Tori Lynn Scott – 1971-2021
Tori Lynn Scott was born April 2,
1971, in Klamath Falls, Ore. She began
her journey home Feb. 7, 2021.
Tori was a member of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of Siletz Indians and a descen-
dant of the Klamath Tribes. She grew up
on her family’s ranch at the end of nine-
mile road and loved the spring and pine
trees that surrounded her home.
Tori had many nicknames, including
Birdies and Goof. She was an awesome
basketball player and loved the game. She
graduated from Chiloquin High School
and attended Blue Mountain Community
College to play basketball.
She loved to spend time with her
kids and made the most amazing cinna-
mon rolls, sugar cookies, wiener wraps
and frybread.
Tori is survived by her children, Haley,
Wesley, Tohtehl and Nekichwey; and her
husband, Wesley Scott. She also leaves
behind all her cousins and her aunties,
Cassie, Jackie, Delores and Jesse. She
will be greatly missed by her sister and
best friend, Leah Parazoo, and her sister,
Lori Mitchell, and her granddaughter,
Winterbelle.
She is preceded in death by her son,
Garrick Case-Scott; her parents, Eliza-
Courtesy photo
Tori Lynn Scott
beth and Edward Case; her grandparents,
William and Wynona Rentz and Edward
and Cassie Case; and her great aunty,
Lavina Smith.
Tori took in many and had an amazing
extended family of sisters, brothers and
kids, and loved them all.
Tori was laid to rest Feb. 13, 2021, at
David Hill Cemetery in Chiloquin, Ore. Her
family plans to hold a service this summer.
She is home now with her son,
G-Dubs, and her family will continue to
carry on her memory.
Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us.
Most Often Requested Numbers
Conf.ederated Tribes of Siletz Indians –
Siletz Community Health Clinic –
800-922-1399
800-648-0449
Salem Area Office – 503-390-9494
Siletz Behavioral Health – 800-600-5599
Portland Area Office – 503-238-1512
Chinook Winds Casino Resort –
Eugene Area Office – 541-484-4234
888-244-6665
Purchased Referred Care (PRC) –
Chemawa Health Clinic – 800-452-7823
800-628-5720
Tribal Veterans Rep – 541-444-8330 or Bureau of Indian Affairs – 800-323-8517
541-270-0569
Website – www.ctsi.nsn.us
General Council Virtual Meeting
Saturday, May 1, 2021 • 1 p.m. • Siletz, Oregon
Call to Order
Invocation
Flag Salute
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes
Special Presentation
Tribal Council Members Committee Reports
*Tribal Members’ Concerns
Chairman’s Report
Announcements
Adjourn
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to continue to keep the membership
safe/healthy, the May 1, 2021. General Council Meeting will be on the Zoom platform.
For access to the meeting link and access code, please email generalcouncil@
ctsi.nsn.us. Please include your name and roll number in the email. The meeting
link and access code will be distributed to your email address on April 30, 2021,
by 4:30 p.m.
*If you would like to discuss Tribal members’ concerns, please indicate so in
your email. The Tribal chairman will call upon Tribal members in the order the
requests are received.
The deadline to request the meeting link and to discuss Tribal members’ con-
cerns is April 28, 2021. If you sign up to discuss your concerns, your name with
Zoom will need to match the name with which you register.
Be safe. Stay home if you can.
Wear a mask and social distance out in public.
Exercise a little patience.
Remember – we’re all in this together.
How to access language materials online
Virtual speaking groups and beginning community classes have begun
again. Contact Nick Viles (nickv@ctsi.nsn.us) for login information.
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 mate-
rials 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, count-
ing, 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 con-
tains animals, birds, colors, fish, greet-
ings and goodbyes, insects, and trees
and brush. Volume 3 contains lessons
on sentence structure and word order.
Each lesson has a complete prac-
tical alphabet sound chart. All three
volumes have a word document and
audio recording for each lesson. Tests
are available if you want to use them.
To access the Siletz Talking Dic-
tionary, click on Siletz Language web-
site. 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. 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.
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