On a typical afternoon at the Suquamish Youth Center, kids are spread to all corners of the building. Younger ones sprawl on the long couch, playing video games.
Older kids shoot pool or play ping-pong.
One girl chats on the phone, doodling idly on a plastic foam container. Groups spill outside into downtown Suquamish, talking teenagese on the corner while others roll lazily around on scooters. And it's still the slow season. But when the youth center closes at 10 p.m., the options disappear. Both of them serve on the tribe's youth council, which sets up dances, basketball games, trips to Seattle and keeps the youth center stocked with the food and diversions that draw kids there.