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SILETZ NEWS Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Vol. 39, No. 3 March 2011 Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Brenda Bremner, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief T34 P3 KNIGHT LIBRARY SERIALS DEPARTMENT 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 ..................................... . ........................................ .... Presorted First-Class Mail U.S. Postage Paid - Permit No. 178 Salem, OR Incumbents are re-elected to Tribal Council Officers also selected By Diane Rodriquez Robert Kentta, Loraine Butler and Tina Retasket were re-elected to the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in elections held Feb. 5. Kentta, from Logsden, Ore., was re-elected with 422 votes; Butler, from Siletz, Ore., was re-elected with 365 votes; and Retasket. also from Siletz, was re-elected with 365 votes. Six candidates ran for the three open positions and the three who received the most votes were elected. These individuals will serve with Reggie Butler Sr. and Sharon Edenfield, both of Siletz, and Jessie Davis of Keizer, Ore., whose terms expire in 2012; and with Alfred “Bud” Lane III and Lillie Butler, both of Siletz, and Delores Pigsley, also of Keizer, whose terms expire in 2013. Term of office is three years for each posi tion on the nine-member council. Seven hundred four ballots were returned and accepted. Enrolled members of the Siletz Tribe who are age 18 or older are eligible to vote in Tribal elections. The Tribe has more than 4,700 enrolled members. The swearing-in ceremony for the re-elected council members took place Feb. 6. Officers are elected on an annual basis and those selected for 2011 include: Saul Jurado dances during a men’s exhibition dance at the Third Annual Gathering of Oregon’s First Nations Pow-Wow in Salem, Ore., on Jan. 29. The five federally recognized Tribes of Western Oregon hosted the event, which included Tribal informational and cultural booths, Native craft demonstrations and Tribal vendors along with the dancing, drumming and sing ing of the pow-wow. See more photos on pages 12-13. Delores Pigsley, chairman Alfred “Bud” Lane III, vice chairman Tina Retasket, secretary Jessie Davis, treasurer Pigsley currently has served 25.5 years as Tribal chairman out of 32 years on the council, while Davis has served 22 years on the Tribal Council; Lillie Butler has served 19; Reggie Butler, 14; Lane, 13; Kentta and Loraine Butler, six each; Retasket, three; and Edenfield less than two years. The Siletz Tribe has spent the last 33 years rebuilding its government and economic structure. The signing of Public Law 95-195 in 1977, which restored govern men t-to-go ver n me nt relations between the Siletz Tribe and the federal government, started this process. The Siletz Tribe was the second in the nation - and the first in Oregon - to achieve restoration. The Siletz Tribe was among the first to become a self-governance Tribe, giving Tribal government more control over ser vices provided to Tribal members. Under self-governance, the U.S. government provides general funding to the Tribe (rather than to specific programs), then r The 2011 Siletz Tribal Council includes (1 to r) Reggie Butler Sr., Alfred “Bud” Lane III, Loraine Butler, Robert Kentta, Jessie Davis, Delores Pigsley, Sharon Edenfield and Tina Retasket. Not pictured: Lillie Butler See Tribal Council on page 6.
