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Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

2011 Annual Report

R&R

Chairman’s Message

Delores Pigsley

Our book, The People Are Dancing

Again, was widely promoted at schools

and university book signing events. It was

shared with all Oregon schools, lawmakers,

county commissioners and people who have

a need to know and understand our history.

We are so proud of the book and Professor

Charles Wilkinson for telling our story.

We were pleased to receive a Lifetime

Achievement Award from the Board of

Directors and the Board of Regents of the

Museum at Warm Springs.

The Tribe also was fortunate to be

asked to participate in the Siletz Festival

at the National Museum of the American

Indian in Washington, D.C. Feather dancers were a big hit at the museum along

with other tribes’ activities.

2011 was a banner year for having

certain parcels of land taken into trust by

On the cover:

A bald eagle takes flight from a tree across the Siletz

River from the Tribal administration building on a

cold, sunny day in March.

the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The system

to accomplish this is lengthy and costly to

the Tribe. The results, however, will allow

us to build more homes and use the land

for economic purposes.

Legislation was introduced in the

U.S. Senate to designate our 1855 treaty

boundary as the boundary to use to take

land into trust in the future. Our senators

introduced the legislation that leads the

way to a like bill being introduced in the

House of Representatives.

This is a result of our issues with the

present system. We are pleased that our

Oregon senators have listened and

assisted the Tribe.

Although the economy is still suffering,

Tribal members have many reasons to be

thankful for where we live and the services

available to us as Tribal members. We hope

2012 will show great improvements and

success for our Tribe and Tribal members.

We must always remember and

respect those Tribal members who have

gone before us and worked so diligently to

better our lives.

We also should give thanks to all our

veterans. Only a few of our World War II

veterans are alive today. We salute them all.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

Table of Contents

Administration

Public Safety

Programs 2

Human Resources

Housing

Planning

Programs 1

Health

Clan Chief Adam Dick (Kwaxsistalla - Kwakwaka’wakw

Nation, British Columbia); Delores Pigsley (Siletz, Oregon),

Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Tlingit, Alaska), Charles F. (Chuck)

Sams III (Cocopah Nation, Oregon) and Wayne Warren

Don (Cup’ig/Yupik, Alaska) gather together at the Ecotrust

Indigenous Leadership Award ceremonies in November.

Pigsley received the highest honor the organization bestows.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

Natural Resources

Tribal Court

Chinook Winds

STBC

Tribal Council

Tribal Entities

Administration

Sharon A. Edenfield, administrative manager, oversees

Accounting, Fringe Benefits, Information Systems, Public Works,

Facilities and Fleet, Property and Procurement, and Administrative Support staff. She also serves as BIA self-governance

coordinator, plan administrator and trust officer. Additionally, she

serves as a member to the Audit Committee, Investment Committee and staff representative to the Budget Committee.

The Accounting Department continued to function smoothly

throughout 2011. CY2010 tax information was mailed out in a

timely manner and the audit of 2010 results was completed in

May. The firm Egghart & Associates in Reno, Nev., performed the

audit, completing its fifth year with the Tribe.

The Information Systems Department provided services

to all Tribal programs and employees. Highlights of accomplishments include:

•

A new device was installed to assist IS in addressing issues

in the area offices. It allows IS staff to remotely log into work

stations from the main office, which makes staff time more

efficient and saves travel costs.

In coordination with Best Buy and the Geek Squad, four new

monitors were installed in the Tribal Council chambers for

presentation purposes. Now a presenter can use PowerPoint

presentations and council members can easily view what the

presenter has on his or her laptop.

•

The phone system was updated to a

more current version that allows usage

of the most current tools.

Thirty-three new workstations and

laptops were ordered, with the oldest

machines switched out and excessed.

Staff researched, ordered and installed a

new optometry retinal camera monitor.

The Public Works Department

provided daily services and assistance to

Tribal programs and members. Highlights

of accomplishments include:

•

Provided assistance with 12 funerals

Maintained and mowed 167.11 acres

Completed all required testing of water

systems for EPA

Painted the exterior of the Tribal Community Center and comfort station

Assisted the Tribal veterans coordinator with installing nine flag poles at

the Veterans Memorial

Installed energy-efficient exterior lighting and renovated the pow-wow grounds

because of a Crain fly infestation.

The Facilities and Fleet Department maintained 42 GSA vehicles and 24

E-Plate vehicles. The Tribal community

center was utilized for 242 events.

The Property and Procurement

Department filled 496 requests from stock

inventory and purchase orders for a savings of $76,117.51. It held quarterly excess

sales and completed physical inventory.

Cameron Fisher, Madison Metcalf, Mahala Fisher

and Elka Fisher sell lemonade to raise money for the

American Red Cross.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

The Administrative Support staff

provided daily clerical assistance to central

administration managers and other Tribal

program departments. Staff continues to

distribute the Siletz Tribal history book,

The People Are Dancing Again, to Tribal

members. To date, 1,501 have been distributed to the membership. Also, the staff

distributed 26 laptops to higher education/

adult vocational training students.

Planning

The Planning

Department continued to work on

infrastructure construction projects.

This year the big

projects were the

completion of

various road projects, the cell tower

and engineering

work on the new

Tribal 500,000gallon treated water storage tank.

The sidewalk

project was accomplished with stimulus ARRA (American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act)

funds, Bureau

of Indian Affairs

reservation road

funds and a small

amount of excess

pledge revenue

funding. This project

has made a major

positive impact on

the appearance of

downtown Siletz

and several businesses responded

to the change

by painting their

adjacent buildings.

Planning also oversaw the demolition

of the “old meat

locker” building,

making another

major change in

the appearance of

the community.

The new community raw water

storage tank was

again critical to

water service. The

system functioned

normally throughout our stormy winter

season and service continued for this

second winter (post-tank completion)

with no interruptions.

Planning continues to work on design

engineering for sidewalks on Gwee-Shut

Road and planning for road maintenance

activities. It also oversaw the installation

of new roofs on the old clinic building and

the old STEDCO building.

Planning’s data coordinator provided

support to Enrollment and assisted the

grant writer, Siletz Tribal Energy Program

and other departments. The data coordinator assists with the maintenance of

databases and surveys, and helps develop

reports that support the activities of other

departments, including housing, school

and incarceration demographics.

The part-time emergency planner busily coordinated with state and federal agencies as the Tribe’s liaison on emergency

planning and response to ensure the Tribe’s

compliance with federal safety mandates.

He worked on a cell tower radio repeater

project that improves telecommunications for local emergency responders and

secured funding for that project.

The GIS/planner provided support for

the entire Tribal administrative structure,

including Planning, Natural Resources,

other departments and the Siletz Tribal

Business Corporation via the collection of

data and the creation of maps.

Major projects in 2011 included biological assessment – performed spatial analysis and then developed map books to be

used in the biological assessment in the

timber management plan; culvert inventory – completed culvert inventory project

for the Tribe’s forest management plan;

assisted in the purchase of a new GPS for

the Forestry Department; and purchased a

storage device for holding large amounts

of imagery and Lidar data.

Several large projects also were

completed for the Planning Department,

including updating plans for the Dundas

property and preliminary designs for water

line extension to the property; and several

maps and inspections for trust applications. In summary, 72 new maps were

created, 99 data sets were maintained

and 35 data sets were updated.

The construction engineer worked on

many projects, from new construction to

building rehabilitation.

Nikita Cole, Ameer Shamsud-Din, Sarah Addis, Monique Lane, James

Anello, Ami Case, James Cederstrom and Peter Hatch celebrate

graduation at the Student Gathering in June.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

The biggest transportation project was

the completion of sidewalks on Gaither

Street (Highway 229).

One unsung minor addition to the

project should be noted. We were able to

negotiate and construct additional widening of the shoulder from James Frank

Avenue to Willow Court. This was not part

of the original project, but improvements

were requested by Willow Court residents.

Because of cost savings, we were able to

add this shoulder to the project, making

it safer for people living on Willow Court

to walk along Gaither Street to the library

and other destinations.

The grant writer provides support to

Tribal departments in developing and writing grants. He also continues to provide

support for STAHS (Siletz Tribal Arts and

Heritage Society) and played a key role in

launching the Tribal Transit program.

In 2011, the “Ride Free with your Tribal

ID” (Lincoln County Transit) program proved

very popular and the additional mid-day

route has halved the time it takes to make a

round trip by bus from Siletz to Lincoln City.

Grants

•

Active grants as of Dec. 31:

Continuation grants as of Dec. 31:

New competitive grants awarded in 2011:

(DOJ Violence Against Women, FTA

(transit), Archives project)

$1,989,000

$590,700

$450,412

IRR Transportation Program

•

Highway 229 – East side sidewalks and major storm drain

repairs completed

Molalla Court extension – Design completed and work initiated

Cemetery road – Paving completed

Gwee-Shut Road – Sidewalks in design (new apartments to

Logsden Road on “wall” side)

Transit Program – Transit vehicles, bus passes and a new

mid-day bus route in Lincoln County, “Ride for free with Tribal

ID” in Lincoln County project

portation planning, including keeping the Indian Reservation

Road (IRR) inventory current and funded. Transitioning transportation to a self-governance program was initiated this year, which

should move projects more quickly and allow any cost savings to

be rolled into other Transportation Improvement Project tasks.

Siletz Tribal Energy Program (STEP)

Pam Barlow-Lind and Dave

Davis from the Tribal Planning

Department stand next to a

Lincoln County Transit bus before

the inaugural run on a new

schedule funded by the Tribe.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

The department’s clerk has a demanding multifaceted job, handling the

department’s multiple cuff accounts and

processing accounts payable, always a big

challenge with all the construction work.

The Tribal planner oversees departmental operations and also covers trans-

STEP is funded with an Administration for Native Americans

Social and Economic Development Strategies grant, an Energy

Efficiency Community Block Grant, a REACH grant from the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services, new grants from

the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection

Agency, and grants from the Bonneville Power Administration

and local utilities.

Program goals are to provide outreach and education to Tribal

members about energy efficiency, conservation and weatherization;

and develop an energy management plan and green building codes.

STEP also will provide training for Tribal members seeking work in

the energy efficiency, renewable energy and weatherization fields.

STEP provided 3,248 compact fluorescent lights to 126

households to help them save power and money. We also provided low-flow showerheads and faucet aerators to 132 households.

This helped save water, power and money.

Finally, 31 EPA Energy Star-rated clothes washers, 22 Energy

Star refrigerators, five microwaves and three hot water heaters

were provided to low-income-eligible Tribal members in order to

help reduce use of power and water and to save money. Fourteen energy assessments on Tribal homes were provided to lowincome Tribal members.

STEP held an Earth Day event and participated in four community health fairs, Elder Honor Day, Culture Camp, Lincoln County

Fair, Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, Run to the Rogue and four community planning meetings, where we disseminated information

in person. We also kept our Facebook and webpage updated and

wrote articles for Siletz News and the local newsletter each month.

Realty

The Realty Division provided extensive environmental review and compliance to

Tribal departments in addition to proposals for acquisition of additional Tribal lands.

Realty also facilitates the conversion of land to trust and reservation status by working

with the BIA, surveys and clearing titles.

The completion of a number of trust processes in 2011 is expected to result in

several successful fee-to-trust conversions in 2012. Additionally, a revised contracting

format for this process saved more than $20,000.

The Realty planner also played a significant role in the successful completion of the

cell tower project and in the demolition of the Siletz “meat locker” structures. This was

coordinated with the Siletz Valley Fire Department and provided a “burn-to-learn” training opportunity for statewide firefighters.

•

Total acreage, including timberlands: 15,251.37 acres

Transition from fee title to trust status: 311 (Lyford, Coop)

Total acreage in trust/reservation status: 4,465.91 acres/4,021 acres

No new properties acquired

Enrollment

Stuart Whitehead (top), George

Nagel (center) and Woody

Muschamp (bottom) all take

part in Run to the Rogue.

(top photo

by Natasha

Kavanaugh)

(middle

photo by

Debbie

Williams)

(bottom

photo

by Ann

Goddard)

Enrollment has the huge responsibility of keeping Tribal

membership records. In 2011, we continued transitioning to a

new Enrollment Committee process, with quarterly enrollment.

By the end of 2011, 109 new Tribal members had enrolled

and 16 Tribal members had walked on. The total Tribal member

population was 4,847.

Enrollment continues to be busy, fielding 7,444 telephone calls,

documenting 1,567 address updates, issuing 574 Tribal identification cards and disbursing death benefits, in addition to providing

data to all programs with reports. It also provided 684 Certificate

of Indian Birth (CIB) forms and 574 Tribal member verifications.

Enrollment works closely with the families and the funeral

homes, assisting families in their time of sorrow. Enrollment

disburses a death benefit of up to $7,000 for services if the Tribal

member has a designated beneficiary. If a Tribal member does

not have a designated beneficiary on file with the Enrollment

Department, they are eligible for up to $6,000 for services only.

In addition, the Tribe provides Tribal members with caskets at a

discounted price through Enrollment. Please make sure you have

designated a beneficiary or have updated the beneficiary form in

your Enrollment file.

Please help keep your and your minor children’s information

current by contacting the Enrollment Department right away.

Include your Tribal roll number and the last four digits of your

Social Security number for your security. If you do not know your

Tribal roll number, provide your date of birth.

You can contact the Enrollment Department by phone at 541444-8258 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1258; by e-mail at angelam@ctsi.

nsn.us; or by mail at P.O. Box 549, Siletz, Oregon 97380-0549.

Public Safety

The Tribe continues to contract law

enforcement services from the Toledo

Police Department (TPD) through an

agreement with the City of Toledo and

has done so since June 2007.

Over the past three years, however,

revenue resources to pay for the agreement declined to the point that the current agreement amount could not be

covered. The Tribe and City of Toledo met

and renegotiated the law enforcement

contract with the City of Siletz, resulting in

a new agreement for 2012.

The previous agreement provided for

an average of 120 hours of law enforcement coverage per week or 6,240 hours

a year. Under the new agreement, this is

reduced to 80 hours per week or 4,160

hours a year, beginning Jan. 1, 2012.

The Tribe appreciates the City of

Toledo’s willingness to reach an agreement that balances our public safety

needs with available resources.

Under the new agreement, the

Toledo Police Department continues

routine patrol and emergency response

services for Tribal properties and residents

living in Tribal housing and within the

boundaries of the City of Siletz.

Siletz and Toledo firefighters (above) complete a “practice

burn” at a Tribally owned house in Siletz in October.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

LaiLa Butler helps Grandma Bird (below) carve a

pumpkin at a Halloween event sponsored by the Youth

Services Team.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

Highlights for the Year

Sergeant Michael Helton was appointed acting police chief

and served in that capacity until July when Chief David Enyeart

returned from serving overseas in Afghanistan.

Toledo Police provided routine law enforcement services

throughout the year as well as traffic control for the parade and

a security presence on Government Hill during the annual Nesika

Illahee Pow-Wow.

Toledo Police provided 6,189 hours of patrol time in 2011. A

TPD officer regularly attended the monthly CEDARR (Community

Efforts Demonstrating the Ability to Rebuild and Restore) meetings hosted by the Tribe’s Behavioral Health Program.

The Tribe was successful in obtaining a one-time $51,000

grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to help with law enforcement costs.

Crimes reported by TPD for 2011 as compared to 2010 are

listed below:

2011 2010

Crimes against persons

109

Crimes against property

101

Behavioral crimes

836

423

Other (informational, suspicious, 911 hang-ups, etc.)

734

301

Total

1,740

915

Of the total law enforcement responses, 1,169 or 67 percent

occurred within the City of Siletz (up 1 percent from 2010) and

571 or 33 percent occurred on Tribal property (down 1 percent

from 2010).

Programs 1

The Programs 1 Department includes

four social services programs for the Siletz

Tribe – Elders, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 477 Self-Sufficiency and

Indian Child Welfare.

Two grants fall under Programs 1 – the

Siletz Vocational Rehabilitation Program and

the Healthy Family Healthy Child Project.

Federal funding and gaming revenue

support Tribal Elders services.

Through a Title VI Nutrition and Supportive Services grant, the Elders Title VI

coordinator helps Elders access the Meals

on Wheels program in their area. In Siletz,

the coordinator personally delivers meals

to Elders’ homes.

This year, 983 meals were delivered

and 643 meals were served at the meal

site at the Tribal Community Center, a total

of 1,626 meals to help meet the nutritional

needs of Elders in the Siletz community.

This grant also provided services to

Elders through 11,088 chore services, 6,597

Tribal Elders Carol Blomstrom,

Betty Whitehead, Alice Keene and

Agnes Pilgrim wait for the Nesika

Illahee Pow-Wow parade to begin.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

hours of homemaker services, 4,848 hours

of home health aide services and 1,440 bus

tickets and bus passes. A combined total

of 18,488 transports for Tribal Elders have

been made through this Program.

The two coordinators made 40,643

contacts and referrals through outreach,

telephone calls, home visits, case management, information for Elders and referrals, and new and updated Elder assessments. Seventy-eight Elders were served

with unduplicated services.

The Title VI coordinator also administers the Elders WEX Program, which

allowed 18 Elders to return to work in

their field of interest.

Areas of employment have included the

Salem Parks and Recreation Department,

Elders on-call transporters, Siletz Head

Start classroom, Siletz Public Works Department, Brookings Indian Education Program,

Scappoose Indian Education Program, Siletz

Natural Resources, Siletz Honor Guard coordinator, Siletz Security, Contract Health Services, the Siletz library and numerous other

work sites within the Tribal organization.

The coordinators continue to partner

with the Siletz Natural Resources Department to provide firewood for Elders

through three wood-cutting events. Volunteers along with the Elders staff deliver

wood to needy Elders who cannot transport the wood themselves. Advertising for

these events goes in the Tribal newspaper

and the Elders newsletter.

The Elders

Council coordinator is also the staff

representative for

the Elders Council.

The council

covered fuel and

mileage costs for

drivers to transport Elders from

the four areas to

approved Elders

Council activities,

2,016 transports

this year.

Elders attended

monthly meetings,

Elders Council and

group activities,

monthly shopping

trips, quarterly

transporter and

Elders representative meetings as

well as Superstar

luncheons at Chinook Winds. Elders

trips are voted

on at the group’s

monthly meetings.

At the end of

2011, there were

615 Tribal Elders.

Each one receives a

stipend each month

of $100 to $300,

dependant on age.

Elders Program

staff is responsible

for shopping, cooking and assisting

with the organization of Tribal

member funerals/

potlucks at the

Tribal Community

Center. Because

of increases in the

cost of goods for

these funeral/

potlucks, Tribal

Council approved

an increase per

funeral/potluck

from $100 to $150.

Wilma Strong

and her grandson, Jack Strong

(above), enjoy

each other’s

company at the

Elder Honor

Day in April.

(photos by Diane

Rodriquez)

Chewescla

DePoe

participates

annually in

Run to the

Rogue.

Lou Carey

displays her

wares at the

Gathering

of Oregon’s

First Nations

Pow-Wow in

January.

(photo by Ann

Goddard)

Under Public Law 102-477, the Tribe

coordinates funding from several federal

agencies – Department of Labor, Health

and Human Services and the Bureau of

Indian Affairs – into one comprehensive

program, the 477 Self-Sufficiency

Program (477-SSP).

The 477-SSP helps American Indian/

Alaska Native/Hawaiian participants overcome barriers to employment by offering

employment and training services and

wellness activities. These include supportive services such as child care and transportation, skills testing, subsidized work

experience and on-the-job training positions with Tribal and non-Tribal employers.

Other services include cash grants to

individuals through the General Assistance

Program and to participants with children

through the Temporary Assistance to Needy

Families Program, family-oriented activities

and referrals to other services. The 477-SSP

also supports a GED classroom in Siletz.

Self-Sufficiency activities are unique

in that they include subsistence activities,

wood cutting, gathering of berries and

basket-making items, regalia making,

assisting Elders in the community, gardening and cultural activities.

The 477-SSP director administers this

program and supervises one monitoring

and compliance officer and nine Tribal services specialists (TSS). Two TSS positions

are in each of the three area offices and

three TSS positions are in Siletz.

TSS staff works

with clients to develop individualized

case plans intended

to help clients

reach their goals of

independence and

self-sufficiency.

In 2011, there

were 656 family

grants, 937 single

adult grants, 47

non-needy caretaker relative grants,

plus 31 families and

individuals were

given emergency

assistance. These

numbers continue

to reflect an increase in families

needing assistance,

which can be directly correlated to

the sagging economy in the Tribe’s

11-county service

area and the country as a whole.

The program

also services individuals through

Department of

Labor funds or

through 108 Work

Experience slots, 31

Direct Placement

assistance, 128

Classroom Training

slots, three On-theJob Training and

657 supportive services. The decrease

in On-the-Job Training slots can be

directly correlated

to the difficulty with

placing our clients

in job sites. This is

caused by the reluctance of employers

to dedicate positions because

of their sluggish

business revenue.

The objectives of the Indian Child Welfare Program (ICW)

are: (1) provide preventative services to families in need;

(2) increase the number of Tribal/relative placements for Tribal

children; (3) improve case management of cases open in Tribal

and state courts; and (4) increase staff to enhance collaboration

with community partners.

Funding for ICW staff and services comes from seven state

and federal grants. The case manager I position is the lead staff

person with administrative and supervisory responsibilities who

handles most cases in the greater Portland-metro area and outof-state cases.

The case manager II primarily is responsible for the remaining in-state Title IV-E cases. The child protective services (CPS)

case manager works with voluntary cases and is a protective

services position that goes on emergency calls and conducts

interviews and investigations. This position also backs up as a

case manager when needed on select cases.

The case manager III recruits, certifies and provides training to Tribal foster home parents; supervises visits with children

and families; conducts home visits; and responds to the needs

of children in care. This position also is essential to assisting with

reports, paperwork and phone contacts for the department.

The case manager IV-trainee is responsible for office and

clerical duties and assists with client needs. This position

additionally assists with supervised visits, transports and taking

incoming calls and reports to the department.

With such a small staff for an increasingly busy department,

it is essential that everyone is cross-trained and can back up

other positions if needed.

In 2011, the ICW Program assisted families through voluntary

agreements that prevented 28 children from coming into care.

ICW-certified foster homes stood at 17

homes, with 15 of those Tribal. One is a

specialized home and one is non-Tribal.

Parents’ use of methamphetamines and

prescription painkillers is the primary reason

our Tribal children go into care. The most

alarming statistic is the increase in physical

and sexual abuse. The ability to facilitate

voluntary agreements and intensive services

to negate removal is vital to the safety and

well-being of our Tribal children.

Mateas Rilatos (top) holds a sign made by

his sister, Cameron, at the homecoming

celebration for the state champion Siletz

Warriors boys basketball team.

(photo by Selina Rilatos)

Louie Orona (bottom) awaits the Tiny Tots

dance at the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

The ICW and SSP programs work

together through the Healthy Family

Healthy Child Project (HFHC) to bring

information uniformity between the

programs to better assist clients and

prevent abuse.

HFHC has increased the number of

successful multi-departmental team meetings, wrap-around meetings and its work to

advocate that various programs throughout

the Tribe, the state and the county work

together with client families to help these

families move past barriers that hold them

back from successful living.

In the past year, no termination of

parental rights/adoptions occurred

because of ICW efforts to advocate

instead for guardianship when children

could not safely return home. The case

managers and CPS attended more than 50

percent of court hearings, family decision

meetings and treatment reviews.

This takes up a great deal of the

departmental staff’s time, but it is important

to foster relationships with state courts,

the Department of Human Services, treatment providers and Tribal families.

The Tribe’s Food Distribution Program is funded by the U.S. Department

of Agriculture (USDA) and provides commodity foods to federally recognized Tribal

families in a 15-county service area whose

household income is at or below the federal poverty level.

Families can opt to receive commodity

foods instead of food stamps but cannot

receive both in the same month. Families

can, however, switch back and forth between food stamps and USDA food.

The program offers a wide variety of

packaged, canned, refrigerated, frozen

and fresh foods, including fresh produce.

Each month staff distributes food from the

Siletz and Salem warehouses.

Program staff holds nutritional education classes and looks for volunteers to

demonstrate cooking the available products and providing new and delicious

recipes. Those who volunteer receive a

$25 gift card for their welcomed information and the meals they prepare with

commodity foods.

The USDA program continues to brainstorm new and imaginative ways to help

our Tribal families use the commodities

afforded to them, such as recipe contests

with prizes awarded.

The USDA program staff coordinated

with Community Health and Healthy Traditions program staff to update the USDA

kitchen to a new demonstration kitchen.

The kitchen has been utilized for canning

and preparing healthy, traditional foods.

The Programs 1 manager is responsible for oversight of the

four social services programs, which includes direct supervision

of four supervisors and one program clerk. The manager has

been a backup for directors in the four programs when needed

and is responsible for meetings and constant communication and

coordination of the programs and staff.

The program clerk is responsible for office administration and is

trained to be a backup for clerical staff in the other four programs

as needed. The position is also part of the funeral/potluck team to

meet the needs of Tribal families and be a resource for them.

One of the most exciting things to

happen not only for Programs 1 but for

the Siletz Tribe as a whole is the implementation of the Siletz Tribal Vocational

Rehabilitation Program.

The director/counselor, job developer/

counselor and two Vocational Rehabilitation assistants have been hired. The director and one assistant are located in the

Salem Area Office and two staff, the job

developer and one assistant, are located

in Siletz.

The manual has been completed and

approved and the staff is ready to start

working with Tribal members.

The significance of having our own

Vocational Rehabilitation Program is that

vital resources and services that were not

accessible to our participants in the past

now will be available within our own Tribal

offices and administered by our employees.

Tribal Elder Dennis Lane

and Cecilia Tolentino (above),

community health advocate

in Salem, water plants at the

Salem Community Garden.

(photo by Sharla Robinson)

Tayven Cole (top) makes

a beaded gift at a Youth

Services Team-sponsored

event in December.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

After-School

Program

Programs 2

This program

provides afterschool care for

20-25 children age

5-12. Students participate in a Homework Club, devoting

45 minutes to an

hour to completing homework. The

remaining time is

spent on crafts,

games (some educational, others for

fun) and outside

recreation. Students also receive

healthy snacks and

beverages.

This program is

housed at Siletz Valley Schools. It benefits working parents because their

children go to the

after-school classroom directly from

their home room or

by bus from Toledo

schools.

Programs 2 provides the following

services: After-School Program, Child

Care, Head Start, Culture, Education,

Traditional Arts and Language, Pow-Wow

and Youth Services.

Of the seven Tribal Standing Committees, three are within Programs 2:

Culture, Education and Pow-Wow. The

Cultural Committee’s staff representative

is Robert Kentta, with Bev Youngman for

Education and Nick Sixkiller for Pow-Wow.

In 2011, Programs 2 staff continued

team development, collaboration and coordination on numerous projects, including:

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Easter egg hunt on the day before

Easter

Student Gathering to honor adult vocational and higher education students

Memorial Day lunch, following a gathering by the Veterans Memorial

Summer solstice celebrating the

change of season

Culture Camp to teach Tribal history

and traditional arts; a three-day event

for families

Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, another

three-day event

Run to the Rogue, also a three-day

event, featuring a relay run from Siletz

to the ancestral Rogue River area in

memory of our ancestors’ forced journey to the reservation in Siletz. This is

the longest relay run in Oregon.

Restoration Pow-Wow to celebrate the

restored recognition of the Tribe by

the federal government

Student incentive awards to graduating students in all levels of education

Tribal Youth Employment Program that

provides summer jobs and learning

experiences

Winter solstice in December to celebrate the change of season

Braxton

Kavanaugh and

Tyee Garcia

enjoy the annual

Easter egg hunt

in April.

(photo by Natasha

Kavanaugh)

Child Care

This program

assists Tribal

families in the

11-county service

area with securing

child care services

and with child care

expenses, and

provides training

and development

of a provider referral list.

This year, the

program served

29 families and

48 children. The

average number of

hours per month

that child care was

provided per child

was 109.

Forty-four

children received

care because their

parents were

employed and

four because their

parents were in

education activities.

Some families

accessed the program for multiple

uses.

Cultural

Resources

Cultural

Resources participates in various

work activities and

state, regional and

federal meetings.

The cultural

coordinator is a

resource to Tribal

members and area

offices for cultural

activities and does

presentations for

schools and various

groups.

The Cultural

Department coordinates the annual

Culture Camp. In

2011, 525 people

participated.

The cultural

director reviews

archaeological

permits and coordinates with other

Tribal, state and

federal entities to

ensure protection

whenever possible.

He also gives presentations to various local, state and

regional entities. In

addition, he serves

on various regional

committees and

has worked on the

Siletz Historical

Research Project

for several years.

He has maintained and expanded Tribal cultural

and historical/

archival collections.

He now is working

on Phase II of the

Culture complex,

a museum.

Education

Number of Students Served Through Education

Students in

Total

Adult Education

132

Child Care

Head Start

112

Higher Education

222

Adult Vocational Training

Supplemental Education

2,012

Tribal Youth Employment Program

Total

Chris Crawford

(top) and

Chris Garcia,

graduates of

Siletz Valley

(photos by Natasha

Kavanaugh)

2,619

An education specialist is located in each area office to

provide services and resources for supplemental education, adult

education, adult vocational training and higher education. The

specialists also assist students in the FAFSA (Free Application for

Federal Student Aid) process and work with universities/colleges.

They work at Culture Camp, Run to the Rogue and both

Tribal pow-wows.

Johnson O’Malley (JOM) activities are included in supplemental education, such as tutoring, school supplies and numerous

educational, recreational and cultural activities, as well as working with local schools.

Graduates and other students are honored annually at a

Student Gathering sponsored by the Tribal Education Committee

and the education specialists.

Tribal members stand on the balcony of the National

Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.,

during the Siletz Festival in July.

(photo by Leonda Levchuk, NMAI)

Members of the boys basketball

team at Siletz Valley stand with

the championship banner after

winning the 1A state title in

March.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

Head Start

Head Start continues to be a strong,

viable program of the Siletz Tribe.

An average of 111.25 children are

enrolled in four programs located in Siletz,

Salem, Lincoln City and Portland. Average

enrollment for 2011 was 78 percent Native

American children – 58 were Siletz Tribal

children, 29 other Native, with 24.25 nonNative. Of the children enrolled, 11.95

percent met the criteria for special needs.

All centers provide round-trip transportation services with a Head Start bus.

Teachers and staff provide developmentally appropriate curriculum for all Head

Start children.

The children receive health screenings,

dental exams, immunization assessments

and proper hygiene instruction. They participate in activities in a culturally enriched

environment.

A Policy Council of Head Start parents also receives training and meets on

a monthly basis. Staff and parents also

sponsor fundraising activities.

Saul Jurado

dances during a

men’s exhibition

dance at the

Third Annual

Gathering of

Oregon’s First

Nations PowWow in January.

(photo by Natasha

Kavanaugh)

Pow-Wow – Cultural Education

The Tribe’s two pow-wows – Nesika

Illahee in August and Restoration in

November – were excellent events. This

year, Nick Sixkiller worked on the Gathering of Oregon’s First Nations Pow-Wow in

January and the Restoration Mini PowWow at Siletz Valley Schools.

Tribal Royalty planning, organization

and activities also are coordinated through

this program. These young women represented the Siletz Tribe at nine powwows in 2011 and raised funds for travel

through craft fairs, bake sales, raffles,

taco feeds and bottle/can drives.

Culture Camp and Run to the Rogue

also were successfully coordinated

through this department.

Language and Traditional Arts

An Athabaskan language dictionary transliteration is available to Tribal

members. Alfred “Bud” Lane III teaches

language classes at Siletz Valley Schools

and in all area offices. Traditional arts,

basketry or regalia also are taught in all

area offices.

Bud teaches basketry classes for other

functions, such as Culture Camp. Gathering of materials also is taught and the

Tribe continues to work to secure accessible areas for gathering minor forest

products for traditional uses.

Culture presentations were given for

several Tribal programs, including STEP,

TANF clients and Siletz Elder Honor Day.

Bud coordinates all Dance House events,

including hosting school class visits and

representatives from state and federal agencies and other groups. Feather

Dances are held for various events.

Bud participated in planning meetings

for Culture Camp; he taught open work

basketry and daily language classes during the camp.

He meets monthly with the Oregon

Department of Education and language

staff from the other Oregon Tribes. He has

served as the chairman of the Northwest

Native American Basketweavers Association. Bud also is involved in museum planning with other staff.

Youth Services

Liana Kaiser

is the youth services worker and

a member of the

Youth Services

Team that provides

services and plans

recreational, educational and cultural

activities for Tribal

youth.

Angel Oleman (left) gets a butterfly

face at Culture Camp, painted by

Michelle Runyan.

Bud Lane helps LaDonna Mackaravitz

(below) start a basket.

(photos by Natasha Kavanaugh)

Donna Woods

participates in

the Siletz Tribal

Restoration

Pow-Wow in

November.

(photo by Diane

Rodriquez)

Health

This was our first full year in our new

clinic facility on Gwee-Shut Road. The

expanded space has greatly improved

patient care and boosted staff morale. We

discovered a few “hiccups” along the way

and worked with the contractor to correct

those minor details.

During 2011 we surpassed the 10,000

patient registration number. It’s so hard to

believe. We set up a half dozen computers

in the old clinic conference room in 1990

as we prepared to open our first clinic

doors and started registering patients

beginning with patient chart No. 1 (she’s

still a patient of ours!). To now boast of

more than 10,000 charts moves our clinic

into the mid-size range among Indian

Health Service facilities.

There were 37,990 ambulatory

visits this year, including physician, nurse

practitioner, physician assistant, behavioral

health and optometrist. The pharmacy

filled 35,883 prescriptions. The dentists/

dental hygienist provided 4,057 visits.

The Behavioral Health program served

524 clients in 2011.

New provider staff hired this year

includes Dental Officer Douglas Chadwick,

Diabetes Case Manager Joan Canan and

Pharmacist Leatha Lynch.

Dr. Chadwick comes to us from the

Houston, Texas, area where he spent

nearly five years in private practice. His

experience and clinical skills greatly

enhance our dental department and he

has some terrific ideas for improving

patient care and clinic access.

Canan is a certified diabetes educator

living in the Corvallis area. Lynch actually

has been working in the clinic for several

months under a contracted arrangement

with Priority Relief Rx as a result of the

pharmacist vacancy. She is now a permanent member of our staff. She is an

enrolled member of the Confederated

Tribes of Grand Ronde.

2011 was a very busy year for our grant programs, which

include the Diabetes Program, Healthy Traditions, Youth Mental

Health, and Tobacco Education and Prevention.

The Diabetes Program organized a well-attended exercise

challenge, operates the Tillicum Fitness Center in Siletz, pays for

gym memberships outside of the Siletz area and offers monthly

Diabetes Education Talking Circles and individual/family counseling and education.

Healthy Traditions activities this year included food preservation classes, gathering outings, gardening and a very successful

Let’s Move It in Indian Country Walk It Off Barbecue.

R&R

Tre Jackson and Lauren and Sean McManus start

their gardens by planting seeds in small containers

with the help of Sharla Robinson.

(photo by Lorna Scott)

R&R

Mary Ellen Volansky, dental hygienist, helps

conduct the annual checkup of children’s teeth

at the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center in April.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

In the Community Health Department,

staff arranged 1,785 medical transports.

In addition, it provides home visits, writes

relevant news articles and offers flu shot

clinics, youth activities and health education events.

Isaac Hanson

tries a mussel

and says he

likes them.

(photo by Chris

Crawford)

Supplies for planting seeds

are available at several events

throughout the year.

(photo by Sharla Robinson)

In the Business Office, staff billed

$6,734,114 in revenue and deposited

$1,9122,278. Contract Health Services

obligated $2,594,276 in care and had

an unobligated balance at year’s end of

$244,522. These funds will pay for 2011

claims that were still outstanding at the end

of the year. The Gatekeepers Committee

reviewed 1,427 requests for specialty care.

In addition, CHS staff administers two

programs funded by the Tribal Council

through excess pledge revenue – Outof-Area Health Benefits and Alternative

Health Care.

This year, 195 Tribal members living

outside of the 11-county service area were

provided $306,000 of care in either medical, dental, vision or hearing. Alternative

Health Care pays $50 per visit for acupuncture, massage therapy or chiropractic

care. Three hundred patients were served

by this program in 2011.

2010-11 Siletz Royalty – Junior Miss Siletz Ashliegh Ramirez, Miss Siletz Leslie Lundy

and Little Miss Siletz Healyah Butler (below left) – get ready to ride on their float during

the Loyalty Days Parade in Newport, Ore., in April.

(photo by Felicia Carmona)

2011-12 Siletz Royalty - Junior Miss Siletz Clarinda

Black, Little Miss Siletz Jocelyn Hernandez and Miss

Siletz Jennifer Easter (below) stand in front of the

AVTT Traveling Wall and Cost of Freedom Tribute

display at Chinook Winds with Ed Ben and Alan Fish.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

Human Resources

Mission

Statement

It is the mission

of the Siletz Tribal

Human Resources

Department to

obtain, develop

and train the most

important resource

the Tribe has –

human resources.

This department

will provide service

to Tribal programs

and employment

applicants in an

efficient, respectful and helpful

manner. It will

assist employees

with skill development to ensure

quality services to

Tribal members and

personal growth of

Tribal employees.

Recruitment

Activities

The department

recruited for the

following positions:

Accomplishments/Activities

One of the department’s major functions is to facilitate the hiring process. During 2011, the Tribe hired 80 employees.

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In addition to the regular Human

Resources duties for the administration,

the department contracted out its services

(consulting, job description, Human

Resources Information System, recruitment, background checks) to other

Tribal entities, including the Tenas Illahee

Childcare Center and Siletz Tribal Gaming

Commission.

•

59 regular (40 Tribal, 4 other Tribe,

15 non-Indian)

21 temporary (18 Tribal, 1 other Tribe,

2 non-Indian)

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Head Start Teacher, Assistant Teacher/

Bus Driver and Classroom Aide

Cultural Education Director

Tribal Services Specialist

Case Manager I, II and III

Child Protection Services Case

Manager (2)

Elders Council Coordinator

Elders Title VI Coordinator

Healthy Family Healthy Child Project

Specialist

Tribal Services Assistant/Data

Social Services Advocate

Vocational Rehabilitation Program

Aide, Job Developer/Counselor (2) and

Coordinator/Counselor

477-SSP Director

STEP Data Coordinator

Data Coordinator

Transit Coordinator (2)

Enrollment Clerk

New Positions

Five new positions were created:

•

Transit Coordinator

Planning Tech

Strategic Prevention Framework

Coordinator

Social Services Advocate

Violence Against Women Program

Coordinator/Advocate

Job Descriptions

Five revised job descriptions were

approved:

•

Head Start Teacher

Head Start Assistant Teacher/

Bus Driver

Head Start Classroom Aide

Elders Title VI Coordinator

Elders Council Coordinator

•

Aquatic Project Aide and Technician

Exercise Facility Assistant (3)

Optometry Assistant

Patient Accounts Rep (2)

Business Office Clerk

Strategic Prevention Framework

Coordinator

Medical Assistant

CHS Technician II

Diabetes Program Assistant

Pharmacy Technician

Diabetes Case Manager

Community Health Director

Pharmacist

Recreation Coordinator

Security Guard

Area Office Clerk

Child Care Worker

Gaming Inspector

Administrative Assistant

Information Specialist (2)

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Training

Activities

Agnes Pilgrim

and a young

one take

part in the

Nesika Illahee

Pow-Wow in

August.

Update to

Revised Personnel

Manual

(photo by Diane

Rodriquez)

Policy

Development

Revised Personnel Manual

Worker’s

Compensation

Four recordable

worker’s compensation claims were

filed this year. (Our

worker’s compensation insurance

carrier for 2011

was Tribal First.)

Labor Force

At the end of 2011, the Tribe’s labor

force was made up of:

•

Siletz Tribal Members

Other American Indians

Non- Indians

121

Total Workforce

203

Employee

Assistance

Program

Our EAP provider for 2011 was

EASE. At year-end,

151 cases were

reported to have

used the services.

EAP is available

to Tribal employees

and their immediate families. Services include drug,

family, marriage,

financial and

depression counseling and legal referral, up to seven

visits at no cost to

the employee or

family members.

Jeff and Brian Holland stand outside the furniture

business they have owned for more than 15 years.

(photo from Katy Holland)

Employee Incentive Activities

The department coordinates the

Employee Incentive Awards program.

The following awards were presented

at all-staff meetings:

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Outstanding Performance

Special Acts or Services

Cost Savings/Inventions

Extra Effort Award

Employee of the Quarter

Employee of the Year

Awards Banquet: Approximately 250

people attended the annual awards banquet at Chinook Winds.

Natural Resources

It is the mission of the Siletz Tribal

Natural Resources Department to care for,

protect, enhance and provide for the wise

use of all of the Tribe’s natural resources

in a manner that will ensure all generations to come will benefit from these

resources. This philosophy applies to all

lands to which the Tribe is historically tied,

including its ancient, aboriginal, ancestral

lands, its Coast Reservation and its current and future land holdings.

The department is responsible for

operating the Tribal Forestry, Fish and

Wildlife, Aquatics and Environmental Protection programs.

Funding comes from a variety of

sources, including BIA Self-Governance,

Tribal Forest Management Deductions,

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

General Assistance Program (GAP) grant,

EPA Clean Water Act Section 106 grant,

Administration for Native Americans (ANA)

Environmental Regulatory Enhancement

(ERE) grant and an Oregon Watershed

Enhancement Board (OWEB) grant.

Additionally, the department administers grants from the EPA and other

entities covering its participation in the

Portland Harbor Superfund site monitoring

activities and contracts with a number of

organizations to provide aquatics monitoring services.

The Tribe continued to work with the

Willamette and Siuslaw National Forests

on a variety of cooperative projects in

accordance with the Memorandums of

Understanding (MOUs) with these forests.

The Tribe also was actively involved

as a natural resources trustee for the New

Carissa Oil Spill Damage Assessment and

Restoration Plan.

Tyson Paul and C.J. and Aurora Carmona await the

start of Run to the Rogue in September.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

The Forestry Program covers all aspects of forest management on the Tribe’s nearly 15,000 acres of timberlands, including

timber sale planning (environmental assessments, unit layout and

design, road layout and design, timber cruising, appraisals, contract development), timber sale administration (contract administration and compliance inspections), silviculture (prescription

writing, site preparation, reforestation, animal damage protection,

brush control, stocking surveys), forest development (timber stand

improvement, pre-commercial and commercial thinning), forest

protection (fire management, insect and disease control), forest

inventory and management planning, and firewood permits.

Accomplishments for 2011 include:

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Harvesting 3.393 million board feet of timber yielding a net

timber revenue of $1,004,475

Presales work on five sale areas totaling 304 acres and

10.607 million board feet

Planting 14,060 seedlings on 20 acres

Site preparation brush slashing of 50 acres

Site preparation broadcast burning of 29 acres

Completing 570 acres of stocking surveys

Issuing 210 personal use firewood permits

Cutting 20 cords of firewood during three Elders Woodcuts

Approval of management plan covering 4,263 acres of marbled murrelet management lands

The Fish and

Wildlife program

handles all aspects

of Tribal fish and

wildlife management, including

issuing and tracking

deer and elk hunting tags and licenses, salmon fishing

tags and shellfish

gathering permits.

The program also

covers distribution of confiscated

game meat and

subsistence salmon

to Tribal members.

Accomplishments

for 2011 include:

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Issuing 360

deer tags

(30 filled)

Issuing 143 elk

tags (7 filled)

Issuing 162

salmon tags

(6 filled)

Picking up,

processing and

distributing

4,400+ pounds

of subsistence

salmon

Distributing 571

summer run

steelhead from

the Oregon

Department of

Fish & Wildlife’s

Siletz River fish

trap

Distributing 876

pink salmon

from the Astoria commercial

fishing fleet

by-catch

Providing

surplus game

and salmon to

eligible Tribal

members

The Environmental Protection program is funded through an Environmental

Protection Agency GAP grant, which primarily focuses on water quality monitoring

in the Siletz River basin.

In addition to the continuation of

these activities, 2011 accomplishments

include:

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Participating in activities to monitor

assessment and cleanup of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site (funded in

2011 by grants from EPA, the City of

Portland, the Lower Willamette Group,

Arkema, Gasco, Linnton Plywood and

the Port of Portland)

Participating in the monitoring of

the settlement agreements covering

re-licensing of the Eugene Water and

Electric Board’s Carmen-Smith and

Portland General Electric’s Clackamas

River and Willamette Falls hydroelectric facilities

Representing the Tribe at meetings

about a variety of other environmental

issues, including serving on the EPA’s

Regional Tribal Operations Committee

Bud Lane and his granddaughter,

Hallie Skauge, sing The Counting

Song in Athabaskan.

(photo by John Harrington Photography)

The Aquatics program was funded in 2011 by GAP and 106 grants from the EPA,

a watershed monitoring grant from OWEB, an ERE grant from ANA and a number of

contracts and funding agreements with outside entities.

Accomplishments for 2011 include:

•

Continued collection and analysis of stream temperature, stream sediment and

stream flow data from locations throughout the Siletz River system, including a

number of its tributaries, for use in a variety of future projects, including stream

TMDL (total maximum daily load) modeling efforts and habitat restoration activities

Continued laboratory research to determine if lamprey eel are affected by herbicides in

streams and if so, at what concentrations

Continued cooperative work in a number of coastal estuaries with various partners,

including work for Ducks Unlimited as part of the restoration work in the Nilestun

area of Bandon Marsh in the Coquille River estuary. This work culminated in the

breaching of the last dikes in late September, allowing a 400+-acre area to be subject to tidal inundation for the first time in more than 100 years.

Completing a monitoring survey of seven miles of Cedar Creek on the Tribe’s Reed

Creek property that was the subject of a 2009 Tribal stream enhancement project.

Coho and chinook salmon were observed spawning in the newly created habitat.

Participating in the development of criteria for selecting projects to be funded by BPA

for Willamette basin wildlife mitigation

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Housing

The Siletz

Tribal Housing

Department (STHD)

provides housing

services to Tribal

families primarily

through a Native

American Housing Block Grant

(NAHBG) authorized

in the Native American Housing and

Self-Determination

Act (NAHASDA).

This is a formulafunded program

and the Tribe’s 2011

NAHBG funding was

$3,773,169.

The Tribe

submits an annual

Indian Housing

Plan (IHP) detailing its affordable

housing goals to

HUD’s Northwest

Office of Native

American Programs (NwONAP)

to review for

compliance with

NAHASDA law and

regulation. The IHP

format changed

for FY2012 and is

now a consolidated

report that contemplates all open

grants. The 2012

IHP was submitted

and found to be

compliant.

Within 90

days of a program

year-end, the Tribe

provides NwONAP

an annual performance report

detailing accomplishments for the

program year.

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Housing Construction and

Rehabilitation:

The development and

modernization

coordinator

administers the

construction

and rehabilitation projects

for Housing.

Modernization:

Seven Tribal

member privately owned

home rehab

projects were

completed and

two Tribal rental

rehab projects

were completed, all totaling

$383,388.34.

New construction consisted

of an eightplex of lowincome rental

apartments at

Neachesna Village in Neotsu.

Maintenance of

Tribal Housing

Units: A maintenance supervisor and two

workers provide

preventive

maintenance,

routine repairs

and replacements, and

lawn maintenance for the

low-rent units

and maintain

common areas

in the homeownership

developments.

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Resident Services: Two occupancy specialists manage 178

units located on Tribal land. Staff collects rents, conducts

inspections, enforces policies and helps families access

resources. In addition, a Resident Services advocate conducts

home visits, coordinates youth and family activities and is the

staff member who assists the Residents Organization.

The Residents Organization is a volunteer group of housing

residents who meet monthly to plan community-based

projects with the goal of reducing crime and drug use in

housing communities.

The Rental Assistance Program provides rental subsidies for

Tribal members to rent privately owned homes. STHD provided assistance to 69 clients through this program.

The Emergency Housing Assistance Program works to prevent homelessness by assisting families with paying rent, late

fees and mortgage payments. Assistance is limited to $1,000

in a five-year period and 86 families received help.

The Student Housing Program, administered through the

Education Department, provided monthly rent subsidy payments for 56 student families.

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides heating assistance to income-eligible Tribal households

within the 11-county service area. Services administered from

the Housing office in Siletz and at each area office helped

280 households receive assistance through LIHEAP.

Jessica Garcia and Tasha Mason stand in front of the

sweat lodge in Siletz, displaying the lll marks on their

chins that carry cultural significance and responsibility

for those who bear them.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

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The Down Payment Assistance

and the Siletz

Saves! IDA

programs are

administered

by the Housing

Finance manager, located in

the Salem area

office. Down

Payment Assistance provides

help with down

payment and

closing costs to

first-time homebuyers with forgivable loans of

up to $15,000

for eligible

households.

Six families

received down

payment assistance grants.

The program

has helped 184

families with

these grants.

The Siletz

Saves! Individual Development

Account (IDA)

program has

finished its third

year of operation. All participants have

completed the

required financial education,

been accepted

by the Valley

Individual

Account Program and

entered their

savings period.

Siletz Saves! is

a matched savings program

designed to

support those

who qualify

Tribal Council members Loraine Butler, Delores Pigsley, Sharon Edenfield,

Tina Retasket, Lillie Butler and Robert Kentta join staff from the Siletz

Tribal Housing Department (Rob Smith, far left, and Valerie Hibdon, far

right) to cut the ribbon at the open house for the Gwee-Shut Apartments

in February.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

(income cannot exceed 80 percent of

median) in achieving specific financial

goals. Participants work on improving their credit scores and creating a

healthy financial life. They can save

anywhere from six months to three

years. Savings are matched at the

rate of 3:1 (for every dollar you save,

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you get three dollars), with a limit of

$9,000 in match.

Housing annually contributes funds to

the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center to

help keep rates affordable as many of

the children using the center live in

the low-rent and homeownership units

managed by Housing.

Jenifer Metcalf

(right) talks to

Sierra Warren

and Britany

Robertson as

Misti Warren

signs in for the

Street Dance

in July.

(photo by Natasha

Kavanaugh)

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The department also contributes to

the Tribal Law Enforcement program

that supports staffing, supplies and

equipment costs and increased patrol

of housing areas.

Over-Income Housing Grants. Using

gaming revenue, the Tribe funded

rehabilitation projects for families who

exceed NAHASDA income limits. This

program runs from September through

August. Notice for the date when

applications become available and the

deadline for submitting them is posted

in the Siletz Tribal newspaper. Grants

for this program are awarded through

a lottery drawing.

Miscellaneous

Environmental Review: During the development of the 2012

Indian Housing Plan, we discovered that two Tribal properties

(Mast – Lincoln City, Bishop – Siletz) were essentially in limbo.

Environmental review of each property had occurred but

HUD determined the Tribe had not fully complied with regulations 24 CFR 58. The Tribe requested that HUD grant a waiver of

the regulations and both were denied. Thus, the properties have

remained undeveloped.

On Nov. 3, we submitted a request for HUD to reconsider the

denial, endorse our waiver request and forward to the secretary

of Housing and Urban Development.

Future/Planned Projects: STHD is in the design phase of developing a sustainable community in Siletz. The goal is to build seven

single-family homes in 2012 that will be sold through the Home of

Your Own program. As funds become available, we intend to build

additional homes in future years in both Siletz and Lincoln City.

The Mutual Help program still will be available in existing

homes but not in the new development.

Singers Justin Mason, Buddy Lane, Alfred “Bud” Lane III, Halli Skauge, Alissa Lane, Tiffany

Stuart, Angeline Orona and Jennifer Easter sing at the welcoming reception of the National

Congress of American Indians conference in October.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

Court Staff

Tribal Court

Caseload, Jan. 1 through Dec. 31

New

Average monthly new cases

Closed

Hearings, monthly average

One chief judge, one appellate judge, one District Court

judge, one Gaming Court judge, one Community Court judge

(vacant), one full-time court administrator and one half-time

deputy court administrator

458

38.17

368

39.50

Development

Funding

The court is maintained with money

from the annual EPR funds and BIA funds.

Tribal Court continues to seek grant funding where we qualify as a developing court.

Caroline

Easter at the

Restoration

Pow-Wow

Case Management

Tribal Court strives to meet the ongoing

challenge of new categories of cases and

complexity of subject matter. In the last

11 years, Tribal Court has seen an

increased caseload from just more than

100 cases in 2000 to a caseload of nearly

500 between 2009 and 2011.

Court staff works in conjunction with

the chief judge, creating new or modifying

existing forms relevant to the ever-changing

case criteria.

Subject matter has become increasingly complex with regard to employment,

personal injury cases from Chinook Winds

and other matters ranging from contract

cases to enrollment and any other case

that may fall within the jurisdictional

boundaries of the Siletz Tribal Court.

Tribal Court uses Laserfiche, a document imaging program, for storing files.

Rebekah Goulet, deputy court administrator, has scanned past and current court

records into the Tribe’s Laserfiche storage. This saves cost and space, and the

records are easily searched and printed.

Records that are not on Laserfich are our

juvenile records as we continue to keep

hard files indefinitely.

(photo by Diane

Rodriquez)

Gabriel and Kyler Thomas drive a

Ford F-150 power wheel in the

Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow parade.

(photo by Natasha Kavanaugh)

Training

Tribal Court promotes educational

enhancement for the judicial and court

staff through attendance and participation in trainings and workshops relative

to Tribal Court issues. It participates with

neighboring courts and agencies to create

good working relationships.

The National Judicial College (NJC)

in Reno, Nev., is one of our most valued

resources for judicial training.

Spokespersons are encouraged to gain

as much legal education as they can. As

funding allows, Tribal Court sponsors continuing legal education for spokespersons.

Lincoln

Lewelling at

the Head Start

graduation in

May

(photo by Natasha

Kavanaugh)

Public Relations

Representing litigants in Tribal

Court matters is a pool of three active

spokespersons.

Four peacemakers appointed by Tribal

Council make up the peacemaker pool.

The first qualification for peacemaker

court is that all of the parties in the dispute must agree to peacemaker court.

Siletz Tribal Business Corporation

Financials

In 2011, STBC’s

main focus was on

improving the operations of its current

entities while also

emphasizing cost

control to increase

profit.

During the year,

STBC decided to

cease operations

of two of its entities, Northwest

Maritime Industrial

and Siletz Technologies, because

of market conditions. In addition

STBC issued RFPs

for management of

both its RV parks to

help contain costs

and identify the

best management

teams.

Finally, STBC

conducted a thorough business and

market analysis

of its print shop,

Imprints, which

resulted in the

recommendation

to purchase additional equipment to

expand the shop’s

services and its

profit.

STBC’s focus on

cost control had a

positive impact.

Administration

costs were down

42 percent from

2010, providing a

significant savings.

STBC also

finished the year

on a positive trend.

During the last two

quarters of 2011

(July-December),

STBC turned a

small positive

cash flow outside

of debt service.

Enterprises

Imprints Print Shop: Imprints’ annual performance mirrored the previous year, carrying a small loss for the year. STBC

finalized the equipment needs, floor plan and space requirements

for the expanded shop, which will lead to higher quality products

and enable the business to increase sales and profit. A marketing

plan to acquire new business is being implemented.

Logan Road RV Park: The park ended the year breakeven, its best year ever. Revenue was flat for the year but

expenses were down 20 percent.

STBC issued an RFP for managing the park, with a decision

due early the next year. STBC staff is looking forward to working

with the next management team to make the park as profitable

as possible.

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort: The resort had a strong year,

with revenue up 10 percent and occupancy up 11 percent. Solar

panels to heat the pool were installed in December and this will

help reduce the utility costs incurred by the park.

STBC issued an RFP for managing the resort, with a decision

due early the next year. This should help reduce overall costs and

hopefully increase revenue.

Siletz Valley School students and community members line Swan

Avenue in front of the Tribal administration building to show their

support for Run to the Rogue.

(photo by Diane Rodriquez)

Properties

Business Development

2011 was a very good year for the

properties managed by STBC. Not a

single tenant was lost during the year and

tenants were added at the Salem Flex,

Eugene, Portland and Toledo Mill sites.

At year’s end, the occupancy rate of

the six commercial real estate properties

managed by STBC stood at 80 percent,

with four of the buildings completely occupied. In addition, the Toledo Mill site now

has five tenants whose rents cover the

annual operating costs of the property.

Portland Siletz Business Complex:

Even with a continuing soft commercial

leasing market, the building did not lose

any tenants and a new tenant was added

in August. Strong marketing efforts continue to lease the remaining space.

Eugene Area Office: The office

became completely occupied in May, with a

new tenant leasing the entire second floor.

Salem Flex Building: Aramark

Uniform Services signed a 10-year lease

with two five-year options to use 22,000

square feet of the warehouse space and

moved into the building in April. Over 10

years, this will bring in $1.3 million, plus

$200,000 in tax and insurance rebates.

Salem Trust Property: A small area

of the property was leased for construction of a digital billboard along I-5. As part

of the lease, the digital billboard owner

provides free advertising for Hee Hee

Illahee RV Resort.

Lincoln Shores Building: The building remained full throughout the year with

continued general maintenance.

Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart: A new fiveyear lease was signed with the current tenant and routine maintenance continues.

Toledo Mill Site: A new tenant moved

in during the summer. Deferred maintenance

and cleanup of the site were completed.

Depoe Bay Property: This was

leased throughout the year by O’Downey’s,

a Tribal member-owned Irish pub and restaurant. General maintenance was done

throughout year.

Sammy Hall

Jr. (above) and

former Oregon

governor

Victor Atiyeh

(below) at the

Restoration

Pow-Wow

(photos by Diane

Rodriquez

Member Services: STBC provided

more than 100 counseling services for

Tribal members on a variety of topics.

Youth Entrepreneurship and

Leadership Program: STBC staff continued to teach a youth entrepreneurship

and leadership program at Siletz Valley

Early College Academy. YELP is in its

second year.

Core components included developing

and writing a business plan, a mentorship

program, developing leadership skills, an

internship program and providing capital

to start-up businesses.

Going Green Campaign: STBC

began a Going Green campaign during

the last two quarters of the year. Energy

audits were conducted at several of the

entities, leading to recommendations to

reduce energy costs.

Solar panels have been installed at

Hee Hee; electric cars have been purchased for Hee Hee and Logan Road;

and energy-efficient appliances have

been purchased for both RV parks. These

efforts will help market the businesses and

reflect the vision of the Tribe as being the

stewards of the environment.

Tony Whitehead,

Charles Wilkinson,

Stan Speaks

and Don Pigsley

take part in an

honor dance

for Wilkinson at

the Restoration

Pow-Wow in

November.

(photo by Diane

Rodriquez)

Chinook Winds Casino Resort

Without the generosity of the staff at Chinook Winds, Christmas in 2011 would have been pretty lean for many children.

Given the chance to donate PTO (personal time off) hours to

fill the tags on the Department of Human Services and Taft High

School Native giving trees set up in the casino, the ever-generous

staff’s donation totaled $3,791. The gifts purchased with these

funds combined with the gifts from employees who chose a tag

from a tree (each listing a child’s wishes or needs) and filled it

themselves made Christmas bright for 120 youngsters.

In addition, the Chinook Winds Bingo Team coordinated the

donation of 270 toys for children in Lincoln City as part of the

annual toy drive sponsored by North Lincoln Fire & Rescue. But

the Christmas giving didn’t end there.

For the second year Chinook Winds staff volunteered to

coordinate Operation Christmas Spirit, a community dinner open

to everyone with the intent of feeding those most in need, at the

Lincoln City Community Center on Christmas Day.

Chinook Winds provided all of the food for a traditional

Christmas dinner with the exception of desserts that were

donated by the community. Fifty community volunteers helped

12 casino staff members set up, tear down, wait and bus tables

and greet at the door.

Meals were delivered to those unable to attend and to the

homeless. Collection boxes were filled to overflowing with hats,

scarves, afghans, sleeping bags and blankets that were distributed Christmas Day. By day’s end, 425 meals had been served.

Delores Pigsley joins Allison Fisher

(left) and Ga-Young Kim (right)

at the Women’s Professional

Billiards Association tournament

in November.

(photo by Chinook Winds staff)

Chinook Winds staff participates

in the food drive for the Lincoln

City Food Pantry during

Community Days in April.

(photo by Chinook Winds staff)

As the opening event of Community Days, a community-wide

week-long event, Chinook Winds, in cooperation with the Lincoln

City Cultural Center and the Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon,

sponsored a 1,500-piece pinwheel garden on the lawn of the

Cultural Center to heighten awareness of child abuse in Oregon

and promote its prevention. These pinwheels shining brightly in

the sun, spinning in the wind, were gently and patiently placed in

the ground by casino staff and community volunteers.

Chinook Winds staff also took part in many of the activities

that raise funds for nonprofits in the community, including playing

in the Mud Flats Golf Tournament and collecting food at the annual

food drive, to which Chinook Winds makes a sizeable donation.

An estimated 95 staff members took part in the semi-annual

SOLV Beach Cleanup, staff formed casino-sponsored teams to

participate in community trivia competitions to raise funds for

charity, employee teams participated in charity golf tournaments

and formed a team for the Relay For Life.

Chinook Winds also made a sizeable donation to Stuff a Bus,

which provides school supplies to students in need. Several charity

golf tournaments also were held at Chinook Winds Golf Resort.

Many of the special events held at Chinook Winds donated

a portion of their proceeds to charity, including the Women’s

Professional Billiards Association, which raised money for the

Taft Boosters; the

Antique Appraisea-thon, with half of

the proceeds dedicated to Relay For

Life; and Surf City,

with a donation to

Angels Anonymous.

Lincoln County

Special Olympics,

North Lincoln Fire

& Rescue and the

Sheriff’s Posse were

among other recipients of funds raised

in this manner.

Chinook Winds