TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Time to Gather Basket-Making
Materials
Spring is here and very soon hazel
sticks will be ready to pick and peel.
Hazel stick gathering is a must for
Basket materials must be gathered in a
timely fashion. Here is a general breakdown
of gathering times for different items:
Name: ___ __________________________
July
Address: ---------- - -----------------------------
anyone interested in making traditional
Siletz baskets. Spruce root can be dug all
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
Phone: ------------ - ------------------------------
Fir sticks, spruce roots, bear grass, maid
enhair fem, hazel sticks (limited), willow
sticks
Roll #: _______ _ _____________________
ext. 1320, or 541-444-8320; or e-mail
Bear grass, maidenhair fem, woodwardia
fern, spruce roots
Mark These Dates for Annual
Cultural Camp
July 26 and end on July 28. Camp will be
held at the Siletz Tribal Community Cen
ter and pow-wow grounds.
Culture Camp is for tribal families
and children age 10 or younger must have
an adult chaperone.
Camp planning meetings are under
way and suggested activities include
basketweaving, hand drum-making
demonstration, drumstick making,
beadworking, shell necklace making, tra
ditional foods preparation, flintknapping,
storytelling, fish T-shirt painting, mocca
sin making, and recreational activities.
Overnight camping is available for
families that live outside of the Siletz area.
Tipis are all checked out. Overnight
participants should bring tents, sleeping
bags, toiletries, etc. Campers can arrive
on July 25; however, meals are not pro
vided on that day .
If you have any questions, sugges
tions, ideas, or donations, please call
Cultural Programs at 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 1246 or 1208; 541-444-8246; or
541-444-8208.
Hum’Chi!
For Siletz Tribal members to use
during the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow on
Aug. 12-14, 2005. One entry per house
hold, please.
Deadline for entries is July 29,
2005; names will be drawn soon after.
August
September
Culture Camp will begin this year on
Tipi Drawing
Fir sticks, spruce roots, bear grass, maid
enhair fern
ering can call Bud Lane at 1 -800-922-1399,
budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
NESIKA
ILLAHEE
POW-WOW
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Return this form to Siletz Pow-Wow,
Attn: Tipi, PO Box 549, Siletz, OR
97380-0549.
Dance Sponsors Needed
The Pow-Wow Committee is looking
for dance sponsors for this year’s Nesika
Illahee 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,
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 Needs Donations for
Rummage Sale
All proceeds of sale will fund a summer street dance!
Please, no damaged items or clothing with holes/stains.
Contact Catalina at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1395, or 541-444-8395.
You can bring donations to the Youth Center
on Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Nick Sixkiller accepts a $16,012.50 donation to the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow from
Bill Guempelein of Pepsi. Bill also presented a $4,850.10 donation to the
Pepsi-Craig Whitehead Scholarship fund.
Please do not leave donations outside the Youth Center!
Bodysmart!
Honor Your Body with a Day of Wellness
July 7, 2005 - Siletz Tribal Community Center - For youth age 8-18
Rummage Sale at Youth Center
July 9, 2005 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Youth Center parking lot
123 W. Buford (across from Noel’s Market) in Siletz
All proceeds will fund a summer street dance!
For more information or to donate items, please call Catalina
at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1395, or 541-444-8395.
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Schedule of Activities
8:30-10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Early-bird walk, breakfast, set up (*optional*)
Ice breaker/meditation
Boys and girls talking circles; sign up for afternoon activities
Craft time
Lunch! Post-lunch activity
Medicine wheel activities
Group discussion; raffle
Sweat lodge at Walt Klamath’s (*optional*)
Join us for a fun-filled day of activities and win cool prizes! If you have any
questions, please contact Catalina at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1395, or 541-444-8395.