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Royalty
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Applications Now
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The Siletz Tribal Pow-Wow Committee
is now taking applications for this year’s
royalty contestants. The age categories are
as follows:
Little Miss Siletz 7 to 12 years old
Jr. Miss Siletz
13 to 17 years old
Miss Siletz
18 to 24 years old
Any young woman interested in running
in one of these categories can contact Craig
Whitehead at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 230, or
541-444-8230 for an application.
The pageant is scheduled for Aug. 10,
2000, and the winners will be crowned
before the first grand entry at the Nesika
lllahee Pow-Wow on Aug. 11.
The deadline to submit royalty
-applications to the Pow-Wow Committee is
July 1,2000. Any applications turned in from
July 1 to July 15 will be accepted only with
Pow-Wow
Committee
approval.
Applications turned in after July 15 will not
be accepted.
Applicants will be judged on their
knowledge of tribal and family history, poise
and personality, speaking ability, dance
ability in both the feather dance and
intertribal styles, and ticket sales. Each
contestant will receive a commission on the
number of tickets that she sells - 1 to 500
at 20 percent, 501 to 1,000 at 25 percent,
and anything over 1,000 at 30 percent.
This year’s royalty will receive
sponsorship to attend the Gathering of
Nations Pow-Wow and Miss Siletz also will
be sponsored in NCAI competition.
Phone:
Roll No.:
For Siletz tribal members to use during
the Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow on Aug. 11-13,
2000. One entry per household, please.
Deadline for entries is July 15,2000. Names
will be drawn soon after the deadline. Return
he form to:
Siletz Pow-Wow
Attn: Tipi
PO Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
The Housing Improvement Program
by Howard Roy
In an effort to increase customer
service, we are accepting applications from
outside of our service area to refer clients
to other tribes and organizations when we
can't provide HIP services due to our limited
service area.
We are currently undergoing some
restructuring of HIP from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. We apologize to our clients
for the inconvenience over the past month.
We will continue to process the applications
we have received and also will accept new
ones. To speed up his process, if you have
not sent in your income verification, please
send it to Tammy Wagner at PO Box 549,
Siletz OR 97380. Please feel free to call
us anytime.
Down Payment, con’t from page 6
mortgage), they can then start looking for a
property to purchase.
For more information on how the Down
Payment Assistance Program can work for
you, call the Housing Finance Program ffice
in Salem, Ore., at 1-888-870-9051 or
503-304-4064. The staff includes Dave
Litchy, finance manager, and Bunni
Snook,
administrative
assistant.
Applications are available at the Housing
Finance Program office, the SI HA office in
Siletz, or at any area office.
For information on the Oregon Bond
Program or any other mortgage questions,
call Gena Pegg, Residential Loan Officer,
First Security Bank, 503-945-2326.
Looking for Contractors
for General, Excavating,
Electrical, Plumbing,
and Mechanical
We are looking for responsible
contractors to do construction work on
rehabilitation projects and septic, drainfield,
well and water system installations. You need
to be licensed, insured, and bonded with the
Construction Contractor’s Board. We also
have a 10 percent preference policy for 51
percent properly licensed Indian-owned
contractors.
The Indian Heath Service supplies
water and sewer disposal systems in the
11-county service area of Oregon. In some
cases, however, we have been able to
provide service in other areas of Oregon with
the assistance of other Oregon tribes and
IHS. If Indian Health Service has denied you
and you meet our guidelines, we may be able
to fix a water pump or do septic repair with
NAHASDA funds if you meet the
income guidelines.
Any Siletz tribal member is eligible for
this program. You must obtain an IHS
application from one of the area offices or
the HIP office in Siletz. Fill it out, sign it, and
send it to the HIP office in Siletz. Septic
systems that are spilling onto the ground
present a health hazard and should be
reported to HIP immediately for site
evaluation from the Siletz Tribe and Indian
Health Service.
We are starting our first outreach
projects with NAHASDA funds this year and
are looking forward to servicing the many
clients who in the past have been without
service. We are located in the SIHA building
at 555 Tolowa Court, Siletz, Ore.
It is my pleasure to work with Elena
Bassett, the new executive director of SIHA.
She is a seasoned professional and has
already brought strong leadership and
teamwork concepts to the tribe. We are very
fortunate to such a wonderful person
working for us. We look forward to serving
Siletz Tribal members throughout the year.