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1 August 2018 NUGGUAM Box 189 Taholah, WA 98587 ECRWSS Postal Customer Taholah, WA 98587 Presorted Standard Postage PAID Taholah, WA 98587 PERMIT No. 2 Change Service Requested Volume 29 Issue 11 NUGGUAM Time of warmth - panmuu?lak To talk - NUGGUAM canoe celebration - luUiA Wena?sxoI Chief Taholah Days 2018 was a Blast! Chief Taholah Days Royalty Top row left to right: Baby Princess, Stormie Markishtum (Dad, Sean Markishtum holding her); Miss Teen, Crystal Vessey and Miss Quinault , Denise Curleybear.

2 Middle: Lil Princess, Willow Christianson. Bottom left to right: Junior Princess, Rebecca Black; Princess Teagan Brown; Lil Warrior Vernon McCrory III; Baby Warrior, Wesley Terrell (Mom Stephanie Terrell is holding him). Photo by Pies The Chief Taholah Days fireworks show, produced by James Hobucket-Shale, was spectacular. Along with all the individual fireworks, the Taholah waterfront was turned into a riot of color filled with sound and fury. The breeze kept all the smoke blowing toward the northwest providing great viewing (and easier breathing).

3 Late afternoon rain showers made the firefighters happy, too. More Chief Taholah Days photos on pages 8-9 and the Business Committee review on page 2. Photo by Larry Workman The Mayee and Other Quinault Canoes Set out on Their Journey to Puyallup The Mayee heads out to sea in the early morning twilight under low marine clouds on July 17. Several other canoes from Quinault , Lee-Choe-Eese and Grandfather s canoe , joined the paddle further up the coast. The canoes arrived at Puyallup on July 28 and the potlatch last until August 4th.

4 We will have coverage in the September NUGGUAM of this year s canoe journey. Photo by Larry Workman Climate Change Initiative Co-Authored By QIN Leaders Makes Ballot By Matthew Randazzo - QIN Consultant on Climate Change Policy and State Government Relations Consultant Supporters, including members of the QIN, listen as QIN Vice-President Tyson Johnson speaks at the rally to kick off the campaign for Yes on 1631 on May 10, 2018. Photo from Yes on 1631 On July 2, 375,000 signa-tures supporting the people s initiative on climate change, I-1631, were delivered to the Washington State Secretary of State s office in Olympia, far more than needed to ensure its place on the November 2018 ballot statewide.

5 This Novem-ber, I-1631 will become Wash-ington State s law concerning climate change response if it receives a majority of votes with enormous potential im-pacts for the Quinault Indian Nation and its citizens and lands. Among the policies writ-ten into I-1631 by the leader-ship of the Quinault Indian Nation is state funding of the relocation of Tribal communi-ties like Taholah and Queets that face inundation from sea level rise, as well as robust new guaranteed funding for the Nation s restoration pro-jects, working lands, and fish-eries.

6 I-1631 was informed by one of the largest Tribal con-sultation processes in history through the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest indians , a pro-cess created at the request of President Fawn Sharp. I-1631 was subsequently co-authored by dozens of Tribes who volun-teered the time and insight of their elected leaders, elders, scientists, policymakers, attor-neys, and consultants. The other leaders of the grassroots I-1631 effort included environmental groups such as the Nature Con-servancy and the Washington Environmental Council, com-munity of color groups like Front and Centered, and lead-ers from the W ashington State Labor Council.

7 In short, I-1631 would hold corporate polluters accountable by levying a fee on their carbon emissions that would be used to fund the transition of Wash-ington s economy to green tech, to restore our state s eco-systems and protect its working lands, to protect communities at risk from flooding and wild-fire, and to safeguard working class Washingtonians from the economic impacts of the initia-tive. Over the past three months, organizers from countless envi-ronmental, community of color, and labor groups have joined Tribes in collecting signatures to place I-1631 on the ballot.

8 The volunteer response to I-1631 as reflected in both volun-teer signature gatherers and the enormous number of signatures indicates unusual momentum for the campaign, which is seen as a serious contender for pas-sage in November by outside observers. If you can only get in-volved in one campaign this year, or maybe this lifetime, I-1631 is the one, and that s why Washington s tribal na-tions are investing unprece-dented resources in passing our state s first real climate change policy, said Presi-dent Sharp in an interview with recently.

9 Reflecting the importance of this campaign to Indian Country, Quinault leaders including President Sharp, Vice President Tyson John-ston, and Treasurer Larry Ralston are all serving in the leadership of a multi-tribal campaign effort called The First American Project, which is co-managing the I-1631 campaign. The First Ameri-can Project will be focusing on mobilizing Indian Country and communities of color statewide, as well as rural communities. Quinault citizens interest-ed in volunteering for the I-1631 campaign can contact elected leadership or email: page 1 NUGGUAM Website: ALOHA Heated SELF STORAGE 276-4182 3019 Ocean Beach Rd.

10 Pacific Beach, WA NUGGUAM Quinault Nation News Box 189 Taholah, WA 98587 Telephone: (360) 276-8211 Telefax: (360) 276-4661 Email: NUGGUAM headquarters are located in the Roundhouse at 114 Quinault Street (near the mouth of the river). The NUGGUAM is a monthly publication of the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) to inform, to educate, and to stimulate interest in QIN and community affairs. We believe in freedom of speech, an openness of information and exchange of ideas, cultural awareness and understanding, and respect and trust.