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Chairman’s Report Pow-wow Thank you to everyone who made our pow-wow so great this year. It was great to visit with family, elders and all the visitors from other Tribes. I received many nice comments about the pow-wow and the wonderful salmon dinner. Thank you! Chemawa campus Along with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, we are on a mission to clean up the old Chemawa school property (between the two railroad tracks}. The property is overgrown with brush, trees and a homeless village, and is used as a dump by many in spite of the fact that signage prohibits entry on the property. The fence securing the property is broken in many places and also overgrown with brush and berry vines. Fires have been caused by campfires and other things. Transients have been liv- ing in the tunnels underground, so the tun- nels have to be identified and secured. They used to be the heating ducts for the steam that heated the homes and dormitories. Funding for this project has been provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs thanks to Regional Director Stan Speaks. The project will be advertised for a con- tractor to do the work. We expect this will happen in the very near future. Oregon Public Broadcasting will air a show featuring Chemawa Indian School in the very near future. Restoration celebration We will celebrate 40 years of Tribal restoration on Nov. 18, 2017 – exactly 40 years since President Jimmy Carter signed the Siletz Restoration Act. Plan to attend a great pow-wow and celebration. Our program will start at 10 a.m. (agenda to follow). Hope to see you all there. Delores Pigsley For more information about the Siletz Tribe, please visit ctsi.nsn.us. For more information about the Siletz Tribal language program, Attention Siletz Contract Health-eligible Tribal members! please visit siletzlanguage.org. If you receive Contract Health Services approval to see providers/facilities outside of a Tribal clinic, please be sure to inform them at your visit that you have Contract Health Services as a form of payment. We have seen a number of patients billed for services from their medical/ dental/optical providers because the patient did not inform the office that they have Contract Health Services. If you have primary insurance (through employment, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.), we would be secondary to the primary insurance. If you fail to provide this information to your providers and they don’t bill us in a timely manner, you could be liable for the charges. Please let your providers know that they can submit claims for payment to Siletz Contract Health, P.O. Box 320, Siletz, OR 97380. Siletz News is free to enrolled Siletz Tribal members. For all others, a $12 annual subscription fee applies. Please make checks payable to CTSI and mail to Siletz News. CTSI Jobs Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us. Note: “Open Until Filled” vacancies may close at any time. The Tribe’s Indian Preference policy will apply. Tribal government will not discriminate in selection because of race, creed, age, sex, color, national origin, physical handicap, marital status, politics, membership or non-membership in an employee organization. CTSI constantly is looking for temporary employees to cover vacancy, vaca- tions, maternity leave and extended sick leave. If you are looking for temporary work that can last from 2-12 weeks, please submit an application for the temp pool. Elders Council Meeting Oct. 14 • 1-4 p.m. • Chinook Winds Golf Resort For more information, contact the Elders Program at 800-922-1399, ext. 1261, or 541-444-8261. Name: _______________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________________________ Nuu-wee-ya’ (our words) Introduction to the Athabaskan language Open to Tribal members of all ages Change of address: Tribal members – contact the Enrollment Depart- ment at 541-444-8258; 800-922-1399, ext. 1258; or enrollment@ctsi.nsn.us. All others – call the newspaper office. Deadline for the November issue is Oct. 10. Send information to: Submission of articles and photos is encouraged. Siletz News P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 Please see the Passages Policy on page 20 when sub- mitting items for Passages. 541-444-8291 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1291 Fax: 541-444-2307 Email: pias@ctsi.nsn.us 2 • Siletz News • Member of the Native American Journalists Association October 2017 November classes will be dedicated to the Feather Dance. Siletz Siletz Tribal Community Center Oct. 2 – 6-8 p.m. Nov. 6 – 6-8 p.m. Portland Portland Area Office Oct. 9– 6-8 p.m. Nov. 13 – 6-8 p.m. Eugene Eugene Area Office Oct. 3 – 6-8 p.m. Nov. 7 – 6-8 p.m. Salem Salem Area Office Oct. 10 – 6-8 p.m. Nov. 14 – 6-8 p.m. Classes begin with basic instruction and progress over the year. They also are a refresher course for more-advanced students. Come and join other members of your community and Tribe in learning to speak one of our ancient languages. We also have equipment in the Cultural Department available for use in grinding and drilling shell or pine nuts or other applications. If you need to use the equipment, call the number below to set up an appointment. For more information, contact Bud Lane at the Siletz Cultural Department at 541-444-8320 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1320; or e-mail budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
