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.
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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.
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