Page 4 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - January-February 2022

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ITEMS TO GO

Tea, syrups
and balms
are available
at the Tribe’s
Community
Center. Call
Melanee at
360-709-1683
to schedule an
appointment to
pick up items.

Skylar Bracero-Rosbaugh, Karen Klatush and Melanee Stevens of the Heritage & Culture program
helped teach participants in traditional holiday-themed classes.
Cultural creativity Community members

craft holiday-themed
gifts in Heritage classes

he Chehalis Tribe’s Heritage & Bracero also taught a very unique
Culture program hosted classes method of cedar weaving as she walked
throughout the fall and early participants through how to weave one-
T winter months of December of-a-kind cedar objects as Christmas
and January. Classes allow tribal ornaments.
members to practice traditional artistic The Heritage & Culture program will
ways of their ancestors. continue to hold tutorials throughout
Skylar Bracero-Rosbaugh, Karen 2022 and will keep the community
Klatush and Melanee Stevens operate updated on events. Classes will include
the Heritage & Culture program for the instruction on making elderberry syrup,
tribe. The group has striven to keep the sage honey, trauma balm, nettle tea and
community actively participating in many more natural herbal medicines and
traditional ways of Native Americans weaving, beading, wood carving and health products. February classes will
ancestors. They also integrate modern sewing, along with crafting natural introduce participants to creating aprons,
methods while teaching valuable life herbal medicines made from plants cedar woven vases and self-care kits.
lessons such as making items by hand native to the region. The project room will be open
and sticking with projects. On Dec. 11-12, Bracero-Rosbaugh, to the tribal community from
On Nov. 13-14, program staff held Klatush and Stevens of the Heritage & 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays and
the inaugural Culture Camp. The event Culture program held holiday-themed Thursdays throughout the year.
was open to tribal community members classes. Participants learned how to craft Crafters will be able to work
of all ages. Participants created various a Christmas stocking by using a sewing with cedar, cattail, beads and
handmade items and were taught cedar machine and Pendleton-style fabric. other handmade items.