TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
Ron Hudson, Grand
Ronde social worker
incharge of family
services, and Jose
Miguel Paez (Siletz),
MSW, outpatient
social worker at
Hathaway Children
and Family Services
in Lake View
Terrace, Calif
(photo by Maria
Westervelt)
Summer Solstice Ceremony
Volunteers Thanked
On behalf of the Cultural Program,
we would like to acknowledge all the
kind and generous help that we received
at our naydosh ceremony and dinner.
Our awesome kitchen help
included Rocky Gonzalez, Tygem
Butler, Eddie Avila, Heidi Hibdon,
Tasha Rilatos, Rick Leaton, Kathy
Robinson, Carley Robinson, Bonnie
Crawford, Tiffany Stuart, Pat Leaton,
Gretchen Leaton, and Kris Whitehead.
We also would like to thank the Natural
Resources Department and our Main
tenance crew for all their hard work.
It was a beautiful ceremony and
we’re all so proud of our young people
and how the ceremony is growing more
and more each year. Hum’Chi
Tony Farque \ Sweet Home Ranger District, Selene Rilatos, and
Roseanne Lestenkoff, Willamette National Forest
Rilatos Receives Award
At the signing ceremony of the
Siletz Tribe’s MOU with the Willamette
National Forest in June, Selene Rilatos
was recognized for her efforts in
helping to change the derogatory name
of “squaw” on Willamette National
Forest properties. The award stated:
Recognition award from the
Willamette National Forest on June
10, 2003, presented to Selene Rilatos.
For being the catalyst to the process
ofchanging the derogatory name
“squaw" on three forest geographic
sites to names that honor those places
and the forebears of our tribal sons
and daughters. ”
Do It With All
Your Heart
by Eva E. Clayton
Finding that special something can
be challenging or right there in your face.
The who am I is a little voice that
keeps getting louder as we get older.
Standing in the shadows of inde
cision is lost opportunities.
There are trails of self-discovery at
many levels, the question is how
challenged are you? Self-determination
is motivational.
We are as diverse as single blades
of grass, droplets of water.
Seek and you’ll find, dream and it
surely will happen. Channel negativity,
surround-sound yourself with optimism.
Here are the Siletz Tribal students who graduated from Toledo High School: back row - Matt Williams and Katy
Thompson. Front row - Teala Rilatos, Shane Brown, Apples Lane, Kristi Barker, Rosie Hall, and Lynette Hibdon.
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August 2003
Whatever your hands find to do, do
it with all your heart.