Come join our Native American Foster Care, Relative Caregiver, Adoption support group held at Casey Family Programs in Seattle, We are support group for caregivers who are taking care of Native American Foster Care children, or have adopted. We meet once a month, every second Wednesday of each month at Casey Family Programs in Seattle, WA, from 6:30-pm- 8:30pm. Dinner is provided each and every month, beginning at 6:30pm.

This group is also open to folks who are interested in learning more about becoming a licensed foster parent. Each month we provide trainings on different topic for adult caregivers such as: Learning about ICWA, (Indian Child Welfare Act), ACEs ( Adverse Childhood Experiences, suicide prevention for foster care youth.

At our group a second track is included for children, we provide cultural activities for kids who attend. Some activities we have done in the past, has been drum making, regalia designing, and medicine bag making.
Each month we update in 'Discussion' section with an updated flyer of what topics and menu will be provided for that month

Mother Earth and her indigenous peoples are under attack!

In the illegitimate provence known as British Columbia, militarized Royal Mounted Canadian Police are forcibly removing the Wet’suwet’en People from their sovereign and unceded land to clear the path for a (Coastal GasLink) pipeline that will mean more death and destruction for all sacred life on earth.

In Washington State, our First People's way of life is facing a new level of attack as our salmon and orca are facing extinction due to climate disater caused by toxic fossil fuels.

In the face of these destructive acts, we gather to pray for strength for the Wet'suwet'en and all those indigenous peoples standing up for our Mother Earth, and to protect & restore our Salish Sea and all that we hold sacred. We Stand with hereditary chiefs!

WHAT: Peaceful Prayer Walk in Solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en Nation, followed by a Water Blessing Ceremony

WHERE: Meet at Foster Bridge in the Seattle Arboretum. (Copy coordinance paste into Maps 47.642090, -122.292056 ) Walk from the Arboretum to Volunteer Park and then down Broadway/Denny to Myrtle Edwards Park.

WHEN: 10am Walk from Foster Bridge, Arboreturm;
2pm Water Blessing Ceremony at Myrtyle Edwards Park

BRING: Dress warmly and in red if you can, bring signs of support, snacks, and water from your location to participate in the water blessing ceremony

SAVE THE DATES: Prayer Walks also planned for February 29th in Tacoma and March 7th in Olympia. Check back here for updates.

#WetsuwetenStrong #StandWithWetsuweten #ProtectTheSacred #NoFrackedGas
#NoTarSandsOil #ClimateEmergencyJayInslee

The Muckleshoot Winter Powwow is being held in the Muckleshoot Tribal School Gym, with Grand Entry at 1:00 PM.

Master of Ceremonies: Anthony Bluehorse

Arena Director: Ryan Yellowjohn

Golden Age (55+)

Men’s categories combined

Women’s categories combined

$200 - $150 - $100

Adult Categories (18-54)

Men’s traditional, men’s grass, men’s fancy

Women’s traditional, women’s jingle, women’s fancy

$200 - $150 - $100

Teen Categories (13-17)

$100 - $75 - $50

Junior Categories (6-12)

$50 - $30 - $20

Owl Dance Special

$200 - $150 - $100

First 8 drums paid. All public invited.

Vendor information contact Bear James (253) 350-4411 or bear.james@muckleshoot.nsn.us

For further information please contact Charles Williams (253) 285-4035 or Charles.williams@muckleshoot.nsn.us

[Not liable for theft or accidents. No drugs or alcohol. No smoking on school grounds.]

Tlingit & Haida WA Chapter and the Seattle Community Council are co-hosting the Alaskan Native Brotherhood and Alaskan Native Sisterhood Local Camp #36.

Light lunch: Sisterhood stew, coffee, tea, water & dessert.

Join us for the closing of smɫi with a celebratory reception and film screening! Enjoy conversation with Roin, refreshments, and a community viewing of Derrick J. LaMere's "United by Water". We have been so honored to display Roin's work at Sacred Circle Gallery. Read more about the exhibition and their inspiration below!

Artist Statement:

"How do we grieve? What do we value? After attending the premiere of local director Derrick J. LaMere's, “United by Water” (War Pony Pictures) in Oct 2017, which shows the first tribal canoe journey and gathering at Kettle Falls since the Ceremony of Tears in 1943, I began to conceptualize a body of work that could hold the complexity of grief + pride the film left me with. Created during the summer of 2018 and ranging in medium + execution from gouache, charcoal, and carving to ready-made sculptural objects, these pieces are as much a prayer as they are a protest; a temporary memorial to beckon our deity the Chinook smɫi Salmon back home to our river."