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CHAIRMAN S REPORT The Portland area office recently held a well-attended open house in a very nice building, which the Tribe now owns and which houses other tenants. The Eugene area office is also a very nice building with the upstairs rented. The Salem Area office also is extremely nice and new. Visitors are welcome to stop in for a visit anytime you are in these areas. As anticipated and planned for in our comprehensive plans, the Siletz Tribe now owns all the properties in which our area offices are located. Issues Tackled at Oregon Tribes Meeting The Oregon Tribes met at Kah-Nee- Ta in June and discussed a variety ot important issues, one of which concerns the universal problem of methamphet amine on Indian reservations and the means that Tribes have implemented to control its use. As readers of Siletz News will recall, meth is an issue about which I have written in previous issues. The Tribal meth Memorandum of Understanding was discussed at great length, with staff presenting reports of their individual Tribal efforts and activities. Another concern of the Oregon Tribes was the need to establish trust status for the Chemawa Indian School property. This property is where the school is currently located and includes the old campus. Eight of the nine Or egon Tribes submitted resolutions or letters of support to Sen. Gordon Smith to have the entire Chemawa property taken into trust. Currently, the properly is held by the General Services Admin istration (GSA), but not in trust status. The purpose of this Tribal action is to protect the school from non-Tribal development and to ensure the prop erty is maintained for education of In dian youth. As non-trust under GSA management, Chemawa has been, and will be, vulnerable to many proposed non-Tribal uses. Sen. Smith’s office has offered to assist the Tribes with legislation to con vert the Chemawa properly to trust sta tus. The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and the National Congress of American Indians both have passed OCCC Sneak Preview Delores Pigs ley resolutions supporting the Oregon Tribes’ efforts to convert the property to trust. Eugene, Salem and Portland Area Offices For several years, our Tribal com prehensive plans have called for the acquisition and establishment in Port land of “a better-suited area office,” in Salem of “community facilities large enough to house offices, meetings and working rooms,” and in Eugene, of more adequate “community facilities and office space.” Those hopes and expectations have been realized. The Tribe now owns all of the properties in which the Portkind. Salem and Eugene area offices are located. On July 2, I attended the ribbon cutting and sneak preview of the new North County Campus of Oregon Coast Community College (OCCC) in Lincoln City. I was asked to address the event since the Siletz Tribe and our casino have been supportive of this project for many years. The Tribe’s top priority is education and the new facility that is being built as part of OCCC is a bless ing to the Tribe and our community. The new building is the first of a couple of buildings to be built on this property. The mayor, county commis sion chairman and board president were present and also addressed the group of about 150 people who attended this important event. The expansion of the OCCC cam pus to Lincoln City will be tied to the main campus in Newport and with aca demic relationships with Chemeketa Community College in Salem. As a coastal institution with unique course offerings, OCCC enhances the educa tional opportunities for our members. Most Often Requested Numbers Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 1-800-922-1399 Salem Area Office 503-390-9494 Salem Finance Office 1-888-870-9051 Portland Area Office 503-238-1512 Eugene Area Office 541-484-4234 Springfield Siletz Tribal Head Start 541-747-0161 Contract Health Services (CHS) 1-800-628-5720 Siletz Community Health Clinic 1-800-648-0449 Siletz Alcohol and Drug 1-800-600-5599 Chinook Winds Casino Resort 1-888-244-6665 Chemawa Health Clinic 1-800-452-7823 Bureau of Indian Affairs 1-8OO-323-8517 Website www.ctsi.nsn.us Restoration CD Available Tribal Children Need You Do you value Siletz Native culture and want to help preserve it? If so, please consider fostering for the Tribe. The Siletz Tribe needs loving, stable, nurturing homes in all areas. If you are interested, please contact Shawna Nagunst, foster care certifier, at 541-444-8275 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1275; or visit www.ctsi.nsn.us/icw.html. If you attended the Restoration Celebration, you saw a CD of Tribal history' and old photos that was played during the event. We are making that CD available to Tribal members at no cost. You need to fill out a request form (available on the Tribal Web site - www.ctsi.nsn.us) and send it to Diane Rodriquez, c/o Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549. The CD is restricted to one per Tribal member and each Tribal member must request their own. For questions, please call Diane Rodriquez at 800- 922-1399, ext. 1291, or 541-444-8291. (-------------------------------------------------- Siletz News Letters Policy Send letters to: Siletz News, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, is published once a month. Our editorial policy encourages input from read ers about stories printed in Siletz News and other tribal issues. All letters must include the author’s signature, address, and phone num ber in order to be considered for publication. Siletz News reserves the right to edit any letter for clarity and length, and to refuse publication of any letter or any part of a letter that may contain profane language, libelous statements, personal attacks, or unsubstantiated statements. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Siletz News, Tribal employ ees, or Tribal Council. Please type or write legibly. Letters longer than 450 words may be ed ited for length as approved by Tribal Council Resolution #96-142. Siletz News P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 541-444-8291 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1291 Fax: 541-444-2307 E-mail: pias@ctsi.nsn.us Please note: The general man ager of the Siletz Tribe is the editor- in-chief of Siletz News. 2 • Siletz News • Editor-in-Chief: Brenda Bremner Editor: Diane Rodriquez Assistant: Natasha Kavanaugh August 2008 Siletz News is free to enrolled • Siletz Tribal members. For all oth- • ers, a $12 annual subscription fee 1 applies. Please make checks payable to CTS1 and mail to Siletz News. | Name:_________________________ 1 Address:_______________________ Deadline for the September is sue is Aug. 11. Submission of articles and photos is encouraged. Please read the Passages Policy on page 23 when submitting items for Passages. - Member of the Native American Journalists Association I Phone: ________________________ Change of address: Tribal mem- I bers - call the Enrollment Department I at 541-444-8258 or 800-922-1399, • ext. 1258; all others - call the news- paper office.
