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Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
Vol. 31, No. 10 October 2003
Delores Pigsley, Bud Lane, and Robert Kentta participate in the
commemoration of the signing of the Rogue River Treaty of 1853.
Siletz Tribe Gathers to
Commemorate Treaty Signing
Siletz Valley School opened Sept. 8 with breakfast for the 162 students and a
flag-raising ceremony. Debby Fawver, secretary of the school board and
president of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 732 Auxiliary, and Van Peters,
school administrator, raise the U.S. flag as Reggie Butler Jr. sings and Apples
Lane awaits her performance of the national anthem.
See additional photos on page 11.
What’s Inside
Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Program News
Elk Hunt Drawings
Tribal Member News
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Notices
Tribal Council Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Passages
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About 150 members of the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
gathered at Tou Velie State Park in
Medford, Ore., on Sept. 10 to commem
orate the 150*h anniversary of the signing
of the Rogue River Treaty of 1853.
“Today we gather in recognition of
the signing of the Rogue River Treaty,
signed below the bluffs at Table Rock,
150 years ago today. The signing of the
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians of Oregon
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
treaty, the first entered into by a tribe
of the Oregon Territory (present day
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and
western Montana) to be ratified by the
U.S. Senate and proclaimed law by the
president of the United States, marked
the beginning of formal relations with
the U.S. by the tribes of the Rogue
See Treaty on page 10.
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
University of Oregon Library
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