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In the News (Fri 13 Nov 09)

  
  Governors Office of Indian Affairs
Some Shoalwater people entitled to allotments on the reservation were allotted instead on the Quinault Reservation.
The tribe rejected the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934 but adopted a constitution and became formally organized on May 22, 1971.
The Shoalwater Bay Tribal Council was elected shortly after this.
www.goia.wa.gov /Tribal-Information/Tribes/shoalwater.htm   (99 words)

  
  Shoalwater Bay Tribe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shoalwater Bay Tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States.
The Shoalwater Bay tribe lives on the southwest coast of Washington along the shores of Willapa Bay where a half-square mile (1.3 km²) reservation with 90 inhabitants is located.
The original language of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe (very possibly extinct) would have belonged to the Chinookan family of Native American languages.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shoalwater_Bay_Tribe   (111 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay Tribe Information
Shoalwater Bay Tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States.
The Shoalwater Bay tribe lives on the southwest coast of Washington along the shores of Willapa Bay where a half-square mile (1.3 km²) reservation with 90 inhabitants is located.
The original language of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe (very possibly extinct) would have belonged to the Chinookan family of Native American languages.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Shoalwater_Bay_Tribe   (86 words)

  
 S.P.I.P.A Shoalwater Bay
The Shoalwater Bay Tribe is located on the Washington’s southwest coast at Willapa Bay.
Shoalwater Bay was originally the wintering place of both the Chinook and Lower Chehalis people.
Shortly thereafter, the tribe adopted a constitution and elected a tribal council.
www.spipa.org /shoalwaterbay.shtml   (279 words)

  
 Tribal Pesticide Program Council | Tribal Pesticide Program | Pesticides | US EPA
The TPPC is fully aware that not all tribes or Indian nations have established pesticide monitoring, enforcement, or regulatory programs and that some may not have all the information necessary to determine if their tribe or Indian nation needs to or wants to develop pesticide programs, or if they do, how to do that.
It also recognizes that some tribes, Indian nations, and Indian communities are opposed to pesticide use, and that pesticide use and impacts vary considerably from region to region and tribe to tribe or Indian nation to Indian nation.
Tribes often had very different priorities and concerns, felt that participation in a state-focused group was inappropriate, and wanted an entity of their own.
www.epa.gov /oppfead1/tribes/tppc.htm   (1809 words)

  
 DJC.COM: Townhouse plan leads to dispute, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
The tribe had asked the BIA to put the land into a trust earlier this year, and the request is pending.
Shoalwater Bay officials want to build 1,580 townhouses on the site as well as commercial buildings such as an outlet store or light-manufacturing plant.
Herbert Whitish, chairman of the Shoalwater Bay tribe, said the tribe may sue the government if the BIA uses the Baird-Gorton proposal as a reason to reject the trust land application.
www.djc.com /news/re/10057542.html   (1076 words)

  
 Chinook Tribe; some Native American history
The oral tradition of these tribes was no different than the oral tradition of other cultures on other continents across the span of centuries; it was used to educate and entertain.
Many Shoalwater Bay myths have no doubt been lost or forgotten, while others may be buried in unpublished documents known to more scholarly historians than myself.
Among her ancestors were Chief Uhlahnee of the Chinook band living at Celilo Falls near the Dalles, Chief Hoqueem of the Quinault tribe (after whom the town of Hoquiam is named), and Captain James Johnson, Sr., retired HBC employee and holder of a 638 acre Donation Land Claim at Ilwaco (settled claim in 1849).
coastalrain.tripod.com /beachhouse/id8.html   (7405 words)

  
 Grantees - Washington (TYP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As such, the tribe is requesting training and technical assistance in developing a comprehensive strategic plan and the capacity to collect and utilize program evaluation and performance management data during the remaining 3 years of the project.
The tribe is also focusing on graduated responses based on the severity of individual cases, risks to the community and victim and offender needs for the Native American population.
The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is proposing a 3-Year Youth At-Risk Delinquency Prevention/ Mentoring/Intervention project to improve self-esteem, educational performance, and decisionmaking skills for Indian youth ages 8 to 18 at risk for educational failure and social/personal problems with local schools.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org /typ/states/wa.html   (2983 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Squaxin Island Tribe
Squaxin Island Tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States.
The tribe moved onto their reservation in modern-day Mason County, Washington in 1855.
The Squaxin Island Tribe was one of the first Native American tribes in the U.S. to enter into the Self Governance Demonstration Project with the federal government.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Squaxin-Island-Tribe   (170 words)

  
 Origin of the name "Chinook" helicopter.
The majority of the individual tribes forming this family became extinct as separate identities before 1900; but a few hundred fused with other tribes on the Warm Springs, Yakima, Chehalis, Quinault and Grande Ronde Reservations in Washington and Oregon; the largest single element by 1950 were the Wasco at Warm Springs, Oregon.
From the Dalles to the east, the Chinook tribes established contact with the Nez Perce, who were the main outlet to the northern Plains via their associations with the Crow and to a lesser extent the Flathead.
CATHLAMET: A tribe forming a dialect division of the Chinookian stock near the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon and in Washington northwards to a point on the south bank of the river near where the city of Rainier was located as of 1997.
www.chinook-helicopter.com /origins/origins.html   (3644 words)

  
 Oregon Live: 9-20-99 Shoalwaters and city forge peace over land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The amendment on the Shoalwaters' proposal to put the land into trust was slipped into the Senate appropriations bill by U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., at the urging of Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., whose 3rd Congressional District includes Clark County.
The Shoalwaters are targeting a tract in the unincorporated area between Northeast10th and Northwest 11th avenues, between Northeast 264th and 279th streets.
He said the Shoalwaters would not be required to begin a new trust-land application simply because they want to modify a relatively small portion of the plan.
members.aol.com /louispz/land/shoalwaters.htm   (944 words)

  
 Sou'wester 1989 Centennial
Swan of Shoalwater Bay, to this effect: An old women and two young girls came from a country 'far to the north' (of) the Chinook.
Bay Center is on a peninsula (the tip is called Goose Point) which extends into the center of Willapa Bay.
The entrance to the Bay from the ocean is very direct and easily found, and the excellent chart by Captain Alden enables vessels of a light draft of water to run in at all times of tide.
www.pacificcohistory.org /sw1989_4.htm   (15135 words)

  
 Northwest Intertribal Court System: Overview
Tribes were removed from traditionally held lands and fishing areas and were placed on sites selected by the United States Government.
The expanding exercise of jurisdiction by Indian tribes in Western Washington is not a result of the Boldt decision alone.
When representatives from tribes throughout Western Washington met in 1979 to explore ways of meeting their justice needs, they realized that there were neither sufficient financial resources nor enough people with the necessary experience to provide individual justice system services for each tribe.
www.nics.ws /membertribes.htm   (739 words)

  
 hn_2003_NorthwestIntertribalCourt
Salmon fishing in the coastal rivers of western Washington was so critical to the cultures and economies of local Indian tribes that these tribes carefully preserved their rights to fish in the treaties they signed with the federal government in 1854 and 1855.
The Boldt decision, as it is commonly known, was broadly celebrated by the tribes for reestablishing a long-ignored right, but the decision presented the tribes with an immediate institutional challenge: the ability to adjudicate tribal enforcement of the fishing regulations necessary to turn their treaty rights into a sustained and well-managed harvest of salmon.
NICS member tribes know from experience that establishing, implementing, and interpreting laws in ways that reflect the unique cultural values of their communities inspires increased compliance among tribal citizens and greater chances of success in implementation.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /hpaied/hn/hn_2003_NorthwestIntertribalCourt.htm   (1711 words)

  
 OregonLive.com's Printer-Friendly Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In a 1999 study of Shoalwater pregnancies, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a miscarriage rate of 50 percent to 67 percent, about three to four times the expected rate of 15 percent.
The tribe has been working with a University of Washington nursing professor, who visits the reservation for monthly basket-weaving classes where women often talk about their loss.
Spoor credits the tribe for keeping attention on the problem, which the phone survey may show not to be the Shoalwaters' alone.
www.oregonlive.com /printer/printer.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/03/nw_11shoal04.frame   (901 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay Tribe - TheBestLinks.com - Native American, United States, Washington, Tokeland, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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The Shoalwater Bay tribe lives on the southwest coast of Washington along the shores of Willapa Bay where a half-square mile reservation with 90 inhabitants is located.
www.thebestlinks.com /Shoalwater_Bay_Tribe.html   (143 words)

  
 USGS / BIA: Predicting shoreline change and habitat loss for the Shoalwater Bay Tribe in Willapa Bay, Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The USGS and partners at the Washington State Department of Ecology are collaborating with the USACE and the Tribe to provide sound scientific information that will help achieve a cost-effective and environmentally sound solution to the land loss problem.
The USGS is using wave, current, and sediment-transport measurements from a field experiment to calibrate and validate a process-based model of sediment transport and morphological change in the bay.
Modeling results are helping the USACE and the Tribe to better understand the relative importance of tidal currents, ocean swell, locally generated wind waves, and other processes that are causing the coastal erosion and land loss.
geology.usgs.gov /connections/bia/ls-shoalwater.htm   (408 words)

  
 Washington State Gambling Commission - Background of Gambling in Washington
The tribe appealed the ruling and an agreement was reached allowing the tribe to continue to operate under certain conditions while the appeal is pending.
Tribes could buy and sell allocations from each other so those with bigger casinos could offer more games, but also provides a benefit to the smaller tribes who can receive revenue by selling their allocation.
The initiative was proposed by nineteen tribes identified as "Tribes for Responsible Gaming." It would have authorized tribes with Class III gaming compacts to operate slot machines.
www.wsgc.wa.gov /history.htm   (2093 words)

  
 Land to trust regulations concerning Indians and the United States Government.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We strongly feel that tribal governments should be subject to the same state and local environmental, zoning, health, safety, and land-use laws and taxes as land owned by anyone else - - including building design, signage ordinances, control of septic and sewage facilities, and water regulation.
Since land in trust is removed from county and city tax rolls, Indian tribes should be required to reimburse local governments for this loss as well as for the increased law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency service costs attendant to the size of the tribal development.
It's unfair that surrounding communities are unable to require Indian tribes who profit from development projects, particularly gambling enterprises, to mitigate their impacts.
www.unitedpropertyowners.org /keyissues6.htm   (170 words)

  
 NOV/CO 99-10 - Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
This Agreement is entered into by and between the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of Indians (“Tribe”) through its duly authorized representative and the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Indian Commission (“Chairman”) to resolve various matters in dispute between the Tribe and the Chairman regarding the play of certain games in the Tribe’s gaming facilities.
The Tribe operates the Shoalwater Bay Bingo and Casino facility (“Casino”) located on the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, on lands held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
The Tribe acknowledged that it did not have a Tribal-State compact with the State of Washington for the play of these games but maintained that such compact was not required for play of the games at issue.
www.nigc.gov /Default.aspx?tabid=354   (953 words)

  
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Based on the initial financial feasibility analysis, taking into account the resource condition of the Tribe and in consideration of the Tribe's ability to finance this much needed service, the Tribe has directed that any/all avenues should be explored to acquire component funding from the various state and federal agencies.
The Economic Development Strategy for the Shoalwater Bay Tribe includes any viable economic development opportunity, especially one that also serves the underserved populations of both the Tribe and the local community.
This project is independent of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe's Capital Facilities or Growth Plan, but is consistent with the Tribe's Development Plan-especially in-so-far as this Business Plan addresses the specific needs of the underserved populations of the community; this project does accomplish this goal.
www.oted.wa.gov /ed/wacert/Using_the_system/View_Project.asp?CERTID=WA21394&RevisionNum=0   (515 words)

  
 NATIVE_NEWS: Slade Gorton Strikes Again
The Shoalwaters say they don't have enough money for a legal challenge and are looking for broader support from the Native American community.
The Shoalwaters then asked the federal government to place the land in trust so the tribe, which is based on the Washington coast, could develop a residential subdivision.
Since then, the Shoalwaters have said they would be willing to amend their plans and concentrate on light industrial development, which is favored by the county's long-range plans.
www.mail-archive.com /nativenews@mlists.net/msg05123.html   (402 words)

  
 Learn more about Native American in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mormon tradition holds that some Native Americans are descendants of the lost tribes of Israel.
The second immigration wave comprised the Athabascan people, including the ancestors of the Apachess and Navajos; the third wave consisted of the Inuits, the Yupiks, and the Aleuts, who may have come by sea over the Bering Strait.
The title was later purchased very cheaply by Massachusetts and sold off in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase and the Holland Purchase, after which by treaty, it became a part of New York State.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/na/native_american.html   (2081 words)

  
 USGS / BIA: Project List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BIA and representatives of seven Tribes or Pueblos are among more than two dozen stakeholders who either participate in the Work Group or regularly receive reports on the progress of this project.
PSNER was formed to restore and preserve the nearshore habitat, rehabilitate the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem, and prevent additional damage resulting from increased human population in the region.
In FY 2002, the BIA and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe began a partnership with the USGS to core drill several Fort Union coal beds and evaluate the potential of coalbed methane resources on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
geology.usgs.gov /connections/bia/project_list.htm   (2688 words)

  
 2004 News - Washington State Dept. of Agriculture
State officials say eradication in the bay is a greater possibility than ever before.
Spartina is an aggressive noxious weed that displaces native vegetation, destroys shorebird and wildlife habitats, and severely threatens the state’s shellfish industry.
He explained the Willapa Bay infestations are bigger and older, and therefore more difficult to eradicate.
agr.wa.gov /news/2004/04-11.htm   (368 words)

  
 Resources on the Shoalwater Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, Washington;
Indian Tribes are Members of the Native American Fish and...
Tribe, Washington; Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/north_american/Shoalwater_Bay.html   (695 words)

  
 Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) - Health promotion, disease prevention, health research, and ...
The Shoalwater Bay Tribal Center is located at 2373 Old Tokeland Road in Tokeland, Washington.
The dental clinic is open to both Native and non-Native patients and serves approximately 10 to 14 patients daily.
The tribe became federally recognized in 1971 and began providing health care services in 1995.
www.npaihb.org /member_tribes/tribe/shoalwater_bay_tribe   (363 words)

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