![]() Recent federal funding is changing this for some Suquamish citizens and allowing them to come home. Many Suquamish citizens and members of other Native nations across the continent have been unable to afford to live on their own reservation lands. Unable to find affordable housing on her own, she moved into an apartment with two friends, some distance from her family and community. Then, after college, Chargualaf left the reservation. ![]() ![]() “Suquamish is a tight knit community where everyone knows each other, everyone looks out for one another, and we all share the same goal of wanting to create a better life for our people.” “It was super-nice being able to grow up in a very close-knit community,” said Chargualaf, 26. She played outside with all the kids in the neighborhood, was watched over by their parents, and learned valuable lessons from the elders. She lived across the street from her grandmother, her grandmother’s sisters, cousins and other relatives. Kali Chargualaf spent her entire childhood in Suquamish tribal housing on the Port Madison Reservation north of Bainbridge Island on the Kitsap Peninsula.
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