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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.
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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
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3
4
11
14
Tribal Council Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Passages
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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
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