Tulalip: Rename Ebey Slough for local leader - My Tribal name is "Scho Hallem" which means number one warrior. I'm from the Tuk tuk wa los (owl clan) and a descendent of the Snohomish, Skykomish, Squaxin, Snoqualmie, Skallum and Sk-tah-le-jum Tribes. I'm a proud World War II veteran, Marine Corps Tank Division who served in the South Pacific. I just recently retired from being on our Tulalip Council for 44 years, 26 as Chairman. Ebey Slough (name) should be changed. Col. Issac Ebey was a tyrant who slaughtered Native men, women and children; fighting with guns against bow and arrows for the greed of land.

Tulalip: Young elephant seal hangs out on Tulalip beach - A juvenile northern elephant seal has been resting on a beach on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. It has been on the beach for several days, trying to stay warm in the sand while it molts. NOAA officials posted signs to warn people to keep themselves and their dogs away.

Tulalip: Preparing students for the future - On April 17, nearly 1,000 students from Marysville’s eight high schools participated in Opportunity Expo 2012. Renee Roman Nose, Northwest Indian Education Site Manager for Tulalip Tribes, addressed students in the morning sessions and shared “passing up college is like throwing away a lottery ticket worth $1 million in lifetime earnings.” Comment: Since I graudated from college, tuition has exploded by 324%, adjusted for inflation. This is because higher education has turned into a bubble, and it is about to pop. The bubble was caused by for-profit colleges that promoted the use of student loans for undergraduate degrees. This saddled millions of Americans with some $375 billion in debt that they cannot escape, not even through bankruptcy. Meanwhile, 50% of recent college graduates are unemployed while millions work in jobs that do not require any college. Like me! College is right for some people, but it's not for most people. Beware the education bubble!

Tulalip: Experience the magic at Relay for Life - As someone who has relatives, friends and co-workers who have fought courageous personal battles against cancer, I urge you to join me in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Marysville/Tulalip as we come together as a community on June 9 to celebrate survivors, remember those who are no longer with us and raise money to find a cure. I attended my first Relay For Life last year at the Marysville-Pilchuck High School track, where Tulalip Tribes Chairman Mel Sheldon Jr. and I helped kick off the opening ceremonies.

Tulalip: ‘Bubble' salmon fishing opening delayed - The start of the recreational salmon fishery at the Tulalip Bay has been delayed by two weeks to accommodate the Tulalip Tribes’ ceremonial and subsistence fisheries. The recreational salmon fishery in the Tulalip Bay Terminal Area – known as the “bubble” – is now scheduled to open May 18. The fishery was originally scheduled to open Friday.

Tulalip: Local officials show solidarity against odor - Officials for the city of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes showed their solidarity with Citizens for a Smell Free Snohomish County by calling for a determination of significance and an environmental impact statement from the city of Everett and the Puget Sound Clear Air Agency on Cedar Grove’s Smith Island composting facility in Everett.

Tulalip: Tulalip Bay 'bubble' salmon fishery delayed until May 18 - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will delay the start of the salmon fishery at the Tulalip Bay Terminal Area by two weeks to accommodate the Tulalip Tribes’ ceremonial and subsistence fisheries.

Tulalip: Tulalip paddle carver shares his art - Jason Gobin has been carving canoe paddles since the age of 6, when he started learning from his grandfather, and on Saturday, April 21, the Tulalip Tribal member gave visitors to the Hibulb Cultural Center a few of the insights he’s gleaned from his nearly three decades of experience. As part of the Hibulb Cultural Center’s lecture and film series, Gobin treated spectators to a show, with the wood and carving tools that he’d brought along, and answered their questions about his practice as he worked.

Tulalip: Vice Chair Deborah Parker Stumps for Violence Against Women Act - As Republican US Senators proposed a watered-down version of the Violence Against Women Act, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) held a press conference in Washington, D.C. today featuring Tulalip Tribes vice-chairwoman Deborah Parker, a victim of sexual violence and an advocate for Native victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Comment: A "Family Violence Act" to protect all humans from family violence should replace the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). VAWA is sexist and ineffective. Women commit the majority of child abuse. VAWA does not protect children from them. The vast majority of studies on family violence find that women are just as violent as men in relationships, and that the majority of domestic violence injuries to women occur in relationships in which both partners are violent. Yet, VAWA ignores female perpetrators. You cannot create a whole solution by ignoring half the problem. VAWA is sexist and ineffective, and should be replaced by a Family Violence Act.

Tulalip: Cabela's at Quil Ceda Village opens to high-fives - Cabela's, "world's foremost outfitters," opened the 110,000-square-foot Quil Ceda Village store on the Tulalip Reservation today to the cheers of more than 3,000 eager customers. They entered the store through a crowd of grinning employees, who exchanged high-fives with each one.

Tulalip: Bomb threat forces evacuation of Tulalip Walmart - A bomb threat last night forced the evacuation of the Walmart store on the Tulalip Tribes reservation. No explosive devices were found in the store.

Tulalip: Qwuloolt estuary restoration event near Seattle - On April 14th of 2012 the Allen/Quilceda Watershed Action Team held an Earth Day Celebration in beautiful spring weather at the Qwuloolt estuary restoration site near Seattle adjacent to Ebey Slough of the Snohomish River. According to a fact sheet put out by the Tulalip Tribes, today's work was in preparation for breaching the southern levee along Ebey Slough after work is completed on a new western levee in 2013.

Tulalip: Artwork for Cabela's means work for many - From the outside, the Cabela's that will open this week at Quil Ceda Village looks like any of the retailer's other stores. Inside, however, this Cabela's will reflect the art and culture of the Tulalip Tribes, on whose land the outdoor outfitter's store sits. That was something the Tulalips insisted on, said Tulalip artist James Madison.

Tulalip: Marysville schools, Rotary team up with Tribes for opportunity expo April 17 - The Marysville Rotary, the Tulalip Tribes and the Marysville School District are partnering to provide what they intend to be a dynamic college, career and work expo for all 11th grade students enrolled in the Marysville School District. Students will be bused from each of the eight high schools in the district to one of two morning sessions scheduled for April 17 at the Tulalip Resort Orca and Chinook rooms.

Tulalip: Tribes elect new tribal board member - The Tulalip Tribes have a new member of their board of directors in Deborah Parker, replacing Marie Zackuse, who spent more than 20 years on the board.

Tulalip: City of Marysville, Tribes co-host APWA conference April 4-6 - The city of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes are partnering with Snohomish County to host the American Public Works Association Washington Chapter 2012 Spring Conference at the Tulalip Resort Hotel and Casino from April 4-6.

Tulalip: Cabela’s store sets up camp for April opening - When Cabela's opens a store here next month, customers can expect one thing: a good time. he 110,000-square-foot store is situated along I-5 in Quil Ceda Village, which includes powerhouse retailers Walmart, Home Depot and Seattle Premium Outlets. The Tulalip tribe's resort and casino also are there.

Tulalip: Indian artifacts found at Mukilteo ferry dock site - The area proposed for a new ferry terminal in Mukilteo is laced with a shell midden containing Indian artifacts, but state and tribal officials say it won't necessarily pose an obstacle to the project. The midden contains items such as tools and spear points made from stone and animal teeth and bones, according to a draft environmental document for the ferry project.

Tulalip: Tribes plan more retail construction - Despite a sluggish economy, the Tulalip Tribes will continue to expand the retail mix at their Quil Ceda Village development, Tulalip Tribal Council President Mel Sheldon told the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce Feb. 24. “We now employ more than 3,500 people, both tribal members and others, making us the third-largest employer in Snohomish County,” he said. “Like other gaming sites across the state, we have become a major engine for strong economic development.”

Tulalip: Sheldon gives State of the Tribes address - In his State of the Tribes address for 2012, Tulalip Tribal Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. praised the Tribes’ partnerships, both within the Tribes themselves and with the surrounding community and outside agencies, as key to its sustained success in the face of ongoing economic challenges.

Puyallup and Tulalip: Shipyard offering new apprentice positions for tribal members, vets - Tacoma’s last remaining major shipyard, J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co., today announced a new apprenticeship program designed to create a new generation of skilled shipbuilders while providing jobs for Native Americans and military veterans. The jobs program, sponsored jointly by the Puyallup Tribe, the Tulalip Tribe, the Tribal Employment Rights Office of the Pacific Northwest Regional Tribes and the Helmets to Hardhats program, will train apprentices in skilled trades while the shipyard builds its first fishing boat in two decades.

Tulalip: Manure-Fueled Electricity Generator Benefits Tribe and Local Farmers - A renewable energy venture in the Puget Sound area of Washington State virtually turns manure into money. In 2003, the Tulalip Tribes formed a partnership with local dairy farmers to pipe their cow's waste to an anaerobic digester that converts it to electricity. The digester is owned by Tulalip and managed by Qualco Energy, a nonprofit joint venture between the 4,100-member Tulalip Tribes, the Northwest Chinook Recovery and the Sno/Sky Agricultural Alliance.

Tulalip: Hear the State of the Tulalip Tribes - The Greater Marysville-Tulalip Chamber of Commerce's monthly Business Before Hours meeting this month features Tulalip Tribes Board Chairman Melvin Sheldon Jr. giving his annual State of the Tribes address.

Tulalip: Volunteers plant trees at Qwuloolt Estuary - Sound Salmon Solutions, formerly known as the Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force, is working with the Tulalip Tribes to plant 10 acres within the next 15 months at the Qwuloolt Estuary Marsh.

Tulalip: High School principal honored by Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation - At their February 3 luncheon, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation honored Shelly Lacy, principal of Tulalip Heritage High School, for her work in preserving and teaching Lushootseed, the native language of the Tulalip Tribes.

Tulalip: Rep. Larsen visits Qwuloolt Estuary - U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, took the time on Monday, Feb. 13, to visit the site of one of the Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration Projects that his support helped make possible, right in south Marysville. Larsen met with a number of representatives of the city of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes to discuss the progress of the Qwuloolt Estuary Restoration Project, which Tulalip Tribal Board Vice Chair Glen Gobin recalled had started in 1996, the same year that he began his first term on the Tulalip Tribal Board of Directors.

Tulalip: Family, Tulalip tribe feuding over lucrative land - To the Campbell brothers, the 56 acres of prime land near the Tulalip Tribes' popular casino and outlet mall was a chance for the family to generate income for generations to come. But the Campbells are now in a dispute over the land with their own tribe and the federal government, saying the tribal council and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs purposefully devalued the land and then offered a quick, below market cash value to the 50-plus shareholders - and got enough sellers to gain a majority ownership.

Tulalip: Tribal members fight against drug-trafficking - Roy Pablo, 34, of Tulalip, now is helping organizing a grassroots campaign against drug-trafficking on the reservation, he said.

Tulalip: Longtime Monroe dairy farm now turns manure into money - Like so many dairy farmers, the Werkhovens felt the pinch in 2008 when milk prices plunged, hay prices rose and there was the ever-present issue of finding appropriate ways to dispose of waste. When Daryl Williams of the Tulalip Tribes, strolled into their pasture one day with an idea on how to turn manure to money, Andy Werkhoven was ready to listen. The Tulalips were interested because the Werkhoven Dairy is at the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers, the historic fishing area for the tribe. Williams got the tribe to invest $150,000, convincing members that where the site was concerned "cows were better than condos." The U.S. Department of Energy came up with a $250,000 grant and the Department of Agriculture gave $500,000.

Tulalip: Seattle Premium Outlets adding parking garage - Last summer, the the Simon Property Group announced their plans to expand the Seattle Premium Outlets’ retail space. "The Tribes are very excited about this," Tulalip Tribal Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. said. Sheldon credited his predecessors and peers on the Tribal Board with laying the groundwork for the Tribes’ ongoing economic expansion, which he hopes will benefit the Tribes’ neighbors and Snohomish County as a whole.

Quileute-Tulalip: School bus driver who died was ‘respected' Tulalip elder - A Tulalip tribal elder died at the wheel of the Quileute Tribal School bus he drove as he was on his way to pick up students early Monday morning. Lloyd Hatch of LaPush was 63. Trooper Russ Winger, spokesman for the State Patrol, said the investigating officers believe that Hatch experienced a "medical event" while driving the bus. There were no students in the bus at the time, he said. The cause of death was not immediately known, Winger said.

Tulalip: Monster Seattle Snowstorm: Perspectives From the Tulalip Nation - The snow has hit and stayed at the Tulalip Reservation, located in Tulalip, Washington, half an hour north of Seattle. Surrounded by towering cedar, pine, hemlock and fir trees and nestled on the beautiful waters of the Tulalip Bay, the Tulalip Reservation and surrounding areas haven’t seen this much snow in years. Tribal and community members have tucked in and rode out the weather for the most part, staying with friends and family to ride out the storms.

Tulalip: The value of intergovernmental relationships, by Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring - With the challenges of government more complex than ever before — from economic recovery, local jobs creation and transportation infrastructure — the need for more efficient and responsive government along with intergovernmental cooperation has never been more critical. For a recent example of this collaboration in action, the Marysville City Council and Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors held a rare joint meeting at City Hall in December. At the meeting, Tulalip Chairman Mel Sheldon and I, with pens in hand, signed a handful of agreements beneficial to both Marysville and Tulalip following approval by both the Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors and the Marysville City Council.

Tulalip: Tribes celebrate sixth annual 'Tulalip GIS Day' - The Tulalip Tribes celebrated "Tulalip GIS Day" on Dec. 7, and invited the public to learn more about how the Tribes use information to make sound decisions in the areas of resource management and community development. The Tulalip Data Services Department's Geographical Information Systems Team hosted the sixth annual event, which recognizes the information-rich software that has helped the Tribes change their planning processes for their future. "By providing us with complex data on the Tribes' major initiatives — such as salmon runs, tree stands in the forest, or community zoning — GIS has made our job of planning for the next seven generations a lot easier," said Michael Cardwell, an associate planner in the Tribes' Community Development Office.

Tulalip: Dairyman counts benefits of digester - Andy Werkhoven found a better way to deal with the manure his 1,000-cow dairy produces. Werkhoven, who owns the dairy with his brother Jim, is part of Qualco Energy, a nonprofit that owns an anaerobic digester. The environmental group Northwest Chinook Recovery and the Tulalip Tribes also are part of the nonprofit. Keeping wastes out of the river system benefits salmon, which are the centerpiece of Northwest Chinook Recovery and an integral part of the Tulalip Tribes' culture. The digester turns waste into 450 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is sold to Puget Sound Energy, and fertilizer.

Tulalip: A bridge between white, Indian worlds, William Shelton preserved his culture - From the time of his birth in 1868, young Whah-kay-dub's parents groomed him to be tribal spiritual leader, an "Indian doctor." Whah-kay-dub -- later to be known as William Shelton -- became a much more important figure than either his parents or the white world would ever imagine. Early in the 20th century, Shelton was the reservation's greatest ambassador to the world outside the reservation.

Tulalip: NW Bridal Showcase moves to Tulalip - The ninth annual Northwest Bridal Showcase will move from the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center at Comcast Arena to a new home at the Tulalip Resort Casino's Chinook and Orca ballrooms on Jan. 14 and 15. The Tulalip Resort Casino and nearby Seattle Premium Outlets offer dining and shopping opportunities within easy walking distance. These attractions may also serve as a draw for more Canadian visitors to come to the Bridal Showcase.

Tulalip: Northwest Tribes Call for Navy Support of Green Tug Program - A Tacoma shipyard with a 30 percent Native workforce could build six fuel-efficient tugs for the United States Navy, if final contracts win approval. If the contract for additional tugs is approved, the next tug would be the Tulalip, the first battery-powered tug in the fleet. Tulalip Chairman Mel Sheldon said construction of more tugs will support critically needed jobs. "Further, J.M. Martinac’s operations serve as a springboard for Native American and veteran apprenticeship programs and perpetuates an 87-year tradition of providing a steady workforce in the community."

Makah-Tulalip: Tribes Receive Funding for Engine Upgrades - More than $1.3 million in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants are going to Indian country in Washington state to upgrade boats with low-emission engines. The Makah Nation received $750,000 to upgrade nine commercial fishing vessels. The Tulalip Tribes received $576,525 to upgrade 13 vessels used for dive fisheries, gillnet fisheries, and for enforcement and rescue patrol.

Tulalip: Tulalip Heritage football completes first football season in 100 years - Tulalip Heritage High School Hawks football is back after a century. Never mind that the team went 2-6 this year — it's about restarting a tradition. "This was their first year, but the kids tried really hard and persisted," Heritage principal and Tribal member Shelly Lacy said. "There were some big losses, but they kept positive." This season also served Heritage's rivalry with Lummi Nation School by expanding it to the gridiron.

Tulalip: Passenger dies in head-on collision of two pickups on reservation - A man died Friday afternoon after a head-on collision on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. The driver of the Ford truck, 57, and the driver of the Dodge truck, 16, were taken to a local hospital. Their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, Snohomish County Sheriff's Office bureau chief Kevin Prentiss said. But the youth's passenger, 50, died at the scene.

Tulalip: Tribes lobby Navy to give tug contract to state shipyard - The Tulalip Tribes are among several Indian tribes lobbying the Navy to build its next fleet of tugboats in the Northwest. The J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. in Tacoma employs about 100 shipbuilders, has a journeyman program for American Indians and employs 30 percent of its workforce from various tribes, according to the Tulalips.

Tulalip: Tribes honor retiring Forest Service supervisor for his partnership in their stewardship - The Tulalip Tribes honored retiring regional Forest Service Supervisor Rob Iwamoto on Friday, Dec. 2, for his six years working with the Tribes to protect their treaty rights on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

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Tulalip: Tribes program trains American Indians for construction trades

Tulalip: Indian Tribes Don’t Agree on Online Poker

Tulalip: Tribes member sentenced in embezzlement case

Tulalip: Ammonia tank washed up on Tulalip beach is removed

Tulalip: Large tank of poisonous gas washes up on Tulalip beach

Tulalip: Ecology, U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, Tulalip Tribe monitoring leaking ammonia tank on Tulalip Reservation

Tulalip: Hibulb Cultural Center tells a good story of its people

Tulalip/Upper Skagit: Native-American gallery does more than sell art

Tulalip and Makah: Clearing Washington’s air with diesel technology for school buses, maritime vessels and construction

Tulalip: State has first new hydro plant in two decades

Taste of Tulalip November 11-12

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