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Compact ‘doesn’t mean we endorse it’ Some leaders say retail marijuana sales won’t diminish cultural teachings By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
SUQUAMISH — The Suquamish Tribe is getting into the retail marijuana business and
has changed its codes to allow recreational use within its lands. But, some leaders say, that doesn’t mean the Tribe endorses marijuana use.
In an earlier interview, Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman said Washington voters’ legalization of recreational marijuana brought the issue to the Tribe’s doorstep, forcing the Tribe to deal with the issue whether it wanted to or not. Legalization presented several unique challenges to the Suquamish Tribe. Of 7,657 acres
of the Port Madison Indian Reservation, 4,076 are owned by the Tribe or individual Tribal members, over whom the Tribe has jurisdiction; 3,581 acres are owned by non-Indians, over whom the Tribe does not have jurisdiction, except in acts of violence against women on Tribal land. If the Tribe had not legalized
Not just for Norwegians anymore
■ The Suquamish Tribe and Port Gamble S‘Klallam Tribe will receive a total of $2 million in U.S. Justice Department grants for public safety, victim services. — Story, page A7.
See MARIJUANA, Page A6
Deceased couple was ‘well-liked’ Were trying to save money, had lived at RV park for six months
Jim Henry talks about why he’s a member of the Sons of Norway
STAFF REPORT
Part of a series of stories leading to the centennial of the Poulsbo Sons of Norway lodge. By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
P
OULSBO — Just as Poulsbo’s Norwegian residents put out the welcome mat for the city’s earliest immigrants, so did Little Norway for Jim Henry and his Scottishborn wife. Henry said there were no other AfricanAmericans in Poulsbo when he moved here in 1982. When he
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and his wife, Ann, moved into the Norwegian Wood neighborhood, “people brought cakes to the house,” he said. “We never had that before.” He retired from the Navy in 1986, and was appointed by Mayor Mitch Mitchusson to the
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Poulsbo City Councilman Jim Henry: Leavenworth’s Bavarian theme is adopted. “But Poulsbo has the distinction of truly being a Norwegian town,” he said. Richard Walker / Herald
POULSBO — Two people found dead in a 30-foot travel trailer at Rhododendron Mobile Park Sept. 15 had lived there for less than six months and were trying to save money, the site manager said Sept. 16. “They were well-liked folks and didn’t have any problems here,” said the manager, who spoke on the condition that his name not be used. “It’s just shocking.” The couple was found around 2:30 p.m. by a relative— according to the mobile park manager. He said the couple has family in the area, and they were the only residents of the travel trailer. Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy
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