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Suquamish News Volume 20

February 2020

No. 2

Suquamish Seafoods Grand Opening!

In this issue...

Adapting to a New Climate – p5 A Healthy Puget Sound – p7 Storm Watch – p12

CKA Takes to the Stars – p4 Life savers — p5

Whiteout Warriors - p8

Athlete Honored – p9

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Community Calendar

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Events & Meetings

Suquamish Elders Events

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Suquamish Tribal Council Feb. 5 & 24 @ 8:30am For information, contact admin@suquamish.nsn.us.

Shopping Walmart/Safeway/Red Apple Feb 4 @ 9 am. Call Della or Donna if you need transportation.

Making Nettle Tea Bags Feb. 27 @ 4:30pm, Elders Lodge in collaboration with the staff of the Family & Friends Center (formally Youth Center.)

Suquamish Warriors Meeting Feb. 4 @ 5:30pm Veterans and guests are welcome at the Suquamish Warrior Veterans Center, 6353 Middle St. Open Mondays 9am-3pm for veteran visiting and Thursdays 9am-3pm for service officer work. (360) 626-1080 PME Board of Directors Feb. 7 @ 9am Open to Suquamish Tribal members and invited guests. For information on agendas and locations, contact Brenda George at (360) 621-0047 or brendageorge@clearwater­casino.com Suquamish Tribal Gaming Comm.

Feb. 6 & 20 @ 9am Meetings are at Tribal Gaming offices, open to Tribal members. Contact Angela Brainerd (360) 394-8652 Presidents Day Holiday Feb. 17 Government closed Suquamish Seafoods Board Feb. 18 @ 2pm Meetings are open to Suquamish Tribal members. For information contact Suquamish Seafoods at (360) 394-8512

Tie Dye T-Shirts Feb. 8 @ 10-3pm, Elders Lodge (Call with Social, Weaving, Crafts & Laughter Feb. 28 @ 10-3pm Elders Lodge shirt size.)

Leap Day Potluck Wisdom Warriors Feb. 6th @ 2-4 pm, Tribal Council Cham- Feb. 29 @ 2:30-5pm, Elders Lodge bers Nettle Gathering Family & Friends Center (formally Youth Social, Weaving, Crafts & Laughter Center) Day/Time TBD Feb. 14 @ 10-3pm For Elders information contact: President’s Day Feb. 17 Offices closed Della Crowell (360) 394-8417 Donna Sigo (360) 394-8472 Toe Nail Tuesday Human Services (360) 394-8465 Feb. 18 @ 7-11:30am Elders Lodge Bingo Feb. 18 @ 1-3pm Elders Lodge Elders Council Feb. 18 @ 5:30pm light dinner; meeting starts at 6pm

Tribal Journey will arrive in Suquamish this year on or around July 16. It is Shopping Walmart/Safeway/Red Apple scheduled to arrive in Nanaimo, BC on Feb. 20 @ 9am call Della or Donna if you July 27. need a ride

Evening at the Suquamish Museum Feb. 20 @ 4:30pm in collaboration with the staff of the Family & Friends Center (formally Youth Center.)

Movie Night Feb. 25, Poulsbo Regal Cinemas; Meet Della between 5:30-6pm at ticket booth

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On the cover

Suquamish Seafoods Retail Outlet opens, with songs, speeches, and a mouthwatering selection of local offerings.

Photo by Jon Anderson.

Suquamish Tribal Council Leonard Forsman

Chairman

Wayne George

Vice-Chair

Nigel Lawrence

Secretary

Robin Sigo

Treasurer

Rich Purser

Member

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Suquamish Seafoods Launches New Store

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haylene Jefferson was so excited to officially open the Suquamish Tribe’s new seafood store, she almost slipped and cut the long red ribbon before everyone had gathered around for the grand opening ceremony.

It was easy to understand her enthusiasm. Ever since the Tribe first started selling fresh seafood to the public five years ago, Jefferson said she’s been dreaming of the day when she could offer these local favorites from a proper store. Jefferson is the retail manager for Suquamish Seafoods, and until this opening, she’d been selling from a side door of the Tribe’s big waterside processing plant.

With live, fresh, and frozen seafood delicacies ranging from geoducks and Dungeness crab to salmon and halibut, all arrayed behind glistening glass counters and holding tanks, the new outlet is a proper store — and more. Indeed, positioned along one of Kitsap County’s busiest thoroughfares, the store marks a new era for the company and Tribe, say Suquamish leaders.

“We’ve been working towards having this facility for a while,” Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman told the dozens of Tribal officials, fishermen, shellfish harvesters, and excited community members who gathered Jan. 9 for the grand opening. “I want to congratulate Suquamish Seafoods and their board and employees — past and present — for starting this enterprise in a humble way down at the plant and then working their way up to the highway here.”

Forsman said the new store represents the achievement of two goals for the Suquamish Tribe.

“First, we want to provide a market for fresh seafood — our treaty resource — for our fisherman and our har-

vesters,” said Forsman. “By opening this up, we can support our Tribal fisherman and carry on this tradition so we can expand and diversify.”

Second, he said, “It’s also a good way to get these traditional foods back into our community and have them available for cultural purposes, but also for the public, who really enjoy having regional traditional foods.”

“I guess we could call this food security,” he said. “We don’t have to import food from other parts of the world and the nation. We just gather it right here in our own homeland in a traditional way.”

Forsman said he expects the Tribe’s seafood operations to get bigger in the years to come, and his brother, Suquamish Seafoods General Manager Tony Forsman, agreed. “One of our goals at Seafoods is to expand and diversify our business. It’s also good for our Tribal fishermen, it’s good for our Tribal members, it’s good for our Tribal Elders, and it’s good for our community.”

Jefferson was just glad the red ribbon held together long enough for everyone to gather around so she could cut the ribbon — well, finish cutting it — and welcome everyone inside.

“I think it’s amazing,” she said of the new store as she weighed the first orders and ran the first credit cards.

“This is now the best place to get the most local, best seafood there is in this area.

“If you’re looking for good seafood, this is the place to come. It comes directly from the water and the beach, right here,” she said pointing towards the nearby waterfront, “directly to your table.”

The store also offers some of the best deals in the area

Left: Tony Forsman, Suquamish Seafoods General Manager, at the Jan. 9 Grand Opening. Above: Shaylene Jefferson, Retail Manager, begins selling seafood.

with some offerings costing less than half of what you’d pay in other stores. That combination of great deals, great selection, and great location will eventually allow her to expand.

“Our hours for now are 9am to 5pm, Thursday through Saturday, but eventually we want to go to more like five days a week,” Jefferson said.

“For now, though, we’re just seeing what the supply and demand is,” she said. “This place has so much potential. This is just the beginning.”

Jon Anderson

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CKA Students Explore the Stars

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n Jan. 8, students from Chief Kitsap Academy were transported into space and explored constellations, planets, galaxies, nebulas, and stellar evolution thanks to the Pacific Science Center’s “Science On Wheels: Portable Planetarium.”

Middle and high school students were guided through galaxies by Lindsey Prelgovisk, an outreach educator for the PSC. She was impressed with our students’ knowledge and the questions they asked.

“I had a fantastic time exploring the stars, planets, nebulas, and galaxies with the students,” Prelgovisk wrote in a follow-up email.

“Their previous knowledge allowed us to go more in depth and reach high-level content of stellar evolution, which was incredible!” she added.

The experience was made possible by a grant from the Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline (or NESSP) and the Pacific Science Center’s Science on Wheels

program. Jennifer Riepl has been working with NESSP and West Sound STEM this year to bring more real world science & STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) experiences to the students of CKA. Jennifer Riepl, CKA Middle School

Updates from Chief Kitsap Academy

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e will make up snow days on Feb. 13 and 14, and May 8.

Jan. 29 and Feb. 12 are early release dates. On Feb. 17, school is closed for Presidents Day

help us uphold a standard of C’s or better! We will soon be offering a Study Table after school if students need to park and complete school work.

Communication CKA Style We like to problem solve and work Academics closely with our families. Please come Chief Kitsap Academy wants all students to have grades of C or better. Atby and talk, or contact us if you have a tendance is important, homework is im- concerns, questions, or ideas.

Lucy Dafoe, CKA Principal portant and effort is important. Please (360) 394-8569

Census 2020: Children Count

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Left: Napesis Williams presents Lindsey Prelgovisk with a paddle necklace.

n estimated 5 percent of kids under the age of 5 weren’t counted in the 2010 Census. That’s about 1 million young children, the highest of any age group.

It’s critical for Port Madison Indian Reservation parents, caregivers, and families to make sure that doesn’t happen here as the 2020 Census prepares to get underway in the coming weeks, say local experts.

“It’s important for every Suquamish child to be counted in the 2020 Census,” says Alaina Capoeman, a member of the Quinault Nation and former Suquamish Tribe employee, who now works for the U.S. Census Bureau as a Tribal Partnership Specialist.

“The data collected will bring critical resources to this community that will help children and families for the next 10 years — basically, an entire childhood!” adds Capoeman.

The census helps determine how $675 billion in funding is allocated for programs such as food stamps (also called the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP), the National School Lunch Program, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. Census data is also used to determine funding for Head Start, special education, foster care, Medicaid, and housing assistance to help a child’s family.

When children are missed in the census, these programs miss out on funding that is based on the number of children counted.

To help make sure every child gets counted, census officials recommend: • Count children in the home where they live and sleep most of the time, even if their parents do not live there.

• If you’ve just had a baby, and your baby is still in the hospital on Census Day (April 1, 2020), then count your baby at the home where he or she will live and sleep most of the time.

• If children spend time in more than one home, count them where they stay most often. If their time is evenly divided, or if you do not know where they stay most often, count them where they are staying on April 1, 2020.

• If you are helping to take care of a friend’s or family member’s child, and the child does not have a permanent place to live, count the child if he or she is staying with you on April 1, 2020 — even if it’s only temporary.

The Suquamish Tribe’s Research and Strategic Development Department also uses census data when applying for grants to help fund programs that benefit children, the entire Tribe, and the wider community.

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Suquamish Tribe Confronts Climate Crisis

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he Suquamish Tribe — the People of the Clear Salt Water — have lived for many thousands of years on the lands of their ancestors. These places will also be the lands of their great-grandchildren because of the Tribe’s demonstrated strength and resilience in the face of rapidly changing conditions.

Cultural disruption and environmental degradation have been happening since European colonization. Examples include clear-cutting of forests, over-harvesting of salmon and other marine resources, pollution, and alteration of critical habitats such as wetlands, stream banks and estuaries.

The strength and resilience of the Tribe are partly grounded in traditional ecological knowledge, a knowledge developed by a people who preserve a sustainable culture, and environment over countless generations. Coupled with relevant developments in modern technology, this knowledge will ensure the Suquamish Tribe will continue to live on their traditional lands for many generations into the future.

Climate crisis planning is one essential element in preparing for that future.

We can all see that the climate crisis is upon us now. Changing ocean and climate conditions add stress to ecosystems severely weakened by decades of non-sustainable development in the name of “human progress.”

The work ahead of us must include, as it always has, building positive solutions that preserve the community’s social, spiritual, and cultural values, while also protecting the environment.

Among the most obvious parts of this work is reducing carbon emissions. Holding atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below certain limits is essential if we are to reduce the chances of catastrophic alteration of both the land and the waters.

The Tribe’s most important responsibility is to Suquamish families and their cultural values and to the natural world

that sustains them. Suquamish is entering into a process that will enhance the Tribe’s capacity to identify threats as well as opportunities as they emerge, find solutions and take actions. The climate change planning process will ensure that strategies and associated outcomes will be culturally appropriate and fully aligned with community values.

Here’s a summary of the Suquamish Tribe Climate Change Planning Process: 1. Provide historical baseline information 2. Explore potential impacts of climate change, including vulnerable cultural resources 3. Assess vulnerability and risks 4. Investigate options 5. Make decisions 6. Take actions 7. Assess the impacts of actions and changed conditions 8. Repeat This process will strengthen knowledge and insight within the Tribe, and it will also build constructive partnerships with the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and other local tribes. These relationships will be founded on common climate change threats, collective actions, and mutually beneficial opportunities.

Strategies for action and programs to support those strategies will be determined by the Tribal government, informed by community input. Informational meetings, community surveys, individual interviews, and facilitated workshops are planned to take place through 2020.

We will update you on current opportunities to participate, and provide information about our progress through the Suquamish newsletter and the Suquamish Facebook page.

For more information on this effort, contact Project Manager Paul Williams at pwilliams@suquamish.nsn.us.

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Chairman Forsman swears in first Native Seattle City Council Rep SEATTLE – As part of the swearing-in ceremony at City Hall for Seattle City Council member Debora Juarez, Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman delivered a speech calling on officials there to honor the values of the revered Suquamish leader whose name the city bears.

“We’re here in the City of Seattle, which is named for one of my ancestors and a great leader of the Suquamish people, Chief Seattle,” said Forsman during the Jan. 6 ceremony.

Chief Seattle’s father was Suquamish, his mother was Duwamish. Seattle is buried in the village of Suquamish, not far from where he grew up on the shores of the Puget Sound in the embrace of Old Man House, “one of the largest communal longhouses in the Northwest area,” Forsman told the City Council.

Chief Seattle, he said, witnessed first contact when British explorers made their way into Puget Sound.

“Since then, he has been a model and a mentor for all of us in our Tribe and hope-

fully for the people here for the values and traditions he expressed,” said Forsman.

Forsman recalled Seattle’s famous speech, delivered just a short walk from the City Council chambers in Pioneer Square, on land that had been a Suquamish village. Seattle was so tall, it’s said he rested his hand on the governor’s head as he was giving his speech, said Forsman.

Seattle “talked about taking care of our natural resources, taking care of the earth, taking care of our people, and preserving our culture for future generations.”

Forsman was asked to conduct the swearing-in ceremony by Debora Juarez, the first Native American to serve on the Seattle City Council, who was reelected to her second term in 2019. She is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation and grew up on the Puyallup Reservation in Tacoma.

In lieu of a traditional speech most council members give after taking the oath of office, Juarez instead invited Forsman to offer words to the council.

Forsman congratulated Juarez on her

s many returned to work and school from the holiday break and started implementing our New Year’s plans, we were hit with some wintry weather, which interrupted our operations for a few days.

Before the storm I had the honor of being invited to swear in two Seattle-based elected officials. The first was for Councilwoman Debora Juarez (Blackfeet) who is beginning her second term on the Seattle City Council. I joined Julie Johnson (Lummi), an elder active in promoting Tribal education and preserving voting rights, in supporting Debora in her work in Seattle government, congratulating her on her re-election and recognizing her lifelong commitment to preserving Tribal sovereignty here in the Pacific Northwest.

The following day I swore in Commissioner Fred Felleman to his second term on the Port of Seattle Commission. Fred demonstrated his commitment to the government-to-government relationship with the Suquamish Tribe during his first term, and he supported Tribal issues — including oil spill prevention and orca whale protection — before he was elected to the Port Commission.

The Washington Indian Gaming Association (WIGA) held their meeting at the Little Creek Casino. This was the last WIGA meeting before the beginning of the short session of the Washington State Legislature. We heard about a variety of bills that will be introduced, especially the sports betting bills. We are in full support of a Tribal sports betting bill that will allow sports betting in Tribal casinos in Washington State.

I testified during the first week of the Washington legislative session on HB 2230, which makes permanent the property tax exemption on lands owned by Tribal governments, including land used for economic development purposes.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Native American Committee held a teleconference to discuss staff and Council initiatives. The primary activity has been the development of a policy on the use of traditional knowledge within the Tribes. This is knowledge that can inform agencies and developers on the importance of cultural sites that need protection and/or management.

I joined Tribal leaders, including NCAI President Fawn Sharp (Quinault), United Tribes of Bristol Bay Treasurer Mary Ann Johnson, Reuben George of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, Fisherwoman Ellie Kinley (Lummi) and Makah Council member John Ides, in supporting the Bristol Bay Tribes in opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine, which would threaten the river systems that support one of the largest sockeye salmon runs in the world. The Trump Administration and the governor of Alaska are pushing for this project to be permitted quickly, and we are greatly concerned about its impacts on Alaskan salmon and the way of life of the Alaska Native people.

Congratulations to the Suquamish Seafoods Enterprise on their retail store grand opening. The SSE Board and staff hosted a well-attended event that highlighted their seafood products and new facility on SR 305 next to the Masi Shop.

Leonard Forsman, Chairman

re-election and praised the “great work she has done on behalf of her district, her Tribe, and the Indians of the Pacific Northwest.”

Today, he said, new generations of Native Americans in the region are creating new connections and new history, even while protecting their ancient culture and environment.

“There is a strong connection between the urban Indians of Seattle and the aboriginal, indigenous people of Seattle,” said Forsman.

“We work hard together to fight for our sovereignty and for our way of life. Those are all connected. Our beliefs and our traditions are tied to the landscape. We have place names here, we have the salmon, the orca, the water. And all those things we need to take care of that have been given to us by the Creator.

“That connection is something we are hopeful the city here will take into account as it moves forward,” said Forsman.

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Being Frank: We Must Demand A Healthy Puget Sound

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t would be easy to blame the Puget Sound Partnership’s failure to clean up Puget Sound on a lack of leadership, funding, and meaningful authority to control pollution, but the truth is that we are all to blame.

This is the year that we were promised a “swimmable, fishable, diggable” Puget Sound when former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire created the Puget Sound Partnership in 2007. It replaced the Puget Sound Action Team that was created in 1996 and the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority in 1985.

Recovery won’t be easy, and it’s going to take time, she said. “We all need to change the way we go about our business. We need to break some china.”

But PSP’s bleak State of the Sound report reads just like every state agency recovery report since 1985. Nearly every indicator used to assess Puget Sound’s health shows little progress being made. We face the

same challenges, but now they’re amplified by explosive growth and climate change.

Recovering Puget Sound chinook is one of the Partnership’s main responsibilities, but chinook populations remain far below recovery goals despite having been listed as threatened since 1999 under the Endangered Species Act. Endangered southern resident orca populations in Puget Sound are at a 40year low and continue to decline.

Meanwhile, nearly 40,000 acres of shellfish beds remain closed because of pollution.

Lack of funding, existing land use and expectation of use are cited as the main reasons for the poor progress in cleaning up and protecting Puget Sound, but the real reason is a lack of political will.

That’s because we get the government we demand. Until we demand better, Puget Sound will not get better.

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* James Abler * Kayla George-Purser * Suquamish Tribal member

Department Early Learning Center Sports & Recreation

In 2017 treaty tribes in western Washington offered a number of bold actions needed to recover the health of Puget Sound. Among them, three are key: • We must stop the ongoing decline of salmon habitat by changing our landuse policies to provide a net gain of functioning habitat. We are in a race to extinction of Puget Sound chinook, coho and steelhead because the status quo is not working.

• We must establish and enforce water quality standards that protect, conserve and restore water resources for salmon. In particular we must develop the green infrastructure needed to control polluted stormwater runoff into Puget Sound.

• We must provide space for our rivers, streams, and shorelines to function and be protected by buffers and setbacks to reduce flooding and regulate stream temperatures.

Instead of these bold actions, regulations intended to protect the environment are being rolled back across the country at the request of industry with the help of the Environmental Protection Agency. We’ve seen it here in Washington with big oil, and the pulp and paper companies convincing the agency to lower our water quality standards – the most protective of human health in the nation – because industry says they are too costly to implement. While the rollback process isn’t complete, we are not optimistic about the likely outcome with the current leadership.

We’re also seeing tugboat companies, cruise lines, other marine industries and EPA fighting to kill a no-discharge zone for human waste from boats. The Puget Sound no-discharge zone was a first for Washington, although there are 90 in 26 other states.

We have more than 150,000 recreational boats and more than 3,500 commercial vessels in 2,300 square miles of Puget Sound and lakes Washington and Union.

Most already have holding tanks for sewage.

If we can’t even agree not to directly discharge our waste into Puget Sound, we have a problem.

The marine industry coalition, with the support of EPA, tried to block implemen-

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swaQwaQ Frog Month

February is known as the time when we begin to hear the frogs again.

It is the time when we begin to look for our early spring gathering of plants. tation of the no-discharge zone through a federal lawsuit challenging the agency’s assessment that there are enough pumpout facilities in the region. Fortunately, a federal court last month denied an EPA request to reconsider its assessment, so the lawsuit will proceed without the agency’s involvement.

We’re not out of the woods on the no-discharge zone, but even a small victory in protecting the health of Puget Sound is important. All of us are the answer to what’s ailing Puget Sound and one thing is clear: We must help ourselves because no one else will. Former Gov. Gregoire is right that we all need to change the way we go about our business if we are truly serious about recovering Puget Sound.

And to do that, we are definitely going to have to break some china.

Lorraine Loomis, Chair, NWIFC

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Whiteout Warriors

The January snow hit the Port Madison Reservation harder than expected. Some enjoyed playing and building snowmen. Others spent the time checking on elders, and helping family and neighbors dig out and get supplies.

Here are some of their stories.

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t was 3am on Jan. 13 and Suquamish was already becoming Ground Zero for Snowpocalypse 2020.

Soon, Suquamish would be featured on local news reports with some of highest accumulations of snow in the region.

But in these early morning hours, Suquamish Tribal members Trentin Moss and Josh Smith, along with Shallee Baker, of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, were on a mission. Knowing how quickly the snow was pilling up, they decided to brave the weather and start checking on friends and family, making sure none were stuck in a ditch or stranded without power and heat.

They headed down Division towards Old Man House Park. When then turned right on South Angeline Avenue, they encountered an unexpected sight up the road on Jones Street: a 24-foot fire truck, fully chained up, skidding in the snow.

The truck and two firefighters had been dispatched to check on a report that wires were down, hanging over Jones and Angeline.

They found some low hanging tree branches loaded with snow, but no downed wires.

As they attempted to return, the 35,000-pound fire truck started to slide in the four inches of unplowed snow.

“The engine was spinning out,” said North 9 Kitsap Fire and Rescue Firefighter-EMT Anthony Reichmuth. It was the middle of the night and no one was

around, or so he thought, and so got out of the truck and started shoveling.

“I was surprised to see a pick-up truck come out of nowhere,” he said. “Next thing I knew, they were walking up and without saying a word they start shoveling.”

“All I could say was ‘wow, you guys, thanks so much! You saved me a ton of work.’ I was super appreciative that they would take the time to help.”

As snow continued to pile up, power started flickering out in pockets around Port Madison Indian Reservation, including the Newton Street neighborhood where many Suquamish Elders live.

Nancy Joe, one of the Tribe’s experienced caregivers, was getting worried.

Around 4am, she began walking the neighborhood to make sure all the generators were running. Then she shoveled and salted all the ramps and walkways.

“When I asked why she would do that, she explained that she wanted to make sure that Elders could be easily reached

by Emergency Service personnel should an emergency arise,” said Human Services Director Nehreen Ayub.

“She conducted door-to-door check-ins with Elders to ensure they were keeping warm and to inquire if they needed any essential supplies for themselves or their pets. This resulted in several trips to the grocery stores and 10the pharmacy throughout the three snow days,” said Ayub.

Joe noted that one of the oldest Elders

From left: Digging out a NKFR fire truck (see story), Suquamish police respond to had no generator, and she helped him downed power line, kids in the snow! start a fire and later brought him to her home so he could have coffee and some- ble in the community and provided blankets, socks, soup, and batteries for comthing to eat until the power returned.

She later coordinated the purchase of a munity members in need,” said Ayub.

Additionally, George worked with Wellgenerator for this elder with the help of our other caregivers. In addition, she advocat- ness staff to coordinate the transport of a ed for this elder to have a caregiver with Tribal member to medical detox during him during the night to ensure his safety. the icy conditions.

Joe kept in constant contact with Elders who she knew are non-ambulatory Caring for Elders During as well as those who reached out to her Storms: What We Learned for assistance.

She conducted a wellness check on othhile many of the homeer clients of her own accord. She even put bound Elders were checked together a small fund raiser to get a keron, in-person and by phone during osene heater for two less fortunate memthe snow storm, we realize that we bers in the community so they would do not have an established system have heat during the extended chill. through which Elders can seek assis“By the end of the storm, Joe came to tance should they need it. the aid of 16 Elders who were in need of It is our hope that in keeping with assistance,” said Ayub. cultural and traditional practices, Caregivers Loretta Ives and Skylene the children and grandchildren of George also kept busy during the threeour Elders would ensure their safety day whiteout. They checked on and asand well-being during these unexsisted Elders with grocery shopping, pected conditions. cleared walkways of snow, and conductHowever, we are also going to be ed wellness checks on home-bound Elexploring ideas and strategies to see ders and family members. They also ashow we can ensure that every Suquasisted with trips to the store and to the mish Elder knows how to access help pharmacy. in the event that they find themselves “They advocated for and coordinated in need of assistance during inclemthe delivery and11 set up of a temporary ent weather. generator for one of our Elders who had Nehreen Ayub, Human Services Director no power. They checked on the vulnera-

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Suquamish Youth Play Some Serious Basketball

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he Suquamish Sports & Rec Dept. recently took a Squaxin/Skok 13 and under boys group of 9 and under youth to Nisqually for a co-ed basketball tournament. The kids competed all weekend, playing some great competitive games. There was great sportsmanship and teamwork in all games. These young ones sure are a fun group to watch, so look for them in the near future to be playing.

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9 and under youth at Nisqually Tournament

Back row, left to right: Steven Anderson, Modou Suso, Koebyn Purser, Koodzi Ross, Reece, Cheyenne Damien, Jaxson Korsak. Front row left to right: Malakhi Purser, Bobby Ray Pondelick

Suquamish community 3rd and 6th graders attended Basketball Camp on Dec. 22, 23 with Real Native Fitness, run by Dietreich Rio, George Hill III, and Glen “Big Baby” Davis.

Squaxin/Skok 13 girls 4th place Back row, left to right: Shye Yeaman, James Cordero, Sully Korsak, Jarek Belgarde, Ethan Alexander, Devery, Kayo Zaiss. Front row left to right: Devany Dutton, Braylen Boure, Shaunie Cordero

The Suquamish Sports & Rec Dept. brought three youth teams to compete in the annual Squaxin/Skok tournament. Each team played hard; they definitely had a long weekend with lots of games. Watching these youth play with such heart and dedication is awesome. They play through it all and leave it on the court at the last whistle. Back row left to right: Taliyah Berg, Olivia Chiquiti, Bella We look forward to watching all these athletes grow over Ramirez, Cheyenne Sigo, Hannah. Front row left to right: the next years.

Isabelle Chiquiti, Tatum Moses, Mackenzie Moses, Jayla Moon. Not pictured: Sho-Shyne Jones Squaxin/Skok 9 and under co-ed

Left to right: Shye Yeaman, Landon, Sully Korsak, Shaunie Cordero, Marcus, Braylen Boure, Kayo Zaiss

Leetsah Deam, Athlete of the Week

The Kitsap Daily News named Kingston High School basketball senior Leetsah Deam Athlete of the Week on Jan. 15.

“The Kingston girls basketball team picked up an emotional victory last week, defeating their district rivals North Kitsap for the first time since 2016,” wrote Daily News sportswriter Mark Krulish. “Deam, the team’s senior captain, was a big part of that win.”

Deam put up 14 points in the second half. That was half of her team’s third and fourth quarter points in a 4946 win over the Vikings.

“Deam has had a flair for the dramatic in her high school career,” added Krulish, noting in a playoff game against Fife last season, “her game-high 20 points and game-tying 3-pointer led Kingston to a come-from-behind 61-58 win and moved the team to within one game of qualifying for regionals.”

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12 | February 2020

From Shyla ~ Storm Watch

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ver wonder what happens behind the scenes at Tribal Government when a snow storm is barreling down on top of us?

That’s what I was wondering around this time last year when we were about to get hit with what we all now remember as The Snowpocalypse. I had only been here for a short while back then, still living out of boxes and completely unprepared for what was to come.

Luckily, we had a wonderful team of dedicated staff who worked tirelessly to coordinate everything from delivering firewood to fixing generators to transporting Tribal members to medical appointments. Staff just stepped up and made things happen.

We also tried some new approaches that we hoped would make things not only better in the moment, but provide some valuable lessons and new tools for the next big snow event.

A few weeks ago, we got to put some of these new approaches to the test. While certainly not as long or as arduous as last year’s string of snow storms, waking up to ten inches of fresh powder on Jan. 13 was no small matter, not to mention all the additional snow and ice that followed.

This year, as forecasters began predicting the possibility of heavy snow, our response team expanded. We worked across all of Tribal government and with our partners at Port Madison Enterprises to make sure we were ready.

As part of that preparation, we checked in with our community to make sure there was propane, wood, medication refills, and other supplies stocked up well before the first snowflakes started falling.

Our Emergency Management team gave us the most up-to-date information on warming shelters and weather updates.

The Suquamish Police Department was our boots on the ground, giving us early morning road conditions, while responding to areas that needed assistance throughout the community. Our facilities crew and housing teams were out there in the thick of it too.

Last year we experimented with contracting with a vendor to plow our housing areas and government and school parking lots, with priority to the Elders’ housing. That worked so well, this year we expanded on that success, working with the same vendor to clear areas that needed help the most.

Key leaders and staff from virtually every division and department, as well as PME and Suquamish Seafoods, all teamed up to keep the communication flowing so resources and help could be channeled where needed.

Over the past year, Tribal government staff have been testing a messaging app called Slack to help improve communications between departments and the various teams that need to come together for projects. When it

became clear snow was on the way, on Jan. 6 – days before snow actually started falling – we created a new channel on Slack to begin planning efforts and then, as the snow hit, coordinate our response.

Messages were flying at all hours.

Here’s just a very small sampling: • Jan. 13 at 5:07am, Human Resources Director Jamie Gooby confirming North Kitsap School district closure notification. After I confirm our closure, she immediately updates the Tribal government hotline.

• “50% chance of more snow today and temps don’t look to be rising for the next couple days above freezing. Possibly consider plowing Elders housing, Ditto Lane and Wee Wun to ensure response vehicles can get access,” posts Emergency Management Manager Cherrie May at 8:18am. “Already on it,” Facilities Director Shawn Carper responds a minute later.

• Early Learning Center Director Nigel Lawrence conferring with Carper at 10:49pm about plowing and de-icing for the ELC parking lot.

• Suquamish Police Chief Mike Lasnier with a 5:56am update and photo of a live wire down at Eaglemere Lane on Jan. 14. “Roads are sheets of ice this morning; strongly suggest everyone gets a late start.”

• “Power outage by Newton again,” messages Human Services Director Nehreen Ayub at 1:52am on Jan. 15. “Concerned about Elders. Can SPD check on them.”

Again, this is just a very small sampling of the hundreds of messages that were flying – questions getting asked and answered, situations updated, photos shared, work getting done immediately as one team – throughout the week.

When it comes to the important decision of whether to delay or close government offices, CKA and ELC because of weather conditions, we continue our policy of following North Kitsap School District’s lead. This is because we know that so many of our families will be impacted by their decision.

This time around, it was a difficult policy to stick to because on some days many of the main roads looked clear. However, side roads were often a much different story. It’s important to remember we are planning for all of us. Safety will always be our top priority.

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I really appreciated a note from Fisheries Administrative Program Manager Kim Kumpf who offered a heartfelt reminder on this in the wake of this most recent snow blast.

“I lost a co-worker 30 years ago while she was trying to get to work in the snow and ice. It only takes a second to change a life in these situations; her little boy lost his mom just before Christmas that year. So thank you for providing the concern for our safety, and the opportunity to be home and not on the roads. Kudos to all those who still worked in this,.”

Every year we work to learn more about how to better serve our community. Last year, my question was what do we need to do?

This year, my question for all of us is what can we do better? Do you have thoughts or suggestions on how we can better plan, prepare, or respond to these big weather events?

Send me your ideas at: sspicer@suquamish.nsn.us Shyla Spicer, Executive Director

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public hearing will be held on two amended chapters of the Suquamish Tribal Code on February 24, 2020, at 5 pm in the Suquamish Tribal Council chambers. All Suquamish Tribal members are invited to attend and comment. The new Codes will go before Tribal Council for a vote at a subsequent Tribal Council meeting.

The amended chapters are Sex Crimes (S.T.C. 7.17) and Change of Name (S.T.C. 9.4). The January Suquamish Tribal Newsletter contains an article explaining the changes to the existing Sex Crimes Code. The primary amendment to Change of Name Code allows a guardian’s last name to be added to that of a child in their care, under certain circumstances and after a court hearing.

Copies of the proposed Code chapters will be available at the front desk of the Suquamish Administration building after Feb. 3, 2020. The existing code sections can be read on the Suquamish Tribe’s website, Suquamish.nsn.us.

Any questions or comments regarding the proposed codes may be directed to Tribal Prosecutor Donna McNamara at dmcnamara@suquamish.nsn.us, (360) 3948519, or at the public hearing.

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Traditional Heritage Specialist

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anuary opened with wind, rain and cold. We had a quiet New Year at the Needle, as the fireworks were not allowed this year.

Suquamish had its share, and it caused the cats and dogs to hide, run away, and many other things that pets do when scared out of their little minds. So many did make it to Silverdale Humane Society and are waiting for their owners to pick them up. For me it was home watching television and relaxing with a warm fire and trying to tell the cat and puppy that the noise would go away soon.

Back to work on the 2nd and 3rd, organizing and catching up on emails. Reviewing transcripts and questions for interviews. Looking forward to a new bunch of folks to talk with and see what type of stories I will get this year.

Please consider being interviewed, it is not that hard, and you will be passing knowledge on to the future generations. Remember they did not experience the same things you did growing up. They do not know what it was like to learn about the first computer, a rotary dial telephone, the first color television, to see the first man on the moon, or even the first house with electrical wiring in it. These are things our children and grandchildren take for granted, and only we can explain life before these things. To them this is camping — to us this was life! Think about telling these stories and putting in your own words how you grew up in Suquamish and Indianola or somewhere and your family made life fun out of the things you had to make do with.

These kids today have everything very easy. If they had to cut wood to cook their meals and heat the house, pack water to wash clothes, dishes and take a bath, what would they do? Think about no internet, games on the web, no cell phones, or emails? WOW! Please come in and talk about your lives and how you grew up on the reservation, in a small town or where your family raised you and what life was like.

Contact me at mjones@suquamish.nsn.us or (360) 394-8526. Thank you.

Farewell to a coworker and dear friend Today I received an email from the husband of Susan Blalock, who worked in the Suquamish Tribal Cultural Center and Suquamish Museum as the Oral History Coordinator. She trained Jill Hayes, Peg Deam and myself, and the first Oral History Interviewers for the Suquamish Tribal Cultural Center and later Candi Bolhman, Joe Waterhouse came on boaRd to do Oral Histories. We now say farewell to Susan (Susie) as she passed on January 2, 2020. She is survived by her husband Al Lyons and two sons. We will all have great memories of Susie and our time working with her here in Suquamish. Please keep her family in your thoughts.

Thank you all for sharing your time with me.

Witness to Seafoods’ Grand Opening I was able to witness the opening of our Suquamish Seafoods Retail Outlet on Highway 305 and it was a beautiful day. All Tribal Council members, some Seafood Board Members, some PME Members, Elder Board Members, and many Tribal Elders, youth and community members were present.

The singing was great, and the speakers were very

Left: Carey Caldwell, Lawrence Webster and Susan Blallock; Above: Falers Garage, Suquamish 1950s Todd Family Photograph

respectful of the time and the cold temperatures. There was great food served by the staff, and everyone raved about it.

I was very impressed by the professional way everything was presented and how polite the folks were during the presentations.

After the ribbon cutting, I went inside and purchased a coffee mug with the Seafood logo, a baseball cap, also with the logo, and a half pint of smoke clams — they are so good, I just had to buy some! I was able to bring home some of the food, and I can’t wait to share it.

This was an event that I am so glad I attended and wish I could find better words to express how happy it makes me feel to see the Suquamish Tribe expanding and growing in the very positive way for our future.

My hands are up to everyone that made this day and this business possible.

Thank you is not enough to all of you. You work hard, and are great to make this a better place for us to live!

Marilyn Jones, Traditional Heritage Specialist

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February 14 Betty Bagley Angela Hill Tina Zaiss Connor Jackson February 15 Lena Chavez February 16 Leland Standley Skylene George Kahteya McDonald February 17 Diane Dozier

February 11 February 18 Hailey Myers Brandy Boure Tracy McMillan Patricia Medina Todd Boyd Jr. Candess Johnson Riley Mcintosh III Robert Adams February 19 We-Laka Chiquiti Sr. Kathleen Kinsey Rebecca Purser John Lawrence Jr. Ha-kwa Hu Pai Stobsh Laree Miller Chiquiti Jade Jefferson Jr.

February 20 Kaynoni George-McGrady

February 24 Jennifer Rodgers Adam Jackson Jose’ Martinez

February 21 Hazel Mabe Ceyenna Norris John Lindell Shannon Iaconis Jonathan George Dawn Featherston Ka-el Williams Donavan Charlie-Adams

February 25 Marcus Mabe Sea-Ots-Ton Jones

February 22 Craig Winnie Ha-huli-tud Hawk Melvin Colomb William Ross

February 27 Martha George-Sachava

February 23 Luther Mills Jr.

February 29 Jenell Davis

February 26 Crystal Purcell Jackie Severson Lisa Henry Michael Immken

February 28 Carey Webster

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Friday, February 7, 7 PM

United Church of Christ, 18732 Division Ave. NE, Suquamish For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian.

In Maine, the first official “truth and reconciliation commission” in the United States begins a historic investigation. Dawnland goes behindthe-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.

Post-screening speakers: Marilyn Wandry, Suquamish Tribal Elder who has lived her whole life in this area and whose parents were sent to local boarding schools. Angee Harrington, Suquamish Tribal member who works at the Suquamish Museum as a tour guide and in Collections. http://dawnland.org/ http://freerangefilms.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Free-RangeFilms Free Range Films Kitsap is a collaboration of the North Kitsap 99% and Ground Zero Center

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A Documentary about Cultural Survival and Stolen Children 1. Get out of the house.

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3. Say “no” to something you don’t want to do.

4. Give yourself a treat.

5. Clear the clutter.

6. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

7. Put on your favorite playlist.

United Church of Christ, 18732 Division Ave. NE, Suquamish 8. Spend time with your pets.

9. Eat a healthy lunch (and an For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native afternoon snack).

American children from 10. Mindfully use their your homes sensestotosave them from being Indian. enjoyment In Maine, increase the first official “truthof and reconciliation commission” in the everyday life.

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14. Open the curtains and turn Post-screening Marilyn Wandry, Suquamish Tribal Elder who on the speakers: lights. has lived her whole life in this area and whose parents were sent to 15. Anticipate a fun-filled activity. local boarding schools. Angee Harrington, Suquamish Tribal member who

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