TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
(¡reelings Relatives!
We, the Austin/Simmons family,
want to take a moment to say Thank You!
and God Bless You! to all of our friends
and relatives for your love and prayers
when Billy P. Austin (Dad) erossed over
to the Spirit last June 6, 2006.
We prayed for help and the help
came in abundance! We were truly
blessed. Thank you. Creator, for our
sacred lives. Thank you, Spirit Rela
tives. for making a way for us.
Thank you. Mona, for taking care
of the arrangements back home. We
love your spirit and the woman that you
are. Thank you. sister Beverly, for tak
ing care of the business end and pa
perwork. You knew before we did what
was needed and U got-r-dun.
Thank you Maintenance crew and
gravediggers. Thank you to the follow
ing officers: Kelly Mason, Cedar Chief;
Shannon Hatch, Fire Chief; Eddy
Ehret. Drum Chief; Jimmy Williams
and Round Stone Singers; Janies Aus-
To the editor:
Thanks to everyone who voted and
ran as a candidate/incumbent. 1 appre
ciate comments both constructive and
critical.
I’ll continue to provide information
that isn't shared openly regarding tribal
enterprises and encourage members to
speak about needs and concerns. Shar
ing your opinions and experiences can
help develop services and program
ming to address barriers laced by many.
Please be aware. I'm the first to
admit I'm not perfect. I made errors
during my campaign and I'm willing
to make amends.
Many members struggle and expe
rience pain from trauma (job loss, pov
erty. violence, crime). The emotions
resulted can be one of our greatest en
emies, for they can feed anger, ven
geance, and greed. It can become a
vicious cycle.
As for the election outcome,
“Elected or not. either way we have
won." taking time to educate, not keep
ing secrets, and starting a process of
communication was worthwhile.
Rather than gossiping, speaking about
our concerns in an open forum will
create change and healing.
It's sad, but we’ve created a soci
ety of rules. To truly see what we need
to do in the future, we must look back
al where we’ve been historically. That’s
why I hope our elected leaders seek
the counsel of ciders and our youth.
History can help us find our way.
Nelsen Witt, retired from the BIA and
former general manager for the tribe
(Silet: News, January 1992). shared
about the “benefits" of our choice to
pursue self-governance:
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“The most important aspect will be
the flexibility of funding to be able
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Siletz News
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tin and Calvin Winkler. Door Guards;
and Bud Lane, Dance House Chief.
A special thank you to Paula
Espino and Clayton Austin/Espino for
attending and traveling all the way from
Southern California.
Thank you. Auntie Babe (Lavera),
Uncle Frank and Teresa Simmons.
Sylvia Butler. Louis Keene. Terry
Fisher, Linda and Kerri (Mason), Clyde
Bateman. John and Jane Rowe of
Redmond, kitchen cleanup crews,
Bateman’s Funeral Home. Ronda Aus
tin and Connie Williams, and all oth
ers who helped to move this prayer
along. Thank you. Darelle Butler for
your spiritual advice on the chanupa.
God bless each one of you. however
you need it in your life we pray it can be
that way! May all your dreams come true.
If we have said too much or not
enough, we ask the Spirit to take care
of that for us.
Aho Relatives
Randall Austin
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to meet tribally developed priori
ties in a timely manner.”
“It is intended that the Tribal Gov
ernment functioning and adminis
trative procedures will be enhanced
through the development of more
effective and efficient ways of do
ing business.”
”... to provide the maximum of
flexibility of tribal governments to
design programs, activities, and
services to address tribal priorities
and respond to local concerns.”
“In addition they will be review
ing other ordinances and situations
as to facilitate the tribal govern
ment and administration being
more responsive to the needs of the
tribal membership."
Do you think this has occurred?
It’s my opinion that the "unilateral"
decision of Tribal Chair Dee Pigsley and
others to purchase Aeroteam (the com
pany spokesperson stated they plan to
make items to use in war efforts) isn’t
in line with keeping the general mem
bership informed of decisions regard
ing the expenditure of gaming revenue,
which belongs to all members.
Progress has occurred, in the post
ing of Tribal Council meeting agendas
on the Web site. Charging $15 for a copy
of a DVD and not allowing duplication
is a hardship for those who cannot af
ford to pay $15 to hear what happened
at a meeting. I hope this will change in
the future.
If you have ideas or suggestions,
call me at 541-444-1290 or e-mail
nadosh2@yahoo.com
Yours truly,
Lisa Brown
March 2007
To the editor:
Dear tribal members:
There have been reports of both
tribal and community youth seen riding
AT Vs on tribal land around, near, and
on the cemetery grounds.
I was very sad when I visited our
cemetery on Government Hill and saw
ATV tire tracks across my family's
graves and saw’ other gravestones
knocked over. My father's headstone
was run over and several of our family
flowerpots were broken.
We need to make sure our tribal
and community youth understand and
respect our land. There are appropri
ate places to ride ATVs and our cem
etery is not one of them.
If the youth are going to ride their
ATVs. then they should do so with little
or no disruption to our lands. We as
parents and grandparents need to teach
our youth to respect our lands, espe
cially our cemetery.
I hope this letter encourages par
ents and grandparents to talk with their
families about respecting our lands.
Thank you.
Liz John
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