2022 Standing Committees
Applications due by Feb. 9, 2022
Any Tribal member interested for consideration in serving on a committee
for a two-year term are encouraged to fill out this form and return it to the council
office prior to Feb. 9, 2022.
Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Attn: Executive Assistant to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549;
fax: 541-444-8325.
Name: _________________________________________ Roll No.: ___________
Address: _________________________________________________________
City: __________________________________ State: _______ ZIP: __________
Telephone: Day (
) ________________ Evening (
) __________________
Email Address: _________________________________________________
_____
The Tribe is in need of certified homes to care for
Tribal children in need of emergency, short term
And long term placements.
To see how you can help please call today.
Siletz Tribal Indian Child Welfare Department
541-444-8272
If you only want to be considered for one committee, please indicate by insert-
ing the number 1 next to the committee of interest. If you have interest in more
than one committee, please indicate by numbering your preference 1 (first choice),
2 (second choice) and 3 (third choice).
____ Education Committee (3)
____ Housing Committee (3)
____ Natural Resources Committee (3)
____ Pow-Wow Committee (2)
____ Health Committee (3)
____ Budget Committee (1)
____ Cultural Heritage Committee (3)
____ Enrollment Committee (3)
Committee appointments will be made at the Regular Tribal Council meeting
in February 2022. If you have any questions, please call the executive assistant to
Tribal Council at 800-922-1399, ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203.
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.
Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow
Attention Siletz Tribal Artists
Royalty Crown Proposals
The Pow-Wow Committee is once
again having a logo contest for the
upcoming pow-wow in August 2022.
All Siletz Tribal artists are encouraged
to submit a pow-wow themed logo.
The winning logo artist will
receive a cash prize of $300 and a
professional banner with your logo.
The winning artist will have his/her
logo highlighted on Nesika Illahee
Pow-Wow flyers and merchandise.
Please submit your art work to the
Cultural Education director’s office at
the Tribal Community Center or mail
it to Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians, Attn: Pow-Wow Logo Contest,
P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549.
All entries must be received no
later than Feb. 28, 2022.
The Pow-Wow Committee is now
accepting proposals for 2022-2023
royalty crowns. Proposals are being
accepted for Miss Siletz, Junior Miss
Siletz and Little Miss Siletz.
Proposals for a crown are required
to include art design, size of the crown
and a bid for the crown or crowns of your
interest. Proposals can be submitted for
individual crowns, two crowns or you
can submit a bid for all three crowns.
Crown proposals must be turned
in to the committee no later than Feb.
28, 2022. Proposals should be sent to:
Siletz Pow-Wow Committee, P.O. Box
549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549.
If you have any questions, contact
Buddy Lane at 800-922-1399, ext.
1230, or 541-444-8230.
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 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 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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