Ocean Conditions Looking Bleak for Salmon

Ocean conditions looking bleak for salmon

By Quileute Natural Resources and Quileute Natural Resources Inside This Committee Issue: To say that the last two years of fall fishing in • MTHG Updates the river have been trou- • Community bled would be an under- Christmas Dinner statement. Strange weath- er, low flow, and the infa- • Cherish Our mous “Blob” have caused Children Quillayute salmon returns • Honoring Veterans to be difficult to predict and harder to rely on. • Jay Squawks More problems • Gift Giving This September the Program This chart shows the amount of Wild Fall Coho returning to the Quillayute River over Northwest Fisheries Sci- the past 15 years, alongside the current projection for 2017. You can see that the past • In Loving Memory ence Center (NWFSC) re- two years have come in well below the 15-year average. It is possible to have a strong leased the results of their • QNR Notices hatchery run and a weak wild run. That’s why we have crews sampling the catch so that annual survey. For the past we can estimate run sizes. • Antonellos Earns 20 years this survey tries PhD to gain insight into how healthy the ocean is for that for the next one to grounds to help keep the What can we do? • Elders Meeting salmon. This is partly three years, salmon runs in runs healthy. If escapement Quileute Natural • Senior Center based on how many juve- the Pacific Northwest could is not met then sustainabil- Resources Committee be much smaller than aver- Updates nile salmon they can find at ity becomes very difficult, (QNRC) and the depart- sea. This year the results age. There is also the possi- especially if ocean condi- ment of Quileute Natural • Social Security for both Coho and Chinook bility of runs becoming tions remain hostile to Resources (QNR) are com- Disability Benefits were among the lowest in harder to predict, making it young fish. The fewer fish mitted to preserving these much more difficult to pro- spawning typically means • September/ 20 years. Based on past stocks and providing future data, this is not a good sign vide fishing opportunity there are fewer fish return- harvest. Since last year, we October while trying to meet es- ing. Our ability to ensure Happenings for Washington Coho and have developed new tools Chinook. capement. Escapement is fishing opportunity for fu- that are helping give deci- • December the minimum number of ture generations depends What does this mean? sion makers more infor- Birthdays salmon that is needed to on our ability to set and mation mid-season to un- The NWFSC warns return to the spawning meet escapement goals. derstand how healthy a run is based on catch. More long-term solutions will have to come from new sci- ence, community engage- ment, an ability to adapt to THE DEADLINE a changing environment, FOR ALL and patience. Climate SUBMISSIONS TO change affects us all in a lot BE CONSIDERED of ways, including our fish- FOR PRINT IN THE eries. Moving forward is TALKING RAVEN IS THE 3RD FRIDAY going to require difficult OF EVERY conversations as warm wa- MONTH. ter in our ocean and streams may become the new normal. If you would like more information or have questions, please call one Photos that are of the numbers below, or uncredited belong to visit QNR during business Bayak The Talking hours: Raven. Image from: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/clim/sst.anom.anim.html shows the Joshua Baine Etherton scale of anomalies, or irregularities, of warm water off the coast of the PNW early this (Harvest Management Biol- September. Yellow, orange and red are waters that are warmer than the 29-year aver- ogist): 360-374-6074 age. Blue are colder than average. Looking beyond the Pacific Northwest, you can see that there are lots of anomalies all over the world, especially in the Northern Hemi- QNR Main Office: 360-374- sphere. This is linked to climate change and is damaging for lots of ocean life, not just 2248 salmon. Page 2 The Talking Raven

A Note from the Editor Dear Talking Raven Readers, The distribution of the October and November issues was interrupted due to the devastating and unexpected loss my family recently experienced. Thank you all for your support, patience, and understanding during this difficult time. —Emily Foster

Move to Higher Ground Updates: Quileute Tribal School Moving Forward!

By Susan Devine cess among all other BIE sup- By now, you’ve seen ported schools. The Quileute Important Dates the progress at the future Tribe elected to perform the Tribal School site, as the 25- planning phase themselves, • December 13: 9 a.m. — 2 p.m. at West Wing acre area is logged in prepara- and completed that process in Open Design Team Work Session and Student Lunch tion for future construction of early August 2017, which and Learn a new 60,000 square foot K-12 placed them as the second • January 9: 6 p.m. — 8 p.m. at Akalat school on Higher Ground. This school complete and ready to Community Dinner and School Project Update activity is the latest step in a move forward to design and • January 10: 9 a.m. — 2 p.m. at West Wing process that began in August construction. Open Design Team Work Session and Student Lunch of 2015, when the Tribe ap- “The Tribe elected to plied for a No Child Left Be- pursue a design and construc- and Learn hind school replacement tion process where the Tribe, grant. School, and Community devel- by the BIA, but we do have The following day, Jan- As Dan Galvan, Divi- op the requirements and con- several opportunities for your uary 10, we will have another sion Chief, Division of Facili- ceptual layout of the future input. open design session in the ties Management and Con- school and then Indian Affairs On December 13, the West Wing, from 9 a.m. to 2 struction, Office of Facilities, will advertise this nationally school design team p.m. There will also be a stu- Property & Safety Manage- and manage the final design (architects, engineers, and dent lunch and learn during ment has stated: and construction with contin- planners) will be working in the noon hour. The communi- "Quileute Tribal School ued involvement from the an open session in the West ty is welcome to drop in, see is one of ten school locations Tribe, School, and Community." Wing, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. design options, and provide selected for a complete campus Although the site is You are welcome and encour- input to the team. replacement as part of the In- quickly being cleared, there is aged to drop in ANY TIME The December and Jan- dian Affairs School Replace- still much to do, and many during those hours. We will uary meetings are critical for ment Construction program. ways you and your student also have a special lunch ses- hearing from you! We have to As part of that process the can be involved in the sche- sion with the students, where deliver our first items to the school and Tribe participated matic design process. We are they can hear and see the BIA by January 22 – after that in a competitive selection pro- working under a very tight school design progress and date, it will be difficult to design schedule as required provide their own input. change the design direction, On January 9, we are and the Tribe and School hosting a Community dinner Board will need to commit to a and project update, from 6 specific approach for the p.m. – 8 p.m. in the Akalat. The school. design team will give an up- PLEASE feel free to date, show progress to date, contact Susan Devine, MTHG and answer questions from Project Manager, at su- the Community. We hope to [email protected] see students, parents, elders, or 360-280-6155, if you have staff, and all interested com- any questions or concerns! munity members at the meal and presentation! Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 3

B1q65yam The Talking Raven A monthly publication of the Quileute Tribal Council Edited By Emily Foster Phone: (360) 374-7760 Mailing Address: The Talking Raven PO Box 279 La Push, WA 98350 Email:

Quileute Tribal Council Tony Foster Chairman Naomi Jacobson Vice Chair Stephanie Calderon Secretary Doug Woodruff Treasurer James Jackson Member at Large

QTC Contact Information Mailing Address: Quileute Tribal Council PO Box 279 La Push, WA 98350 Phone: (360) 374-6163 Gerald Smith General Manager Page 4 The Talking Raven Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 5

Beverly Loudon

Nola Woodruff

Veterans received gifts and took a group photo at the Quileute Veterans Day Dinner

Carl Moore

Roger Jackson

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Hiba’ Kwashkwash [HAY-buh quash-quash]: The Jay Squawks

End Map at the Joyce Grange but Sylvia Kolojonen’s acting Rummage Sale. She told me, spoke more clearly than words.” “When I took the museum job I Those performances clearly had brought in the map and hoped to an effect on Esko. He grew up meet someone who might tell with a sense of the skill and en- me more about this Esko joyment of performance, and Rentola. He fascinated me. I that certainly affected his gradually added to my little preaching style later. ‘yard sale collection’ of his art Esko spoke little English and hoped someone would see it when he entered first grade. But who knew something. I hit the he could draw! He sketched and jackpot when Rentola’s son Da- drew through grade school and vid and his wife Liz came in.” high school. He also acted in the Margaret was kind enough to school plays and joined the pass along to me Esko’s son’s band, at first playing the clarinet phone number. David lives and then moving to the saxo- south of Little Boston, and he phone. In the late 1930s, after was the contact that allowed me graduation, he received a schol- to find out about the “inner cir- arship to attend Grays Harbor cle” of Bayak’s life. College. There he not only stud- Esko Rentola was of ied, but used his art and designer Finnish ancestry. His parents talents to come up with the first had immigrated to the U.S. but draft of the college’s emblem were “bone deep Finnish,” stay- figure, the 20-ft high “Charlie ing in close contact with Finnish Choker” that welcomes students Jay Powell transforming into kwashkwash, the Blue Jay families and communities entering campus. He joined the in western Washington. His par- army and they put his talents to ents, Otto and Sylvia use primarily painting military As I sit down to write ple told me about him and a few (Kolojonen), lived first in the vehicles with camouflage paint. this newsletter article, I think of his signs, drawings and illus- Grays Harbor area, and Esko After the war, Esko used the GI about the 84 times I have done trated maps. was born in Aberdeen. This was Bill (a benefit program that also before. I also sometimes during the Depression and times lows veterans to pursue college think, “This article ought to be a Esko Rentola (1921-2009) were hard for a couple that did- or career studies) to attend book.” And that is truly the case n't speak English. Otto worked Washington State University. with the subject of this one— The term K2o/liy9ritom2 in the cranberry bogs and He graduated with an MFA tribal friend, accomplished hqk27ti (“friend of the logged. He got permission from (Master of Fine Arts) and then artist, and Assembly of God pas- Quileutes”) certainly applies a Quinault Indian named attended the Academy of Adver- tor Esko Rentola. He was known to Rentola Bayak. He lived in La Sampson Johns to build a small tising Art in San Francisco. This as Bayak [Raven] and many el- Push twice. He was a bright spot beach cottage on his property, schooling gave him the skills ders still remember him well. and a memorable character. He which is where the Quinault Ca- and credentials to get a job I heard of Rentola deserves to be remembered. sino Resort is now located. The teaching at Ellensburg College. Bayak when I first arrived in La When I first decided to do an family later moved to a small Then his life changed. Push in the late 1960s. Everyone article about him, I made a num- farm in the Grayland area, and According to Rentola’s oldest remembered him as the minister ber of phone calls, starting with Otto worked in the sawmill and son, David, here is what hap- who made chalk drawings while Russell Woodruff, Sue Payne raised cranberries. pened. he preached, played the sax, and and Vi Riebe; each suggested Esko’s mother, Sylvia, One weekend, Esko made going to church “fun.” He others to talk with. In all, I made was a poet and actress...a wise had moved to La Push, living about a dozen calls, one of went home to visit his parents woman. She volunteered her and friends. He was driving, with his family in the which lasted almost three hours! talents in the Finnish community “parsonage” next to the People were happy to talk about heading south on the narrow theater in Aberdeen. She was a road toward Naselle, with no Assembly of God Church, from Old Rentola Bayak. Some of gifted actress. Otto would 1961 to 1965. His ministry took them had never met him, but sense of what was about to hap- take Esko to the plays and re- pen. Slowing down as he ap- him to several reservations on were fascinated by his talent and ported that even as a small the Olympic Peninsula and else- by his reputation throughout proached a curve, he noticed a child he would become drawn hill that had recently been where in Washington, B.C. and, western Washington. I struck into the action and cry when the once, to Minnesota. He was a gold when I contacted Margaret logged off. On top of that hill plot became sad. A reporter was a spar tree that appeared to known figure in the whole ar- Owen, who lives in Joyce and is from the Aberdeen World once ea. The details of his time in La the “curator” of the Joyce Depot be a cross. Looking closer, there attended the theater and wrote in seemed to be a figure hanging Push and life would fill a book. Museum. Years ago, she bought his review, “I didn’t understand Here are some of the things peo- an old copy of Rentola’s West a word that was said in Finnish, Continued on Page 7…

The sign done by Esko Rentola for the Quileute gear shop and fish plant. Although Rentola painted signs for almost all of the stores, resorts, restaurants, and charter boat operations in the village, this is the only one that survives. After the sign was taken down, and the building razed, the workmen simply left the sign in the pile of junk and lumber where it certainly would have been ruined. A Seattle family spending the summer in La Push found it and had it mounted over their fireplace. They have provided the tribe with a full-sized color poster of the sign. Preacher and artist “Rentola Bayak,” at work Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 7

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month and the use of the bors. At La Push we felt like we “parsonage,” which was in could be such adventurers. Even Floyd Hudson’s rental house before I was five we were en- across the street. Esko and Mar- couraged to go down to the garet were 40 years old when beach! In late summer when the they moved to La Push. David grass was dry and brown and was nine and in third grade. slippery, we used to take pieces Rentola painted the sign for the Eversman Grocery and later did an- Esko was appreciated of cardboard up the hill behind other when it changed ownership from the start. According to Da- the church and slide down. I vid, a large crowd attended the screamed a lot in fun at La Push. very first sermon that his father Life was a big adventure, grow- gave in the church. They want- ing up there. I wasn’t the only ed to check out the new h9k2qr one. The whole family was happy there.” havhamawo7qm7ti (“White preacher,” literally an expert David had similar mem- talker about goodness). That ories. “It was an adventure to first sermon was about Elijah grow up in La Push. My friends being fed by the ravens. After were Norman Jones (Casey the service, there was a dinner Jones’ son), David Jackson and where Charlie Howeattle stood Danny Payne.” (The neighbor up and made it official that boys James “Dink” and Sandy Esko would be called by the Jaime were younger.) He said, The sign for the La Push Grocery also had a killer whale “La Push was the ultimate play- displayed above it that Rentola didn’t paint. Quileute word for Raven, Bayak (BAH-yak). And he was Bay- ground for us kids. We all went ak ever after. It wasn’t an an- to the beach and down by the …Continued from Page 6 the Bowling Green branch of the cient Indian name passed down river. I remember one day dad University of Ohio. And, he and I were down on the shore on the cross. Esko quickly for generations, but still a pow- started drawing detailed maps. erful name in that Raven is a when a canoe pulled up. It was pulled over to the side of the Buns Ward. He said, ‘Do you road and got out to get a better Esko and Margaret mythic character responsible for bought a small house in Maple the creation of the animals and and your kid want to ride in a look. As he looked up, he real- canoe?’ We got in and he took ized that he was seeing the cru- Valley. The only running water birds. As mentioned, after that in the house was in the kitchen many called him Rentola Bayak. off down the river and into the cifixion of Christ. It seemed so swells beyond James Island. clear that it was scary to him. sink and the outhouse was out It’s important to note the backdoor. There was only a Then he turned back to shore Feeling confused, he got back that Esko made it clear from the and we just surfed in on a wave. into his car and drove off. He single bedroom, so the four kids beginning that he hadn’t come to slept in the attic “with the day- I had been pretty scared in that needed someone to talk to. Stop- change things at La Push. It was tippy canoe. But Dad said, ping at a café, he got out of the light shining through the cracks the Finnish perspective to en- in the shingles.” Margaret’s fa- ‘You'll never find another ride car and was surprised to meet courage ethnic cultural continui- like that again.’ La Push was a the Finnish pastor, Hans Wirk- ther, Neil Bridgman, and Esko’s ty rather than to force minorities father, Otto, came over and put paradise that we got to live in. kola, whom he knew. He told such as the Finnish Laplanders My friends would come over the pastor about his experience, in a bathroom. The family was to adapt “mainstream” ways, clearly living slim; as David not- from the city and spend a few and Hans said, “You’d better cultural change and homogenei- days with us. When they left, come over to my house.” They ed, “We were one paycheck ty. And Rentola demonstrated away from the soup line. One they’d shake their heads because talked long into the night and clearly that he admired the Qui- we were so lucky.” Esko became a believer there in year at Thanksgiving a carful of leute traditional ways and want- the pastor’s living room. people pulled up, rolled down ed to encourage cultural pride Esko’s wife Margaret the window and said, ‘We’ve was close to Vi Riebe. When I After that, Esko was a and continuance rather than at- heard you could use a Thanks- tempt to be an agent of change talked with Vi, she told me that changed man. He gradually giving dinner.’ They brought in besides being her good friend, started to preach and hold evan- or encourage assimilation. turkey, potatoes, cranberries and Rentola became a close friend of Margaret was also her mentor in gelistic meetings, primarily in pumpkin pie for us.” many ways. Phil Riebe drove Finnish churches. He developed Sluggo Jackson, officiant of the As David described his Shaker Church, and was invited Judy and Ruth to kindergarten in his trademark pulpit activity of Forks every day. drawing a picture illustrating the father, “Dad was always on the to attend Shaker functions. point of his sermon while he go. He’d get fidgety, get bored The whole family loved According to Chris Mor- spoke. Later, he started to use and move on from job to job. living in La Push. Ruth was four ganroth, “Rev. Bayak made the chalk on poster-sized paper and, That’s the kind of guy he was. years old when they moved from church kind of a community by the end of the sermon, he He’d work at a steady job like Maple Valley to La Push and center. His preaching style in- would have finished a picture. the newspaper for awhile, but remembers, “My best friend ev- volved dramatic illustration of Then he would switch off the always got tired of the nine to er was Judy Riebe. We wanted the point he was trying to make, lights and turn on a “black five part. He liked freelance to be sisters and pricked our fin- sometimes with humorous light,” which made the drawing work, liked to be his own boss.” gers to become ‘blood sisters.’ outcomes. Once when discuss- come to life...illustrating the ser- One weekend, Esko And the Jamie girls were neigh- Continued on Page 8… mon’s message. Those sermons happened to be in Skokomish had an impact on the congrega- preaching at the church when tion, and his reputation spread. the pastor there, Alvin Oya, But there wasn’t a living in asked him if he had ever consid- preaching. So, although Esko ered taking a position as a full- was recognized as a good time church minister. In fact, preacher, he was only on the Rentola thought of himself as an road preaching and holding artist who also did some preach- evangelistic meetings part of the ing and Christian service. But time. Rev. Ohya said “Why don’t you He met his wife Marga- consider applying for the posi- ret (Bridgman) in Ellensburg, tion as minister of the church in and they were married in 1951. La Push. George Efman, an In- The family started to grow: Da- dian from California, was there vid, Sylvia, Ruth and Anna. for several years and the current When he wasn’t preaching, Esko minister, Jesse and Louise did art work. He got jobs paint- Blevens, are leaving. So, it’s ing signs and did drawings and open at the moment.” editorial cartoons for the Renton Rentola applied and was Chronicle and the Aberdeen offered the position as minister Daily World. He taught courses of the Assembly of God Church at colleges, once as far away as in La Push. It paid $50 per James Island with driftwood in the foreground Page 8 The Talking Raven

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A drawing with James Island made by Rentola Bayak in Esko did drawings of landmarks up and down the Pacific Coast and Marie Riebe's Bible. He often did drawings in other areas of the Peninsula. peoples’ Bibles.

…Continued from Page 7 ing a green coat and cupping her vices, and a prayer meeting eve- from the Bible and a new shirt hand around her ear (clearly ry Wednesday night. Church or dress. ing the admonition to ‘take off hard of hearing) threw her hands could be characterized as infor- your old garments and put on Both Ruth and Chris up in the air, suddenly able to mal. Seejay (Casey Jones) Morganroth remembered the new, Godly garments,’ he pulled hear. So, the following evening worked at the fish dock on Sun- off his shirt to illustrate what the yearly church Christmas parties. at a service, he looked for a day morning and, on occasion, Ruth recalled, “At the Christmas Bible was telling people to do. woman in a green coat. Not see- would have to come over in his But in doing so, he accidentally party, each kid got a bag of can- ing one, he asked whether there hip boots, sometimes ending up dy. The church was full.” Chris ripped his shirt in two. And an- was a woman in a green coat leading the singing in his boots. other time, he was discussing said, “I used to go to both the present. Someone pointed out a Sunday school had more ‘Let us lay aside sin and let us Christmas party at the Assembly woman sitting on a green coat, kids than there were adults at the run with endurance the race that of God and at the Shaker who, he noticed, was holding morning church service. Many is set before us;’ and he ran Church. You got candy at both her hands up to her ears. He told of those in Sunday school were down the aisle of the church, of them. But the Shakers did the her to come forward because the friends of the Rentola kids. hitting and breaking the swing- Pearly Gates show. That was a God wanted to heal her ears… And the “missionary barrel” was ing church door.” David added, skit where a boy goes to the and, as he spoke, she threw up an added reason for kids to at- “Nobody slept through Dad’s Pearly Gates with a bottle in his her hands, able to hear, just as in tend. Members of churches over sermons. He was full of passion. hand and gets turned away as a his dream. on Puget Sound would contrib- You couldn’t take your eyes off sinner. Then another person ute a barrel full of good, used him.” David remembered that, There was always Sun- comes up with a Bible in his clothes so kids in La Push would “the words just flowed out of day school and church on Sun- go home with a memory verse Continued on Page 9… him.” day mornings, Sunday night ser- Music was an important part of the Rentola church experience. Of course, there was hymn singing, but the piano was old and out of tune. So, playing various instruments usually served both as accompaniment to the hymns and as a concert. Esko played the sax, often as a solo instrument, with Margaret and, later, Ruth on the piano. Vi's husband, Phil Riebe, and Ivan Cleveland played the guitar. Casey Jones led the singing, directing the rhythm with his hands. It was a joyful noise! Ruth told that when her father was playing the saxophone, he would wink at her, and that made her feel like he was playing for her personally. It wasn’t until later she realized that, in fact, everyone in the audience thought he was winking at them. The effect was to make the audience feel like they were partici- pants rather than simply listen- ers. Rentola Bayak also had instances of what he thought to be miraculous spiritual occur- rences. For example, once he had a dream that a woman wear- Rentola’s map of Forks, Highway 101, the Quillayute River system and the river mouth at La Push Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 9

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the song was over, Floyd would the top of the hill where the Sen- say, as he often did, ‘I know the ior Center parking is now. Esko law there! Sing it again!’ And got his lights using a long they would sing it again, laugh- extension cord plugged in at ing as they sang.” Earl and Pat’s, and he got water The years went by. Ren- by hooking a hose up to their tola kept the energy flowing at outdoor spigot. His sewer line the church in La Push and be- emptied into a 50-gallon drum came a known figure among the shot full of holes with Earl’s 30- neighboring tribes. Every sum- 30 that Bayak and Calvin buried mer he would organize and lead behind the trailer. a week-long tent meeting at During this second time Elwha where families came and at La Push, Esko started one of camped and got the spirit. Bayak the many Quileute village news- exerted a leadership and energy letters that have been produced in the spiritual life of the north over the last century, beginning end of the Peninsula. But then, with Harry Hobucket’s The as now, it was the custom for Chieftain in the 1930s to the pastors to move on eventually. current Bayak monthly one pro- So, after several years, Rentola duced by Emily Foster. Esko’s Bayak and his family left La newsletters always had a big Push, going back to their house drawing at the top of the cover in Maple Valley. page of each issue. Although I made a lot of inquiries while …Continued from Page 8 most photographic, that people Even back home, Esko preparing to write this article, felt the details had to be correct found it difficult to support the hand, and he’d go up to Saint not a single copy of one of as well. family, even with his talent as an Peter and be welcomed. I used artist and his reputation as an Esko’s newsletters has turned to watch that performance and Old Man Woody Wood- evangelistic preacher. He did a up. ruff, long-time chief of the tribal chew on my hard candy. As trip around Finnish churches in Esko Rentola’s health council, became a good friend good as it was, the Assembly of British Columbia, and while continued to deteriorate and his of Bayak and the family. One God Christmas party didn’t have preaching in Vancouver, the lo- hands got shaky, so he quit time, they were having a tent that Pearly Gates show. cal minister suggested that he do drawing after a while. As Ruth meeting over at Elwha and lots But Bayak played a speaking tour of similar said, “Dad was such a giving of Quileutes went over. Without ‘Away in a Manger’ on the sax. churches in Minnesota. There person. He gave away a lot of Esko knowing about it, Fred ar- That was cool.” was a large Finnish community the artwork. I wish he’d saved ranged to drive his new red Pon- in the northern American Mid- them for us. Especially the early Chris also mentioned tiac down to Grayland and pick west, so he was there for some Grayland pieces.” And then she that Bayak had given him and up Esko’s father, Otto. It was a time. added, “Now occasionally peo- others art lessons in drawing big surprise for Bayak to see his ple give those drawings back to with pen and ink, showing him father walk in with Woody. When it was time to re- us as if they belong to the fami- how to do, for instance, the de- That’s the kind of friends Esko turn home to the family, Esko ly. We, of course, treasure tail of each feather when draw- made among the Quileutes, Da- felt led to apply for the position them.” So do others. When I ing a crow, blue heron, raven or vid recalled, “Dad was good- of pastor of the church at Little spoke with Vi, she immediately eagle. Esko also taught art clas- natured and enjoyed a laugh, Boston. He was accepted and told me, “Oh, he did a drawing ses in Forks, starting students just as did the Quileutes…and stayed in the position for 14 in both Phil’s and Marie’s Bi- drawing with a quill pen and especially like Floyd Hudson, years before retiring. He also bles.” then moving them up to using a our landlord. I still remember directed the American Indian refillable ink pen. how Floyd laughed the day he Fellowship, and he and Margaret It’s amazing that all Ruth told that despite was parking his big Lincoln adopted another child, Victor, as those years of chalk sermon the busy preaching and pastoral Continental in his garage. He part of the family. drawings have also simply dis- responsibilities in La Push and a had to get out to open the garage Slowly Esko’s life be- appeared. David tells that he schedule of programs and evan- door and told his father, Billy came medically complex and and his wife Liz stopped at a gelistic meetings far and wide, Hudson, who was sitting in the less stable. Home life also dete- store called FinnWare in Astoria money was usually in short sup- passenger seat, to put his foot on riorated. Margaret left and after about 20 years ago. Speaking ply. But there were ways for the brake. But before Floyd the divorce, moved to Eastern with the elderly clerk, they men- Rev. Rentola to earn some mon- could open the garage door, his Washington. Esko bought a tioned Esko and how he had ey on the side, creating art work father tried to put his foot on the small travel trailer and then preached sermons illustrated for the businesses in La Push. brake and pressed down on the lived with David and his wife with chalk drawings. David said, Grocery stores, charter boats, accelerator by mistake. The car Liz for a while. Quileutes were “That clerk’s eyes got big and resorts, fish buyers...they all roared right through the garage surprised to see Rentola show up she said, ‘I have one of those needed signs, and Rentola Bay- door, through the garage, and at the Kingston ferry dock, sell- chalk drawings in the attic, ak was known as a quality sign out the other side, ending up ing his drawings. rolled up!’ She told us that at the end of the sermon, dad would maker. He painted them right in with the front wheels down and Possibly in hopes of re- the church building. Often com- the back wheels in the air spin- give the drawing to the person capturing the successful life he who had invited the most people munity members would come by ning! Floyd just laughed and had enjoyed among the Quileu- and watch him paint, regularly laughed about that. to the service.” Alas, chalk is tes, Bayak decided to come back impermanent and doesn’t hold saying things like, “You don’t “Occasionally Floyd to La Push early in the 1980s. up. I just hope that one of those have the fish right,” or “The har- would come over to visit us Russell Woodruff drove over to drawings may yet turn up. It poon line has to lay beside the (possibly after drinking) and Little Boston and towed the would be nice to have one to put whaler or it’ll get tangled up.” start to sing Amazing Grace. trailer back to La Push. They His paintings were so real, al- Dad would join in. And when parked it up on the turnaround at Continued on Page 10… Page 10 The Talking Raven

Hiba’ Kwashkwash [HAY-buh quash-quash]: The Jay Squawks

…Continued from Page 9 ganroth remembers that both of SECK-tee-yah-KAH) ishtam family house when he the churches had preachy plays Hirish8mtiyakq/ – wed- was teacher in the village, about up in the eventual Quileute mu- at the parties. Chris remembers 1912; but they couldn’t remem- seum. ding present (hay-tay-SHECK- the “pearly gate” show at the tee-yah-KAH) ber when they saw the first dec- What the Quileutes will Shaker party in which a boy car- orated tree in a Quileute family have is a 4x8 ft color copy of the rying a whisky bottle comes up But Christmas presents home. seem to be the ones that we look Rentola Bayak sign that he did to the pearly gate and St. Peter December 25-31: Merry for the tribal gear shop and forward to as kids and continue turns him away and a boy carry- Christmas is Wisq K8sbis (Wiss which was on the side of the to enjoy looking forward to our ing a Bible comes up next and is -SAH KISS-biss). building when it was torn down. welcomed into heaven. Christ- whole life. It was found by a visitor from mas was looked forward to dur- December 18-24: Wisq (wiss-SAH) is the Seattle, discarded after the ing the early days. Christmas tree is called K8sbis word for “happy or merry.” We building was razed. She took it use it for a lot of special days, to December 11- hq/ba (KISS-biss HAH-ah-bah) wish our friends and everybody back to Seattle, had it mounted 17: “Christmas present” is carefully and has had a copy It was a big new devel- a happy day. So, Wisq K8sbis, called K8sbismq/ (kiss-biss- opment for Quileute families to made for the Quileutes. Repro- KAH) xabq/, Merry Christmas, every- ductions of that sign and other bring a tree into the house at body (Wiss-SAH LISS-biss, hah artwork by Rentola Bayak relat- We know the word for Christmastime. I have never -BAH). heard when the first Quileute ing to the tribe and their territory Christmas (K8sbis) from last So that’s it for Decem- are included with this article. week’s Word of the week. And Christmas tree happened. One time I asked Oldman Woodruff ber. It should be noted that the “ending” that means “a present” is –mq/ (-kah). So we can and Roy Black when was the —Kwashkwash many Quileutes remember the first time they ever remember last period of Esko’s life as talk about various kinds of pre- [email protected] sents: seeing a Christmas tree in a Qui- inconsistent with the Bayak they leute family home and they both had known in earlier years. X2a/alis8mtiyamq/ – remembered that there was a Probably the most appropriate birthday present (hwah-ah-liss- Christmas tree in the Mark- way to discuss those latter years from the 1980’s until his death in 2008 is to include what son David said in his funeral oration to describe this final period in his father’s life, the end of the life of a remarkable man: “The last chapter of Dad’s life is the most difficult to talk about. But, this wouldn’t be complete without including it. It would be wonderful to say that he finished stronger than when he began. But, the truth is that he didn’t. Dealing with depression, he slowly changed into someone we hardly knew. It wasn’t until after the fact that we learned that he had suffered a series of mini-strokes along with the dementia that was af- fecting his ability to cope and act rationally. In Tacoma, under proper care, we started to see a change happen. He had peace in his life again. In the last hours of his life we said goodbye. Marga- ret arrived and there was a sense of a final goodbye.” When Margaret arrived, Esko awakened and smiled and waved to her. And then he died. She encouraged the family not to bury him in the Finnish plot at Grayland, so he was cremated instead. A few years later when Margaret was buried in Sunny- side, the family ordered a tomb- stone with both their names on it, a fitting end for a long-time friend of the Quileutes. Words of the Week for December December 4-10: Santa Claus was called Sqdta K8sbis (sahd-tah-KISS-biss). Christmas becomes K8sbis, since the Rs are left out and the M becomes B. Santa Claus was a big hit among the early Quileute kids. The big Christmas parties were in the Shaker dining hall and, later, in the Assembly of God Church. Both of them were well attended because every kid got a bag of hard candy. Oldman Chris Mor- Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 11

In Loving Memory

Known for being a spirit and how he always wore Josh (Lindsey) Sims and Rio hard worker, Lonnie, who was a smile. He shared freshly- Foster; daughter Emily Foster; nicknamed Lonzo, was both a caught seafood with countless brothers Tony (Narcissus) logger and a fisherman. After family members, friends, and Foster, Ed Foster, Charlie working in the woods for even strangers; he donated (Bonnie) Sampson; sisters Rae years, he switched careers to fish and crab to numerous Lynn Martinez and Ardis the ocean to become a deck- events and local auctions and Minter; Father Vern (Alice hand in La Push. He eventually was always willing to help Mae) Foster; many loving purchased the 37' F/V Vega, others, even the four-legged nephews, nieces, grandchil- making him a captain and kind. Lonnie was a friend to dren and extended family; and business owner. He earned his the reservation dogs of La pets Maddie, Fallon, and Captain's License after a rigor- Push. They would come run- Quinn. ous course, and later he up- ning whenever they heard his He is preceded in graded his vessel when he truck driving through the vil- death by his mother Marvella bought the 68' F/V CF TODD. lage or his boat returning Sampson; stepfather Wilbur He served on the Qui- from a trip, because they Sampson; sister Ardis Foster; leute Natural Resources Com- knew he always had a can of and cats Snuggles, Garfield, mittee, also known as the dog food on hand. Bunny, and Bug. Lonnie Thomas Foster, "Fish Committee," from the He was a Seahawks fan Services were held at 61, of Forks, WA, born April 1990s through present day, for life. the Akalat Center in La Push, 10, 1956, passed away at his helping to make policy deci- He was a fisherman with a candlelight service on home on November 10, 2017, sions and preserve treaty who did not like to eat fish, November 20 at 7 p.m. and a after a brief yet aggressive rights. For one term, Lonnie unless it was sushi. funeral service on November battle with cancer. also held a seat on the Quileu- He had an energy that 21 at 11 a.m. Lonnie had recently te Tribal Council from 2010- nobody could ignore. The ocean will be lone- married his longtime love and 2013. And above all, family lier without him. So long, Cap- business partner, Karen, on People cannot talk meant everything to him. tain. October 29, 2017, after a 35- about Lonnie without men- Lonnie is survived by year courtship and three tioning his generous and kind his wife Karen Foster; sons (adult) children.

Quileute Natural Resources WANTED BIOTOXIN NOTICE

Atlantic Salmon have been found inside the Quillayute Tribal Shellfish Harvesters River. These fish are invasive and potentially carry dis- Posting December 6, 2017 eases. The sighting of an Atlantic Salmon needs to be reported as quickly as possible to help keep our runs safe!

Sampling at Second Beach, Ruby and Kalaloch Beaches has revealed that biotoxin levels in clams and mussels are at levels considered NOT SAFE for human consumption, therefore harvest should NOT occur until further notice. Please not that shellfish from areas to the North of La Push and South of Queets are also experiencing high levels of biotoxins as well. QNR will continue to provide the most updates on samples from Kalaloch, Ruby and Second Beaches. You can identify these fish by: For updates information call the shellfish HOTLINE • Large, dark spots on the gill plate (360-374-5636) before collecting any shellfish, or visit our • Spots on the body are “x” shaped website at: www.quileutenation.org/shellfish-hotline. (Information can also be found by calling our partner, Washington • Base of the tail is very slender Department of Health at 1-800-562-5632 or visiting their website at • The tail fin will often have NO spots www.doh.wa.gov)

IF YOU FIND AN ATLANTIC SALMON, PLEASE CONTACT QUILEUTE NATURAL RESOURCES QNR Main Office: 360-374-2248 QNR Tech Office: 360-374-2478 Chris Wagemann (Chief of Fisheries Services): 360-640-0045 Page 12 The Talking Raven

Antonellos earns PhD after extensive research on Quileute

By Steven Antonellos La Trobe University in Mel- torical events to illuminate mined by two examiners: one I’ll never forget the bourne, Australia and I was recent struggles and their sig- international scholar and one first time I journeyed to La particularly interested in cine- nificance for the Quileute to- from Australia. In my case, Push. It was February 15, matic depictions of Native day. The chapters of my thesis Professor David Martinez of 2010 and I remember sitting Americans and the impact of explore the ways that the Qui- Arizona State University and on the bus as it made its way such films on tribal communi- leute responded to numerous Dr. Rebecca Sheehan from the through the twists and turns ties. I initially thought I would challenges to their identity, University of Sydney were my of La Push road. It was winter, spend three months in La culture, land and treaty rights examiners. Both passed my a light dusting of snow cov- Push. Three months became that underlie the ill-effects of thesis with praise. Professor ered the otherwise green six, which became nine, and in contact, governmental policy Martinez, a Native American trees and a thick mist hung the end, I stayed for an entire and the tribe’s fictional depic- scholar, wrote that, “through over the forest. My heart was year. During that time, I heard tion in the novels and films of an expert use of archival ma- racing with excitement. Sud- about the fight for the land the Twilight series. Tracing terial, government documents, denly, the trees parted and the legislation and extension of tribal responses together with visual media and on-site inter- bus burst into the reservation, reservation boundaries for Quileute perspectives shows views with Quileute Nation making its way down towards ongoing treaty and fishing that the Quileute were neither members, Mr. Antonellos has the lower village. I stared out rights. I saw the cultural reviv- static nor unchangeable but woven together a compelling the window, taking it all in. I al within Drum Group and the rather, adapted in ways to re- narrative of Quileute sover- moved to the other side of the Canoe Journey and realized sist measures that could dis- eignty, treaty relations, and bus as it turned toward the how much more there was to place them from time and the issues generated when lower village and then I saw it, explore, and so my thesis space to send a clear message Hollywood stereotypes of In- the roaring Pacific Ocean, its evolved—as such projects in- of their survival and contem- dians collide with an actual giant waves crashing against evitably do. porary presence as a modern tribe’s political issues with the magnificent James Island, My finished thesis is day Native people. state and federal govern- which soared out of the swell titled Running With Wolves: During my time in La ment.” like a rock-like fortress. I im- The Quileute Tribe Beyond Push and for an additional I would like to take mediately knew I was some- Twilight. It is an examination three-month period in 2012 this opportunity to express where special. of the Quileute Tribe from when I returned to complete my sincere appreciation to the I had traveled to La 1855 until 2014, with a focus additional research, I conduct- original members of Council Push to ask for permission on contemporary tribal histo- ed over 40 interviews. Once I who approved my research; from Tribal Council to conduct ry. Using oral history inter- had returned from the village, Bonita Cleveland, Tony Foster, research for my PhD, which views that I conducted with I went through each and every Carol Hatch, Deanna Hobson involved oral history inter- tribal members from youth to interview to look for themes and the late Lonnie Foster, as views with tribal members. I elder, my study combined Qui- to explore and similarities be- well as to Jackie Jacobs for all had just begun my degree at leute voices with various his- tween testimonies. Each inter- her assistance and support view contained so much infor- during my time in La Push. My mation, lived experience and deep gratitude also extends to emotion; it was impossible to all those who participated in include everything! But from this project and helped me in these interviews I drew my so many ways. To the Quileute analysis and balanced these community and friends of the testimonies with other schol- tribe with whom I danced, arly work and archival materi- sang, drummed, paddled, al. From Melbourne, Australia hunted, cooked, camped, to La Push, Washington it is an carved, cried, laughed and incredible 8,100 miles— learned from: thank you for crossing oceans, mountains showing me such warmth, and time zones—so being able generosity, and hospitality to come back and forth when I and for sharing with me expe- had questions or needed clari- riences and knowledge that fication was not an option. have forever changed my life However, the internet is truly and made La Push feel like remarkable and with that tool home. I was able to keep in contact Although I have com- with so many tribal members pleted my PhD, I like to think in La Push who kindly provid- of it not as the end of any- ed me with further infor- thing, but rather the beginning mation and assistance when- of a whole new adventure. I ever I needed. still have so much to learn! I From beginning to end also would love to give back to was seven years, inclusive of the Quileute community that research, travel and a few pe- has given me so much and riods where I took extended continue my journey with Qui- study leave. I am happy to tell leute. I have a few ideas about you that on August 10, 2017, I new and creative ways in received word that my PhD which I can achieve this, but had successfully passed exam- for now all I can say is, watch ination and that I had com- this space! pleted my degree. In Australi- an academia, a PhD thesis is the highest academic degree awarded and must represent a Steven Antonellos dancing at 2010 Welcoming the Whales substantial and original con- ceremony. Photo by Cheryl Barth tribution to scholarship deter- Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 13

QTS Senior BINGO The Quileute Tribal School hosts BINGO on the following dates, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Senior Center: December 15 January 26 February 23 March 23 April 27 May25

Senior Center Updates Senior meal times are: Monday-Thursday, dinner is served from 3:30 p.m. through 4:40 p.m. Friday, brunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. El- ders eat first. Also, a reminder for home meal deliveries: if you have dogs, please tie them away from front doors. This is for safety of em- ployees. Those receiving delivered meals, please call the Senior Center in advance if you will not be home. Please note: animals are not allowed in the Senior Center. Thank you to Gene Gadddie, Darryl Penn, and Mygene Jackson for fish donations and delivery of fish. Thanks to Chris Penn and Dar- ryl Penn for donation of candy to hand out on Halloween to Head Start children. Page 14 The Talking Raven

ONE FACT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DISABILITY

site: www.socialsecurity.gov/ • Amount of independent disability/step4and5.htm. judgment you used; Remember, when you • Objects you had to lift and provide the details about your carry and how much they condition and your work, weighed; you’re creating a picture of • How much you had to sit, your individual situation. stand, walk, climb, stoop, These details show the extent kneel, crouch, crawl, bal- of your disabling condition. ance; These are examples of some of • How you used your hands, the types of specific infor- arms, and legs; mation we need about your • Speaking, hearing and vi- prior work: sion requirements of your • Main responsibilities of job(s); and your job(s); • Environmental conditions • Main tasks you performed; of your workplace(s). By Kirk Larson, Social Secu- pubs/EN-05-10029.pdf, under • Dates you worked (month Disability is an unpre- rity Washington Public Af- the section, “How we make and year); dictable element in our lives. fairs Specialist the decision.” Understanding • Number of hours a day you Help us help you by educating Disability is something how we make the disability worked per week; yourself about disability bene- many people aren’t faced with decision helps you see the im- • Rate of pay you received; fits, and by providing all the in a direct way. The reality is, portance of information you • Tools, machinery and specific information we ask a 20-year-old worker current- provide about your condition equipment you used; for when you file for benefits. ly has a one-in-four chance of and the types of work you • Knowledge, skills and abili- Social Security continues to becoming disabled before have done. For more infor- ties your work required; secure today and tomorrow reaching retirement age. In mation about how we evalu- • Extent of supervision you by providing benefits and fi- Washington there are over ate your work, you should re- had; nancial protection for millions 178 thousand people receiv- view this section on our web- of people throughout life’s ing disability payment. In Ida- journey. ho there are over 44 thousand. Nationally there are over 8.75 million. That makes Social Security disability benefits something you should learn about and understand. One fact you should know is Social Security’s definition of disability: the inabil- ity to work because of a severe condition that is ex- pected to last for a year or end in death. Social Security disability benefits replace part of your income when you become disabled and are unable to work. Other disability programs may have partial disability or short-term disability, but federal law requires a stricter definition of disability for Social Security benefits. The definition of disability used to qualify you for Social Security Disability Insurance is generally the same one that is used for Supplemental Secu- rity Income benefits. Most people focus on the medical severity of their condition when filing for disability benefits. They provide medical records that show how severe the condition is. Since Social Security defines severity in terms of being unable to work, we also need complete work information. You can read a descrip- tion about the process of eval- uating whether you can work or not and the severity of your condition in our publication, Disability Benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov/ Volume 12, Issue 10 Page 15

Calderon appointed to Tribal Council Council the best in their future endeavors, and wish the best for our Quileute people. After careful consideration, Quileute Tribal Council then appointed Stephanie Cal- deron to the vacant seat. Surrounded by friends and family, Stephanie was sworn into Council on October 17 at the Tribal Office. The Tribal Council re- organized as follows: Chairman: Tony Foster Vice Chair: Naomi Jacobson Secretary: Stephanie Calderon Treasurer: Doug Woodruff On September 21, Thank you for electing me to After much thought and Member at Large: James Jack- 2017, Council Chairman Chas serve in the capacity of the Qui- consideration, I have made the son Woodruff issued the following leute Tribal Council these past decision to step down from my statement, stepping down two terms. It has been an hon- position on Tribal Council ef- from Quileute Tribal Council: or to represent you and I did so fective Friday, September 22, To My Fellow Tribal Members, to the best of my ability. 2017. I wish the Quileute Tribal Quileute Halloween Carnival

Photos By Cathy Salazar

Low Waters Caused River Closures in September By Quileute Natural Resources and Quileute Natural Resources Committee Due to the lack of late summer/early fall rain, the Quillayute River System reached its lowest flow levels in several years. These low flows had resulted in difficult passage for salmon within the rivers and prevented the annual migration back upstream to spawn. In response, the Quileute Natural Resource Committee with technical support from Quileute Natu- ral Resources, had decided to close the Quillayute River System to fishing, to prevent overharvest of our salmon returns. WDFW also agreed to close their sport fishery for salmon throughout the Quillayute system for similar concerns. Adult escapement to the spawning grounds are a very crucial component to the overall health of future salmon returns. Furthermore, low river flows can often be accompanied by warmer water, which is stressful to salmon as they migrate back upstream. For these reasons, closures were critical to ensuring an optimal adult escapement on the spawning grounds. Happy Birthday to Enrolled Quileute Tribal Members December Birthdays: Jayden Ceja-Cisneros 1 Donetta Black 4 Murina Davis 12 Dawn Rasmussen Seth Klepps Maydelia Sanders 13 Ruby Stacey 2 Laura Reed Wyatt Smith Keisha Bouck Frank Hobucket 5 Elizabeth Soto Jay Jaime Ivy Smith Yvonne Davis Johnny Jackson Jessica Green 6 Jacob Trainor 14 Regina Dan 3 Charles Harrison 8 Brittany Eastman Angeline Francis Jose Salazar 9 Eric Ceja-Cisneros Edward Bouck Angela Black Heavyn Smith 15 Cheryl Wilcox Haven Ward 10 Georgia Schumack-Penn Miken Guerrero-Estrada Melanie Tisdale Anne Walker Sandra Leyendecker 4 Kylie Flores 11 Ardis Blair-Pullen 16 Juan Penn Cody Simmons Cecelia Ward Melvin Wood 12 Craig Penn Tyron Jackson 17 Lindsy Obi-Williams Mildred Hatch 19 Jonathan Trainor Tonia Jack-Bryan 20 Cruz Fernandez-Black Jr. Hannah Meneely 21 Kailani Gorum 22 Vincent Reid Sr. Victoria Jackson Catherine Salazar Cheryl Sease 23 Jayden Scheller 24 Peggy Rice Shawnta Williams-Payne 25 Leonardo Guerrero Jr. Patricia Cooper 26 James King Gary Jackson Sr. 29 Carrie Jackson Cameron Coberly James Christiansen 30 Nelson Morganroth Autumn Penn

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