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MARCH 15, 2024
SMOKE SIGNALS
Ekias Sabin, 14, loses the balls from his stick as he plays double ball during the Native Youth Wellness Day in the Tribal gym on Friday, March
8. Approximately 120 Tribal youth participated in the daylong event that is hosted by the Tribe’s Youth Empowerment & Prevention Program
and facilitated by the Native Wellness Institute based in Gresham. There was a Healing Village in the afternoon where youth could partake in
one or all of the offered activities. Some of the activities, in addition to double ball, included necklace making, journaling, videography and
making elderberry syrup.
Native Youth Wellness Day
Tegan Schwab, 13, left, and Sam Hedrick, 13, add sweet grass scented oil
as they make smudge spray during the Native Youth Wellness Day.
Jacob Holmes, 18, makes a cedar bundle during the Native Youth Wellness
Day in the Tribal gym on Friday, March 8.
Lyliana Rideout, 15,
pours homemade
elderberry syrup into a
jar during Native Youth
Wellness Day.
Bayleigh Leno, 16,
beads a necklace during
Native Youth Wellness
Day in the Tribal gym
on Friday, March 8. In
the background Gracie
Mercier, 16, beads a
necklace.
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Photos by
Michelle Alaimo