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

                                                                       TRIBAL


   CHEHALIS NEWSLETTER


                          July-August 2023 FIND HISTORY, HERITAGE & RESOURCES AT CHEHALISTRIBE.ORG


     inside                                   Super celebration                            Blueberry bounty
     Trauma and healing / 5  Elders Luncheon / 9  Warm welcome                             Elders fill their
     Back-to-school event / 6  Fourth of July / 10  back for students                      buckets at farm
     Youth workers / 7  LGBTQIA+ event / 11
     Employee picnic / 8  EOT 2 celebration / 11  page 6                                   page 3






























        HONOR                           on the WATER                                                Chehalis tribal elder Rodney


                                                                                                    Youckton and fellow tribal elders
                                                                                                    met former Mariners player
                                                                                                    Edgar Martinez at the Legends
                                                                                                    Sports Bar grand opening.
                                                 The Chehalis Canoe Family glides across Puget Sound
                                                 on Tulaap during the Paddle to Muckleshoot.        Sports

        Tribe pulls together to complete sacred Canoe Journey

        By Frazier Myer                                                                             bets now
             he Chehalis Tribal Canoe Family
             returned to the waterways to take                                                      at casino
        Tpart in the 2023 intertribal Canoe
        Journey Paddle to Muckleshoot. The theme
        of this year’s voyage was Honoring Our                                                      Fans visit Legends
        Warriors Past and Present.                                                                  Bar, meet baseball
          Tulaap is the name of the Chehalis
        Tribe’s 27-foot vessel that the canoe family                                                icon Edgar Martinez
        takes on the annual journey. The Chehalis
        people joined this year’s passage on July                                                      Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel
        24 in Lower Elwha near Port Angeles. This                                                   welcomed guests to the grand
        was a main pit stop for dozens of canoe                                                     opening of its new Legends
        families from the Pacific Coast and British                                                 Sports Bar on July 7. Hundreds
        Columbia, Canada.                                                         PAGE 4            were in attendance to meet Hall
          The group of canoes traveled together,                                                    of Fame Major League Baseball
        making stops each night as tribes paddled                                Tribal youth       player Edgar Martinez as the
        along the Salish Sea. On July 25, they pulled                            embrace            highlight of the celebration.
        into Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for a night                               tradition             The new sports bar offers
        of rest and preparation for the next leg of                             during Rites        betting on a variety of events,
        their journey to Port Townsend.                                        of Passage           including Major League
          An issue with Tulaap arose when the                                                       Baseball, National Football
                                                                                                    League, National Basketball
        See JOURNEY / page 2                                                                        Association/Women’s National
                                                                                                    See BETS / page 9
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