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Vol. 35, No. 10 October 2007
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October
2007
Breaking ground on the new USDA warehouse are (I to r) Joyce Retherford,
Kitti Navarro, Loraine Butler, Brenda Bremner, Bud Lane, Frank Simmons,
Lillie Butler, Reggie Butler Sr and Robert Kentta. (photo by Laurel V. Johnson)
New USDA Warehouse Under
Construction
On Aug. 17, 2007, Tribal Council
broke ground for a new USDA Food
Commodities Program warehouse, lo
cated on 2.2 acres of the tribe’s Dundas
property east of Siletz on Logsden Road.
The 5,717-square-foot building is
being constructed by Donald W.
Thomson, Inc., of Coos Bay, Ore. En
gineering and project management is
being provided by H.G.E. Inc., also of
Coos Bay.
The tribe initially was awarded
$500,000 in ICDBG funding for this
project in May 2005. After completing
required environmental reviews and
engineering, the building was bid out.
Bids came in much higher than ex
pected. The total project cost was ne
gotiated down and the project also re
ceived generous additional EPR fund
ing from Tribal Council to enable the
$813,883 project to be constructed.
The USDA Food Commodities Pro
gram serves up to 340 households per
month. Program Manager Kitti Navarro
and her staff have received commen
dations from the USDA for their ex
cellent program and maintaining “safe,
sanitary and secure” conditions.
The new warehouse will provide
better access for delivery trucks and
better conditions for staff to load and
unload commodities. The warehouse
will be completed by March 2008.
Crossing the Rogue River on the Lobster Creek Bridge, Mark LaBonte (with
eagle staff) and Anne Goddard lead the way as the sun rises on the final day
of the 13"' Annual Run to the Rogue, (photo by Laurel V. Johnson)
Siletz Tribal Restoration - A 30th Anniversary Celebration
Part VI - Modern-Day Tribe Putting the Pieces Back Together Again
by Brent Merrill
Looking at the timeline of the his
tory of the people of the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians is like reading
a diary of tragedy and success, struggle
and perseverance. A story that stretches
from generation to generation - from
canoes to cars, from longhouses to
apartments and messengers on foot and
horseback to cell phones.
Today as the Tribe reaches back
into the past for guidance, it is moving
forward with exercising its government
and looking for successful economic
ventures to ensure a promising future
for its children and their children.
As the Tribe closes in on its 30,h
Anniversary of Tribal Restoration in
November, leadership invites the
membership to look back at the I ribe’s
accomplishments over the years since
Restoration.
Although the truth is that despite
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the fact that not everyone can be happy
with everything, the fact is the Tribe has
become a model for success that other
Tribes throughout the country use as
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an example of what they would like to
accomplish for their people.
See Restoration on page 6.
Delores Pigsley.
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
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