SILETZ NEWS
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Vol. 45, No. 7
July 2017
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No. 178
Salem, OR
Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
Mailing address
updates for per
capita checks
Photo by Andrea Taylor
Gabriel Soulier, Brianna Soulier, Mark Soulier, Laurie Ricket, Cynthia DePoe-Soulier and Tony Molina attend the Tribe’s
Memorial Day Ceremony on May 29. DePoe-Soulier delivered the Memorial Day address and Ricket served as the bugler.
Molina is the Tribal veterans representative for the Siletz Tribe.
Siletz Clinic begins automated reminders
The last day to get your mailing
address updated in time for your per
capita check to be mailed to a new address
is Friday, July 14, 2017, by the end of
the business day. Any address changes
after that date will affect the mailing of
the per capita check, causing a delay in
receiving it.
Please see the information below
about address changes and Missing Moc-
casins. For the full policy regarding per
capita checks, please see the Tribal Mem-
ber Distribution Ordinance on the tribal
website – ctsi.nsn.us – under Government
Listings > Tribal Ordinances.
One of the popular questions is “How
much is per capita going to be?” That
amount is calculated on July 1, taking in
to account the amount to be distributed,
the number of enrolled Tribal members
alive on that day and postage costs.
On Monday, July 3, after 12 p.m., you
will be able to call 541-444-8224 to hear
an automated recording of the amount as
well as going to the Tribal website, under
the opening page of the member area login
for the written announcement.
Where is my per capita check?
Per capita checks will be mailed on
Monday, July 31, to the current address
on file with the Enrollment Department.
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You may have noticed that the Siletz Clinic’s Medical, Optometry and Behavioral Health departments are now reminding
you of your appointments with automated phone calls two days before your appointment.
At your next visit, make sure you let the front desk staff know if you would like a phone call, text or email and don’t forget
to make sure we have your current contact information!
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Portland State honors Holland, Portland Area Office
On June 8, Portland State University
(PSU) honored the Portland Area Office
(PAO) with a Golden Eagle award for its
ongoing commitment to educating and
collaborating with the Portland com-
munity; specifically with Siletz Tribal
members, elders and PSU students in the
Indigenous Studies program.
Sherry Addis (supervisor), Verdene
McGuire (community health advocate)
and Andrew Johanson (secretary) were
recognized for their work on the Lori
Johnson Memorial Learning Garden and
the Berrydale and Gilbert Heights Com-
munity Gardens.
These gardens support the Portland
community by educating and seasonally
providing produce with the support of
Tribal Healthy Traditions Program grants.
On the same evening, Katy Holland,
Portland education specialist was honored
See Portland State on page 4
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Verdene McGuire (left), Andrew Johanson and Sherry Addis
The Tribal Member Distribution
Ordinance requires distribution of
checks to be initially mailed; there-
fore it cannot be picked up at the
Siletz Tribal office. Per capita checks
cannot be direct deposited.
Mail from Siletz takes as long as four
days to get to an address in Portland,
Salem and Eugene. Please allow for
the “snail mail” time before calling
to see where your per capita check is.
If you are a Missing Moccasin as of
Friday, July 14, your check will be
held until a correct address is submit-
ted. If you are a Missing Moccasin
and update your address between
Monday, July 17, and Monday, July 31,
the per capita check will be mailed
on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. All other
Missing Moccasins who update their
address after Aug. 1, 2017, will have
their checks mailed when the address
update is received.
The adult Missing Moccasin list is
now on the Tribal website on the
Enrollment page under Government
Listing. Please check there to see if
you know anyone who is listed.
Policy states you must wait 15 busi-
ness days (in the case of per capita
checks until Aug. 21, 2017) from the
See Per Capita on page 12