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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS General Council Meeting May 2,2009 Siletz Tribal Community Center Siletz, Oregon 1 p.m. Call to Order Invocation Flag Salute Programs: Healthy Family Healthy Child Project Special Presentation Tribal Members' Concerns Chairman's Report Announcements Pow-Wow TRIBAL LEADERSHIP - 2009 Siletz Tribal Council: Lillie Butler; Loraine Butler; Delores Pigsley, chairman; Lisa Brown; Reggie Butler Sr.; Tina Retasket, secretary; Robert Kentta; Jessie Davis, treasurer; and Alfred “Bud' Lane III, vice chairman Royalty Crown Proposals Due Election, con’t from page 1 The Pow-Wow Committee is now ac cepting proposals for the 2009-2010 Roy alty Crowns, which are for Miss Siletz, Jr. Miss Siletz and Little Miss Siletz. All entries must be submitted with a pro posed design, including color scheme, size of crown(s), size of beads and total cost. You can submit a proposal for as many crowns as you would like by no later than March 20, 2009. Send proposals to: Pigsley currently has served 23.5 years as Tribal chairman out of 28 years on the council, while Davis has served 20 years on the Tribal Council; Lillie Butler has served 17; Reggie Butler, 12; Lane, 11; Kentta and Loraine Butler, four each; Retasket, one; and Brown is starting her first term. “In the upcoming year, I'd like to see an open forum, moderated for civility, Siletz Pow-Wow Committee P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 Entries also can be dropped off with Mona Fisher at the Tribal Community Center. Attention Tribal Artists The 2009 Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow is having a logo contest. The winner will receive a cash prize and his/her work will be used for pow-wow flyers and merchandise. Please submit your drawings to Mona Fisher at the Tribal Community Center or send them to: Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Attn: Pow-Wow Logo Contest P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 All entries must be received no later than March 20, 2009. where elected officials and staff would post responses to questions and com ments of contention. Hard copies of this information could be printed and mailed to members who don't have computers. 1 see the site Siletz.net as a good example to use," said Brown. “Prioritizing this goal would help members become better informed in a timely manner and cut expenses.” Nine hundred forty-nine ballots were returned out of the 2,263 ballots that were issued. Enrolled members of the Siletz Tribe who are age 18 or older are eligible to vote in Tribal elections. Twelve candidates ran for the three open positions and the three who received the most votes were elected. The Tribe has more than 4,500 en rolled members. Apology, con’t from page 1 The apology reads as follows: rd like to offer my deepest sym pathies to the family of Frank Simmons at their time of great loss and to offer an apology for our insensitivity,” said Bryan in his letter. “Having published comments attributed to Mr. Simmons in an article that appeared in the News-Times on Fri day, January 23, we no doubt compounded the intensity of the grief and mourning for the countless folks who came to know and love Frank. I am profoundly sorry. “We can do better ... We will do better. “Respectfully, Mark Bryan” Tribal Chairman Dee Pigsley re sponded to the News-Times in a letter to the editor: “This letter is meant to share with you our sadness, disappointment and outrage over the recent inclusion of re “Our Tribe has more than 4,500 spected Tribal Elder and Tribal Council members, yet only two disgruntled Tribal member Frank Simmons in an inaccurate members are allowed an opportunity to and unfairly biased article about Tribal discredit our government. Your newspaper Council elections (Siletz ready for council lets this happen and never contacts anyone elections) on the day of his funeral,” said to validate issues or facts. "Terry Dillman’s reporting is a det Chairman Pigsley. “In all my years of serving the Tribe, riment to our community and to your reporter Terry Dillman has taken news newspaper. Newspapers should report in articles to a new level of thoughtlessness and shows a blatant disregard for the facts. 1 am so disappointed in the article. To take a statement by a respected member of our community and place it in an article about a fair and honest manner. The people in our community rely on your newspaper for actual and factual news that is fair and unbiased. “Sincerely, Dee Pigsley, Tribal Chairman” a controversy that has been created by a willing newspaper editor and a reporter, Bryan suggested regular meetings and to do it on the day we laid to rest our between himself and Tribal Public In beloved council member is disrespectful formation staff as a way to ensure better and insensitive. coverage of Tribal events. March 2009 • Siletz News • 5
