Port Gamble S’Klallam: OPG ‘open’ to S’Klallam acquisition of old mill site - When Port Gamble S’Klallam Chairman Jeromy Sullivan looks at the old Port Gamble mill site across from Point Julia, he envisions something beautiful there. A true beach. Eelgrass growing in the water. A sandy shore teeming with clams. A smokehouse – a cedar-planked building in which ceremonies and gatherings are held. A dozen or more canoes arriving during the annual Canoe Journey. A park-like place, where people can learn about indigenous history, native plants and their uses, how people lived here before contact.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Bay project forages for funds - The Kitsap Forest & Bay Project is a community effort to conserve nearly 7,000 acres of forest and 1.8 miles of shoreline in North Kitsap. The landowner, Pope Resources, reached an agreement with environmental organizations and Kitsap County to find funding to buy the land, preserving as open space for generations to come. The money from the Legislature is tied up until a cleanup agreement is signed between Pope Resources, the state and the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Artists contribute to new Point Casino's beauty, and to cultural understanding - The Tribe put out a request to Port Gamble S'Klallam members to submit their artwork or designs for when the casino opens this spring. The tribe received a medley of original, cultural artwork — drums, paddles, carvings, panels, woven baskets and murals.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Adoption, foster care agreement is a first in the U.S. - The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe will operate its own program governing guardianship assistance, foster care, and adoption assistance, reportedly a first for a tribal nation in the U.S. The signing ceremony is March 29, 11 a.m. at the Port Gamble S’Klallam Longhouse.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Tribe Gets Federal Approval for Foster Care - The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has about 1,226 enrolled members and is located in the northern portion of the Kitsap Peninsula surrounded by the Puget Sound. It applied for, and is the first tribe to receive, approval from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to get federal funding for its foster/guardianship/adoption program.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Tribe gets go-ahead to administer its own foster-care programs - Jolene George has worked for close to a decade to have the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe's foster care and adoptive services programs recognized and supported by the state and federal governments. That dedication paid off recently when the tribe was granted the right to run its own Title IV-E program, which provides federal money to educate and train people who work in child welfare. The tribe will use the money to run its own guardianship assistance, foster care and adoption assistance programs.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Tribe achieves a first - The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (PGST) has just become the first tribe in the nation to receive approval to run its own Title IV-E program governing guardianship assistance, foster care, and adoption assistance. Title IV-E programs, whether under the control of states or tribes, are overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Kitsap 99% Spring Gathering March 24 in Little Boston - While many of the nation’s larger Occupy movements have gone underground, locally the calls for social justice have not. North Kitsap 99% and Occupy Bremerton have teamed up to sponsor their first major event, the Kitsap 99% Spring Gathering at the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Center, March 24.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Tribe awarded close to $900,000 - The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe learned Tuesday that it will receive close to $900,000 from the federal government to help support affordable housing within the tribe. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the tribe $892,230 from its Indian Housing Block Grant program.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Future Port Gamble docks could be allowed - Docks for tour boats and sea planes will not be prohibited in Port Gamble Bay, the Kitsap County commissioners have decided. Officials with the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe had argued that commercial boats and docks could affect fish and shellfish resources, possibly leading to harvest restrictions costing millions of dollars.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Tribe adopts piping system to transfer coho; The system is less stressful to the fish than barging - Piping juvenile coho salmon from the shore to net pens in Port Gamble Bay has proved to be less stressful for the fish and easier on the crew making the transfer, said Paul McCollum, natural resources director for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Salmon sprung in Port Gamble Bay - An important annual event with little fanfare, the Port Gamble S’Klallam tribe and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife released more than 200,000 juvenile coho salmon into Port Gamble Bay today and tomorrow.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Casino project at half way mark - The new Point Casino in Kingston is at the midway point in construction and, thanks to some forward thinking, won’t stop with the winter weather. The new casino is built using an aluminum framework and a fabric roofing material, giving the building a domelike look.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Why gamble with Port Gamble Bay? - I want to take a moment to respond to The Sun's Feb. 2 Our View editorial, "Growing Pains for Port Gamble," which addressed efforts by Olympic Property Group to seek county approval for a dock large enough to support tour boats and seaplanes at Port Gamble. Many members of the community have serious concerns about this proposal, including the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, local environmental groups, and small businesses.

Port Gamble S’Klallam-Suquamish: Shooting of Thomas Black justified - The shooting of Thomas Anthony Black on Dec. 8 was found justified by the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s review of the investigation. Prosecutor Russell Hague released his memorandum Feb. 3 after reviewing the Sheriff Department’s investigative report for nearly one month.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: Growing pains for Port Gamble - The Battle of Port Gamble has ended and a proposed tour boat dock is in land-use limbo. Last Monday, owners or managers of 10 Port Gamble businesses told Kitsap County commissioners that they're heavily dependent on tourism, and that a dock for tour boats could bring more visitors and an economic boost to the old mill town that's been reborn and rezoned as a Rural Historic Zone. But a new dock is opposed by the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe due to environmental concerns.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Free income tax preparation is available in N.K. - Free income tax preparation is available in North Kitsap thanks to the Internal Revenue Service, AARP, Martha & Mary Health and Rehabilitation, and the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Trained and certified advisers will prepare and E-file your tax return for free.

Jamestown S'Klallam-Lower Elwha-Port Gamble: Smiles abound as Kennewick welcomed - It is not just another ferry, as evidenced by the political and personal messages delivered when the MV Kennewick was officially welcomed Jan. 6 in Port Townsend. Community and political leaders from the Kennewick area of Eastern Washington are ecstatic to have the name on the newest state ferry. The new ferry also has been welcomed by the Native Americans of Washington who historically have used the inland waterways. Eleven musicians representing the Jamestown S’Klallam, Lower Elwha and Port Gamble tribes offered a blessing in the form of two traditional songs.

Port Gamble S’Klallam-Suquamish: Suquamish shooting investigation complete, now in prosecuting attorney's hands - The nearly month-long investigation is over. And now Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney Russell Hauge is reviewing the investigation report and will decide whether charges are warranted in the police shooting death of a Suquamish man. Thomas Anthony Black, 44, was killed Dec. 8 when police attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Stacy Callihoo, 42, who was in the Black home. The warrant was issued by Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Court and was being served by Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish and Kitsap County Sheriff’s officers. Callihoo, who is Port Gamble S’Klallam, was booked into county jail for failure to appear in tribal court for a probation violation. He is now serving two years in Chehalis Tribal Jail.

Port Gamble S’Klallam-Skokomish: Eco-projects on Puget Sound get federal funding - Twenty-three projects to protect and restore Puget Sound have been awarded a total of $6.3 million in federal grants. Among the projects are two to be overseen by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council. The council, which includes the Port Gamble S’Klallam and Skokomish tribes, received $550,000 for the two projects. It received $300,000 to complete an integrated watershed management plan for mitigation program and $250,000 for a regional stormwater retrofit plan.

Port Gamble S’Klallam: Some priorities for the new year (scroll way down) - Let 2012 be the year when there were no serious accidents on those roads. We can help by paying attention to appropriate warning signs.Slow down. Watch your speed limit. Curves ahead. Road dangerous when speeding. The county and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe should team on adding more signs as well.

Port Gamble S’Klallam-Suquamish: Callihoo gets 812 days for probation violation - Stacy Callihoo, the subject of a recent warrant service that ended with a fatal shooting in Suquamish, has been sentenced to 812 days in jail by Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Court for violating his probation. He will serve his sentence at the Chehalis Tribal Jail in Oakville.

Lower Elwha Klallam-Jamestown S'Klallam-Port Gamble S'Klallam: Ecology rejects Port Angeles' bid for seat on council assessing natural resource damages at former Rayonier site - The state Department of Ecology has rejected the city's request to be represented on a committee that is assessing natural resource damages inflicted on property occupied for seven decades by the Rayonier pulp mill before it closed.

Port Gamble S'Klallam-Suquamish: In police shootings, a needed impartial observer - Fortunately, if such a word can be used in this case, Suquamish police officers wear personal video cameras.

Lower Elwha Klallam-Port Gamble S'Klallam-Stó:lo-Yakama: Lower Elwha Gallery exhibit to showcase native art - The spirits of the native people of the Strait of Juan de Fuca will be unleashed in an art exhibit Saturday. Artists include Darrel Charles Jr., Roger Fernandes and Robert Francis III of the Elwha Klallam; Ivan Francis of the Stó:lo tribe of British Columbia; Darryl Barkley of the Yakima tribe; and Jimmy Price of Port Gamble.

Port Gamble S’Klallam-Suquamish: Police chief issues statement regarding shooting - The officers of the Suquamish Police Department have all been issued "Body Cameras." The entire incident was captured on video. The cameras were immediately provided to the investigators. The subject refused multiple commands to show his hands, then suddenly reached and swung up with what appeared to be a gun.

Port Gamble S'Klallam-Suquamish: No gun found in home where Suquamish man was killed by police - The man killed last week in an officer-involved shooting at a Suquamish home did not have a gun, according to new information released Wednesday by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.

Port Gamble S'Klallam-Suquamish: Coroner releases cause, manner of death - Black, 44, was shot and killed Dec. 8 when officers from Port Gamble S’Klallam police, Suquamish police and Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department went to his house to serve an arrest warrant on another man, Stacy Callihoo, of Port Gamble S’Klallam.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: 7,000 Acres For Sale In Seattle’s Backyard - The Olympic Property Group owns about 8,000 acres in North Kitsap County, including the town of Port Gamble. It's for sale. The tribe is concerned about what will happen if it gets sub-divided and sold off for real estate development.

Port Gamble S'Klallam-Suquamish: Forsman, Swift pleased with Obama’s commitment - President Obama provides unprecedented access to access to tribal leaders.

Port Gamble S'Klallam: More charges filed against arrest-warrant subject - Suquamish Police Department charge Stacy Stanley Callihoo, 42, with six offenses, including felony possession of a firearm, in relation to Thursday’s fatal shooting.

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