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Volume 13
September 2013
Field Day Celebrates Healthy Choices
Annual races and softball tournament held in honor of long-time tribal social worker Suquamish community members bid farewell to the summer with a celebration of healthy living and sobriety at the third annual Healthy Choices Softball Tournament and Field Day on August 24, 2013. The event, held at the Suquamish Ballfield near the Marion Forsman-Boushie Early Learning Center, included field day races, a softball tournament and barbecue for all participants.
N o. 9 Suquamish To Visit Sister Village In The Phillippines
Burke Museum awarded $80,000 grant to connect two tribal communities
The Burke Museum will connect Suquamish with a distant community that shares a common interest in preserving their natural and archaeological heritage, and revitalizing cultural practices, thanks to an $80,000 grant awarded by the American Alliance of Museums.
This year, the event was held in honor of Suquamish Tribal Member Violet Mabe, who passed away in January 2013. “She helped in the creation of this event, and its’ activities year after year. So, the committee decided to hold the event in honor of her this year,” said Human Services Adminstrative Assistant Clae Williams.
Suquamish, Washington and El Nido, Palawan, in the Philippines, are both shoreline communities that share a deep history of harvesting from the sea. In both communities, the primary source of income has been shifting away from natural resource extraction and toward tourism. By facilitating this project, the Burke Museum will encourage stewardship of both areas’ fragile natural and cultural resources.
As a case manager in the Human Services Department at the Suquamish Tribe, Mabe also assisted tribal members in living healthier lifestyles for more than a decade. More than 130 people attended the event. In addition to a barbecue, softball tournament and field day races, families were treated to a large waterslide, batting cage and bouncey house. A total of four teams participated in the softball tournament this year. The winners, team Suquamish, received commemorative jackets. Second place went to team Bench Warmers and third to team Swingers in the double elimination tournament held on Saturday and Sunday. Field day activities, including wheel barrel and gunny sack races, a 50 meter dash and 3-legged race were held Mikayla Madayag tries to avoid getting splashed on the water slide at the annual on Saturday. Healthy Choices field day.
Suquamish Donates $100,000 To Kingston Village Green Funds will help pay for a new community center and library
The Suquamish Tribal Council has donated 100-thousand dollars to the Kingston Village Green Foundation (VGF). The contribution was announced during the VGF annual Pie In The Park fundraiser on August 15, 2013 in Kingston, WA.
Funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and administered by the American Alliance of Museums, the “Museums Connect” grant program is designed to increase cross-cultural understanding. Through the Burke’s project, members of both communities will explore their archaeological pasts, with a focus on practices related to fishing, gathering, and herbal medicine. The goals of this collaboration are for each community to come away with firsthand knowledge of a different culture, a deeper understanding of their own heritage, and the expertise to steer tourism development in a sustainable direction. “When I first visited El Nido in 2010, I was impressed by the local enthusiasm for archaeology,” says the Burke Museum’s Curator of Archaeology Dr. Peter Lape. “This grant is a wonderful opportunity to support cultural champions at the grassroots level.”
“When we heard what the Kingston community was trying to do here for their elders and children, we knew it was something we wanted to support,” said Suquamish Tribal Chairman Leonard Forsman during the event.
Dr. Jun Cayron, Director of Palawan State University Museum added, “This collaborative exchange fits very well with the Palawan State University’s missee “Phillippines” page 13
KVGF Board members were presented with a large check representing the donation, along with the first installment of 45-thousand dollars. The remaining 55-thousand will be distributed to the Representatives from the Suquamish Tribe presenting a $100,000 check to to the Village Green Foundation. foundation over the next From left; Chairman Leonard Forsman, foundation Vice President Dave Wetter, Kylie Cordero, Councilmember Irene Carper, Councilmember Robin Sigo and PME Board President Greg George. year. “We deeply appreciate the gift from the campaign. In 2012, the Suquamish Trib- al, multi-functional community center Suquamish Tribe. It demonstrates a vote al Government and Suquamish-owned and library, and a park that’s a gathering of confidence in the project, and what we Port Madison Enterprises donated more place for people of all ages. The Village are doing here for the community,” said than 694-thousand dollars to charitable, Green Foundation’s name prior to 2009 non-profit and community programs in was the Kingston Community Center VGF volunteer Bobbie Moore. Foundation, which in turn took the place and around Kitsap County. Funds contributed by the Suquaof the Kingston Community Center, the mish Tribe will be used to help build a The KVGF is a registered nonprofit corgroup that operated the present commumulti-functional community center and poration established in 2007 whose misnity center building until 1999. For more library at the Kingston Village Green sion is to build a place that connects and information visit www.kingstonvillagePark. The donation is part of the Suqua- strengthens the community of Kingston. green.org. mish Tribe’s annual charitable giving That place is both an intergenerationSuquamish News
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In This Issue News ................... 1 Community Calendar
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Education
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Government
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Sports & Rec
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Elders ................. 10 Health & Wellness
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Business ................. 12 Events ................. 13 Community & Notices
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