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PAGE 2 - MARCH, 1985, SILETZ, OREGON Council Chairman’s Report Delores Pigsley FROM THE CHAIRMAN: My sincere congratulations to the three individuals elected to the Tribal Council in last m onth’s election, I am looking forward to working with them in the coming year. I also w ant to thank the individuals who ran but were unsuccessful in their attem pt to secure a council seat. All of you should be proud of your effort to participate in the Tribal Government to create the kind of Tribe you want now and for the future. Your participation in the election process also helped focus the issues and I am sure we all learned from your contribution to the process. In the rem ainder of my column, I want to describe'to you the activities which took place recently on a trip to Washington, D.C. during President R eagan’s inaugura tion. I traveled to Washington with the Tribal Planner, Jim Willis, and our Tribal Attorney, LeRoy Wilder. While our principal purpose was to engage in a series of meetings on economic development we first attended the American Indian Inaugural Ball on January 19. Dur ing the course of the evening, we had the opportunity to m eet the new S ecretary of the Interior, Don Hodel and his wife, B arbara. As all of you know, the Bureau of Indian Affairs falls within Mr. Hodel’s area of responsibility and we enjoyed the opportunity to m eet the new Secretary. In cidentally, both he and his wife are from Oregon and they especially w ere excited to meet someone from “ back hom e.” On Jan u ary 20, Jim , LeRoy and I m et with Louis Sleeper who was the principal staff person on the P resi dent’s Commission on Indian Reservation Economies. The Commission recently subm itted its report to the P resident. Mr. Sleeper and a colleague, William McDonald, briefed us on an Indian trade mission to Micro nesia and China which will explore the possibility of ex porting Indian wood products to The People’s Republic. Trade with China is an area we a re interested in, since the Smithsonian Will Select 30 Interns From High School Class of ’85 No Applications Sent After March 18 The Smithsonian Institu tion is offering five-week internships to 30 students who will graduate from high school this year. Seniors m ay apply for positions in various departm ents and of fices in the Institution, in a re as in c lu d in g ar chaeology, biology, public a ffa irs , p h o to g r a p h y , history, veterinary science, a r t , c a r p e n tr y , lib r a r y s c ie n c e , a n d c o m p u te r science. Students chosen for the program will each receive a living allowance of $450. The interns will spend Tuesday through F riday in the host office, learning firsth an d about career and academ ic possibilities. In addition to these duties, the interns will tour sites that m any visitors to Washington, D.C., do not see: such places as the Organization of American States and Em bassy Row. ..As, paEÎ.,qLthç .prqgrarp,, the interns will hold sem inars to explain to the group both their assignm ents and the function of the host office. Acceptance is based not as much on academ ic achieve ment as on a dem onstrated interest in a particular sub ject area or career ; the pro gram has been designed to enable students to pursue their special interests while working with museum pro fessionals. In addition to the living allowance, interns who come from outside the Washington area will receive housing in a nearby university dor mitory. The Institution will a ls o r e im b u r s e th e ir transportation to and from Washington. INTERN ’85 will offer two separate sessions of the pro gram : session one from June 10 through July 12 and ses sion two from Ju ly 15 through August 16. For applications and com p le te in fo rm a tio n , high sc h o o l s e n io r s s h o u ld telephone (202)' 357-3049 or w rite INTERN ’85, Office of Elem entary and Secondary Education, Smithsonian In stitution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Applications must be re quested by March 18, 1985. Chinese a re willing to pay m ore for wood products and logs than we can receive in the domestic m arket. We have been prom ised another briefing by Mr. Sleeper upon out come of the mission from China. Our Tim ber Committee also has been monitoring this effort. Following that meeting, we m et with Tim Sullivan, an attorney who specializes in representing clients who engage in government procurem ent contracts. We a re ex ploring the possibility of bringing some form of industry to Siletz which would produce goods for the D epartm ent of Defense or other federal agency. Tim explained the various processes we would have to go through to secure this kind of economic opportunity and offered us some ideas on how we might expedite this process. Following those meetings, I was required to return to Oregon, but Jim and LeRoy stayed for two additional meetings. They m et with William Lynn Engles, the Com missioner of the Administration for Native Americans, an agency that recently aw arded the Tribe a grant to do some economic development activities.. Jim and LeRoy explored with Mr. Engles the possibility of securing addi tional funds to assist us in a road development project to facilitate logging operations in our forest. Upon his return, Jim Willis prepared a supplemental proposal which presently is being considered by ANA and Mr. Engles. Finally, Jim and LeRoy m et with John Mayers, who presently is the head of Indian Housing P rogram at the D epartm ent of Housing and U rban Development. Mr. M ayers offered his advice on the direction Indian housing is headed and the steps the Tribe needs to take to improve its housing opportunities. Aside from the meetings described above, at various times, we had an opportunity to discuss economic development with numerous Tribal leaders including Philip Martin who alm ost single handedly has made the Mississippi Choctaw’s the country’s model for Tribal eco nomic development. He has indicated a willingness to m eet with Tribal representatives to explain the various government and private contracting program operated by the Mississippi Choctaw to help us form ulate more specifically our economic development efforts. In sum m ary, the trip was short but highly productive. We cam e away with a better sense of direction in term s of w h a t‘ Indian Tribes ¿can do in the area of ecbnomic development and the ideas we brought back now a re being explored more fully by our Planning Committee. Delores Pigsley Tribal Chairman Minority Business Week To honor the m ore than 600,000 minority-owned busi nesses, P resid en t Reagan designates the first full week of O ctober a s M inority E n te r p r is e D ev e lo p m e n t (MED) Week. In 1985 the celebration will take place October 6-12 a t the Loews L ’E n fan t P laz a Hotel in Washington, D.C. Tentatively scheduled for the week is a Capitol Hill re c e p tio n , an ex p a n d ed m ark etp lace, sem in ars, a “ W estern” them e reception, and m any other functions d e s ig n e d to p r o m o te business opportunities for m inority entrepreneurs with the top F ederal agencies and m ajor corporations of the country. The F ederal government c o n s id e r s th e fo llo w in g groups as m inority: Black, Hispanic, Asian American, N ative A m erican, Aleuts, Eskimo, and Hassidic Jews. The M inority B usiness Development Agency was estab lish ed by E xecutive O rder in 1969, when minority businesses num bered about 322,00. The agency promotes and encourages m inority business ownership. . NOTICE The Siletz Housing Im p ro v e m e n t P r o g r a m is b e g in n in g an in v e n to ry survey in the 4 counties of M u ltn o m ah , C la c k a m a s, W a sh in g to n , a n d C la rk (WA). Tim Mason and Bill Johns will be conducting the inventory. Your cooperation will be appreciated. BIA News Effective 1/20/85, Mr. David Bartels, the Program Officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Siletz Agency, was promoted to the Program Analysis Of ficer. Mr. Bartels has worked for the Siletz Agency for over 3 years and for the past 2 years we here at the Siletz Agency have been trying to get the promotion approved by the Area Office and with much re-writes, hasseling, torn nerves, etc, it finally paid off. We congratulate Mr. Bartels on his well deserved promotion. More Committee Appointments The Siletz Tribal Council is asking that all interested Tribal Members complete this form and return it to the Tribal Council Secretary as soon as possible. There are two new com mittees, and we need interested participants to fill the positions. The com mittees are the Education Committee and the Tribal Court Committee. The E duca tion Committee will be responsible for monitoring, eval uating and adm inistratively assisting the Education Specialist in the T ribe’s various education program s. The Tribal Court Committee will basically be responsible for monitoring Tribal Court activities. Council is alo requesting additional applications for the Bingo Commission. This is necessary because only two responses were received previously. If you, or anyone you know, a re interested in serving on any of these com mittees, please complete this form and return it as soon as possible. Please mark your preference 1, 2, or 3, in order of your preference. Return to P.O. Box 549, Siletz, Oregon, 97380. Attention: Tribal Council Secretary. ■;______ . BINGO COMMISSION MEMBER _______ EDUCATION COMMITTEE _______ TRIBAL COURT COMMITTEE PHONE NUMBERS »Siletz O ffic e s ............... P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR. 97380 ......... ........................... 444-2532 or 444-2536 Springfield O ffic e ............................................. 1293 N. 18th, Suite B Springfield, OR. S74T1 746-9658 Salem Area Office . . . . . . ................................. ........ 393-3903 4821 River Rd. N. Salem, OR. 97303 Tribal Council O f fic e ....................... P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR. 97380 ............... 444-2528 »All Siletz Area programs and offices can be reached by calling either of these numbers. SILETZ NEWS TED WERTH EDITOR Mailing Address: P.O. Box 670 Siletz, Oregon 97380 Telephone: (503)444-2536 DEADLINE FOR THE APRIL SILETZ NEWS IS MARCH 18,1985 Send ail articles and photos (black and white only) to P.O. Box 670, Siletz, OR. 97380.
