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CHS update, quit smoking challenge, smokers and pets Page 19 Wrestlers finish strong season, graduates abound Pages 11-12 STAN logo contest, youth employment SCA OrColl Pages 7 and 10 E 7e .06 5523 V. 33 no. 6 June 200Í Boxing, George Jones, Williams ' & Ree; Mentor/Protégé Program I Page 22 N ews S iletz Vol. 33, No. 6 June 2005 rated Tribes of Siletz Indians Happy 10th Anniversary, Chinook Winds Casino Resort! by Jessie Davis. The Siletz Tribe began exploring gaming as a source of revenue in 1991. During that year, a six-member Ad-Hoc Gaming Committee was appointed and with an investment of $25,000 of timber revenues and a BIA grant of $ 15,000, the Tribal Council strategically planned and began lobbying efforts to the Oregon con gressional delegation. Members of the Gaming Committee were Jessie Davis, chairman; Delores Pigsley, tribal chairman; Nelson Witt, CEO; and Craig Dorsay, tribal attorney. Subsequently two council members were added to the committee and over a period of time Frank Simmons, Jane John, Lillie Butler mittee Tribal Forrest ueraru, loimci assistant sec retary of the interior, was contracted to advise the tribe on political strategies and Lou Gallegos, who had formerly served as assistant to the secretary of the inte rior (Manual Lujan), also was hired as a consultant. In addition, public relations firms were hired to deal with the political issues the tribe would face in establish ing a gaming center outside Siletz. Because the tribe did not have trust land suitable for gaming, it was necessary to acquire fee land in trust for this purpose. The Gaming Committee quietly launched a concentrated effort to locate a gaming site in Lincoln County. The tribe proceeded despite Gov. Barbara Roberts' explicit warning that she would not ap prove any acquisition of off-reservation land for gaming by any tribe. See schedule of 10th anniversary celebration events on page 21. ___ Holl4y John. Miss Siletz; Ashliegh Ramirez, Little Miss Siletz; Jennifer Easter, Jr. Miss Siletz Princess; and Katrina Reis, Jr. Miss Siletz attend the Miss Indian World Pageant in Albuquerque, N.M., with Delana Smith, Miss Indian World 2004-2005. Please see more photos on pages 12-13. The governor’s team agreed to con tinue compact negotiations with the understanding that Lincoln City would be the site of the proposed gaming center, with final approval of the compact con tingent on congressional action to make the Lincoln Shores property eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regu latory Act. In November 1994. the U.S. Congress enacted HR 4719, which amended the Siletz Reservation Act of 1980 to clarify that 11 acres in Lincoln City were to be accepted in trust by the secretary of the interior and made part of the Siletz Reservation. Since the act also provided that the property be made part of the Siletz Res- See Chinook Winds on page 14. What’s Inside Letters to the Editor Chairman's Report Tribal Program News Tribal Member News Notices 2 3 4 11 14 Tribal Council Timesheets Siletz Clinic Chinook Winds Passages 18 19 20 23 J Per Capita Checks Available Aug. 1; j [ Photo ID Required ! | | | I I Per capita checks will be distributed Aug. 1, 2005, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Tribal Community Center in Siletz. Please bring picture ID. No one can pick up a check for someone else. If you have moved and have not changed your address with the Enroll- Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 ment Department, please call Loraine Butler at I-800-922-1399, ext. 1258, or 541 -444-8258 to ensure that your check gets to your address in a timely manner. Please do not wait until the last minute to change your address. Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Brenda Bremner, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief University of Oregon Library Received on: 06-03-05 Siletz news (Siletz, Or. • 1998) PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 178 SALEM, OR
