After six hours of traveling and waiting for firewood only to be turned away without so much as a piece of mulch, Matt Honanie knew he had to do something for his Hopi relatives and community.
This is the fourth winter since the Kayenta Coal Mine closed and left Hopi residents without a reliable source of heat for their homes. Many tribal members have switched from coal to wood to keep warm, but the transition hasn’t been easy. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, nonprofits have stepped up to help.