qyuuqs News Mar 2015

Mar 2015 Vol. 49 No. 3

FIXING THE MEAL

THE pg. 8 MONA LISA PURCHASE

SWINOMISH’S FIRST FISH COOKS

Photo: Fish Cooks Louise Joe and Angeline Bob, C.1940 Swinomish Ball Field Fence Visible in Rear From the Collection of Helen Bob Lewis Swinomish Tribal Archive

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01 Fixing the Meal: Swinomish’s First

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Fish Cooks

The Mona Lisa Purchase

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Editor’s Note The Chairman’s Message Land Buy Back Program Update The Mona Lisa Purchase Letter From Chairman: Shell...

Groundwater Awareness Week DEP: Martha’s Beach Bluff Oaks March Tide Table Lushootseed Practice Native Roots Being Frank From the Tribal Archive Native Business: Good Branding The Wellness Program + Air Quality Program Police DEP: Nonpoint Source Pollution What’s Up Doc? Your Dental Health + Lady Braves 2B District Champs Swinomish Housing Authority Youth Only Dinner Youth Center Calendar We Need Your Help! + Our Honored Elders Elder’s Menu Mrs. V’s 2 Cents Healthy Relationships Study March Birthdays Aqiimuk’s Kitchen

Land Management has two article; one is an update about the Land Buy Back Program, while the other is about Groundwater Awareness Week.

The Department of Environmental Protection also has two articles. One is about garry oaks being planted at Martha’s Beach in Shelter Bay. The other article is about nonpoint pollution.

editor’s NOTE

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Tribal Archivist, Theresa Trebon submitted an article about the women of Swinomish whoare considered “the first fish cooks.”

It wasn’t that long ago I was saying things like I hope you enjoyed the holidays and Happy New Year. The weather was warmer than normal throughout the month of February and I’ve been seeing flowers bloom pretty early this year.

The La Conner Lady Braves have had a spectacular basketball season. They are now the 2B Distict Champs and will be going to Regionals the first week of March.

In December, the Swinomish Tribe purchased parcels of land at the north end. I wanted to feature this historic event this month so that community members understand the importance of this purchase, and can see where the tribe purchased new land.

There is a letter from the Chairman in this month’s issue regarding the Shell Puget Sound Oil Refinery incident. If you were impacted from that incident, please fill out the survey and submit it to the Tribe.

Late February/March is the “Moon when frog talks,” signaling the coming of spring. This is the time for harvesting herring and smelt. Herring are prepared in many ways- whole herring are threaded onto green twigs and dried, herring oil is collected and used to season food, and the roe is also eaten.

Herring roe in the tidelands attracts flocks of ducks and snow geese.

Ducks are valued as a source of grease, which is collected when the duck is cooked over an open-spit fire, the duck oil dripping into an open clamshell.

During this moon and through the next two moons halibut fishing starts, but the seas are still rough so activities are more focused on hunting elk and deer.

The Youth Center staff have been hosting a Youth Only Dinner the past few months with guest speakers. This dinner will be held once a month until May. As the months pass I hope you enjoy picking up and reading the monthly qyuuqs.

Caroline Edwards

The roots of Sitka spruce, red-cedar, and Oregon grape are collected for the inner bark, which is split and bundled for later use in making and dyeing baskets.

Edible plants are also collected- the bark of serviceberry, giant horsetail shoots, and tiger lily bulbs are dug up to eat raw or boiled. In freshwater marshlands, the cattail roots are dug and boiled or dried, then pulverized into flour. Stinging nettles are also collected, and the leaves cooked for tea.

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Moon When Frog Talks

Excerpt from ‘13 Moons: The 13 Lunar Phases, and How They Guide the Swinomish People’.

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the chairman’s MESSAGE

I would like to take a few minutes to highlight some of our activities over the past year for those who were unable to make it to the meeting. Since the Tribe took over the Swinomish Fish Company, we have grown and diversified our products for sale on a local, national and international market. We are now producing canned salmon, salmon caviar, salmon jerky, smoked salmon and even pet food.

We have a partnership with over 45 First Nations and Tribes, and have been working with companies such as Haggen and Patagonia.

We continue to see stability in the revenue from these enterprises: The Swinomish Casino & Lodge and the Swinomish Links Golf Course. We have attracted new patrons to these enterprises through resort vacation packages and partnership through stay and play with Swinomish Golf Links.

The Swinomish Chevron gas stations continue to make important contributions to the revenues as well as providing jobs to many tribal members at both of our locations.

I would like to express my particular appreciation to the Housing Authority. The Housing Authority does a great job managing the rental housing and combining together scarce funding to build new homes. Many of the older homes in the community are in need of repair, and it is a goal of our Senate to work with our Housing Authority to work toward investing in programs and opportunities for repairs.

The community expressed that there needs to be a better relationship with the Swinomish Police Department.

One of the commitments the Senate made was to invest in the employment and training of our tribal members. We appreciate the tribal members who have joined the police force and thank them for their service to protect and serve the tribe.

Rick Balam is now the new Chief of Police. It has been a road of rebuilding in the Police Department this year and with Rick’s commitment, experience and relationship, we believe our community is in good hands.

For many years we have witnessed the struggle for community members to find their place in the community.

Coming home is a big transition from drug and alcohol treatment. We are working hard to keep improving our Wellness Program. The Transitional Living Program is an assisted living program for homeless adults who are in the recovering process of living sober.

Swinomish has grown to be one of the most stable and prosperous tribal governments because of our size and location.

I am thankful to the Creator for healing and supporting our community and to all of your for taking the time to reach out to one another.

In the very simple words of our beloved Elder, Chet Cayou, we are loving, caring and sharing people. It is what makes us Swinomish strong.

Thank you all for attending this year’s meeting, may the Creator continue to bless us all.

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On behalf of the Swinomish Senate, thank you to those who attended the General Council Meeting. It was a great day to share the successful year of growth, the program accomplishments and new ideas for the future. We are so lucky that we have such a great group of Senators working for our community and I am incredibly lucky to serve with each and every Senator.

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Land Management

Land Buy-Back Program Update: The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Interior (DOI) in December 2014 to participate in the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (LBBP) in 2015.

Through the Department of Interior’s Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (LBBP), the Swinomish Tribe has an opportunity to purchase fractionated interests from willing sellers of individual trust lands.

The LBBP was a result of the Cobell lawsuit against the BIA for mismanagement of funds. One of the results of this lawsuit was money to help consolidate fractional interests by enabling Tribe’s to purchase interests in priority tracts with multiple landowners.

Currently, we are hiring for a Land Buy-Back Coordinator.

Our offices are also helping to provide information necessary for land appraisals. The appraisals are expected to be complete by the end of summer, 2015. Once appraisals are complete, the DOI will put together offer packets to mail to landowners who are willing sellers of their interest.

Fish and Wildlife SWINOMISH HUNTERS UNFILLED GAME TAGS DUE NOW Most big game hunting seasons are now closed; only cougar and spring bear seasons are open later.

Per the 2014-2015 Swinomish Hunting Regulation, and the affidavit signed upon issuance of tags last fall.

Please let us know if you are interested in selling your undivided interest to the Tribe.

ALL UNFILLED DEER, ELK, MOUNTAIN GOAT, AND FALL BEAR TAGS WILL BE DUE BY MARCH 7.

To be added to the list of Willing Sellers, and/or to update your contact information, please call the Trust Beneficiary Call Center at 1-888-678-6836. They are open Monday– Friday, 6am–5pm, and Saturday, 7am–11am. Each individual seller must contact the call center on their own behalf.

Please return unused tags to Laura Dunn at the Fish and Game Office. Those who have returned ALL unused tags by this date are eligible for the $5 refund. As usual, FILLED game tags are due within 72 hours after kill.

You can also go online to www.doi.gov/buybackprogram/ landowners/index.cfm for more information, or stop by the Land Management Department.

If you have questions, please contact Laura Dunn or Peter McBride 360.708.2030.

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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS MARCH 30- APRIL 3

La Conner Schools Spring Break-Youth Center Outings TBA MARCH 2

5pm Education Dinner MARCH 18

6pm Community Dinner MARCH 19

Men’s Health Day MARCH 25

Youth Only Dinner 6-8pm APRIL 4

SITC Easter Egg Hunt 9:30am Breakfast 10:30am Egg Hunt APRIL 5

Easter Sunday APRIL 22

6pm Community Dinner APRIL 23

SITC Earth Day/Clean Up Day APRIL 29

Youth Only Dinner 6-8pm

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The Mona Lisa Purchase On Friday, December 5th, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community purchased ten parcels of reservation land at a Skagit County Tax Foreclosure Sale.

The ten parcels (see map) totaled 466 contiguous acres and are all located at the northern end of the Swinomish Indian Reservation on Fidalgo Island.

The property included the sandy spit that extends into Turner’s Bay, approximately 65 acres of tidelands on the eastern shore of Turner’s Bay and approximately ¾ of a mile of waterfront uplands between Reservation Road and Turner’s Bay. The other property included several large parcels of forested uplands along the bluff overlooking the Tribe’s diked tidelands and Swinomish Channel to the east and approximately 300 acres of forested uplands in between the bluff and Turner’s Bay. “Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, reservation lands were removed from tribal ownership through a variety of methods,” said Swinomish Tribal Chairman Brian Cladoosby.

“Sometimes the Federal government encouraged the sale of our property or purported to adjust reservation boundaries without proper legal authority to do so. Other times, tribal land was sold by tribal members as a result of deceit or duress. Recovering lands reserved for the Swinomish Tribe in our treaty has been a primary goal of the Tribe for many years.

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There are no words to express how important and how humbling it is for us to be able to reclaim our land for the use of our future generations,” said Chairman Cladoosby.

“Since 1984 (a short 30 years ago), the Tribe has re-purchased more than 1700 acres of reservation fee lands (uplands owned by non-members) that had left tribal ownership following the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott – over 20% of the reservation uplands. Including the land purchased on December 5, almost 100% of all reservation tidelands and 72% of all reservation uplands are now owned by the Tribe or Tribal Members. To recover this much of our homeland in one generation is a dream come true,” said Cladoosby.

The Tribe challenged the development proposal in Whatcom County Superior Court because the land was zoned “forestry” at the time and inconsistent with the Tribe’s zoning regulations.

The colorful history of the land is all in the past now and that is where it shall stay. Swinomish has aquired this land once again. Now Swinomish can readily feel a little more complete.

The land involved in this purchase has a colorful history. All of the tidelands surrounding the Reservation were originally owned by the Swinomish Tribe.

The tidelands in Turner’s Bay were one of only two areas of tidelands that were ever sold by the Tribe and they were purchased by Scott Timber Company as part of a larger purchase of timberlands in the 1950’s.

Those tidelands and several larger waterfront and inland parcels were purchased by Mona Lisa Estates Partnership in the 1990’s and made a part of a proposed 1000 acre development called “Island Meadows” that would have converted the waterfront and timberland acreage into more than 500 luxury homes, an 18 hole golf course, tennis courts and equestrian center.

“There are no words to express how important and how humbling it is for us to be able to reclaim our land for the use of our future generations.” Brian Cladoosby

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

SHELL PUGET SOUND REFINERY INCIDENT ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Dear Community Members, As you are probably already aware, on Friday, February 20, 2015 there was a release of strong chemical odors from the Shell Puget Sound Refinery that affected numerous residents of the Swinomish Indian Reservation. The exact chemical composition of this release has not yet been disclosed to us.

The Tribe strives to proactively monitor and protect the environment of the Swinomish Reservation for the benefit of all residents. If you or someone you know was affected by this chemical release, I encourage you to fill out the survey on the next page. It will assist the Tribe in current and future government-to-government discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Washington regarding this incident and ongoing refinery operations that affect the health of residents and the natural environment of the Swinomish Reservation.

If you were affected by the February 20th incident, please fill out the survey with as much detail as you are able to provide and return it as soon as possible. Feel free to duplicate and distribute the survey to others who may have been affected.

There are several options for returning the survey: 1. U.S. Mail to 11404 Moorage Way, La Conner, Washington 98257 2. Tribal Administration Building front desk 3. Swinomish Housing/Utility Authority front desk 4. The collection box marked “Shell Survery” at the Swinomish Social Services Building 5. The collection box marked “Shell Survey” inside the Village Chevron Station Sincerely, Brian Cladoosby, Chairman

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QUESTIONNAIRE REGARDING THE RELEASE OF STRONG CHEMICAL ODORS FROM THE SHELL PUGET SOUND REFINERY ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 If you need more room to answer any of the following questions please attach additional pages, and be sure to reference which number question you are answering. Some questions are marked as “Optional” for health privacy reasons, but if you are comfortable disclosing this information it would be very helpful.

Your Name:_________________________________________________________________________ (Optional) Your Address:______________________________________________________________________ (Optional) City: ______________________________ State: ________ Zip: _________________ (Optional) Home Phone:__________________________ Cell Phone: ________________________(Optional) E-Mail Address:___________________________________________ (Optional) Are you an enrolled Tribal Member? (If yes, please indicate Tribal affiliation)___________________________ (Optional) Do you work or live on the Swinomish Indian Reservation? _________________________________________________

1) Were you or any members of your household or workplace affected by a pollutant or strong chemical odor on Friday, February 20, 2015? ________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

2) What kind of pollutant do you believe affected you? Please describe its characteristics? (i.e dust, smoke, odor, etc.)__________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Including yourself, how many individuals at your home, workplace, or otherwise in your immediate presence were affected by the odor on Friday, February 20, 2015? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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4) What are the names and approximate ages of any individuals at your home, workplace, or otherwise in your immediate presence were affected by the odor on Friday, February 20, 2015? (Optional) _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What time did you first notice any pollution or unusual odor on Friday, February 20, 2015? _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Where were you and what were you doing when you first noticed any unusual odor on Friday, February 20, 2015? _______________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) How long did the pollutant or unusual odor last (hrs/min)? ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) How strong was it on a scale of 1-10, 1 being barely noticeable to 10 being unbearable? _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Was the pollutant level constant or did it vary? If so please describe how it varied. _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10) If you noticed the pollutant on more than one occasion during the day, how often did it occur and at approximately what times? ____ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11) Was there a noticeable wind direction? Please indicate approximate wind speed and direction the wind was coming from. ________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12) Who or what do you think is the source of this pollutant and why do you think so? ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Name and Location of source (if known): ______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

13) Did you seek medical treatment as a result of the odor, either on Friday, February 20, 2015 or since that time? (Optional) ____ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 14) Did you suffer any adverse health effects as a result of the odor or pollutant, either on Friday, February 20, 2015 or since that time as a result of the Friday, February 20, 2015 incident? (Optional) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 15) In your own words, please describe how you were affected by this odor or pollutant, including any distress or ill effects (if any). (Optional) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16) Is there any additional information you would like to provide regarding this incident? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

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LAND MANAGEMENT

GROUNDWATER AWARENESS WEEK MARCH 8-14 Karen Mitchell

Do you have a well on your lot? Owning your own well gives you control of your water supply, but IT also comes with the responsibility to maintain the well and keep your drinking water safe. A few things to keep in mind and protect your well water: • Be aware of changes in your well, the area around your well, or the water it provides.

Drinking water should be checked any time there is a change in taste, odor or appearance, or when the well system is serviced.

• Keep hazardous chemicals, such as paint, fertilizer, pesticides, and motor oil far away from your well.

• Periodically check the well cover or well cap on top of the casing (well) to ensure it is in good repair.

• Take care in working or mowing around your well. A damaged casing could jeopardize the sanitary protection of your well. Don’t pile snow, leaves, or other materials around your well.

• Have you had your well water tested lately?

The EPA recommends that well water be tested each year to check for contaminants and make sure it is healthy and safe.

Would You Like to Have Your Well Tested at No Cost to You? This year the Tribal Groundwater Program, part of the Land Management Department working with the Department of Environmental Protection, will be doing a special water well study.

We are interested in measuring water levels and testing water quality at as many Reservation wells as we can to better understand water availability and community groundwater needs. We will work with owners to schedule water sampling and provide lab analysis and results for your water at no cost to you.

Watch your mail for more information, or call Karen Mitchell 360.588.2728 to learn more or sign up.

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Department of Environmental Protection Kevin Anderson

Martha’s Beach BLUFF OAKS

Joe Quintasket surveys the newly planted oak trees.

In recent years, the hard work of the Noxious Weed Program has reduced the amount of invasive scotch broom on the bluffs above Martha’s Beach.

As the scotch broom retreats, native camas and nodding onions re-emerge in the grassy areas previously choked out by scotch broom.

These newly opened grassy areas are ideal habitat for our only native oak, Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) known as Va?aD in Lushootseed.

Coast Salish people used to harvest acorns and boil or roast them to remove the bitterness before eating.

Garry Oaks are a great habitat tree that host many native insects and birds. The numbers of these trees have been reduced greatly in the past 100 years.

Traditionally, fire (both natural and man-made) maintained the open areas that these trees favored.

Low intensity flames would remove small conifers and shrubs while leaving the fire resistant oaks.

With the reduction of fire on the landscape, these trees have been encroached upon by Douglas firs and native and nonnative shrubs.

DEP staff lucked out with an unusual warm and sunny January day for the planting.

The staff carried all the tools, plants, and mulch needed to plant the oaks up the bluff trail overlooking Martha’s Beach.

Over several hours DEP planted more than 40 oak saplings.

Their hard work will pay dividends; in years to come craggy oaks will grow on the bluff.

These oaks will shade out invasive plants such as scotch broom while allowing native vegetation to thrive.

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On January 29, members of the Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) planted native oaks at Martha’s Beach bluffs.

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TIDE TABLE: March 2015 Lone Tree, Snee-Oosh, North Skagit Bay

Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection

DID YOU KNOW?

“You might resemble or act like your mother, but a novel research study from UNC School of Medicine researchers reveals that mammals are genetically more like their dads.

Specifically, the research shows that although we inherit equal amounts of genetic mutations from our parents-- the mutations that make us who we are and not some other person-- we actually “use” more of the DNA that we inherit from our dads.”

Source: University of North Carolina Health Care. (2015, March 2). Genetically speaking, mammals are more like their fathers. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 2, 2015 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150302123253.htm

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LUSHOOTSEED PRACTICE

PICTURE TIME

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This month’s Lushootseed Practice is about having a picture being taken.

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glottal stop/pause

Ribicut! OalS Ii ?iA(h)aA adsOalabac.

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‘ah’ like the ‘a’ in father

Get ready! Put on your best clothes.

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glottalized c or hard c

AuXalacut VeA.

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‘ch’ like in ch in church

We are going to have our pictures taken.

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shwa, ‘uh’ like in ‘a’ in about

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g-raised w, ‘gw’ like the name Gwen

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‘a’ like in fate or ‘ee’ like in feet

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k raised w like the ‘qu’ in queen

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barred l, like a whispered and slurred ‘l’

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a back k or a k sound made in the back of the mouth

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glottalized q or hard q

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glottalized q raised w or hard q raised w

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s-wedge, ‘sh’ like the ‘sh’ in show

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glottalized t or hard t

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‘o’ or ‘oo’ like the ‘o’ in mole or ‘oo’ in boot

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x-raised w, blowing sound

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y sound, like in yes

I am going down to the water. I want to set net.

Do you hear me?

?i ?esleqcid Ved. stab I(i) adsXaO. Yes. I hear you. What do you want?

AuXalacut VeA. We are going to have our pictures taken.

ledxVad Vex. Where are you going?

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NATIVE ROOTS

Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Caroline Edwards

Horsetail is a tall perennial herbaceous plant which grows in humid climates on plains and on the shores of mountain rivers.

In the spring, from the herb’s rhizome little stems burst by sturdier summer stems up to 20 -25 cm tall.

They can be used as an herbal remedy if used as an herbal tea, but over consumption can lead to certain side effects. So if you plan to make horsetail tea, please make sure you don’t over consume.

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Horsetail Tea

How to Brew Horsetail Tea To brew a cup of horsetail tea, place 1-2 teaspoons of dried horsetail in a cup of boiled water. Then cover it and let it steep for about 10-15 minutes. When the time is up, strain the horsetail tea into another cup and, depending on your taste preference, sweeten it with some honey or sugar.

EATING FISH SHOULDN’T BE RISKY Lorraine Loomis Chair of NWIFC

Govenor Jay Inslee wants to change the cancer risk rate used to set state water quality standards from one in 1,000,000 to one in 100,000. That is unacceptable to the treaty Indian tribes in western Washington. We refuse to accept this tenfold increase in the risk of getting cancer from known cancer-causing toxins, and you should, too.

The cancer risk rate along with the fish consumption rate, are key factors in determining how clean our waters must be to protect our health. The more fish we eat, the cleaner the waters must be.

Water quality standards are supposed to protect those who need protection the most: children, women of childbearing age, Indians, Asian and Pacific Islanders, sport fishermen, and anyone else who eats local fish and shellfish.

When the most vulnerable among us is protected, so is everyone else.

The federal Clean Water Act requires that states develop water quality standards to ensure our waters are clean enough to provide healthy fish that are safe for us to eat.

But the state has been operating under outdated and inadequate water quality standards developed more than 20 years ago, and has missed every deadline since then for updating the standards as required by federal law. The state admits that its current water quality standards don’t adequately protect any of us.

Under his plan, Inslee would correctly increase the fish consumption rate from a ridiculously low 6.5 grams per day (about one bite) to 175 grams per day, the same protective rate as Oregon’s.

But he would effectively cancel out that improvement by decreasing our protection under the cancer risk rate.

Further complicating matters, Inslee ties development of the new state water quality standards to a $12 million statewide toxics reduction program that will require legislative approval. That is unlikely given the $2 billion state budget shortfall.

Inslee’s proposal would also require the Legislature to grant the Department of Ecology more authority to regulate toxic chemicals. That is also highly unlikely given the Legislature’s historic reluctance to grant Ecology more power to control chemicals in our environment.

The plan also calls for revising standards for 167 chemicals that the Clean Water Act requires states to monitor in our lakes, rivers and marine waters. But standards for 58 of those – including cancer-causing chemicals like dioxins and PCBs – will stay the same.

At its core, Inslee’s plan does more to preserve the status quo than result in any real improvement to our water quality standards. It is a political solution to a human health issue.

The concept of a larger toxics reduction program to tackle pollutants at the source is a good one, but it is not an acceptable substitute for strong water quality rules.

EPA Regional Administrator Dennis McLerran announced in December that the agency will keep a close eye on the progress – or lack of progress – of the state’s effort to update our water quality standards. The agency has begun a rulemaking process in parallel with the state effort now under way. If the state develops standards acceptable to EPA, the agency will pause and work with the state to finalize the new standards. If the state is unable, EPA will continue its process and adopt new standards for the state.

This promise by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Regional Administrator McLerran demonstrates true leadership.

They clearly recognize the federal government’s trust responsibility to protect the health and treaty rights of the tribes, which also benefits everyone else who lives here.

We appreciate EPA’s willingness to protect the integrity of our state’s environment and water-based resources that are central to human health and treaty rights. We hope the state will step up before EPA has to step in to make sure our water quality standards protect all of us.

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BEING FRANK

We should have both. We know that Inslee and previous governors have struggled with updating the state’s water quality rules for decades because of complaints by industry that new water quality rules could increase their cost of doing business. But an economy built on pollution cannot be sustained.

Fortunately, at the request of the tribes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it will step in to develop new standards this year if the state is unable.

FROM THE TRIBAL ARCHIVE

FISH COOKS LIZZIE SAMPSON (LEFT) AND MINNIE DAN Swinomish Village 1949, Photo by Ernest Bertelson Swinomish Tribal Archive

“FIXING THE MEAL”:

SWINOMISH’S FIRST FISH COOKS Theresa L. Trebon

What are the two main questions when Swinomish hosts an event? First, “Will there be salmon?” And if that’s an affirmative, “Who’s cooking the fish?!” comes next.

While today it’s the men who primarily handle that chore (see qyuuqs, October 2014), it was a different story years ago.

The first accounts of large community meals date back to 1923 when Swinomish began hosting Treaty Day gatherings.

For decades that work rested in the hands of women. In observance of Women’s History Month, we pay tribute in this issue to the first fish cooks to serve the Swinomish Community.

Over 300 people attended that January and sat down to a “ feast” at Long John Tzilkadim’s place on the north end of the reservation.

These women took their traditional skills of cooking for their families to new heights as they prepared salmon feasts on a much larger scale for hundreds of tribal members and their guests.

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While the actual menu wasn’t noted that day it was in 1928 when Swinomish hosted over 800 people for the dedication of the new American Hall and an “old fashioned salmon bake, Indian style” fed their many visitors.

Salmon was on the menu again in 1932 for the Tribe’s first large Memorial Day celebration when over 700 visitors were fed at long tables in American Hall.

Who was cooking the salmon at these early meals? Louise (John) Joe. Angeline (Scott) Bob. Lucinda (Shelton) Joe. Minnie (Buck) Dan. These women, all born in the late1800s, learned their skills from their mothers and grandmothers who would have been born or lived around the time of the Point Elliott Treaty (1855).

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The teachings that they gave to their daughters and granddaughters came directly from their ancestors, their knowledge unchanged and unbroken by the social upheaval that happened in the Swinomish Community after Treaty Time.

In 1945, as World War II was drawing to a close and gas rationing eased, the Seattle Times sent a reporter north to cover the Swinomish Fourth of July celebration.

The article gives us a close look at what these women considered essential to cooking salmon “ just right.”

Louise Joe, deemed “Ace of the Salmon Wizards of the Swinomish Tribe” by the correspondent, revealed that the key to the best salmon was the fire.

In her words, “You have to have your fire just so. If it’s too big you burn the outside and don’t cook the fish inside. About 20 to 30 minutes over a slow fire is just right. Alder is the best wood to use. It gives a slow heat and there’s no oil or pitch or resin in it. The smoke gives the meat a tang. Most people use a hot fire and burn the fish and that doesn’t taste so good.”

Minnie Dan, also cooking salmon that day, went on to explain that the choicest salmon came from the salmon’s belly and a point just behind the gills as those parts were the most tender, and contained more oil, than the rest of the fish. And perhaps most important of all? Minnie knew when to turn the salmon chunks.

Fish cooks Lizzie Sampson and Angeline Bob c. 1938 Helen Lewis Collection Swinomish Tribal Archive

No matter how many “amateurs in a continued state of agitated frustration” were anxiously waiting for the fish, only “after a long and calculated study,” would Minnie flip the ironwood stakes threaded with salmon to the other side. “They have to be just the right brown before you turn them,” she said. “It’s hard to explain but you get to know when.”

If qyuuq readers know of any others, please take a minute to contact the Tribal Archive so we can add them to the list. Contact 360.466.7351 or ttrebon@swinomish.nsn.us.

(We are documenting the men too!)

“Grilled King Salmon Graces Feast of Swinomish Tribe’ Seattle Times July 4, 1945

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Here’s to the women who tended many a fire so that the finest salmon around could be served at Swinomish.

Louise, Angeline, Lucinda, and Minnie were joined by Lizzie (Scott Bob Alexander) Sampson, Winnie (Fryberg) Mitchell, Helen (Sampson Willup) Ross, Irene (Dan Siddle) Anderson, and later, Bernitta John.

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NATIVE BUSINESS

GOOD BRANDING Jim Stanley

Consumers need brands, both good and bad, to help them navigate a world in which their choices are almost infinite.

Consumers have so many choices today that there is little reason for them to buy anything that does not give them enjoyment and/or provide a rich experience. The experience of buying things is better when it involves a good brand.

Good brands do three things for consumers:

1)They save time

2)They project the right message

3)They provide an identity Save Time: Good brands save time for the consumer because there is no need to survey an entire product category. Psychologically, the best brand equals the best product. Consumers who know that two products are exactly the same tend to choose the one with the stronger brand name even if it is more expensive.

Project the Right Message: Brands tell others what you think about yourself and them. Brands may bring people together by reinforcing relationship or self-identifying groups of people as a community who share the same values. Strong brands help consumers save face in the event of trouble; even if things don’t work out (like a broken dishwasher or new office computer network) there may be less-fault on a responsible party for choosing the brand with the best reputation.

Provide an Identity: Consumers self-define themselves by education and accomplishment which is often manifested by the products they consume. Good brands give people an identity that makes them feel secure. Advertisers of branded products constantly tell their constituents that by buying their products they can join a special group who are connected by the same values and status.

Tribes are making positive strides to change stereotypes in the minds of consumers by building a strong brand. Take the sector of convenience stores as an example: Convenience Stores: Beginning in 2009 and formally organized in 2012, the Tribes of Washington and surrounding states formed an association, The Tribal C-Store Summit Group, whose mission is to encourage economic success in Indian Country by uniting tribes involved in the fuel and convenience store industry to share best practices, build effective relationships with vendor partners, and leverage the strength of the membership group. The benefit to tribes is a non-political centralized infrastructure that provides resources to improve operations through education, troubleshoot problems, and leverage the collective size of the group to bring resources to member-tribes. The benefit to customers is friendly service in clean stores that offer good value for the product offered.

Improving a tribe’s brand in the convenience store space is important as it contributes to greater overall positive-brand recognition of a tribe which produces mutual benefit to other tribally owned enterprises like gaming and seafood operations.

Jim Stanley freely shares his knowledge in an effort to foster economic success in Indian Country. He is a Tribal member of the Quinault Indian Nation, Treasurer of the Tribal C-Store Summit Group, and Chairman of the Quinault Nation Enterprise Board. To contact Jim for comments, go to JimStanley.biz.

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Wellness Program

MEN’S HEALTH DAY Thursday, March 19 Come and enjoy good food and company, prizes, treats, and WATCH LIVE STREAMING OF THE 2015 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT before and after your physical exams.

Call the Medical Clinic today for your appointment and more information. (360) 466-3167 SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY

Transitional Living Program The Transitional Living (TL) Program is an assisted living program provided by Swinomish Wellness Program for the homeless adults in recovery.

The Transitional Living Program is able to provide agency based home living, case management, and supportive services for adults and families for up to 6 months, unless extended services are needed. It is the intention of the Case Manager to provide a program where participants will learn the necessary skills to live independently free from substance abuse.

Transitional Living Program is contingent upon a participant’s commitment to living by the rules that govern the sober living program. In order to be eligible to apply for residence, potential applicants must meet the minimum eligibility requirements.

Please call the Swinomish Wellness Program for further information at 360.466.1024. We will be able to accommodate up to 8 more tribal members in the next few weeks!!

AIR QUALITY MOLDY HOUSE? Have you seen these unwanted guests in your home??

If so, the Swinomish Air Quality Program is here to help!

Rid your home of indoor mold that may cause allergic reactions, asthma and other respiratory problems.

For a free indoor air quality assessment of your residence, contact Tony Basabe at 360.466.2512 or Lynette Ikebe at 360.466.1293.

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POLICE Last fall, our department entered several photos in a national contest put on by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (known as COPS), a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The pictures were from our first annual Explorers Night Out, held at the basketball courts on October 29th, 2014.

Police agencies all over the U.S. participated. Only 12 photos were selected to make a calendar with the theme of community policing.

We are honored to have our photo selected for the month of March.

In addition, this photo will be the cover photo on the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Facebook page for March. You can find it here: facebook/DOJCOPS and here: tweet@ COPSOffice And, to see this picture printed in their newsletter, go here: http://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/ index.asp.

U.S. Department of Justice “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest Winner!

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Department of Environmental Protection Nonpoint Source Pollution: A Refresher Nicole Casper

It’s easiest to start with what nonpoint source pollution isn’t.

It isn’t pollution coming from an easily identifiable location such as a single discharge pipe or a sewage treatment plant.

Nonpoint source pollution is any pollution that comes from diffuse sources. It can come from your pet waste, motor oil, pesticides, lawn fertilizer, or any other contaminant that ends up on the ground.

It is caused by rain that moves over and through the ground picking up debris and pollutants, and ultimately depositing them into a receiving waterbody like Skagit Bay or the Swinomish Channel.

It is difficult to control because it comes from our everyday activities and occurs everywhere! Unfortunately, it can have harmful effects on our fisheries, wildlife, drinking water supply and recreation.

So What Can We Do?

This time of year more rainfall will be flowing over our yards and roads taking with it any natural and human-made pollutants into our streams, groundwater, wetlands and coastal waters.

• Pick up your pet waste! Dispose of it in the garbage or toilet. Animal wastes contain bacteria and viruses that can contaminate shellfish and cause beach and harvest closures.

• Place all litter, including cigarette butts into a garbage receptacle.

• Be careful not to spill gas when filling up your tank. Take a few seconds after pumping to allow any excess gas to drip into your tank rather than on the ground. You want that gas in your tank, not in your waters!

Thank you for doing your part in keeping our waters clean.

• Refrain from hosing down driveways or sidewalks. Sweeping them with a broom is a simple and effective way to reduce pollution.

• Wherever possible, plant trees, shrubs and ground cover. They will absorb up to 14 times more rainwater than a grass lawn!

• If you wash your car, wash it on the grass rather than on a paved surface so that the soapy water is absorbed into the ground.

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Sounds familiar…what is it again?

WHAT’S UP DOC?

Colon Cancer Dr. Monica Carrillo

Why did Tigger peek in the toilet?

He was looking for Pooh.

Why are doctors so interested in poo? Blood on your stool or black stool may be the first symptom of colon cancer. But, honestly, we want to find the cancer before it causes blood that you can see or black stool.

Checking your stool for blood you cannot see once a year or a colonoscopy every 10 years could save more than 70% of deaths from colon cancer.

Initial screening for colon cancer is easier and much less awkward that you think. In the privacy of your own home, alone in your own bathroom, you provide samples of stool on special cards that you get at the clinic.

You return the cards in their own sealed envelopes and we test them immediately for the slightest traces of blood. Rectal exams are no longer recommended for screening for colon cancer.

Colonoscopy done every 10 years is the most reliable way to screen for cancer. A specialist, after giving medication, uses a long, thin, tube with light and camera to check the entire colon for polyps or cancer.

Colon cancer screening is recommended for everyone 50 years and older. If you have a parent or sibling with a history of colon cancer, you are at high risk for having colon cancer.

Inflammatory bowel disease or family history of colon polyps also increases your risk for colon cancer. If you are at high risk for colon cancer, make sure you get a colonoscopy by the age 40 and one every 5 years after that.

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Your Dental Health SIPPING, SNACKING, AND TOOTH DECAY Dr. Tim Ricks

Did you know, we eat over 100 pounds of sugar per person per year?!?!

5 TIPS FOR REDUCING YOUR CHILD’S RISK OF TOOTH DECAY

1. Sugary foods and drinks should be consumed with meals. Saliva production increases during meals and helps neutralize acid production.

2. Limit between-meal snacks. If kids crave a snack, offer them nutritious foods.

3. If your kids chew gum, make it sugarless- chewing sugarless gum after eating can increase saliva flow and help wash out food and decay--producing acid.

4. Monitor beverage consumption- instead of soft drinks all day, children should also choose water and low-fat milk.

5. Help your children develop good brushing habits.

DENTAL CLINIC CONTACT INFO Phone 360.466.3900

LADY BRAVES 2B DISTRICT CHAMPS! The La Conner Girls Basketball team played hard during their game against Friday Harbor, on February 20.

The Lady Braves won 39-23 over Friday Harbor, making them 2B District Champs.

Anna Cook was the KAPS Player of the game.

Congratulations Anna!!!

This puts the Lady Braves at 24-0.

Here is their roster: #2 Katie Novak, #4 Kamea Pino, #10 Nakesha Edwards, #12 Biruktawit Hasenbalg, #14 Emma Christianson, #20 Sofie Thulen, #22 Ashley Watkins, #24 Nakiya Edwards, #32 Anna Cook, #34 Lexi Bobb, #44 Adiya Jones-Smith.

Way to go girls!!!

Photo Courtesy of Katie Bassford

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Swinomish Housing Authority EITC

Robin Carneen

One of the ways Swinomish Housing Authority can help our tenants is by providing resources that may be beneficial to help them create income in order to pay bills like rent, utilities and water usage. This is the time of year folks may be looking for tax credits as they are getting ready to file taxes.

Some may not realize that they qualify for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and may miss out on a chance to actually get a tax credit that could help reduce their taxes owed to the IRS and may even end up getting a refund. If you need help preparing your taxes and e-filing them, you may also qualify for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA).

Our life skills counselor, Robin Carneen Edwards can provide you with information about the EITC credit and the VITA program. We also have a computer in the lobby that can be used to take an online EITC test to see if you do qualify for the EITC credit. If you are interested in taking the test, please call Robin to set up an appointment.

WHAT IS EITC? AND HOW DO I QUALIFY? DID YOU MEET THE RULES?

If so, your earned income must be less than…

• $14,590 ($20,020 if married filing a joint return) with no qualifying children • $38, 511 ( $43, 941 if married filing a joint return) with one qualifying child • $43,756 ( $49, 186 if married filing a joint return) with two qualifying children • $46,997 ( $52, 427 if married filing a joint return) with three or more qualifying children Special rules may apply for members of the U.S Armed Forces and taxpayers in designated major disaster areas.

For more information: http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/EITCHome-Page-Its-easier-than-ever-to-find-out-if-you-qualify-forEITC

YOU MAY ALSO QUALIFY FOR HELP PREPARING AND FILING YOUR TAXES THROUGH THE VITA PROGRAM:

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who generally make $53,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals.

SWINOMISH HOUSING AUTHORITY BILL PAY:

The Swinomish Housing & Utility Authority is providing easier and more consistent ways to pay your bills to SHA/ SUA: -EBT/SSI/Credit & Debit cards! In person and/ or by telephone -Set up a payroll deduction if you work for the Swinomish Tribe -Set up an automatic bill payment through your financial institution

SAVE ON YOUR GARBAGE BILL:

ORDER A RECYCLE BIN TODAY! Call Waste Management at 360.757.8245. Tell them you are a Swinomish Utility Customer.

Ask for the $7.40 per month Recycle rate!

PLEASE REMEMBER ALL EXTRA CANS/BAGS ARE CHARGED TO YOU at $4.60 each!

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

NWIHA Youth Scholarship applications are available for enrolled tribal members of any NWIHA Member Tribe.

Applicant(s) must be less than 24 years old as of the deadline submission date (March 31, 2015) and be attending a four year college. Applications are available at www.nwiha.org and at the SHA Office.

SHA/SUA CONTACT INFORMATION To reach Swinomish Housing Authority/ Swinomish Utility Authority 17547 First Street La Conner, WA (360) FOR AFTER HOUR EMERGENCIES: Call Main Office #: 466-4081 or 466-7223

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12TH ANNUAL WEAVERS TEACHING WEAVERS GATHERING April 2 & 3, 2015 | 9am - 4:00pm

This event is enables experienced Native American weavers age 14+ to come together to learn from one another and to share their techniques. Elaine Grinnell, weaver, storyteller, elder from Jamestown S’Klallam will be sharing her collection of stories throughout the day!

For more information and registration details: nwic.edu/event/12th-annual-weavers-teaching-weavers-gathering Northwest Indian College, Log Building 2522 Kwina Rd, Bellingham, WA Ph: 360-392-4239 Email: rsolomon@nwic.edu | www.NWIC.edu

COUNSELING SERVICES Positive Indian Parenting Honoring Our Children by Honoring Our Traditions Connie Bonner-Britt

PART TWO When: Tuesdays: April 7, 14, 21, 28 Where: Northwest Indian College Time: 4:00-5:00pm

Exploring and sharing the values and traditions of Indian parenting practices. Materials are based on “Positive Indian Parenting” curriculum and current research as it relates to supporting healthy child development.

COME SHARE AND LEARN TOGETHER! **Pre enrollment is required** Contact Connie Britt, Swinomish Counseling Services, 542-7624. **Celebration and Certificates of completion awarded April 28th** All Parents, Grandparents, Aunties, and Uncles are Welcome!!!

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PART ONE When: Tuesdays: March 3, 10, and 17 Where: Northwest Indian College, Room 114 Time: 4:00-5:00pm

YOUTH ONLY DINNER

Swinomish youth raise their wrists to show their Friendship Bracelets.

I care, You care, W e care!

For the past two months Swinomish youth have been attending the Youth Only Dinner where they enjoy a meal with each other and listen to a guest speaker.

Last month’s speaker was Mitch Factor, he is a motivational speaker. The youth really engaged with him and his speech.

During the February 25 Youth Only Dinner, Loran James was the guest speaker. The youth know him as Mr. James because he is a teacher at the La Conner School District. Randall Cook was the facilitator for the dinner.

Mr. James had the youth first start the night off by everyone sitting together in the middle of the gym. Everyone was told to stand up without using their hands, this task wasn’t hard but some could’ve used a hand. Everyone was told to sit back down again.

Then Mr. James told everyone to find a partner to sit across from, and asked everyone to do the same thing, stand up without using their hands. Some people worked together while others stood up on their own. Everyone was told to sit back down once again.

He then had everyone get into groups of 4 to 6 people.

Everyone was told to hold hands and sit down then help each other stand up together.

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The point of this exercise is to make everyone realize that working together is better than working alone.

The next exercise Mr. James had the youth do required them to shout their name, then shout the names of the people sitting next to them. He then had them shout Swinomish.

It was hard to depict what everyone was saying when they shouted their own name and the person’s name who they were sitting next to, but when everyone shouted Swinomish, it was very loud and clear.

The point of this exercise is to show that I care, by shouting their own name; you care, by shouting someone else’s name and we care by shouting Swinomish together as one.

The last exercise involved a box. Mr. James told everyone that there is something excellent in the box and brought the box around so that everyone could look inside the box. He told everyone to not say what was inside once they looked inside.

Inside the box was a mirror, so when everyone looked in the box they saw themselves. You are excellent, is what he said!

The night ended with an ice cream dessert with a variety of delicious ice cream toppings.

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MAR 2015

YOUTH CENTER 2 MON Hours 10am-6pm Early Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conferences

3 TUES Hours 10am-6pm Early Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conferences

4 WED Hours 10am-6pm Early Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conferences

5 THURS MID-WINTER BREAK

6 FRI MID-WINTER BREAK

YOUTH CENTER CLOSED

YOUTH CENTER CLOSED

9 MON Hours 12:30-9pm Open swim at Fidalgo Pool Leaving at 6:15pm

10 TUES Hours 12:30-9pm

11 WED Hours 12:30-9pm

12 THURS Hours 12:30-9pm

13 FRI Hours 10am-6pm

16 MON Hours 12:30-9pm Open swim at Fidalgo Pool Leaving at 6:15pm

17 TUES Hours 12:30-9pm St. Patrick’s Day

18 WED Hours 12:30-9pm Community Dinner

19 THURS Hours 12:30-9pm

20 FRI Hours 10am-6pm

23 MON Hours 12:30-9pm Open swim at Fidalgo Pool Leaving at 6:15pm

24 TUES Hours 12:30-9pm

25 WED Youth Only Dinner 6-8pm

26 THURS Hours 12:30-9pm

27 FRI Hours 10am-6pm

30 MON Hours 10am-6pm SPRING BREAK OUTING TBA

31 TUES Hours 10am-6pm SPRING BREAK OUTING TBA

3 FRI YOUTH CENTER CLOSED

2 THURS Hours 10am-6pm SPRING BREAK OUTING TBA

Youth Dinner

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OUR HONORED ELDERS Janice Bill Ray K. Williams Roberta Cladoosby Janice Bill

Elaine Walker “Fleming”

Ray K. Williams

Roberta Cladoosby

Not Pictured Elaine Walker

WE NEED YOUR HELP! The Swinomish Elders Inter-Tribal Luncheon Planning Team needs your help with: • Crafty Ideas For Table Decorations • Give-Away Items For: The Bus Drivers, the Oldest Male & Female and for the Veterans who attend • Raffle Items

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MAR 2015

ELDERS’ LUNCH 2 Mon Clam Chowder Ham/Cheese Sandwich Vegetable Tray Fruit Bowl

3 Tues Chicken Teriyaki Rice Carrots & Cauliflower Pineapple

4 Wed Lasagna French Bread Mixed Green Salad Mixed Fruit

5 Thurs Eggs & Sausage Gravy Biscuits Cut Melon Vegetable Juice

9 Mon Split Pea Soup Tuna Sandwich Fruit Bowl

10 Tues Spare Ribs Macaroni Salad/Rolls Green Beans Cut Melon

11 Wed Beef & Veg Stew Rolls Peaches

12 Thurs Eggs + Bacon Banana Bread/Toast Mixed Fruit Salad Vegetable Juice

16 Mon Submarine Sandwich Coleslaw Potato Chip Fruit Bowl

17 Tues Corned Beef Red Potatoes/Cabbage Rolls Fruit Cocktail

18 Wed Baked Chicken & Gravy Rice Carrots & Green Beans Mixed Fruit Salad

19 Thurs Eggs Pancakes Mixed Berries Vegetable Juice

23 Mon

24 Tues

25 Wed Spaghetti & Meat Sauce French Bread Mixed Green Salad Mixed Fruit Salad

26 Thurs

Chicken Salad Sandwich Vegetable Tray Potato Chip Fruit Bowl

Homemade Veg Soup Turkey/Cheese Sandwich Fruit Bowl

31 Tues

BBQ Beef Sandwich Tator Tots Coleslaw Mixed Grapes

Boiled Eggs Oatmeal/English Muffin Assorted Yogurt, Cut Melon Vegetable Juice

*Lunch served Mon-Thurs.

No take away meals until 11am. Call (360) 466-3980 to cancel home delivery.

Community Dinner March 18 Snee-oosh Beach Sunset

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Ham & Baked Beans Rice Green Beans Pineapple

Mrs. V’s 2 Cents A Clear Blue Sky Diane Vendiola

On Wednesday morning at 8 AM sharp, I brought my car to the car repair shop to get an estimate on one of those (you think) “minor bump into the car in front of me accidents”. The car in front of me stopped for a guy who was in the middle of the street running across. The garage guy said he would need to order a few parts and so would not be able to work on my car for 3 or 4 days.

I drove from the car repair place and decided to take my daily walk at the Marina which was close by. I parked and started walking, I was thinking about how a little dent can cost $1600.00 and pondering whether that amount of money could be considered minor. I was also remembering that I had not been involved in any kind of car accident since 1969. Back then, my late husband and I could not afford to fix the dent so we drove it around with a dented fender until we traded it in for a station wagon in 1971. We needed a bigger car because my husband wanted to volunteer to drive Swinomish head start kids to class. My husband picked the kids up from their homes and delivered them to the Head start classroom. The late Moon Martin drove the kids home after class.

Anyway, I was thinking about all of this and awestruck about how bumping into the car in front of you can happen so suddenly, out of a clear blue sky. I was feeling pleased for getting out for my walk in the morning when I had the whole marina to myself. It felt good to be out and moving in the fresh morning air. I could smell the salt water.

All of a sudden I almost did a headstand because I twisted my ankle and fell flat on my face. “What the fudge!” I said to myself (I think it was to myself). The first thing I did, was push myself up on my knees and straighten my bent up eyeglasses which had served to keep me from falling totally on my face and ending up with a black eye. (Not a vision of loveliness, an elder with a black eye.) Then of course, I looked around to see if anybody had seen my near somersault. Nary a soul. “Good,” I said to myself, “nobody saw me take a spill.”

I pushed myself up and grabbed onto the fence which lines the walkway and I stood up.

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That’s when I saw these two men with orange vests who were about a block and a half distant from me, on the other side of the road. These two guys just stood there staring at me like they expected me to attempt another head stand. What to do?

I took a few steps holding on to the fence and I said to myself “Don’t be a big sissy, walk it off.” So I took a few steps more and then I waved at the two workers. They waved back and then went back to their street cleaning.

Well, I made it halfway around the marina, but then my ankle really started to hurt, so I figured I better turn back while I could still walk.

As I drove home, I thought to myself, “Oh great, now I am going to be forced to tell my daughter that I twisted my ankle and fell down and she will get very agitated.

I thought maybe if I get some ice on it right away, it will be just fine.

I rushed inside my house and got an ice pack to put on my leg.

But first I had to make something to eat for my lunch. I figured I would just make dinner while I was at it, so I would not have to be on my feet much longer...

When I finally sat down and put the melted ice pack on my ankle, I saw that the ankle was getting fatter and fatter. I took an Ibuprophen and kept my leg elevated with an ice pack on it for the rest of the day.

Later, when my daughter came home from work, she said, “M-m-m, something smells good.” Then she noticed that I had my leg elevated with an ice pack on it. “Oh! My! God! What happened!!???” she screamed. She put her bags down and looking very concerned and agitated moved closer to me. She asked, “What did you do to yourself, now, Mom?” Before I could answer she said, “Let me see.” When she saw my ankle, she said, “Oh, my God, shall I bring you to the doctor?”

“I don’t have a number and the medical clinic is closed now,” I said, “and anyway, it’s not that bad. It will be okay in a few days.” She looked at me with a concerned, agitated, and now also disgusted look and said, “Okay, if you say so.”

It’s a bummer to fall. But we are all subject to the force of gravity if you think about it. And it is actually an amazing phenomena walking on two legs.

About 1/3 of Elders over the age of 65 falls every year, the risk of falls increases proportionately with age.

Us, humans have big brains, language, technology art, and among other abilities, the ability to walk with two legs.

Walking upright with two legs separates us from the apes.

Moving on two legs, upright allows us very many advantages, to say nothing of the ability to wade in the water.

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Healthy Relationships Study

The Swinomish Community and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute at the University of Washington are conducting a research study to learn about healthy (and unhealthy) relationships and domestic violence in the Swinomish community, as well as related service needs and community strengths and resources.

Domestic violence and abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other, and may include physical, emotional, financial, and/or sexual harm or threats of harm. Our goal is to use what we learn to improve existing services after the study, or to inform a new way of helping community members to have safe and healthy families and relationships.

DETAILS: • Community advisors and researchers are developing the study.

• Limited space is available: 15-20 interviews, 2-3 groups, and 50 surveys.

• We will invite several community members who are willing to share their thoughts and perspectives (not their personal experiences) during:

Individual Interview

(or) Focus Group

(or) Community Survey

• Interviews will last less than an hour. Groups will last about 90 minutes. The survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete.

• Persons completing an interview or group will receive a $20 gift card. Persons completing the survey will receive a $5 gift card.

• We will also look at existing domestic violence data in the community (e.g., police station, DV shelter) but we will not see anyone’s name.

If you would like to learn more, please call April James (360) 399-1018 or Sandra Radin (206) 543-5013.

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Aqiimuk’s Kitchen Patricia Aqiimuk Paul, Esq.

My plan was to make a smoked salmon quiche with some leftover smoked salmon. But, curiosity got the better of me and thought I would create something new and suprisingly, it turned out great!

SMOKE SALMON & EGGS BAKED IN BISCUITS Ingredients

Crisco (shortening) Refrigerator Biscuits (one small tube) 1/2 to 3/4 c Smoke Salmon 2 slices diced Onion 4 Eggs 1/2 c Milk Pepper Dried Parsley

Preparation

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Open a small tube of refrigerator biscuits. Grease a small baking tin (I used a pie pan). Lay the biscuits to cover the bottom and press them down and next to each other. Scatter the diced onions over the top. Carefully shred the smoked salmon (removing any bones). Scatter the smoked salmon over the onion. Beat the eggs with milk. Pour over the top. Season with freshly cracked pepper and dried pepper. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

The egg/milk mixture will seep below the biscuits, creating a hearty and tasty meal.

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CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS As of February 18, 2015 As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement planning, and more.

Other perks include generous paid time off and discounted meals.

To view details about open positions and download our General Employment Application, visit swinomishcasinoandlodge.com/careers.

All postitons are “Open until filled” unless otherwise specified.

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I AM SWINOMISH. I WILL GRADUATE. Charlotte Paul enjoying the Community Dinner with her family.