TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
USDA Food Distribution Dates
Siletz
Monday, May 6
Tuesday, May 7
Wednesday, May 8
Thursday, May 9
Friday, May 10
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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 - 7-12 years old
Jr. Miss Siletz - 13-17 years old
Miss Siletz - 18-24 years old
Salem
Monday, May 20 2:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 22 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
We would like to welcome
tribal member and new USDA clerk,
Martin Patrick.
We would like to announce that
USDA has received a commendable
health and safety inspection from the
Department of Health & Human
Services - Public Health Service.
Martin Patrick
Nancy Collins, R.S., tribal
sanitarian of the Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center, wrote:
“First, I would like to commend
you on the excellent job you and your
staff are doing at the facility. Your level
of commitment to safety, sanitation,
and service to the clients is
admirable. ” ... “The facility is doing
an excellent job. ”
Many thanks to all of the
volunteers and dedicated staff.
Cultural Day Camp Coming Up
Cultural day camp will be
held on July 23-26, 2002, on
Government Hill in Siletz, Ore.
Cultural classes will begin at 9 a.m. and
end at 5 p.m. daily.
Meals are provided and we will
host our traditional salmon feast
on July 25 at 6 p.m. We would like
to extend a special invitation to
our tribal elders to come to the
salmon feast.
The camp is sponsored by the
Cultural Heritage Committee, Cultural
Program, Education Department, and
Chinook Winds Casino. Cultural
classes scheduled include basketry,
cedar bark weaving, traditional
cooking, flintknapping, braintanning
leather, moccasins, shell necklaces,
abalone earrings, four-direction
keychains, soapstone beadmaking,
easel painting, and storytelling.
The camp is set up for tribal
families to attend. Overnight campers
must have a chaperone if they are under
age 18. Camping is available only to
participants who live outside of the
Siletz area. Daytime participants must
have a guardian/chaperone if they are
under age 10.
Campers should bring tents,
sleeping bags, pillows, towels, and
toiletries. Showers are available.
Campers should not bring anything of
monetary value, such as Discmans,
stereos, etc. Tribal tipis are available
on a first-come, first-served basis. To
reserve a tipi, please contact the
Cultural Program.
If you have any questions or would
like to sign up for camp, please contact
Selene Rilatos, cultural programs, at
1-800-922-1399 or 541-444-2532,
ext. 246; Craig Whitehead, Cultural
Heritage Committee chairman,
ext. 230; or Mona Fisher, education
specialist, ext. 373.
We are not responsible for lost or
stolen items. No weapons, alcohol, or
drugs allowed.
Contestantswill be judged on their knowledge of tribal and family history,
poise and personality, speaking abilities, dance abilities in both the Feather
Dance and Intertribal styles, and raffle ticket sales.
Each contestant will receive a commission on the number of raffle tickets
that she sells for the 2002 Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow raffle. Commission rates
are as follows: 200 to 500 at 20 percent, 501 to 1,000 at 25 percent, and 1,001
or more at 30 percent.
This year’s royalty will be sponsored to attend the Gathering of Nations
Pow-Wow and Miss Siletz also will be sponsored to attend the NCAI competition.
The royalty pageant is scheduled for Aug. 8, 2002, and the winners will
be crowned on Aug. 9 before the first grand entry of the pow-wow.
The deadline to get applications to the Pow-Wow Committee is July 5,
2002. Any applications turned in from July 6 to July 15 will be accepted only
with the approval of the Pow-Wow Committee. Any applications turned in
after July 15 will not be accepted for this year.
Young women interested in running for one of these categories should
contact Craig Whitehead at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 230, or 541-444-8230 for
an application.
Tribal Court News
from the Office of Tribal Court
April and May 2002
Oral argument was held on April 4
for two consolidated election matters.
The matter is pending decision.
Chief Judge Calvin Gantenbein
attended a class at the National Judicial
College in Reno on “Settlement
Techniques for Judges” in mid-April.
Co-sponsors the Lincoln County
Bar, Siletz Tribal Court, Ouderkirk &
Hollen, Oregon Legal Aid Services, and
OSB Indian Law Section present a CLE
lunch series on Indian law organized
by Diane Henkels, associate attorney
with Ouderkirk & Hollen:
May 3, Noon -1:15 p.m.
Lincoln County Commissioners’
meeting room (Lincoln County
Courthouse)
Honorable Chief Judge Calvin
Gantenbein and Judge Edmund Clay
Goodman, judges from CTSI’s Tribal
Court, will present a panel on
SiletzTribal Court, judicial ethics,
and related topics.
May 10, Noon - 1:15 p.m.
Embarcadero in Newport, Ore.
Lea Ann Easton, director of the
Native American program of Oregon
Legal Services and author of the 2000
OSB Juvenile Law Supplement
Chapter Preliminary Hearing and
Shelter Care, and Linda Gast, regional
director of Lincoln County’s Oregon
Legal Services, will present on Indian
family law.
On April 19, Craig Dorsay, with
25 years of Indian law practice, and
representatives from CTSI discussed
sovereign immunity and Indian law
in Lincoln County, Ore,, as part of
this series.
May 2002
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