December 2015 - the NookSack Indian Tribe

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Events
Volume 5, Number 5 December 2015
Since Time Immemorial Workshop
Submitted by Nooksack Way of Life
12/1 – 6:00pm
Community Council Meeting
12/3 – Knitting Circle
See page 2
12/9 – (for Elders only)
Honoring Our Elders Dinner
See page 20
12/10 – Knitting Circle
See page 2
12/10 – Firearm Safety Class
See page 7
12/12 & 13 – Arts & Crafts Fair
See page 3
12/15 – 3:00 - 5:00pm
Youth (SAMSHA)
Glass Etching Make n’ Take
(Peter Joseph 966-7704)
12/17 – Tribal Christmas Party
See page 17
12/17 – Knitting Circle
See page 2
12/21-12/24 – Tribe
Administratively closed
12/25 – Tribe closed for the
holiday
1/14 – 8:40am
Culture Day Assembly
Lynden High School
(Peter Joseph 966-7704)
On October 22, the Education Specialist attended a Since Time Immemorial
Workshop for educators and public school administration. The Lummi Blackhawk
Singers opened the day. Then Lummi Nation School’s Principal, Heather Leighton,
welcomed the group to her school, which sponsored the training, supplied a nice
breakfast, and lunch for the group.
The 8 hour training offered insight into the Washington State Senate Bill 5433
act; it regulates that public schools in Washington State are now required to teach
Washington State tribal histories, cultures, and governments. Schools and local
tribes will need to continue to reach out to each other in order to improve the
current history curriculum utilized in most public schools to date.
Attendees were provided with free materials developed and approved of by
the 29 recognized Washington State tribes. Teachers were walked through the
www.indian-ed.org website and they were given a Lummi site to use for class
room discussions – americanindian.si.edu/environment/lummi/Challenge.aspx.
Finally, the group was privileged to meet a couple of Lummi elders who were
instrumental in leading the tribe through various legislation in Washington DC.
Nooksack Way of Life offered their “Empower My Nation” Posters for teaching
tools to teachers who were looking for hands on visual materials. The Nooksack
Education Department and Nooksack Way of Life continue to collaborate with
Nooksack Valley and Mount Baker School Districts to ensure that the required
legislation is carried out. n
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Table of Contents
Since Time Immemorial Workshop…………………… 1
Knitting Circle…………………………………………… 2
Arts and Crafts Fair……………………………………… 3
Parent-Teacher Conferences…………………………… 4
National Prevention Network Conference…………… 5
Applesauce……………………………………………… 5
Talk About Veggies……………………………………… 6
Firearm Safety Class…………………………………… 7
Youth Matter Prevention Retreat at Camp Lutherwood…8
Education Department………………………………… 9
Youth Department Asks Families To Update
Contact Information…………………………………… 9
Si:wesa:ylhem tset Class – Adventures in Learning…… 10
Weekly Fitness Class Schedule………………………… 11
Community Halloween Carnival……………………… 12-13
Chinook Habitat Restoration Project……………… 14-15
Nooksack – Sediment/Climate Change………………… 16
Celebrate the holiday season!………………………… 17
Veteran’s Day Ceremony…………………………… 18-19
Elder’s Holiday Dinner………………………………… 20
Nooksack Domestic Violence Program………………… 21
Do You Know Me?……………………………………… 22
Social Services News…………………………………… 22
How to Submit News to the Snee-Nee-Chum
Newsletter……………………………………………… 22
Elders Lunch Menu……………………………………… 23
Severe Weather Shelters……………………………… 24
Hot Meals Served Daily………………………………… 25
Food and Meal Resources in Whatcom County……… 26
Power Outages and Elders……………………………… 27
Urgent Care and Walk-In Clinics in Whatcom County… 27
Nooksack Automotive Dept…………………………… 27
2015 Holiday Calendar………………………………… 28
Administrative Contacts………………………………… 28
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
The evening of Nov 12th, the Nooksack Way of Life hosted the 3rd annual Parent-Teacher Conferences at the community
building. Parents met with their children’s teachers; everyone enjoyed a nice dinner of baked potatoes, salmon, and fruit
salad. The meal was prepared by Molissa Leyva and by the SAMHSA staff: Michael Jimmy, Edna Revey, and Victoria
Mayers. NVSD provided the desserts to compliment the meal.
Everyone was encouraged to enter their name in the raffle. 49 prizes were handed out to the lucky ones whose
names were randomly picked out of the bag by youth assistants.
Over all, the parents were very appreciative of the teachers and school district’s effort in coming out to have conferences
in the Tribal community building. The NVSD stated that they wish to continue this practice for years to come. n
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National Prevention Network Conference
This year Nooksack Way of Life attended the 1st annual National
Prevention Network Conference in Seattle. Three youth - Candice Hilton,
Norma Sanchez and Paula Sanchez received approval from their teachers to
leave school for the three days. The prevention conference was designed to
encourage young teens to assess their communities, develop an action plan to
help, and then evaluate what their actions and activities would accomplish.
The atmosphere was
extremely positive and the
girls were able to make friends
from other teams. Nooksack
was the only team enrolled
from Whatcom County. They
did a great job representing
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Applesauce
Nooksack Way of Life collaborated with the Youth Program in
making apple sauce for the elders.
After school, students came to the
community building from Timber
Ridge to help peel, cut, and cook
apples in order to make apple sauce.
Once the cooked apples became
soft enough they were promptly
mashed-up and the youth took
turns filling jars for canning. They
intend to hand out jars of fresh
apple sauce during their December
9th, SAMHSA hosted Honoring
Elders Luncheon. n
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Talk About Veggies
On November 4th, the Nooksack Way of Life Education Specialist and Sandra Bura, of the Diabetes Prevention
program, visited the youth program.
Students learned about how carrots grow in bunches underground; how their green tops grow back when cut-off
while still in the ground; and how red-skinned carrots are really just sun-burned. They saw that carrots come in all
shapes and sizes. Some have multiple legs that twine around each other too.
The youth learned about the different kale varieties; sampled soft green lettuce leaves; and smelled fresh dill.
Students tend to call out “oh the Garden Ladies are here” when the see the pair arrive at class.
Hopefully with careful planning, the youth can visit the new community garden currently being developed in
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Youth Matter Prevention Retreat at Camp Lutherwood
Nooksack Way of Life program took five youth to the
annual Youth Matter Prevention Retreat, hosted at the
Camp Lutherwood, located on Lake Samish in Whatcom
County.
Paula Sanchez, Norm
Sanchez, Roberto Sanchez,
Chance Olson and Gordon
Olson all took part in
the weekend program.
The three day conference
provides lots of fun
activities, games and
informational workshops.
This year the youth
especially enjoyed the
Improve acting, Brazilian
martial arts dance group,
and
the
Bellingham
police drug dog with the
swat armor vehicle. The
intent of the conference
is for young adults to take
leadership roles in their community. The youth are asked
to identify concerns and problem areas in either their
schools or communities and brain storm ideas of how
they can make a difference. This year the Lummi Youth
Leadership from Vista Middles School in Ferndale joined
the conference to the delight of our Nooksack Youth.
Having cousins participate in the weekend activities
provided a sense of added familiarity and comfort. Each
team was requested to develop a year-long project. Our NIT
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team decided to begin our project by approaching the Mt.
Baker and Lummi Nation Schools in requesting that they
consider allowing Prevention Clubs in their schools. Most
of the teams who attend the Youth Matter conference are
from prevention clubs sponsored within public schools.
Our intent is to attempt to start advocating for prevention
programs in the schools where our NIT youth attend.
Currently Nooksack Valley School District has a parttime opening for a Prevention Professional. Hopefully
Mt Baker will also start to investigate this option as well.
Then our youth would be able to attend prevention club
meetings regularly in schools and attend conferences year
round through their school groups and clubs. Overall the
youth had a wonderful time at the conference. One student
even thanked our program for inviting him and asked if he
could return again next year. He enjoyed it so much he
could not wait to come again. Hopefully, next year more
NIT youth will consider attending this free educational
conference located right here in Whatcom County. n
Education Department
Our K-2 students have been busy working in their small groups and
boosting their reading minutes. Math continues to be the major home
work focus for the older students. Our Western Washington Volunteers will
be wrapping up their service hours during the first week of December. In
January, we will welcome a new group of volunteers. We sure appreciate their
time and service!
On October 29th, we had a Halloween party where the kids got to enjoy face
painting, a cake walk, cookie decora-ting, lots of candy and a photo booth, among
other activities.
November 12th, we participated in parent/teacher conferences for
Nooksack Valley School District at the community building. It was a great
turn-out and everyone had fun chatting, sharing a meal and winning raffle
prizes. What a wonderful way to have conferences!
Harmony Elementary recognized several students for the Harmony All Stars
WWU volunteer, Kaylee; youth tutor, Ravenia Hillaire; and Education task force member,
Sakara Harry at the education information table during Nooksack School District conferences.
and they were featured in the school
newsletter. Douglas Jefferson James,
Justina Abbott, Taylen Powell, Tavian
Powell and Samiya Powell received
awards. Congratulations All Stars!!
Everson Elementary recognized
Ryan at the Pioneer Pride assembly.
Congratulations Ryan!
If you have questions about
Nooksack Education Department
programs and services, please call us
at the Timber Ridge campus and we
will be happy to help! 360-966-9696.
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Chayleigh Davis wins a big raffle prize at
the Nooksack School District conferences.
Youth Department Asks Families To Update Contact Information
Now that we are entering the winter months, the Youth
Department is asking all families to please keep all phone
contacts up to date.
If our program experiences a power outage for at
least a half hour, we will likely cancel the program for
that day. In such instances, we make sure that we reach
a family member for all of the students that regularly
attend our program to let everyone know about the shut
down for that day.
It is extremely important for our program to always have the most recent phone numbers for parents, caretakers
and emergency contacts for closure purposes and in case our youth have had accidents, gotten sick, or are having any
behavioral issues.
So, if your phone number changes, or the phone numbers of your emergency contacts change, just give the Youth
Department a call at (360) 966-9696 and we will be more than happy to update any contact information in our files.
The Youth Department will be closed December 21st -25th and we will have all-day programming and field trips
December 28th -31st.
For more information, contact the Youth Department at (360) 966-9696. n
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Si:wesa:ylhem tset Class – Adventures in Learning
Submitted by Keith Lindsey, Youth Academic Intervention Specialist
With a focus on exploring educational and career opportunities in our
region of the world, the Si:wesa:ylhem tset Class has had a busy month.
A visit to Bellingham’s own Western Washington University opened our
students’ eyes to the myriad fields available for study, as well as the social and
recreational side of college life. We traveled down to Everett to tour the largest
building in the world, the Boeing aircraft factory, and witnessed the assembly
of 747s, 777s, and the new carbon-fiber intensive 787 (sorry, no pictures
allowed inside the factory!). The class wrapped up the month by getting a
glimpse at the career opportunities offered at Bellingham Technical College.
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Our orientation appointment included seeing the metals shop and
an introduction to computer design
and mechanical engineering.
Meanwhile, back at Timber
Ridge, our studies in math, science,
history, and literacy continue along
with excellent halqemelem classes
from Loren Roberts. n
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Community Halloween Carnival
Submitted by Housing
The Nooksack Indian Housing Authority collaborated with various departments and programs of the Nooksack
Indian Tribe to host another successful Halloween event for the Nooksack community.
The Housing and Tribal maintenance crews constructed a makeshift town for our tribal children to trick-or-treat,
creating a safe alternative to being out on the streets in the dark and stormy weather. There were a lot of fun games,
activities, a haunted house, prizes, photo booth and of course a ton of candy for all! Dinner was served and everyone
young and old enjoyed the party! Approximately 423 people were in attendance! We can’t wait for next year! n
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Chinook Habitat Restoration Project
Submitted by Natural Resources Department
In addition to the South Fork Nooksack (Nuxw7íyem)
River project highlighted in last month’s newsletter, the
Natural Resources Department also oversaw construction
of a chinook habitat restoration project on the North
Fork Nooksack (Xwqélém) River this past summer. This
summer’s work was part of a larger multi-year project using
engineered log jams to restore stable spawning and rearing
habitat in the North Fork Nooksack (Xwqélém) Farmhouse
Reach, just upstream from Kendall Creek. These log jams
will help address what’s limiting spring chinook in the
North Fork: frequent channel shifting that destroys salmon
redds, and lack of slow-water habitat with woody cover
for hiding and resting for spawning and rearing salmon.
The Farmhouse Reach project is part of the Department’s
broader efforts to increase natural production of Chinook
and other salmon for sustainable Tribal harvest.
This summer, 7 engineered log jams (ELJ’s) were
constructed. The project went out for bid in June, and
Harkness Contracting Inc. out of Acme was awarded the
bid. Natural Resources staff supported the project by:
• Tracking inventory of logs
• Treating invasive knotweed near current and previous construction disturbance areas
• Salvaging conifers to replant in fall
• Installing warning signs
• Delivering construction materials
• Overseeing construction
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This fall, the restoration crew has been working hard
to replant log jams and other disturbed areas. They will
return in the spring and summer to control knotweed
and other invasive vegetation.
Natural Resources has been ramping up the habitat
restoration program over the past few years to aggressively
restore habitats to recover spring chinook. These projects
take a lot of work: obtaining grant funding, working
with consultants to develop project designs, managing
grants, working with landowners to obtain access
permission, ordering supplies, advertising and managing
construction contracts, overseeing and assisting with
construction, replanting after construction is complete,
and monitoring project effects. Natural Resources would
like to thank the staff involved, who put in long hours
over the past year to complete these projects, including
Treva Coe (Habitat Program Manager), Lindsie Fratus
(Watershed Restoration Coordinator), Eric Stover
(Watershed Restoration Coordinator), Arin Smith
(Restoration Crew Lead), Sindick Bura (Restoration
Crew), Darren Malloway (previously Restoration Crew),
Ned Currence (Fisheries Program Manager) and Michael
Maudlin (Restoration Geomorphologist). Thanks to
the ongoing support from the Tribal Chairman, Tribal
Council, and broader Tribal community, we are looking
forward to continuing this important work to restore
chinook habitat! n
Farmhouse
Phase 2a
Project
(photo on left facing page) Restoration Crew planting
conifers at the north fork of the Nooksack River.
(top of page) Construction of the most downstream
structure at the north fork of the Nooksack.
(middle and left) Construction of the most upstream
structure at the north fork of the Nooksack.
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Nooksack – Sediment/Climate Change
as published by Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
The Nooksack Indian Tribe has monitored glacial sediment discharge for several years in the Nooksack River
watershed, focusing on areas that could influence water quality and the reproductive success of threatened spring chinook.
The tribe collects continuous turbidity data at three stations and 20 remote sites. Tribal technicians also sample
suspended sediment at each site.
“This work is being conducted to establish a baseline that will serve as a reference for a likely shift in sediment
dynamics with climate change,” said Oliver Grah, water resources program manager for the tribe.
A series of landslides in 2013 had the tribe
concerned about the effects of increased sediment
on threatened chinook salmon and steelhead. After
debris flows along the Middle Fork Nooksack River
in the spring, turbidity at the Nugent’s Corner Bridge
on the mainstem exceeded the maximum levels the
tribe’s automated turbidity meter could record.
By August, the turbidity on the mainstem had
returned to levels typical for the season.
“The North Fork and Middle Fork are always
turbid this time of year because they’re glacially
fed,” said Tom Cline, water quality supervisor.
“The South Fork is less turbid because it is fed by
snowmelt, but it also suffers from low flow and
Debris flow along the middle fork of the Nooksack River – May 31, 2013.
high temperatures in August and September.”
Most of the sediment monitoring is funded by a GAP grant, base CWA 319 and competitive 319 funds, as well as
BIA, NWIFC and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative.
“Combined funding from different grantors provided funding leveraging,” Grah said. “Also, all of this work is
being shared with and vetted through our Water Resources Inventory Area watershed management project and with
other tribes and stakeholder groups.” n
Launch of the Native-One Stop Portal
Benefits.gov, the official benefits website of the United States, launched a portal of resources for Native
American, Alaskan Native, and tribal populations. The portal, Native One-Stop, provides information about
the services that are available through the Federal government. Native One-Stop conveniently houses any
service that these populations may need with topics ranging from assistance for populations with severe
disabilities to congressional internships for Native Americans. http://www.benefits.gov/nativeonestop n
Welcome
New Hires
Setoga Tigilau
Housing Maintenance
Started 11/05/2015
Jennifer Williams
Chemical Dependency
Youth Aide
Started 11/2/2015 n
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Apply for Nooksack Indian
Tribe jobs ON-LINE
Visit www.nooksacktribe.org and click on “Careers” to view
current job openings, then view job of interest and click on
Apply. Complete the First Time Registration and the application. This on-line
application can be submitted 24 hours a day.
Once you have registered and com-pleted the application you will be able to
use it for any future position you wish to apply for.
You will need an email address to set-up your on-line application. If you need
assistance, please contact Human Resources at 360-592-5176. n
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Veteran’s Day Ceremony
The Nooksack Indian Tribe paused for a moment at
the Veteran’s Day Ceremony on Wednesday, November
11th. This event was sponsored by the Nooksack Tribe,
American Legion, Wendell H. Fidele Post #83, and held
at Mount Baker High School Auditorium to honor those
who have served our country: those who have survived
and those who have not. The young men and women
who have died in defense of our country gave up not only
the life they were living, but also the life they would have
lived; their chance to be parents; and their chance to grow
old with their families. They have put their lives on the
line so that we could live in a great nation, like America. It
is therefore our solemn obligation to preserve the peace
and make the most of this moment for our children and
the children of the world, so that, those who sacrificed
so much to bring us to this moment will be redeemed in
the lives they could have lived by the lives that we do live.
Once again, we say that, we owe them a debt we can never
repay and with that in mind, “freedom is not free”.
On behalf of American Legion, Wendell H. Fidele,
Post# 83, we would like to thank each and every one of
you for coming to honor our Veterans, last Wednesday.
Your individual participation and attendance was
overwhelming. The setting and accommodations
during the Veteran’s Day Ceremony presentation were
outstanding. The catering services of the Northwood
Casino were superb. We received many compliments
from our distinguished guests for a job well done, among
them were the American Legion, the State of Washington
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Department Commander; Area-1, Vice-Commander;
American Legion, District 2, commander; seven officials
of Bellingham and Whatcom County Councilmembers;
Sheriff of Whatcom County; two of the Mount Baker
District School Board of Directors; US Armed Forces
Recruiting Officials of Bellingham; VA Rural Outreach
Team with their Vet Center Mobile Medical Unit and
Counsellors; Tribal and non-tribal Community Veterans;
Gold Star Parents and families. We, also express our special
thanks to the Nooksack Indian Tribe Councilmembers,
the Catering Services of Northwood Casino teaming with
the Nooksack River Casino staff for outstanding support
that made the celebration a successful event.
VA Medical Health Care System Enrollment
Attention to all Nooksack Tribal Veterans who are not
yet enrolled to the VA Medical Care System, please contact
Jovie Joven , NIT Veterans’ Services Program, at (360) 3191410, for assistance in enrollment process. Enrollment to
the VA Medical Health Care system is a requirement for the
VA-NIT Direct Services Reimbursement Sharing Project.
Monthly Meetings
The American Legion, Wendell H. Fidele, Post83,
meet every third Wednesday of the month, at 6 PM,
in the lower level Conference Room at the Tribal
Administration Building, located at 5016 Deming
Road, Deming Washington. We encourage all Veterans,
Tribal and non-Tribal to join us. The next meeting is on
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Honoring those who have served our country…
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Nooksack Domestic Violence Program
Submitted by Social Services
Thank you for helping to raise awareness for ending domestic violence. The October Awareness month was a great
success. The Nooksack Tribal Employees helped us raise awareness by ‘Wearing Purple’ on October 21st. You are all
CHAMPIONS for the cause. Thank you.
Several people were able to follow the 31 days of action; there were many awareness activities that were followed
to get the word out about domestic violence. Thank you for taking action and following the Bellingham Whatcom
County Commission Against Domestic Violence 31-Days of Action Calendar. We ended the month with the “Men with
Impunity” Documentary held at the Pickford Theater. We appreciated all that were able to attend. It was followed-up
with a question and answer session with some great questions and comments for participants.
Our next project for the near future will be to get interested Elders to help with a documentary about healthy
relationships. We will begin with interviews about healthy lifestyles and will document the importance of healthy
living. This project will begin in January of 2016. If you are an Elder and would be interested in participating, please
contact Leon Cline at 360-592-0135.
If you or someone you know is involved in a domestic violence relationship, contact Nooksack Domestic Violence
Program at 360-592-5176 x 3444; Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Service at 1-877-715-1563; or call your local law
enforcement for immediate assistance. n
(above: from left)
Rickie Armstrong
Victoria Mayers
(trio: from left) Leon Cline,
Tammy Cooper-Woodrich,
and Michael Puderbaugh
(group: right to left)
Leandra Smith,
Kurtis Kelly,
Chris Cooper,
Staci James,
Bernice Hewitt.
Georgie Ruiz,
Elaine Hillaire,
Alicia Johnny
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Do You Know Me?
Social Services News
Do you know me (see list below)
and know how to get ahold of me?
If you do, please contact them
to let them know the Enrollment
Department does not have current
contact information for them.
The Enrollment Department can
be reached by phone, 360-592-0135 or
email, [email protected].
Distribution of “Coats & Diapers will take place on December 4, 2015,
and on January 8, 2016 from 12:00 to 3:00 during the Food Bank distribution,
at the Community Building.
Allison, David Keith
Bello, Lucas Benito
Brightwater, Tori Annie
Cheer, Ernest Lloyd
Cheer, Kevin Lloyd
Cooper, Curtis John Henry William
Cooper, Danielle Raeann
Copeland, Valarie Renee
Cruz, Janelle Lee Ann
Dixon, Darren Michael
Dixon, Theodore Solomon Edward James
Dodson, Tracy Michelle
Elkins, Amy Lynn
Finley, Laurena A
Fulgencio, Lolita Reyes
Gomez, Fred
Hernandez, Charles Kenneth-mark
Jimmy, Julian Maska
Jimmy, Shelby David-Thomas
Julian, Robert Lee
Lapointe, Beau Ryan
Louis, Kenneth Adam
Media, Shantell Marie
Melak, Martha Dee
Miller, Isabelle Philomena
Miranda, Cheryl
Peerson, Beau Ryan
Peters, Louis Sylvester
Reid, Rex W
Sandlin, Thomas Nouata
Savino, Willliam Peter
Soria, Francisco Javier Nanamkin
Strachon, Kelvin Brian
Tommy Jr., Paul
Tough, Ruth Irene
Villa, Christine Marie
Villanueva Jr., Diego
Villanueva, Lincoln Lewis
Vinuya, Julia Ann-Marie
Warbus III, Thomas Robert
Weatherford, Celia Anita Marie
White, Brannon Eehn
Willie, Elizabeth Augustine
Tommy, Raymond Carl
Williams, Robert John n
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) is here to financially
assist qualified families on a monthly basis. We encourage all who may need
some financial support to come into our office and talk with our TANF Staff
to see if your family meets the program qualifications.
Deming Office: 5061 Deming Road, Deming, WA 98244
(360) 592-0135
Skagit Office: 2021 East College Way Suite # 210, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360) 848-1758
Please come and join us at the Arts & Crafts Fair on December 12 & 13,
2015 at the Nooksack (Mi’Sq’Eq’O’) Community Building - 2515 Sulwhanon
Drive off the Mission Road, (6750 Mission Road) from 9:00am to 5:00 pm.
If you would like sell items, contact Rosalena Joseph or Wachekiya Roberts at
360-592-5176 to reserve a table. Please come and support our local artists.
Social Services Department just recently mailed
out checks for our Tribal Elders to purchase a turkey
or groceries for Thanksgiving dinner. If you have
not received your check, please contact Nadeen
Jimmy or Sherie Johnny at 360-592-0135 (in Social
Services). n
How to Submit News to the Snee-Nee-Chum Newsletter
You may submit news items or department updates
for consideration to Charity Bernard at
[email protected].
Items for the January newsletter must be submitted by
December 14th.
Questions?
Call Charity at
(360) 592-5176, extension 3114. n
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Power Outages & Elders
As a reminder during power outages, the Five Cedars Elders’ Complex
lunchroom has a generator and is open to the elders to go and warm-up, visit
and watch TV (If the cable is working). Elders can cook their food there too
but need to bring their own food and pan(s). Also, arrangements have been
made with the Nooksack River Casino and Northwood Casino to allow our
elders to eat at the casinos 2 times per day, when we have power outages.
Social Services has a list of elders that do not have transportation and/or live
alone, that we check on during bad weather. If you know of an elder who you
think should be added to our list, please call Nadeen Jimmy or Sherie Johnny.
Nadeen Jimmy: [email protected] 360-592-0135 or 360-393-1176
Sherie Johnny: [email protected] 360-592-0135 or 360-393-1385. n
* For use when the Tribe is closed due to weather, emergency or because of an administrative closure.
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Snee-Nee-Chum
P.O. Box 157
Deming, WA 98244
2015 Holiday Calendar
The Nooksack Tribal Council has approved the 2015 Holiday Schedule. Tribal Offices will be closed on the following day in 2015.
• December 25 – Christmas Day
Administrative Contacts
Tribal Council Office…………………… (360) 592-5164…
Education (Director: Donia Edwards)
Enrollment Office…………………………… (360) 592-5176 x1010
Tribal Council Fax………………………………… (360) 592-4506
Education Main Office …………………………… (360) 966-2043
Headstart-Deming………………………………… (360) 592-0141
Headstart-Everson………………………………… (360) 966-0523
Administration
Administrative Office Main………………………… (360) 592-5176
Administrative Fax………………………………… (360) 592-2125
Human Resources (Director: Suzanne Brownrigg)…… (360) 592-5176
Emergency & Risk Management…………… (360) 592-HELP (4357)
Law Enforcement (Police Chief: Rory Gilliland)
Police Department ………………………………… (360) 592-9065
Health Services (Director Lona Johnson)
Medical Clinic………………………………………
Dental Clinic ………………………………………
Medical Business Office……………………………
Genesis II Office (Manager: Rick George)…………
(360) 966-2106
(360) 306-5151
(360) 966-7704
(360) 966-7704
Behavioral Health …………………………… (360) 966-2376
Social Services (Director: Nadeen Jimmy)
Social Services Main ……………………………… (360) 592-0135
Elders Office ……………………………………… (360) 592-0100
TANF-Deming…………………………………… (360) 592-3219
TANF-Skagit……………………………………… (360) 848-1758
GED Office Nooksack……………………… (360) 592-0135 ext 5124
GED Office Skagit………………………………… (360) 848-1758
Domestic Violence Office ………………………… (360) 592-5176
DV Emergency Hotline…………………………… (360) 592-4164
Family Services (Director: Ken Levinson)
Indian Child Welfare (ICW) ……………………… (360) 592-5432
Child Support ……………………………………… (360) 306-5090
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Youth Program (Director: Roxanne Murphy)
Office……………………………………………… (360) 966-2043
Other Services
Tribal Court………………………………………… (360) 306-5125
Tribal Court Fax…………………………………… (360) 306-5181
Housing Office (Director: Katrice Romero)……… (360) 592-5163
Natural Resources (Director: Gary MacWilliams)… (360) 592-5176
Fishing and Shellfish Fisheries Hotline …………… (360) 592-5140
Cultural Resources (Director: George Swanaset, Jr.)…… (360) 306-5759
Tribal Veterans (Program Manager: Jovie Joven)……… (360) 592-5839
Tribal Gaming …………………………………… (360) 592-5472
Facilities & Maintenance
(Director: Richard Edwards)……………………… (360) 592-0162
Auto Shop………………………………………… (360) 306-5756
Community Building……………………………… (360) 966-9153
North Intertribal Vocational
Rehabilitation Program ……………………… (360) 592-5176 x1048
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