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Newsletter 2019:
Issue 5

Four Winds of Indian Education, Inc.

Salmon (Haida- Pacific Northwest)
Long ago, among the Haida People, there was a boy who showed no respect for the salmon. Though the salmon meant life for the people, he was not respectful of the one his people called swimmer. His parents told him to show gratitude and behave properly, but he did not listen. When fishing he would step on the bodies of the salmon that were caught and after eating, he carelessly threw the bones of the fish into the bushes. Others warned him that the spirits of the salmon were not pleased by such behavior, but he did not listen. One day, his mother served him a meal of salmon. He looked at it with disgust. “This is moldy,” he said, though the meat was good. He threw it upon the ground. Then he went down to the river to swim with the other children. However, as he was swimming, a current caught him and pulled him away from the others. It swept him into the deepest water, and he could not swim strongly enough to escape from it. He sank into the river and drowned. There, deep in the river, the salmon people took him with them. They were returning back to the ocean without their bodies. They had left their bodies behind for the humans and the animal people to use as food. The boy went with them, for now belonged to the salmon. When they reached their home in the ocean, they looked just like human beings. Their village there in the ocean looked much like his own home and he could hear the sound of children playing in the stream which flowed behind the village. Now the salmon people began to teach him. He was hungry and they told him to go to the stream and catch one of their children, who were salmon swimming in the stream. However, he was told, he must be respectful and after eating return all of the bones and everything he did not intend to eat to the water. Then, he was told, their child would be able to come back to life. But if the bones were not returned to the water, that salmon child could not come back. He did as he was told, but one day after he had eaten, when it came time for the children to come up to the village from the stream, he heard one of them crying. He went to see what was wrong. The child was limping because one of its feet was gone. Then the boy realized he had not thrown all of the fins back into the stream. He quickly found one fin he had missed, threw it in and the child was healed. After he had spent the winter with the Salmon People, it again was spring and time for them to return to the rivers. The boy swam with them, for he belonged to the Salmon People now. When they swam past his village, his own mother caught him in her net. When she puled him from the water, even thought he was in the shape of a salmon, she saw the copper necklace he was wearing. It was the same necklace she had given her son. She carried Salmon Boy carefully back home. She spoke to him and held him and gradually he began to shed his salmon skin. First his head emerged. Then, after eight days, he shed all of the skin and was a human again. Salmon Boy taught the people all of the things he had learned. He was a healer now and helped them when they were sick. “I cannot stay with you long,” he said, “you must remember what I teach you.” He remained with the people until the time came when the old salmon who had gone upstream and not been caught by the humans or the animal people came drifting back down toward the sea. As Salmon Boy stood by the water, he saw a huge old salmon floating down toward him. It was so worn by its journey that he could see through its sides. He recognized it as his own soul, and he thrust his spear into it. As soon as he did, he died. Then the people of the village did as he had told them to do. They placed his body into the river. It circled four times and then sank, going back to his home in the ocean, back to the Salmon People.

Inside this issue:

Community Events	2
Calendar	3
Basket/Beading Class Schedule	4

Four Winds of Indian Education Center
Staff Contact numbers
Phone: 530-895-4212
Fax: 530-895-4310
Directory:
Irma Amaro-Interim Executive Director:
Ext. 110
Darcel Cernas-Coyote Program Coordinator/Program Specialist
Ext. 109
Laurence Gammell-Education Specialist:
Ext. 106
Shane Noel-Fiscal Analyst:
Ext. 101
Nathan Heck- NSP Program Director
Ext. 103

Silver Dollar Fair
Dates: Thursday May 23rd-Monday May 27th
Thu: 5pm‑11pm, Fri: 2pm‑11pm, Sat::11am‑11pm, Sun: 11am‑11pm, Mon: 11am‑8pm

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Thursday Night Market
The 23rd Season of the Thursday Night Market will kick off on April 4th, 2019!
Dates: April – September 2019
Time: 6-9 pm
California Indian Basket Weavers’
Association
We are pleased to announce the 29th Annual CIBA Basket weavers’ Gathering, “Igniting the Fire Within Us!”
*Dinners Fri & Sat at 6:30 pm ( For current CIBA Members and their families only. Pre– registration is required. Please See Pre-registration form for further details.
Friday, June 21: !0am-5pm CIBA Voting Members, Youth Ambassadors and Children with parents only.
Saturday, June 22: 10am-5pm
Sunday, June 23:10am-Noon(Closing Circle)
42nd Gathering of Honored Elders
It is our honor to acknowledge California’s Native American Elders via this event held each year on the park grounds of the State Indian Museum. We recognize, with highest regard, your perseverance in sharing, teaching, and otherwise carrying forward the traditions of your people. It is through your efforts that Native youth learn about their heritage, others learn the truthful history and experience of Native people in California, and California Indian culture remains dynamic and alive for future generations. This event is FREE an open to the public. Come watch the dancers, eat an Indian taco, or shop from Native vendors.
Please call (916) 445-8115 for more information.
Date: June 1st, 2019 Time: 10.00-3:00 pm
Location: California Stat Indian Museum at 2618 K St, Sacramento Ca.

May 2019

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	2 Basket Class 6-9 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	3 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	4
5	6 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	7 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	8 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	9 Basket Class 6-9 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	10 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	11
12	13 / Computer lab 9-4 / Asp 3-6	14 / Computer lab 9-4 / *Last Day of Asp 3-6	15 / Step-Up Academy: Last Day of School	16 *Last Basket Class until August 22nd. / Computer Lab 9-4	17 / Computer lab 9-4	18
19	20 / Computer lab 9-4	21 / Computer lab 9-4	22 / Computer lab 9-4	23 / *Office Closed *	24 / *Office Closed *	25
26	27 / *Office Closed* / Memorial Day	28	29	30 / LEAD: Promotion and Graduation Ceremony	31 / *LEAD: Last Day of School
Keep Tobacco Use Sacred

ASP: After School Program
Lunch: 12-1pm
Computer Lab: GED Preparation, Resume Development, etc.

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Basketry/ Beading Class
Location: Four Winds of Indian Education
2345 Fair Street, Chico, Ca.
(Step Up Academy Gym)
Time: 6:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.

Schedule
May: 2, 9, 16, (To be confirmed)
Gathering times will be on the weekends and seasonal.
Open to students 12 years or older and must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information contact:
Irma Amaro: 895-4212 X 110
Darcel Cernas: 895-4212 X 109

Four Winds of Education, Inc.

2345 Fair Street
Chico, CA 95928

Four Winds of Indian Education, Inc. is a commercial tobacco-free facility. Only traditional use of tobacco is permitted in/on the premises.

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