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Chairman’s Report The Tribal Council held a financial workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii, the city where our investment company, Atalanta Sosnoff, has its office that serves our Tribal needs. Our representative is Kamani Kuala’au, who presented information on our Tribal investments in the New York stock market. These investments have done extremely well since their inception more than 30 years ago. The company forecasts as best it can what the future holds for investments. It was a very good presentation and gratify- ing to see that the Tribe is ahead of the goal for long-term investments. We also met with Ken Miller of UBS, whose company manages the per capita investments of our youth, EPR, federal, state and Tribal accounts. All the invest- ments have done really well. He introduced two new staff who will work with the minors’ trust accounts. They will make a presentation this month at Culture Camp. Earl Johnson, a financial advisor for Wells Fargo, gave an awesome presenta- tion on certain investments and how to eliminate hidden costs that banks and investment firms charge in addition to their usual fees. A good example is the Tribe’s COHO plan (health care coverage) and 401(k) retirement plan, where hidden fees could add up to a considerable amount. We will use this knowledge during our next negotiation with our trust administrator. In previous years, we met with the Native Hawaiian delegation to talk about its legislation and to offer our support for its cause. On this trip, we were unable to connect with this group since the orga- nization disbanded due to lack of a state senator’s support. Kamani, a Hawaiian Native, is an active member of this organization. He mentioned that it will regroup in the next few months and it surely will need the Tribe’s expertise and support to obtain their recognition. We were able to visit the Bishop Museum that houses their historical infor- mation from the beginning of time. We learned so much and it was a great tour with our representative, Kamani. off dinner was great and recognized our employees who have worked there the entire 20 years, two of whom are Tribal members, Abe Martin and Nathan Metcalf. Congratulations to all of them! The entertainment was great on Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday. The convention center hosted The Past is Present. The Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society (STAHS) presented the program that included demonstration basket weavers, a sample of our basketry collection, a silent auction and some Tribal vendors. The program was pre- sented by the STAHS board and assisted by many volunteers. Tribal legislation Robert Kentta, Dave Hatch, Bud Lane, Craig Dorsay and I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to talk with legisla- tors about our Tribal legislation, SB 817, that defines our original reservation, the 1855 treaty boundary. The meetings went very well. Delores Pigsley Our senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, have asked the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to include it in the committee’s next hearing and move it on through the Senate. We are hopeful it will be introduced in the House very soon. Chinook Winds The 20 th celebration at Chinook Winds was totally awesome. The kick- Tenas Illahee Childcare Center has vacancies on its Board of Directors Résumés are being accepted for the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center Board of Directors. Currently, there are two vacant board positions. If interested, please submit your résumé to Tribal Council, c/o Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549. To be considered for the vacant positions, résumés must be received by 4:30 p.m. on July 8. 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. Courtesy photo by Matt Hill Name: _______________________________________________________ Dave Hatch, Delores Pigsley, Robert Kentta and Bud Lane in Washington, D.C. Address: _____________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________________________ Nuu-wee-ya’ (our words) 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. Introduction to the Athabaskan language 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 20 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 • Member of the Native American Journalists Association July 2015 Open to Tribal members of all ages Siletz Tribal Community Center July 6 – 6-8 p.m. Aug. 3 – 6-8 p.m. Portland Portland Area Office July – at Culture Camp Aug. 10 – 6-8 p.m. Eugene Eugene Area Office July 7 – 6-8 p.m. Aug. 4 – 6-8 p.m. Salem Salem Area Office July – at Culture Camp Aug. 11 – 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.
