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April 4, 2022,
The Honorable Frances Charles, Chairwoman
2851 Lower Elwah Road
Port Angeles, WA 98363
Dear Chairwoman Charles,
The Board of County Commissioners acknowledges that Jefferson County exists on the ancestral lands of the Salish
and S'Klallam peoples, as well as many other tribes that visited these sacred lands since time immemorial. We thank
you for sharing this land with us.
We are writing to you to invite you as honored participants to Chautauqua Week, an event that strives to create
understanding, connection, respect and healing.
The Chautauqua Week is being hosted by our community partners, The Production Alliance and The New Old Time
Chautauqua during the Rhododendron Festival May 20-22, 2022; we welcome you in planning and participating in all
of the events:
• Friday Evening-Opening Ceremony
• Saturday-Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade; Invitation to march with Native Veteran Color Guard, Tribal
Royalty, and any other ambassadors you may like to represent the tribe in the Parade
• Saturday Evening-The Big Show at Fort Worden State Park-Complimentary tickets and reserved seating for
all tribal members
• Sunday- Workshops-Community oriented education and entertainment will be given by the New Old Time
Chautauqua. We invite tribal members to host cultural, historical, and educational workshops if interested
• Sunday Evening-Chautauqua Community Congress- Opportunity for local leaders to share issues and
opportunities facing their communities.
We welcome the Lower Elwah Klallam Tribe to participate in the Chautauqua Community Congress so that tribal
perspectives and stories are appropriately, accurately and authentically presented to the people of Jefferson County.
We are excited about the potential of working with you, Tribal elders, council and staff, and interested members of the
Lower Elwah Klallam community. The Chautauqua Community Congress is one way we can come together now and
in the future.
Chairwoman, Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour will serve as our point of contact in relation to this Congress. She may
I be reached at 360-385-9103 or heh h� r'a 6o effer3on.wa. s . Thank you for your consideration of this
collaborative request.
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
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Kate Dean Heidi Eisenhour, Chair reg Brotherton
District 1 District 2 District 3
Phone (360) 31~# 91t�1J Fax (360) 385 )382 ;t.fthoc:ca:c:ojeffer.5orx.tiva.us