Temporary Tribal Student Assistance Program
The Siletz Tribal Housing Depart-
ment’s Temporary Tribal Student Assis-
tance Program (TTSAP) will accept
applications for the 2020-2021 academic
year beginning May 1, 2020.
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Program Information
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TTSAP assists students with rent or
room and board in a dormitory.
The student’s share of the rent is
30 percent of their adjusted annual
income. Important Note: The student
might be required to remit a portion
of the rent. For example, if a student
is working the wages will affect the
student’s share of the rent.
Assistance is not transferable.
TTSAP assists Tribal students who
will be attending a college, university,
vocational or trade school.
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TTSAP is a time-limited program.
Funding is for one academic year.
STHD will accept applications from
May 1 through May 31, 2020. If applica-
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Then email your name, mailing address and phone number to CompleteCount-
Committee@ctsi.nsn.us.
You will receive occasional texts from Dancing Hearts Consulting encouraging you
to respond to the 2020 Census and telling you why it’s important to you.
Tribal employment information is available
at ctsi.nsn.us.
Important Notice
Regarding 2020
Per Capita
tions are received after May 31, they will
not be accepted by the Siletz Tribal Hous-
ing Department.
To obtain an application, please call
800-922-1399, ext. 1315, or 541-444-
8315. Applications can also be down-
loaded from the Siletz Tribal website at
ctsi.nsn.us.
Cecelia De Anda (ceceliad@ctsi.nsn.us)
Rental Assistance Program Coordinator/
Resident Services Advocate
From the
Siletz Community
Dental Clinic
Due to current COVID-19 regu-
lations, the orthodontic screening
dates for 2020 in April and May
have been postponed at this time.
All patients who had scheduled for
the April and May dates will be con-
tacted with a new date once that day
has been chosen.
Thanks for your understanding.
If you believe you are going to
have a per capita garnishment either
for a debt to the Tribe or for child
support, you will receive a notice and
the protest forms in the mail. Please
keep your address current with the
Enrollment Department.
Monies owed to the Tribe: There
will be no hearings. Your written pro-
test is your due process in accordance
with the ordinance.
Child Support: If you do not
submit a written protest, you will not
have a hearing scheduled. If you do
not submit a written protest within
the 14 day time frame, you will not
be allowed to do so via phone.
Tribal Court will accept requests
to be present via telephone in your
written request.
Ordinances are created by Tribal
Council. Changes in ordinances must
be directed to the Tribal Council.
Vacancy for Housing Standing Committee
Election Board Application
Open Until Filled
Tribal members interested in volunteering to serve on the Election Board
are encouraged to fill out this form and return it to Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians, Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR
97380-0549 or fax 541-444-8325.
The Election Board consists of three board members and one alternate board
member. Applications for consideration will be accepted through June 18, 2020.
Any Tribal member interested in consideration to serve on a Tribal Standing
Committee is encouraged to fill out this form and return to the council office.
Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549;
fax: 541-444-8325.
Name: _______________________________________ Roll No.: ______________
Name: ________________________________________ Roll No.: ____________
Address: _________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________
City: __________________________ State: ______________ ZIP: ____________
City: ______________________________ State: ____________ ZIP: _________
Telephone: Day ( ) _____________________ Evening ( ) ___________________
Telephone: Day ( ) __________________ Evening ( ) ______________________
If you have any questions, please call Tami Miner, executive secretary to Tribal
Council, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203.
For additional information regarding responsibilities and duties of the Elec-
tion Board, please refer to the Tribe’s website – ctsi.nsn.us; under the Government
Listing tab select Tribal Ordinances and then select Election Ordinance.
For more information about the Siletz Tribe, visit ctsi.nsn.us.
How to access language materials online
Ch’ee-la xwii-t’i
(Greetings everyone)
To assist Tribal members during
this time of social distancing and the
interruption of our normal schedules,
this tutorial on how to access language
materials and recordings from the
Tribal website has been developed. I
hope you and your families are safe
and healthy during this time. Hopefully
many folks can access these materials
from the safety of their homes.
Go to www.ctsi.nsn.us. Enter in
your roll number and last four digits
of your Social security number to log
on to the Tribal member access area.
Click on “Our Heritage.” On the drop
down, click on “Language.”
Lots of written and recorded materials
are available in this section. The Nuu-wee-
ya’ (Our Words) Language Dictionary is
on this page. You can click on the selection
A to Z to look up written English language
words and their Athabaskan equivalent.
Also on this page are Siletz Dee-ni
Volumes 1, 2 & 3. Just click on “Study
Materials” and scroll down. Volume 1
contains lessons on body parts, counting,
relatives, foods and table talk.
In these lessons, the written word on
the screen is accompanied by audio of the
word’s pronunciation. Volume 2 contains
animals, birds, colors, fish, greetings and
goodbyes, insects, and trees and brush.
Volume 3 contains lessons on sentence
structure and word order.
Each lesson has a complete practical
alphabet sound chart. All three volumes
have a word document and audio record-
ing for each lesson. Tests are available if
you want to use them.
To access the Siletz Talking Diction-
ary, click on Siletz Language website.
Drop down three lines and click on www.
siletzlanguage.org, go to the Talking
Dictionary tab and click on it. The Siletz
Talking Dictionary Page will appear.
Just below the words “Search for” is
an empty white box. Type in the word you
are searching for and click on the “search”
button just below the box. The word
and the Athabaskan equivalent will
appear just below the search box. To
hear the word being spoken, simply
click on the red ear icon on the left
side of the page.
You may have to wait a few seconds
for the page and sound to load, depend-
ing on your connectivity. Some of the
words also have pictures.
Also on the www.siletzlanguage.
org website are 14 Language learning
videos and many other culture-related
videos, materials and curriculum.
For more information, contact Bud
Lane at 800-922-1399, ext. 8320; 541-
444-8320; or budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
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