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Drum classes, a wedding, and missing moccasins Pages 8-9 Elder Honor Day, invitation to bid for Toledo Mill cleanup Pages 4-5 SCA OrCo11 E 78 .06 S523 V. 33 no. 4 Apri 1 2005 I Kick Butts Day, Exercise Chal lenge, sealant clinic coming up Pages 15-16 Neal McCoy, Huey Lewis &The News, cruises and cash Pages 18-19 N ews S iletz Vol. 33, No. 4 April 2005 rated Tribes of Siletz Indians Tribal Gaming Benefits Tribes, Communities, and State “For Oregon tribes, gaming offers an economic development opportunity that generates jobs and incomes for members and non-members alike. Further, gaming generates the financial resources that tribal governments need to provide essen tial services, build local infrastructure, and promote economic development. “For Oregon tribes, tribal gaming means less poverty, higher standards of living, and less reliance on state and fed eral assistance.” So says the latest report on Indian gaming in Oregon from ECONorthwest, the northwest’s largest and most respected economic consulting firm in its February 2005 report, The Contributions of Indian Gaming to Oregon’s Economy. “Oregon's tribal casinos helped pour more than $1 billion into the state’s economy in 2003,” said Delores Pigsley, chairman of the Siletz Tribe. "We re proud of the fact that we can now show people that Indian tribes are making sig nificant contributions to the quality of life of many Oregonians.” At the request of the Oregon Tribal Gaming Alliance, a coalition of the nine Oregon tribes with casinos in the state, ECO-Northwest conducted its second economic analysis on the impact ot tribal gaming in Oregon. The first was pub lished in 1999. In the current report, ECONorthwest examined three areas: According to ECONorthwest, “Or egon tribal casinos accounted for 35 per cent of all the gaming conducted inside the state of Oregon and just 27 percent of the gaming done by Oregon residents.” It also found that tribal gaming in Oregon in 2003: Americans in Oregon dropped sharply in the 1990s while rising else where in the state. Specific to Chinook Winds Casino Resort’s impact on the surrounding com munity in 2003: Directly supported approximately 5,328 jobs and $192.4 million in wages and benefits for workers at the casinos and in tribal government ac tivities supported by gaming Indirectly generated another 5,640 jobs and $ 156.5 million in income for workers in other sectors of Oregon’s economy Generated more than $1 billion in total economic output in Oregon in 2003 Because of the economic activity de rived from tribal gaming, state and lo cal governments collected more than $42.6 million in taxes and other rev enues while saving nearly $7.1 mil lion in public assistance costs through greater statewide employment Chinook Winds employed approxi mately 751 full- and part-time work ers and paid more than $25.3 million in wages and benefits. An estimate of more than $4 million in state and local tax revenues was generated in 2003. As a result of casinos, says the report, in the last 10 years: The tribes’ economic status is im proving. In the 1990s, largely because of tribal gaming, the number of Na tive American households earning at least $50,000 annually increased nearly four fold. Educational attainment has vastly im proved, with one in five adults now having college degrees. The percentage of Native Americans in Oregon living below the poverty line fell 7.5 percent between 1990 and 2000, compared to a I percent decline in Oregon as a whole. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate among Native How tribal gaming fits into all gam ing in Oregon The impact on Oregon’s economy by casinos in the state The extent to which tribal gaming has improved the quality of life of tribal members, employment in Oregon, and other factors Welcome to the New Look of Siletz News -------- A What’s ; Inside Letters to the Editor Chairman’s Report Tribal Program News Tribal Member News Notices ________ ____ 1------------------------------------- 2 3 4 8 10 Tribal Council Timesheets Siletz Clinic Chinook Winds Passages ------------------------------ - ------------- Chairman Delores Pigsley presents the tribe’s annual timber revenue check to Lincoln County Commissioner Bill Hall at the Tribal Council meeting in January. The $82,410.36 check brings the total amount of timber revenue paid to the county to $1,240,651.51. Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 While many things remain the same for this newspaper, we've changed the paper it’s printed on. This will give us - and you - better-looking photos and simply a better-looking newspaper. We hope you like it. A________________________________ _______________— Chinook Winds purchased a vast as sortment of goods and services nec essary to operate the casino resort, an estimated $33.3 million on operating, capital, and other costs in 2003. Chinook Winds generated approxi mately $3 million in income for small-business owners. Chinook Winds generated an esti mated $2.9 million in various other types of income, including rents, roy alties, and dividends. Charitable contributions reached nearly $900,000. For every 100 tribal jobs, approxi mately 88 jobs are stimulated else where in the local economy. 14 15 17 19 y Dei I University of Oregon Library Received on : 04-01-05 Siletz news
