LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
Paul Washington, VFW Post 732
Siletz, was honored to serve breakfast
for members of the Oregon Coast Vet
erans Association. Run for the Wind
was the event.
Under the guidance of Ray Taylor
and other members of this community,
we were able to serve over 150 people.
The Paul Washington VFW Post 732
building held the very first Restoration
meeting for the Siletz. Tribe. Thanks to
the OCVA and the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians, we have been slowly
restoring the building as to be a ser
vice to the Siletz community because
of their donations.
Thank you.
Tony Molina
To the editor:
This is in response to the letter that
was submitted by Cindy Jackson in the
September issue of Siletz News, in regards
to her opinion of the “fine job" Indian
Child Welfare is doing for our children.
I trust that Ms. Jackson sincerely
believes in what she had to say, and I
respect this. However, I also know that
people can hold strong opinions on
subjects in which they have little or no
knowledge. There is no teacher like
firsthand experience.
What I have learned about ICW,
from firsthand experience, is that it is
run like any other bureaucracy. And,
like any other bureaucracy, it has failed
in its primary responsibilities.
Under ICW. children have been
taken from their families and put in
To the editor:
Hello, my name is Jennifer Easter
and I'm the current Jr. Miss Siletz for
2006-2007.
I would like to take this time to say
thank you to all the tribal members and
my family and friends who bought
raffle tickets from me.
I also would like to thank two spe
cial people in my life and they are my
great-auntie Babe and great-uncle
Delbert. They could not make it to the
pow-wow this year because they both
were sick, but I know that they were
with me in spirit.
Thank you.
Jennifer Easter
homes that are infinitely more danger
ous and damaging than their previous
ones. Children living in these so-called
“superior” homes have been physi
cally, emotionally, and sexually abused
by the very people that were deemed
"better” than the families these children
were taken from.
Each of these cases is different, yet
they all have a prevailing truth - ICW
has failed the children and their fami
lies. If this were not so, Ms. Jackson
would not be “sick and tired of read
ing” about these children and the heart
breaking stories they have to tell.
Remember, Ms. Jackson, the motiva
tion behind most of these people is money.
Always speaking out for our children,
Flo Hutchinson
General Council Meeting
Nov. 4,2006 -1 p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center - Siletz, Oregon
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until 1977 and did not have health care
until the ‘80s.
By that time, it was too late, so I
started to get ulcers and feet infections.
Also in my 30s, I got diabetes, which
did not help.
I was amputated Aug. 1, 2001. I
will never forget that day. I had heart
and sternum surgeries in 2004 and
heart, kidney, and respiratory failure in
2005, in which doctors thought I would
not live, and now dialysis.
I depend on tribal transporting now.
When 1 had a car and could drive, I
took myself, but now I have no car so
I depend on the tribe.
All I ask from these transporters is
a safe ride. They do not have to talk to
me, just drive safe.
Why? Why? Why do they all have
to drive like they are on a speedway?
1 do not go after people for their
jobs. I do not try to get people fired,
but when tribal staff are treating us
(people) badly - no respect, unfriendly,
cussing and back-talking the people -
they should not be working for our
tribe.
With respect,
William S. Strong
To the editor:
I would very much like to see an
article every month in Siletz News on
what the Diabetes Program is doing and
what is available to every tribal mem
ber, a monthly article like the Tooth
Talk has each and every month.
There is so much information out
there for us diabetics. We need to get it
out to all of our tribal members each
and every month. I very much would
like to see diabetic recipes too in each
and every newsletter.
Why has no one started such a pro
gram in our Siletz News as of yet? That
way, all tribal members can benefit
from our program and you could re
ally get the information out to every
one out there.
Thank you.
Angella Robertson
To the editor:
As my elder has said - anyone 55
to 69 is a teen-age elder. While it is
true, according to federal guidelines,
if you are 55 and older, you are con
sidered an “elder.”
The hardships, as well as the “good”
times elders 55 to 69 are experiencing
now, elders who are 70 years plus have
already endured those times. It is time
for us “old timers” to coast a little now.
The extra $300 helps us coast.
The likes of Ed Ben and myself
were still fancy dancing at age 55. So
- buck up all you youngsters, aged 55
to 69. You got a lot of life to live yet.
The main thing is this - love one
another!
Hi Auw Wisha
Gilbert Jr. Towner
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To the editor:
1 hope no tribal members ever go
through what I have been through
riding with male transporters.
The first one went into road rage. 1
was just amputated. 1 also got shingles.
Shingles was very bad. 1 couldn't
sleep, was in pain all the time, no sleep
nor did pain pills ease the pain.
This transporter drove very bad,
got smart at me. and drove carelessly.
He had no respect nor did he care how
he drove.
The second transporter drove like
he was on a speedway. If there had
been fins or wings on the vehicles, we
would have been flying. He had no
care, no respect driving this way.
The last one got mad at me because
I did not want his dog in the van. He
exploded on me a couple of weeks later.
No one should ever be threatened or
cussed at by a transporter.
I've had health problems all my life,
starting with polio. Doctors said that I
should not be able to walk, but I did.
Feet ulcers started in my 30s. Be
fore that, I never wore special shoes or
seen a foot doctor because my family
couldn't afford it. We were not restored
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