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CHEHALIS
May 2012
T h e C o n f e d e r a t e d Tr i b e s o f t h e C h e h a l i s R e s e r v a t i o n
“People of the Sands”
TRIBAL NEWSLETTER
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Youth Make Time to Give Back to Mother Nature
Youth learn the
importance of
giving back to
Mother Nature
In the middle of
Spring Break,
Wednesday
April, 4th the kids
from our tribal
community rolled
up their sleeves
and got down and
dirty to plant cedar
trees along the
eastern border of
the Community
Center’s property
lines.
When Tres
Daniels finished
planting his tree he
announced, “This
is my tree, and no
one is ever going
to cut it down.”
Each of the youth
marked the location
of their tree with
landmarks in order
to remember where
it had been planted.
They felt a personal
connection to their
tree. Years from
During spring break Elders, adults, and youth gave back to mother nature by planting
now these trees will
stand tall around the
cedar trees at the community center.
community center
The youth took this opportunity
question, this helped the puller
to dig the hole. Jerry explained if
all thanks to the youth who wanted
to support their heritage and give
carry many bundles just like this
the hole was not deep enough the
to make a difference.
back to Mother Earth. The youth
out of the woods.”
tree would not grow and if it was
were taught about what cedar
too deep the tree would die. Elder
When they finished with planting
trees gift our tribal people and the
There was cedar that was “Jerry
Sally Pikutark would lead a “Shout the trees; CJ Youckton did not
important it is to provide for future Striped” (meaning to cut the cedar
Out” when one of the kids finished want to stop, he wanted us to plant
generations. As it was raining
in long strips to weave with) and
planting their tree. Everyone would the entire northern border of the
earlier that morning, Mother Nature cedar that was split and dyed.
join in clapping and cheering for
Tree planting continued on page 2
smiled down up this small ground
There were some examples how
the kids who planted the tree.
and the sky cleared as the kids
cedar is used that included: a cedar
gathered at the east side of the
dress, a basket and a purse. Finally
Community Center.
a small stripped/split and nicely
bundled piece of purple dyed
Malena Canales and Ashley Femy
cedar was held up. Each kid was
skipped to the Youth Center
asked what they thought this small
together and spoke in stereo to say, amount of processed cedar would
“We are here; this is going to be
cost. The youth were surprised
fun!” Jerry Youckton and Correna
when they discovered that a small
Young marked the area where the
prepared cedar bundle can sell for
youth were going to plant the trees. $30.00 dollars.
By noon Elders, youth and adults
gathered at the youth center. Diane The Cultural Program, Tony
Devlin, Cultural Coordinator
Medina and Marla Medina armed
provided some examples of
the kids with shovels and gloves.
different stages of harvesting cedar Then everyone headed out to where
bark. The youth showed a great
Jerry Youckton and Correna Young
deal of interest asking questions.
were waiting.
Isaac Hofstetter asked, “Why was
the cedar rolled up in a circle and
Jerry instructed the youth how to
Dianne Devlin, Cultural Coordinator talked about the many
tied? Diane answered, “Good
handle the seedling, and how deep uses the cedar tree provides for the Native American People.
Tree planting continued from page 1....
property too. Dianne Devlin said,
The rest of the youth did not want to
“Good plan CJ, but we did not bring stop either. All agreed it was a good
trees to do that. Our program is
day. Smiles lit up their faces as they
planning another event to celebrate
put away their shovels and gloves.
on Mother Earth day on May 22nd.”
May 22, Earth Day Activities
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High School Students Learn to “Arrive Alive”
Public Safety
By Scott Freeman, Community Resource Officer
Distracted driving is the #1 killer
of American teens. To bring
attention to this issue, the Chehalis
Tribal Police hosted Rochester and
Oakville High School students to an
event, which focused on teaching
teens the dangers of distracted/drunk
driving.
Just before 9:00 a.m. on April 25th,
nearly 130 sophomores, juniors
and seniors arrived at the Chehalis
Tribal Community Center to attend
the day long event. After being
welcomed to the community by
Tribal Chairman David Burnett the
students attended breakout sessions
dedicated to teaching the dangers of
distracted driving.
Staff from the Washington State
Department of Licensing presented
the teens with an engaging
presentation how distracted driving
can cause them the loss of their
license.
Thurston County Prosecutor Joe
Wheeler explained to the teens what
they could expect from the legal
system as both teens and adults.
Meghan Sullivan from
TOGETHER, taught the teens about
negative peer pressure and teen
misconceptions about their peers
drug and alcohol use.
Brice Goodman told his harrowing
story of riding with a drunk driver.
Brice was left trapped with a broken
neck in a car leaking gas and
covered with downed power lines as
his friend ran away to avoid being
arrested.
Thurston County Coroner Gary
Oakville and
Rochester High
School students
learned the
dangers of texting
and alcohol
effects driving
in the simulator
vehicle.
Warnock presented the youth
with an eye-opening look into
what happens after death and how
traumatic the events are for the
surviving families.
Teens climbed behind the wheel
of a car, and thanks to simulator
technology they had the opportunity
to drive while instructors text
messaged them or caused them
to have an artificially high blood
alcohol level. All walked away
shocked at how much being
intoxicated or distracted negatively
effected their ability to drive.
Thanks to a donation from the
Chehalis Tribal Enterprises every
student had the opportunity to
receive a picture pledge card with
their friends promising not to drive
distracted.
Lunches provided by the Lucky
Eagle Casino gave the students a
needed break and a chance to reenergize in between sessions.
The event included a opportunities
for the teens to try CPR, examine
the equipment used by fire
personnel at crashes and meet
with law enforcement from the
Tribe and both Thurston and Grays
Harbor Counties. Airlift Northwest
gave teens a chance look at the
helicopter and talk with the crew.
The Washington State Patrol was
on hand to answer questions and
displayed a car involved in a local
distracted driving fatal accident.
An information fair allowed teens
to meet with colleges, prospective
employers and other providers of
teen services giving them a rounded
day of learning and exploration.
If you have an Emergency Call 9-1-1
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
One Text Or Call Could Wreck It All.
driving. (NHTSA)
April was National Distracted
awareness month, and although
In the month of June 2011, more
we presented information to the
than 196 billion text messages
teens in our community, we think
were sent or received in the US,
it is important for everyone to
up nearly 50% from June 2009.
know the facts. Thanks to the
(CTIA)
National Highway Traffic safety
Administration for providing the
Teen drivers are more likely than
following information.
other age groups to be involved
WHAT IS DISTRACTED
DRIVING? Distracted driving
is any activity that could divert
a person’s attention away from
the primary task of driving. All
distractions endanger driver,
passenger, and bystander safety.
These types of distractions include:
Texting
Using a cell phone or smartphone
Eating and drinking
Talking to passengers
Grooming
Reading, including maps
Using a navigation system
Watching a video
Adjusting a radio, CD player, or
MP3 player
Text messaging requires visual,
manual, and cognitive attention
from the driver, it is by far the most
alarming distraction according to
research from the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
Key Facts and Statistics
In 2009, 5,474 people were
killed in crashes involving driver
distraction, and an estimated
448,000 were injured. (NHTSA)
16% of fatal crashes in
2009 involved reports
of distracted driving.
(NHTSA)
20% of injury crashes
in 2009 involved
reports of distracted
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in a fatal crash where distraction
is reported. In 2009, 16% of
teen drivers involved in a fatal
crash were reported to have been
distracted. (NHTSA)
40% of all American teens say
they have been in a car when the
driver used a cell phone in a way
that put people in danger. (Pew)
Drivers who use hand-held
devices are 4 times more likely to
get into crashes serious enough
to injure themselves. (Monash
University)
Text messaging creates a crash
risk 23 times worse than driving
while not distracted. (VTTI)
Sending or receiving a text takes
a driver’s eyes from the road for
an average of 4.6 seconds, the
equivalent of driving at 55mph
the length of an entire football
field, blind. (VTTI)
Headset cell phone use is not
substantially safer than hand-held
use. (VTTI)
Using a cell phone while driving -
whether it’s hand-held or handsfree delays a driver’s reactions as
much as having a blood alcohol
concentration at the legal limit of
.08 percent. (University of Utah)
Driving while using
a cell phone reduces the
amount of brain activity
associated with driving
by 37%. (Carnegie
Mellon)
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Tribal Health and Wellness News
Dental Clinic Needs Your Help!
There have been a rash of no shows
and last minute cancellations of
dental appointments at the Clinic.
We are asking for your help in
keeping appointments or canceling
in a timely manner so we can fill the
appointment with someone else who
needs to be seen and so we can get
you rescheduled. Because we only
receive funding for less than 5% of
our operating costs, the dental office
not only sees our Tribal Members
and other eligible Native Americans
but also sees our insured employees
and their insured family members.
In order to make sure that we can
continue to operate the dental clinic
as we currently do, we have to keep
the schedule full.
Unfortunately, because failed
appointments do affect other
patients and our ability to provide
services, we do have a failed
appointment policy to follow. Here
are the guidelines for that policy:
The Chehalis Tribal Dental Clinic
staff is dedicated to your quality
care and is pleased to reserve an
appointment for all dental health
consumers. In order to meet the
scheduling needs of all of our
patients, the Tribe has established
guidelines regarding appointment
scheduling. Many patients need our
services and missed appointments
affect everyone.
Follow These Procedures:
As a patient in the clinic, it will
be your responsibility to keep
scheduled appointments.
So that we may provide care to
all of our patients, we request a
minimum of 4 hours notice for
appointment cancellations.
The clinic will consider a
“failed appointment” at any
time a patient has not given the
advanced notice required above
or has failed to arrive within 15
minutes of their appointment
time.
If a patient has more than 2
failed appointments in a 6 month
time period the patient will no
longer be able to schedule a
dental appointment for the next 6
months. The patient may however
in that period call the morning
of the day they would like to
be seen to see if we have any
appointments available for that
day.
Your dental team is proud to be able
to partner with you in achieving
good dental health for yourself,
your children, and your families.
We look forward to getting to see
you at yearly check-ups, cleanings,
and when you have needs for other
treatments that we can help with.
We are also always happy to help
you find resources when it is a
service we cannot provide. It is our
hope and goal to give appropriate
and kind service to everyone who
comes to visit us in the dental
program.
Please, give us a call at 273-5504 to
schedule your next appointment or
an appointment for your child.
Chehalis Tribe Community Transformation Grant
Last summer the Chehalis Tribe
applied for a grant to work on
learning about healthy choices
and how to create healthy
environments. We were happy
that we were able to apply for
the grant; our tribe is too small
to qualify for many grants for
wellness and health promotion that
actually allow us to do the work
we would like to do.
The Community Transformation
Grant (CTG) is funded by the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). The CDC
required that 20% of the funds be
spent on rural and frontier sites.
To improve our chances of getting
the grant, and to work with the
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goals of the grant application, we
proposed a project that includes
the city of Oakville.
Our strategy worked: we are
one of 7 tribes in the nation that
received this grant. We are also the
smallest funded tribe in the nation.
The grant has the potential of
recurring funding for 5 years.
The CTG funding is unique in
another way: it allows us up to 5
years to bring a community group
together, and to do visioning and
planning together. This is very
unusual and exciting.
We are currently looking
for residents of the Chehalis
Reservation and the Town of
Oakville to participate in the
community coalition. We held our
first community coalition meeting
on April 30 and we will continue
to meet monthly.
Update on Intertribal
Biggest Loser Contest
The Intertribal Biggest Loser
competition began with many
enthusiastic participants on all four
reservations [ Chehalis, Squaxin
Island, Skokomish and Shoalwater
Bay]. Every month the top “Loser”
at each reservation was awarded
$85. John Tanzy [ Suzanne Ortivez’
husband] was the top “Loser” three
of the four months at Chehalis. He
said he made a few simple changes,
like not eating chips and getting
some exercise and the weight just
came off.
Chehalis started the competition
with 33 participants, but the
numbers began to drop as the
holidays came and went. There
were 10 who stuck it out to the
very end and many of them were
rewarded with ~$50 for maintaining
or losing more weight at the last
weigh in. A celebration dinner
was held, and the grand prize of a
full NIKE exercise outfit and shoes
plus a check for $700+ dollars was
awarded to Shoalwater Bay’s Donna
Lyle, who lost 21% of her body
weight.
If you are interested in learning
more about the Community
Transformation Grant and the
Community Coalition, feel free
to contact one of the CTG staff:
Jhon (pronounced John) Valencia,
Shannon Kicking Woman or Cindy
Gamble.
A new Biggest Loser competition
began April 17th, with 35
participants, 13 men and 22 women.
The winnings will be equally
divided between the male and
female participants; with a first,
second and third place for both men
and women. The Biggest Loser will
end June 12th.
We can be reached at the Chehalis
Tribal Wellness Center at 360-2735504. We would love to hear from
you!
If anyone you know is participating
or just working on getting more
exercise and losing weight, give lots
of encouragement and support!
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Chehalis Domestic Violence
Prevention Program
The Strengthening Families Program
Parents and Youth Ages 10-14
Come sign up for this free 7 week program for families
of youth ages 10-14!
Coping After Experiencing a
Is your family prepared for the journey through the adolescent years?
Struggling with communication? Learn together as a family in
Sexual Assault
dealing with these issues.
By Dawn Boley, Domestic Violence Advocate
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT! Many
victims of sexual assault blame
themselves for what happened.
No matter what your background
or situation, rape is a personal
violation.
Rape/Sexual Assault is a crime that
hurts the young and old, rich and
poor, heterosexuals/homosexuals
and those from all racial or ethnic
backgrounds.
Sexual assaults occur in different
situations. Maybe you went for a
late night walk, got drunk at a party
and went home with someone you
just met, or say no to your partner
or date about sex. None of these
actions give anyone the right to
violate you. You did not cause this
to happen by anything you said or
did.
Sexual assault can happen
without physical violence, there
are, for example, verbal threats,
overpowering a person, drugging
an individual, or intimidating with
a weapon. A person who passes
out from drugs or alcohol, or is
under the influence of some other
mind-altering substance, cannot
consent to sex. Taking advantage of
someone’s vulnerability to have sex
is another type of force. Force can
happen in any type of relationship at
any time. It can happen with friends,
co-workers, or martial partners.
Sexual assaults include any type of
sexual conduct or sexual contact
that is nonconsensual forced or
coerced. Any form of vaginal or oral
penetration, however minimal, is
still considered a violation.
Many victims do not realize the
various kinds of sexual violence.
Most experience a range of
emotions after their assault. You
may have some of these feelings
or other responses to the sexual
assault: Shock; Numbness; Loss of
Control; Shame; Blame.
You may think you could have
done something differently to avoid
or prevent the assault. Remind
yourself: you did not cause this to
happen.
Seeking help from experienced
crisis counselors can help. You
don’t have to go through it alone;
counselors can help you regain a
sense of control. Domestic Violence
Advocates can assist you in filing
a police report. Advocates know
the pros and cons of how an assault
might impact you, and provide
resources for your situation. Please
contact the Chehalis Domestic
Violence Advocate and start the
healing process. Learn what your
rights are and how to receive the
best help possible.
We will be continuing the program in the late summer or
early fall and we want to know what time works for you!
We want to see your family there! It’s free and dinner will
be provided each week along with lots of fun raffle prizes.
Games and activities will follow.
If interested in learning what the program has to offer. Contact Madelyn
Dethlefs at 360-709-1717 to register and let us know the best time of the
day and start date to fit your schedule.
Nike Air Native Shoes
Available to Tribal Members
NIKE Air
Native
Tempo+N7
MEN’S
WOMEN’S
$58 / pair
prepaid
Size:
M or F size ___________ BLACK or WHITE
Contact Cindy Beck or Lynn Hoheisel
at the Chehalis
Size:
M or F size ___________ BLACK or WHITE
Tribal Wellness Center to place an order.
NAME
PHONE or EMAIL
Checks to be made out to Chehalis Tribe
Allow 10—14 days for order to arrive—you will
be contacted when available
Order Form:
Size:
M or F size ___________
BLACK or WHITE
TOTAL received
Name: _____________________
Phone:_____________________
Size: M or F size _____ Black or White
or Email:___________________
ora size
F size
_____
Black
orwould
White
There is a 1.5 size difference between men and women’s shoes. If aSize:
woman M
wears
7 & wants
a men’s
shoe, she
order a
5.5; if a man prefers a women’s shoe style & wears a 9.5, he would order an 11 in women’s.
Size: M or F size _____ Black or White
“Trauma takes people out of the circle.
Healing takes you back in. It takes
everyone to make the community a
better place!”
Chehalis Tribe’s Domestic Violence Prevention Program
P.O. Box 536
Information is
Oakville, WA 98568
strictly confidential!
360-709-1874
Checks to made out to the Chehalis
Tribe. Allow 10-14 Days for order to Total Received: ____________
arrive - you will be contacted when
available.
There is a 1.5 size difference between men and women’s shoes. If a
woman wears a size 7 and wants a men’s shoe, she would order a 5.5, if a
man prefers a women’s shoe style and wears a 9.5 he would order an 11 in
women’s.
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Book Reveals Chehalis Boarding School History (Part four)
Reprinted from Assimilation’s Agent: My Life as
a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School
System by Edwin L. Chalcraft, edited by Cary
C. Collins, by permission of the University of
Nebraska Press. Copyright 2004 by the Board of
Regents of the University of Nebraska.
The cost for the book is $29.95. If you are
interested in ordering a copy of the book, go to
this website. http://www.nebraskapress.unledu/
product/Assimilations-Agent,671728.aspx. Order
by Phone 1-800-848-6224
Mills made a coffin for the child.
There was no Minister to be had,
and not feeling it would be right to
lay the body away without some
kind of religious service, I offered to
see to that.
The funeral was at the school
house that afternoon. After singing
the Gospel song, “Nearer, My God,
to Thee,” with Alice at the organ, a
prayer was offered by Jim Walker,
the Head Chief. Then I read the
first twenty-two verses of Chapter
XV, I Corinthians and made a short
address. Marion Davis. A well
educated young Indian followed this
with a prayer. After this service we
went to the Indian graveyard, about
one-fourth of a mile distant, where
the body was laid away. This was
my first attempt in conducting a
funeral service.
Rev. Mann, the missionary,
came the next day, bringing his two
little girls with him, to conduct his
monthly Church Service at Chehalis.
He told me much of what was going
on at Mud Bay that I had not known,
including the Shaker method of
doctoring the sick, which so closely
resemble the old Indian Ta-mahnous practice, prohibited in Rule
6 of the official “Rules Governing
the Courts of Indian Offences,” that
special attention should be given it.
Saturday morning, March 8th, a
policeman told me a Shaker meeting
was to be held at Choke’s house
that evening to doctor Bruce Ben, a
young man who was very sick with
consumption and could not live
much longer. The Agency Physician
had been treating him for a long
time and knowing his condition,
I decided to make a personal
investigation. I went to Choke’s as
soon as it was dark, taking three of
our pupils, George Quinotle, George
Heck, Athen Secena, and Athen’s
older brother, Dan Secena, with me.
When we arrived at a slough in
front of the house and called (out),
an Indian came and took us across in
a canoe. Upon entering the house,
we found a group of Indians sitting
on the floor eating their supper
from dishes on a cloth spread in
the middle of the room. Just as the
supper dishes were being removed,
John Smith with several other
Indians, concluding Bruce Ben,
the sick man, came into the house
holding their right hands up and
making crosses on their breasts with
the left hand. After shaking hands
with all of us without lowering their
hands, they took seats on benches
previously placed for their reception
After a short pause, John Smith
said to me, “Why are you and the
boys here?” To this I replied, “When
we have a prayer meeting at the
school-house, you folks come and
take part, so we have come to yours.
Go on just the same as you would
do if we were not her.” Then, nearly
all the Indians present, with their
right hands uplifted, formed a circle
in the middle of the room and sang
an Indian song, crossing themselves
while doing so. After they were
seated again, John Smith and several
others made short speeches through
an interpreter, the tone of which was
the high esteem they had for me
and the work I was doing for them.
In John Smith’s talk he referred to
the presence of Bruce Ben and said
there was no intention of doctoring
him. In my reply to their speeches,
I thanked them for the good words
they had spoken, and then tried to
give them as and more “taffy talk”
than they had given me. I closed by
saying, “It was getting late and we
must return to the school.”
Old Man Heck put us across
the slough and took the canoe
back. We went about a hundred
yards toward the school and then
stopped to listen. Shortly we heard
a hand-bell back at the house. We
returned to the bank of the slough
and laid down on the grass where
we could hear quite well and not
be easily seen from the house. The
bell ringing continued in a peculiar
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Chehalis Indian Reservation
– Part four-
circle waving their arms and their
bodies trembling, evidently trying
to imitate members of the new
religious sect. They were sent to
bed.
The next day, Nancy Smith, an
intelligent nineteen year old girl,
complained to me that an Indian
man from Mud Bay, visiting John
Smith, said it had been decided
that she was to marry Cap Carson,
an Indian bachelor, which she did
not want to do, and if she did not
do so, they would put her in prison
where she would be made to stand,
with outstretched arms like a Cross,
holding a candle in each hand, and
she would have to stand there until
the candles were burnt out.
I told her what she did was none
of their business and to inform me
immediately if molested again.
By this time, I had received some
information about the new Mud
Bay religion and its adherents
which caused me to speak of them
as “Shakers” when talking with
my police. Agent Eells and I used
the same in our conversation and
correspondence and it was not long
before members of the Slocum
followers took up the name and
called themselves the “Shaker
Church,” the name by which it has
since been known.
On Thursday morning, March
6th, Dick Case reported the death of
his infant child at Choke’s house
the night before. It had lived only a
few days, and the mother was now a
very sick woman. I gave Dick some
things he said were needed and Mr.
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The second session of the
Chehalis Police Court was held
on January 19, 1884. Just before
adjournment, John Smith, one of
the most progressive Indians, and
an active member of the Chehalis
Presbyterian Mission Church, asked
permission of the Court to go to
Mud Bay. While the Government
Regulations provided that Indians
shall not leave their reservation
without a written pass from the
officer in charge, it had never been
enforced at Chehalis, not at any of
the other reservations in the Pacific
Northwest.
Consequently, I was at a loss
to understand why permission had
been asked, and equally so, to find
(that) the three Associate Judges
were all opposed to his going, but
evaded giving me any definite
information concerning it. A few
days later, John went to Mud Bay,
taking his family with him, and
remained about three weeks. I
shortly learned that his objective
was to learn something about the
new religion, and the Indians knew
this at the time he made his request.
Shortly after John Smith returned
from Mud Bay, strange things
began to happen. The first was
on March 3rd. After the girls had
returned to their dormitory for the
night and should have been asleep,
Mrs. Mills, the Matron, heard them
moving about the room. She went
upstairs and found about fifteen
of the larger girls standing in a
what to do to be saved, but Indians
were different, so God had given
John Slocum additional instructions
for them to follow. Further, he said
that he and Mr. Mann were brothers
in the work of helping people to
of the talking, he explained that
he was not angry but was much
disappointed. Before Mr. Mann left
for his home at Tacoma, the next
morning, John Smith and several
other Shakers came to shake hands
with him and seemed very friendly.
On the following Sunday, I
conducted the Church Service and
followed the action of Mr. Mann the
preceding Sunday in not asking any
of the Indians to take any part in it
before closing. In the afternoon,
Marion Davis told me some Mud
Bay Indians having been at John
Smith’s house that had succeeded
in getting several Chehalis Indians
to become Shakers. Marion said “a
man would be taken into a separate
room to make his confession of sins
and when he came out of the room
he would be shaking all over. Then
another man or woman would be
taken into the room and come out
shaking. Charlie Walker had to into
the room twice before he was free
from sin. Shaking was a sign that
the sin was gone. Dick Case went
into the room several times because
he could not lose his sin. He could
not shake all over, only his little
finger shook. He was too bad to
shake.”
Interior’s office, came at noon,
and after checking my accounts and
the Government property, left the
next afternoon. Before they were
out of sight, Peter Heck came to
our house. He shook hands with
Alice and me in a solemn manner,
and then said, “Last Saturday night
my hands began to shake, and then
they crossed each other shook two
hours. I was sitting on a pile of
rails. Then I knelt down and shook
two hours; then stood shaking three
hours; then stood with my arms
stretched out straight, one-half hour;
then (my) right hand took hold of
the left wrist, one-half hour; then I
took hold of a rope that reached to
Heaven, with both hand.”
At this point I asked, “Could you
see or feel the rope in your hands?”
He answer was, “No, I could not
see or feel the rope, but I know it
was there. Next, I heard a voice in
heaven say, ‘Pull the rope and ring
the bell in Heaven.’ I did so. Then
I crossed myself three times and
commenced to walk but stayed in
the same place; then to run but did
not go any. I heard the voice of God
saying, ‘He come to see me.’ Then I
talk English, I say, ‘I am glad.’ God
wanted me to preach to everybody
what He tell me. He said, ‘Nobody
can destroy me. I am God. I am
going to destroy the world a second
time, one and one-half days from
now.’ This means one and one-half
years from now.”
I asked, “How do you know God
means one and one-half years?”
Peter answered, “Something in
my breast tells me He means that
time. God said, ‘Go to Oakville and
preach there next Sunday, it is my
holy day.’ He said, ‘Go to Mud Bay
week after next, and preach there;
and in three months go to Quinault
and tell them there what to do.’
There is something wrong there so
God cannot send his voice. That
is the reason He wants me to go
there. The voice said, ‘Come back
and stop at your home. Take back
that wagon where you got it from
Perry Eu-cha-tan, you never pay for
it; and take back the lumber to Joe
Mormon, you but it and never pay
him.’ The last God said was, ‘All
who believe on you and what you
do, will be saved.’ The shakes made
Our sins fall to the ground, that is all
they are for. In seven months, the
shaking will stop as all our sins will
then be gone. The world itself will
shake next July 4th all day.” This
is Peter’s story, written as he was
telling it, and had he been a good
Prophet, the world would have come
to an end about September 16, 1885.
Continued in June Issue...
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manner, slowly and softly, then
rapidly and harshly. There was
some singing and chanting in a
guttural tone, which the boys said
had been used by the Indian doctors
in earlier days. There were sounds
like people jumping up and down on
the floor, and others like (someone)
striking the bare body with the
palm of the hand. In the midst of
the confusion we heard Pike Ben’s
voice saying, “I’ve got the sin, I’ve
got the sin.”
A moment later, the door
opened and there was Pike with
hands clasped as though there was
something in them, which he threw
out of the door while at the same
time blowing his breath after it.
When the door opened we could see
Bruce Ben, the sick man, sitting on
a chair stripped to the waist, with
others prancing around him. A little
later we heard someone say, “He
could not doctor well because there
was too much sin left in the house
by the white man,” -referring to
me. Several of them went to work
purifying the room by “catching”
the sin and throwing it out the door.
They had not finished purifying
the room when we went on home,
where I found Mr. Mann waiting
for our return. I told him what
we had witnessed and he agreed
with me in considering there was
serious harm done by such treatment
of the sick. He told me (he) had
heard of a Shaker meeting at John
Smith’s house recently, where Dick
Case’s wife became so excited she
prematurely gave birth to a child at
Choke’s house the next day. This
was the first I knew of the meeting,
but I could tell him about the child’s
death and burial the day before his
arrival.
There was an average attendance
at the Church Service on Sunday
morning, including John Smith
and many others (who had been) at
Choke’s the evening before. Mr.
Mann preached an appropriate
sermon referring to false Prophets,
in part, without mentioning any
names. He did not give the Indians
an opportunity to speak in Church,
as had been the custom, but
pronounced the benediction at the
close of his sermon and we were
dismissed. He then went directly to
our house without stopping to talk
with members of the congregation
as he usually did. After lunch, I
called John Smith to the office and
he came with Jim Walker, Marion
Davis, Kager and Dick Case.
I rehearsed what had taken
place at Choke’s the preceding
evening, much to their surprise, and
charged John Smith with leading
his people back to the old Ta-mahnous and other practices to which
the Government objected. They
were given a pretty stiff talk and Mr.
Mann told them I had spoken truly.
No objection was made to anything
said but they surely were surprised
at some of the things we knew
and said to them. Bruce Ben died
at Elma, May 19th, next, and was
buried in the Indian graveyard at
Oakville. His Shaker friends asked
me to conduct the funeral service,
which was done because no Minister
was available, it being my second
experience in officiating at funerals.
My remarks were from Hebrews IV,
1-11, and 1 Corinthians XV, 50-58.
Mr. Mann understood Indian
character well and his contact with
them inspired their confidence and
esteem. His attitude on Sunday
must have worried them to some
extent, because on Monday
morning, Jim Walker said John
Smith was at his house, a few rods
distant, and wanted to shake hands
and talk with Mr. Mann, and he
would be at the office the next day
to do the same with me. We sent
word to him to come now, as both
(of use) were in the office.
John came and, after shaking
hands with us, said that he was still
a Presbyterian and believed in God
and what the Bible taught. He said
he knew the Bible told white people
Happy Birthday to Tribal Members Born in May!
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
Raymond Roof
Robert Smith
Ashlea Parkinson
Lindsey Fern
Dante McGee
Emily Mordhorst
Teresa Pannkuk
Tony Brown
Dewey GleasonWheeler
Michael Haltom
Shawn Ortivez
Rikki Sutterlict
6
13
20
27
Brandon Canales
Mable Cooper
Lucy Cush
Lela Pulsifer
7
8
15
16
Damius Hansen
Steesha Mc Joe
TJ Trott
28
Violet Snell
22
Addison Sekishiro
Asa Simmons
29
Janet Chapman
Happy Mothers Day
Mom
10
Beth Hofstetter
17
Bobby Beckwith
Cole Fulton
Tiera Garrety
Janice Latch
Robert Penn
23
Joseph Burns
Chyler Daniels
Cyrena Ortivez
Rosalina Sanchez
30
Serenity Klatush
Stephanie Robles
Jesse Youckton
Artie Uden
Happy Birthday to my Niece Violet!
Love ya! Ure Auntie!
(May 15th)
Happy Birthday
Robert Smith
Love Auntie
Jodie,
Cedes and Tony
& Auntie Josie,
Brittany and
Brent
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SATURDAY
4
Roger Goldman
Alexander Shortman
Jamie Smith
Eli Snell
5
Lori Lund
William Pressnall
11
Ann-Marie
Youckton
18
19
Curtis DuPuis
Airel Klatush
Amber Penn-Roco
Sheylee Phillips
Austin Vigil
25
Jacqueline Pickernell
12
Kenneth Brown
Sr.
26
Gavin Hernandez
Paula Klatush
Amara Penn
Brady Pickernell
Tiffany Simmons
31
Savanna Bush-Bird
Joaquin Robles
Sunday Tejda
Happy 17th Birthday to TJ!
Love ya, Mom, Kayley and the rest of
the gang
(May 28th)
We Love You!!
From your daughter, grand-kids,
great-grandkids & Family
FRIDAY
3
9
Joseph DuPuis
Jessie Goddard
Harry Pickernell, Sr.
14
21
Sasha Penn-Roco
Destiny Zaidy
Christian Hoheisel
Georgia Meier
Leo Daniels-Meddaugh
Adam Flores
Arthur Medina
Nora Ortivez
Sarah Quilt
Valea Higheagle
Patricia Jones
Farley Youckton
THURSDAY
2
Happy Birthday
Savanna Bird
Happy Birthday
Dad/Grandpa!!
Love you! Mom
nieces Chris O.!!!
Love you, your baby sista
Cyrena Ortivez, May 23rd!
DJ, May 28th!
Love you, Marla and
Carolann.
Love Mom, Dad & Jordon
day You doing awesome
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Dad, Mom, Grandma
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& Family
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Youth News
Education Department
Seeks Information for 2012
Graduate Recognition
The Chehalis Education and
Development Department is
currently seeking information
regarding all High School Seniors
on-track to get their diploma in
2012. Graduating Seniors who are
Tribal Members and/or members
of the Tribal Community will
be recognized at a dinner and
celebration held in their honor
Thursday June 14. The Education
Department wants to make sure that
nobody misses out on this special
Spring Native Youth Basketball League
moment, especially Tribal Member
students that may live outside the
Oakville/Rochester area.
If you have a student graduating
this year, or know of one, please
contact Tribal Ed with the name
of your student’s school and any
special information regarding their
achievement.
Call Rachael Mendez 360-709-1698
or Taaffe Simmons 360-709-1759
for more information.
SUMMER YOUTH WORK OPPORTUNITY
FOR CHEHALIS TRIBAL YOUTH
AT THE LUCKY EAGLE CASINO
The Lucky Eagle Casino is hiring 3—5 enrolled Chehalis Tribal member (or
descendants) students ages 16 years old and up to 19 (or college students) to
work this summer during the month of July and August.
Primary job responsibilities will include working with the Casino grounds
keeping staff to assist and support outdoor responsibilities such as:
planting, painting, yard maintenance, parking lot clean up, watering, and
miscellaneous responsibilities to be determined by the grounds keeping
staff. The hours are from 7am to 3pm, Monday through Friday.
Requirements include:
Must be at least 16 years old.
Must have a 2.0 GPA at the end of the year.
Open to currently enrolled high school students, recent graduates/GED
recipients, or enrolled college students.
Parental approval is required for minor applicants.
Must be able to pass employment standards of Lucky Eagle Casino
including drug screening and criminal history.
Not currently employed by the Casino.
Must be a Chehalis Tribal Member or a descendant of a Chehalis Tribal
Thank You from the Youth Center!
Tony, Marla, Theresa and Sam
Interested applicants please contact Allison Carter at 360-273-2000 Ext. 223
or Stephanie Pickernell at Ext. 363 in the Human Resources Department at
the Casino.
I would like to thank all the youth,
adults, volunteers, hosting tribes
for all the support for the Native
Basketball League. Special thanks
to our Elders Cheerleading Squad.”
Member.
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Tribal Realty Program
Homes Available to Fill Tribal
Members Housing Needs
Many of you probably know that
the Tribal Realty Program has been
busy building homes for tribal
rentals and for sale. To qualify for
a rental, you must contact Charlotte
Lopez 360-709-1850 and complete
an application.
We have new housing policies and
applications. So if you have not
completed an application in since
August 15th, you need to complete
a new application. All applications
require that the applicant show
an income where the rent does
not exceed 30% of the household
income. All persons listed on the
application, over the age of 18, will
require a background check and
drug testing.
We are looking for qualified buyers
for:
Brand new five bedroom home
located in Oakville. This home
will be offered for sale. This
is a two story home with one
downstairs bedroom.
Brand new three bedroom, two
story home located in Oakville.
This home will be offered for
sale. This is a two story home.
If you are interested in purchasing,
you need to contact James Guiterez
or Dolly Canales at the Housing
Authority to see if you qualify for
down payment assistance. We
anticipate the monthly payment,
including property taxes and
insurance to be about $850
per month with down payment
assistance and 184 loan. This is a
great opportunity to own a home
for what you are currently paying in
rent! These homes are complete and
waiting for a family to move in.
Take Your Child Fishing!
On May 1, 2012, The Chehalis
Tribal Fish Hatchery stocked
just over 2000 rainbow trout into
the ponds located at the Pond’s
property. They averaged 9 fish to the
pound (50 grams each), and ranged
from 5 to 7 inches in length. They
are available to catch on hook and
line this spring and summer.
A tribal fishing license is required.
This was the first release of trout
from the new hatchery. They were
raised from eggs that were received
last fall.
The fish hatchery will have more
trout to stock into Reservation
ponds in the future. The hatchery
will be planting some larger fish
for the Head Start fishing event
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near Father’s Day. Those fish will
average between one half and one
pound each. They should be fun to
catch.
Details of the fishing event will be
released in the near future.
This is a two story five bedroom home being offered for sale to
tribal members located 415 Third Street in Oakville.
This is a two story three bedroom home being offered for sale
to tribal members located at Blue one is 309 Eagle Street.
Road Construction Projects to Begin
This Summer By: Jenee Penn, Grantwriter/Planner
This summer two road construction
projects will be taking place on the
Chehalis Reservation. The first
road project is the Howanut Road
Realignment Project. The project
consists of 1.1 miles of roadway
construction from the Willamette
Creek bridge westerly to the Black
River Bridge. The Howanut Road
Realignment Project consists of
softening three roadway curves,
the removal of one small bridge
and replacement with box culverts
and widening existing narrow
sections of roadway for safer traffic
movement. During construction the
road will remain open with flaggers
to direct traffic.
The second project is the Harris
Creek Culvert Replacement Project.
This project will replace the existing
Harris Creek culverts on South
Bank Road just before the Vosper
development, with larger culverts
that will decrease flooding and
allow for fish passage. During
construction South Bank Road at
the project location will be closed.
Traffic will be detoured to Cemetery
Road and Oak Street. Both projects
are scheduled to be completed by
September. These construction
projects will result in no net loss of
flood storing capacity or increase in
flood hazards. We appreciate your
patience while we work to improve
the roads in the community.
For more information, please call
the Transportation Planner, Kayloe
Dawson at 360-709-1767.
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Calendar of Events is also
available on chehalistribe.org
Disclaimer: All dates are
subject to change
7:00-7:30 AM
Mon, Wed, Fri.
Adult Water Aerobics &
Pilates Class 5-7 PM
Beginning Pilates Classes
begin 5-6 PM
Community Center Gym
Adult Water Aerobics &
Pilates Class 5-7 PM
Beginning Pilates Classes
5-6 PM
Starbucks opens at
the Eagles Landing
Hotel
Adult Water Aerobics &
Pilates Class 5-7 PM
Memorial Dinner
Beginning Pilates Classes
5-6 PM
5th Annual Cancer
Walk
Starts at 1 PM meet
at the Tribal Center
5 PM-Community Center
Chehalis Tribal
Days
Memorial
Baseball
Tournaments
Annual Spring Clean-up
Wednesday, May 23
Meet at the Gathering Room Starts at
9:00 AM
This annual Spring Clean-up event is to clean
along the roadways on the reservation. Wear
some work clothes and bring your gloves.
Lunch provided and special prizes for everyone
that participates.
For more information contact Bones at 360-2735911 or Joyce Thomas.
Chehalis Tribal Princess
Selection-Gathering RoomStarts at 5 PM
**
Cemetery Clean-up
Day (Meet at the
Gathering Room
9 AM
Chehalis Tribal Days
Memorial Baseball Tournaments
Youth Activities
Fish & Clam Bake, Arts and
Craft Tables, Food Tables
Adult Water Aerobics &
Pilates Class 5-7 PM
Healthy Families Project
Community Meeting
Memorial Dinner
Where: Community Center in the
Gathering Room
When: June 7th, 2012
5:00PM-7:00PM
Watch for flyers and the Reader Board for changes.
Families are encouraged to bring pictures of loved
ones to post on the wall for Tribal Days.
For more information contact Christibeth
Dodge, Chehalis Tribal Social Services
Department at 360-273-5207 or Email:
bdodge@chehalistribe.org
Walk to Prevention
Tuesday, May 22
at the Community Center
First Annual
Door Prizes & DINNER!!
“Shining Light”
Cooperative Agreement
5U58DP002069-03
At the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
June 21 and 22, 2012
Dinner at 6 PM
Registration at 3 PM
RSVP: 360-462-3235
Walk Starts at 4 PM
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CHEHALIS TRIBAL NEWSLETTER
is a publication of the Confederated Tribes
of the Chehalis Reservation.
Head Start Graduation
Friday, June 15th
Starts at 5:00 PM
Lucky Eagle Casino
PRSRT STD
US POSTAGE PAID
OAKVILLE WA
PERMIT No. 2
FirstName LastName
Street Address
City, ST Zip
Head Start Enrollment
Enrollment week!! Our program is
now accepting applications for 0-3
and 3-5 year olds for the upcoming
school year 2012-2013. For more
information contact 360-273-5514.
Make a Difference in a Child’s Life!
Become a Native American Mentor
Independent research on the benefits
for youth who have been mentored
are overwhelmingly positive and
we see the impact that the match
relationship has on youth and our
community first-hand. Our goal is
to encourage and recruit greater
numbers of Native American
children and adults to participate.
All it takes is a little effort to be a
Big. A few hours a week spent oneto-one with a child doing everyday
activities can transform a child’s
outlook and expectations for their
own life. Being a Big requires a
1 year time commitment and the
ability to meet consistently about
once a week. In addition to an
in-depth interview, Big Brothers
Big Sisters also does a background
check, collects a driving record and
checks at least 3 references. Each
potential volunteer is evaluated
not only by these checks but also
by their ability to be a positive and
consistent mentor in one child’s life.
Will you Start Something with us?
Please contact us
at 360-943-0409 or
info@swwabigs.org.
2012 Fireworks Season!!
The fireworks season is fast approaching. Here
is some important information for tribal stand
owners:
The date you can pick up your stand owner
Chehalis Tribal
Community
Center
Chehalis Tribal Newsletter
The date you can pick up your wholesale
The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis
Reservation...
The first day to sell fireworks is June 1st.
There is a sign up sheet
for the classes that will
be starting in May at the
Tribal Center
The last day to buy a helpers permit is June
All Ages Welcome!
Please allow three days after the date of a stand
For more information
contact Tracy Bray at
360-709-1871
“People of the Sands”
Articles and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily the opinions
of this publication or the Chehalis Tribal Business Committee.
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 monthly.
Tribal Center (360) 273-5911
420 Howanut Road
Oakville, WA 98568
David Burnett, Chairman
(360) 709-1726 (office)
Don Secena, Vice Chairman
(360) 273-5914 (fax)
Stephanie Pickernell, Treasurer
fshortman@chehalistribe.org
Cheryle Starr, Secretary
Chehalis Tribe’s Vision Statement Dan Gleason, Sr., 5th Council Member
To be a thriving, self-sufficient,
sovereign people. Honoring our past Chehalis Tribal Newsletter Staff:
Fred Shortman, Communications
and serving current
Coordinator
and future generations
Business Committee
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15th.
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