TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Enter the Siletz Tribal Action
Network Logo Contest
Our Families
by Kelli Brugh, Youth Mental Health Specialist
“If the family were a container, it
would be a nest, an enduring nest, loosely
woven, expansive, and open. If the family
were a fruit, it would be an orange, a
circle of sections, held together but sepa
rable - each segment distinct.
If the family were a boat, it would be
a canoe that makes no progress unless
everyone paddles. If the family were a
sport, it would be baseball: a long, slow,
non-violent game that is never over until
the last out.
If the family were a building, it would
be an old but solid structure that contains
human history and appeals to those who
see the carved moldings under all the
plaster, the wide plank floors under the
linoleum, - the possibilities.’'
Letty Collin Pogrebin, Family
and Politics (1983)
At the Healthy Relationships work
shop at the first Siletz Tribal Youth Con
ference, I asked the participants who was
their favorite Native American.
I thought this would prompt a discus
sion about the positive contributions and
Native American role models to which our
youth were exposed. To my delight, ev
ery youth identified a family member as
his or her favorite Native American.
We are our children's role models.
When we speak, they listen. But more im
portantly, when we act, they watch us. We
probably will never be as central a per
son to anyone else in our lives as we are
to our children.
It’s an awesome responsibility and
there will be times when most of us will
question whether or not we have done the
right things as parents. It’s hard to know
whether or not our children will leave our
homes some 18 to 25 years later as
healthy, well-adjusted, productive adults.
What can we do to help our children?
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Listen to them.
Play with them.
Set age-appropriate boundaries and
limitations.
Limit television and video game time.
Ask and value their opinions.
Eat together.
Participate in activities that give back
to the tribe or community.
Participate as much as possible in
school activities.
Involve them in sports.
Read to them or have them read to you.
Create art.
When possible, allow for natural con
sequences for acts/behavior.
Have family meetings to discuss fam
ily members’ successes or challenges,
or do fun activities (i.e. game night,
story time, movie night, etc.).
Take care of yourself emotionally,
physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Get help when you need it.
Set the example of expected behavior.
Numerous tribal activities and pro
grams also are available to your family:
Education: Head Start/preschool,
Culture Camp, Easter egg hunt, regalia
making classes, cultural activities, Run to
the Rogue, field trips, traditional arts and
language classes, employment awareness
and summer work experience placement,
youth center activities, tutoring, advocacy,
extra-curricular activities and school sup
plies assistance, financial aid workshops,
higher education counseling and assis
tance, support for tribal activities involv
ing youth, and community cleanup.
Housing: Helps families access and
maintain affordable housing - low-rent
apartments, Mutual Help homeowner
ship. rental assistance, down payment
assistance, Section 184 loan guarantee (to
purchase, rehab, construct, or re-finance
a home), rehabilitation construction of
homes, handicap accessibility rehabilita
tion, and emergency assistance.
The Residents Organization sponsors
various activities that include youth who
reside in the tribe's low-rent or Mutual
Help housing, including basketball tour
naments, sponsorships for youth and cul
tural activities, community cleanup, and
financial and staff support for tribal ac
tivities involving youth.
Health: General health and dental
care for children and families; case man
agement, advocacy, mental health assess
ments, and individual and/or family coun
seling; challenge/ropes course and recre
ational activities; support for tribal activi
ties involving youth; liaison and treatment
resource for court-involved youth; edu
cation and/or treatment resource to schools;
and tobacco prevention and education.
A&D: Case management, advocacy,
prevention activities, resource to schools,
services to groups, parenting classes, wilder
ness and kayak/canoe activities, chal
lenge/ropes course, annual Wellbriety
celebration, recreational activities, juve
nile crime prevention assessment and ser
vices, outpatient assessment and counsel
ing, and MIP education/counseling.
For more information about services
available in your area, contact your tribal
office or the identified program.
Goal: To develop a logo for an excit
ing new training/work program, the Siletz
Tribal Action Network (STAN)
Process: Conduct a contest open to
all members of the Confederated Tribe
of Siletz Indians who are interested in
participating
Rules:
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All entries must be the original art
work of the person making the sub
mission. Written documentation of
the originality of the design will be
required for participation in the
contest.
Artists submitting original artwork
must sign an agreement allowing the
Siletz Tribal Action Network perma
nent use of the design.
The logo design must be in good taste
and reflect a positive image that can
be associated with the Confederated
Tribe of Siletz Indians' Siletz Tribal
Action Network.
Artists’ logo submissions must be no
larger than 4 inches by 5 inches in
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size and can be done in any medium
that can be reproduced effectively on
signage, brochures, and related
materials.
Artists submitting contest entries will
be asked to supply their tribal enroll
ment number to verify their status as
a Siletz Tribal member.
Prizes: 1st Prize - $250, 2ne Prize -
$100, 3rd Prize-$75
Deadline for submissions is Aug. 1,
2005.
Selection process: After carefully
reviewing all submissions, logo selection
will be made by members of the Siletz
Tribal Business Corporation staff. They
reserve the right to eliminate inappropri
ate submissions from consideration.
Winners will be notified no later than
Sept. 1, 2005
Send submissions to Rosie Sufficool.
Siletz Tribal Business Corporation,
2120 NW 44th St., Suite D. Lincoln City,
OR 97367.
Business And You!
by Rosie Sufficool, STBC Business Information Counselor
As a business information counselor,
I’m often asked, “What kind of business
should I open?’’ Or,”What kind of busi
ness do you think I would be good at?”
The answer isn’t the same for every
one. There are all kinds of business
opportunities out there and all kinds of
entrepreneurs with varying levels of skills
and professional expertise. A business
opportunity that is right for you may or
may not be right for someone else.
How can you determine the right
business opportunity for you?
First of all, what do you like to do?
Often, people can turn their hobby or
something they love doing into a success
ful business. People are usually happier and
more successful doing something they
love or get great satisfaction from doing.
But that fact that you like doing some
thing does not always guarantee business
success.
For example, a person might say, “I like
to cook, so I should own a restaurant.” But
what many would-be restaurant owners
fail to realize is that cooking at home for
your family and friends is a lot different
than cooking for several customers who
all have varying tastes and expectations.
To find out what kind of business you
are suited for, talk to people who own
different types of businesses. Ask them
what they like and dislike about the busi
ness they are in. Ask them how they got
started and what they would do differently
if they were starting again.
Use resources like the Internet and the
library to help you research a variety of
businesses that interest you. The more
research and planning that you do before
you open a business, the better chance you
have for success!
For more information about how to
research a business or if you have a ques
tion about business that you would like
to have answered in this column, contact
me at the Siletz Tribal Business Corpora
tion - 1-877-564-7298 (toll-free),
541 -994-2142, or rsufficool@stbcorp.net.
Summer Tribal Internships Available
Siletz Tribal summer internships for
upto 10 college-level students are available.
The internships are paid positions
(TL-4) for nine weeks at 40 hours per week.
The internships are intended as a
learning experience for the college stu
dent and assistance for project-specific
activities of the departments in which they
are placed. All current students will re
ceive an application.
Criteria for Selection
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Summer internships are limited to all
enrolled Siletz Tribal members, with
a preference for those students who
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are entering or have entered their third
year of studies or above; or students
required to fulfill a practicum or in
ternship for graduation.
Students must file an application by
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Selection of interns will be based on
a match probability between project
availability and student's field of study.
Interns will be subject to pre-employ-
ment UAs, criminal history checks,
and other appropriate background
checks based on placement.
close of business June 17, 2005.
Students will be hired on a tempo
rary basis, not to exceed 360 hours
or nine weeks total.
All work developed by the intern be
comes the property of the Siletz Tribe.
Selections for the internships will be
made during the week of June 20-24. with
an expected start date of July 5. 2005.
Please mail applications to Summer
Interns, CTSI, P.O. Box 549. Siletz, OR
97380-0549.
June 2005
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