TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Welcome to the Prevention
Dimension
Shu’-yi’de-ghayt-nin’sh
Shu’-yi’de-ghayt-nin’sh means
We are getting well
Shu’ (sounds like “shoe”)
yi* (“i” is a long “a” sound)
de (short “e” like in “den”)
ghayt (sounds like “kite”)
nin’sh (long “e”)
The articles and information you see here are offered as a way to increase
communication and share information, knowledge, and humor. We welcome
questions, suggestions, and artwork from youth age 12 to 17.
Please contact Lisa Brown at 1-800-600-5599, or 541-444-8286 to turn in
articles or information that may be printed in an upcoming issue of Siletz News.
You also may e-mail documents of interest to lisab@ctsi.nsn.us.
2nd Annual American Indian
Disability Conference
“Empowerment of Healing the
Spirit, Mind, and Body”
Date: Sept. 18-19, 2002
Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Continental Breakfast: 7:30 a.m.
Free Registration
Siletz Tribal Youth Take Raft Trip
In June, the first
official summer youth
raft trip took place on
the McKenzie River.
Four tribal members
and two staff members
from the Eugene area
office participated in
making this trip a
success. Our river
guides were George
Nagel, Siletz Clinic
mental health coun
selor, and Robert
Kentta, cultural re
sources director, also
from Siletz.
We were very
proud of the way the
youth pitched in to get
the rafts ready and
their willingness to
Rafters are on their way down the McKenzie River.
learn about navigating
the river. The trip took approximately three hours - with a couple of “white water”
areas, a relaxing picnic lunch on the riverbank, and breathtaking scenery typical
of great Northwest rivers.
Rumor has it that our “annual” river trip will change to a “monthly” river trip,
so watch for news about upcoming events. And the youth have officially requested
more rapids!
We want to express our gratitude to George and Robert for coming to the
Eugene area and providing wonderful models for our youth. We’re sure the young
people learned about themselves, as well as the river.
Invitation to: tribes, Indian organizations, urban Indian communities,
disability organizations and programs, Washington state and state tribal liaisons,
and local city/county officials and businesses.
Location: Legends Casino, 580 Fort Road, Toppenish, Wash.
Conference registration due Sept. 6,2002, accommodations for people with
disabilities provided upon request by Aug. 12, 2002.
Contact: Marlene Davis, Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues and
Employment, P.O. Box 9046, Olympia, WA 98507-9046; e-mail:
mdavis2@esd.wa.gov; or call 350-438-4827 (voice), 360-438-3167 (TTY), or
360-438-3208 (fax).
Hosted by the Yakama Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Program and other
121 VR Programs, Division of Human Service Programs of Washington Governor’s
Committee on Disability Issues and Employment, Olympia, Wash.
Rafters prepare to slip into the water.
Check out www.nwpowwow.com
The Northwest’s Pow-Wow Schedule and
Information Resource Site
August 2002
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