Self-Sufficiency Program offers construction training
SSP, Voc Rehab
holding job fair
The 477 Self-Sufficiency
Program is partnering with the
Siletz Tribal Vocational Rehabilita-
tion Program on a job fair that will
be held Feb. 5 from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the Hee Hee Illahee RV
Resort (4751 Astoria St. NE) in
Salem, Ore.
Come meet several employers
and learn about training opportuni-
ties that are available throughout
the Willamette Valley and the coast.
For more information, contact
Rachelle Endres at 800-922-1399,
ext. 1213, or 541-444-8213.
The 477 Self-Sufficiency Program
has received a grant from the Oregon
Department of Transportation through the
Bureau of Labor and Industries to fund a
training program focusing on highway
and bridge construction.
The 477 program will partner with
Northwest College of Construction to
provide the training.
The Northwest College of Construc-
tion, located in Portland, Ore., currently
offers 10 different apprenticeship pro-
grams, construction management and
safety programs. This five-week train-
ing will provide participants with the
following skills: employability skills,
communication skills, materials han-
dling, construction math/drawing, hand
and power tools, floor systems, wall and
ceiling framing, roofing systems, and
concrete construction and finishing.
New Babies!
Aviana Kasha Bokuro
Aviana Kasha Bokuro was born Dec.
2, 2012, to Jamie and Emmanuel Bokuro.
She weighed 7 pounds, 3.5 ounces
and was 20.5 inches long.
Salazar, con’t from page 1
said. “We have established an enduring
vision for conservation in the 21 st century
that recognizes all people from all walks
of life.”
Under Salazar’s leadership, Interior
has played a keystone role in develop-
ing a secure energy future for the United
States, both for renewable and conven-
tional energy.
Since 2009, Interior has authorized 34
solar, wind and geothermal energy projects
on public lands that total 10,400 megawatts
– enough to power more than 3 million
homes. Salazar also oversaw a visionary
blueprint for solar energy development in
the West and established the nation’s first
program for offshore wind leasing and
permitting in America’s oceans.
“Today, the largest solar energy proj-
ects in the world are under construction
on America’s public lands in the West and
we’ve issued the first leases for offshore
wind in the Atlantic,” said Salazar. “I am
proud of the renewable energy revolution
that we have launched.”
Salazar also has undertaken an his-
toric overhaul of Interior’s management of
oil and gas resources, implementing tough
new ethics standards for all employees.
He led Interior’s response to the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill and split the
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former Minerals Management Service
into three independent agencies with
clear, independent missions to oversee
ocean energy management and revenue
collection.
Interior has offered millions of acres
offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for safe
and responsible exploration and devel-
opment and is proceeding with cautious
exploration of Arctic resources.
Onshore, Interior also has leased mil-
lions of acres for oil and gas development
over the last four years while protecting
special landscapes for hunting, fishing
and other uses.
“We have undertaken the most aggres-
sive oil and gas safety and reform agenda
in U.S. history, raising the bar on offshore
drilling safety, practices and technology
and ensuring that energy development
is done in the right way and in the right
places,” said Salazar. “Today, drilling
activity in the Gulf is surpassing levels
seen before the spill and our nation is on a
promising path to energy independence.”
Salazar, a fifth-generation Colora-
doan, has served his state and the nation
for 14 continuous years as Colorado
attorney general, U.S. senator and as the
50 th secretary of the U.S. Department of
the Interior.
February 2013
Participants also will become certified
in first aid/CPR and receive a flagging
certification along with a required OSHA
10-hour training. Week four of the train-
ing will provide participants the oppor-
tunity to train with backhoes and rollers.
This five-week construction training
program is scheduled to start Feb. 25 and
end March 29.
The training will be five days per
week (weekends off) and participants
must be willing to attend the full training,
which will take place at Grand Ronde
Tribal facilities. The Grand Ronde Tribe
received the same grant and the location
is centralized to all Siletz Tribal offices.
The 477 program will provide for
the housing needs of those participants
traveling long distances as well as per
diem for food. The program may be able
to provide transportation assistance or
training stipends to participants as well.
Once participants complete the training,
they will be ready to enter the construction
field this spring and summer. The training
also will put participants on the fast track
to enter into the apprenticeship programs
offered by the college.
No high school diploma or GED
is required to complete this training. A
screening process will evaluate reading
comprehension and math prior to enroll-
ment in the training program.
You do not need to be a current client
of the 477 program to participate.
For more information, please contact
Kurtis Barker, 477 Self-Sufficiency Pro-
gram director, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1247,
or 541-444-8247.
We will complete the screening
process and select our participants by
Feb. 15, so please call as soon as possible
to get your name on the list.
Vet rep requests help with project
Tony Molina, Tribal veterans representative, is working on a World War II project.
Oregon is in the process of building a WWII memorial in Salem, Ore. Molina has
been asked to obtain the names of the Siletz Tribal veterans who were killed in action
during WWII. He needs your help to make sure all of the proper names are submitted.
If you have a name for Molina, contact him at 541-444-8330; 800-922-1399, ext.
1330; or tonym@ctsi.nsn.us.
Siletz veterans office
open daily
From our veterans
representative
Tony Molina is available for all Siletz
Tribal veterans. He is in the Tribal admin-
istration building in Siletz on Monday-
Friday to help you get information for your
VA benefits. Additionally, he needs your
help to update our veterans’ roster, espe-
cially for those currently serving. See right
for contact information.
By Tony Molina
All of our veterans and families can
call me 24/7 at home at 541-444-2828
or on my cell at 541-272-2818. This will
help since I’m only in the office part-time.
My office number is 541-444-8330 or
800-922-1399, ext. 1330.
I thank all of our veterans for their
service to our nation. Thank you!
NCAI, con’t from page 1
between American Indian and Alaska
Native governments and the United States
government during the first term of the
Obama administration.
Tasked with reinvigorating the gov-
ernment’s trust relationship with Tribes,
Secretary Salazar lifted the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the assistant secretary
of Indian Affairs to new levels of visibility
and accountability, and made a personal
commitment to that effort. As a true part-
ner and friend at the table with Tribes, he
brought a clear determined focus to close
dark chapters of the past and usher in a
new era of Tribal relations.
Salazar’s leadership was crucial in
settling historic trust cases, supporting
and implementing landmark legislation,
improving consultation with Tribal gov-
ernments and communities, and working
with Tribes to protect our land, cultures
and resources.
Most importantly, Salazar’s endur-
ing legacy will be his stewardship of the
annual White House Tribal Nations Sum-
mit, which the secretary convened, and
in December 2012 was held for a fourth
straight year.
During these annual events, it was
clear that his words and his intentions
were centered in a deep respect for the
constitutional relationship between our
nations and a responsibility to uphold it.
This level of engagement, with members
of the Cabinet and the president of the
United States directly working with Tribal
nations, is an example of the most fun-
damental responsibility of governments
worldwide to consult and work together
with indigenous peoples and govern-
ments. Secretary Salazar’s commitment
to these efforts should not be overlooked
in that context.
While his leadership and presence
will be missed, NCAI will work with
Tribal governments and citizens to com-
municate Tribal priorities to the federal
government during his transition from
his position.
NCAI looks forward to working with
the president and Congress to ensure
a qualified secretary of the Interior is
appointed, who from day one will carry on
the work of Secretary Salazar and include
Tribal nations as central stakeholders and
governments in conserving and managing
our natural resources and lands that are so
vital not only to the first Americans, but
all Americans.”