Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today the appointment of Alph H. Secakuku to the position of Superintendent of the Hopi Agency in Arizona.
Secakuku, a member of the Hopi Tribe, had been appointed acting Superintendent at the Hopi Agency earlier this year.
Thompson said he was extremely pleased to make the appointment and - noted that Secakuku would be the first member of the Hopi Tribe to serve as Superintendent of the Hopi Agency. The Hopi Tribal Council had asked that he be considered for the position, Thompson said.
Secakuku served as Tribal Operations Officer at the Nevada Indian Agency at Stewart, Nevada, from 1970 to 1974. Prior to that he was Indian Affairs Representative for the First National Bank of Arizona in Phoenix and before that was a Tribal Enrollment Specialist in the Phoenix Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
He was born May 21, 1939, at Kearns Canyon, Ariz., on the Hopi Indian Reservation.
He was graduated from Mission High School, Ganado, Ariz., attended Arizona State College in Flagstaff, Arizona and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Northern Arizona university at Flagstaff in 1968.
Secakuku is married to the former Alfreda Fredericks and they have two sons, Scott and Charles.
