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Daisy Dreams by Jahla Brown, DCYF ESIT Partnership & Collaboration Specialist
"There are two lasting gifts we can give our children - one is roots, the other is wings."
-William Hodding Carter II, American progressive journalist and author
Please note that there will be no issue of the ESIT Weekly sent out Fri., Oct. 18, due to ESIT's Parent Institute for Engagement (PIE) and State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) Meetings taking place, Oct. 15-16. The ESIT Weekly will resume its regular schedule on Fri., Oct. 25.
Thank you!
When is Indigenous Peoples' Day 2024?
Indigenous Peoples’ Day occurs on the second Monday in October in many parts of the United States. In 2024, it is observed on Monday, October 14. Here is a bit more information about the holiday and its history!
Read full article by Catherine Boeckmann:
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“If you don't understand sovereignty, you don't understand Indians."
-John Echohawk, Pawnee, is the Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund
Tipi with sign "American Indian Movement" on the grounds of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., during the "Longest walk," 1978.
Each week, DCYF ESIT Tribal Program Consultant, Brian Frisina, provides a key topic to help us get to know our Tribal Nation Partners better.
This week’s term is:
The Last Indian War – Janet McCloud (1966)
Then on October 13, 1965, the Survival of American Indians Association held a protest fish-in on the Nisqually River. It was highly publicized and was intended as a protest to the continued night raids of the state wardens against the Nisqually Indians. Fish-ins had been used in the past by Indians as their way of protesting the State’s encroachment on their treaty fishing rights. It has been a peaceful way to vent the Indians’ growing bitterness and hostility at the whites’ never-ending invasion of their land and rights. That ended on October 13! Those who volunteer to go fishing in violation of the court injunction usually end up sitting in jail. Their purpose is to try to obtain a writ of habeas corpus from a higher court, as this is the cheapest, and the hardest, way to overturn a lower-court ruling. It is the only way that these poverty-stricken Indians can go. To this date the higher courts of Washington have flatly refused even to hear these writs—another violation of their court rules.
Read more in depth about the history:
Janet McCloud
Janet McCloud (also known as Yet-Si-Blue, of the Tulalip Tribes) was a leader in the “fish-in” struggle in the Puget Sound area of Washington state in the 1960s and the editor of the newsletter of the Survival of American Indians Association. Learn more:
Reclaiming the Rivers: Indigenous Defiance and the Fish Wars
Between 1854 and 1855, a few years after Washington Territory was separated from Oregon Territory, an important chapter in the region’s history unfolded. The Washington Territorial government, through Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), was in the process of signing a series of treaties with local Native American tribes, a move designed to force these Indigenous communities to relocate to designated reservations and open the land to non-Native settlers. One such treaty was the Medicine Creek Treaty, that included my own tribe, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, along with the Nisqually, Steilacoom, Squawskin (Squaxin Island), S’Homamish, Stehchass, T’Peeksin, Squi-aitl, and Sa-heh-wamish tribes. The treaty was signed on December 26, 1854, near Medicine Creek in what is now Washington State.
Trigger Warning: This blog contains words, images and video displaying acts of police brutality/state violence against Indigenous Peoples. Please proceed with care.
Videos from Franks Landing - Hank Adams Archives
Franks Landing Return to The River, Post Oct. 13
On October 13, 1965, the Washington Departments of Game (WDG) and of Fisheries (WDF) made a brutal attack against treaty fishermen and their families at Franks Landing on the Nisqually River, injuring both children and adult members of the Nisqually and Puyallup Indian Tribes who had retained and secured their sovereign national natural and resources rights - including lands, waters and fisheries - under the Treaty of Medicine Creek of 1854. Nearly a dozen adult and juvenile Indians were arrested - with a principal six being charged and taken to trial some four years later in January 1969. All were acquitted. But in the weeks following the October 13 assault against their people, the treaty fishermen families felt it necessary to continue their fish harvest activities as quickly as possible on the Nisqually River - as they had done since the State of Washington had "declared war" on their exercise of treaty rights in January 1962, followed by civil lawsuits naming a dozen river fishermen to enjoin and restrain all net fishing by Indians under the treaty. Nearly all of the named "Renegade" treaty fishermen had subsequently been arrested and charged with net fishing violations or with "criminal contempt" under the civil lawsuits and injunctions. Yet, as the State escalated its violent attacks against the Indian resistance, the fishermen families and their supporters increased their strength in numbers and acted time after time to defend themselves, their rights and their treaties. Under constant surveillance by the G-Dubs (Game Wardens) around the clock and from assorted sites of infiltration on the same shore and from across the Nisqually River - both openly and in concealment with arms - and from the air in planes and helicopters. (watch time 4:21):
This November 1965 film video and the related photographs of the Indian protectors were secured from film and photo archives of the Washington Game Department (WDG). Accompanying Music from (Mescalero Apache) Paul Ortega's "Four Ways" Album (1967).
Danish film-makers of Nomad Films (Copenhagen) in the year of the Washington (Statehood) Centennial [1989] came to the Nisqually Indian Reservation and the Franks Landing Indian Community's WaHeLut Indian School to document status of tribal rights and life dependent upon salmon resources since time immemorial and secured under Treaties with the United States. [Note: Hank Adams is an Assiniboine & Sioux born on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, and the film-makers identifying him with the "Nisqually Tribe" was more a matter and sense of place or to simplify their story-telling. He is not a Nisqually, while a number of other persons featured are Nisqually Indians (watch time 23.21):
Sources
- Image: Leffler, W. K., photographer. (1978), Tipi with sign "American Indian Movement" on the grounds of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., during the "Longest walk". Washington D.C, 1978. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011646498/.
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The Last Indian War – Janet McCloud (1966), article by Agnes Williams, last updated Thurs., April 19, 2007.
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Janet McCloud, 1934-2003: Indian activist put family first By Lewis Kamb, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter, Nov 26, 2003, Seattlepi.com, © 2024 Hearst Newspapers, LLC.
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Reclaiming the Rivers: Indigenous Defiance and the Fish Wars, by NDN Collective • September 9, 2023, © Copyright 2024. NDN Collective.
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US v WA: 50th Anniversary, Feb. 6-7, 2024, Muckleshoot Events Center in Auburn, Copyright © 2024 Northwest Treaty Tribes, A news service of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
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Franks Landing Return to The River post Oct 13 1965 HD 720p, uploaded to YouTube by Hank Adams, Dec. 22, 2019.
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The Shadow of the Eagle, uploaded to YouTube by Hank Adams, Nov. 10, 2015.
In July, ESIT lost a beloved member of our Professional Development (PD) team, Greg Abell, from Sound Options. We at DCYF ESIT send our sincerest condolences to his family, along with our greatest appreciation for his contributions to our ESIT community. Greg was an ESIT trainer for many, many years. He facilitated the Family Resources Coordinator Year 2 courses and lead a portion of the Professional Learning Communities, before transitioning to facilitator of leadership and teaming courses for ESIT professionals seeking ongoing PD opportunities. Greg’s contributions as a mediator, trainer, creator of ESIT professional development content, and member of a State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) Inservice Training Subcommittee were invaluable. We will miss him and are especially grateful for his collaboration in our statewide professional development system.
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Doug Nathan joins us from Sound Options and Doug Nathan Coaching and Consulting. He is very familiar with the content Greg Abell brought to ESIT, as he began partnering with Greg in 2005; in 2020, they formed Sandbox Leadership, LLC, focusing on leadership and conflict engagement skills development. Doug has over 25 years of experience supporting and challenging leaders at all levels within the private and public sectors of education. Doug brings a strengths-based, whole systems approach to his training, coaching and consulting work. We are excited to welcome Doug to our ESIT Professional Development team! Doug will step into Greg’s shoes as the ESIT trainer for the following courses: Foundations of Effective Teaming, Engaging in Challenging Conversations, and Leading through Change and Conflict.
Please see the Ongoing Professional Development Calendar for descriptions for each course and the schedule of availability.
Welcome to the ESIT team, Doug!
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The ESIT state leadership team plans to highlight individual providers or ESIT provider agencies that are demonstrating one or more of the Seven Key Principles in their work in a new section of the ESIT Weekly titled Key Principles in Action. This new section will help us recognize the high-quality agencies and efforts of individual providers across the ESIT statewide system. Nominators will remain anonymous (though we may contact you for more details about your nomination).
Principles
- Families are equal partners who bring to the team skills, experience and
knowledge about their child; and, are the final decision makers as to what
will work best for their family.
- Early intervention recognizes that family relationships are the central focus in the life of an infant or toddler.
- Infants and toddlers learn best through everyday experiences and interactions with familiar people in familiar settings.
- The early intervention process, from initial contact to transition, must be responsive, flexible and individualized to reflect the child’s and family’s priorities, learning styles and cultural beliefs.
- All families, with the necessary supports and resources, can enhance their children’s learning and development.
- The role of the service provider is to work in a team to support Individualized Family Service Plan functional outcomes, based on child and family needs and priorities.
- Early intervention practices must be based on the best available current evidence and research.
Read and download ESIT's Guiding Concepts.
Submit Your Nomination!
To make a nomination, please complete the form linked below:
You are invited to ESIT's upcoming October State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) Meeting, which will be held via zoom!
Wed., October 16 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Draft agenda
For Review
The draft July meeting minutes and updated meeting materials packet have been posted to ESIT's SICC Meetings page for review. If edits are needed to the draft July meeting minutes or materials, please email Will Moncrease Jr.
SICC Direct List
If you would like your email added to the SICC direct email list to receive the agenda and meeting materials in advance of upcoming SICC meetings, email Will Moncrease Jr., with the subject: Add me to SICC DL.
Questions?
Please contact DCYF ESIT Partnership & Collaboration Manager, Will Moncrease, Jr., at will.moncrease@dcyf.wa.gov.
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As 2025 is quickly approaching, we are gearing up for our annual Unsung Hero campaign in honor of Parent Recognition month (February) and we are hoping you can help us spread the word far and wide.
Since 2011, with your help, we have honored 366 parents and caregivers in Washington for the roles they have taken with their families, schools and communities. They have been recognized because they have shown strength, courage and empathy in their communities. Parents and caregivers around Washington State are supporting their children, families, and communities in exceptional ways and we want to show our appreciation. Please help us in honoring 28 more in February 2025 by nominating a parent/primary caregiver/guardian/community members for the Unsung Hero award. The nomination form is available in three languages (English, Spanish and Somali). A parent panel will select an honoree for each day in February and then all honorees (including their family or supporters) and their nominators will be invited to an in-person celebratory dinner event in Olympia.
All nominations must be submitted by January 3, 2025. The nominations can be emailed to strengtheningfamilies@dcyf.wa.gov.
Save the Date
We hope that you will join us for the 2025 Infant and Early Childhood Conference (IECC), May 5-9, 2025 hosted completely virtual via Zoom.
Call for Presenters
IECC is currently seeking proposals for its 2025 conference. The IECC Conference is well known within the State of Washington for providing high quality, evidence based training for families and professionals working with young children (ages birth to eight) and their families.
- If you or someone you know may be interested in submitting a proposal - please submit proposals no later than Monday, January 13, 2025. To apply online, click here.
- IECC will be evaluating session proposals using a Rubric developed by DEC - we encourage presenters review our selection criteria before submitting their proposal.
IECC Partnership Opportunity
IECC is so thankful for its many community partners. Due to their support IECC has been able to shift its platform and offer the conference registration complimentary for all attendees the past few years. If your organization would be willing to partner with us please email the conference coordinator, Amanda Cardwell directly at amandacardwell@frontier.com.
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Emergency Broadband Benefit Funds Available
The WA Office of Broadband has funds available to assist families with internet costs. More details on this benefit and how to apply are located here.
Discounted Internet Service Available to Low-Income Households
The federal Affordable Connectivity Program offers eligible households a high-speed internet plan for no more than $30 per month. More details on this program and how to apply are located here.
Digital Navigation Toolkit Available
Digital Health Navigators are individuals who address the whole digital inclusion process - connectivity, devices, and digital skills - to support community members and provide access to healthcare. The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) has released a new toolkit that provides helpful resource links relating to digital navigation.
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