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SILETZ NEWS
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Vol. 46, No. 11
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Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
November 2018
Celebrate with Siletz Tribal members at 41 st annual Restoration Pow-Wow
The public is invited to join the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians on
Saturday, Nov. 17, as it holds its annual
Restoration Pow-Wow at Chinook Winds
Casino Resort in Lincoln City, Ore.
This free event begins with a grand
entry at 6 p.m. American Indian vendors
with jewelry, beadwork and other items for
sale will be available throughout the day.
This is the 41 st year that the Siletz
Tribe has celebrated the signing of Public
Law 95-195, which re-established govern-
ment-to-government relations between the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and
the federal government. The Siletz Tribe
was terminated from federal recognition
in August 1954.
In the late 1960s, it became apparent
that the only way to preserve and revitalize
Siletz Tribal sovereignty, community and
culture was for the Siletz Tribe to regain
its status as a Tribe recognized by the
United States.
In November 1977, after years of
intense lobbying, Congress and Presi-
dent Jimmy Carter approved Public Law
95-195, which reinstated recognition of
the Siletz as a federal Indian Tribe. The
Siletz Tribe was the second in the nation
– and the first in Oregon – to achieve
restoration.
Dedicated to improving the quality of
life of its more than 5,300 members, the
Tribe puts strong emphasis on the educa-
tion, health and social well-being of all
its members.
File photo
Tribal elder Agnes Pilgrim (center) is joined by daughters Mona Hudson (left) and
Nadine Martin (right), extended family and friends during an honor dance at the
2017 Siletz Tribal Restoration Pow-Wow.
Significant Tribal accomplishments
since Restoration include opening the
original health clinic in 1991 and a new
much larger clinic in 2010; building more
than 150 homes and multiple dwellings
for Tribal members, including 28 units at
Neachesna Village in Lincoln City that
have opened since 2009, 19 apartments in
Siletz that opened in 2010 and 20 homes
in the Tillamook subdivision in Siletz that
have opened since 2013; completing the
Siletz Dance House in 1996; opening the
Tenas Illahee Child Care Center in 2003;
opening the Tillicum Fitness Center and
a new USDA food distribution warehouse
in Siletz in 2008; and opening the Siletz
Rec Center in 2009.
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.
Tribal offices in Portland, Salem and
Eugene are housed in Tribally owned
buildings. The Eugene office moved to
its current location in 2005, the Salem
office did the same in 2006 and the Port-
land office moved to its current location
in 2008.
The Tribe also played a lead role in
opening Siletz Valley School in 2003
and 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 2004, the
See Restoration on page 7
NIGC event
reflects on past
30 years of IGRA
Farmers Market Fun!
Photo by Andy Taylor
Harvest Farmers
Market Tour par-
ticipants sit with
their goods after
shopping at the
Newport Farmers
Market on Sept. 29.
Clockwise from
top left: Everetta
Butler, Kathy
Kentta, Amy
Garrett, Danise
Barker and Crystal
Baker-Martin.
See more photos on
page 9.
WASHINGTON – The National
Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)
hosted a conference titled Reflecting
on 30 Years of IGRA on Oct. 16 in
Washington, D.C.
Tribal leaders, federal policy mak-
ers, gaming regulators and industry
experts gathered at NIGC headquarters
to participate in a variety of panels and
discussion sessions that commemorated
and evaluated the impacts of Indian gam-
ing throughout Indian Country in the
30 years since the passage of the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), which
was enacted on Oct. 17, 1988.
NIGC sponsored the public education
event to foster dialogue among key stake-
holders about lessons to draw from the
history of Indian gaming to help ensure
the continued economic and regulatory
health of the Indian gaming industry.
The importance of supporting Tribal
decision-making and regulatory capacity
as a key to upholding longstanding federal
policies aimed at achieving Tribal self-
See NIGC on page 6