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
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