Guests share culture, Zumba and breakfast at Head Start in Lincoln City
By Tiffany Stuart, Head Start Teacher
Elaine Smith-Rilatos and Gloria
Ingle-Rilatos, Siletz Tribal Elders, came
to the Siletz Tribal Head Start program
in Lincoln City, Ore., in January to share
about Alaska with the students.
The students were able to touch furs,
such as the fox and mink. They particu-
larly liked the walrus tusk. We learned
about Tribal cultures from Alaska from
clothing, baskets and wood carvings.
Thanks, Elaine and Gloria, for
coming! Also, a big thank you to my
parents, Thomas and Marlene Stuart, for
allowing us to borrow your traditional
items from Alaska.
In February, students learned about
the Southwest. Jacintha Stanley from the
Navajo (Diné) Nation shared about her
Navajo culture.
We were able to feel and see Navajo
jewelry. Also, we learned about winter
string games and played Duck Duck
Goose in Navajo language.
My brother and his wife, Thomas Jr.
and Cheryl Stuart from the San Carlos
Gloria Ingle-Rilatos and Elaine Smith-Rilatos talk about Alaska with Head Start
students in Lincoln City.
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.
Apache Reservation, sent us traditional
Apache items for students to learn about.
Also in February, we had Kids Zumba
with Sasha Shoemake (Siletz Tribal
member). Thank you Jay, Tommy, Cheryl
and Sasha!
Thanks to all the dads who came to
breakfast with their children on Valen-
tine’s Day.
Parents, community members and the
Siletz Tribal Elders have donated class-
room items to the Head Start in Lincoln
City. Thank you so much!
If you are looking for things to donate
to the classroom, we will cover the fol-
lowing themes in March – transportation,
spring, Easter, bugs and insects. In April,
the themes will be weather, space, ecology,
farm animals, pets and plants. In May, the
themes are zoo, rainforest animals, birds, rep-
tiles, dinosaurs and kindergarten transition.
As always, we teach Siletz culture and
children’s interest. If you have a donation
or would like to know more about the Head
Start in Lincoln City, contact me at 541-
994-0400 or tiffany.wisdom@yahoo.com.
Courtesy photos
Sasha Shoemake leads a Kids Zumba session at Head Start.
Siletz veterans office open daily: Tony Molina is available for all Siletz
Tribal veterans. He is in the Tribal administration 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, especially for those currently serving. See below
for contact information.
From our veterans representative, 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.
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Tribal government more control over ser-
vices provided to Tribal members. Under
self-governance, the U.S. government
provides general funding to the Tribe
(rather than to specific programs), then
Tribal employees and the Tribal Council
decide how funds will be spent.
Significant Tribal accomplishments
since Restoration include opening the
original health clinic in 1991 and a new
much larger clinic in 2010; building more
than 100 homes and multiple dwellings
for Tribal members, including 20 units
at Neachesna Village in Lincoln City
that opened in 2009, plus another eight
units there and 19 apartments in Siletz
that opened in 2010; completing the
Siletz Dance House in 1996; opening the
Tenas Illahee Childcare Center in 2003;
opening the Tillicum Fitness Center and
a new USDA food distribution warehouse
in Siletz in 2008; and opening the Siletz
Rec Center in 2009.
Through its economic development
division, the Siletz Tribal Business Cor-
poration, the Tribe purchased the Lincoln
Shores office complex in Lincoln City in
2001; opened the Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart
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in Siletz in 2004, the Logan Road RV
Park in Lincoln City in 2004 and the Hee
Hee Illahee RV Resort in Salem in 2006.
The Tribe purchased the Imprints printing
business in Lincoln City in 2008. It also
opened O’Downey’s Irish Pub and Family
Dining in Depoe Bay in 2010.
Tribal offices in Portland, Salem and
Eugene now are housed in Tribally owned
buildings. The Eugene office moved to its
current location in 2005, the Salem office
did the same in 2006 and the Portland
office moved to its current location in 2008.
The Tribe also played a lead role in
opening Siletz Valley School in 2003 and
the Siletz Valley Early College Academy
in 2006.
Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City
opened in May 1995. In June 2004, the
Siletz Tribe purchased the former Shilo Inn
adjacent to the casino and opened Chinook
Winds Casino Resort. Chinook Winds
Golf Resort opened in April 2005 when
the Tribe purchased the former Lakeside
Golf and Fitness Center in Lincoln City.
The combination of Tribal employees and
those at Chinook Winds Casino Resort
has allowed the Siletz Tribe to become
the largest employer in Lincoln County.
March 2013
The Siletz Tribe has honored its tra-
dition of sharing within the community
by distributing more than $10.2 million
through the Siletz Tribal Charitable Con-
tribution Fund and other Tribal resources.
Chinook Winds has donated nearly $2.3
million in cash and fund-raising items
since 1995. It also provides in-kind dona-
tions of convention space for various
fund-raisers as well as technical support,
advertising and manpower for events.
Courtesy photo
Election Board Chairman Tracey Worman swears in Lillie Butler, Alfred (Bud)
Lane III and Delores Pigsley on Feb. 3 following their re-election to the Siletz
Tribal Council.