Suquamish News - Sept 2022 by Suquamish Tribe

September 2022 | 1Suquamish News Volume 22 September 2022 No. 9 In this issue: How Suquamish will respond to boarding school report – p6 Tribe welcomes new Museum Director, Rita Lara -- p11 Melissa Lund joins Elders coordination team – p12 Canoe Journey to Blake Island — p3 CKA breaks ground for new Commons — p5Youth learn traditional games — p5 Tribe Honors Chief Seattle

Suquamish News Suquamish.nsn.us2 | September 2022 On the cover... Chief Seattle Days Royalty Pageant participants (back row, left to right) Illyan na Purser, Shaunie Cordero, Devany Dutton, and (bottom) Zaylee Moss, Mila Morsette, and Ariella Mabe. See our special Chief Seattle Days feature coverage on pages 8 & 9. (Photo by Jon Anderson) Community Calendar Suquamish News • Published monthly by the Suquamish Tribe: 18490 Suquamish Way, Suquamish, WA 98392 • Email us at: communications@suquamish.nsn.us • Send letters to: Suquamish News Editor, PO Box 498, Suquamish, WA 98392-0498 • Letters should include the writer’s full name, ad dress, and home telephone and may be edited for clarity and space. • All photo submissions must be made in JPG or PDF form, with resolution of 300 dpi or more. Suquamish Tribal Council Leonard Forsman Chairman Josh Bagley Vice-Chair Windy Anderson Secretary Denita Holmes Treasurer Rich Purser Member Sammy Mabe Member Luther Mills, Jr. Member Production Staff Leonard Forsman Editor-in-Chief Catherine Edwards Executive Editor Sarah van Gelder Managing Editor Jon Anderson News Editor JoAnn Joe Photography/Design Georgia Browne Layout and Design Editorial Policy Publishers of the Suquamish News reserve the right to refuse publica tion of letters to the editor and guest editorials. Submission of editori als and letters is encouraged. However, they represent the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of the Suquamish Tribe. As such, we reserve the right to refuse to print any letter, for any reason.Reproduction of Suquamish News, in whole or in part, without written permission from the Suquamish Tribe is strictly prohibited.

Suquamish Warriors Meetings are on 1st Tuesdays at 5:30pm at Suquamish Warriors Vet Center. For information, contact Bill Gemmell at (360) 536-0007.

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Suquamish Song & Dance traveled to the Seattle Aquarium Aug. 23 to film a welcoming video that will be aired as part of the annual Salmon Homecoming celebrations. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Salmon Homecoming, which takes place Sept. 17, 10am to 5pm, at Pier 62, right next to the Aquarium. (Photo by Jon Anderson)

Cultural & Community Events Suquamish Community Health Fair Sept. 9, 9am-1pm, House of Awakened Culture. For more information, contact Barbara Hoffman at (360) 394-8468 or bhoffman@suquamish.nsn.us.

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Wisdom Warriors Support Group Monthly Support meeting meets second Wednesday of each month, starting Sept. 14, 2-4pm in Council Chambers. Begin Again Community Update Suquamish Tribe’s reentry project, now called Begin Again, will update the community Sept.13, 6-9pm, at House of Awakened Culture. Writing workshop: How to Catch A Salmon Poem Suquamish Museum, Sept. 15, 5-6:30pm. Please sign up with Ashley Weller at (360) 394-7123. What do you want Chief Seattle Days to be? Four meetings to plan Chief Seattle Days 2023. In-person or via Zoom. Sept. 14, 28, Oct. 7, 14. 5:30-7pm. In-person at Cultural Activities Office, 15838 Sandy Hook Rd. For more info contact Lisa Jackson at (360) 394-1326. For Zoom links see QR codes on page 7.

Suquamish Museum Board Meets Sept. 27 @ 11am. Call (360) 3948499 for details.

Suquamish Tribal Council Meets Sept. 12 and Oct 3. Link will be sent to Tribal members Update and SUN Texts. PME Board Meets Sept 14, online and in person, at 9am. Contact Emily Sato at emilysato@ clearwatercasino.com or call (360) 5988703.

Suquamish Seafoods Board Meets online Sept. 13. Seafoods Retail is open Thurs-Sun. Contact Shanel Carlson at (360) 394-8512 for details.

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Suquamish Tribal Gaming Comm. Meets Sept. 8 & 22. Virtual only. Contact Angela Brainerd at (360) 394-8652 for details.

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“It’s been amazing. The next generation is beginning to take over,” she said as she watched Jennifer Hess and her children Hailee, Kali, and Braden preparing food for theTrainingcamp. and teaching the next generations is what the journey is all about, said Tina Jackson, the Tribe’s jour neyInorganizer.1989,during the Paddle to Seattle, which ushered in the resurgence of canoe culture among Salish Sea Tribes, Jackson remembers being pregnant with her daughter Lisa as she helped support the pullers and the camp. Her daughter has been involved with Canoe Journey ever since. “And now Lisa is running the whole hosting when we get back to Suquamish, while packing around her own six-month-old daughter,” said Jackson. “It al most brings me to tears that we’re doing this across gen erations now — that there are kids now who have never not seen a Canoe Journey” she said. Pulling through it

With the annual intertribal Canoe Journey suspended again this year due to the pandemic, this smaller Suqua mish-only voyage still offered many of the life-expanding moments that many Tribal Members have come to cher ish from traveling together across ancestral waterways.

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“Our bodies are a little sore because we’re a little out of practice,” he said. “Still, there’s been good teamwork and good attitudes towards getting our family back together and reengaged with Canoe Journey.”

Memories from that first day, he said, will remain with him for years to come. New generations In the camp on Blake Island, Mable Price was wearing a proud smile as well.

Canoe Journey to Blake Island

“Our first day was pretty windy. We got tested right away,” said Suquamish Tribal Chairman and puller Leon ard Forsman during the Aug. 11 rest day on Blake Island.

“When we got into some bumpy water, the young peo ple stayed strong and encouraged us all to keep going and expressed confidence in the canoes taking us where we needed to go,” said Forsman with a proud smile.

The storm came first with wind, then distant thunder. Lightening flashed along the Suquamish shoreline with heavy torrents of rain rarely seen in the Salish Sea. Pullers and support crew ran for refuge under the shel tering roof of the House of Awakened Culture. Then, almost as suddenly as the rain began, the sky opened up to bright sunlight.

One of his favorite parts has been meeting new people and making new friends.

“It’s been so good getting back into it after three years away from the water,” said Ian Lawrence, skipper of one of the Tribe’s cedar canoes, q’al’qaləxič (Killer Whale).

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“Chief Seattle’s spirit power was Thunderbird,” said Tribal Council Treasurer and educator Denita Holmes as she reflected on the thunder that accompanied the departure for Blake Island. Holmes skippered the Youth Canoe, the first time she had taken on that role during a Tribal Journey. In all, five tribal canoes and more than 70 people made the three-day journey beginning Aug. 10. Ed Carriere and his crew aboard Wis-i-dult arrived the next day. There is no bridge to Blake Island, so the entire Suqua mish contingent traveled by canoe or aboard the Chal lacum support barge.

Long among the lead cooks during canoe journey, Price watched as her niece took on the important role of learning how to manage the feeding of dozens of pullers and support crew.

The first day out, he said, “the waves were just crazy. It’s hard at first, but you get used to it as you go. You just have to have the motivation to pull through it.”

After the storm passed, 10-15 mph winds and whitecaps challenged new and experienced paddlers alike.

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“This is what keeps us grounded — traditionally, spir itually. It’s been a big challenge being without the canoe, without our sense of gathering, and it’s taken a toll on a lot of our people,” said Lawrence. Getting back out on the water has been “really good for everyone’s spirit,” he added. “I definitely needed it.”

Ricky Alexander is among them. This is the fourth Tribal Journey for the 14-year-old Tribal Member. “I was on two journeys when I was a baby, then I went to Lum mi, and now I’m a puller here,” he says proudly.

Suquamish Tribal Council Treasurer and Youth Canoe Skipper Denita Holmes and her crew make their way through choppy seas on the opening day the Tribe’s Canoe Journey to Blake Island Aug. 10.

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“The Canoe Journeys bring so much pride,” she said. “They empower people to feel better about themselves, about their Tribe, and about their community.”

“This is why we do this,” she says. “I learned from oth ers and now I’m teaching others. It’s cedar. That means we gather cedar, we prepare cedar. That means we learn to weave and teach each other.”

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When Canoe Journeys first started “there was a resur gence – like tidal waves,” she said. “We needed hats, we needed vests, we needed baskets, songs, dances, pad dles, and canoes! We didn’t have a canoe to go to the Paddle to Seattle. We now have numerous canoes in our Tribe and numerous skippers. And that means we have dozens of pullers.”

The Canoe Journeys have marked the awakening of Suquamish culture, she says. And this journey in par ticular shows that the Suquamish people have made it through the darkness of a global pandemic with their culture still strong as they prepare to write the next chapters of their history.

Culture Tribal Member Aaron Napoleon is one of the new fac es on this year’s journey. A seasoned white water kayak instructor, Napoleon recently returned to Suquamish from Leavenworth, Wash. “As a kayaker, I’m used to going my own way. So this is totally different,” he said. Napoleon was one of the pullers on the xanamulica (Murder of Crows) canoe, carved by Duane Pasco, with a sail woven by Tribal Elder Betty Pas co. The crew accompanied the other Suquamish canoes for the first time in 2022. “It has been nice to get to know members of my Tribe who I’ve never met before. I’m hon ored to be here.”

Tribal Elder, storyteller and puller Barbara Lawrence was helping pack up camp on Aug. 12 for the return paddle to Suquamish when she paused to reflect.

This is why we do this Lawrence holds up a cedar hat she wove for one of her granddaughters especially for this journey.

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“This project is a little while in com ing,” said DCD Director Scott Crowell to those assembled. “Covid stopped us a little bit, and then we had some design issues in deciding exactly what we want ed to Butbuild.”withconstruction now underway, “we’ll have this up before you know it. The hardest part of the journey is already over. It’s going to be a really exciting building.” CKA Principal Rex Green added “This is exciting! We are actually going to have a place for us all to gather together as a school. And that’s a huge thing we’ve beenIncomingmissing.”freshman Luther Mills IV, who is also a member of the Tribe’s Youth Council, said he was excited to see con struction begin. “It’s going to help a lot with gatherings,” he said, especially on days when weather turns foul. The building is expected to be com pleted in the spring of 2023. By Jon Anderson CKA newgroundbreaksforCommons Point your phone’s camera here to see a video of groundbreakingtheceremony.

The Native Youth Fitness Camp was sponsored by the Portland Indian Health Board and taught by instructors from Native American Fitness Council.

Tribal youth learn traditional Native American games

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Suquamish Tribe leaders, educators, and students gathered at Chief Kitsap Academy for a groundbreaking ceremo ny to formally begin construction for the school’s new Commons Building on Aug.Tribal16. Council Vice-Chairman Josh Bagley, Treasurer Denita Holmes, Coun cilmembers Rich Purser, Jay Mills, and Sammy Mabe joined with Education Department staff and students to pitch ceremonial dirt with gold-tinted shovels. CKA Song & Dance offered traditional songs. Canned salmon made by CKA students who caught and prepared the fish with the help of Mills were given to those in attendance.

Snow Josytewa (Hopi) shared cultural stories and taught fitness games, and John Blievernicht led the children in sports perfor mance“Suquamishdrills. was one of only four tribes selected to host this fitness camp,” said Sports & Recreation Director Craig Miller. The other hosts included Coeur d’Alene, Tulalip, and Klamath tribes.

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Erik Kakuska (Zuni) taught Suquamish youth tradi tional running activities.

Community Some three dozen Tribal youth learned a variety of tra ditional Native American games at a two-day camp with Suquamish Sports & Recreation in August.

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The Navy was represented by Karnig Ohannesian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Environ ment and Mission Readiness, the new Navy Region Northwest Commander, Rear Admiral Mark Sucato, and Naval Base Kitsap Commander Captain Richard Massie. They expressed their commitment to address the impacts their activities have on our resources, and to conduct early and meaningful consultation with the Suquamish Tribe.

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• Meeting with U.S. Navy officials to discuss consultation with the Suquamish Tribe on impacts that Naval activities will have on our culturally vital natural resources.

President Juarez has offered to help us organize a hear ing to provide testimony on the present-day impacts of the boarding schools on our people.

I believe some of the healing has begun through our investment in our cultural programs, including lan guage revitalization, our new museum, and the tribal Canoe Journeys. The Interior Report recommends investments in language preservation and revitaliza tion to counter the impacts of the assimilation efforts of the federal government.

My other activities this month included joining oth er Council members and staff in government-to-gov ernment meetings. These included:

The Secretary of Interior had directed Interior agen cies to investigate the federal Indian boarding school system “to examine the scope of the system.” This was in part a response to the identification of 169 un marked graves of First Nations children who attended the St. Bernard Mission School in Alberta, Canada.

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The Interior report gives a history of the boarding school system in Indian Country including identi fication of where, when, and how the schools were operated and by whom. Most of the schools in the U.S. were operated by missionaries with federal support and approval or by the federal government alone. Our ancestors were exposed to both types of schools, with most of them attending the Tulalip Boarding School, where mandatory attendance was enforced from 1900 toMore1920.research remains to determine the number of unmarked graves associated with the boarding schools identified in the Interior report. How we will repond to boarding schools report This is a difficult and traumatic process for our people, and we need to take care of ourselves as more information is discovered regarding burial sites. In addition, the Interior Report identified additional records that require review. Some of these records will shed more light on the destructive practices employed at the boarding schools where school instructors and officials worked to eliminate the language and culture of the Indian students.

Although language revitalization is important and necessary, the Interior report does not offer mitigation of the “broader goal” of assimilation, which was to take our reservation and other lands. We will be push ing for the Interior Department to increase investment in land restoration as part of the relief owed to our Tribe for the suffering and long-term impacts of the Boarding School era.

“We will be pushing for the Interior Department to increase investment in land restoration as part of the relief owed to our Tribe for the suffering and long-term impacts of the Boarding School era.”

• Speaker of the Washington State House of Representatives Laurie Jinkins met with Tribal Coun cil to learn more about our priorities. We took her on U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (left) joined Suqua mish Chair Leonard Fors man (center) and Commu nity Development Director Scott Crowell (right) on a tour of the Tribe’s new and planned construction projects, including the Entai townhouse location and the new Healing House clinic.

The Assistant Secretary made one important con clusion in the report, finding that “the assimilation of Indian children through the Federal Indian boarding school system was intentional and part of that broader goal of Indian territorial dispossession for the expan sion of the United States.” This is not a surprising revelation to the Suquamish Tribe. In our view, the timing of the allotment of the reservation (1886), beginning of mandatory atten dance of Suquamish children at Tulalip and other schools (1900), condemnation of the Old Man House village by the military (1905) and passage of laws allowing forced sale of reservation lands (1906) was no coincidence.SeattleCity Council President Debora Juarez held a meeting with tribal government leaders and represen tatives of non-profits that serve Indian people residing in Seattle to discuss responses to the report’s findings.

The Suquamish response will to be to press the fed eral government to continue their research. We must also work on identifying best practices to address the trauma we suffered in the past and continue to feel today. Anger and resentment are justified, but we must commit ourselves to the healing process.

In May of this year, the Assistant Secretary of Indi an Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior released the “Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report.”

This month’s intertribal activities included attendance at the Shoalwater Bay Tribe’s dedication of their Tsunami Tower, which will provide a refuge in case of a tsunami wave. This structure is quite impressive and required cooperation from federal, state, Tribal, and local governments to complete.

The Seattle Indian Health Board hosted a dedication ceremony for a health clinic in Pioneer Square to serve their clients in the downtown Seattle neighborhood. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) helped dedicate the facility.

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TribalPositionsCommitteeOpen Tribal Council is seeking Tribal members to serve on the following committees: • Tribal Child Welfare • Constitution • Law & Justice • Fish Committee Please submit your name by Sept. 1 to Amanda Carper at Acarper@suquamish.nsn.us a tour of the reservation, stopping at our cultural sites, educational facilities, and housing properties, including a visit with our youth at the Summer School at the House of Awakened Culture.

• Tribal Council members and staff met with Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz to discuss the priorities of the State Department of Natural Resources and how they align with our values. DNR is engaged in salmon recovery and sustainable geoduck harvesting.•Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Chriswell met with a group of regional tribal leaders to discuss FEMA’s tribal consultation efforts. The agency has made progress in making its programs more accessible to Tribal governments.•

• Suquamish representatives joined the Tulalip and Swinomish to conduct a ceremony acknowledging the proposed demolition of NOAA facilities next to the new Mukilteo ferry terminal. This important site is near where Chief Seattle signed the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. Thanks to Denita Holmes, her family, and Marilyn Jones for attending the ceremony.

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Our Tribe invests in education partnerships both within and outside of the tribal government. Some of our educational work included a presentation of our history and culture to incoming North Kitsap School District teachers, the monthly meeting of the Tribal Leaders Congress, which is focusing on a Department of Education consultation in late October, our annual ELC graduation at the House of Awakened Culture, and support of our Tribal Summer School session.

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Tribal Council Schedule Tribal Council will meet on the following dates through the rest of 2022: Sept. 12; Oct. 3, 24; Nov. 7, 21; Dec. 5, 12.

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The West Sound Partners for Ecosystem Recovery met at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club. One of the primary subjects was the Puget Sound Partnership’s report on future funding to help acquire larger grants for salmon and shellfish habitat restoration projects. Our Fisheries Department joined WSDOT and Kitsap County in a tour of the Chico Creek watershed.

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The weekend kicked off Aug 18, with a tournament at White Horse Golf Club to raise money for Chief Kitsap Acade my’s Athletics Department. One of the few CSD events open to the general pub lic, the event drew golf enthusiasts from around the area along with players from the Port Madison Indian Reservation.

“Chief Seattle was born before first contact and was a young boy there to exchange gifts with Capt. George Van couver,” Forsman said. “Later he become a chief, a diplomat, a warrior, and a rep resentative not only of our Tribe but of many of the tribes around the Salish Sea.”

Seattle adapted to changing times, said Forsman, just as Suquamish people are doing“Thisnow.isan important milestone in our year. Every year we come back and we’re another year older and hopefully another year wiser,” he said. Following the ceremony, the celebra tion continued with a salmon lunch, El ders walk, cornhole and softball games, special giveaways, and canoe races. Events closed out on Sunday with the Aye Cuzzins team taking home the Chief Seattle Days Softball Championship trophy. By Jon Anderson

The Suquamish Tribe honored Chief Seattle, each other, and traditions at the 2022 annual Chief Seattle Days cele bration. With the COVID-19 pandemic still cause for concern, the Tribe mini mized risk by keeping the event almost exclusively for Tribal households only.

“Last year she said she’d like to step down and let someone else do it,” said Renquist. “Well, it turns out it couldn’t be just one person. It took four of us to do everything Marilyn did all these years by herself!”Thegraveside ceremony has anchored the Tribe’s annual Chief Seattle Days cel ebration for generations. This year’s cere mony, however, marked the first time the Tribe offered a 21-gun salute to honor Se attle’s service to his Tribe as a warrior and military leader. The Suquamish Warriors veterans group rendered the honors. Among the guests at the ceremony was Jeri-Marie Bennett, a Lummi Elder, who is related to Chief Seattle through one his nephews. Bennett recently donated to the Suquamish Tribe some 14 acres of prop erty near Indianola that comprises much of the Tribe’s sacred shoreline known as Doe-keg-wats.“Inthisdayand age it is truly tremen dously rare to find people with such be nevolence, compassion, and generosity,” said Eddie Ayub, who helped facilitate the transfer of land. “The entire Tribe wanted to honor and appreciate her gift. Jeri-Marie has said it is what the ances tors would want her to do. And she want ed to honor their memories and wishes.” Guests also included local elected of ficials and the traditional four witnesses called up to observe Chief Seattle’s hon oring and testify that it had been done in a good way. One of those witnesses was Carsyn Maloney, who was honored for building several new wooden benches for Tribal Elders around the grounds of the House of Awakened Culture as part of his successful Eagle Scout qualifica tion. Other witnesses were Tracy Taba funda, Lorraine Brice, and Jim Henry In his remarks, Suquamish Tribe

After the Royalty pageant, Tribal Fami lies gathered outside the House of Awak ened Culture for a salmon dinner and an evening of traditional songs and dances.

Gravesite honoring Opening Saturday’s celebrations, the Tribe paid homage to their ancestral leader in a morning ceremony at Chief Seattle’s hillside grave overlooking the Puget Sound. Tribal Elders Della Crowell and Charlene Renquist officiated. Tribal Elder Marilyn Wandrey was honored af ter retiring from her many years of lead ing the graveside ceremony.

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Chairman Leonard Forsman emphasized the importance of remembering Chief Seattle’s contributions as the world re emerges from pandemic isolation.

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The following afternoon, Zaylee Moss was selected to serve as Little Miss Chief Seattle Days and Devany Dutton was se lected to be Junior Miss Chief Seattle Days.

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September 2022 | 9Suquamish.nsn.us Suquamish News Tournament Winners Softball Tournament Five softball teams competed over three days for the coveted Chief Seattle Days Softball Championship title. Here are the final Champions:standings!AyeCuzzins2ndPlace:ThoseGuysThem Girls 3rd Place: LB 4th Place: BrownTown Cornhole Tournament Champions: Ryan Boure & James Wion 2nd Place: Chris Santos & Billy Nellen 3rdbachPlace: Jacob & Ryan War Canoe Races

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Suquamish News Suquamish.nsn.us10 | September 2022 Culture pədkʷəxʷic Time of Silver Salmon (Sept.) Phrases of the Month Sign up for fall classes! Aim your phone camera at the QR code to access the registration form. Please contact us with any questions or for help ﬁlling out the language_program@suquamish.nsn.usform.(360)394-8644or(360)394-7180 ʔutxʷəlšucidəbčəł We’re moving! The Suquamish Language Program is moving to the Sandy Hook Road tribal campus and will be offering in-person and online learning opportunities starting in October. Aim your camera at the QR code to listen to phrases. Week 1 gʷat kʷ(i) adsdaʔ -What is your name? Week 2 ʔidigʷat čəxʷ - What say you?/ What do you have to say? Week 3 ʔəsx̌id čəxʷ - How are you? Week 4 čad kʷ(i) adsʔuxʷ - Where did you go? Learn Lushootseed

“My passion is working with Tribal artists,” she says.

“The exhibits are really nicely done. I appreciate hearing the voices of Tribal members, seeing their pho tos, and getting a feeling for who they are,” she says. “It is a fabulous building. And the Timeline is well done — that was quite a bit of work!”

Apart from her day-to-day work, her passions are creating her own art — she loves beading, pottery, painting, and exploring other art forms. Her daugh ter is expecting a baby in September, and Lara will fly home to Wisconsin to be with her.

“Now that we’re coming out of Covid, we can offer more interactive activities to Tribal members and to the general public,” she said. Creating more opportunities for Tribal members to access museum resources is another priority. Museum staff are busy scanning archives into a database that can become a resource center for Tribal members to view and make copies of photos, letters, and other records. With the help of a grant, the Museum will be hiring an oral history coordinator to record stories from Elders, adding to existing resources for future generations.

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Coming up, the museum is planning a special exhibit of Suquamish weaving, collaborating with Denita and Joey Holmes. Lara is encouraging Tribal members who are willing to share weavings and stories of weaving to contact her. She also encourages Tribal artists interested in selling their creations at the museum’s Leota Anthony Gift Shop to reach out, along with those interested in offer ing workshops and presentations.

Tribe welcomes new Suquamish Museum Director Rita Lara

Meanwhile, she hit the ground running, interviewing for open staff positions, building collaborations with Tribal members and various government departments, and starting work on public art projects in surrounding communities.

Contact Museum Director Rita Lara at 360-394-8495 or Rlara@suquamish.nsn.us

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“I learned when I was working with my tribe that there were people who never had the opportunity to learn about their history or culture,” she said. “Sharing knowl edge with them about who they are is phenomenal.”

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Lara visited the Suquamish Museum back when Marilyn Jones was director. She later participated in a Tribal historic preservation officer training in Suqua mish.She is impressed with what the Tribe has built.

Rita Lara, the new direc tor of the Suquamish Museum, was drawn to museum work by her love of art, culture, history, and language.Laraisan enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, part of the Iroquois confederacy. She started her career in gaming, but switched to museum work, directing the Oneida Nation Museum for 18 years. Along the way, she got her Master’s degree in Busi ness, which she credits with helping her learn to do strategic planning and create effective operating proce dures.She moved to Sacramento to be near two sons, but found the region too hot and too crowded. “I prefer smaller communities where people are more relaxed,” she said. She fell in love with Washington state, and went to work for the Quinault Nation, staying three years as a gaming enforcement manager before accept ing the director position with the Suquamish Museum. She began work here on July 25. “I missed museum work,” she says. “And it’s beautiful here, with the ocean, trees, and mountains. The Suquamish people are awesome, so wonderful and welcoming.”

“Every tribe has their own story of how they main tained and kept going. I love getting to know a tribe’s successes, in spite of all the challenges faced by their ancestors – how they not only survive but prosper.”

Currently, the museum is featuring a special exhibit on Old Man House. Outside, Ed Carriere is leading the construction of a matt house on the museum grounds.

Melissa Lund has been selected as the new Elders Co ordinator for the Elders Program at the willServicesHumanDepartment,whereshejoinDellaCrowell.

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Lund will take the position left vacant by Donna Sigo’s recentLundretirement.isaSuquamish Tribal Elder, and her maternal lineage is from the Bel mont Family. She brings with her a wide-ranging experience of having worked extensively with at-risk and vulnerable families. She has also been a board member of the National Head Start Association and has been engaged in family advocacy for over 30 Mostyears.recently, Melissa worked for the Kitsap County Parent Coalition, where she provided resources and referrals for people with developmental disabilities. She has always had a keen interest in serving and advocating for individuals in underserved communities, and seeks to promote health, wellness, and inde pendence for vulnerable populations. For recreation, Melissa volunteers at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and continues to work as an event coordi nation volunteer with other community groups.Ona personal level, Melissa and her husband Mark are the proud parents of five adult children (2 girls, 3 sons), including twin adult sons who have autism, and are grandparents to three rambunctious grandsons. Melissa is looking forward to working with our Elder community and the fam ilies who support them, while advocat ing for the unique needs of these most reveredPleasepeople.welcome Melissa to her new role as the Elders Coordinator.

By Nehreen Ayub Human Services Director

Reentry Program reframed as Begin Again

Discussions have focused on developing mission and vision statements that emphasize a return to Suquamish culture andThvalues.etalking circles have also “opened space for honest sharing, truth telling, and courageous conversation,” says Being Again Program Coordinator Anna Mayes. “Central to the commonly held belief that ‘we are a people’ is the importance of stories, being accountable to one another, and remembering our deeply rooted connections.”

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On August 1, 2022, Leonard Forsman, and Denita, Joey, and Joseph Holmes, and I went to Mukilteo NOAA Science Center to celebrate the building being torn down and returned to the earth.

There were folks from NOAA represented from Washington, D.C., and the Pacific Northwest, and the Tulalip Tribes, Swinomish Tribe, and the Suquamish Tribe. NOAA opened the event, and Tulalip acted as host from then on, with songs and speakers from everyone there. It was a beautiful day. NOAA gifted blankets with their logo on them to folks, and the Tulalip Communications, and Everett Herald were on hand for photographs and video. Afterward, Leonard and I went over to the ferry landing and photographed Katie Ahvakana’s artwork, and then parked and went into the terminal and walked around looking at the Tulalip artwork.

Denita, Joey, and Joseph headed for the U.W. to hear a presentation by Annie Forsman on MMIW. It made the perfect end to the day. August was a Tribal-only Chief Seattle Days Celebration, and it was nice with things smaller than normal. We hope next year will be opened to the public with more activities. We had a nice dinner, canoe races, and an Elders Walk. It was fun, and I do miss seeing friends from around the community. I will welcome everyone back next year! Please keep your COVID-19 vaccinations updated and help stop the spread of this so we can get things opened up and enjoy visiting and events again. Staying healthy and keeping vaccinated is the best way to do this for all of us. By Marilyn Jones

The 30th Annual Salmon Homecoming celebration will be on September 17 at Pier 62 on the Seattle Waterfront from 10am to 5pm. To learn more about how to become a vendor this year go to: monhomecoming.org/participatewww.sal-andclickonVendorInformation.

After months of talking circle discussions among Tribal leaders, Elders, and those in the community who care deeply about those impacted by the criminal justice system, substance misuse, and mental health challenges, the Suquamish Tribe’s Reentry Program has been renamed Begin Again, or bəyəhaw’ inInLushootseed.recentweeks, Begin Again talking circles have gotten larger with more and more Tribal Members and others in the Tribal Community joining the discussion of what the program can become.

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Well, we have had our difficulties this summer. The weather has been very different for Washington, and we are learning to deal with all the days of heat and then cold. I finally finished all my digitizing and rearranging of my files. Now I am focusing on getting my transcribing done. I still need some Blu-Ray DVDs and then everything will be on safe copies for digital use. I am hoping to be able to have interviews with some folks set up soon and to be able to talk about hunting, fishing andAsgathering.Ithinkabout the changes I have seen in my life here on the reservation, I wonder what it was like before I was born and wish that the Elders would tell me about their lives and what they think about the things they have experienced. Life is so different today for us, and

By Jon Anderson

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Traditional Heritage Specialist when they were young it was different too. Our future generations need your knowledge to learn from. Please think about setting up an interview; contact me at either mjones@suquamish.nsn.us or (360) 394-8526. As I reflect on the past month, it started with a number of activities, and July end with many as well. I feel as if I have been running non-stop to take care of so many things, and having my husband beside me was amazing. We had a wedding, and the loss of two family members in Oakville and a family friend here in Poulsbo. We attended a beautiful dinner at the Heronswood Garden to thank the Port Gamble S’Klallam board members. This was an event that their Tribal Council put on with dinner, and they presented members of their various boards with jackets as thank-you gifts for their service. We are slowing down as the month goes on, and we got to enjoy some time with family for birthdays and other celebrations. Then get ready for the grandkids to go back to school and fall to come.

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Discussions have also explored names for two potential tribal community supported healing homes for men and women. Among some of the favorites: čəxʷ - Prepare yourself, live • həliʔil čəxʷ - You get well, heal/You are getting well, healing/You will get well, heal xʷiʔ kʷ(i) adsday’ay’ - You are not Membersalone of the Tribal Community are invited to participate in the next Begin Again talking circle on Sept. 13 in the House of Awakened Culture at 6pm. Door prizes will be awarded and dinner will be served. For more information, or to talk story, contact Anna Mayes at (360) 394-1325 or amayes@suquamish.nsn.us

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Suquamish News Suquamish.nsn.us14 | September Government2022 New Hires & Transfers September Name Title Department Kayla Purser*George- Activity Coordinator Sports & Recreation Kali Chargualaf* Higher Education Program Manager Education Juliana Smith ECEAP/Head Start Teacher ELC Hanna Brush Field Biologist Natural Resources Lena Wallace Procurement Agent Finance Joey Holmes Multi-Media Specialist Education-Language Mary Mickel Front Desk Receptionist Administration Ian Lawrence* Maintenance/Custodian Education Rita Lara Director Education Napua Korsak Academic Coach Education Tatiana Lawrence*Fontes- Summer Youth Program Education Talynn Marquez* Summer Youth Program Education Joshua Oliver** Summer Youth Program Education Ayanna Jones* Summer Youth Program Education Luther Mills IV** Summer Youth Program Education Lillian Pondelick* Summer Youth Program Education Leland Standley* Summer Youth Program Education Renan Johnson Maintenance Technician Maintenance Ted Jackson* ER Lunch Delivery Driver Human Services * Tribal member / **Descendant New Hires Suquamish Youth Council Secretary Tatiana Lawrence is one of seven Suquamish youth working in a variety of jobs across Tribal Government this Thsummer.eSummer Youth Program internships provide career training, work experience, and insight into government operations. Lawrence helped out during two Tribal Council meetings, typed up Tribal Council minutes, and greeted visitors, answered phones, and helped staff the front desk of the Tribal Administration Center lobby. Among the positions now available in Suquamish Tribal Government: • Natural Resources Forestry Intern (Tribal Member) • Tribal Engineer • Childcare Teacher • Mental Health Counselor Suquamish Tribe is Hiring! Point your phone camera at the QR code to see the most recent list of career opportunities currently available, as well information on how to apply. Or call the job hotline at (360) 394-8414.

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Coordinated by the Suquamish Tribe Community Health Program Healthy Living is Our Tradition When: 9 am to 1 pm Friday, Sept 9, 2022 Where: House of Awakened Culture 7235 NE Suquamish,ParkwayWA98292 Flu shots for tribal household and government employee adults Raffles, gifts, healthy snacks Blood pressure & blood sugar screening

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MPV usually causes a rash that starts as flat spots that become raised fluid filled blisters that can be painful. Some people have just a few spots on one part of the body while others have many all over the body. Other symptoms can include fever, headache, and swollen lymph nodes. If your symptoms have not started, post exposure vaccination within 4 days of exposure may be an option to reduce or prevent symptoms. Talk to your medical provider or local clinic. Seek out care immediately. If you have a new or unexplained rash and think it might be MPV, talk to your medical provider or local clinic. Antiviral medications are available to treat MPV if you have severe pain or other symptoms, or have a condition such as a weakened immune system that makes you more likely to get severely ill. Avoid skin to skin contact with anyone who has open wounds or rashes, and don’t share clothing or other items with them. Reduce the number of people you have close, intimate, or sexual contact with. If you have been exposed or are at high risk for infection, ask about getting the MPV vaccine. a Contact Rachel Nellenbach at (360) 394-8418 or rnellenbach@suquamish.nsn.us now

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