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December
2000
SILETZ NEWS
A monthly publication by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Vol. 28, No. 12, December 2000
Siletz Tribe Breaks
Ground on New
RV Park
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians held a groundbreaking ceremony
in late October to start developing
a
recreational
vehicle
park
in
Northeast Salem.
The proposed RV park is located at
4655 Portland Road NE, near the Sleep Inn
Motel and next to Interstate-5. The 150-stall
park will include an 8,000-square-foot
building that will house the park’s office, plus
a convenience store, recreational center,
laundry, showers, lockers, spa, and indoor/
outdoor pool. Cable TV hook-ups and
Internet access also will be available.
“It’s been a long process to have this
land taken into trust. Our ancestors
gathered roots and picked berries in this
area in ancient times,” said Delores Pigsley,
Siletz Tribal chairman and resident of Keizer.
“This RV park is the first phase. Our future
plans include a building with offices and
conference rooms in phase two and a
community center in phase three.”
The project is expected to cost $3
million. The tribe is soliciting proposals from
financial institutions to finance the project.
Construction is expected to begin in May
2001 and the park should be open by
September 2001.
Salem Mayor Mike Swaim also
attended the ceremonies. He reiterated his
support for the project and indicated that
the next Salem City Council will be “sensitive
to your history and the proud tradition of
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
P.O. Box549
Siletz, OR 97380
Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner, General Manager
and Editor-In-Chief
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L to r: Reggie Butler Sr., Jessie Davis, Delores Pigsley, Bonnie Petersen, Jane John,
and Rosemary Landis help break the ground in Salem.
the Siletz people. We welcome you back
home to your land.”
Navajo singer Chet Clark and his wife,
Donna, helped dedicate the land with a
blessing song. Siletz Tribal Council member
and tribal elder Rosemary Landis led a
prayer blessing that involved all who
attended the ceremony.
Siletz Tribal elder and Salem resident
Ed Ben spoke about the tribe’s annual Run
to the Rogue, a 234-mile relay that
commemorates the journey that Siletz Tribal
ancestors were forced to make from their
homeland in the Rogue River country to
the Coast Reservation in Siletz in the
mid-1800s.
“I hope we will walk or run back to this
land (in Salem) so our ancestors know we
have not forsaken them, so our ancestors
know that we have come back to reclaim
the land,” said Ben.
What’s Inside
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30
Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Programs
Notices
Restoration
Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Tribal History
Passages
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