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

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    CHEHALIS NEWSLETTER


                          May-June 2023 FIND HISTORY, HERITAGE & RESOURCES AT CHEHALISTRIBE.ORG



     inside                                    Congratulations!                          Delicious feast
     Drum-making classes / 3  CTLF empowers / 9  Graduates of all                        Salmon Ceremony
     New track record / 5  Elders activities / 10  ages savor the day                    honors sacred fish
     Boot camp journey / 7  June birthdays / 11
     Embracing carbs / 8  Chehalis Tribal Royalty / 12  page 4                           page 6






























     The Chehalis baseball team was victorious in the men’s hardball tournament during Chehalis Tribal Days.
     UNITED WE PLAY




    Tribal Days hits a home run



     By Frazier Myer                      Rebels, Tomahawks and Chehalis. Team
                                          Chehalis was led by longtime Tribal
             emorial Day weekend          Days veteran and Chehalis Tribe
             delivered another successful   Chairman Dustin Klatush.
    MChehalis Tribal Days. The              Seemingly every year, Chehalis
     annual event is the largest and most   competes on championship Monday
     popular festivity the Chehalis Tribe hosts.   against Little Boston (Port Gamble
       More than 30 teams competed        S’Klallam). It was the same this year, but
     throughout the weekend in hardball, co-  Chehalis played against the Blackhawks
     ed softball and women’s softball.    for the championship.
       The Chehalis Tribe had three teams
     represent in the hardball bracket: the   See TRIBAL DAYS / page 2         Teams showed off their skills and made amazing plays.


                                                   Camas dig embraces traditions



                                                   Intertribal event encourages healthy harvest, sustainability


                                                   By Frazier Myer                           The group included people from various
                                                                                          tribes in the state, tribal people from other
                                                     On May 20, more than 50 people       states and those who attended to experience
                                                   gathered at Glacial Heritage Preserve near   traditional harvesting techniques used by
                                                   Littlerock to participate in the Intertribal   Native Americans for thousands of years.
                                                   Camas Dig.                                Event organizers Shawna Zierdt and
                                                     Attendees learned how to harvest camas   Elizabeth Campell shared information
     Participants circle up before they collect camas   on the prairie, which is less than 15 miles
     plants on May 20 at Glacial Heritage Preserve.  from the Chehalis Reservation.       See CAMAS / page 3
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