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
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Vol. 40, No. 9
September 2012
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Join Tribal members on Run to the Rogue for 3-day trip down the coast
The community is invited to join
Siletz Tribal members and friends on
Sept. 6-8 for the 18th Annual Run to the
Rogue. You can register at 8 a.m. on
Sept. 6 or at any time on the run.
This event is a 234-mile relay run/
walk in memory of the Siletz Tribal ances
tors who were forcibly removed from then-
homeland in Rogue River country in the
mid-1800s and marched north to Siletz
and the confinements of the Coast Reser
vation. This annual relay run is the closest
today’s Tribal members can come to their
ancestors’ experience on the journey from
their homeland.
The run begins in Siletz on Sept. 6
at 8:30 a.m. at the Tribal Community
Center and ends Sept. 8 at Oak Flat on the
Rogue River. Lunch then will be served at
Cougar Lane Lodge, 4219 Agness Road;
turn right when leaving Oak Flat onto
Agness Road.
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Volunteers are needed for this three-
day event to run, walk or help out
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Photo by Diane Rodriquez
Participants head down Government Hill at the beginning of Run to the Rogue in 2011.
with camp setup, cleanup, cooking
and other areas.
Youth can participate but need a des
ignated adult committed to traveling
and camping with the youth.
Camping sites, meals and runners’
support and refreshments are provided.
An orientation session will be held
Sept. 6 at 8 a.m. at the Tribal Com
munity Center.
For more information
Contact Buddy Lane, cultural éduca
tion director, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1230
or 541 444-8230; or buddyl@ctsi.nsn.us
Obama nominates Washburn to be assistant secretary for Indian Affairs
Washburn brings
extensive law
experience to position
enforcement. He worked closely with the
National Congress of American Indians
(NCAI) to develop the Tribal Law and
Order Act of 2010.
WASHINGTON — The White House
announced on Aug. 3 the nomination of
Kevin Washbum to serve at the Depart
ment of Interior as the next assistant
secretary for Indian Affairs.
Washburn is the dean of the New
Mexico School of Law and a pre-emi
nent scholar on federal Indian law and
policy with a particular focus on law
Washburn is a citizen of the Chicka
saw Nation of Oklahoma. NCAI President
Jefferson Keel offered his strong support
for Washburn’s nomination.
Photo by Natasha Kavanaugh
Many entries in this year's Nesika
Illahee Pow-Wow parade reflect the
tradition of the warrior, including
this float from the Siletz Tribal
Housing Department. Additional
photos from the parade and the
pow-wow are on pages 11-22.
“Kevin is a member of my Tribe, the
Chickasaw Nation, and we have known
each other for many years. He has had a
remarkable career and I am very confident
in his abilities,” said Keel, also the lieu
tenant governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
“Law enforcement and trust reform will be
two of the most important issues for the
BIA in the coming years. Kevin's experi
ence as a federal prosecutor will be a great
benefit. 1 am also very glad that he has
extensive management experience as dean
at the University of New Mexico. The BIA
is moving toward a new era as a partner
with Tribal governments and 1 believe that
Kevin will be a very strong leader.”
University of New Mexico School of Law,
a position he has held since June 2009.
He served as the Rosenstiel Distin
guished Professor of Law at the University
of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of
Law from 2008 to 2009 and as an associ
ate professor of law at the University of
Minnesota Law School from 2002 to 2008.
From 2007 to 2008, Washburn was
the Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Profes
sor at Harvard Law School.
According to a press release from the
White House, Washburn is dean of the
See Washburn, con’t on page 9.