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SHELVED; NEWSLETTER RLE American Studies Collectons Ethn c Studies Library SILETZ 30 Stephens Hall #2360 Uni ii|zersity of California Berkdi ley, CA 94720-2360 NEWS 4 monthly publication by the Confederated Tribes o f Siletz Voi. 26, No. 9, September 1998 dram atic th in g s h ap p en ed in Washington, D.C. On September 10th, Kenneth Starr delivered his report to Congress on President C lin to n an d ev ery o n e w as preoccupied with that report. B o n n ie’s report covers CHAIRMAN’S REPORT information about the riders and 1>y Delores Pigsley our visits with our delegation. We, B onnie P etersen and I also, picked two Senators that did recently traveled to Washington, not have Indian tribes in their state D.C. to attend a special meeting and lobbied them as well as our called by the National Congress o f ow n d eleg a tio n . T hey w ere American Indians (NCAI) and to Senator John Rockefellar o f West m eet w ith o u r co n g ressio n al Virginia and Senator Charles Robb delegation and with Kevin Gover, ofViiginia. the Assistant Secretary o f Indian Affairs. NCAI is the largest Indian organization that tracks all federal legislation and organizes and notifies tribes on a regular basis about any legislation that affects Indian country. At the meeting, t r i b p s r e c e i v e d t h e la te st L-R: Bonnie Petersen, Senator Ron in fo rm atio n on som e v ery Wyden, Delores Pigsley disturbing anti-Indian legislation. Instead o f proposing individual We were lucky to be able pieces o f legislation to change to get a meeting with the Assistant Indian policy, the anti-Indian Secretary o f Indian Affairs, Kevin co n g ressm en h ave b eg u n Gover. Mr. Gover is a fresh face attaching riders to funding bills. in the BIA. He has an impressive There are thirteen bills that fund background and a lot o f energy. the government on a yearly basis. We wish him well in his position. While we were meeting with the We visited about our tribe and O reg on S en ato rs and tribal issues, we talked about our Representatives, or their staff, it Mill in Toledo and the problem we became very clear that most o f face w ith th e gro u n d them do not like riders attached contamination. He made a couple to funding bills. It is a way to o f suggestions that we will follow make a bill a law with very little through with. input from anyone. The Interior We felt the meetings were appropriation bill has several fru itfu l and b eliev e th at it is riders. It is, also, important to ex trem ely im portant th at our understand that from Tuesday, tribes’ views be known, as well as S ep tem b er 8th, to F riday, attacking issues that are offensive September 11th, some pretty to all Indian people. NOVEMBER GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA L-Delores Pigsley, R-Ron Allen, Chairman NCAI The piece o f legislation we have pending in a technical amendment is that o f our Portland Metro area services. The bill would place M u ltn o m ah , C lack am as and Washington counties in the same status as the original eight counties that congress deemed essential to provide services. We expect this bill to pass without a problem. In October, the tribe plans to h o st a can d id a tes fa ir at Chinook Winds. Local candidates fo r county, state and fed eral governm ent will be present to sh are th e ir v iew s ab o u t governm ent and w hy they are running for office. We have not y et set a sp ecific d ate, b u t everyone will be notified when we do. It is extremely important that you vote for candidates who share y o u r v iew s and w ho su p p o rt tribes. B ecau se of the participation in the “Run to the R o g u e” , th e T rib al C o u n cil meeting that is normally held on the third weekend will be held on the last weekend in September. Editor’s Note: See Agendas on Page 19. Siletz News Confederated Tribes o f Siletz Indians P.O.Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380 Ethnic Studies Library UCB-30 Stephans Hall #2360 Berkeley, CA 94720-2360 1:00 p.m. - Call to Order Invocation Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Tribal Member Concerns Gaming Compact Report Candidates Statements Chairman’s Report Annoncements Adjournment Meeting will be held at the Tribal Community Center, Siletz, Oregon L-Delores Pigsley, R-Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary o f Indian Affairs PARTIAL INDEX Missing Moccasins - pg. 10 Pow-Wow Pictures - pg. 14 -15 Job Openings - pg, 1 6 -1 9 Regular Council Meeting Agenda - P g 19 Application fo r Tribal Council - pg. 2i Chinook Winds Information - pg. 22- 23 Deadline for news articles for the October Newsletter is October 10th. PRESORTED FIRST CLASS U.S. POSTAGE PAID SILETZ, OR 97380 PERMIT NO. 2 Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Kent Strickler, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief -1-
