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.
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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!
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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.