presented as a

lost cause but if we were

able to do something, it

would be very good. So

we called Pierre immediately. He took the case.

Pierre

Servan-Schreiber: Actually before

this we didn’t know each

other. There is an association called the Alliance of Lawyers for Human Rights. What this

association does is put

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) in contact with law firms who

are willing to give legal

advice for free to those in

need. These NGOs need

legal work to be done

but don’t have the money to pay for it. When an

NGO needs something,

they ask the association

who dispatches the request to all the member

firms. Whoever responds

first gets the case. That’s

how it happened. I saw

this email from Survival International asking

whether, and to what extent, it would be possible

to prevent an auction sale

from happening. In turn,

I dispatched it to my associates which I always

do because they are very

eager to do such work.

One of them took interest

and said we should do it.

I asked if we should do

it together? He said yes.

We responded and we got

the assignment.

JPR: Then I received

a message from Bo Lomaquahu who said he

“I

am completing and closing on

something that I’ve done. It’s

important for me to go all the

way even physically to take this religious object and bring it back,” - Pierre

Servan-Schreiber

was a Hopi living in Paris. He asked if he could

help with this case. We

said yes and asked him

to come visit. He went

to the auction with us.

He was very emotional.

During the auction he said

it was a shame to be selling these objects which

are not meant to be sold.

He felt it was terrible and

was very sad. Immediately guards came to remove

him from the auction.

Did they remove him?

JPR: Yes. I went to see

him. At that moment, I

was being interviewed by

the New York Times. I

told the New York Times

that I’d prefer to pass the

voice to Bo. And Bo was

interviewed by the New

York Times.

What were you able to

base your argument on

to try and stop this?

PSS: Interesting question. It was really as follows. One, the purchase

and sale of these objects

is prohibited in the United States by all kinds of

laws. Two, there are treaties between the United

States and France pursuant to which both countries have agreed to prevent the purchase and sale

of these objects. Three,

there is no law in France

that specifically prohibits

this. So I had to look to

case law for precedence. I

drew an analogy from two

bodies of case law. One

which says that tombs and

tombstones cannot be purchased or sold. The legal

commentaries around this

are that you cannot buy or

sell these items because

they are homes of the deceased. So they cannot

be subject to buying or

selling. The second is a

supreme court case about

an object that belonged

to a former French royal

family. One of the members wanted to sell an object in an auction. Other

members objected to this.

The case went all the way

to the supreme court who

ruled that when one object

has belonged to the same

royal family for several

generations, and the object is specific to this family, then it belongs to the

entire family and not any

one in particular. So I felt

Kachina corresponds to

both these criteria. One,

they are the means for the

living to communicate

with the deities or spirits,

which is what we do when

we go lean over a tomb.

Two, they belong and

have belonged for generations to a Hopi family.

They do not belong to

any one person in particular. Therefore if you put

the two together it completely applies to these

objects who, pursuant to

international treaties and

their domestic law, could

not be sold to begin with.

That was the line of argument.

What was the outcome?

PSS: The French judge

said US law does not apply

in France and she’s right.

Secondly, these treaties

bind the government but

they do not bind individuals. Therefore they don’t

bind the auction house.

And she’s right. But I

was portraying all this to

say that at some point in

time, something was illegal. They were illegal to

be exported. They were

illegal to be transported. They were illegal

to be sold. The third aspect the judge addressed,

strangely enough, was

that in French civil code

only bodies, human bodies and body parts, cannot

be bought or sold. Which

was strange because although it’s true, it was not

something that we had

used as an argument. We

never said they were humans, we said they were

spirits if you wish. The

analogy we drew with

tombstones and family

objects, the judge didn’t

address at all. I believe,

this was her way of avoiding the issue completely. In a way she said, “I

looked at the code and I

don’t see anything. So

go home.” But we were

not referring to the code,

we were referring to case

law saying that similar

issues have been brought

before the French courts

previously and French

courts have decided that

these items should not be

sold. You only have to

apply the same reasoning

here and you get the same

result. But I do think it

would have been extraordinarily difficult to win

if not impossible because

this was a motion for injunction. When you do

this the judge does not

rule on the merits. The

judge considers if there is

an emergency that provisional measures can take

care of.

Typically the

judges don’t want to get

into the real issues. They

just want to dispose of the

case quickly.

In the US, we have the

Native American Graves

Protection and Repatriation Act which provides

a process for museums

and Federal agencies

to return certain Native

American cultural items

to lineal decendants and

culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native

Hawaiian organizations.

France does not have

laws of any similarity to

repatriate sacred, religious objects or artifacts

to the indigenous communities from which they

came. The trade and sale

of artifacts is not regulated in this way. The

injunction Servan-Schreiber filed to stop the

auction could have set

monumental precedence

toward the repatriation of

objects found in European museums and among

collectors.

JPR: We lost because

it would have created a

precedent against very big

interest and because there

is a lot of money in these

interests. The sale at the

auction was 900,000 Euros, which is about $1.2M

USD. It is a lot and you

can’t stop it. You can’t

fight against big interest.

PSS: I agree. The reasoning I deadlocked was because I knew this would

be an objection. People

would say that artifacts

shouldn’t be able to be

sold because someone

would always say that

the object is very dear to

them. My response to that

is that these questionable

objects have to meet three

Mihio Manus/Hopi Tutuveni

Both Jean Patrick-Razon (left) and Pierre Servan-Schreiber (right) stepped up to assist the Hopi Tribe in their

efforts to halt the Neret-Minet auction of Hopi religious objects, known as Kwaatsim. Patrick -Razon is the

Director of Survival International France and Servan-Schreiber is a French lawyer. The two travelled to Flagstaff to present a Kwaatsim that Servan-Schreiber had purchased in the auction with the intent of returing it

back to the Hopi People.

criteria. One, the item itself has to be sacred in its

country or religion of origin. The item itself, not

what it represents. Secondly, it has to be true still

today. In other words, for

cultures and civilizations

that are now defunct, there

is nothing left to protect

so you could buy and sell

them. I was thinking specifically about the Aztecs

and Incas. Number three;

they are still used today

for religious purposes.

This is what I tried to

demonstrate. I think this

is at the heart of what we

can achieve in the future.

It is true that you cannot

prevent any object that

has a moral or religious

value to be prohibited

from being bought and

sold. An example would

be religious statues. If

you use these criteria, you

narrow it down significantly. For example, if

you take a Catholic statue of a saint, this religion

doesn’t consider the statues as being sacred. What

they represent is sacred.

The statue itself you can

go on any market and buy

or sell it freely. This was

part of my third argument

that such objects cannot

be bought and sold today

anywhere. For example,

the Quran is considered

to be a sacred book but

it is what the Quran says

that is considered to be sacred. You can go to your

library and buy the Quran.

It’s already the object of

trade. If you use all these

three components which

include being sacred by a

religion that still exists today and not being able to

be purchased or sold, you

narrow it down to very

few matters. I believe

the Kachinas meet these

three criteria. In other

words, I was not arguing

that all cultural objects

should be protected because that is not realistic

at all. I wanted to provide

a legal definition and narrow it down. I wanted to

say don’t listen to people

who say to prevent this

sale you will prevent museums from existing or

you will prevent auction

houses from existing. No,

cultural or religious protected items should meet

those three criteria. There

are very few things that

meet those three criteria.

I think this should be the

legal route for getting to

a point where these types

of sales won’t be possible

anymore.

When the judge ruled,

what was her ruling?

PSS: Her ruling was that

because she saw nothing

in the French civil code

that protects those items,

I’m going to let this sale

happen.

Do you think the auction

created enough controversy to make European people aware of the

issue?

It has a white face.

PSS: To me that was the

biggest surprise of the

whole thing. How quickly public opinion picked

up on it and manifested

very strong positive views

toward the Hopi who

most of the Europeans

don’t really know about.

It was like in 48 hours

we had testimonials and

articles and all the press

articles were extremely

positive. So there was a

certain awareness that I

had not anticipated at all.

I think that is a good sign

for the future because I

think from now on people

who want to sell kachinas

will think twice about doing that.

PSS: 6,000 Euros which

is about $8,000 USD.

So there was a pro-Hopi sentiment among the

French population?

JPR: Oh yes.

PSS: Very much so. We

were both very much surprised.

JPR: There was a manifestation in front of the

auction house of very

many people.

People were demonstrating

against the auction.

PSS: In France there is

a weekly newspaper of

political satire called The

Chained Duck that always

criticizes the government

and politicians for what

they do compared to what

they say. As recent as last

week, they published an

article about what is happening here today. They

typically don’t pay attention to cultural matters.

The article begins with

me returning the Kachina

and ends with suggesting, in a very tongue-incheek way, that those who

bought the Kachinas will

be doomed forever. I was

very surprised because

they normally do not deal

with cultural matters. I believe they saw the truth in

the situation.

JPR: I spoke with the

journalist who wrote the

article and she was very

pro-Hopi. She knew that

Pierre was a very prominent lawyer but she admired his gesture.

Which Kwaatsim did

you win the auction for?

PSS: It was said to be a

mask representing a white

man ignorant.

Was it listed with a certain name?

PSS: What it was listed as was Clown Mocking Tourists. It has a big

moustache and black and

red painting on the face.

How much did you purchase it for?

What is your interpretation of the significance

these Kwaatsim have

with the Hopi People?

PSS: I think the whole

thing is full of symbols.

The emotions today were

very striking. The minute I got out of the plane,

these two ladies were here

to greet me. I didn’t know

them and they didn’t

know me. I had my backpack with the Kachina in

it and it never left me. I

saw them and introduced

myself and they burst into

tears immediately. I was

like “Wow”. They were

extremely emotional to

know this Kwaatsi was

coming back. I was kind

of anticipating something

very emotional. I met a

woman last week who

was an American lawyer

who has specialized in

laws that protect Native

American culture. She

said, “What do you expect

from this trip?” and I said

I expect nothing. I am

completing and closing on

something that I’ve done.

It’s important for me to

go all the way even physically to take this religious

object and bring it back.

She said not expect any

signs of joy or celebration

but that I would be very

welcome in a deep and

somber way.

JPR: Maybe Hopi people

will change his life.

PSS: You know, Jean Patrick, I think it’s true. It is

such a unique experience.

You don’t come out of this

exactly the way you were

when it all began because

of the spirituality of it all

and because of the way

you get to meet people.

Because of what I did, I

got so much in return. I

thought I was just doing

what anybody should do.

It changes you.

JPR: Both Pierre and I

have the same religion.

Well, it’s not religion but

we are Jewish. We consider that if you save one person, you save the humanity. During WWII, many

French people saved Jews

from the Nazis, the Holocaust. Jewish people call

them ‘Just’. As Jewish

people we are recognizing more and more Justs.

Many years after the war

we are discovering many

people were Justs and

they saved Jewish people from the Holocaust.

I make the parallel with

Pierre. He saved one but

he saved all. I consider

him as a Just.

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 5

FARMING/AGRICULTURE

Planting a New Orchard in Sloping Areas

By Matt Livingston, Agent

The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

The planting site is a sloping and rolling area. The trees have been planted

in a manner to take advantage of the

slopes and the channels that already exist. Earthen berms, mini-terraces, and

brush barriers can be used to control runoff from rain, to collect additional water

for the trees. Plastic pipes are installed

next to the trees for the initial watering.

By putting water into the tubes the water

goes directly to the root system and less

water is lost to evaporation. If the weather is not too hot and dry this spring and

summer then about one-third to one-half

gallon of water every week or two will

be all each tree needs. Windscreens have

also been erected to protect the young

trees from the drying and sand-blasting

effects of the wind.

The orchard site in the photo is on

the shallow slope of a sand hill leading

down to a small wash. Even with the

low amount of rainfall received at Hopi

over the years small water channels have

developed on the sides of the slopes. So

when it came to laying out the orchard

these channels where taken into account as a possible source of irrigation

during water runoff. These trees were

not placed directly in the center of the

channel areas but close to them in order

to take advantage of water soaking into

the ground. The trees were not planted

in straight lines.

Mini-terraces were constructed for the

planting of each tree. The terrace was

constructed to capture any water flowing

down the slope and hold it for the tree to

use. The terraces are constructed with a

slope to the back of the terrace. This will

allow water to pool and be concentrated

and to soak in deeper to the ground. In

most cases earth berms were added to

capture additional runoff and channel it

to the planting terrace. Again, the idea is

to capture as much water as possible for

the tree. You can also cut brush near the

planting site and lay around the planted

trees as mulch. This will help prevent

evaporation when you do have runoff

flowing into the planting basin.

The ideas above are offered to individuals who would like to start new fruit trees

and are concerned about the trees receiving sufficient water to survive and grow.

Below is an idea that has been tried and

does work for trees or shrubs.

The rain does need to fall for these

water capturing structures to work. If

it doesn’t then using deep pipe irrigation can help get the trees through the

first couple of years. This method was

used at a windbreak site and the survival

through the first year was 96%. That was

over a very dry summer watering with no

more than one-half gallon of water per

tree once every two weeks.

The use of the deep-pipe is only to help

the trees become established, to help

their roots grow deeper into the soil. By

putting water down the tube is goes directly to the root area and is not evaporated on the surface. Leave at least

an inch of the tube above the ground in

order to prevent sand or other material

from filling up the tube.

Fruit trees have been important for

community members for centuries. With

attention and effort they will continue

to be a part of Hopi life. For additional

information concerning any of the suggestions discussed in this article please

feel free to contact Matt Livingston at

the University of Arizona Cooperative

Extension Hopi Office - (928) 734-3708.

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative

Extension work, acts of May 8 and June

30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Jeffrey C.

Silvertooth, Associate Dean & Director,

Economic Development & Extension,

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.

The University of Arizona is an equal

opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,

sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation in its

programs and activities.

From the Front Page

NNSCI conducts public hearing about future developments/From Page 1

the project is known-and

will be the first shopping

center to be built off the

Navajo Reservation. Currently the 60-acre area

is in a fee simple status

with plans to become

Trust lands within the next

2-3years.

Before the County can

issue or approve a Rezoning application, the developer must hold Public

Hearings to inform interested parties of their intent

to develop and receive

public comment and input. NNSCI will apply for

a rezoning permit on the

22nd. Few residents were

present, but raised several

important questions, i.e;

water/well drilling issues,

how will the water table be affected, residents

concerned about losing

water; sewer issues and

wastewater/sewer; compliance issues; and traffic

control issues, to name a

few. CEO Begay was the

presenter and answered

all questions. Begay said

the Project will eventually drill their own well,

but will initially tap into

the Casino’s water/wastewater system. Options

for sewer include an open

sewer lagoon, implement

a plant on premise and a

full wastewater treatment

plant.

An important part of the

discussion was traffic flow.

NNSCI was informed by

ADOT that improvements

to the road/overpass exiting the area, will need

to be made as soon as the

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10,000 vehicle threshold is reached. NNSCI is

reaching out to the neighboring Hopi Community,

local communities, county,

state, the Navajo Nation

and will go to the Legislature for financial assistance to complete the road

project.

The Outlook at Glittering Mountain development project is proposed

in three phases:

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units with plans to ber questioned whether which they talked about

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the works, to build Outlet with property surrounding nothing was put in writing.

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HAMP Well Construction/From Page 1

and Second Mesa villages.

As of July 9, 2013 the

first of two wells being

constructed is underway

and is being drilled by

Yellow Jacket Drilling

Services out of Phoenix,

AZ. The pilot hole for

the first well is currently

at 1,630 ft below ground

surface (bgs) with a final

completion depth to be

2,500 ft bgs. The completion of both wells is anticipated to be completed by

year’s end.

The water would be

delivered to each of the

communities by a large

piped network that would

be constructed over the

course of several construction phases. Over

the course of the past

four years, several informational

meetings

pertaining to the arsenic

mitigation concept have

been held with various

stakeholders

including

community

members,

community leaders, utility operators, federal wa-

ter system regulators and

federal funding agencies.

At each of the individual

gatherings there has been

overwhelming support for

the project as the meeting participants acknowledge that this is a project

devised to improve the

health of the served communities.

The Hopi Water Resources Program, IHS

and US EPA will continue work on this project

and hope to see funding

contributions from other entities to bring this

project to completion in a

timely manner. The Tribal Government continues

to work hard to convince

the Assistant Secretary –

Indian Affairs to commit

to having Keams Canyon,

Hopi Junior-Senior High

School, and Second Mesa

Day School served by

HAMP since it will be a

much better water supply

for them and will not require the technically complicated water treatment

they currently require to

Water from the wells will be delivered via large piped network.

Above, drilling equipment used

to drill wells.

meet arsenic standards. A

decision of Indian Affairs

financial participation in

HAMP is currently pending. We will keep you

posted of upcoming meetings and progress on construction and financing as

things move along.

If you have any questions regarding the HAMP

please feel free to contact

Lionel Puhuyesva, Director Hopi Water Resources

Program at Lpuhuyesva@

hopi.nsn.us or by phone at

(928) 734-3711.

6 TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

From the Front Page

Hopi Youth Ranch Intern Program/From Cover

Presentations begin at

noon and workshop presenters include officials

from the Arizona Game

and Fish and Arizona State

Lands Departments and

the U.S. Forest Service.

“These workshops are

being given through the

generosity of the Natural

Resource

Conservation

Service (NRCS), the Arizona Game and Fish and

Arizona State Lands Departments, the University

of Arizona Agriculture

Extension Service, the US

Forest Service and the Society for Range Management,” said Browning.

The Hopi 3 Canyon

Ranches workshops are a

new but integral component of the outfit’s Hopi

Youth Intern Program also

serving as an informal job

fair for all participants –

they learn from senior national resource managers

some of the training, educational background and

skills needed for youth to

pursue careers in natural

resources and livestock

management. “There will

also be a few other guest

speakers giving talks, people such as local veteri-

narians and animal nutritionists and possibly some

local ranchers as well,”

explained Browning about

the overall summer workshop series.

In addition to the July

workshop, Hopi 3 Canyon

Ranches/HTEDC is hosting another workshop at

the Mormon Lake location

on August 14 and August

15 and two more workshops at the 26 Bar Ranch

allotment near Springerville/Eager on August 28

and 29 and September 11

and 12. Top-level representatives from the Society for Range Management, NRCS, University

of Arizona’s Agricultural

Extension office, and the

US Forest Service will be

among presenters at these

workshops.

The workshops are part

of the Hopi Youth Intern

Program designed to provide summer jobs for recently graduated Hopi students and to educate these

young people in the many

multidisciplinary

fields

associated with ranching

and range management.

“The Hopi Youth Ranch

Intern Program has been

designed to take Hopi high

school graduates and educate them further with all

the knowledge required to

sustainably manage forest,

state and private lands,”

said Browning. “These

Hopi young men are working every day with Hopi 3

Canyon Ranch cowboys to

learn firsthand proper livestock handling and management and are developing a work ethic they will

carry with them the rest of

their lives. They are not

only building the necessary skills to become competent cattlemen but also

gaining the experience in

sustainable management

of a range ecosystem.”

Qualified participants

in the Hopi Youth Intern

Program are provided all

the necessary equipment

including horses and tack

and they live onsite at

beautiful ranch allotments,

either the Springerville

Allotment or Lake Mary

Allotment. The interns are

supervised by professional

cattlemen while developing varied skills required

in tending cattle on these

summer forest allotments.

“We are hoping that

Chairman Shingoitewa presents Pierre Servan-Schreiber, French lawyer who assisted Hopi in filing an

injunction to stop the auction of Hopi Kwaatsim, with a hand-carved Katchina. San Francisco Survival

Int. Office Coordinator Leila Batmanghelidj presented Chairman Shingoitewa with a photograph of a

Yanomami Tribal member from Brazil that the organization works with.

this program trains and

encourages Hopi youth to

be good caretakers of the

land and livestock they

are charged with,” said

Browning. “This program

is a good thing, and we

hope the public will see the

benefit and get involved to

help us expand and reach

out to even more students in the coming years.

This could be considered

a summer-long ranching, livestock husbandry,

range, forest, game and

wildlife job fair, customized just for us.”

The workshops take

place in an outdoor venue so participants should

come prepared with a

folding chair, water, a rain

jacket and sunscreen. Directions to the first workshop starting at noon,

Wednesday, July 17: take

Lake Mary Road south

out of Flagstaff, turn right

on Mormon Lake Road,

proceed 1.9 miles on Mormon Lake Road to a cattle

guard then turn left at the

Hopi Youth Ranch Intern

Camp.

Hopi 3 Canyon Ranches is one enterprise of

the Hopi Tribe Economic

Development

Corporation, HTEDC. HTEDC

was formed in 2005 by

the Hopi Tribal Council to

create and harness an economic environment that

will blossom, by securing

resources, and provide the

guidance and training that

allows Hopi Tribe members to prosper and preserve their homeland and

culture.

Headquartered

in Flagstaff, the HTEDC

owns and operates, on

behalf of the Hopi Tribe,

the following enterprises: Hopi Cultural Center

Restaurant and Inn on

Second Mesa; Days Inn

Kokopelli in the Village

of Oak Creek; the Hopi

Travel Plaza off I-40 near

Holbrook; Hopi 3 Canyon

Ranches near Winslow,

Springerville and Flagstaff; and the commercial

properties of Heritage

Square, Continental Plaza and Kachina Square in

Flagstaff.

Russell (Honanie) Polingyumptewa

May 15, 1953 – June 2013

Russell (Honanie) Polingyumptewa,

was laid to rest in Hotevilla on June 25,

2013. Honanie had been missing since

January 23, 2008. At the time he was

last seen, he was 54 years old. He was

believed to have been found on November 2011, however with the long process

of positive identification, it was finally

confirmed in June of 2013. Honanie was

known by many people and some remember him being

a shy individual

and was well liked.

He enjoyed reading

newspapers

and taking long

hikes around the

village. Since his

disappearance his

presence was truly

missed, especially

his smile and his

laugh. His immediate family recalls

him sitting at the

table as early as

4:00 a.m. each day, reading newspapers.

He worked for the Hopi Tribe fencecrew prior to becoming a Fire Fighter.

Some of the fires he fought were: 2007

Skyland Fire, Montana; 2007 Lewis

Peak Fire, Virginia; 2007 Wing Fire,

Arizona; 2007 Strickland Fire, Florida;

2006 Bearmouth Fire, Montana; 2006

Red Eagle Fire, Montana; 1999 Kirk

Complex North, Los Padres National

Forest; and the 1996 Moolack Complex

fire. He also participated as a cleanup responder for the 2005 Hurricane Katrina

disaster in Florida and upon return, he

told stories describing in detail about

the work he did and all the damage that

the hurricane created for the people

there. Honanie who ran in cross-country

during his high school years was one of

the runners that ran the H2OPI Prayer

Run to Mexico, March 2006. Upon return, he told great stories of the run.

The family of Honanie would like to

extend their sincere appreciation to all

the individuals who volunteered in the

search for Honanie and to the Hopi crew

(firefighters), Rangers and Bureau of Indian Affairs Police for their assistance.

Our thanks also goes to Mr. Ivan Sidney,

Sr. for arranging a helicopter flyover of

the areas in and around Hotevilla and to

Mr. Duwala for providing and complet-

ing the topographical map of areas that

were covered by the search. We would

also like to acknowledge the people

who donated and prepared food for the

searchers, and to the Hopi Tribe, Peabody representative, Mr. Vern Hongeva

and Wellness Center for the monetary

donation used for groceries. We would

also like to personally thank Mr. Leon

Beatty who searched the areas around

Hotevilla,

Mr.

Beatty spent his

personal time and

resources often

searching on his

days off. Thank

you to our aunts

(Bacabyung) and

to the family (Duwayungm) and

our nieces who

were there during

the burial and

to the men who

worked hard putting him to rest.

Finally, we are also grateful to the individual who located Honanie in November 2011, four years after he had been

missing. This discovery has allowed us

to acknowledge our loss and to begin

coping with our sadness. We all know

now that he is at rest and consider ourselves blessed to have known him. “We

miss you Honanie, you now have joined

the rest of the family who have passed

on….”. The memories of Honanie will

be with us, always.

Honanie is survived by his brothers

Harold and Starlie Polingyumptewa,

sister Mary A. Felter and husband Ernest, nieces Judy Polingyumptewa and

husband Richard Youvella and family;

Cheryl Polingyumptewa and husband,

Melson Harris and famiy; and Imaleen

Polingyumptewa and family, Roberta L.

and Bear Quochytewa and family; nephews Tom Polingyumptewa and his wife,

Valerie and family of San Felipe Pueblo;

Aldric B. George and family, Marcus and

Michael Felter, Jeffery Polingyumptewa

of Lawton, Oklahoma. Honanie is preceded in death by his parents Simon and

Imogene Polingyumptewa, sister Carlotta Polingyumptewa, brothers Morrison and Phillip Polingyumptewa, nieces Grace and Elaine Polingyumptewa,

nephews Ernest Jr. and Eldon R. Felter.

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 7

Council Happenings

HTC Approves WEMP 2013 Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations and Application

Darren Talayumptewa, Director

Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program

On Monday, July 8, 2013 the Hopi

Tribal Council by motion and majority

vote approved Hopi Tribal Council Resolution H-058-2013. By passage of this

Resolution, the Hopi Tribal Council approved the Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program (WEMP) 2013 Deer

and Elk Hunting Regulations and 2013

Hopi Hunting Application on the Hopi

Reservation. The 2013 Hunting Regulations is within the goals and objectives of

the 2011 revised Hopi Pötskwanait and

is authorized by Hopi Tribal Ordinance

#48 (Wildlife). The Hopi Hunts are open

to Enrolled Hopi Tribal members only.

The 2013 Hopi Deer & Elk Hunting Regulations and Hunt Application

should be available for Tribal Members

on Monday, July 15, 2013 at the Wildlife

& Ecosystems Management Program

Office located in the Honanie Building

at the Hopi Tribal Complex in Kykotsmovi, Arizona. WEMP Office hours are

Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM,

closed from 12 Noon to 1 PM for lunch.

The deadline for submitting applications is Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Applications must be received by the Wildlife

& Ecosystems Management Program by

7pm. The Office will remain open till

7pm to accept applications, assist and

answer any questions Tribal Members

may have in regards to the hunts.

The drawing will occur on or about

August 20, 2013 and results will be available August 23, 2013. Left-over Permits

will be available beginning Monday, August 26, 2013.

Season dates are as follows:

Archery Elk

September 21, 2013 to October 6, 2013

Archery Deer

November 16, 2013 to December 1,

2013

General Deer

December 26 - 31, 2013

General Elk

November 2 - 10, 2013

Antlerless Elk Season

October 19 - 27, 2013

MINOR Elk Season

October 12 – 27, 2013

Permit Fees:

Deer: $60.00 permit fee + $15.00

non-refundable application fee = $75.00

Elk: $125.00 permit fee + $15.00

non-refundable application fee

=$140.00

Minor Elk: $40.00 permit fee + $15.00

non-refundable application fee = $55.00

A $15.00 non-refundable application is

included into the total Permit Fees. In

the event you are not drawn, you will be

refund the permit fee.

New changes to the 2013 Hopi Deer

and Elk Regulations are as follows:

•Added Archery Hunts for Deer

and Elk to be held during ruts.

•Included a Minor Elk Hunt for

Minors 14-17 years old. Minors

may apply for the hunt, however

may not hunt until they pass an approved Hunter Education course.

•Some Game Management Units

(GMU) were combined for specific hunts to increase availability of

success and be less restrictive.

•Included Moenkopi District to

GMU 1.

•Season dates were moved around

to allow increase opportunity of

HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL NOTES

Third Quarter Session-July2013

Louella Nahsonhoya

Hopi Tutuveni

Pecusa said it was not what happened 5

years ago with finances, but it is currently that “protocols were not followed”

and oversight and “responsibility is the

problem.” The CAO stated there were

“too many people contacting the funding

agency, and no one paid attention to the

DOJ grant”. It was also stated that the

Hopi Housing Authority can assist the

DV Program through their Crime Prevention Program to help alleviate some

of the costs. Upon discussion, question

& answer, a motion was made to extend

the Resolution through 12/2003. Vote

was 13 in favor, 1 no and 0 abstaining.

success during ruts and migration

of animals.

•Include mandatory Non-Lead ammunition for all General Hunts.

•Closed areas within Spider Mound

Community in GMU 3 and GMU 4,

and Moenkopi Residential area in

GMU 1.

•Allowed the opportunity for hunters to take Coyotes during their

permitted hunt with an unfilled

permit.

Some important information to remember when applying for the hunts:

1. Use Hunt Numbers listed on Page

3 of Regulations, located in the far

right column.

2. Your chosen Hunt Numbers will

be placed on your Application in

the order of your preferred choices, 1st to 4th.

3. DO NOT USE Game Management Units (GMU) numbers as

your choices.

4. A separate Hunt Application must

be submitted for each species,

Deer and Elk. You may include

the Antlerless Elk Hunt Numbers

into your choices for the General

Elk Hunt (Bull) choices.

5. Minor Hunters may apply for a

General Elk and Antlerless Elk

hunts on the application, however,

must include the full amount for

General Elk Permit fees.

6. Absolutely NO convicted Felons

will be allowed to apply.

7. NO Tribal Members convicted of

any State, Federal or Tribal Wildlife and Fishing violations within

the last 5 years will not be allowed

to apply.

8. All applicantions will be reviewed

by the Hopi Resource Enforcepriorities and needs as determined by

the Council or the Department. The

Resolution also states that all tribal laws,

policies and regulations regarding transportation facility and roads shall be included in one volume of the Hopi Code

to be labeled as “Transportation”. The

Department shall also have the authority

to promulgate its own regulations and

adopt its own operations manual consistent with applicable manuals of the Hopi

Tribe and develop and apply for grants

and lobby for its own program funds.

Resolution H-055-2013 was approved by

a majority vote of 17 in favor, 1 opposed

and 0 abstaining.

9.

ment Service to verify for any

convicted Felons and Wildlife and

Fish violators.

It will be the permitted hunter’s

responsibilities to read regulations and be knowledgeable about

Hopi Tribal laws/regulations and

GMU boundaries.

Notice to all Hopi residents and Navajo residents of the Hopi Partitioned

Lands, livestock owners, wood harvesters/gathers and general public; PERMITTED HUNTERS WILL BE HUNTING DURING THE ESTABLISHED

SEASON DATES. Camping will be allowed for all permitted hunters. Further

information regarding the current campfire restrictions will be provided before

the hunts begin.

It is the hunter’s responsibility to be

sure of the target and beyond and respect

all land users (ranchers/livestock owners, wood harvester/haulers, residents

and other recreational users).

For further questions or to apply for

the 2013 Hopi Deer and Elk Hunts,

please call the Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program at (928)

734-3606/3605 or email DTalayumptewa@hopi.nsn.us.

mit an application to the BIA within thirty days for contracting the BIA Transportation maintenance program, pursuant

to P.L. 93-638. Resolution H-056-2013

was approved by a majority vote of 17 in

favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstaining.

A.I. 058-2013- To adopt and implement the 2013 Hopi Deer & Elk Hunting Regulations & 2013 Hopi Hunt

Application on Hopi Lands, Darren

A.I. 055-2013- To approve the ExtenTalayumptewa

sion of Resolution H-006-2013, Shelly

Pursuant to the Hopit Pötskwaniat, the

Dawahoya

Hopi Tribe established goals towards

The Hopi Domestic Violence Program

conservation and effective use of Natural

requested an extension through 12/2003

Resources; to ensure the protection and

to allow the program to use all unexmanagement of wildlife and its habitats;

pended funds approved by this ResoluA.I. 057-2013/Resolution H-056-2013- develop, adopt and implement regulation. Council had approved Resolution

To authorize the Submission of Appli- tions and policies for big game huntH-006-2003 for 6 months, which was to

cation to BIA for Contracting the BIA ing and create Game Hunt Units. The

end in June, to assist in Program start up

Transportation Maintenance Program Wildlife & Ecosystems Management

while awaiting release of grant funding

A.I. 056-2013/Resolution H-055-2013- for the Hopi Tribe, Davis Pecusa

Program (WEMP) is responsible for the

from the Department of Justice. The Pro- To Establish the Hopi Department of

management of wildlife and wildlife

The Hopi Department of Transportagram had applied for a 3-year grant from Transportation, Davis Pecusa

tion’s mission is to provide safe, efficient habitat, and has observed an increase

DOJ in the amount of $450,000, but

The Tribal Council reviewed and disin game and elk on Hopi lands. The

and adequate transportation and public

was only awarded $109,000, due to the

cussed, in length, the proposed establish- road access to and within Hopi lands to

WEMP is recommending that the Tribe

Tribes’ financial audit status. Grant funds ment of the Hopi Department of Transvillagers, visitors and others. One of the continue Hopi Hunt for deer and elk in

from DOJ was finally released, however, portation (HDOT)and its accompanying Tribe’s goals is to assess the Bureau of

2013 for enrolled Hopi tribal members

does not cover all costs associated with

documents (program description, goals

Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Road Maintenance in order to gather more harvest data, colsalaries. After a lengthy discussion by

& Objectives, organization chart, budlect observation data from hunters and

Program to determine if it is advisable

Tribal Council, the Council requested

get, job descriptions, etc) and adopted

use collected data to establish a viable

to contract the Program from the BIA.

a copy of the budget and a detailed

the proposed plan as the Department

management plan. The Program currentAfter review of the BIA’s maintenance

expenditure report from Finance. After

of Transportation to address the transly has five Game Management Units in

program by the Tribal Transportation

the report, discussions ensued on who, or portation needs of the Hopi Tribe. By

Task Team, they found it would be in the District 6, HPL and Moenkopi District

which department, was responsible for

passage of the resolution establishing

to implement the management plan and

best interest of the Tribe to consolidate

overseeing the DV program for proper

the HDOT, the Department is charged

gather data. By passage of this resoluthe BIA maintenance program with the

management and accounting of program with overseeing all transportation road

tion, Council approves the 2013 Gaming

tribal maintenance program. After full

funds. It was noted that the DV Program maintenance and construction projects

Regulations and the 2013 Applications

discussion by the Council it was agreed

is currently under the auspices Office of throughout Hopi; conducting programs

and authorizes the Tribe to implement

that a request be made to the BIA to

the Vice Chairman. Councilman Davis

and services to address transportation

provide a list of all Federal property cur- the Hopi Hunt for deer and elk in 2013.

After much discussion, the Council

rently in use, including the condition of

approved Resolution H-058-2013, with a

the property. By passage of Resolution

majority Vote of 12 in favor, 2 opposed,

H-056-2013, the Council authorizes the

Chairman and Director of HDOT to sub- and 0 abstaining.

The following Items were acted on by

Tribal Council in July:

Legal Notice/Name Change

In the Hopi Tribal Court, for the change of name

Keams Canyon, Arizona from: Tateyonna JoAnn

Jeter to Tateyonna JoAnn

In the Matter of the Jeter-Nanacasia. Any parChange of Name of: ty seeking to intervene in

Tateyonna JoAnn Jeter said proceeding must file

to

Tateyonna

JoAnn an appropriate pleading

Jeter-Nanacasia

with the Hopi Tribal Court

no later than twenty (20)

Case No. 2013-CV-0056, days after the publication

NOTICE OF PUBLICA- of this notice.

TION OF CHANGE OF

NAME.

Dated: March 20, 2013

In the Hopi Tribal Court,

Keams Canyon, Arizona

In the Matter of the

Change of Name of: Melisha Edith Jeter to Melisha

Edith Jeter-Nanacasia

Case No. 2013-CV-0055,

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CHANGE OF

NAME.

Notice is hereby given that

Notice is hereby given /s/ Margene Namoki, Monica Yoyetewa has pethat Monica Yoyetewa Clerk of the Court

titioned the court for the

has petitioned the court

change of name from: Melisha Edith Jeter to Melisha

Edith

Jeter-Nanacasia.

Any party seeking to intervene in said proceeding

must file an appropriate

pleading with the Hopi

Tribal Court no later than

twenty (20) days after the

publication of this notice.

Dated: March 20, 2013

/s/ Margene Namoki,

Clerk of the Court

8 TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Arizona Commission on the Arts announces $8,000 in grants

to Catalyze Arts and Culture Experiences

PHOENIX- On July 3,

2013, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an

agency of the State of Arizona announced $8,000

in grants to nonprofit arts

organizations, local arts

agencies schools and community organizations in

Navajo County.

Arizona

Commission

on the Arts, FY14, July

1, 2013 to June 30, 2014,

Grant Awards to Organizations and Schools: White

Mountain Apache Tribe,

Navajo, Fort Apache,

Community Investment

Grant Level III, 8,000

A total of 254 grants will

be awarded across the state

of Arizona for fiscal year

2014 (July 1, 2013 and

June 30, 2014).

Through Community Investment Grants, Festival

Grants and Arts Learning

Grants, funding from the

Arts Commission serves

as a catalyst for arts organizations and schools

providing accessible arts

experiences.

Applications to the Arts

Commission are reviewed

in a process which is led

by

Governor-appointed

Commissioners.

Fund-

ing recommendations are

made by panels comprised

of volunteer experts and

experienced practitioners

from around the state.

Grants are funded by the

State of Arizona and state

funding provided via the

National Endowment for

the Arts.

A reflection of the Arts

Commission’s

strategic

plan and governing statutes, nonprofit arts organizations receiving grant

funds from the Arts Commission demonstrate programs that offer broad participation and engagement,

show fiscal ingenuity, and

serve Arizona’s diverse

population and evolving

demographics.

Recipients are required to match

funding received from the

Arts Commission, 1 to 1.

Signed into law on June

17, 2013, the fiscal year

2014 budget for the State

of Arizona includes an additional, one-time funding

allocation for the Arizona

Commission on the Arts,

making this year the first

in five that the agency has

not experienced a budget

decrease. Funds received

from this allocation are

applied entirely to the fiscal year 2014 grantmaking

budget of the Arts Commission.

“This additional funding, secured through bipartisan support of the

legislature,

recognizes

the myriad contributions

of Arizona’s arts and culture sector to our state’s

economic recovery,” said

Robert Booker, Executive

Director of the Arizona

Commission on the Arts.

Two new programs were

introduced in this granting

cycle, recognizing the impact arts experiences have

in nontraditional applications.

One organization received the inaugural Honoring Our Servicemembers Grant. HOSM Grants

assist Arizona organizations in their efforts to provide participatory arts and

cultural experiences for

active-duty servicemembers, reservists, veterans

and their families.

Four collaborative partnerships between organizations and schools received the Strengthening

Schools through Arts Partnerships Grant (SSTAP).

SSTAP is a program conducted in partnership with

the Arizona Department of

Education, wherein funds

are granted to support

school-based

initiatives

aimed at effecting change

in “D” label schools, by

strengthening teaching and

learning in arts education

and/or arts integration,

through school/community partnerships.

For more information

about the grants, services

and programs of the Arizona Commission on the

Arts, visit www.azarts.

gov.

MONONGYA GALLERY’S ANNUAL

“CHRISTMAS IN JULY” SALE

July 19th -29th, 2013

•25% Off regular price on Blankets, Throws, Teeshirts, Mugs, Placemats, etc.

•40 % off all Jewelry, Pillows, and Selected

Throws.

•50% off Katchina Dolls, Pottery, Baskets, Drums

and selected T-shirts and Tote Bags.

$10.00 off all Moccasins

OPEN: Monday thru Sunday

HOURS: 9 am to 5 pm

For more information call (928) 734-2344

Or stop by the shop off Highway 264

Old Oraibi

COME ENTER OUR

FREE RAFFLE!

Crossword provided by Mass Media

CALENDAR

JULY 2013

Open Hopi Youth Soccer Registration

Hopi Health Care

Center

Children ages 4 – 12

years

July 8 – August 9, 2013

For information contact

Carey at (928) 737-6375

or Kellen at (928) 7341151

Be Hopi Be Healthy

Summer Camp

Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center

For kids ages 5-14,

July 10, 17, 24 and 31st

From 9 am to 2 pm

The Summer camp will

consist of games, arts

and crafts and much

more. For more information contact (928)

734-3432

Food Handlers Training

Mishongnovi/Shipaulovi

Community Center

July 17th from 1 – 3 pm.

For more information

contact the Office of

Environmental Health

Office at (928) 737-6281

Native HOPE Conference

Assembly of God

Church-Fellowship Hall

in Tuba City

PATIO SALE ON THE 27TH

Solution to be printed in August 6th Tutuveni

July 17 – 19, 2013

From 7:30 am to 4:30

pm (DST).

For adults 25 years

and older. For more

information contact

Mitze Lee or Karen Tisi

at (928) 283-2816

Hopi Head Start Recruitment For SY 20132014

For children ages of 3-5

years old

Will be held in the following areas:

Hotevilla Elder/Youth

Center

July 22 & 23

From 10 am to 1 pm

Second Mesa Day

School Bash

July 25 @ 5 pm

Kykotsmovi Village

Store (tentative)

July 29 & 30

From 10 am to 1 pm

For more information

contact (928) 734-7125

Moenkopi Farmers

Market 2013 Kickoff

The Moenkopi Legacy

Inn & Suites

July 27th

From 8 am to 12 pm

Gardeners, Vendors of

foods made from own

produce.

For information contact

Trudy Billy at (928) 2662925

Or Wendi Lewis at (480)

332-2880

Or email wlewis@

moenkopidevelopers.

com

Hopi Veterinary Low

Cost Clinic

Hopi Veterinary Clinic in

Keams Canyon

Scheduled for July 28,

29 and 30th

For information contact

(928) 738-5251

AUGUST 2013

National Veterans

Small Business Conference

August 6-8, 2013

St. Louis’ America’s

Center

For information contact

www.nationalveteransconference.com and

www.va.gov/OSDBU

Elderly Heritage Day

Hotevilla Youth & Elderly Building

August 8, 2013

7 am to 2 pm

For anyone 55 + and

their providers. The day

includes fun events for

elders. For more information contact (928)

734-1290

6th Annual Disabilities

Conference

Talking Stick Resort &

Casino in Scottsdale

August 23, 2013

From 7:30 am to 4:30

pm

For registration and

fee information contact Rudy Buchanan

at (9480) 577-5780 or

email at rudy.buchanan@srpmic-nsn.gov

Coconino County

Schools and Grant

Writing USA Presents a

2-day Grants Training

Flagstaff, Arizona

Learn to find grants

and write winning grant

proposals.

For registration and fee

information contact

Client Service Team at

1-800-814-8191 or Cathleen Garrison at (928)

679-8070

SEPTEMBER 2013

Hopi Cancer Assistance Fund “Climb the

Mesa”

6 mile walk/run event

September 8, 2013

This event is to raise

funds to assist cancer

patients with some of

their essential needs

as they undergo

treatment off the

reservation. For more

information contact

(928) 734-1150 or email

MLHonwytewa@hopi.

nsn.us

Hopi Office of Special

Needs 18th Annual Special Needs Activity Day

Hopi Veterans Memorial Center

September 10, 2013

From 9 am to 3 pm

This is annual event

to promote disability

awareness and education in our community.

For information contact

(928) 734-3418

Southwest Native

American Regional

Veterans Conference

Isleta Resort & Casino

September 2014.

More information and

details contact Ramus

Suina @(505) 424-2308

or email at rsuina@iaia.

edu

OCTOBER 2013

Arizona’s 3rd Annual

event honoring Vietnam Veterans

Scottsdale Plaza Resort

Scottsdale, Az

October 5, 2013

5:30 pm.

For more information

contact (520) 868-6777

contact Nancy Piqosa

at (928) 734-3102

Food coupons will be

sold for meals at the

Kykotsmovi & Moenkopi Nutrition Centers

to Public. For more

information contact

the Kykotsmovi Nutrition

Center at (928) 7343575/1290 or Moenkopi

Nutrition Center at

(928) 283-8041

Veterans Mobile Center

Counseling Services

now available, for

schedule information

contact (928) 499-7759

or (928) 899-6483

Department of Veteran

Affairs has launched a

new hotline available

to women Veterans.

More information contact 1-855-VA-WOMEN

or go online www.

eBenefits.va.gov

Group Fitness Classes @

Hopi Fitness Center

For monthly schedule

call (928) 734-3432

MISCELLANEOUS

July 2013 Hopi Sikisve

Schedule – For information call (928) 734-4500

Department of Health

& Human Services

Programs events is

conducting outreach

programs events, for

schedule of dates,

locations and times

Need help with Child

Care Costs? Hopi Child

Care Program can

assist. For more information contact (928)

734-1002