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as a Tribe as we emerged with few serious losses compared to other Tribes.

We are thankful to the staff who managed their work in the clinic, at home

and all others who altered their work schedules to meet Tribal members’ needs.

Our Tribal Council made great strides as we worked to improve hunting,

fishing and gathering rights. We had support from other Tribes and are well on

our way to defining our future rights.

Our one-day pow-wow was a great success. Attendance was huge and it was

great fun to gather and visit with all our friends and family who hadn’t been able

to get out because of the pandemic. Our Restoration Celebration in November

was also very welcoming to our membership.

The Tribe took advantage of many funding opportunities provided by both

the State of Oregon and the U.S. Congress. This gave us many opportunities that

would not otherwise have been possible.

Photographers: Photos in this report were taken by Public

Information staff or provided to Public Information by tribal

programs after an event.

On the cover: Feathers from a craft event.

Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley

Table of Contents

Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund

Administration

Housing

Tribal Court

Human Resources

Natural Resources

Enrollment

Education and Cultural Programs

Social and Human Services

Chinook Winds Casino Resort

Tribal Council

The STCCF Advisory Board continued to meet via

Zoom each quarter to review applications and send

recommendations to Tribal Council for the distribution of charitable funds to a variety of nonprofit

organizations.

Funding for 2022 charitable distributions was

based on dedicated excess pledge revenue generated

during 2020 casino operations plus accrued interest

and any carryover. A total of 243 eligible applications

were received for the year and $1.3 million was available to distribute.

The Advisory Board recommended and Tribal

Council approved 134 awards totaling $909,235.

Overall, 55% of applicants received charitable funding. The median was $3,500 and the average was

$6,785 per award.

To help mitigate the economic impact of COVID,

charitable funding continued to prioritize food security, health, education and public safety.

STCCF Advisory Board members were Tribal

members Sharon Edenfield (Tribal Council), Cheryl

Lane, Rebekah Goulet and Kurt Arden; and non-Tribal

community members Karen Gerttula, Mike Holden

and Dick Anderson. Holden served as board chair and

Rosie Williams as advisory board staff/secretary.

Darcy Jimenez at the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow.

2022 STCCF Charitable Giving by Category

The Arts

Cultural Activities

Education

Drug & Alcohol Treatment

Gambling Addiction

Health

Other Charitable Purposes

Environment & Natural Resource Preservation

Historical Preservation

Housing

Prevention

Public Safety

$31,625

$12,000

$396,159

$50,000

$5,000

$126,705

$40,903

$14,100

$25,550

$34,500

$61,864

$110,829

Total

$909,235

Community Education Facilitator Elizabeth Madden takes a group of kids

on a hike on the Amanda Trail.

It is the mission of the Administration Department to provide administrative

support to Tribal programs and Tribal government for efficient delivery of programs

and services to the Tribal membership and clients.

Sharon A. Edenfield, administrative manager, oversees Accounting, Fringe

Benefits, Information Systems, Facilities & Fleet, Property & Procurement, and

Administrative Support staff.

She also serves as the BIA self-governance coordinator, plan administrator,

plan trustee and trust officer. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Audit and

Investment committees and as staff representative to the Budget Committee.

Sharon was also appointed to the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee by Sen.

Ron Wyden and was elected to serve as its vice chair. She also is co-chair of TTAC’s

General Welfare Exclusion Subcommittee.

The Tribe along with the nation was still being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For safety reasons, the Tribe’s offices continued to be closed to the membership and community until they officially reopened to the public on Sept. 1.

Services continued to be provided to those impacted, whether staff staggered

their schedules to come into the office or worked from their homes. This will reflect

throughout this annual report.

The Accounting Department held steady with personnel as one long-time

employee retired and a couple entry level positions were filled. Staff has used a

hybrid approach to working in the office and working from home with approved

Telework Procedure Agreements.

Accounts Payable monthly payments include elder payments, Medicare reimbursements, TANF and GA stipends, CARE Program rental payments, STHD rental

assistance payments, and Higher Education and AVT awards.

Accomplishments include:

• January: 2021 tax forms (1099s and W2s) were mailed out in a timely manner.

• February: Payroll took the lead on implementing the eTimesheet system to

employees.

• Feb. 28 was deadline for programs to clear 2021 expenditures.

• March: First quarter STREAM kits and School Supply stipends sent.

• May: Summer interns started in Payroll.

• June 7-14: Blue Bird began fieldwork for 2020 audit (entirely remote).

• July: AP/Finance processed the annual gaming per capita payments for 5,543

Tribal members, which were mailed or deposited to their Trust account on July 31.

• August: Per capita (5,578 payments and 239

court cases). TYEE youth payments. Payroll assisted

HR with onboarding pow-wow employees, Payroll

processed pow-wow payroll and helped Human

Resources with data entry for salary analysis. First

round of salary analysis approved and retro payments prepared.

• September: Payroll completed second round of

salary analysis retro payments. 2021 audit completed. 2022 Indirect Cost Proposal approved by IBC.

• October: 2023 Indirect Cost Proposal completed

and presented to Budget Committee.

• November: 2023 Indirect Cost Proposal sent

to IBC.

• December: Payroll completed third and final

round of salary analysis retro payments. Payroll

completed annual leave payouts to employees in

excess of 240 hours.

The 2021 audit fieldwork performed by Bluebird

CPAs. This marks the 16th year of the Tribe’s relationship with Bluebird CPAs from Reno, Nev. The 2021

audit was given an unqualified opinion (highest rating) and no compliance findings.

SSP/477 Training: SSP staff reached out to

Accounting and requested a training for SSP clients.

Accounting staff provided a one-hour training, via

Zoom, to SSP clients on budgets, income and savings.

Travel/Training: Controller attended the 2022

Tribal Self Governance Conference. Accounting

supervisor attended online Accounting Training

modules. These training modules will be available

for Accounting staff to increase accounting knowledge for accounts payable, receivable, grants and

payroll. Dan McCue, chief financial officer, attended

the NAFOA (Native American Finance Officers

Association) conference.

The trust officer provides assistance to Minors

Trust, Adult Trust and Unclaimed Funds:

• 1,706 Minor Trust (MT) accounts with 28 new

accounts at Sovereign

• 181 MT payments issued from Providence/

Sovereign totaling $1,322,000+

• 14 Adult Trust (AT) cash accounts at Stifel

• 2 AT payment request totaling $5,240

• Coordinate with Providence to mail annual MT

Sovereign investment statements

• Mailed AT annual Stifel investment statements

The Information Systems Department provided

services to all Tribal programs and employees.

Highlights of a few accomplishments include:

• Moved NextGen to virtual servers

• Upgraded Bomgar Appliance software

• Moved Symantec EndPoint Protection to the cloud

• Upgraded Call Manager/Unity

• Upgraded Voice Gateway

• Supported On Boarding OSIS for NextGen

• Enrollment ID Printing solution

• Upgraded Optometry EHR module

• Medical Inventory Control system

• Personnel: Fully staffed department

• Set up the use of TEAMS, Zoom and GoToMeeting

for employees to meet virtually

• Upgraded I2I software with all of the

COVID-19 changes

• Upgraded Eaglesun software

• Upgraded Network Security

• Upgraded MIP and HR Management

• Replaced Medical X-ray server

checks and editing electronic filing; Social Services with handing out pumpkins,

client boxes during Christmas, checks and paperwork; and beading and mail-out

preparations for the Elders Department.

Staff continues to distribute The People Are Dancing Again history book to

Tribal members. To date 1,949 have been distributed to the membership. Fifty books

were sold to other Tribal entities in 2022. Books are also distributed to new CTSI

hires and gifted to organizations with which the Tribe works closely.

Accomplishments include:

• Distributing 12 laptops to higher education/adult vocational training students

• Selling 29 Pendleton saddle blankets

• Selling 71 Pendleton robe blankets

• Selling 10 mugs

• Selling 6 CTSI flags

The Facilities & Fleet Department maintains usage

of Tribal facilities and vehicles. The Tribal Community

Center remained closed due to COVID, but was used for

the Tribal election and a General Council meeting.

The department maintained 43 GSA vehicles

with 24 for departments to check out – 12 in Siletz and

four in each area office. The remaining 17 vehicles are

assigned to eight different programs. The Tribe owns

25 vehicles that are dispersed among six departments.

The department also continues responsibility of

Public Works’ bills.

During the year, staff also assisted with

Administration and various programs as needed.

The Property & Procurement Department continued to work in the office processing orders and

recycling obsolete computer equipment. Procurement

continued to pick up excess from Chinook Winds and

deliver to all area offices when needed.

The department processed orders and saved

$210,384. It also filled orders with 56 on-site excess

items and saved departments $53,000.

The Administrative Support staff provides daily

clerical assistance to Central Administration managers and other Tribal programs, which includes

assistance to Tribal functions. In 2022, staff assisted

Enrollment with labeling new folders for each Tribal

member; the Accounting Dept. with stuffing per capita

Marlene Stuart and Tiffany Stuart dance at the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow.

households. Siletz households have first preference in

admissions for the 20 units.

The ribbon cutting was held pandemic style with

limited attendance opportunities. The apartments are

100% occupied.

Housing Department staff continued to work a hybrid schedule consistent with

COVID-19 protocols in 2022. All employees worked full time with many added job

responsibilities centered in deploying COVID assistance.

In addition to providing existing housing services, including COVID programs

through the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act and ARPA

(American Rescue Plan Act) funding, we also deployed rental assistance to support

households experiencing chronic homelessness.

Homeownership Assistance Fund Pilot Program: Utilizing funding received from

the U.S. Treasury as part of the American Rescue Plan, the Housing Department

provided assistance to Tribal homebuyers who experienced a material financial

impact due to COVID-19. Thirty-three households have been approved.

Total Expenditure: $800,062.49

Homeless Assistance and Sheltering Program: Utilizing funding made available through Oregon Housing and Community Services, 48 households have been

approved for rent assistance. Funding has been extended to December 2023. This

grant allows for full IDC, which is unusual for state funding.

Total Expenditure: $123,249.49

Emergency Rental Assistance Program: Utilizing funding received from the U.S.

Treasury CARES Act, the Housing Department provided assistance to Tribal households who are renters and who experienced financial hardship due to COVID-19. The

program provided up to 12 months of rent arrearage and utility payments, provided

the arrearage occurred due to COVID-19 impact. The program ended Sept. 30.

Total Expenditure: $2,388,711

Miller Bishop Property and Union Loop: The FY2023 Indian Housing Plan

includes master plan design for the property infrastructure and house design for the

two units in Lincoln City and seven at Miller Bishop. We entered into a contract with

Arbor South.

The geotech for the Miller property is complete and design is under way for

Home of Your Own 4 in Siletz. The proposed design for two units at Union Loop was

approved by Tribal Council.

8-Plex Laundry Addition: Work has been completed on this project. The rental

units now have washer and dryer capacity!

Kloshe Illahee Haws (Salem): Site work, infrastructure and road design is

substantially complete. Community will include low-income and non-low-income

rental units, a community room with staff offices, and a maintenance shop.

Mamook Tokatee is the second affordable partnership development project

with the Native American Youth Association. Mamook Tokatee is a 55-unit apartment complex in Northeast Portland with 20 units secured for American Indian

The Housing Department is managing additional

construction projects:

• Siletz Pharmacy: Demolition of the former bank

building was completed. Plans are substantially

complete with the final electrical engineering under

way. The addition of an elevator required significant

modification of the electrical plans.

• Lincoln City Satellite Clinic: Design and construction documents were completed for building

rehabilitation.

• Recreation and Education Center: Land acquisition completed, zoning change approved. Final

decision was made during the Siletz City Council

meeting in August, followed by a 14-day comment

period. Tribal Council reviewed the final design and

it is moving forward.

Aviana Bokuro takes on the ropes course.

Caseload

New

Average monthly new cases

Closed

Hearings, monthly average

(includes per capita caseload)

352

29.33

331

29.33

Court Staff: One chief judge, one associate judge;

community court judge (vacant), one full-time court

administrator and one temporary 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 experience the challenge of new categories of cases and

complexity of subject matter. In 2022, the court saw

a slight increase in caseload and even with per capita

cases, the caseload was still down about 130-150 cases

from the prior years’ average. The per capita caseload

was approved by Tribal Council for 2022, increasing

the court’s caseload by nearly 300 cases.

The court is now open again and holds hearings in person, maintaining the option to appear via

telephone. Court staff works in conjunction with the

chief judge, creating new or modifying existing forms

relevant to the ever-changing case criteria.

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

cases out of Chinook Winds, other matters ranging

from contract cases to enrollment matters, plus 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. The records are easily

searched and printed from Laserfiche files. Records

not in Laserfiche are our juvenile records as we keep

hard files indefinitely at this time.

Training: Tribal Court promotes educational

enhancement for the judicial and court staff through

attendance and participation in trainings and

workshops relative to Tribal Court issues. Tribal Court

participates with neighboring courts and agencies to

create and maintain good working relationships.

The National Judicial College in Reno, Nev.,

continues to be 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 eight

active Tribal spokespersons, three Tribal member (non-attorneys), five independent

attorneys, two attorneys with Legal Aid Services of Oregon (Newport Branch) and

one attorney with Legal Aid Services of Oregon (Portland Branch).

Three 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.

Tribal Court Enhancement: The Tribal Council partnered this year with The

Whitener Group, a Tribal consulting firm owned by members of the Squaxin Island

Tribe, to:

• Review and evaluate the Tribe’s ordinances to identify and make any necessary revisions

• Review and evaluate the potential expansion of legal assistance for Tribal

members and others who appear in the Siletz Tribal Court

Shantel Hostler shows Nancy McCrary how to bead a keylet.

entities, including the Tenas Illahee Child Care Center,

Siletz Tribal Gaming Commission and Siletz Tribal

Business Corporation.

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 services 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 2022, the Siletz Tribe hired 76 employees, 60

regular positions and 16 temporary staff positions. This was down from 92 positions, 69 regular and 23 temporary positions, in 2021.

While it doesn’t appear to be a great fluctuation in the number of positions

for which we are recruiting, what is different is the length of time it takes to recruit

qualified applicants, leaving departments short-staffed or dependent on temporary

hires to fill the void. Some positions have been advertised for more than a year before

interested candidates are identified, interviewed and hired to fill some of these

vacancies.

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

Reopening: In the fall of 2022, Tribal offices began

to reopen to the public as cases of COVID-19 became

more manageable. Staff was given the option of applying for Telework Agreements, working from home

approximately two days per week and the remaining

time in their offices.

Most meetings and events are provided in a hybrid

model – attendance can be in person or via Zoom or

other online platform. Many interviews are reverting

to in-person interviews at a variety of locations, while

others continue to be held via Zoom.

The Tribe experienced many of the same issues

the rest of the country has experienced during this

pandemic with a number of staff retiring, some exiting

to take employment opportunities at other agencies,

and lack of child care. The number of job openings the

HR Department was attempting to fill swelled to 50

vacant positions by October and many had been advertised numerous times without successfully attracting

viable candidates to fill the vacancies.

To address this, the Tribe made some changes to

assist with filling the vacancies, including:

• Interviewing when there was only one viable candidate instead of the policy requisite of two or more

• Adding sign-on bonuses for hard-to-fill vacancies

• Encouraging electronic submission of employment applications

• Developing the opportunity to on-board employees at local area offices instead of requiring all

processes to be completed in Siletz

These changes contributed to filling many of the

vacancies. A contingent of vacancies continues to be

hard to fill, however, leading to many positions being

advertised several times or left open until the vacancy

can be filled.

The requirement for COVID vaccinations for all

employees – except those with a medical exemption

– continued to be in place in 2022 in response to the

pandemic.

Diabetes Program Manager Kim Lane serves summer lunches

to school-age children.

Staffing Changes: In the summer of 2022, both

a long-time employee and the HR director departed

from the HR Department. Newly integrated from the

Accounting Department to the HR Department was

the benefits coordinator, who oversees the application

of Tribal Family Medical Leave, Short-Term Disability

and the other fringe benefits offered to employees.

The HR Department used several temporary staff

members to continue providing services to the public

and internally to department staff, including a temporary HR director to assist with recruitment efforts.

Across the organization, many new and existing

positions were filled with temporary employees while

recruitment was occurring to fill the regular positions.

Due to staff shortages and unsuccessful recruitment

efforts, many of these temporary employees were

extended by Tribal Council to allow for continuity of

services to our membership.

Prior to the end of December, two regular employees were hired in the HR Department and interviews

were set for the HR director – expected to on board

early in 2023.

Job Descriptions & Salary Analysis: The Tribe

purchased a tool to analyze job descriptions and assess

wages based on education, experience and job requirements. This led to a revamping of our salary scale and

job descriptions. Many minimum requirements were

updated and positions were analyzed to determine the

appropriate pay level utilizing this tool.

Next step in the process was to analyze individual

staff using the revised job descriptions and placing

Serena DePoe beads a keylet.

them at an appropriate Tribal level and step on the scale, retroactively dated to April

1, 2022, per Tribal Council decision. The new tool allows for fluctuation in starting

wages dependent on the job description they are being hired under and the individual applicant’s education and experience level in relation to the job description.

These changes have made the Tribe more competitive with the open market

when filling vacancies.

Employee Incentive Activities: CTSI held the Employee All-Staff Meeting in

December, which offered a variety of interactive activities and in-house training.

Representatives of companies contracted to provide fringe benefits to employees were

in attendance to answer questions and provide information.

Workers Compensation: Our workers compensation insurance carrier continues

to be Tribal First.

Employee Assistance Program: Our EAP provider is Reliant Behavioral Health

(RBH), which changed its name late in 2022 to Uprise Health EAP. Confidential

services are available to Tribal employees and their immediate families at no

cost, including:

• Counseling: 24-hour Crisis Help, Confidential Counseling, eAccess, Free 24/7

On-Demand Emotional Wellness Support, Peer Support Groups

• Life Balance: Financial Services, Home Ownership Program, Identity Theft

Services, Legal and Mediation Services, Wills & Other Legal Forms, College

Planning Program

• Workplace: Worksite Services, Supervisor Resources

Dick Anderson and Gloria Ingle attend the opening

of the STAHS gift shop and museum.

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 which will ensure that 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 Siletz Tribal Natural Resources Department is responsible for operation of

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; and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

and BIA Wildlife grants.

Additionally, the department administers grants from EPA and other entities

covering its participation in the Portland Harbor Superfund site monitoring activi-

ties, 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 16,066 acres of timberlands, including timber sale planning (environmental

assessments, unit layout and design, road layout and

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

(prescription writing, site preparation, reforestation,

animal damage protection, brush control, stocking

surveys), forest development (timber stand improvement, precommercial and commercial thinning),

forest protection (fire management, insect and disease

control), forest inventory and management planning,

and firewood permits.

Accomplishments for 2022 include:

• Harvesting 2.70 million board feet of timber

yielding net timber revenue of $910,650

• Presales work on 9 timber sale areas totaling 499

acres and 17.16 million board feet

• Site preparation of 47 acres

• Precommercial thinning of 50 acres

• Completing 142 acres of stocking surveys and 702

acres of stand exams

• Issuing 129 personal use firewood permits

• Issuing 103 property access permits

• Cutting, splitting and delivering 26½ cords of

firewood to Tribal elders during 3 elders firewood

distribution events

The Aquatics program was funded in 2022 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 funding.

Heidi Lussier and Valerie Hibdon make fry bread to serve at the

opening of the STAHS gift shop and Museum.

2022 accomplishments include:

• Completing the fourth mainstem Siletz River

restoration project on three sites

• Completing 17 wetland assessments

• Monitoring native oyster restoration efforts at

sites in Yaquina Bay

• Monitoring the turbidity and temperature of the

Siletz River and 10 tributaries

• Spawning surveys for salmon and eels in the

Siletz River

• Raising and releasing several thousand winter

steelhead

• Maintaining and enhancing a culturally important native plant nursery for future restoration

projects

• Continuing a project to document and store in

a searchable database Siletz Tribal Traditional

Ecological Knowledge (TEK) associated with lands

and natural resources throughout Western Oregon

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.

In 2022, accomplishments include:

• Acquiring a 77-acre WWMP property

• Reviewing and ranking 2022 WWMP projects

• Development work on potential future Tribal

WWMP projects

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.

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

Harbor Superfund Site (funded by grants from EPA and various potentially

responsible cleanup parties)

• 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

• Monitoring the approval processes for the Jordan Cove Energy project and the

Oregon Department of State Lands 404 permit assumption project

• Participating in the Long Tom 1135 project with the City of Monroe and the

Army Corps of Engineers

• Monitoring ocean issues via the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management taskforce and the West Coast Ocean Alliance

• 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.

2022 accomplishments include:

• Placing into trust two properties totaling 23 acres

• Continuing work on fee-to-trust applications for 6 other Tribal fee properties

• Performing due diligence for several potential property acquisitions

• Preparing an environmental assessment for the culture center museum project

In 2022, accomplishments include:

• Issuing 285 deer tags (21 filled)

• Issuing 125 elk tags (5 filled)

• Issuing 100 salmon tags (1 filled)

• Issuing 118 shellfish gathering permits

• Picking up, processing and distributing 4,723

pounds of subsistence chinook salmon

• Distributing 247 whole-bodied Siletz River steelhead and 5 Chinook salmon from the Siletz River

fish trap

• Providing surplus game meat to the Tribe’s USDA

program for distribution to needy Tribal members

The Environmental Protection program is funded

half through an EPA GAP grant and half through

Tribal funding. This program’s main focus is as the

primary repository of all requests for natural and

cultural resource consultation from outside agencies.

2022 accomplishments include:

• Reviewing 525 outside agency project consultation requests

Teacher Robin Limbert leads Siletz Head Start students on a trick-or-treat tour.

The Enrollment Department consists of two full-time enrollment officers and

one enrollment clerk. The department processes Enrollment applications, name

change requests, blood quantum corrections, relinquishment requests, roll removals, address updates, designation of death benefit beneficiaries and Tribal ID cards.

Staff issues CIBs, certifies enrollment to other agencies per request, provides

family trees, verifies Tribal voter’s signatures per the Election Ordinance, assembles

posting packets, assists Tribal members and applicants upon request, and performs

daily duties.

Address & Contact Information Update: It is important for Tribal members to

keep their address/contact information up to date. The Enrollment Department is

the hub for other Tribal departments. This does not include the Siletz Community

Health Clinic or the Siletz Tribal Housing Department; they use different systems

and Tribal members are responsible for updating their own information with them.

When a Tribal member’s mail is returned, Enrollment staff attempts to contact

the last known phone and/or email. When Enrollment staff doesn’t receive updated

information, the Tribal member becomes a Missing Moccasin, which periodically

appears in the monthly Siletz News and on the Tribal website.

Siletz Community Health Clinic staff give out candy and prizes to Siletz

Head Start students during a trick-or-treat tour.

Tribal member/legal guardians can submit this

form in person, by mail, by email or by fax.

Designation of Death Benefit Beneficiary: The Siletz

Tribe provides a death benefit to each Tribal member of

up to $6,000 to cover funeral expenses. The Tribe has

caskets and Pendleton blankets for sale, which may be

purchased outright or deducted from the Tribal death

benefit. Additionally, a $1,000 benefit is paid out to

the designated beneficiary on file.

Tribal members are responsible for updating their

own form if the beneficiary information changes. This

form must be notarized by a notary public and the

original must be returned in person or by mail.

Tribal Area Office ID printers: The Tribal area

offices now have Tribal ID printers. This allows

designated area office staff to print Tribal ID cards.

Tribal members must complete a Tribal ID Request

form (specifications listed on the form) and can either

take a clear color picture of themselves or request staff

to take a picture. Notary public is not required if the

Tribal member has another form of identification or if

a staff member can identify them.

Forms: Enrollment forms are available online

with video and audio instruction. The forms can also

be picked up in person at the Enrollment Department

office in Siletz or at any of the Tribal area offices.

Per Capita: In the event there is an annual per

capita, the projection date of this distribution is

Aug.1 and per capita is mailed to the Tribal member’s

address on file with Enrollment prior to the second

Friday in July. If a Tribal member has any changes,

they must be made prior to this date.

Enrollment Committee: The Enrollment Committee

consists of five Tribal members who meet the second

Wednesday of each month, except in December. This

committee is advisory and makes recommendations to

Tribal Council that affect the Tribal membership roll.

Tribal Council is the final decision.

Posting Time frame: Deadlines are the first Friday

of January, April, July and September. The Enrollment

Committee reviews postings at its meetings in

February, May, August and October. The Tribal Council

acts on postings at its regularly scheduled meetings

in March, June, September and November. No Tribal

Council actions take place during the blackout period

of Dec. 1 through the conclusion of Election Day in

February.

The following is an example of the posting time frame in a table format:

Deadlines

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

1st Friday

January

1st Friday

April

1st Friday

July

1st Friday

September

Enrollment officers review applicants/requests

Enrollment Committee packet sent 15-days prior to Enrollment meeting

2nd

Wednesday

February

Committee

Meets

2nd

Wednesday

May

2nd

Wednesday

August

2nd

Wednesday

October

Enrollment staff meets with Tribal Council at workshop

Posting period is 20 days, allowing 15 days for protests

Tribal

Council

Action

March

June

September

November

2021-2022 Year-End Enrollment Statistics

2021

2022

Enrollment Population

5,564

5,603

Decease Removals

Relinquishments

Loss of Membership

Blood Quantum Correction Approvals

Name Changes

New Tribal Members

Outgoing Mail

1,083

1,181

Phone Calls

3,545

4,104

Address Updates

1,996

1,515

Tribal IDs Issued

123

323

Death Benefit Beneficiaries Updated

306

124

Jose Gutierrez makes fry bread at the Tribal

Youth Conference.

Ross Standiford, Buster Lane and Kevin Goodell

serve as Honor Guard members at the annual

Veterans Ceremony at Siletz Valley School.

The Education and Cultural Programs department houses the following

departments: Child Care Assistance, Head Start, Culture, Education, Traditional

Arts & Language, Pow-Wow/Cultural Education and Youth Services.

Overseen by Alissa Lane-Keene, Education & Cultural Programs director,

staff are responsible for the planning and implementation of the Tribe’s largest

annual events:

• Annual Easter Egg Hunt

• Memorial Day Ceremony

• Annual Student Gathering to Honor Higher Education & AVT Students

• Culture Camp

• Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow

• Run to the Rogue

• Restoration Pow-Wow

Tony Molina welcomes Siletz students at the annual Veterans Ceremony.

Education & Cultural Programs staff also implements the Tribe’s education- and culture-related

resource programs and classes:

• Higher Education grants

• Adult Vocational Training grants

• Adult Education funding

• Graduate Student Stipends

• Student Laptop Stipend program

• College Information Nights

• TYEE (Tribal Youth Education & Employment)

• Student Incentive awards

• Youth Activity fund

• Johnson O’Malley

• UNITY

• Annual Tribal Youth Conference

• TutorMe online tutoring resources

• Individual Cultural Enhancement grants

• Language classes

• Cultural Education classes

• Childcare Assistance program

• 4 Head Start classrooms

Three of the Tribe’s eight standing committees are

within the Education & Cultural Programs department:

• Culture & Heritage Committee (staff representative Robert Kentta)

• Pow-Wow Committee (staff representative

Buddy Lane)

• Education Committee (staff representative Alissa

Lane-Keene)

I am proud to report that 2022 was another

highly productive year for the Education & Cultural

Programs department. Staff designed and implemented another year’s worth of innovative and

dynamic programming for the Tribal membership

– complete with monthly Culture nights, quarterly

College Information Nights, a week of virtual Culture

Camp, two in-person pow-wows, three high-performing Head Start sites, childcare assistance outreach and

robust education services delivered directly to Tribal

member homes.

Thoughtfully designed programing and the adaptation of hybrid and/or virtual options aided in the

meaningful outreach efforts of our team. Education

& Cultural programs staff continued to provide the

Tribal membership with stability and consistency in

the areas of childcare assistance, Head Start, culture,

language, education and youth services.

Throughout 2022, the childcare assistance

program continued to offer copious assistance to

families with child care needs while three of the

Tribe’s four Head Start sites offered healthy learning

environments for our littlest of learners. Education

staff experienced another year of growth in enrollment in their JOM, Higher Education and AVT

programs while simultaneously adding several

new programs to the list of programming they now

implement and oversee (*Student Laptop Stipend

program and Student Stole program).

The Cultural Education manager successfully

coordinated our first in person pow-wows since

March 2020, while the Language program coordinator increased the occurrence and levels of language

classes offered to the membership. Now providing

three classes that vary in ability with a monthly

immersion class, there is something for every level of

interest and skill.

Together, the Cultural Education manager and

the Tribal Language & Culture Instructor coordinator have received a tremendous amount of positive

feedback on their monthly culture nights. Lastly, as a

team the Culture Department successfully completed

32 Siletz Tribal SB-13 Tribal History Shared History

curriculum lessons. This was no small feat. The time

and attention that went into this work is unmatched.

These thoughtful lessons were released for public use

via our Tribal website in August.

The Education & Cultural Programs department

continues to strive to meet the child care, educational

and cultural needs of all Tribal members with innovative, fresh and thoughtful programming.

Accomplishments

Education: An education specialist is located in

each Tribal office (Siletz – Jeff Sweet, Salem – Sonya

Moody-Jurado, Portland – Katy Holland and Eugene

– Candace Hill). They provide primary and secondary education services to Tribal members from Head

Start through 12th grade residing in the 11-county

service areas through the Johnson O’Malley and Youth

Activity programs.

They also provide advocacy, tutoring, recreational

and cultural activities. They design and implement relevant activities to prepare students for post-secondary

education endeavors. Each education specialist works

closely with school district staff, Indian Education

specialists and TAPP coordinators for the betterment of

Tribal students in their respective area.

Education specialists also assist Tribal students

pursing bachelor and associate degrees as well as

those enrolled in vocational training or trade pro-

grams. They work with colleges and universities throughout the United States on

behalf of Tribal students.

Youth Conference: In partnership with the Youth Services team, Education

staff designed and delivered our annual Tribal Youth Conference – in person this

year. The group contracted with Mitch Factor as their guest presenter/keynote

speaker and offered workshops around healthy food choices and wellness programs. Over the course of the two-day conference, we had 50 engaged Tribal youth

in attendance.

Tribal Outreach events: College Information Nights, Higher Education & AVT

Student Program Overview session, and Adult Education Outreach

Together, the four education specialists created several comprehensive College

Information Nights for the Tribal members. Each session was complete with new

representatives from major universities and community colleges, and provided

comprehensive information on applying for college, financial aid, scholarships and

grants; being a transfer student; campus living; accessing Tribal housing assistance; and more. These Zoom events proved to be extremely successful in connecting

Tribal members to education staff and resources.

Education staff designed and implemented a new feature for their Higher

Education & AVT students – where students had the opportunity to learn about program expectations, communicating with their education specialists, deadlines, etc.

In partnership with Our Native American Business Network (ONABEN) and

Oregon Native American Chamber (ONAC), our Education staff facilitated multiple

online opportunities for Tribal members interested in starting or expanding their

own business. Education staff facilitated an eight-week business course designed

specifically for Native entrepreneurs here in Oregon.

JOM family engagement send-home activities: Family engagement send-home

activities continued to be a staple program in 2022. Each month enrolled JOM students were able to register for monthly “send-home” kits, which consisted of items

thoughtfully selected to encourage family engagement and creativity, and stimulate

young minds and bodies. Kits were made complete with a healthy snack box (per

household) from a Siletz Community Health Clinic partner program and/or 477

Self-Sufficiency. Education staff realized high numbers of enrollment and participation throughout all four areas each month of this program.

BIA CARES COVID-19 STREAM kits (spring break and summer): The education

specialists conducted spring break and summer BIA CARES/STREAM (Science

Technology Reading Engineering/Environment Art & Mathematics) learning kits.

The program’s intent was to continue our efforts of getting education services into

the hands and homes of Tribal students. Staff provided Tribal youth with innovative learning materials throughout the summer. This program was open to all

enrolled JOM students age 3-18 (if returning to a high school or GED program) in

the 11-county service area. These programs served 859 Tribal member students;

Education staff spent $170,471.91 in BIA CARES funds.

COVID Youth Assistance program: Education staff designed and implemented

a COVID Youth Assistance Payment program funded through BIA CARES to help

working-age youth who may not be able to safely find work, have seen a reduction

in work hours, or have been laid off or cannot work due to COVID. This program con-

sists of a $1,000 payment to enrolled Tribal member youth age 14-18 (if returning to

a high school or GED program in the fall). Throughout the U.S., 293 Tribal members

were served; Education staff expended $293,000 in BIA CARES.

BIA CARES School Supply PPE Stipend (JOM) program (Winter & Fall 2022): Education staff created and implemented two rounds of school supply/PPE stipends for

JOM students. At $150 per stipend per student, this program helped families purchase traditional school supplies, COVID PPE, cleaning and sanitizing products, and

newly required individual items such as water bottles and hand sanitizer for school.

We served 333 JOM students and spent $49,500 in BIA CARES funding during the

winter 2022 stipend distribution. Another 363 JOM students were served and we

spent $54,450 in BIA CARES funds during the fall 2022 stipend distribution. A total

of 696 JOM students were served from these combined stipend distributions and we

spent $104,400 in BIA CARES funds.

Student Laptop Stipend (Spring 2022): The Education Department was asked

to redesign and administer what was the Student Laptop program. Transitioning

from issuing devices to issuing a stipend so students can participate in the selection

of the device that best meets their individual needs proved very successful. Forty

Tribal member students were served and we spent $40,000 of BIA Self-Governance

Carry-Over funds.

Education Committee: The Education Committee works to provide opportunities for all Tribal members to reach their full potential, establish independence and

improve the quality of life through education and lifelong learning.

The committee met seven times this year. It helped host our first virtual Student

Gathering in June, awarded $17,000 in scholarships in August that benefited 17

Tribal students attending post-secondary education programs, and provided input

and perspectives on education services on a continual basis. Published meeting

minutes can be found in the members-only section of the Tribal website.

Youth Services: The Youth Services coordinator position remained vacant for

2022. We hope to have this position staffed during first quarter 2023. This position

works year-round providing an array of activities for Tribal youth.

The Youth Services coordinator works closely with Education staff to design and

implement a comprehensive list of activities for Tribal and JOM youth.

Childcare Assistance: Director DeAnn Brown oversees the Tribe’s Childcare

Assistance Program, which assists Tribal families in the 11-county service area with

securing childcare services and childcare expenses.

The childcare industry has been in crisis since the onset of the pandemic and

has still not recovered. With limited childcare providers, it continues to be difficult

to secure care.

In 2022, the program served 52 families throughout the 11-county service

area – 16 Siletz-area families, 4 Eugene-area families, 8 Salem-area families, 11

Portland-area families through the certificate program and 13 families at Tenas

Illahee Childcare Center.

The program served 81 children throughout the 11-county service area – 22

Siletz-area children, 6 Eugene-area children, 13 Salem-area children, 21 Portlandarea children and 19 at the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center.

Head Start: Under the direction of DeAnn Brown,

Head Start director, the Siletz Tribal Head Start program prepares 3- and 4-year-olds for entering kindergarten. The Tribe has four Head Start classrooms, one

in Siletz, Lincoln City, Portland and Salem, all known

for their outstanding programming and staff.

Under DeAnn’s experienced leadership, each

Tribal Head Start classroom provides developmentally

appropriate curriculum, health screening and bus

service transportation for students. Our classrooms

offer a culturally enriched environment, complete

with Siletz Dee-ni language lessons and regular

cultural activities.

During 2022, three of our four Head Start

classrooms were fully staffed and open full time for

students (Siletz, Salem and Lincoln City). Our Portland

classroom remained closed during this time due to

lack of staffing. We enrolled 112 children across our

three open locations during 2022.

DeAnn, her teachers and support staff continue

their stellar work with our youngest of learners –

incorporating hands-on experiences with outside

agencies, celebrations of all kinds, parent and family

involvement, and kindergarten transition assistance.

Culture Resources

Cultural Resources Director Robert Kentta

oversees the Tribal Culture program. He represents

the Tribe on various cultural matters and specializes

in site protection, Tribal laws and traditions, governmental policies and NAGPRA.

Throughout 2022, Robert provided several

presentations, participated in review of SB13 curriculum and aided in guiding individuals and/or groups

who inquire about land acknowledgment within our

ancestral homelands. Representing the Tribe on the

Willamette Falls Trust and the Indigenous Gardens

Network, Robert provides a cultural resources perspective in various arenas.

History & Archeology Specialist Peter Hatch and

History Archaeological Technician Marci Simmons

are both housed within the Cultural Resources

Department.

Peter lent his expertise to the creation of our SB-13

Tribal History Shared History curriculum. Peter and

the team spent many hours in 2022 writing, editing

and rewriting captivating, culturally relevant, meaningful lessons for school-age students. Peter has also

been responsible for providing appropriate historical

information to Tribal members, approved research-

ers, agencies, nonprofits and the general public when

requested. Peter also continued as the staff representative to the Indigenous Gardens Network and the

Elakha Alliance.

Marci continued her work transcribing important historical manuscripts. She is also charged

with looking for needed information located in old

transcripts for Culture Department staff. While

tedious and time consuming, this work is extremely

important to the department.

Cultural Education and Events

Cultural Education Manager Buddy Lane is

responsible for planning and implamenting the Tribe’s

largest cultural events and is also charged with educating the wider population on Siletz culture, history

and traditions through presentations and classes. This

position is responsible for events such as the annual

Easter Egg Hunt, Memorial Day Celebration, Run to the

Rogue, both pow-wows and our annual Culture Camp.

During 2022, the Buddy provided a week-long

virtual Culture Camp featuring Tribal member cultural bearers as video instructors. He also organized

and implemented our first in-person Nesika Illahee

Pow-Wow, since 2019. The one-day social pow-wow

hosted 43 vendors, served 400 pounds of salmon and

employed 27 temporary employees.

Buddy planned our annual Run to the Rogue event

for September, which was later canceled due to forest

fires. In November, he organized our Restoration PowWow. In November, 2,400 Siletz calendars were created

for distribution at our Restoration Celebration.

He is the lead staff responsible for conducting

annual professional development for all school districts with which the Tribe holds mascot agreements.

Buddy also led professional development presentations

for local schools and school districts as well as provided

Native studies presentations for colleges and universities throughout Oregon.

The Culture Committee awarded 88 Individual

Cultural Enhancement grants in 2022. With assistance from area Education staff, Buddy processed

requests for awarded Tribal members.

Lastly, Buddy and Nick Viles, Tribal Language &

Culture instructors, hosted 11 Culture Nights, serving

212 Tribal members in 2022.

Alan Fish, Kevin Goddell and Tony Molina hold the flags

at the annual Memorial Day Ceremony.

Language & Traditional Arts

Tribal Language & Culture Instructor Nick

Viles is responsible for promoting and teaching our

Elders booth workers Cynthia Farlow, Marci Rilatos, Lydia Kentta and

Shelley Upchurch pose for a photo.

traditional language and art forms. This staff is also

responsible for helping Tribal members gain experience

in harvesting and processing traditional materials.

Nick has continued to grow our language and

culture programs. Offering a variety learning opportunities on virtual platforms, Nick has attracted Tribal

members far and wide to attend his evening classes.

Currently, he offers three levels of language classes

every week, with a monthly immersion class for those

who want to experience time dedicated to only speaking Siletz Dee-ni (Nuu-wee-ya’).

During 2022 Nick taught 123 classes and served

964 Tribal members through these classes. He also

brought language class back to Siletz Valley School, providing in-person instruction once per week at the school.

Together with Cultural Education Manager Buddy

Lane, Nick offered monthly Culture Nights for Tribal

members to learn about traditional arts, harvesting

and ceremonies – 11 classes in total. These virtual sessions are now a staple in our department.

Nick is the lead staff responsible for the SB 13

– Tribal History Shared History place-based curriculum project. Nick, alongside Peter Hatch and Buddy,

worked diligently this past year, creating, editing and

re-editing meaningful and accurate lessons for the

public at large. They created 32 lessons, which were

released for use in August.

• 293 students were served through the COVID-19 Youth Assistance Program

• 696 students were served through the BIA/CARES School Supply Program

• 859 youth were served through BIA CARES STREAM Education Kits

• 17 students were awarded Siletz Tribal Education Committee Scholarships.

• 40 students were awarded Siletz Tribal Student Laptop Stipend program

• Collectively, Education provided 4,896 direct services to tribal members

in 2022

Cultural Education & Language Summary Statistics:

• 212 Tribal members were served over the course of 11 Culture nights

• 964 Tribal members were served over the course of 123 Language classes

• 88 Tribal members were awarded an Individual Cultural Enhancement grant

• 2,400 Restoration calendars were created for Tribal households

• Collectively, Culture staff provided 3,664 direct services to tribal members

in 2022

2022 Summary Statistic Information

Child Care assistance and Head Start Statistics:

• 81 children were served through Child care assistance program

• 112 children were served through Siletz Tribal

Head Start program

2022: Education Summary Statistics:

• 131 students were served through the Higher

Education program

• 19 students were served through the Adult

Vocational Training program

• 15 students were served through the Graduate

funding program

• 12 students were served through the Adult

Education program

• 2,668 students were served through the JOM

program

• 91 youth were served through the Youth Activity

program

• 55 students were served through the Student

Incentive program

Allivea Hernandez shakes the hands of students at

Siletz Valley School’s Mini Pow-Wow.

The Social and Human Services 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.

From January through October due to COVID-19,

the Elders Program delivered meals to any Tribal elder

who requested them. In November and December, we

reopened the congregate meal site and returned to

only delivering to those elders who had a doctor’s note.

This past year, 2,990 meals were delivered; 1,856

of them were new COVID-19 meals and were paid for by

separate grants. No meals were served at the meal site

in Toledo or Siletz.

The Title VI elders coordinator and the elders

receptionist had 18,314 contacts and referrals through

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

updated elders assessments.

Four elders worked as a direct result of CARES

Act funding to conduct check-in calls with elders who

requested them. They made these calls from January

to August 2022. One elder worked in November and

December as a result of the Elders WEX program.

Elders are paid up to 40 hours per week; they cannot exceed 500 hours per calendar year. They accrue

no leave or benefits.

The Elders Program continued to partner with

the Tribal Natural Resources Department to provide

firewood for elders through two wood cutting events

this summer. 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 newsletters are distributed monthly to all Tribal elders.

During the year, the elders took part in trips and

events. In September, 30 Tribal elders participated in a

fishing trip chartered out of Depoe Bay, In November,

the Elders Program secured 120 rooms for elders to

attend the Restoration Pow-Wow and in December the

Elders Program held a holiday party attended by 245

elders in two different locations.

We covered fuel and mileage costs for drivers to

transport elders from the four areas to approved Elders

Council activities. This year due to COVID-19, all transports were suspended from

January until August.

When we began to return to work full time, we resumed transportation services

for Tribal elders. We had 121 one-way trips this year that covered 1,579 miles.

At the end of 2022, there were 959 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.

The Siletz Tribal USDA Food Program started the year with high hopes of

securing the Local Food Purchasing Grant to purchase food from local farmers and

fisheries. We applied for the grant but sadly, we were denied. We will keep looking

into this and making improvements where needed to apply for this grant again.

We had some major food losses at the beginning of the year from client numbers going down because of COVID-19. When client numbers dropped, so should

have the quantity of food items being ordered, but this did not happen at first.

To track the “best if used by” dates on food items, we purchased a white board

to write down the “best if used by” dates when we receive a shipment of food. We also

tag each case with a sticker that has the date received and a sticker with the “best if

used by” date on it as well. Food loss in the program has gone down dramatically.

At the beginning of the year, the food program needed to hire a part-time

permanent clerk for each warehouse. We successfully hired a clerk for the Siletz

warehouse. The Salem warehouse position has been posted twice with no applicants each time. We have put hiring a Salem clerk on hold until client numbers

come back up.

Nutrition education funds have gone up significantly this year to $17,500 for

each ITO (Indian Tribal Organization) across the country in FDPIR. We have successfully applied for and received these funds.

Our program will use these funds to focus on the next part of our Cooking with

Commods cookbook and cooking videos on preserving foods to better educate clients on how to preserve foods. The program has purchased a camera, smokehouse,

pressure cooker and food dehydrator to prepare preserved foods in our videos and

for our cookbook.

Pacific Seafood contacted our program and asked if we had the means to accept

a large donation of bay shrimp. We accepted this donation and handed the shrimp

out to Tribal members and community members in the area.

One of the more difficult tasks has been to get the leaking roof repaired at the

Siletz warehouse. Because of COVID, it proved to be very difficult to get bids from

contractors for procurement. After a long process of finding businesses that could

provide a bid, the program was finally able to get the work approved and it was

completed in a timely manner.

Sadly, this did not last long before we had found more leaks in the building and

we are now doing everything we can to get these repairs made and get the Siletz

warehouse back in ship shape.

The 477 Self-Sufficiency Program (477-SSP) coordinates funding from the following federal agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of

Labor and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In addition, we coordinate funding from the

State of Oregon’s Department of Human Services.

We consolidate our funding into a single budget, allowing us to prioritize programs most in demand. This reduces administrative costs and prevents duplication

of services.

We help American Indian/Alaskan Native/Hawaiian participants overcome barriers to employment and promote self-sufficiency by offering up to

15 distinct programs. We offer cash assistance through Temporary Assistance

for Needy Families (TANF), Non-Needy Caretaker Relative (NNCR) and General

Assistance for Single Adults (GASA).

We provide employment and training services through Classroom Training

(CRT), Work Experience (WEX), On-the-Job Training (OJT), Direct Placement (DP),

Core Service, Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) and Diverted Services.

In addition to these programs, we offer a Home Visiting Program that utilizes

the Family Spirit Curriculum. Once people enroll in services, we may offer child

care assistance, support services, employment and wellness workshops, and

culture activities.

Highlights in 2022:

• 152 applications, including 80 new cases

• 95 approved files

• Program staff made 277 outside referrals

• 1,246 contacts or appointments made

• 116 significant goals were met, resulting in an Incentive Award

• 29 clients entered unsubsidized employment

• 80 clients had an overall successful case closure

• A combined total of 574 open cases

TANF Pandemic Emergency Assistance Program: The program received TANF

funds from the American Rescue Plan Act specific to non-recurrent short-term

benefits.

The program developed a short-term program to provide school clothing and

school supplies for families receiving SNAP benefits or USDA. The funding required

an income test and it was open to families throughout the United States.

The 477 staff in Salem implemented the program and assisted a significant

number of Tribal families within a short period. In 2022, the program provided

$300 for school clothing and $50 for supplies for each eligible child.

The funding we received also allowed for a payment of $440 per TANF family.

Youth 4-Week Life Skills Virtual Summer Classes: We had a four-week condensed

life skills series with youth age 12-18 via Zoom, with two classes per week. Our

planning group included eight 477 staff from each area office. The job developer/

counselors were in charge of overseeing and setting up

the classes.

Each staff member was in charge of a class and

made sure everything for that class was taken care of.

We assembled gift bags for each youth that included

snacks, file folders, journal, pens, USB, smudge kits

and a dental care package. We collaborated with other

departments to help facilitate workshops and several

provided financial assistance to help with supplies and

incentives (gift cards, George Foreman grills, snacks).

As a group, we came up with a stipend amount

that each youth would get at the end based on how

many classes they attended. We settled on $50 per

class totaling $400 plus a $50 bonus if they attended

all eight weeks.

Twelve youth completed all eight weeks and

received $450 on a Visa gift card. Nine youth went to

seven of the eight weeks of classes and four who made

it to six out of the eight weeks of classes.

We gave each youth a Visa gift card and a certificate of completion stating how many classes they

attended. Throughout the four weeks, we distributed

gift cards of $10-$25 the youth had a chance to win by

participating in the classes, keeping their cameras on

and volunteering.

In 2022, the Indian Child Welfare Program closed

13 children’s cases – nine children returned to their

parents, two aged out of care and are in a perminant

living arrangement plan and two entered guardianships with a Tribal relative.

The Tribe continues to work with an extreme

shortage of available foster homes. Most of the homes

currently certified were child-specific or already have

children who have finalized guardianships and are no

longer open to new placements.

In response to this shortage, ICW works to identify

relatives who can be emergency certified when children come into care. Relative placements minimize

trauma for children and aid in maintaining family

and cultural connections.

The default case plan for ICW-involved children is

reunification with a parent. If the parents are unable

to make the necessary changes to keep the child safe,

guardianship, preferably with a relative, becomes the

plan. In all cases, ICW makes every effort to identify

and certify a relative or Tribal placement that is

culturally appropriate for every Siletz child who enters

foster care.

ICW continues to focus greater efforts on preventing removal, becoming involved at the beginning of

Child Protective Services assessments whenever possible. This allows for greater

family engagement and access to services that can reduce the stressors on the family

and build resilience.

ICW is recruiting for a dedicated preservation worker who can provide more

intensive prevention services to families, reducing the need for removals.

With COVID restrictions lessening, ICW is conducting a greater portion of its

work in person, particularly with local cases. At the end of 2022, only half of our

children in care are in Oregon, while the remainder are scattered across the country.

As such, ICW continues to utilize technology to connect with workers and families

across geographical boundaries.

We are in the second year of a five-year funding agreement for the Siletz Tribal

Vocational Rehabilitation Program; we closed our sixth year with six consecutive successful years of 100%+ grant objectives fulfilled.

STVRP has been understaffed for the whole year, with two staff members transferring to other positions within the Tribe.

Little Miss Siletz Beyonka Bell-Tellez and

Junior Miss Siletz Kendall Bell-Tellez greet students

at Siletz Valley School’s Mini Pow-Wow.

Chairman Delores Pigsley gives a speech at the

Mamook Tokatee housing opening.

2022 services provided

# of

eligibility

# of

new

IPEs

Amended

IPEs

# of

total

IPEs

Job

Successful

Closures

1st Qt.

2nd Qt.

3rd Qt.

4th Qt.

Total

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.

The Tribal Home Visiting Program is under Programs I Manager Anita Bailor

and a part of the 477/SSP program under Rebecca Downey, 477/SSP manager. Our

program provides parenting and life skills for successful and positive parenting. We

serve Siletz families who are either expecting or have infants less than 12 months

old, continuing through the child’s 3rd birthday. The model and curriculum we

provide is called Family Spirit and it was developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for

American Indian Health.

During the year, the program completed 202 home visits via Zoom, FaceTime

or other video chat options. In early 2021, the program was approved to conduct

in-person visits with safety protocols implemented, but this policy has varied due to

fluctuations in COVID-19 cases locally.

Trainings, Webinars, Conferences and Conference calls:A current 477/SSP staff

member attended virtual Family Spirit training to be a home visitor using the Family

Youth Conference attendees engage in an activity.

Spirit curriculum. Our team now has three staff qualified to implement the Family

Spirit model and curriculum.

Staff attended webinars provided by Family Spirit on Indigenous People’s

Day and Honoring Home Visitors by Incorporating Mindfulness. Other trainings

included Trauma and Its Manifestations, Indigenous Wisdom for Listening to

Children and Families, and Supporting Tribal Populations through Infant Early

Childhood Mental Health Consultation.

In November, the home visitors started monthly check-in and follow-up training calls as a team with Cibonay Jimenez, Family Spirit’s director of innovations and

special projects. Home Visiting staff also attends all 477 client workshops, trainings

and weekly staff meetings.

Activities: The program finished a collaboration project with Education on

the early language books. All four books were mailed in December to every Tribal

household. The program also completed a virtual story-time activity with families

that was considered a success.

Teens participate in making their own fry bread at the

Youth Conference.

Home Visiting 2022 Data

Quarter

# of enrolled

families

# of Home Visits

conducted

# of new

enrolled

# of

families

who exited

program

1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

Total

176

202

The Social and Human Services Department was understaffed at the end of

2022 with the following positions vacant: ICW case manager – family services, case

manager – child welfare and foster family coordinator; on-call elder transporters

in Eugene and in Siletz; the vocational rehabilitation program coordinator; and the

administrative services clerk.

All staff are able to work remotely from their homes. The workplace emphasis

remains fully serving clients in a timely manner. Every program component that we

can conduct continues at the same service level as pre-COVID.

The Social and Human Services director is responsible for oversight of these

social service programs, which includes direct supervision of four supervisors and

one program clerk. The manager is a back-up for directors in the programs when

needed and is responsible for meetings, communication and coordination of the

programs and staff.

The administrative services clerk is responsible for office administration and is

trained to be a back-up for clerical staff in the other programs as needed.

Anita Bailor and Selene Rilatos at the

Elders Holiday Party

Jacob Reid, Brenda Brown and Dianne McLeod

work as a team on an activity at the Winter

All-Staff meeting.

Shirley Walker receives a blanket and passes the title of Whip

Woman to Sonya Moody-Jurado.

Bud Lane and Ed Ben accept blankets from Tribal Council at the

Memorial Day Ceremony.

Mamook Tokatee housing ribbon-cutting ceremony

Raina Mason, Kyanna Fisher and Jasmine Whitehead

at the Winter All-Staff meeting.

Higher Education students receive their scholarship awards.

Junior Miss Siletz Kendall Bell-Tellez gifts a wreath

on Memorial Day.

Beach Bacon and Brews, Celebration of Honor,

Senior Fair and Festival of Trees all solidified our commitment to community and earned mentions in multiple media outlets. And we once again partnered with

the two major collegiate teams for onsite activities.

By Harold Baugus, General Manager

The team at Chinook Winds proves daily their ability and desire to provide

quality experiences to our guests. In 2022, increasing staffing levels was a priority

along with executing the return of events such as headline entertainment, poker

tournaments, outdoor events and regular business operations.

When I arrived in August, the No. 1 priority I focused on was increasing communication and providing training to our team. Arming the team with information and knowledge plays a key role in the success of our organization. We have

high expectations of all employees, so we need to meet those expectations with

support and confidence they can achieve our goal of being the best casino in the

state of Oregon.

Marketing: 2022 was a great year for Chinook Winds as we transitioned to

in-person events. As COVID-related restrictions lessened and staffing increased,

we expanded our offerings and enhanced the overall guest experience. The return

of headliner entertainment and signature events brought in visitors from all over

the state.

This year saw a variety of promotional offerings from our Team Green promotion incentivizing guests to receive their offers digitally to our Cart Before the

Horse giveaway where multiple guests drove home a brand new truck. The most

successful and popular promotions were the Born to Adventure Subaru Giveaway,

Swagsplosion, Slotember and the Pick Your Poison giveaway.

Our first concert of the year, Purple Xperience, was a Bingo and VIP show.

Headliner entertainment resumed in June as Clint Black helped us celebrate

our anniversary.

Our full signature event lineup included Spring Break Party, Beach Bacon

and Brews, Surf City, Celebration of Honor, Scream Halloween Party, Rivalry Game

viewing party and New Year’s Eve. 2022 also saw the return of our Pac West and Fall

Coast Classic Poker Tournaments, and King of the Cage MMA fights.

In April, Comedy on Coast moved back to the convention center and in

November we brought in an all-Native lineup for Siletz Tribal Restoration weekend. Large banquet events like the Western BCA pool group, Oregon Cheerleading

Coaches Association and Restoration brought crowds of guests to the resort.

In 2022, we continued to partner with multiple community events. We started

off the year with a virtual Seafood & Wine Festival event. Despite the virtual format,

we were able to secure TV coverage on KPTV. The Oregon Governors Conference on

Tourism returned after a two-year hiatus, allowing us to represent Chinook Winds

in front of 400 tourism professionals throughout the state of Oregon.

Operations: In 2022, the Operations Departments

had a good year and met our budgeted net income

projections. We continue to strive for exceptional guest

service while also creating a fun, fair and safe environment for our guests to enjoy.

For the year, Slots purchased and converted

enough of our slot floor to keep it looking fresh.

This ensures our guests have new games to play and

gives them another reason to keep coming back.

Slot operations for the year exceeded net income

projections by 0.3%.

Table Games also did well this year. With our multiple dealer schools, roulette classes and craps classes,

we had enough trained dealers throughout the year to

meet our demand. Table Games exceeded its budgeted

net income by 3.17%.

The Bingo Department had its second-best year

since we opened. Bingo staff continues to innovate and

offer top notch guest service with a focus on entertaining promotions that create fun and excitement for our

guests. Bingo fell short of its budgeted revenue target

by 3.8%.

Golf Course: The Golf Course continued to offer

free golf to both Tribal members and Chinook Winds

team members. In November 2022, we began offering

free Fitness Center memberships to Chinook Winds

team members and their immediate families. This has

been received well as many team members have joined

the Fitness Center who were not previous members.

Golf course percentage increase 2022 vs. 2021:

Greens Fees

9.8%

Rounds of Golf

7.1%

Clothing Sales

40.05%

Fitness Membership

52.62%

Food and Beverage: 2022 was a successful year for

the Food and Beverage Department, even with challenges with staffing and hours of operations throughout the year.

• Rogue River Room ended the year 7.73% over

budgeted revenue.

• Siletz Bay Buffet increased revenue 13.72% over

budget for the year

• Banquets ended the year 2.99% above budgeted

revenue.

• Euchre Creek Deli increased revenue over 2021

by 22.89%

• Floor beverages increased revenue over 2021

by 9.39%

• Chinook’s Seafood Grill came in at 29.3% over

budgeted revenue for the year.

• Aces Sports Bar & Grill increased revenue by

10.3% over the previous year.

Human Resources

• We still have an employee shortage at Chinook

Winds. We ended the year with 631 employees compared to 583 employees the year before.

• Chinook Winds continues to aggressively recruit

new team members with weekly Career Fairs on

Tuesdays from 3-6 p.m. as well as hosting a Career

Fair one Saturday a month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• A new hire and referral bonus program has been

extended to help attract new team members. Each

new hire receives $1,500 (dispersed in three-month

intervals in the amount of $750) once the criteria

for the program has been met. The same parameters apply to current team members who have

referred a new hire.

• An appreciation pay program was implemented

with team members on April 1, 2022. Eligible

employees received an additional $3 per hour for

each hour worked. On Oct. 1, it was extended for

hourly employees to receive the additional $3 per

hour for each hour worked.

• Monthly themed employee appreciation events

continue all year long.

• Changes in employee benefits in 2023 include

switching dental providers to Delta Dental and the

flexible spending account changing to Employee

Benefits Corporation. We continue to benchmark

our benefits to make sure we are competitive and

are more in line with what are considered industry

standards.

The Facilities Team remained diligent with

upgrades and keeping our resort clean and ready to

welcome guests. Below are many of the key projects

completed in 2022:

• Finished new break area for hotel

• Built new slot bases

• Removed trees and shrubs in main casino parking lot

• Installed new reach-in beer coolers in Rogue

• Installed new parapet flashing above the Rogue

• Cleaned casino main floor air duct

• Installed new fire sprinkler systems at casino valet

• Installed new water heaters in the suites building

• Installed new LED border lighting around perimeter of casino

• Painted exterior of the Chinook Seafood Grill, suites and hotel front

desk buildings

• Refreshed employee break rooms; completed nonsmoking area

• Repainted all parking spots, including ADA spots

• Completed critical equipment preventive maintenance programs

• Completed B, C and D building window replacement

• Installed new walk-in coolers on receiving dock

• Installed all new front entry doors at casino

• Installed new chilled water pumps

• Updated lighting on gaming floor to all LED lights

• Built a lactation room in the casino

Hotel: In 2022, the hotel continued to focus on guest service, room quality, and

staffing. We made adjustments to our room types and rate codes to improve the

training process and replaced key room features to better serve our guests.

All windows in B, C and D buildings (ocean-side and parking lot facing) have

been replaced. All televisions on the property have also been replaced.

Overall, 2022 was a very successful year for the hotel. We were successful in

replenishing key leadership roles and we feel poised for success in 2023.

Hotel 2022 VS 2021:

• Average daily rate up 4.78%

• Hotel occupancy up 5%

• Room revenue up 3.76%

• Revenue per available room (RevPAR) up 11%

School age-kids wait in line for the Diabetes Program’s summer lunches.

Chairman

Delores Pigsley

Vice Chairman

Alfred “Bud” Lane III

Secretary

Sharon Edenfield

Treasurer

Robert Kentta

Frank Aspria Sr.

Loraine Butler

Sharon Edenfield

Robert Kentta

Alfred “Bud” Lane III

Bonnie Petersen

Delores Pigsley

Angela Ramirez

Selene Rilatos

Tillicum Fitness Center

1016 W Buford

P.O. Box 320

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-9656

Siletz Rec Center

1010 W Buford

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8209

Chinook Winds Casino Resort

1777 NW 44th St.

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5825

chinookwindscasino.com

Siletz Tribal Gaming

Commission

2120 NW 44th St., Suite A

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5497

Logan Road RV Park

4800 NE Logan Road

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-994-4261

loganroadrvpark.com

Administration Building

201 SE Swan Ave.

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

541-444-2532

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort

4751 Astoria St. NE

Salem, OR 97305-1106

503-463-6641

heeheeillahee.com

Siletz Community Health Clinic

200 Gwee-Shut Road

P.O. Box 320

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-1030

Siletz Tribal Business Corporation

2120 NW 44th St., Suite D

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-994-2142

stbcorp.net

Tenas Illahee Childcare Center

930 W Buford

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-2450

Salem Area Office

3160 Blossom Drive NE, Suite 105

Salem, OR 97305

503-390-9494

Portland Area Office

3220 SW First Ave., Suite 200

Portland, OR 97239

503-238-1512

Eugene Area Office

2468 W 11th Ave.

Eugene, OR 97402

541-484-4234

USDA Food Distribution Center

Siletz Warehouse

815 Logsden Road

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8279

USDA Food Distribution Center

Salem Warehouse

3160 Blossom Drive NE, Suite 185

Salem, OR 97305

503-391-5760

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Only area on the Tribal

website for enrollment postings, Tribal resolutions,

language study materials,

Nesika Illahee newsletter,

Tribal member unclaimed

funds, ordinance review,

Tribal Council minutes, Paul

Washington Cemetery details

and other information.

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

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