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Board of Trustees: Patrick Baldoz Sara Cate, M.D.
Letter from the President
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It is a long-awaited pleasure to welcome
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the arrival of spring to Yakima Valley
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College after the extremely cold and snowy winter. In spite of the frigid weather, we
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have much to share with you about our
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college, staff and students. In this issue of
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the Campus Update, you will read about
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two annual awards that recognize our
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outstanding students. The first award is sponsored by our state
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the Association of College Trustees (ACT). The Transforming Lives Award recognizes one student from each of our 38 state community and technical colleges based on an essay about how their college experience has transformed their lives. All of the student essays are then compiled and distributed to legislators and others. We congratulate this year’s YVC recipient, Gabriela Martinez. The second award is also a state award but has national and
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honor society for community college students. This award is the All-WA
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Academic Team. Each of the 38 Washington community and technical
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colleges nominate two exemplary students, each of whom receive scholarships from KeyBank and their local college foundation, as well as from all of the public and many of the private universities in Washington State. We congratulate our YVC students Christina Escobar and Lahoma Doublerunner on their selection to the All-WA Academic Team for 2019. You will also read about a new program planned for Fall 2019, the recent
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remodel of our college Fitness Center, a 90th Anniversary concert by our
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We hope that you find this issue of the Campus Update to be both enlightening and inspirational. You are a major part of our success and endurance during our 90-year history in the Yakima Valley. As always, we thank you for your ongoing support of and commitment to Yakima Valley College. Sincerely,
Linda Kaminski, Ed.D. President
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Campus News Student Honors Student Activities Larson Gallery Program Highlights Athletics YVC’s People
Cover Photo: YVC Information Technology Instructor Pingle Jacob helps a student during West Valley Junior High School’s Ignite Club. Ignite is a student club for girls interested in coding and information technology.
This Page: Top: North Campus Commons at sunrise Middle: Pouring wine in the Yakima Valley Vintners’ Tasting Room in Grandview Bottom left: ASYVC Vice President Andrea Picardal poses with Sonia Mendoza during Club Fair Bottom right: Financial Aid Director Oscar Verduzco advises a student
CAMPUS NEWS
Remodeled Fitness Center Reopens
Upon returning from winter break, students enjoyed access to YVC’s newly remodeled Fitness Center, in Sherar Gymnasium. While the space remained at 6,040 sq. ft., the new design opened up the area to accommodate 49 new pieces of equipment and a new office for the Fitness Center Coordinator/ Certified Athletic Trainer, now located in the center of the facility. The entire cost of the project, which included renovation of the Sherar Gym hallway, totaled approximately $750,000. BORArchitecture of Yakima provided the design, Remodeled Fitness Center while the contractor was Larson Berger Construction of Bellevue, with exercise equipment supplied by Columbia Fitness from Kennewick. “Students now truly get to work out in a first-class, modern facility complete with cutting edge equipment, branding, and atmosphere,” explains Athletic Director Ray Funk. “It is our hope that students utilize the Fitness Center as a key component for their health and that students become life-long, regular exercisers.”
YVC Partners with KUNW Univision for “Orgullo Communitario” This winter, YVC formed a partnership with KUNW-TV Univision to celebrate Latino achievement in higher education. Every Wednesday night, KUNW’s 6pm newscast spotlights a current or former YVC student, highlighting their academic achievement, future ambitions, family life, and interests outside the classroom. The segment is titled “Orgullo Comunitario” (Community Pride). Both Heritage University and Central Washington University (CWU) contribute to this partnership, identifying and providing video footage of YVC graduates on their respective campuses. “We are honored to partner with Heritage, CWU, and KUNW-TV Univision,” says YVC Director of Community Relations Jay Frank. “We know almost 40% of families in Yakima County speak some Spanish at home. Inspiring these families with our students’ success helps us build awareness of YVC programs, support services, and academic excellence.”
Yak Grab N’ Go Opens on the Yakima Campus YVC’s Yak Grab N’ Go Marketplace is now open and serving the students, faculty, and staff on the Yakima Campus. The new store offers coffee, fresh and convenience food items and is located in the newly expanded college bookstore inside the Hopf Union Building. The new space is made available through a partnership between Barnes & Noble College (BNC) and YVC. In 2018, with the departure of YVC’s food service provider, BNC agreed to expand its offerings to include food service on campus.
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Grandview Campus Business Partner Award YVC’s Grandview Campus was selected as the Business Partner of the Month for January 2019 from the Grandview Chamber of Commerce. “Being selected by the Grandview Chamber of Commerce as the Business Partner of the Month is a great honor,” stated Dean of College and Career Readiness and Interim Dean of the Grandview Campus Marc Coomer. “I think it reflects the importance of the Grandview Campus in the community and the strong working relationship we have with community partners,” he continued. The award was presented to the college during the Grandview Chamber Business After Hours event, held on January 23rd. 3 Yakima Valley College
Dean Marc Coomer with Grandview Chamber Board Member Kathy Viereck
YVC is proud to announce the selection of Christina Escobar and Lahoma Doublerunner as members of the 2019 All-Washington Academic Team. The scholarship program recognizes students from all 34 community and technical colleges in Washington State for outstanding accomplishments. Christina Escobar was born in Yakima and grew up in Tieton, WA. Following high school, she searched for ways to serve her community and began looking for areas where her passion for helping others could be utilized. When she learned From left; YVC President Dr. Linda Kaminski, Lahoma Doublerunner, YVC Foundation President Glenn Rasmussen, and Christina Escobar that she was pregnant, she put everything on hold and began preparing to become a mother. She’s spent much of the past decade helping the eldest of her two daughters battle a string of rare medical conditions. During this time, she also enrolled at YVC to continue her education but personal struggles would prevent her from continuing with her plans. In the summer of 2017, she made herself a promise that she would finish a degree. As a single mother of two daughters and working full-time at night, it has been a struggle, but Escobar has continued to be successful and graduates with her associate in arts transfer degree this spring. In the fall, she plans to transfer to Central Washington University and pursue a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature. A member of the Yakama Nation Tribe, Lahoma Doublerunner has lived her entire life on reservation land in Wapato, WA. After graduating high school, and working multiple jobs at Legends Casino, the birth of her son inspired her to pursue higher education. In the spring of 2017 she enrolled at YVC pursing a transfer degree in business administration. She has been very successful in her coursework, maintaining a 3.78 GPA. In addition, she maintains two jobs, as a dealer for Legends Casino and as an office assistant for Catholic Charities. Doublerunner graduates this spring with an associate in business degree. She hopes to transfer to the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Each All-Washington team member receives a Phi Theta Kappa medallion and a $250 scholarship from KeyBank. This year the YVC Foundation chose to match the KeyBank scholarship award, providing an additional $250 to YVC’s nominees.
Transforming Lives Each year the Washington State Association of College Trustees requests one nominee from each of the 34 community and technical colleges in Washington State for the Transforming Lives Award. YVC’s nominee is Gabriela Martinez. Her unique story reflects her determination and represents the influence YVC can have in shaping an individual’s ambitions. Gabriela Martinez was born in Phoenix, Arizona and moved with her family to Mexico when she was an infant. Her father later returned to the United States to work and provide for his family. She attended school until she reached the 7th grade, when family problems forced her to drop out. After her 18th birthday, Martinez decided to return to the United States. She moved to Yakima and pursued an education, taking courses in YVC’s English Language Acquisition (formerly ESL) program and earning her GED. With support from her instructors, her English Gabriela Martinez improved. As her language skills and confidence grew, Martinez expanded her career and educational goals. She applied for and was accepted into YVC’s Nursing Assistant program. Today, she works as a nurse’s aide, and enjoys the relationships she develops with her patients. She hopes to continue her education and earn a degree in psychology. Winter 2019 4
STUDENT HONORS
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Business Club Entrepreneurship Series STUDENT ACTIVITIES
YVC’s Business Club provides opportunities for students to explore the world of business. Their most recent endeavor is an Entrepreneurship Series bringing various local entrepreneurs to campus to speak with students about their success. “The Business Club decided to present this series to help the YVC student body become more aware of local Yakima businesses and for them to learn more about the journey of becoming a business,” stated Club President Marisol Sanchez. WILDJAY Owner Jadira Amaya
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Grandview Student Council Holiday Tree This holiday season, the Grandview Student Council (GSC) wanted to make a difference in the lives of local foster children. The GSC reached out to the Yakima Community Resource Group, the Yakama Nation, and local churches. Together, these groups provided the names of 144 foster children. Within the event’s three-week timespan, 129 presents were donated. Being so close to their goal, and with renewed determination, the GSC made one last push to get gifts for everyone are were able to provide presents to all 144 foster children for Christmas.
YVC Jazz Hang In late January, YVC’s Kendall Hall Auditorium filled with local high school and middle school musicians for the annual Jazz Hang. In addition to YVC’s Jazz Ensemble, bands from area schools took the stage for performances and workshop sessions with expert clinicians. Music Instructor Jeff Norwood was pleased with the quality of both the performances and the instruction, explaining, “It was impressive to see how much the clinicians were able to accomplish in such a short time. They were able to focus right away on specific ways to improve and you could hear the difference in just a matter of minutes.”
Black History 101 Mobile Museum In January, the Diversity Series welcomed the Black History 101 Mobile Museum. Titled the “Signature Series,” this selection from a vast private collection offered artifacts representing the entire span of African American history, from slave-era shackles to autographed memorabilia from present-day entertainers and activists. Counselor Vicente Lopez states, “The artifacts that founder Khalid el-Hakim has compiled over the years are amazing, thought-provoking and for many people a window to the past that they have not looked through.”
STEM Outreach This winter saw the continuation of two STEM-related traditions at YVC: Science Olympiad and Engineering Day. The Science Olympiad brought together middle school students from throughout Central Washington to compete in 23 events. Engineering Day attracted over 600 young students and their families for a free community event featuring hands-on STEM activities. “YVC’S engineering students play a huge part in making it happen, says Michael Alamos, MESA Coordinator. “The community has benefited by realizing that YVC has a great engineering program that is a viable option for students as they route their higher education.”
41st National Juried Photography Exhibit The National Juried Photography Exhibition, held every two years, was first begun by long-time Photography Instructor Herb Blisard. Now in its 41st incarnation, the Larson Gallery is pleased to continue this tradition. For the first exhibition in 1972, photographs were clothes-pinned to a string. Now photographers are invited from all over the country through an online submission website. The Larson Gallery received 215 submissions of which 70 were selected by the juror Rebecca Cummins. Cummins is a Professor and Chair of Photomedia in the School of Art + Art History + Design at the University of Washington. Her work has been included in exhibits all around the world including China, Spain, Finland, Australia, and Ireland. She received a BFA from the University of Northern Iowa, an MA from the University of New Mexico and a PhD from the University of Technology, Sydney; she previously taught for sixteen years at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. The exhibition is held March 9 - April 13, 2019 and is free and open to the public
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LARSON GALLERY
Mysteries of the Amazon This winter the Larson Gallery hosted a special exhibit titled Mysteries of the Amazon, including three Peruvian artists: Mita Lozano, Alfredo Zagaceta, and Mauro Reategui. This exhibit featured large-scale acrylic paintings, considered by many to be some of the best examples of Mestizo vegetalista and ayahuasquero shamanism. Exhibiting vibrant color, the paintings depict the plant, animal deva-like (or angelic) spirits of ceremonial visionary experiences. The artwork is the from the collection of Dr. Scott Olsen, Professor of Philosophy & Religion at College of Central Florida. From left: Mita Lozano painting at Apple Valley Middle School; Matthew Pallamary playing the hang drum with Alfredo “For three artists coming up from the humid and warm Zagaceta on flute at Davis High School Amazon jungle in Peru, this was their first time seeing snow,” stated Larson Gallery Director David Lynx. “The first thing artists Mita Lozano, Alfredo Zagaceta and Mauro Reategui did was to throw a snowball,” he continued. On January 17, Dr. Olsen presented a lecture in Kendall Auditorium titled “Uncovering Nature’s Great Mystery of Art, Mathematics & Science.” After the lecture, students and guests were invited to the gallery for the exhibits opening reception. This reception featured the artists painting and live music provided by Matthew Pallamary, a shamanic drummer from California. In addition, this special exhibit included outreach to area schools. Before and after the opening, the three artists, Dr. Olsen and Matt Pallamary visited area schools with Larson Gallery Director David Lynx. The artists were also able to visit and lecture during YVC’s Art Appreciation class before returning back to Florida, then onto Peru. “The music and excitement in one class at Apple Valley Elementary prompted other classes to join. For Carole Huls’ class at Davis High School, the group remained longer than the scheduled time and was able to share with more students,” shared Lynx. This exhibit was made possible through the support of the Yakima Valley Community Foundation.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Wine Press Northwest Platinum Awards Yakima Valley Vintners (YVV), YVC’s teaching winery, received four awards for their student crafted wines at the 19th Annual Wine Press Northwest Platinum Competition. Wine Press Northwest’s annual Platinum Judging is a multi-day tasting of Pacific Northwest wines that have won a gold medal in at least one of Pacific Northwest’s top competitions. Students completing course work in YVC’s Vineyard & Winery Technology program produced the award-winning wines submitted by YVV. At the competition, YVV’s 2015 Mid-Term Merlot earned Yakima Valley Vintners’ Award-Winning Wines a Platinum Medal. The 2017 History Class Pinot Grigio and the 2015 Sugarloaf Vineyard Intern Tempranillo each garnered Double Gold. In addition, the Coyote Canyon Vineyard Dean’s List Primitivo earned Gold. “We were invited to submit eight qualifying wines this year but since we had sold out four of those wines, we were only able to send these four contenders,” said Brad Smith, instructional technician in the YVC Teaching Winery. These awards bring YVV’s total to 127 in the first ten years of operation.
Conversational English Practice YVC’s College and Career Readiness division recently began offering an opportunity for students taking English Language Acquisition courses to practice speaking English with other students, YVC staff and faculty. The event, titled, “Conversational English Practice,” was created at the request of student Alma Licea. Licea was struggling with English conversations and recognized she would need more practice to be successful. “It is very important for me to have this additional practice,” stated Licea. “It has been very difficult for me to From left: Alma Licea, Juana Lopez, and Maria Reyes-Carmona speak with other people. Our coursework focuses on writing and reading, but often when I have questions, I can’t quite get them out. It is important for me to practice with people whose first language is English,” she continued. The meetings are held bi-monthly in the Sundquist Hall Lounge.
Land Surveying YVC’s Engineering program has re-tooled its offerings to meet the demands of the local land survey industry. “We’ve been getting a lot of calls from the local surveying community, saying, ‘We need more survey technicians in town,’” stated Rajkumar Raj, YVC Engineering instructor. YVC now offers associate of applied science degrees in land survey & construction, civil engineering technology, and engineering transfer track. A land survey certificate has been added as well, joining certificate programs in Engineering Technology and CAD. Intermediate and Engineering Students Heather Caceres and Jonny Zuniga Advanced Land Survey classes have been added, while an internship program has been expanded to 11 credits. Andy Doan, the instructor brought on to teach the advanced survey class, believes the local industry will be well served by the expanded offerings, and is enthusiastic to prospective students about the variety of work a land survey technician encounters. “It covers a lot of areas, to where it’s hard to get tired of it,” Doan explains. “You’re always doing something different, from farm leases to cell towers to emergency response.” 7 Yakima Valley College
Aspiring commercial drone pilots will soon have a new pathway into that growing profession, as this fall, YVC will partner with Big Bend Community College to offer a certificate in Unmanned Aerial Systems. While the certificate program can be conducted primarily through online courses, there are practical labs for pilot training where students receive more than 25 hours of individual flying training, plus additional group training. There are a host of industry applications for drone technology, including emergency response, public relations, and land Drone used by WA Dept. of Transportation surveying. Trent Ball, head of YVC’s Agriculture program, sees drones as an integral tool in the local agriculture industry, explaining: “As a technical field there are many applications in agriculture to use UAS, including data collection, remote sensing, and assessing plant health using normalized difference vegetative indexing. UAS is another tool in the precision agriculture tool kit.” Coursework will include UAS laws and policies, mission planning, and the study of geographic info systems.
Biology Lecture Series The Winter Biology Lecture Series offered three well-attended presentations on YVC’s Yakima Campus, focusing on local native plants and wildlife. January brought a presentation titled “Falling for Lomatium: Love After Sixty,” followed by presentations titled “Bringing Back Salmon and Steelhead in Cowiche Canyon” and “Beavers: Their Landscapes, Our Future.” These lectures were presented in collaboration with the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy.” Presenter Terri Knoke of the Washington Native Plant Society raved about her experience as a Alex Conley during his lecture in February lecturer, saying, “To have such wonderful, attentive audience in a well-designed lecture hall was a delight. I was surprised to see how many people turned out on such a cold, dark, winter night, but I think it was testament to desire of this community to learn about and understand the natural world surrounding them. The more informed we are about the changing world, the better decisions we will make for ourselves in the future.”
Winter Choral Concert
YVC’s choral program drew another sizable crowd to Kendall Hall Auditorium for an early March concert titled, “From YVC with Love.” “There were songs for everyone,” says Director of Choral Activities Steven Slusher. “Some warm and loving, others fun and popular. These unique experiences will be a highlight for choir members for the rest of their lives.” The concert’s centerpiece was a performance of Eric Whitacre’s “Five Hebrew Love Songs,” accompanied by the CWU String Quartet. Hit songs from Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joel, and other popular songwriters YVC’s Male Quartet serenades an Audience Member received choral treatments, with piano accompaniment by Darin Kaschmitter. One highlight of the show involved the performance of “Cecilia” by a male quartet, serenading a good-natured woman from the audience who agreed to venture onstage.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
YVC Launching Unmanned Aerial Certificate
ATHLETICS
Men’s Basketball YVC’s Men’s Basketball brought an exciting, high-scoring style of play to Sherar Gym this season. The team was consistently competitive, holding the lead in the second half of all but six games, yet struggled to close games out, finishing with a record of seven wins and 21 losses. Their uptempo attack allowed them to finish third in the NWAC in total points. Khyree Armstead, a freshman, led the team with nearly sixteen points per game, while sophomore guard David Lindgren added fourteen points per Men’s Basketball 2018-2019 game while shooting over forty-six percent from the floor. The team was unusually young, with only three sophomores on the roster. “Being so young, we learned, hopefully, some valuable lessons from the mistakes we made in the second half of games,” says Head Coach London Wilson. “Next year should be fun and exciting to see what we can do.”
Women’s Basketball This year brought another winning season for women’s basketball, as the team finished with an overall record of 16 wins and 12 losses in the third season for Head Coach Adam Strom. “We finished fifth this year and as a team felt we were much better,” Strom explains. “I appreciate the efforts of our sophomore class and look forward to working with our eight returners.” The team had little trouble scoring, averaging over 75 points per game, led by sophomore Kamri Von Oelhoffen’s 18 points per game. Women’s Basketball 2018-2019 Fellow sophomore Trista Takes Enemy, and freshmen Nicole Rasmussen and Jenni Johnson also averaged double-figures in points per game. While the season ended with the team just one place away from a playoff berth, with six freshmen averaging more than 10 minutes per game this year, the squad is well positioned for continued success next year.
Individual Honors
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Kamri Von Oelhoffen’s decorated basketball career at YVC concluded with her repeat selection to the NWAC All-Eastern Region First Team. Von Oelhoffen, a graduate of Richland High School, began her career as the “Freshman of the Year” for the NWAC Eastern Region last year. This season she finished third in the conference in scoring, and led her team in points, rebounds, and blocked shots. Von Oelhoffen represented YVC in the NWAC All-Star game in Everett, as did YVC sophomore guard David Lindgren. Lindgren, a graduate of West Valley High School, scored 700 points for the Yaks during his two-year career, and earned recognition for his classwork as well, earning a spot on the NWAC’s AllAcademic team. Both Lindgren and Von Oelhoffen hold aspirations of continuing their academic and athletic careers at four-year institutions next year.
Congratulations to YVC’s Vineyard & Winery Technology program, whose new Winery Cellar Leadership Class Level I was so popular the student cohort will return this spring to take the Level II course. Due to the response from local business, they will again offer the Level I class this spring. Learn more about this opportunity online at: www.wawinegrowers.org/page/WCLP
Winery Cellar Leadership Class, Spring 2018
Congratulations to Suzanne Mackey, recipient of the Fall 2018 Classified Employee of the Quarter Award. Mackey is a Fiscal Specialist I in the Business Office. Congratulations to Adriana Magallanes, recipient of the Winter 2019 Classified Employee of the Quarter Award. Magallanes is a Lab Technician II in the Arts and Sciences Division.
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Congratulations to English Instructor Mark Fuzie, who recently had a poem published in Pacific View, the newsletter for the Two-Year College Association of the Pacific Northwest. The poem is titled, “Too Brief Sonnet Cycle.”
Nursing Instructor Michelle Closner, along with WSU Professors’ Dr. Connie K.Y. Nguyen-Truong and Dr. Roschelle L. Fritz, were recently published in the Journal of Nursing Education. Their paper is titled, “Culturally Safe Didactic Dialogue Circles: Student and Cultural Community Leader Engagement.” In addition, Closner was recently awarded a scholarship from WSU to travel to Thailand and conduct research at a hospice facility on the topic of “how they develop the ability to have difficult conversations with their patients.” YVC Agriculture Student Tyler Monson was recently selected as a 2019 Young Apple Leader from the U.S. Apple Association. Tyler’s family owned and operated business, Monson Fruit Company, dates back to 1951, spanning several generations. Tyler has served in many roles at Monson Fruit Company and currently works in the shipping department while attending YVC. His field of study includes tree fruit and vegetable management. He’s excited to apply his education and experience to his family’s business and to represent it as a Young Apple Leader. Tyler and his 2019 YAL classmates traveled to Washington, DC in mid-March, meeting with their congressional representatives as part of the organizations Capitol Hill Day. Another local member of the 2019 Young Apple Leader class, Nicole Gordy, of Sage Fruit Co., graduated from YVC in 2011. Instructional Technician III Brad Smith recently facilitated a panel discussion during the Tourism Tune-Up event on cooperative marketing opportunities in the region. Topics covered included: marketing through associations, how to leverage directories of events, and conventions for drawing people to your business, using social media, hash tags, and sharing. Long-time Yakama Nation educator and activist and former YVC Trustee Patricia “Patsy” Whitefoot was one of three people recognized at the 10th annual Adeline Garcia Community Service Award luncheon held by the Seattle Indian Health Board. The event highlighted leaders in the region for their contributions toward Native issues. Also honored at the March 15 event were Richard Peterson (Tlingit), president of the Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; and Debora Juarez (Blackfeet), a member of the Seattle City Council. Winter 2019 10
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