Stripping the bark from the sticks. Photo/Mike Sarich
By Mike Sarich, Tulalip News
On April 22nd, members of the Wisdom Warriors support group met up to discuss ways to they can lead a healthier lifestyle. The support group meets on a monthly basis to support each other in maintaining their health goals for living a strong life. Meetings include discussing health topics, enjoying a prepared healthy lunch, and participating in an activity. This month, the group carved “salmon sticks” from branches of the Ocean Spray bush that were harvested locally by tribal members.
For more information on the Wisdom Warriors, contact Veronica Leahy at 360-716-5642.
Shaping the stick. Photo/Mike SarichTulalip Tribes Health Clinic Veronica Leahy demonstrates “salmon stick” carving techniques. Photo/Mike Sarich
SPOIL MOM SILLY THIS MAY 11 Earn “Brownie Points” with Brunch and a Visit to the T Spa at Tulalip Resort Casino
Tulalip, Washington — Give Mom something to brag about this Mother’s Day…be the kid who got her out of the kitchen, making her the toast of the table. On Sunday, May 11, children of all ages can celebrate the special woman in their lives at an opulent brunch in the Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballroom, with seating at 10:30am and 1:00pm.
Every matriarch will feel like a diva dining her way through a dazzling array of breakfast and lunch favorites, including Carving, Omelet and Egg, Pasta, Quiche, and French Toast/Waffle stations. If Mom’s a salad lover, she can select among six – from Seafood Pasta with bay scallops and shrimp to Tossed Mexican Caesar with avocado vinaigrette. Hot entrees run the gamut from Chicken Saltimbocca to Ginger Lemongrass Steamed Clams and Mussels. Assorted breakfast pastries such as muffins, croissants, and Danish complement the menu.
The dessert buffet could be a meal on its own. Colorful French Macarons beckon enticingly as does springtime Strawberry Shortcake Trifles. Whole Tropical Fresh Fruit Tarts hold court, alongside decadent Chocolate Fondant Cakes with raspberries and cream. If Mom likes her chocolate straight up, she can finish her meal with Milk, White and Dark Chocolate Ganache Disks. Cheesecake lovers need not despair, as there will also be an alluring assortment of minis.
For the wee folk, there is a kid’s knee high buffet featuring Chicken Strips, Macaroni Cheese Bites, and Mini Pizzas.
Celebrate Mom in the grand style she deserves at Tulalip Resort. Mother’s Day brunch, including a welcome Mimosa, is priced at $42 inclusive for adults. Children 4 to 12 are $18. Call 360-716-6888 for reservations.
Those looking for a Mother’s Day gift idea as special as the recipient should consider the T Spa’s “Wildflower Pedicure.” A perfect post buffet treat, Mom can literally feel the stress ebb during this 60 minute treatment. A floral foot soak infused with Linden and Orange blossom essence is followed by a gentle, but invigorating exfoliating scrub. This spa pedicure includes a warmed stone massage for tired tootsies, foot mask and paraffin treatment. For reservations and additional information, call (360) 716-6350.
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About Tulalip Resort Casino
Award winning Tulalip Resort Casino is the most distinctive gaming, dining, meeting, entertainment and shopping destination in Washington State. The AAA Four Diamond resort’s world class amenities have ensured its place on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold and Traveler Top 100 Resorts lists, as well as Preferred Hotel & Resorts membership. The property includes 192,000 square feet of gaming excitement; a luxury hotel featuring 370 guest rooms and suites; 30,000 square feet of premier meeting, convention and wedding space; the full-service T Spa; and 7 dining venues, including the AAA Four Diamond Tulalip Bay Restaurant. It also showcases the intimate Canoes Cabaret and a 3,000-seat amphitheater. Nearby, find the Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve, Cabela’s; and Seattle Premium Outlets, featuring more than 110 name brand retail discount shops. The Resort Casino is conveniently located between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. just off Interstate-5 at Exit 200. It is an enterprise of the Tulalip Tribes. For reservations please call (866) 716-7162.
Tulalip Montessori Students were visited by an elusive Easter guest last Friday. Lining the playground fence to start their hunt for treasured Easter Eggs, they were ecstatic to see the Easter Bunny hiding eggs.
As the children ran about, scouring the playground for the highly prized eggs, the Easter Bunny visited with kids, passing out hugs and more eggs.
And they’re off! Children race to find the most Easter Eggs.
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Andrew Gobin is a reporter with the See-Yaht-Sub, a publication of the Tulalip Tribes Communications Department. Email: agobin@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov Phone: (360) 716.4188
By Monica Brown, Tulalip News
It’s time for spring cleaning; let the neat freaks and germaphobes unite. The sun is shining more often and the weather outside is warming up. It’s a perfect time to clear the clutter, organize and clean up the remnants of winter before the hot days of summer are here.
The Tulalip Tribes are supplying garbage dumpster containers at select housing locations (see list below) on April 28th and they will be available for tribal members to use for 3 weeks. Please do not put paint or tires in the dumpsters; leave them outside the container and Solid Waste will pick them up. For disposal of larger items, call the tenant service specialists to make a request.
Spring cleaning tips
Organize your household clutter into five piles; Items that belong in another room, donations, giveaways to a specific person, items to throw away and uncertain items. If the items in the uncertain pile go unclaimed, pack them up and label the box with the date. If in six months to a year you never open the box or can’t remember what is inside, and can stand parting with it, you can safely discard those items.
Clean up dust, dander or mold and sanitize. This is perfect weather to clean those items that have been skipped over during housecleaning or only need once a year cleaning. Steam clean the rugs and couches, sort out and clean the refrigerator, dust behind electronics, wipe down cabinets, doors, windows and light fixtures, sanitize door handles, t.v. remotes, game controllers, phones and light switches.
Tenant Service Specialist for each area
Jolene M. Fryberg 360-716-4842: Mission Highlands, Church site, Battlecreek tax credit apartments, and all tax credit homes 1, 2 and 3
Darla Johnny 360-716-4458: Battlecreek, Silver Village, Quil Meadows
Elizabeth Vosika 360-716-6647: Y-site, Senior apartments, Senior duplexes, Battlecreek apartments, Turk, Quil 1 & 2, Beatty Estate, 28th Ave. and John Sam
Tulalip Family Haven held an open house on April 10, for their new program, Girls Group, that is designed to be a support network for Native girls, ages 14-17. Photo/ Brandi N. Montreuil, Tulalip News
Just for the girls
by Brandi N. Montreuil, Tulalip News
TULALIP, WA. – Being young is one of the most thrilling times in a person’s life. It is the time frame between major responsibilities and no responsibilities at all, however, the decisions made during this phase can be hazardous to their future. Some decisions can destroy your life while others will define what type of an adult you will be. To help teen Native girls navigate this precarious time, a new group designed just for them through Tulalip Family Haven is providing Native girls the support they need to become the most successful person they can be.
The group, simply referred to as Girls Group, will offer Native girls, 14-17 years old, support in life skills, education, and cultural understanding. The group uses the Canoe Journey, Life’s Journey curriculum guide by June LeMarr and G. Alan Marlatt, which is a comprehensive evidence-based intervention curriculum guide for Native adolescents. The girls will be taught to make choices that promote positive actions while learning to avoid the hazards of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
“This is about intervention, prevention and education to keep girls away from hazardous lifestyles, while increasing their self-esteem and empowering their self-awareness to ensure they become successful adults,” said Yvette McGimpsey the group’s project director.
As part of the Girls Group curriculum, young girls will be introduced to different art mediums and crafting, such as the keepsake jars girls made during the Group’s open house. Photo/ Brandi N. Montreuil, Tulalip News
“The idea is to teach young Native women life skills, everything from how to cook and clean to budgeting finances, along with cultural awareness,” explained Sasha Smith the group’s lead youth advocate. “As we do our curriculum, we will be incorporating activities such as crafts and guest speakers from the community and from our elders. We will also be doing other education pieces such as sexual education, and dangers of alcohol and drug use.”
Curriculum will also include nutrition education through the Washington State University Nutrition Program, which uses an interactive approach through trained staff, to teach participants to develop skills and behavioral healthy eating. Community work, such as cleaning up beaches and visiting elders will also be included.
A health and beauty station was available during the Girls Group open house on April 10, where girls received hand massages, aromatherapy, and facial beautification. Photo/ Brandi N. Montreuil, Tulalip News
“A simple day in the group would be, we pick them up from school, they will have time devoted to doing homework, then we do an activity such as art and craft making. Then we will all make dinner together and work on a lesson from the curriculum guide,” said McGimpsey.
“And that is the biggest thing, these girls may not have a healthy place to go after school or have homework help or have someone teaching them those critical life skills. This will be a safe place for them,” said Smith. “We will also be exposing them to things they would never get a chance to experience, such as the ballet or an art gallery,” continued Smith.
The group meets every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays and is free to join, and participants can be enrolled in the group until they graduate. A community advisory board, made up of youth advocate volunteers and professionals, will also evaluate the group’s progress monthly for effectiveness.
For more information on the Family Haven Girls Group or how to sign up, please contact lead youth advocate Sasha Smith at 360-716-4404.
Brandi N. Montreuil: 360-913-5402; bmontreuil@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
Tulalip tribal member Mandy Carter volunteered her gardening expertise to teach the girls how to plant their own vegetables and flowers during the Girls Group opening house held on April 10. Photo/ Brandi N. Montreuil, Tulalip News
Newly Elected Chairman of the Tulalip Tribes, Herman Williams, accepting his place on council. Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
By Andrew Gobin, Tulalip News
The Tulalip Tribal Council swore in three members on Saturday, April 5 at the Tulalip Administration board room, welcoming newly elected Les Parks and Herman Williams Sr., and returning Councilman Glen Gobin. Parks and Williams have both served on the council in prior years, which may have contributed to their winning of two seats, and the appointment of Williams as Chair and the election of Parks as Vice Chair. Glen Gobin was elected as Treasurer.
Chairman Williams spoke directly, so not to waste time, mapping out his plans for changing the direction of the Tulalip Tribes, urging for tradition and culture to be the foundation of our community, once more.
Herman Williams Sr. Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
He said, “If we continue as we are, neglecting our culture and traditional ways, the man from Washington D.C. will come here and there will be no Tulalips. Without culture, Tulalip is gone.”
Williams spoke briefly about returning to the old ways of leadership, mentioning the influence of past leaders over his life and leadership.
“All these ones here behind me,” he said, motioning to the photos of all the past councilmembers, “I walked with them all in my lifetime. I may be the only one [on the council] who has had that privilege.”
The Tulalip people are a big concern as well for the new Chairman. He briefly mentioned the social dysfunction a substance abuse that plagues the Tulalip people today.
“We have our people, and we have our strength. But we have to walk together, once more. We have a lot of children born into this life of ours that have been caught in this web of drugs and alcohol. I’m gonna get this community together to take care of that. You women, you are the givers of life. But I understand that some of you are bringing children into this world that are going to have a tough time. I can’t allow that any longer. We will have to march down that road together if we want to heal,” he said.
Les Parks accepts his seat on the Tulalip Tribal Council, also honoring Herman Williams Sr. as the Chair. Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Les Parks, elected Vice Chair for the Tulalip Tribal Council, spoke, thanking the people for their support. He praised Chairman Williams for his leadership and experience, stating how honored he was to serve with him, and the rest of the council.
Glen Gobin, elected Treasurer, echoed Parks’ sentiments, honoring Williams for his past leadership and his status as the elder councilman. Gobin, who was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term, welcomed Williams and Parks back to the council after years of absence.
Gobin accepts re-election and welcomes Williams and Parks to the Tulalip Tribal Council, acknowledging Williams as the Elder on the council. Upon the announcement of the election results, Gobin nominated Williams for the Chairman,who took the position unchallenged. Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Andrew Gobin is a reporter with the See-Yaht-Sub, a publication of the Tulalip Tribes Communications Department. Email: agobin@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov Phone: (360) 716.4188
