SILETZ NEWS
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
Vol. 40, No. 2
February 2012
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Sister Francella walks on
Siletz Tribal members celebrated the life of Sister Francella on Jan. 19 as she
was laid to rest in the Paul Washington Cemetery in Siletz.
Sister Francella (Florence Griggs) died Jan. 7, weeks after suffering a stroke
and heart attack. She was the daughter of Lloyd Manley and Amanda West Griggs,
the older of two daughters.
She was the granddaughter of John and Netty West; great-granddaughter of
Kiota Jim of the upper Rogue River; and great-great-granddaughter of Tenas Tyee,
a signer of the Galice Creek Treaty. She died just short of her 92nd birthday, which
would have been on Feb. 5.
Sister Francella was one of several Tribal elders who fought for Restoration in
the 1970s. She’s pictured in the often-seen photo of Siletz Tribal leaders testifying
before Congress in Washington, D.C. She served on the Siletz Tribal Council for
several years.
For additional information on Sister Francella, see page 5.
Photo by Natasha Kavanaugh
Junior Miss Siletz Clarinda Black (left) and Miss Siletz Jennifer Easter (right)
walk alongside Sister Francella during Run to the Rogue in 2011.
Salazar names members to national commission on Indian trust reform
Commission to look at
how Interior manages
nearly $4 billion in
Indian trust funds
WASHINGTON - As part of Presi
dent Obama’s commitment to fulfill
ing this nation’s trust responsibilities
to American Indians, Secretary of the
Interior Ken Salazar has named five
prominent American Indians to a national
commission that will undertake a forward
looking, comprehensive evaluation of
Interior’s trust management of nearly $4
billion in American Indian trust funds.
“This commission will play a key
role in our ongoing efforts to empower
Indian nations and strengthen nation-
to-nation relationships,” Salazar said in
naming the appointees to the Secretarial
Commission on Indian Trust Administra
tion and Reform in November. “The five
members each bring extensive experi
ence and knowledge to the commission
and I look forward to their findings and
recommendations for how we can fully
meet our trust responsibilities to the
First Americans.”
“Our trust administration must be
more transparent, responsive, customer
friendly and accountable in managing
these substantial funds and assets,”
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J.
Hayes said. “Building upon the progress
made with the historic Cobell settlement,
this commission will help usher in a new
era of trust administration.”
The members of the commission are:
•
Chair - Fawn R. Sharp is the cur
rent president of the Quinault Indian
Nation and the current president of
the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians. She is a former adminis
trative law judge for the State of
Washington and governor of the
Washington State Bar Association.
Dr. Peterson Zah, an established
leader in American Indian govern
ment and education circles, was the
last chairman of the Navajo Tribal
Council and the first elected president
of the Navajo Nation.
Stacy Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee
Nation, is dean and professor of law at
the University of Arkansas School of
Law. He is the former director of the
Tribal Law and Government Center at
the University of Kansas School of Law.
Tex G. Hall is the current chairman
of Three Affiliated Tribes and past
president of the National Congress
of American Indians. He currently
is serving as chairman of the Inter
Tribal Economic Alliance and as
chairman of the Great Plains Tribal
Chairmen’s Association.
Bob Anderson, an enrolled member
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
(Bois Forte Band), worked at the
Department of Interior from 1995-
2001 as associate solicitor for Indian
affairs and as counselor to the secre
tary of the interior on Indian law and
natural resource issues. He is cur
rently a professor of law and director
of the Native American Law Center
at the University of Washington and
holds a long-term appointment as the
Oneida Nation Visiting Professor of
Law at Harvard Law School.
See Trust Reform on page 5.