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Graduates!
Photo by Andrew Johanson
Photo by Craig Dorsay
Tribal Council Chairman Delores Pigsley, Vice Chairman Bud Lane and Secretary
Sharon Edenfield attend a meeting at the Office of Indian Gaming in the Stewart
Lee Udall Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C., in March.
Tribute to Delores Pigsley
Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 54
Verdene McGuire (left) and Katy Holland present Joseph Hill with his Siletz blanket.
Joseph Hill – University of Oregon
Congratulations to Joseph Hill, a 2017 graduate in general science with a minor
in chemistry, biology and theater arts from the University of Oregon.
Congratulations, Joe!
For more information about the Siletz Tribe, please visit ctsi.nsn.us.
(Senate – March 28, 2019)
(Page S2085)
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office
(www.gpo.gov)
Tribute to Delores Pigsley
Mr. Merkley: Mr. President, this month, Women’s History Month, we recognize
and celebrate the contributions that women have made to the betterment of our Nation.
Today, I want to talk about one such remarkable woman from my home State of Oregon:
Delores Pigsley.
In 1991, Delores Pigsley said, “You never quit being an Indian just because your
tribe has been terminated.” Delores – Dee to her friends – ought to know. As a young
child, Delores witnessed the termination of her Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians, in 1954 and just over two decades later, in 1977, she was the driving force
behind the Siletz becoming the first Tribe in Oregon, and just the second tribe in the
entire United States, to have its Federal status as a sovereign government restored.
For over four decades now, Delores has never slowed down or wavered in her commit-
ment to serving the members of the Siletz Tribe, 32 of those years as Tribal chairman.
As chief negotiator for the Siletz Tribe, Delores passed agreements with Congress,
negotiated compacts and testified here on Capitol Hill before Congress. She has worked
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services on behalf of her Tribal
members and thanks in no small measure to her leadership, the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians, which was once on the verge of ceasing to exist, now owns and manages a
reservation of over 3,500 acres, with a casino, resorts, hotels, a school and health clinics.
Delores is many things to many people: a chairman, a leader, a role model, a wife,
a mother and a grandmother. In spite of all her accomplishments, she remains humble,
attributing much of her success to other Tribal Council leaders and to many national
Tribal leaders who have served as mentors to her.
So this Women’s History Month, let’s take a moment to recognize and to thank
Delores Pigsley for all that she has done for the members of the Siletz Tribe, for Tribes
across the country and for the people of Oregon.
Thank you.
CTSI Jobs
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Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society, visit huu-cha.org.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia
Signs and symptoms:
Mild Alzheimer’s disease:
Moderate Alzheimer’s disease:
Severe Alzheimer’s disease:
Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us.
Note: “Open Until Filled” vacan-
cies may close at any time. The Tribe’s
Indian Prefeence 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 orgnization.
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temporary employees to cover vacancy,
vacations, maternity leave and extended
sick leave. If you are looking for tem-
porary work that can last from 2-12
weeks, please submit an application for
the temp pool.
What causes Alzheimer’s?
Dementia