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SILETZ NEWS Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Brenda Bremner, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Vol. 47, No. 8 Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 August 2019 Presorted First-Class Mail U.S. Postage Paid - Permit No. 178 Salem, OR Bring your family to the Siletz pow-wow for dancing, parade and vendors The annual Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, held by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, takes place this year on Aug. 9-11 in Siletz, Ore. The public is invited to attend this free family-friendly event, a tradition for the Siletz people and other American Indi- ans, sponsored by Chinook Winds Casino Resort and Pepsi Bottling Company. All events, except the parade, take place at the Pauline Ricks Memorial Pow-Wow Grounds on Government Hill in Siletz. “Everyone is invited to experience our pow-wow and learn about American Indian culture and dance,” said Buddy Lane, Tribal cultural education director and pow-wow coordinator. “Come join us at our annual celebration.” The celebration will start with the crowning of the 2019-2020 Siletz Royalty on Friday, Aug. 9, at 6 p.m. Participants dressed in all dance styles will enter the arena at 7 p.m. during the first Grand Entry, followed by preliminary rounds of competition for youth and teens. A parade winds through downtown Siletz at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. This hometown event includes Tribal roy- alty, drummers, dancers, equestrian units, vintage cars and floats. Pre-registration is available by access- ing a registration form on the Tribe’s website – ctsi.nsn.us; picking one up at the Tribal administration building, 201 SE Swan Ave. in Siletz; or by contacting Lane at 541-444-8230 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1230. Registration also is available the morn- ing of the parade at 8 a.m. at the Tribal administration building. If you are not registered by 9 a.m., you cannot take part in the judging, which starts at 9 a.m. You can, however, still participate in the parade. The parade is followed by a Grand Entry at 1 p.m. at the pow-wow grounds. Competition dancing for youth and teens continues in the afternoon. Competition dancing after the 7 p.m. Grand Entry continues with Golden Age and adult cat- egories and the finals for youth and teens. See Pow-Wow on page 12 Summary of the Inaugural Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee Meeting By Holland & Knight LLP; originally posted July 1, 2019 The Tribal Treasury Advisory Com- mittee (TTAC) held its inaugural meeting on June 20, 2019, at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The TTAC was established by the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion (GWE) Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-168) to advise the Treasury Secretary and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on matters relat- ing to the taxation of Indians, the training of IRS field agents and the provision of training and technical assistance to Native American financial officers. All seven members of the TTAC were present: • Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman and CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe • Sharon Edenfield, Tribal Council Member, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians • Eugene Magnuson, Finance Board Treasurer, Pokagon Band of Potawa- tomi Indians Rebecca Benally, Member of the Navajo Nation and County Commis- sioner of San Juan County, Utah Lacey Horn, Member and Former Treasurer, Cherokee Nation Lynn Malerba, Lifetime Chief, Mohe- gan Tribe Patricia King, Treasurer, Oneida Nation • • • • Photo by Andy Taylor TTAC Order of Business One of the first matters of business was to appoint Lacey Horn as chair of the TTAC and Eugene Magnuson as vice chairman. A second matter of business was to approve the TTAC bylaws. Members made several motions to amend the bylaws, including 1) extending the term of the TTAC beyond the two years currently authorized to ensure that the Treasury Department and IRS receive continued and consistent advice on the taxation of Indians, Tribes and their enterprises; See Treasury on page 19 Kaye Stainbrook makes a cedar bark basket at Culture Camp on July 11. She joined hundreds of other adults, elders and children in creating works of art and useful everyday items during the three-day event. See other photos from camp on pages 9-11. STAHS to bring Indian Fair to Chinook Winds Casino Resort in November. See page 14 for details.
