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Join others at 2016’s last Cut Wood for the Elders Day The Tribal Natural Resources Committee and Natural Resources Department will sponsor the last Cut Wood for the Elders Day of the year on Sept. 17. 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 firewood to as many elders as pos- sible. 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. Elders in need of firewood also should contact the Elders Program clerk to get their name on the deliv- ery list. If you have parents or grandpar- ents 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. NARF welcomes summer law clerk and Siletz grantee Christine Miller, funded through Tribal charitable fund From the Native American Rights Fund At NARF, we are dedicated to sup- porting the next generation of Indian law attorneys and one way we do this is through our Law Clerk Program, a 10- to 12-week program for second-year law students. NARF’s summer projects are extremely challenging because NARF practices before federal, state and Tribal forums, and because most of our cases – whether at the administrative, trial or appellate level – are complex and involve novel legal issues. This summer, the Law Clerk Program is again supported by a grant from the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians through the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund. Christine Miller, a law clerk in NARF’s Anchorage, Alaska, office, was chosen to be the recipient of the Siletz grant due to her tireless work ethic and voluminous work product. Courtesy photo Christine Miller STBC posts RFP for RV park managers The Siletz Tribal Business Cor- poration is seeking bids for contract managers for both Logan Road RV Park and Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort that will commence January 2017. Please visit stbcorp.net for more information and to download the Request for Proposals, or contact Michael Phillips at 541-994-2142, 877-564-7298 or mphillips@stbcorp. net. 2016 Standing Committee Vacancies Education, Enrollment and Health Committees Term Ending February 2017 – Open Until Filled For Tribal members interested in serving on a Standing Committee, please fill out this form and mail or fax it to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; fax: 541-444-8325. Miller is a descendent of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho, where she grew up. She is a third-year student studying Native American law and natural resource law at the University of Idaho College of Law. She is the co-chair of the University of Idaho Native American Law Student Association, as well as the Region 7 representative for the National Native American Law Student Association. Miller attended the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., where she studied classical languages with an emphasis in Latin. Last summer, she was a teaching assistant for the Pre-Law Summer Institute with the American Indian Law Center and served as an assistant for the Federal Indian Law class. NARF thanks the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund for its grant to further the NARF Law Clerk Program, which allows NARF to mentor Native law students like Miller and allows the students to make an impact on Indian law and Native people during their term at NARF. The Siletz grant also allows NARF to continue its mission to develop Indian law and educate the public about Indian rights, laws and issues. For more information about the Siletz Tribal language program, please visit siletzlanguage.org. d Dental Coloring Contest Winner The Siletz Community Dental Clinic would like to congratulate Allie Bearden on being our first coloring contest winner! Because of her efforts to “bling” out her coloring page, she was rewarded with a Sonicare Jr toothbrush. If you are between the ages of 5-14, you too will have a chance to win! Come pick up your coloring page at the Siletz Community Dental Clinic and express your creativity. Submissions for the next contest must be received before Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. One winner selected from ages 5-9 and one winner selected from ages 11-14 will receive a Sonicare toothbrush. One entry per patient per contest, please. In order to maximize the oral health of the community through these prizes, a patient can only win the contest once through the duration of the contest. Good luck and don’t forget – brush twice a day and floss daily! Name: _______________________________________ Roll No: ______________ Address: __________________________________________________________ City: ______________________________ State: ___________ ZIP: ___________ Telephone: Day ( ) __________________ Evening ( ) ________________________ ___ Enrollment Committee – 1 vacancy for term ending February 2017 ___ Education Committee – 1 vacancy for term ending February 2017 ___ Health Committee – 1 vacancy for term ending February 2017 If you have any questions, please contact Tami Miner, executive secretary to Tribal Council, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203. September 2016 • Siletz News • 3
