Nisqually Indian Tribe Squalli Absch NewsNisqually Tribal News 4820 She-Nah-Num Dr. SE Olympia, WA 98513 Phone # 360-456-5221 Volume 11 Issue 6 www.nisqually-nsn.gov June 2021 Congratulation Newly Elected Officials! May 6th, 2021 Nisqually Tribe's newly elected Tribal Council Chairman, Willie Frank Jr. Secretary, Jackie Whittington and 5th Council, Chay Squally. Sargeant of Arms, Derrick Sanchez. Enrollment Sophie Johns, Kahelelani Kalama, Andrew Squally and Shareholder Maury Sanchez. 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In this issue: Please call 911 for Emergencies North Falcon Summary ………… pg. 3 Education Graduation …………… pg. 4 Library News ………..……………. pg. 5 TERO ………………………..……. pg. 6 CJ Young-Cook ………………….. pg. 7 TGA News ..…….……………..…. pg. 8 IT Info ………………………….…. pg. 9 New Case Worker .… …..….….. pg. 10 Social Services …………………. pg. 11 3:00 Behavioral Health ………………. pg. 12 Youth Center Buses ……………… pg 13 Denture Doctor …..………………. pg. 14 Announcements …………………. pg. 15 Volume 11, Issue 6 2 June 2021 North Falcon Summary of Actions Impacting Nisqually Treaty Fisheries The 2021 forecast for South Sound Fall Chum run will impact The Chinook season will look a little bit different than years past. Nisqually Treaty fisheries and Nisqually Late Chum. We do not There was policy direction to forgo the early part of the season have a viable fall chum run in the Nisqually but the lack of and concentrate the abundance will impact Medicine Creek Fishing areas for chum fishery on the peak of the and indirectly help to protect our Winter Chum run. The Area 10 hatchery run. We will and Area 11 commercial fisheries are not planning to open have Sunday noon to unless the Apple Cove Point in-season update shows large Tuesday noon fisheries numbers of fall chum. The exact management process for this beginning August 22 and fishery is yet to be defined by the co-managers this summer. continue through This fishery can catch winter chum particularly in later weeks. September 7th. The The Nisqually Team was successful in driving the process to fishery boundary will be from the mouth of the Nisqually River up protect winter chum greater than any other year as the Nisqually to Clear Creek at flagging. We were also successful this year in winter forecast is again below escapement needs. shaping the Chinook impacts during coho to get back on the water one week earlier than last year, the opener will be a 12- 2021 Nisqually Treaty Fishing Schedule: hour fishery. The rest of coho season can be Sunday noon to Medicine Creek: Wednesday noon. The boundary for Coho will be from the Chambers Bay will be closed for Chum conservation. Nisqually River mouth up to Clear Creek for the first couple of Area 13A upper Carr inlet will have gear and time schedule weeks then move up to Kalama Creek for the rest of the season. changes to direct fishing on the Fall Minter Hatchery Chum and Coho will close on November 10th due to concerns over winter reduce possible impact to Nisqually winter chum. The regulation chum. Again, this year we are not planning winter chum fisheries change from all gear types including marine drift to beach seine because forecasts are below escapement needs. We will have and shore-based set nets only after November 13th. This change conversations of a treaty fishery opener if the Yelm in-season directs fishery on the Minter Hatchery stock. update tool shows that we have projected escapement. If there is a decision to open a treaty fishery the fishery boundary will be Nisqually River: from the mouth of the Nisqually River to Clear Creek at flagging. The sport fishery will be closed Sunday and Monday while we fish. McAllister Creek: fishing can open from late July to Halloween 5 days a week. Updates from TANF By Jesse Youckton May was a busy month for the TANF office. In coordination with Thank you for everyone who came through. We will be hosting Garden staff, we provided each of our TANF families with a another event in June, keep your eyes out for more information. Mother’s Day Gift, comprising of plant container, dirt, gloves, flowers and a tomato start. We hope you all had a wonderful Looking ahead for summer events, SPIPA is considering hosting Mother’s Day. We also held a drive through event to honor all the a “family camp” at Camp Bishop. In the past, this was a summer “Foster Care and Relative Placement” families. It is admirable to youth camp. However, due to the COVID Pandemic, help raise a child that is not your own. The event was an official accommodations need to be adjusted. The new style for camp “Thank You” for all you do for the children. Also in May, staff went would include the whole family, with each family getting their own through policy and network trainings. We continued to send out cabin for the few nights. More details will come out as decided. If weekly activity kits to our families. The “Tie Dye Kit” which you are interested in attending or learning more about this camp, included dye, masks, pillow cases and table placemats to get talk to your case manager! creative with. One activity set also included Instant Pots, aprons, cookbook and cutting board. To honor Earth Day, Community If you have any questions regarding TANF or would like to apply Services Division collaborated to provide a “Respecting Mother for services, give us a call at 360-456-5237 to arrange a time to Earth” drive through event. It was a huge success with program pick up an application or email Jesse Youckton at staff handing out Earth Day goodie bags, dirt, flowers and lunch! [email protected] and he can mail or email an application to you. Volume 11, Issue 6 3 June 2021 Volume 11, Issue 6 4 June 2021 LIB LIFE, Library Collection Tribal Library Staff Family Engagement Kits: For Tribal and Community Update members with school-aged children, we still have 10 kits to give out. These Here is an update on some of the new book titles we awesome grab-bags and have just ordered or have already purchased. boxes contain award- winning literature from the -Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and A Woman’s Search for American Indians in Justice in Indian Country, Sierra Murdoch Children’s Literature blog -Looks like Daylight Voices of Indigenous children, (AICL), STEAM activities, Deborah Ellis Family activities (games, -Eyes Bottles Dark with Mouthful of Flowers, Jake painting, etc.) and a Skeets (Winner of National Poetry Series) community collaboration -American Apartheid: The Native American Struggle surprise. Call the Library now to schedule delivery or for Self-Determination, Stephanie Woodward drop-off of your family’s 2nd Quarter kit! -The Winona LaDuke Chronicles: Stories from the Front Lines, Winona LaDuke *Also, don’t forget to email the Library a picture of -Indigenous Poetics in Canada, Neal McLeod a completed work of art (with the paints supplied -Winter Brothers: A Season at the Edge of America, in the Kit) for your $25.00 RezMart Gift Card! by Ivan Doig Stay tuned for our 3rd Quarter Family Summer Engagement Activity Kits, which we be given out Hope everyone has a great end of the school year, by the third week of June! stay safe and “see” you soon! Library Staff can be reached at 360-456-5221 Catalina S. ext. 1222 OR Shannon R. ext. 1141 Coming Soon: JSTOR Database through NTL The Nisqually Tribe Library has recently purchased access to JSTOR, which includes over “12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources” for all patrons interested in an online research and instruction platform. Once configured to our website: https://weusso.softlinkliberty.net/ Access will be through barcodes, so make sure you have your Nisqually Library card! Volume 11, Issue 6 5 June 2021 TERO Spirit Week Activities By Jennifer Underwood and Kayla Sparkuhl Administrative Professionals Day Nisqually had Spirit week April 19-April 23, 2021. TERO hosted on April 21st Administrative Professionals Day! We had over 25 in attendance for the special event out of about 38 the tribe has. The event was located in Youth Center, where we played fun games of bingo and also had raffles. Everyone who attended also received a swag bag filled with a reusable cup, notebook, pen, and plug in, flowers to replant. We all enjoyed an elegant meal of chicken and rice pilaf provided by Bayview.