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V. 35
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S iletz N ews
Vol. 35, No. 7 July 2007
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
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Restoration -
30th Anniversary
Celebration
Part III - The
Return From Termination
Siletz Youth Garner National Attention
A DEC (Drug-Endangered Children)
Grant-funded project - No Meth Not
Here - was completed by eight local
Siletz youth, including three tribal
members - Chris Crawford, Nicole
Fisher, and Darian Dorman - along
with tribal member Joe Scott, sixth
grade teacher at Siletz. Valley School.
The project has gained national
recognition for its hard-hitting message
to all.
If you would like copies of the
Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley
(far right) and Genera! Manager
Brenda Bremner (far left) place a
traditional Native blanket around
the shoulders of Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes owners Jerry and Lisa
Walker on June IS at Volcanoes
Stadium. The Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians will he a major
sponsor of the Volcanoes this
season in an effort to promote the
tribe 's 30th Anniversary of Restora
tion. Tribal members and their
families will be able to attend games
under the terms of the sponsorship.
Siletz Tribal Night is set for July 13
at Volcanoes Stadium. The tribe will
be recognized as a sponsor and
honored for the Restoration cel
ebration. For tickets to the game,
call the tribe's Public Information
Department at 541-444-829! or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 1291.
Tribe Has Giant
Dreams
The Volcanoes are a minor
league affiliate in the San
Francisco Giants organiza
tion.'The tribe's logo is promi
nently displayed on the score
hoard at Volcanoes Stadium.
(photos hy Brent Merrill)
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What’s Inside
Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Program News
Tribal Member New
Notices
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Tribal Council Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Passages
Siletz News
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poster, “Helping Hands Stop Drugs.”
please contact Delina John, prevention
coordinator, at 541-444-8267 or 1-800-
922-1399, ext. 1267; or DeAnna Pearl,
TPEP coordinator, at 541-444-9659 or
1-800-648-0449, ext. 1659.
by Brent Merrill
Siletz Tribal Council member
Loraine Butler was a little girl when the
federal government told her people
they were no longer Indians.
"I was maybe 6 or 7 when termi
nation happened,” said Butler of the
termination of the Siletz Tribe on Aug.
13, 1954. “We lived on the hill with
my grandma - Ethel Logan Guardipee.
I remember we had to relocate to Salem.”
Her grandma felt things would
never be the same.
“She was never happy after that.”
She remembers talking with others
about her tribe.
“I spoke up and said, ‘I'm a Siletz
Indian.’ I was told there is no such thing.
Even though I was a child, it made me
so angry.”
No such thing as a Siletz Indian.
The dominant-culture academics
consider 1945 through 1961 as “the
termination period.” Policy makers in
the United States held a fragmented and
unrealistic view of tribes 60 years ago.
Some felt tribes should be allowed
to follow what traditional beliefs and
activities they had left. Others felt tribal
people should not be given even the
basic human rights afforded to prison
ers of war.
A 1943 Senate Report on Tribal
Policy outlined the divide over the “In
dian problem.”
“While the original aim of federal
policy was to make the Indian a citizen,
the present aim appears to be to keep the
Indian an Indian and to make him sat
isfied with all the limitations of a primi
tive life. We are striving mightily to help
him recapture his ancient, worn-out
cultures, which are now a vague mem-
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
University of Oregon Library
Received on: 07-03-07
Siletz news (Siletz, Or. :
1998)
See Restoration on page 6.
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