Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Volume 21 Number 11

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Hopi Department of Natural Resources Issues 2013 Fire

Restrictions For the Hopi Reservation

Tomosie, First Hopi

Woman to Receive

Doctorate in Family

Medicine

Dr. Pearlyn Tomosie stands beside her paternal

grandmother, Eva Lomakema

By Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

Dr. Pearlyn Tomosie remembered

when she left for medical school to the

University of North Dakota. She felt

like it was going to be forever, but now

she says it seems like only yesterday

that she left. On May 12, Dr. Pearlyn

Tomosie graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and received

her Doctorate in Family Medicine.

Dr. Tomosie is Water Clan from the

village of Sichomovi and is married to

Larson Harris Jr. from the village of

Mishongnovi. Her parents are Shirley

Tomosie and Myron Lomakema; stepfather Wally Grover; maternal grandparents are the late Edgar and Pearl

Tomosie and paternal grandparents

are Eva Lomakema and the late James

Lomakema Sr. Tomosie has three siblings; Francis Susunkewa, Craig and

Timothy Grover.

Tomosie has lived on the Hopi

reservation all her life growing up in

a single parent home and living with

her grandparents who helped raise

her. She attended Polacca Day School

(First Mesa Elementary School) and

Hopi Jr. /Sr. High School where she

graduated in 2000. After high school

she attended Northern Arizona University (NAU) receiving her Bachelors

of Science in Microbiology and Chemistry in 2005.

As a young girl, Tomosie already

knew she wanted to become a doctor.

Although no one in her family had a

medical profession to influence her,

she took special interest because her

grandmother had breast cancer and her

grandfather had poorly controlled diabetes. By accompanying them to the

hospital for treatments and by observing field health nurses on their home

visits, she was inspired to pursue a career in Family Medicine.

“I was always asking questions

about what the different medical instruments were used for and the medications they were giving my grandparents. And as I got older, like in the

sixth grade, I still wanted to become

a doctor. At that age I could see and

understand that when I went to the Indian Health Service hospital, there was

a language and culture barrier. Seeing

that, I thought how neat it would be to

have a Hopi doctor who would understand,” said Tomosie.

After she graduated from NAU she

took three years off from school and

worked at LabCorp of Flagstaff as a

Lab Assistant.

During her time off from school

she decided to act on what she had

planned to do from the beginning and

apply for medical school, her lifelong

dream. She felt she was ready to go

back to school and she began applying

to different medical schools close to

home. However, she was late in the application process and the universities

had stopped accepting applications.

The only university that was accepting

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By Department of Natural Resources

Since January 2013, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Wildland Fire Management Program has responded to 16

reported fires which burned a combined

total of 31 Acres. A majority of the fires

occurred within or near the Villages or

farming areas. All the fires were human

caused and were attributed to burning of

debris (weeds) or household waste. The

Hopi public must be reminded that illegally disposing or burning household

waste is prohibited and is very harmful to

Hopi Tutsqua.

The spring vegetation has begun to dry

out and the wind is persisting, both conditions increase the threat for wildfires.

The BIA Wildland Fire Management Program currently has fire crews and equipment on stand-by and is ready to respond

to wildfires. In addition the Program has

the ability to request the use of additional

equipment (e.g. helicopters, water trucks,

etc…) from neighboring agencies if needed.

Current data from the U.S. Drought

Monitor and the Climate Assessment for

the Southwest indicates that the Hopi Indian Reservation is experiencing below

average precipitation and is in a state

of Severe Drought. The dry conditions

along with high winds pose extreme

wildfire threats which have prompted the

Hopi Tribe to issue an Executive Order

which states that the Hopi Reservation is

in a State of Extreme Fire Danger. The

following fire restrictions went into effect

on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 and will be in

place until further notice:

1)

Open burning and campfires

are prohibited within reservation resi-

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dential areas, farmlands, and near public

facilities unless the following measures

are met:

a.

On the day of the burn, one of

the following entities must be must be

notified of the start and stop times of the

burning activity:

Hopi Resource Enforcement Services

(928) 734-7340/Mon-Sat, 7am-7pm

Hopi Police Department (928) 7382236/7 days a week, 24 hours a day

b.

Burn activities cannot be conducted on “red flag days” as determined

by the National Weather Service and the

sustained wind is not in excess of 5 miles

per hour in the area.

c.

The burn must be constantly

monitored and controlled to assure that it

will not become an uncontrolled fire.

d.

The fire must be completely

extinguished at the end of the burning

activity.

2)

Open burning and campfires

are prohibited within reservation woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands.

3)

Fireworks are prohibited.

The possession, use or distribution of

fireworks is prohibited. Fireworks may

be confiscated by law enforcement officials and disposed of in a safe manner.

s and

If you have any questions regarding the

2013 fire restrictions, please contact the

Hopi Department of Natural Resources at

(928) 734-3601 or the BIA Wildland Fire

Management Program at (928) 734-1620.

Hopi Tribe Sues Wachovia Bank Companies for nearly

$190M for Investment Fraud

“Wachovia’s investment advisors lost millions of the Hopi Tribe’s dollars and must be held accountable for

their actions.”–Chairman LeRoy N. Shingoitewa, Hopi Tribe

The Hopi Tribe

Kykotsmovi, AZ - The

Hopi Tribe has sued Wachovia Bank companies, and Wachovia investment advisors

David Boling and James Roy,

alleging serious misconduct

involving the Tribe’s financial

assets. In the lawsuit filed

with the Financial Industry

Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on May 13, 2013, the

Tribe alleges that Mr. Boling

and Mr. Roy engaged in a pattern of reckless and improper

behavior in the handling of the

Tribe’s financial assets, which

resulted in enormous losses to

the Tribe, while at the same

time earning Wachovia millions of dollars in profits. The

Tribal Council authorized the

lawsuit against Wachovia on

behalf of the Hopi People,

who live in remote areas of

Northeastern Arizona where

unemployment runs high.

For decades, the Hopi

Tribe has maintained funds

to provide a safeguard for future emergencies and projects.

The Tribe’s laws and policies

require these funds to be kept

in low-risk investments at

major banks to provide security and a steady income.

However, immediately after

Wachovia employees Boling

and Roy gained control of the

Tribe’s investment accounts

in 2007, they directed the

Tribe’s purchases to extremely high-risk investments that

violated the Tribe’s laws and

policies.

The Hopi Tribe alleges

that Boling and Roy also

concealed significant investment losses from the Tribe,

misrepresented the high risk

involved in investments,

and overcharged fees. The

lawsuit alleges that monthly

statements and periodic performance reviews prepared by

Wachovia and its agents were

manipulated to hide the misconduct and to mislead Hopi

Officials into believing the

investments were profitable,

when in fact the Tribe was

losing significant amounts

of money. Even more troubling, seven payments totaling $1,186,498.00 owed by

Wachovia to the Hopi Tribe

are simply missing. Wachovia and its agents structured

one of the investments so

badly that losses were locked

in from the date of purchase

no matter how the financial

markets behaved. As a result

of these improper acts, the

Tribe’s lawsuit seeks damages and penalties in excess of

$189 million.

Chairman of the Hopi

Tribe LeRoy N. Shingoitewa

stated, “The Tribal Council

and I have an obligation to

protect the Tribe’s funds and

we take that responsibility

very seriously. The severe

nature of the misconduct that

has now been uncovered requires us to act on this matter.

And that is exactly what we

are doing.”

Hopi Engineer and Artist to Receive Honorary Doctorate

By Matt Lazier

Cal Poly

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Rodeo icon Cotton Rosser, agricultural industry leader

James W. Boswell, and engineer-turned-artist

Alfred

Qöyawayma — all Cal Poly

alumni — will receive honorary Doctor of Science degrees

at the university’s spring

commencement ceremonies

Saturday and Sunday, June 15

and 16.

Qöyawayma will deliver

the keynote address at Saturday’s event, and Boswell will

give the keynote Sunday.

Qöyawayma,

whose

name is Hopi for “Grey Fox

Walking at Dawn,” studied

mechanical engineering at

Cal Poly. He graduated in

1961 and began his career

developing guidance systems

for military and commercial

applications, including the

X-5, the F-15, the 747, and

even Air Force One. He then

worked for Arizona’s utility industry, leading a team

of scientists and engineers

in solving challenges to the

state’s power and water systems.

He co-founded the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, serving as

the first chairman of an organization that has helped more

than 12,000 students graduate

in the critical STEM (science,

technology, engineering and

mathematics)

disciplines.

In 1988 he received a White

House appointment to become vice chairman of the

Institute of American Indian

Art, and he became a fulltime artist and published researcher on native culture in

the Western Hemisphere. He

has been a Fullbright Schol-

ar and a featured artist at the

Smithsonian’s permanent Archives of American Art, and

his “Corn Mother” sculpture

is on permanent display at

Cal Poly.

Boswell — a 1977 graduate with a bachelor’s in

business administration — is

chairman and CEO of J.G.

Boswell Co., an agriculture

and real estate development

firm his family founded in

1925. The company owns and

operates farms in California

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Local News/Happenings

Hopi Tribe Takes a Fresh Look at an Older Property

By Mihio Manus

Hopi Tutuveni

The Hopi Industrial

Building has sat vacant

for over 15 years on the

western edge of Winslow.

It’s located in an area

known as the Hopi Industrial Park. The lights

have long been shut off

and the shell of the warehouse continues to collect

dust while the outside

walls have been tagged

with graffiti.

The building sits on

a 14-plus acre site and

the industrial park area is

comprised of 200 acres in

total. Based on location

and existing infrastructure, it really is prime real

estate.

What is the tribe doing with the building? Or

what could be done? Can

it be renovated or leased?

Should it be razed?

Built in 1968 the

warehouse was home

to what was commonly

known as the BVD factory that mainly produced

men’s underwear. BVD

is an acronym for Bradley, Voorhees and Day

who were the founders of

the firm. BVD occupied

the warehouse for six

years from 1968 to 1974.

When the BVD factory shut down shop and

vacated, the building

remained vacant for 12

years before occupying

tenants of the Young An

Hat Company. Known

as the YA Hat Company,

they worked out of the

warehouse for nine years

from 1986 to 1995.

Since the departure of

the YA Hat Co., the building has remained empty.

On Thu, May 23,

members of The Hopi

Tribe’s Office of Planning

and Evaluation held a

presentation and strategy

session regarding the unoccupied building along

with a tour of the facility.

The purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm and

comprise thoughts and

ideas on how to move

forward with plans for

usage of the building.

Hopi Vice Chairman,

Herman Honanie, attended along with members of

the Hopi Tribal Council

and representatives from

other integral tribal departments including HTEDC.

According to Royce

Jenkins, Director of the

Office of Planning and

Evaluation, “We want the

tribal council to make a

determination in which

way we’ll go with this.”

Fred Shupla, Community Planner for the Office

of Planning and Evalua-

tion, said that a lot could

be done with the property.

It could be sold, leased or

bonded.

“Structurally it’s a

sound, good building,”

Shupla said.

However, in order

to lease the building it

would have to undergo

some renovations.

“The intention of renovation is to bring it back

into standard with building codes,” said Jenkins.

Upper

Moencopi

Councilman, Wayne Kuwanhyoima asked if collaboration with the Hopi

Tribe’s Economic Development Corporation has

taken place or if it would

be beneficial. He also

inquired as to why the industrial park isn’t a part

of the recent feasibility

study undertaken by the

HTEDC.

Along the same lines,

George Mase, Sipaulovi Councilman asked,

“When was the last time

you reached out to HTEDC and HTHA for collaboration?”

“We haven’t had much

dialogue with HTEDC,”

Shupla said.

Shupla replied that

collaboration with the

aforementioned departments has been minimal.

The Office of Planning

and Evaluation has met

with the HTEDC’s consultants regarding the

feasibility study but have

given no input into the

study. However, Shupla

said that consultants have

solicited

information

about the industrial building but only to repackage

the information for purposes of their own study.

Throughout the meeting the question of what

to do with the building

was reoccurring. Should

the tribe move to demolish the facility, which

comes with a $750K price

tag, or should they look

toward rehabilitating it,

which could run upwards

of $2M?

The estimated revenue

generated from the building should be weighed

against the cost of renovations going into it said

Bakabi Councilman Lamar Keevama.

Kykotsmovi Councilman, Caleb Johnson, said

the Hopi Tribe needs to

consider developing the

full 200 acres and not just

the industrial building.

“We need to consider

the financials that would

go into developing this,”

he said.

According to Johnson,

there are two areas that

need to be considered.

One area of concern is the

industrial building and

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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.

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Top: Members of the Hopi Tribal Council, tribal departments and Hopi Vice Chairman, Herman Honanie tour

the Hopi Industrial Building to assess the condition of the building. Middle: Remnants of the last occupants

take the form of a raised work area for storage or compact work flow. Bottom: The light from the bay

doors illuminates the huge west entrance area of the industrial building. The building currently sits without

electricity.

what the tribe should do

with it. The second area

of concern, he said, is the

development of the 200

acres that make up the

Hopi Industrial Park.

The

Kykotsmovi

councilman also promoted the idea of developing

housing in the area. He

said this could be beneficial in developing a qualified and educated workforce at the Hopi Tribe.

The meeting also entertained a presentation

from Gloria Lomayestewa of the Hopi Tribal

Housing Authority. Lomayestewa said her department would hope to

partner with other tribal

organizations to develop

land in this area for hous-

Hopi Engineer Continued from Page 1

and Australia, producing,

processing and marketing a variety of crops and

developing

innovative

practices in plant biotechnology and livestock operations. The real estate

arm of the company develops planned communities and business parks

throughout the Western

U.S.

As head of J.G.

Boswell, he is also the

president of the James

G. Boswell Foundation,

which supports agricultural education and has

helped more than 1,200

graduates. He is a major

supporter of Cal Poly’s

College of Agriculture,

Food and Environmental Sciences. Through

the foundation, he has

established an endowed

chair in the Horticulture

and Crop Sciences Department, invested in the

Agribusiness

Management Club, and contributed to the college’s Learn

by Doing Fund for Agricultural Education. He

has also served on the Cal

Poly President’s Cabinet,

sharing his real-world insight to help the university continue to educate

resourceful leaders in

California agriculture.

As a student at Cal

Poly, Rosser led the university’s rodeo team to

the forefront of intercollegiate rodeo competition, launching a winning

tradition that would garner 41 national championships. After graduating

in 1952, he purchased the

Flying U Rodeo Co. and

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began producing rodeos

and making his mark on

the industry.

Rosser’s

rodeo

events are known for

their colorful pageantry,

innovative showmanship

and energetic patriotism.

He was instrumental in

bringing high school rodeo to California and has

been a longtime Cal Poly

Rodeo booster and Cal

Poly Alumni Association

supporter. For his contributions to rodeo culture in the Western U.S.,

Rosser has been inducted

into several rodeo halls of

fame and Western museums.

About 4,000 students

are eligible to graduate in

Cal Poly’s spring commencement.

ing and other projects.

Since the opening of

the Twin Arrows Casino, Lomayestewa said

her office has received

calls from Hopi tribal

members inquiring about

housing in the Winslow

area. She said that acquisitions could be made to

buy area within the industrial park to build houses

with NAHASDA funds.

According to the Jenkins, the last business that

was interested in occupying the building was a

baby wipes enterprise.

However, before any

movement can be made

with the property, the decision on what to do with

the industrial building

and park needs to go be-

fore Hopi Tribal Council.

Gayver Puhyesva with

the Office of Revenue

Commission asked when

a decision would be made

and taken before tribal

council.

However, the purpose

of the presentation was to

gain insight from attending council members,

members of the executive

office and integral departments as to what should

be done with the facility.

At the close, no formal

decision was made.

The meeting ended

with the Office of Planning and Evaluation soliciting suggestions via

survey and also recommendations for forming a

task team.

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Hopi Tribal Council 2013

LeRoy N. Shingoitewa, Chairman

Herman G. Honanie, Vice

Chairman

Martha A. Mase, Tribal Secretary

Robert Sumatzkuku, Tribal

Treasurer

Violet Sinquah, Sergeant-At-Arms

Village of Upper

Moenkopi

Wayne Kuwanhyoima

Bruce Fredericks

Leroy Sumatzkuku

Danny Humetewa

Village of Bakabi

Davis F. Pecusa

Leroy G. Kewanimptewa

Lamar Keevama

Village of Kykotsmovi

Nada Talayumptewa

Danny Honanie

Norman Honanie

Caleb H. Johnson

Village of Sipaulovi

George Mase

Cedric Kuwaninvaya

Rosa Honani

Village of Mishongnovi

Arthur Batala

Annette F. Talayumptewa

Marilyn Tewa

Mervin Yoyetewa

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Local News/Happenings

Tribal Priority Scholarship Revisions, Hopi Department of Education

Department of Education

The Hopi Grants and

Scholarship

Program

(HTGSP) Board of Directors (BOD) has worked

for several months to

make improvements to

the policy that governs

the HTGSP Tribal Priority Scholarship (TPS).

The policy revisions

were made in order to

streamline to application

process and ensure TPS

obligation fulfillment by

the recipients. The major

policy revisions include

awarding the TPS to

graduate and professional

students only and placing

reporting requirements

on the TPS recipients.

TPS Overview

The TPS is a highly

competitive, merit-based

scholarship for students

admitted to graduate and

professional degree programs, considered to be

of high priority to the

Hopi Tribe. These priority areas include: Medicine/Health, Education,

Business/Finance, Economic Development, Environmental/Natural Resources, Social Sciences,

and Law. The intent of

the TPS is to build a pool

of highly skilled Hopi

professionals with the

goal of filling the Tribe’s

critical manpower needs.

This is accomplished

through a multi-year

scholarship commitment

to the recipient. Within

three (3) years of completion and receipt of the

degree, the recipient is required to render one year

of professional service

to the Hopi Tribe or other service agencies that

serve the Hopi People for

each year the scholarship

is awarded. Details of the

professional service obligation are outlined in a

Contract that is signed by

the recipient and the Hopi

Tribe.

TPS recipients are eligible to receive a maximum of $12,000.00 per

student per term. Term

limits are dependent upon

degree program goals.

Funds are awarded for

all eligible educational

expenses. Students receiving this award are not

eligible for other HTGSP

scholarships. The total

number of TPS awards

that are granted per year

is dependent upon available funding. Eligibility

requirements for the TPS

include: (1) must be an

enrolled member of the

Hopi Tribe (2) have a

minimum 3.50 CGPA for

college/university course

work (3) be enrolled full

time in a regionally accredited college or university (4) must be fully

admitted in a specific degree program of priority

to the Hopi Tribe. The

deadline for the TPS is

June 15 of every year.

Current TPS Recipients

The following students are current TPS recipients:

Darold Joseph from

the Village of Moencopi

is pursuing his PhD in

Special Education with a

Concentration in Cultural

and Linguistic Diversity

and a minor in Language,

Reading and Culture. He

currently attends the University of Arizona and is

in his dissertation phase

of his program.

Michael

Johnson from the Village

of Kykotsmovi Village

is pursuing his PhD in

American Indian Studies

with a Concentration in

Natural Resources – Law

and Policy. He currently attends University of

Arizona and is in his dissertation phase of his program.

The Hopi Department

of Education extends

its wishes for continued

success to Mr. Joseph

and Mr. Johnson in completing their Doctoral degrees and looks forward

to the professional services that they will provide to the Hopi Tribe in

the near future. For more

information

regarding

the Hopi Tribal Priority

Scholarship, please contact the Hopi Grants and

Scholarships Program at

(928) 734-3533 or toll

free (800) 762-9630.

Time for Change with the 100 Mile Club

By Jessica Quamahongnewa

Diabetes Education Assistant,

Hopi Special Diabetes Program

The word change, interestingly enough, can take on both

positive and negative connotations. Certainly none of us want

to be presented with a challenging illness such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease –but a

change one’s lifestyle can keep

you healthy and strong. We all

have a decision to make: Press

the snooze button or put on

walking/running shoes and get

ACTIVE!

The 100 Mile Club has

kicked off their 21st Annual

Run/Walk Program and with

over 1,400 people registered

for this year’s program is well

on its way to helping participants make a positive change

and adding years to their lives.

Throughout the 16 week program, we’re encouraging everyone to take on a healthy

change. A big “thank you” and

pat on the back goes out to all

those that joined and are out

there earning miles. Askwali!

With the 100 Mile Club season in full effect, we will be out

and about in the community

hosting fun run/walks for one

and all. Remember, you don’t

have to be a participant in the

100 Mile Club to join in the

fun at any of these run/walks;

everyone is welcome! All fun

run/walks open with registration at 5:00 pm (MST) and the

walk/run at 6:00 pm (MST).

You can catch us in the community on the following dates:

Tuesday, June 11, Moencopy Legacy Inn–In collaboration with the Tuba City “Just

Move it” Program. 10k, 5k and

2mile; and Monday, June 17,

Secakuku’s Junction, Highway

264-Second Mesa. 5k, 2 and 1

mile.

The challenge for you is to

take on the different courses

that lie within our own Hopi

communities and Hopi Veteran’s Memorial Center complex.

They’re meant to get you thinking about how you could push

yourself just a little more each

day.

At the Hopi Special Diabetes Program, we understand

that at times we all need a little

nudge to get out of our comfort

zone (or off the couch and out

onto the trails for some fresh

air) and into a routine of regular physical activity. We’re

happy to be your supporters

and encourage you to make

daily physical activity a part of

your life. Remember, there is

a cumulative effect to change –

all the little steps you take will

add up to significant results!

Change is a shared passion that

we can pass on for generations

to come, so let’s get out there

and get moving together! Happy trails!

Tomosie Receives Medical Doctorate from Page 1

applications was the University Of North Dakota

(UND) School Of Medicine and Health Science.

UND Medical School

has a program called,

Indians into Medicine

(INMED), the program

assists advanced college

students and graduates

to prepare for medical

school. Through this

program there are seven

slots available for fully

qualified Native American freshman students

entering medical school.

Tomosie had the opportunity to go through this

program that helped her

prepare for the interview

process. (Every student

applying for medical

school must go before an

interview panel that will

decide if they should be

accepted.) She felt that

being Native American

gave her an advantage

during the interview that

a week after her she received an acceptance letter.

“Doctors and people

in the medical field told

me that getting into Medical school was the hardest. Some had to apply

every year, so I thought

why go through this again

when I’m already accepted on the first try,” said

Tomosie.

Tomosie knew she

would be far from home

and thought about declining. Her mom and

grandmother wanted her

close to home as well,

but they knew this was

her dream and they had

to let her go. Dr. Vicente,

of the Hopi Health Care

Center was like a mentor

to Tomosie. He told her if

she were to go to school

close to home she would

lose study time to Kachina dances and family

gatherings; and going to

school far from home was

a blessing in disguise.

In August 2008, Tomosie and her husband

left the reservation for

North Dakota where they

would live for the next

five years.

Tomosie said people

who go to medical school

describe the amount of

information coming at

you is like trying to drink

from a fire hose, and that

is what she experienced

the first day. She described that one lecture

was equivalent to a half

semester of lecture at

NAU.

“This is something

I’ve always enjoyed

learning about so it

wasn’t a burden,” said

Tomosie.

Her first and second

years were lectures and

tests in the classroom.

She was taking 92 credits

per year, and eight, eight

week blocks with three

day breaks and one week

off for Christmas. At the

end of each block were

exams and tests. After

each test they celebrated

with a get together to let

loose and breathe before

starting again, and she

did that for two more

years before starting her

third and fourth year.

She spent most of her

time with five girls who

were classmates more

than she did with her

husband. She described

that her classmates serve

as her second family because she spent so much

time with them. The

school of medicine promoted the idea of having your classmates as

your friends because they

needed that extra support.

There were times

when she wanted to quit,

but her husband was always there to help her

along the way. Her family

was also her support. In

the beginning they would

tell her of family gatherings and that would get

her homesick. She finally

told them to not tell her

about family gatherings.

With the help of technology, they were able

to Skype and listen to

Kachina dances through

the phone.

There were six Native

American students besides her, and they were

from the Sioux and Cherokee Nations. Out of the

seven she was unique being the only one to grow

up on the reservation.

She realized that the others didn’t know their culture or language, and has

learned to take pride in

being a Hopi and where

she comes from.

During the third and

fourth year is when she

was finally able to start

“playing doctor” as she

put it. She was assigned

with different doctors

in the six core areas of

Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and

Gynecology (OB/GYN)

and Internal Medicine.

Students are exposed to

the six areas so that they

could decide which are

they are interested in and

at the end of the year they

decide what they want to

go into.

Tomosie said she enjoyed all of them, but the

one that stood out for her

was OB/GYN. She enjoyed delivering babies,

but didn’t like that once

they are born she wasn’t

able to take care of them.

The babies were taken

care of by the Pediatricians and the OB/GYN’s

job is to take care of the

mother. She wanted to be

able to see the children as

they were born and watch

them grow. In the end,

Family Medicine was the

only area that would allow her to do that.

“I can deliver babies

and perform Cesarean

section if I want to and

it would allow me to do

other types of practices,”

said Tomosie, she also

added that it has always

been her goal to come

home, but doesn’t know

how long that would take.

The fourth year Tomosie spent her time on

the interview trail where

she was applying to different hospitals for residency. She prepared her

personal statement and

resume that included her

grades and submitted

into a database where

she was offered an interview with Northern New

Mexico Family Medicine

(NNMFM) in Santa Fe,

NM.

She will do one year

of residency at the Uni-

Left to Right: Dr. Wynne, Dean of Medical School at UND, Dr. Pearlyn

Tomosie, Dr. Neumann, Dean of SW Campus in Bismark, N.D.

versity of New Mexico

Hospital and two years

at NNMFM. Her schedule includes cardiology

and rotations on the ward

with In-patient and Family Medicine. She is also

a recipient of the Indian

Health Services (I.H.S.)

scholarship and will need

to give back a year of service for every year they

funded her. She will do

that after her residency

and says she may go back

to North Dakota as they

are in need of doctors.

But she hopes to stay in

Santa Fe if she can.

Towards the end of

Medical School all she

wanted to do was get

it done and finish out

strong.

Now that graduation

has come and gone, she

hasn’t come to terms with

being called, Dr. Pearlyn

Tomosie. She remembers

as a young girl that becoming a doctor was only

a dream and now it’s real.

She set a goal for herself

and she reached it. She

has been in school most

of her life she doesn’t

want to leave school.

“It

hasn’t

really

dawned on me that I’m

a doctor. Some days I’m

like, holy cow, I’m a doctor. I guess I’m too busy

to realize it,” said Tomosie.

She said she doesn’t

know anything about the

workforce or what it feels

like to get a paycheck. A

Dermatologist who, like

her, grew up on the reservation poor gave her

some advice. “Just remember you earned your

money and you deserve

it.”

“I don’t know how

it feels to have money. I

came from a poor family and I think I’m going

to struggle with that. My

mother instilled in me

that nothing is ever given

to you, you have to earn

it,” said Tomosie.

Dr. Tomosie said she

was eager to come home

right after she finished

medical school, but now

that she’s done she has

a different outlook. She

plans on starting out big

by working in the city to

gain experience and exposure so that she will be

comfortable and prepared

when she comes home.

4 TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Putting the Culture Back in Agriculture: Reviving Native Food and

Farming Traditions

By Tory Field and Beverly Bell

Other Worlds Harvesting Justice

Series

“A

t one point

‘agriculture’

was about

the culture of food. Losing that culture, in favor

of an American cultural

monocrop, joined with

an agricultural monocrop, puts us in a perilous

state…” says food and

Native activist Winona

LaDuke.

Her lament is an

agribusiness executive’s

dream. The CEO of the

H.J. Heinz Company

said, “Once television is

there, people, whatever

shade, culture, or origin,

want roughly the same

things.” The same things

are based on the same

Together with the

loss of cultural diversity,

the growth of industrial

agriculture has led to an

enormous depletion in

biodiversity.

Throughout history, humans have

cultivated about 7,000

species of plants. In the

last century, three-quarters of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops

have been lost. Thirty

crops now provide 95%

of our food needs, with

rice, wheat, maize, and

potato alone providing

60%. Eighty-five percent of the apple varieties that once existed in

the US have been lost.

Vast fields of genetically

identical crops are much

more susceptible to pests,

necessitating increased

pesticide use. The lack of

diversity also endangers

the food supply, as an

influx of pests or disease

can wipe out enormous

quantities of crops in one

fell swoop.

Native peoples’ efforts to protect their crop

varieties and agricultural

heritage in the US go back

500 years to when the

Spanish

conquistadors

arrived. Today, Native

communities throughout

the US are reclaiming

and reviving land, water, seeds, and traditional

food and farming practices, thereby putting the

culture back in agriculture and agriculture back

in local hands.

One such initiative

is the White Earth Land

Recovery Project in Minnesota, which is recovering healthy stewardship

of local tribes’ original

land base. They are harvesting and selling traditional foods such as wild

rice, planting gardens

and raising greenhouses, and growing food for

farm-to-school and feeding-our-elders programs.

They are reintroducing

native sturgeon to local

waters as well as working

to stop pesticide spraying

at nearby industrial farms.

They are also strengthening relationships with

food sovereignty projects

around the country. Winona LaDuke, the founding director of the project, told us, “My father

used to say, ‘I don’t want

to hear your philosophy if

you can’t grow corn’… I

now grow corn.”

Another revival effort involves buffalo

herds. In the 1800s, European-American settlers

drove wild buffalo close

to extinction, decimating

a source of survival for

many Native communities. Just one example

of the resurgence is the

Lakota Buffalo Caretakers Cooperative, a cooperative of small-family

buffalo caretakers, on

Pine Ridge Reservation

in South Dakota. The cooperative sees its work

as threefold, to “restore

the buffalo, restore the

native ecology on Pine

Ridge, and help renew

the sacred connection between the Lakota people

and the buffalo nation.”

At the national level, the

Inter-Tribal Bison Cooperative is a network of

56 tribal bison programs

from around the country

with a collective herd of

over 15,000.

In New Mexico, Native communities are organizing a wealth of initiatives. Around the state,

they have started educational and production

farms, youth-elder farming exchanges, buffalo

revitalization programs,

seed-saving initiatives,

herb-based diabetes treatment programs, a credit

union that invests in green

and sustainable projects,

and more. Schools like

the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute,

the Institute of American Indian Arts, and the

Santa Fe Indian School

– along with grammar

schools, high schools,

and non-profit programs

– have developed agricultural education programs.

The Traditional Native

American Farmers’ Asso-

ciation helps farmers get

back onto the land, hosts

workshops on seed saving and agricultural techniques, and has a youth

program.

The annual Sustainable Food and Seed

Sovereignty Symposium

at the Tesuque [Indian]

Pueblo in northern New

Mexico brings together

farmers, herbalists, natural dyers, healers, cooks,

seed savers, educators,

water protectors, and

community organizers.

From the 2006 symposium came the Declaration of Seed Sovereignty,

which denounced genetically engineered seeds

and corporate ownership of Native seeds and A family on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners area of the Southcrops as “a continuation west makes kneel down bread, a traditional food made with blue corn.

of genocide upon indig- Photo: Brett Ramney

enous people and as maThe farm provides months.

licious and sacrilegious fresh foods to the seNayeli

Guzman,

acts toward our ancestry, nior center, sells at the a Mexica woman who

culture, and future gener- farmers’ markets, and worked at the farm, said,

ations.”

trains residents to begin “What we’re doing is

In addition to the farming themselves. The very simple. These ideas

symposium, the Tesuque farm also grows medic- are not an alternative for

Pueblo also hosts Te- inal herbs to treat HIV, us, they’re just a way of

suque Natural Farms, diabetes, and cancer, and life... We need to all work

which grows vegetables, makes biofertilizer from together as land-based

herbs, grains, fruit trees, plants. The preschoolers people.

and cover crops, includ- at the Head Start program

“Creator is not excluing varieties long lost to garden; grammar school sive, so there’s no reason

the region. The project students are beginning to, we should be,” she said.

is building a Native seed as well.

“They tell us, ‘The more

library. The overarching

People from across biodiversity you have, the

goal is to make the Pueb- the nation come to Te- richer your soil is going

lo autonomous in both suque Natural Farms to be.’ It’s like that with

food and seeds. Emigdio to study agricultural people. The more differBallon, Quechua farmer production and to take ent kinds of people you

and geneticist at Tesuque workshops on pruning, have, the more able we’re

Natural Farm, said, “The beekeeping, poultry, soil going to be to survive.

only way we can get our fertility, composting, and We can’t compartmenautonomy is when we other topics. Soon the talize ourselves. That’s

have the resources in farm hopes to create a what industrial agriculour own hands, when we research and education ture does.”

don’t have to buy from center, where people can

seed companies.”

come for three to six

U.S. Groundwater Consumption Accelerating

Aquifers across the United States are being drawn

down at an increasing

pace, finds a new study

released on May 23, by

the U.S. Geological Survey.

The report, “Groundwater Depletion in the

United States (19002008),” evaluates longterm cumulative depletion volumes in 40

separate aquifers in the

United States, bringing

together

information

from previous studies

and from new analyses

of these distinct underground water storage areas.

Since 1950, the use

of U.S. groundwater resources for agricultural,

industrial, and municipal

purposes has expanded.

When groundwater is

withdrawn from subsurface storage faster than it

is recharged by precipitation or other water sources, the result is groundwater depletion.

“Although groundwater depletion is rarely

assessed and poorly documented, it is becoming recognized as an increasingly serious global

problem that threatens

sustainability of water

supplies,” writes report

author USGS hydrologist

Leonard Konikow.

The depletion of

aquifers has many negative consequences, including land subsidence,

reduced well yields, and

diminished spring and

stream flows.

“Large cumulative

long-term groundwater

depletion also contributes directly to sea-level

rise,” Konikow writes,

“and may contribute indirectly to regional relative

sea-level rise as a result

of land subsidence.”

Groundwater depletion in the United States

in the years 2000-2008

can explain more than

two percent of the observed global sea-level

rise during that period,

Konikow found.

To demonstrate the

scale of depletion across

the country, data from

the report show that from

1900 to 2008, the nation’s

aquifers were drawn

down by more than twice

the volume of water

found in Lake Erie.

“Groundwater is one

of the nation’s most important natural resources. It provides drinking

water in both rural and

urban communities. It

supports irrigation and

industry, sustains the flow

of streams and rivers, and

maintains ecosystems,”

said Suzette Kimball, acting USGS Director.

The maximum rates

of depletion have occurred during the most

recent period of the study

from 2000 to 2008, when

the depletion rate averaged almost 25 cubic

kilometers per year.“Because groundwater systems typically respond

slowly to human actions,

a long-term perspective is

vital to manage this valuable resource in sustainable ways,” Kimball said.

By comparison, 9.2

cubic kilometers per year

is the historical average

calculated over the entire

1900–2008 timespan of

the study.

One of the best

known and most investigated aquifers in the

country is the High Plains

aquifer, also called the

Ogallala aquifer. It underlies more than 170,000

square miles of the Midwest and represents the

principal source of water

for irrigation and drinking in this agricultural

area.

Substantial pumping

of the High Plains aquifer for irrigation since

the 1940s has resulted in

large water table declines

that exceed 160 feet in

places.

The USGS study

shows that, since 2000,

depletion of the High

Plains aquifer is continuing at a high rate.

The depletion from

2001 through 2008 is

about 32 percent of the

cumulative depletion in

this aquifer during the entire 20th century.

The annual rate of

depletion during this

recent period averaged

about 10.2 cubic kilometers, roughly two percent

of the volume of water in

Lake Erie.

The

cumulative

volume of groundwater

depletion in the United

States during the 20th

century is large – totaling

about 800 cubic kilometers and increasing by

an additional 25 percent

during 2001–2008 to a

total volume of approximately 1,000 km3.

Cumulative

total

groundwater depletion in

the United States accelerated in the late 1940s and

continued at an almost

steady linear rate through

the end of the century.

In addition to the

environmental

consequences, depletion also

adversely affects the

long-term sustainability

of groundwater supplies

to help meet the nation’s

water needs.

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 5

Every Native American Child Left Behind: Sequester Guts

Indian Education

By Tanya Lee

New American Media

Educators in Indian

country are working feverishly and creatively

to deal with the cuts to

federally funded preschool-to-grade 12 programs mandated by the

so-called “sequester.”

The sequester, a series of automatic federal

spending cuts totaling

$85 billion in 2013 and

$109 billion for each year

from 2014 to 2021 for a

total over $1.2 trillion

in debt reduction [when

savings on interest payments are included], was

authorized by the Budget

Control Act of 2011. It

went into effect in March

because Congress could

not agree on a budget

that would reduce deficit

spending by $2.4 trillion

over the next decade as

part of the effort to deal

with the country’s nearly

$17-trillion debt.

Head Start, intended

to promote school readiness in children from

birth to five years old

from low-income families by supporting their

cognitive, social and

emotional development,

serves 1 million children

a year nationwide. The

program was developed

in the mid-1960s as part

of President Lyndon B.

Johnson’s War on Poverty. Sequestration is expected to knock out five

percent of Head Start

funding across the board,

even though most Head

Start programs cannot

currently accommodate

all families who apply,

according to the Health &

Human Services Department’s

Administration

for Children & Families,

under which Head Start

operates.

Approximately

70,000 children are expected to lose access to

the program because of

these cuts.

In 2013, Head Start

programs nationwide will

take a $406-million hit as

a result of the sequester.

Of that amount, nearly

$12 million will come

from Indian Head Start,

according to the National

Indian Education Association. Melissa Harris, director of the Catawba Indian Nation Head Start in

South Carolina, is proud

of her program, which

serves 80 children, most

of them from the tribe,

at one center on the reservation, for the full year.

She says the sequester is

devastating her program.

“Right now, we’re downsizing from five days of

service to four days for

the summer.”

Not only will this

reduction affect the children’s preparation for

school but, Harris adds,

“we’re concerned about

meals. We serve two

meals a day. On Fridays, will the children

have a meal? Will they

be watched by siblings

or adults? Every weekend this summer will be

a three-day weekend and

we’re not sure the children’s basic health and

safety needs will be met.

“We recognize the

responsibility to get the

U.S. budget in order, but

this is not where you

start, at the foundation of

our children’s lives.”

Of the $12 million

in cuts Indian Head Start

must deal with, more

than one-tenth, or $1.4

million, will come from

the Navajo Nation’s program, which serves 2,115

children in Early Head

Start and Head Start and

through home-based education activities. Director

Sharon Singer notes that

it costs more to serve rural areas, which often do

not have accessible services and where transportation is always a challenge. “We’re looking for

ways to cut costs and still

serve our children and

families,” she says.

The Navajo Nation

began restructuring its

Head Start program in

November 2012 to build

a high-quality program.

That initiative will help

cope with the funding

cuts. “As part of the restructuring

program,”

says Singer, “we expect

to reduce employees by

30 percent. We’ll combine positions and hire

highly qualified teachers

who can each be responsible for more children.

And we’ll streamline

our program, cutting out

middle management and

offering direct services to

children and families.”

For now, says Singer,

the Head Start program

will be able to continue

serving the same number of children, but further funding cuts will

affect services. “Head

Start provides a continuous program from Early

Head Start to Head Start

to kindergarten, which is

so critical now that Common Core standards require that children be able

to read by third grade or

not be promoted. Our job

is so important. It provides the foundation in

learning and literacy for

our children.”

The

Confederated

Tribes of Siletz Indians

of Oregon’s Head Start

program will take a much

smaller

cut—$48,000,

but its program is smaller and the impact will be

serious. DeAnn Brown,

director of the program,

says they will close one

week early this year and

start two days later next,

and they will need to cut

supplies to classrooms

and teacher training dollars.

Brown says her program serves 112 children and about the same

number of families. It

is a center-based Head

Start program with seven

classrooms. The program

operates 3.5 hours a day,

4 days a week during the

school years and serves

both breakfast and lunch.

“The cuts will be felt by

everyone,” she says. “It’s

only a week, but families

are still dependent on

Head Start for childcare.

They’ll have to make other arrangements for that

week. A week’s worth of

childcare is a lot for our

families.” Another concern, again, is nutrition.

“Children rely on Head

Start for two-thirds of

their nutritional needs

four days a week. Some

kids might not get the

nutrition they count on

when Head Start is not

operating for those days.

“We hope there are

no further cuts. As it is,

we still don’t serve all

the kids we could. Further cuts would impact

our enrollment. We hope

there aren’t any.”

The $12 million in

cuts to American Indian Head Start programs

is not just a matter of

consequence for the nation’s tribes. National

Indian Education Association President Heather Shotton says, “When

the federal government

does well by our Native

children, it does well by

everyone’s children….

When budget cuts hurt

the education of Native

children, they harm education for everyone’s

children.”

organized in “Couponing

101” at the Holbrook –

Painted Desert Campus

Nizhoni Learning Center

room 136 (reference HCT

099x-­51208) on Tuesday,

June 11, from 5:30 to

7:30 p.m. There is a $20

charge for this workshop.

For “advanced” couponers, join a question &

answer forum and compare secrets of the trade

in “Couponing 202.”

This $15 workshop meets

from 6 until 8 p.m. on

The Hopi Wildlife &

Ecosystem Management

Program (WEMP) has

received the 2013-2014

Arizona Hunting Regulations and applications for

the Hopi Deer Hunts in

GMU 5A/5B and 4A/4B.

Reminder: Please read

regulations carefully as

there have been some

changes on the state regulations and laws.

Application

Deadline is Tuesday, June 11,

2013. The Hopi WEMP

will review unsealed

applications and submit

applications to AZGFD

Southwest Region Veterans Benefits Summit

for Tribal leaders, Veterans, Veterans Service

Providers, and Tribal Health Directors

On June 19-20, 2013,

the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office

of Tribal Government

Relations will host the

Southwest Region Veterans Benefits Summit for

tribal leaders, Veterans,

Veterans Service Providers, and Tribal Health

Directors, in Tuba City,

Arizona at the Moenkopi

Legacy Inn, an enterprise

of the Moenkopi Village

Development corporation, on the Hopi Reservation. This Summit

provides an opportunity

to network with and hear

updates from VA leadership and subject matter

experts, share best practices and network with

others who serve Veter-

& Guide workshop (reference STC 099x-­51143)

by certified natural health

consultant Tony Hill at

Northland Pioneer College’s Show Low – White

Mountain Campus, on

Tuesday, June 11, from

5:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the

Aspen Center, room 111.

The workshop cost $20.

Hill will share from

his 20+ years of natural health and wellness

training to guide workshop participants in the

creation of an emergency

herbal kit. “Students will

learn what herbs should

be in their kit, how to use

and prepare them,” noted Hill. “There will be

hands-­on demonstrations

with students applying

ans in Indian Country.

More than twenty speakers and program representatives will impart

information that serves

as an education session

on VA benefits and services. For more information about the VA, the

Office of Tribal Government Relations, and

the Southwest Region

Summit, please visit the

website at www.va.gov/

tribalgovernment. If you

have questions regarding

this upcoming Summit,

please contact LoRae

HoMana Pawiki, Tribal

Government Specialist

– Southwest Region, at

Lorae.Pawiki@va.gov or

928-776-5306.

SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM AT

HOPI JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL

Wednesday, June 19, at

the Show Low/White

Mountain Campus Aspen

Center room 110 (reference HCT 099x-­51207);

and Tuesday, June 25,

at the Snowflake/Taylor

– Silver Creek Campus

Learning Center room

113 (reference HCT 099x-­

51206).

Sign up for the Couponing workshops at

least a week before the

class starts to ensure it is

not cancelled due to in-

sufficient enrollment by

phone, 524-­7459 or (800)

266-­7845 ext. 7459, or at

any NPC location during

regular business hours,

7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Monday through Thursday. NPC is closed on

Fridays during the summer.

For additional information about these or

other personal interest

classes, contact Loyelin

Aceves, community education program coordinator, (800) 266-­7845, ext.

6244, or email loyelin.

aceves@npc.edu.

You

can also view a current

list of personal interest

classes by visiting www.

npc.edu and clicking on

the “Noncredit Classes

{Learning Adventures”

link.

the herbal treatments to

themselves for ailments

and injuries from A to Z.”

Workshop topics will

include herbs for emergency action, herbal first

aid treatments, tips on using herbs and herbal dosage guidelines.

Sign up for this workshop at least a week before the class starts to en-

sure it is not canceled due

to insufficient enrollment

by phone, (800) 266-­7845

ext. 7459, or at any NPC

location during regular

business hours, 7:30 a.m.

to 6:30 p.m., Monday

through Thursday and

closed on Fridays.

For additional information about these or

other personal interest

classes, contact Loyelin

Aceves, community education program coordinator, (800) 266-­7845, ext.

6244, or email loyelin.

aceves@npc.edu. You can

also view a current list of

personal interest classes

by clicking on the “Noncredit Classes {Learning

Adventures” link.

ing process and discover

what it takes to improve

and build-­up for health.

The importance of cleansing the body for better

health is also stressed.

You will also learn how

to apply direct aid to the

areas of your body that

need it the most.

Sign up for the A, B, C

& D Approach workshop

at least a week before the

class starts to ensure it is

not cancelled due to insufficient enrollment by

phone, 524-­7459 or (800)

266-­7845 ext. 7459, or at

any NPC location during

regular business hours.

NPC switched to summer

hours on May 20, 7:30

a.m. to

6:30 p.m., Monday

through Thursday and

closed on Fridays.

For additional information about these or

other personal interest

classes, contact Loyelin

Aceves, community education program coordinator, (800) 266-­7845, ext.

6244, or email loyelin.

aceves@npc.edu.

You

can also view a current

list of personal interest

classes by visiting www.

npc.edu and clicking on

the “Noncredit Classes

{Learning Adventures”

link.

NPC offers Emergency Herbal Kit workshop

SHOW LOW – Have

a mosquito bite or rash?

What is the best natural

treatment to stop the itch?

Just reach for your herbal

emergency kit.

Learn what needs to

be in your herbal emergency kit and when and

how to use them in a

one-­ evening noncredit

Emergency Herbal Kit

Region II Office in Flagstaff, Arizona. Applications must be submitted

by 3pm on Tuesday, June

11, 2013 to the Wildlife

& Ecosystems Management Program office

located in the Honanie

Building-Hopi

Tribal

Complex.

AZGFD Hopi Hunt

numbers for Deer are

for Hopi Tribal Enrolled

Members ONLY. Applications and Regulations are available at the

WEMP office. Please

stop by or call (928) 7343605/3606/3608.

USDA related activity

should write immediately to the Secretary of

Agriculture, Washington,

DC 20250.

Listed below are the

dates, times and locations meals will be provided:

6/3/13 – 6/27/13,

from 11:30am to 1:00pm,

in the Hopi Jr/Sr. High

School Cafeteria. Meals

will be served Monday

through Thursday.

NPC offering Couponing workshops

Topics will include how

to use, organize and shop

most effectively with

them. The classes will

teach you the importance

of timing when using

manufacturer’s coupons,

where to find Internet

coupons and how to use

monthly rebates using a

filing system to track coupons issued in the past six

months.

Find out great reasons for keeping those

money-­saving clippings

Hopi WEMP has 2013-2014 Arizona Hunting

Regulations and Hopi Deer Hunt Applications

The Hopi Jr/Sr.

High School announces

the sponsorship of the

Summer Food Service

Program for Children.

Meals will be made

available FREE To All

Children 18 years of age

and under within the approved geographical area

without regard to sex,

race, color, age, handicap or national origin.

Any person who believes

that he/she has been discriminated against in any

HIGHER EDUCATION/WORKSHOPS

Manufacturer’s coupons provide savings on

your everyday purchases.

Learn the tricks to organizing and maximizing

those coupons in three

noncredit “Couponing”

workshops at three different Northland Pioneer

College locations during

June.

Michelle

“Shelly”

Finch, who has been

sharing couponing tips

for several years, will be

leading the workshops.

LOCAL BRIEFS

Natural healing focus of NPC workshop

SNOWFLAKE

—

Increase your knowledge

of natural health and how

to activate the healing

process and build up your

health by applying direct

aid to the areas of your

body that need it the most

in noncredit workshops at

Northland Pioneer College’s Snowflake/Taylor

– Silver Creek Campus

on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 25 and 26, from

5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and

cost $30.

A, B, C & D Approach

to Natural Health is a

two-­evening,

six-­hour

workshop with certified herb specialist Tony

Hill. He is the fourth

generation of his family

active in natural health,

herbs and homeopathy

with 20+ years of natural

health and wellness training.

A, B, C & D Approach, (reference STC

099x-­51146), meets at the

Snowflake/Taylor – Silver Creek Campus in the

Learning Center, room

113.

This workshop provides intermediate to

advance training on how

to get well and stay well

with natural health, noted

Hill. Students will learn

how to activate the heal-

6 TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Congratulations Hopi Jr./Sr. High School Graduates

Dr. Pearlyn Tomosie, Caroline Sekaquaptewa, Hopi Vice Chairman Herman G. Honanie, Hopi Chairman LeRoy Shingoitewa and Hopi Jr High Principal Albert Sinquah stand as the Graduating Class of 2013 is presented.

Left: Xavier Simone Sakeva plays a classical guitar solo. Middle: Vice Chairman Herman Honanie poses with Valedictorian Shelden Nanacasia. Right: Daniel “Lomatuwa” Lim, Jr. High Co-Valedictorian making his speech.

Left: Jr. High Co-Valedictorian, Nicholai Bolus delivers his address to the Jr. High class of 2013. Middle: Keynote Speaker, Mr. LaNeal Peweardy sings a traditional Kiowa song. Right: Hopi Jr. High Class of 2013.

Above left: Joshua Lomayestewa receives a Citizenship Award from Alfred Lomahquahu. Middle: Laman Onsae gets his diploma. Right top:

Sandra Sahu stands between her twin graduate daughters, Auri Roy and Lakaya Roy. Right bottom: Andre Panana gives his mother a hug at the

2013 Hopi High School Graduation.

Hopi Youth Baseball Players Strive to Participate in NABI Tournament

By Crystal Dee

Hopi Tutuveni

During the summer children don’t

have much to do

except stay home

or apply for summer jobs. That’s

if you’re lucky to

qualify and if you

don’t there is nothing else to do but

stay home and get

into trouble.

Coach Emmette

Navakuku

hopes

to change that and

keep children out

trouble by putting

together two baseball teams that consists of high school

and junior high

boys. A roster of 15

boys on each team.

The teams plan

on

participating

in the NABI baseball tournament in

Scottsdale, Arizona

in July 10-13. This

is the high school

team’s second year

playing in the tournament and first

for the junior high

team; Coach Navakuku feels confident about his teams

this year and that

they hope to win a

couple games.

Practicing and

getting the team in

shape is just the beginning, but getting

the funds to get to

NABI is a challenge

in itself as they

have not been able

to raise funds.

Last year parents and volunteers

helped the team

raise $4-5,000 that

was used on purchasing new uniforms,

lodging,

transportation and

the team entry fee.

This year, they hope

to raise $8,000 for

the same purpos-

es but would like

to purchase new

equipment that they

could use year after

year.

Being able to

play in the NABI

tournament

for

some of these boys

is a once in a lifetime experience as

some of the have

never been off the

reservation.

Not

only do they play

in the tournament

but they also get to

see an Arizona Diamondbacks game

and participate in a

parade where they

get to walk on the

baseball field before the game.

“One of the

boys that went last

year was very excited because he had

never been to a Diamondbacks game,”

said Gloria Mahle, a parent who is

helping the team

raise money. “Just

seeing the look on

their faces is priceless,” added Mahle.

She also emphasized that running

isn’t the only sport

that our Hopi children are good in,

but they are good in

other sports too.

Coach

Navakuku has written letters to local

businesses to solicit funding for

his team. He hopes

to meet his goal so

that he can take his

team to NABI to

represent the Hopi

Tribe.

For further information regarding

the baseball team,

you may reach

Coach Navakuku at

(505) 470-2631 or

737-2316.

The Hopi Teen Age Pregnancy Prevention

Program Introduces…

REDUCING THE RISK (RTR)

Now Recruiting Teens ages 14 -18 years

RTC is an abstinence based curriculum geared

for teenagers, 14 -18 years of age. The curriculum contains sixteen (16) modules that teaches

teenagers about Abstinence and Responsibilities

/Choices as it pertains to sexual behavior. Teenagers will be educated on 1) Various types of sexually transmitted Infections (STI’s) that our own

Hopi youth encounter and; 2) How the Hopi community is impacted by teenage pregnancy.

For more information about RTC, contact Alverna

Poneoma, TPPP Coordinator at 737-6342 or 7376345. Parental consent is required and forms are

available at the CHR Office – Hopi Health Care

Center or at the Tewa Youth Center- Mr. Carlton

Timms.

HOPI TUTUVENI | TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 7

Congratulations Hopi College Graduates

The Hopi Tribe Grants and Scholarship Program is proud to announce the completion of college degrees by our Hopi

students. CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! Good luck in your future endeavors!

FALL 2012

Alecia Polacca Village of Sichomovi,

Parents: Elwin Polacca Sr. (late) and

Nadine Ami; Associate of Arts (AGEC),

Central Arizona College.

Carilyn Schmalle Village of Moencopi,

Parents: William Vicente and Viola

Vicente; Bachelor of Science in Health

Sciences, Northern Arizona University.

Charmayne Hardy Village of Moenkopi,

Parents: Josephine Bancroft and Vaughn

Hardy; Associate of Arts in Social and

Behavioral Science, Dine’ College.

Hannah Saloio Village of Moenkopi,

Parents: Jose and Cheryl Saloio; Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies, University of New Mexico.

Kimberly Enos Village of Sichomovi,

Parents: Russell Enos and Dorothy

Lomakema; Bachelor of Science in

Computational Mathematical Science,

Arizona State University.

Lori Nichols Village of Sipaulovi, Parents; Phillip and Beverly Trott; Associate of Arts in Communication, Estrella

Mountain Community College.

Michael Ballardo Village of Kykotsmovi, Parent: Susan Kaye; Associate of

Applied Science and Associate of Arts

(AGEC), Phoenix College.

Meridith Van Winkle Village of Shungopavy, Parent: Charlotte Joshua; Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, Northland

Pioneer College.

Sheridan Rogers Village of Sipaulovi,

Parent: Deanna Bakurza; Bachelor of

Science in Psychology, and Biology,

Arizona State University.

WINTER 2013

Dr. Thomas Reed Village of Hotevilla,

Parents: Harlan and Janet Reed; Ph.D

in Electrical and Computer Engineering,

University of California, Santa Barbara.

SPRING 2013

Algernon E. Sakiestewa Jr. Village of

Moenkopi, Parents: Algernon Sakiestewa Sr., Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts, Fort

Lewis College.

Allen R. Anderson, Village of Mishungnovi, Parents: Vivian Anderson and

Phillip Coochyumptewa Sr.; Bachelor

of Science in Criminology and Criminal

Justice, Arizona State University.

Alicia Gold Village of Mishungnovi,

Parents: Randy and Michele Wilkinson,

Bachelor of Science in Aviation Science,

Utah State University.

Alyssa Begay Village of Songoopavi,

Parent name: Aqualisa Sinquah, Bachelor of Art in Psychology University of

Arizona.

Anissa Jo Myron Village of Moenkopi,

Parents: Arvis and Jo Ellen Myron, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, University of New Mexico

Bret Thomas Village of Kykotsmovi,

Parents: Clark and Joanne Thomas,

Bachelor of Art in Business Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Carolyn Taylor Village of Kykotsmovi,

Parents: Linda Taylor and Max Taylor,

Associate of Arts in Fine Arts, Phoenix

College.

Charmayne Hardy Village of Moen-

kopi, Parents: Josephine Bancroft and

Vaughn Hardy, Associate of Arts in Social & Behavioral Sciences, Dine College.

Clarence Cleveland Jr. Village of Songoopavi, Parents: Sadie Charlie and

Clarence Cleveland Sr., Associate of

Applied Science in Nanoscience Technology, North Dakota State College of

Science.

Danielle Steele Village of Hotevilla,

Parent: Elaine Steele, Associate of Art

(AGEC), Chandler Gilbert Community

College.

Darian Poleyestewa Village of Walpi,

Parents: Darren and Tressa Poleyestewa, Associate of Applied Science

in Business Management, Northland

Pioneer College.

Deandria Tom Village of Bacavi, Parents: Adrian and Kimberly Tom; Bachelor of Art in Cinema and Media Culture,

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Debra Lynn Mata Village of Mishongnovi, Parents: Geneva Mansfield and

Lucas Namoki, Bachelor of Science in

Special Education and Elementary Education, Arizona State University.

Joel Nicholas Village of Songoopavi,

Parents: Doreen Kewanyama and Gary

Nicholas, Bachelor of Art in Anthropology, University of Arizona.

JoEllen Noble Village of Lower Moenkopi, Parents: Vera Noble and Alvin Norton; Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies

(with Distinction), Northland Pioneer

College.

Jose Acevedo Village of Sipaulovi, Par-

ents: Jose and Aratha Acevedo, Master

of Arts in Landscape Architecture,

Arizona State University.

Lynette E. Figueroa Village of Mishongnovi, Parents: Rolanda Yoyletsdewa,

Roland & Glorianna Quanimptewa,

Associate of Applied Science in Nursing, Mesa Community College, Banner

Boswell Nursing School.

Natalynne Rogers Village of Hotevilla,

Parents: Sharon James and Nathaniel

Rogers; Bachelor of Science in Social

Work, Arizona State University

Dr. Pearlyn Tomosie Village of Sichomovi, Parents: Shirley Tomosie and Wally Grover; Doctor of Medicine, Family

Physician, University of North Dakota

School of Medicine.

Renetta Tenorio Village of Walpi;

Parents: Kathy Tenorio; Associate of

Applied Science in Forensic Technology,

Phoenix College.

Shane Honanie Village of Moenkopi,

Parents: Gilbert and Danielle Honanie; Bachelor of Science in Computer

Science and Software Engineering,

University of Washington, Bothell.

Terissa Josytewa Village of Shungopavi, Parents: Guy Josytewa and Sarah

Tuvequaftewa; Associate of Science

(AGEC), Central Arizona College.

Wendall Honanie Jr. Village of Mishungnovi,Parents: Wendall Sr. and Gayle

Shingoitewa-Honanie, Bachelor of Science in Public Management, Northern

Arizona University.

In preparation for the upcoming academic year 2013-2014, the Hopi Tribal Grants & Scholarship Program is now accepting applications. The deadline for all required documents to be submitted to the HTGSP office is July 1, 2013.

Congratulations Graduates of Hopi and Chemawa High School

Rulon A. Tungovia, Chemawa Indian High School, Salem, Oregon

Daniel LomaTuuwa Lim (Center), Hopi Jr. High School Co-Valedictorian

with proud mother Eunhee Pyo and sister Grace

Sylvan Ray Sahmea, Hopi High

School

DeWayne Nahsonhoya, Mokahum Ministries, Bemidji, Minn.

Second Mesa Day School Honor Roll, 4th Quarter, SY 2012-2013

1st Grade

A Honor Roll

Jenae Lozano

Kaia Talashie

Alex Yoiwaima

B Honor Roll

Aiden Batala

Kaylyn Bedoni

Hayden David

Jospeh Garcia

Ellarena Honahnie

Rylee Koopee

Jimmiel Lomahoema

Aquino Martinez

Ciara Naseyoma

2 Grade

Highest Honors

Frannces Antone

Maricella Bahe

Makayla Higgins

nd

LaDonna Jacket

Ryan Honyouti

Dale Koopee

Josiah Kuwanquaftewa

Marian Lamson

Amelia Madriles

Aiden Nash

Arion Sahneyah

Evonne Sidney

A Honor Roll

Gwendolyn Hayah

Quinlan Pooyouma

B Honor Roll

Mikaiya Martinez

3rd Grade

Highest Honors

Jayden Cooper

Vince Soliman

Tatum Thomas

A Honor Roll

Stormy Kaye

Katrese Lomayaktewa

Jacob Molinar

Drevin Sekakuku

Waynelle Tewanema

B Honor Roll

Fredreen Billy

DeRay Deysie

Avery Kuyvaya

Sandrina Onsae

4 Grade

A Honor Roll

Alyssa Calnimptewa

Corina Collateta

Noral Cooper

Alexis Poleyestewa

Isaiah Yellowman

B Honor Roll

Skylan Masawytewa

Crishell Naseyoma

th

Traiden Tootsie

5th Grade

Highest Honors

Alessandro Bolus

Shaniqua Campus

Catrina Dashee

Ellyse Fredericks

Sarena Honanie

Isaac Lomayaktewa

Deondre Onsae

Alfred Soliman

A Honor Roll

Anissa Antone

MaLayzia Cowboy

Angela Garcia

Reece Humeyestewa

Terrill Humeyestewa

Leyton Klee

Evan Lomayaktewa

Ronticia Martinez

Second Mesa Day School, 4th Quarter Perfect Attendance

Anissa Antone

Frannces Antone

Lomakuyva Bahnimptewa

Myron Begoshytewa

Fredreen Billy

Alessandro Bolus

Jarius Campus

Shaniqua Campus

Levander Collateta

Noral Cooper

Catrina Dashee

Tyler Dawasevaya

DeRay Deysie

Manny Fredericks

Sarena Honanie

Ellycia Honwytewa

Keinan Honyaktewa

Gabriel Honyouti

Ryan Honyouti

Corbilynn Jackson

Sheren Jackson

Autumn Johnson

Jordan Kaye

Leyton Klee

Elias Koiyaquaptewa

Rylee Koopee

Corey Lomahoema

Evan Lomayaktewa

Humevensie Lomayaktewa

Isaac Lomayaktewa

Katrese Lomayaktewa

Kiara Lomayaktewa

Nikki Lomayaktewa

Chantell Lopez

Amelia Madriles

Saniia Martinez

Skylan Masawytewa

Jacob Molinar

Kian Nahkalayah

Lucy Nahsonhoya

Jaylen Nanacasia

Ciara Naseyoma

Crishell Naseyoma

Deondre Onsae

Keena Onsae

Kemia Pahovama

Delphina Perez

Evan Poleahla

Koylynn Poseyesva

Ava Rambler

Valarian Rhodes

Brandon Ross

Christa Russell

Caitlyn Sakeva

Creighton Sakeva

Simon Seeyouma

Alvin Selina

Tyler Sieweyumptewa

Kaedence Tessay

Waynelle Tewanema

Imogene Torivio

Jerell Tuvequaftewa

Nicholas Valdez

Alex Yoiwaima

Brianna Miguel

Evan Poleahla

Simon Seeyouma

Dontay Tootsie

Aliyahna Vogele

B Honor Roll

Angelina Coochise

Isaac Dennis

Tyrell Lamson

6th Grade

Highest Honor

Ethan Dawasevaya

Autumn Johnson

Aubrey Kopelva

Dre’ Lewis

Nikki Lomayaktewa

Saniaa Martinez

Lucy Nahsonhoyah

Jihad Nodman

Kiry Polacca

Koylynn Poseyesva

Angellene Shattuck

Hoitema Talayumptewa

Imogene Torivio

Kayah Tsosie

A Honor Roll

Gabriel Honyouti

Tristin Kaye

Kateri Lalo

Kian nahkalayah

Ethan Rambler

Brandon Ross

Kiara Russell

Eric Susunkewa

Chelsea Kewanyama

B Honor Roll

Kenny Powell

8 TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 | HOPI TUTUVENI

Press Releases from the State Attorney

Drug and Violent Crime Sweep Nets Nearly 30 On and

Around the Yavapai-Apache Nation

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Following a coordinated

federal, tribal and state

investigation into drug

trafficking and related violent crime on and near

the Yavapai-Apache Indian Nation, 22 individuals are under indictment

on federal charges with

another five facing tribal

criminal charges and two

are facing state charges.

Almost all of the individuals charged were taken

into custody over the past

several days or were already in local custody on

other charges. Three remain fugitives.

The Federal Bureau

of Investigation’s Northern Arizona Safe Streets

Task Force, the Yavapai

County Drug Task Force,

and the Yavapai-Apache

Nation Tribal Police Department led this coordinated enforcement action.

They received significant

operational

assistance

from the Yavapai County

Sheriff’s Office; the Cottonwood Police Department; the Camp Verde

Marshals Office; Arizona Department of Public

Safety; the U. S. Drug

Enforcement Administration; the U.S. Marshals

Service; the U.S. Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE), the

Department of Homeland

Security; the Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-

T.O. Man Sentenced to 10 Years for

Aiding and Abetting Murder

TUCSON, Ariz. –

Johnny Davis Antonio,

Jr., 22, of Sells, Ariz., was

sentenced on May 29,

2013, by U.S. District

Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 120 months in

prison to be followed by

five years of supervised

release. Antonio pleaded

guilty on March 21, 2013,

to second degree murder,

aiding and abetting.

This case involved

the August 2009, beating

to death of a 37 year old

man by Antonio, then 18

years old, and an accomplice. The victim was

walking during early

morning hours on Aug.

10, 2009, in an open area

in Sells on the Tohono

O’odham

reservation,

when he came upon Antonio and his accomplice

who proceeded to assault

the victim with their fists

and a piece of wood. The

victim died from blunt

force trauma to his head.

The investigation in

this case was conducted

by the Federal Bureau

of Investigation and the

Tohono O’odham Nation

Police Department. The

prosecution is being handled by Raquel Arellano,

Assistant U.S. Attorney,

District of Arizona, Tucson.

arms and Explosives;

and the Coconino County METRO Drug Task

Force.

“The United States

Attorney’s Office will

continue to support community impact investigations to reduce violent

crime and drug activity

both on and off the reservations,” said U.S Attorney John S. Leonardo. “I

commend the numerous

federal, local and tribal

agencies for their effective cooperation.”

FBI Special Agent in

Charge Douglas G. Price,

Phoenix Division, stated,

“The FBI is committed

to enforcing federal laws

in Indian Country. These

charges are the result of

a coordinated effort by

the FBI and our law enforcement partners to

fight violent crime and

drug matters. The goal

of this investigative operation is a positive impact

on the community by reducing violent crime and

the availability of illegal

drugs. The FBI will continue to work with our

law enforcement partners

to combat criminal activity and improve the quality

of life in Indian Country.”

“Methamphetamine

has plagued our community for years,” said

Yavapai Apache Nation

Vice Chairman Robert

Jackson, Sr. “Addressing this issue as an independent law enforcement

agency has been ongoing

and overwhelming. The

Yavapai-Apache Police

Department and Prosecutors have been fortunate

to work in full cooperation with the FBI and the

U.S. Attorney’s Office in

this proactive investigation since Fall 2012, resulting in one of the largest single actions against

individuals who have infiltrated our community

with meth. We appreciate

the cooperative approach

between all law enforcement agencies, which has

made one more of our

Verde Valley communities a safer place for our

youth, elders and community members.”

Convictions for the

drug offenses currently

charged, which involve

trafficking of methamphetamine and marijuana, carry penalties up to

20 years in prison and

$1,000,000 in fines. Assault and related charges

carry maximum penalties

of 10 years to life in prison, as well as maximum

fines of $250,000.

An indictment is

simply the method by

which a person is charged

with criminal activity

and raises no inference

of guilt. An individual is

presumed innocent until

competent evidence is

presented to a jury that

establishes guilt beyond a

reasonable doubt.

The investigation in

this case is ongoing and

additional charges and arrests are anticipated.

Take Precautions to Prevent Hantavirus

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – As warmer temperatures

and wetter weather return to Northern Arizona, so does

the threat of Hantavirus, a rare but fatal disease spread

by infected rodent droppings.

The Coconino County Public Health Services District (CCPHSD) reminds the public to take a few precautions when entering and cleaning sheds, garages,

campers, cabins, barns and other buildings to protect

themselves from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

(HPS).

“As preparations for summer activities begin, we

want to remind everyone to take the time to use appropriate precautions when entering and cleaning structures and buildings,” said Kimbal Babcock, CCPHSD

Interim Chief Health Officer.

HPS is transmitted to people who come into contact with or breathe the urine, droppings and saliva

of wild mice, primarily deer mice. The illness starts

with fever, headache and muscle aches, and progresses

rapidly to severe difficulty in breathing and, in some

cases, death.

The last reported case of Hantavirus in Coconino

County was reported in 2007, but to prevent HPS, public health officials recommend the following:

Proper clean-up methods:

• Open all door and windows, leave them open for

30 minutes before cleaning.

• Do not stir up dust by vacuuming, sweeping, or

any other means.

• When rodent droppings or nests are found in

and around the home, spray them liberally with

a household disinfectant and allow them to soak

for at least 15 minutes. Any rodent droppings and

rodent nests should be sprayed with a pesticide to

kill fleas before disinfecting or disposing the carcasses.

• After disinfecting, wear rubber gloves and clean

up the droppings with disposable materials such

as paper towels, rags or disposable mop heads.

• Seal all materials, droppings or nests in double

plastic bags and dispose of them in the trash.

Rodent-proof your home:

• Prevent rodents from entering the home by plug-

Name Changes

In the Hopi Tribal

Court, Keams Canyon,

Arizona

In the Matter of the

Change of Name of: Natasha Amy Dewakuku to

Natasha Amy Numkena

Case No. 2013-CV-0070,

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CHANGE OF

NAME.

Notice is hereby given

that Natasha Amy Dewakuku has petitioned the

court for the change of

name from: Natasha Amy

Dewakuku to Natasha

Amy Numkena. 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: April 25, 2013

/s/ Martina Honie, Clerk

of the Court

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ging or sealing all holes and gaps to the outside

greater than 1/4-inch in diameter. Use steel wool,

thick wire screen, metal flashing or cement to seal

holes.

Eliminate or reduce rodent shelter around the

home by removing outdoor junk and clutter, and

by moving woodpiles, lumber, hay bales etc., as

far away from the house as possible.

Do not make food easily available to rodents. Do

not leave pet food in dishes. Dispose of garbage in

trash cans with tight-fitting lids.

Certain forms of outdoor recreation, such as

camping and hiking, can pose a risk for Hantavirus exposure.

A few precautions should be taken, including:

Campers should not pitch tents or place sleeping

bags in close proximity to rodent nests, burrows,

or in areas of heavy rodent activity.

Before use, properly clean tents and other camping gear that have been stored where rodents may

have had access.

If possible, do not sleep on the bare ground and

zip tents closed to keep animals out.

Use only bottled water or water that has been

disinfected by filtration, boiling, chlorination, or

iodination for drinking, cooking, washing dishes

and brushing teeth.

“A Code Never Broken Kept

America Free”

Submitted by Bob J. Tupa

Treasurer

“Jolly Rogers” Newsletter

90th Bomb Group (H) WWII)

The 1st Annual Hopi

Code Talkers Recognition Day Ceremony was

held on April 23, 2013

at the Hopi Veterans Memorial Center in Kykotsmovi, Arizona.

Honored at this ceremony was Corporal

Orville

Wadsworth,

‘Dawahoynewa’ of the

Bear Clan, Shungopavi

Village. Orville was assigned to the 90th from

the 5th Air Force and

worked with S/Sgt Paul

R. Histia of the Acoma

tribe. Bomber command

recruited them as intelligence clerks in the cryptographic section due to

their knowledge of the

Indian language.

Featured at the ceremony was the son of

Orville Wadsworth, Danford Wadsworth. Danford

related how his father

returned home from the

war, composed a song

to be readmitted into the

village and, as much as

possible, left that part of

his life behind. He said

that his father did what

was asked of him and

came home and lived his

life.

Danford Wadsworth

was named after Nel-

son Danford, an Apache

code talker assigned to

the 380th Bomb Group

who was a good friend

of his father. I had the

pleasure of attending the

ceremony and meeting

the family members of

Orville Wadsworth and

Rex Pooyouma, a second

Hopi Code Talker assigned to the 380th BG.

Clark Tenakhongva

performed the song composed by Orville Wadsworth so that he could

return to his people.

After a wonderful

lunch I went to the Hopi

Tribal Complex for the

dedication ceremony and

ribbon cutting to dedicate

the ‘Hopi Code Talkers

Hall of Honor’ in the

Hopi Legislative Building. It was an honor to

be invited to attend these

ceremonies as a representative of the 90th Bomb

Group Association.

If you are ever in the

area of Second Mesa, Arizona make sure you go

to the Hopi Legislative

Building in Kykotsmovi

and see the Hall of Honor. The Hopi Cultural

Center in Second Mesa is

an excellent hotel and has

a wonderful restaurant.

The Hopi people made

me feel welcome and it

was a memorable trip.

Nelson Danford and Orville Wadsworth

For more information regarding HPS, call the

Coconino County Public Health Services District at

928.679.8750, toll-free at 1.877.679.7272 or visit

www.coconino.az.gov/health.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Office of Mining & Mineral Resources (OMMR)

Hopi AML Public Facilities Projects (PFP)

The Hopi OMMR program proposes to purchase an

approximate 4,300 (four thousand-three hundred)

square foot modular office building that will house

the Regulatory (Title V) and the Abandoned Mine

Lands (AML, Title IV) Programs.

The proposed building will replace current office

buildings and will provide additional office space

for anticipated specialized positions in support of

Hopi OMMR plans for future mining regulatory

operations. An approved Hopi Regulatory Program

will enable the Hopi Tribe to monitor and regulate

coal mining on Hopi Lands.

The OMMR, in compliance with Office of Surface

Mining (OSM) AML PFP requirements, invite public comment on the proposed OMMR administration

building project and will hold a project public hearing on July 2, 2013, at the Kykotsmovi Community

Center, 6:00 P.M., July 2, 2013.

Written comments on the proposed building purchase and the OMMR Regulatory Program may be

sent to:

Norman Honie, Jr., Director

P.O. Box 123

Kykotsmovi, Arizona 86039

Telephone: (928) 734-7145

FAX: (928) 734-7180

NHonie@hopi.nsn.us

Written comments must be received by the Hopi

OMMR Office by July 2, 2013, 5:00 P.M.

If you have questions regarding the AML PFP program, you may contact Manager Keith Pahovama,

Sr., at (928) 734-7145, or KPahovama@hopi.nsn.us.

Publication Date: June 4, 2013

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