TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Tribal Court News
Tribal Court
held the spokes
person orientation
on May 27. Indi
viduals attended and
their app’ications
were accepted.
Chief Judge
Gantenbein, Tribal Court Administrator
Dianne McLeod, and Project
Coordinator Julie Godwin-Tucker
conducted the meeting.
Tribal Court plans to hold the first
training for the spokespersons in late
June or July. All trainings will be
videotaped to allow viewing later by
those who apply as a Tribal Court spokes
person and miss any of the six trainings.
Applications are continually
accepted at Siletz Tribal Court. If you
or someone you know is interested in
details of the Spokesperson Program,
please contact the project coordinator
at Tribal Court:
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon
Attn: Tribal Court Project Coordinator
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Feel free to call
541-444-8252 or
1-800-922-1399,
ext. 252, if you have
any questions.
Tribal Youth Employment
Program (TYEP) Returns
Applications due June 20, 2003
Siletz Tribal Youth age 14 to 17 are
•
Youth age 14 to 16 with little or no
invited to apply for the 2003 Tribal
work experience who have not
Youth Employment Program (TYEP),
participated in TYEP
Youth with a 2.0 GPA or higher,
although applicants with less than
an opportunity for our youth to gain prac
•
tical work experience over the summer.
The program begins on June 30
and continues through Aug. 9. Youth
•
annual/monthly income is within
participants will complete 180 hours of
the Reduced Price guidelines and
haven’t been served by ESP’s Sum
paid work experience during the program.
To qualify, you must be a Siletz
Tribal member between age 14 and 17
residing within the 11 -county service area
mer Youth Employment Program
•
work experience
To apply, stop by or call the tribal
3715 SE 39th, Portland. OR 97202
Application also will be mailed to each
eligible tribal youth. Bring verification
Salem:
to document the following:
Sonya
Moody-Jurado,
503-390-9494; 3789 River Road N.,
Ste. ‘D’, Keizer, OR 97303
♦ Tribal enrollment
♦ Age
Eugene: Nick Sixkiller, 541-484-4234;
♦ Proof of residence
1140 Willagiliespie Rd., Ste. 18,
♦ Social Security card or proof of ap
Eugene, OR 97401
plication for a Social Security card
♦ Current grade report
Siletz: Mona Fisher, 541-444-8373 or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 373; 20! SE
If the number of applicants exceeds
available slots, priority will be given to:
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Siletz News .□
June 2003
Culture, Education, Pow-Wow, and
Youth Services hosted an Easter Egg
Hunt on April 19 at the Siletz Tribal
Community Center. Approximately 120
children hunted for more than 1,000
eggs and received prizes in a drawing.
This is the second year that the staff
has organized this event. Robert Kentta
was the emcee and was assisted by the
Easter Bunny. Tribal staff donated eggs
in addition to the eggs colored by
Programs 2 staff.
The Easter Bunny and Mona Fisher
Swan Ave./P.O. Box 549, Siletz,
OR 97380
June Distribution Dates
Salem
Siletz
Portland: Katy Kaady, 503-238-1512;
for each area office is listed below.
Easter Egg Hunt
Draws 120 Kids
Previous TYEP participants
who successfully completed their
and returning to high school this fall.
office in your area, the contact person
a 2.0 GPA may be considered
Youth from families whose gross
Julia Austin and Rowan Pettit at the Easter Egg Hunt
Monday, June 2
Tuesday, June 3
Wednesday, June 4
Thursday, June 5
Friday, June 6
9 a.m. - 3
9 a.m. - 3
9 a.m. - 3
9 a.m. - 3
9 a.m. - 3
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Monday, June 16
Tuesday, June 17
Wednesday, June 18
2 p.m. -7 p.m.
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
We would like to thank you for your
patience during the construction of our
new walk-in freezer, which enables us
to store more bonus food items, such
as buffalo burger, buffalo stew meat,
and ham.
We also would like to remind you
of the incentive gift certificates
available to those (clients as well as non-clients) willing to prepare a meal during
our distribution dates. Feel free to ask about how you can receive a gift certificate
by calling 1-800-922-1399, ext. 393, or 541-444-8393.
See you soon and have happy meals!