Page 4 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - May 2025

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Youth

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royalty

Dinner celebrates the
beauty of Chehalis
culture, traditions

By Bobbie Bush

The day was sunny with a
few clouds as people came to the
Gathering Room at the Chehalis
Tribe’s Community Center on
May 21 to vote for Miss Chehalis,
Junior Miss Chehalis, Little Miss
Chehalis and Head Start Miss
Chehalis.
Dan “Bones” Gleason opened
the event with a prayer and a
blessing. Orinda Goddard made
a delicious turkey dinner with
mashed potatoes, green beans and
gravy.
Business Committee Vice Chair
Sheila Bray introduced Madoleen
Goddard and asked her to
highlight what she would do if she
won the Miss Chehalis title again Chehalis Tribe Chairman Dustin Klatush and 2025 Tribal Royalty members (from left) Madoleen Goddard, Aryana
this year. Klatush, Brooklynn Klatush and Kahli Reynolds proudly represent the tribal community at this year’s Tribal Days.
Madoleen, who represented the
tribe as Miss Chehalis in 2024, said
she would focus a lot of her energy
on bringing awareness to Missing TRIBAL ROYALTY Seeking cooks, teachers
and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Contestants spoke briefly in
front of family and other tribal Miss Chehalis:
members who gathered to vote for Madoleen Goddard
the Miss Chehalis positions. It was Junior Miss Chehalis:
recognized that there were four Aryana Klatush
royalty positions and only four Little Miss Chehalis:
contestants. Brooklynn Klatush ATTENTION TRIBAL MEMBERS: If you are
Each Tribal Royalty member Head Start Miss Chehalis: interested in preparing and serving lunch
was given a beautiful shawl and Kahli Reynolds
cedar crown and cheers from the at Heritage & Culture classes or would like
crowd. to teach a quarterly class or instruct at our
Chehalis Tribal Culture Camp in August,
send your name, address, phone number
and what you would like to teach or cook!

GET IN TOUCH

Email Community & Culture Director
Cheryle Starr at cstarr@chehalistribe.org
or Heritage & Culture Coordinator Trudy
Marcellay at tmarcellay@chehalistribe.org