Years of Service
Awards
Photos by Natasha Kavanaugh
Above: 25 years of service –
Mike Kennedy
Top left: Five years of service – Rosie
Williams, Misty Reed, Brett Lane, Papa
Williams, Tracey Bailey, Jennifer Most,
Clint Muschamp, Buddy Lane and Robert
Arce-Torres. Not pictured: Al Warren
Left: 15 years of service – Trish Daniel,
Jack McCord and Violette Lafferty. Not
pictured: Wendi Schamp and Stan van
de Wetering
Middle left: 10 years of service –
Tracey Worman, Cecilia Tolentino,
Erin Carrington, Delina John, Bev
Baumgardt, Laura Bremner, Christina
McCord, Tony Blomstrom and Stan
Werth
Summit, con’t from page 1
Nuu-wee-ya’ (our words)
Introduction to the Athabaskan language
Open to Tribal members of all ages
eugene
Eugene Area Office
Jan. 7 – 6-8 p.m.
Feb. 4 – 6-8 p.m.
Portland
Portland Area Office
Jan. 14 – 6-8 p.m.
Feb. 11 – 6-8 p.m.
Siletz
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Jan. 8 – 6-8 p.m.
Feb. 5 – 6-8 p.m.
Salem
Salem Area Office
Jan. 15 – 6-8 p.m.
Feb. 12 – 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.
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Siletz News
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January 2013
Elder assistance, disabilities, emergency/
temporary assistance and religious/
cultural activities payments.
Secretary of Health and Human
Services Kathleen Sebelius announced a
national agreement for the Department of
Veterans Affairs to reimburse the Indian
Health Service for services provided to
Native veterans.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
announced the finalization of the depart-
ment’s consultation policy.
Throughout the summit, the adminis-
tration also underscored its commitment
to key Tribal priorities during the Lame
Duck session, including protecting the
Indian Country budget, passing a clean
Carcieri fix and reauthorization of a Vio-
lence Against Women Act with Tribal
priorities included.
This year’s White House Summit
speakers included Salazar; Vilsack;
Sebelius; Wolin; Solis; Secretary Arne
Duncan, Department of Education; Act-
ing Secretary Rebecca Blank, Department
of Commerce; Secretary Ray LaHood,
Department of Transportation; and Presi-
dent Obama.
Media coverage of the event included
articles on/in The Washington Post,
Associated Press, Al Jazeera, TheHill.
com, Indian Country Today, MSNBC,
WGBA-TV (Green Bay, Wis.) and Alaska
Public Radio.
Key Tribal priorities
In advance of the Tribal Nations
Summit, NCAI and regional intertribal
organization partners developed a briefing
book outlining key Tribal priorities.
One aspect of this book is a Fram-
ing Paper of Nine Transformative Steps
the president could take to advance our
nation-to-nation relationship. The nine
steps are as follows:
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Visit Indian Country.
Create an Interagency Policy Council.
Modernize the trust relationship.
Establish an administration-wide
policy on sacred places.
Promote economic security by ensur-
ing governmental parity between
Tribes and states.
Recognize our nation-to-nation rela-
tionship in international forums.
Prioritize appointments that impact
Indian Country.
Direct the Census Bureau to lead a
periodic Indian Country economic
survey.
Ensure Tribes are included in national
policy reform efforts.
To continue this important work with
the administration, NCAI will host a tran-
sition meeting on Jan. 22 in Washington,
D.C., to set the agenda for Congress and
the administration for the next four years.