2018 was an eventful and prosperous year for the Tribe and the Tribal Council.

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The Tribe continues to advance the Salem casino, working with local groups

and elected officials. Preparation is under way to apply for fee-to-trust status

for gaming on the site. Bureau of Indian Affairs officials have been consulted to

ensure the process is accurately followed.

The Tribe received a self-governance award in recognition being a second tier

Tribe in self-governance at the annual self-governance meeting in Albuquerque.

Tribal Council member Angela Ramirez accepted the award on behalf of the Tribe.

The Lummi Tribe and Siletz conferred on a project to honor and remember Chemawa students and staff who are interred in the cemetery located at

Chemawa Indian School. Lummi carver Jewel James carved two beautiful story

poles and a bench; Siletz donated the cedar.

The story poles were to be placed inside the Chemawa Cemetery. Caught up

in red tape outside the Tribes’ parameters, however, the poles were placed in the

Chemawa auditorium awaiting approval to be placed in the cemetery.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held in Portland for a Tribal housing project.

The 59-unit project will provide housing for 19 Siletz families.

Congress passed the Tribal Social Security Fairness Act and the president

signed it into law. This enabled Tribal Council governments across the nation

to contribute to Social Security taxes and to receive coverage under the act for

Social Security benefits.

President Trump signed into law the Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention

Act. It becomes Public Law 115-329. The State of Oregon and Siletz, Confederated

Tribes of Umatilla, Warm Springs Tribe and Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

may form a committee to coordinate management of seals and sea lions on Oregon

tributaries of the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam. Our Tribe worked with

other Oregon Tribes in the passage of this important legislation.

In December 2018, the threat of a government shutdown was made good as

Congress closed out the year. The Partial shutdown lasted into early 2019.

Tribal staff is to be commended for the programs and services provided

throughout the year.

Photographers: The work of several photographers appears in

this report, including that ofJocelyn Hernandez, Raina Johnston,

Natasha Kavanaugh, Angela Ramirez, Diane Rodriquez, Andy

Taylor and Chinook Winds Casino Resort staff.

On the cover: A close-up photo of a basketcap in the Tribe’s collection.

Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley

Table of Contents

Public Safety

Housing

Natural Resources

Health

Tribal Court

Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund

Programs 1

Programs 2

Human Resources

Planning

Siletz Tribal Business Corporation

Chinook Winds Casino Resort

Tribal Council

Law Enforcement. The Tribe continues to

receive enhanced law enforcement services through

an agreement with the Lincoln County Board of

Commissioners. Under the agreement, the Lincoln

County Sheriff’s Office provides the equivalent of two

full-time patrol deputies performing 80 hours of

services for 52 weeks annually.

Services include traffic law enforcement and

investigation; criminal law enforcement and investigation; security on request for Tribal court hearings

and Tribal Council meetings; enforcement of Tribal

Court orders (including protective orders, temporary

restraining orders and permanent injunctions) and

court appearances; transportation of arrested person

to the Lincoln County jail; records and evidence keeping; and participation with interagency law enforcement groups.

The LCSO reported the following incidents

for 2018:

4 simple assaults

2 intimidations/other criminal threat

1 stalking complaint

5 restraining order violations

1 robbery – other

1 burglary – residence

1 theft of motor vehicle parts/accessories

1 vandalism

2 drug offences

1 minor in possession – alcohol

1 disorderly conduct

2 criminal trespass

1 animal ordinance violation

2 all other offences

11 non-criminal domestic disturbances

1 custody – mental

As part of the agreement, the sheriff and his

deputy interact with Tribal representatives and

community groups to strengthen relationships. This

includes one deputy attending monthly CEDARR

(Community Efforts Demonstrating the Ability to

Rebuild and Restore)

meetings; the sheriff and/

or 1-2 deputies attending

the monthly Siletz area

community leaders meeting with the mayor, the fire

chief, the Tribe’s general

manager and the school

superintendent; engaging

with Siletz Neighborhood

Watch; and attending other

meetings upon request of

the Tribe and availability of Community Garden BBQ go’ers enjoying some

the sheriff or his designee.

sunshine, good food and friends.

Emergency

Preparedness. This year the Tribe secured funds for an Emergency Preparedness

coordinator position, with half coming from a FEMA Emergency Management

Performance Grant and the other half from gaming revenue.

Eli Grove, a Siletz Tribal member, started the job in December. He will coordinate the efforts of the Emergency Management Preparedness Team (EMPT) to build

the Tribe’s capacity to respond to emergencies or natural disasters.

The EMPT uses the “whole community” planning approach, which recognizes

that it takes all aspects of a community to effectively prepare for, protect against,

respond to, recover from and mitigate against any disaster.

The EMPT includes Tribal staff – Public Works supervisor, Administrative

Services supervisor, IS support tech, Nursing supervisor, Community Health

director, GIS planner and GIS construction management engineer; City of Siletz

staff – the mayor and the utilities worker; and Siletz Valley Fire District staff –

the fire chief and office administrator.

For 2018, the EMPT focused on several areas: (1) updating the Emergency

Operation Plan, to conclude in 2018; (2) updating the Multi-Hazard Mitigation

Plan; (3) getting EMPT staff trained in four baseline courses and two management capacity courses; (4) inventorying emergency medical and survival

supplies, and replacing expired supplies;

and (5) distributing

three-day emergency

survival back packs to

all Tribal staff.

For 2019, program

goals are to complete

plan updates, continue to train staff,

build emergency communications capability (hand-held radios,

satellite phones,

ham radio, etc.) and

schedule at least two

Lincoln County Sheriffs giving candy to

full-scale exercises.

a fellow officer during the Head Start class

Trick-or-Treat.

The needs of Tribal members are ever-changing and we consistently seek new

funding and methods for expanding housing opportunities to keep pace.

STHD staff made significant progress in tracking and reducing tenant account

receivables and five Mutual Help Homeownership units conveyed title in 2018.

STHD submitted the updated Formula Current Assisted Stock information and

current Tribal enrollment data to the IHBG formula center and assisted with document preparation and facilitation of the OLINK meeting.

Construction

Mission Statement

With funds provided by the Native American

Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act and

other resources, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz

Indians will continue the operation of a housing program whose overall mission will be to ensure that lowincome Siletz Tribal members have the opportunity to

obtain housing that meets his/her needs, is affordable

and provides a safe, healthy living environment.

A Year in Review

2019 was a year of innovation at the Siletz Tribal

Housing Department (STHD).

The partnership with the Native American Youth

and Family Center (NAYA) for the Nesika Illahee

development was finalized. The partnership is new

and creates an opportunity to leverage resources in an

innovative way.

The Nesika Illahee development of a 59-unit

apartment complex will provide 20 units of affordable

housing for American Indian families in Northeast

Portland, with first preference to enrolled members of

the Siletz Tribe.

The process to develop the partnership was

fairly complex and may serve as a roadmap for future

projects. STHD staff will provide technical assistance

and monitoring to ensure compliance with the Native

American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination

Act (NAHASDA).

Organizational

The 2017 Annual Performance Report was submitted to HUD (Housing and Urban Development) on

March 16, 2018, and highlighted STHD’s accomplishments for the 2017 program year.

We successfully submitted the 2019 Indian

Housing Plan using the EPIC system for the first

time. Thinking beyond status quo programs, how to

broaden services to Tribal members and leveraging

Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) funds to maximize

services is the Housing Department’s focus.

Phase 2 participants in the Home of Your Own program became homebuyers!

We conveyed title and initiated mortgages for each of the Phase 2 participants.

STHD completed the third and final phase of the Home of Your Own community

in Siletz. Eight Tribal families moved into brand new homes and are in the 1-3 year

lease phase. Six of the families formerly lived in STHD rental units, which created

rental opportunities for Tribal members on the waiting list.

We continue to wait for completion of the environmental assessment for

the workforce housing development known as Neachesna 2. During the year we

completed all of the activities that are considered exempt under the National

Environmental Policy Act, including procuring architect and engineering services

for the town house designs. The design should be complete in March and we anticipate bidding the project as soon as the environmental assessment is finished.

Legislative

Reauthorization of the NAHASDA Act and stabilizing funding remain our

legislative priorities.

The National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) began vetting legislative proposals for inclusion in a NAHASDA reauthorization discussion draft.

The goal is to prepare draft legislation that strengthens self-determination

and includes Indian Country’s priorities to make Indian housing programs more

efficient. NAIHC’s plan is to have a NAHASDA reauthorization bill introduced early

in the next session of Congress.

We continue to focus on increasing appropriations for the IHBG program.

The additional $100M

appropriation will not be

disbursed through the

IHBG funding formula; it

will be competitive.

As you can imagine,

some are scrambling to

influence the criteria and

in some instances, redefine “need.” It will be an

interesting 2019 as the U.S.

Department of Housing

and Urban Development

rolls out the Notice of

Funding Availability.

Miscellaneous

Jessica Garcia obtained

the Professional Indian

Housing Management certi-

Jacob Reid and his daughter, Penny, at

the Wellness Carnival.

Nesika Illahee housing groundbreaking ceremony.

fication through the NAIHC. This is a significant accomplishment as it takes many

years to complete the required courses.

The PIHM is the highest certification offered by NAIHC in the area of

Indian Housing Management and requires well-rounded knowledge of multiple

program areas.

Sami Jo Difuntorum, STHD executive director, concluded her second term

as NAIHC chairwoman. She was presented with the Virginia Kizer Award for

outstanding lifetime service for her leadership of NAIHC and achievements in

Indian housing.

Sami Jo currently serves as co-chair of the NAIHC legislative committee, vicechair of the Northwest Indian Housing Association and the alternate NAIHC board

member for Region 6.

STHD entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Resident

Organization. The primary function of the RO in 2018 was coordinating “dump

day” for the Lincoln City and Siletz communities. The dumpsters were well-utilized

and thus both events were successful.

Isaac Butler after winning the state championship.

Naiya Mason wins the race to an egg at

the Siletz Easter Egg Hunt.

Students participate in a paper airplain

race at the Nike N7 Youth Movement field day.

Frank Viles making a paper flower.

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,

precommercial and commercial thinning), forest protection (fire management,

insect and disease control), forest inventory and management planning, and

firewood permits.

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, Aquatics, Wildlife, Hunting & Fishing,

Environmental Protection and Realty programs.

Funding comes from a variety of sources, including BIA Self-Governance, Tribal Forest Management

Deductions, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

General Assistance Program (GAP), Wetland and

Clean Water Act Section 106 and Section 319 grants,

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and BIA

Wildlife grants, and BIA Climate Change grants.

Additionally, the department administers

grants from EPA and other entities covering its

participation in the Portland Harbor Superfund Site

monitoring activities, along with contracts with the

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to

conduct precommercial thinning of forest plantations and a number of organizations to provide

aquatics monitoring services.

The Forestry program covers all aspects of

forest management on the Tribe’s 15,000+ acres of

timberlands, including timber sale planning (environmental assessments, unit layout and design, road

Accomplishments for 2018 include:

◊ Presales work on four timber sale areas totaling 243 acres and 6.79 million

board feet

◊ Planting 25,447 seedlings

◊ Site preparation of 86 acres

◊ Precommercial thinning of 200 acres

◊ Completing 140 acres of stocking surveys and 365 acres of stand exams

◊ Issuing 182 personal use firewood permits

◊ Issuing 122 property access permits

◊ Cutting, splitting and delivering 32¾ cords of firewood during three Elders

Woodcut events

The Aquatics program was funded in 2018 by GAP, 106, 319 and Wetlands

grants from EPA, and a number of contracts and funding agreements with outside

entities in addition to Tribal and BIA hatchery and climate change funding.

2018 accomplishments include:

◊ Completing water level data gathering along 56 miles of the Siletz River

◊ Preparing for seven mainstem restoration projects on the Siletz River

◊ Completing salmon redd surveys covering over 256 miles within the

Siletz River basin

◊ Collecting shellfish distribution, abundance, community structure and habitat

preference data from 120 Yaquina River estuary sites

◊ Monitoring native oyster restoration efforts at eight sites in Yaquina Bay

◊ Post-restoration monitoring of several projects in the Tillamook and

Nestucca basins

◊ Establishing a culturally important native plant nursery for future restoration projects

◊ Continued participation in criteria development and selection of projects to be

funded by BPA for Willamette basin wildlife mitigation

◊ Participating in ocean planning efforts through the West Coast Ocean

Partnership and the West Coast Regional Planning Body

The Wildlife program is funded by a BPA contract covering Tribal participation in the Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program (WWMP). In addition to

participating in this project, the program provides wildlife expertise and support

to other Tribal programs.

Helpers at the Elders Woodcut.

In 2018, accomplishments include:

◊ Conducting marbled murrelet surveys on Tribal timberlands

◊ Reviewing and ranking 2018 WWMP projects

◊ Submitting an application to acquire 504-acre WWMP property

◊ Development work on potential future Tribal WWMP projects

Memory game showdown taking place at Family Literacy Night.

The Hunting and Fishing program handles all aspects of issuing and tracking deer and elk hunting tags and licenses, salmon fishing tags and shellfish

gathering permits.

The program also covers processing and distributing subsistence salmon to

Tribal members and processing confiscated game meat.

In 2018, accomplishments include:

◊ Issuing 292 deer tags (34 filled)

◊ Issuing 119 elk tags (5 filled)

◊ Issuing 138 salmon tags (1 filled)

◊ Issuing 143 shellfish gathering permits

◊ Picking up, processing and distributing 4,402 pounds of subsistence chinook

salmon

◊ Distributing 577 summer run steelhead from Oregon Department of Fish &

Wildlife’s Siletz River fish trap

◊ Providing surplus game meat to Tribe’s USDA program for distribution to needy

Tribal members

◊ Issuing 170 bear claws to 17 Tribal members

The Environmental Protection program is funded through an EPA GAP

grant. This grant’s primary focus is on water quality monitoring in the Siletz

River basin.

In addition to the continuation of these activities, 2018 accomplishments include:

◊ Participating in activities to monitor assessment and cleanup of the Portland

Harbor Superfund Site (funded in 2018 by grants from EPA and various

potentially responsible cleanup parties) and the Astoria Marine Construction

Cleanup Site

A veretan gifted and hugged at

Siletz Valley School.

◊ Participating in monitoring the settlement

agreements covering re-licensing of 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 concerning a

variety of other environmental issues

The Realty program is responsible for providing

a broad range of real property management and environmental planning, review and compliance services

to Tribal departments, in addition to facilitating the

conversion of Tribal fee land to trust and reservation

status.

2018 accomplishments include:

◊ Continuing to work on fee-to-trust applications

for five Tribal fee propertie

◊ Facilitating environmental compliance and

cleanup needs for a variety of

Tribal projects

The Tribe continued to work with the Willamette,

Siuslaw and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests on

a variety of cooperative projects in 2018 in accordance

with the Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)

with these forests.

The Tribe was also actively involved as a Natural

Resources trustee for the New Carissa Oil Spill Damage

Assessment and Restoration Plan.

2018 was another year of change and significant

effort within the Health Department. An exceptional

amount of time was invested in two particular

accomplishments:

Ropes Course game with Corey Strong, tobacco prevention and

◊ Offering Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) from

education program coordinator.

the clinic’s medical department. The program treats

alcohol and opioid use disorder by providing patients

The Health Department administers several

with medication assistance, mental health therapy, and alcohol and drug

grants in addition to our recurring Indian Health

counseling. The program has a 79 percent retention rate.

◊ Expanding walk-in clinics for the dental and optometry departments to address Service compact funds:

the clinic’s no-show rate while ensuring patient access to care.

◊ The MAT program provides treatment for alcohol

and opioid use disorder. The program is multidisThis year welcomed a new medical provider, Sheila Mitchell MD, as well as the

ciplinary in the treatment approach, including

transition of personnel both in and out of the clinic.

medication assistance, mental health counseling

and A&D counseling. The clinic was nominated

Basic clinic metrics include:

for the IHS Portland Area Director’s Recognition of

◊ Kept appointments for 2018 included 6,974 in the medical clinic, 713 in the MAT

Excellence award for the MAT program.

program (includes all MAT services), 1,850 (counselors and peer mentor) in

◊ The CARE program provides culturally specific

Behavioral Health and 999 in Optometry.

services to victims of domestic and sexual violence

◊ The Dental Clinic provided 4,852 dentist/dental hygienist visits and 99 Head

in terms of advocacy, crisis intervention, prevenStart screenings. Seventy-eight patients were screened for funded orthodontic

tion, outreach and education. CARE collaborates

services and 40 were chosen. One hundred fifty-three patients participated in

intensely with community partners across the

the 2018 Sealant Clinic, which provided complimentary screenings, sealants

11-county service area to address the underserved

and fluoride treatments to local school children.

population of American Indians and Alaskan

◊ The pharmacy dispensed 36,018 new and refill prescriptions.

Natives. It provides a variety of direct services

along with speaking out to raise awareness about

the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual

assault for Indian women.

◊ Healthy Traditions and WEAVE grant provides

nutrition and traditional food education and support to a variety of programs and the community.

Additionally, Healthy Traditions works toward

attaining food sovereignty.

◊ Early intervention outreach specialist/harm

reduction is a partnership with the region, especially Lincoln County, to provide services to reduce

the rate of HIV in our community.

◊ Tobacco Prevention and Education continues to

provide information to youth about the long-term

health effects of tobacco use and facilitates access

Natasha Kavanaugh making a Red Shawl with the Care Program.

to cessation tools.

◊ Substance Abuse Prevention helps youth acquire

the life skills necessary to avoid substance use

and abuse.

◊ Behavioral Health Programs: Alcohol & Drug

and Substance Abuse Prevention assist the community coalition called CEDARR (Community

Efforts Demonstrating the Ability to Rebuild and

Restore) in developing community-wide strategies to improve community health, especially with

substance abuse problems.

◊ Youth mental health provides one-on-one,

group and family mental health counseling and

coping activities.

◊ The Diabetes Program organizes a well-attended

exercise challenge, operates the Tillicum Fitness

Culture Camp clamming group.

Center in Siletz, pays for gym memberships outside of

the Siletz area and offers monthly educational Talking Circles, individual/family

counseling and education.

◊ Tillicum Fitness Center staff also conducts summer sports camps for youth.

Community Health advocates serve Portland, Salem, Eugene and Siletz. They

provide support services through home visits, office visits and community events;

and work on a variety of health and wellness topics, including diabetes, medical

transports, proper car seat installation and much more. Services are individualized

to meet the needs of Tribal members.

The Community Health Department completed 960 medical transports.

The business office assists with three billing systems: ScriptPro (pharmacy),

Dentrix (dental) and NextGen (medical, lab, Behavioral Health, optometry and

transportation).

Purchased/Referred Care (PRC, formerly CHS) continued to provide level 4 care

throughout the year, thanks to the expansion of Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act

and Medicare-like rates for hospitals.

PRC staff administers two additional programs, Out-of-Area Health Benefits

and Alternative Health Care.

Tribal members who live outside the 11-county service area are eligible for one

service per year for either vision, medical, dental or hearing. In addition, Tribal

members are also eligible for cataract surgery and pharmacy benefits.

Alternative health care pays up to $50 per visit for acupuncture, massage

therapy or chiropractic care while funds are available.

Indian Education field trip to Oregon State University.

Danielle Payne and daughters Caliyah,

Layla and Natalia explore books.

Daniel Warren helps gather wood at the

Elders Woodcut.

from stored Laserfiche files.

Records not on Laserfiched

are our juvenile records

as we keep hard files

indefinitely.

Caseload

◊ New

◊ Average monthly new cases

◊ Closed

◊ Hearings, monthly average

(includes per capita caseload)

458

38.16

408

34.75

Court Staff

One chief judge, two associate judges,

Community Court judge (vacant), one full-time

court administrator and one half-time deputy court

administrator

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.

Case Management

Tribal Court strives to meet the ongoing challenge

of new categories of cases and complexity of subject

matter. In the last 18 years, Tribal Court has seen an

increased caseload from a little more than 100 cases

in 2000 to a caseload of nearly 500 cases in 2018

(including new and maintained cases).

Since 2013, the caseload is right around 480-500.

Court staff work in conjunction with the chief judge

to create new or modify existing forms relevant to the

ever-changing case criteria.

Subject matter continues to be increasingly complex with employment and personal injury cases from

Chinook Winds, other matters ranging from contract

cases to enrollment matters 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. Deputy Court Administrator

Rebekah Goulet has scanned past and current court

records into the Tribe’s Laserfiche storage, saving cost

and space. The records are easily searched and printed

Training

Tribal Court promotes

educational enhancement

for judicial and court staff

through attendance and

participation in trainings

and workshops relative to

Tribal Court issues. Tribal

Court participates with

Tracey Viar and Casey Godwin work at

neighboring courts and

team-building during the Winter All-Staff.

agencies to create a good

working relationship.

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 and schedule allows, Tribal Court sponsors continuing legal education

for spokespersons.

Public Relations

Representing litigants in Tribal Court matters is a pool of nine active Tribal

spokespersons – three Tribal members (non-attorneys), four independent attorneys

and two attorneys with Legal Aid Services of Oregon.

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.

TYEE workers Tyson and Randy Rilatos paint parking spaces.

The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund was established in July 1999 to

distribute gaming net revenues to charitable organizations and local governments

within our 11-county service area and to Native American organizations anywhere in

the United States. The first charitable funds were distributed in January 2000.

During 2018, we received 307 eligible applications for grants. The charitable

advisory board met on a quarterly basis to review requests and make recommendations to Tribal Council.

Tribal Council approved 195 awards totaling $1,064,751.91. Awards were

distributed during public receptions held in February, May, August and November

at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, Ore.

Charitable fund categories include education, health, public safety, gambling addiction, prevention activities, drug and

alcohol treatment, housing, the arts, environment and natural resource preservation, cultural activities, historic preservation and

other community services.

As of December 2018, STCCF had distributed more than $12.2 million.

STCCF Advisory Board members are Siletz Tribal members Kurt Arden, Rebekah Goulet and Cheryl Lane; non-Tribal community

members Dick Anderson, Karen Gerttula and Mike Holden

(chairman); and Tribal Council representative Sharon Edenfield.

Elders summer BBQ photo booth.

Say “Cheese”

Michelle Strickler participates in family

fun at the Wellness Carnival.

The Programs 1 Department includes six social

service programs – Elders, U.S. Department of

Agriculture (food distribution), 477 Self-Sufficiency,

Indian Child Welfare, Vocational Rehabilitation and

Tribal Home Visiting.

The Elders Program is partially funded by federal

grants as well as gaming revenue.

Through a Title VI Nutrition and Support Services

grant, the Elders Title VI coordinator helps elders

access the Meals on Wheels program in the Siletz area.

This past year, 2,792 meals were delivered and 1,176

meals were served at the meal site at the Siletz Tribal

Community Center, a total of 3,968 meals that were

provided to help meet the nutritional needs of elders in

the Siletz community.

The Title VI Elders coordinator and the elders

receptionist had 12,578 contacts and referrals through

outreach, telephone calls, home visits, case management, information for elders and referrals, and new

and updated elders assessments.

Sixteen elders, one of whom had not previously

utilized Elders WEX, worked as a direct result of the

Elders Work Experience (WEX) Program. This program

is funded through excess pledge revenue and allows

elders to return to the work force in a field they have an

interest in but may have had no formal training.

They are paid $12 (minimum wage increased

April 1, 2018) per hour with up to 40 hours of paid

work per week. They cannot exceed 500 hour per

calendar year. They accrue no leave or benefits.

Elders worked at Chinook Winds Marketing

administrative assistant; Lincoln City Head Start;

Basile Construction; Siletz Community Health

Clinic janitorial; Siletz Head Start; Scappoose Indian

Education Program; Wee Wisdom Preschool; Siletz

Administration janitorial; Portland, Salem and

Eugene area transporter; Siletz Planning Department

enrollment clerk; Ripley County Senior Center

(Doniphan, Mo.); Siletz meal site; Brookings-Harbor

Chamber of Commerce receptionist; and Siletz USDA.

The Elders Program continues to partner with the Tribal Natural Resources

Department to provide firewood for elders through wood cutting events. Volunteers

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 newsletter is distributed monthly to all Tribal elders.

During the year, the elders were involved in 70 group events and activities.

The elders pay the cost of their non-Tribal/elder spouse or caregiver to attend

events and activities.

Those events included council meetings, Elder Honor Days with other Tribes,

Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, monthly shopping trips, Culture Camp, elders barbeque,

and various concerts and events at Chinook Winds. Elder trips are voted on at the

monthly meetings.

The council covered fuel and mileage costs for drivers to transport elders from

the four areas to approved Elders Council activities, which totaled 4,134 one-way

transports this year.

At the end of 2018, there were 876 Tribal elders. Each one receives a monthly

stipend ranging from $100 to $300, depending on their age.

Elders Program staff is responsible for coordinating Tribal member funerals/potlucks at the Tribal Community Center. The Tribe has budgeted $200 per

funeral/potluck.

2018 was a year of ups and downs for the USDA program. We had four out of

five refrigerator units break down. The repairman suggested we get a big ceiling fan

to circulate the warm air the mechanicals on the units produce. This is in the works.

Our client numbers continue to increase. It seems that we are almost back to

where the numbers were in early 2000s.

In mid-December, the warehouseman/clerk resigned her position so the position has been advertised.

Our #1 goal for

2018 … get a waiver or abolish the rural only designation for counties in our service

area. This remains the No. 1 goal for 2019. We think it is important and hope

to write up a proposal for the Tribal Council to take to ATNI (Affiliated Tribes of

Northwest Indians) or government-to-government meetings to drum up support.

We plan to talk to the new staff attorney about our issues.

Our No. 2 goal was continue to order a variety of fresh produce for clients. We

have been doing the

fresh produce program

since 2005. Our clients

appreciate the variety

and sometimes that

is all they choose on

their shopping lists.

It is a bonus once the

cupboards are stocked.

Under Public Law

102-477, the Tribe’s

477 Self-Sufficiency

Program (477-SSP)

coordinates funding

from several federal

Siletz Head Start students singing at the

Community Christmas Program.

agencies – Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, the Bureau of Indian

Affairs – and the State of Oregon. The programs are coordinated into a single plan

and budget that reduces administrative costs and duplication of services.

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, transportation, education assistance, 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 for Needy Families Program.

The programs coordinate family-oriented activities and referrals to other

agencies and service providers. Self-sufficiency activities are unique in that they

include subsistence activities, wood cutting, gathering of berries and basketmaking materials, regalia making, assisting elders in the community, gardening

and cultural activities.

In 2018, the 477-SSP Program goals were met in the following manner:

**Department of Labor Programs: (WEX, CRT, OJT, DP, CORE, Youth):

Partnership with other programs to assist CRT clients/tuition costs and to develop

additional worksites for WEX/OJT. More classes for CORE services clients (computer, résumé , etc.)

The Classroom Training Program continues to provide additional resources to

students who also receive funding from the Higher Education Program. We provide

support services and stipends to assist students. The program assists students taking online classes, basic education, higher education and vocational training.

We developed 13 additional worksites for WEX/OJT. Our partnership with

Chinook Winds Casino Resort remains productive and they contact the program

monthly for job training opportunities within the casino, hotel and golf course. The

program will require all job-ready clients from the Siletz office to attend casinosponsored job fairs.

We continue to seek partnerships with businesses that are willing to work with

our adults and youth. Our worksites are becoming more skilled and we avoid worksites that create little opportunity after the training position has ended.

**Increasing Your Success Conference (IYS): Host a conference for all cash

assistance clients and those who are job-ready for WEX.

The program hosted the IYS conference Oct 23-24 at Aldersgate Retreats in

Turner, Ore. The keynote speaker was Kasey Nicholson, who focused on wellness,

self-care, motivation and self-esteem. Other workshops were provided by the CARE

and Mental Health programs.

The program hosted a resource fair that included the Education, CARE, Voc.

Rehab, Diabetes, Contract Health and Behavioral Health programs. Thirty-four

clients from TANF and GA attended.

**We now have a one-stop training center in Siletz for the community at large

to utilize. The Computer Lab located in the administration building was completed

in January. The lab has also been used for program orientation, payroll and Voc.

Rehab clients.

The program entered into an agreement with the Social Security

Administration to provide space for a video kiosk. This will allow clients and community members to attend appointments through video conference. The Internet

LaVonna Butler walks the balance beam in

a Youth Conference exersise.

lines have been installed and the kiosk will be operational in the first quarter of 2019.

**TANF (federal/state): Help needy families

address barriers to employment such as education,

mental health, substance abuse, etc.

This objective is continuous and ongoing. The

majority of our participants are engaged in either an

employment or education goal. We have several clients currently seeking mental health and substance

abuse treatment.

We are operating at a significantly lower-thanaverage caseload. The majority of our families are

considered hard to serve or unemployable. We are

working with many on applications for Social Security

and other outside resources.

**BIA (General Assistance): Help single adults

address barriers to employment/self-sufficiency.

The majority of our GASA clients in the Willamette

Valley are engaged in higher education and clients in

the Siletz area are engaged in either employment or

seeking disability. We continue to seek partnerships

with other organizations to provide more referrals to

our clients.

**Client Workshops: Each office will host

monthly workshops that focus on life skills, education,

employment skills, etc. The program hosted workshops on a monthly basis except for October when we

hosted the IYS Conference.

Some highlights in the year:

423 applications with 151 new cases

247 approved files

498 outside referrals

2,229 contacts or appointments made

81 clients completed a significant goal and received an incentive award

61 clients entered unsubsidized employment

179 clients had an overall successful case closure

2 clients obtained their GEDs

The objectives of the Indian Child Welfare Program (ICW) are to (1) promote

the safety and stability of Tribal children and families; (2) establish Tribally

supported permanency options for children in the child welfare system; and (3)

enhance collaborations with outside agencies.

Funding for ICW staff and services comes from seven state and federal

grants. The ICW Program administrator position is the lead staff person with

administrative and supervisory responsibilities as well as managing a portion of

the ICW caseload.

The ICW case manager is primarily responsible for case management of child

welfare cases; which at the end of 2018 was 27 children.

The ICW foster family coordinator 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 is essential

to assisting with reports, paperwork and phone contacts for the department.

In 2018, the ICW Program closed 26 children’s cases: 11 children were returned

to parents, 13 entered guardianships and two children were emancipated. At the

end of 2018, we had 10 ICW-certified foster homes and they were all at capacity or

not taking children.

Word of mouth, articles in the Tribal newspaper and information sessions help

bring in new foster families, but the need for homes remains critical.

The primary case plan for all ICW-involved children is to return children

to a parent/parents or relatives. Guardianship with relatives is typically the

concurrent goal in the event that circumstances make it impossible for the

children to return to their parents.

In the third year of our five-year grant for the Siletz Tribal Vocational

Rehabilitation Program, we faced new challenges that have steered our program

to new heights.

STVRP has been fully staffed for the whole year, which is a new development.

STVRP has staff that is passionate and ambitious to help disabled Tribal members excel in the work force. STVRP has developed working relationships with all

Oregon Tribes to help aid their Tribal members who reside in our service area and

cannot benefit from their TVR, while continuing to provide services to a plethora

of Tribal members from various locations.

STVRP provided services to 62 Tribal members which is a 122% increase

from the previous year. With 28 new IPEs (individualized plan for employment)

to serve Tribal members and 13 continued IPEs from the previous year, STVRP has

excelled with the grant objective as outlined, per funding allocation, at 112%.

STVRP provides individualized guidance and counseling to Tribal members

with disabilities in obtaining or maintaining work. Services provided include

systems advocacy, referral to services, assistive technology, adaptive equipment,

job coaching, transportation, communication, mental

health restoration, cultural services, training placement opportunities and rehabilitation services needed

to be successful in an employment goal.

Highlights

STVRP is on the committees for WIOA (Workplace

Innovation and Opportunity Act) implementation

in our 11 county service area, which has fostered

beneficial collaboration among the state programs

and STVRP.

STVRP has initiated the development of state YTP

(Youth Transition Program) services for our Tribal

youth age 16-21 in Siletz Valley School for transitional

services that are in tandem with STVRP and Oregon

vocational rehabilitation services.

STVRP coordinated cultural trainings in three out

of the four are offices with weeklong fish net making,

oral history and other net designs.

STVRP held Disability Awareness Days at the

annual pow-wow in Siletz. One day we distributed

information on the TVR program, disabilities and

community outreach. On the second day, an outside

supplier of adaptive technologies showcased userfriendly technologies for our community.

The Diabetes Prevention Program, Community

Health advocate, Early Child Development and STVRP

contributed to a Wellness Carnival where we set up a

Carol Blomstrom and Liz John pose for a

photo at the Elders BBQ..

booth to distribute information on disabilities and conduct various

carnival games. More than 200 adult community members and their

children attended the carnival

The Tribal Home Visiting Program provides parenting and life

skills for successful and positive parenting. We serve Native families

that are either expecting or have infants under the age of 12 months

continuing through the child’s 3rd birthday.

We travel throughout the Tribe’s 11-county service area. The

model and curriculum we provide is called Family Spirit and was

developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health.

We were funded by the Tribal Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood

Home Visiting Program (TMIECHV), however, the funding ended Sept.

29. We did apply for a NCE and were able to use the remaining grant

dollars to fund the program for the rest of the calendar year. Effective

January 2019, the Home Visiting program will move under the 477SSP program for funding purposes.

In 2018, our program served families from eight different counties. Lincoln County was the most served county, followed by Marion

and then Lane. In 2018, our program conducted 393 home visits.

We ended the year fully staffed. Staff includes; Jessica Phillips,

program coordinator and Home visitor for Eugene and surrounding

areas; Danelle Smith, home visitor for the Siletz and coastal area; and

Lori Christy, full-time home visitor for the Salem/Portland area.

In February/March, we held a family activity night in Eugene,

Salem and Siletz. We only had one family in our Portland area interested in the event, so rather than hold the event in the Portland office

Addison Hibler playing at Culture Camp.

the home visitor brought the supplies to the family’s home. We made

bracelets and painted canvases.

Danelle is working closely and building rapport with

In March, the Eugene area office had an open house that included an Indian

Lincoln County home visiting.

taco feed. The Home Visiting and Education programs held an Easter hunt at the

Home Visiting and the community health advoevent.

cate

Eugene participated in a food rescue project

In May, we held a family activity night for families. We provided dinner and

with Willamette Farm and Food Coalition. This was

taught families how to make dream catchers using abalone shells. We held the

a pilot program where Tribal staff picked up surplus

activity in the Siletz, Salem and Eugene area offices.

produce that did not sell at the farmer’s market and

In July, the program participated in Culture Camp, where we had a rock paintdistributed it to Siletz Tribal members.

ing and dream catcher activity table as well as holding a book walk. We also went

We collected from June to October for a total

blueberry picking in Eugene.

of 2,453 pounds of produce of fresh organic fruits

In August, we held a picnic in the park in Salem and Siletz, plus made clay

and vegetables.

masks in Salem. October included the annual pumpkin patch trip in Eugene.

In December, we had our holiday craft nights in the area offices. We offered

The Programs I manager is responsible for

many different crafts, including gingerbread houses, cookie decorating, key chains,

oversight of these social service programs, which

bracelets, ordainments, family photos, etc.

includes direct supervision of six supervisors and one

The program coordinator participates in a monthly meeting held in Eugene

program clerk. The manager is a backup for directors

for community partners. It’s called Advocacy and Outreach Workers of Lane County

in the programs when needed and is responsible for

(AOWLC). We meet each month at a different agency to learn more about them,

meetings and communication and coordination of the

then each person gets a chance to share program updates and changes. We all leave

programs and staff.

business cards and referral forms on the table for anyone who is interested.

The Programs I clerk is responsible for office

This group has helped establish connections in the community as well as a few

administration and is trained to be a backup for clerireferrals. Lori connected with Lisa Harnisch of Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub.

cal staff in the other programs as needed.

Hub members are part of an email group that keeps each other informed of events.

Programs II provides the following services: Child

Care, Head Start, Culture, Education, Traditional Arts

and Language, Pow-Wows, Run to the Rogue, Culture

Camp and Youth Services.

Of the eight Tribal Standing Committees, three

are within Programs II: Culture, Education and PowWow. The Culture Committee’s staff representative is

Robert Kentta, with Buddy Lane for Pow-Wow and Bev

Youngman for Education.

In 2018, the Programs II staff continued excellent

team development, collaboration and coordination on

numerous projects, including:

◊ Easter Egg Hunt on the day before Easter Sunday

◊ Student Gathering to honor adult vocational and

higher education students

◊ Memorial Day dinner following a ceremony at the

Veterans Memorial

◊ Summer Solstice in June to celebrate the change of season

◊ Culture Camp to teach Tribal history and traditional arts; a three-day event for

families in mid-July

◊ The Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, a three-day event in August

◊ Run to Rogue was cancelled in 2018 because of extensive wildfires in

Southwest Oregon

◊ Restoration Pow-Wow in November to celebrate the restored recognition of the

Tribe by the federal government

◊ Student Incentives, an award for graduating students in all levels of education

◊ Tribal Youth Education and Employment (TYEE) Program, providing summer

jobs and learning experiences

◊ Winter Solstice in December to celebrate the change of season

◊ Culture classes scheduled throughout the year

Child Care Program

This program assists Tribal families in the 11-county service area with securing

child care services and with child care expenses, provides training and develops a

provider referral list.

A child care facility, the Tenas Illahee Child Care Center (TICCC) opened in Siletz

in March 2003. The Tribal Child Care Program developed an MOU for FY2019 and

will provide up to $225,000 to TICCC to support the center’s operations. The total

amount of support is contingent upon the funding received by the Tribal Child Care

Assistance Program.

To ensure quality of the programs offered at TICCC, the Head Start ECE

quality coordinator assists with curriculum planning for the preschool, toddler

and strider rooms.

In partnership with the Head Start program to support the full-year/full-day

slots at TICCC, Head Start places a mentor teacher in the TICCC preschool classroom

one day a week to model developmentally appropriate practices.

This year we were not able to partner with the Siletz Tribal Head Start program

to provide a morning Head Start/preschool class at TICCC due to the unavailability

of a teacher. It is our hope that a qualified teacher will be found so we can again

collaborate with the Head Start program for the 2019-2020 school year.

We served an average of 15 families throughout the 11-county service area –

three Siletz-area families, one Eugene-area family, one Salem-area family, one

Portland-area family through the certificate program and nine TICCC.

We served an average of 20 children throughout the 11-county service area

– one Siletz-area child, one Eugene-area child, three Salem-area children, two

Portland-area children and 13 at TICCC.

We also served an additional 15 Siletz Tribal children at TICCC but they were

not CCDF-eligible.

Cultural Resources

Elaine Thomas gets steelhead from

Assistant Tribal Forester Mari Kramer.

Culture Director Robert Kentta represents the Tribe on cultural issues and participates in various work activities as well as in state, regional and federal meetings.

He oversees the operations of the Tribal Culture Program, including supervision of personnel, project planning and coordination, preparation and tracking of

budgets, and reporting accomplishments.

Robert is the cultural resources issues contact person for the Siletz Tribe, for

issues relating to Tribal laws and traditions, government policies and applicable

local, state and federal laws (e.g.,NAGPRA, etc.).

Robert is responsible for coordination and implementation of Tribal repatriation policy. He reviews archaeological permits and coordinates with other Tribal,

state and federal agencies to ensure protection whenever possible. Our ancestral

lands cover all of Western Oregon and we are responsible for any investigation of

ground disturbance, legal or illegal.

He responds whenever a Tribal burial or other culturally sensitive area has been

disturbed and does reburials of skeletal remains or cultural items found in burials.

Robert also gives presentations to various local, state and regional entities as well

as archaeological field schools. In addition, he serves on various regional committees

and has worked on the Siletz Historical Research Project for a number of years.

Robert has expanded Tribal cultural and historical/archival collections. Phase II

of the culture complex, which is the museum, is now under the Siletz Tribal Arts and

Heritage Society.

Education

An education specialist is located in each area office to provide services and

resources for supplemental education (JOM), adult education, adult vocational training and higher education. The specialists also assist students in the FAFSA process

and work with universities/colleges.

They help plan, organize and work during the Youth Conference and at Culture

Ryan Smith shows off his big catch.

Camp. The education specialists also work and participate in Run to the Rogue and

both Tribal pow-wows. They make cultural presentations at area schools and organizations, sit on scholarship committees and one is the

chairman of the Chemawa school board.

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

educational, recreational and cultural activities, as well as working with local schools. The specialists attend IEP meetings at area schools,

work closely with the Title VI Indian Education Association and work with public schools in their area.

Ten students attended the UNITY Conference in San Diego, Calif., with three chaperones.

Number of Students Served through Education

◊ Program

◊ Child Care

◊ Head Start

◊ Adult Education

◊ Higher Education

◊ Adult Vocational Training

◊ Supplemental Education (JOM)

◊ Tribal Youth Education and Employment (TYEE)

Total

109

127

2,655

Head Start

Dean Smith at the Youth Conference.

We have an excellent Head Start program that prepares 3- and 4-year-olds to

enter kindergarten.

An average of 109 children were enrolled in four programs located in Siletz,

Salem, Lincoln City and Portland. Average enrollment for 2018 was 74 percent

American Indian children – 73 percent were Siletz Tribal children and 27 percent

other Native. Of the children enrolled, 12 percent met the criteria for special needs.

All centers provided round-trip transportation services with a Head Start

bus. Teachers and staff provide developmentally appropriate curriculum for the

all Head Start children.

The children receive health screenings, dental exams, immunization assessments and proper hygiene instruction. The children participate in activities

in a culturally enriched environment. The Policy Council of Head Start parents

receives training and meets on a monthly basis. Staff and parents also sponsor

fundraising activities.

Language and Traditional Arts

Bud Lane, language and traditional arts instructor, teaches Athabaskan

language classes in each area office once a month. In addition, he has developed

language CDs and DVDs for home study for Tribal members.

The Athabaskan Language Dictionary is available for Tribal members on CD

disc, a hard copy and on the Tribal website. Other components of the language

also are available on the Tribal website. Tribal members can access Siletz Dee-ni,

Volumes 1, 2 and 3. More components will be added periodically.

The Language program has produced material for our Head Start program.

Language classes are taught at Siletz Valley Schools through the 12th grade. Level 2

Athabaskan is available to high school students who have already taken level 1.

During language classes students learn to use the Practical Alphabet. This

single-sound alphabet is a great tool for learning our language.

The Athabaskan Language has been transliterated from the former Unifon

to the much easier to learn Practical Alphabet. There are roughly 12,000 entries

in the dictionary.

The focus for beginners is learning nouns. As students progress, they are taught

how use verbs with nouns to say simple sentences in the Athabaskan word order. As

students become more proficient in speaking the sentence structure, their learning

becomes more complex and precise.

All materials are developed by Bud or staff on computers. All CDs, DVDs, sound

files, our dictionary, lesson plans, songs and other learning aids are created by the

Language program. All materials are reproduced, copied or burned by the Language

program, with the exception of the hard copy of the language dictionary, which will

need to be reprinted from time to time by professional printers.

The Talking Dictionary is completely recorded and Bud also continues to

go through Tribal audio archives and use a sound editing program, finding and

isolating words and phrases into audio wave files from many different Siletz

speakers. These files will be integrated into the Talking Dictionary in place of his

language recordings so we will have a good representation of many different Siletz

speakers in the dictionary.

Bud also works on a key to identify the individual speakers and their Tribal

origins as much and as

accurately as possible.

There are now 10,555

entries, 10,313 audio files,

and 203 image entries in

the Talking Dictionary,

which is accessible on the

Language Project website

(siletzlanguage.org).

Bud teaches Siletz basket making on an ongoing

basis. In the area offices, he

works with interested Tribal

members prior to language

class. In many instances

we use store-bought round

Sapphire Yarbour at the Youth Conference.

reed. If students have gathered their own materials,

they of course use those.

At Culture Camp, Bud also uses the same round

reed to teach Siletz basket weaving techniques. He

places notices in the main Tribal newspaper and all

of the local ones about times to gather materials and

how to contact him for assistance. He will take interested parties out to gather materials.

The gathering of materials also is taught and the

Tribe continues to work to secure accessible areas for

gathering forest products for traditional uses. Bud also

teaches Tribal members how to make regalia when

they request assistance through set appointments.

Several times a year students, teachers and

administrators are taught Siletz culture at the Dance

House, including the Feather Dance. Our philosophy

is to increase the cultural knowledge of community

members. University students also come to the Dance

House to visit and learn.

Other work includes hosting evening cultural

classes, assembling material and kits for maple bark

classes, basketry, rope and string making, dentalium

stringing, feather tying, tule mat weaving, making

acorn soup and a project night so Tribal members can

finish regalia as well as participate in several Literacy

Nights throughout the year with Education and other

Programs II staff.

Bud also did several radio shows for our local

Siletz radio program with the Public Information

Department and gives culture presentations for Tribal

programs and outside groups throughout the year. He

coordinates all Dance House events, including hosting

school class visits, representatives from state and

federal agencies and other groups. Feather Dances are

held for various events.

Bud participated in planning meetings for

Culture Camp and taught open work basketry during

the camp and daily language classes. Preparation for

Culture Camp includes cutting, drilling and preparing 150 wood bottom basket starts and cutting and

preparing soap stone for carving.

Cultural Education and Events

All four large Tribal events were highly successful

under the direction of Buddy Lane, cultural education

director. This includes Culture Camp, Nesika Illahee

Pow-Wow, Run to the Rogue and the Restoration PowWow. Run to the Rogue was cancelled again this year

due to the enormous Klondike Fire.

We had more than 780 Tribal members attend

Culture Camp this year. The lion’s shares of our

Volunteer youth help clean debris and invasive plants

from Dundas Pond.

instructors are in-house staff here at the Tribe. Only a

few of our instructors were contracted out.

We successfully handled the volume of people at

meal times. Our planning was on point in terms of

quantity of food needed for a camp our size. We are

getting really good at refining our meals throughout

each day of camp so there is little that goes to waste.

Supplies were adequate, though depleted, but we

did not run out of supplies for activities. The staff has a

wealth of talent.

This year’s August pow-wow was an enormous

success. Budget parameters were kept. This is a particularly happy achievement as we raised payouts for

all of the adult categories.

We hired and supervised some 50+ employees

who work the duration of the pow-wow. All of our

Culture and Education staff pull together to help

with this event.

Education staff helps with the hiring in collaboration with Accounting and Human Resources.

Tribal staff helps work the merchandise booth and

Natural Resources staff helps set up the canopies

and gather firewood for the pits. Public Works helps

set up the tipis and spends months prepping and

maintaining the grounds.

Planning helps by painting and prepping areas

for the high traffic, emergency vehicles and fire lanes.

Clinic staff helps with the nurse’s station. It really is

the “everyone contributing something” that makes our

pow-wow such a special one.

Buddy regularly works with the Pow-Wow

Committee and Siletz Royalty, planning and assessing

objectives and responsibilities. Other events on the

Royalty schedule are the Loyalty Days parade, Elders

Honor Day, Memorial Day Ceremony, solstices, Culture

Camp, pow-wow, Run to the Rogue, Restoration and

the Siletz Valley School Mini Pow-Wow.

Restoration was a great success with 43 vendors, numerous

dancers and several drums. The Pow-Wow Committee almost

sold out of all merchandise. Once Restoration is over, planning

and preparation begin for the next year’s large events.

With the help of Education staff in the area offices, we served

80 Tribal members who received an individual cultural grant

from the Culture Committee.

Buddy works with and helps educate all of the folks who

drop in and want to talk about Siletz culture and history. We

have people from all walks of life who call, write and drop in.

Some of the groups he worked with this year were Newport,

Toledo and Siletz (high, middle and elementary) schools, Siletz

Tribal Head Start, Oregon State University and Oregon Coast

Community College. He also responds to mail that makes its way

to the Tribe from schools throughout the state.

Youth Services

Jeff Sweet, Youth Services coordinator, planned and organized numerous activities for Tribal youth. He also plans and is at open gym for students.

Tribal youth and younger children participated in a wide variety of activities.

Jeff also participates in Family Literacy Night, the Youth Conference and supervises

TYEE for Culture Camp

2018 activities included rec and field games, especially on non-school days, with

1,030 youth served.

Activities included Computer Wiz, Skate World, Splash Wave Pool, Lincoln

City swims, Sky High during spring break, Nerf wars, rec center movie days, afterschool and non-school day activities, IAMTHECHANGE 3v3 Basketball Tournament,

Thanksgiving crafts, a pumpkin distribution for Halloween and an interactive

haunted house, Cosmic Bowling, street dance, game night, healthy food preparation

with Healthy Traditions staff, Christmas break movie, participation in the Wellness

Carnival and school supply distribution.

With all events, 2,144 youth were served.

Jeff Sweet poses with Avi and her newborn brother, AnDrae Bokuro.

New positions

Six new positions were created:

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.

Accomplishments/Activities

One of the department’s major functions is to facilitate the hiring process.

During 2018, the Siletz Tribe hired 96 employees.

◊ 73 Regular

◊ 23 Temporary

In addition to the regular Human Resources duties for the administration,

this 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, Siletz Tribal Gaming

Commission and Siletz Tribal Business Corporation.

Gregg Gubuan nominated as Employee of the year and is gifted a

blanket by Brenda Bremner and Sharon Edenfield.

◊ Health Services Protégé

◊ Health Information Lead Medical Support

◊ Health Information & Privacy Officer

◊ Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Trainee

◊ MAT Outpatient Counselor

◊ MAT Peer Mentor

Job descriptions

10 revised job descriptions were approved:

◊ Programs Clerk

◊ Business Office Manager

◊ Biological Programs Biologist

◊ Biological Programs Aide

◊ Biological Programs Technician

◊ Natural Resources Crew Foreman

◊ Natural Resources Crew Assistant Foreman

◊ Natural Resources Crewmember

◊ Chief Financial Officer

◊ Harm Reduction Outreach Specialist

Recruitment Activities

The department recruited for the following positions:

◊ Harm Reduction Outreach Specialist

◊ Resident Aide – Men’s Facility

◊ Medical Asst./Radiology Tech/Lab/Floater

◊ Transporter Coordinator

◊ Resident Aide – Women’s Facility

◊ Planner/GIS

◊ Tribal Services Specialist I or II

◊ STBC Accounting Assistant/Office Support

Coordinator, IS Representative, Controller, Staff

Accountant

◊ Head Start Food Service Worker – Salem

◊ Housing Maintenance Worker/Groundskeeper

◊ Community Health Advocate I or II

◊ Tobacco Prevention & Education Coordinator

◊ Insurance Verification Specialist

◊ Contract Health Services Clerk Trainee/CHS

Technician II

◊ Head Start Classroom Aide – Salem, Lincoln City

and Portland

◊ Bookkeeper II

◊ Patient Care Coordinator – Medical

◊ Health Clinic Protégé

◊ Enrollment Officer – Part Time

◊ Patient Benefits Coordinator

◊ Health Information and Privacy Officer

◊ Youth Development Program Coordinator

◊ CARE Domestic Violence Advocate, Sexual Assault Victims Advocate

◊ Administrative Support Clerk

◊ Head Start Teacher – Siletz/TICCC

◊ Staff Attorney

◊ Food Service Worker – Salem

◊ Transporter Coordinator

◊ Data Coordinator – Behavioral Health

◊ Maintenance Worker/Water Operator, Maintenance Worker/Groundskeeper

◊ Portland Area Office Administrative Supervisor

◊ Dental Assistant I or II

◊ Biological Programs Biologist, Aide

◊ Temporary Classroom Aide – Siletz, Salem

◊ Pharmacy Technician I, II or III

◊ Mental Health Therapist

◊ Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Trainee

◊ MAT Mental Health Peer Mentor, Outpatient Counselor

◊ Childcare Cook

◊ Chief Financial Officer

◊ Rental Assistance Program Coordinator/Resident Advocate

◊ Employee of the Quarter

◊ Employee of the Year

Awards Banquet

Approximately 250 people attended the annual

awards banquet at Chinook Winds.

Workers Compensation

Our workers compensation insurance carrier for

2018 was Tribal First.

Employee Assistance Program

Our EAP provider for 2018 was RBH.

Confidential services were available to Tribal employees and their immediate families at no cost. Services

available include:

◊ Life Balance Resources: Legal service, will preparation, mediation services, financial services,

home ownership program, identity theft services,

personal advantage, worksite services

◊ Counseling: RBH eAccess, 24-hour crisis help,

confidential counseling – up to seven face-to-face

counseling sessions for each new issue, including

family, relationships, stress, anxiety and other

common issues

Labor Force

At the end of 2018, the Tribe’s labor force was

made up of:

◊ Siletz Tribal Members

◊ Other American Indians

◊ Non-American Indians

162

◊ Total Workforce

257

Training Activities

◊ Paper Tigers Manager’s Training

◊ Emergency Preparedness Training

Employee Incentive Activities

The Human Resources Department coordinates

the Employee Incentive Awards program. The following

awards were presented at the 2018 All-Staff meetings:

◊ Extra Effort Award

◊ Special Acts or Services

◊ Time Off Award

◊ Outstanding Performance

◊ Employee Suggestion/Invention

Sheila DeAnda, Cecelia DeAnda and Jeff Sweet participate in a

team-building activity under the watchful eye of a Winter

All-Staff host, Chris Sherrod.

2018 was a year of continuing repairs, transportation and transit funding development and reporting.

Various plans are nearing completion. Projects

ranged from supporting comprehensive planning to

cleanup of the Chemawa Indian School site to transit.

The new State of Oregon transit payroll tax

demanded new plans and process, and has been quite

time consuming to address. This adds to existing

rather burdensome transit planning requirements.

Providing enhanced access to activities and services for

Tribal elders, the disabled and others with transportation challenges makes it a worthwhile struggle.

The Neachesna Village Phase II site development

(road work) was completed. A Tribal water plan was

contracted for, and development of the water and

wastewater plan began. The annual community

meetings in Siletz and the area offices were held in

January as usual.

Transit continues to be supported by various

grants from the State of Oregon and FTA (Federal

Transit Administration). The transit connection south

to Florence received a state grant, arriving in 2017 to

test out this service. Word is that it is especially popular with cyclists wanting to avoid the narrow two-lane

section of Highway 101 near the Sea Lion Caves.

The Siletz Tribal Transit System (STTS) Committee

meets regularly, which is important for meeting

funding requirements for community input. Rider

and mileage data must be collected regularly and are

tabulated by the transit coordinator for grant reporting to both the State Public Transit System and FTA.

The coordinator also manages transit vehicle records

and maintenance.

Visit the Tribal transit webpage for links to up-todate transit information. Contact Planning to let us

know if you have any needs, issues or concerns about

your access to transit. We need your feedback for Tribal

transit planning.

The data coordinator provides support to the

Enrollment Department and helps the grant writer

and Tribal departments develop grants, including collecting and evaluating data.

The data coordinator also maintains databases, manages surveys and supports strategic planning and evaluation for all Tribal departments. The coordinator continues to work closely with the Tribe’s liaison to the federal Census Bureau.

Preparations for the 2020 census are gearing up!

The GIS/planner provides support for the entire Tribal administrative structure, including Planning, Natural Resources, Housing and Public Works.

In 2018, significant work was done to restore old mapping projects and to create and update current maps and data layers.

He coordinated with the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

(DOGAMI) and other resources to map the Tribe’s natural hazards for FEMA (for the

Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan). Most excitingly, he worked with the Coastal Drone

Academy, expanding opportunities for Tribal youth to experience this technology.

Projects continue to keep the construction engineer busy. This year seemed to

be one of many smaller maintenance types of projects and plans, from field mowing

contracts at Chemawa to sinkhole repairs, water system planning and submission

of road reports to the Federal Highway Administration.

The construction engineer provides on-call trouble-shooting for all Tribal

departments for a variety of issues that come up throughout the year.

The planning tech/Road Maintenance Program works closely with the construction engineer on various transportation-related projects – maintaining

street signs, cleaning storm drains, repainting street markings and maintaining

solar street lights.

A trailer was obtained

to transport the road striping machine and supplies

to make it easier to get

to Lincoln City and the

area offices. A snow plow/

sand spreader/de-icer was

purchased to maintain the

Tribe’s properties in the

winter. Planning is purchasing de-icer off season

to get the best price.

We have been using

a non-toxic vinegar/salt/

soap solution to kill street

weeds and have been trying

out a new crack sealer to

stop water damage. The

painting on Tribal roads

includes reflective beads,

which makes the stripes

more visible in rainy and

foggy weather.

The Tribal grant

writer works with all Tribal

departments, including Tribal support for the

Earl Littleton serves up a plate of food at the

STAHS (Siletz Tribal Arts

Connumity Garden’s BBQ and Walk-off.

and Heritage Society)

museum development plan, with the clinic on Healthy Beginnings and with Education

on Early Learning.

The grant writer also assists with grant reporting and evaluations, and forwards information to departments on grant opportunities that could help support

and expand their programs.

The Tribal planner manages Planning Department operations and staffing.

The planner is the point person on transportation planning, including acting as a

council-appointed representative to regional and state transportation and transit

planning meetings.

The planner keeps the Indian Reservation Road (IRR, now Tribal

Transportation Plan or TTP) inventory current and funded. This transitioned to BIA

programmatic agreements (self-governance funding), which has been working well

and allows us to more easily carry over unspent funding into other planned projects.

In 2018, the planner attended local, state and federal policy bodies as assigned.

All statewide transportation providers were pressed to complete yet another transit

plan for the new STIF transit funds, which included another series of planning

meetings. The planner participated in all these committees and will continue to

participate in grant-required regional transit coordination planning.

Planning continues to provide support to STAHS and the development of the

Culture Center Phase II (the museum).

The Planning clerk is a key position with a demanding multi-faceted job. The

clerk handles requests from all Planning staff, manages the department’s multiple

cuff accounts and processes the department’s accounts, including construction

work, complex grants and regular reports on department processes. The clerk is key

to preparing transit data for reporting to the state and FTA.

The Planning Department is grateful for our seasonal Elder WEX employees

and enjoys hosting Tribal youth with the TYEE program.

Planning’s January community meetings in Siletz and the area offices were

kindly hosted (great soup!) once again. We hope to keep these meetings interesting

and informative – and surprise you a little with something different every year. Your

input on goals and Tribal projects is appreciated.

You are invited to Planning’s community meetings! Communicate your

thoughts with us, send the Planning Department your concerns in writing, or call

or email anytime. (Please let the Planning Department or your area office manager

know in advance if you or a family member needs any special accommodation to

attend the January meetings.)

We hope to see you there!

Angela Martin and family get a snack during Culture Craft Night.

Ashliegh Ramirez coaching during a

youth tightrope activity.

Sierra Ferguson gets “cuffed” at the

annual Wellness Carnival.

STBC hired a new controller in 2018 who came

from the Tribe’s Internal

Audit Department.

Financials

STBC continued to focus on streamlining operations through cost control management, increasing

enterprise and property revenue and profitability, and

performing long-term maintenance planning in 2018.

As a result, STBC again had a strong 2018 with

its entities and properties generating a profit for

the year and its bottom line improving significantly

compared to 2017.

Personnel

STBC created and marketed an Information

Systems representative job position and subsequently

filled that position in the third quarter 2018. This

position was created to address the increasingly

complex information technology operational realities

at STBC to include IT security, encryption, data protection and compliance, etc.

Part of the Information System representative job

description also included proactive disaster planning

and business resiliency planning to ensure STBC is

ready in case of natural disaster or other emergency

to quickly become operational again and provide

continued services to Tribal members and manage its

properties and enterprises.

Overall, STBC’s net

income improved significantly in 2018 compared

to 2017, reflecting its best

operational performance in

more than a decade for the

second year in a row.

Additionally, Logan

Road RV Park and Hee

Ron Butler Jr. sits “out” during a round of

Hee Illahee RV Resort both

summer games.

generated record revenues

and were profitable in 2018.

The STBC/SMLLC-managed properties also generated an overall combined profit for

2018 on combined record revenues.

Information Technology Services

Security/risk assessments were conducted, resulting in increased file and

folder security permissions and the additional implementation of email encryption technology. This strengthened STBC compliance procedures overall, while

updating requirements associated with NIST (National Institute of Standards

and Technology).

Additional IT measures were applied to tighten spam, phishing, spoofing and

malware activities and to reduce other external IT risks.

A series of STBC emergency preparedness sessions were also introduced spanning various disaster-related scenarios with staff exercises covering key steps to

create a disaster resilient workplace. A successful test restore was performed from

a remote backup to onsite systems, which also supported business continuity and

overall IT efficiencies.

Enterprises

Diana Harrington

Logan Road RV Park: The park finished 2018 with a profit for the fourth

straight year. The park fulfilled multiple goals it set for 2018, including hiring

a Tribal member contract manager, completing Phase III of III pedestal replacement, continuing its coordination with Chinook Winds Casino Resort’s Marketing

Department and increasing its social media presence.

The new outdoor gazebo and barbeque pit for guest utilization also opened.

2018 also marked the second year in a row Logan Road RV Park earned the

coveted Top-Rated Good Sam Park designation for 2018 with an improved score of

10/10*/9.5. The completed goals helped the park fulfill its vision of showing RVers it

truly is “Better at the Beach.”

2019 goals continue to focus on annual profitability, long-term maintenance

of Tribal assets at the park utilizing cost control management, upgrading to a new

reservation system with improved security and functionality, and improving its

offseason (winter) revenue generation.

Logan Road RV Park’s 2019 mission is to provide RVers visiting the Oregon Coast

a top-rated Good Sam Member Park through dedicated customer service, strong

amenities and a relaxing atmosphere while providing a Tribally owned business

complement to Chinook Winds.

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort: The resort had a strong 2018, generating an annual

profit for the second consecutive year driven by the fifth straight year of increased

record revenue. The 2019 resort contract manager and landscaping contracts were

awarded to Siletz Tribal members.

The resort met several of its goals for 2018, including replacement of half the

site’s picnic tables, painting the exterior of the clubhouse and gazebo, replacing

the clubhouse kitchen counter and expanding its Google search and social media

presence. Meeting these goals helped Hee Hee fulfill its vision to provide RVers “A

Fun Place to Be.”

2019 goals continue to focus on improved profitability through revenue

growth and cost control management, long-term maintenance of Tribal assets

at the resort, including clubhouse guest bathroom remodel project, replacing the

other half of the guest site’s picnic tables and increasing its social media presence

to drive up occupancy.

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort’s 2019 mission is to provide discriminating RVers

visiting or living in the Willamette Valley a 10/10*/10 top-rated Good Sam

Preferred Park through dedicated customers service, top flight amenities and

a relaxing atmosphere while generating a profit and jobs for the Confederated

Tribes of Siletz Indians.

US Aeroteam: STBC continued to receive repayment of a business loan in 2018

provided to US Aeroteam in 2015. STBC also retained its equity ownership in US

Aeroteam which has multiple contracts to produce a variety of aviation and dronerelated equipment and parts with other manufactures and customers throughout

the United States.

Siletz Management, LLC (SMLCC): SMLLC generated a profit in 2018; driven by

strong revenue generation and effective cost control management.

The Siletz Tribe Revolving Credit Program, Tribal Elder Stipend Program,

Siletz Tribal Gaming Commission, Tenas Illahee Childcare Center as well as the

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians renewed their MOUs with SMLLC to provide

accounting services for them in 2019.

SMLLC’s 2019 goals focus on operational efficiencies and evaluation of expansion to provide services outside Tribal entities.

Properties

The 2018 combined

property management

revenue for all properties

STBC/SMLLC owns or manages for the Tribe increased

19% from 2017 while

expenses increased 35%,

resulting in a decline in

profits compared to 2017.

Large capital

expenditures at the

Harbor Freight building and Lincoln Shores

Mindy Blomstrom and Ava Johnson

make a healthy snack.

office building in 2018 were the primary drivers of

reduced profit.

The Salem Flex building, Lincoln Shores building,

Siletz Business Complex and Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart

building ended 2018 fully occupied.

Siletz (Portland) Business Complex: Generated a

profit back to the Tribe in 2018 while remaining fully

occupied. HVAC maintenance was performed during the year with a multi-year phased replacement

approach to older HVAC equipment being scheduled to

help contain costs.

Eugene Office Building: Generated a smaller

income loss in 2018 compared to 2017 due to increased

revenue from second floor office occupancy. The property generated a positive cash flow for 2018.

STBC continues to market the upstairs offices.

Depoe Bay Building: Generated a smaller loss

in 2018 compared to 2017 with revenue up slightly

from upstairs apartment lease rate increase, but the

property generated a loss due to ongoing unoccupied

ground floor retail/restaurant space.

The property retained one tenant occupying an

upstairs apartment throughout 2018 and is expected to

retain a tenant for the entire building throughout 2019.

STBC continued to market the downstairs retail/

restaurant space.

Siletz-Yaquina Riverfront Industrial Property:

Generated a larger loss in 2018 compared to 2017

due to loss of tenant reducing revenue, increased

landscaping maintenance costs and approving an

environmental site assessment analysis by a consultant through an EPA grant.

The Tribe and STBC continued to work in

conjunction with the Oregon Cascades West Council

of Governments (OCWCOG) as a coalition partner

in an OCWCOG-led $600,000 EPA brownfield grant

awarded in the second quarter 2017. During the fourth

quarter 2018, STBC hired Stantec, an environmental

consultant firm, to perform an environmental site

assessment and brownfield remediation study on

the properties utilizing the EPA brownfield grant and

STBC funds.

Salem Trust Property: This property generated

a profit for 2018 while retaining its tenant. STBC

re-signed a Native landscaper to perform monthly and

annual maintenance for 2019.

Due to its potential utilization for Tribal development, STBC is not marketing the property currently.

Salem Flex Building: Generated a profit in

2018 primarily through cost control manage-

ment of expenses and no large capital maintenance

projects needed.

The building remained fully occupied throughout

2018 and is expected to remain fully occupied and

generate a profit in 2019.

Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart: This property generated

a profit and positive cash flow in 2018 while remained

fully occupied in 2018. The property is projected to

remain occupied and generate a profit in 2019.

Lincoln Shores Building: This property generated a profit in 2018; though down from 2017 due to

Emergency Exit door installation project. It remained

fully occupied throughout 2018 by tribal entities and

is projected to remain fully occupied and generate a

profit in 2019.

Logan Road Parking Lot: Revenue was up slightly

in 2018 compared to 2017 due to lease rate increases

generating an annual profit back to the Tribe.

The property is currently leased by STBC for

its Logan Road RV Park and Chinook Winds Casino

Resort for additional employee parking. The property is projected to remain occupied and generate a

profit in 2019.

STBC is performing property management of

the property for the Tribe.

Salem Development Properties 2.0: This property generated a loss for 2018 after generating a

profit in 2017 due primarily to large deferred capital

maintenance projects.

STBC renewed leases with the building’s three

primary tenants in 2018. STBC awarded the 2019

landscaping contract to a Tribal member company

and its 2019 focus is on cost control management of

the building and properties.

STBC continued marketing the vacant spaces.

knowledge training should

they pursue a business

loan. It looks forward to

continuing the betterment of the loan program

and for the benefit of the

Siletz Tribal membership

in 2019.

Economic

Development

2018 was a year in

which STBC leadership

focused on practical

economic development

activity. These priorities

TYEE workers Kayla Werder,

included cost manageChase Rilatos, ZayZay Garcia, Shawn

ment controls, maxiRobertson and Tia Butler.

mizing profitability of

business entities, working

with possible tenants to rent STBC properties and

building on government resources and relations (financial and human) to assist

with a wide range of business development initiatives.

This activity also focused on working with Grand Ronde to advance the Keizer

Station development, activating the economic development options of the Toledo

Mill Site to determine its remediation costs and strategically building on best practice information regarding a workforce housing development in Lincoln City.

STBC supported a grant application by Lincoln County to address regional

housing shortages and serves on the Technical Advisory Committee for the county to

strategically address the link between housing and economic development. Among

these activities, STBC continued to review proposals to determine their worthiness

for sustainability for the Tribe and which draws from the expertise of a clearing

house committee and an economic development advisory committee.

STRCP

The Siletz Tribe Revolving Credit Program

(STRCP) worked to continuously improved its

operations and to fulfill one of its primary missions

to assist Tribal members with access to resources

whether they be a business, consumer or home

improvement loan.

In 2018, the STRCP received 49 completed applications requesting a total of $140,254.80. STRCP

approved 35 consumer loans, one home improvement and one business loan to Tribal members.

The STRCP board thoughtfully reviews all loan

applications and actively encourages applicants to

learn more about Tribal resources available to them

and outside of STRCP and to also gain business

Robert Kentta and Buster Lane take a break at the Elders Woodcut.

Crystal Baker-Martin makes a purple ribbon skirt

with the CARE program.

Kathy Kentta, Sunny Jimenez and Lily Whitehead

learn about invasive and native plants.

Vincent Aviles and Aaidyn Bokuro play a

board game at Family Literacy Night

A game of dodgeball comes to an end with extra balls in play, its

every kid for themselves.

A group of Culture Camp kids do a cheer for

their next chosen activity.

Siletz Youth Conference attendees having a great time while

playing the game Speak OUt.

Building on our Foundation

I’m proud to say we had a strong 2018 that

included a major construction project. The parking

garage construction displaced parking for our staff

and, at times, inconvenienced guests attending some

of our outdoor events. The parking structure completion, however, is a testament of our commitment to the

future vision of our resort.

We are ready to build on our foundation and

enhance the guest experience. Our team is ready for

the next challenge, all the while ensuring that our

guests have an exceptional experience that keeps them

wanting to come back. We saw strong performances

throughout the resort and look forward to building

on those numbers.

Marketing

Interactive promotions continue to be popular

and successful with our guests. Retail Therapy. Big

Money Cards and Caribbean Cruizin’ made their debut

in 2018 and proved to be guest favorites. Virtual drawings continued to save time and money for the casino

and our guests enjoy the freedom of continuing to play

their games during drawings.

The Promotions Team constantly finds new

opportunities to create unique experiences for our

guests. One example in the first quarter was the

Ultimate Game Show. This was a fun way to engage

our players to earn entries over a period of time to

attend the show.

Social media now plays a key role in the marketing industry. In order to increase our presence in the

world of social, we hired a social media coordinator

in June. In the last half of 2018, we saw an increase

in our social presence on Instagram, Twitter and

Facebook of 11 percent over the prior year.

This increase means our followers on each

platform are interacting with our brand in a more

organic and consistent way and look to Chinook

Winds to find out not only what is happening at our

resort, but our area as well. Our goal is to become the

resource for visitors to the Oregon Coast in order to put Chinook Winds as their

first resource for information and fun.

The addition of our Employee Facebook Group has increased our engagement with our staff in order to inform them on everything happening for our

guests and our employee events. It’s a place they can ask questions and get

immediate responses.

Entertainment and events were a big hit in 2018 with the fourth annual

Beach, Bacon and Brews that is continually growing each year as a signature

event, plus Surf City and Sound-Off as well as Celebration of Honor.

Some big names in entertainment that keep us on the radar as a premier

entertainment destination included Paula Abdul, Tyler Henry and Grammy winners

Dan + Shay, to name a few.

Food and Beverage

Total Food and Beverage net income was up in 2018 over prior year by 110.38

percent. Every dining outlet saw an increase with hard work from our team and

creative changes in menus by our chefs.

Our goal for 2018 was to provide our guests with an experience sure to create

repeat business and we accomplished that goal. Loyal guest experience is key to our

growth.

Operations

It was another great year for the Operations Department in 2018!

◊ Replaced, converted and/or added more than 100 themes on the slot floor

◊ Added Drinks on Tap to the slot floor. This enables guests to request beverage

service directly from the slot machine.

◊ Created a video poker section on the slot floor

◊ Created a classics/favorites section on the slot floor

◊ Hosted six premier Bingo sessions – NYE Bingo, 80K Beach Bash, 50K

Tournament, Mother’s Day Bingo, Luau Bingo and the Bingo Ballerz show

◊ Brought back Table Games training tables in the shoulder months

◊ Marketing’s spotlight on the million-dollar Keno games as well as the

recently added progressive options have contributed to continued success in

the Keno area.

◊ Successfully hosted two large poker tournaments. We are excited to see what the

future holds as we continually see our poker tournament following grow.

Facilities

Casino

◊ Parking garage completion and ribbon cutting

◊ Mezzanine restroom remodel

◊ Exterior emergency exit doors replaced in showroom

◊ Admin new carpet and paint

Hotel

◊ D building restroom remodel

◊ New walk-in coolers and freezers at Chinook’s Seafood Grill

◊ Exterior paint and gutters for buildings B, C and D

Golf

◊ New walk-in cooler and freezer at Aces Sports Bar & Grill

Hotel

The hotel had increases in average daily

rate (ADR), revenue per available room (RevPAR)

and occupancy vs. budget and prior year. ADR

increased 0.20 percent over 2017. RevPAR

increased 2.10 percent over 2017. Occupancy

increased 1.71 percent over 2017.

Golf

Aerial photo of Chinook Winds Casino and the new parking garage.

At the golf resort we focus on increasing the

services we offer to our customers. By doing so we

increased lessons by 95.49 percent, equipment

sales increased by 35.54 percent, and cart and

equipment rental increased by 7.38 percent over

the prior year.

Community Partnerships

Siletz Tribal Council joins Chinook Winds Casino staff at

the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the

new parking garage.

Honored veterans shake hands with students

of Siletz Valley School.

We are always proud to support and take

part in Tribal events such as Elders Honor Day,

the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow and Restoration

Pow-Wow, Native Craft Fair, youth teams, Siletz

Boosters and donations to offsite events where the

Tribe is representing the area and our resort.

Every year we sponsor the Oregon Governor’s

Conference on Tourism where we showcase our

Tribal ownership and Chairman Delores Pigsley

speaks to hundreds of tourism professionals about

the importance to the state of Tribal tourism.

Casino staff members volunteer their

personal time to help coordinate and serve meals

during Operation Christmas Spirit, which has

become a tradition for our team and our community. The past two years we have moved toward

delivering to school families and those who can’t

get out of their homes.

As part of the annual Lincoln City Community

Days celebration in April, Chinook Winds sponsored a spectacular pinwheel garden in cooperation with the Lincoln City Cultural Center and in

2018 included North County school children.

Chinook Winds celebrated its seventh year

as presenting sponsor of the Newport Seafood &

Wine Festival. This has become an event where

we can track gaming value as well as earn valuable TV and print press coverage. More than

$25,000 in press was earned through the promotion of this event.

Other community partnerships included the

Old-School Car Show, Lincoln City Chowder and

Brewfest, and Newport Boosters, to name a few.

Lillie Butler

Loraine Butler

Reggie Butler Sr.

Sharon Edenfield

Gloria Ingle

Chairman

Delores Pigsley

Vice Chairman

Alfred “Bud” Lane III

Secretary

Sharon Edenfield

Robert Kentta

Alfred “Bud” Lane III

your Tribal enrollment number and the last

four digits of your Social Security number.

Visit the Tribal Members Only area on

the Tribal website – ctsi.nsn.us – for

enrollment postings, Tribal resolutions,

language study materials, Nesika Illahee

newsletter, Tribal member unclaimed funds,

ordinance review, Healthy Traditions,

Tribal Council minutes, Paul Washington

Cemetery details and other information.

Delores Pigsley

Angela Ramirez

Treasurer

Robert Kentta

Tillicum Fitness Center

1016 W Buford

P.O. Box 320

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-9656

Fax: 541-444-1278

Chinook Winds Casino Resort

1777 NW 44th St.

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5825 or

888-CHINOOK

Fax: 541-996-5852

chinookwindscasino.com

Logan Road RV Park

4800 NE Logan Road

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-994-4261 or

877-LOGANRV

loganroadrvpark.com

Siletz Tribal Court

201 SE Swan Ave.

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

541-444-2532 or 800-922-1399

Fax: 541-444-8270

Siletz Community Health Clinic

200 Gwee-Shut Road

P.O. Box 320

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-1030 or 800-648-0449

Fax: 541-444-1278

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort

4751 Astoria St. NE

Salem, OR 97305-1106

503-463-6641 or 877-564-7295

heeheeillahee.com

Siletz Tribal Community Center

402 NE Government Hill Drive

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

541-444-2532 or 800-922-1399

Fax: 541-444-2307

Siletz Tribal Business

Corporation

2120 NW 44th St., Suite D

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-994-2142 or 877-564-7298

Fax: 541-994-5142

stbcorp.net

Siletz Tribal Housing

Department

555 Tolowa Court

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8322

Fax: 541-444-8313

Siletz Tribal Gaming Commission

2120 NW 44th St., Suite A

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5497 or 800-789-5189

Fax: 541-996-5492

Siletz Behavioral Health

200 Gwee-Shut Road

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8286 or 800-600-5599

Fax: 541-444-8280

Administration Building

201 SE Swan Ave.

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

541-444-2532 or 800-922-1399

Fax: 541-444-2307

Tenas Illahee Childcare Center

930 W Buford

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-2450

Fax: 541-444-2456

Siletz Rec Center

1010 W Buford

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8209

Fax: 541-444-2307

Salem Area Office

3160 Blossom Drive NE, Suite 105

Salem, OR 97305

503-390-9494

Fax: 541-390-8099

Portland Area Office

12790 SE Stark St., Suite 102

Portland, OR 97233

503-238-1512

Fax: 503-238-2436

Eugene Area Office

2468 W 11th Ave.

Eugene, OR 97402

541-484-4234

Fax: 541-484-4583

USDA Food Distribution Center

Siletz Warehouse

815 Logsden Road

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8279 or 800-922-1399

Fax: 541-444-2307

USDA Food Distribution Center

Salem Warehouse

3160 Blossom Drive NE, Suite 185

Salem, OR 97305

503-391-5760

Fax: 503-391-4296

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

Presorted

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