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HEALTH/WELLNESS
ctwc
events
DR. BEHRE
FOOT CLINIC
8 a.m.-noon July 24,
Aug. 14, Sept. 17;
1-4 p.m. July 31,
Aug. 30, Sept. 5:
The ChehalisTribal
Wellness Center has
a podiatrist available
for all foot care needs.
DIABETES
WELLNESS CLINIC
8 a.m.-noon July 19,
Aug. 16,: Patients
Instructor Elise Krohn taught students how to harvest camas during a traditional foods class on May 7. need labs, medicine
review, foot/
Wild, wonderful camas diabetes/physical
exams and a uric
acid blood test.
Robust carbohydrate is lily family but later learned they individuals would also gather at MONTHLY
a traditional food source have been classified as coming her home, such as Sophie Heck, COMMUNITY WALK
from the asparagus family. Elise
Silas Heck and Mary Kiona.
for Native Americans taught that identifying camas is Cindy fondly remembers Noon July 19, A
pretty simple because the edible how when she returned home ug. 16: Join others
The Chehalis Tribal Behavior ones have a purple flower when from school hungry, her lunch for a fun fitness
Health program hosted a camas they are in bloom. When camas consisted of preserved camas walk. Starts at the
class in the Gathering Room on is blooming on the prairies from the family’s storage. She Chehalis Tribal
May 7. they are a beautiful sight to see. said camas isn’t prepared the Wellness Center.
More than 20 people Beware, the white-flowered same way today. If camas was
attended and learned about camas, referred to as the death still cooked in the old way, it MAMMOGRAM
harvesting techniques camas, must be avoided. Camas would be just as she remembers CLINIC
and shared memories of is normally harvested April it – a sweet, tasty treat.
digging camas. The starchy through June. Her uncle would start 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
carbohydrate camas, Elder Cindy Andy digging a pit to cook the camas Sept. 27: Swedish
also known as “Indian volunteered to speak about in before everyone left to Women’s Wellness
potatoes,” is a highlight her memories of gathering harvest. He would gather other Clinic. Call your
of the traditional Native traditional plants on the materials such as rocks, ferns health care provider
American diet. prairie. She started by and burlap bags that he used to to schedule.
When instructor sharing that during cook with. Before cooking, he
Elise Krohn asked her childhood, weighed their camas to ensure FOR MORE
tribal member families couldn’t go an accurate amount of camas INFORMATION
and linguist Dan to a grocery store was returned to the families
Penn how camas is and purchase food. before returning home to Call Diabetes
pronounced in the Instead, they store their food for the winter Licensed Practical
Chehalis language, he relied on gathering months. Nurse Sandra
said the Upper Chehalis people their food from the prairies. Guest speaker Roger Dickenson (360-709-
call it Ka-wum. Camas is a She continued explaining Fernandez, a storyteller from 1660) or Community
starch/carbohydrate similar to that the Secena and Klatush the Lower Elwha S’Klallam Wellness Manager
potatoes. families would stop to visit Tribe, shared three stories: Christina Hicks
Elise explained she originally before heading out to the (360-709-1741).
thought camas came from the prairie to harvest camas. Other See CAMAS, page 9
