Help Tribal
Self-Sufficiency Program offers summer youth jobs
Household
Income
The 477 Self-Sufficiency Program American Indian verification (includes
Elders during
size
Level
(SSP) has openings in our Summer Youth
American Indian, Native Alaskan and
Employment Program (SYEP).
Native Hawaiian) and those enrolled
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$10,769
Cut Wood for the This program is separate from the in a federally recognized Indian
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$17,649
Tribal employment program offered
Tribe. Participants also can be eligible
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$24,232
Elders Day
through the Education Department.
with verification of descendancy from
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$29,909
The Tribal Natural Resources Com-
mittee and Natural Resources Department
will sponsor the first Cut Wood for the
Elders Day of the year on May 16.
The woodcut will be held on the
Tribe’s Logsden Road property between
the Tribal food distribution warehouse and
the Tribal vehicle storage yard in Siletz.
We need lots of volunteers to help
cut, split and deliver firewood for Tribal
Elders. Bring your chainsaws, hydraulic
wood splitters, splitting mauls, axes and
lots of energy.
Lunch, drinks and snacks will be
provided. We will start at 8 a.m. and go
until mid-afternoon.
The goal of this event is to deliver fire-
wood to as many Elders as possible. The
Elders Program maintains a list of Elders
who burn wood for their winter heat.
People willing to haul firewood to
Elders outside of the Siletz area should
contact the Elders Program clerk at 800-
922-1399, ext. 1261, or 541-444-8261 to
be paired up with an Elder in need.
We especially need folks who can
haul wood to the Eugene, Salem and
Portland areas.
The program mission is to give youth
age 14-21 the opportunity to gain employ-
ment or education skills in a field that
interests them. Our current placements
are 160 hours and pay minimum wage.
The program is only available to those
youth who reside within the 11-county
service area.
Basic eligibility criteria includes:
Youth must be between age 14-21 at
the time of application.
a family member who is enrolled with
a federally recognized Tribe.
L a t e s t s c h o o l g r a d e r e p o r t .
Participants will need to have at
least a minimum grade point average
(GPA) of 2.0. Participants below a 2.0
can participate in a classroom training
program and receive a stipend while
they attend summer school.
Family income must fall below
the income guidelines set by the
Department of Labor.
STGC launches new website
Here at the Siletz Tribal Gaming
Commission, we’re very excited to
announce the launch of our new website
at SiletzTribalGaming.com.
We wanted to give everyone an oppor-
tunity to know us better. By browsing
through the About Us page, you’ll get a
pretty good idea of what our roles are at
the commission.
You’ll find our new site is divided
into four main sections: Compliance,
Licensing, Surveillance, and Hearings
and Appeals.
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$35,299
$41,284
Slots are limited and are on a first-
come, first-served basis.
If you are interested in applying for
the Summer Youth Employment Program,
please contact one of our Tribal services
specialists located in each of the Tribal
offices.
Culture Craft Night
Our team has worked collabora-
tively to put together information for our
very own IT specialist, Josh Morrow, to
develop into this website to be available
as a resource just for you.
May4•4–7p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Rope/String Making
Stvs, hii-chu stvs-chu yvlh-sri
(String also rope making)
We look forward to hearing any
feedback from you. If you experience any
problems using the new website or if you
have any questions, please contact us at
contact@stgcommission.com.
San-chvn Tuu-‘i’
(Acorn soup)
June11•4–7p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Elders in need of firewood also should
contact the Elders Program clerk to get
their name on the delivery list.
If you have parents or grandparents
who burn wood in the winter to stay
warm, you need to help out at this event!
Come help replenish those wood piles for
the coming winter.
Two additional woodcuts are sched-
uled for July 18 and Sept. 19.
Come join us on June 11 from 4-7 p.m.
and learn how to make acorn soup.
Acorns are a staple food for all Tribes
on the West Coast.
Learn how to shell, pound, leach and
cook one of our traditional foods.
Contact Bud Lane at 541-444-8320 or
800-922-1399, ext. 1320; or budl@ctsi.
nsn.us for more information.
Siletz tribal members are invited to
come and learn how to make string and
rope the old way.
All ages welcome. Young people
under age 10 need an adult to accom-
pany and assist them. The Siletz Culture
Department will provide material and
instructors. If you have your own materi-
als, please bring them.
Contact: Bud Lane, budl@ctsi.nsn.us;
541-444-8320 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1320.
Sponsored by the Education and
Culture Departments
Time to go gather basket materials
Hazel Sticks
(k’vn)
Tribal members interested in gathering hazel sticks for making Siletz bas-
kets should send your contact info to budl@ctsi.nsn.us or call 541-444-8320 or
800-922-1399, ext. 1320.
Hazel bark will begin slipping sometime in April or May. Because of the
changing weather, we will notify people who send in their contact info when the
time is right to pick and peel hazel.
Spring is here and very soon hazel
sticks will be ready to pick and peel.
Hazel stick gathering is a must for
anyone interested in making traditional
Siletz baskets. Spruce root can be dug all
year round and is used for the weavers or
weft of Siletz baskets.
Bear grass and maidenhair fern are
used for overlay to make our traditional
designs or marks in our baskets and both
are picked in late summer.
Any Tribal members interested in
gathering can contact Bud Lane at 800-
922-1399, ext. 1320, or 541-444-8320; or
budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
Just a reminder – basket materials
must be gathered in a timely fashion. Here
is a general breakdown of gathering times
for different materials:
May
Hazel, willow and fir sticks, spruce roots
June
Hazel, willow and fir sticks (until mid-
June), spruce roots
July
Fir sticks, spruce roots, bear grass,
maidenhair fern
August
Fir sticks, spruce roots, bear grass,
maidenhair fern, hazel sticks (lim-
ited), willow sticks
September
Bear grass, maidenhair fern, woodwardia
fern, spruce roots
May 2015
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