TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
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| SiletzTribal Charitable Contribution
| Fund Advisory Board Recruitment
The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund (STCCF) Advisory Board
I is currently accepting applications from tribal members for a three-year
I appointment beginning June 2006 through May 2009. Applications must be
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received by May 31, 2007.
The STCCF Advisory Board is composed of seven members, currently
including: Philip Rilatos Sr., Siletz Tribal Council representative; Cheryl Lane,
Kathryn Dick, and Kurt Arden, Siletz Tribal members; Karen Gerttula and
Mike Holden, non-tribal members agreed upon by the governor and tribal
chairman, and approved by the Tribal Council; and Tim Buckley, non-tribal
member selected by the tribal chairman and approved by the Tribal Council,
from a list submitted by the governor.
The board is composed of unpaid volunteers who receive travel reim-
bursement only for attendance at meetings and distributions. Other public
relations events also are eligible for reimbursement.
The advisory board meets quarterly (January, April, July, and October) to
review approximately 80 applications received from charitable organizations
or local governments within the Siletz Tribe’s service area and American
Indian entities or activities located anywhere in the United States for the fol-
lowing purposes; education, health, public safety, gambling addiction, pre-
vention, drug and alcohol treatment, housing, the arts, the environment and
natural resource preservation, cultural activities, historic preservation, and
' other charitable purposes.
Tribal programs are not eligible to receive contributions pursuant to the
Distribution of Net Revenues Ordinances and Memorandum of Understand
ing (MOU) between the state of Oregon and the Siletz Tribe.
Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund
Advisory Board Member Application
Name:Roll No:
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Applications must be submitted by May 31, 2007, to be considered for
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If you have any questions, please contact Kelley Ellis at I-800-922-1399,
I ext. 1227, or 541-444-8227, or via e-mail at kelleyr@ctsi.nsn.us.
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Hatfield Seeks Tribal Members to
Interview for Ph.D.
Samantha Hatfield is working on
her doctorate in environmental science
at Oregon State University in Corvallis,
Ore. She is the eldest daughter of Oscar
and Kathy Hatfield of Independence and
is from the Goodell and Martin families.
Samantha needs to interview Siletz
Tribal members over age 18 who prac
tice traditional knowledge and tech
niques, and who are willing to be in
terviewed for her school research study.
Samantha’s study is aimed at show
ing traditional ecological knowledge is
worthwhile and valuable, providing
important information about tribal
members’ local environment. Tradi
tional knowledge is used to guide hunt
ing, fishing, eeling, and gathering prac
tices, past and present. It’s also used to
interpret weather and environmental
conditions.
When this project is finished, the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
will retain the interview tapes and tran
scripts, and will receive a copy of
Samantha’s dissertation.
It is Samantha’s goal that this infor
mation be used for the benefit of Siletz
Tribal members, now and into the future.
Family members who practice tra
ditional knowledge are welcome to be
interviewed together. Interviews will
be roughly one hour in length and
follow-up interviews may be arranged.
Interested tribal members or those
wanting more information can contact
Samantha at 503-8384158, 503420-9654,
or at singingbear@go.com.
1A Notebook - Female Referee
Makes History in Boys Game
by Scott Sandsherry, Yakima Herald-Republic
Originally published March 2, 2007
Lest any members of the Old Boys
Club wish to taunt Suzanne DePoe-
Thompson for having the audacity to
be a woman official calling a foul on
one of their boys, save your breath: She
won't hear you any more than she hears
any ref-baiting.
“You can't listen to that stuff,” says
DePoe-Thompson, who is working this
week’s IA boys tournament, making her
the first female official to officiate a
boys state tournament at the SunDome.
She's one of several women work
ing boys games in the Seattle-based
Pacific Northwest Basketball Officials
Association, and she also works girls
games for the Seattle Officials for
Women's Basketball. This is her third
state tournament as an official, but her
first on the boys side after working the
2003 IA girls in Yakima and the 2005
4A girls in Tacoma.
“For me, it's just a different style
of play,” says DePoe-Thompson, a
Native American enrolled with the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz (Oregon).
“I can't say one's better than the other,
but I enjoy working boys basketball.”
DePoe-Thompson credits her hus
band. Joe Thompson - a Div. I college
official who this week has been working
the West Coast Conference Tournament
in Portland - with being her mentor.
Good idea: College officials won't lis
ten to you screaming at them, either.
Congrats to Students of the Month
Siletz Valley School and the Siletz
Valley Early College Academy recently
announced the students of the month
for February. Our students in grades K-12
are recognized for attendance, academic
achievements, citizenship, and positive
behavior at our morning assembly.
Based on performance, teachers
nominated the following students:
Kindergarten. Ms. Douglas: Ralene
Butler, Jayden Christensen
Ist Grade, Ms. Butler: Alex Kaiser. Ryan
Pool
2nd Grade, Ms. Colvin: Anthony Butler.
Shania Trapala-Driver
3rd Grade. Ms. Bowen: Leslie Brown.
Skyler Larson
4th Grade, Ms. Perkins: Makella Bliss.
Makiah Woodruff
5,h Grade, Ms. Rogers: Keaston Johns.
Kai Skidmore
6th Grade. Mr. Scott: Steven Lindstrom;
Katelyn Stephens
7th Grade, Ms. Rajput: Patrick Hansen.
Angelia Priest-Lamadrid
8,h Grade, Ms. McGraw:
Burgins, Aden Perkins
Dakota
PE - Ms. Robinson
Kindergarten: Ayla Ben
Is1 Grade: Eva Walton
2nd Grade: Joanna Lindstrom. Raydar
Taylor
3rd Grade: Isabelle Smith. Donovan Carey
4,h Grade: Morgan Crawford
5lh Grade: Kai Skidmore
6,h Grade: None
7lh Grade: Ashley Bisson. Crystal Hawk
8,h Grade: Dakota Burgins
High School
Mr. Akiyama. Language Arts: Kallee
Abbas, Shila Justice
Mr. Baker. Math: Mason Davis. Matt Sharpe
Ms. Craven. Social Studies:
Monica Serna. Josh Smith
Mr. Hall. Health: Levi Bolt. Amanda Westfall
Ms. Haxel, Science: Kayla Borden.
Kandi Barker
April 2007
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