2004: Landmark Year!
vJanuary-April SON participated in the oil spill cleanup 
vMay Kitsap County Council hearing Tribal and non-tribal community supporters filled up the video tape giving testimony ( a second tape was put in) asking the Kitsap County commissioners to decline a request that Kitsap County acquire Old Man House Park
vIn June, we held our annual pot luck and celebration. This potluck honored SON co-chair and elder, Ted George. We probably had the largest turn out yet, with about 100 people there, and the opportunity to acknowledge Ted was what brought a large number of people there. Representatives from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, the Duwamish Tribe, and the First Nation's Committee of the Episcopal Church attended, along with Paul Benz, from the Lutheran denomination, and other of Ted's long-time friends and admirers. Bennie Armstrong, chair of the Suquamish Tribe, did a welcome and Noelle Purser did a wonderful blessing in Lushootseed. We gave Ted a book, a rose bush, and a certificate signed by all in attendance. We also honored three political leaders who have worked especially hard to build bridges - County Commissioner Chris Endresen, Rob Purser, director of Suquamish Tribe's fishery department, and state Senator Betti Sheldon. And we honored our oldest member, Virginia Cowley and our youngest member, Alison Brooks.

Then we were in for a surprise - Tribal Chairman Bennie Armstrong and Rob Purser stood up to announce that the Tribe is giving Suquamish Olalla Neighbors a "Seven Generations" Award. They presented us with a plaque reading: Seven Generations Award: for spirit of cooperation and vision for the future. They said it was only the second time this award has been given. What a surprise and honor!
vJune  SON promoted large turnouts supporting returning  Old Man House Park to the Suquaumish Tribe at Washington State Park Commission public hearings in Suquamish and in Seattle
vJune & July  We participated in two Imagine Suquamish events. Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen called together Suquamish Olalla Neighbors, Friends of the Park, the Suquamish Tribe, the Suquamish Incorporation Project, and the Suquamish Congregational UCC to hear their hopes and dreams are for the community of Suquamish.
vJuly 22–23  Canoe Journey potluck 
v August 12th - Ride of the Century to Washington State Park Commissioners Hearing – We filled two buses provided by the Suquamish Tribe and many others arrived by private vehicles. Paddlers arrived by tribal canoe into Port Angeles. They filed in and ringed the back of the hearing room. Chaos erupted amid great happiness with the decision to return Old Man House to the Suquamish tribe!
vAug 20-22 – Chief Seattle Days  SON voter registration booth and the Suquamish tribe honors Old Man House Park supporters
vSON endorsed November 2004 election candidates
§ Chris Endresen
§ Charlotte Garrido
§ Phil Rockefeller
vOct–Nov  SON members canvassed for voter registration
vDecember  - Kitsap County Human Rights Commission Annual Conference – Sarah van Gelder is the 2004 Wall of Fame winner for her work with Suquamish Olalla Neighbors & YES! Magazine. YES! Magazine article “Going Home” published
vDecember  On December 8th, Suquamish Olalla Neighbors decided to support the Lower Elwha's wishes for state highway department to stop construction at their ancestral home, Tse-whit-zen Village
vDuring 2004, SON members participated in:
§ Suquamish Rural Village Subarea Plan
§ Suquamish Community Board .  .  . ongoing
§ Multicultural Diversity Group 
§ Community Center/Boys & Girls Club

See 2005, our fourth year