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Chairman’s Report Editor’s note: The Chairman’s Report will resume in a future issue of Siletz News. Wyden, Merkley announce affordable housing grants for Oregon Tribes WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced on April 15 that Oregon Tribes will receive more than $15 million in federal grants to support affordable housing. “Quality of life throughout our state requires housing that Oregonians can afford,” Wyden said. “These fresh federal resources for Oregon’s Tribes will help them achieve that essential quality-of-life goal and help to honor America’s historic Most Often Requested Numbers obligations for people living and working in these communities.” “The country is facing its biggest housing affordability crisis in decades, with rents dramatically outpacing incomes – and is so often the case, this economic challenge is hitting Tribal communities in our state especially hard,” Merkley said. “These grants will help develop afford- able housing for Tribes in Oregon and I will continue to use my seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fight for these resources and be a strong federal partner in supporting Tribal sovereignty and self-determination.” Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians – 800-922-1399 Salem Area Office – 503-390-9494 Portland Area Office – 503-238-1512 Eugene Area Office – 541-484-4234 Contract Health Services (CHS) – 800-628-5720 Siletz Clinic – 800-648-0449 Siletz Behavioral Health – 800-600-5599 Chinook Winds – 888-244-6665 Central Coast NOW in Siletz for meeting The Central Oregon Coast NOW (National Organization for Women) will come to Siletz for a get-together on May 30 at the Siletz Tribal Community Center on Government Hill. The event will begin at 5 p.m. with a light meal and continue to 8 p.m. with some brief talks and discussion of things that are important to us all. For more information, contact Bud Lane 541-444-8320; 800-922-1399, ext. 1320; or budl@ctsi.nsn.us. Hosted by the Siletz Culture Department and the CARE Program 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. Name: _______________________________________________________ • • Cow Creek Band of Umpqua, $923,649 Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, $3.08 million Klamath Tribes, $2.77 million The $15.1 million from the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be distributed as follows: • Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indi- ans, $3.95 million • Burns Paiute Tribe, $117,109 • • Confederated Tribes Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, $929,652 • Confederated Tribes of Umatilla, $1.87 million Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, $1.36 million • C h e m awa H e a l t h C l i n i c – 800-452-7823 B u re a u o f I n d i a n A f fa i r s – 800-323-8517 Website – www.ctsi.nsn.us Tenas Illahee Childcare Center Board of Directors Vacancies Résumés are being accepted for the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center Board of Directors. Currently, there are two vacant board positions. If interested, please submit your résumé to Siletz Tribal Council, c/o Execu- tive Secretary, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549. Vacancies are open until filled. Elders Council Meeting May 11 • 1-4 p.m. • Chinook Winds Casino Resort For more information, contact the Elders Program at 800-922-1399, ext. 1261, or 541-444-8261. Address: _____________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________________________ 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 June issue is May 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 • May 2019 Member of the Native American Journalists Association Nuu-wee-ya’ (our words) Introduction to the Athabaskan language Open to Tribal members of all ages Siletz Siletz Tribal Community Center May 6 – 6-8 p.m. June 3 – 6-8 p.m. Portland Portland Area Office May 13 – 6-8 p.m. June 10 – 6-8 p.m. Eugene Eugene Area Office May 7 – 6-8 p.m. June 4 – 6-8 p.m. Salem Salem Area Office May 14 – 6-8 p.m. June 11 – 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.
