TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Time to Gather Basket-Making
Materials
Spring is here and very soon hazel
sticks will be ready to pick and peel.
down of gathering times for different
items:
Hazel stick gathering is a must for
anyone interested in making traditional
Siletz baskets. Spruce root can be dug all
NESIKA ILLAHEE POW-WOW
June
Hazel, willow and fir sticks (until mid
June), spruce roots
Apply Now for Siletz Royalty
dance ability in both Feather Dance and
The Pow-Wow Committee in taking
intertribal styles, and ticket sales.
applications for this year’s Royalty con
Each contestant will receive a com
testants. The categories are as follows:
year round and is used for the weavers or
weft of Siletz baskets.
Bear grass and maidenhair fem are
used for overlay to make our traditional
designs or marks in our baskets and both
are picked in late summer.
Any tribal members interested in gath
ering can call Bud Lane at 1 -800-922-1399,
mission on the number of tickets that she
July
Fir sticks, spruce roots, bear grass, maid
enhair fem
Fir sticks, spruce roots, bear grass, maid
enhair fem, hazel sticks (limited), willow
sticks
September
Bear grass, maidenhair fem, woodwardia
fem, spruce roots
Artwork Sought for 2005
Run to the Rogue
The Run to the
Rogue Planning Com
mittee would like new
artwork for Run to the
Rogue this year.
We are looking at
different ideas for a new
T-shirt design to be used
for many Run to the
Rogue items. Ideas the
committee would like to
see are the tribe's bas
ketry patterns, Run to
the Rogue’s flicker/
eagle feather staff, and
a map of the run.
Deadline for sub
missions is June 15, 2005.
For ideas, more information, or to
submit artwork, please contact Cultural
Programs Coordinator Selene Rilatos at
sells. Commission rates are as follows:
Jr. Miss Siletz - 13-17 years old
200 to 500 at 20 percent, 501 to 1,000
Miss Siletz - 18-24 years old
at 25 percent, and more than 1,000 at
August
ext. 1320, or 541-444-8320; or e-mail
budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
Basket materials must be gathered in
a timely fashion. Here is a general break
Little Miss Siletz -7-12 years old
30 percent.
Young women interested in running
The pageant is scheduled for Aug. 11,
in one of these categories should contact
2005, and the winners will be crowned
Nick Sixkiller or Felicia Carmona for
before the first grand entry on Aug. 12.
The deadline to get applications to the
to attend the Gathering of Nations Pow-
Pow-Wow Committee is July 2, 2005.
Wow in Albuquerque, N.M., and Miss
Any applications turned in between July 6
Siletz also will be sponsored to partici
and July 15 will be accepted only with
pate in the National Congress of Ameri
approval of the Pow-Wow Committee. All
can Indians (NCAI) competition.
Join us in making and eating
tasty, easy, and healthy snacks!
June 11-1 p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Contestants will be judged on their
aspect of the pow-wow or Siletz Royalty;
knowledge of tribal and family history,
or Felicia at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1273,
poise and personality, speaking ability,
or 541-444-8273.
Dance Sponsors Needed
Cultural Programs, CTSI, P.O. Box 549,
Siletz, OR 97380-0549; 541 -444-8246 or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 1246; or e-mail
selener@ctsi.nsn.us.
Jennifer Easter is the instructor.
For more information, contact the
Cultural Program at 541-444-8246 or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 1246.
Meet at the Youth Center by 8:45 a.m.;
we leave at 9 a.m. Permission slip re
quired, available at the Youth Center and
CTSI administration building.
Litter Bug Patrol
Group Hiking
June 21-9 a.m.
Join us in celebrating Summer Sol
stice, and National Aboriginal Day!
Help clean up Siletz!
Free snacks for all participants!
June 30 - 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Meet at Youth Center
For all Youth Center activities questions, please contact Catalina at
541-444-8395 or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1395.
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or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1230, for any
not be accepted for this year.
The Pow-Wow Committee is looking
for dance sponsors for this year's Nesika
lllahee Pow-Wow.
When you sponsor a category, your
name will be on the winner's envelope
and will be read during the awarding of
prize money to the dancers.
Dance categories include both male/
female traditional, fancy, grass, jingle,
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round bustle, golden age. and women’s
basket cap.
You can sponsor, or co-sponsor with
the committee, a category in your name,
your family’s name, or in the memory of
a loved one.
Contact Nick Sixkiller to see what
categories are available.
Youth Center
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3-7 p.m.
Craft Night
5 p.m.
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3-7 p.m.
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3-7 p.m.
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Open
3-7 p.m.
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3-7 p.m.
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3-7 p.m.
Craft Night
5 p.m.
Open
3-7 p.m.
Open
3-7 p.m.
Youth Snack
Club
Tribal Center,
1 p.m.
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Join in Youth Center Activities
Youth Snack Club
Please contact Nick at 541 -444-8230
applications turned in after July 15 will
S un
Dance classes, pow-wow style, con
tinue every Thursday night until June 9,
2005, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Tribal
Community Center in Siletz.
This year’s royalty will be sponsored
an application.
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3-7 p.m.
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3-7 p.m.
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3-7 p.m.
Craft Night
5 p.m.
Open
1-6 p.m.
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1-6 p.m.
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Open
1-6 p.m.
Group hiking
10 a.m.
Permission
slip required
Open
1-6 p.m.
Craft Night
5 p.m.
Open
1-6 p.m.
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1-6 p.m.
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Open
1-6 p.m.
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1-6 p.m.
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1-6 p.m.
Craft Night
5 p.m.
Litter bug patrol
12:30-3 p.m.
Open
3-6:30 p.m.
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