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May 2012
Squaxin: New Salish Cliffs Golf Club in Shelton, Washington to host Squaxin Island Museum Tournament - Salish Cliffs Golf Club -- the newest amenity of Little Creek Casino Resort, located a short drive from Seattle and Olympia -- will host the 11th Annual Squaxin Island Museum Golf Tournament on Monday, June 4.
Squaxin: Squaxin Island Tribe releases salmon to find out where they go - The Squaxin Island Tribe released thousands of juvenile coho into the Deschutes River to see where they go. “In order to find out where the good coho habitat is in the Deschutes, we need to put some coho in the river,” said Scott Stetlzner, salmon biologist for the tribe.
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April 2012
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Squaxin: Blood and Sovereignty—Native Americans Give Voice to Studies on Them - For Native Americans in need of good research on their persistent health issues, the troubling case of Arizona’s tiny Havasupai Indian tribe “put genetic research on the front burner,” stated Ron Whitener, executive director of the University of Washington’s Native American Law Center in Seattle. The center’s first step toward building a model for research other tribes could apply was for Whitener and his colleagues to conduct a survey at his own Squaxin Island tribe, located in Puget Sound. -
Squaxin: Salish Cliffs Golf Club is first 'Salmon Safe" golf course - Squaxin Island Tribe’s new Salish Cliffs Golf Club has become the first “Salmon-Safe”-certified golf course in the world, after successfully passing an exhaustive assessment verifying the Tribe’s commitment to protecting native habitat, managing water runoff, reducing pesticides, and advancing environmental practices throughout the region.
Squaxin: Little Creek Casino Intros New CEO - Squaxin Island Tribe has named Michael Starr the new CEO of Little Creek Casino Resort, the tribe’s award-winning entertainment property in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle and Olympia. Starr joins Little Creek Casino Resort during a dynamic time of significant growth. The tribally owned and operated resort – located 20 minutes from Olympia and 75 from Seattle – recently began construction on a full-service spa and unveiled the Skookum Spirit Cigar Lounge last month. It also opened the new Salish Cliffs Golf Club in September, 2011, to best-new-course acclaim from national golf magazines.
Squaxin: Little Creek Casino Intros New CEO - Squaxin Island Tribe has named Michael Starr the new CEO of Little Creek Casino Resort, the tribe’s award-winning entertainment property in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle and Olympia.
Squaxin: Concord students present 'The Rememberer' - etoskey Concord Academy's seventh/eighth grade theater department will present "The Rememberer" by Steven Dietz and directed by Gary Schils. The story centers around Joyce Simmons Cheeka who was born at Mud Bay near Washington on Jan. 31, 1901. For the Squaxin tribe, lacking a written language, knowledge was passed on from generation to generation through stories told and retold by a chosen member of the tribe: "The Rememberer."
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March 2012
Squaxin: Washington casino golf course honored by Golfweek - Salish Cliffs Golf Club – a new amenity of Little Creek Casino Resort – has garnered distinction from Golfweek’s 2012 “America’s Best Courses You Can Play” in Washington, published in the March 9 edition and online at golfweek.com. “The Squaxin Island Tribe has aimed to make Salish Cliffs an outstanding resort amenity, so it’s extremely gratifying to see Salish Cliffs to continue accumulating these wonderful honors from such respected media,” said Head Professional David Kass, PGA.
Squaxin: Sunny skies greet 15 South Sound cleanup boats - About 60 volunteers manned 15 boats, launching at Arcadia Point east of Shelton and spanning 80 miles of South Sound beaches. The volunteers primarily were shellfish growers and representatives from the Squaxin Island Tribe and Department of Natural Resources.
Squaxin: Lawmakers welcome July canoe journey to Olympia - Olympia will receive about 100 tribal canoes and more than 15,000 visitors this July, as part of the Paddle to Squaxin 2012, which was recognized at the Capitol with a resolution this morning.
Squaxin: PaddleToSquaxin2012.org Launches - The Squaxin Island Tribe recently launched PaddleToSquaxin2012.org, an information and news website for the final stop in the 2012 Intertribal Canoe Journey. The website will be the main conduit for public information for one of the largest tribal cultural events in the region.
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February 2012
Squaxin: Carver teaches people to make tribal boxes as summer potlatch approaches - Andrea Wilbur-Sigo, the internationally renowned Squaxin Island carver, led a bentwood box workshop over the weekend as part of a series of classes and activities in preparation for this summer’s Tribal Canoe Journey 2012.
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January 2012
Squaxin: Tribe Prepares to Host 2012 Canoe Journey - The Squaxin Island Tribe has chosen "Teachings of Our Ancestors" as the theme of the 24th annual Canoe Journey in summer 2012. Ancestral teachings "are the center of our lives and cultures," Squaxin Island Museum executive director Charlene Krise said. "It is our ancestors that teach us that we must care for our elders, each other, our children and the earth because each is a part of our past, present and future." The Squaxin Island Tribe will welcome more than 100 canoes to its shores on July 29, followed by a week of potlatch ceremonies and festivities, with daily performances by dancers, singers and storytellers from visiting indigenous nations. The ceremonies and festivities are open to the public.
Squaxin: Favorite Golf Course Designers: Gene Bates - Six long years passed between the moment leaders of the Squaxin Island Tribe on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula decided to build the Salish Cliffs golf course and the day Gene Bates and director of golf David Kass welcomed a gaggle of eager golf writers for the unofficial opening ceremony. Because it's tribal-owned, the assumption was that Bates had gotten the job by virtue of Circling Raven's success. Circling Raven, opened in 2003, is owned by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and has been ranked as Idaho's best course and the best tribal course in the U.S., as well as one of the top-100 public courses in the country by both Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. But according to the tribe's president, Bob Whitener, some of the Squaxin Island tribe's council members were attending a conference in Myrtle Beach some years back and happened to play Carolina National. "They were so impressed apparently," says Bates, "they agreed that if they ever did add a golf course to their Little Creek Casino Resort, about 10 miles from the state capital in Olympia, they would hire the guy that designed that course."
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December 2011
Squaxin: Washington casino golf course honored again - Brand-new Salish Cliffs Golf Club at Little Creek Casino Resort – located a short drive from Olympia and Seattle – has added to its already impressive resume with inclusion in GOLF Magazine's "Best New Courses You Can Play 2011" and as the highest-ranking casino course (No. 11 overall) to open this year in "Golfweek's Best: Casino Courses 2011."
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November 2011
Squaxin: Tribe, 3 local cities to run water-restoration fund
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