Senate Bill S908
1 am furnishing a copy of Senate Bill
S908 (see below and page 3). This is the
bill the Tribe has worked on for a couple of
years to identify the boundary of our res
ervation as it was originally established.
The legislation gives the Tribe and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs a boundary by
which the Tribe may have land taken into
trust and be considered “on-reservation.”
The Tribe lobbied for several years to
have our trust applications processed in
the Northwest Regional Office versus the
Washington, D.C., office because of the
lengthy time it took to get land into trust.
We were successful in having the process
changed so currently the Siletz Agency
processes the work and the regional office
in Portland takes the final action.
The other part of the process that is
time consuming is the time it takes to pro
cess trust applications as on-reservation
versus off-reservation. Because the Tribe
lost all of its land through termination,
there currently are no existing boundaries
(like a reservation boundary) to determine
that trust applications meet the on-reser
vation process. This is true even when
the land is connected or when adjoining
land already is declared reservation or
trust land; all our trust applications are
considered off-reservation.
The legislation addresses the issue
and is very much needed as we move
forward to purchase property for housing
and other Tribal needs.
We thank our Senators Jeff Merkley
and Ron Wyden for introducing our leg
islation and for their action in requesting
an early hearing on the bill, which will
be held Feb. 2.
On our last visit to Washington, D.C.,
when we met with Congressman Kurt
Schrader, he informed us he would intro
duce the same legislation in the House of
Representatives very soon.
Delores Pigsley
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To provide for the addition of certain real property to the resenatiou of
the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
IX THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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of your community and Tribe in learning to speak one of our ancient languages.
M ay 5, 2011
Mr. \\ yi >EN (for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
We also have equipment in the Cultural Department available for use in
grinding and drilling shell or pine nuts or other applications. If you need to use
the equipment, call the number below to set up an appointment.
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For more information, contact Bud Lane at the Siletz Cultural Department
at 541-444-8320 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1320; ore-mail budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
To proride for the addition of certain real property to the
resenatiou of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
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Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE
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SILETZ TRIBE OF THE STATE OF OREGON.
Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act
6 (2.) I .S.C. 71 le) is amended by adding at the end the
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“(f) T reatment of C ertain P roperty .—
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Tony Molina is available for all Siletz Tribal veterans. He is in the Tribal admin
istration building in Siletz on Monday-Friday to help you get information for your
VA benefits. Additionally, he needs your help to update our veterans’ roster, espe
cially for those currently serving. See below for contact informatin.
Note from our veterans coordinator
By Tony Molina
All of our veterans and families can call me 24/7 at home at 541-444-2828
or on my cell at 541-272-2818. This will help since I’m only in the office part-
time. My office number is 541-444-8330 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1330.1 thank all
^of our veterans for their service to our nation.Thank you!
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