TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Siletz IndianJIousing Authority
Board of Commissioners Application
Tribal members interested in serving on the Siletz Indian Housing Authority Board
of Commissioners must fill out the form below and return it to the address below prior to
June 16,2000, to be considered for appointment. Please send or fax your application to:
Sister Francella Griggs received the
following letter from Portland Public Schools
in late April:
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Attention: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council
PO Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
Fax: 541-444-8325
Name:
Roll Number:
Address:
City:
State:
Telephone: Day(
Evening
Royalty Applications
Now Available
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
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.
Sister Francella
Honored by
Portland High School
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Dear Sister Griggs:
Each spring, the school district is
pleased to honor outstanding volunteers in
the schools. On behalf of the students and
staff at Jefferson, I am pleased to notify you
that you have been selected as one of the
Outstanding Volunteers for Jefferson for
the 1999-00 school year.
As part of the celebration, we would
like you to be our guest at the Portland
Council PTA’s Annual Dinner, which will be
held Tuesday, May 9,2000, 6:30p.m., in the
ballroom of the Oregon Convention Center...
Again, thank you for all the time you
have contributed to the students of Jefferson
during the past school year. We are looking
forward to the opportunity to honor you on
May 9, 2000.
Sincerely,
Kevin Bacon
Principal
A Tribute to Mothers
by Sister Francella Griggs
Presented at the Elders Gathering in May
Mother. What a concept. You are so precious that God wants each of us to have a
mother, a mother to love and care for us. And when something happens we can’t have her
another lovely woman comes into our lives - a blood sister, an auntie, a godmother or the
special grandmother.
It is you we salute today - the mothers who bore us and those who took their
places so we might be the children, the persons you envisioned.
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an? children’if V°u are near y°ur w,fe and mother or near your special
mother substitute, please place your hand on her knee.
Mom, we thank you for leading us when we were toddlers, during our childhood
teen, and adult years. Thank you for directing us on the right way.
Now please place your hand on her shoulder.
Mother, thank you for that shoulder on which we leaned to receive comfort. Thank
you for the elbow that nudged us. Thank you for the hands that showed us how to prav to
work, to welcome people, and even to say “good-bye."
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Now, if it’s convenient, husbands and children, please bless your wife and mother
speciafw^men0
h3ndS °VGr theSG l0Vely’ beautiful’ courageous, and most
ther °f a!* beaut^ul thin9s and beautiful people, bless these mothers you’ve qiven
us. Let them continue to inspire us to reach out to the truth, the beauty, and the lovely
arouno us.
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Amen.