APPENDIX A

INTERVIEWEES, TRIBAL AFFILIATION, OTHER ROLES

Lyle Balenquah, Hopi, Cultural Resource Consultant

Kirk Bemis, Zuni1

Jim Enote, Zuni, Executive Director Colorado Plateau Foundation

Danya Carroll, White Mountain Apache, Ndée Bikíyaa Project Manager

Aaron Lowden, Acoma Pueblo, Southwest Conservation Corps Ancestral LandsAcoma Program Coordinator

Vernon Masayesva, Hopi, Executive Director Black Mesa Trust

Leon Nuvayestewa, Hopi, Retired

Evangeline Nuvayestewa, Hopi and Tewa, Retired

Valerie Nuvayestewa, Hopi and Tewa, Diabetes Prevention Educator

Debra Onsae, Hopi, Academic Advisor and Teacher

Kendra Pinto, Diné, Community Organizer

Bucky Preston, Hopi, Farmer

Octavius Seowtewa, Zuni, Member of the Zuni Cultural Resource Advisory Team

Dr. Christine Sims, Acoma Pueblo, Professor of Educational Linguistics/American Indian Education at University of New Mexico

Jessica Stago, Diné, Grand Canyon Trust Native America Program Director

Sonja Swift, Interim Executive Director, Swift Foundation

Rebecca Tsosie, Yaqui Descent, University of Arizona Regents Professor of Law;

Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

Cynthia Wilson, Diné, Utah Diné Bikéyah Traditional Food Director

1 Kirk Bemis is both a Zuni Tribal member and a hydrologist in the Zuni Natural Resource Department. Mr. Bemis was interviewed in his capacity as a citizen and tribal member. Mr. Bemis’s thoughts and quotes in this paper do not represent the official position of the Zuni tribal government, but rather express his thoughts as a tribal member and longtime resident of the Colorado Plateau.

APPENDIX A