Swinomish tribal member Todd Wilbur, director of fish and game enforcement for the tribe and board member of the Skagit River System Cooperative, passed away Nov. 17. Wilbur also was chairman of NWIFC’s inter-tribal wildlife committee. He was interviewed in October 2013 for the Tribal Voices Archive Project: From Legacy.com: He was born in Pasco, […]
Tulalip leader and director of the Hibulb Cultural Center, Henry “Hank” Delano Gobin, Kwi tlum kadim, passed away April 25. Gobin was born May 29, 1941 in Tulalip, Wash. He is survived by his wife, Inez Bill-Gobin; two sisters, Anna Mae Hatch (Verle, deceased) and Isabelle Legg (James, deceased); a brother, Earl “Moxie” Renecker (Bernice, […]
Lummi Nation elder Frances Gladys (Lane) James, Che top ie, passed away April 28 in Bellingham. Fran James was born May 20, 1924 on Portage Island. She is survived by her son, Lummi Nation Hereditary Chief Bill James, Tsi li xw; sisters Ernestine Gensaw, Rena Ballew and Beverly (Jack) Cagey; brother Glen Lane, and numerous […]
