Have a Safe and Fun Hopi Halloween

Volume 27 Number 20 ~Est. 1987 • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~ October 15, 2019 1000-01600-7460 KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039 PO BOX 123 HOPI TUTUVENI Hopi Tribe’s Main Parking

Lot Project Hits Major Snag ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Hopi Tutuveni wants to know how we are doing. Call or email us to tell us if we are doing a good job. We need your feedback 928-734-3283 or [email protected]

Utility pole being hoisted by crew, making sure of everyone’s safety (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Hopi Tutuveni Hopi Tribe’s Risk Management modular building, was leaning toward the main Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - On Indigenous Administrative building. People’s Day, October 14, 2019, while Minutes later the Risk Management Hopi Tutuveni staff were in the midst of staff in the building took off outside to finishing off the October 15th publica- see what was going on. Right around the tion, a major delay and challenge pre- same time, Facilities staff came into the sented itself. building and began informing staff they Due to a heavy-duty loader getting needed to get their items and exit the caught up in an optic fiber line, running building. across and over the main parking lot The parking lot project was scheduled where major re-surfacing was slated, and to last all day Monday, October 14, 2019 subsequently pulling down and cracking but with no direct effect scheduled to im- the wooden pole the line was attached to, pact the building’s occupying program an evacuation of the building was imme- staff. All except for their required assis- diately called for, including Hopi Tutu- tance in ensuring their program and per- veni office staff. sonal vehicles were not left in the main At approximately 12:45p.m. a loud parking lot were staff expecting any other snap could be heard inside the building impacts to their work day. followed by loud yelling by the parking Staff inside shut down equipment and lot construction workers. Upon looking evacuated in minutes not knowing where out the side emergency door, Tutuveni they would be relocated while the con- staff could see the pole located directly struction crew, Facilities staff, Hopi De- outside of the northwest corner of the partment of IT Staff watching the crane as they work to save the pole (Photo by Romalita Laban/ Cont on Page 2 HT)

CURRENT INDIAN NEWS COLUMN COMMUNITY PUBLIC 2019 Annual Tuuvi Festival Tribal Health Insurance LARRY’S CORNER ...Approves Oral Health Look at the highlights of increase “Trying to Prioritize Project the Festival Read more about how it is my story“ Read more about how oral effecting the Native Read how Larry is making health is approved Reservation his priorities More on Page 8 More on Page 5 More on Page 4 More on Page 10 Page 2 Hopi Tutuveni October 15, 2019 Hopi Tribe’s Main Parking Lot Project John Hawkins is now with Building Hits Major Snag, CONT. Communities How Building Communities Can Help with Your Projects Brian Cole, Building Communities knew this was an opportunity for Build- ing Communities. With positive inten- Hopi Reservation, Northern AZ. tions, a new partnership was born on Oc- October 1st 2019 - We are very pleased tober 1, 2019 and John Hawkins is now to announce that John Hawkins, For- with Building Communities. mer CSA for Yuwehloo Pahki Commu- “It really is amazing how things come nity (aka Spider Mound), will be joining together. I remember the day I met John Building Communities as a consultant in December of 2017. I was immediately and will be back working on Hopi Proj- impressed with how professional he was, ects in the near future. and admired his commitment to the Hopi Hawkins has led many YP community people. I know there is so much good and Hopi initiatives while working for we can all do together to help the living the community and he is excited for the conditions and economic situation for the opportunity to continue working on im- Hopi people. It is very challenging, but portant projects for the Hopi people in his through perseverance I know we will suc- new role with Building Communities. ceed.” – Brian Cole, President Building As many of you know John Hawkins Communities comes with a unique background and has Building Communities is a community become a valued member of the Hopi and economic development planning firm Senom as a result. Hawkins, his wife specializing in serving Indian Country. Staff watching the crane as they work to save the pole (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT) and 2 daughters (Hopi, Spider Clan from Top services from Building Communities Hotevilla) originally moved to Hopi in include grant writing, strategic planning Transportation staff and Hopi Chair- to ensure the one and only Hopi newspa- 2014 from San Diego, Calif. with hopes and project management. Building Com- man Nuvangyaoma were gather around per files got sent for printing to occur. of giving back to the community they munities works in close concert with Na- observing the damage to the cracked pole. At 3:40 p.m. on October 14, 2019, Hopi loved. Hawkins’ wife started work as an tive Builders LLC, a 100% Native-owned Line staff began placing cones and cau- Tribe’s Facilities and Risk Management elementary teacher and the girls started business serving both the Hopi Tribe and tion tape across the street to close it off Department sent an email notifying the school, but it took John 1 year to find the Navajo Nation. from any vehicles from going past the El- following, “THE PROJECT INCURRED work on Hopi. When he was given an op- Building Communities is currently derly Nutrition building. Staff also began AN INCIDENT WHICH HAS DE- portunity, he was eager to jump in, learn working on the update to the Hopi Com- closing off the west side of the street lead- LAYED PROGRESS. THE PROJECT as much of the Hopi culture as possible munity Economic Development Strategy ing into staff housing. WILL CONTINUE A SECOND DAY and to serve the Hopi People. (CEDS), providing business planning and Being that Hopi Tutuveni staff was (TUESDAY 10/15/19). THE PROJECT Then, after years of working in public entrepreneurship training classes at Yu- on sight and awaiting word on where to IS ANTICIPATED TO GO BEYOND service (initially 1 year for Hopi Resource wehloo Pahki Community, coordinating re-locate until the pole and lines were 5PM TODAY. BE NOTIFIED THAT Enforcement Services as a dispatcher and a hydroponics business feasibility study secured, it was able to capture pictures THE ROAD FROM THE VILLAGE then 3 years as the Community Services with the Village of Moencopi (Lower), of all the steps being taken to secure the WILL BE OPEN ONLY TO VILLAGE Administrator for Yuwehloo Pahki Com- coordinating the Hopi tourism strategic area. RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES. munity), the family was faced with some plan and working with the Moenkopi Because the Hopi Tutuveni submission YOU MAY BE PICKED UP BEHIND difficult decisions. It was decided that the Developers Corporation to support Hopi deadline was set for afternoon on the date THE TWO STORY BUILDING THIS family would move back to San Diego Villages and Communities with commu- all the situation was occurring, it became EVENING.” for the children’s education. Hawkins nity facilities planning and grant writing necessary for staff to work remotely and desperately wanted however to continue services. working on important projects in Indian Please welcome John to his new role Country so he reached out to Brian Cole by emailing him at Building Communi- HEALTH of Building Communities. ties: [email protected] or call Cole and John Hawkins have worked him at: (442) 237–1196 together on several YPC and Hopi proj- For further information regarding this ects and John felt that a partnership here article, contact: Brian Cole, Building Does Your Child or Teen Experi- could be very positive and productive for Communities Phone: (928) 814-3710 or Hopi. Cole was saddened to learn John email at: [email protected] ence Migraines? What to Know wouldn’t be at YPC come October 1st but (StatePoint) The pain and symptoms that accompany migraines can be debili- • Ask your child’s neurologist about the tating. For children and teens, it can mean risks and benefits of preventive medica- missed school days, absence from social tion and appropriate acute treatment. For COUNCIL’S CORNER or sporting events and activities at home. example, in studies, the drug amitripty- To evaluate migraine treatment in chil- line combined with cognitive behavioral dren and teens, new guidelines from the therapy (CBT) -- which employs tech- HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL American Academy of Neurology (AAN) niques like relaxation and coping strate- Fourth Quarter Session and the American Headache Society gies -- was more beneficial than amitrip- looked at two areas: acute treatments to tyline combined with headache education September 1, 2019 stop or lessen pain and other symptoms in reducing migraine attack frequency during a migraine, and treatments to pre- and migraine-related disability. However, AGENDA vent or reduce how often migraine at- it’s important to note that amitriptyline tacks occur. may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts Month of October 2019 “The good news is that there are ef- and behavior. fective treatments for children and teens “The benefit of CBT alone or in combi- Amendment #1 for migraine attacks when they occur,” nation with other treatments in migraine Completed Items says guidelines lead author, Dr. Maryam prevention warrants further study,” says 1. Action Item #068-2019 - To approve Relinquishment of a Minor – Author/ Oskoui, McGill University, and an AAN Dr. Oskoui. Muriel Scott, Director, Office of Enrollment – APPROVED 09/03/19 fellow. 2. Action Item #070-2019 – To accept and approve Funding from the Substance Based on the guidelines, families deal- • Treat migraines as soon as your child Abuse Mental Health Administration for the 2019 Tribal Behavioral Health Grant ing with pediatric migraines should con- or teen becomes aware of one starting. program: Native Connections for the Hopi Behavioral Health Services – Author/La- sider the following: For children and teens, medications such verne Dallas, Director, Behavioral Health Services **Time Certain – September 5, as ibuprofen and triptans can help relieve 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.- APPROVED 09/05/19 • Clinicians make a migraine diagno- pain during an attack. For teens, consider 3. Action Item #071-2019 – To approve funding for I.H.S. Project PH 19-V41 sis based on the intensity and duration of the combination sumatriptan/naproxen. – Kykotsmovi Sewer Phase 2 Project – Author/Lydell Yazzie, Project Engineer, pain, how many attacks a person has had, I.H.S., Office of Environmental Health & Engineering **Time Certain – Sep- and whether they’re accompanied by as- •Families and neurologists should tember 23, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m. – APPROVED 09/23/19 sociated symptoms like nausea, vomiting carefully weigh the use of treatments 4. Action Item #072-2019 – To approve funding for PH 19-V31 – Hopi Arsenic and sensitivity to light and sound. Those not proven to be effective in children Mitigation Project – Author/Joshua Van Vleet, Engineer Consultant, I.H.S., Office of with migraines should get a diagnostic and teens. For example, while botulinum Environmental Health & Engineering **Time Certain – September 23, 2019 @ 10:00 evaluation that includes a careful medical toxin is effective in preventing migraine a.m. – APPROVED 09/23/19 history, as well as general physical and in adults, it hasn’t shown the same effec- 5. Action Item #073-2019 – To approve PH 19-V49, Lower Moenkopi Spring neurological examinations conducted by tiveness in children and teens. And while System Improvements – Author/ Joshua Van Vleet, Engineer Consultant, I.H.S., a neurologist or headache medicine spe- some of the newest treatments, including Office of Environmental Health & Engineering **Time Certain – September 23, cialist. A neurologist is a doctor with spe- calcitonin gene-related peptide antibod- 2019 @ 11:00 a.m.- APPROVED 09/23/19 cialized training in diagnosing, treating ies and other similar drugs and devices 6. Action Item #077-2019 – To approve the Hopi Tribal Housing Authority (HTHA) and managing disorders of the brain and are effective for adults, the study of their Resolution - HTHA-022-2019 Indian Housing Plan for FY 2020 – Author/Stan Pahe, nervous system pediatric use is only beginning. Interim Executive Director, Hopi Tribal Housing Authority – Add-on request by Rep- resentative R. Charley, Village of Moenkopi – APPROVED 09/24/19 • Triggers can vary, so families should To learn more about migraines, visit 7. Presentation on Northland Pioneer College’s history, governance, services identify and address the factors associ- BrainLifeMag.org/PedMigraine, the and program – Mr. Mark Vest, President, Northland Pioneer College & Betsy- ated with their child’s migraine attacks. AAN’s free patient website and maga- ann Wilson, Executive Director, NPC Friends & Family **Time Certain – Sep- These can include lack of physical activ- zine, and follow on Facebook, Twitter tember 4, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m. – COMPLETED 09/04/19 ity, being overweight, excessive caffeine and Instagram. 8. Presentation of proposed department/program budget levels and other recom- intake, poor sleep habits and dehydration. Though common, pediatric migraines mendations regarding the 2020 General Fund Budget – Clark T. Tenakhongva, Chair- Many of these issues can be addressed are painful and can be debilitating. Talk- man, Budget Oversight Team **Time Certain – September 5, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.- Re- with healthy habits, like nutritious foods, ing to your child’s neurologist about the scheduled to 09/25/19 – COMPLETED 09/25/19 regular exercise, adequate hydration and latest treatments is recommended. 9. Discussion with Vern Hongeva regarding Navajo Generating Station (NGS) sleep. closure – Hopi Tribal Council – COMPLETED 10. Discussion – Gaming Compact matters – Richard G. Verri, Esq., Rosette, LLP - **Time Certain – September 24, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m. – COMPLETED 09/24/19 11. Self-Introduction of Miss Native America USA 2019-2020 and explanation of platform and future plans – Ms. Lexie James – COMPLETED 09/03/19 12. Discussion regarding General Counsel Position – Dorma Sahneyah, Execu- SUBSCRIBE tive Director - **Time Certain – September 3, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. – COMPLETED 09/03/19 13. Letter dated August 26, 2019 from Governor Pavinyama, Village of Kykotsmovi – Representative D. Talayumptewa, Village of Kykotsmovi – COM- TO THE PLETED 09/03/19 14. Interview for General Counsel Position (1) applicant – Representative R. Hon- anie, Village of Sipaulovi – WITHDRAWN 09/24/19 HOPI 15. Interview of Hopi Election Board Regular Member (1) letter of Interest for Hopi Election Board – Representative P. Talahytewa, Village of Moenkopi -**Time Certain – September 24, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m. – COMPLETE 09/24/19 16. Discussion regarding General Counsel Position that was discussed on Septem- TUTUVENI ber 3, 2019 – Add on request by Representative A. Sinquah, First Mesa Villages – COMPLETED 09/23/19 CALL, E-MAIL AND SEND YOUR 17. Discussion on letter from Carlene Tenakhongva, dated September 13, 2019 INFORMATION ABOUT WANTING TO – Add on request by Representative P. Quochytewa, Village of Kykotsmovi. – SUBSCRIBE COMPLETE 09/24/19 October 15, 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Page 3 Hopi Tribe Celebrates Mesa LEGALS Verde Repatriation Agreement Hopi Tribe shipped to Stockholm Sweden as no U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE laws at the time prohibited such action. Nordenskjold then sold the collection Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – On Wednesday, to a Finnish doctor who later bequeathed during a press conference between Presi- the collection to the state of Finland fol- dent Trump and Finnish President Sauli lowing his death, and the collection was Niinisto it was announced that Finland ultimately placed in The National Mu- had agreed to return Native American re- seum of Finland in Helsinki. mains that had been excavated and taken The museum took an inventory of the from the Southwestern United States to collection following inquiries by the northern Europe in 1891 by Scholar Gus- Hopi Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Of- taf Nordenskjold. fice who in 2016, along with other Hopi “The Hopi People are thankful to ev- consultants, led efforts to identify the hu- eryone involved in ensuring our ances- man remains and funerary objects in the tors are returned to their rightful home, collection. and are afforded the respect all human This inventory, which was completed people deserve – being allowed to rest in in June of 2018, determined that the col- peace. Most importantly, this is a Pueblo lection contained 600 items, including matter and we ask the international and the remains of 20 individuals and 28 domestic audiences to respect the pri- funerary objects. In July of that same vacy of those involved and allow us to year, the United States State Department bring our ancestors home peacefully and sponsored an International Visitors Lead- without spectacle.” said Hopi Vice Chair- ership Program to build relationships man Clark W. Tenakhongva. The history between Native American Communi- of this case played an important role in ties and European Museums. As part of swaying public perception about the im- this program Heli Lahdentausta, Cura- portance of protecting cultural heritage tor of the Nation Museum of Finland, resources that ultimately led to the 1906 met with Representatives from Hopi and Antiquities visited other cultural institutions in New Act and the establishment of Mesa Mexico. Following this visit the Finnish Verde National Park, as Nordenskjold, government notified the U.S. Embassy in who was of Finnish and Swedish descent, Helsinki that it would consider an official also took hundreds of artifacts from the request for repatriation of human remains Mesa Verde region (which the Hopi and funerary objects. The U.S. request people refer to as Tawtoykya, or Place of was made in fall 2018, followed by the the Songs) of Colorado in 1891 and was unanimous passage of a resolution by the arrested for attempting to export these Hopi Tribal Council in July 2019 in sup- remains and artifacts out of the country. port of the repatriation efforts. He was later released and the collection LEGALS

Would you like to put your legals into the Newspaper? For a single price you can put your legals into the Hopi Do you like what you’re reading? Call or email us to tell us if we are doing a good job. We need your Tutuveni feedback Call 928-734-3283 to find out how 928-734-3283 or [email protected] Page 4 In the Community October 15, 2019 Hopi Tribal Council Approves 18 Hopi Members launch the The Oral Health Project For The 6th Hopi Leadership Program Next Four Years Cohort “Growing a new generation of Hopi leaders and professionals”

Pictured above: The 2019-2020 Hopi Leadership Program Cohort. Photo Pictured l-r are: Carly Camplain - Program Coordinator, Elyse Lomawaima credits: Ezra Albert – Health Educator, Gloria Grover – Project Coordinator(front row center), Samantha Honani, HLP scored above average demonstrating the Stephanie Hyeoma – Health Educator (back row center), Royce Jenkins – PRESS RELEASE leadership qualities that the program aims DHHS Director, Joyce Hamilton – CHR Manager (back row), Julie Baldwin – to host through a 15-month Leadership Principal Investigator. Photo by: Romalita Laban HT Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - In 2006, The Journey that will end in October 2020. Hopi Foundation laid the groundwork Preceding the first of the 15-monthly Gloria A. Grover,CHS for pregnant women and their young chil- for the development of the Hopi Lead- sessions at the Opening Banquet, partici- PRESS RELEASE dren. ership Program (HLP) aimed to grow pants were able to hear from founders and Early childhood caries is a common and encourage effective leadership skills alumni of the program, engage in a sam- Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - On October 8, chronic disease affecting a large percent- among emerging Hopi leaders and pro- pling of leadership exercises along with 2019, with a quorum present, Hopi Tribal age of children on the Hopi Reservation. fessionals. Since then there has been 5 their guests to get to know one another Council members voted; 17 in favor, 1 To avoid untreated dental caries and de- successfully graduated cohorts of Hopi and share in the support of their families. opposed, 1 abstaining, to approve Great cay, the Great Beginnings for Healthy & Tewa individuals, which totals an im- The first sessions on September 11th Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles Native Smiles will provide oral health pressive 58 HLP Alumni. The leadership and 12th will help establish the group the extension of the oral health project for intervention, as well as healthy lifestyle program follows a 15-month curriculum guidelines, a foundation for a cohesive the next four years, beginning June 2019 education to pregnant Hopi women and and is enhanced by local individuals who cohort, and create an understanding for – May 2023. their children up to the age of 3. share their cultural knowledge and ex- the importance of mentoring. The project titled, “Great Beginnings The Great Beginnings for Healthy Na- perience in management and leadership The Hopi Leadership Program isn’t for Healthy Native Smiles: An Early tive Smiles will conduct outreach activi- skills. What is unique in comparison to without the support of past contributors Childhood Caries Prevention Program” ties throughout the Hopi Reservation to other fellowships is that this curriculum to the program such as Barbara Poley, was created through a grant received from recruit expectant mothers and their chil- successfully bridges the cultural and non- former Executive Director and Founder the National Institute of Health (NIH). dren who range in age from birth to 3 native worldview in a way that is firmly of the Hopi Leadership Program, former Great Beginnings for Healthy Native years of age. grounded in community. Leadership Program Coordinator Laurel Smiles is working in partnership with If you are interested to learn more infor- The program recently experienced new Secakuku, and the current leadership of Northern Arizona University Center for mation or would like to be a participant of funding and staff transitions. After being Executive Director Monica Nuvamsa Health Equity Research and the Hopi this project, contact Gloria Grover, Oral on hiatus since 2016, there are newly ap- who guides this project alongside 4 other Health Care Center Dental Office, in the Health Project Coordinator at 928 – 737 – pointed staff bringing fresh experience community impact programs of The Hopi area of oral health promotion. The pur- 6335 or by email [email protected]. and energy to revitalize the nationally Foundation. “It’s exciting to see the pro- pose of this study is to reduce the num- We look forward to providing services to recognized leadership program. Program gram continue to thrive after a decade of ber of early childhood caries (cavities) the Hopi community. Incentives will be Manager Samantha Honani is from the growth and change. The Opening Event within the Hopi communities through an given to participants of the Great Begin- village of Tewa, and brings experience in helped to recognize all those that con- innovative oral health intervention cam- nings for Healthy Native Smiles. program development as the former Nat- tributed to the development of this idea paign combining multiple best practices wani Coalition Program Manager, a for- in support of the Foundation’s mission to mer educator from First Mesa Elemen- create self-sufficiency and sustainable so- tary School, and years currently serving lutions for the benefit of our community,” as a community movement facilitator. An Nuvamsa comments. Participant Bryan Do you like what you’re alumnus of the Hopi Leadership Program Humetewa shares, “It’s already been an (2012-2013), Samantha will build a new amazing experience so far, I never knew layer to the program with her experi- there was such a program here on Hopi. reading? ence and training. Program Coordinator Everyone who is a part of the group is Xavier Sakeva comes from the village meant to be there and it is all working Call or email us to tell us if we are doing a good job. We of Kykotsmovi and has a background in out the way it’s supposed to.” Looking health & wellness, the service industry, forward to the outcomes of being in this need your feedback and most recently as a facilitator of the cohort Eugene Cody says, “The HLP is Native American Fathers and Families making me feel optimistic about myself 928-734-3283 or [email protected] Association (NAFFA), Fatherhood is and my future as a Hopi.” Sacred, Motherhood is Sacred Program. Funding for this program is provided Honani stated, “I’m fortunate to be a part by the Kalliopeia Foundation, Santa Fe of leading change in the form of commu- Community Foundation, and the many nity development under the Hopi Leader- private & community donors, who are ship Program. We are looking forward to leading efforts towards growing individ- what comes ahead with the newly formed uals with skills that will help them, live cohort. It’s like building family and com- creative, healthy, self-reliant, and com- munity one layer at a time and watching munity-oriented lives. The Hopi Lead- how individuals grow and blossom into ership Program also includes the newly their own leadership is an amazing and established Hopi Youth Leadership Pro- humbling process.” gram which will be offered this year to The Hopi Leadership Program induct- local Hopi students, with a 1-week con- ed eighteen individuals on September densed version during 2020 Spring Break 10th at an opening banquet held at the for Hopi youth living off reservation. The First Mesa Elementary School. The new HLP Alumni Committee also meets quar- cohort of participants represents various terly creating opportunity for continued villages, clans, organizations, and local growth and development for its alumni businesses. These individuals applied participants. For more information and to the program and were selected by an up to date activities, please visit www. independent committee of HLP Alumni hopileadershipprogram.org or call the of- and community members. Each applicant fice at 928-734-2380. October 15, 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Page 5 PUZZLES AND GAMES CONNECT THE DOTS Larry’s Corner

Photo by: https://cutecatsinhats-x7v0etsjgzjvirs3.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/up- loads/2016/01/pizza.jpg Trying to Prioritize my Story By LARRY WATAHAMAGEE for our youth and have standards The Hopi Tutuveni for how our youth should grow up but we are not passionate enough to I don’t think I was a wild kitten make a future for our Hopi youth. back in the day, I mean I don’t think Take our central Hopi government I gave my grandparents a hard time for example; right now the entire when I was growing up. I grew up Hopi Council is discussing how to with brothers and sisters but I always “sustain” the Hopi Tribe, by keeping wanted to be the only child…I’m everyone employed. It is not saving pretty sure you know what I mean. money by saying we have to save But, when I look at today’s youth, money while trying to cut people’s I see that it’s becoming harder and job without actually letting them harder to raise a Hopi child in to- go. Yes, I know that a number one day’s assimilated Hopi world. priority on the Hopi Council’s list I went to the annual “Tuba City” is, money, but that shouldn’t deter Fair this past weekend and I saw anyone away from how to prioritize many children crying and complain- Hopi’s health and well-being, or how ing. Some kids were complaining it to combat issues like the drug and al- was too hot and the rocks are hurt- cohol epidemic. And how do we help Cross Word Puzzle ing their feet, some were complain- the Council understand that people Find the English words for the Hopi words. ing that they didn’t like water and lives come first, and then a piece of demanded their parents to get soda paper comes second? from the local gas station. I mean Now, don’t get me wrong, I love very demanding children…I was money, cause you get to buy stuff like “WOW!” I thought to myself, with it, and it pays for my kitty car “Are they like this in their homes?” and it sustains Hopi health and well Of course I watched the parade and being, but that’s just one aspect of saw many cool floats and all the glitz helping out the Hopi people. and glamour associated with the an- I’m wondering if a Youth Hopi nual “Tuba City” Fair. I felt the same council would work out better. Like, nostalgic feelings as I did when I have Hopi’s finest minds of the youth was a young kitten. I recall walking sit in the Hopi Tribal chambers and in the parade back in the day, and let them discuss one of Hopi Tribe’s back then we didn’t care about the problems and see if they come up heat, or didn’t complain if we were with a solution to one of tribal prob- Across Down given water and not soda. We loved lems, but I digress. 4. Qöötsa 1. Homolovi it, ‘cause we got to throw candy at So, back to this notion of how we 5. Navota 2. Hongvi the spectators and watch them fight prepare our children for the Hopi fu- 7. Talwiipi 3. Kisonvi over a Tootsie Roll®. ture if we can’t figure out what are 9. Tayati 6. Taavi Here in the 21st century, children priorities are first? 11. Aa’awna 8. Awatovi have become soft, and what I mean How do we tell our children that 13. Haaki 10. Pa’angwu is that they can’t make decisions for it’s important to get and education 14. Totsa 12. Huuhukya themselves. It seems that young-ins and come back to help your Hopi 16. Titapta 15. Yokva nowadays can’t fend for their selves people while also saying the Hopi 18. Tuwi 17. Sikaangpu and everything has to be done for Tribe is failing at being a sustain- 20. Kiihu 19. Paalangpu them. That makes me wonder if I able entity? And right in the next was a “soft” kitten back in the day, sentence then tell them “You prob- Answers for October 1st edition Across Answers in next issue too. ably will fix it when you grow up.” 2. Finish, 5. Find, 6. Icicle, 8. Five, 10. Raining, 11. Butterfly, 12. No, 14. Slippery, 15. Black, 16. Melt When I was a mush head kitten It’s like telling someone to make a 17. Beans, 19. Cold Down my grandparents would take us to pizza and not providing any toppings 1. Six, 3. Hunter, 4. Blue, 7. Cantalope, 9. Bamboo, 13. Write, 14. Scared, 18. Snow this park in Flagstaff, Ariz. and in to finish the task…it’s not pizza its Call 928-734-3283 for hints or answers that park were all metal playground just bread. I say, you need all the in- play sets. I remember there was this gredients to make it work, just like Hopilavyit - Hopi words rocket looking tower that was built we need to have all the Hopi people W D P A T G A P I K L A P K U T U K I O out of metal and it stood around 50 come together and talk about a single feet high or so. We use to climb in- problem and come up with a single U H O W A A K A S I P A H O N A F Z K C side of that rusty tower and burn our solution. You know, like doing some T P O R K U N L M S A N I W L U I O A D legs and hands just to get to the top good ole’ well thought out strategic A T K O W T O H O O V U S A S A S O O M of the 50 foot tower. Then we would planning. burn our butts when we slid down So do we tell our Hopi youth, G K O J N Z Q F S W A F O A C T S I R O the metal slide. But we didn’t com- “Sorry kid, we can’t make a padded A L T C M A K Z A I T V O K O K O W E E plain and just enjoyed being able to ground for you so now you’re gonna D O I S I K W I Y Y Y I T O O T O L O P climb way up and slide back down have to fend for yourself?” S A W A I M I T R N A K H U W H B I A K again. Now, modern playgrounds Do we sit around the dinner table have a shade, and no sharp objects, and discuss how we should handle a O A O M D L V O U G C I L L E E T A Y O and soft foam just in case the chil- problem or do we put action to it? M Q P I H C I S A W A P B A S K K H C Y dren fall, so they can fall onto a nice My advice to you is that, watching I O S I E M N I S A X I Y N L W D O W O padded ground. the parade is nice and you use to get V M O T O T O K O T S K A M A E X S P N I think we are beginning to coddle candy, but now it’s become a hassle our kids a bit too much. It’s as if we to take the children to watch the pa- I I H R F V W X K W A A H U C E A P N G “helicopter” our kids because we are rade because they don’t like fruit or K H O H O M I T S T V M B T P P B Q Z O right there flying over them because water. So, how do we change the per- I Y O N G O S O N A D I C O R U X W A W we don’t want to or just can’t see spective of how to really prioritize them fail. School is not a competition what we really need versus what we HOPI WORDS Owl) Mice) anymore and we give kids awards for really want? I say it’s ok to eat candy Pavatya (Tadpole) Hoonaw (Bear) Wakaasi (Cow) not picking their nose now. Heck, we once in a while but make sure you Pahona (Beaver) Tokotska (Black Bird) Hospowi (Roadrunner) have graduations, where we take 4 prioritize the message about what is or 5 year olds and graduate them for really needed and important and start Sikwi (Meat) Tsili (Chili) Tsiro (Small Bird) us doing all the requirements Head early. Do we really need candy or do Samii (Fresh Corn) Wutaga (Corn Gruel) Kwaahu (Eagle) Start says we have to do as parents. I we need fruit? Noqkwivi (Corn & Meat Mooro (Burro) Paakwa (Frog) wonder how they are going to grow Plus building a future for the Hopi Stew) Moosa (Cat) Piki (Blue Corn Bread) up and if they are going to conquer children is a challenge, we want the Hopi world, if we coddle them them to speak, see, and hear Hopi, Kowaako (Chicken) Pooko (Dog) Toosi (Sweet Corn Meal) too much. The real world does not but we also what them to speak, Leetayo (Fox) Mosayru (Bison, Buf- Qaao (Corn) have a padded ground just in case see, and hear the white man’s way, Pat Ga (Squash - falo) Tumna (Potato) they fall. So I have to ask, how do too. Can we have both? I say, let’s Pumpkin) Qomi (Sweet Corn Pikami (Wheat & Sweet we teach them to “tough it out” and find our roots first then we can start gain some “grit?” growing from there…again, like we Koyongo (Turkey) Cake) Corn Pudding) Yes, we say that our priorities are used to in the good ole’ days. Kokowe’e (Rooster) Tootolo (Grasshopper) Somiviki (Blue Corn Want a FREE Larry sticker? - Email me and I will send Isaw (Coyote) Yongosona (Turtle) Flour, Sweet Tamale) one your way Hekweepu (Brownish Toho (Mt. Lion) Piklapkutuki (Roasted & Lizard) Sowiyngwa (Deer) Salted Crumbled Piki) Write a Letter to Larry: PO BOX 123 Kykotsmovi AZ, 86039 Hootsoko (Small Eared Hohomitst (Pocket Want to ask Larry something? Email him: [email protected] Page 6 October 15, 2019 CLASSIFIEDS JOB OPENINGS Submission HOPI TUTUVENI STAFF Guidelines Want to Job Opening The Hopi Tutuveni wants to Open until filled hear from you! We welcome Managing Editor the submission of articles, press Romalita Laban BUDGET ANALYST releases, letters to the editor, and Assistant Editor Opinion Editorials (Op-Ed). Carl Onsae Submission should be sent The Hopi Tribe enacted a new Education electronically as a Word doc or

Code creating a new Hopi School System. pasted as text into the body of Advertise Hopi’s contractor who is working on the an email message. Information on each of the submission types transition to the Hopi School System needs a EDITORIAL is provided below. part-time Budget Analyst to assist in BOARD ARTICLES: development of a budget for the transition The Hopi Tutuveni welcomes period to the new Hopi School System. Kyle Knox original articles reporting Curtis Honanie on local, state and national For job description and application require- George Mase news items on issues related ments, send email to [email protected], to Hopi or of interest to with the or call 202-957-2696. Position is open until Tutuveni readers. We are es- pecially interested in articles filled. reporting on issues impacting the Hopi community or on JOB OPENINGS events and activities involv- ing members of the Hopi Hopi Tutuveni Tribe. Submissions must The Hopi Tribe include a complete contact Have a Job Opening? information of the author, P.O. Box 123 including mailing address, Hopi Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039 telephone number and email This space could be yours for all your job Ph: (928) 734-3281 address. Articles should not Ph: (928) 734-3283 exceed 750 words and should openings. Advertise your job opening with the follow Associated Press (AP) Hopi Tutuveni. It’s simple and fun to advertise style and formatting. The with the Hopi Tutuveni. For more info: CIRCULATION Managing Editor reserves The Hopi Tutuveni is published the right to edit articles for twice a month, with a circula- style, length and clarity. If tion of 2,500 copies throughout significant editing is required, Tutuveni? the entire Hopi Reservation. The the Managing Editor will paper is delivered on the 1st and Call: communicate with the author 3rd Tuesday of each month to the following locations: Moen- prior to publication. 928-734-3281 kopi Travel Center, Moenkopi PRESS RELEASES: Legacy Inn, Hotevilla Store, The Hopi Tutuveni welcomes Kykotsmovi Village Store, Trib- press releases from local, state or email: al Government Complex, Hopi and national organizations, Cultural Center, Hopi Health agencies, departments and Care Center, Polacca Circle M, programs. Press releases must [email protected] Keams Canyon Store. be submitted on official let- terhead and include the name SUBSCRIPTION RATE of the organization, contact $40 for 6-months/USA person, telephone number FOR SALE $60 for 12-months/USA and email address. Press releases should not exceed ADVERTISING 500 words and submissions Call 928-734-3283 may be edited for length and SOMETHING TO SELL? clarity at the discretion of the Managing Editor. The Hopi Tutuveni publishes press releases as a public service This space could be yours to sell your car, and does not guarantee clothes, furniture, electronics, etc. It’s fun and that all submissions will be published. easy to sell something on the Tutuveni classi- LETTERS TO THE fied section. EDITOR: For more info on how to sell your items in the Letters to the editor provide an opportunity for readers to Hopi Tutuveni Call: respond to articles published 928-734-3283or email: TRIBAL COUNCIL by the Hopi Tutuveni or to [email protected] share opinions about issues Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, impacting the Hopi com- Chairman munity. Letters should not exceed 250 words and must Clark W. Tenakhongva, include the name of the Vice Chairman BIRTHDAY/CONGRATS! author and complete contact information (address, phone Theresa Lomakema, number or email address) Tribal Secretary HAPPY______DAY... and the headline and date of Wilfred Gaseoma, the article on which you are Tribal Treasurer commenting. Anonymous We offer space for your congradulation! letters and letters written If you want to congradulate someone please Vacant, Sergeant-At-Arms under pseudonyms will not use this space. Call or email TODAY to learn be published. The Tutuveni more Village of Upper Moenkopi Editorial Board reviews all Bruce Fredericks submissions and reserves the Call: LeRoy Shingoitewa right not to publish letters it 928-734-3283or email: Robert Charley considers to be highly sensi- Philton Talahytewa, Sr. tive or potentially offensive to [email protected] readers, or that may be libel- Village of Bakabi ous or slanderous in nature. YOUR BUSINESS OBITUARIES Davis F. Pecusa OPINION EDITORIALS: Clifford Qotsaquahu Do you have an interesting opinion or provocative idea NAME HERE Obituaries Village of Kyakotsmovi you want to share? The Hopi David Talayumptewa Tutuveni invites fresh and We offer available space for obituaries, and Phillip Quochytewa, Sr. timely opinion editorials Danny Honanie they are always free. (e.g. Op-Eds) on topics that Herman H. Honanie are relevant to our readers. If you plan on publishing an obituary call or Opinion Editorials are a Village of Sipaulavi powerful way highlight issues email today Rosa Honanie Are you confused on how to and influence readers to take Call: Alverna Poneoma action. Submissions must be Dennis Koeyahongva advertise in the local news- 928-734-3283or email: exclusive to us and should paper? [email protected] Village of Mishongnovi not exceed 1,000 words. Craig Andrews Include with your submission Ronald Humeyestewa your name and complete con- Merwin Kooyahoema tact information, along with a The Hopi Tutuveni can help LEGALS Annette F. Talayumptewa short 2-3-sentence bio. SUBMISSION you. Advertise your legals with the Hopi First Mesa Consolidated Vil- INSTRUCTIONS: lages Please submit all press Tutuveni! Call or email to advertise as Albert T. Sinquah releases, articles, letters to the your legal. Pricing is available upon re- Dale Sinquah editor and Opinion Editori- With our friendly staff to Celestino Youvella als electronically as a Word quest for black and white legal advertise- Alfonso Sakeva, Sr. document or as plain text in help you with your advertise- ments Call: 928-734-3283 or email: the body of an email to the Managing Editor, Romalita ment, [email protected] Laban, at [email protected]. us. Articles, press releases advertising is now made and editorials that include Easy! photographs must be in high resolution, 300dpi or more Call or email today. and must be your own All Hopi Tutuveni photographs must include photo credit and a caption for each photo listing the wants to know how names of all persons included in the photo and description of what the photo is about. we are doing. All submissions must include Call: 928-734-3283 Call or email us to tell us if we the name of the organiza- tion and/or author, mailing Email: consae@hopi. are doing a good job. We need address, phone number and email address. The Hopi your feedback Tutuveni is published on the nsn.us 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the 928-734-3283 or rlaban@ month and all submissions must be received the Tuesday prior to publication date (call hopi.nsn.us 928-734-3283 for deadline schedule). October 15, 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Page 7

National Fire Prevention Month Event to pay tribute to Occupation Kevin Dennis, Structure Firefighter 7)Position Appliances Carefully – Department Of Public Safety Try to keep TV sets, kitchen and other For Hopi Tutuveni appliances away from windows with cur- of Alcatraz 50th Anniversary tains. If there is a wiring problem, cur- October is National Fire Prevention tains can spread a fire quickly. Addition- Month. With the winter months and holi- ally, keeping your appliances away from day’s approaching here are some safety water sources (like rain coming in from tips to remember and to keep your home windows) can help prevent wiring dam- and family safe. age which can lead to a fire. The U.S. Fire Administration reports 8)Clean Dryer Vents – Clothes dry- that fires kill more than 4,000 - Ameri ers often start fires in residential areas. cans each year and approximately injure Clean the lint filter every time you start 20,000 more. U.S. fire departments re- a load of clothes to dry or after the dry- spond to nearly 2 million fires each year, ing cycle is complete. Make sure your with three-quarters of them occurring in exhaust duct is made of metal tubing and residences. not plastic or foil. Clean the exhaust duct A home is often referred to as a safe with a good quality dryer vent brush to haven. This month, make sure your prevent blockage & check for lint build home is protected from (and your family up behind the dryer at least twice a year. is prepared for) a fire. Here are 10 simple 9)Be Careful Around the Holidays – tips to help you avoid fires and reduce the If you fill your home with lights during risk of injury should one occur: the holiday season, keep them away from 1)Smoke Alarms – These are still a anything that can easily catch fire. Check very important addition to your home. all of your lights prior to stringing them Note: Photograph of nineteen Hopi prisoners at Alcatraz federal prison. Smoke alarms are widely available and up and dispose of anything with frayed or Please credit the photograph source. Photo credit: Bethel College Menno- inexpensive. Install a smoke alarm exposed wires. nite Library and Archives on every level of your home and test it 10)Conduct Regular Inspections – Apache Arrows Film Festival become acquainted with the Occupation monthly. Check all of your electronic equipment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE of Alcatraz. The Occupation, like rip- 2)Prevent Electrical Fires – Don’t and wiring at least once a month. Taking pling water, generated the dynamics for overload circuits or extension cords. a little time to do this each month can re- On Saturday evening October 19, 2019 the passing of numerous legislative acts Cords and wires should never be placed ally pay off. from 6:30-8 PM, in the copper mining so all tribes, as sovereign nations, could under rugs or in high traffic areas. Avoid Following these simple tips could town of Miami, Arizona a presentation govern their own.” loose electrical connections by checking potentially save your life or the life of on the historic Occupation of Alcatraz Originally serving as a prison for mili- the fit of the plug in the wall outlet. If the a loved one. Pass this list on to your takeover will be held at Bullion Plaza tary personnel, Alcatraz did make excep- plug loosely fits, inspect the outlet right friends and family and make this fire pre- Cultural Center and Museum. The event tions. In 1895, nineteen Hopi men were away. A poor connection between the vention month count! will include a film “The Indian Occupa- incarcerated for seven months. Their mis- plug and the outlet can cause overheating On average, home fires kill seven peo- tion of Alcatraz”, guest speaker Associ- deeds were a result of not using farming and can start a fire in minutes. ple and injure another 36 every single ate Professor James Riding In (Pawnee), methods issued by the government and 3)Keep Plugs Safe – Unplug all ap- day tragically, most victims die in homes free souvenir cups to first 50 guests, free resistance to having their children taken pliances when not in use. Follow the that don’t have working smoke alarms or drawings and light refreshments and sent to distant government boarding manufacturer’s safety precautions and the batteries have been removed. That’s On November 20, 1969, eighty-nine schools. use your senses to spot any potential di- why the American Red Cross launched men, women, and children of various Pursuant to the Occupation, U.S. Presi- sasters. If a plug is overheating, smells the nationwide Home Fire Campaign in tribal nations descended upon the island dent Richard Nixon, would provide tribal strange, shorts out or sparks – the appli- 2014 with the goal of reducing the num- of Alcatraz and claimed it on behalf of nations with the greatest degree of sup- ance should be shut off immediately, then ber of home fire deaths and injuries. all tribal nations. The activist group port in U.S. history. From 1969–1974 replaced or repaired. The Hopi Fire/Rescue Department is who dubbed themselves “Indians of All he signed more than fifty Congressional 4) Alternate Heaters – Make sure still taking names and contact informa- Tribes” had globally awoken the world bills and enactments on behalf of tribal there is ample space around any portable tion to have smoke detectors installed to the mistreatment and unmet needs of nations. heating unit. Anything that could catch into your homes. The Hopi Fire/Rescue tribal nations in the United States. On June 10, 1971 the last of the occu- fire should be at least three feet away. Department encourages all home own- The nineteen-month siege laid a path pants were removed and the Occupation Inspect your chimney annually and use ers to take advantage of this FREE ser- for several legislative bills that would be of Alcatraz came to an end. Two years fire screens to help keep any fires in the vice and have these devices installed in enacted on behalf of tribal nations. One of after the siege ended, Alcatraz Island fireplace. your homes for the safety of your fam- the adopted legislations, in 1970, was the opened as a U.S. national park in 1973 5)Fire Safety Sprinklers – When ily, children and grandchildren and most removal of the Indian Termination Policy which attracted more than 50,000 visi- combined with working smoke alarms, importantly our elders. If you would like which sought to dismantle tribal reserva- tors. home fire sprinklers greatly increase your to have smoke alarms installed in your tions and assimilate Native Americans The free public program is in conjunc- chance of surviving a fire. Sprinklers are home you can contact the Hopi/Fire Res- into the mainstream American society. tion with 36th Apache Jii (jee) cultural affordable and they can increase property cue Department @ (928)734-3665 or Isaac Curley (Apache/Navajo), found- celebration in nearby City of Globe that value and lower insurance rates. 3662 and leave a good working contact er of Apache Arrows Film Festival, says draws 5,000 attendees. Interested indi- 6)Create An Escape Route – Create number and location of residence (vil- “as we pay tribute to its fiftieth year, I feel viduals may contact Isaac Curley at high- and practice your escape plan with your lage). We will have a continuing list for that the natives and non-natives should [email protected]. family from every room in the house. more installations, once Red Cross re- Practice staying low to the floor and ceives more smoke alarms and supplies. checking for hot doors using the back of We will schedule more installations of your hand. It’s just like a routine school the smoke alarms. A Lone Protester - Protesting fire drill – but in your home. HEALTH for the Betterment of Hopi Dentist-Approved Tips for Healthier Smiles After Halloween

Farron Nakyawywisa (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT) Photo provided by StatePoint.com Hopi Tutuveni people aware by walking and protesting for my family and to speak to Council so (StatePoint) Candy and sweets are fun paste, toothbrushes, floss, water flossers, Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - On October 8, they can do something.” to eat, but too many treats can take a toll mouth rinses, chewing gum and other 2019, a lone protester made his way from Also, Nakyawywisa stated that the on dental health. And when it comes to oral hygiene products. the Kykotsmovi Village Store in Kykots- main reason for his protest was for his celebrations that are all about the sugar, Search products with the ADA Seal of movi, Ariz. to the Hopi Tribal headquar- family and to let everyone know that families can do some damage control Acceptance at MouthHealthy.org/ADAS- ters to make an announcement that alco- bootleggers are taking advantage of the with a check-in to make sure everyone’s eal. hol and drug abuse is deeply affecting the youth, and how it’s deeply affecting dental health routine is up to par. Hopi community and his loved ones. loved ones. He stated that his biggest “National Brush Day is Nov. 1, and it’s Consistency is Key Although, he could not get pass the supporter through all of this is his wife, an excellent opportunity to clean up from Brush teeth twice daily with fluoride security guard on duty in the Legislative Cheryl Torivio who he has been married Halloween sweets, learn more about den- toothpaste. Make sure you’re brushing building and to talk to Tribal Council, due to for 3 years, and he wants to thank her tal health and perfect your brushing tech- for a full two minutes each time! to the fact that Council was in session, he for all of her support. nique,” says Dr. Ruchi Sahota, American It can be tempting to let kids skip did make his announcement by making Nakyawywisa, once a substance abuser Dental Association (ADA) spokesperson. brushing after a long day or during times rounds in the Main Administrative build- and now a 7-year recovered substance For a healthy mouth and smile, the when the normal schedule is off (like va- ing, Department of Natural Resources abuser, seen how this type of abuse does ADA offers the following tips and recom- cation or a holiday), but keep at it. That’s building and the Risk Management build- not only affect the abuser but mainly af- mendations. how you form a healthy lifelong habit. ing where Hopi Tutuveni is located. fects loved ones and the close Hopi com- “Your children learn from you, so set Farron Nakyawywisa, is a member munity. Nakyawywisa stated, “I teach my Purchase Proven Products a good example. The family that brushes from the Village of Shungopovi, Ariz. [children] everything about the dangers One great way to celebrate National together has even more reason to smile,” He stated that his family had recently be- of alcohol abuse and how to avoid it...” Brush Day is with a new toothbrush. It says Dr. Sahota. come the victims of alcohol abuse, when Nakyawywisa wants to make sure that his could be time for a new one, anyway. The a family member, on September 21, 2019 family is safe and wants to put an end to ADA suggests replacing toothbrushes Prevent Decay was affected by the alcohol poisoning. substance abuse on the Hopi reservation. every three or four months, or sooner if Tooth decay-causing bacteria linger Nakyawywisa stated, “Bootleggers are Nakyawywisa plans on going to all the the bristles are frayed. A worn toothbrush between teeth where toothbrush bristles a big problem in our community and my schools around the Hopi reservation and won’t clean as well. Soft-bristled brushes can’t reach. Cleaning between your teeth family has become a victim of alcohol local surrounding areas to gather help and also protect your teeth and gums. daily with floss or another interdental abuse, I know who is doing this and I make people aware of this ever-growing Talk to your dentist about which types cleaner helps remove plaque and food know who the bootleggers are but noth- problem. His next step is to start a fund- of dental products will be most effective particles from between the teeth and un- ing is being done about it.” raiser on Facebook so he can pay for gas for your family, and also be sure these der the gum line. Limiting how much He stated that he is an active member in and other amenities for his mission. But products carry the ADA Seal of Accep- sugar you eat and drink also makes cavi- smaller substance abuse programs around what Nakyawywisa is really asking for is tance. The Seal lets you know they meet ties less likely. The harmful bacteria in the Hopi reservation, but he stated that no all the programs that he is involved in, to strict ADA criteria for safety and effec- your mouth eat the sugars you consume action has been done to overcome the join in on his cause and to instigate action tiveness. and produce acid, which can damage ever-growing problem on the Hopi reser- rather than just talking about substance “You get a check-up when you go to teeth, causing cavities to form or erosion vation. Nakyawywisa stated, “I am active abuse problems here on the Hopi reser- the dentist. Think of the Seal like a check- to occur. member of different programs like Hopi vation. up for your dental products,” says Dr. Sa- While sugar is often a given on Hal- Substance Abuse, Hopi Tewa Women’s To learn more about Nakyawywisa’s hota. “A team of dental experts evaluates loween, National Brush Day is a great Coalition to End Abuse, Domestic Vio- next steps, you can find Farron Naky- each product to make sure it is safe and way to make a fresh start. Take the op- lence, and Villages Against Meth, but awywisa on Facebook under the name effective for you and your family.” portunity to reinforce the habits that lead nothing has been done to solve alcohol Wen McBrain Vansandt to follow his Look for the Seal on fluoride tooth- to healthy smiles. and drug abuse, so today I want to make cause. Page 8 Current Indian World News October 15, 2019 Report says tribal health Alaska Supreme Court hears oral arguments in kids’ climate change insurance increased but lawsuit behind U.S. average

Photo credit: Cronkite News Several of the plaintiffs and their attorneys spoke at a press conference held Harrison Mantas ments of the law helped expand cover- outside the courthouse after oral arguments. Back row (left to right): Kay- Cronkite News age for Native Americans which, in turn, tlyn Kelly, 19, Palmer; Sebastian Kurland, 20, Juneau; Andrew Welle, attor- led to a healthier bottom line for facilities ney; Front row (left to right): Lila S, 7, Homer; Cecily S, 9, Homer; Lexine D., WASHINGTON – The number of peo- serving them. Gwitch’in, 10, Fairbanks; Summer Sagoonik, Inupiaq, 18, Unalakleet; Esau ple who showed up at at Indian Health Revenue at the 73 federally run IHS Sinnok, Inupiaq, 21, Shishmaref; Brad De Noble, attorney.(Photo by Joaqlin Service facilities with health insurance facilities grew 51 percent from 2013 Estus) rose from 64 percent of patients in 2013 to 2018, the report said, climbing from to 78 percent in 2018, according to a new $706 million to $1.07 billion. Almost Joaqlin Estus by making them available for maximum report from the Government Account- two-thirds of that increase was due to For Indian Country Today use consistent with the public interest.” ability Office. Medicaid payments. Jay noted that if oil and gas develop- The report said growth in cover- The GAO interviewed representa- Is there a time to declare that air that ment declined, a person who works in age was highest in states, like Arizona, tives from 17 IHS facilities, along with sustains life is a fundamental right?’ the oil and gas industry could argue their that expanded their Medicaid programs representatives from each of the IHS’ 12 The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral right to a job in their field was violated. as part of the Affordable Care Act, or districts. Some of those interviewed said arguments on Oct. 9 on the constitution- At one point, justice Susan Carney Obamacare. they were able to use the extra funds to ality of Alaska’s energy policy promoting asked, “Is there a time to declare that air Despite the gains, however, the share offer housing and competitive salaries development of oil and gas. The plaintiffs that sustains life is a fundamental right?” of people without insurance at the 73 IHS to doctors, with one clinic reporting a 26 in Sinnok vs the state of Alaska are 16 Such a declaration is not the job of facilities in 2018 was still more than dou- percent drop in turnover. young Alaskans ranging in age from 5 to the courts, said Jay. She said balancing ble the national average for health care The biggest change was in the amount 22. competing interests protected in the con- coverage that year. of care provided by the Purchased/Re- One of the plaintiffs’ two attorneys, stitution is the role of the legislature and Calls to tribal officials and advocates ferred Care Program. The PRC pays for Andrew Welle, told justices the state executive branches. It’s up to the legis- Tuesday seeking comment on the report care of qualifying patients who want or knowingly and systematically permits, lature and executive branch to determine were not immediately returned. But the need to seek care outside an IHS facil- authorizes and promotes the development whether to issue regulations, and how GAO report said Native Americans have ity. The program splits care into levels of fossil fuels. Those actions, he said, are stringent to make them, she said. It’s their “long-standing problems accessing need- with more acute and emergency care get- adding to greenhouse gasses and desta- job to decide the state’s best interests, ed health care services, and have histori- ting the highest priority, and longer term bilizing the climate system the youth de- balancing, for instance, jobs, infrastruc- cally had poorer health than the U.S. gen- chronic care getting the lowest. pend upon for life and liberty. The state ture, and public health. eral population.” By expanding the range of care they is damaging, not protecting, a public re- As for a suggested remedy of reduc- The report’s authors did not credit provided, facilities were able to reduce source, said Welle. ing carbon emissions to zero by a certain Obamacare directly for the improvement the need for IHS patients to go private Later, outside the courtroom, he said date, that kind of determination is also in tribal health care, but said that ele- facilities outside the the state has known about the dangers better done by agencies, said Jay. She Cont. On Page 9 and impacts of climate change for de- outlined a lower court’s ruling that said cades, yet enacted and implemented a the judiciary doesn’t have the tools to statute that promotes fossil fuels. create climate change policy — it cannot Map: Making Indigenous Peoples Welle said the state’s energy policy commission studies or solicit public in- violates constitutional rights to due pro- put, for instance. cess, public trust, and equal protection. The Alaska Supreme Court will issue Day official across the country And it is the court’s responsibility to act its ruling after it reviews the briefs filed as a check and balance to the legislative and the oral arguments, probably after a and executive branches on unconstitu- period of months. tional actions, said Welle. Youth describe the harm of climate But as Alaska assistant attorney gen- change effects to them, their com- eral Anna Jay told justices, the Alaska munities constitution also states, “It is the policy of Several of the plaintiffs spoke outside the state to encourage the settlement of its the courthouse after the oral arguments. land and the development of its resources They described the Cont. On Page 9 Court holds the execution of Navajo man to hear claim of racial bias Harrison Mantas Mitchell was convicted for the 2001 Cronkite News carjacking and brutal murders of a Nava- jo grandmother, Alyce Slim, 63, and her WASHINGTON – A divided appeals 9-year-old granddaughter in a remote part court has stayed the scheduled Decem- of the Navajo Nation. ber execution of Lezmond Mitchell, a According to court records, when he Navajo double-murderer, saying it needs and an accomplice set out to steal Slim’s time to consider his claim that he was not GMC pickup truck, they abducted her allowed to question jurors for potential and the girl. They stabbed Slim 33 times racial bias. and forced the girl to sit next to her grand- Photo credit: Indian Country Today Mitchell, the only Native American mother’s body in the back of the truck. on federal death row, was one of five They later pulled both from the truck, Aliyah Chavez for the holiday to take effect in the future. inmates identified by Attorney General told the girl to “lay down and die” next to Indian Country Today Down the road in Washington, the William Barr when he announced plans her grandmother, before twice slitting the White House announced a Presidential in July to resume federal executions for girl’s throat – then dropping heavy rocks In 2011, the National Congress of Proclamation to celebrate Columbus the first time in nearly two decades. on her head to kill her when she did not American Indians passed a formal reso- Day rather than Indigenous Peoples Day. Barr set Mitchell’s execution set for die from the slashing. lution advocating for the second Monday “Today, we commemorate this great ex- Dec. 11, but a divided panel of the 9th Mitchell was convicted on 11 counts, of October to be renamed Indigenous plorer, whose courage, skill, and drive for U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday including first-degree murder and - car Peoples Day. discovery are at the core of the American ordered the execution be put on hold jacking. Under federal and Navajo law at A changing tide in cities and states spirit,” they said in a statement. “The and set a Dec. 13 date to hear Mitchell’s the time, Mitchell could not be sentenced have followed suit since then. In 2018 bold legacy of Columbus and his crew pending appeal of his racial bias claim. to death for committing the murders on alone, 46 cities adopted the name in lieu spun a thread that weaves through the In a dissent, Judge Sandra Segal Iku- the reservation. But federal law at the of Columbus Day. extensive history of Americans who have ta chided the other judges for rushing time made carjacking a capital offense, Indian Country Today created an inter- pushed the boundaries of exploration.” to delay the execution, saying the court and court records say that then-Attorney active map showing all of the cities and Other states do not acknowledge Co- has ample time to hear Mitchell’s appeal General John Ashcroft pressed for the states that have passed legislation recog- lumbus Day but celebrate another ver- before his execution date. She also said death penalty in the case. nizing Indigenous Peoples Day as a holi- sion of Indigenous Peoples Day. Hawai’i the majority failed to consider whether Both the Navajo Nation and the vic- day. Other sites not included are counties, honors “Discoverers’ Day” which pays Mitchell has a “significant possibility of tim’s family said they opposed the death school districts and colleges and univer- homage to Polynesian voyagers. South success” on his appeal, a requirement for penalty. But Mitchell was sentenced to sities, amongst others. Dakota celebrates “Native American granting a stay. death in 2003. The latest city added to this map and Day.” “We frequently decide claims in capital In his dissent to a 2015 ruling in the list amongst 129 others is the nation’s “This change allows the opportunity to cases in a matter of days,” wrote Ikuta, case, Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt capital. The D.C. Council announced ear- bring more awareness to the unique, rich who noted that arguments in Mitchell’s noted that Mitchell could be the first Na- lier this week it will celebrate Indigenous history of this land that is inextricably latest appeal could be heard by mid-Oc- tive American put to death by the federal Peoples Day this year. tied to the first peoples of this country tober. “We should do that here.” government for an “intra-Indian crime “In a city that itself sits on Piscataway and predates the voyage of Christopher A request Monday for comment on the that occurred in Indian Country” if the land, we commend the D.C. City Council Columbus,” Allis said. ”It also acknowl- case from the Justice Department was not execution went forward. for voting to join the growing number of edges American Indians and Alaska Na- immediately returned. Calls to Mitchell’s In his latest appeal, Mitchell’s lawyers cities, counties, states, and school dis- tives as thriving, contemporary sover- attorneys, to the Navajo Nation and to last August cited a Supreme Court case tricts in formally celebrating Indigenous eign nations who hold their rightful place tribal groups and capital punishment op- that said courts could consider evidence Peoples’ Day,” said Kevin Allis, chief ex- among the American family of govern- ponents were also not returned. that jurors “relied on racial stereotypes or ecutive officer of the National Congress ments.” When he announced the resumption of animus to convict a criminal defendant.” of American Indians and Forest County A Newsweek report published this federal executions, Barr said this summer Ikuta said jurors in Mitchell’s case Potawatomi Community member. week says 79 percent of college students that the Justice Department prioritized signed statements that said race played The holiday name change in the Capi- support getting rid of Columbus Day to death-row inmates convicted of “mur- no role in their decision, and there was tol will only last a year, however, unless acknowledge Indigenous Peoples Day. dering, and in some cases torturing and no evidence of bias on their part. But action is taken before May next year. This Columbus Day became a national holi- raping, the most vulnerable in our society Mitchell’s attorneys said they should be temporary legislation will require further day in 1937. – children and the elderly.” allowed to question the approval before mid-May 2020 in order Cont. On Page 9 October 15, 2019 Hopi Tutuveni Page 9 Alaska Supreme Court, Cont. effects of climate change on their lives. give their lives for us Native American Scary Stories Esau Sinnok, Inupiaq and age 21, is To continue the lifestyle my ancestors the lead plaintiff in the case. He’s from have lived. A Girl Chenoo/Mi’kmaq Story This version of the legend comes from than that, she craved the snow; the taste Shishmaref, in northwest Alaska. There, I am here today because the seals, wal- Charles Leland's 1884 collection The Al- of it was pleasant to her. sea ice no longer protects the shore from rus, whales, land, sea, my home gonquian Legends of New England. After a few days she began to grow pounding winter storms. The shoreline Cannot speak English. fierce, as though she wished to kill some is also weakened by melting permafrost. Summer Sagoonik, Inupiaq, is 18 years Of the old time. Far up the Saguenay one. At last she begged her parents to kill The island, which is only a quarter of a old, and from Unalakleet, also in north- River a branch turns off to the north, run- her. Hitherto she had loved them very mile wide, is quickly losing ground to the west Alaska. She said they’re having ning back into the land of ice and snow. much. Now she told them that unless sea. As the island shrinks, roads, houses, short rainy winters and the rivers don’t Ten families went up this stream one au- they killed her she would certainly be and other infrastructure are being de- freeze over completely. “This made it tumn in their canoes, to be gone all winter their death. Her whole nature was being stroyed by erosion. dangerous to travel by snow machine.” on a hunt. Among them was a beautiful changed. The thought of losing your home to ris- Hunting for caribou in Unalakleet has girl, twenty years of age. A young man in "How can we kill you?" her mother ing sea level, storm surges, and flooding become more costly and difficult. Herds the band wished her to become his wife, asked. is stressful and scary, said Sinnok. “Cli- that once roamed within a half mile of but she flatly refused him. Perhaps she "You must shoot at me," she replied, mate change is not just a political issue to Unalakleet are now several days travel did it in such a way as to wound his pride; "with seven arrows. And if you can kill me,” he said. "It's my lifestyle. It’s what away. certainly she roused all that was savage me with seven shots all will be well. But I face every day back at home.” Villagers “I care about my culture, it makes me in him, and he gave up all his mind to re- if you cannot, I shall kill you." voted in 2016 to relocate but lack fund- who I am,” said Sagoonik. “We live off venge. Seven men shot at her, as she sat in the ing. the land. We rely on our plants and ani- He was skilled in medicine, or in mag- wigwam. She was not bound. Every ar- While attorneys gave oral argu- mals to survive. Subsistence is my life. I ic, so he went into the woods and gath- row struck her in the chest, but she sat ments before the Alaska Supreme Court am Inupiaq and I am proud.” ered an herb which makes people insensi- firm and unmoved. Forty-nine times they Wednesday, lead plaintiff Esau Sinnok, Bernadette Demientieff, Gwich'in ble. Then stealing into the lodge when all pierced her; from time to time she looked Inupaq, age 21, wrote a poem. Sinnok is Athabascan, is from Fort Yukon, Alaska, were asleep, he held it to the girl's face, up with an encouraging smile. When the from the village of Shishmaref in north- in eastern interior Alaska just north of the until she had inhaled the odor and could last arrow struck she fell dead. west Alaska, which voted in 2016 to relo- Arctic Circle. She’s the director of the not be easily awakened. Going out he Then they burned the body, as she had cate. While funding to make the move is Gwich’in Steering Committee, a group made a ball of snow, and returning placed directed. It was soon reduced to ashes, scarce, villagers hope to relocate before fighting oil and gas development in the it in the hollow of her neck, in front, just with the exception of the heart, which the village is destroyed by flooding and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. below the throat. Then he retired with- was of the hardest ice. This required erosion. Children shouldn’t have to worry about out being discovered. So she could not much time to melt and break. At last all “Why I am Here.” the future of the planet, she said. awake, while the chill went to her heart. was over. By Esau Sinnok “I'm ashamed that we are witnessing When she awoke she was chilly, shiv- She had been brought under the power The seals, the walrus, the whales, the the state of Alaska being sued by our ering, and sick. She refused to eat. This of an evil spirit; she was rapidly being land, the sea, my home children. Our state should be leading in lasted long, and her parents became changed into a Chenoo, a wild, fierce, un- Millennia of history told and untold climate change discussions,” said De- alarmed. They inquired what ailed her. conquerable being. But she knew it all the The laughing, the crying, the commu- mientieff, “but instead they are actively She was ill-tempered; she said that noth- while, and it was against her will. So she nity is what I am here for. aggravating the climate crisis with oil and ing was the matter. One day, having been begged that she might be killed. We protect the animals because they gas development.” sent to the spring for water, she remained The Indians left the place; since that absent so long that her mother went to day none have ever returned to it. They seek her. Approaching unseen, she ob- feared lest some small part of the body Court holds the execution of Navajo served her greedily eating snow. And might have remained unconsumed, and asking her what it meant, the daughter that from it another Chenoo would rise, man, Cont. explained that she felt within a burning capable of killing all whom she met. jurors because of “the government’s clos- year rejected Mitchell’s latest request to sensation, which the snow relieved. More ing argument was riddled with comments question jurors. that should not have been made,” some Mitchell’s appeal of that district court of which related to Mitchell’s “religious ruling was pending when Barr sched- beliefs and Navajo culture.” uled his execution for Dec. 11. Because An Abenaki Witch Story The following story was told by Beu- The man would not listen to her, but The 9th Circuit had ruled in 2007 that the circuit court had ruled that the appeal lah Tahamont. She is an Abenaki, about went to sleep. Soon the fire went out, and any comments in the closing arguments could go forward, Mitchell asked for and sixteen years of age. Her home is at Lake then she began to hear a gnawing sound, “were not, in and of themselves, nearly as was granted the stay while his appeal is George, New York, but she has visited like an animal with a bone. She sat still, inflammatory as the graphic evidence of argued. New York city, where this story was ob- very much scared, all night long. About the murders … which was quite properly The circuit court set a hearing on that tained. It is given as nearly as possible in dawn she could stand it no longer, and before the jury.” And a district court last appeal for Dec. 13 in Phoenix. her words. reaching out, tried to wake her husband, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ but could not. She thought him sound An old "witch" was dead, and his peo- asleep. The gnawing had stopped. ple buried him in a tree, up among the When daylight came she went to her Report says tribal health branches, in a grove that they used for husband and found him dead, with his left a burial-place. Some time after this, in side gnawed away, and his heart gone. the winter, an Indian and his wife came She turned and ran. At last she came to along, looking for a good place to spend a lodge where there were some people. system to seek care.insurance, Six years of reduced Despite Cont. the gains, health insurance the night. They saw the grove, went in, Here she told her story, but they would costs from keeping people within the coverage still lagged well behind the rest and built their cooking fire. When their not believe it, thinking that she had killed system let one facility to save enough to of the country in 2018. The Census Bu- supper was over, the woman, looking the man herself. They went with her to build a 23,000-square-foot building to reau reported last month that about 91 up, saw long dark things hanging among the place, however. There they found the house expanded medical coverage. percent of Americans had coverage in the tree branches. "What are they?" she man, with his heart gone, lying under the The report noted the extra revenues 2018 and a little more than 89 percent of asked. burial tree, with the dead "witch" right decreased the need for the higher levels Arizonans did – and both those numbers "They are only the dead of long ago," overhead. They took the body down and of care, because patients were able to use were down slightly from the year before. said her husband, "I want to sleep." unwrapped it. The mouth and face were new private insurance or Medicaid ben- A House Natural Resources subcom- "I don't like it at all. I think we had bet- covered with fresh blood. efits to pay for it themselves. This freed mittee on tribal affairs last week held a ter sit up all night," replied his wife. up more money, so that the majority of hearing on two bills that would give IHS the funds could be allocated for patients advance appropriation, funding the agen- needing extended care. cy for two years instead of one. A prelim- While the report said that states that inary report from the National Council A Mashpee Ghost Story expanded Medicaid coverage as part of on Urban Indian Health described how One night on Cape Cod at Gay Head, well go out and see if the sailor spoke the Obamacare saw a higher gain in insur- the partial government shutdown last a Mashpee woman and her children were truth--to see if there really is a kettle of ance coverage than those that didn’t – 17 winter led to layoffs, hiring freezes and alone in their wigwam. The children were money out there." percent compared to 8 percent – the au- delayed care at IHS, and advance appro- sound asleep in their blankets and their She took her hoe and went outside to thors said they were not able to provide priations could protect agencies like IHS mother sat knitting beside her central fire- the back of her wigwam, and easily saw state-specific gains. from whims of Washington politics. pit. As customary, her door-flap was wide the place described by the sailor. She be- open. Suddenly she became aware of gan to dig with her hoe. She realized that ~This is a paid Public Service Announcement (PSA) someone approaching her doorway, and every time she struck her hoe into the went to see who it might be. ground, she heard her children cry out from the Department of Natural Resources Wildlife/Ecosystems A sailor stood outside. She asked him, loudly, as if in great pain. She rushed in- Management Program~ "What do you want?" He replied, "I'd like doors to see what was their trouble. They to come inside and warm myself by your were soundly sleeping in their blankets. The Hopi Tribe, wildlife Ecosystems Management program has fire, because my clothes are wet and I feel Again and again she dug with her hoe; completed the DRAFT chilled to the bone." each time her children cried out loudly to She invited him inside and offered a her; each time she rushed in to comfort “Proposed Forest Management Plan, Hopi Reservation” place for him to sit beside the fire to dry them, only to find them soundly asleep as The Forest Management plan (FMP) will be out and warm himself. She placed anoth- she had left them. available for a 30-day public comment period er log on her fire, then resumed her knit- After these episodes had occurred sev- Copies of the FMP can be found at: ting. As she watched the fire, she noticed eral times, the mother decided to give up that she could see the fire right through digging for the night. She thought she the sailor's legs, which were stretched out would try again early next morning af- •Hopi Tribe Realty Office located at the Bureau of Indian between her and the fire--as if he were a ter bright daylight and her children were Affairs-Hopi Agency, Keams Canyon Arizona. ghost! awake. •The Hopi Tribe wildlife/Ecosystems Management Program, Her fear of him increased, but since Morning came, but she wondered if she Kykotsmovi Arizona she was a brave woman, she kept on with had only dreamed last night's happenings. her knitting while keeping a suspicious Her children were eating their breakfast •And at the Upper village of Moenkopi eye toward the visitor. Finally the sailor when she went out to the digging place. Administration building, Moenkopi Arizona turned to the Indian woman and said, "Do There was her hoe, standing where she you want any money?" had left it. But she could see that some- Her first thought was not to answer one else had been there in the meantime Any questions please call 928-734-3677 his question. Then he repeated, "Do you and had finished digging while she slept. or email: [email protected] want any money?" She replied, "Yes." Before her, she saw a big round hole. The sailor explained, "If you really She knew someone had dug up the hid- want a large amount of money, all you den treasure. She was too late for the pot have to do is go outdoors behind your of gold promised by the ghostly sailor. wigwam. Beside a rock there you will But again she thought and wondered, Have questions or concerns find buried a kettle full of money. I thank "But was I really too late?" you for your hospitality. Good night." He Again she thought, "That sailor may went away. have been the Evil Spirit in disguise--or about news articles? The Mashpee woman did not go out- even a real ghost. Perhaps he was tempt- doors immediately, as she wanted to ing me to see whether I cared more for Call or email us to tell or ask us about what you are think about the sailor's proposal. She sat my children, or more for the gold?" and knitted and thought for a while lon- Nevertheless, the Mashpee woman and reading. We need your feedback ger. Still, she felt frightened from the her children continued to live in their vil- evening's experience and was reluctant lage for a long, long time, even without 928-734-3283 or [email protected] to leave her wigwam. More knitting time the benefit of the ghost's kettle of gold. elapsed. Then she thought, "I might as Page 10 Hopi Tutuveni October 15, 2019 Highlights of the 2019 Hopi Tuuvi Festival

Water maiden dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT) Kachina dolls by unknown artist (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Booths and crowd looking for something to buy (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT) Pueblo tribe’s handmade jewelry (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Hopi’s dance the Santo Domingo butterfly dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT) A young girl waiting for her chance to dance (Photo by Carl Onsae/HT)

Childern dance the Santo Domingo butterfly dance (Photo by Jessica Onsae- Water maiden dance performance (Photo by Jessica Onsae-Tsimoqa) Tsimoqa) Are you into drawing COMICS? Then draw for the Hopi Tutuveni...

New Perspective - Education

by: Carl Onsae Drawing comics is a great way to show your drawing skills and your side of Hopi Humor. If you have the skill and the humor to draw comics for the Hopi Tutuveni...

Submit your comics to [email protected] Or Call 928-734-3283 To find out more information. DISCLAIMER: Comics submitted will become property of Hopi Tutuveni. Name of artist will be displayed and not edited when submitted. Hopi Tutuveni has the right to publish submitted comics.