April 2012 - Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
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qyuuqs<br />
(Kee Yoks)<br />
swədəbš qyuuqs<br />
<strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Volume 46 Issue 4<br />
Moon of the Whistling Robins<br />
pedHiWaac (pud-hway-WHATS))<br />
Hi Mom!<br />
Love you!
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sali (sah lee) Page 2<br />
qyuuqs<br />
The Seagull<br />
An official<br />
publication<br />
of swədəbš<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Indian</strong><br />
<strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
Officers:<br />
Brian Cladoosby, Chairman<br />
Barbara James, Vice Chair<br />
Sophie Bailey, Secretary<br />
Steve Edwards, Treasurer<br />
Allan Olson, General Manager<br />
Tuk Tuk Luus<br />
Senators:<br />
Sophie Bailey<br />
Sapelia<br />
Brian Cladoosby<br />
Spee-pots<br />
Glen Edwards<br />
Cha-das-cud II<br />
Steve Edwards<br />
Barbara James<br />
Taləq talə II<br />
Leon John<br />
SM OK O LO<br />
Kevin Paul<br />
Wa lee hub<br />
Brian Porter<br />
Ya-qua-leouse<br />
Brian Wilbur<br />
Tandy Wilbur<br />
Wolfe<br />
Chester Cayou, Jr.<br />
Pay a huxton<br />
qyuuqs (Kee Yoks)<br />
The deadline to submit to the<br />
qyuuqs (Kee Yoks) is the 15th<br />
of every month or nearest<br />
business day.<br />
qyuuqs (Kee Yoks)<br />
17337 Reservation Road<br />
La Conner, WA 98257<br />
360-466-7258<br />
Fax 466-1632<br />
keeyoks@gmail.com<br />
Advisory Committee<br />
Allan Olson<br />
John Stephens<br />
Tracy James<br />
Kevin Paul<br />
Michael Vendiola<br />
Editor<br />
mvendiola@swinomish.nsn.us<br />
Caroline Edwards<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
cedwards@swinomish.nsn.us<br />
Photos: qyuuqs and submitted<br />
This issue of the qyuuqs is<br />
available on the <strong>Swinomish</strong> website.<br />
http://www.swinomish-nsn.gov/<br />
The on-line version of qyuuqs is in full<br />
color.<br />
Because we are now on the internet, when submitting<br />
information or photos, please be aware<br />
that everything published in Kee yoks will also be<br />
on the internet and available to the world. Please<br />
consider carefully whether anything you are<br />
submitting might have information or images that<br />
may not be appropriate for the internet. By submitting<br />
information or photographs to Kee yoks<br />
for publication, we consider that you are agreeing<br />
we can publish the information or photo in both<br />
the paper version of the Kee yoks and on the<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong> website.<br />
“<strong>Swinomish</strong> Kee Yoks Newspaper”<br />
Cover :<br />
CONTENTS:<br />
Announcements 37<br />
Being Frank 16<br />
Birthdays—<strong>April</strong> 36<br />
Chairman’s Message 3<br />
Clothing Exchange 35<br />
Code amendment 4<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Arts 15<br />
Education 19<br />
Elders visit new Lodge 7<br />
Health Fair/Lodge Opening 8-9<br />
Fish & Game, Fisheries 32<br />
Free Ads 39<br />
From The Editor 5<br />
Housing & Utility Authorities 31<br />
La Conner Sports 30<br />
Lushootseed 12<br />
Senior Lunch Menu 25<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Earth Day events 20-24<br />
Water Resources Program 34<br />
Youth Center Calendar 18<br />
qyuuqs Mission<br />
The mission of the qyuuqs newspaper is to provide<br />
monthly communication to swədəbš, the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong>, near and far. We<br />
are committed to serving as an apolitical forum for<br />
SITC governing officials and all community members.<br />
The newspaper is not intended to reflect the official<br />
position of the governing body of the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong>, but rather reflects the ideas,<br />
events, and thoughts of individual community<br />
members and tribal staff. As such, the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
Tribe makes no claim as to the accuracy or content of<br />
any of the articles contained therein.
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Chairman’s Message:<br />
Aix (Aee hw)<br />
Page 3<br />
Oh my goodness, it must be spring with all the rain in February and March!<br />
Spring has crept up upon the <strong>Swinomish</strong> community and we are getting ready<br />
for a busy couple of months. We have been engaged in wonderful and powerful<br />
environmental and natural resources dialogues through out the Salish Sea.<br />
A <strong>Swinomish</strong> delegation traveled to the 6 th Annual Coast Salish Gathering and<br />
we were honored to gather with First Nations to engage in an important environmental<br />
policy dialogue.<br />
Our Salish Sea is vitally important to all of our people, as we harvest often<br />
from the sea and rely on it for food, medicine, cultural ceremonies and to a<br />
certain extent transportation. For a lengthy amount of time our Coast Salish<br />
families have been divided by borders and governments. But we remember<br />
who we are and where we come from. It is time to act now as we have environmental<br />
challenges, and several health concerns within each of the Coast<br />
Salish communities as a Nation.<br />
At the Gathering we heard the messages from our youth, experts, leaders, ancestors and our elders. It is time<br />
for us to take it to the next level and take action. As the environmental challenges are growing on a daily basis,<br />
our fish, clams, oysters, crabs, seaweed and eel grass are disappearing at a rapid pace. We all rely on these for<br />
survival and for subsistence. We know that there is Western World Science and we have our Traditional Ecological<br />
Science, and we can make it work if we walk together for the better of Mother Earth.<br />
The Coast Salish Gathering provides an opportunity for us to address issues that impact our way of life and to<br />
then create an environmental action plan that focuses the conservation and restoration of the Salish Sea ecosystem<br />
to a level that ensures sustainability to our Coast Salish People and our cultural way of life. We are committed<br />
to ensuring we provide a healthy, safe and prosperous home for our future children.<br />
My heart is full of the strong spirits and voices of the Coast Salish, and as I come home, I too share my<br />
thoughts of walking together with our families that surround us through out the Salish Sea.<br />
Have a wonderful and warm <strong>April</strong>! May the Creator bless you and keep you safe.<br />
Spee-pots<br />
(Brian Cladoosby)<br />
“We know that there is Western World Science and we have our<br />
Traditional Ecological Science, and we can make it work if we<br />
walk together for the better of Mother Earth.”<br />
Spee Pots being<br />
honored and gifted<br />
a paddle vest at the<br />
Coast Salish Gathering.<br />
“To be worn<br />
when you represent<br />
the Coast Salish<br />
People.”<br />
Photo: Leon John<br />
The Coast Salish<br />
Territories.<br />
Graphic:<br />
www.firstnations<br />
.de
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buus (boos )<br />
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RECENT TRIBAL CODE AMENDMENTS<br />
At the Special Senate meeting in February, the Senate<br />
amended Title 17 - Tax, Chapter 3 - Retail Sales<br />
Tax by passing Ordinance 302. The <strong>Swinomish</strong> Retail<br />
Tax Code now provides for the assessment and<br />
collection of tax on retail sales sold by the Gaming<br />
Enterprise, <strong>Tribal</strong>ly owned gas stations, <strong>Tribal</strong>ly<br />
owned RV park and the <strong>Swinomish</strong> Fish Company.<br />
Taxes levied are equal to one hundred (100) percent<br />
of the local and state retail sales taxes, currently<br />
amounting to 8.2%. The code provides that the tribal<br />
sales tax shall incorporate future increases or decreases<br />
in the local and state sales taxes.<br />
The Senate also enacted two new laws at this<br />
Special Senate meeting. Ordinance 303 is codified at<br />
Title 17 – Tax, Chapter Room Occupancy Tax Code.<br />
The <strong>Swinomish</strong> Room Occupancy Tax Code was<br />
passed by the <strong>Swinomish</strong> Senate in order to protect<br />
the public interest and welfare of the people of the<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong>, its employees,<br />
the residents and visitors of <strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> country<br />
through the regulation, imposition, collection and<br />
administration of taxes on the rental of motels, hotels,<br />
and other temporary lodging businesses in <strong>Indian</strong><br />
country. It imposes a tax in an amount equivalent<br />
to the special excise tax imposed by Skagit<br />
County which currently is 2%.<br />
Ordinance 305 is codified at Title 15 – Business<br />
Regulations, Chapter 7 – Lodges and Restaurants.<br />
This ordinance limits the liability of the Tribe for<br />
theft of a guest’s personal property from the new<br />
lodge where a safe is provided to the guest and the<br />
guest fails to place his or her valuables in the safe.<br />
It also limits the liability of the Tribe for lost or damaged<br />
baggage. Finally, it provides for criminal and<br />
civil penalties for fraud and for the exclusion of anyone<br />
from the new lodge and R.V. camp who has<br />
been excluded from the casino.<br />
Lastly, the Senate amended the chapter in the<br />
Gaming Code concerning the Gaming enterprise.<br />
The amendments restructured the Gaming Enterprise<br />
Committee into a Gaming Management Board and<br />
fleshed out the guidelines for the Board as well as<br />
the Board’s powers. The Board will be responsible<br />
for managing operations, making employment decisions<br />
concerning key staff, making policies, conducting<br />
studies and developing and managing budgets.<br />
The Board is required to prepare and submit reports<br />
regarding the operation and financial activities, as<br />
well as significant problems and accomplishments,<br />
of the Gaming Enterprise. The changes to this code<br />
also include addition of a section designating an<br />
agent for service.<br />
The amended codes are available for review on our<br />
website at http://www.swinomish-nsn.gov. Paper<br />
copies are available for review at the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
library, the <strong>Tribal</strong> Clerk's office, the Office of the<br />
<strong>Tribal</strong> Attorney, the Senate’s Executive Assistant,<br />
and the Social Services and Planning Department.
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WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT<br />
GROUP<br />
Please come and join us one evening a week<br />
as we explore topics such as the ingredients for<br />
a healthy relationship, boundaries, effective<br />
communication skills, grief and loss issues and<br />
any other wounds that may be robbing joy from<br />
your life.<br />
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within<br />
ourselves come when life seems most challenging”<br />
Professor Joseph Campbell<br />
celac (tsuh lahts)<br />
Page 5<br />
When: Monday nights<br />
Where: Library – Social Services Building<br />
Time: 6:00 – 7:30P<br />
Planned start date: <strong>April</strong> 09, <strong>2012</strong><br />
From the qyuuqs (Kee Yoks) Editor: Michael M. Vendiola<br />
Welcome to spring! With this issue<br />
we focus on the community events related<br />
to Earth Day and the long standing<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Clean-up Day that celebrates<br />
it’s 42nd anniversary this year as a <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
community event. I hope you<br />
take the opportunity to participate in this<br />
year’s event! A list of events is featured<br />
in this issue and you will be able to find<br />
something to do in the community for<br />
everyone in your family.<br />
Further, we are very pleased to have our<br />
regular contribution from community<br />
members who continue to educate us<br />
about our relationship with Mother<br />
Earth. After you read their articles you<br />
really understand our informal conversational<br />
play on respecting Mother Earth<br />
featured on the cover of this issue. In all<br />
seriousness, though, our <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
community has many roles, responsibilities<br />
and teachings to share in the caretaking<br />
of Mother Earth. We hope that this<br />
issue’s focus on caretaking will help to<br />
inspire our readership to take action!<br />
We wish to thank the SITC Senators and<br />
staff who have graciously contributed to<br />
this issue in providing leadership and<br />
information to keep the greater community<br />
informed on the doings of the tribe.<br />
Lastly, we’ve added a new ‘<strong>Community</strong><br />
Calendar’ event page. If you let us know<br />
about upcoming events happening in the<br />
community, we’ll do our best to add it to<br />
this new calendar and cover it in the<br />
qyuuqs (Kee Yoks)! Please feel free to<br />
contact me at:<br />
mvendiola@swinomish.nsn.gov<br />
360.466.7258<br />
Please find us on the web at:<br />
or<br />
http://www.swinomish.org/news.aspx<br />
Facebook: ‘<strong>Swinomish</strong> Kee Yoks Newspaper’<br />
Twitter: ‘KeeYoksNews’
swədəbš qyuuqs ulub (oo loob) Page 6<br />
Public Notice for Canoe Racing<br />
When: <strong>April</strong> 16th <strong>2012</strong><br />
Warchief Canoe Club would like to invite you to<br />
practice.<br />
Attention Canoe Practice Club:<br />
<strong>April</strong> 16th: Orientation, Schedule Review, Permission<br />
Slips. Bring your own paddle, meet at the<br />
Canoe Shed after school.<br />
Who: 6th-12th grade students<br />
What: Tutoring from our <strong>Swinomish</strong> Para Pros<br />
and homework help.<br />
Where: Middle and High School study labs and<br />
snacks will be available.<br />
When: Monday-Thursday, 3:05-4:05pm and<br />
our Recreation van will be available to transport<br />
students back to the Youth Center.<br />
Why: Because our tribe believes that education<br />
is important and wants to support our students<br />
and help them succeed.<br />
From the Health Clinic:<br />
We have begun to see patients with Flu symptoms at the Health Clinic, please<br />
consider visiting your health care clinic today.<br />
If you have answered yes to any of the questions below you are considered high risk and should consider getting your FLU SHOT<br />
soon.<br />
Do you have Asthma<br />
Are you Diabetic<br />
Are you 65 or older<br />
Are you Pregnant<br />
Do you have Cancer<br />
Do you have children younger than 5 years old<br />
Especially children younger than 2 years old<br />
Do you have HIV or AIDS<br />
It is recommended that all patients receive a FLU SHOT; you need not be high risk.<br />
You do not need an appointment for this; please drop by for a nurse’s visit.
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qyuuqs feature:<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> elders lunch and tour new <strong>Swinomish</strong> Lodge to open early May<br />
On March 22 over 40 <strong>Swinomish</strong> elders,<br />
family members, <strong>Swinomish</strong> Senators, and<br />
guests attended a special tour of the new<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Lodge set to open in early May.<br />
The event was sponsored by <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
Senate and supported by the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
Senior center and various committees and<br />
departments.<br />
The event began with a short welcome by<br />
organizer Senator Brian Wilbur and a hearty<br />
buffet meal served at the <strong>Swinomish</strong> Casino Restaurant. A good meal was enjoyed<br />
by all accompanied with good mealtime conversation. Senator Wilbur was assisted<br />
other senators Senator Leon John, Senator Barb James, and Senator Kevin Paul<br />
Following lunch, the elders began a nearly 1 hour tour of the new facility. The tour included views of a new conference center, a<br />
restaurant and bar, guest rooms and suites, and<br />
ended with everyone receiving a new <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
Casino & Lodge t-shirt. See page 9 for<br />
additional upcoming events.
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Page 8
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<strong>Swinomish</strong> Casino & Lodge:<br />
Page 9
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Page 10<br />
Native Business: The Life-Giving and Crushing Power of Debt<br />
Debt is something owed to another party and most often is accompanied<br />
by an interest rate charged to the borrower for the use of money.<br />
In business, debt is good when you have a source of repayment. Debt<br />
is bad when a clear source of repayment does not exist. Start ups are<br />
most often capitalized by savings from the entrepreneur, money from<br />
friends and family, or home equity. There is no one-correct way to use<br />
money; each borrower has to decide for themselves. This article simply<br />
illustrates best practices to remember when thinking about borrowing<br />
money.<br />
A business owner should consider using debt when they need dollars<br />
to increase the delivery of a product or service to meet demand from<br />
existing or new customers. If it is an existing business, often contracts<br />
for service or orders for more products are in-hand. An entrepreneur<br />
would borrow money after they have demonstrated at least one or<br />
more successful transactions and need money to increase their workforce<br />
or purchase equipment to take their business to the next level of<br />
operating size. A brand new business without a history of sales usually<br />
has a high level of expertise in the respective industry and elects to<br />
borrow money when there is a relationship with a customer that guarantees<br />
sales at start-up.<br />
An entrepreneur should be cautious about borrowing money when a<br />
good idea comes with a large price tag for start up. This often means<br />
the individual needs to use some sort of debt borrowed from a 3 rd party<br />
to spend on things they think they need to get started. My advice, as a<br />
seasoned lender, is to not borrower at start-up if you can help it and<br />
instead start as small as possible.<br />
Often an entrepreneur will find their sales are slower to make or<br />
longer to collect than they initially thought. This requires patient capital;<br />
meaning if they used their own money or the money from family<br />
that does not need to be paid back until enough profits are generated,<br />
they will have more time for their business to mature. At the beginning,<br />
if an entrepreneur borrows money from a 3 rd party (like a bank),<br />
they are required to make monthly payments which include principal<br />
and interest which often lessens the amount of time a business can<br />
take to mature. These obligations (monthly payments) must be met<br />
on time and in the full amount owed or the borrower may trigger a<br />
series of compounding problems such as late fees, an increase to<br />
their loan’s interest rate or worse- be declared in default where the<br />
lender requests immediate payment. These consequences caused by<br />
late or non-payment consume cash that otherwise would be retained<br />
in the business. A business dies if it runs out of cash.<br />
Jim Stanley is a tribal member of the Quinault<br />
Nation, Past-Vice President of the Quinault<br />
Nation Enterprise Board, and board member of<br />
the Northwest Native American Chamber. He<br />
is a senior lender with Craft3, a non-profit loan<br />
fund lending to Sovereign Nations and tribal<br />
member owned businesses. Jim freely shares<br />
his knowledge and can be reached for comment<br />
at: jstanley@craft3.org.<br />
Section 184 Home Loan Program for<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Tribal</strong> Members<br />
The <strong>Swinomish</strong> Senate has been informed that the Tribe’s request to<br />
participate in the HUD subsidized 184 Home Loan Program has been<br />
granted.<br />
The HUD 184 program offers home loans with:<br />
• Low interest rates based on current market rates (rather than<br />
credit scores)<br />
• Low down payments<br />
• 2.25% on loans over $50,000.00<br />
• 1.25% on loans under $50,000.00<br />
On <strong>April</strong> 25 th Shelter Bay will join<br />
the <strong>Swinomish</strong> Tribe for the annual<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Earth Day event<br />
by participating in the <strong>Community</strong><br />
Service Projects.<br />
Approval of the loan requires a 1% loan guarantee fee paid at closing,<br />
which can be financed.<br />
The HUD 184 program requires that the borrower show that they have<br />
enough income to pay back the loan. This is based on the ratio of the<br />
borrower’s debt to income. Under the Section 184 program, total<br />
monthly debts including the loan typically cannot be more than 41% of<br />
gross monthly income.<br />
The loan can be used, both on and off the <strong>Swinomish</strong> Reservation, to<br />
Purchase an existing home<br />
Rehabilitate an existing home<br />
Construct a new home<br />
Refinance a current loan<br />
For information packets containing instructions on how to obtain a<br />
loan, a list of approved lenders, frequently asked questions, and requirements<br />
of the program, please see John Petrich at the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
Housing Authority.<br />
Join in to help clean up<br />
the area around the<br />
Shelter Bay Sign!
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The Earth Day Committee is looking for <strong>Tribal</strong> homes that would like to establish<br />
a potted "color patch" of mixed flowers that will be distributed during<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Earth Day. The plants to be given away<br />
will be located at the <strong>Swinomish</strong> Housing Authority Office.<br />
A few mature native plants will also be available.<br />
In exchange, we will ask each grower to track<br />
the care & growth of these flowers.<br />
There will be limited supplies, first come first served !<br />
If you have any questions contact Tony Basabe at 466-2512.<br />
GENERAL ASSEMBLY [OF THE UNITED NATIONS] PROCLAIMS 22 APRIL<br />
‘INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY’<br />
ADOPTING BY CONSENSUS BO-<br />
LIVIA-LED RESOLUTION<br />
In Address, Bolivia’s President<br />
Says 60 Years after Human Rights<br />
Declaration ‘Mother Earth Is Now,<br />
Finally, Having Her Rights Recognized’<br />
As the United Nations General Assembly<br />
proclaimed today International<br />
Mother Earth Day, Bolivian<br />
President Evo Morales Ayma applauded<br />
the Members of the world<br />
body who had “taken a historic stand<br />
for Mother Earth” by acknowledging<br />
humanity’s common interest in the<br />
protection of the planet and its environment.<br />
“Sixty years after adopting the<br />
[Universal Declaration of Human<br />
Rights], Mother Earth is now, finally,<br />
having her rights recognized,” said<br />
President Morales.<br />
By the text, the Assembly acknowledged<br />
that “the Earth and its ecosystems<br />
are our home”, and expressed<br />
its conviction that, in order to achieve<br />
a just balance among the economic,<br />
social and environmental needs of<br />
present and future generations, “it is<br />
necessary to promote harmony with<br />
nature and the Earth”.<br />
In his address, President Morales<br />
appealed to all Members of the<br />
United Nations to live up to their responsibility<br />
to ensure life on the<br />
planet by working for unity, equality,<br />
dignity and, above all, humanity,<br />
which inherently<br />
involved protecting<br />
–- and restoring<br />
–- Mother<br />
Earth.<br />
Some 60 years<br />
after activists had<br />
fought so hard to<br />
win acknowledgement of human<br />
rights worldwide, including social,<br />
economic, political and cultural rights,<br />
Mother Earth was now having her<br />
rights recognized, he continued. Indeed,<br />
animals and plants -- all living<br />
creatures and beings -- had rights<br />
that deserved to be respected and<br />
protected.<br />
In closing remarks, Assembly President<br />
d’Escoto said the world body<br />
was sending a special message of<br />
hope with Mother Earth Day. Even<br />
as scientists and biologists sounded<br />
the alarm that the world may already<br />
be at the “tipping point”, at which the<br />
damage wrought on the environment<br />
might be irreversible, the United Nations<br />
had moved “to put people and<br />
the well-being of the planet at the<br />
centre of our attention and recognize<br />
good stewardship of the planet and<br />
our dwindling resources as a shared<br />
responsibility”.<br />
“It is only right that we, as sisters and<br />
brothers, take care of Mother Earth<br />
[…] as Mother Earth, after all sustains<br />
[…] our very humanity,” Mr. d’Escoto<br />
said. He urged listening to the voices<br />
of indigenous people, who, despite all<br />
odds, had sustained their profound<br />
links with nature. He urged support<br />
for the world’s small farmers and food<br />
producers, who, with sustainable<br />
farming methods, could provide us<br />
with healthy food, while not being<br />
driven into poverty by unfair trade<br />
policies and the actions of rapacious<br />
agro-industries. “Our decision today<br />
marks one more symbolic step in<br />
changing the dominant mindset that<br />
has brought us so close to selfdestruction,”<br />
he said.<br />
Courtesy of the United Nations. Edited for<br />
space. Please view whole document here:<br />
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/<br />
ga10823.doc.htm
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Lushootseed:<br />
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<strong>April</strong> Lushootseed Phrase:<br />
stab I(i) adsuhuy<br />
What are you doing<br />
(stahb koo-ee odd-soo-who-ee)<br />
ped<br />
Earth; soil; dirt; dust; bury<br />
(puhd)<br />
uIaxad Ved tsidiUuy<br />
I am helping my mother.<br />
(uh-koo-ah-wa-odd chuhd seed-eekw-oowee)
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Mrs. V’s 2 cents!<br />
Our parents and grandparents<br />
taught us when we were very young;<br />
how to take care of our homes and the<br />
places where we lived and played.<br />
Sometimes we forget.<br />
We forget those old teachings and we<br />
neglect taking care of Mother Earth.<br />
Earth Day is coming again. What were<br />
the teachings you received about taking<br />
care of Mother Earth, not just on Earth<br />
Day but every day<br />
Ganga, my grandfather, Edward Frank<br />
Hillaire would always say the same<br />
words to my brother Jr, and me when<br />
we were leaving the rez at the end of<br />
summer to go back to the city. Ganga<br />
would pick up his walking stick and he<br />
pounded his stick on the earth. (Pound,<br />
pound, looking into our eyes…”You<br />
come from here.” (Pound, pound again)<br />
…”Don’t you forget it.”<br />
I bet that your mother and father, and<br />
your grandpa and grandma said those<br />
kinds of words to you when you were a<br />
kid. Did you forget what they said Or<br />
do you remember, and now understand<br />
their words to you about the importance<br />
of the earth<br />
Now that I am older than my grandfather<br />
was when he spoke those words to<br />
my late brother, George and me, I believe<br />
I understand what he was trying to<br />
teach us. He was telling us that we<br />
come from this earth. We come from<br />
this earth because this earth gives<br />
us what we need to survive. And he<br />
was telling us to always remember<br />
to respect and care for the Earth as<br />
our Mother.<br />
What did you eat for breakfast<br />
Sometimes we forget about the<br />
hundreds of miles and the multitude<br />
of work it takes for the foods we put<br />
into our bodies to get to us, in this<br />
day and age. And if we forget, how<br />
can we teach our kids<br />
When I was a kid, my mother toasted<br />
the day old bread that she got at the<br />
day old bakery. She toasted it in a big<br />
heavy black frying pan on the top of our<br />
stove. And then she would cut it up like<br />
they do nowadays for croutons. She put<br />
these “croutons” in a bowl and that was<br />
“We come from this Earth”<br />
our cereal. Us kids would eat it along<br />
with hot Carnation milk mixed with water<br />
and a big spoonful of homemade<br />
jam, apple sauce or canned peaches. It<br />
was the best!<br />
Today, the following is what I put into<br />
my body at breakfast:<br />
• ½ mango from Soconusco, Chiapas<br />
Mexico<br />
• 1 Small piece of ham from Kraft<br />
Foods Global, Inc. – Northfield,<br />
Illinois<br />
• 1 slice whole grain toast from Inter-<br />
American Products – Cincinnati,<br />
Ohio<br />
• Butter from Land O’Lakes, Inc.,<br />
Arden Hills, Minnesota<br />
• 3 tomato slices from Freska Produce<br />
International, Mexico<br />
• 1 egg from National Food Corp.,<br />
Arlington, WA (Yay close by, didn’t<br />
have to ship too far!)<br />
• 1 Cup of coffee from Folgers Coffee<br />
Company, Oroville, Ohio<br />
• A glass of water. The people who<br />
live in the city of Anacortes get their<br />
drinking water from the Skagit<br />
River. (Yay, again.) The water is<br />
treated to make it safe to drink. The<br />
current water treatment plant has<br />
been in operation since February of<br />
1970. It provides water to about<br />
56,000 people.<br />
“The reason I am thinking about<br />
these things is that Earth Day is<br />
this month. And Earth Day is all<br />
about being mindful of where we<br />
live and how we get all that we<br />
need to survive from the place<br />
where we live.”<br />
My breakfast used a whole lot of fossil<br />
fuel to finally get to the distributor in<br />
Seattle and then to the grocery store<br />
where I bought it. I think I need to cut<br />
back on the out- of- season foods I buy<br />
from Mexico.<br />
The reason I am thinking about these<br />
things is that Earth Day is this month.<br />
By Diane I. Vendiola<br />
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And Earth Day is all<br />
about being mindful<br />
of where we live and<br />
how we get all that<br />
we need to survive<br />
from the place where<br />
we live. It is a day to recognize how we<br />
take care of the place where we live<br />
and play. Everything we get from the<br />
earth is important. The Earth is precious.<br />
It is important and precious especially<br />
when we remember that what we<br />
want for our children and grandchildren<br />
is a better place to live and play, and if<br />
not a better place, at least not a worse<br />
place than what we have. I can still buy<br />
day old bread, a can of carnation milk<br />
and even buy strawberry jam, a can of<br />
peaches or applesauce. And I can still<br />
mix the Carnation milk with heated<br />
fresh water from the Skagit River. Will<br />
my grandchildren be able to do that for<br />
their grandchildren<br />
I bet you remember the teachings of<br />
your grandparents about taking care of<br />
our Mother Earth because she gives to<br />
us everything we need to live.<br />
My late cousin, Chet used say to me<br />
every year when the apple tree across<br />
from the social services building was<br />
full with apples, some lying on the<br />
ground. He would slowly shake his<br />
head and say to me, “You know, Diane,<br />
there used to be a time when you would<br />
never see that, nope, all those apples<br />
would be in a pie or in apple sauce.”<br />
If you remember words that your<br />
parents or grandparents said to you<br />
about how we need to walk on this<br />
precious planet, words that you,<br />
now that you are grown, understand,<br />
share those words and what<br />
they mean to you. I would love to<br />
learn from your experience. You<br />
can email them to mvendiola@<strong>Swinomish</strong>.nsn.us<br />
(cc to<br />
Diane Vendiola).<br />
Looking forward to hearing from you,<br />
the first five to respond will be recognized<br />
at the Earth Day lunch on <strong>April</strong><br />
25 th @ the gym.<br />
Diane I. Vendiola, <strong>Swinomish</strong> tribal elder, is a regular<br />
contributor to the qyuuqs (Kee Yoks), continues to<br />
serve the tribe in her retirement, and is a loving<br />
grandmother.
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Being Frank<br />
Traditional foods are treaty foods<br />
March 5th, <strong>2012</strong><br />
By Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman NWIFC<br />
These short, cold, rainy and sometimes snowy days of<br />
winter always make me think about our treaties. It was<br />
during this time of year more than 150 years ago that<br />
the U. S. government negotiated most of its treaties<br />
with tribes here in western Washington.<br />
The federal government wanted our homeland. They<br />
viewed us as sovereign nations with independent authority<br />
to govern our people, lands and resources. We<br />
were treated the same as any free nation in the world<br />
because that’s what we were then and still are today.<br />
Through the treaties we reserved the things that were<br />
most important to us as a people. Among them was the<br />
right to fish, hunt and gather shellfish and other traditional<br />
foods to feed ourselves and preserve our cultures.<br />
That’s why I am excited about the new hunting department<br />
at the Puyallup Tribe of <strong>Indian</strong>s. It’s aimed at<br />
strengthening the tribe’s traditional connection to wildlife<br />
by improving<br />
hunter access to deer,<br />
elk and other game for<br />
tribal members to eat.<br />
The tribe also is promoting<br />
hunting by<br />
educating young people.<br />
Wildlife habitat in<br />
western Washington<br />
is disappearing rapidly.<br />
Deer, elk and<br />
other wildlife are being<br />
crowded into smaller<br />
and smaller areas in<br />
the remaining good<br />
habitat, making it difficult<br />
for tribal members<br />
to exercise their treaty<br />
hunting rights.<br />
Spring stinging nettles<br />
Photo courtesy Elise Krohn<br />
If we lose our ability to<br />
hunt, we lose an important<br />
source of traditional food, and we can’t afford to<br />
do that. <strong>Indian</strong> people evolved eating traditional foods<br />
like elk, salmon, clams and berries. These are the<br />
foods that are best for our bodies.<br />
That’s why part of the hunting department’s mission is<br />
to help connect tribal members with sources for game<br />
meat. <strong>Tribal</strong> hunters hunt for food, not for sport. They<br />
traditionally hunt not only for themselves, but for their<br />
extended families. It’s common for tribes to designate<br />
hunters to harvest wildlife for ceremonies, as wells as<br />
for tribal elders and others who are unable to hunt for<br />
themselves.<br />
Helping tribal members incorporate more traditional<br />
foods in their diets is also the goal of the Food Sovereignty<br />
Program at Northwest <strong>Indian</strong> College’s campus<br />
on the Muckleshoot Tribe’s reservation near Auburn.<br />
Food sovereignty is the right of people to eat healthy<br />
traditional foods that are produced sustainably and<br />
don’t harm the environment.<br />
The program grew from a project by the Muckleshoot,<br />
Tulalip and Suquamish tribes and the Burke Museum<br />
at the University of Washington. The museum developed<br />
a list of traditional foods that <strong>Indian</strong> people ate<br />
before non-<strong>Indian</strong>s arrived in western Washington. The<br />
Food Sovereignty program<br />
helps tribal members<br />
make those foods<br />
– such as nettles,<br />
camas, huckleberries,<br />
salmon and wild game –<br />
part of their everyday<br />
lives.<br />
The project reminds us<br />
that to have traditional<br />
foods, we must continue<br />
to be good natural resources<br />
managers. Our<br />
treaties recognize that<br />
food is at the center of<br />
our cultures. <strong>Indian</strong><br />
tribes are sovereign nations,<br />
and part of that<br />
sovereignty includes<br />
access to the traditional<br />
foods needed to keep<br />
ourselves and our communities<br />
healthy and<br />
strong.<br />
Billy Frank Jr. is the chairman of the Northwest <strong>Indian</strong><br />
Fisheries Commission.<br />
For more information, contact: Tony Meyer or Emmett<br />
O’Connell, NWIFC, (360) 438-1181
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From the <strong>Tribal</strong> Archive: Theresa Trebon, <strong>Tribal</strong> Archivist<br />
50 Years Ago:<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> joins the<br />
Century 21 Statewide<br />
Beautification Campaign<br />
<strong>April</strong> 22 marks the 42 anniversary<br />
of Earth Day, a key environmental<br />
event that reminds us of the need to<br />
care for our planet in a focused<br />
way. But just 8 years before the<br />
birth of Earth Day, in 1962, a grand<br />
exposition opened in Seattle that<br />
many still recall, one that shaped<br />
how Washingtonians care for their<br />
public spaces. On <strong>April</strong> 21 of that<br />
year President John F. Kennedy<br />
pressed the same telegraph key<br />
that started the Alaska-Yukon-<br />
Pacific Exposition in Seattle in<br />
1909, only “this time, instead of a<br />
simple coast-to-coast electronic signal,<br />
the key triggered a radio telescope<br />
in<br />
Maine, which<br />
picked up an<br />
Century 21 Poster<br />
1962<br />
impulse from a star 10,000 light<br />
years away,” and aimed it towards<br />
Seattle to start the Century 21<br />
World’s Fair.<br />
Preparations for the fair began in<br />
earnest in 1960 with a focus on improving<br />
Washington through the<br />
Century 21 State Beautification<br />
Committee: <strong>Swinomish</strong> was the first<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> community to get on board.<br />
The <strong>Swinomish</strong> Ladies Welfare<br />
Club (see March <strong>2012</strong><br />
Kee Yoks) had<br />
been working<br />
on “home<br />
and garden<br />
improvement”<br />
in<br />
S w i -<br />
nomish<br />
since<br />
t h e<br />
Century 21 Dahlia Seeds<br />
Sent by Century 21 Beautification<br />
Committee to <strong>Swinomish</strong> -1960<br />
Found in <strong>Swinomish</strong> Fish Plant -2007<br />
early<br />
1940s but the<br />
invitation to join the Century 21 effort<br />
spurred them to greater action.<br />
The club appointed a committee<br />
headed by Laura Wilbur, and assisted<br />
by Bertha Dan, Irene Siddle<br />
and Marie Charles to launch<br />
a year-round beautification<br />
and home improvement campaign<br />
at <strong>Swinomish</strong>. Irene<br />
John was named to head of<br />
the “bulldozing committee” to<br />
contact home owners who<br />
need bulldozing to clear lots<br />
and brush; Claude Wilbur<br />
would man the dozer. On May 26,<br />
1960, the Puget Sound Mail announced<br />
that the effort was fully<br />
underway. One area that proved<br />
challenging was the large “back<br />
lots” of the homes bordering Front<br />
S t r e e t in the village. The<br />
solution<br />
was to<br />
a r -<br />
range<br />
f o r<br />
t h e<br />
<strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
to take<br />
Puget Sound Mail<br />
May 12, 1960<br />
over those large unused back areas<br />
and “plant Hawthorne trees along<br />
the street so that the people living<br />
down below will have more privacy<br />
in their backyards.” That June, a<br />
large gunnysack of dahlia bulbs<br />
arrived, courtesy of the Century 21<br />
Beautification Committee, and the<br />
Ladies Welfare Club directed their<br />
planting in the village, particularly<br />
around the tennis court area, now<br />
the site of the medical clinic. Free<br />
seeds also were distributed and it<br />
was reported that Alfred Sampson<br />
had created a “nice rockery on the<br />
corner of his lot.” Plans got underway<br />
to erect the first sign at the entrance<br />
to the reservation announcing<br />
one’s arrival to the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Community</strong>. In September,<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> was invited to<br />
Seattle where they were presented<br />
a special plaque at an awards ceremony<br />
honoring those who participated<br />
in the beautification effort: it<br />
was<br />
the<br />
only<br />
Puget Sound Mail<br />
9-22-1960<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> tribe to participate or be so<br />
honored.<br />
The beautification started by the<br />
Ladies Welfare club in the 1940s,<br />
and taken to greater heights in<br />
preparation for Century 21,<br />
paved the way for the Tribe’s<br />
embrace of Earth Day and the<br />
important values it represents.<br />
Whether it’s the annual spring and<br />
fall clean up days, recycling efforts<br />
in the tribal buildings and public<br />
events, protecting the environment,<br />
or celebrating Earth Day itself, <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
is carrying on the tradition<br />
of caring for this planet we all call<br />
home.
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Education:<br />
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<strong>April</strong> 11th Education Dinner to honor Preschool, 5th grade, 8th grade,<br />
12th grade, GED recipients<br />
On <strong>April</strong> 11, <strong>2012</strong> at 6:00 PM in the <strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
& Youth Center, <strong>Swinomish</strong> will honor <strong>Swinomish</strong> preschool,<br />
5th, and 8th grade youth, GED recipients, and recent<br />
college graduates. The event is designed to empower<br />
and prioritize education as a key element of success for<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> people. All community members are invited to<br />
celebrate the accomplishments of<br />
these youth!<br />
Students to be honored:<br />
Preschoolers who will be honored-Aaron<br />
Jack, Brandon Damien,<br />
Eyown Sam-Gustafson, Jacob Jarnagin,<br />
Jaydin Eagleheart-Clark,<br />
Kialah Seymour, Matt Stone, Reylean<br />
George-Johnston, Charles<br />
Edwards, Divinity Kochuten, Josephina<br />
Adams, Lily Dougliss, Lydia<br />
Grossglass, Mikailah Johnston,<br />
Ronald Williams, Phillip McCoy<br />
5 th Graders who will be honored-<br />
Victor Bailey, Alexandria Bill, Jasmine<br />
Cayou, Yuanissa Cayou, Ajay Damien, Raven Edwards,<br />
Chad John, Emily Montoya, Claudia Parker, Cheyenne<br />
Weatherby, Demonte Wolf-John, Jairo Castro, Molly<br />
Clark, Darren George, Michael Paul, Ashleigh Tom<br />
8 th Graders who will be honored-Alexander Cayou, Jarrette<br />
Cayou, Olivia Cayou, Cillastina Edge, Kendall Edwards,<br />
Asiah Gonzalez, Isaias Guzman, Logan James,<br />
Sydney James, Collin LaPointe, Danika McCoy, Joey<br />
Quintasket, Natisha Kinsman<br />
12 Graders who will be honored-<br />
Madeline Cayou, Tiyanna McCraiggie,<br />
Landelin James, Dianne Quintasket,<br />
Martin Sampson, Michael<br />
Wilbur<br />
GED students to be honored-<br />
Alva Damien, Crystal Clark, Olivia<br />
Bailey, Abrianna Sampson<br />
College/Vocational Students who<br />
have completed their degree for the<br />
2011-<strong>2012</strong> school year and would<br />
like to be recognized at the dinner<br />
please call or text Tracy James at<br />
(360)540-2702.<br />
Our list of honorees are not yet<br />
complete for our Academic Excellence or Attendance<br />
Awards but their invitations will be sent out by the Para<br />
Pros and if we have missed any students please feel free<br />
to contact Tracy James before <strong>April</strong> 9th.<br />
La Conner School Attendance: Students missing less than 2 days of school as of Feb. 29!<br />
Elementary:<br />
Arjuna Adams<br />
Isaiah Adams<br />
Raymond Bailey<br />
Allen Bill<br />
Douglas Bill<br />
Javaughn Bill<br />
Betsy Campbell<br />
Tredamas Casey<br />
Chadow Cayou<br />
Jasmine Cayou<br />
Kaycee Cayou<br />
Taylor Rae Cayou<br />
Yuanissa Cayou<br />
Boyce Charles<br />
Molly Clark<br />
Ajay Damien<br />
Dakota Damien<br />
Jamie Damien<br />
Callie Dougliss,<br />
Chloe Edwards<br />
Cynthia George<br />
Darren George<br />
Merissa George<br />
Liliana Gonzales<br />
Zeb Joe<br />
Edmond McCoy<br />
Kennedy Miller<br />
Kaylena Misanes<br />
Ariana Murchinson<br />
Mary Lou Page<br />
Claudia Parker<br />
Michael Paul<br />
Elijah Porter<br />
Daniel Rapada<br />
Alfonso Sampson<br />
Andrea Sampson<br />
Shawn Sampson<br />
Ariana Siddle<br />
Mekayla Smith-Day<br />
Ivory Souryavong<br />
Dylan Stone<br />
Ashleigh Thomas<br />
Hunter Williams<br />
Demonte Wolf-John<br />
Emma Worgum<br />
Reanne Zimmerman<br />
Middle School:<br />
Elijah Adams<br />
Kobe Bailey<br />
Alexis Bobb<br />
Kahneesha Casey<br />
Kalona Casey<br />
Ben Cayou<br />
Brett Cayou<br />
Henry Cayou<br />
Olivia Cayou<br />
Zanetta Cayou<br />
Ryan Charles<br />
David Cruz<br />
Nakiya Edwards<br />
Terrence Fornsby<br />
Asiah Gonzalez<br />
Isaias Guzman<br />
Claudia Jack<br />
Janel Jack<br />
Isiah James<br />
Logan James<br />
Sydney James<br />
Jordan Johnston<br />
Jace Kinsman<br />
Collin LaPointe<br />
Charlie McCoy<br />
Danika McCoy<br />
Joreen McDonald<br />
Scottie Miller<br />
Blaine Navasie<br />
Michael Page<br />
Kaleb Parker<br />
Briana Porter<br />
Jeanette Quintasket<br />
Joe Quintasket<br />
Tiffany Sampson<br />
Jeremiah Williams<br />
Lanita Williams<br />
High School:<br />
General Cayou<br />
Irma Cayou<br />
Anna Cook<br />
Jacob Cruz<br />
Thomas Day<br />
Wil James<br />
Mikey Wilbur<br />
Darrel Williams
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<strong>April</strong> 25th<br />
Wednesday<br />
8:30 am - 5 pm<br />
SERVICE PROJECTS<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
Elder Edith Bobb’s yard cleanup<br />
Fornsby flats/aglands cleanup<br />
Interpretive Plant Garden project<br />
Street cleanup<br />
Youth afterschool service project at<br />
McGlinn Island<br />
COME JO<br />
Take pride in your comm<br />
the Reservation. Bring y<br />
children, nieces, neph<br />
cousins and<br />
FREE RECYCLING<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
Bring unwanted clothing to exchange<br />
or donate to the women’s shelter!<br />
Recycle your used cell phones, ink<br />
cartridges, computers, monitors &<br />
TVs !<br />
Shredder truck-Bring your sensitive<br />
paper documents to be shredded and<br />
recycled.<br />
For more information contact Tiffany (360) 466-33 7
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<strong>Swinomish</strong> Gym/<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Center<br />
17275 Reservation<br />
IN US<br />
unity and help clean up<br />
our mothers, fathers,<br />
ews, aunties, uncles,<br />
friends.<br />
AGENDA<br />
♥ 8:30 am - Opening address, sign-in,<br />
light breakfast,<br />
♥<br />
9:00 am - Service projects/recycling<br />
opportunities<br />
♥<br />
12:00 pm - Blessing & lunch in gym<br />
♥<br />
♥<br />
1:00 pm - Service projects/recycling<br />
opportunities continued<br />
4:00 pm—Youth Service Project at<br />
McGlinn Island (meet at gym)<br />
♥<br />
5:00 pm - Wrap up<br />
FREE FLOWERS, PLANTS &<br />
CLEANING KITS<br />
♥<br />
Stop by housing or request drop-off of<br />
plants, flowers & cleaning kits for your<br />
home– free for all tribal community<br />
members.<br />
4 or Tanisha (360) 466-1236 in the Planning Office
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Elders Craft Project:<br />
We will be making dream catchers<br />
at the Senior Center on Tuesday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 17th from 1pm-3pm for the<br />
Elder’s Luncheon in June.<br />
Everybody is welcome!
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<strong>Swinomish</strong> Annual<br />
Sobriety Dinner<br />
May 30, <strong>2012</strong> at 6 PM<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Youth Center<br />
Weekly planning Weds., 1 PM, Youth Center<br />
Submit nominations for Joe Dunn Award &<br />
Elder Recognition <strong>2012</strong> at the Social Services<br />
Bldg. and SITC Admin. Bldg.
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Gaylene Gobert, NWIC <strong>Swinomish</strong> Site Manager, (360) 466-4380, Ext. 1
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Spring sports season begins for <strong>Swinomish</strong> athletes<br />
As the weather changes and outdoor activities begin, <strong>Swinomish</strong> athletes<br />
will get active by participating in the spring sports season. Many<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> youth will participate in sports such as golf, track, and softball.<br />
However, don’t forget about the more traditional sports like canoe<br />
pulling!<br />
The War Chief Canoe Club will have their first practice on <strong>April</strong> 16 after<br />
school. Any youth who are interested in learning and participating in canoe<br />
pulling and the competitive canoe races are encouraged to attend<br />
the first meeting. (See page 6 for more information.)<br />
(Left) Taysha James at<br />
her first at bat of the<br />
season! She was released<br />
by her doctor's<br />
earlier that day, to be<br />
able to bat. She was<br />
really excited and went<br />
2 for 3 with a single and<br />
a double and scored 3<br />
RBI's.<br />
(Right) Mike Wilbur<br />
studying his possible<br />
course for a putt.<br />
Photos courtesy of Karla Reynolds<br />
How to REGISTER to vote in state and<br />
federal elections<br />
If you will be 18 by the next election (November 6) and are not<br />
registered to vote, you may pick up mail-in Voter Registration<br />
forms from Mary Ellen Cayou in the Social Services Building.<br />
You can use the same form to update your registration if your<br />
name or address has changed. If you need help completing the<br />
form, Mary Ellen will help you. You can also register to vote<br />
online at https://wei.secstate.wa.gov/olvrsite/.<br />
Monday, October 8, <strong>2012</strong> is the last day to submit voter registration<br />
forms by mail or to register online in order to vote<br />
in the November General Election, scheduled for November 6,<br />
<strong>2012</strong>. You may register in person at the Skagit County<br />
Auditor’s Office until October 29, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Any registered voter who fails to transfer his or her residential<br />
address by the above deadline may vote according to his or her<br />
previous registration address.
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Fish and Game Enforcement implement new tool to fight crab pot theft<br />
Theft from commercial crab pots has been an ongoing<br />
complaint over the years. Fisheries officers have spent<br />
hours on surveillance in attempts to catch an offender red<br />
handed, but it’s rare that officers are at the right place at<br />
exactly the right time. That’s about to change. This year,<br />
Fish and Game Enforcement Director Todd Wilbur invested<br />
in a new tool to assist officers documenting this<br />
type of offense. It’s a weatherproof digital camera that<br />
can be set up on shore to monitor crab gear or set nets,<br />
24/7. The camera can be set to take a picture at specified<br />
time intervals or when it detects motion. The camera also<br />
has the ability to take flash pictures at night that are invisible<br />
to the human eye.<br />
The following picture was taken by the camera on its first<br />
deployment. The camera was mounted on the south side<br />
of Hope Island for three days. It was set to take a picture<br />
every five minutes. The camera captured a fisherman<br />
working his own gear, which is what we like to see.<br />
Below is a picture of the camera deployed to illustrate how<br />
well it blends into the surrounding environment. It’s<br />
mounted on the log in the center of the picture.<br />
This new tool will greatly increase the odds of crab pot<br />
thefts being detected. Fishman can assist fisheries patrol<br />
officers by having their crab pot buoys marked in a unique<br />
manner with bright colors. If your crab gear looks different,<br />
we can better tell whether or not someone else is pulling<br />
it.<br />
<strong>Swinomish</strong> Fisheries:
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Submitted by: Tara Satushek<br />
Transportation/Land use Program<br />
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Now that we are having longer days it’s time to get outside and get active!<br />
Not only does walking let you get outside and enjoy some fresh air but it also can improve your health! The<br />
Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) reported key findings in a study; “Relationship of Walking<br />
to Mortality among U.S. Adults with Diabetes” stating:<br />
• Walking lengthened the life of people with diabetes regardless of age, sex, race, body mass index, length<br />
of time since diagnosis, and presence of complications or functional limitations.<br />
• Among the study group, 62 % reported doing any leisure-time physical activity; 46 % reported walking for<br />
exercise.<br />
• People with diabetes who walked for exercise at least 2 hours a week lowered their mortality rate from all<br />
causes by 39 %. Walking 3 to 4 hours a week reduced mortality from all causes by 54 %.<br />
• People with diabetes who engage in at least 2 hours of any leisure-time physical activity a week had a 29<br />
% lowered mortality risk compared with people who are inactive.<br />
Risk of death from heart disease could by reduced by 34 % by walking at least 2 hours per week.<br />
If you have the opportunity to walk instead of drive for short trips or for leisure get out there and enjoy the<br />
coming spring!<br />
Source: Edward W. Gregg; Robert B. Gerzoff; Carl J. Caspersen; David F. Williamson; and K. M. Venkat Narayan.<br />
“Relationship of Walking to Mortality among U.S. Adults with Diabetes.” Archives of Internal Medicine Vol. 163 No.<br />
12 (June 2003): 1440-1447.<br />
FOUR TRIBES<br />
FITNESS CHALLENGE<br />
REGISTRATION MARCH 26 TH -30 TH @ The FITNESS CENTER<br />
CHALLENGE BEGINS APRIL 1 st ~Incentive Prizes<br />
Individual winner:<br />
Cassandra Gonzales<br />
33 lbs.<br />
CONGRATULATIONS BIGGEST LOSER COMPETITORS!<br />
Team winner: Team Generation<br />
Luella Breckenridge<br />
Dena Barcott<br />
Marilyn Barcott<br />
Total of 44.5 lbs<br />
Biggest Loser Challenge<br />
total loss:<br />
388.5 lbs!
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Birthstone-<br />
Diamond<br />
4/1 Karla Cassimere<br />
4/1 Ina Cayou<br />
4/1 Janice Bill<br />
4/2 Matthew Stone<br />
4/2 Colin Mitchell<br />
4/2 Felipe Deleon<br />
4/2 Gregory Topaum<br />
4/3 Nathan Stone<br />
4/3 Layla Wilbur-Westendorf<br />
4/3 Amanda Washington<br />
4/5 Joleine Cladoosby<br />
4/5 <strong>April</strong> James<br />
4/5 Mikailah Johnston<br />
4/6 Taysha James<br />
4/6 Darryl Dan<br />
4/6 Jamall James<br />
4/6 Kalikiano Adams<br />
4/6 Troy Sampson<br />
4/7 Gasper Sylvester<br />
4/8 Dyson Edwards<br />
4/8 Ajay Damien<br />
4/8 Rosemary Cayou<br />
4/9 Jerry Cayou<br />
4/9 Greg Edwards<br />
4/9 Robert Kellerman<br />
4/10 Robert Williams<br />
4/11 James Smith<br />
4/11 Breanna Bill<br />
4/11 Leonard Bill<br />
4/11 Brenda Bobb<br />
4/11 Ronald Day Sr.<br />
4/12 Donna Dan<br />
4/12 Kathryn Damien-Flores<br />
4/12 Lornajo Dan<br />
4/13 Frank Cayou<br />
4/14 Ronald Williams III<br />
4/14 Jonathan Jack<br />
4/14 Earl James Jr.<br />
4/14 Quentin Edwards<br />
4/15 Glen Edwards Sr.<br />
4/15 Ethel Barber<br />
4/15 Darrell Sylvester<br />
4/15 Richard Wilbur<br />
4/16 William Keo<br />
4/16 Richard Cayou Sr.<br />
4/16 Russell Edwards<br />
4/18 Ryan Charles<br />
4/19 Sophie Bailey<br />
4/19 Grover Topaum Jr.<br />
4/19 Sally Wilbur<br />
4/19 Bryan Day<br />
4/19 Tyler Day<br />
4/19 Joseph Sampson<br />
4/20 Jesse Edwards<br />
4/20 Lori Quintasket<br />
4/21 Andre Tom<br />
4/21 Patricia John<br />
4/21 Jeanette Quintasket<br />
4/22 Matthew Johnston<br />
4/23 Josephina Adams<br />
4/24 Francis Peters<br />
4/24 Corey Damien<br />
4/25 Regena Bob<br />
4/25 Lori Dimond<br />
4/25 Arianna Murchison<br />
4/25 Joanna Bobb<br />
4/25 Jadee Dan<br />
4/26 Phillip Dan<br />
4/26 Marie Franklin<br />
4/27 Samantha Sams<br />
4/27 Ada Damien<br />
4/28 Tracy James<br />
4/28 Wilfred Johnston<br />
4/29 Helen Lewis<br />
4/29 Sonny James<br />
4/30 Craig Bill<br />
Flower– Diasy
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Happy Birthday Dad & Uncle Joe Sampson!<br />
We love you and miss you from the<br />
Sampson & Finkbonner Family<br />
To Cousin Bill Keo—Happy 44th Birthday from the<br />
Sampson & Finkbonner Family!<br />
Great catch!<br />
St. Paul’s Catholic Church, <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
Submitted by Bev Peters<br />
Funds are being raised to support 4 parishoners who<br />
have the opportunity to attend a monumental occasion<br />
for Catholics all over the world, but especially for<br />
Native American Catholics. The canonization of<br />
Kateri Tekakwitha, “Lily of the Mohawks,” has been<br />
approved by the Pope because of a miracle that happened<br />
here in the Northwest for a 6 year old Lummi<br />
Nation boy, with ties to St. Paul’s at <strong>Swinomish</strong>.<br />
Jimi Grossglass<br />
caught this<br />
Halibut. It<br />
took four<br />
men to pull<br />
it in the<br />
boat!<br />
Congrats!<br />
Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American woman<br />
to be venerated in the<br />
roman Catholic<br />
Church. Tekakwitha<br />
was beatified by<br />
the Blessed Pope<br />
John Paul II in<br />
1980, and will<br />
be canonized<br />
on October<br />
21, <strong>2012</strong> at<br />
the St. Peter’s<br />
Basilica, the<br />
Vatican, Rome,<br />
Italy.
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APRIL<br />
• 01—Four Tribes Fitness<br />
Challenge begins<br />
• 01—<strong>April</strong> Fool’s Day<br />
• 03—Senate Meeting, 9am,<br />
Admin Building.<br />
• 03—NWIC Spring Quarter<br />
Begins<br />
• 04—<strong>Swinomish</strong> Lodge<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Dinner, 6:30pm<br />
• 06—Good Friday<br />
• 08—Easter Sunday<br />
• 11—<strong>Swinomish</strong> Education<br />
Dinner, 6pm<br />
• 15—Keeyoks Deadline for<br />
articles, photos, announcements<br />
and birthday wishes<br />
are Due!<br />
• 16—Warchief Canoe Club,<br />
after school at the canoe<br />
shed<br />
• 17—Elder’s Craft Project, 1-<br />
3pm, Senior Center<br />
• 18—SITC <strong>Community</strong> Dinner<br />
at 6:00pm in the Youth<br />
Center<br />
• 19—Food Commodities will<br />
be distributed in the Social<br />
Services Building.<br />
• 21-3rd Annual Lushootseed<br />
Language Conference, Seattle<br />
University<br />
• 18-20—2nd Annual Native<br />
Youth Conference, Seattle,<br />
WA<br />
• 25—<strong>Swinomish</strong> Clean-up<br />
Day/Earth Day, 8:30am-<br />
5pm<br />
MAY<br />
• 19-20—Annual Hibulb Pow<br />
Wow, Everett <strong>Community</strong><br />
College<br />
• 23—<strong>Tribal</strong> Mental Health<br />
Conference, Skagit Resort<br />
• 24—<strong>Swinomish</strong> Women’s<br />
Health Fair, 9am-4:30pm<br />
• 30—<strong>Swinomish</strong> Sobriety<br />
Dinner, 6pm<br />
JUNE<br />
• 07—NWIC Graduation<br />
• Blessing of the Fleet<br />
• <strong>Swinomish</strong> Elder’s Luncheon<br />
JULY<br />
• 12-14—7th Annual Vine<br />
Deloria Symposium, Northwest<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> College<br />
• 30-31—Paddle to Squaxin<br />
Protocol, Squaxin Island<br />
Tribe<br />
AUGUST<br />
• 01-05—Paddle to Squaxin<br />
Protocol, Squaxin Island<br />
Tribe<br />
• 23—<strong>Swinomish</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
Clam Bake<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
OCTOBER<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
DECEMBER<br />
*Please submit important dates to the<br />
qyuuqs (Kee Yoks)!
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an enrolled member of the <strong>Swinomish</strong><br />
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