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

TRIBAL

CHEHALIS NEWSLETTER

April 2023 FIND HISTORY, HERITAGE & RESOURCES AT CHEHALISTRIBE.ORG

inside Hazel Pete conference A huge success!
Tribal officers sworn in / 5 St. Patrick’s Day treats / 8 Master artisans teach Hundreds of elders
Employees wear red / 6 May birthdays / 9 weaving, beadwork celebrate at luncheon
Diaper help available / 6 Veterans Day Dinner / 10
Family budget tips / 7 River flood plan / 12 page 11 page 2

Gloves

capture

creativity

Business combines
baseball and art

By Frazier Myer
Chehalis tribal member
Ryan Burnett decided to
swing for the fences when
he created Rhyno Gloves.
His vibrant business
offers a unique form of
custom-designed artwork on
baseball and softball gloves.
The April 3 grand opening of the new Elders Center gave the community a chance to explore the building. Burnett has found a way
to expresses his creativity
Elders Center opens doors the game he is passionate
while staying involved with
about.

Love of the game
Beautifully By Jacob Secena promotes a healthy and sustainable place Burnett has always had
crafted ommunity members celebrated for our elders’ future events and meetings. a fondness for baseball.
Baby pictures of him with a
The building’s slanted roof, wooden
building completion of the Chehalis Tribal walls and log support beams reflect the baseball in his hands before
features CElders Center with a grand cultural significance of a longhouse, he could walk attest to that.
He played all through high
opening ceremony on April 3.
bringing the community together.
traditional The project started in the fall of 2021. “It’s rare to get to work with so much
longhouse The spacious center taps into a traditional wood construction,” said Ron Phipps, See GLOVES / page 4
longhouse approach with concepts
project manager and superintendent of
details with contributed by tribal elders and the Pease Construction.
an eye to Elders Committee. The previous Elders Center inspired
Using personalized input from
the future community members, the center See ELDERS CENTER/ page 2

Many
Chehalis
tribal elders,
including
Helen
Sanders,
Charlotte
Lopez and
Don Secena,
attended the Former MLB pitcher
ceremony. Josh Richardson shows
his custom glove from
Rhyno Gloves.