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Chairman’s Report education Fee-to-trust legislation Parade A small but great gathering of the Education Committee, staff and students took place at the Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort in Salem in June. It was good to meet the graduates and hear many suc- cess stories. This seemed to be a record year for graduates, not only from colleges but high school, middle school and on down to our Head Start kids. Congratulations to the students and to the parents for making this happen. Also, thank you to our Education staff for their hard work! As you all know, we have been working hard on our fee-to-trust legisla- tion. We met in late June with the Grand Ronde and Coos Tribes to offer remedies. Tribes are taking information back to their councils to review. I felt the meeting was productive. In the meantime, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on our legislation on the Senate side of Congress. We had a hearing in the last Congress, so this will be the same but necessary to get things moving on the Senate side. The Tribe is happy to announce that the grand marshals for this year’s Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow parade will be all past council members, both pre-Restoration as well as after Restoration. It will be a great honor to have them participate in the weekend’s events. elders Council Meeting Oregon mascot legislation The Oregon Legislature is consider- ing a change to the Department of Educa- tion’s ban on Indian mascots in Oregon. Hearings have been held at which the Tribe testified that some Indian mascots are not offensive and local Tribes should be consulted and approve or deny the mas- cot. Our own Siletz Valley Warriors are at issue, so we hope the legislation passes. Delores Pigsley July20•1-4p.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. Most Often Requested Numbers Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians – 800-922-1399 Salem Area Office – 503-390-9494 Salem Finance Office – 888-870-9051 Portland Area Office – 503-238-1512 Eugene Area Office – 541-484-4234 Contract Health Services (CHS) – 800-628-5720 Siletz Community Health Clinic – 800-648-0449 Siletz Behavioral Health – 800-600-5599 Chinook Winds Casino Resort – 888-244-6665 Chemawa Health Clinic – 800-452-7823 Bureau of Indian Affairs – 800-323-8517 Website – ctsi.nsn.us Siletz News is free to enrolled Siletz Tribal members. For all others, a $12 annual subscription fee applies. Please make checks payable to CTSI and mail to Siletz News. Name: _______________________________________________________ Photo by Tiffany Stuart Cowboy Buck & Elizabeth provide music and comedy during the summer’s first Thursday afternoon performance at the Siletz Public Library on June 20. Culture Camp Registration Camp dates – July 16-18, 2013 Registration forms can be found online at ctsi.nsn.us or at any Tribal area office. Please return registration form to your nearest Tribal office or mail completed form to Culture Camp, CTSI, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; fax 541-444-8392. Address: _____________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________________________ Change of address: Tribal members – contact the Enrollment Depart- ment at 541-444-8258; 800-922-1399, ext. 1258; or covas@ctsi.nsn.us. All others – call the newspaper office. Deadline for the August issue is July 10. Send information to: Submission of articles and photos is encouraged. Siletz News Please see the Passages Policy on page 24 when sub- mitting items for Passages. P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 541-444-8291 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1291 Fax: 541-444-2307 email: pias@ctsi.nsn.us 2 • Siletz News • July 2013 Member of the Native American Journalists Association Nuu-wee-ya’ (our words) Introduction to the Athabaskan language Open to Tribal members of all ages eugene Eugene Area Office July – class is at Culture Camp Aug. 5 – 6-8 p.m. Portland Portland Area Office July – class is at Culture Camp Aug. 19 – 6-8 p.m. Siletz Siletz Tribal Community Center July – class is at Culture Camp Aug. 6 – 6-8 p.m. Salem Salem Area Office July – class is at Culture Camp Aug. 20 – 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 email budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
