Colville Tribes StaySafe

11/02/2025

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10/31/2025

Two important updates for November from our Food Distribution Program! Call Aimee Gorr at 509-634-2767 for more info.

Food distributions from Northwest Harvest will be in each district on these dates:
🥔 Nov. 10 at 10am - Keller Community Center
🥔 Nov. 10 at 2pm - Nespelem Community Center
🥔 Nov. 12 at 11am - Omak Community Center
🥔 Nov. 13 at 11am - Inchelium Community Center
The Food Program will be closed on Nov. 11 (Veterans Day), Nov. 17 (delivery), Nov. 25 (inventory) and Nov. 27-Dec. 1 (holiday).

Turkey giveaway will be available before Thanksgiving. You must be a Colville Tribal member, will need to show Tribal ID or CIB, no picking up for someone else, only 1 per household and each district will have a limited number of turkeys, so show up on time!
🍗 Nov. 18 at 11:30am - Keller Community Center
🍗 Nov. 19 at 12:30pm - Omak Community Center
🍗 Nov. 20 at 12:30pm - Inchelium Community Center
🍗 Nov. 24 at 10am - Nespelem July Grounds

10/30/2025

FYI - Our WIC foods and services continue to be available to eligible families during the government shutdown. New sign-ups are encouraged. Pregnant people and children under 5 who are eligible for SNAP automatically qualify for WIC. Contact the WIC office at 509-634-0283.

10/28/2025

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10/27/2025

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10/27/2025

Tuesday, October 28 at Omak Community Center (601 Benton St.) from 9a-1p
Colville Tribal Health Care Authority Wellness Event
Services are available at no cost to everyone regardless of insurance status. Walk-in only. Patients will be seen on a first come, first served basis.
Services provided by Care-a-Van and Bird's Eye Medical.
Resource tables on-site will include Okanogan Public Health District, Okanogan Community Action, Colville Tribes Diabetes Program and Enhabit Home Health and Hospice. Vaccine education, naloxone (Narcan) distribution, mental health screenings, A1C testing and more!

10/26/2025

Are you an artist? Colville Tribes HHS is creating another calendar for 2026 featuring art from Colville members and descendants along with lots of mental and physical health resources. Last year we gave away 450 FREE calendars.
We have just SIX spots left for 2026. So whether you create paintings, regalia or other apparel, baskets, drums, or other forms of art - we welcome your submission! Please email one or more high-resolution photos (iPhone is fine) to april.blankenship.hhs@colvilletribes.com.

10/25/2025

Research suggests there are several benefits for families who eat together:
🥄 Families who eat together tend to be closer to each other.
🥄Children who regularly eat with their families are more likely to eat healthful foods.
🥄Kids are more likely to get good grades in school when they have family meals.
If this sounds appealing but you’re short on time, don’t worry. You can still enjoy all the benefits of a family dinner. These speedy meals are easy to prepare and can be healthy choices. https://www.eatright.org/food/food-preparation/cooking-tips/fake-a-homemade-dinner

[Photo by Yoav Aziz on Unsplash]

10/23/2025

🤩 Great job making connections with the younger generation, Megan!

10/22/2025

ICYMI - All community coalition North Star meetings are scheduled on a repeating monthly basis which Tribal Tribune shared in September. All are welcome to attend. A meal is provided and children (must be accompanied by an adult) will have an activity to keep them busy during the discussion.
You can also see events on the calendar at https://www.cct-hhs.com/north-star-initiative.

Goals of North Star:
Decrease substance use
Increase life expectancy
Create healthier environments to raise our children
Allow kids to experience being kids
Break the cycle of children raising themselves
Increase mental health resources
Overcome silos in governmental operations
Remove barriers to social systems
Rebuild healthy communities that our ancestors had

10/21/2025

❤ Culture is connection and connection is prevention. Congratulations, Shelly!

Shelly Boyd (Prasat) is the Cultural Arts and Language teacher at Inchelium School in Washington state. She was formerly the Sinixt/Arrow Lakes Cultural Facilitator of the Sinixt Confederacy and Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. She was raised in the heart of the Sinixt Community in Kewa, Washington, on the Colville Reservation, near the Columbia River.

Shelly leans on her spiritual and cultural upbringing when speaking about the history, language, and culture of the Sinixt people. Shelly draws inspiration from her ancestors' strength and fortitude, who never forgot who they were and never gave up the fight to be recognized in Canada within traditional Sinixt territory.

Shelly is a founding member of the Inchelium Language and Culture Association (ILCA) and the Inchelium Language House, a non-profit with the mission to revitalize the Sinixt language and culture within traditional Sinixt territory. She is a first-generation college graduate and a certified Indigenous language teacher through the State of Washington. She received her Master's Degree in Education from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor's in Communications from Eastern Washington University.

The Changemaker Fellowship is helping her create space, time, and funds to work on and complete a curriculum that addresses both positive identity and working through trauma. Shelly said the heart of defending, developing, and decolonizing our communities, includes addressing self-identity, our strengths and challenges at both the personal and tribal levels.

Shelly was selected to be a 2024-26 NDN Changemaker Fellow, and we are honored to uplift her work and her story.

➡️ To help us continue to support powerful Indigenous Changemakers like Shelly, please donate to NDN Collective through our For The People Campaign at: https://ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate

10/20/2025

Tonight from 6-8 pm at Nespelem Senior Meal Site! Dinner is provided. The children's activity will be a Halloween movie (children must be accompanied by an adult). FREE!
Join us to continue forming the Nespelem Coalition for The North Star Initiative, a community-based plan to reduce substance use in our community.

GOALS of North Star:
⭐️ Decrease substance use
⭐️ Increase life expectancy
⭐️ Create healthier environments to raise our children
⭐️ Allow kids to experience being kids
⭐️ Break the cycle of children raising themselves
⭐️ Increase mental health resources
⭐️ Overcome silos in governmental operations
⭐️ Remove barriers to social systems
⭐️ Rebuild healthy communities that our ancestors had

☎ For more information, contact:
Zekkethal “Val” Vargas-Thomas
(509) 634-1390 or 634-2549
zekkethal.vargas-thomas.hhs@colvilletribes.com