Daily Scoop for June 5

Do you have ideas, suggestions, or complaints you would like to bring to the attention of tribal leadership?

Feedback forms are available on the Tribe’s web site at the top of each department’s main page. Your feedback will go directly to the director as well as to the Director of Operations.

Tribal Council also has a feedback form at the top of their page.

Take a few minutes to share your insight with tribal leadership.

Feedback Form

Upcoming Events:

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Please check the community calendar regularly for upcoming events. Other information will be posted on the Community Bulletin.

Wishing a Happy Birthday to

Debra Kay Tennis
Emily Lillian Dawn Whitener
Julie Mae Goodwin

Tomorrow’s Birthdays

Alkai Lee Sanchez
Alyana Rose Van Horn
Dominique Rosalee McFarlane

Sunday’s Birthdays

David Merle Krise
David Brian Elam
Trisha Rae Blueback

No Elders Meal Today

Today

Natural Resources Surplus Auction

Next Wednesday

Help Us Name This New Place
Along Highway 101

Island Enterprises Inc. is planning a new development along Highway 101, and we want the community to be part of naming it.

The property is expected to include a Holiday Inn Express and Suites, a coffee shop, a sit-down restaurant, a Trading Post convenience store/fuel station, high speed fuel pumps and a new traffic circle featuring Squaxin artwork. This place will welcome travelers, serve the local community, and create a new landmark that reflects Squaxin identity and connection.

What should it be called?

Scan this QR code:

Or, Click this link to share your name for this new development.

Graduating or have a graduate?

Please fill out the form to be recognized at the celebration on the 17th and in the Klah-Che-Min newsletter.

Scan the QRR code or click on this link:
https://squaxin.formstack.com/forms/2026_graduates

Next Thursday

Next Friday

Squaxin artists

The deadline is June 19

Scan the QR Code or click on this LINK

Find more information and apply at:

https://www.evergreen.edu/admissions-and-aid/evergreens-shelton-promise

2026 CALL OUT FOR ARTWORK

This is a call out for artwork submissions for the 34th year of the Salmon Homecoming Alliance Event happening on Pier 58 (formerly known as Waterfront Park) and 62 on the Seattle waterfront in September 2026.

Our focus is the Northwest Coastal Tribes and their relationship to the indigenous salmon and the salmon’s relation, as a keystone species, to Orcas, seals, otters, eagles, wolves and much more. This year the artist is also being asked to submit a theme to accompany the artwork. Your artwork, if selected, will be featured on all our t-shirts, on our website and other selected printed materials.  All artwork submitted must be a minimum of 20 x 15 to be considered. Deadline is June 30th or sooner.

Please submit a clear picture of your piece to shcacoordinator@gmail.com .   

Compensation

A $1000.00 stipend will be paid for an original (non-digital) signed and numbered 1/1 (one of one) piece.

A $750.00 stipend will be paid for an original digital (one of a kind) signed and numbered 1/1 (one of one) piece on high quality paper

***NOTE: All rights to the artwork become the property of the Salmon Homecoming Alliance and cannot be duplicated or sold

If you are an artist and have further questions please contact the Event Coordinator, Linda James-Laville,

at shcacoordinator@gmail.com .

If you know of an artist(s) who may be interested, please feel free to forward this information to them.

Thank you!

Learn more here: https://ecology.wa.gov/blog/march-2026/how-restoring-an-estuary-will-help-restore-a-crucial-part-of-the-past

Check out the project website to learn more about the benefits of a restored estuary, understand the project history, and see conceptual design of the estuary restoration.
https://deschutesestuaryproject.org/