KUYI Hopi Radio's Indian Country News Bureau Update
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Hopi’s Baker One active Native judge COLUMN COMMUNITY LARRY’S CORNER A statement gets NFHS is less than one- “A side formal from the Hopi address?“ Health Care National Hall of quarter of the 1 percent Read how Larry is Center Fame nod of the federal bench address the Hopi Read more about people the latest news -More on pg. 5 -More on pg. 10 More on Page 9 More on Page 2 March 18, 2020 Volume 28 Number 6 52˚/ 31˚ Showers ~Est. 1987 • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE HOPI TRIBE • NEWS SOURCE FOR THE HOPI PEOPLE~ KUYI Hopi Radio’s Indian Country Hopi Tribal Council Holds Emergency News Bureau Update Meeting on COVID-19 Story on Page 7 Story on Page 16 Photo by Kuyi radio station Photo by Carl Onsae/HT HOPI TUTUVENI PO BOX 123 KYKOTSMOVI, AZ 86039 1110-01600-7460 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Montana, Navajo-owned company reach deal on sovereign immunity More on pg. 10 2 Hopi Tutuveni March 18, 2020 A statement from the Hopi Health A statement from Indian Health FOR IMMEDIATE Careasking that Centerpatients please the most effective way the FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEServicesto determine who should be tested. Where RELEASE limit the number of family Centers for Disease Con- patients test positive, IHS is working or caretakers accompany- trol and Prevention recom- Thank you all for joining us for this con- closely with the state and/or tribes to iden- The Hopi Health Care ing them to the facility. In mends to reduce your risk versation about the IHS response to the tify anyone else in the community who Center is responding to the addition, we are asking pa- is to wash hands and use ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The Indian has been in close contact with the patient outbreak of COVID-19 by tients and visitors to please a hand sanitizer that con- Health Service and our partners across the and may need to be tested implementing protocols limit the number of per- tains at least 60% alcohol, Department of Health and Human Ser- We are pushing supplies out from the aimed at reducing the risk sonal items they bring into frequently. vices are coordinating a comprehensive IHS National Supply Service Center to of patients, visitors and the facility, such as purses, Finally, we would like public health response for the agency. regional centers and on to IHS, tribal, and staff. There have not been bags, etc., to limit the risk to thank patients and visi- Across the IHS, we remain strongly urban facilities as quickly as possible. any cases of COVID-19 of surface contamination. tors coming to the facility committed to working with our tribal and Some of our service units are leading in any facility in the IHS People at risk for serious in advance for working urban Indian organization partners. We the way in implementing efforts to reduce Phoenix Area and in an ef- illness from COVID-19 with us to ensure we re- have been holding weekly phone calls the risk of transmission and increase effi- fort to stay proactive, Hopi are older adults and peo- duce the risk of exposure with these partners to hear their concerns, ciency of limited staffing, such as at the Health Care Center will be ple with weakened im- to patients, staff and the listen to their input and to provide updates. Gallup Indian Medical Center in New asking all patients and visi- mune systems and have community. Again, these The IHS is also in close communication Mexico, where they have implemented tors to go through a screen- serious chronic medical protocols are put in place with the White House and other federal a drive-up testing location and are using ing process at one of two conditions, such as: heart to ensure your safety as a agencies to ensure comprehensive com- telehealth by replacing office visits such main entrances to the facil- disease, diabetes, lung dis- patient and to protect staff. munication is shared with Indian Country. as for prescription refills with phone calls ity. Because this process ease. For this reason, we For more information The White House Office of Intergovern- for some patients. will take some time we are are asking younger health- please contact: mental Affairs is coordinating the Indian This is an emerging, rapidly evolving asking patients to please ier individuals who are not U.S. Public Health Ser- Country COVID-19 Response Team in situation. More cases of COVID-19 are arrive for your scheduled exhibiting known symp- vices Hopi Health Care unison with the Department of Health and likely to be identified in the coming days. appointments 20 minutes toms of the virus to please Center Human Services to ensure there is a united The potential public health threat posed ahead of time. leave face masks for those P.O. Box 4000 front across federal agencies with jurisdic- by COVID-19 is very high. Because the virus who are in the high risk Polacca, Arizona 86042- tion in Indian Country. While any direct impacts of this out- spreads through person group or have symptoms 4000 The Indian Country COVID-19 Re- break to Indian Country are not yet to person contact we are of the virus. Right now or 928-737-6000 sponse Team will be a part of the Pres- known, we must be vigilant in our efforts ident’s Coronavirus Task Force. The to prevent the spread of infections among response team includes various organi- our patients and within the communities zations across the federal government we serve. We can confirm that three IHS including the White House Office of In- patients have tested presumptive positive. tergovernmental Affairs, HHS, FEMA, One in the IHS Portland Area, one in the Department of Interior, VA, the Centers IHS Great Plains Area, and one in the Na- for Disease Control and Prevention, and vajo Area. the Indian Health Service. On Wednesday, One of the partner agencies we are PUBLIC NOTICE March 18, at 2:00 PM eastern time, the working closely with is the Centers for White House Indian Country COVID-19 Disease Control and Prevention. I want to Response Team will host a nationwide, say thank you to Dr. Jay Butler, the dep- HOPI SENOM TRANSIT WILL BE SUSPENDING all-tribes conference call to support tribal uty director for infectious diseases at the leadership in driving readiness to prepare CDC, for joining our media call today to SERVICE TO FLAGSTAFF for and respond to COVID-19 in Indian answer your questions. I will now hand it BEGINNING Country. over to Dr. Butler. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020. IHS facilities are capable of testing pa- Remarks for RADM Michael Toedt tients for COVID-19. Clinicians are fol- IHS Media Call – COVID-19 lowing CDC guidelines and work in coor- March 17, 2020 | 3:00 p.m. EDT dination with state public health officials CALL THE TRANSIT OFFICE AT 928-734-3232 FOR UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION. Hopi Tutuveni March 18, 2020 3 2020 Census Notices soon to hit mailboxes, Tribes and Native American groups prepare for the count FOR IMMEDIATE ternal Affairs, National Congress tional TV spots promote mes- where. everyone in rural Alaska Native RELEASE of American Indians; Jourdan sages of being united and giving It is still not too late to apply villages continues. The nation’s Bennett-Begaye, Washington, voice to community needs for for census taker jobs, workers early enumeration phase began The roundtable panel will DC, editor of Indian Country To- future generations. The print ads’ who will conduct “non-response in the Bering Sea village of Tok- originate from the Pala Band day; and Kayla Olvera Hilario, visuals seek to address geograph- follow-up” with households that sook Bay on January 21, begin- of Mission Indians reservation Tribal Affairs Specialist, Cali- ical and cultural diversity of Na- do not immediately fill out the ning with a 90-year-old Alaska north of San Diego. California fornia Complete Count. Indian tive people and cultures across census survey. Most households Native Yupik elder. (Urban ar- has the largest total American Country Today Editor Mark Tra- the U.S: Quinault women wear- are expected to respond on- eas of Alaska take the census on Indian population by state. The hant will be the moderator. Pala ing tribal robes walk a Pacific line during the month of April. the same timetable as the rest of discussion will provide import- Tribal Chairman Robert Johnson Ocean beach; a man fancy-danc- The deadline for responding the nation.) The Alaska Counts ant information to viewers about and Census Bureau Los Angeles es next to a Montana river; and to the 2002 Census is July 31. campaign has created a range of how to fill out the census, which Region Director Julie Lam will Chitimacha children pose at their https://2020census.gov/en/jobs. resources, including content in for the first time can be taken make opening remarks. tribal school in Louisiana. html multiple indigenous languages, on-line. The online response at April 1 is national Census Day. National organizations, tribes In Minnesota, leaders of 11 as well as a compelling new pub- 2020Census.gov opens on March The 2020 Census seeks a count and advocacy groups are con- federally recognized tribes lic service announcement. Simi- 12. Additionally, tribes and Indi- of everyone living in a particu- ducting their own special out- passed a resolution supporting lar to directives by tribal leaders an advocates are providing guid- lar household on that day. It is reach. The National Congress of a 2020 Census Powwow to be in the Lower 48, the Alaska Fed- ance to tribal people about how possible to respond to the census American Indians is sponsoring held in Minneapolis on March eration of Natives is providing to self-identify on the census on-line, by phone or by paper an Indian Country Counts cam- 21.