TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Cut Wood for the Elders Day
The Natural Resources Committee
and Natural Resources Department will
sponsor a “Cut Wood for the Elders
Day” on April 8.
The woodcut will be held at the old
log yard at the tribe’s Toledo Mill prop
erty. We need lots of volunteers to help
cut and split firewood for tribal elders.
Bring your chainsaws, hydraulic
wtxxJ splitters, splitting mauls, axes, and
lots of energy. Even if you don’t have any
of those, we can use the moral support!
Lunch, drinks, and snacks will be provided.
We will meet at the tribal adminis
tration building at 8 a.m. and caravan
to the mill. For anyone wishing to come
later, directions to the mill will be
posted on the front door of the building.
The goal of this event will be to
stockpile firewood for future delivery
to elders. We have a long list of elders
who burn wood for their winter heat.
People willing to haul firewood to
elders outside of the Siletz area should
contact Elders Coordinator Angela
Ramirez at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1225,
or 541-444-8225 and she will pair you
up with an elder in need.
We especially need folks who can
haul wood to the Eugene, Salem, and
Portland areas.
Previous woodcuts have seen more
elders showing up than young folks! This
is a challenge to all you “youngsters”
(in body and/or spirit) to come out and
show your respect for the elders by
providing them with the means to
keep warm during the cold months.
Children and grandchildren of all
the elders who rely on wood for their
heat need to come to this event.
Lightfoot (second from right) and members of his concert crew visit with
Siletz Royalty - Tasha Rilatos, Miss Siletz; Darian Dorman, Jr. Miss Siletz;
and Clarinda Black, Little Miss Siletz. Lightfoot performed at Siletz Valley
School in March as part of his Reach The Rez Tour, which will cover 211
reservations, 40 states, and 200,000 miles by the time it’s completed. The
52-week tour started in the fall of 2005 and will finish July 15 in Alaska.
Siletz NARCH Grant Activities
by Claire Wood, NARCH Data Coordinator
Jobs Available with New Tribal Venture
Job Title: Aerospace - Technicians
(5 Positions)
Location: Initially Dayton, Ohio
(later Toledo, Oregon)
Classification: Trainee
Salary: Year I direct associate, $9.52;
Year 2, $10.71; Year 3, $1 1.90;
Year 4, $13.09
Opening date: March 14, 2006
Closing date: Until Filled
Introduction: Siletz Aeroteam Inc.
- A tribally owned aerospace and de
fense manufacturing company will
start its operations this summer.
initially it will begin in Dayton,
Ohio, the birthplace of aviation, within
U.S. Aeroteam - a world-class manu
facturer of precision jet engine and air
craft components, and ground support
equipment. Later, tribal employees will
be relocated to Toledo, Ore., as they
reach an optimum skill level.
The small start-up plant building,
which can be expanded as needed, will
be built in Toledo at the high ground next
to the water tank at the tribal mill site.
The Ohio company is nationally
respected as a smart, creative, and savvy
company driven by a team spirit, con
tinuous learning, and technology.
It has been recognized by its cus
tomers for being among the top 10 in
the nation and thus honored in the
nation’s capital. The tribe has an own
ership interest in U.S. Aeroteam.
Requirements: High school
graduates and college-aspiring tribal
members are invited to apply for the
rewarding and solid skills-developing
career opportunities, starting with all
expense-paid training in Ohio while
making good wages.
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Bring in your positive winning at
titude, solid attendance, interest in a
technical career or technology, and
habit of hard work. You will find a sky
full of limitless opportunities.
How to apply: All applicants must
submit a tribal “Application for Em
ployment Form.” Applications must be
received by the closing date of this an
nouncement to receive consideration.
To receive credit for training or
edu-cation, documentation must be
provided.
If applying for more than one po
sition, separate applications will be re
quired for each position. The high
school diploma/GED requirement will
be waived for tribal elders.
Send applications to:
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Attn: Human Resources Department
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Fax number: 541-444-8375, or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 1375
Job Line: 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1296,
or 541-444-8296
Human Resources: 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 1274, or 541-444-8274
Visit us at: www.ctsi.nsn.us
Conditions of employment: The
selectee will be required to submit to a
urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use
before employment.
The tribe’s Indian Preference Policy
will apply. Tribal government will not
discriminate in selection because of race,
creed, age, sex, color, national origin,
physical handicap, marital status, poli
tics, membership, and non-member
ship in an employee organization.
April 2006
As you may have heard, the Siletz
NARCH research project is conducting
a survey to find out about tribal mem
ber attitudes and beliefs about culture
and substance abuse.
This survey was developed specifi
cally for the Siletz Tribe. Tribal member
participation will help us identify tribal
needs and enhance services and programs
to improve the health of the Siletz Tribe.
We have received approval from
Tribal Council for the research project
and have received final approval from
the Northwest Portland Area Indian
Health Board Internal Review Board
and the Indian Health Service.
We have applied for our Certificate
of Confidentiality from the National In
stitutes of Health. This is the last item
we need to have in place before con
ducting the survey.
The NARCH project consists of two
phases. In Phase 1, you may be one of
the 1,000 randomly selected adult tribal
members to receive an invitation to
take part in the survey. If you are, you
will receive your invitation in April.
Please help us learn more about our
tribe by completing and returning the
consent form enclosed with the invita
tion and then completing the survey as
Time to Gather
The time to gather basket materials
is upon us. This is the necessary first
step in our basket-making process.
Hazel sticks (kvn) generally are
ready to pick and peel in the middle of
spring. Spruce root (xii-wan-tr’e) is the
other main material used in our bas
kets. It can be gathered year round.
Call Bud Lane at the Siletz Culture
Department at 1-800-922-1399, ext.
1320, or 541-444-8320; or e-mail
budl@ctsi.nsn.us for more information.
soon as you receive it. While there is
not likely to be any benefit for you per
sonally, your contribution, along with
all of the other tribal members who take
the survey, is likely to have an impact
on the Siletz Tribal community.
The Phase I survey includes ques
tions about your beliefs and activities as
well as questions regarding substance
use/abuse. As an incentive for participa
tion in Phase 1, everyone who completes
and returns the survey by the deadline
will receive a T-shirt from the project.
Each Phase 1 participant will be in
vited to volunteer for Phase 2, which con
sists of face-to-face or phone interviews,
depending on your location. Up to 50
participants will be randomly selected for
Phase 2, which will consist of an interview
that includes different questions about
your beliefs, activities, and substance use/
abuse. Phase 2 participants will be entered
in a drawing for additional larger gifts.
All information you provide on
your survey will be kept confidential.
Your data will be combined with other
participant responses and used for sta
tistical purposes only. Your individual
data never will be reported.
The research team includes Siletz
Tribal members Kelley Ellis and Delina
John, and myself as the data coordina
tor. I will have the sole responsibility
for data collection and entry, and will
be the only research team member with
access to your data.
Since I am a non-tribal member, this
assures the strictest confidentiality of
the information you provide. I will de
stroy all paper copies of the surveys upon
completion of the research project.
If you have any questions regarding
the NARCH research project or survey,
you can call me at 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 1276, or 541-444-8276; or send
an e-mail to clairew@ctsi.nsn.us.