# Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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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
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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:
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Administration offices. The Tutuveni
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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
Hopi Tutuveni

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Ahopi_arizona%3Afc849faafba7e85a. Public record. Not legal advice.