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Suquamish News Volume 15
April 2015
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Work Gets Underway At New Seafoods Plant In this issue...
Council Elections pg. 3
Grand opening and facility tours scheduled May 21
Ancient Basketry pg. 6
Basketball Tournament pg. 9
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Community Calendar Museum Featured Artist Reception April 3 6pm Inspired by a mix of pop icons and traditional Salish design, Artist Jeffrey Veregge’s work bridges contemporary Native America with Mainstream American culture. Join us for a reception with the artist and his work. For more information contact the Suquamish Museum at (360) 3948499. Community Easter Party April 4 5:30pm Suquamish Tribal Members and families are invited to attend the annual Easter Party hosted by the Suquamish Tribe Human Services Department. Games, egg coloring and giveaways will all be part of the event. Open to all ages. For more information contact Clae Williams at (360) 394-8413 or kwilliams@suquamish.nsn.us. Family Language Classes April 7-28 5:30pm Suquamish Tribe and Community members of all ages are invited to learn the traditional language of the Suquamish People. Language classes meet every Tuesday at the Suquamish Tribe Education Department, 15838 Sandy Hook Road, Poulsbo WA, 98370. Dinner will be served to all who attend class. For more information contact Lena Maloney in the Suquamish Education Department office at (360) 3948566. Museum Family Day April 18 11am Experience storytelling with Barbara Lawrence-Piecuch. Go on a quest with Crow
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and discover why there are so many unique and diverse shapes and sizes of shells found along our shores- part of the Year of our Stories series. For more information contact the Suquamish Museum at (360) 394-8499.
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Meetings Suquamish Warriors April 7 5:30pm The regular meeting for Suquamish Warriors usually occurs the first Tuesday of every month. All veterans and their guests are welcome at the Suquamish Warrior Veterans Center, 6353 Middle Street, Suquamish WA, 98392. For more information contact Chuck Wagner (360) 633-6236 or the Veterans Center Office at (360) 6261080. The Veterans Center is also open every Monday 9am-3pm for Veteran visiting and Thursdays for service officer work 9am-3pm.
Museum Academic Lecture Series April 23 6pm Join the Museum in welcoming Yes! Magazine’s executive editor for a reading and signing of the book Sustainable Happiness. Compiled and written by Yes! Magazine staff, the book explores the meaning of happiness and leads to a life altering conclusion about what makes us all truly happy. For more information contact the Suquamish Seafood Board Meeting Suquamish Museum at (360) 394-8499. April 1, 15, 29 10am Renewal Powwow The Suquamish Seafood Board of DirecApril 24-26 tors generally meet every other Wednesday The Sports & Rec. Dept. is sponsoring the of the month, when Tribal Council is not in annual Renewal Powwow scheduled to session, at the Suquamish Administrative occur at the House of Awakened Culture Building on Suquamish Way. Meetings in Downtown Suquamish. For complete are open to Suquamish tribal members. Powwow details, see page 8. For more For more information contact Suquamish information contact Craig Miller at (360) Seafood Administrative Assistant Jessica 394-8574 or cmiller@suquamish.nsn.us. Ledesma (360) 394-8512 or jledesma@ suquamish.nsn.us. Seafoods Grand Opening May 21 11am PME Board of Directors Meeting Suquamish Seafoods Enterprises will be April 8 9am Chico Room @ Resort hosting a Grand Opening Ceremony at the Port Madison Enterprises (PME) Board new Seafoods building, located on Totten of Directors meetings usually occur every Road. Speakers, a ribbon cutting and light other week throughout the year. The meetrefreshments will all be part of the fes- ings are open to Suquamish tribal members tivities. Tribal Member only tours of the and invited guests, and take place at varfacility are set to occur at 10am the same ious PME properties throughout the year. day. For more information contact Jennifer For more information on PME Board of Agibinik at (360) 394-7127. Directors meetings and locations, please
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New Seafoods Facility Opens for Business Suquamish General Council 2015 Official ceremonies to be held next month Though grand opening festivities are not scheduled until next month, plant employees are already hard at work at the new Suquamish Seafoods Enteprise (SSE) building.
The first geoduck shipment was processed at the new 16-thousand squarefoot facility on March 24, 2015. With the addition of chilled processing rooms, live product holding areas, larger cold storage and air-blast freezers at the plant, executive staff are also excited about the prospect of diversifying the kinds of seafood processed at the site.
cial customers. We also plan to develop our product lines further, making them available directly to the consumer,” said SSE General Manager Tony Forsman.
Mills returns, Purser and Mabe elected to Tribal Council
SSE chose PHC Construction to build the facility, with groundwork provided by the Suquamish-owned Port Madison Enterprises Construction Company. Opening ceremonies, including a ribbon cutting and facility tours, are scheduled for May 21, 2015 at 11 a.m. Tribal Members-only tours will be available at 10 a.m. the same day. Cover photo; Plant workers begin first day of
“Now we have the ability to deliver fresh production at the Suquamish Seafoods Enterclams, crab and salmon to our commer- prise new building.
Kitsap Tourism Awards
Port Madison Enterprises & Suquamish Earn Top Honors
photo by Aubin Ahrens
Kitsap Visitor & Convention Bureau (KVCB) awarded Port Madison Enterprises and the Suquamish Tribe the 2015 Tourism Vision Award - Economic & Tourism Developer for significant contributions to Kitsap’s growing and successful tourism industry. “In addition to the new parking facility, 98 hotel rooms, conference center, dining establishments, world-class museum, historic landmarks, and cultural contributions, Port Madison Enterprises and the Suquamish Tribe have clearly demonstrated that tourism is one of Kitsap’s most important economic and employment development sectors,” said KVCB Executive Director Patricia Graf-Hoke.
From left, Council Member Luther “Jay” Mills, with new Tribal Council Members Sammy Mabe and Rich Purser.
The Suquamish General Council has elected Rich Purser and Sammy Mabe, and re-elected Luther “Jay” Mills Jr. to the Suquamish Tribal Council. Rich Purser was chosen for the Position 1 seat over a field of new candidates. The position was previously held by Irene Carper, who chose not to run for re-election in order to focus on her position at Chief Operating Officer at Port Madison Enterprises. Sammy Mabe won his Position 2 seat over incumbent Bardow Lewis and others, and Luther “Jay” Mills Jr. was re-elected to Position 3. There were no officers’ positions up for election this year. This is the first term for 32 year-old Mabe on the Suquamish Tribal Council. Mabe, a Diver for Suquamish Seafoods by trade, was born in Kitsap County and raised in Suquamish, WA. He is a graduate of Academy Northwest, a member of the Sacred Water Canoe Family and active in many cultural activities including carving, singing and skippering Tribal canoes. Purser is returning to the Suquamish Tribal Council after several years. He held positions on Tribal Council in the late 1980s’ and early 1990s’. Purser has previously served as chairman of the Suquamish Tribal Gaming Commission and spent several years
overseeing economic development for the tribe as a member of the Port Madison Enterprises Board of Directors. He served on the Board for nine years and stepped down as board president to become Clearwater Casino General Manager in 2006. Re-elected to his position, Mills has had the honor of serving on Tribal Council for more than 20 years; 2 as Tribal Vice Chairman and 18 as a Council Member. He is a former Leadership Kitsap Board member and currently sits on the Suquamish Seafood Board, and the Suquamish Foundation Board. Mills was the first employee of Port Madison Enterprises and has spent the past 38 years working for the Suquamish business venture where he currently holds the position of Manager at Kiana Lodge. The Suquamish Tribe is led by a seven member Tribal Council elected each March by the General Council. The Tribal Council consists of four officers; Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary; and three at-large Council members. The Chairman only votes in case of a tie. Tribal Council officers and members serve three-year staggered terms. The Tribal Council meets on alternate Mondays and as needed.
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Education
Lushootseed Family Classes by Lena Maloney
txʷəlšucid classes have been going well this year. We have a 30-participant weekly average in the once-a-week evening program. There are currently 4 different classrooms; an adults class, a middle school/high school class, an upper elementary class and a little kids class for third-grade and younger. All of the classes are working on learning words and phrases for the kitchen, counting and greetings. After spring break, students will learn to introduce themselves in Lushootseed. Please join us after Spring break if you would like to learn how to introduce yourself, or sooner if you would like to learn Lushootseed. We are still accepting students. On May 14, 2015 we will offer a dictionary class where you will learn how to use the Lushootseed dictionary and then be given one-per family to take home with you. The class will be offered at CKA in the Lushootseed Classroom 5-7 p.m. with dinner served.
Marion Forsman-Boushie ELC Cultural News
In December Randi Purser, Cassy George and I applied to attend the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages and we were accepted for three of the 40 slots available. The National Breath of Life Archival Institute is a twoweek, hands-on workshop that promotes the revitalization of endangered languages. We will be provided archival access in the nation’s capital to analyze documentation of our language and culture at the Smithsonian, and the Library of Congress. We will also be assigned to work with a linguist to help us. We will have access to instructors from across the country to learn linguistics and other skills relative to our language revitalization efforts here in Suquamish. The outcome of the workshop is to create a project that we will bring back to Suquamish to help in our revitalization efforts. The three of us are very excited to attend this workshop and can’t wait to go and get back home to share what we have learned with our community.
March 18, 2015- The sebed (bee) class went in the Canoe for the first time. We would like to Thank- Rob Purser canoe skipper and all his pullers, Suquamish Police Department for donating brand new life jackets, Communication Coordinator April Leigh for taking photos of this special occasion and Bill Alexander who was the support boat captain.
Journey to Wellness Community Gathering
CKA at UW Intellectual House Opening
March 12, 2015- Chief Kitsap Academy representatives traveled to Seattle for the opening of the University of Washington Intellectual House, the first Salish building on the campus. The event was attended by Suquamish students, elders and community members. Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman also emceed the afternoon program.
The Suquamish Tribe Wellness Center is so grateful and honored to have co-hosted, along with Suquamish Tribe Sports and Rec, the first “Journey to Wellness” gathering as one important outcome of the Call to Action! We had over 120 people attend the event! Kiana prepared a delicious meal, including salmon donated by Suquamish Fisheries, and the Wellness Center team served the food. The Suquamish Youth Council shared inspirational and compelling presentations about what wellness means to them as leaders in the Suquamish community. We had a kids’ activity table (staffed by Wellness staff) and raffles with gifts donated by Wellness, Sports and Rec, Whitehorse, and the Clearwater Resort throughout the evening. Morrie Black Eagle did a wonderful job of facilitating the evening, Sammy Mabe agreed to share his journey of wellness, and others took turns sharing as well. We closed the evening with words of wisdom and encouragement from Elder Ted George. We hope to host another Journey to Wellness Community gathering in July or August and look forward to seeing you there!
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Awakening Ancient Salish Sea Basketry
Suquamish elder works with preservation officers to recreate ancient basket designs by Ed Carriere
Museum at UW where Dale’s assistant, Kathleen Hawes, conducted cellular ID of the basketry materials with a microscope. The collection was intriguing to say the least, however most of the basketry was in fragments. We had to examine He thought I was probably the only cur- each one to reconstruct how rent Salish Sea basketweaver still making they might have looked cedar root/bough pack baskets and knew I when complete. liked challenges! I definitely loved the idea Generally there were two Ancient Biderbost basket (45SN100 2042) that Laura Philips, so he submitted a Suquamish Appendix X types of large pack baskets, UW Burke Museum, asked Ed Carriere to replicate. proposal to do the project, which gave us an open twined example and a checker most baskets are twill 2-2; the handles funds to support our travel and food ex- plaited type. Kathleen determined that, were often on the sides of the carrying baspense. from her sample, all the basket materials kets on a reinforcement row of two strand We scheduled a research trip to view more were split western red cedar roots. They wrapped elements. See “Basketry” page 6... than fifty basketry examples at the Burke also had twill 3-3 weave bottoms; today When wet site archaeologistand friend Dr. Dale Croes called me last September he had an idea that he believed I would like. He was preparing to analyze a collection of 2,000 year old baskets from the Snoqualmie Tribe’s Biderbost site in their traditional territory near Duvall, WA. He asked if I wanted to try and replicate the ancient Salishan pack baskets found there.
Spotlight on Family Wellness Providers Glover & Russell Jonathan Glover
Child & Family Mental Health Supervisor Jonathan is lifetime local of Kitsap County, and a father of two. Jonathan has been working with children and families at the Wellness Center since 2006, and has also worked closely with the Marion Forsman-Boushie Early Learning Center. Jonathan graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Fine Art, and then continued his education at UW Tacoma, where he Jonathan Glover received his Master’s Degree in Social Work. Jonathan brings his creativity and curiosity in working collaboratively to develop unique approaches when working with children and their families.
He is inspired and impressed by the strengths and determination he has discovered within each individual and the Suquamish Tribe as a community. Jonathan received his training from one of the leading child therapists in the Northwest to recognize the significance and power of the relationship between a caregiver and their child, and uses this as a foundation for his work. He welcomes referrals for anyone who wants to partner in developing and enhancing strong, healthy families and relationships. If you have any questions for Jonathan, please contact the Wellness Center at (360) 394-8558.
Mary Russell
Child & Family Therapist I am Mary Russell, LMHC the new Child and Family Therapist at the Wellness center. I have been here since early September and am honored to serve this community. Before coming to the Wellness Center, I was a street outreach worker serving houseless people in Olympia, Washington. I am also a certified doula and previously worked for the Birth Attendants, a doula project for incarcerated women.
I completed my undergraduate studies at The Evergreen State College and received my Master’s in Counseling Psychology from LIOS Graduate College with a focus Mary Russell in families of origin work. At the Wellness Center I work with Children and families who are dealing with obstacles to healthy functioning. I also work with adults on everything from life skill acquisition to processing past trauma. I am passionate about helping women and children heal from the impacts of domestic violence, working with young women preparing for childbirth and parenting and supporting LBGTQAI individuals. I am the lucky parent of two awesome girls. I live in Bremerton, WA and I am an avid rollerskater.
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Wellness FAQ’s
With this edition of the Suquamish News, the Wellness Center initiates a new column. Every month, we will address a frequently asked question that has come to our attention. We encourage readers to submit their questions to Lisa Rey Thomas, PhD, Wellness Center director. Q: Does The Wellness Center offer groups? A: At the present time, Wellness staff offer the following groups: Domestic Violence Victims Problem Gambling Healthy & Whole Grief & Loss Chemical Dependency Groups Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Outpatient Relapse Prevention Cultural Relapse Prevention The Wellness Center is always willing to consider offering groups for which the community expresses an interest or need. Because of expressed interest, the Wellness Center is considering offering the following groups within this year, dates to be determined: Anger Management Pain Management Relationship Skills Parenting the Challenging Child Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Although groups can be very useful, the Wellness Center believes we offer something even better: an individualized treatment approach with a blend of best practices and traditional practices, designed to meet your specific needs and interests. An assessment will best determine treatment. With your active input, our counselors are skilled in assessing if your needs are better addressed with individual sessions or in a group. To determine eligibility (some services are provided to Suquamish Tribal members only and some are available to the wider community) and to access services, we encourage you to call (360) 394-8558. Someone will assist you to determine eligibility, referral for services and an appointment for intake and assessment.
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Government
Healing of the Canoe Program Reaches Milestone
Culturally-based prevention curriculum published in prominent education journal by Albie Lawrence & Nigel Lawrence
We are happy to announce that our article has been published in the latest issue of American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research!
rest of the authors are our partners at the University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute and the Port Gamble S’klallam Tribe.
As a result of the peer review process that comes before publication, we can now say that other experts in the field have reviewed our research, methods, outcomes, and agree that the Healing of the Canoe curriculum decreases youth substance abuse and increases youth connection to community. This is important to us as well as other tribes and tribal organizations because this means that others can apply for grant funding to adapt this culturally grounded life-skills curriculum and for other cultural activities.
As you may have read, the Healing of the Canoe is currently in its dissemination phase of the project. We are now training other tribes how to adapt our curriculum to their culture and community. Many of our trainees have received funding to implement the curriculum in their communities. We recently finished our sixth curriculum training at the always beautiful Kiana Lodge. We have another scheduled May 5-6, 2015; also at Kiana Lodge. As part of our ongoing training, we are also providing weekly telephone conference calls for all Participants in the sixth curriculum training at Kiana Lodge. of our trainees. Healing of the Canoe: Preliminary results of a Health Research, 22(1), 42-76. doi: 10.5820/
We are just as pleased to announce that four of the article authors are Suquamish Tribal members (Robin Sigo, Nigel Lawrence, Kate Ahvakana and Lenora Bagley!). The Basketry continued...
Article Information: Donovan, D. M., Thomas, L. R., Sigo, R. L. W., Price, L., Lonczak, H., Lawrence, N., Ahvakana, K., Austin, L., Lawrence, A., Price, J., Purser, A., & Bagley, L. (2015).
culturally tailored intervention to prevent substance abuse and promote tribal identity for Native youth in two Pacific Northwest tribes. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental
Croes (a basketweaver taught by Makah Elders for his Ozette Archaeological wet site dissertation) to replicate the courser gauge checker plaited utility baskets common to the Biderbost site.
cluded with no interruptions.
I took a vacation trip to Mexico and packed my suitcase full of cedar roots so I could continue the 1st replication while traveling. I greatly enjoyed spending days on my hotel balcony working on figuring out how to make this basket and almost finished it on my return. Dale asked that we help the UW Burke with their Archaeology Day program for the public, so I was able to show how this basket was coming along. We also had the ancient Biderbost basket to compare for the visitors. Carriere, left, with others at the site where the ancient baskets were found.
Laura Philips, Archaeology Collections Manager at the Burke, asked that I try and make the most fine weave example in the collection. After lots of measurements and photographs I decided this would be the one I would replicated. I also helped Dale
My first replica was mostly to learn how these ancient basket would be constructed and this guided me in making the second replica of this type of basket. I again had a different trip planned to Mexico, so packed my suitcase full of cedar roots and worked on Biderbost basket number two. I highly enjoyed spending my time again correcting my earlier mistakes and making the next replica on vacation in Mexico, being se-
Upon return, Dale indicated that he had contacted the owners of the Biderbost site, the Archaeological Conservancy, and arranged a visit to the site—something I really wanted to see. Also the Cultural Officer and Archaeology crew from the Snoqualmie Tribe and a class from the UW Burke Museum would join us. We brought our replicas, Dale’s checker plaited utility basket, and I guided him through and the open twined types I have been working on. We also met Cory Wilkins, of the Archaeological Conservancy, who flew in from Sacramento, CA to see our work. The Snoqualmie cultural/archaeological staff and UW group joined us in Duvall, Wa. for lunch. We worked our way to the site on the Snohomish River banks and saw where over 50 ancient basketry fragments were recovered from the site. The waters were still high, so we could only see the top of the site. I really enjoyed seeing where these ancient baskets were made and used. We hope to visit at lower waters too.
aian.2201.2015.42 available online at http:// www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/research/centers/CAIANH/journal/ Pages/Volume22.aspx.
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Chairman’s Report by Leonard Forsman
Museum Ceremony for Rich Demain The Suquamish Museum Board and the tribal community assembled at the Suquamish Museum to honor past Chairman Rich Demain, and to acknowledge and correct the omission of his name from the historical timeline referencing past tribal leaders. Thank you to past Chairman Richard Belmont for his words and to the other witnesses; Ted George, Duane Pasco and Nancy Sigo, for their work in making the ceremony a success.
comprehensive plan should reflect where growth has occurred historically rather than where it would be best distributed. The Suquamish Tribe continues to support managed growth that lessens sprawl and better protects our shellfish and salmon habitat. Kingston Village Green Capital Fundraising Meeting Council members met with staff working on the final fundraising push for the Kingston Village Green facility that will support and house Kingston’s youth and elders programs. The Suquamish Tribe is a major funder and will continue working to help complete this important project through our charitable contributions fund.
Tribal-State Court Consortium The Suquamish Tribal Court hosted a meeting of tribal, county and state judges at the House of Awakened Culture. The meeting provided an opportunity for the judges to learn more about tribal sovereignty, the tribal court system and Cultural Cooperative Meeting ways for improved cooperation between The Cultural Cooperative met to discuss cultural issues and get updates from the their respective justice systems. Early Learning Center, Healing of the Transportation Futures Task Force Canoe Project, Youth Services, Museum I attended my first Transportation Futures and Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Task Force held at the offices of the Puget We also discussed the upcoming canoe Sound Regional Council (PSRC) in Seattle. journey. The Suquamish Canoe Family PSRC is supporting this effort that has plans to have a short local journey to Blake brought together leaders from government, Island and Manchester the week of August corporations and the non-profit sector in 3rd. We will provide more information in the region to find ways to improve our the coming months. transportation system in a way that respects the environment, all of the communities it Joint Tribal Council-PME Meeting Tribal Council met with PME at Whitehorse serves and the taxpayer. Golf Club to discuss progress on the Tribal Leaders-EPA Region 10 Meeting casino-resort expansion and other issues. Tribal leaders from around the Northwest We had a lengthy discussion regarding gathered at EPA headquarters in Seattle to human resources, especially in respect to meet with Dennis McClerran and his staff recruitment and retention of tribal member at EPA Region 10 to discuss initiatives employees. to help improve water quality in Puget Sound, the Columbia River and other Joint Tribal Council-SSE Meeting waterways that support salmon and other Tribal Council also met with the Seafoods Board at Whitehorse to discuss geoduck Treaty resources. harvesting and marketing, diver and boat Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council safety and diversification of the enterprise. The monthly KRCC meeting focused on We continue to work towards getting into changes to the KRCC support staff structure buying and selling other seafood species and population growth projections. The including crab, clams, salmon and oysters. KRCC membership is debating whether our support staff, which is on contract Suquamish Museum Board Meeting now, should transition to full-time The Suquamish Museum Board met to employees. There is also lots of discussion get updates on our budget, including regarding how future growth in the county admissions and gift shop sales. Admissions is being allocated. Some feel that the are under what we projected, but we expect
an uptick in future months. Gift shop sales B.C. have been robust. We are also working with the Suquamish Foundation on fundraising Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Tribal Advisory events. Committee Meeting At the invitation of Makah Chairman Plaza Roberto Maestas TJ Greene, I attended the WIAA Tribal Groundbreaking Celebration Bardow Lewis and I joined other political Advisory Meeting at the WIAA offices in leaders in celebrating the groundbreaking Renton. Tribal representatives from the of El Centro De La Raza’s new building Yakama and the Muckleshoot Tribes also on Beacon Hill. The new building will attended. There are many issues for tribal provide low-cost housing for local schools and tribal students that participate residents and support ongoing programs in high school sports. Subjects included such as job training and cultural enrichment use of drums at games, student-athlete for Seattle’s Chicano population. Roberto eligibility and out-of-season practice Maestas was a strong supporter of civil regulations. rights and tribal sovereignty. University of Washington Intellectual House Opening Celebration Rep. Derek Kilmer Staff Retreat US Congressman Derek Kilmer and his The University of Washington celebrated staff held their retreat at the Suquamish the culmination of a 40 year effort to have Clearwater Resort. Rep. Kilmer asked a tribal facility on the UW campus. The me to visit with him to discuss issues Suquamish Canoe family performed at in Washington DC affecting Tribes and the celebration. I emceed the afternoon also get an update on tribal activities and session of the event. Thanks to Marilyn Wandrey, Suquamish Tribal Elder, who initiatives. served on the elders committee that help State Route 305 Planning Meeting design the building and plan the opening Bainbridge Island Mayor Anne Blair, ceremonies. Congratulations and thanks Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson and to the students and staff of UW. I met to discuss the future of State Route 305 that is of great importance Advisory Council on Historic to each of our respective communities. Preservation Meeting, San Francisco We agreed that would be best to start The ACHP held their spring meeting in conceptualizing potential improvements San Francisco at the Presidio, a former US at key intersections and taking these ideas Army base. We had a field trip that previous day at Angel Island Immigration Station out for public comment. on San Francisco Bay. This is a California Honoring of Billy Frank Jr. Event State Park and our tour guides told us of The Squaxin Island Tribe hosted a dinner the hardships that the immigrants endured honoring our late elder and veteran of at the immigration station, especially the the fishing wars. The Squaxin have Chinese, who were discriminated against named a road in his honor and will begin as a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act. celebrating his birthday as a tribal holiday. The station opened in 1905 and closed in Qatuwas Canoe Journey Exhibit Meeting 1940. Our meeting included discussions of Frank and Kathy Brown of the Heiltsuk the numerous tribal issues we are working Nation of Bella Bella BC traveled to on, including efforts to recruit tribal youth Suquamish with other tribal BC First to work in the cultural resources field Nations representatives to finalize plans and finding ways to obtain more funding for production of a traveling exhibit on for tribes as they identify and protect the origins of the Tribal Canoe Journey. archaeological sites and sacred places in The exhibit, if funded, would be shown the face of increased oil and gas extraction at the Suquamish Museum, the Heiltsuk and mining activities in their respective Nation Tribal Offices and in Vancouver ancestral lands.
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Sports & Recreation
Suquamish Youth Leadership Training with Chance Rush Terry Johnson
Suquamish Sports and Recreation starting this March 1st with a Youth Leadership retreat. Guest motivational speaker Chance Rush was invited to talk with Suquamish young leaders about positive messaging, peer mentoring, relationship issues and more. With a small group he began to introduce himself and all the things that he faced as a youth growing up in Standing Rock and Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. He spoke and the children listened. He is great at connecting with the youth and finding ways to make things apply to their daily lives. He was very inspiring in the stories that he shared about his life growing up. He challenged the youth to take ownership
From left, Chance Rush, Kiaya Natall, Hailey Crow, Katelynn Pratt.
of their lives and make it all happen with them first. He talked about evaluating your life and the people your surround yourself with. “Being an example for others is the greatest gift you can give.” He states that you need people to help lift you up in whatever it is that you chose to do. Set goals for yourself and where you
want to be headed in life. Chance Rush has chosen to be that person and a live by example. He also said to market yourself and how you want people to see you. “Being consistent in my teachings, as well as encouraging through my actions will lead others to the healthy choices for a better life style.”
Back row from left; Barb Santos, Carlos Alegria-Sigo, Jasmyn Stewart, Kanim Natrall, Lu-uk McCloud, Kaylayla Ives, Devan Crow, Hailey Crow, Chance Rush, Katelynn Pratt, Kiaya Natrall, Sequoia Chargualaf, Tutaiud Bayes and Terry Johnson. Front row from left; Kate Ahvakana, Kayden Finkbonner and Alana Chiefstick .
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Suquamish Men’s 35 & 50-Plus Basketball Tournament By Craig Miller
This year we had a very competitive men’s basketball tournament. Teams traveled from various parts of the United States including Warms Springs, Pendleton, Yakama, Colville, Puyallup, Seattle and North Dakota. Suquamish had three teams that made it to the finals. In the 35 and over bracket Suquamish Team-1, lead by Charles Deam Jr., came through the losers bracket and defeated Nisqually, who finish third and went on to win the championship after defeating Suquamish Team2, lead by George Hill Sr. The Suquamish 50 and over team finished runner up in their part of the tournament, falling to Cuyuse from Pendleton Oregon who went undefeated to take the cham-
Men’s 35 & Over CHAMPIONS Suquamish Team-1 From left; Charles Deam Jr. Daryl Richardson, Steven Dunbar, Rick , Joel Moffett, Larry McGrady and Alan Deam.
pionship. Finishing in third place were the North Dakota Warriors who were led by the legendary Tex Hall. Thanks to the Sports and Recreation staff for making the weekend a success.
50 Over CHAMPIONS Cuyuse Back row from left; Scott Williams, Charlie, Owen Danzuka, Josh Leighta and Buck Jones. Front row; Darrell Enick,
35 & Over 2nd Place Suquamish Team-2 Back row from left; Joe Prue, Roy, Gene Jones Jr, Willie Spoonhunter , George Hill and Dew Millard. Front row from left, Mike Maltos and Carlos Ancheta. 50 Over 2nd Place Suquamish Back row from left; Scott Lee, Greg, Dennis Sutter, Lenny Forsman, Jeff Mankze, David Lewis and Craig Miller. Front row from left; Jr Santos and Gene Jones Jr.
50 & Over 3rd Place North Dakota Warriors Back row from left; Bob Thompson, Tex Hall, Chuck Freenault and Mike Zapata. Front row from left, Crawford, Gary and Neal.
35 & Over 3rd Place All Nation Back row from left; Mowitt Mills, Tony Rivera, Eric , Jeff Purser, Wood Stangle and George Black Crow. Front row from left: Brent and Jobey Williams.
Upcoming Events
Archery is coming up in April! Jr High & up Contact: Aaron Lawrence (360) 394-8575
Ages 8-13 needed for PGA Junior golf league Contact: Craig Miller (360) 394-8574
Suquamish Tribe and Pow Wow Committee Will not be responsible for lost or stolen Items, Accidents or injuries Participate at your own risk No Alcohol or Drugs Permitted
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Basketball Practice & Game Info Magdalena Turrieta: 394-8634 or 360-509-9512 Aaron Lawrence: 394-8575 or 360-865-0293 Steven Adams: 394-8576 or 360-710-4111
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Cultual Workshop
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Insanity 12pm Youth BB Practice @ 4:30 pm
Pickleball 7pm
Bowling All Day YC Party Insanity 12pm PIYO 12pm Sla-Hal 4:30pm Youth BB Practice Adult Open Gym 7pm
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New Thursday Night Sla-hal Questions? Kate Ahvakana (360) 394-8573 kahvakana@suquamish.nsn.us
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Elders Lunchroom MON
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Pork Adobo Brown Rice Capri Vegetable Blend Tossed Salad Birthday cake & ice cream
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Whole Grain Pancakes w/ Mixed Berries Scrambled Eggs w/ Peppers & Onions, served with Salsa Fresh Fruit
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Chicken & Rice Soup w/ veggies Tossed Salad w/ Sunflower Seeds Irish Soda Bread Cottage Cheese & Fruit Cocktail
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Beef Stir Fry Brown Rice Tossed Salad Oat Bran Raisin Muffin Fresh Fruit
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Sliced Pork Roast Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy Steamed Spinach Tossed Salad French Bread Stick Applesauce
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Elder’s Kitchen: 360-394-8407
Please call to inform the kitchen if you would like to cancel home delivery for the day.
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Baked Fish Roasted Rosemary Garlic Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Kale Salad Wheat Roll Fresh Fruit Shepherd’s Pie ground turkey, green beans, mashed potatoes Tossed Salad Wheat Roll Spiced Fruit Cup
Chicken w/ Mushroom Sauce Brown Rice Broccoli Tossed Salad Angel Food Cake w/ Strawberries
Calico Bean Soup w/Kale Tuna Sandwich Cucumber Tomato Salad Fresh Fruit
Macaroni & Cheese Stewed Tomatoes Tossed Salad Corn Bread Fresh Fruit
French Dip Sandwich Apple-Carrot Salad Tossed Salad Sugar Free Jell-O w/ Fruit Cocktail
Goulash ground beef, green beans, tomatoes Brown Rice Tossed Salad Fresh Fruit
BBQ Chicken Baked Beans Cole Slaw Corn Bread Fresh Fruit
Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy Germany Veggie Blend Tossed Salad Wheat Roll Fresh Fruit
Baked Ham Scalloped Potatoes Steamed Spinach Tossed Salad Wheat Roll Fresh Fruit
Baked Chicken Sweet Potatoes Tossed Salad Wheat Roll Cottage Cheese & Peaches
Baked Potato Bar w/ Broccoli, Chili, Cheese Tossed Salad Blueberry Bran Muffin Fresh Fruit
Sweet & Sour Pork Brown Rice Japanese Blend Veggies Tossed Salad Apple-Blueberry Crisp
Elk Stew Egg Salad Sandwich Broccoli Slaw Fresh Fruit
Indian Tacos meat, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, fry bread Baby Carrots Fresh Fruit
Salmon Boiled Red Potatoes Capri Blend Veggies Tossed Salad Pachado Bread Italian Ice
Beverages Served Daily 1% Milk, Lactose Free Milk, Coffee and Tea. Occassional substitutions may be necessary.
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Business
Spotlight: Kristin Soy
Internships and educational opportunities key to success by Lisa Rodriguez
with the Tribe. A year and a half later, she became an IT tech for the Clearwater Casino. After three years in that position, Kristen is now the Administrative Kristen began her career in Assistant in the Marketing high school as a busser at Department at the Clearthe Longhouse Buffet for water Casino. three years. She then be- This June, Kristen is on came an IT clerk shortly track to completing her after graduation in 2009. A general associate’s degree couple of years later Kris- at NW Indian College. ten jumped on the opportu- Kristen had planned to get nity as an Intern Technician a Bachelors in Information Tribal member, Kristen Soy, finds herself thankful for the opportunities the Suquamish Tribe has provided and all the support from her family.
Technology, but has now decided to pursue a Bachelors in Business. A program is in the works between Chief Kitsap Academy (CKA) and Western Washington University (WWU) that will hopefully begin this fall. If the program begins, Kristen will use this program to begin her Bachelor’s degree. “In high school my biggest supporters were my grandSee “Soy” page 13...
From right; Kristen Soy, her mother Brenda Guerrero and sister Lenora Bagley.
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Business ...“Soy” continued.
ma Sue Henry and my parents Brenda Guerrero, Joe Bagley and step dad Victor Guerrero. They pushed me to accomplish my educational goals and without their support I wouldn’t be where I am today. For my
high school graduation, I would like to thank Julie Paddock, I was having issues with my credits and she went above and beyond to ensure I could graduate. I also couldn’t be where I am today in higher educa-
tion and my career without the Suquamish Tribe and Higher Education Board. The tribal opportunities they’ve made available have allowed me to pursue a career I truly desire,” said Kristen.
For the future, Kristen would like to see more internship programs like the Tribe’s IT program and the one’s PME used to do at the Casino. The internship opportunity gave Kristen the ability for hands on training
that she wouldn’t have gotten had the internship not existed. Kristen believes that, even if internships are only a couple of weeks or months long, it could make all the difference in the career choices a tribal
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member makes. These internships are important to the future of our tribe, the best way to get more tribal members in tribal positions are internships.
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Community Notices
Health Watch: Are Your Children Getting Enough Sleep? Help your kids be calmer, happier and healthier with these nighttime guidelines submitted by Fran Miller
Do you ever feel grouchy because you didn’t get enough sleep? Children feel the same way. But if they are babies, infants, or very young, they aren’t able to say, “I’m grouchy because I didn’t get enough sleep.” Instead they may be fussy, cry more, have mood swings, and have a hard time controlling themselves. Older children may have a hard time getting along with schoolmates. They may find it harder to pay attention in class. It may be harder for them to think, remember information, solve problems, and learn. You can help them get enough sleep to feel better and do better, at home and at school. Enough sleep will also help them be
healthier. It may help them • reduce their risk for obesity • and diabetes.
Newborns 16-18 hours a day Toddlers 12-14 hours a day
Preschool Age 11-12 hours a day
School Age 10 hours a day
Teens 9-10 hours a day
Some children may need more sleep. Some may need a little less. If your child does some of the following, he/she may need more sleep:
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Acts sleepy or tired at times during the day. Has a hard time concentrating in school. Seems very emotional, aggressive, or hyperactive. Has mood swings or seems sad.
Children of all ages benefit from a regular bedtime. Younger children can also benefit when you do the same thing every night to get your child ready to sleep such as giving a bath, brushing teeth, singing a song or reading a story. Don’t give them food or drinks that contain caffeine for at least 6 hours before bedtime. Don’t feed them a heavy meal close to bedtime. Set the bedroom temperature
Suquamish Awarded FEMA Grant
Hazard mitigation funds will be used in emergency planning submitted by Cherrie May
The Suquamish Tribe has been awarded a Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to create a Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Port Madison Indian Reservation. What is a Hazard Mitigation Plan? Hazard Mitigation Planning is: The purpose of mitigation planning is to identify policies and actions that can be implemented over the long term to reduce risk and future losses. Mitigation Plans form the foundation for a community’s longterm strategy to reduce disaster losses and break the
cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. It creates a framework for risk-based decision making to reduce damages to lives, property, and the economy from future disasters. So what does that mean? Essentially, it means we will be gathering data about our reservation and specifically gathering information to prevent damage to our economic, cultural and environmental resources. Once completed, we will be able to use the plan to help with reservation wide decision making about development, conservation and recon-
struction after an emergency event. It will help us to prevent the loss of property and life and reduce impacts to our existing and future development in the event of a disaster. This grant will be completed over the next 2 years. If you see flyers to participate please come and learn more about what the Mitigation Plan will do for you and the Port Madison Indian Reservation. If you have any questions or comments about this program please contact Cherrie May at (360)394-8507 or cmay@ suquamish.nsn.us.
so that it’s comfortable, not too warm and not too cold. Have bedtime be enjoyable and positive. Make it a time for cuddling and sleeping. Make sure the bedroom is mostly dark and quiet, without televisions, bright lights, or noise. Be firm about them going to sleep. Let them know that bedtime is for lying in bed and falling asleep. By taking these steps, you will be helping your child get enough sleep. You will help him/her develop good sleeping habits. Your child will be able to be calmer and have a happier day. Produced by the IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention. www.diabetes.ihs.gov
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April 2 James Henry Jr.
April 8 Ashley Bradley
April 3 Dennis Clark Dawn Adams
April 9 Robert Cordero Breanna Crenna Rosemary Deam Serene George Martin Parkinson
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April 10 Maxwell Dawes Sea-ots-ton Jones Samantha Webster Clae-wha-ah Williams
April 16 Marcus Eller Chelsea Jones
April 11 Nic’cola Armstrong
April 17 Genevieve Molina
April 12 Kaikumi Rosario Tara Witcher
April 18 Michael Chee Sierra Jackson
April 21 Michelle Kerns Denise Pezzanite Ariella Pool James Wilson April 22 Mark Crowell Jacob Hill Ebony Neal Diaria Skundberg April 23 Cathy Kimmel Ralena Maloney
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April 24 Teri Bayes Travis Silvey
April 29 Dylan Jackson Andrew Jackson-Nickel William Lawrence Edward Schaefer
April 25 Steven Anderson Sophia Chiquiti Lea McMillan Jr. Christopher Purser James Wilson April 26 Joseph Bagley Destiny Bakken Makayla Featherston April 27 Jesse Ives April 28 Lee Berlin Misty Castaneda-Ortiz
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