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Samantha Paul Honani

Hopi Leadership Program Manager
The Hopi Foundation

(she, her, hers) Samantha Paul Honani is Sahtowa/Pipwungwa (Tobacco Clan) from the Village of Tewa. Her greatest passion is to help guide the Hopi/Tewa community towards healthy individuals, families, and villages through just-centered projects and education. She is currently the Program Manager for the Hopi Leadership Program under The Hopi Foundation (non-profit organization). Samantha has 10 years of experience as a community-educator and over 5 years as a classroom teacher in elementary schools serving Hopi/Tewa youth. Samantha has been active in community advocacy and education initiatives that led to a policy change for the Hopi Tribal Nation's initiative called Villages Against Meth. Another community advocacy and education initiative includes supporting youth as they addressed high arsenic levels in water serving Hopi/Tewa villages (#NoArsenicForHopi/Tewa). Her deep concern for Indigenous peoples has led her to support community grassroots efforts such as Hopi at Standing Rock (#NODAPL) and the protection of the sacred place of Hopi emergence known as Sipapuni (#SaveSipapuni). Samantha continues to create spaces of solidarity through her social media platform, Hopi Tewa Community Movement, reaching over 20K users.

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