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Poet Laureate visits Swinomish site!

Several NWIC-Swinomish students were able to participate in an afternoon poetry workshop with the current Poet Laureate of Washington State, Kathleen Flenniken. “Kathleen Flenniken came to poetry late, after working as a civil engineer and hydrologist at the Hanford Nuclear … Continue reading

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Field Trip to Kiket Island

Last week the Ecology of the First People’s calss had a joint field trip with with Sally Connor’s English class to Kiket Island (Kukatali Preserve).  The tour was led by tribal naturalist, Tanisha Gobert.  It was a great exploration of … Continue reading

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NESC 301 visits Neah Bay and the Makah Museum!

Last week we were able to travel to the world-renowned Makah museum, located at Neah Bay on the northwestern coast of the Olympic Peninsula.  Along the way we visited the newly restored Elwha River and dam removal view point (formally Lake … Continue reading

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Winter Quarter 2013

This quarter we are offering Ecology of the First Peoples (NESC 301).  Last week we had discussions with Larry Campbell, Swinomish Historic Preservation Officer, and Theresa Trebon, Tribal Archivist, on Swinomish culture and history.  This week students visited the Hilbulb … Continue reading

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Vegetation & Sediment Monitoring at Port Susan Bay with USGS and TNC

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Back to Port Susan Bay

The ecology class was able to make it back to Port Susan Bay.  Since our last field trip the dikes have been removed and the new sea wall has been built.  The estuary is on its way to being restored … Continue reading

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Fall Quarter starts September 17th

Welcome back students!  We are ready for another school year.  Keep checking this site for updates and information on our science related activities and projects at Swinomish.  There is also now another site for information on our 13 Moons Community … Continue reading

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end of spring quarter!

The Plant Biology students gave great presentations today that ranged from hummingbird pollinated flowers to camas to medicinal plants and ethnobotany.  Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to this class.         We were also … Continue reading

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Honoring the Gift of Food

We had a good selection of foods on May 29th in our ‘Honor the Gift of Food Class.’  Students brought fish soup, nettle chips and fiddlehead ferns.  We also sampled quinoa as an alternative grain and had some fresh local, … Continue reading

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Blessing of the Fleet at Swinomish: May 17, 2012

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