SILETZ NewS
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Vol. 42, No. 2
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
February 2014
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Siletz Community Coed Basketball Tournament
Tribe to March
end
agreement
with City of Toledo for law enforcement services
14-15-16,
2014
To this end, the Tribe collaborated
The Confederated
of Siletz
CW Case Tribes
Memorial
Tourney
with
the city and the Siletz Rural Fire
Indians has notified the City of Toledo
Divisions:
that it will terminate its agreement for District to pursue a local levy to generate
4 boys & 4 girls
additional revenue for these services. The
police services effective March 18, 2014.
4 boys & 4 girls
three groups conducted a survey of area
the results of which the Tribe
Continued reductions to its budget,
4 boys residents,
& 4 girls
$150 Entry by
Fee the
per economic
Team
initiated
downtrend that interpreted as being favorable toward a
levy for police services.
Payable in
to: 2008 and again reduced by last
started
At its meeting on Jan. 13, 2014, how-
year’s sequestration efforts, forced the
ever, the Siletz City Council expressed
Tribe to approach the City of Siletz to opposition to pursuing a law enforcement
discuss the city’s potential assistance with levy. According to Siletz Mayor John
Robinson, the City Council indicated that
funding for police services.
the survey results did not support a law
enforcement levy and that a levy would be
too burdensome for city residents.
“It is with great reluctance that we
have to terminate this agreement with the
City of Toledo. Its police officers have
become a familiar and important presence
in our community,” said Bonnie Petersen,
Tribal assistant general manager. “We
had hoped to collaborate with the City of
Siletz and the fire district to continue to
provide area residents with law enforce-
ment services. Hopefully, this will come
to fruition sometime in the future.”
Since June 2007, the Siletz Tribe
has contracted with the Toledo Police
Department, which has provided law
enforcement services to all residents and
properties located on Tribal land in the
Siletz community and for all residents and
properties located within the boundaries
of the City of Siletz.
These services included weekly patrol
time, dispatch services, records manage-
ment, evidence storage and crime reporting.
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2nd Place
Consolation
See
page 5.
of Siletz India
Proposed Tribal Marriage
Ordinance and
Dissolution of Marriage
Ordinance
Posted for Review and
Comment
On Jan. 17, 2014, Tribal Coun-
cil introduced two ordinances – the
Marriage Ordinance and the Disso-
lution of Marriage Ordinance. The
ordinances were read into the record
and Tribal Council recommended
that they be posted on the website
for review and comment.
The Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians developed these
ordinances to establish Tribal law
governing recognition and formation
of marriages and marriage equality,
and to provide for dissolution of
marriages under Tribal law.
Please submit any recommended
changes or questions to the Legal
Department at traceyw@ctsi.nsn.
us; or to the attention of Tracey
Worman, Legal Assistant, P.O. Box
549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; or fax
541-444-8349.
Comments must be received
on or before Feb. 20, 2014, so
they can be considered by Tribal
Council.
The Legal Department will com-
pile the comments and report them,
along with answers to any questions
raised, to Tribal Council for its con-
sideration at its February meeting.
Courtesy photo by Alicia Keene
Sheryl Simmons and her granddaughters, Emily Simmons (left) and Tehya Seltenreich (right) stand in the jaws of a whale
at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore. They joined Tribal Head Start students from Siletz and Lincoln City in a
trip to the aquarium. See more photos on pages 10-11.
Indian Fair set for May 10; families invited to take part
Siletz Tribal members are invited
to participate in the Indian Fair set for
May 10, 2014, sponsored by the Siletz
Tribal Arts and Heritage Society.
The theme of the fair is “Sharing
our culture, educating our community.”
The admission-free event will take place
from noon to 5 p.m. at the National Guard
Armory in Newport, Ore., located at 541
SW Coast Highway.
The purpose of the Indian Fair is two-
fold – to proudly share Siletz Tribal culture
and history with Siletz Tribal members and
also with the surrounding communities.
This is reminiscent of Indian fairs
held in the early 1900s but different in that
there will be no competition among the
creations that are displayed. This will be
strictly a time of sharing who we are as a
people, our traditions, history and culture.
Families are invited to bring regalia,
baskets and other art forms, both historic
and contemporary, to display. Tables will
be available at no cost for this purpose
and the area set aside for display will be
cordoned off and secure.
Tables also will be available for ven-
dors for a $50 fee.
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