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LOP elk tag drawing available to Tribal members The Tribal Natural Resources Department once again will offer a limited number of landowner preference (LOP) elk tags to Tribal members for this fall’s hunting season. As a landowner, the Tribe is eligible to participate in the State’s LOP program. Based on the number of acres that the Tribe owns, we can get six additional antlerless elk tags from the State. These LOP tags are not related to the Tribe’s Consent Decree tags that we receive each year. They are based solely on the Tribe being a landowner. There are a number of important differences between the LOP tags and the Tribe’s regular tags. These are summarized in the table below. Tribal Tags LOP Tags State hunting license required? No Yes – Tribal member must purchase both a 2017 and a 2018 State hunting license Area to be hunted Anywhere within the specific tag’s hunt boundaries Only on Tribal land within the unit selected during that unit’s antlerless elk season. Units available include Upper Siletz, NW Alsea, SW Alsea, SW Alsea Private Lands and West Siuslaw Eligible for other State elk tags? Yes No* Give tag to another licensed Tribal member to hunt for you? Yes No Application and selection process Apply to Tribe for Tribal drawing Apply to Tribe for LOP drawing; if selected, apply to State for controlled hunt tag (list LOP unit in LOP section on State controlled hunt application) Obtain tag from Tribe State – Tribal member must purchase tag * Note: If you are drawn for an LOP tag, you are still eligible to apply for and be drawn for a Tribal tag. Please note that a major difference between the LOP tags and the Tribe’s regular tags is that only the person drawn for the tag can hunt that tag. The tag cannot be given to someone else to hunt for you. Therefore, only those folks serious about hunting this hunt themselves are eligible to apply. The drawing for the six LOP elk tags will be held at the Natural Resources Committee meeting on April 3 at 4:45 p.m. in the Natural Resources Department map room. Applications are available on the Tribal website and at the Tribal Natural Resources Office in Siletz. Completed applications are due in the Natural Resources office by 4:30 p.m. on March 31. For more information regarding these tags and the differences between the Tribe’s regular tags and the LOP tags, contact Natural Resources Manager Mike Kennedy at 541-444-8232 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1232. Siletz Tribal Behavioral Health Programs Prevention, Outpatient Treatment, and Women’s and Men’s Transitional Siletz: 800-600-5599 or 541-444-8286 Eugene: 541-484-4234 Salem: 503-390-9494 Portland: 503-238-1512 Narcotics Anonymous Toll-Free Help Line – 877-233-4287 For information on Alcoholics Anonymous: aa-oregon.org Tribal RV parks have space available for you Logan Road RV Park, Lincoln City, Ore. – loganroadrvpark.com or 877-LOGANRV Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort, Salem, Ore. – heeheeillahee.com or 877-564-7295 Tribal Council, con’t from page 1 Through its economic development division, the Siletz Tribal Business Cor- poration, the Tribe purchased the Lincoln Shores office complex in Lincoln City in 2001 and opened the Siletz Gas & Mini- Mart in Siletz in 2004, the Logan Road RV Park in Lincoln City in 2004 and the Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort in Salem in 2006. The Tribe purchased the Imprints printing business, now called Siletz Tribal Prints & Gifts, in Lincoln City in 2008. Tribal offices in Portland, Salem and Eugene are housed in Tribally owned build- ings. The Eugene office moved to its cur- rent location in 2005, the Salem office did the same in 2006 and the Portland office moved to its current location in 2008. 8 • Siletz News • The Tribe also played a lead role in opening Siletz Valley School in 2003 and the Siletz Valley Early College Academy in 2006. The Siletz Tribal Arts & Heritage Society (STAHS) was formed in 2013 as a nonprofit to enhance the Tribe’s ability to develop the Siletz Tribal Cultural Center. STAHS also helps the Tribe with acquiring object and archival collections. Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City opened in May 1995. In June 2004, the Siletz Tribe purchased the former Shilo Inn adjacent to the casino and opened Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Chinook Winds Golf Resort opened in April 2005 when the Tribe purchased the March 2017 former Lakeside Golf and Fitness Center in Lincoln City. The combination of Tribal employ- ees and those at Chinook Winds Casino Resort has made the Siletz Tribe the larg- est employer in Lincoln County. The Siletz Tribe has honored its tra- dition of sharing within the community by distributing more than $13 million through the Siletz Tribal Charitable Con- tribution Fund and other Tribal resources. Chinook Winds has donated more than $2.8 million in cash and fund-raising items since 1995. It also provides in-kind donations of convention space for various fund-raisers as well as technical support, advertising and manpower for events. THRIVE seeks Native veterans for suicide prevention campaign THRIVE (Tribal Health: Reaching Out InVolves Everyone) is the suicide prevention project at the Northwest Port- land Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB), which serves the 43 federally recognized Tribes in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. THRIVE has received funding from the Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant to develop a suicide prevention social marking campaign for American Indian and Alaska Native mili- tary personnel and veterans. THRIVE is recruiting male and female Native veterans (preferably located in the Pacific Northwest) who may be interested in being photographed and interviewed for the next Lived Experience videos to be released for Veterans Day in November 2017. A professional will conduct the inter- views and the primary content discussed will be the veteran’s experience struggling with depression and/or suicidal thoughts or even attempts. (Possible language: Interviewees are also encouraged to talk about how they overcame their thoughts of suicide or how they work hard now to keep suicidal thoughts out of their head. What/who helped them? How did they/ it help? What tips or knowledge does the interviewee have to help another veteran in a similar situation?) Please see our past videos to see how the interview (that turns into a video) may be setup at youtu.be/Q9D_lGw5IOc, youtu.be/d6cXssBuoqY and youtu.be/ hIfpvtw1qCA. Since 2010, THRIVE has developed health promotion messages and cam- paigns that resonate with AI/AN commu- nities. It has used this community-driven process to design social marketing cam- paigns addressing health topics important to AI/AN communities. View past social marketing campaigns at npaihb.org/ social-marketing-campaigns/. Information We will reimburse for travel to/from the interview location (most likely Seattle or Olympia, Wash.). Each interviewee will receive a mon- etary stipend. We can make the interview anony- mous if necessary (use a silhouette and make the audio sound different). Each interviewee will need to discuss his/her experience over the phone with the interviewer (a licensed psychologist) 2-3 times prior to the interview so he/she feels comfortable with the content. The recording of the interviews will be set up for one full day and each interviewee will have a scheduled time slot. This may be a weekend day to be sure everyone is available. Dates TBD
