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Stuart seeking Siletz athlete stories
Do you have a story to tell or know
a Siletz Tribal member or descendent
who was an outstanding athlete?
I have some Siletz Tribal member
stories so far of people who played
university sports, played a lifetime of a
sport or had amazing athletic accom-
plishments in high school. I want to
create, and possibly publish for sale, a
book that your children and my son can
read that has people who look like them
and stories to which they can aspire.
Thank you to everyone who has
corresponded so far. Please email me
at siletztiffanydawn@gmail.com with
your story or information.
Tiffany Stuart
Siletz Tribal member
Courtesy photo from American Indian Athletic
Hall of Fame (aiahof.com)
Art Bensell (Siletz), 1987, American
Indian Athletic Hall of Famer
Tribal employment information is available at
ctsi.nsn.us.
May and June Community Transcription Project
If you are interested in gaining skills transcribing and translating historical
documents from Nuu-wee-ya’ please contact the Siletz language department at
nickv@ctsi.nsn.us. The program hopes to announce opportunities to participate
in the May-June training and transcription project soon – and may have stipends
available for people interested in participating.
Activate Arts, an arts nonprofit in Lincoln County, offers summer camps that are
free for all youth in grades 1-8. It also is looking to hire high school youth art mentors.
The organization is dedicated to creating inclusive and accessible art that is cul-
turally affirming. It is the only arts organization on the central Oregon coast that is
led by people of color. Siletz Tribal member Creed Taylor is an active board member.
Activate Arts is facilitating two arts camps, with one being a mural-making
summer camp. Last summer, it commissioned a mural in honor of the late Siletz
Tribal member Agnes Pilgrim, affectionately known as Gramma Aggie. The mural
is located at the turnaround on SW 51 st Street in Lincoln City, Ore.
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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