Over the summer, President Jones visited the Jamestown S鈥橩lallam Tribe and met with Chairman Ron Allen and Vice-chair Loni Greninger. Dr. Jones was accompanied by VP of External Affairs Joe Dacca and Director of Tribal Relations Sherri Berdine.
During the visit, Chairman Allen and Vice Chairwoman Greninger hosted President Jones in Red Cedar Hall. There, tribal leaders presented an overview of the Tribe鈥檚 history, local culture, current priorities, and impressive economic development portfolio. There was also an opportunity to enjoy the House of Seven Brothers restaurant inside 7 Cedars Casino.
The S’Klallam people, meaning “the strong people,” have inhabited the Olympic Peninsula for thousands of years. In 1855, they signed the Treaty of Point No Point, which guaranteed their rights to hunt, fish, and gather in their traditional territories. In the 1970s, the Jamestown S鈥橩lallam people joined with Tribes across the nation in a movement to gain justice for those whose treaty rights had been ignored for more than a century by the federal government. Through a long legal process, the Jamestown S鈥橩lallam Tribe was 鈥渞e-recognized鈥� by the United States government on February 10, 1981.
鲍奥鈥檚 , which was launched in 2015, runs a volunteer-based early detection program to track and manage invasive European green crabs across Washington’s inland shorelines, Puget Sound, and the San Juan Islands. This team has worked closely with the Tribe on this research partnership.
Many thanks to the Jamestown S鈥橩lallam Tribe for welcoming President Jones.