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
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