Chairman’s Report
National wildlife Society
On behalf of our Tribe, I welcomed
the National Wildlife Society to Oregon
in October. The organization was meeting
all week at the Oregon Convention Center
in Portland.
I thanked them for including our Tribe
on the agenda and expressed our interest in
protecting the environment. In addition, I
described our land base and what was once
a more than 1 million-acre reservation.
Participants came from all over the
U.S. and Canada.
Governor’s Summit
The annual Governor’s Summit will
be held at the Coquille Tribe this year. Our
Tribe sponsored the summit last year at
Chinook Winds.
Oregon Tribes have the opportunity to
speak to the governor and meet with heads
of state agencies and their Tribal liaisons.
Regular meetings with state agencies are
scheduled throughout the year.
Oregon is one of the few states that
has this interaction with Tribes. It gives
the governor the opportunity to get input
from Tribes on how the interaction with
the state works. All of our Tribal Council
members usually attend.
Ballot Measures/National election
This year’s national and state elec-
tions have important voter issues.
The out-of-state promoters of Ballot
Measures 82 and 83 have flooded the
mail and television with promotional
ads. The ads give inaccurate information
to the voters on Tribal casinos as well as
what the non-Tribal casino will do for
the state of Oregon. If you still have the
opportunity to vote, please vote “no” on
both measures.
Please make a good clear choice for
president of the United States as well
as those who will represent us and the
Tribe in Washington, D.C. Tribes must
constantly educate newly elected officials
on Tribal government issues.
Under the current administration, we
have seen great strides made in Indian
Country. A backlog of our fee-to-trust
applications has been processed. We
finally have all the casino properties in
trust; it’s taken many years and a very
active Siletz Agency staff.
In addition, many age-old settlements
have been reached with Tribes across the
nation, including ours.
35 th Restoration
We will celebrate 35 years of Tribal
Restoration on Nov. 18. President Jimmy
Carter signed our Restoration Act on that
day in 1977.
Our Tribe has much to be grateful
for, so please join us at Chinook Winds
for the celebration on Nov. 17 (see page 1
for details).
Wi s h i n g eve r y o n e a g o o d
Thanksgiving!
Delores Pigsley
elders Council Meeting
Nov.10•1-4p.m.•ChinookWindsCasinoResort
For more information, contact Dee Navarro at 800-922-1399,
ext. 1261; 541-444-8261; or deen@ctsi.nsn.us.
Measures 82 and 83 are bad for Oregon
SILETZ, Ore. – Measures 82 & 83
are bad for Oregon. These measures
change the State Constitution to allow
unlimited casino growth across the
state. When a ballot measure changes
the Constitution, voters need to seri-
ously think about what impact that
change will have on the state’s economy
today and in the future.
Gov. John Kitzhaber, three previous
governors and both state political parties
have been outspoken in their opposition
against these measures and we agree.
Former Oregon Governor Barbara Rob-
erts said it best: “Don’t be fooled by the
multi-million dollar TV ads. This is not
about water features or movie theaters …
this is about money. Big money, gambling
money, and it will bring with it problems
that Oregon’s communities don’t need and
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cannot afford to deal with.”
Seventy-five percent of the entire
annual profit from The Grange would
leave the state of Oregon and the U.S.
altogether; it would make two business-
men from Oregon very rich. Tribal casino
profits are all returned to Tribal govern-
ments to benefit health, safety, welfare,
education, economic and employment
opportunities, and to preserve cultural and
natural resources in local communities
within the state.
As a Tribal casino and a business
partner with the state for the past 17
years, we appreciate the governor’s
commitment to the agreement made
between the state of Oregon and Oregon
Tribes. We will continue to stand with
the Tribes of Oregon in their charge
against Measures 82 and 83.
35 th Annual Restoration Pow-wow
Nov.17,2012•ChinookWindsCasinoResort
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For more information, call 800-922-1399 and ask for Buddy Lane
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others – call the newspaper office.
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Nuu-wee-ya’ (our words)
Introduction to the Athabaskan language
Open to Tribal members of all ages
eugene
Eugene Area Office
Nov. 5 – 6-8 p.m.
Dec. 3 – 6-8 p.m.
Portland
Portland Area Office
Nov. 12 – 6-8 p.m.
Dec. 10 – 6-8 p.m.
Siletz
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Nov. 6 – 6-8 p.m.
Dec. 4 – 6-8 p.m.
Salem
Salem Area Office
Nov. 13 – 6-8 p.m.
Dec. 11 – 6-8 p.m.
Classes begin with basic instruction and progress over the year. They also
are a refresher course for more-advanced students. Come and join other members
of your community and Tribe in learning to speak one of our ancient languages.
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.
For more information, contact Bud Lane at the Siletz Cultural Department
at 541-444-8320 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1320; or e-mail budl@ctsi.nsn.us.