5th annual Juvenile
Workshop:
“Then I Came Back V”
Way’, Til Xest, and Tats Mawe:
The Juvenile Task Force would like to send a warm lam lamt to
all off the people who contributed their minds, time, energy,
wisdom and presence to the 5th annual Juvenile Workshop: “Then
I Came Back V”.
The Workshop occurred at the beautiful Pascal Sherman Indian
School campus on June 14th and 15th. At the conference, we
were blessed to have been lead in prayer by our elders Mrs.
Ellen Moses and Mike Somday. We are very grateful and
appreciative to them for that.
We heard presentations from Ms. Rose Spidell about education
advocacy; Mr. Ken Isserlis spoke about Special Education; Ms.
Carmelita Adkins presented on Family Group Conferencing; and
we worked through a simulated dispute resolution using a
preliminary process.
We would like to especially thank the PSIS administration and
staff, cooks, all the people that donated door prizes,
including Coulee Dam Casino, Highway Tire, Colville Tribal
Museum, Okanogan Bingo/Casino, Trading Post, Jackson’s
Chevron, Video Quest, Seaton’s Grove Greenhouse, Shaw’s Fruit
and Produce, Northern Quest Casino, WSU Extension, Colville
Tribes’ Purchasing Program, Smoker Marchand, Skilskin High
School, Colville Tribal History/Archaeology Program, the BIA,
Colville Tribal Court, Colville Tribal Cultural Preservation
Program, Tribal Administration, CBC.
A lot of input and ideas were generated and will be
incorporated into the dispute resolution process that is being
development for inclusion in the Colville Tribal Code.
We need your help. It was decided that we would reach out to
the people and ask for suggestions for a name to give to the
dispute resolution process. Since we are trying to ensure that
the process reflects traditional Colville processes and
values, we were thinking that a word or phrase in one of the
Native languages would be good, but not required. Similar
processes that have been developed by other tribes have been
given names such as: Peacemaking Circle (Dine), Peacemakers
Council (Mashantucket Pequot), and Gda Dwendaagnananik, or
“All our relations” (Little River Band of Ottowa Indians).
Your assistance/input is very important in the work of the
Task Force. The community has directly influenced the way that
services are currently being provided to children and families
on our Reservation, and has had a direct effect on the
drafting of our laws (for example, the Tribes’ Domestic
Violence code contains many provisions which are the result of
direct input from the community at a previous Juvenile
Workshop). This is a chance to show our children that our
values and ideas dictate the way that our government is
delivering services to the people. Please exercise your voice.
Please cut out the ballot below and send to: Juvenile Task
Force, c/o Colville Tribal Cultural Department, Attn: Sharon
Covington, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155.
The person who submits the name chosen for the process will
win a Pendleton Blanket!
My suggestions for names for the Tribes’ dispute resolution
process:
1.______________________
2.______________________
3.______________________
Name:__________________
Address:________________
_______________________
_______________________
Phone:__________________
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We’re Still Raising For
The Roof
St. Mary’s Mission
Donations Needed for Auction
Where? Omak Longhouse located Hwy 155 mi.pst
#75 @ St. Mary’s Mission Road
When? Saturday, August 5, 2006
Bring Donations to: 623 Edmonds St. “Pierre House” East Omak
Contact: Fr. Jack Morton, 509-826-6401 or Lori Charley,
509-826-7157
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George & Ernestine
Nanamkin Family Reunion
Dear Family & Friends,
Last Fall I, (Sherri Gun Shows Lauver) & Cecilia (Teena Lil
woman) Paul were asked to start an annual Nanamkin Family
Reunion so that our children would be able to meet each other
and know who they are related to.
We decided to have the reunion in April, 2007. That way those
that work can get the time off to come and meet everyone.
In the meantime, Teena and I need ALL the families to send us
their family information RE: everyone’s names and last names
and also birth dates, death dates etc. PLEASE!! This is so
that we can make a book for each family with all of our
families listed in it. We also want to have a tree made
starting with grandpa and grandma and then go down the tree
with each family listed.
There is a lot to do between now and then and Teena and I will
be hounding you all to get us the information we need. We also
will send out letters randomly to let you know our progress.
Any help with this project would greatly be appreciated. So
until next time may God bless each and everyone…
Sherri & Teena
Nanamkin Family Reunion
Sherri Gun Shows Lauver, P.O. Box 486, Keller, WA 99140, (509)
634-4432, eagleplume200@yahoo.com
Cecilia (Teena) Paul, P.O. Box 624, Nespelem, WA 99140, (509)
634-4964, teenamarie52@yahoo.com
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Tribal Health Program News
The Tribal Health Program is a Breastfeeding
Peer Mentoring Program for the State of Washington Department
of Health program. This year August 1-7 is designated each
year as World Breastfeeding Week by the World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action (WABA). The theme for this year’s World
Breastfeeding Week is: Code Watch: 25 Years of Protecting
Breastfeeding.
Tribal Health Program has breastfeeding Peer Mentors in each
of your communities. The breastfeeding peers are listed below
with their contact names and numbers. Office Cellular
Nespelem: Peggy Cleveland
509-634-2939 322-7956
Joanne Gleason 509-634-2941
322-7956
Omak:
Angela Rios
509-422-7456
322-7958
Quail Orr
509-422 7458
322-7958
Keller:
Dianne Mellon
509-634 7325 322-7954
Inchelium Pam Phillips
509-722-7019 675-6593
Jerry Signor
509-722-7020 675-6593
The theme for 2006, Code Watch: 25 Years of Protecting
Breastfeeding, provides an opportunity to celebrate the
progress that has been made worldwide over the last several
decades to support and protect breastfeeding. It also serves
to remind us that we each play a part in creating a positive
environment in which mothers receive the support they need to
breastfeed. So please contact the above individual or myself
to help you have a positive and wonderful experience in
breastfeeding your child.
We are more than willing to assist in any way; we have
educational materials. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Val Vargas-Thomas
Tribal Health Program Manager and Breastfeeding Coordinator
509 634 2944 or 509 322 7957 cellular
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