Honoring Our Past; Serving Our Tribal Family; Protecting Our Culture and Independence; and Controlling Our Future.
Dee-ni' Nuu-wee-ya' TOLOWA DEE-NI’ NATION TRIBAL GOVERNMENT NEWSLETTER Naa-xee Num-nii~-ma~s (February) 2022 - Volume 29, Issue 2
CALIFORNIA/OREGON INDIAN STUDENT SERVICES PROGRAM (COISSP) Our Xii-chuu-dvn (Winter Solstice) Youth Tool & Craft Making Event held on December 20, 21, 27 & 28th 2021 was an absolute success and the California/Oregon Indian Student Services Program (COISSP) Education Demonstration staff are excited to announce our upcoming events this winter. Shu' shaa nin-la to all the participants and cultural experts for sharing their knowledge and ensuring identity and skill for our Tolowa Dee-ni' community throughout our homelands. We want to thank the renowned matriarchs Bertha Peters, Jeanette Eberhardt, Vicki Bommelyn, Sheryl Steinruck, Jolleanne Brittain, Suntayea Steinruck, and Marva Jones for showing our young girls and women how to be strong like the woven baskets that carries our identity and traditions forward to be lived beyond words. The Education staff would like to thank the male cultural bearers Pergish Carlson, Antonio Padilla, Rylan Mauai, Guylish Bommelyn, and Trent Thompson for supporting our young men in their crafts and tool making in securing sustenance and skills which will impact for generations to come.
Youth Working on a necklace.
For February, COISSP Education Demonstration staff are providing a Yoga Workshop and Gambling Event on Presidents' Day Weekend (Feb. 18th & 21st.) Please contact Education Department if you would like to participate in upcoming events. Shu' shaa!
Holding the ornament she made.
Boys working on their eel hooks.
Girls sharing their basketry.
Working on a basket.
