Canoe honors those lost in Rogue River wars, to be in water later this year
By Willie Towner
Some of you may have heard about
the canoe carving project that’s going on.
A small group of family members and
friends, along with myself, have been
carving on the log that was behind the
Siletz Dance House.
We started our project in the spring
of 2012 with the intent to complete two
canoes sometime this year. We plan to
bring the first one out in Port Orford this
May and plans for a naming ceremony and
giveaway are already in progress.
We hope to bring the second canoe,
which we consider our “family” canoe,
out in August of this year down on the
Rogue River, with more ceremonies. We
want to extend an invitation to any family
member, particularly of the Logan family,
who would like to be part of this project,
either to help with the carving or with the
giveaway preparations.
We want to honor our family mem-
bers who lost their lives during the Rogue
River wars and would also like to hear
from anyone who may have lost family
members at Massacre Rock.
We will be in Port Orford on May 19
and in Agness on Sept. 22. All are invited!
We are also coordinating days/times
to work on the canoe in Siletz soon with
Rusty Butler, prevention coordinator at
the Siletz Community Health Clinic’s
Behavioral Health Program.
You can contact me at 971-209-9801
or Rusty Butler at 800-600-5599 or 541-
444-8286; or direct at 541-444-9618. You
can also e-mail him at rustyb@ctsi.nsn.us
for more information.
Courtesy photo
Robert Van
Pelt and Willie
Towner work on
their Logan
family canoe.
Nesika Illahee Pow-wow
Vendor Applications
Royalty Applications
Attention Artists
Vendor applications are now avail-
able for the 2013 Nesika Illahee Pow-
Wow. The deadline is June 3.
Applications are now available for
Siletz Tribal Royalty for 2013-2014. The
deadline is June 7.
To request an application for Miss
Siletz (ages 18-24), Junior Miss Siletz
(ages 13-17) or Little Miss Siletz (ages
7-12), contact Buddy Lane at 800-922-
1399, ext. 1230, or 541-444-8230; or by
e-mail at buddyl@ctsi.nsn.us.
You also can find applications online
at ctsi.nsn.us or pick one up at the Tribal
Community Center, Tribal administra-
tion building in Siletz and the Tribal area
offices in Portland, Salem and Eugene.
The 2013 Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow
Committee once again is having a logo
contest for the upcoming pow-wow in
August 2013. All artists are encouraged
to submit a pow-wow-themed logo.
The winning logo artist will receive
a cash prize of $250 and a professional
banner with your logo. The winning artist
will have his or her logo highlighted on
the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow flyers and
merchandise.
Please submit your artwork to the
cultural education director’s office at the
Tribal Community Center or mail it to
You can get an application online
at ctsi.nsn.us or pick one up at the
Siletz Tribal Community Center, Tribal
administration building in Siletz and the
Tribal area offices in Portland, Salem
and Eugene.
For more information, contact
Buddy Lane at 800-922-1399, ext.
1230, or 541-444-8230; or by e-mail
at buddyl@ctsi.nsn.us.
enter drawing for 6 additional elk tags for fall season
The Tribal Natural Resources Department will once again offer a limited number of landowner preference (LOP) elk tags to
Tribal members for this fall’s hunting season.
As a landowner, the Tribe is eligible to participate in the State’s LOP program. Based on the number of acres the Tribe owns,
we can get six additional antlerless elk tags from the State. These LOP tags are not related to the Tribe’s Consent Decree tags that
we receive each year. They are based solely on the Tribe being a landowner.
A number of important differences between the LOP tags and the Tribe’s regular tags are summarized in the table below.
Tribal Tags
LOP Tags
State license required?
No
Yes
Area to be hunted
Anywhere within the
specific tag’s hunt
boundaries
Only on Tribal land within the unit selected during that unit’s
antlerless elk season. Units available include Upper Siletz,
NW Alsea, SW Alsea, SW Alsea Private Lands
and West Siuslaw
Yes
No*
eligible for other State
elk tags?
Give tag to another Tribal
member to hunt for you?
Yes
No
Application and selection
process
Apply to Tribe for Tribal
drawing
Apply to Tribe for LOP drawing; if selected, apply to
State for tag (list LOP as first choice on State application)
Obtain tag from
Tribe
State
* Note: If you are drawn for an LOP tag, you still are eligible to apply for and be drawn for a Tribal tag.
Please note that a major difference between the LOP tags and the Tribe’s regular tags is that only the person drawn for the tag
can hunt that tag. The tag cannot be given to someone else to hunt for you. Therefore, only those folks serious about hunting
this hunt themselves are eligible to apply.
The drawing for the six LOP elk tags will be held at the Natural Resources Committee meeting on April 1 at 4:45 p.m. in the
Natural Resources Department Map Room.
Applications are available on the Tribal website and at the Tribal Natural Resources office in Siletz. Completed applications
are due in the Natural Resources office by 4:30 p.m. on March 29, 2013.
For more information about these tags and the differences between the Tribe’s regular tags and the LOP tags, contact Natural
Resources Manager Mike Kennedy at 541-444-8232 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1232.
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Attn: Pow-Wow Logo Contest, P.O.
Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549.
All entries must be received no
later than March 15, 2013.
Royalty Crown
Proposals
The 2013 Pow-Wow Committee
is now accepting proposals for 2013-
2014 royalty crowns. Proposals are
being accepted for Miss Siletz, Junior
Miss Siletz and Little Miss Siletz.
Proposals for a crown are required
to include art design, size of the crown
and a bid for the crown or crowns
of your interest. Proposals can be
submitted for individual crowns, two
crowns or you can submit a bid for all
three crowns.
Crown proposals must be turned
in to the committee no later than
March 15, 2013. Proposals can be
sent to: Siletz Pow-Wow Committee,
P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549.
If you have any questions, contact
Buddy Lane at 800-922-1399, ext.
1230, or 541-444-8230.
CTSI Jobs
Tribal employment
information is available at
ctsi.nsn.us.
Note: “Open Until Filled”
vacancies may close at any time. The
Tribe’s Indian Preference policy will
apply. Tribal government will not
discriminate in selection because of
race, creed, age, sex, color, national
origin, physical handicap, marital
status, politics, membership or
non-membership in an employee
organization.
CTSI constantly is looking
for temporary employees to cover
vacancy, vacations, maternity leave
and extended sick leave. If you are
looking for temporary work that can
last from 2-12 weeks, please submit
an application for the temp pool.
March 2013
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