Katie Manzanares

Submitted by the Sustainability Working Group Trees, plants, rocks and boulders in and on each side of our Puyallup River and tributaries have provided safe habit for salmon and many other animals we have relied on since time immemorial. Continued development and rising temperatures are causing lands, streams and creeks to become warmer, dryer, and some plants and bushes to die out. Other plants that can survive in higher temperatures take over causing changes to the landscape and wildlife. We can expect to see more wildlife near the Puyallup River and tributaries as animals move toward places they can survive.…

By Amelia Dickson, Puyallup Tribal Descendent Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, families across the United States have been left without reliable childcare. Puyallup Tribal families haven’t been spared, with the Grandview Early Learning Center closing in late-March to keep children, employees, families and the community safe from the virus. An estimated 550,000 children statewide are currently without childcare, and about 18 percent of childcare centers across Washington have closed, according to the nonprofit Childcare Aware. The problem is disproportionally affecting mothers, who are increasingly leaving the workforce to take care of children. But Grandview Director David Turnipseed has a plan…

Photo courtesy of the Anderson family Puyallup Tribal Member Aimee Anderson (red sweatshirt) and her husband Josh (pictured with their children Navaeh, 14, Shamani, 8, and Joshua, 11) hope by sharing how COVID-19 affected their family, other people will want to take extra precautions to prevent it from spreading in the Tribal community and beyond. “The worse part for me was the fatigue,” Josh said. “It just hits you. Some days I didn’t even want to get up and walk in the yard for fresh air.” As told to Puyallup Tribal News Correspondent Rosemary Ponnekanti by Josh and Aimee Anderson…

By Lisa Pemberton, Puyallup Tribal News Editor Outraged, but not surprised. That was the reaction of the Puyallup Tribal Council to news that Electron Hydro LLC polluted the Puyallup River with tiny bits of potentially toxic rubber and plastic during a recent construction project.   “The action was consistent with the company’s past actions, which have regularly undermined our efforts to protect the river,” Tribal Chairman Bill Sterud said in a statement. “Every year, we release millions of fish only to see this facility kill them.” During the summer, Electron Hydro used rolls of artificial turf in a liner as…