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Healthy Traditions Mussel Gathering Trip Saturday, June 25 th Departing from Siletz Admin at 8am Mussels are a staple food of our ancestors. Join us to learn to safely and responsibly harvest this traditional food. **Obtain your free Tribal shellfish permit prior to harvesting Contact Healthy Traditions to sign up: 541-444-9627 or kathyk@ctsi.nsn.us Siletz Strawberry Freezer Jam Class June 21st 5 - 7pm To sign-up, please call: Kathy Kentta-Robinson at 541-444-9627 Tribal Land Enhancement Activities The Natural Resources, Culture department and Healthy Traditions program are working together to establish local gathering sites for harvesting important traditional foods in the future. We will be transplanting camas, cutting trails to huckleberry patches and transplanting some basketry materials as we head into fall. Some of this work will utilize summer youth and introduce them to plants that are good to harvest to eat. es! t Upda Siletz Tribal Community Garden We are under construction. We are hiring a contractor soon to help make the garden easier to maintain and access. There will be handicapped accessible areas and new raised beds that provide a seat to comfortably and safely reach across your garden space. Mission Statement The CTSI Healthy Traditions project seeks to improve the health of Siletz Tribal Members through educational activities which promote the use of traditional foods through hunting, gathering, gardening, cooking, food preservation and protecting our natural resources. June 2016 • Siletz News • 7
