Siletz news /, December 01, 2012, Page 3, Image 3

Photos by Diane Rodriquez
Hailey Ivy (above), Aushay Lucas
(below) and Zaiden Howard (below
right) join other children from Siletz
Tribal Head Start and Tenas Illahee
Childcare Center in trick-or-treating at
Tribal buildings in Siletz on Oct. 31.
Courtesy photo
Members of the Chetco Historical Memorial Committee receive a $15,000 donation from the Siletz Tribe at the Tribal
Council meeting in October in Brookings-Harbor, Ore. Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley (third from left) joins, from left.
Karen Crump, Maggie Zwiers, Elmer Jordan, Adrienne Crookes, Milo Mann and Lynda Timeus during the presentation.
The committee also recently received a $4,600 grant from the Three Rivers Foundation that will pay for three cedar kiosks.
Elders Council Meeting
Dec. 8*1-4 p.m. • Chinook Winds Casino Resort
For more information, contact Dee Navarro at 800-922-1399,
ext. 1261; 541-444-8261; or deen@ctsi.nsn.us.
2013 Standing Committee Applications Due
Deadline for consideration for committees is Jan. 31,2013
Any Tribal member interested in serving on a committee for a two-year
term must fill out the following form and return it to the address below prior to
Jan. 31, 2013.
Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-
0549; fax: 541-444-8325.
Name:Roll No:
Firewood area open at Rock Creek
The Rock Creek #2 firewood unit is
once again open for Tribal member fire­
wood cutting.
This is one of the areas that was open
last spring and summer. It is approximately
11 miles from Siletz.
Permits are required and can be
obtained at the Tribal Natural Resources
office in the administration building
in Siletz from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
weekdays. Maps and directions also are
available here.
Permits will be issued to Siletz Tribal
members only, who will need to show
their Tribal ID card and provide the
license number of the vehicle they will
use to haul the wood. Woodcutters from
outside of the Siletz area can call the
numbers below to have a permit mailed
to them.
The permits are for Tribal member
woodcutting for personal use only. This
firewood cannot be sold. The person
named on the permit must be present
when cutting and hauling the firewood.
Tribal members wishing to cut wood
for Tribal Elders must present a signed
note from the Elder stating that the indi­
vidual is authorized to cut firewood on the
Elder’s behalf. The note must include the
Elder's Tribal ID number.
Permits are good for two weeks and
allow up to two cords of wood to be cut
on each permit. Each Tribal member is
allowed up to five cords total per year
from Tribal firewood units.
For more information, stop by the
Natural Resources office or call Natural
Resources Manager Mike Kennedy at SOO-
922-1399, ext. 1232, or 541-444-8232.
Address:__________________________
City:State:______________ ZIP:
Telephone: Day (
)
)Evening (
Choose the first, second and third choice of committees you are requesting
by numbering your preference 1,2, 3 in the space provided. If you only want to
be considered for one committee, please indicate this by inserting “1” next to
the committee of choice.
Education Committee (3)
Housing Committee (3)
Pow-Wow Committee (no limit)
Natural Resources Committee (3)
Budget Committee (1)
Health Committee (3)
Cultural Heritage Committee (3)
Enrollment Committee (3)
Tribal Council will review applications and approve appointments at the
Regular Tribal Council meeting in February 2013. If you have any questions,
please call Tami Miner, Tribal Council executive secretary, at 800-922-1399,
ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203.
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