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v. 29
no. 5
May 2001
Plication by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Vol. 29, No. 5, May 2001
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Gaming Revenue
Exceeds
$5 million
to r: Mana Westervelt, Gladys Bolton, Cathy Rasmussen, Sally Bowman, and Terry Fisher participate in the
Home and Community-Based Long-Term Care work group session.
Group Addresses Long-Term Care for Elders
Several Siletz Tribal members and
tribal staff met in March to discuss how
the tribe can best help elders remain
independent. This group, called the
Home and Community-Based Long-
Term Care work group, identified
elders needs (health, housing, and
transportation topped the list), which
ones are being met and which ones are
not, potential resources, and a future
course of action.
The group’s mission is “To identify
the needs of elders and develop a plan
to provide home and community-based
long-term care that permits elders to
remain as independent as possible in a
setting of their choice.”
Work group members include
Gladys Bolton, Kathryn Dick, Sharon
McCrary, Judy Muschamp, Bonnie
Petersen, Cathy Rasmussen, Maria
Westervelt, and Danelle Zosel-
Sanderson. They were joined by Sally
Bowman and Karen Hooker of the OSU
Department of Gerontology, College of
Health and Human Performance. Tom
Chandler, tribal planner/grant writer,
facilitated the meeting.
A similar session was held at the
elders’meeting on April 14. This gave
more people the opportunity to examine
the parameters of home and
community-based care.
This group also identified the need
for insurance and additional care
providers as additional priorities
for elders.
See Spring Competition Pow-Wow results
and photos on pages 14-16.
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
Delores Pigsley, TYibal Chairman
Brenda Bremner, General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
University of Oregon Library
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Through a lot of hard work on the
part of the casino employees, and, due
diligence and oversight by Tribal
Council, the tribe will receive
approximately $5,088,000 in excess
gaming revenues that were earned
in 2000.
These funds can be distributed in
the five categories established by Tribal
Council in 1995 and later modified in
1999. These categories are: Government
Operations, General Welfare, Economic
Development, Investments, and
Charitable Purposes. The 2000 excess
gaming revenues should be available for
distribution by Tribal Council following
final audit of the revenues, tentatively
July 2001.
Tribal Council members held a
series of community meetings in each
area office to obtain input on the use of
this money in each category. A report
will be issued after all input is received.
See Gaming on page 12
What’s Inside
Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Programs
Job Openings
Gaming Revenue
Tribal Member News
Spring Pow-Wow
Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Passages
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