Nov/Dec 2019 Vol.53 No. 9
Solitude
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Emily Jimmy (holding Madison Rae) and Joesephine Jimmy at the Community Dinner.
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Benefits of Solitude
Miss Swinomish 2019-2020 Selena Bailey
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Editor's Note Chairman's Message Community Happenings Obiturary: Joshua John Spencer It's Gift Card Day! Important Notice Regarding Gift Cards Why Should You Be Counted in 2020 Census? Swinomish Forestry Management Plan October Community Dinner January Tide Table Between Two Worlds Being Frank Solitude and The Adventures of Reading + Solitude Benefits of Solitude Art Corner: Poems Nuts & Bolts of Winter Safety Utility Work Subsidy Provided by Swinomish Tribe Seeds of Native Health Native American Nutrition... Meet Your Wild Neighbors: The Northern Flying Squirrel Macroinvertebrates: Stream Dwellers Fall Clean Up Day Youth Spirit Program Calendar Mrs. V's 2 Cents Elders' Menu November/December Birthdays
editor’s NOTE Create Space for Solitude Time
important for your mental health and well-being, but taking a break and going it solo once in a while may help you appreciate those connections all the more.” -Kendra Cherry, author of Things to Do by Yourself. Let me put it this way: Are you overwhelmed, exhausted, out of time, overworked, and tired? Take a break from it all, and see how you feel when you return.
Wherever you go for some alone time, remember to How many of you have a special space where you go leave the tablet, laptop, game console, cell phone, to isolate yourself, seeking the opportunity for solitude headphones, and music behind. Be present and in the moment. time? Some of you may wonder, “Who has time for that?” I understand the challenge: You work or go to school, you have family and children, and don't believe you have the time. What if I told you that creating space for solitude time helps all of the above.
It may take a minute to get there, but once you’re in that very moment, just breathe. Let your mind wander and figure things out without distraction. While you are in the state of solitude, remember you don't need to figure out the world; you're in that space to focus only on you, to cultivate your passions, find new inspirations, and simply catch up with yourself.
Being alone is an important part of self-development. “Through solitary pursuits, you learn more about yourself and reflect on your experiences. Having Caroline Edwards friendships and a strong social support system is goliahlitza
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Moon of the Dog Salmon Much of November is the "moon of the dog salmon." Salmon continue to be fished until the end of ths moon. The Last of the bracken fern roots and camas bulbs are harvested. Shellfish harvest begins again and continues to increase the food supply through the winter months. Hunting waterfowl and game continues.
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Moon to Put Your Paddles Away
Late November / Late December is the "moon to put your paddles away." This moon signals a time to move indoors for the coming winter season. During the winter moon, tools, baskets, and other items are constructed. Sea-run cutthroat trout, blackmouth salmon, and steelhead are fished and hunting waterfowl and game continues. Shellfish are collected during the nighttime low tides.
Excerpt from ‘13 Moons: The 13 Lunar Phases, and How They Guide the Swinomish People’ By swelitub (Todd A. Mitchell) and Jamie L. Donatuto sw d bš qyuuqs News
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the chairman’s MESSAGE Solitude is defined as the state of being alone. Some of you may crave solitude after spending a bunch of time with your wonderfully large and loud families, and that’s okay. It’s okay to want nothing more than to get away from everyone for a little while. In the woods, the top of a mountain, the middle of a desert, out on the water, or even your bedroom — these are places where you might go to seek solitude. Solitude comes from the Latin word solitudinem, which means loneliness. However, it’s important to know that having moments of solitude doesn’t necessarily mean you’re lonely! Solitude can simply mean you’re enjoying being alone by choice. Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one can work, think, or rest without being disturbed, desired for the sake of privacy. A distinction has been made between solitude and loneliness; these two words referring, respectively, to the joy and the pain of being alone.
from finding a place of solitude where you can listen to your own thoughts, values, and insights without the imposition of others. It is hard to purposely find solitude in this busy world, but when we take time to do so, we can learn from it. There is no precise word for “solitude” in our Lushootseed language, but there are two phrases I found that touch on the subject: xi?Vex lecuGuI which means “alone” and daýaý which means “she is alone.” The beauty of our language is that our words are intertwined to make meaning. Our verb-based language fits our way of life and how we view the world. Not as one in charge, but rather as part of all that surrounds us. I find it very interesting to write about a word that does not exist in our own language. It is hard to find the word in other languages as well. I like to think that our tribal communities don’t often practice our way of life alone; we spend our time together with family and community. We are the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and “community” is in our name for a reason: We always have been and always will be a community here at Swinomish. Whether it is a culture night or community dinner, supporting each other during funeral activities, Swinomish Days, Canoe Journey, or the holidays, we come together. This is something we have been taught to do by our elders. Coming together in ceremony and celebration is a part of our culture. We are never alone, even when taking time for the peace that can be found in solitude.
Joyful solitude can be tough to achieve these days since so much around us depends on human interactions. Often times society does not accept solitude, labeling those who choose to spend time by themselves as “lone wolves.” Think about how difficult it is to find solitude with all of today’s interactions and technology? I bet I would be hard pressed to find one person who has given up their technology and their hectic schedules to The holiday season is upon us! It’s family time! As the days build with holiday excitement, know that finding find solitude for a day. time for reflection and solitude can add meaning to Technology and human influence surrounds us all day, that excitement. Go for a walk in the woods and let the every day. Whether you are at the gym, surrounded trees bring you solitude! Try spending some moments by the chatter of others, listening to music, watching alone to refuel your mind, body, and spirit. Go to a television, reading a book, or at the grocery store –– place to gather your heart and thoughts, a place that you are influenced by other peoples’ thoughts and raises your spirit and makes your soul happy. Have a actions. Add to this that you may be on Facebook or wonderful holiday and thank you all for being part of interacting with other people through your phone while our wonderful community! doing all of these things. We may be physically alone but rarely mentally. Although society may not always Brian Cladoosby welcome the idea of you being alone, you can benefit kel khal tsoot sw d bš qyuuqs News
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Swinomish Holiday Schedule For Tribal Offices TRIBAL OFFICES ARE CLOSED DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 6, 2020
Swinomish Health Programs Emergent or Urgent Care and Medication Refills Emergent or Urgent Health Care If you are in need of emergent or urgent health care when Swinomish Health Programs is closed, you can visit either of the clinics listed below. If you are covered by Contract Health Services, you will need to call (360) 466.7373 and leave a message regarding your visit. Island Hospital Walk-In Clinic 2511 M Avenue, Suite B Anacortes, WA 98221 (360) 299.4211 Hours of operation Monday-Saturday 8AM-8PM Sunday 9AM-5PM
Skagit Regional Clinics Riverbend 2320 Freeway Drive Mount Vernon, WA 98273 (360) 814.6850 Hours of operation Monday-Friday 7:30AM-7:30PM Weekends & Holidays 8AM-4PM
Holidays 9AM-3PM Closed on Christmas
Skagit Regional Urgent Care on Kincaid 1400 Kincaid St. Mount Vernon, WA 98274 (360) 428.2500 Hours of operation Monday-Friday 7:30AM-7:30PM Weekends & Holidays 8AM-4PM
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Dental Clinic Urgent Care Urgent Needs When the Dental Clinic is Closed 1. Go directly to the emergency room if you have significant pain, trauma, swelling, symptoms of an infection, or an allergic reaction. 2. Go to and/or contact Burlington Family Dental for an urgent care appointment. If you are covered by Contract Health Services, you will need to call (360) 466.7373 and leave a message regarding your visit. Burlington Family Dental 1250 S. Burlington Boulevard Burlington, WA 98233 (360) 755.5600 Hours of operation Monday-Thursday, 8AM-8PM Friday-Saturday, 8AM-2PM Sunday, CLOSED
HOLIDAYS DECEMBER 25 Merry Christmas!
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS NOVEMBER 20 Community Dinner | 6PM @ Youth Center
JANUARY 1 Happy New Year!
DECEMBER 11 Gift Card Day! | 10AM-6PM @ Youth Center See details on PAGE 10
JANUARY 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
DECEMBER 18 Community Dinner | 6PM @ Youth Center DECEMBER 24 Christmas Eve Party | 11AM-2PM @ Youth Center *Community Dinners are subject to change
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Obituary
JOSHUA JOHN SPENCER March 26, 1984-October 7, 2019 Josh was born on March 26, 1984 to Richard “Butch” Spencer III and Josephine Cayou. Josh grew up on the Swinomish Reservation, La Conner WA. He spent most of his time living with his grandma Geraldine and grandpa Archie. Whenever he got out of hand his mom would bring him to his uncle Frankie. Josh’s dad dies when he was a young boy, so uncle Frankie was his father figure. Later in life he lived with his auntie’s and cousins on his dad’s side. Josh attend school at the La Conner Schools and also Arlington Elementary school. He graduated from Job Corp in Montana. Josh always made his way to Las Vegas, where he attended culinary school. Josh always dreamed of someday owning his own food truck. He also told everyone that he was going to buy one of those double decker buses, a red one and he wanted to drive it from reservation to reservation having NA and AA meetings for native people. In the winter of 2001-2003 Josh was initiated into the Swinomish Smokehouse. He had 16 brothers and sisters. They were probably the craziest bunch of babies we ever had. His brothers and sisters: Scott Cayou, Jesse Cayou, Vernon Cayou Jr., Brandon Cayou, Sass Cayou, Tamara Cayou, Lance Fornsby, Francis Martin, Pudgy Edwards, Marlon Edwards, Ida Joe, Trish Breckenridge, Louie Cayou, Loui Myers, Mark Joe Jr. and Sam Cooper. Josh loved all of his seyown family. Josh wrote poems, this is how he could express his feelings. He also loved to draw and he was a great cook, he hoped to become a chef someday. Josh was always traveling, he liked to go to visit his family and friends, he had many street moms, seyown moms and dad, he had many street brothers and sisters. Above all Josh was a selfless person and would give the shirt off his back to help anyone in need. We could all learn from JOSH’S LIFE, love more! Give more! Care more! Josh is preceded in death by his dad Butch Spencer, his grandparents Richard Spencer, Violet Napoleon, John Cayou Sr., Helen Pierce and Achie Billy. His aunts Renee Cayou, Viola Cheer and Jean Jimmy. His uncle Rick Spencer. Cousins Joe Harvey, Henry Cayou Sr., Susan Ann Bobb and Scott Cayou. Niece Cecelia Julius. Josh is survived by his stepfather, Steve Roberts, sisters Joanna Spencer and Lynette Cayou. Grandmother Geraldine Billy, nephews Marlon Edwards Jr., Chase Perry, Eagle Alexander Freeman and Jerimiah Lee Gerald Ward Cayou. Nieces Aaliyah Marie Spencer and Katie Perry. Numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Editor's Note: It is with great sadness that we announce, Josh's mother, Josephine Cayou passed away on October 12, 2019.
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Attention: All Enrolled Swinomish Members IT’S GIFT CARD DAY! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 10AM-6PM IN THE YOUTH CENTER *YOU MUST PICK UP YOUR GIFT CARD IN PERSON if you reside in the following counties: Skagit, Whatcom, or Snohomish
WHAT CAN I EXPECT? The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community will hand out the following items to individuals who collect their gift card in person: • GIFT CARDS for enrolled Swinomish members • SMOKED SALMON for those who come in person • CANDY BAGS for those who come in person
MAILING DATES 11/20/2019 - Out of the Country 12/4/2019 - Outside of Washington State 12/9/2019 - Outside of Skagit, Whatcom, or Snohomish counties
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CANDACE CASEY Phone: (360) 466.7307 Cell: (360) 982.8584 ccasey@swinomish.nsn.us
MARY ELLEN CAYOU Phone: (360) 466.7218 Cell: (360) 982.8637 mcayou@swinomish.nsn.us
Members residing outside of Skagit, Whatcom, or Snohomish counties will have their gift cards delivered by certified mail unless we are notified that the cards will be picked up in person. If you receive the qyuuqs News each month in the mail, you do not need to update your mailing address. Receiving qyuuqs means we already have a valid address for you. Please provide us with any addresses or phone numbers you may have of your family members residing out of the area. Social Services staff will deliver to elders as well as those in foster care, hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, and others unable to physically come to the Youth Center. All other members must come in for their own gift cards. We will not accept any verbal or written authorizations for another person to “pick up your gift card for you.” Members who are incarcerated (in prison, jail, EHD, or detention) on gift card distribution day will not receive a gift card. Children in middle school and high school can request to pick up their own gift cards. In split households, in compliance with ICW rules and common sense, we will again give the gift card to the parent or guardian that the child physically resides with, regardless of that person’s enrollment status. This assures that the child receives the benefit. Your gift card can be used in any store where the VISA logo is displayed. Please plan on Christmas gift card distribution day being held on the second Wednesday of every December in future years.
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Important Notice Regarding Gift Cards The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community now banks with Wells Fargo! All Swinomish gift cards will be provided by Wells Fargo this year. Cash Advances To receive a cash advance from your gift card, you will need to visit a Wells Fargo branch and provide two forms of identification from the following list: • Swinomish Tribal identification • State identification card • Non-expired debit or credit card from any bank • Original social security card • Non-expired Costco membership card • School identification card • Work identification with picture and signature • Non-expired vehicle registration If you do not have two qualified forms of identification to get a cash advance, do not live near a Wells Fargo branch, or if you are not able to make it to the bank before 5PM, the other option is to call the toll-free number on the front of the card to register and activate the card to use wherever Visa is accepted and/or withdrawal from an ATM for a $2.50 fee. To withdrawal funds from an ATM: • Call the toll-free number located on the sticker on the front of the card • Enter the card number when prompted • Enter the 3-digit number located on the back of the card • Enter the date located on the front of the card • Choose and enter a 4-digit pin number and re-enter the pin for verification • Go to a Wells Fargo ATM and enter you chosen pin number to get your cash Mt. Vernon Wells Fargo Hours: M-F 9-5PM and Saturday 10-2PM 1511 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, MOUNT VERNON, WA 98273 Phone: (360) 424.7045 Anacortes Wells Fargo Hours: M-F 9-5PM (Closed Saturday) 1018 8TH STREET, ANACORTES, WA 98221 Phone: (360) 293.3119
Honor Your Family Traditions! Share a Family First Foods Recipe
The Community Environmental Health Program is looking for recipes that use traditional first foods from the Coast Salish territories (please indicate what tribe you are from). If you share a first foods recipe, please be aware that it may be included in a RECIPE CALENDAR for 2021 that is sponsored by the Swinomish Community Environmental Health Program. Coast Salish first foods: ♦ Salmon ♦ Clams ♦ Mussels ♦ Elk/deer ♦ Soups that have first foods in them ♦ Wild Greens ♦ Wapato ♦ Root and bulbs ♦ Foods used for medicine Would you like to submit a recipe, or do you have questions? Please contact Myk Heidt at mheidt@swinomish.nsn.us. You can also post your recipe on Facebook: 13 Moons at Work. If your recipe has been handed down, please share with us your story, who did you learn the recipe from? Please include your name and a photo of your prepared meal, if possible, and your contact information (cell phone, email address).
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The 2020 Census is almost here. Why should you be counted? Power! In the same way that we as Native people have begun to flex our muscles at the polls through Native Vote, it is time for tribal citizens to be fully counted in the 2020 Census. An accurate count of American Indians and Alaska Natives is necessary for state redistricting processes and is the basis for many federal dollars that flow into Indian Country annually. Being counted as Native will directly Taken every ten years, the Census benefit you, your family, and your is the only uniform count of the U.S. population, producing figures for tribal community. the nation as a whole and for every Did you know? geographic area within it — down to the smallest American Indian • Census data is the basis for the reservation and Alaska Native village. allocation of more than $675 The Census is the only source of this billion annually, of which $1 kind of data, with thousands of uses billion is dedicated to Indian that benefit all American Indians and Country. These funds are used Alaska Natives. The following are to build tribal housing and make just a handful of the potential uses of improvements, maintain and Census data. construct roads, and provide • Analyzing the need for Head employment and training. Start services. The Census • American Indian and Alaska provides counts of American Natives were not counted in Indian and Alaska Native children the first six censuses from for every community within an 1790 through 1850. Since that American Indian or Alaska Native time, they have been at risk for area. undercounts for various reasons, • Planning the development of including: miscategorizing mixed facilities for tribal elders. By race American Indians, language showing the distribution of barriers, resistance to federal American Indian and Alaska government activities, and lack Native people by age, Census of culturally knowledgeable figures can help to determine Census takers. appropriate locations for • Census answers are private community facilities in tribal and confidential. By law, the areas. Census Bureau cannot share • Strengthening programs for tribal an individual’s or a household’s citizens living in the big cities. answers with any person or Census numbers provide the only agency, e.g. not the IRS, not law detailed profiles available of offenforcement entities, not tribal reservation American Indian and housing authorities. Alaska Native people, profiles • In recent censuses, American used by the urban Native centers Indians and Alaska Natives that serve them. living on reservations have • Helping tribal government experienced some of the highest agencies and tribally based estimated net undercounts of any non-profits, such as Boys and demographic group in the U.S. Girls Clubs, to raise money. sw d bš qyuuqs News e e
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Census data is used in countless proposals to federal, state and local agencies, as well as to private foundations, to secure funding to create and expand programs for Native people. • Building political clout. Census numbers are used not only to determine how many seats each state gets in Congress, but to draw boundary lines for Congressional, state, and local legislative districts. • Supporting reservation economic development. Tribal entrepreneurs and prospective investors use statistics about the size of the potential market for local services, along with the size of the potential labor force needed to produce the goods and services a business might offer. • Reduces the political representation of your community in the Congress, as well as state and local legislative bodies. • Leads to poor judgments in planning community services and facilities and in locating new business enterprises. Look for more articles about the upcoming 2020 Census in future issues of qyuuqs News. Source: Indian Country Counts Toolkit; 2020 Census Tribal Consultation Handbook
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• Make eye contact and say “no” in a friendly but firm way. If you feel comfortable doing so, share the reasons why you choose not to use. • Leave the situation if they pressure you. • Don’t buy the hype when someone says “everyone is doing it.” Four out of five high school juniors don’t use marijuana.
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Being a teen is tough enough; marijuana makes it harder. Did you know that it can be highly addictive, especially to underage users? Underage consumption impacts your health, future, and relationships, not to mention it is illegal. Talk to someone you trust, educate yourself, and identify your own reasons to steer clear of marijuana.
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Swinomish Forestry Management Plan Connecting Our Past and Our Future The Swinomish Forest Management Plan was created by the Tribe in 2003. The tribal community later produced Ecological Forest Offerings the Swinomish Climate Adaptation Action Plan in 2010. When we ecologically manage our forests, we increase As part of this climate initiative, updates to the existing the opportunities to enjoy our community and forest Forest Management Plan started in 2015. offerings. The updated Forest Management Plan focuses on taking actions that reconnect, restore, and protect Swinomish forest lands to help achieve community resilience in the face of a changing climate.
• Hunting and recreation • Cultural resources such as ironwood, cedar, and salal • Medicinal plants such as fireweed, nettle, and yarrow • Firewood program • Forest health • Community health • Educational opportunities • Wildlife habitat
Indigenous Health Indicators Like our community’s health and well-being, those of forests and ecosystems are complex and interconnected, which is why we approach forest management activities Source: Swinomsh Foresty Management Plan brochure from a landscape-level. When we make forest management decisions, we consider both the needs of the forest and its ecosystems and the needs of our community.
Swinomish Forest Lands – c. 1969 View looks northwest across central part of Swinomish Reservation. The aerial view shows a main thoroughfare: Reservation Road and Indian Road are visible in the lower left corner. Photo courtesy of Swinomish Tribal Archive
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OCTOBER COMMUNITY DINNER THREE RECOGNITIONS FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND A PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST! OCTOBER 23 — Although there were no elders honored this month, three caring women were honored for their participation and support in the Susan G. Komen walk; while three breast cancer survivors were also honored at the October Community Dinner. In September, Katie Bassford and Lauren Reynolds participated in the Susan G. Komen walk. This year is the very last year that Seattle will host the walk to end breast cancer, due to a lack of participation. Katie Bassford’s mother, Cathi Bassford, was there for these two women throughout their entire journey of participating in the walk. She too was honored for all of her support. Trish Wilbur, Candace Casey, and Melissa Marks were asked to stand with Katie, Lauren, and Cathi as the Swinomish Canoe Family sang a blessing song. The entire building rose to shake hands and give their love to all six of these loving and caring women.
From Right: Lauren Reynolds, Cathi Bassford, Katie Bassford, Melissa Marks, Candace Casey (holding Zaiden), Trish Wilbur
At the very end of the dinner a pumpkin carving contest was held. Participants were grouped in three’s and everyone had one half hour to carve their pumpkin. The judges chose their top three choices. Everyone who carved a pumpkin did such an amazing job in such little time! Congratulations to the pumpkin carving winners! Mark your calendars: The next Community Dinner will be held on November 20!
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DID YOU KNOW? SOLITUDE
Did you know that embracing solitude can make you a more successful person? •
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Solitude helps you get to know yourself. When you're by yourself, you make choices without outside influences. You can choose how to spend your time without worrying about anyone else's feelings. Making choices on your own will help you develop better insight into who you are as a person. Solitude boosts creativity and productivity. There's a reason artists, musicians, and authors seek solitude when they want to create something. A private space, whether it's a secluded studio or a cabin in the woods, allows them to be more creative. Studies confirm that being alone fosters creativity. Source: inc.com
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Between Two Worlds Program Jennifer Willup, Department of Environmental Protection, Intern
Autumn in the Pacific Northwest can be a cold and wet time, and many of us are spending less active time outdoors. While this time of year may feel isolating, our ancestors took advantage of this solitude to reflect and preserve Swinomish knowledge. They shared stories through oral traditions; learned new techniques or honed old ones; and worked with each other to plan for the upcoming year. Each activity helped them pass knowledge on to future generations.
scholarship applications! Students who participate in at least 80% of the sessions will earn credit at the La Conner High School.
Alongside our DEP scientists, we have two Swinomish interns teaching the curriculum. Jen Willup and Dean Dan Jr. have collaborated with Swinomish staff, La Conner High School teachers, Skagit River System Cooperative, Swinomish Senators, the Youth Spirit Program, the Lushootseed language program, and This passing of knowledge still occurs here at others to make sure our students get the most wellSwinomish. Staff from Department of Environmental rounded learning experience possible. As the saying Protection created a new program for Swinomish goes, “when the tide is out, the table is set.” We want youth: Between Two Worlds Indigenous Science the students to learn about what is in their tides and Program. This program teaches students about science how we can make sure the table is set for the future and Swinomish culture, helping students learn the generations. importance of environmental stewardship from a scientific and cultural perspective. During each session, staff will guide students through hands-on experiments, field trips around Swinomish tribal land, and discuss cultural relevancy. Since time immemorial our ancestors have used community-based and “seventh generational” thinking. Between Two Worlds plans for our community’s future as well. The mission statement of DEP is “to protect and restore the natural environment, health and welfare of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community for present and future generations.” We give Swinomish youth the tools and resources to best serve their community. This includes being able to work both in and out of our tribal community. Hence, the name “Between Two Worlds.” Students will learn both western and indigenous science so they can walk in both worlds. The goal at Between Two Worlds is to help our youth succeed. During each session we help students learn about the technology used at Swinomish to ensure our salmon have healthy environments to thrive in. That means the students get to use cool instruments, learn about local ecology, take samples, see what critters live in our waters, and see what all the programs within DEP are like.
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BEING FRANK Lorraine Loomis, NWIFC Chairman
TOXIC POLITICS ARE ASSAULTING OUR HEALTH
The “P” in EPA stands for protection, but the federal Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect our water and our health. Instead, EPA plans to allow known toxic cancer-causing chemicals to enter our water supply. EPA decided to roll back our existing human health criteria without consulting the tribes or the state. Only after an outcry from the Washington democratic congressional delegation did EPA agree to a single hearing Sept. 25 in Seattle.
of Forsgren, a political appointee who joined EPA in 2017 after serving as an industry lobbyist and is now in charge of protecting water quality. Nearly 200 people spoke out against EPA’s proposed rule with only four in support. If approved, the changes mean that every bite of seafood we consume will contain higher levels of toxic chemicals and carcinogens. EPA plans to roll back the protections against these carcinogens to the equivalent of decades-old standards – or worse – based on incorrect science.
Oil producers, pulp and paper manufacturers, and a few other industrial polluters oppose water quality protections in our state because they say it increases their cost of doing business or is simply not possible. They ignore the economic value of clean water, the cost to public health, and tribes’ treaty-reserved The hearing seemed more like a rights to harvest fish that are safe to formality and public venting of eat. frustration than anything else. “We’re here to listen,” EPA Deputy “This is scary for me because Assistant Administrator Lee Forsgren of the amount of fish my people told a packed hearing room of eat. Exercising those treaty rights a few hundred tribal members, should not put our communities at a representatives from environmental disproportionate risk of cancer,” said groups, and citizens opposed to the Patrick DePoe, a Makah Tribal Council rollback, along with a handful of member. “When did it become okay industry representatives who support to value industry over human life?” the move. Many doubted the sincerity “If you see this little 2-year-old girl Treaty tribes are co-managers of the natural resources in Washington state. EPA’s process violates the federal government’s trust responsibility to the tribes. A public hearing is an inadequate forum for government-togovernment consultation.
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in here and you think it’s OK for that child to eat so many cancer-causing chemicals, this is wrong,” Suquamish tribal member Lydia Sigo testified. “Any parent knows this is wrong.” “Our river is the second most toxic river in Washington state,” said Nancy Shippentower, a Puyallup tribal member. “You as the EPA need to do something about this mess, not only for our children and grandchildren, but for humanity.” EPA’s move is also bad for salmon and orcas. Puget Sound salmon have higher concentrations of contaminants, such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls - highly toxic industrial compounds), than salmon from other parts of the Northwest. Studies show that some juvenile salmon accumulate significant amounts of toxic contaminants before they even migrate out of Pacific Northwest rivers. PCBs become more concentrated as they move up the food chain. Orcas are at the top of the food chain, so they accumulate more of these harmful chemicals than other animals, which can lead to reproductive disorders, compromised immune systems and cancer. Nursing orca mothers transfer PCBs to their offspring, affecting their growth rates, future fertility, and ultimately their survival. Continues on PAGE 19
We agree with Maia Bellon, the director of the state Department of Ecology, who testified that “. . . our lakes and salmon deserve better, our children and future generations deserve better. It is time EPA steps aside and lets us protect our waters the Washington way.” You can help protect your health and our natural resources from EPA’s misguided move. It’s shaping up to be a long fight, but we will do everything in our power to stop industry and EPA from compromising our health, economies, and natural resources
Solitude, and the Adventures of Reading
The qyuuqs lists 10 books to read: • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley • Into the Wild Jon Krakauer • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates • The Giver by Lois Lowry • A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut • Watchman by Alan Moore • Indivisible Man by Ralph Ellison • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway • Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 25 Books Every Woman Should Read by Leigh Harber and Michelle Hart The qyuuqs lists 10 books to read: • The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton • The Awakening by Kate Chopin • The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison • Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat • The Collected Stories of Army Hempel • Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
By Lorrie Moore • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen • The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers • A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Conner 9 Young Adult Books Every Kid (And Grown Up) Should Read • Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson • A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sa’enz • To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han • The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas • Dear Martin by Nic Stone • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi • Turtles All The Way Down by John Green • Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
12 Native American Authors to Read During Native American Heritage Month • There There by Tommy Orange • The Round House by Louise Erdrich • Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones • Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo • Trail of Lightening by Rebecca Roanhorse • Whereas by Layli Long Soldier • Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith • When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz • #Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale • Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth • In The Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marchall III • Buffalo Bird Girl by S. D. Nelson Source: bookish.com/articles/native-americanheritage-month-books/
Sources: gearhungry.com/best-books-for-men/ oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/ g28611271/best-books-for-women/ huffpost.com
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30 Best Books for Men (Review) in 2019 by Jordan Carter
Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the NWIFC chair, the column represents the interests and concerns of treaty Indian tribes throughout western Washington.
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Benefits of Solitude Caroline Edwards, qyuuqs News Editor
How many of you take time out of your day to sit, untuned and unplugged allowing yourself to think about one thing at a time? I recall this meme, “My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I was supposed to do.” How many of you can relate to this meme? The opportunity for solitude time is seldom allowed, because you often choose to engage on social media rather than sitting alone with your thoughts. You are not allowing yourself time alone to figure out who you really are, by gaining perspective, building your selfesteem and self-compassion. All of which makes you a better person to be around.
So, what happens when you do not fulfill the solitude time that is needed? Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together writes in her book: How do you get from connection to isolation? You end up isolated if you don’t cultivate the capacity for solitude, the ability to be separate, to gather yourself. Solitude is where you find yourself so that you can reach out to other people and form real attachments. When we don’t have the capacity for solitude, we turn to other people in order to feel less anxious or in order to feel alive. When this happens, we’re not able to appreciate who they are. It’s as though we’re using them as spare parts to support our fragile sense of self. (Alone Together, 2012)
Miss Swinomish, Selena Bailey
Finding your voice. When you are with people, it is easy to blend your voice with theirs and come to group thoughts and decisions. The influence of others is inevitable. But when you are in solitude, the noises are gone and you are able to hear what you truly want to say and believe. Improving your relationships. In spending time alone and seeking to understand yourself better, you become a better wife, friend, boss. You will also find yourself appreciating your loved ones more after some quiet time in reflection.
Satisfying your own needs. It is extremely easy to become dependent on others for every emotional or physical need we may have. Our society encourages Rebooting the brain. Being “on” or even working “togetherness” much more than solitude. But it is in diligently doesn’t allow your mind a chance to turn off the stillness of being alone that we learn that each of us and rest. Even when you are watching a movie, your is indeed, enough. We discover ways to become more brain is working to listen actively and follow the story. confident in who we are. Gratitude and happiness can But when you are alone and without any distractions, then take root. your brain can recharge. While pillow time is important to recall the things, Working through problems. When you sit with a friend you were intending on doing that day, solitude time and talk, your mind is engaging in your friend’s world can feel a little unsettling and uncomfortable at first, as well as yours. It may be an effective way to process but, it is crucial more than ever in today’s technology your problems and emotions, but to find a solution and driven society. come to peace with it requires solitude. 5 Benefits to Solitude
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ART CORNER: POEMS Youth and Age By Debra Johnson
In my childhood trees were green, sky was blue, and the sun shined gold. Snow fell in winter thick and cold as if the summer had never been, and there was nothing in between. But now I’m old, sky’s always gray, no color left to light my day, winter and summer all the same. When one is young, solitude is painful but delightful when one is mature. Loneliness my middle name. Why did you have to go away? The difference between loneliness and solitude is one will empty you and one will fill you. Now I turn to solitude for healing, I must get away from the external noise, speak to my soul, listen to my heart and voice within me. Solitude is refreshing to the soul to help make the right choices in life. I pray to the creator for comfort and strength, I do not want to be alone. Time cannot take you from me as I always sense you nearby. Therefore, I know I’m not alone. Your life was a blessing, as your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and will be missed beyond measure. In solitude, I want my mind to gain strength and learn that flying solo will give me the strongest wings to balance solitude and dependence.
A Moment Apart By Caroline J. Edwards
No one knows the distances I have spanned walking away from myself. It’s as if I never wear my own shoes; my feet are worn down with exhaustion from the yearning to be content. My will has been deceived by past choices that once helped me. A moment apart, I wander with no end in sight. I quiet myself at the thought of the opportunity to be free; out of pure habit. I’ve gone too far… all alone. From one moment apart, I must face the reality. Or forever be lost, walking in the same direction – of the very corners of my woes.
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Swinomish Housing Authority
NUTS & BOLTS: WINTER SAFETY TIPS Mike Bazan, Maintenance Supervisor; Robin Carneen, Life Skills Counselor
The winter season can be a time of solitude, but also a time to make sure you are ready for what weather forecasters are predicting will be a very wet and cold winter. Here are some seasonal tips from Swinomish Housing Authority to ensure your home stays warms and safe this season.
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Heat Sources and Fire Safety
Make sure all smoke alarms are hooked up, that they have a good battery, and are working properly. If you are a homeowner and live within Fire District 13’s jurisdiction, you can contact them if you need smoke alarms. They offer them for free on a first come, first served basis, and they even install them. Call (360) 466.1224 to check for availability and make an appointment.
As you prepare to use heat sources in your home, make sure you do you clear away anything flammable materials from any baseboard heaters, woodstoves, and other sources of heat. Make sure they are clean and in good repair before beginning regular use.
Baseboard Heaters Baseboard heaters can be dusty and can hide pet hair so it’s a great idea to vacuum them regularly. Fish out toys that may have fallen behind, beneath, or inside them. If your heater is damaged or malfunctioning, please call in a housing work order. Do not use them if they are damaged as this may result in a fire.
Woodstove When you make a fire in your woodstove, do not burn anything but dry, seasoned wood and only newspaper (do not burn shiny paper or magazines). Green wood can make creosote buildup in your stove pipe and can cause a fire to start inside your stove pipe.
Space Heater
If you use candles, burn them in a heat safe candle holder. NEVER leave the candle unattended or lit if you are not home. There have been incidences of glass containers shattering and wax spreading, with the flame following the wax, which have set other things on fire.
Smoke Alarms
Electrical Fires, Blankets, Mold, and Clogged Gutters Heaters or microwaves when used at the same time can overload and trip a breaker, causing a full or partial loss of power. Only use these kind of high-wattage appliances one at a time and do not plug them into the same power outlet. Electrical fires can also happen, so be careful. Know where your breaker box is and make sure you have easy access to it. If your breaker box is labeled it can help you can see which breaker has been tripped. If you are comfortable, turn the tripped breaker back on until you hear it “click” and see if you get power back on. If you’re not comfortable, call the Housing office (if you are a tenant) and report it. You can also call PSE to see if there is a power outage in your area.
Do not use extension cords or power strips with space heaters. This could cause a fire. Do not leave your heater unattended. It’s best to unplug your heater when you leave People use blankets to cover windows keeping the cold your home. draft out and heat in. If you do this in your unit, please Have a Fire Extinguisher Handy make sure you tie blankets back during the day time. On Make sure you have a fire extinguisher that it is charged, nice days, if you are home, it’s a good idea to open some easily accessible, and that everyone in your home knows windows to help with air circulation. Leaving blankets on where it is. It should be in its holder in your unit. If you have windows all the time could create a prime environment for to use it, make sure you pull the pin before discharging it mold to grow. Mold can make you very sick. If you have and point it at the base of the fire. CALL 911 if you have mold growing in your home, please contact our office and a fire! report it. If it is a mild case that you can clean up, we can provide a mold cleaning kit. If it is a major case, then Let Housing know that you have had a fire in your unit- our maintenance staff will have to inspect it, clean it up, we will want to do an inspection and if there is damage, and do related repairs. Report it as soon as possible so it do repairs. We will also want to replace your used fire doesn’t turn into a major mold issue. extinguisher. 24 sw d bš qyuuqs News e e
Broken pipes can make a huge mess and they can be very expensive to repair and replace. Contact Housing as soon as possible if you think you have broken water pipes or a leak somewhere. If you are also a Utility Frozen pipes Authority customer, pay attention to your water/sewer It’s almost freezing temperatures season. We recommend bill– if it seems higher than normal, you might have a leak the following steps to help prevent your pipes from somewhere. Bring it to the attention of the Utility office freezing and possibly breaking: attention so they can check for a possible leak. • Unhook your garden hoses from your outside faucets Unwanted Guests: Rodents and cover them with inexpensive insulated covers The cold temperatures tends to attract rodents and other • Keep your kitchen and bathroom sink cabinet doors pests closer indoors and sometimes into your vehicle’s open so heat from your home can keep them from engine compartment. Make sure that all garbage and freezing recycling are kept in covered garbage cans. Keep • Leave the inside faucets on a very slow drip– making vegetation short and your foundation weeded. If you find sure your drain is open any evidence of rodents, please contact the Housing office. We will inspect and provide deterrents and pest control and management if needed. Let Housing know if you have any leaking or clogged gutters so we can repair them and/or clean them out for you.
Swinomish Utility Authority
UTILITY WORK SUBSIDY PROVIDED BY THE SWINOMISH TRIBE Robin Carneen, Life Skills Counselor
The Utility billing name must be a Swinomish Tribal 5) All workers have to be 16 years of age or older. A member. worker does not have to be a tribal member. 6) All workers must clock in and out at the Housing office. This includes a lunch- which is from noon- 1pm and To avoid water shut off all work must be performed before water shut off day (usually around the 15th of each month). is unpaid. You will also be given one 15-minute break every four hours- these are also unpaid and have to be approved by your worksite supervisor. You will be notified on your water bill the first of each month if your water is going to be shut off. You will also 7) Payments will show on your bill when the Utility office get a door tag notice 48 hours before water is shut off. receives the work subsidy payment from the Tribe.
1) All work is on a first come first served basis. 2) Unless previously arranged all workers must report to the Housing office at 9:00AM, each morning, regardless of where your work site is. 3) Work is not guaranteed. It is good to do your work early or prior to next month’s billing. There is a better chance of getting work than around the 15th of the month. 4) Only 3 members of a household can work at one time.
If you would like to subsidize your Housing Utility bill, please call the Housing Utility Authority office at (360) 466.7223.
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Water will not be restored until all work is performed or billing amount is paid in full.
SEEDS OF NATIVE HEALTH - NATIVE AMERICAN NUTRITION CONFERENCE Samantha Martinez, Native Foods Sovereignty Fellow
SEPTEMBER 15-18 — Five individuals representing the Swinomish Tribe were sponsored by Swinomish Community Environmental Health, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, and Northwest Indian College to attend the Seeds of Native Health Native American Nutrition Conference in Prior Lake Minnesota.
past few years. Our Native first foods are so important for our physical and mental wellness individually and as a community.
Foraging plants and foods with my daughters, Anna and Sarah, has made us aware on a daily basis of how much we can benefit from this lifestyle. Going out into the forest Hosted by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, in our backyard, up in the mountains, out on the waters, the conference received a diverse ground of attendees, or exploring our tidelands, we have discovered everything including indigenous individuals and allies from as far we need to sustain ourselves is right here. north as Alaska, as far south as Costa Rica, from almost all regions of the lower 48 states, as well as the islands Did you know that three clams have more nutrients in of Hawai’i and New Zealand. These are the thoughts and comparison to a big beef steak? And that just one rose hip contains as much vitamin C that we need on a daily basis? words of those who attended on behalf of Swinomish. I am excited to see this department grow and expand in our community. Food Sovereignty throughout Indian Country is on everyone’s mind and is making a resurgence Lenora Cook, Swinomish Tribal Member as a way of life. While our elders are continuing to pass I love our 13 Moons program and the employees from on their knowledge and teachings such as restoration and Community Environmental Health! I have gained so much preservation of our lands, water and air to help our first knowledge and experience from their workshops, field foods flourish. Food sovereignty allows us all to sustainably trips, and restoration work I have participated in over the harvest these precious plants and foods, to prepare and 26 sw d bš qyuuqs News e e
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preserve them so that our families and communities can eat clean healthy foods again. Additionally we’re learning about the medicines we can be make from our beautiful wild plants to keep us healthy and whole. There is so much to learn and incorporate into our daily lives. I hope everyone has a chance to attend and participate in the upcoming 13 Moons workshops and field trips!
tribes to connect and share ideas with each other. The conference presented a tremendous amount of information to soak in; I enjoyed the workshop I attended (The Seven Circles of Wellness — A New Model for Holistic Wellness, Ancestral Health and Living a Balanced Life), as well as the breakout sessions.
The presentation I enjoyed most was Sean Sherman’s, where he shared insight into his work with indigenous Anna Cook, Swinomish Tribal Member/VISTA Native food sovereignty. I am excited to hear that he plans to have an indigenous foods restaurant in every state. I think Food Sovereignty Summer Associate tribes will be inspired by his food! I do want to purchase One of my favorite conference sessions I attended was his cook book The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen and be the youth session. I found it relatable and incredibly able to make traditional family dinners for my family. inspirational. These encouraging speakers ranged in age My biggest takeaway from this conference is that we have from 16 years old to mid-20s. foods right in our backyards, we just have to go out and Across the country there are so many food sovereignty get it; learn about your local traditional foods, then go out activists doing significant work in their respective and harvest! communities. A few highlights for me included the overarching theme of spirituality and how food sovereignty Myk Heidt, Community Environmental Health Program is more than just food you put in your body. It’s also about the connection we have with food, and how for thousands Of the food sovereignty conferences I have been privileged of years our diet was also our livelihood. I am excited to to attend, the Native American Nutrition Conference, take the information and stories I learned to share with in its fourth year, is the best of the best. Shakopee others, and also to implement them in my own way with Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the conference host, has amazing programs designed to help tribes embrace my community in the future. food sovereignty, including full-scale commercial canning A’yo Hoferer, Walker River Paiute/ NWIC Community operations to funding farms and agriculture (bison ranching) projects in the upper Midwest and beyond. Environmental Health Program Intern During every break and meal we received traditional foods Attending the Native American Nutrition Conference prepared in both contemporary and traditional methods. A was an amazing experience! I witnessed inspiring work local gardener I met while touring their tunnel garden (also from the many tribes in attendance that are healing their known as a hoop garden), shared that the local Mystic Lake communities and Native youth through nutrition. Casino chef supervises six restaurants and he works with local gardeners to feature what is seasonally available as I hope this conference continues in the future, allowing well as what is growing in their winter “tunnel” houses.
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They grow fresh vegetables in these tunnels even at -30 degrees in the dead of winter! From spring to fall they grow enough certified organic food to supply the needs of local grocers, farmers markets, and the community. They also organize the Dream of Wild Health program with a mission to restore health and wellbeing in the Native community by recovering knowledge of and access to healthy indigenous foods, medicines, and lifeways. Through this program the purchased a farm to teach urban Native youth to garden, and how to grow food in the urban centers where they live. Shakopee really walks the talk! Samantha Martinez, VISTA Native Food Sovereignty Fellow - Community Environmental Health
incredible community of people striving to live a wellnessfocused lifestyle rooted in ancestral teachings and values. They share that indigenous culture is wellness, and that ancestral lifeways may have been interrupted by colonialism, but there is still heritage to preserve and revitalize each day. They explained how intentional movement can be an effective medicine to break up trauma in our bodies, as well as how “food-like substances” are a distraction from the variety of real foods from the earth that make up the spiritual center of life and culture. They gave ideas for how to incorporate words and movement into play with little ones as a tool to teach traditional languages, which we will incorporate into our weekly plant lessons with the children in the Swinomish Child Care Center.
Listening to empowered indigenous youth was one of my If you or someone you know is interested in learning more favorite parts of this conference where so much wisdom about tribal food sovereignty efforts across Indian Country and encouragement was shared. or attending a food sovereignty conference, check out the resources below! Conferences often offer scholarships to Coming from all over the country there are young cover registration costs. indigenous people leading projects and movements that make an impact in the lives of tribal members and Sources: Seeds of Native Health - Conference on Native American Nutrition communities. https://seedsofnativehealth.org/conference/ Many presenters spoke to western science finally beginning to catch up with, or “prove” indigenous knowledge is not only right, but in many cases provides the solutions to a better world.
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement https://gardenwarriorsgoodseeds.com Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance (NAFSA) https://nativefoodalliance.org/events/
Something that filled me with hope was the beautiful concepts shared by Thosh Collins and Chelsey Luger, the native power couple behind Well for Culture movement, an
SOLITUDE
Sarah Chagnon, Dental Health Aide Therapist
I think it’s safe to say we live in an age of noise. Slowing down, being silent, and getting in-tune with yourself can refresh us in so many ways. There is no particular structure to do this — no specific place, time, or length — but since we are talking about finding time, why not do this while sitting in the dental chair?
discover your own voice. Solitude is the soul’s holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead. I’ll be honest, I used to not enjoy coming to the Dental Clinic; I’d wait until my tooth hurt, but one day I changed that behavior. I decided to put myself first and now every time I leave the Dental Clinic I feel a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and I feel proud that I took care of myself.
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YOUTH SPIRIT PROGRAM
Clarissa James teaches Nevaeh McCoy how to bead at the Youth Spirit After School Center.
Swinomish Site
Northwest Indian College Winter Quarter 2020 Gaylene Gobert, Site Manager
Important Dates: November 4th, 2019 Registration begins for Winter Quarter 2020 January 8, 2020 First day of Winter Quarter Contact: Gaylene Gobert, NWIC/Swinomish Site Manager (360) 255.4435
ATTENTION: AFTER-HOURS HOUSING & UTILITY EMERGENCIES
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Hunting & Gathering Program
Meet Your Wild Neighbors: The Northern Flying Squirrel
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A new species of flying squirrel endemic to the Pacific Northwest was discovered in 2017. The Humboldt’s flying Leslie Parks, Wildlife Science Technician squirrel ranges from coastal California to coastal British The northern flying squirrel is Washington’s smallest Columbia. This newly documented species is smaller, tree squirrel, measuring 10-12 inches in length and darker, and genetically distinct from the northern flying squirrel. Humboldt’s and northern flying squirrels overlap weighing less than 5 ounces. in western Washington. Flying squirrels have large eyes, a furred patagium (parachute-like membrane) that stretches from the wrist Northern or Humboldt’s flying squirrel caught on to ankle and a wide, flat tail that can be used as a rudder a camera deployed on during flight. These tiny aviators can glide up to 150 feet! reservation forestlands by Hunting & Gathering. Flying squirrels are common in coniferous forests, but are difficult to see due to the nocturnal and silent nature of the species. Nests are constructed between 5-50 feet above the ground, and are made of twigs, bark, feathers, and leaves. During the colder months up to eight individuals may share a nest. These elusive critters are active after sunset and before sunrise, searching for lichen, fungi, insects, bird eggs, fruits, and buds. Females give birth to two-four pups in the spring, and will spend the next three
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Department of Environmental Protection
Macroinvertebrates: Stream Dwellers Heidi Bock, Water Resources Technician
Ever wonder what difficult to see critters live amongst the rocks and sediment of our streams? These seemingly invisible organisms are called macroinvertebrates, and they thrive in these environments! Macroinvertebrates are small aquatic animals and the aquatic larval stages of insects. They include dragonfly and stonefly larvae, caddisflies, mayflies, snails, worms, and beetles. They are called macroinvertebrates because you can see them with the naked eye (macro) and they lack a backbone (invertebrate). Macroinvertebrates are important because they are often used as indicators of the health of a water body. They are reliable indicators because they spend all, or most, of their lives in water, are easy to collect, and it is easy to determine their tolerance for pollution. Macroinvertebrates also have limited mobility, which means they cannot escape pollution and integrate the effects of pollution into their species diversity and health.
Stream samples that produce only
pollution tolerant macroinvertebrates, for macroinvertebrates, which we use or support very little diversity, may to help determine the health of our indicate that the stream is not healthy. streams along with our water quality sampling. Each species of macroinvertebrate is ranked using the Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (BIBI), which places them in a class from pollution sensitive to pollution tolerant. Swinomish DEP samples three streams, Munks, Fornsby, and Snee-Oosh, each year sw d bĹĄ qyuuqs News 31 e e
Scientists study the abundance and variety of macroinvertebrates in waterbodies to give us an indication of the health of a stream. In general, a healthy stream will support a wide variety and high number of macroinvertebrates, including many that are intolerant to pollution.
Fall Cleanup Day
Myk Heidt, Community Environmental Health Coordinator
SEPTEMBER 26 –– Tribal members and staff gathered a good clipping to improve visibility for drivers. Attention on Fall Cleanup Day to beautify the Swinomish was given to the Saskatoon berry shrubs near the salmon Community. Many hands contributed to this annual cooking pit. event, showcasing tremendous pride at Swinomish. Dennis Dagley, a noxious weed management intern, Public works scheduled a delivery of dumpsters throughout installed four signs that youth painted as an Earth Day the Swinomish Village, the Maple Street apartments, and project. The signs are posted on Reservation Road at the the Sampson place. Public Works staff worked for several Youth Center kitchen entrance, at the entrance to Larry weeks prior to Fall Cleanup Day on curbside pickup of Campbell’s property, at Snee-oosh Beach, and at the appliances and assisting elders with heavy discards. basketball court facing Snee-oosh Rd. The youth messages convey concern for the environment and keeping trash off The forestry and archaeology crew cleaned up debris from the reservation! the Sampson place fire and loaded it into the dumpster along with stacking other discards for removal. Samantha Martinez, a vista fellow working with the Community Environmental Health Program, planted a The Dental Clinic team worked diligently to remove sterile small orchard near the preschool raised garden beds. roses (non-fruit producing) from a bittersweet nightshade Samantha was assisted by her Dad who was visiting from vine that produces poisonous berries. With determination Minnesota, Plants were donated by Skagit River System and lots of digging, they removed them all safely. They Cooperative. Other staff freshened up areas around their filled in the spot with lovely evergreen huckleberries. office buildings in preparation for fall. Mariah Holiday, an intern with the Hunting and Gathering Program, joined the team to carefully dig out a yellow cedar that had outgrown its space. They successfully replanted it near the Cedar Hat Pavilions where it has plenty of room to grow. At the request of dental patients the crew gave rose bushes surrounding the Dental Clinic parking lot 32 sw d bš qyuuqs News
Cathi Bassford and Gail Cayou provided a lovely turkey dinner lunch along with the potluck donations. Phillip McCoy led the group in a blessing. Thank you to everyone who supported and participated in this year's Fall Cleanup Day!
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YOUTH SPIRIT PROGRAM Leah Gobert, Youth Spirit Assistant Manager
NOVEMBER 21 Thanksgiving Snack Social
Fall 2019
6th grade & up Tuesday-Thursday, 2:40-4:30pm
Tuesdays
DANCING + MUSIC
NOVEMBER 26 Early release 11:35AM NOVEMBER 27-28 Thanksgiving break: YOUTH SPIRIT CLOSED DECEMBER 19 Snack Social: Holiday celebration and family night DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 2 Winter break: YOUTH SPIRIT CLOSED JANUARY 7 Youth Spirit resumes: New seasonal activities start
Wednesdays
JANUARY 28 Early release 11:35AM
BEADING
NOTE: Every Thursday in the fall, Laura Lindberg will be invited in for art therapy
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PAINTING YOUTHSPIRIT
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SPACE AND TIME TO DO...NOTHING Mrs. V’s 2 Cents Diane Vendiola
Before we got to the dock the next morning we stopped at the bait shop to buy a dozen live night crawlers in a plastic container. By this time, it was getting daylight and once we arrived we had to go below the dock to put water in the pail and get our hands wet with salt water because my dad said fish could smell humans. He also told us that we had to be quiet because the fish could hear us.
We attached the sinker to the fishing line, and then the hook. We would then spear the worm and thread half of its body on the hook so the fish could still see it wiggle. And then we cast our line into the water, ah! Nothing to do but sit and wait for the perch to latch on to the night crawler. In the meantime, there was only space and time My brother Junior and I observed this positive mood, and to just be. Space and time to do nothing but sit and wait would talk to each other about how it must be good fun and contemplate my place in life and where I wanted to go to fish. Of course my brother and I knew nothing of how in the future. Bliss, and be me. Solitude. to catch a perch, so when we asked Dad if we could go fishing with him, he smiled really big. He said, “You want It’s a good thing that fish don’t just jump right into your to go fishing with me, you need to fish too.” So, when he fish pail. asked me (because I am the oldest) why I wanted to go I said, “Because we could have more perch to bring home for dinner.” He said, “Ok, I will show you one time.” When I was a kid in the mid 1940’s, my dad would go fishing for perch on the waterfront in Seattle. When he returned, he always appeared glowing, happy, and energized.
Native Voices
My brother and I wanted to please our father and make him happy and proud of us, and I wanted to be a bigger, better fisherman than my brother. I didn’t recognize it then, but I know now that my brother and I were in the process of realizing our ignorance about fishing. Thinking back upon those fishing expeditions I now recognize that those times were learning experiences for me.
Heidi Darling
In those days I wanted very much for my father to see me as capable because I was the oldest child in our family. When I remember that time now, I feel good that my brother and I recognized how much we did not know. My guess is that if we knew just how much we did not know we may not have ventured to learn how to catch a perch. Our perch fishing process started the night before the actual fishing expedition; Dad told us to prepare our “fishing clothes” and make jam sandwiches for us to eat the following day. We had to prepare our fish box to make sure that there was needle nose pliers and a little dip net we used to get the perch so we could get the hook out of its mouth; make sure our fish lines were not tangled; arrange our hooks and sinkers neatly on cardboard holders that we made from Wheaties boxes; and wash out the fish pail that we carried the perch in until we got home. 34 sw d bš qyuuqs News
Ivory Damien at the Native Voices gathering.
NOVEMBER 16, PORT TOWNSEND — Students from the La Conner middle school attended Native Voices. They learned about platn medicine, how to carve and basket weave; experienced drumming and dance, filmmaking, mural painting. There were four chaperones and 15 students that traveled to Ft. Worden for four days.
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DECEMBER 2019
ELDERS’ LUNCH 2 MON
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Submarine sandwich Coleslaw Potato chips Fresh fruit bowl
BBQ chicken drumsticks Corn, Roll Seasoned green beans Apple salad
Fish Oysters Red potatoes, oven roll Steamed carrots
Eggs and sausage Pancake Mixed fruit salad Vegetable juice
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Beef chili Roll, crackers Carrots and dip Fresh fruit bowl
Turkey salad Oven roll Mixed green salad Pears
Fish, oysters Noodles with herb butter Steamed zucchini Mixed fruit salad
Eggs and bacon French toast Berries Vegetable juice
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18 WED
19 THURS
Turkey sandwich Vegetable soup Fresh fruit bowl
Indian tacos Beef, beans, cheese Lettuce, onion, tomato Jell-O with fruit
Fish, oysters Brown rice Beets Mixed fruit salad
Egg and ham English muffin, cheese Potato patties Pineapple
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25 WED
26 THURS
Cook's choice
Cook's choice
SITC HOLIDAY - NO SERVICE 30 MON
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Cook's choice
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*Lunch served Mon-Thurs. No take away meals until 11AM. Call (360) 466.3980 to cancel home delivery. Milk served with all meals.
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