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CHEHALIS

TRIBAL

NEWSLETTER

Join Family Tree Classes

to Discover Your Family

Ancestry

 “People of the Sands” 

FREE

Get a Glimpse of

History on Page 3:

Words of famous Chehalis Tribal

Historian Silas Heck come alive in this

touching story.

Precious photos of Chehalis tribal

families archived and offered to others

by Elaine McCloud.

Chehalis youth group spread

the message at dinner

The Heritage Program is providing free

family tree classes on Mondays starting at 4

PM in classroom 4 at the new Community.

If you are attending for the first time,

please obtain your family tree from the

Enrollment Department so we have a place

to start. It’s easiest to enter the building from

the south entrance. Hope to see everyone

there.

Any question please contact Elaine

McCloud, Heritage Coordinator, 360-7091748 or email Emccloud@chehalistribe.org.

Youth group perform a skit on perils of

alcohol and drug addiction, page 2

Chehalis Tribal Members Become With a Stroke of the

Vosper Homes Available for

Pen, the BIA Expands

Purchase by Tribal Members Blessed With New Home Ownership

Chehalis Reservation

The Chehalis Tribal Housing Authority will

be accepting applications from Chehalis

tribal members interested in purchasing

a single family residence at the Vosper

Subdivision. The CTHA has four, threebedroom homes, approximately 1500 square

feet, available. Applications will be accepted

from April 28 to the close of business on

May 11. If you are interested, stop by the

Housing Office and pick up an application.

Any questions contact the Housing Office

staff at 360-273-7723.

By Jeff Warnke, Director of Government

Public Relations

Attention Artists: Coastal

Salish Art Needed for

Head Start Sweatshirts

The Chehalis Tribal Head Start Graduation

Committee is looking for a traditional

Coastal Salish style drawing to be used as

a design on sweatshirts to be awarded to

the class of 2010 graduates.

If you are interested in participating,

please submit your drawing by Friday, May

14 to Heather Galloway at the Head Start. A

winner will then be chosen and announced

by the Graduation Committee.

We look forward to seeing our tribe’s

creativity!

College Fair at

Great Wolf Lodge

Tuesday, May 25, 1-6 PM

All welcome! Juniors should definitely

attend. Bring your parents and friends to

visit with representatives from colleges

and universities, trade and technical

schools.

200 high school students w/ASB cards

and completed surveys will receive a

Great Wolf Lodge day pass

„„All Chehalis tribal members who have

completed a higher education degree

or trade through the higher education

department are encouraged to attend.

„„All Chehalis tribal members, community

members and employees come and help

us show our youth how successful our

community has been. If you have completed

a higher education degree and/or trade,

please submit a copy of your degree, photo

of yourself and small quote of your success

by May 15.

Any questions, please contact Racheal

Mendez at 360-709-1698 or email Rmendez@

chehalistribe.org

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On March 31, home owners received the keys to their new home from Viginia

Canales, CTHA Tenant Services. Connie Baker was excited to move into

her new home in the Vosper Division. Pictured (L-R) are Skylar Baker, Ryan

Pitzenberger, Virginia Canales, Shayden Baker, and Connie Baker.

By Fred Shortman, Editor

On March 22, over 50 tribal and community

members attended the open house and

ribbon cutting of the Chehalis Tribal

Housing Authority at the Vosper sub

division. After years of waiting, tribal

members will live the American dream

of owning their own homes. This process

started in 1999. Now the vision of houses

being finished and occupied is complete. The

patience and diligence by everyone involved

in the completion of this worthwhile project

is finally a reality. Excited families moving

into their new homes were given the keys

the last week of March.

Dan Gleason and Marie Bird led a

heartfelt prayer, blessing the new houses

for the new owners. Following the blessing

and ribbon cutting ceremony, everyone was

invited to tour a house at 11 Sickman Loop.

This gathering blessed the houses as the

community shared a meal and congratulated

the new home owners families.

The words spoken by the Chairman

precisely articulated the blessing of the

houses. “Presently we are looking at these

new houses,” said Chairman Burnett. “When

the new owners move in, they will become

their homes to raise their families.”

John Vosper, who sold the property to

the tribe, was present to see the ceremony

and said, “I’ve had a recurring dream

about seeing homes on the back half of the

See Homes, page 4

On March 9 the Chehalis Reservation got a

little bigger. With the stroke of a pen, it was

done. The Director of the Bureau of Indian

Affairs signed the Reservation Proclamation

and seven parcels of land totaling 213.73

acres became part of the Chehalis

Reservation.

Sounds like it should be quick and easy,

but, this move was only the third time

that the Obama administration has signed

off on a Reservation Proclamation since

inauguration. “It is never easy to get the

Federal Government to do their job,” said

Chairman Burnett. “But we have developed

relationships with key people in the BIA that

have helped us to succeed when other tribes

struggle to accomplish this task.”

The land parcels are not connected and

were acquired by the tribe and taken into

trust over the years since 1998, but were all

made part of the reservation at once. Some

of the parcels include the electronic casino

sign near I-5, the bed and breakfast property

on Anderson Road, several abandoned

railroad parcels along the Chehalis River

and the Great Wolf Lodge property. The

addition of the properties brings the total

size of the reservation to 4,438.36 acres.

There are several reasons why this

move was an important step for the tribe.

Each of the properties that were formerly

off reservation was in some way under the

jurisdiction of a local county, some being in

Thurston and some in Grays Harbor County.

This will clear up those jurisdictional issues

including policing, issuing land use and

building permits, water quality, and fishery

management.

Several of the parcels along the Chehalis

River are on the opposite bank creating a

new southern boarder for the reservation.

See Expansion, page 4

A Dozen Truckloads of Trash Gone, Thanks to Volunteers

By Fred Shortman, Editor

It was a cool and breezy

Wednesday morning for

the Chehalis Tribe’s Spring

Clean Up Day. There were

40 people who came to the

Tribal Center participating in

cleaning up the reservation,

including tribal members and

employees, Boys & Girls

Club volunteers, Lucky Eagle

Casino staff, and United Way

of Lewis County staff and

volunteers.

Elaine McCloud set the

tone for the day, blessing this

event , thanking and praying

for the people and Mother

Earth. Joyce Thomas did

Volunteers from the United Way of Lewis County, Boys & Girls Club of America and many

a great job organizing

employees from the Lucky Eagle and Chehalis Tribe gathered at the tribal center before

work crews and dispersing

heading out along designated areas during the 2010 Spring Clean Up.

them to various areas of

the reservation. Everyone

rain shower as they worked.

needed assistance in hauling the trash. With

grabbed work gloves and garbage bags,

Work crews were seen picking up

this many volunteers helping, it made short

intent on picking up trash along Howanut,

trash that had been discarded by passing

work of the areas to be cleaned up.

Niederman, Anderson, Secena and Moon

motorists. Groundskeepers were drove

Raffle prizes and buffet tickets were

Roads and the surrounding areas of the fish

around in their truck to pick up the garbage

distributed to the volunteers who worked

pit and ball fields.

bags and haul them to our tribal dumpsters.

that day. Everyone got something to eat,

Many came prepared with warm clothing, They estimated they hauled 12 truckloads

and got warmed up after the clean up was

expecting rain. Mother Nature smiled down

of garbage. The Lucky Eagle Casino and

upon the volunteers by not giving them a

See Spring Clean-up, Page 4

the Youth Center truck also provided much

Youth Speak Up at Underage Join These Exciting Prevention Activities

Drinking Prevention Dinner

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Soaring Eagles Above the Influence

(SEATI) is the brand-new youth prevention

team! We are looking for additional youth

to participate in the program. We have

activities throughout the year and also attend

youth conferences across the state. We will

be going to the Youth Spring Forum in May

at the Great Wolf Lodge, as well as Standing

Tall the following week at the Great Wolf

Lodge. Both conferences are youth-oriented

with hundreds of youth from across the state

attending.

Check us out on MySpace and Facebook

and become our fans for upcoming events

and view photographs of what we do: www.

myspace.com/chehalisprevention.

We can’t wait to see you at the upcoming

events. More information will be posted on

our MySpace and Facebook soon.

If you want to be a part of SEATI and

attend these conferences, please contact

The “Soaring Above the Influence” youth group skit demonstrated the

dangers of underage drinking. It was their interpretation of a drinking party

and how silly people act when they are drinking alcohol. Pictured (L-R)

are Britney Maass, Kelsie Klatush, Kelsey Bray, Roberta Youckton, Chayse

Youckton-Bonifer, and Lorrie Bonifer.

By Fred Shortman, Editor

On March 24, Sixty-seven tribal and

community members showed up to listen to

the keynote speakers for a prevention event

geared towards Kick Butt’s Day- educating

towards tobacco prevention, and a meeting

addressing underage drinking.

Lorrie Bonifer shared a slide show

presentation on the negative health effects of

using alcohol and drugs. Some of the photos

were pretty graphic and an eye opener for

many of us. Her strong words and stance on

these addictions came from her heart as a

mother and a person who deeply cares about

people and protecting our youth.

Elder Elaine McCloud’s presentation

was a table full of paper headstones with

names written on them. They were people in

her life who had lost their lives due to drugs

or alcohol. It was hard for her to discuss

these personal issues, but her point was well

taken. As she picked up one of the paper

headstones she said, “It doesn’t matter about

the names on these head stones. It was what

the addiction cost the family members and

loved ones when they died.” She pointed to

a headstone and continued, “This one could

have been a lawyer, doctor, a great leader or

something else. You never will know what

they could’ve been.”

Gail Hurst, Bruce Stinson, and Dean

Johnny also shared how their programs

work. Bruce Stinson gave examples of what

happens when a youth gets caught drinking

alcohol or using drugs, how the legal system

works when dealing with this illegal activity.

When he asked what the acceptable alcohol

level for children was, the kids exclaimed,

“Zero!”

Tribal member and Police Officer Arick

Burnett conducted an “Impairment Goggle”

trial area for youth to understand the dangers

of driving while intoxicated.

There were several other tables available

for people to visit and get information.

„„Cindy Marchand from The Evergreen

State College came out and had a table

and spoke about her assistance to help

anyone interested in going to college.

„„Christina Hicks had “Parent Speak Up”

T-shirts and information for parents to talk

to their youth about abstinence.

„„Pat Odiorne shared information on the

dangers of energy drinks and sugar

content in soda.

The Soaring Eagles Youth Group skit

sent a message to our teenagers and parents

on what happens when people use alcohol.

Thank you Soaring Eagles Kelsey Bray,

Chayse Youckton-Bonifer, Kelsie Klatush,

and Roberta Youckton.

Chayse Youckton-Bonifer sang his

Prevention Song with the assistance of

Savannah Bird. Heidi Gaiser also performed

a prevention song she made at the Youth

Music Academy. She thanked Gail Hurst for

mentoring her in the fight against addiction.

The message given at this dinner was a

strong one in the fight against addiction and

how addiction negatively affects families.

Lorrie Bonifer, 360-709-1717 or Lbonifer@

chehalistribe.org ASAP. We can get you

registered.

Youth Artists: Get Your Prevention

Design on T-Shirts

The Prevention Department’s youth

team, Soaring Eagles Above the Influence,

is holding a contest for all youth artists. We

will be making t-shirts that need a design.

To enter the contest, simply draw or sketch

up a design for the t-shirts and bring it into

the Prevention Department in the Clinic. If

you design it on the computer, email it to

Lbonifer@chehalistribe.org.

The deadline is April 30. The best design

will be chosen and posted on the Prevention

Department’s MySpace and Facebook pages.

The winning artist will be rewarded $250.

Contact Lorrie Bonifer for more information

or to submit your designs.

Program Recognizes Youth Who Excel in Academics

Congratulations to all our youth striving to

maintain their academics this quarter. The

Education Program staff wish to recognize

the following students who qualified for

dinner and a movie incentive from the

TELO program:

Skylar Bracero, Kayley Trott, Alyssa

Charles, Lilly Rhodes, Heather Daniels,

Deidra Hawkes, Jordan Merriman, Kaileen

Bray, TJ Trott, Jordon Bird, Brittany Maass,

Gary Ortivez, Geraldine Youckton, Dewey

Gleason-Wheeler, and Kaleb Merriman.

High School Graduates:

Attention all Chehalis tribal and

community members!

Graduation is approaching fast for seniors

who are in the final stages of completing

their high school education. The Chehalis

Tribe celebrates our graduating seniors with

a dinner and recognition ceremony.

If you are aware of any community or

tribal member getting ready to graduate,

please contact JJ, Tawni, Jason or Nathan at

360-709-1749 with all their information.

Fun Basketball Team Passes Serious

Life Choice Message to Youth

By Fred Shortman, Editor

On Saturday, April 10, the Harlem Crowns

played our Chehalis Stars in the gym at the

Community Center. What a great family-fun

event -- to watch a game of basketball. “We

call it ‘Clownball.’ There’s something new

every night,” said manager Herb Caife.

The players are masters of ad lib.

They take advantage of every situation,

pulling their shenanigans on the opposing

players and the audience. This was very

entertaining, and it had the audience in fits

of laughter.

But the event wasn’t just about showing

off the Harlem Crowns’ basketball skills.

The true story was the players’ message

about avoiding gangs, drugs and alcohol.

Each player talked about how they escaped

the peer pressure of growing up in the inner

city. Each player introduced themselves

and where they grew up, and told the

different things they had to deal with in their

respective cities.

Many of the players grew up loving

basketball and other sports, and participating

in after school activities. Practicing and

committing to getting good grades kept them

too busy to get involved in bad influences

that inner city life could bring.

Their main message was, “If you want to

be good at anything, it’s necessary to put the

time and effort in, and practice it to become

great at it.”

Native American Electricians Training Available

Are you interested in starting a career as an

Electrician? The Vocational Rehabilitation

program will assist anyone who wishes to

pursue this exciting opportunity to become

an electrician.

The Office of Indian Energy and

Economic Development, and the

Department of Labor in partnership with

United Tribes Technical College, the

International Brotherhood of Electrical

Workers and the National Electrical

Contractors Association, is offering a seven

week pre-apprenticeship training course

in association with the National Joint

Apprenticeship and Training Committee in

Bismarck, North Dakota. Upon successful

completion of the training, students may be

offered an apprenticeship position.

Application and Acceptance Process

Submit application with all supporting

documents to United Tribes Technical

College.

„„Applications are accepted and screened

for eligibility and applicants are further

screened with a phone interview.

„„Final acceptance is determined upon

receipt of the drug test results, the

physical results, and a background check.

„„Upon notification of final acceptance into

the program, applicant must be prepared

to take the drug test, and a physical, and

travel to training location within three

weeks of selection.

Pre-Apprenticeship Program Minimum

Qualifications

All individuals selected for participation in

the Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program

must meet all of the following qualifications:

„„Minimum age requirement of 18 by

February 1, 2010.

„„Must be a high school graduate, have a

GED or a two year degree or higher.

„„Must provide transcripts of education and

trainings and have good math skills.

„„Must agree to and sign an Individual Plan

for success.

„„Must have a current, valid driver’s license

„„May have to relocate for placement to

successfully complete an apprenticeship

program.

Additional Minimum Qualifications

„„Be physically and mentally able to

safely perform essential functions of the

job, either with or without reasonable

accommodations.

„„Be able to get to and from work at job

sites anywhere within the geographical

area.

„„Be able and willing to attend all related

classroom training as required.

„„Be able to climb and work from ladders,

poles and towers of various heights.

„„Be able to crawl and work in confined

spaces such as attics, manholes and

crawlspaces.

„„Be able to read, hear and understand

instructions and warnings.

If you are interested, please submit a

completed application and fax it to: Barbara

Schmitt or Arden Boxer at 701-530-0607,

or scan documents and e-mail to bschmitt@

uttc.edu or aboxer@uttc.edu.

The application deadline is May 22, 2010.

For more related information, go to the

United Tribes Technical College website:

www.uttc.edu.

Please contact Barb Churchill at 360709-1633 for an application.

The Harlem Crowns are masters of ad lib, and put the audience on the spot

by bringing them out on the basketball court. Herb Caife, Manager of the

Harlem Crowns, instructs and teases Jaiden Smith as he shoots a free throw.

Chehalis

Tribal

Newsletter

420 Howanut Road

Oakville, WA 98568

360-709-1726 (office)

360-273-5914 (fax)

newsletter@chehalistribe.org

Articles and opinions expressed in this

publication are not necessarily the opinions

of this publication or the Chehalis Tribal

Business Committee.

Business Committee

David Burnett, Chairman

Don Secena, Vice Chairman

Jessie Goddard, Treasurer

Cheryle Starr, Secretary

Dan Gleason, Sr., 5th Council Member

Chehalis Tribal Newsletter Staff:

Fred Shortman, Communications

Coordinator. Go to this direct link

for online newsletters copies: www.

chehalistribe.org/news-events/index.html

The Chehalis Tribal Newsletter encourages

tribal members to submit letters, articles,

photographs, and drawings to be considered

for publication. These are subject to editing.

Contributing writers, artists, and

photographers include Chehalis tribal

community members and staff.

Submission deadline: 6th of each month

Printed: Each month

The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis

Reservation...

“People of the Sands”

Blast from the Past! 1951 Interview of Silas Heck Taken From the Leon Metcalf Collection

A long time ago, when I was a little

boy, my father called his neighbors to

have a feast. And while they were in

there having a feast, they were singing

their medicine songs and pounding

on the floor, and the boards on the

ground, and pounding the roof.

That’s the way they called the

Spirits, and one man, he got up at

that time and he said, “The world is

twirling, and turning, and its moving

in some direction we don’t know. And

the earth and all that belongs to the

sun goes around, and follows the sun

wherever it’s going. And whenever the

world turns over, peoples should turn

over, too, and start something new.”

One of the chiefs, he got up and

says, “What are we going to do with

the old people? Are they going to

starve?” And a young chief, he got up

and says, “No we can’t let them starve.

Let us give them the fat of the land,

because they taught me.”

The voice of the Clouds.

SILAS HECK

CHEHALIS TRIBAL ELDER

1874 - 1967

Silas Heck was an elder who contributed

a great deal of information on the culture

and language of the Chehalis Indians to

various non-Indians who were studying

the heritage. Much of the language

information came from data by Professor

Kincade collected from Silas Heck and

Lillian Young, which he combined with

all available data collected in the past by

other individuals. Silas had the foresight

to have information recorded for future

generations.

The voice of the Moon.

The voice of the Trees.

They taught me everything .

The voice of the Endurance.

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The voice to read what the Trees

say.

And what the Grass says.

And what the Animals say when

they make a noise.

When I see the trees… when the

cone is ready to drop, then I know the

elk is at its prime. I go out and kill the

elk, and I have the best meat that a

person could eat.

That is the reason I said, “Let us

give the old people the fat of the

land.”

And so, whenever a hunter comes

in with a deer, they cut a piece off that

meat, the very best part, and send a

boy to take it to some old person that

couldn’t hunt any more, and give it

to them. When they received that gift

they would say, “My grandson, I am

going to give you my life when I die.”

That’s the subject of the story that I

told in Indian.

Heritage Coordinator Values Old Community Input Needed to Document

and Record Reservation Cemetery

Photos, and Offers Copies of

Family Photos to Tribal Members Information and Upgrade Signs

By Elaine McCloud, Heritage Coordinator

I have a large picture collection I inherited

from my mother Hattie Hayden Pikutark.

I have spent a great deal of time and

money preserving them. I organized them

to a certain degree and matched up any

negatives I found to the picture. Then I went

to Camera Exchange and made copies of

the negatives. Surprisingly many of them

produced very sharp and clear pictures. I

think they were shot from a 120 mm camera.

I have the older pictures coded. If there is a

red dot in the photo album it means I don’t

have the negative. The original picture and

the negatives are kept separately

The earliest family picture I have is of

Grandma Bessie, Uncle Walter Walker and

Aunt Susie as children. I have pictures of

Grandpa John Hayden’s mother, Lucy Bill

and three of her grandsons. If you sent my

mother a graduation picture, the chances

are good that I still have it. She did tell me

that she had “lent” out a picture or two so

people could make copies and they never

came back. So she told me that after that her

policy was that she would make copies for

people who wanted them.

I have pictures of Grandpa Abe Parsons;

Auntie Annie Simmons; Uncle Walt Walker;

Aunt Susie (Walker) Reichart; Grandpa John

Hayden; Grandma Bessie (Walker) Hayden

and nine of their children (Jessie, Wallace,

Lillian, my mom, Elmer, Johnny, Mabel,

Clifford (Buddie) and Dorothy. I have

pictures of most of the generation of cousins

that I belong to. If you stayed with us at one

time or another like at Portland or Lizzie

Johnson’s house, I might have a picture or

two with you in it.

My mother went to Chemawha Indian

Boarding School in Salem, Oregon. I have

the yearbook from the year she graduated.

A couple of her friends were Elizabeth

Arquette and Eliza Bobb. I have a small

collection of pictures of her and her friends

in Portland.

I have a small group of Chehalis tribal

pictures like Pioneer Days (1932/1933), the

Chehalis Sewing Club (1939), and Vacation

Bible School (1959). I have a handful of

community members in various pictures like

picking huckleberries or having dinner at the

Mess Hall.

I have pictures of the next generation of

cousins especially those we used to baby sit

or who used to come over and visit, also the

Thomas children. I also have some pictures

of kids at the Little White Church.

There is still a lot of work that I have

to do as far as organizing. I have pulled

pictures from their books for various events

like NNABA and they haven’t been put

back. Very few of the color pictures have

been organized like the older black and

white ones. Life just seems to keep getting

in my way.

I am in the process of trying to organize

this huge collection and eventually have

them scanned into the computer and

available for people to download onto disks

or make copies.

Some of you may have received an email

with a picture attachment every now and

then. If you have an email address, I try to

email a picture or two while I am scanning.

This has been a task I have been working on

for many years and will continue working

on. My email address is Emccloud@

chehalistribe.org. If you would like me to

email you a picture that I might think you

would enjoy, please let me know. Otherwise

if you need a picture for a certain event

(memorial, birthday, family reunion, etc.)

and if I have such a picture, I will do my

best to get it to you.

I can be contacted at my Heritage

Coordinator work number, 360-709-1748,

or my home number, 360-273-0378. Please

be patient with me as this is a very time

consuming task, but I do want you to know

that I am willing to share my wealth of

pictures with people who will use them for

their own personal use. I hope they won’t

end up sold to some anthropologist who is

writing a story on the ways of the Indians

from a long time ago.

Do you know any of the women in this photo or where the photo was

taken? If so, contact Elaine McCloud at 360-709-1748 to help her identify

everyone in the picture.

Photo donated by Elder Bettie Fulton

Correction from March 2010 Chehalis Tribal Newsletter:

The new ball fields at the Community Center will consist of two softball fields and one

little league field.

The Culture, Heritage and Language

Programs are in the process of starting to

document all cemeteries and we are asking

for your help. Please watch for fliers that

will be going out to the community.

We will be having four dinners. Each

dinner will be for all families of a specific

cemetery. These dinners will be to discuss

each cemetery and cover different issues

such as:

„„Unknown/unmarked graves

„„Show documented grave sites

„„Record families at each cemetery

„„Find out where you and your family wish

to be buried

„„Assign or reserve areas or plots at each

cemetery

„„Select cemetery name sign styles

„„Discuss other issues that need to be

covered

Watch for flyers! Contacts for this

project are Joyleen McCrory, 360-7091573, Dianne Devlin, 360-709-1621, Elaine

McCloud 360-709-1748, or Dan Penn, 360709-1747.

Probation Services Available at

Public Safety Building

Hi, my name is James Cayenne II. I’m the

new Chehalis Tribal Probation Officer. I

want to get the word out that if you are on

probation you need to come in and check in

with me if you have not done so already. Or

if you know someone who is on probation,

let them know they need to check in, so I

can get those individuals back on track.

If you have matters dealing with

probation, report directly to me. All calls

are confidential. Feel free to contact me.

My office hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm,

Monday thru Friday. I’m located in Bruce

Stinson’s old office at the Public Safety

Building. You can contact me at 360-7091606.

Staff Profile: CTWC Medical Receptionist

Greetings, I am Mary

Secena, the Medical

Receptionist for the Chehalis

Tribal Wellness Center.

I am from Raft River, in

between Queets and Lake

Quinault. I have been in this

community since 1974. I

have two wonderful boys.

One is Michael Anthony

Hicks, whom my brother

Richard I. Hicks and

Mary Jane Shale adopted

and raised. His father

is William P. Heck. My

other son is Calvin Page

Cayenne through my first

marriage with Frank Cayenne, Jr. I am now

married for 11 years to a wonderful man,

Don Secena, and we have five beautiful

grandchildren.

In 1974 I worked as a Teacher’s Aide

for Head Start with Helen Nolson, and

Roberta Secena. Rosetta Klatush was the

cook. In 1975 the Chehalis Tribe started

an Indian Action Team with carpentry

training and a secretary class. Many of us

young women took the secretary class.

The men in the carpentry training built the

clinic. We women learned everything from

sewing, accounting, typing, shorthand,

speed writing, medical terminology, how to

answer the phone, and secretary skills. In

the sewing class we sewed aprons and shift

dresses that we modeled for our new clinic

that was opened in 1977. After two years

of experience under our belts, we were let

loose to apply for real jobs.

I applied for the new

Medical Receptionist

position and became the first

Medical Receptionist for the

new clinic. Ken Dyball was

our first Physician Assistant.

The clinic was dedicated to

Ms. Lorraine Goldman for

the hard work she did to

get funds for the clinic. She

was the Secretary for the

tribe back then.

Ken Dyball, Glenda

Smith (nurse) and I were

the only ones in the clinic

for a long time. Eventually

our staff started growing when we received

more funds. The clinic added the CHR

and Dental Programs. Ted Kramers, a

Family Counselor from Taholah Indian

Health Clinic, came to our clinic to provide

counseling for clients once or twice a week.

In 1982 I transferred to Taholah Indian

Health Clinic for about seven years and

completed my circle and returned and

re-applied for my old job. I’ve been the

Medical Receptionist for 31 years now all

together. I love my job and the people here,

and I’ve worked with plenty of nice people

and have seen many of them come and go.

I have lived over half of my life here

in Oakville and can’t wait to retire and

do all kinds of arts and crafts, sewing and

relaxing over a cup of tea, enjoying all of

our beautiful grandchildren, and catching up

on my soaps.

CTWC

Medical

Receptionist

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The old southern boarder was the river,

which moves over time and creates a

bit of uncertainty as to where the actual

boundary is: Is it the current location of

the river or where the river was in 1864?

The new boundary is now the land on the

other side, thus eliminating the question.

Additionally, it negates the state’s claim that

the reservation ended in the middle of the

river instead of the opposite bank.

Above all, this fully restores land to

the tribe that was taken some 150 years

ago. With land having reservation status,

the tribe is better positioned to protect

cultural and environmental resources. “Our

land has fish, wildlife and other foods and

materials that we utilize for subsistence

and ceremonial purposes,” said Chairman

Burnett. “As a sovereign nation we have

sole jurisdiction over our own resources to

protect and enhance them as we have done

for centuries.”

More Youth Services at Chehalis Tribe Possible

Thanks to Funding for Tribal Boys & Girls Clubs

Great Wolf Lodge Slides Into the

World Record Book During 24Hour Waterslide-athon Event

 Event Raises More than $125,000 for Big Brothers, Big Sisters

MADISON, Wis. (April 8, 2010) – After

45,148 participants slid a total of 3,593

miles, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.® (NASDAQ:

WOLF), North America’s largest family of

indoor waterpark resorts, received official

word today from Guinness World Records

that the company’s 11 Great Wolf Lodge®

locations set a new record for “longest

distance water sliding in 24 hours in

multiple venues.”

On March 26-27, all Great Wolf Lodge

locations participated in the 24-hour event

to celebrate the opening of new waterslide

attractions at three of its locations – Kansas

City, Kansas, Kings Island in Mason, OH,

and Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania.

The Great Wolf Lodge “World’s Largest

Waterslide-athon” took place over 24

consecutive hours with one designated slide

per resort. Every slider who descended the

designated slide counted toward breaking

the record for longest distance traveled on

waterslides over a 24-hour period.

“We’re thrilled to hold the Guinness

World Record for the longest distance

watersliding in 24 hours. It was a true team

effort at all of our properties,” said Kim

Schaefer, CEO of Great Wolf Resorts. “We

had so much fun setting this world record,

but what makes this a truly special event is

the generosity of our guests and the general

public who donated during the waterslideathon to our charity of choice, Big Brothers

Big Sisters.”

In addition to celebrating the new

attractions, the event raised money for

local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies.

Participants were asked to make a donation

to the organization before descending the

waterslide. The resorts collected more than

$75,800 during the event, and a $50,000

contribution to the national agency from the

Great Wolf Resorts corporate office makes

the total donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters

more than $125,800. Additionally, many

properties opened their doors to local Bigs

and Littles to participate in the event.

“Great Wolf Lodge has given its guests

a fun and inventive way to support Big

Brothers Big Sisters’ work in providing

successful, long-term mentoring matches

that help vulnerable kids beat the odds,”

said Karen J. Mathis, President and CEO of

Big Brothers Big Sisters. “The company’s

commitment brought an energy and

excitement to these communities, which

will enable us to positively impact even

more children and their families.” For more

information, visit www.greatwolf.com/

worldrecord.

Our Grand Mound Great Wolf Lodge

was one of 11 different Great Wolf Lodges

venues that contributed to sliding into the

Guinness World Records. The River Canyon

water slide was used for this event which

measures 498.5 feet. One pack member

rode the slide 98 times throughout the 24

hours period. They had 6,582 participates

contributing to 620.80 miles to the record

along with the 10 other lodges adding to the

record breaking total of 3,593 miles. The

old record of 843 miles was blown out of

the water by 2,750 miles. What an awesome

job pack members, making it was a howling

success!

Great Wolf

employees

recorded

each

participant in

the recordbreaking

24- hour slide

marathon,

getting them

into the

Guinness

Book of

World

Records.

Homes (continued from page 1)

property. It’s an honor to have witnessed

this vision, to see it come true for new home

owners.”

Congratulations to all the new home

owners and their families: Eli Snell, Melanie

Hjelm, Shawn Ortivez, Connie Baker, Russ

Baker, Diana Pickernell, Frances Pickernell,

and Misty and Willie Secena. May your

homes and families be blessed!

I asked Connie Baker how it feels to

own her own home? She responded with

a wholehearted, “Whoo-hoo! I’m excited.

This has been a dream of mine for awhile,

owning a home on the reservation is finally a

reality for me and my children.”

End of the Trail IV

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End of the Trail II

18010 Anderson Road

Oakville, WA 98568

Store hours are 9 AM-4 PM.

To place an order call 273-1060. We have

taco specials, like meal deals. Tuesday is

Tostada wrap—2 tacos and a small soda

for $4.99. Check out new items and daily

specials from our menu.

Come check out our monthly coffee specials.

Hours are Monday-Sunday, 6 AM to 6 PM

EOT 1

2 Niederman Road

Oakville 360- 273-6603

Monthly Specials Available

Hours are Monday-Friday, 7 AM to 9 PM

Saturday, 8 AM to 9 PM

Sunday, 9 AM to 8 PM

Rob McKenna, Attorney General, announced a grant being made available to

provide funding for tribal Boys & Girls Club of America. Pictured (L-R) are

Attorney General Rob McKenna, Chehalis Tribal Chairman David Burnett,

and Boys & Girls Club Executive Officers Joe Ingoglia and Bill Tsoukalas.

By Fred Shortman, Editor

On March 22 a meeting was held in the

gathering room of the Community Center

announcing a grant available to tribes

interested in opening Boys and Girls

Clubs. The grant was made available from

the State Attorney General Office. State

Attorney General, Rob McKenna, was there

to announce the grant, as well as Boys and

Girls Club Chief Executive Officer Joe

Ingoglia and Bill Tsoukalas.

The meeting discussed a $101,000 grant

that was made available for tribes interested

in developing Boys and Girls Clubs on their

reservations. The tribes’ Boys and Girls

Clubs will be able to fund a coordinator

position for two years. This position will

be communicating and interacting with the

Washington Association of Boys and Girls

Clubs, assisting tribes in developing their

local Boys and Girls Clubs, and enhancing

current programs such as the Awana’s

Program.

David Burnett said, “This has been a

topic of interest for several years for our

tribe. It should be a good fit and enhance

present programs. This will add another

resource to help our youth get the services

they need, whether it is help with school

work, offering of cultural activities, or

providing a safe environment for youth to

study, learn and have fun.”

This grant was made available from

a settlement from pharmaceuticals drug

makers Purdue and Merck (the makers of

pain killers Vioxx and OxiContin) in 2008.

This settlement has also awarded funding

to Indian Health Service to help provide

additional services to combat the negative

effects on communities due to prescription

pill addiction.

There could be many variations to an

agreement between a county Boys and

Girls Club organization and our tribe, from

financial agreements to the local staff hiring

process, officials said. This position will

need someone who is a positive role model

for youth.

“The tribes are sovereign nations.

They have their own approach, as they

should, on how they pursue these kinds

of opportunities,” Attorney General Rob

McKenna said. “The process of deciding

whether there should be a Boys and

Girls Club should be done in a way that

respects their sovereignty, is the tribe’s

own deliberative process, and is culturally

appropriate.”

The Tulalip Tribe has the first and only

tribal Boys and Girls Club in the State

of Washington. Several other tribes have

expressed interest in opening Boys and

Girls Clubs on their reservations, including

Chehalis, Lummi, Yakima, and Quinault.

This grant gives them the opportunity to

pursue this, using the Tulalip Tribe’s Boys

and Girls Club as a model showing how

it can supplement current tribal youth

programs.

Spring Clean Up (continued from page 1)

finished. It was good work by everyone

and everyone else who came out to help!

involved.

Everyone is invited back. Watch for flyers

Joyce Thomas said, “You really don’t see for next year’s Annual Spring Clean Up!

how much trash there is

when travelling in a car.

But there was more than

I expected. It’s a good

feeling to help keep

our reservation clean.”

Many others agreed that

this was good work. A

little messy, but a job

well done!

A special thanks goes

out to Correna Young

and United Way of

Lewis County for their

many years of helping

with our Spring Clean

Up! The United Way

of Lewis County has

been involved with our

Spring Clean Up since

2007.

Thank you to

newcomers Boys &

Volunteers Harry and Stephanie Pickernell pick up

Girls Club of America

trash along Anderson Road during Spring Clean Up.

Dinner for Prevention of

Prescription Drug Abuse

Wednesday, May 19

starts at 5:30 PM

At the Community Center

This gathering will be held to address

prescription drug abuse. Guest speakers,

door prizes, and raffle for a

$100.00 gas card.

Please contact Lorrie Bonifer at

360-709-1717 or

email Lbonifer@chehalistribe.org

Multi-Generational

Women’s Health Fair

Thursday, May 13, from 10 AM - 2 PM

At the Community Center’s

Gathering Room

We will be honoring all women during

National Women’s Health Awareness Month.

Come and learn about a variety of healthrelated topics that are important to women’s

health. Guest speakers will present.

Mark your calendars and plan to attend and

get information that is vital to women’s health.

Lunch will be provided. Gift bags will be

given for the first 100 women.

Any questions, contact Christina Hicks at

360-709-1741.