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Chairman’s Report Tribal Restoration The Tribe celebrated 42 years of Res- toration with the largest turnout ever. The day began with a prayer by Tribal Royalty, a welcome by yours truly, songs by our Head Start students and a great histori- cal address by Mark Van Norman, who has many credits and is a past executive director of the National Indian Gaming Association in Washington, D.C. Everyone present received a gift, the celebration was closed out with the eve- ning pow-wow. Many of our friends from the community, other Tribes and family came to celebrate. It was great. Honoring Native Survivors The Tulalip Tribe in Washington hosted the second annual Boarding School Healing Conference, titled Honoring Native Survivors. It was very well-attended by board- ing school survivors both young and old. There was much discussion about expe- riences at several boarding schools, both good and bad. Most Often Requested Numbers Those in attendance and others were encouraged to talk about the issues faced over the years and begin the healing process. Government-to-Government Summit The Umatilla Tribe hosted the annual Government-to-Government Summit with the State of Oregon. Gov. Kate Brown sat with Oregon’s Tribal leaders for the entire day, along with her staff, department heads and many other state officials. Issues discussed included climate change, water, health care and gaming, to name a few. Each Tribe spoke to open and to close the session at the end of the day. The Umatilla Tribe was a wonderful host. While there, I attended the swearing in ceremony for their newly elected Chair- man Kat Brigham and others. It was a full house at their Governance Center with prayers and beautiful songs. City of Portland Tribal Summit Mayor Ted Wheeler hosted the sec- ond annual Tribal Summit in November. Portland-area and Columbia River Tribes were invited to attend a two-day very busy summit. Tours of watersheds along the Willa- mette River were given, Tribal historical discussions took place, food sovereignty and the Portland Harbor cleanup were dis- cussed, along with many other important issues to Tribes. The mayor supports Tribal sovereignty and is eager to work with Tribes. We look forward to next year’s summit. Portland Harbor Tribal officials and staff met with our congressional delegation in Portland to give updates on the status of the Port- land Harbor supersite cleanup. This has been a long slow process that is showing some progress. Delores Pigsley Chemawa Station been a long time coming, but infrastruc- ture work will begin and the board that oversees the development will be welcom- ing businesses. Siletz and Grand Ronde Tribes met in December to break ground on devel- opment of the Chemawa Station property in Keizer, Ore. The ground-breaking has New Year I wish everyone a very Merry Christ- mas and Happy New Year! Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians – 800-922-1399 Contract Health Services (CHS) – 800-628-5720 C h e m awa H e a l t h C l i n i c – 800-452-7823 Salem Area Office – 503-390-9494 Siletz Clinic – 800-648-0449 Portland Area Office – 503-238-1512 Siletz Behavioral Health – 800-600-5599 B u re a u o f I n d i a n A f fa i r s – 800-323-8517 Eugene Area Office – 541-484-4234 Chinook Winds – 888-244-6665 Website – www.ctsi.nsn.us 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: _______________________________________________________ Elders Council Meeting Jan. 18 • 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 Department at 541-444-8258; 800-922-1399, ext. 1258; or enrollment@ctsi.nsn.us. All oth- ers – call the newspaper office. Deadline for the February issue is Jan. 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 submit- ting items for Passages. 541-444-8291 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1291 Fax: 541-444-2307 Email: pias@ctsi.nsn.us 2 • Siletz News • January 2020 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 Jan. 6 – 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3 – 6-8 p.m. Portland Portland Area Office Jan. 13 – 6-8 p.m. Feb. 10 – 6-8 p.m. Eugene Eugene Area Office Jan. 7 – 6-8 p.m. Feb. 4 – 6-8 p.m. Salem Salem Area Office Jan. 14 – 6-8 p.m. Feb. 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.
