STAHS makes great strides in 2021 to raise money for A Place for the People
By Teresa Simmons
Gloria Ingle, Teresa Simmons, Angela
Ramirez and Shantel Hostler Peacock,
board members of the Siletz Tribal Arts
and Heritage Society, are delighted to
report that 2021 was a very good year for
STAHS. The capital campaign to raise
funds to build A Place for the People, the
museum that STAHS is dedicated to build-
ing, has been very successful.
Approximately $2 million in gifts
and commitments to the campaign for A
Place for the People was raised through
the efforts of Stephen Reichard, STAHS
capital campaign manager. In December,
STAHS received commitments from
Potlatch and the Ferguson and Morrison
foundations for $37,000.
More significantly, with the support
of Tribal Council, proposals were sub-
mitted to the Shakopee Mdewakanton
Sioux Community for $250,000 and to the
Economic Development Administration
for $4.1 million. A proposal for $200,000
to the Northwest Area Foundation for
operations has been submitted along with
many other grant proposals that have been
submitted or are planned.
It’s an exciting time as we approach
the day when construction can begin of
this long-awaited museum, A Place for
the People.
Siletz Tribal Arts & Heritage Society accepting applications for new board members
STAHS is a nonprofit corporation that
has a mission to:
1. Develop resources for the construc-
tion and implementation of a cultural
center and museum where Tribal
artifacts and representation of Tribal
history and culture can be maintained
2. Develop resources to support activi-
ties and administration of the cultural
center/museum
3. In cooperation with the Cultural staff
employed by the Siletz Tribe, to:
a. Promote programs that encourage
the revitalization and practice
of Tribal cultural and religious
activities and the restoration of
Tribal religious and cultural sites
and locations
b. Provide a variety of outreach, edu-
cational and training programs,
both locally and throughout the
region, related to the culture and
traditions of the Siletz and other
indigenous people of the Pacific
Northwest
c.
Promote programs that will
encourage economic development
of the Tribe through traditional
arts and crafts and other culturally
appropriate methods
Tribal member status is not required
for all positions on the board.
Applications and a description of
board member duties are available by
contacting STAHS Chair Gloria Ingle
at gloriaingle456@gmail.com or Teresa
Simmons at trobbsimmons@gmail.com.
Return completed applications to STAHS,
P.O. Box 8, Siletz, OR 97380-0008; email:
STAHS.Board@gmail.com.
The STAHS Board of Directors will
review all applications. STAHS recom-
mendations will be sent along with
applications to Tribal Council, which will
review applications and approve appoint-
ments at the next regular Tribal Council
meeting after recommendations have
been made.
If you have any questions about the
process, please call 541-994-5953.
Use Amazon Smile to donate to STAHS
Here’s how you can donate to the Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society
(STAHS) painlessly and effortlessly. It’s as easy as 1,2,3,4.
CTSI Jobs
Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us.
Thank you!
1--Go to Amazon.com.
2--In the Department drop down box, type Amazon Smile.
3--See Amazon Smile – You shop. Amazon Gives.
4--Follow the easy directions.
Toss packaging misfits into your trash
From the Lincoln County Solid Waste District
It might seem strange for an article focus on what to toss into the trash, but after
everyone’s efforts to Reduce (avoiding excess packaging in the first place), Reuse (cram-
ming as many of those silly packing peanuts into the box when you ship something to
someone else) and Recycle (pulling out the few truly recyclable packaging items such
as 100% paper and recycling them) – every year there always seems to be a small pile
of misfit packaging still waiting in the corner of the garage (wondering where to go).
These are the Styrofoam blocks, the three-quarters-popped bubble wrap and the
wads of shrink wrap covered in sticky packing tape. Also in this pile are the half-
dissolved dissolvable packing peanuts, carton foams and compostable plastics (often
printed with recycling symbols and grand claims of earth friendliness). The wishful
recycler might be tempted to toss any of these misfits into the wrong curbside roll cart,
hoping that someone will find a better use for them.
Please don’t.
In actuality, these misfit items only contaminate the recycling and composting
systems. Wishful recycling drives up the cost of recycling (recyclers must spend con-
siderable resources to find and get these contaminants out); and worse yet these items
may cause truly recyclable materials to be discarded because they become stuck to or
lost in the contaminated items.
The good news is that the State of Oregon is working to improve recycling labeling
and update the whole recycling system (please know that it might take a few years to be
fully implemented). And curbside collection of paper, metal cans and plastic bottles
(as well as compost) currently does have consistent and stable recycling markets.
So that brings us to what packaging to place into your curbside trash container
(after you’ve exhausted the options of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle):***
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All plastics and compostable plastics that are not a plastic bottle with a neck
smaller than its base
All foam packaging (such as block foams, packing peanuts, dissolvable foams and
compostable foams)
Any packaging that contains micro-plastics or is waxed (wrappers around copy
paper, non-tear papers, food containers and waxed cartons)
To help keep recycling clean (and successful) – “When in Doubt, Throw it Out.”
*** This article is focused on choices between the three roll carts at the curb. Yes,
there may be a few niche recycling opportunities for a few items on this list. At this
time, those markets are either unable to support curbside collecting (small volume/
inconsistent/problem-fraught) or are so distant it would consume more resources to
get them recycled than are in the product itself.
CTSI Website Redesign
You may have already noticed-
but our website has a new look!
Visit www.ctsi.nsn.us to check it out.
Note: if you are having trouble accessing the Member Area, please send
an email to Kat at katrinah@ctsi.nsn.us with your name (as it appears on
the Tribal Roll) and your roll number.
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of the Siletz Tribe is the editor-in-chief
of Siletz News.
Editor-in-Chief: Kurtis Barker
Editor: Diane Rodriquez
Assistant: Andy Taylor
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