Take part in Tribal transportation survey, enter raffle to win prize package from Chinook Winds
Hey – here’s something nifty and new!
Your Tribal Planning Department is
conducting a survey to better understand
Tribal members’ transportation needs.
In addition to the usual paper form,
which was available at Planning’s
Community Meetings in January, we’re
testing out an easy-to-complete online
version of the survey.
The Tribe receives federal and state
transit grant awards and this survey helps
us meet public participation requirements
for continued funding.
If you would like to be entered into
a raffle for a chance to win an evening of
seafood and comedy at Chinook Winds
Casino Resort in Lincoln City, Ore., please
be sure to provide contact information
on the last page of the survey. The raffle
prize includes two tickets to Comedy on
the Coast on March 24, 2017, plus two
tickets to seafood night at the casino’s
Siletz Bay Buffet.
If you didn’t take the survey at the
January (or re-scheduled February)
Community Meetings, you still can
provide feedback online at tinyurl.com/
transit2017.
The survey will close on Feb.
28. Rest assured, your participation
is voluntary and your answers will
remain anonymous. Thank you for
participating!
Siletz Tribal Student Incentives Program
If you have completed any of these milestones, please send a copy of your
certificate or diploma to your area education specialist. The Siletz Tribal Student
Incentive Program rewards student achievements as follows:
Head Start/Preschool
Kindergarten
Elementary School
Middle School
High School or GED
Adult Vocational Training
Higher Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree
Doctorate Degree
$10
$10
$20
$50
$100
$100 (one-year program)
$200 (two-year program)
Pendleton blanket plus $75
$300
Pendleton blanket plus $300
Tribal Education Specialists
Portland Area Office: Katy Kaady, 503-238-1512, 12790 SE Stark St., Suite 102,
Portland, OR 97233
Salem Area Office: Sonya Moody-Jurado, 503-390-9494, 3160 Blossom Drive
NE, Suite 105, Salem, OR 97305
Eugene Area Office: Education Specialist, 541-484-4234, 2468 W 11 th Ave.,
Eugene, OR 97402
Siletz Area Office: Alissa Lane, 541-444-8373, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380
Calling all Native artists!
The Nutrition Advisory Committee for the Food
Distribution Program is having a design contest for
artwork that will appear on the back of playing
cards. The cards will be distributed and used by
the 35 Tribes in our Western Region.
If you would like to make a submission,
let us know or just bring it in and we will
get it to the right place.
Submissions must be received by
Feb. 15, 2017.
STBC has roof, gutters RFP for Lincoln
Shores office building
The Siletz Tribal Business Corporation is seeking contractors to respond to a
Request for Proposals for roof replacement and gutter evaluation for the Lincoln
Shores office building in Lincoln City, Ore.
Please visit stbcorp.net or contact Michael Phillips, STBC senior business
development officer, at 541-994-2142, 877-564-7298 or mphillips@stbcorp.net
for more information.
Culture Craft Nights
Rope/String Making
Feb. 6 • 5-7 p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Feb. 13 • 5-7 p.m.
Portland Area Office
Feb. 7 • 5-7 p.m.
Eugene Area Office
Feb. 14 • 5-7 p.m.
Salem Area Office
Siletz Tribal members and their
families are invited to come and learn
how to make string and rope the old way.
All ages are welcome. Young people
under age 10 need an adult to accom-
pany and assist them.
The Siletz Culture Department
will provide material and instructors.
If you have your own materials, please
bring them.
Contact: Bud Lane, budl@ctsi.nsn.
us; 541-444-8320 or 800-922-1399,
ext. 1320.
Sponsored by the Education and
Culture Departments
USDA distribution dates for February
Siletz
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Feb. 1
Feb. 2
Feb. 3
Feb. 6
Feb. 7
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Salem
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Feb. 20
HOLIDAY
Feb. 21
1:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 22 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 23 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 24
9 – 11 a.m.
Bison Chili
1 bag pinto beans (soaked overnight)*
Red pepper flakes (I put about a table-
spoon into the beans as they are
cooking)
2 packages bison burger*
2 cans diced tomatoes*
1 can tomato sauce*
2 small onions, diced*
1 can whole kernel corn, drained*
3 chipotles in adobo, diced
1 can diced green chilies
Chili powder to taste
Rinse the beans that have been soaking
overnight. Place them in a large pot with
enough water to cover them. Add some salt
and pepper, and boil until soft. You also can
add red pepper flakes to the beans, which
will cook the flavor into them.
Put a couple tablespoons of oil in a
large frying pan and let it get hot. Add
the diced onion and sauté until almost
transparent. Add the burger and cook until
no longer pink. Add the green chilies,
tomatoes, tomato sauce, chipotles, corn
and chili powder. Let simmer for about
30 minutes.
Add the meat mixture to the cooked
beans and simmer together for 30 minutes.
I thickened mine with some instant potato
flakes* too.
Serve with shredded cheese.
*Indicates food available in the food
package
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at Siletz Tribal FDPIR.
Joyce Retherford, FDP Director
541-444-8393
Lisa Paul, FDP Clerk/Warehouseman
541-444-8279
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