http://www.squaxin-nr.org Squaxin Island Tribe's Natural Resource Department Weblog Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:49:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2010/01/the-name-salish-sea-wins-award/ http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2010/01/the-name-salish-sea-wins-award/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:36:43 +0000 jkonovsky http://www.squaxin-nr.org/?p=680 The name “Salish Sea” was chosen as the “Name of the Year” by the American Name Society.  Last year’s winner was “Barack Hussein Obama.”  Check out www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/12/salish-sea-becomes-name-of-the-year for more details.

]]> http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2010/01/the-name-salish-sea-wins-award/feed/ 0 http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2009/10/state-set-to-adopt-salish-sea/ http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2009/10/state-set-to-adopt-salish-sea/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:55:35 +0000 jkonovsky http://www.squaxin-nr.org/?p=655 The Washington State Board on Geographic Names met on Oct. 30 and gave formal approval to the term “Salish Sea” as an umbrella name for Puget Sound, Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet,  Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Strait of Georgia.  Its formal adoption by the state helps solidify the Squaxin view that the Tribe occupies the “Headwaters of the Salish Sea.”

]]> http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2009/10/state-set-to-adopt-salish-sea/feed/ 0 http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2009/04/south-sound-science-symposium-agenda/ http://www.squaxin-nr.org/2009/04/south-sound-science-symposium-agenda/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:04:41 +0000 jkonovsky http://www.squaxin-nr.org/?p=361 The South Sound Science Symposium is coming up on May 6th.  Don’t forget to register!  The agenda is now available here.

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