ILETZ NEWS
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Tribal Member
Input Needed on
20-Year Plan
All tribal members and staff are
invited to attend community meetings
to review the tribal “20-Year Plan for
Economic Growth.”
The tribal Planning department,
along with the members of the Tribal
Council, will hold a series of
community meetings at each area office
this month. The purpose of the
meetings is to gain tribal member input
on the proposed 20-year plan for the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon.
Included in this plan are
considerations of land acquisitions,
resource development, and economic
and business enterprise development,
while maintaining the cultural and
programmatic needs of the members.
“It’s extremely important that all
tribal members have an opportunity to
provide input into this planning
document,” says Dale Hile, tribal
planner. The 20-year plan was presented
to the Tribal Council at an all-day
planning seminar on June 6.
The time and location for each
community meeting are as follows.
Light refreshments will be available.
Eugene Area Office - July 9
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center -
July 11, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Portland Area Office - July 15
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. •
Salem Area Office - July 16
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner, General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief '’ ’
Vol. 30, No. 7, July 2002
Sherman to Give House
to Tribe
"After I’d been here awhile, I began to read news items
about the (Siletz) tribe. I realized this house was on part of the
original reservation. Since I don't have any children or close
family, I’m returning what rightfully belongs to the tribe.”
That is how John Sherman describes his decision to
include the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon in
his living trust and to give his house and property to the tribe
upon his death. He hopes to set a precedent for others who
may find themselves in a similar situation.
His two-bedroom, 8(X)-square-foot house lies on about a
quarter acre of land near Beverly Beach, just north of Newport,
Ore., on the Central Oregon coast. It has a bit of an ocean view
and is surrounded by lots of natural vegetation, plus the apple,
red cedar, and Sitka spruce trees that Sherman planted.
Sherman’s interest in Indian affairs started when he was in
the service. He met an Oglala Lakota tribal member from the
Pine Ridge Reservation and his interest in things related to
American Indians took off. He’s been a long-time contributor
to the Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, S.D., and the Native
American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colo.
In addition to donating his property to the Siletz Tribe,
Sherman plans to give his approximately 2,(XX) books to the
Siletz Library and a large number of videotapes to the Newport
Library. Many of his videotapes are from the 1930s and ‘40s,
including some silent movies. He also has several foreign films.
John Sherman receives a Siletz Tribal blanket.
Many of his books are about American Indians and
indigenous people in other parts of the world, including
Australia and South Africa.
Sherman has lived in Oregon since 1990, where he
moved after living all over the East Coast. “I’ve always
lived near an ocean and had made several trips out here,
he said. “The coast .in Oregon is mostly small towns and I
wanted to get away from large cities. 1 like privacy and
this area is quiet.”
John Sherman’s house, which he is
donating to the Siletz Tribe through
a living trust.
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Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Program News
Tribal Member News
Missing Moccasins
Notices
Tribal Council Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
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