June 19, 2018
Mervin Yoyetewa, who lives on First Mesa on the Hopi Reservation, approaches a windmill water pump, which is often empty. A growing concern for Yoyetewa and many Hopi families is the concentration of arsenic getting higher as water levels decline in the aquifer. (Rowan Lynam)
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Following the completion of the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project (HAMP), the general public is invited to celebrate with the Hopi Tribe on Saturday, July 30, at the Hopi Veterans Memorial Center.
At the base of First Mesa, the ancient village of Walpi in sight, Rosalie Talahongva stands in front of the home her father built for her mother.