Film starring tribal member wins award
The Tacoma Film Festival, which ran Oct. 4-11, ended with some great news for Puyallup tribal member Robert Satiacum. The locally made comedy “Rain in the Mountains” in which he had a starring role took the award for Best Feature Film, beating out the 72 other feature-length films in this year’s festival. Read more...
University of Washington hosts Native American Student Day
Native students from Chief Leschi High School and a group of students from Tacoma School District’s Indian Education Program will be heading up to University of Washington (UW) Nov. 9 for Native American Student Day (NASD). Read more...

Alcohol-free dancing, family fun at inter-tribal Halloween bash
Tribe hopes to provide safe, sober, fun environment for families on Halloween, future holidays
Put on your dancing shoes, leave the bottle at home and get ready to shake your booty (pirate treasure, that is), because Robert and Liz Satiacum are having a party. Read more...

Rick Springfield rolls into EQC
Rick Springfield became popular in the United States in the early 1980s, when his musical career and role on a popular television soap opera combined to make him a star. However, he began his musical career as a teenager in the 1960s. Read more...

Tacoma Film Festival includes film co-starring Tribal member
More than 70 independent films of varying lengths and subject matter will be shown during the second annual Tacoma Film Festival, Oct. 4-11. Featuring the works of local and international filmmakers, films will be screened at the Grand Cinema and at two additional weekend venues, Tacoma School of the Arts and Tacoma Art Museum. Read more...

Keali'i Reichel brings sounds of Hawaii to EQC
Keali’i Reichel is one of Hawaii’s most popular recording artists, and the award-winning kumu hula of Halau Ke’alaokamaile. His music, chant and hula represent the best of traditional and contemporary poetry and dance in Hawaii today Read more...
Keith Sweat’s sudden emergence on the music scene in the late 1980s literally changed the R&B world forever. But his real gift has always been the ability to follow it up time after time, never holding back, always delivering great, powerful music. His music, always relevant, always easy to embrace, seems to somehow mirror his fans’ own emotional journey. Read more...
The Puyallup Tribal Health Authority is hosting its 9th Annual Tobacco Free Fun Run and Walk Sept. 8 for anyone interested in being smoke-free for life or just a couple of hours. Read more...

Tribe to hold 28th annual pow-wow
The Puyallup Tribe will be holding its 28th Annual Tribal Pow-Wow this coming Labor Day Weekend, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Read more...

Burke Museum hosts Native Arts Celebration
Washington’s oldest museum and the nation’s oldest people, the Native Americans, have come together to create a contemporary artistic experience and celebration for all. Read more...
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