TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Summer
Internships
Available
May USDA
Distribution Dates
Siletz
Wednesday, May 3
Thursday, May 4
Friday, May 5
Monday, May 8
Tuesday, May 9
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Salem
Monday, May 15 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 16
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 17 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
An array of fruits and vegetables are available through USDA distribution.
I wanted to give our Salem-area
elients a heads-up for June distribution.
We will be in our new warehouse at 3160
Blossom Drive, so please remember
that we will not be at the old address.
We will have maps to distribute to
those who haven’t been able to get out
there to see the new building. If we ex
perience a delay, we will contact ev
eryone in the schedule book to let you
know what is going on.
Here is an example of the fresh pro
duce we distribute: oranges; red grape
fruit; Fuji, red delicious, granny smith,
and golden delicious apples; cucum
bers; and red and russet potatoes.
Happy meals!
TLC Attitudes of Gratitude
by Lynn Whitlow
If April showers bring May flow
ers, I think, so far, that we are up for a
few bouquets! Looking forward to all
that color up here at A&D/TLC.
I try to keep blooming plants and
cut flowers around all year long to keep
spirits up. We have enjoyed the daffo
dils and hyacinths that we planted last
year and look forward to the many
rhododendrons that will bloom in a
three-month progression.
The TLC is a wonderful resource
for women who want and need a safe
and secure place to live upon graduat
ing from inpatient drug and alcohol
treatment. Our first priority for resi
dence is Siletz Tribal members.
We recently have been approved for
women to have children here, depend-
ing on space availability. Our facility
is small and has only three bedrooms.
We do have a very comfortable
attractive house. The Siletz Tribal A&D
outpatient offices are downstairs, so
aftercare services are onsite. We have
structure, expectations, and house rules.
We are a transitional facility, how
ever, to help women make good and
healthy choices for themselves, to even
tually find employment and safe, drug-
free housing, so there are more free
doms here than in inpatient treatment.
We sponsor a Women's Talking
Circle once a month, preceded by a
potluck meal. A weekly NA meeting is
held here, which makes it easier for
residents to attend one of their required
meetings. For more information, call me
at 541-444-8238 or 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 1238.
A huge “thank you” to our volun
teers - Elizabeth Kosydar, Jackie
Ashley, Jenifer Metcalf. Pat Darcy, and
Alice McCain. Thanks also to Denise
Riding In for covering some weekend
overnights. We are in need of a few
more volunteers to fill in shifts when
these women need a break.
In April, two volunteers were un
able to fill most of their shifts for fam
ily or work reasons. Our fill-in person
was ill for part of that time too, so we
could use some extra help. Please call
the number above if you are available.
Our next Women’s Talking Circle will
be held May 10. Please join us. We hope
to see some new faces in our circle!
bv Tina Retasket
The tribe once again is offering
summer internship opportunities for
higher education students.
Applications will be mailed auto
matically to higher education program
participants. If you are attending college
and would like an application mailed
to you. please contact the education
specialist in your service area or call
Darlene Carkhuff at 541-444-8201 or
1-800-922-1399. ext. 1201.
Summer internships are paid posi
tions that offer real-life experience with
a job at the tribe or at a position in the
area where you reside. The tribe is in
terested in giving our college students
work experience to supplement their
education in hopes that students will
return to work for the tribe in the future.
By working within a tribal organi
zational structure, students get a better
idea about the broad range of positions
within the tribe that might be of inter
est to them in the future.
Deadline for applications is June 9,
20(16. Applications must include an un
official copy of the student's transcripts.
Selections will be made the week of
June 12-16. with a projected start date
of June 19.
। Don’t forget the community meetings |
। to discuss the Siletz Tribal Cultural j
Center Pre-Planning Project.
Siletz - May 11. 5:30 p.m.
!
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Salem - May 30, 6 p.m.
Portland - May 31,6 p.m.
Eugene - June I, 6 p.m.
Also. May 13 at 1 p.m. at Chinook j
s Winds Casino Resort prior to the
Elder Council meeting
Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom
by Walt Klamath
Golly gee, but time does fly. Missed
last month, don't remember why. But
judging from this month, probably
couldn’t think of anything to write
about that hasn’t been written before.
Many have said I should write
about that when talking about things
in the hills, cutting wood or fishing or
eeling, but I have written about every
thing 1 know, I think.
I attended the youth conference
this year at Silver Creek Falls. I didn't
participate, mostly represented the el
ders. One thing though 1 did notice, and
it was confirmed by the presence of Dee,
Bob. and Ed. was that our young people
need to know where they come from.
I tell the young people, when I get
the chance, to know who their relatives
are. I use our council as examples of
that. When they address the General
Council, they tell us who their parents
are, their grandparents, and so on.
I think our elders should be more
represented at this gathering, not satu
rate them too much but enough to
maybe get the young ones interested
in who they are. Sometimes we are
surprised at to whom we are related.
We need to impress on the young
people’s minds the importance and
honor of belonging to the Siletz Tribe
and some of the woes that were encoun
tered in getting to where the tribe is
today. They also need to know the re
sponsibility of that heritage will be part
of their obligation in the years to come.
They need to know that they do
need a wealth of knowledge to face the
coming opposition to the Siletz Tribal
government. It's here now and it will
not get better. It will be a constant battle
that will take knowledge of what the
tribal government has done in the past.
I think that we should have a big
conference - maybe two or three days
- to have our very few elders tell of
our ancestry and how it came to be.
Personally, I have heard from four or
five elders and they know more about
me than I do. Some have crossed over
into the Spirit World and soon we will
lose this generation of knowledge.
I have mentioned this to a few and
the ones that I have talked to think it
needs to be done soon.
Many of the Old Ones told me sto
ries when I was young and wasn't in
terested. Today, I am very sorry I didn't
listen. The stories that were told that I
do remember, however, do not go
along with the written history and to
day there is no way of proving what I
heard. Right or wrong? I don't know;
it does leave confusion.
So again referring to our elders, I
think we need to bring them all to
gether, listen to what they have to say
because soon this too will be gone.
When I say elders. I am not refer
ring to the young elders - OJT elders I
call them - but the ones who are 70+,
the ones who lived through the oppres
sion and the Great Depression, the
ones who had to forage for food and
clothing, the ones who made it better
for us.
I would like to hear from anyone
who would be interested in a project
such as a conference of the elders and
if any of the younger generation would
like to be involved in something like
this. You can reach me at 541-444-8286
or 1-800-600-5599.
May 2006
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