Hopi Tribal COLUMN COMMUNITY Tribes work to shield LARRY’S CORNER Read Clark Treasurer elder, knowledge The Year of Tenakhongva’s Weird Things message about the Staff Member from virus read more New Year, with a about how special Hopi Retires after weird it gets Submission 25 Years -More on pg. 9 -More on pg. 19 More on Page 16 More on Page 3 January 7, 2021 Volume 29 Number 1 42˚/ 31˚ Sunny ~Est. 1987 • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE HOPI TRIBE • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~ Newly Developed Hopi Tribal Complex located next to Hardrock Community on Hopi lands

Modular units set to house various Hopi Tribal DNR Departments and Programs (photo by Romalita Laban/HT)

Story on Page 2 Hopi Emergency Response Team Quarantine units.(photo by Romalita Laban/HT) Shared Community space in Quarantine Units.(photo by Romalita Laban/HT) HOPI TUTUVENI PO BOX 123 KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039 US Capitol locked down 1110-01600-7460 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED as Trump supporters clash with police

-More on pg. 17 2 Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 Hopi Tutuveni Office Impacted by 2021 IT Consultant Work – Office Re-opened with Limited Capacity Newly Developed Hopi Tribal Public Service Announcement publications for 2020 had been published by Romalita Laban, Managing Editor and distributed with placement of adver- tisements being a priority for early 2021 Complex Located by Navajo Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Tuesday, January publications. 5, 2021, the Hopi Tutuveni staff and Ed- There is no doubt that the COVID 19 Hardrock Community itorial Board thought it would be a typical pandemic has severely impacted the Hopi and usual day of submitting the upcoming Tutuveni with damages to equipment, loss Wednesday’s publication scheduled to of effective work time and energy and im- be distributed on Wednesday, January 6, pacts to the availability to the public, now 2021. However halfway through the day because of IT technical difficulties. technical difficulties began to occur. Hopi Tutuveni staff sincerely apologiz- Hopi Tutuveni staff and Board request es for any inconvenience this may cause the public’s attention to this announce- readers and the Hopi public who look to ment in response to the Hopi Tribe’s Con- the newspaper as a source of information sultant Flagstaff IT (FIT) work being done and updates about what is occurring on on IT issues. Prior to today, no other notic- Hopi and in particular with the Hopi Trib- es or communication about the work was al government itself. The public is also be- Hopi Emergency Response Team Quarantine units.(photo by Romalita Laban/HT) provided to Hopi Tutuveni. ing notified that an announcement about Most notably, on Tuesday, January 5, the delay would have come much sooner, Romalita Laban and site were shared by Chuck Howe, 2021, the Outlook email system began if the Hopi Tutuveni staff and Editorial Hopi Tutuveni Project Superintendent and Project Man- displaying delays in sending out messag- Board had been informed about the tech- ager/Owner of C2 Environmental LLC. es. Messages began showing in the Out- nical difficulties. Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 6, 2021 is Some of the buildings are to house the box file where they sat for the remainder Persistence by Tutuveni staff to get the here as we continue into 2021, we have Hopi Emergency Response Team quaran- of the day and into the next morning on first publication of 2021 complete is what witnessed much in the past year of 2020. tine units, the Hopi Solid Waste Depart- Wednesday, January 6, 2021, when staff has ensured readers will receive the pub- While the Hopi Tribe experienced up to ment, Hopi Public Safety Department, De- returned to office workstations. lication and updated COVID 19 related seven different Executive Orders, includ- partment of Natural Resource Programs On Tuesday, the Managing Editor made information only one day late. ing the latest EO No. 007-2020 Reserva- and Departments and the biggest modular an Executive decision of contacting the Until the Hopi Tutuveni office is fully tion-wide Lockdown, it also experienced housing the Hopi Behavioral Health and Hopi Tutuveni Editorial Board garner- ready for continued occupancy by all staff, a Carpet Removal Project, disbursement Social Services Departments. Also on site ing support to push the publication back patrons and the public can leave voice of thousands, if not millions through the is a large warehouse with plenty of protec- by one day to Thursday, January 7, 2021. messages for Romalita Laban, Managing General Welfare Assistance Program to tive fencing and lighting. Expectant dates This would allow for more time to trou- Editor at (928) 734-3281 and emails can Hopi Tribal members, disbursement of for water to be pumped in were described bleshoot from other Internet connections be sent to [email protected]. Voice mes- millions of dollars to the Hopi villages as perhaps as early as during the first week sites, to contact the Hopi Tribe Manage- sages can be left for Carl Onsae, Assistant for projects and Hopi Tribal Council ap- of January 2021 ment Information System Department Editor at (928) 734-3283 and emails can provals of various Special Land Use As- It is expected that a report out about the staff and IT Helpline of the Tribe. Hopi be sent to [email protected]. Normal signments, including a most recent one newly developed complex will be provid- Tutuveni Board supported the decision office hours have resumed for Hopi Tutu- addressed on Monday, January 4, 2021. ed to Hopi Tribal Council on Thursday, allowing staff to fully complete the first veni with the Managing Editor who is list- During the January 4th session, Hopi Trib- January 7, 2021 or after, when Council re- publication of Hopi Tutuveni in 2021. ed as an Essential Employee, is available al Council addressed and approved Action sumes its session after being out on recess. Therefore, the already scheduled publica- Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to Item #007-2021 and 008-2021 for the Scheduled on the Council’s Agenda in tion date of Wednesday, January 5, 2021 5:00 p.m. Utility Scale Solar Array Development, to Section XII. REPORTS, is item “13. Re- had to be temporarily changed for the first Payments for ads can still be taken at name a few. port – Monthly Oral and Written Compre- publication of Hopi Tutuveni in 2021. the Treasurer’s Office by credit or debit In addition to the above mentioned proj- hensive reports from the Hopi CARES Readers may recall that the Hopi Tutu- card by calling (928) 734-3124. Check or ects, a newly developed Hopi Tribal Com- Act Committee” and item “14. Report veni had been previously displaced due to money order payments can still be sent to: plex also went up on Hopi Tutskwa, next from Tribal Employment Rights Office on the Tribe’s Carpet Removal Project sched- Attention - Hopi Tutuveni – Hopi Tribe to the Navajo community of Hardrock, Contractor Fees and Hopi Employment” uled to be completed at the Hopi Tribal P.O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039. Ariz. located approximately fourteen plus were added to the Agenda by motion of Complex. The Hopi Tribe’s one and only We ask for Hopi Tutuveni supporters’ miles, north of the Hopi Cultural Center Herman G. Honanie, Village of Kyakots- newspaper office had re-opened but with and the public’s patience and prayers, as located on the Hopi reservation on Second movi Representative on Monday, January limited capacity. As it stands desks in the we transition through these challenging Mesa, Ariz. 4th. main Hopi Tutuveni office remain stand- pandemic times. We are still here, we are Much to the surprise of Hopi Tutuveni The Hopi public is sure to learn a lot ing on its sides with no further updates Hopi and we are strong. Askwali/Kwa staff who visited the site on Wednesday, more about the newly developed complex on when the movement or replacement of kwa for your continued patronage and December 30, 2020, a walk-through tour by tuning into Tribal Council’s session, broken furniture and/or equipment will be support going into 2021. Pasningwu. of the complex was provided and bits of scheduled to air on the local Hopi radio completed. The public was notified that all information about the modular buildings station, KUYI at 88.1 on the FM dial. Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 3 A New Year’s message to the Hopi and Tewa People: Special Submission from Clark W. Tenakhongva – Hopi Tribal Vice Chairman

Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021 wmuy amungem nangu’i’ykyàakyangw qa kwiikwivit- sparked fear, frustration, and anxiety all around and it is Puhuyàasangwtiqw itam sòosoyam sùytsepngwat nìikyàakyangw pu’ hapi nawuko’nangwa’yyungni. easy for distractions, criticism, and stress to set in. There kyaananvotya. Peetu kyaananvotpit akw qa hàalàyiwuy Pu’ itam sòosoyam yaayantsaktiwise’ itàa’okiwhimuy will be an appropriate time to debrief, to look carefully at aw öki, pu’ kyaysiwqam sivahaqni’yyungwa, pu’ nanap aqw ahoy taywisni; nit hin itam kur it hinìwqat aw áhoy- all aspects of this pandemic, to learn and rethink our ap- itàaqatsi a’ni alöngti. totaqey akw naavitsni’yyungni. Noq itamutpiknìiqam proaches. But now, more than ever, we must focus all our Hiihìimu yasveq it wukotuyat yayngwangaqw alöngto- ítakw lavàytotini, hopìit pu’ yesqam pas hapi hisatyesqa- efforts on overcoming this pandemic and the challenges ti: itàaqatsi itàakitsokiniqw itàahopihintsakpi. muy amun hóhongvitniqat, naat itam hopituwitnit hopitu- associated with it. Noq angsakis puhuyàasangwvaqw itam yasmiq ahoy tavot ang hong.yaniqat. Currently, there are approximately 150 active wuuwayaniqey qeniptuyangwu. I’ itamuy u’nanani, naap Itam qa naap itàahinìwtipuy.sa akw hopìitniqey akw COVID-19 cases within the Hopi community with a pos- hìita lavayit angqw itwat lavayit kwakwhánìiqat sushi- naavitsni’yyungni; noq pu’nìiqatnit naatoniqat akw pii- itive test average of nearly 16%. We are clearly in a new munìiqat’a. Nu’ paniqw oovi as sinmuy susmòopeq tum- wu. Ura angsakis itam sòosoyam suupwa’iwyungqw, pu’ phase of this pandemic and additional effort and diligence ala’yyùngqamuy, ngatwi’yyungqamuy, solaawamuy pu’ imuy sopkyawatuy sinmuy amungem angsakis suvotum- is needed to reverse this trend. It is for this reason that a qatuvostumala’yyùngqamuy amumi kwakwhatani. Ima ala’yyungqw ep hapi hopiqatsi sushongvi’iwtani. new 20-day Reservation-wide lockdown has been issued. naatatamit akw naaqavo aqwhaqami hopitutskwanawit Noq oovi naamahin itam naat kyaananvotya; nu’ suy- We recognize that staying at home can be disruptive, Hopisinmuynit Teewasinmuy amungem tumala’ywisa. anniqw itam ayoqhaqami qale’ykiniqe oovi pas pep a’ni but it presents an opportunity for each of us to slow down Tumala’am antsawat pas himu. Noq tumalayamuy akw yesni. and reflect on the situation at hand. Furthermore, for angsakis qöniltiqw itàaqatsi suytsepngwat naatuwa’yma. Kwakwhá many Hopi such a 20-day period of seclusion carries spe- Pu’ piw naat himu, nu’ enang kikiy ang huruyesqamuy Clark W. Tenakhongva cial significance, as it is a familiar practice observed by amumi kwakwhatani; taq yan unahinyùngqamuy tuutu- many Hopi mothers following the birth of a child. Now, walaniqey pa’angwantotaqe hakiy pay kwàyyaqamuy We enter the New Year during what is an increasingly as during the period of tiiqatsiw, this situation requires qa hàalayiwuyamuy angqw kyaysiwqamuy ayó’ nönga- difficult time. A time which has brought grief to some, that we exercise restraint, self-discipline, humility and knani. financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to resolve for the future. Kyaysiwqam it wukotuyat akw hopitutskwanawit each of our lives. If we can effectively demonstrate these qualities now, hin’unangwtoti, tsaatsawna, pu’ unangwmok.yaqw oovi Much has changed in the past year, since the onset of each of us will be able to look back on this time and take pas hapi pùutsemokqw, naasùutokqw, tuu’ovelaqw qa the COVID-19 pandemic – the world around us, our vil- pride in how we responded to this challenge, and those hinta. Hapi ason itamùupe qenini, itam it hikwis’ùut- lages, our homes, and our communal and cultural activ- who come after us, will be able to say that the Hopi of stuyat ep sòosok hìita ang yoyrik.yaniqat pu’ itàahint- ities. this generation, were as strong as any, that the tradition- sakpiy pávantotaniqat. Noq pu’ tis itam sòosoyam pavan But the arrival of a new year gives us all an opportu- al Hopi values, and characteristics prized and utilized by nahongvitotani, it wukotuyat pu’ sòosok hìita aw toonaw- nity to reflect on the previous year and reminds us that our ancestors are still followed and part of our lives today. taqat ángwutotaniqey oovi. the most important words in any language are thank you. Remember that the pride in who we are as Hopi peo- Pu’ tsivot.sikip sunat pu’ lööp sunat pakwt sìik- Thank you to everyone on the front lines, our healthcare ple is not merely a part of our past, it defines our present ya’yyùngqam hopitutskwanawit hikwis’ùutstuyat na’pa- workers, our law enforcement, and those carrying out and our future, and the moments when Hopi people stand lya. Kur pas piw ahoy i’ tuuya itamùusaliwmaqw itam essential roles, who selflessly continue their day-to-day united and work together for the collective benefit of all is oovi put sööwu’ytoynayaniqey oovi antsatotani. Yaniqw duties throughout the Hopi Community on behalf of the when the Hopi way, and tradition are most alive. oovi puhumaqastutavo pu’ hisat yukìlti. Noq sunat.sikis Hopi and Tewa people. Your efforts are genuinely appre- Therefore, may we take comfort in the fact that while taalat ang hisnentiqw itam sòosoyam it kyaptsi’ywisni. ciated, and every hour of your hard work brings us closer we may have more still to endure, in time we will recover, Naamahin kya kiy ep huruqtuwtaqw qatuvosi; i’ suusus- to a return, to more normal times. We must also thank and better days will return. tiniqey, naawuwaniqey hakiy qenitoynani. Pu’ piw naat those who are staying at home thereby helping to protect Kwakwhá himu, itam hakim hopìit yan itàakikiy ang huruyesniqey the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already Clark W. Tenakhongva natuwi’yyungni; taq pan hak tìiqatsiwuy hintsakmang- felt by those who have lost loved ones. wu. Noq oovi itam nawus yàasat tìiqatsiwuy an tsaatsak- Indeed, life amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic has 4 Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee Issues

Romalita Laban, Managing Editor Gaming“Chair, I just need to let you know Survey that I need a copy of Please click on the internet link below to take a brief Hopi Tutuveni the Power Point packet because I didn’t get one.” That survey about an Indian gaming development proposal. was all he said and didn’t say anything further. We understand that the Hopi Tribal Council will be vot- Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 5, 2021 Hopi Tutuveni Dennis Koeyahongva said, “Well, nothing against ing on this matter in early January. The purpose of this staff attempted to attend the Hopi Tribal Council Gam- Hopi Tutuveni but I think we have to be careful about survey is to let the Hopi Tribal Council know how you all ing Committee meeting occurring Thursday, September what we share because we don’t want to get in trouble feel as Hopi Tribal Members. 3, 2020 and arrived after 9 a.m. Staff checked in at the sharing something we’re not supposed to.” No one else https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdA4gp- Security Check Point at the Legislative Building and af- said anything. kel0A4Yo3FaNtcpDvPGQP59JMhts2pv7WUtbMLqV- ter hearing loud voices coming from Chambers, asked if Mr. Andrews then asked Ms. Works, Hopi Tribe’s vGw/viewform?usp=sf_link there was a council meeting in session. Gaming Attorney what she thought. Ms. Works said, “So The Security Guard, said, “Yeah the Gaming Commit- far, what has been shared is ok but if we get into other If you have any questions or any trouble filling out this tee is having a meeting” and was asked if the public was topics we might want to disclose that some information is survey, please contact Craig Andrews, Chairman of the allowed and he said, “Yeah, they don’t have their sign out for attorney client privilege before going on.” Hopi Gaming Committee, cell phone (928) 419-0029 so you can go in, go on in.” Tutuveni staff raised their hand to be acknowledged The survey was to the point of asking survey takers if After going down the hall and double checking for while Mr. Andrews began talking. He seemed to be trying they supported gaming for Hopi or not and in addition to signs outside the Hopi Tribal Council Chambers and on to avoid the request to be acknowledged, so staff contin- requiring takers provide a Hopi Tribal enrollment number the door, and since there were none, Tutuveni staff en- ued holding their hand up and waved for his attention, to prior to submission. tered the Chambers. which Andrews then he finally acknowledged the staff to The survey had been posted on the local KUYI Hopi Besides Craig Andrews, Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Commit- speak. Radio’s Facebook page which resulted in many com- tee Chair/Mishongnovi Village Representative, Herman Tutuveni staff introduced them self to the group and ments and questions about the survey. Honanie, Kyakotsmovi Village Representative, Dennis thanked them for allowing time to speak. The group was As of today, January 5, 2020 the survey is no longer Koeyahongva, Sipaulavi Representative, Berdella Nasin- then informed that procedures for out checking in with accessible. (See below) goetewa, Tribal Secretary Staff and the newly hired attor- Security, and his allowing entrance to the Chambers were ney, Travis Hyer were in Chambers. followed. It was also explained there is an understand- After a couple of minutes of sitting while taking a cou- ing that all Committee meetings are open to the public ple pictures of slides on the teleprompter and listening unless in Executive Session. It was also shared that Tu- to Sarah Works, Hopi Tribal Gaming Attorney on speak- tuveni staff was aware the Committee had already been er, Tutuveni staff was approached by Ms. Nasingoetewa sharing information with the public on the radio and for We would like to attend and/or call into the Gaming who said, “Craig said you need to leave.” Staff asked, the record staff didn’t just barge into the meeting without Committee meetings and other Committees meetings, as “Oh are you all in Executive Session?” She replied, “I getting permission. And if there is something they didn’t well, however due to the Tribal Government Executive don’t know, he just asked me to tell you to leave.” want in the paper to let the staff know. Since Mr. An- Order 007-2020 – Lockdown – 20 Day Curfew and Sec- After sitting there a minute or two, Tutuveni staff then drews seemed perturbed with their presence, staff decid- retary Staff not providing the Zoom meeting information asked Mr. Hyer, Hopi Tribe General Counsel staff mem- ed to leave after being there for about 10-15 minutes at for Hopi Tutuveni staff, we cannot attend to provide a ber if the group was in Executive Session to which he the most. report out to the public. We will keep requesting access in said, “I don’t know, I just came in, too.” That is the last Gaming Committee meeting attended 2021 and for the public’s information and need for trans- Mr. Andrews, Gaming Committee Chairman then in person. parency. called out to those on the phone and said, “Chair [Hopi Since that time the Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee, Due to limited onsite scheduling, technical difficulties Chairman], the Tutuveni lady is here and she is taking all via Sarah Works, Gaming Committee Attorney has issued in the Tribe’s information technology and delays in send- kinds of pictures, so I need to know what the committee the following message to Hopi Tribal Members via the ing the January 6th publication files, we sincerely apol- feels about that.” Hopi Tribe’s Secretary Staff email on Wednesday, De- ogize for Hopi Tutuveni not being able to make contact No one answered for a bit before Wallace Youvella, Sr., cember 16, 2020: with the Hopi Tribe’s Gaming Committee, prior to publi- First Mesa Consolidated Villages Representative said, “Dear Hopi Tribal Members: cation deadlines for the January 7th publication. Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 5 Updated public information from LETTER FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN the Hopi Judicial Branch NOTICE TO THE HOPI Effective December 21, 2020, the Court Filings and motions can be emailed to Offices will be open for business on Mon- [email protected]. day and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For payments, etc., please contact the COMMUNITY The Courts will be closed for business on Court for information and instruction re- Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. This is garding proper method of payment and We are still in a State of Emergency. necessary due to the continuing increase filing. Criminal and Civil traffic fines in COVID cases. may be paid online at WWW.CITEPAY- Hopi Lives Matter. The Court will hear in-custody criminal USA.COM or mailed to HOPI TRIAL •On March 18, 2020 the Hopi Tribe reservation wide curfew, an amendment to cases and emergency cases by telephone COURTS, P.O. Box 156, Keams Canyon, declared a State of Emergency and ac- the Hopi Code was made and approved by only. All other cases will be continued to AZ 86034. tivated the Hopi Emergency Response the Hopi Tribal Council. The amendment a later date. For more information about Probation/Pre-Trial check-ins will con- Team (HERT) due to the presence of the to Section 13.3.6 of the Hopi Code made services and hearings, call the Court at tinue through telephone contact at 928- COVID-19 Coronavirus in the surround- non-compliance with certain provisions 928-738-5171. 738-5171 or 928-205-3742. ing areas. within issued Executive Orders and oth- •The presence of COVID-19 continues er Emergency declarations a civil offense to exist giving rise to an ongoing declared under this code. state of emergency. In order to preserve the public health HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL First •The number of daily new COVID-19 and safety of the residents of the Hopi cases on the Hopi reservation have risen Reservation and to support and reinforce Quarter Session December 1, 2020 substantially; and demands more effective the independent precautionary measures enforcement of and compliance with the taken by the various Hopi villages to mit- AGENDA Month of January 2021 critical public health and safety measures. igate the risk of infection there shall be a UNFINISHED BUSINESS •This unprecedented public health RESERVATION-WIDE LOCKDOWN 1. Action Item #061-2020 – To approve the settlement agreement in the Hopi Tribe v. emergency requires full coordination and ORDER for a period of 20 days, from United States of America, No. 06-0941 (Fed. Ct of Claims) – Author/Fred Lomayesva, cooperation between the sovereign village December 23, 2020, through January 11, General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel - TABLED administrations and the Hopi Tribal Gov- 2021 starting at 8 p.m. on December 23, ernment to avoid waste of resources and to 2020 and ending at 5 a.m. on January 11, NEW BUSINESS minimize any increased risk of exposure 2021. 1. Action Item #007-2021 – To approve and grant to the Hopi Renewable Energy to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Citations will be issued per the Execu- Office, a Special Land Use Assignment in the amount of 814± acres for the construction •In response to concerns raised by the tive Order No 007-2020 for non-compli- of a Utility Scale Solar Array Development at the Buffalo Range public regarding non-compliance and en- ance. Road on the Hopi Hart Ranch – Author/Edison Tu’tsi, Manager, Office of Hopi Lands forcement of the Stay-at-home Executive STAY HOME. SAVE LIVES. STAY Administration Order as well as the implementation of a HOPI STRONG. 2. Action Item #008-2021 – To approve and grant to the Hopi Renewable Energy Office, a Special Land Use Assignment in the amount of 402± acres for theconstruction of a Utility Scale Solar Array Development at the Meteor Crater Road on the Hopi Hart Ranch – Author/Edison Tu’tsi, Manager, Office of Hopi Lands Administration LETTER TO THE EDITOR 3. Action Item #009-2021 – To accept award 2020-TW-AZ-0024 from Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women on behalf of the Hopi Domestic Violence Dear Roma & Staff, Program – Author/Maude Yoyhoema, Director, Hopi Domestic Violence Program Thank you for publishing information to us while we stare at each other every day with this stay at home times. I'd like to publicly express much gratitude to those people for their caring thoughts and generosity for everyone to have plenty of food during these hard times; The Hopi Foundation, Navajo and Hopi Families Covid-19 Relief, Ancestral Lands-Hopi and Hopi Relief. HAPPY NEW YEAR I'm sure everyone (Hopi people) appreciated and enjoyed keeping healthy and strong while at home. FROM THE On behalf of all, we wish you "Many happy returns and happy holidays with fami- lies". HOPI TUTUVENI 6 Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE HART/DRYE ranch wood harvest Schedule of Hopi Non-Commercial Wood Covid-19 safety protocols PUBLIC NOTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE •Please stay away from other groups Permits Essential Services WEMP and practice the 6 foot social distancing. FORSchedule IMMEDIATE of Hopi Non RELEASE-Commercial Wooddividuals Permits who Essential reside on Servicesthe Hopi Reserva- We request you stay with your group to Wildlife & Ecosystems Management tion, as essential services. Due to changes Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021, minimize contact with other groups. SubmittedProgram by: Department Wildlife & Ecosystems of Natural Management in HopiProgram Tribal Departm operationalent of Natural hours, as a re- To ensure we provide a safe environment •Please use hand sanitizer or wash your Resources Resources sult of the current pandemic, and inclem- and follow COVID-19 requirements, the hands with soap and water, if possible. Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021 As we continueent to weather, provide Hopi the Tribalfollowing Wood Permitschange in op- Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management •ªWEMP Staff will be monitoring the duringKykotsmovi, the current Ariz. pandemic – January and closure 4, 2021 of Tribal As Operations,erational t hehours Hopi Wildlifeto provide & Ecosystems these services Program (WEMP) requests you adhere to areas to ensure we have compliance, weManageme continuent toProgram provide (WEMP) Hopi willTribal continue Wood to providewill Nonremain-Commercial in effect (Personal) until further Wood notice. the following guidelines: please cooperate with staff and follow PermitsPermits duringto Tribal themembers current and pandemicresidents of andthe Hopi Reservation,The schedule who includes:will MANDATE Navajo AA all in- •Please remain in your vehicle. Each their requests. closureresidents of and Tribal Non-Native Operations, individuals the who Hopi reside ondividuals the Hopi Reservation, to wear aas mask,essential follow services. social vehicle will check-in with WEMP staff, •PLEASE PACK OUT YOUR TRASH. Due to changes in Hopi Tribal operational hours, as a result of the current pandemic, and Wildlifeinclement weather,& Ecosystems the following Management change in operat ionaldistancing hours to provide guidelines these servicesand other will pertinent with minimal contact. Please have your We ask that you take your trash and make Programremain in (WEMP)effect until furtherwill continue notice. to pro- safety requirements. If you are feeling Hopi Tribal Census Card or Census Num- sure you police up the area for your trash. vide Non-Commercial (Personal) Wood sick or have an above normal or high tem- ber and Driver’s License ready to provide •Upon leaving for home or your desti- PermitsThe schedule to Tribal will MANDATEmembers andall individuals residents to wearperature, a mask, PLEASE follow social stay distancing home. to the staff. nation, PLEASE make sure to strap down ofguidelines the Hopi and Reservation, other pertinent who safety includes: requirements. If you are feeling sick or have an above •During check-in, we request all indi- or secure your load. We do not want you normal or high temperature, PLEASE stay home. Navajo AA residents and Non-Native in- viduals in each vehicle wear masks and all to cause any damage or cause an accident 2021 JANUARY SCHEDULE: individuals are from the same household on the highways. and keep to their group while harvesting •We understand the need to stop for gas January Dates Hours of Operation Location wood. and other necessities, however we ask you January 13, 2021 11 am to 1 pm Outside the Honahni Building •Once checked-in, you will proceed minimize your time in local border towns, January 20, 2020 11 am to 1 pm Outside the Honahni Building to harvest your wood and upon comple- mask up and hand sanitize and/or wash January 27, 2020 11 am to 1 pm Outside the Honahni Building tion of loading your wood, please check- your hands with soap and water and take February 3, 2021 11 am to 1 pm Outside the Honahni Building out and you will be issued a Hopi Wood other preventative safety measures. WEMPWEMP staff staff will willbe stationed be stationed outside of outside the Honahni BuildingDue to to changesprovide H opiin Woodinclement Permits. weather Hauling Permit. The permit will be your Although this is an outside activity, we ofTo the ensure Honahni we expedite Building the process, to provide please haveHopi your and Hopi any Tribal changes Enrollment in number,the COVID-19 the Pan- validation to haul the wood to your des- require you follow these simple protocols Woodlocation Permits. you plan To to harvestensure wood we expedite from, and yourthe old/expireddemic cases, permit. the schedule is subjected to tination. to ensure the Hopi WEMP can continue process, please have your Hopi Tribal En- cancellation and change in location at the •All individuals will be required to to offer the Hopi Hart/Drye Ranch Wood WEMP will only issue permits to those who will actually be harvesting the wood and we will rollmentnot issue number, a permit to the anyone location to harvest you wood,plan onto yourHopi behalf. Tribal This ensuresComplex the permitted (PLEASE LOOK wear a face mask, covering your nose and Harvest for the remainder of the year. We harvestindividual wood complies from, with and all yourlaws, ordinanceold/expired and regulations.OUT FOR NEON GREEN SIGNS) at any mouth when you are within 6 feet of other thank you for your cooperation and please permit. time, in the best interests of public health individuals. Although this is an outside ac- feel free to take advantage of this oppor- DueWEMP to changes will only in inclement issue permits weather to and those any changesand safety.in the COVID Please-19 call Pandemic on the cases day, of the tivity, we require each individual to wear tunity. If you have any questions, please whothe willschedule actually is subjected be harvesting to cancellation the wood and change schedule in location date at theor checkHopi Tribal the HopiComplex Tribe’s your mask, especially when you are near contact our office at (928) 734-3671/3673 (PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR NEON GREEN SIGNS) at any time, in the best interests of andpublic we healthwill not and issue safety. a Pleasepermit call to on anyone the day of Websitethe schedule for dateany orchanges. check the Hopi other individuals outside of your group. or at (928) 497-1010/1011/1014. toTribe’s harvest Website wood, for on any your changes. behalf. This en- Any questions, please feel free call sures the permitted individual complies (928) 497-1014 or (928) 497-1010. withAny all questions, laws, ordinance please feel andfree regulations.call (928) 497-1014 or (928) 497-1010. 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PUBLIC NOTICE the demolition of smokestacks at 2021 Hart/Drye Ranch Wood 2021 Hart/Drye Ranch Wood Harvest largest coal plant in the West FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHarvest ing wood to heat their homes, during the SubmittedWildlife by: & Ecosystems Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Management COVID-19 Program Pandemic. Department of Natural Razing brings an end to the painful era of coal for ResourcesProgram Department of Natural The Hopi WEMP will implement the Resources schedule below to allow our Hopi Tribal tribes; opens the door to healing and building new As we continue to provide essential services for our Hopi Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021 member’s access to the Hart/Drye Ranch. Tribal members, the Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program (WEMP) will continue sustainable economies Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – January 4, 2021 As Hopi Tribal members may make multiple the opportunities to access the Hart/Drye Ranch, to harvest dead and down, and dead standing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE to endure asthma and other health issues wewood continue to heat totheir provide homes, essentialduring the COVIDservices-19 Pandemic.trips during the four day event Hopi Hart/ for our Hopi Tribal members, the Hopi Drye Ranch Wood Harvest. The schedule without any recourse. WildlifeThe Hopi & WEMP Ecosystems will implem Managementent the schedule Pro- belowwill to remain allow our in Hopieffect Tribal until member’s all resources access are PAGE, Ariz. – At 8:30 a.m. on Friday “That chapter is now closed,” Horseh- gramto the (WEMP) Hart/Drye will Ranch continue. Hopi Tribal the opportumembers- mayharvested make multiple from trips the during designated the four area day eventor un - morning, explosions rocked the base of erder continued. “But the work is far from nitiesHopi toHart/Drye access Ranch the Hart/Drye Wood Harvest. Ranch, The scheduleto til willthe remainlast scheduled in effect untildate. all resources are the first of the three massive smokestacks over. We have to make sure Kayenta Mine harvested from the designated area or until the last scheduled date. harvest dead and down, and dead stand- that have dominated the horizon on the is cleaned up. We have to secure water western edge of the Navajo Nation for a and electricity for many communities that 2021 Hart/Drye Wood Harvest Schedule: half century. In slow motion, the towering lack access to both. We have to replace

Dates Hours of Operation stack came crashing down in a thundering the millions of dollars in lost coal revenue January 15th to 18th 8 am to 4 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm) cloud of dust, followed in succession by from the abrupt closure of the plant and January 22nd to January 25th 8 am to 4 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm) the other two as part of Salt River Proj- coal mine. And we have to make sure in- January 29th to February 1st 8 am to 4 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm) ect’s demolition of the largest coal-burn- vestment flows back into building a more February 5th to February 8th 8 am to 4 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm) ing power plant in the West. sustainable economy for the Navajo and February 12th to February 15th 8 am to 4 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm) The demolition of the three 775-foot- Hopi.” February 19th to February 22nd 8 am to 4 pm (Last vehicle check-in at 2 pm) tall smokestacks at Navajo Generating “We’re hopeful that this marks the Station (NGS) is hugely symbolic. It continuation of our transformation into a WEMPWEMP staff staff will will be onsite be onsite to monitor to monitor and check -inthe vehicles Tutuveni. and issue permits upon completion marks the close of a painful chapter for sustainable economy that is built on fun- andof woodcheck-in harvest. vehicles WEMP staffand willissue follow permits CDC guidelinesThe designatedand follow social Hart distancingRanch Wood Har- thousands of Navajo and Hopi whose lives damental Navajo and Hopi respect for air, guidelines, and keep immediate interaction at a minimum. We will require individuals to wear a upon completion of wood harvest. WEMP vest area will be a new location and is and families have been impacted by coal. land and water and that will have direct, mask during the check-in and check-out process. If you are sick or have a high or above staffnormal will temperature, follow CDC please guidelines stay home. and Afol flyer- ofaccessible the Hart Ranchfrom I-40.COVID Please-19 Pandemic exit I-40 at Until it closed last November, the 2,400 measurable benefits for our communities, lowwill social be provided distancing and advertisedguidelines, in andthe Tutuveni.keep Exit #219 and make a right and proceed MW power plant generated electricity for not exploit them,” said Carol Davis, ex- immediate interaction at a minimum. We to the roundabout and enter the gate at on Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Los Angeles ecutive director of the Navajo grassroots willThe requiredesignated individuals Hart Ranch toWood wear Harvest a mask area willthe be west a new side. locati Check-Inon and is accessible with staff from and I -stay and other cities, insultingly bypassing Na- group Diné CARE. “We hope the incom- during40. Please the check-inexit I-40 at and Exit check-out #219 and makeprocess. a right andwithin proceed designated to the roundabout area. and enter the vajo and Hopi homes and businesses. The ing Biden Administration follows through Ifgate you at areon thesick west or side. have Check a high-In with or staffabove and stay Anywithin questions, designated area.please feel free to call plant also pumped the massive amounts of on commitments it has made to Native normalAny questions, temperature, please feelplease free stayto call home. WEMP A staff WEMP at (928) 497staff-1012 at (928)or (928) 497-1012 497-1014. or (928) water that has allowed Phoenix to grow American tribes and assists us in address- flyer of the Hart Ranch COVID-19 Pan- 497-1014. into the fifth largest city in America, all ing the many problems left behind by 50 demic will be provided and advertised in while thousands of Navajo and Hopi years of over-dependence on coal.” homes also lack access to running water. “So far, the federal government has “The demolition of the smokestacks failed to meet even its most basic trust Would you like to put your at NGS is a solemn event,” said Nicole responsibilities to the Navajo and Hopi,” Horseherder, executive director of the said Ben Nuvamsa, a former chairman of legals into the Newspaper? Navajo grassroots group Tó Nizhóní Ání, the Hopi Tribe. “The massive coal pits and which has worked for 20 years to move the piles that stretch across thousands of acres For a single price you can put your legals Navajo Nation past coal. “It's a reminder at Kayenta Mine remain as they were of decades of exploitation subsidized by when the mine closed more than a year cheap coal and water from the Navajo and ago. Billions of gallons of pristine water into the Hopi Hopi. Coal provided jobs and revenue to were pumped from the Navajo Aquifer the Navajo Nation, but Navajo ranchers and I’m not sure if it will recharge in our Tutuveni and farmers, who depended on the land lifetime. There must be accountability for that was mined and the water that fed the cleaning up this mess, for restoring vital Call 928-734-3283 to find out how mine and power plant, shouldered the groundwater that was taken from us and cost. While miners were provided safety for returning the countless artifacts and gear as they worked, hundreds more liv- burial sites that were removed for the ing near the coal industrial complex had mine.” 8 Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 Hopi Executive Order No. 007-2020: Reservation-wide Lockdown for All Residents of the Hopi Reservation to limit and control the Spread of the COVID -19 WHEREAS, the Constitution and By-laws of the sensual relationships with the Tribe or its members; and” only Hopi Tribe, ARTICLE VI-POWERS OF THE TRIBAL WHEREAS, in the event their presence or conduct vio- 111. Hauling water from the watering points for the COUNCIL, SECTION 1 (a) and (b) respectively, autho- lates COVID-19 public health measures and/or threatens household rizes the Hopi Tribal Council "To represent and Speak the political integrity, the economic security, or the health 1v. Gathering hay and feed for livestock and pets for the Hopi Tribe in all matters for the welfare of the and welfare of the community, the Hopi Tribe possesses v. Procuring Wood, Coal or propane for household Tribe"; and the inherent right to exclude non-members from tribally heating purposes. WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020 the Hopi Tribe de- owned lands; and 7. All businesses within the Hopi Reservation, except clared a State of Emergency and activated the Hopi Emer- WHEREAS, pursuant to section 7- 70 l (2) of the Essential Businesses and Services as defined herein, are gency Response Team (HERT) due to the presence of the HERP, the Hopi Tribal Chairman is authorized to provide required to cease all activities. To the greatest extent fea- COVID-19 Coronavirus in the surrounding areas; and the necessary direction to preserve the peace and order of sible, Essential Businesses shall comply with the Social WHEREAS, the presence of COVID-19 continues to the Hopi Tribe. Distancing Requirements. exist giving rise to an ongoing declared state of emer- NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the 8. Essential Businesses: gency; and Chairman of the Hopi Tribe issues the following emer- a. Health Care Operations, Essential Governmental WHEREAS, the number of daily new COVID-19 cas- gency directives: Functions and Essential Infrastructure (e.g. courts of law, es on the Hopi reservation have risen substantially; and 1. In order to preserve the public health and safety of medical providers for urgent care, public utilities, and demands more effective enforcement of and compliance the residents of the Hopi Reservation and to support and critical school operations such as nutrition programs). with the critical public health and safety measures; and reinforce the independent precautionary measures taken b. Gas stations, auto-supply, auto-repair, and related fa- WHEREAS, the degree of contact with contagious in- by the various Hopi villages to mitigate the risk of in- cilities (with reduced hours of operation). dividuals and the subsequent degree of exposure is un- fection there shall be a RESERVATION-WIDE LOCK- c. Businesses providing mailing and shipping services. known and continued person-to-person spread through- DOWN ORDER for a period of 20 days, from December d. Businesses that provide, ship or deliver groceries, out the surrounding areas, as well as spread within the 23, 2020, through January 11, 2021, starting at 8 p.m. on food, goods or services to residents or other businesses of Hopi reservation itself, is posing an extensive and sub- December 23, 2020 and ending at 5 a.m. on January 11, the Hopi Reservation (with reduced hours of operation). stantial Public Health risk; and 2021. e. Home-based care for seniors, adults, or children. WHEREAS, the conditional probability, in light of the 2. All previously issued precautionary measures man- Residential facilities and shelters for seniors, adults, and number of active cases on the Hopi Reservation, demon- dated by the Hopi Tribe remain in place, including, but children. strate that any gathering of individuals greater than 10, not limited to, the following: f. Residential and commercial construction sites may will have a 1in 7 chance of being a super spreader event; a. The requirement that masks be worn at all times in otherwise continue to operate so long as it is in compli- and public. ance with this Order in reference to Social Distancing WHEREAS, the likelihood of gathering is increased b. A daily reservation-wide curfew between 8 p.m. and Requirements and due to the approaching Christmas and New Year's Hol- 5 a.m. Limiting persons on site to no more than l O people at iday; and 3. Essential personnel who are currently designated as any given time. WHEREAS, each of the thirteen (13) Hopi villages and such and are needed to maintain the continuity of oper- g. For purposes of this Order, all first responders, emer- Communities are autonomous, and a majority of this total ations for the essential services and infrastructure of the gency management personnel, emergency dispatchers, have exercised their inherent aboriginal sovereignty on Hopi Tribe will continue to operate. court personnel, law enforcement personnel, and others behalf of the health, safety and welfare of their members 4. During the Reservation-wide Lockdown, all resi- working for or to support Essential Services are categori- by closing their villages to all non-residents; and dents are restricted from gathering with individuals with cally exempt from this Order. WHEREAS, this unprecedented public health emer- whom they do not normally reside. This restriction ap- 9. Further, nothing in this Order shall prohibit any indi- gency requires full coordination and cooperation between plies to secular gatherings and holiday celebrations with vidual from performing or accessing the sovereign village administrations and the Hopi Tribal extended family and relatives. Essential Governmental Functions. Essential Govern- Government to avoid waste of resources and to minimize 5. All cultural and religious activities are strongly en- ment Functions means all services needed to ensure the any increased risk of exposure to the COVID-19 Coro- couraged to be conducted in accordance with guidance continuing operation of the government agencies and navirus; and issued by the Department of Health and Human Services provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public. WHEREAS, in response to concerns raised by the regarding Cultural Activities for the duration of this or- All Essential Governmental Functions shall be performed public regarding non-compliance and enforcement of the der. in compliance with Social Distancing Requirements to Stay-at-home Executive Order as well as the implemen- 6. For the Duration of this order, individuals may leave the extent possible. tation of a reservation wide curfew, an amendment to the their homes or places of residence only under the follow- l 0. All provisions of this Order should be interpreted Hopi Code was made and approved by the Hopi Tribal ing circumstances: to effectuate this intent. Failure to comply with any of the Council; and a. Traveling to or from work (with proof of employ- provisions of this Order constitutes an immediate threat WHEREAS, the amendment to Section 13.3.6 of the ment). to public health and renders one subject to civil penalties. Hopi Code made non-compliance with certain provisions b. Obtaining or seeking medical care. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Order shall within issued Executive Orders and other Emergency c. Essential Travel and Activities as defined below: take effect immediately and shall remain in effect through declarations a civil offense under this code; and 1. Attending or Providing Care for an Elder or Resident January 11, 2021 unless otherwise extended. Additional WHEREAS, “Indian Tribes possess civil jurisdiction needing assistance advisories and Orders will follow as warranted, SO OR- over non-members and non-Indians who enter into con- 11. Picking up groceries for the household by l person DERED THIS 23 DAY OF DECEMBER 2020. Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 9 WIC is still Hopi Tribal Treasurer Staff Member Retires After 25 Years Open

Sarah Tawayaoma celebrating her last day at the Hopi Tribe (Photo by Romalita Laban/HT) Romalita Laban People for over 25 years in the Office of Hopi Tutuveni the Tribal Treasurer. She has been a loyal employee that has persevered and contrib- Kykotsmovi, Ariz – At the end of 2020, uted her knowledge and skills through the Hopi Tribal Employees received an an- years, she has definitely been the heart of nouncement of a special colleague reach- our office. We will surely miss her. We wish ing a significant milestone in her career her well in her retirement. Thank you very with the Hopi Tribe. very much Sarah!” On Thursday, December 31, 2020, Wil- If you have ever made a payment at the fred Gaseoma, Hopi Tribal Treasurer sent Hopi Tribe Treasurer’s Office, you were out the following message to Hopi Tribal bound to meet Sarah and received a smile Employees about Sarah Tawayaoma, Hopi with her service. We wish Sarah Tawayao- Tribal Treasurer Office staff member: ma much happiness, great health and con- All services available remotely via phone “Today we celebrate the retirement of tinued goodness in 2021, during her retire- Ms. Sarah Tawayaoma, she has been an ment and beyond exceptional asset serving the Hopi/Tewa

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KYKOTSMOVI,Covid-19 AZ – January 5, 2021Emergency — For the sec- a national, state,Response and local level: JanuaryPhoenix 5, or other2021 hospitals. Report ond time during the entire pandemic, since March 2020, As of this date – January 5, 2021 ** A total of 848+ individuals who tested positive are Arizona is leading the world with the highest seven-day The United Sates now has approximately 20.73 mil- members of the Hopi Tribe. average of COVID-19 infections per capita. According to lion confirmed positive cases with 173,915 new cases and + Includes Village member(s) retested positive the COVID Tracking Project and data from John Hopkins over 352,464 deaths reported. Prevention: University, Arizona currently has the highest COVID-19 Over 567,474 confirmed positive cases now exist in Watch for symptoms. People with COVID-19 have had per capita rate of any region in the world. The COVID Arizona. Of those, close to 11,991 are in Navajo County a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild Tracking Project is a collaborative volunteer-run effort alone. symptoms to severe illness. to track the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Unit- The Hopi Health Care Center has tested over 7,456 pa- Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the ed States. It maintains a regularly updated database of a tients to this date. Over 1,013 of those tests at Hopi Health virus. People with these symptoms or combinations of variety of types of state-level information related to the Care Center came back positive with 696 from Hopi Trib- symptoms may have COVID-19: outbreak, including counts of the number of positive and al members. Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation -Cough negative test results obtained in each state, hospitalization reported 152 positives for Hopi Villages with a combined - Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing and outcome data for cases, and the racial and ethnic de- number of 848 positive Hopi Tribal members. - Or at least two of these symptoms: mographic breakdowns of cases and deaths. Arizona has The information below provides a glimpse of the cur- - Fever been in this position once before. The state posted a 52.8 rent numbers in those respective villages. - Chills on July 7 at the height of the summer peak in this same * The information by villages presented above is re- - Repeated shaking with chills metric, which was higher than any other tracked jurisdic- leased by the Hopi Department of Health & Human Ser- - Muscle pain tion at the time. While Arizona is sitting at the top of the vices, and the data shown reflects patients tested at the - Headache states today, it is still far behind North Dakota’s record Hopi Health Care Center and at the Tuba City Regional - Sore throat setting rate of 184.8 cases per capita that was recorded on Health Care Corporation specifically on Hopi tribal mem- - Congestion or runny nose November 19, 2020. The past seven days has seen a surge bers. The data from Lower and Upper Munqapi is consol- - Nausea or vomiting of reported positive tests in Arizona which would account idated until specific data can be re-verified. (+) number - Diarrhea for the per capita rankings. It is no different here on Hopi, decreased due to individual being identified from another - New loss of taste or smell with a continued increase in cases throughout all villages village. The community of residence for one Hopi Tribal Children have similar symptoms to adults and general- on the reservation. The implications of higher case counts member who tested positive at HHCC is in the Phoenix ly have mild illness. carries over to an increase in hospitalizations and higher metropolitan area. The community of residence for four This list is not all inclusive. Please consult your med- potential for fatalities as COVID-19 spreads throughout Hopi Tribal members who tested positive at HHCC is in ical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or the community. Winslow. The data here does not include all state-wide concerning to you. Here is a quick overview of the COVID-19 statistics on data from other facilities such as Flagstaff, Winslow, Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES 11

Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services Covid-19 Emergency Response January 5, 2021 Report, Cont. 12 HOPI H.E.O.C UPDATES Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 Covid-19: Community Unmet Demand for Afterschool Programs Reaches All-Time High (StatePoint) Parents of children en- 50% in 2014. Access, such as a lack of a rolled in afterschool programs are happier safe way for their child to get to and from with their participation than ever before, a program, is a barrier for 58% of respon- according to a new study. At the same dents. time, there aren’t nearly enough programs • Inequities persist. These barriers es- available, and students from low-income pecially affect low-income families. The families are the most likely to lack access. number of children from low-income For every child in an afterschool program households in afterschool fell from 4.6 today, three more are waiting to get in. million in 2014 to 2.7 million in 2020, Commissioned by the nonprofit After- while the number of higher-income chil- school Alliance, and conducted by Edge dren in afterschool fell by just under Research, “America After 3PM 2020” 450,000. builds on household surveys conducted in • Public support is strong. Eighty-seven 2004, 2009 and 2014 and offers a pre-pan- percent of parents support public funding demic snapshot of how youth spend their for afterschool programs in communities afternoons that has significant implica- that have few opportunities for children tions for the post-pandemic world. and youth, support that crosses demo- The study finds that the families of 24.6 graphic and political divides. This may million children -- more than ever before in part be due to the growing recogni- -- are unable to access afterschool pro- tion of the benefits programs provide. gramming, with many reporting cost as a Eighty-three percent of respondents agree barrier. It also exposes significant inequi- programs give working parents peace of ties, with Black and Latinx children and mind, 81% agree programs help parents low-income households disproportionate- keep their jobs, and 76% agree programs ly affected. help children gain interest and skills in “Quality afterschool programs are es- STEM. sential to student success in school and For low-income families, the survey life. If we want to emerge from this pan- reveals that programs address additional demic strong, we need to provide all youth needs, such as providing children snacks access to the important enrichment oppor- and meals and offering them skill-build- tunities and resources afterschool pro- ing workshops, as well as connecting fam- grams provide. We’re far from doing that ilies to valuable community resources. now,” says Jodi Grant, executive director To view the full report, visit afterschoo- of the Afterschool Alliance. lalliance.org/AA3PM. Simple Reminders from the CDC to Keep Safe To further understand the state of U.S. “It’s unacceptable that the parents of afterschool programs today, consider nearly 25 million students are struggling Please if you are sick, stay home, except to get medical care. Even if these core findings from the report: to find or afford an afterschool program,” you are not sick • Unmet demand is soaring. Demand Grant said. “Every parent should have ac- please remember to: has grown 60% since 2004, from 15.3 mil- cess to an affordable, quality afterschool lion children waiting to get into a program program that will keep their child safe, •Keep at least six feet between you and other people and don’t go to--or in 2004 to 24.6 million children in 2020. supervised and learning. We need more host--parties or other group events. • Barriers to participation grow. Six- federal, state, local, business and philan- •Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when you are ty-one percent of low-income parents re- thropic support to meet the needs of stu- around others or when you go out in public. port that cost is a barrier to enrolling their dents and their families after school.” •Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or child in an afterschool program, up from hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if you can’t use soap and water. •Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash and wash your hands. Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 13 Hopi Lavayi - Animals and Food W D P A T G A P I K L A P K U T U K I O U H O W A A K A S I P A H O N A F Z K C T P O R K U N L M S A N I W L U I O A D A T K O W T O H O O V U S A S A S O O M G K O J N Z Q F S W A F O A C T S I R O A L T C M A K Z A I T V O K O K O W E E D O I S I K W I Y Y Y I T O O T O L O P S A W A I M I T R N A K H U W H B I A K O A O M D L V O U G C I L L E E T A Y O M Q P I H C I S A W A P B A S K K H C Y I O S I E M N I S A X I Y N L W D O W O V M O T O T O K O T S K A M A E X S P N I I H R F V W X K W A A H U C E A P N G K H O H O M I T S T V M B T P P B Q Z O I Y O N G O S O N A D I C O R U X W A W Pavatya (Bear) Wakaasi (Tadpole) Tokotska (Cow) Pahona (Black Bird) Hospowi (Beaver) Tsili (Roadrunner) Sikwi (Chili) Tsiro (Meat) Wutaga (Small Bird) Samii (Corn Gruel) Kwaahu (Fresh Corn) Mooro (Eagle) Noqkwivi (Burro) Paakwa (Corn & Meat Stew) Moosa (Frog) Kowaako (Cat) Piki (Chicken) Pooko (Blue Corn Bread) Are you into drawing Leetayo (Dog) Toosi (Fox) Mosayru (Sweet Corn Meal) COMICS? 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Larry’s Corner 2020-The Year of Weird Things

I’m back! Yes, I know I haven’t written anything new by our own government were created in hopes of making By December, we were in submission to 2020. We in a while, but it’s a new year and I am ready to tackle it so we didn’t get sick. It seemed to some of US that didn’t care for parades, school plays, end of the year lun- anything now. others didn’t care because they continued to go fishing, cheons, or for gathering in large groups. We just wanted We made it!! The year 2020 was the year to talk about. they continued to go to casinos and have parties and they to survive the year. We finally learned that it’s not about It started out with joy and happiness, ringing in the New threw away the laws to protect us. Our lives and condi- gathering in large groups but gathering with immediate Year, people were saying, “2020 is the year where noth- tions were about US and them and we pointed fingers at family that is important. It seems with all our losses of ing will go wrong!” Boy, were we wrong about that. each other, accused each other of not being honest about those near and dear to us that we started to become kinder Around mid-March or so, things went south, and each our whereabouts and we didn’t communicate with each and humbler. We finally realized that we don’t need big month after, we had some very shocking moments. Some other even more. We gave the sickness a deadline of one celebrations to make us happy. We were finally seeing people even thought that this virus was just a hoax and year. But the sickness does not tell time nor does it keep that being Hopi is to have humility in this world. We are that it wouldn’t hurt us. Most Hopis believed that we live time, but we put it on a timeline, anyway. the keepers of the peace. We are makers of the rain. We in such a remote area, sickness wouldn’t find us, but sick- By mid-October we wanted to tell the sickness to stop have mysteries that only Hopi holds. I say this as a Hopi ness knows no boundaries. for one night so we can have fun for just one night and cat and I know my owner has shared these thoughts with “We’re American!” some people shouted, but the vi- be back in our “normal” for longing of happier times. We me, too, in our quiet-time. We, Hopis and Hopi cats, too rus didn’t care who you were, what race you were, how found out that the sickness does not celebrate holidays, have forgotten about that in the past years, but now we important you were, the sickness does not care who you and it even seemed to go full force and seemed satisfied are finally seeing where the error of our ways may need to are. So, some US continued to do as we normally do. when we gathered. We continued to enjoy our holidays as be redirected. Remember, this sickness is not done with Some forget about laws, and talked down on everyone planned hoping the virus wasn’t at “our” party. We were us yet. There are still lessons we need to learn and there or anything we come into contact with. And we have to wrong about that too, we gathered in large numbers to are stories we still need to tell. give some understanding and credence to that reaction, celebrate thinking that if we partied hard enough, we can Some of US have forgotten how to be Hopi. We forgot because part of why they reacted that way was because forget about the sickness and it will go away. Instead the how to do Hopi “things.” We became what we swore we some of US were not communicating either, which led sickness just partied alongside with US; my cat theory is would not be. We started to become “commercialized.” others to make judgments and decisions based on not that the sickness does not care for parties anyway. You We started sharing our culture to those who are not Hopi having all the necessary information one needs to func- know us cats, and our counterparts – the dog have certain and we started to make our tradition bigger. Hopis don’t tion in a pandemic state. Fear drove many – fear of an senses about sickness and diseases that our owner might need to be big, they don’t need to share it all, and that’s unknown disease, fear of how it would affect us individ- not even realize. I can even sense when my owner may be what makes Hopi a mystery – a special gift meant for US. ually, fear of not knowing how long it would last, fear a little glum…I digress. That’s what makes our tradition strong. But this sickness that leaders were not sharing all the facts with us and By the end of November, we were exhausted. This is a sort of a teacher in a way, to make us think more fear of losing our jobs in an already strapped economic sickness took so many loved ones from US. We couldn’t about what we might lose, about what we have lost and downturn on Hopi. One thing that this virus has taught figure it out why this sickness was still around. We final- what we are going through. me is that, we need to be humbler, have more humility ly gave into the government’s plan on keeping us safe… My advice to you is that Hopi is a mysterious culture and overall be more Hopi and to be open with one another well some of US. We didn’t want to party anymore, we and we have jeopardized and destroyed some of the es- about the truth. Communication is key, they say, and I didn’t want to gather anymore, and we didn’t want to get sence by writing books, selling our Kachina dolls to col- have to agree. sick anymore. Hopis were finally realizing that this sick- lectors, making music CD’s for the masses to hear our By mid-August we saw numbers rise as more and more ness is here to stay. Some of US realized that the Hopi stories and songs. We forgot that if we sell out our cul- people got sick of this virus. We heard of our loved ones government’s “Laws” were to keep us safe. Many of us ture, we are no better than any corporate executive. I say in hospitals and we couldn’t even go see them and had celebrated Thanksgiving in our homes, by ourselves, eat- we need to go back to our roots to become one with the to remember them how they were from the last time we ing distribution box turkey. We complained it was not the earth, to reclaim our clanship and to believe in Hopi a saw them. Even our connections with fellow colleagues same. We missed gathering in large groups even for our little more. But if that does not work, I can settle for a were impacted the same way. Who would’ve thought we annual cultural “doings” during this time. No “ifs, ands or pizzeria on the Hopi reservation…at least I can eat pizza would be functioning in this manner? We longed for our buts” we just had to bite that turkey leg and get through it. and sing Hopi songs. “normal” in this abnormal time and way. Laws created We were finally accepting our new “normal.” Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 17 US Capitol locked down as Trump supporters clash with police

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick them on to march to Capitol Hill. The last-gasp effort is all but certain to fail, defeated Associated Press Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint by bipartisan majorities in Congress prepared to accept session to confirm the Electoral College results. the November results. Biden i s to be inaugurated Jan. 20. WASHINGTON — Angry supporters of President New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, Laguna and Jemez Still, Trump vowed to he would “never concede” and Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday Pueblos, and Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk, urged the massive crowd to march to the Capitol where in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer tweeted later that they were safe in the building. hundreds had already gathered under tight security. of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the build- “We will stay put until they tell us it is safe to go out,” “We will never give up,” Trump told his noontime rally. ing and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral Haaland said from her office. Vice President Mike Pence was closely watched as he College victory. Trump issued a restrained call for peace Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee, of Oklahoma, also stepped onto the dais to preside over the joint session in but did not call on his supporters to leave. was among those inside the Capitol and was reported to the House chamber. The ordinarily mundane procedure of certifying a new be safe, a staffer told Indian Country Today. Pence has a largely ceremonial role, opening the sealed president was always going to be extraordinary, with Re- Rep. Yvette Herrell, Cherokee, of New Mexico tweet- envelopes from the states after they are carried in mahog- publican supporters of Trump vowing to protest results ed that she was safe and added that the “violence at the any boxes used for the occasion, and reading the results of an election that they have baselessly insisted was re- Capitol is unacceptable.” She urged protestors to allow aloud. But he was under growing pressure from Trump versed by fraud. Congress to continue their work. to overturn the will of the voters and tip the results in the The deliberations inside were still in their early stag- Rep. Kai Kahele, Native Hawaiian, also tweeted that president’s favor, despite having no legal power to affect es when they were overcome by raucous demonstrations he was safe. The status of Rep. Tom Cole, Chickasaw, the outcome. outside, as protesters who clashed with police entered wasn’t immediately clear. “Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” Trump the building, shouting and waving Trump and American Though fellow Republicans were behind the challenge tweeted Wednesday. flags. They abruptly interrupted the proceedings in an to Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory, Senate Ma- But Pence, in a statement shortly before presiding, de- out-of-control scene that featured eerie official warnings jority Leader Mitch McConnell sought to lower tensions fied Trump, saying he could not claim “unilateral authori- directing people to duck under their seats for cover and and argued against it. He warned the country “cannot ty” to reject the electoral votes that make Biden president. put on gas masks. keep drifting apart into two separate tribes” with “sep- Despite Trump’s repeated claims of voter fraud, elec- With the crowds showing no signs of abating, Trump arate facts.” tion officials and his own former attorney general have tweeted, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law En- McConnell declared, “The voters, the courts and the said there were no problems on a scale that would change forcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay states all have spoken.” the outcome. All the states have certified their results as peaceful!” But other Republicans, including House GOP leaders fair and accurate, by Republican and Democratic officials Senators were being evacuated. Some House lawmak- among Trump’s allies were acting out the pleas of sup- alike. ers tweeted they were sheltering in place in their offices. porters at his huge Wednesday rally up Pennsylvania Av- Arizona was the first of several states facing objections Demonstrators fought with Capitol Police and then enue outside the White House to “fight for Trump.” from the Republicans as Congress took an alphabetical forced their way into the building, not long after a huge “We have to fix this,” said Rep. Steve Scalise of Loui- reading of the election results. Then the chaos erupted. rally near the White House during which Trump egged siana, the GOP whip. 18 Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

FOOD Navajo casinos lay off more Delicious(StatePoint) With just Ideas a grill and a bitfor of Bigflavor, useGame a second packet Sunday after first has smoke, your menu will be the real MVP of been used. than 1,100 the Big Game. • Increase temperature under wings and “The key to making snacks and appe- continue with Step 4 above. tizers more flavorful is with hardwood Beer Cheese Dip pellets, which can add rich, wood-fired Bring your appetizer game to a new flavor to just about anything. And, with level with this delicious recipe for Beer a few modifications, you don’t even need Cheese Dip with Pretzel Ring, from Bear a pellet grill to achieve that delicious Mountain BBQ ambassador, Jennifer wood-smoked flavor,” says Ben Madden, Danella: product manager at Bear Mountain BBQ Ingredients: Woods, crafter of gourmet, hardwood pel- • 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese grated lets. • 1/2 cup gruyere cheese grated Below, Madden shares his winning tips • 8 ounces cream cheese softened and game-day recipes. • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard Smoked & Roasted Wings • 1/2 of a 1-ounce Hidden Valley Ranch From classic Buffalo hot sauce to Packet sweet teriyaki, chicken wings are always • 2 tablespoons green onions chopped. a crowd-pleaser, especially on game day. • 1/4 cup German lager beer Take their flavor to the next level with this • 2 tablespoons baking soda recipe for Smoked and Roasted Chicken • 1 can biscuits Wings: • 1 large egg, mixed with 1 tablespoon Prep time: 5 min water, for brushing biscuits This 2018 photo shows the Navajo Nation's Twin Arrows Casino, east of Flagstaff, Arizona. (AP Cook time: ~ 2 hours depending on size • 12-inch cast iron skillet Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File) and amount of wings • Bear Mountain’s Bourbon BBQ or Sa- Ingredients: vory BBQ Craft Blends pellets Associated Press casinos weren't allowed to reopen at least • Essential BBQ Rub or poultry season- Preparation: with limited capacity. ing 1. Preheat pellet grill to 350 F. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Casinos But officials also warned Thursday that • Chicken wings 2. In large bowl, combine 1 cup cheddar, run by the Navajo Nation have temporar- permanent closure of the entire operation • Sauce of choice gruyere, cream cheese, Dijon mustard, ily laid off more than 1,100 workers be- is possible by the end of January if casi- • Bear Mountain’s Savory BBQ Craft Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning, beer and cause of prolonged closures caused by the nos are not allowed to reopen or if more Blends pellets 1 tablespoon green onions. Mix evenly. coronavirus pandemic. funding isn't allocated to keep the oper- Preparation: 3. Cut biscuits in half. Roll each half The tribe's Navajo Nation Gaming En- ation running. The tribe allocated nearly 1. Lightly coat wings in seasoning. into a ball, then slice an X across top. terprise announced the decision Thursday $25 million in federal virus relief funding 2. Arrange wings on smoker or grill at 4. Boil 2 cups water in medium sauce- night, saying it was left with no choice but to the casino operation in August but that 225 degrees with at least 2 inches of space pan. Once boiling, add baking soda and to move ahead with the layoffs because of money has run out. between. mix immediately. lack of revenue caused by the closures. The tribe invested $460 million in the 3. Smoke for 1 to 1.5 hours. 5. Add biscuits in batches and cook until "Due to the extended closure, since casinos and that would be lost if they 4. Turn up grill to 350 degrees to finish. puffy, approximately 1 minute. Remove March 17, 2020, our business operations closed. Closure would also lead to ongo- Start brushing on sauce and turning wings and transfer to skillet, forming ring along have been severely impacted and as a re- ing yearly losses of about $220 million in periodically. inside edge. sult, we must make very difficult financial revenue and economic activity, Parrish 5. Once wings hit an internal tempera- 6. Brush biscuits with egg wash. Sprin- and personnel decisions," Brian Parrish, said. He said he believes it's possible to ture of 165, remove from the smoker or kle with salt. the tribal casino operation's Interim CEO, safely reopen with reduced capacity even grill and toss in a bowl with remaining 7. Transfer dip to center of skillet. said in a statement. The layoffs took ef- amid the pandemic. sauce. Then they’re ready to serve! Sprinkle with remaining cheddar. fect on New Year's Day. "The Nation's vision took years to build No pellet grill or smoker? Try using 8. Bake until biscuits are golden and dip The tribe operates four casinos in Ari- but the Nation has been successful," Na- Smoke ‘Ems wood pellet packets in this is bubbly, 30-35 minutes. zona and New Mexico, and together they vajo Gaming Board Chairman Quincy Na- recipe in the following way: 9. Garnish with remaining green onions. employ more than 1,200 people, including tay said. "If it allows its gaming industry • On one side of grill, turn burner to Serve! more than 775 tribal members. The Gam- to fail, a permanent closure will cause a medium-high heat or fire up charcoal and For more recipe ideas and grilling tips, ing Enterprise plans to keep 165 employ- long-term setback for Navajo econom- place Smoke ‘Ems packet directly over visit bearmountainbbq.com. ees on the payroll to ensure essential func- ic development, even if it eventually re- heat until it starts smoking. By adding smoke to your Big Game tions are maintained at the casinos. opens." • Place wings on other side of grill playbook, you will score big long before Officials had repeatedly warned that The Navajo Nation spans parts of Ari- over medium heat until Smoke ‘Ems has kickoff. layoffs would become necessary if the zona, New Mexico and Utah. stopped smoking. Note: For more smoke Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021 19 Tribes work to shield elders, knowledge from virus

U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Erica Harker, IHS Navajo Area pharmacy consultant and a member of the Zuni Tribe, and Gallup Indian Medical Center Chief of Pharmacy Vicky Chavez prepare COVID-19 vaccines to be redistributed from GIMC to other health care facilities on the Navajo Nation, on Dec. 14. (Photo courtesy of the Indian Health Service)

Christine Fernando guages. ed working to protect them,” said the tribe’s chief medi- Associated Press An effort among the Blackfeet in Montana is helping cal officer, Setu Vora. the tribe’s members connect with elders who need sup- The tribe has no known COVID-19 deaths. As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam's port. And Connecticut’s Mashantucket Pequot Nation is Pequot elders play an important role in the effort to Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking providing its citizens with masks and telemedicine, deliv- revive the tribe’s language, which is no longer widely shelves clean of toilet paper and canned goods. Seniors ering meals to their doors and organizing home visits to spoken. Elders still remember relatives who spoke the couldn't move fast enough, and Harvey saw their faces give flu vaccines. language and can verify the definitions and context of fall when they reached empty shelves. “Elders are like libraries. Losing one is like a library certain words. A handful of the tribe’s 2,000 members are The Navajo woman wanted to help tribal elders get burning down,” said Loren Racine, creator of a Facebook becoming somewhat proficient in Pequot as they research household staples without leaving their homes and risk- page offering help in the Blackfeet community. and reclaim new words, Vora said. ing exposure to COVID-19, so she started Defend Our Roy Boney Jr., who manages a Cherokee language Karen Ketcher was among 28 Cherokee Nation elders Community, a group that delivers supplies. program, said the vast majority of Cherokee speakers are who have died from the coronavirus. She was weeks shy Tribes across the nation are working to protect elders elders. They make up a small pool of people the program of her 71st birthday and had decades of experience work- who serve as honored links to customs passed from one relies on to teach the language he calls the “beating heart” ing for the tribe and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. generation to the next. of Cherokee identity. Her knowledge was unmatched and invaluable, said her "When you lose an elder, you lose a part of yourself," “For decades our language has been taken from us granddaughter, Taryn King. said Harvey, who lives in Leupp, Arizona, east of Flag- through forced assimilation,” Boney said. “Elders hold “There’s so much at stake when this virus hits our com- staff. "You lose a connection to history, our stories, our our history and culture but also our language. ... Our el- munities,” said King, 31, of Stilwell, Oklahoma. She de- culture, our traditions." ders are precious.” scribed elders as “the glue that holds our communities Harvey remembers her own grandfather explaining Almost half of the Cherokee who received care from together.” the stories behind Navajo songs and teaching her Navajo the tribe’s health services but died from the coronavirus At work, Ketcher was affectionately called “Granny.” words from the songs. She often listened to her grand- were fluent Cherokee speakers. Losing even a handful She was the go-to person for questions about Cherokee parents speaking Navajo while she practiced the words of speakers can be devastating for language preservation policies, tribal governance and how to apply for grants. under her breath. and other cultural practices, Boney said. She also was the first stop for snacks, help mending holes In Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation has increased food “With them goes so much information in terms of in sweaters or questions about community relations. distributions to elders and offered financial aid to those language knowledge, dialect, specialized knowledge of One co-worker, Kamisha Hair, went into Ketcher’s who were struggling to pay rent or utilities. Concern medicine and traditional practices,” he said. “All these office shortly before the tribe temporarily closed itin for elders is also apparent in the tribe’s COVID-19 vac- things we’re trying to revitalize and save, they’re the March because of the pandemic. She assured Ketcher cine-distribution plans. heart of all of it.” things would be OK and implored her to pray. Participants and workers in the tribe’s elder program Mashantucket Pequot elders shifted to a virtual format The two hugged and said they loved each other. Ketch- are first in line for the shots, along with hospital workers for the intergenerational gatherings where they tell tra- er died in April. and first responders. Next are those whose first language ditional stories. An elders council also helps to organize Relatives held a small outdoor service for her. When is Cherokee and others considered “tribal treasures,” an Pequot language bingo nights and Schemitzun, the annu- they returned to town, other Cherokees had lined the honor given to members who keep Cherokee art, lan- al Festival of the Green Corn. streets to pay their respects. guage and other culture alive through their work. “When we heard how COVID-19 was spreading, we “Losing an elder like Granny is like losing a piece of The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is prioritizing vaccine were immediately concerned for our elders and how los- your identity,” Hair said. “It dies with them, and you can distribution to those who speak Dakota and Lakota lan- ing them would affect the tribe, so we immediately start- never get it back.” 20 Hopi Tutuveni January 7, 2021

VaccineFelicia Fonseca trials'states. fast rolloutof the Urban Indian reveals Health Institute in bred distrust. distrust Associated Press While vaccines from Pfizer and -Mod Seattle. The Havasupai Tribe also settled a law- erna Inc. roll out across Indian Country, It helped that Johns Hopkins has a de- suit a decade ago that accused Arizona FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The news came others are being studied. cadeslong history with the Navajos and State University scientists of misusing during a hopeful time on the country's In the Pacific Northwest, the Lummi Apaches, including other clinical trials. blood samples meant for diabetes research largest reservation. Nation and the Nooksack Indian Tribe Hammitt said the Navajo Human Re- to study schizophrenia, inbreeding and Daily coronavirus cases were in the sin- plan to participate in a vaccine trial from search Review Board was receptive to a ancient population migration without the gle digits, down from a springtime peak of another company, Novavax Inc. A Chey- quick review of the vaccine trials because tribe’s permission. 238 that made the Navajo Nation a U.S. enne River Sioux researcher plans to en- of the devastating impact of the pandemic. That case came to mind when Annette hot spot. The tribe, wanting to ensure a roll Native Americans and others in South In South Dakota, the Cheyenne Riv- Brown, a Navajo woman, heard about COVID-19 vaccine would be effective for Dakota in the Novavax trial and another er Sioux tribal health committee initially her tribe’s willingness to participate in its people, said it would welcome Pfizer by Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline. pushed back on Dr. Jeffrey Henderson’s COVID-19 vaccine trials. clinical trials on its reservation spanning On the Navajo Nation, Arvena Pesh- proposal for trials of the Novavax vaccine. “There’s this historical distrust when it Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. lakai, her husband, Melvin, and their Henderson, a tribal member, was sent into comes to any type of experimenting,” she Right away, tribal members accused daughter Quortnii volunteered for the the community to gauge support. said. “It’s just experience, I don’t know their government of allowing them to be Pfizer trials. He expects to get approval from a new- that there are many families out there who guinea pigs, pointing to painful times in Arvena Peshlakai said the rumors were ly seated tribal council but for now, plans haven’t been touched by some sort of ex- the past when Native Americans didn't rampant: Navajos would be injected with to set up a mobile unit outside the reser- perimentation (or) biological attacks on consent to medical testing or weren't fully the virus, and researchers would use plas- vation. tribal communities.” informed about procedures. ma from people who got COVID-19. “We refuse to do this type of research Brown has mixed feelings because she A Navajo Nation review board gave the She was assured that wasn’t happening or any research within the boundaries of previously participated in a vaccine trial study quicker approval than normal after and let the words of her parents and grand- a tribe without having explicit approval with Johns Hopkins. researchers with Johns Hopkins Univer- parents guide her: Don’t let our struggles from the tribe,” Henderson said. It was related to research that deter- sity's Center for American Indian Health be your struggles, begin with our tri- In Washington state, the Nooksack tribe mined the first generation of vaccines for made the case for diversity. Without Na- umphs. is set to begin enrolling volunteers in the bacterial meningitis was less effective tive volunteers, how would they know if “What else am I supposed to do? Just Novavax trials Monday, said Dr. Frank among Navajo and Apache children 6 tribal members responded to vaccines the sit back and say, ‘No, I don’t trust them’ James, the tribe’s health officer. months and younger, Hammitt said. The same as others? and not try something new to see if we can “I expect a slow start to it, and we have rate of the disease used to be five to 10 "Unfortunately, Native Americans have find a breakthrough?” Peshlakai said. “We to get a few brave people who are com- times higher among those children than effectively been denied the opportunity to have to do something, we can’t just sit by fortable with it and then people to follow,” the general population. participate in these clinical trials because and wait and hope and pray.” he said. Researchers and doctors in Native almost all of the study sites are in large, She overcame her fear of needles to get The nearby Lummi Nation is moving American communities also have found urban areas that have not done effective the doses and keeps track of her well-be- forward with a three-part review and ap- that standard doses for medications like outreach to Native Americans," said Dr. ing daily on an app. As trial participants, proval process for the Novavax trials. blood thinners weren’t always the best fit Laura Hammitt of Johns Hopkins. the family can get the vaccine if they ini- Initial hesitation among the tribe for tribal members. About 460 Native Americans participat- tially received a placebo. stemmed from a researcher who took For Marcia O’Leary, helping with a ed in the trials for the vaccine by Pfizer The Pfizer trials among the Navajo and photos of Lummi children years ago to study that indirectly discovered HPV vac- and its German partner BioNTech, in- White Mountain Apache tribes enrolled develop a tool to diagnose fetal alcohol cines don’t protect against a strain that’s cluding Navajos. The enrollment reflects 275 people, about 80 percent of them Na- syndrome but didn’t offer any ways to a leading cause of cancer among Native a growing understanding of the role that tive American, Hammitt said. It wasn’t as address it, said Dr. Dakotah Lane, execu- American women in the Great Plains people of color play in vaccine develop- many as researchers had hoped for, but tive medical director of the Lummi Tribal shows the importance of having more ment and the push to rapidly deploy it to she said it’s enough to compare immune Health Clinic. Native researchers and being involved in curb infections among populations that and antibody responses in Native patients “I had already known and was aware clinical trials. have been disproportionately affected by to others. of certainly some distrust with any kind “We can’t wait for this to trickle down,” the virus. Vaccine trials nationwide have been of research within our community,” Lane said O’Leary, director of Missouri Breaks, Yet, few of the country's 574 federally moving quickly, which doesn’t always said. “But I also knew the only way out a small Native American-owned research recognized tribes have signed on for the align with tribal guidelines on considering of this pandemic was with access to vac- group on the Cheyenne River Sioux reser- studies, a hesitation often rooted in suspi- research proposals. cines.” vation. “It seems like in Indian Country, cion and distrust. Many tribes also require “It must be done with respect for tribal Other stories about the sterilization of we keep chasing the ball of health and we several layers of approval for clinical tri- sovereignty and knowing that each indi- Native American women, noted in a 1976 never get ahead of it.” als, a challenge researchers aren't always vidual has truly been given informed con- federal report, and military testing of ra- willing to overcome and don't face in the sent,” said Abigail Echo-Hawk, director dioactive iodine on Alaska Natives have