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Youth trout fishing opportunity Courtesy photo Students at Siletz Tribal Head Start in Salem visit a local fire station. Native American Heritage Month events set for LC Cultural Center Locals, visitors, children and families are invited to enjoy free events, art exhibits, storytelling and dynamic dance during Native American Heritage Month in November, courtesy of the Lincoln City Cultural Center, the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau and the Oregon Arts Commission. Native American Heritage Month began as American Indian Day, which was first honored by the Boy Scouts of America and the Congress of the American Indian Association, around 1912. The first government to recognize American Indian Day was New York, where it entered the record in 1916. The first month dedicated to the heritage of the First Peoples was in November 1990, designated by a joint resolution of Congress and approved by President George H. W. Bush, which has been re-issued each year since 1994. Today, Native American Heritage Month is celebrated each November by muse ums, schools, historical sites, Tribal governments and cultural institutions across the country. The Lincoln City Cultural Center in the historic Delake School will offer the following events: Faces From the Land: A Photographic Journey Through Native America by Ben Marra The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife partnered with the Siletz Tribe during this past summer to provide more than 1,000 trout for harvest by Tribal youth at the Tribe’s Lhuuke Illahee Fish Hatchery through a series of kids fishing day events. Because some fish are still in the pond and are doing well, the Natural Resources Department will offer additional opportunities for youth to fish for these trout. Tribal members now can obtain a permit from the Natural Resources Department to take their kids fishing at the hatchery. Fishing will be open at the lower pond (the one without the cement walk way) during weekends from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You must have a valid State of Oregon fishing license to fish for these fish if you are age 14 or older. This fishery is not covered by the Tribe’s fishing tags. Permits are required and can be obtained at the Tribal Natural Resources office in the administration building in Siletz from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. For more information, stop by the Natural Resources office or call Natural Resources Manager Mike Kennedy at 541-444-8232 or Natural Resources Administrative Assistant Kelley Ellis at 541-444-8227; or either one of them at 800-922-1399. - 2012 Lincoln County Native graduation/senior celebration set The Lincoln County Indian Education Program will host a Native Gradua tion and Senior Celebration at Chinook Winds Casino Resort on June 11,2012, from 2-6 p.m. There are approximately 55 Native students in Lincoln County. If you would like to assist with fundraising for the reception, donations or making the gifts, please contact Juanita Whitebear at 541-996-2115 or 541-557-1614, or Patty Socha-Paul at 541-444-1100. Scott Creek North area open for Tribal members to cut firewood Painted Sky Northstar Dance Company - Nov. 20 The Scott Creek North firewood unit is once again open for Tribal member firewood cutting. This is the area that was open last year. It is located approximately nine miles from Siletz. This area does not have a lot of firewood left, so Tribal mem bers will need to scrounge through what is left of the log decks to find wood. Logging has resumed at the Rock Creek #2 unit, which will not open for firewood cutting until January at the earliest. Permits are required and can be obtained at the Tribal Natural Resources office in the administration building in Siletz from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Maps and directions are available at the same location. Permits will be issued to Siletz Tribal members only, who will need to show their Tribal ID card and provide the license number of the vehicle they will use to haul the wood. Woodcutters from outside of the Siletz area can call the numbers below to have a permit mailed to them. The permits are for Tribal member woodcutting for personal use only. This firewood may not be sold. The person named on the permit must be present when cutting and hauling the firewood. Tribal members wishing to cut wood for Tribal Elders must present a signed note from the Elder stating that the individual is authorized to cut firewood on their behalf. The note must include the Elder’s Tribal ID number. Permits are good for two weeks and allow up to two cords of wood to be cut on each permit. Each Tribal member is allowed up to five cords total per year from Tribal firewood units. For more information, stop by the Natural Resources Office or call Natural Resources Manager Mike Kennedy at 800-922-1399, ext. 1232, or 541 -444-8232. This organization honors American Indian culture by building awareness of both traditional and contemporary musical expressions through performance and education. It travels to schools and centers throughout the Northwest, forging artistic collabora tions between Native and non-Native singers and dancers with the belief that music has the power to inspire and unite people across cultures. 2 p.m. in the auditorium, free. Send in photos of Tribal veterans and current military personnel Large color portraits of pow-wow dancers from throughout the U.S. and Canada. Open Nov. 4-29 in the Chessman Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Monday, free. Native American Heritage Day - Nov. 12 An afternoon of Native American food, dance and culture, free. 1-3 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. Traditional salmon bake and fry bread station, west lawn Show and sale of modem American Indian crafts Native American Heritage Book Sale, with Bob’s Beach Books Faces From the Land photography exhibit, Chessman Gallery Turquoise Pride Drum, an inter-Tribal dance and drum group led by James Thinn Baskets, Beads and Regalia: Cultural Treasures from the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Chessman Gallery Native American Women: Three Who Changed History With author Gloria Linkey, in the Chessman Gallery Turtle Island Storyteller Esther Stutzman - Nov. 18 History keeper and storyteller Esther Stutzman is Coos and Komemma Kalapuya, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. She tells Coos and Kalapuya stories, including creation stories of the time when animals and people could talk together. Stutzman travels with Kalapuya basket hats, cradleboards and other family heirlooms, and loves to speak to people of all ages. 7 p.m. in the auditorium, free. • These events, part of a city-wide celebration of Native American Heritage Month, have been made possible by a Cultural Tourism grant from the Oregon Arts Commis sion and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as substantial support from the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau. For a full schedule of Lincoln City events during November, visit oregoncoast.org. The Lincoln City Cultural Center offers performances, fine arts, art classes and visitor information inside the historic Delake School at 540 NE Highway 101. In addi tion to Native American Heritage Month activities, the fall lineup includes a flamenco and guitar performance on Nov. 5 and a Portuguese-Brazilian jazz quartet on Nov. 29. For tickets and information, call 541-994-9994, visit lincolncity-culturalcenter.org, or become a friend on Facebook. We are trying to obtain photos of all Tribal members who are veterans or current military personnel. Photos can be e-mailed to budl@ctsi.nsn.us or brought to the Culture Office, where they can be scanned and immediately returned to you. If you would like to mail a photo, please send it to the Siletz Culture Office, attention Bud Lane, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549. The original photo will be mailed back to you. Please identify the name of the person in the photo, branch of service and date of photo if possible. These photos will be part of the presentation at the Siletz Tribal Restoration Pow-Wow. November 2011 • Siletz News • 3
