Partnership leads to potato field trip
By Cova St. Onge, Language Project
Coordinator
On Feb. 2, the Siletz Tribal Language
Project partnered with the Healthy Tradi
tions Project to bring a potato-digging
excursion to the students in kindergarten
and first and second grades at Siletz Val
ley School.
The three grades began with learn
ing the Siletz Dee-Ni foods vocabulary
in the classrooms and emerging gather
ing concepts. The two programs worked
together to bring all of the students to the
Healthy Traditions garden to learn about
healthy eating and growing natural foods
in a garden.
The sun was kind to shine on 55 stu
dents and 23 accompanying adults for a
very fun and pleasant afternoon at the gar
den. The field trip produced 15 pounds of
potatoes that were donated to the school,
where Cheryl Schriver prepared them for
the students to have with their lunch.
Nuu-wvn srxii-xe xuu-srxii-xe hii-
chu xuu-srxii-xe hii-chu xaa-ma
(For our children, their children and
their children)
Hvm’-chi’
STBC offers entrepreneur class
Any Tribal member interested in taking a course on how to start a business
should contact Stephen Larrabee at the Siletz Tribal Business Corporation at
541-994-2142 or 877-564-7298 and by e-mail at slarrabee@stbcorp.net.
Courtesy photos
Above and right:
Siletz Valley
School students
dig for potatoes
at the Healthy
Traditions garden
in Siletz.
Left: Shee-Ne
DePoe-Aspria
loves her potato.
Above left: Cheryl
Schriver prepares
to cook the
potatoes at Siletz
Valley School.
Elders Council Meeting
March 24*1-4 p.m.
Chinook Winds Casino Resort
For more details, contact Felicia Carmona at 800-922-1399,
ext. 1225; 541-444-8225; or feliciac@ctsi.nsn.us
Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow
Attention Siletz Tribal Artists
The 2012 Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow Committee is once again having a logo
contest for the upcoming pow-wow on Aug. 10-12, 2012.
All Siletz Tribal artists are encouraged to submit a pow-wow-themed logo.
The winning logo artist will receive a cash prize of $250 and a professional ban
ner with your logo. The winning artist also will have his or her logo highlighted
on Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow flyers and merchandise.
Please submit your artwork to the cultural education director’s office at the
Tribal Community Center or mail 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 16, 2012.
Royalty Crown Proposals
The 2012 Pow-Wow Committee is now accepting proposals for 2012-2013
royalty crowns. Proposals are being accepted for Miss Siletz, Junior Miss Siletz
and Little Miss Siletz.
Proposals for a crown must include art design, size of the crown and a bid for
the crown or crowns of your interest. Proposals can be submitted for individual
crowns, two crowns or all three crowns. Crown proposals must be turned in to
the committee no later than March 16, 2012.
Proposals can be sent to Siletz Pow-Wow Committee, P.O. Box 549,
Siletz, OR 97380-0549. If you have any questions, contact Nick Sixkiller at
800-922-1399, ext. 1757, or 541-484-4234.
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March 2012
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Significant Tribal accomplishments
since 1977 include opening the original
Siletz Community Health Clinic in 1991
and the new, much-larger clinic in May
2010; building more than 100 homes and
multiple dwellings for Tribal members,
including new apartments in Siletz and
Lincoln City; completing the Siletz Dance
House in 1996; opening the Tenas lllahee
Childcare Center in Siletz in 2003; and
opening the Tillicum Fitness Center,
a new gymnasium and a new USDA
food distribution warehouse, all in Siletz,
in 2008.
The Siletz Tribal Business Corpo
ration (STBC) was formed to develop
business ventures on behalf of the Tribe.
Through STBC, the Tribe opened the
Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart in Siletz in 2003,
the Logan Road RV Park in Lincoln
City in 2004 and the Hee Hee lllahee
RV Resort in Salem in 2006. The Tribe
purchased the Imprints printing business
in Lincoln City in 2008. It also opened
O’Downey’s Irish Pub and Family Dining
in Depoe Bay in 2010.
Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln
City opened in May 1995. In 2004, the
Siletz Tribe purchased the former Shilo
Inn adjacent to the casino and opened
Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Chinook
Winds Golf Resort opened in 2005 when
the Tribe purchased the former Lakeside
Golf and Fitness Center in Lincoln City.
The combination of Tribal employees and
those at Chinook Winds Casino Resort
has allowed the Siletz Tribe to become
the largest employer in Lincoln County.
The Tribe has honored its tradition
of sharing within the community by dis
tributing more than $9.4 million through
the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution
Fund and other Tribal resources. Chinook
Winds has donated nearly $2.3 million in
cash and fundraising items since 1995. It
also provides in-kind donations of con
vention space for various fundraisers as
well as technical support, advertising and
manpower for events.
Tribal offices in Eugene, Salem and
Portland now are housed in Tribally owned
buildings. The Eugene office moved to
its current location in 2005, with Salem
moving in 2006 and Portland in 2008.
The Tribe also played a lead role in
opening Siletz Valley School in 2003
and Siletz Valley Early College Academy
in 2006.