Photos by Morgan Crawford
Sunny Jimenez tries her hand at drying
fruit.
Annabelle Ulrich
Annabelle Dorothy Ulrich (one more
beautiful Tribal member!) was born
June 5, 2012, to Heather and Brian Ulrich
in Eugene, Ore.
Annabelle’s grandmother is Verdene
M. McGuire. Her great-grandmother is
Esther Annabelle Simmons McGuire;
great-great-grandfather is Lester Simmons;
and great-great-great-grandfather is
Hoxie A. Simmons.
Emergency dental
visits available
Contact the Siletz Community
Dental Clinic if you experience den
tal pain or a dental emergency. The
staff will do everything possible
to see you as soon as reasonably
possible.
Check-in time is Monday-
Thursday from 8:30-9 a.m.
and Friday from 10-10:30 a.m.
Afternoon check-in time is
Monday-Friday from 1-1:30 p.m.
Windy Hill helps Zaiden Howard (above) as Zoey Howard (right) also works at
drying fruit.
Healthy Traditions gets traditional with Siletz youth
By Morgan Crawford, TYEE in the
Public Information Department
The Healthy Traditions project plans
activities to teach Tribal children, Elders
and everyone in between the importance
of eating right.
“Our ancestors had very healthy
lifestyles, but as we’ve moved into more
modem times we’ve adapted to unhealthy
ways of living and the Healthy Traditions
project wants to get kids excited about
leading healthier lifestyles again,” said
Sharia Robinson, project coordinator,
who feels very strongly about this pro
gram and the positive impact it has had
on the Siletz community so far.
Between the community garden,
posters, fishing trips and Hands on Food
activities that include lessons in canning,
cooking, gathering and dehydrating, the
people of Siletz - children and adults
alike - seem to be embracing the foods
and trips originally thought of as gross
or unnecessary.
The garden is a plot of land near the
Tenas Illahee Childcare Center in Siletz
where everything from tomatoes to laven
der grows with the help of many volun
teers. One TYEE (Tribal Youth Education
and Employment, a summer employment
program for Tribal youth) worker even
went so far as to say, “The food that gets
grown in the garden tastes better than the
stuff we get in stores.”
“Food is really just a culture all its
own and every day people make a choice
about how they live their lives based on
what kind of food they put in their bod
ies,” said Robinson.
So how do we pick between food that
is chemical-based and tastes good but is
bad for us and food that is plant-based
and has a reputation for tasting bad but in
the long run is good for us? The answer
is simple - we don’t.
“The Healthy Traditions project
wants to focus on teaching people how to
get the most out of their food by mixing
conservative modem food with that of our
ancestors to get the most taste and nutri
tion for your body,” Robinson commented
at a Hands on Food event in August.
“There are plenty of healthy options out
there; the only problem we face is trying
to teach people why knowing where our
food comes from matters.”
Tribal veterans rep asks Tribal veterans to call in
All Siletz Tribal veterans are asked to call Tony Molina, Honor Guard director and Tribal veterans representative, to verify
their DD214s and enrollment numbers so he can process their names to be placed on the Veterans Memorial on Government Hill.
Molina can be reached at 541-444-8330 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1330.
Domestic Violence: Warning signs of an abuser, behavior to be aware of
Before an abuser starts physically assaulting his victim, he typically demonstrates his abusive tactics through certain behaviors. The following are five major warning
signs and some common examples:
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Charm
Isolation
Jealousy
Emotional Abuse
Control
Abusers can be very
charming. He can be very
engaging, thoughtful, consid
erate and charismatic. He may
use that charm to gain very
personal information about
her. He will use that informa
tion later to his advantage.
Abusers isolate their
victims geographically and
socially. Geographic isolation
includes moving the victim
from her friends, family and
support system; moving fre
quently in the same area; and/
or relocating to a rural area.
Social isolation usu
ally begins with wanting
the woman to spend time
with him and not her family,
friends or co-workers. He will
then slowly isolate her from
any person who is a support to
her. He dictates whom she can
talk to; he tells her she cannot
have contact with her friends
or family.
Jealousy is a tool abus
ers use to control the victim.
He constantly accuses her of
having affairs. If she goes to
the grocery store, he accuses
her of having an affair with
the grocery clerk. If she goes
to the bank, he accuses her of
having an affair with the bank
teller. Abusers routinely call
their victims whores or sluts.
The goal of emotional
abuse is to destroy the victim’s
self-esteem. He blames her for
his violence, puts her down,
calls her names and makes
threats against her. Over time,
she no longer believes she
deserves to be treated with
respect and blames herself for
his violence. For some survi
vors of domestic violence, the
emotional abuse may be more
difficult to heal from than the
physical abuse.
Abusers are very controlled
and very controlling people.
In time, the abuser will control
every aspect of the victim’s
life: where she goes, how she
wears her hair, what clothes
she wears, whom she talks to.
He will control the money and
access to money. Abusers are
also very controlled people.
While they appear to go into
a rage or be out of control, we
know they are very much in
control of their behavior.
The abuser very often
escalates from pushing and
shoving to hitting in places
where the bruises and marks
will not show.
If you or a family member or friends are experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking, please contact the Siletz Tribal Violence Against
Women Act (STVAWA) Program for more information and/or assistance. All contact with this program is confidential! Meetings can be scheduled in the community or in
private to protect you and your family. Services also are available evenings and weekends.
Kelley Ellis, Coordinator/Advocate
541-444-9680 or 541-270-9010
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