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dxseEeb syeceb Suquamish News VOLUME 15 JUNE 2015 NO. 6 Reaching Milestones In this issue... Suquamish celebrates opening of new hotel tower and seafood plant Seafoods Opening pg. 3 CKA Mentors pg. 4 Renewal Pow Wow pg. 8 2 | June 2015 Suquamish News suquamish.org Community Calendar Featured Artist Demonstration Museum Movie Night the Veterans Center Office at (360) 626- contact Brenda George at brendageorge@ June 5 6pm June 25 6pm 1080. The Veterans Center is also open clearwatercasino.com. See first-hand how featured artist Jeffrey Join the museum staff for a double feature every Monday 9am-3pm for Veteran visit- Suquamish Tribal Veregge uses Salish formline designs in his event! Clearwater with filmmaker Tracy ing and Thursdays for service officer work Gaming Commission Meetings works, and the techniques he uses to merge Rector from Longhouse Media Produc- 9am-3pm. June 4 & 8 10am two disciplines during a demonstration. tions. A nonfiction film about the health The Suquamish Tribal Gaming Commis- For more information contact the Suqua- of the Puget Sound and the unique rela- Suquamish Elders Council Meeting sion holds regular meetings every other mish Museum at (360) 394-8499. tionship of the tribal people to the water. June 4 Noon Then Ocean Frontiers by filmmaker Karen The Suquamish Tribal Elders Council Thursday throughout the year. Meetings nd Museum 32 Anniversary Party Anspacker Meyer. An inspiring voyage to meets the first Thursday of every month in generally begin at 9am, at the Suquamish June 7 3:30pm coral reefs, seaports and watersheds across the Elders Dining Room at noon. For more Tribal Gaming Offices on Augusta Avenue Join the museum in a celebration 32 years the country. For more information, contact information contact Elders Council Chair in Suquamish, WA. Meetings are open to of preserving and sharing Suquamish Trib- the Suquamish Museum. Barbara Lawrence-Piecuch at blawrence@ Suquamish tribal members. For more in- al history and culture, featuring Exhibit suquamish.nsn.us. formation on upcoming meetings, contact Docent tours and special access to the ar- Old Man House Park Return 10 Year Samantha Johnson at (360) 394-8652. chives. For more information contact the Anniversary Celebration Suquamish Seafood Board Meeting Tribal Council Meeting Suquamish Museum at (360) 394-8499. June 30 5pm June 10 & 24 10am Suquamish Tribe and community mem- The Suquamish Seafood Board of Direc- June 1, 8 & 22 8am Museum Family Day bers are invited to celebrate the 10-year tors generally meet every other Wednes- Suquamish Tribal Council meetings gener- June 13 11am anniversary of the Old Man House trans- day of the month, when Tribal Council is ally occur every other Monday throughout Learn about dentalium clam shells and fer, when the property was returned to the not in session, at the Suquamish Seafoods the year. Meetings are in the Suquamish their importance in tribal art and regalia Suquamish Tribe. Celebrations include a Building on Sandy Hook Road. Meetings Tribal Council Chambers at 18490 Suqua- making- all while creating a dentalium picnic and speakers. No parking at Old are open to Suquamish tribal members. mish Way NE, Suquamish WA, 98392 and necklace of your own. Pre-registration is Man House Park. Parking is only avail- For more information contact Suquamish are open to Suquamish tribal members and able at the House of Awakened Culture for required due to limited seating. For more Seafood Administrative Assistant Jessica employees of the Suquamish Tribe. Special this event. For more information contact information contact the Suquamish Muse- Ledesma (360) 394-8512 or jledesma@ reports and guest speaker presentations are Tina Jackson at (360) 434-8840. um. suquamish.nsn.us. open to tribal members only and key staff. Meetings For more information about meetings, in- Elders Spring Salmon Bake PME Board of Directors Meeting cluding agendas and specific presentation June 25 11:30am Suquamish Warriors June 17 11am in the Tower Boardroom times, contact Windy Anderson at wander- Suquamish Tribal Elders and their spous- June 2 5:30pm Port Madison Enterprises (PME) Board [email protected]. es are invited to the annual Elders Spring The regular meeting for Suquamish War- of Directors meetings usually occur every Salmon Bake luncheon at the House of riors usually occurs the first Tuesday of ev- other week throughout the year. The meet- Museum Board Meeting Awakened Culture. For more information ery month. All veterans and their guests are ings are open to Suquamish tribal members June 4 10:30am contact Elders Council President Barbara welcome at the Suquamish Warrior Veter- and invited guests, and take place at var- The Suquamish Museum Board meets Lawrence-Piecuch at blawrence@suqua- ans Center, 6353 Middle Street, Suqua- ious PME properties throughout the year. at the museum on 6861 NE South Street Suquamish, Wa. For more information, call mish.nsn.us. mish WA, 98392. For more information For more information on PME Board of the Suquamish Museum (360)394-8499. contact Chuck Wagner (360) 633-6236 or Directors meetings and locations, please Suquamish News Suquamish Tribal Council Editors • Published Monthly by the Suquamish Tribe: 18490 Leonard Forsman Chairman Wayne George, Editor in Chief Suquamish Way, Suquamish, WA 98392 Leonard Forsman, Contributor • Our email address is [email protected] Wayne George Vice-chair April Leigh, Writer/Photographer/Layout/Distribution • Send letters to: Suquamish Newsletter Editor, PO Nigel Lawrence Secretary Editorial Policy Box 498, Suquamish, Washington 98392-0498 Publishers of the Suquamish Newsletter reserve the Robin Sigo Treasurer • Letters should include the writer’s full name address right to refuse publication of letters to the and home telephone and may be edited for clarity Rich Purser Member editor and guest editorials. Submission of editorials and let- and space. ters is encouraged. However, they represent the opinion of Sammy Mabe Member the author and not necessarily that of the Suquamish Tribe. • All photo submissions must be made in electronic As such, we reserve the right to refuse to print any letter, for JPG or PDF form, with resolution 300dpi or more. Luther Mills, Jr Member any reason. Reproduction of Suquamish News, whole or in part, without written permission from the Suquamish Tribe is strictly prohibited. suquamish.org Suquamish News June 2015 | 3 News & Events Suquamish Celebrates Clearwater & Seafoods Openings Two ribbon cuttings in May usher in new opportunities for diversity and growth in tribal businesses Suquamish business ventures are growing, bringing new opportunities and diversity to tribal-owned enterprises. Suquamish Seafoods celebrated the open- ing of a new 16,000 square-foot seafood processing plant with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Suquamish Trib- al Members, employees and community members turned out for the event which included an Elder’s blessing by one of Seafoods’ first employees, Manual “Coho Mo” Purcell. “Today is such a happy day. This facility is a long time in the making,” said Purcell before the blessing. The new plant, built by PHC Construction, From left, Barb Santos, Char Ives and Teylor Ives along with Leonard Forsman, Manual Purcell, Jay Mills cutting the cake during the new plant includes the addition of chilled processing Sammy Mabe and Jay Mills cutting the ribbon to the new Suquamish Seafoods plant. opening celebrations. rooms, live product holding areas, larg- Just three days earlier, Port Madison En- “Most of all, we would like to thank our restaurant and café with water views are er cold storage and air-blast freezers. For terprises (PME) executives and Suquamish employees. Without them, we would not also located in the new building. With the the past decade, the tribal-owned seafood community members celebrated the open- be here today,” Carper said, recognizing tower complete, PME executives are al- enterprise has provided geoduck to com- ing of the new hotel tower at Suquamish the hard work PME staff have put into ready looking towards the next phase of mercial buyers in both domestic and inter- Clearwater Casino Resort. PME Chief Op- growing the property over the years. the expansion; a comprehensive remodel national markets from a 2,000 square-foot of the casino exterior and interior, includ- erating Officer Irene Carper was Master of The latest addition to the signature PME facility. The new plant allows the business ing the Longhouse Buffet and Beach Rock Ceremonies for the event where business property adds 98 hotel rooms to the pre- to process and deliver even more types of Lounge. The remodel phase of the expan- and political leaders from throughout the vious resort’s 85 rooms and 3 guest hous- seafood to commercial buyers and, eventu- sion is scheduled for completion in De- Kitsap Peninsula joined in applauding the es- totaling 186 places to stay at Clearwa- ally, the public. cember of this year. milestone. ter each night. A ballroom, new fine dining New Early Learning Center Playground Suquamish Renewal Royalty 2015 by Patty Eningowuk We raise our hands in appreciation to the Suquamish Maintenance Department Staff! Our appreciation for your commitment to making sure our playground is ready for the new play structure and soft surfac- ing cannot be expressed in words alone. This crew worked long hours on a Friday, well past the dinner hour and they came Maintenance staff hard at work. to work on Saturday to ensure the prepa- ration for the new playground was ready for the contractor. This job was a success because of their very long hours of hard labor! When you see the following folks in our community please help me in ex- pressing our gratitude to them for this huge commitment! Todd Stroud, Alan Roberts, Raul Turrieta, Andrew Joe, Cruz McNew, Gene Jones, Jr. and Chris Miller. Completed new playground. Congratulations Renewal Royalty 2015 Miss Shana Nicole Lombard, Warrior Lu-uk McCloud, Jr We thank you very much! Miss Awasis Williams, Jr Warrior Matthew Wion and Princess Teylor Matysn Ives.