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Experience Coquille Native American Culture
Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration
Coming Up
NORTH BEND, Ore. - Mark your
calendars for Sept. 10-11, 2004, when
The Mill Casino-Hotel will be the venue
for the first annual Mill-Luck Salmon
Celebration, sharing the culture and
traditions of the Coquille Indians and
other Pacific Northwest tribes with resi
dents and visitors to Oregon’s Bay Area.
The festivities begin at 7:30 p.m.
on Sept. 10 with a music performance
by the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet in The
Mill Casino’s Salmon Room.
Nakai has used the traditional Native
American flute in new musical settings,
creating a new genre that has found
widespread popularity. With the R. Carlos
Nakai Quartet, he continues this musical
experiment by joining the haunting
sound of the cedar flute with sax, bass,
keyboards, drums, and female vocals.
Tickets go on sale July 12 in The
Mill’s General Store, or charge by
phone by calling 1-800-953-4800 or
541-756-8800.
On Sept. 11, the vendors’ market
place opens at 10 a.m., with Native
artisans from across the Pacific North
west offering handcrafted items.
Performances of drumming, dance, and
music will continue throughout the day,
as will cultural displays.
Canoe races will periodically take
place on Coos Bay alongside demon
strations of traditional canoe carving
methods. Children will have an
opportunity to learn traditional Native
American games and crafts.
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The Indian Education Program of the Lincoln County
School District invites you to join us in honoring
our graduating seniors at the
Eagle Feather Ceremony
June 8, 2004
6:30 p.m.
Silet Tribal Community Center
Government Hill, Siletz, Ore.
For more information, contact Patty Savage-Socha at 541-444-1100
The highlight of the event will be a
Salmon Bake, with salmon cooked in a
traditional Coquille open-pit.
“We always look for opportunities
to share our culture with the broader
Coos Bay/North Bend community,”
said Tribal Chairman Ed Metcalf. “We
hope to see many of our friends and
neighbors at this celebration of our
Coquille traditions.”
Located directly on the Highway
101 waterfront of scenic Coos Bay, The
Mill Casino-Hotel is a favorite
destination for Bay Area residents and
one of the premier attractions on Oregon’s
south coast. Its mix of Nevada-style
casino games, dining options for every
palate, and distinctive accommodations
offers something for everyone.
Schedules of current and upcoming
events are available throughout the
casino or on its Web site, www.
themillcasino.com.
Vendors Needed for Mill-Luck
Salmon Celebration
The Mill Casino-Hotel is pleased
to annouce its first annual Mill-Luck
Salmon Celebration on Sept. 10-11,
2004. The event will be held at The
Mill Casino-Hotel in North Bend, Ore.,
located directly on beautiful Coos Bay.
The event will showcase the
Native flutist R. Carlos Nakai Quartet,
drums, dancers, demonstrators, canoe
exhibition, cultural booth/display, and
a traditional Salmon Bake dinner. The
event is open to the general public and
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Honors Graduates
we hope to make it a fun-filled
educational experience for all.
The scheduled day for vendors
will be Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
If interested, your booth should be
reserved as soon as possible because
of the limited amount of available space.
Please contact Anati Pierce at The
Mill Casino-Hotel at 541-756-8800,
ext. 420, for a vendor application
packet. The application deadline is
Aug. 11, 2004.
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Qwest Provides Low-Cost Service
in Tribal Lands
DENVER - Qwest Communica
tions Inc. recently announced that it is
launching a public service campaign to
promote the Tribal Lifeline and Tribal
Link-Up programs. These important
programs help low-income individuals
living on tribal lands gain access to low-
cost local telephone service.
Qwest established the Tribal Lifeline
and Tribal Link-Up programs after the
Federal Communications Commission
determined that many tribal areas are
underserved. The programs provide
access to basic local telephone service
at rates as low as $1 per month.
“Bringing telephone service to
reservation lands will go a long way to
help with la<v enforcement, health care,
and education for the millions of
American Indians who live there,” said
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell. “I
encourage all to check to see if they are
eligible, and to spread the word about
these programs.”
The key elements of these
important programs are outlined below.
Tribal Lifeline Program
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Qualified individuals will receive
basic local service for as low as $1
per month.
The Tribal Lifeline program is avail
able to all eligible persons living
on reservations.
Free toll-blocking services are
available to individuals who sign up
for the program.
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Tribal Link-Up Program
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This program provides credits toward
installation fees for new service.
The program pays one-half of new
basic service installation charges up
to $30.
The program also may pay up to $70
toward line-extension charges or
construction charges if applicable.
Program Qualifications
Bureau of Indian Affairs General
Assistance Programs
2. Medicaid
3. Food Stamps
4. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
5. Head Start (meeting income
requirement)
6. Tribally administered temporary
housing for the needy families
7. Federal public housing assistance
8. Low-income home energy assistance
9. National school lunch program
10. Any other qualifying program
approved by the state Lifeline and
Link Up program
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Enrollment is easy. Qualified indi
viduals need to complete and return a
simple application that can be obtained
by calling Qwest at 1-800 244-1 111.