January 5, 2000

To: The Hon. Eldridge Coochise
Hearing Officer
Hopi Tribe
8565 W. Granada Road
Phoenix AZ 85037

RE: The Hopi Tribe Petitioner vs. Marsha Monestersky, Respondent in the Hopi
Tribe Exclusion Process, Hopi Indian Reservation, Kykotsmovi, AZ

Support Statement for Marsha Monestersky

Dear Sir:

Please consider this letter as my ongoing support in favor of allowing the
above named respondent, Marsha Monestersky, to continue to reside in the Four
Corners region of Arizona in her human rights assistance of the Dineh’ people
therein.

As the few remaining families in the Big Mountain region face the February
2000 deadline, their only lifeline has been Ms. Monestersky. To force Ms.
Monestersky off Indian property now, at this late date, would accomplish
nothing, but would certainly cause these elders additional worry and anxiety.

Those of us who wish we could be as involved in human rights work as Ms.
Monestersky pledge our support of her efforts and respectfully ask the Hopi
Tribe to consider a more humane resolution to the ongoing disruption in Big
Mountain.

Please allow Ms. Monestersky continuing access to the people she loves, the
people who also love her, and the people who face grim uncertainty in the
face of the upcoming deadline.

Sincerely,

Shelli A. Morgan
1439 18th Avenue
Mitchell NE 69357
(308) 623-2763

shelli@scottsbluff.net