SILETZ NEWS
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Vol. 40, No. 8
August 2012
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
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Bring your family to the Siletz pow-wow, help celebrate local Tribal tradition
Free event features
dancing, drumming,
food and vendors
Photo by Natasha Kavanaugh
IHCIA survives
as court decision
upholds ACA
NCAI focuses on
improving health care,
protecting legislation
WASHINGTON - In a 5-4 deci-
sion on June 28, the U.S. Supreme
Court upheld the constitutionality of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA), affirming the
permanent reauthorization of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA),
which passed along with the ACA.
“This is an important step for health
care in Indian Country; the permanence
of the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act has been affirmed and NCAI will stay
focused on working with all members of
Congress to uphold the trust responsibility
to Tribes,” said Jefferson Keel, president
of the National Congress of American
Indians (NCAI), the nation’s oldest and
most representative American Indian and
Alaska Native advocacy organization.
“Moving forward, we are focused on
improving health care for Indian Country
while ensuring the Indian Health Care
See Health, con’t on page 10.
This photo of fancy dancers (above) from the 2011 Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow claimed
a second place award for Natasha Kavanaugh in the Native American Journalists
Association ’s Media
Awards competition.
Siletz News also
received six other
awards; see story on
page 6.
Photo by Diane Rodriquez
Roberta Aspria dances
during a Grand Entry
at the 2011 Nesika
Illahee Pow-Wow. The
community is invited
to join the Siletz Tribe
during this annual
summer celebration on
Aug. 10-12.
By Diane Rodriquez
Many different Tribal nations will be
represented at the annual Nesika Illahee
Pow-Wow on Aug. 10-12,2012, in Siletz.
Ore., held by the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians. The public is invited
to attend this family-friendly event, a
tradition for the Siletz people and other
American Indians.
All events, except the parade, take place
at the Pauline Ricks Memorial Pow-Wow
Grounds on Government Hill in Siletz.
“I would like to take the opportunity
to invite the community to come and take
in an array of indigenous culture that will
be on display at our annual Nesika Illahee
Pow-Wow on Aug. 10-12 up at Govern
ment Hill in Siletz. Come and be part of
our annual celebration,” said Buddy Lane,
Tribal cultural education director.
The celebration will start with the
crowning of the 2012-2013 Siletz Royalty
on Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. All dance styles will
enter the arena at 7 p.m. during the first
Grand Entry. Dances in which the public
can participate that are non-competitive
will follow the Grand Entry.
A parade winds through downtown
Siletz at 10 a.m. on Aug. 11. This home
town event includes Tribal royalty, drum
mers, dancers, equestrian units, vintage
cars and floats.
Pre-registration is available by access
ing a registration form on the Tribe's
website - ctsi.nsn.us; picking one up at
the Tribal administration building, 201
SE Swan Ave. in Siletz; or by contacting
Lane at 541-444-8230 or 800-922-1399,
ext. 1230.
Registration also is available the morn
ing of the parade at 8 a.m. at the Tribal
administration building. If you are not
registered by 9 a.m., you cannot take part
in the judging, which starts at 9 a.m. You
can, however, still participate in the parade.
The parade is followed by a Grand
Entry at 1 p.m. Competition dancing for
youth and teens takes place in the after
noon. Competition dancing continues
after the 7 p.m. Grand Entry with Golden
Age and adult categories and the finals for
youth and teens.
On Aug. 12, the final day of the pow
wow, a Grand Entry takes place at noon.
This session will end with awards for the
Golden Age, adult, teen and youth category
winners. Prizes range from $25 to $500.
A variety of food and Native arts
and crafts and jewelry will be offered for
sale by more than 60 vendors on the pow
wow grounds.
“We encourage everyone to come
out and see the variety of vendors at our
See Pow-wow, con’t on page 5.