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To the editor:
I’ve always been perturbed that Tribal members living in Siletz get so many more
opportunities than those of us in the valley. And when I opened my Tribal paper this
month, I was livid!
There are several culture classes being offered in Siletz. The ONLY class (like
those in the current paper) that’s been done in the valley is when Robert Kentta came
out for a bear grass weaving class!
I am a Tribal member just like the people in Siletz. I live in one of the 11-county
service areas just like the people in Siletz. I want to learn those cultural ways just like
the people in Siletz.
People who live in Siletz are no more entitled to those culture classes than any
person out here in the valley. Culture staff needs to get out here to the valley and do
those EXACT SAME classes HERE that are done in Siletz.
Every other Tribal program offers services out here that are offered in Siletz. So
Culture Department classes/events shouldn’t be any different.
It’s the same old story – being told we here in the valley can come to Siletz for those
things. Yet who has the money to drive out there? And what if a person has no ride?
Or an elder who no longer drives? Or people who don’t feel safe driving at night? Or
the people who work all day and can’t get over there for a 5 p.m. class?
The answer would be to bring those classes/events out here to the valley. There is a
big demand for that! Just like Culture Camp – most people here in the valley don’t have
money for the gas, food and lodging to go to Culture Camp, especially if they have families.
It’s high time Siletz Tribal members here in the valley get EXACTLY the same
opportunities as those Tribal members living in Siletz.
Cindy Jackson
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Editor-in-Chief: Brenda Bremner
Editor: Diane Rodriquez
Family Literacy Night
Finale Carnival
April 14, 2016
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Courtesy photos by Alicia Keene
Above: Buddy Lane talks to Palynn
Barker about one of the activities.
Far right: Lori Case, Ezekiel Case and
Miles Case enjoy the boys’ prizes.
Right: Sahaylee Mason takes part in
the Literacy Search game, finding in
magazines such things as something to
eat, something blue and something that
has the letter “T” in it.
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