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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Melvin Ashue, Shirely Walker, Tiffany Stuart-Miss Haskell 2005-2006, Tasha Rilatos-Miss Siletz 2005-2006, and Thomas Stuart at the Haskel! Indian Nations University Pow-Wow to feather dance for Tiffany ’s Miss Haskell giveaway. (photo hy Tim Stuart) To the editor: The circle has now been completed for my year as Miss Haskell 2005-2006. I attended over 150 events. High lights include the National Indian Edu cation Association Conference in Den ver; Miss NCAI Pageant in Tulsa; Amer ican Indian Higher Education Consor tium Conference in Green Bay; Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow, Siletz; Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days. Warm Springs; Lawrence St. Patrick's Parade; Sac and Fox Pow- Wow. Kansas; and KU Pow-Wow. Haskell events included freshman orientation/enrollment. convocations, tours with visitors/high school groups, Haskell Earth Day, Miss Haskell and Haskell Brave Pageant Week, fall and spring commencement, scholarship ceremony, Haskell Homecoming, Wel come Back Pow-Wow, ACCES Stomp Dance, and Spring Fling. As with all roy alty, it costs to attend events. My esti mated out-of-pocket cost was $3,400. Haskell president's office spon sored me to attend the Al HEC confer ence and a photo (poster size) for the Miss Haskell wall (started in 1969) in Navarre, the president's office. I served on the Haskell Royalty, AIHEC, Constitution, Student Life Policy and Procedure. Vision Quest, and Homecoming committees this past year. I attended University Council meetings to represent students. I was a club member of KNEA-SP and children's church teacher at Calvary Temple Assembly of God. I also graduated with my para educator elementary education degree on May 12 with all A's and B's. My goal now is to make all A's in the next two years. The crowning of Miss Haskell 2006-2007 took place after the pow wow grand entry and Siletz Feather Dance exhibition for my giveaway. The 4 • Siletz News • new Miss Haskell is Rebecca Jamison (Yakama/Seneca) from White Swan, Wash. The new Haskell Brave is Darren Altaha (White Mountain Apache) from White River, Ariz. I’ve been accepted into the School of Education at Haskell. I qualified by making 170 or above on all three PPSTs (Pre-Professional Skills Test). I’ll graduate in May 2008 with my elemen tary education degree and start teach ing K-6. This October. I'll travel to Anchor age to attend the NIEA conference. I'm running for the student board position. If you're an NIEA member and cannot attend the conference, please request an absentee ballot and vote for Tiffany. Thanks to the Haskell School of Edu cation for sponsoring my trip. I’d like to thank my great-aunt Shirley Walker, cousin Tasha Rilatos, brother Thomas, and Melvin Ashue for feather dancing for my giveaway. Thanks to my parents Thomas and Marlene Stuart, brother Thomas and his wife Cheryl, brother Tim, cousins Lynette and Heidi Hibdon and Tasha, aunt and uncle Vai and Larry Hibdon, grandma Maxine Rilatos. great-aunt Shirley, and Mike Wisdom, who came and supported me during this time of graduation, pow-wow. and passing on my crown. Thanks to Elliot Bryant (Dine), Haskell Brave 2005-2006. for all your encouragement and advice during my year of reign. Thanks to aunt Selene Rilatos, Robert Kentta. and Bud Lane for all the information you provided for my events and schoolwork. God will bless you tenfold what you have blessed me with during my life. Hvm'chi, Tiffany Dawn Stuart Miss Haskell 2005-2006 www.haskell.edu June 2006 To the editor: Every day, people deal with life issues of varying caliber. In most cases, these problems are strictly our own and with the right approach can be alleviated. Sometimes problems exist that seem to have no definitive answer and with time grow more complex, prob lems with money, health care, elder care, or education. Higher education should be given to all of our graduates, but currently is not. What do you want? What do we want as a tribe? What do we need but don't have? Arc our leaders really doing their best? Is there really not enough to ever cover basic services to tribal members? Do we really need a shopping cen ter in Keizer? Is our casino making enough money? Is there strict account ability? Is every trip our representatives take really necessary? These are just some of the ques tions I hear every day by our General Council, meaning my people! What can be done about the negatives in this tribe? We can come together as one - one thought, one heart, one action. With our yearly revenue after taxes, we have enough to cover every need in this tribe and then some. Education: If we educate tribal members to our highest standards, we can provide gainful employment to all. Private Tribal Member Entrepre neurial Enterprises: If education is in place for all adult tribal members and funding is right, we could make personal revenue per family and as a tribe together. Profit-sharing: Other tribes have shown that profit-sharing is an excel lent source of individual non-taxable revenue on top of what individual tribal members make who work or go to school. With our annual casino rev enue, if we invested right, we could see quarterly profit-shares per tribal mem ber of over $3,000. We could ensure that all of our people are working or in school by stipulating that in order to receive individual shares, they must be working or be in school, whether col legiate or vocational. Excess spending and neglect are real, everyone has complaints about it. Nepotism is also real and an appalling tactic that has no place in this tribe. Leadership is a privilege, not a right. Our elected officials have been blamed for several problems with ICW. elder care, health care, and Contract Health; ignorance, spite, and sheer dis respect on all levels, also for spending money from tribal accounts for their own gain. Maybe it’s true, maybe not, but let them all prove their innocence in a public forum. If they’re doing the best job pos sible, let all tribal members see it. But if they’re not. let them give way to real leadership and savvy business profes sionals with a desire to share the wealth! Any questions or comments can be addressed to me at (cell) 503-309-9436 or 408 E. Wilson St.. Yacolt. WA 98675. Until next time, thank you. Ronald V. Belgard For more information, please contact Angela Ramirez 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1225; 541-444-8225; or angelar@ctsi.nsn.us Attention All Siletz Tribal Elders Chinook Winds Casino Resort pro vides a limited number of complimen tary tickets for Siletz Tribal elders. There has been a change for calling in for these tickets. Starting with the Clint Black concert tickets that go on public sale July 13, tribal elders now can call in on the day before the public sale date of the tick ets. This is in order to provide better service for those calling in. The elder must still say they are calling in for elder tickets, the name of the show, and their roll number. Elders must call in for themselves. If there comes a time when the el der has received tickets that they will be unable to use, they should contact the box office to have their name re moved from the list. If they already have picked up the tickets, the box office can re-issue tick ets in order to give the tickets to an elder on the waiting list. There are always elders with their names on the waiting list for the concerts or who are at the casino the night of the show who need a ticket. If you have any questions regard ing this change, contact Angela Ramirez at I-800-922-1399, ext. 1225, or 541-444-8225. Upcoming Ticket Call-in Dates for Siletz Tribal Elders Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: June 22 Clint Black: July 12 Dionne Warwick: July 26 Howie Mandel: Aug. 16 Charlie Daniels Christmas Show: Sept. 7
