CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Strategic Planning
for 2004
We would not have accomplished
all that we have during the past 25 years
without effective planning. But the
issues that we and other tribes face
today have become much more
complex and difficult, which means that
tribal planning is a much more complex
and difficult undertaking.
As tribal chairman, I have the
responsibility of facilitating an effective
strategic planning process to deal with
this increased demand upon our tribe.
The Siletz Tribal Council has been
engaged in exactly that process.
Through many workshops during the
Chairman Delores Pigsley
past few weeks, we have been involved
in developing strategic plans for 2004.
August USDA Distribution Dates
Siletz
Monday, Aug. 4
Tuesday, Aug. 5
Wednesday, Aug. 6
Thursday, Aug. 7
Friday, Aug. 8
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Salem
Monday, Aug. 18
Tuesday, Aug. 19
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Thursday, Aug. 21
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p.m. - 7 p.m.
a.m. - 7 p.m.
a.m. - 5 p.m.
a.m. - 12 p.m
Siletz USDA would like to
welcome our summer youth workers,
Spencer Hatch and Frede Rodriguez-
Aguilar, to our warehouse. We hope
to give these workers some helping
skills in working with clients and
learning how our commodity food
distribution program works.
See you all soon and happy meals
to you!
Free Entrance to Yaquina Head
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural
Area would like to remind all Siletz Tribal members that there is no charge for
your use of this area. Typically, the BLM charges $5 per vehicle to the general
public for a three-day pass to the area.
If you’re interested in visiting Yaquina Head, merely let the ranger at the
entrance gate know that you’re a member of the Siletz Tribe or show him/her
your tribal membership card and you'll be allowed entrance at no charge.
The interpretive center at Yaquina Head is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
the lighthouse is open this summer from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The annual arrival of the
common murres already has occurred and thousands are being spotted off the
headland. The murres are attracting regular visits by bald eagles, which have
been spotted roosting on the islands and on the cliffs above the interpretive center.
Seal pups also are being spotted from Cobble Beach.
For more information about activities at Yaquina Head, contact the BLM at
541-574-3100 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily.
Planning for 2004 doesn’t mean
simply throwing out ideas of what
council members would like for that
year and deciding we’ll establish this
education program or that health
program or develop this or that
economic enterprise. No matter how
much we personally want to see these
projects implemented, it’s not such a
simple process.
Strategic planning is a much more
intricate and difficult process.
Somehow, we must take into account
the many, and often conflicting, unmet
needs as they are expressed by our tribal
membership. Because every tribal
member considers his or her needs as
priorities, deciding which program to
establish as tribal priorities is easier
said than done.
It’s against the backdrop of these
competing unmet needs and limited
current and potential resources that the
Tribal Council must, through the
strategic planning process, arrive at
programs and budgets for 2004. And
further, whatever plans we develop
must be compatible with our vision of
the future - that will help fulfill our
long-range tribal goals.
An inherent part of the strategic
planning process is the involvement of
our tribal administrative and program
staff who are on the front line of
contacts with our tribal members.
Basket Making
Classes Offered
CTSI Jobs
Tribal members interested in
gathering Siletz basketry materials
should contact Bud Lane at the
Cultural Department as soon as
possible.
Bud can be contacted at
1-800-922-1399, ext. 320, or
541-444-8320.
Siletz basket making classes
will begin this fall, but some basic
materials need to be gathered now
in order to participate.
CTSI Employment Job Line
541-444-8296 or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 296
Visit our Web site at
http://ctsi.nsn.us
Note: “Open Until Filled”
vacancies may close at any time.
The tribe’s Indian Preference
policy will apply. Tribal government
will not discriminate in selection
because of race, creed, age, sex,
color, national origin, physical
handicap, marital status, politics,
membership or non-membership in
an employee organization.
Spokesperson Training Set
for October
The curriculum and the agenda for
the Tribal Court Spokesperson Program
trainings have been set.
The first training is
scheduled for Oct. 10-11 and
the second training for
Oct. 17-18. Makeup video
trainings can be arranged.
Applications are con
tinually accepted at Siletz
Tribal Court, which would
like to encourage all interested Siletz
Tribal members or other federally
recognized tribal members living on
Siletz reservation lands to apply.
If you or someone you know is
interested in Spokesperson Program
information, please contact
the project coordinator at
1-800-922-1399, ext. 250,
or 541-444-8250, or at the
address below:
August 2003 □
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon
Attn: Tribal Court Project
Coordinator
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Siletz News
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