WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S (AZ-04) will be joining the Hopi Tribal leadership at a press conference tomorrow at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss the Arizona delegation’s request for the U. S. Department of Justice and the F.B.I. to take all immediate actions necessary to halt a June 1, 2015 auction of sacred Hopi artifacts by a French auction house.
Congressman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S (AZ-04) will be joining the Hopi Tribal leadership at a press conference tomorrow at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss the Arizona delegation’s request for the U. S. Department of Justice and the F.B.I. to take all immediate actions necessary to halt a June 1, 2015 auction of sacred Hopi artifacts by a French auction house.
When: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 2:00 PM
Where: Heard Museum
2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Tel: 602-252-8840 or www.heard.org
With: The Honorable Paul A. Gosar, Representing the 4th District of Arizona
The Honorable David Schweikert, Representing the 6th District of Arizona
The Honorable Herman G. Honanie, Chairman, The Hopi Tribe
Mr. Pierre Ciric, Esq., The Ciric Law Firm, LLC
Mr. John Bulla, Interim Director/CEO, The Heard Museum
Mr. Robert Breunig, Director, Museum of Northern Arizona
RSVP to Mary Dashnaw at mdashnaw@heard.org. More information on tomorrow’s press conference can be found HERE.
The Hopi Tribal Council has directed its Executive Officers to pursue whatever means necessary to stop our “katsina friends” from being illegally sold at auctions and forever lost in private collections.
Chairman Herman G. Honanie stated “We are thankful for the immediate support of the entire Arizona delegation and especially the participation of Congressmen Gosar and Schweikert to assist the Hopi Tribe in the return of our sacred objects. Our Katsina Friends must be returned home. We will do all that it takes for their safe return.”
Note to all editors and journalists covering the issue: please refrain from publishing images of the sacred objects as well as describing the sacred objects as “masks” in your reporting as the objects embody the “katsina friends” or in other words, the “katsina friends” embody the spiritual deity most sacred to the Hopis.
