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FIND HISTORY, HERITAGE AND RESOURCES AT CHEHALISTRIBE.ORG March/April 2020
CHEHALIS TRIBAL

NEWSLETTER

The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, ‘People of the Sands’

Serving the public Honoring class of 2020 inside
4 new Safety Department High school seniors get Wellness Center information and April, May birthdays / 8-9
members excited for roles special recognition frequently asked questions / 6 OSD supports families / 11
Learn how to support survivors
Curbing substance abuse
pages 3-5 page 10 of sexual violence / 7 among youth / 11

Tribes aim

to regain

control

of funds

Lawsuit seeks to
stop distribution of
Daniel “Bones” Gleason aid to corporations
has retired after decades of
creating connections and By Frazier Myer
helping the Chehalis Tribe
grow (pictured above with The Coronavirus Aid,
Mel Youckton and below at Relief and Economic Security
the Elders Luncheon). Act (CARES Act) that became
law on March 27 provides
Retirement heard specifically for COVID-19
$150 billion in direct aid
expenses to states, tribal
governments, territories and
around the region local governments.
Members of Congress
understood the hardships
the ongoing pandemic
has caused for tribes and
After an illustrious career with the Chehalis Tribe, allocated $8 billion of the
funds to tribal governments
Daniel ‘Bones’ Gleason welcomes a new chapter to provide services to tribal
members across the country.
By Jesse Gleason
See LAWSUIT, page 5
There are moments in history that are
so big, we tell the stories of where we were
when we heard the news. The 1969 moon
landing, the Mount St. Helens eruption, talk
show host Johnny Carson’s last “Tonight
Show” and baseball great Lou Gehrig’s
farewell speech are prime examples. The
Chehalis Tribe faces another one of those
times. Daniel “Bones” Gleason decided to
turn the page to the next chapter in his story
and retired on April 14. The name Bones is
synonymous with the Chehalis Tribe, not
only in the surrounding region but also
throughout Indian country.
See RETIREMENT, page 2 Tribes filed a lawsuit to keep
COVID-19 aid funds in tribal
government control instead
of handed out to corporations.