TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Revolving Loan Program Offers
Home Improvement Loans
Welcome to the Prevention
The Siletz Tribe Revolving Loan Program is accepting a limited number of
home improvement loan applications. Loans may be granted for up to $10,000
with a maximum 84-month term. All types of home improvements will
be considered.
Applicants must be under 80 percent of median income. To see where you
fit or to apply for the loan, call the Housing Finance Program office in Salem,
Ore., at 503-304-4064 or toll-free at 1-888-870-9051. Ask for Dave Litchy.
USDA Offers Home Improvement
Loans/Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers loans/grants for those who are
under 50 percent of median income. Home improvement and repair loans for
very low-income homeowners in rural Oregon are available from the USDA’s
Rural Housing Service.
Very low-income families who qualify can receive up to $20,000 at a 1 percent
annual interest rate, with a maximum repayment period of 20 years. The loans
can be used to finance general repairs, improve or modernize homes, remove
health and safety hazards, and make homes accessible for household members
with disabilities.
The agency also has a grant repair program for very low-income rural
homeowners. To receive a grant, an applicant must be 62 years old or older and
unable to repay a repair loan. Grant funds can be used only for repairs to remove
health and safety hazards or to make a home accessible for people with disabilities.
Grant assistance cannot exceed a cumulative total of $7,500.
For additional information and income eligibility requirements, contact the
area office of USDA Rural Development in Salem at 503-399-5751, ext. 4.
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by Lisa Brown
With the U.S. Senate now
organized under Democratic control,
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., takes a
seat on the Indian Affairs Committee
that positions her to oversee federal
programs for Native Americans.
Cantwell, elected last fall, already
sits on the Energy and Natural
Resources, Judiciary, and Small
Business committees. She can be
reached at the following:
Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom
by Walt Klamath
This is the continuation of
Coyote’s trip. Remember, Coyote
brought the fish to Eastern Oregon by
making a hole through the Bridge of
the Gods. Coyote drained Fort Rock
Lake so the people could raise food
and attract animals.
Now Coyote, thinking that he had
done very well and proud of his
accomplishments, decided to go back to
the Columbia where he started. Coyote
was tired from all the digging on
Horse Canyon, so was not too energetic
on his way.
While traveling, he saw a woman
and her daughter gathering food
somewhere near Biggs, Ore. He
decided that he would go talk with
them, so he started toward them. Now
Coyote was a very huge animal; he had
forgotten to change himself back to
normal. The woman and daughter
became scared and started to run.
Coyote couldn’t catch up-with them so
he became angry. He changed them into
two pillars of rock. These rocks can be
seen from Marysville in Washington.
Now the Great Spirit became
involved and the Spirit called Coyote.
When Coyote arrived, the Great Spirit
was a little put out with him. Coyote
tried to explain what he did, but the
Great Spirit would have no part of it.
The Great Spirit reminded him that he
was huge and looked vicious;
no wonder the mother and daughter
were scared.
The Great Spirit told Coyote that
from this moment on, he would no
longer be able to communicate with
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other beings or change himself into
anything he needed to be. But, the
Spirit said, your kind will never die.
Well now, Coyote was quite
confident then and was out traveling
around when a couple of hunters saw
him. They flew two arrows and killed
him. When Coyote arrived with the
Great Spirit, he was very angry. He
said, “Great Spirit, you said that I
would never die and I was killed. What
goes?’’ The Great Spirit said, “I said
that your kind will never die.’’
People have tried all sorts of ways
to kill off Coyote. They have had
bounties, poison, open season in every
way possible to eliminate the species,
just like they have done with the Indian
people and both have survived.
Ah Ho!
Maria Cantwell
U.S. Senator
717 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Committee of Indian Affairs
Phone: 202-224-3441
Fax: 202-228-0514
Web: http://cantwell.senate.gov
Why Some People
Get High
Curiosity: You walk past a group
of people who are looking up at the sun,
and you may be tempted to look at it,
too. You wonder what they see. But you
don’t look because you know the sun
could ruin your eyes.
Drugs are the same way. Alcohol
is a drug; so is nicotine. You know that
drugs are bad for your body and your
mind. Sure, you wonder what people
feel like when they take drugs. But
when you know the terrible things drugs
can do, you won’t need to find out for
yourself. It’s just not worth it.
What can you do? Visit these Web
sites to educate yourself and find out
the facts:
Students Against Destructive
Decisions: www.saddonline.com
SAMHSA or CSAP Center for
Substance
Abuse
Prevention:
www.samhsa.gov
Youth to Youth International:
www.y2yint.com
October 2001
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