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onfederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

013 Annual Report

hairman’s Message

Our Tribal goals continue to be raising healthy families, providing educational opportunities, providing cultural activities and

protecting our Tribal sovereignty. Turning actions into accomplishments takes many forms and all of our Tribal and casino staff

must perform their responsibilities to their highest potential.

The federal government’s action to lift the sequestration

on federal funds was very helpful to programs and grants that

are funded by federal dollars. In spite of these actions, our programs were still able to provide the same level of services to the

membership. Chinook Winds continues to increase business and

revenue. We are blessed with a dedicated staff.

Many Tribal consultations have occurred that involve Tribal

Council and staff with state and federal agencies. They have been

very productive and have benefited the Tribe in many ways.

It has been an extremely busy year for consultations as all

federal agencies have been instructed by the current administration to involve Tribes. State agencies also have been eager to

consult with Tribes.

Our Tribe was successful at saving the Siletz “Warriors” name

and image for our school in Siletz. Work still needs to be done

among the Oregon Tribes on how these names will be approved

after consultation with Tribes, but it’s been a long hard road to

get this legislation passed.

We look forward to having policies in place for future use.

We also will have a part in developing curriculum for schools in

teaching our Tribe’s history.

Delores Pigsley

Table of Contents

The work of several photographers is included in this report,

including that of Morgan Crawford, Max Ferreira, Ann

Goddard, Natasha Kavanaugh, Mike Kennedy, Diane Rodriquez,

Mandi Smith, Tiffany Stuart, Shirley Walker, Debbie Williams,

Chinook Winds Casino Resort Staff and The Discovery Channel.

Tribal Court

Natural Resources

Housing

Planning

Public Safety

Programs 1

Programs 2

Administration

Human Resources

Health

STBC

Chinook Winds

Tribal Council

ribal Court

Caseload

New

Average monthly new cases

Closed

Hearings, monthly average

(includes per capita caseload)

543

45.25

435

46.08

Court Staff

One chief judge, one appellate judge,

one District Court judge, one Gaming Court

judge, Community Court judge (vacant), one

full-time court administrator and one halftime 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 12

years, Tribal Court has seen an increased caseload from a little over

100 cases in 2000 to a caseload of more than 500 cases in 2013.

Court staff works in conjunction with the chief judge to create

new or modify existing forms relevant to ever-changing case criteria.

Subject matter has become 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 from the storage of Laserfiche files. Records not on Laserfich are our juvenile

records, as we keep hard files indefinitely.

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 neighboring courts and 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 allows, Tribal Court sponsors continuing legal education for spokespersons.

Public Relations

Representing litigants in Tribal Court matters is a pool of five

active Tribal spokespersons (non-attorneys), three individual

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 parties in the dispute must agree to peacemaker court.

Winter comes early in Oregon as an arctic air mass

enveloped the state in early December.

atural Resources

It is the mission of the Siletz Tribal

Natural Resources Department to care for,

protect, enhance and provide for the wise

use of all of the Tribe’s natural resources in

a manner that will ensure all generations

to come will benefit from these resources.

This philosophy applies to all lands to

which the Tribe is historically tied, including its ancient, aboriginal, ancestral lands;

its Coast Reservation; and its current and

future land holdings.

The department is responsible for

operating the Tribal Forestry, Fish and

Wildlife, Aquatics and Environmental

Protection programs.

Funding comes from a variety of

sources, including BIA Self-Governance,

Tribal Forest Management Deductions,

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

General Assistance Program (GAP) and

Clean Water Act Section 106 and Section 319 grants, Administration for Native

Americans (ANA) Environmental Regulatory Enhancement (ERE) grant and a BPA

Wildlife grant.

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

a number of organizations to provide

aquatics monitoring services and to

conduct precommercial thinning of

forest plantations.

Work continues on

a new bridge on

Tahkenitch County Line

Road in September.

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 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 2013 include:

•

Harvesting 2.41 million board feet of timber yielding a net

timber revenue of $665,172

Presales work on three sale areas totaling 201 acres and 5.989

million board feet

Planting 5,520 seedlings on 46 acres

Site preparation of 161 acres

Precommercial thinning of 77 acres

Completing 148 acres of stocking surveys

Completing 78 acres of stand exams

Issuing 133 personal use firewood permits

Issuing 115 property access permits

Cutting 27½ cords of firewood during four Elders woodcuts

Replacing a blown-out undersized stream crossing culvert

with a pre-stressed concrete bridge

Stan van de Wetering surveys for fish on the

Tahkenitch property in September.

The Fish and Wildlife program handles

all aspects of Tribal fish and wildlife management, including issuing and tracking

deer and elk hunting tags and licenses,

salmon fishing tags and shellfish gathering

permits. The program also covers distribution of confiscated game meat and subsistence salmon to Tribal members.

In 2013, accomplishments include:

•

Issuing 316 deer tags (32 filled)

Issuing 109 elk tags (7 filled)

Issuing 141 salmon tags (2 filled)

Issuing 60 shellfish gathering permits

Picking up, processing and distributing

4,400 pounds of subsistence chinook

salmon

Distributing 659 summer run steelhead

from the Oregon Department of Fish

& Wildlife’s Siletz River fish trap

Distributing 91 winter steelhead from

the Eagle Creek Hatchery

Providing surplus game meat and

salmon to eligible 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, 2013 accomplishments

include:

•

Participating in activities to monitor

assessment and cleanup of the Portland

Harbor superfund site (funded by EPA

grants and various potentially responsible cleanup parties) and the Astoria

Marine construction cleanup site

Participating in the monitoring of

the settlement agreements covering

re-licensing of the Eugene Water and

Electric Board’s Carmen-Smith and

Portland General Electric’s Clackamas

River and Willamette Falls hydroelectric facilities

Representing the Tribe at meetings

about a variety of other environmental

issues, including serving on EPA’s Regional Tribal Operations Committee

The Aquatics program was funded by GAP, 106 and 319

grants from EPA, a wildlife grant from BPA, an ERE grant from

ANA and a number of contracts and funding agreements with

outside entities in addition to Tribal and BIA hatchery funding.

2013 accomplishments include:

•

Hiring a Tribal wildlife biologist

Continuing laboratory research with lamprey eel to determine

the effects of herbicides and turbidity in streams on eel survival, growth and reproduction

Continuing to collect, analyze and model stream temperature,

sediment, flow and macroinvertebrate data from locations

throughout the Siletz River system, including a number of its

tributaries, for use in a variety of future projects, including

stream TMDL (total maximum daily load) modeling efforts

and habitat restoration activities

Continuing cooperative work in a number of coastal estuaries

with various partners, including work for Ducks Unlimited as

part of the post-restoration monitoring effort in the Nilestun

area of Bandon Marsh in the Coquille River estuary

Continuing a three-year effort to delineate the various

salmonid genetic stocks within the Siletz River system,

funded by an ANA ERE grant

Continuing to participate in criteria development and selection of projects to be funded by BPA for Willamette Basin

wildlife mitigation

Constructing a 75-foot concrete rearing channel and a 90foot concrete rearing/outflow channel at the Tribe’s Lhuuke

Illahee Fish Hatchery

The Tribe continued to work with the Willamette and Siuslaw

National Forests on a variety of cooperative projects in accordance with the Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with

these forests.

The Tribe also was actively involved as a natural resources

trustee for the New Carissa Oil Spill Damage Assessment and

Restoration Plan.

ousing

Mission

Statement

With funds provided by the Native

American Housing

Assistance and SelfDetermination 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.

Jayden Christensen

during Culture Camp

in July

Work continues in January on phase 1 of the Tillamook subdivision.

A Year in Review

2013 was a year of transformation

for the Siletz Tribal Housing Department

(STHD). With reduced funding because

of sequestration, we were challenged to

continue to provide services at customary

levels, improve administrative efficiencies

and take a closer look at staff positions.

This year marked the long-anticipated

beginning of the Formula Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. STHD Executive Director Sami Jo Difuntorum is a member of this

committee. Because of special expenditure

rules that apply to federal agencies during

budget continuing resolution, the sessions

abruptly stopped after only two meetings.

The committee was able to successfully

negotiate a charter and protocols.

The Formula Negotiated Rulemaking

Committee developed two workgroups –

Formula Current Assisted Stock and

Needs – and identified issues for potential

negotiation.

In an effort to reduce costs and provide information to as many employees

as possible, STHD hosted several trainings

locally: Section 184/Title VI loan guarantee

presentation by Wells Fargo, Drug Abuse

and Crime Prevention in Indian Country

presented by Lamar & Associates, Lead

Awareness presented by the Environmental Protection Agency, Financial Literacy

presented by the Northwest Asset

Building Coalition, Direct Loans and

Guarantees presented by USDA and

Mandatory Reporting.

Organizational

The 2012 Annual Performance Report

was submitted to HUD on March 18 and

was the final report for the 2010 Indian

Housing Block Grant (IHBG).

The 2014 Indian Housing Plan (IHP)

was submitted Aug. 13 and was the second IHP using the consolidated format.

STHD staff made significant progress

in tracking and reducing tenant account

receivables (TARs). The updated software

temporarily hampered staff ability to

generate comprehensive reports, but the

issues have been resolved.

Overall, TARs were reduced by $43,493.

The low-income rental program experienced a $4,413 reduction in arrearages,

MEPA loans reduced by $56,261, Homebuyer arrears increased $14,105 and property management increased $3,076.

The increase in homebuyer arrears

is because of debt that transferred to a

successor that wasn’t a MEPA loan and

property management arrears increased

because of one lengthy eviction.

Five Mutual Help Homeownership

units conveyed in 2013; none had outstanding MEPA loans.

STHD submitted the updated Formula

Current Assisted Stock information and

current Tribal enrollment data to the IHBG

formula center and participated in OLINK

meetings.

Construction

In July, STHD completed phase I of the

Tillamook subdivision in Siletz.

The occupancy of the Tillamook community began a new era for homeownership opportunities offered to Siletz Tribal

members. STHD implemented the Home

of Your Own lease-purchase program. The

National American Indian Housing Council

(NAIHC) pictures the community in its

new brochure.

STHD received environmental clearance for the Mast property in Lincoln City;

the initial environmental review was completed in 2005. The goal of developing an

over-income homeowner and low-income

community in Lincoln City solidified.

Construction progresses in March at the Tillamook subdivision.

Legislative

The NAIHC workgroup on unexpended

funds continued to identify barriers that

prohibit some grant recipients from

expending funds in a timely manner.

Sami Jo served as the workgroup

moderator, which was challenging at times

but provided a broader perspective on

the challenges faced by others. Their work

concluded and was reported to the NAIHC

board in February.

Reauthorization of the Native

American Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act (NAHASDA) was a

legislative priority and provided a unique

networking opportunity.

An unofficial workgroup formed to

accomplish a specific agenda: Keep

reauthorization on track and advocate

for formula changes to occur through

Formula Negotiated Rulemaking.

Joint meetings were conducted during

the NAIHC Legislative Conference in

February and Sami Jo continued to serve

as chairman of the NAIHC Legislative

Committee.

In addition, the committee actively

participated with the housing subcommittee of the National Congress of American

Indians to ensure a consistent message

was presented to Tribal leadership.

Sami Jo was re-elected as the vicechairman of the Northwest Indian Housing

Association and NAIHC Region 6 alternate.

Crystal Baker-Martin protects herself from the sun

during Run to the Rogue in September.

Miscellaneous

Shee-Ne Depoe-Aspria

celebrates Dr. Seuss at

Siletz Valley School in

February.

In 2013 the Tribe resolved the last

of the HUD findings from the 2004 and

2010 monitoring reviews and the housing

department did not have any audit findings. Both of these are significant because

having unresolved audit or monitoring

findings impeded our ability to qualify for

loan guarantee programs.

As a result, we were successful in

obtaining a preliminary letter of approval

for a Title VI loan guarantee.

Policies continue to undergo internal

review and revision processes. We presented revisions to the Pet Policy and the

Selection, Admissions and Continued

Occupancy Policy, which included clarifying

successor language.

New policy development consisted

of the Home of Your Own and a draft for

Property Managed Units.

lanning

Planning

Division

2013 was a year

of beginnings and

endings for this

department.

A couple of

construction projects were completed. The Siletz Tribal

Energy Program

was a three-year

grant-funded project that ended.

Solar panels on the roof of the Tillicum Fitness Center in Siletz

The 10-year update to the Comprehensive Plan has begun. Transit and road

projects continue to roll along.

Design, engineering and construction

were completed for the half-million-gallon

Tribal treated water storage tank (the previously constructed tank held raw water

to extend the number of days the city can

treat water when the Siletz River is too

muddy to use). The new tank is located

across from the clinic and south of the

walking path from the community center

to Silatchee Park.

With drought spreading quickly from

California northward, the new tank helps

ensure that Tribal housing, the community center and the clinic will have water

and adequate fire protection through any

especially long dry summers.

Design engineering for sidewalks on

Gwee-Shut Road (old Grooms Road) continued in development, with the scope of

work growing twice.

First, we are adding reconstruction of

the upper part of Gwee-Shut Road because

this section of road shows signs of age and

weather damage. Second, in coordination

with water system improvements, we’re

expanding the sidewalk project to include

work on Logsden Road for pedestrian

crossings and safer highway shoulders.

If all levels of approval are completed

as expected, construction will begin early

fall 2014. Funding for this project comes

from our BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) Tribal Transportation Program (TTP, which used to be called IRR) funds.

Solar panels were installed on the Tillicum Fitness Center in

Siletz and the on the new Siletz Recreation Center carport. These

solar panels generated 27,400 Kw of power and saved 47,281

pounds of CO2 – a success for the energy program and sunny Siletz.

Planning hired a new data coordinator in 2013. She provides significant support to the Enrollment Department and assists the grant

writer and other departments in collecting and evaluating data.

The data coordinator also helps with database maintenance,

manages surveys and helps develop reports that support the

activities of all Tribal departments. She will have a key role in the

update of the Tribe’s Comprehensive Plan, which kicked off just at

the end of 2013.

The part-time emergency planner continues to coordinate

with state and federal agencies as the Tribe’s liaison on emergency

planning and response, including FEMA and tsunami response

and pandemic flu response planning. This ensures the Tribe’s

compliance with federal safety mandates.

The emergency planner brings useful safety information back

to the Tribe and frequently distributes information at Tribal events.

Do you have a three-day emergency plan? Do you have a

safety plan for your family if there is an earthquake or other

natural disaster? FEMA provides a lot of information at this link –

ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit.

The GIS/planner continues to provide support for the entire

Tribal administrative structure, including Planning, Natural Resources,

Housing, Public Works, fee-to-trust applications, other departments and the Siletz Tribal Business Corporation via the collection

and maintenance of data sets and the creation of maps.

Solar panels on the

carport of the Silez

Recreation Center

The construction engineer supervised

construction projects, from new construction to building rehabilitation, from solar

panel deployment to overseeing the

operations of the solar power systems and

solar street lights. He also works on water

and wastewater system planning.

He was elected to the Oregon Coast

Economic Development Alliance board

and worked on the Pacific Marine Energy

Center Siting Team, which ensures the

Tribe has a voice in any new ocean energy

projects that are developed near Newport.

The transit coordinator works with the

Tribal Transportation Advisory Committee.

Together, they keep our transit vehicle

program running smoothly.

Rider and mileage data must be

collected and tabulated regularly for grant

reporting. Transit vehicle preventive maintenance was brought up to date in 2013

and is now on a schedule; transporter

training is provided to all vehicle drivers.

All of these activities improve vehicle availability and reduce Tribal liability.

Check the Tribal website transit page

for links to up-to-date transit information – ctsi.nsn.us/Siletz-Tribal-ServicesUmpqua-Clackamas-County-Tillamook/

other-departments/ctsi-transit-programservices#content.

Many state and federal transit plans

and programs must be coordinated to

keep the Tribe’s transportation projects going, such as the “Ride Free with your Tribal

ID” (Lincoln County Transit) program and

the additional mid-day route from Siletz to

Lincoln City.

The Siletz Tribe was the only one in Oregon to receive competitive Federal Transportation Administration funding set aside for

Tribes ($100,000; applied for July 2013 and awarded early 2014.)

The Coastal Connector is the outcome of regional planning in

which the Tribe participated. This project will connect Lincoln City

to Salem by bus (with transfers possible at Grand Ronde to get to

Newberg too).

The Oregon Department of Transportation has awarded the

project a grant, with implementation of this route in 2014. Please

keep your eyes out for the Coastal Connector bus in the summer

of 2014 and give it a try.

The grant writer helps Tribal departments write grants and

supports the fiscal and reporting sides of the Transit program. He

laid the groundwork in 2013 for the Comprehensive Plan update

and coordinated the first meetings of that project.

The Tribal planner oversees departmental operations and

staffing. There were some significant reductions in 2013 with the

completion of the energy program grant and with turnover in the

realty and data coordinator positions.

The Tribal planner covers transportation planning, including

acting as a representative at regional and state transportation

planning meetings and keeping the Indian Reservation Road (IRR,

now TTP) inventory current and funded.

In 2013, the Tribal planner participated in the City of Lincoln

City Transportation Plan update and the Lincoln City Bicycle and

Pedestrian Plan update, and was appointed to the State of Oregon Department of Land and Conservation Department (DLCD)’s

Rules Coordinating Committee to develop new statewide rules

for annexation.

The Coastal Connector project, described above, was developed in coordination with staff at ODOT, Lincoln County Transit,

Lincoln City and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

The TTP program allocations (old IRR, Indian Reservation Road)

dollars have moved into “programmatic agreements,” which should

be much more flexible and allow any cost savings to be rolled into

other Tribal Transportation Improvement Project (TIP) tasks.

We are working as quickly as we can to close out the older

BIA road project contracts.

Realty Division

In 2013, the Realty Division provided environmental review

and compliance services to Tribal departments in addition to

reviewing proposals for acquisition of additional Tribal lands.

Realty also facilitates the conversion of land to trust and reservation status by working with the BIA, surveys and clearing titles.

Total acreage, including timberlands: 15,622.15 acres

Pending trust status: 8.3 acres

Placed in trust since 2012: 133.66 acres

Total acreage in trust/reservation status: 4,562.46 acres/380.14 acres

No new properties were acquired.

Laura Bremner clears brush at Riverside Cemetery

east of Siletz during the Tribe’s summer all-staff day

of activities in July.

The Planning

clerk has a

demanding multifaceted job, handling requests from

all Planning staff

members, managing the department’s multiple cuff

accounts and processing accounts

payable. It is a big

challenge, given

all the construction work, complex

grants and regular

reports the department processes.

Enrollment

Enrollment has the huge responsibility

of keeping Tribal membership records. It

has continued to develop the Enrollment

database, housing a complete record of

Tribal members and ancestors placed on

the Siletz Reservation.

By the end of 2013, 81 new Tribal

members had enrolled and 22 Tribal

members had walked on. The total Tribal

member population was 4,920.

The Enrollment Department continues

to be busy, fielding 10,016 telephone calls,

documenting 898 address updates, issuing

480 Tribal identification cards, disbursing

death benefits for 22 individuals and providing 298 Certificate of Indian Birth (CIB)

forms, in addition to providing data to all

programs with reports.

2013 Enrollment Statistics

New Enrollments

Deceased Removals

Roll Total

Phone Calls

Address Changes

CIBs Issued

IDs Issued

Tiffany (Bellinger)

Ferreira enjoys the

Nesika Illahee PowWow in August.

4,920

10,016

898

298

480

The Enrollment Department works

closely with the families and funeral

homes assisting families in their time of

sorrow. Enrollment disburses death benefits of up to $7,000 if the Tribal member

has a designated beneficiary. If the Tribal

member does not have a designated beneficiary on file with the Enrollment Department, they are eligible for up to $6,000 for

services only.

In addition, the Tribe provides Tribal

members with caskets at a wholesale price

through the Enrollment Department.

Please make sure you have designated

a beneficiary or have updated the beneficiary form in your Enrollment file. Our

reports indicate that currently more than

1,500 adult Tribal members do not have a

beneficiary form on file with Enrollment.

Please help us keep your and your

minor children’s information current by

contacting the Enrollment Department

right away. If you do not know your Tribal

roll number, provide your date of birth.

For your security, your information

must be updated in writing with your signature for verification purposes. Standard

forms for changes and new enrollments

are available online at ctsi.nsn.us, click on

Government Listings, then Enrollment.

You also can contact the Enrollment

Department by telephone at 541-4448258 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1258; by

email at covas@ctsi.nsn.us; or by mail at

P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549.

ublic Safety

Tribal law enforcement services are

provided by the City of Toledo Police

Department (Toledo PD) through an

intergovernmental agreement. Services

are provided on Tribal lands and for all

residents within the City of Siletz.

The first agreement was for five

years and scheduled to end on Dec. 31,

2012. The Tribe extended this until June

30, 2013, and then entered into a new

agreement for services from July 1, 2013,

through June 30, 2016.

Under the agreement, Toledo Police

officers enforce state laws, investigate

criminal offenses, provide Tribal Court

security, enforce Tribal rules and regulations, and perform other duties as assigned

by the chief of police, such as traffic control

and information sharing. The agreement

includes 80 hours of weekly patrol coverage.

Uncertain Funding

The Tribe has been the sole funder of

law enforcement services to residents on

Tribal land and within the boundaries of

the City of Siletz even as law enforcement

funding sources declined steadily over the

last three years.

Historically, about half of the budget

came from BIA and NAHASDA (Tribal housing) funding and the remaining half came

from revenue generated by gaming and

the Oregon tobacco tax. The 2008 financial

crisis, the subsequent decline in the economy and two years of sequestration have

had an impact on these funding sources.

Shrinking revenue requires reductions

to and sometimes elimination of programs and services that compete for Tribal

revenue. In 2012 that meant eliminating

gaming revenue as a funding source and

reducing the tobacco tax funding in half.

The Tribe responded to these cuts by

amending the law enforcement agreement

to reduce patrol hours from 120 to 80

hours a week.

Tribal youth attend Camp #inTENTSity, a free overnight teen conference that

focuses on healthy relationships and positive behaviors, in July.

Highlights for the Year

Toledo PD staffing includes Chief Enyeart, Detective Harrison

and Officers Pitcher, Harpster, Pace, Shawver and Crocker. Officer

Brittany Crocker is a new hire and currently attends training at the

Oregon Public Safety Academy.

While the agreement allows for 4,160 hours of patrol time

annually, total time for 2013 was 3,849 hours. In addition to

patrolling, Toledo police officers assist with the annual Nesika

Illahee Pow-Wow and parade, participate in CEDARR (Tribal/city/

county drug elimination coalition) meetings and provide a security presence when requested.

Given the inadequate funding situation, the Tribe, the City of

Siletz and the Siletz Valley Fire District surveyed the willingness

of residents (both within the Siletz City boundaries and those

outside the city but within the fire district), to pass an emergency

services levy to help pay for law enforcement and fire protection.

Survey results show there is support for a levy. The Siletz City

Council will meet in January 2014 to review survey results and

decide whether or not to bring a levy to city residents for a vote.

Crimes reported by Toledo PD for 2013 as compared to 2012

are listed below:

2012

2013

107

145

Behavioral Crimes

1,350

1,304

Total

1,661

1,641

Crimes Against Persons

Crimes Against Property

204

192

rograms 1

The Programs

1 Department

includes five social

service programs –

Elders, U.S. Department of Agriculture

(food distribution),

477 Self-Sufficiency,

Indian Child Welfare and Vocational

Rehabilitation.

Programs 1 also

includes a grant

for the Healthy

Family/ Healthy

Child Project.

Feather dancers and singers demonstrate the dance during the annual Tribal Government Day at the State

Capitol in Salem, Ore., in May.

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 their area. This past year, 2,569 meals were delivered

and 1,383 meals were served at the meal site at the Siletz Tribal

Community Center, a total of 3,952 meals that were provided to

help meet the nutritional needs of Elders in the Siletz community.

The Title VI coordinator and the Elders Council coordinator had

a combined 23,526 contacts and referrals through outreach, telephone calls, home visits, case management, information for Elders

and referrals, and new and updated Elders assessments.

The Title VI coordinator also administers the Elders WEX Program, which allowed 14 Elders to return to work in their field of

interest. Areas of employment included the Ripley County Senior

Center, Scappoose Indian Education Program, Kalmiopsis Primary

School, Dee-Ne Gifts, Elders on-call transporters, Siletz Head Start

classroom, Siletz Planning Department and numerous other work

sites within the Tribal organization and local community.

The coordinators continue 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 newsletter is distributed monthly to all Tribal Elders.

During the past year, the Programs 1 manager became the

staff representative for the Elders Council.

During the year, the Elders were

involved in 52 group events and activities.

Those events included council meetings,

Elders Honor Day with other Tribes, Oregon

Tribes Gathering, Run to the Rogue, Nesika

Illahee Pow-Wow and various concerts and

events at Chinook Winds Casino Resort.

The council covered fuel and mileage

costs for drivers to transport Elders from

the four areas to approved Elders Council

activities, which totaled 3,640 transports

this year.

The Elders attended monthly meetings, Elders Council and group activities,

monthly shopping trips, quarterly transporter and Elders representative meetings

as well as Superstar luncheons at Chinook

Winds. Elder trips are voted on at the

monthly meetings.

At the end of 2013, there were 720

Tribal Elders. Each one receives a monthly

stipend ranging from $100 to $300,

depending on their age.

Elders Program staff is responsible for

shopping, cooking and assisting with the

organization of Tribal member funerals/

potlucks at the Tribal Community Center.

The Elders Program has been able to budget $200 per funeral/potluck.

Vicki Nelson (left) and

Donna Kessinger work

on beaded lanyards

during Culture Camp

in July.

Under Public Law 102-477, the Tribe’s 477 Self-Sufficiency

Program (477-SSP) coordinates funding from several federal

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, 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 basket-making materials,

regalia making, assisting Elders in the community, gardening and

cultural activities.

The 477-SSP director ended the year administering this program and supervising one administrative and monitoring specialist and eight Tribal services specialists (TSS). One TSS position is

in the Salem Area Office, along with one part-time TSS; two TSS

positions are in the Portland and Eugene Area Offices; and three

TSS positions are in Siletz.

TSS staff works with clients to develop individualized case

plans intended to help clients reach their goals of independence

and self-sufficiency. In 2013, there were 473 family grants, 1,086

single adult grants, 41 non-needy caretaker relative grants, 29

families and individuals received emergency assistance and 23

individuals received direct placement services.

The program also provided more than 926 separate instances

of support services. These numbers continue to reflect an

increase in families needing assistance, which can be directly

correlated to the poor economy in the Tribe’s 11-county service

area and the country as a whole.

The program received 643 applications for services. Throughout the year, there were 328 new cases and 371 approved

applications, the program provided 1,569

referrals and staff completed 3,652

appointments with clients.

Success for the year includes 56 clients

who entered unsubsidized employment;

283 clients who successfully closed their

cases; 24 clients who successfully completed a WEX contract; and 70 clients who

completed a significant goal and received

incentive awards.

The Tribe’s Food Distribution Program

is funded by the U.S Department of

Agriculture (USDA) and provides commodity foods to federally recognized

Tribal families in a 15-county service area

whose household income is at or below

the federal poverty level. We now deliver

to three clients in Grand Ronde.

In the future, we plan to add a monthly

trip to the Eugene Area Office to drop off

food for several clients there.

Families can opt to receive commodity

foods instead of food stamps (SNAP), but

cannot receive both in the same month.

Families can, however, switch back and forth

between food stamps and USDA food.

The program offers a wide variety of

packaged, canned, refrigerated, frozen and

fresh foods, including fresh produce. Staff

distributes food monthly from the Siletz

and Salem warehouses.

Program staff holds nutritional education classes and looks for volunteers to

demonstrate cooking the available products and provide new and delicious recipes.

In coordination with the Healthy Traditions Program, the USDA kitchen has been

utilized to teach canning, jerky-making and

preparing healthy/traditional foods.

April 2013 marked the five-year

anniversary of moving into the Siletz warehouse for the USDA Program. Of course,

the event was marked with the typical fiveyear equipment failures and additional

maintenance expenses.

Further, the Salem USDA warehouse

experienced a freezer failure, resulting in

a loss of more than 700 pounds of meat

that had thawed and was rotting in the

freezer. This resulted in the installation of a

temperature alarm panel that will provide

notification of temperature changes.

Christopher Greenawald

at basketball camp in July

Melody Lundy (left) and Sierra Warren at Warrior

Pride Day at Siletz Valley Early College Academy

The objectives of the Indian Child Welfare Program (ICW)

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

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

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

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

with community partners.

Funding for ICW staff and services comes from seven state

and federal grants.

The case manager I position is the lead staff person with

administrative and supervisory responsibilities who handles most

cases in the greater Portland-metro area and out-of-state cases,

about one-third of the ICW caseload.

The case manager II is primarily responsible for the remaining

in-state Title IV-E cases, which range from 60-80 children, more

than 70 percent of the caseload.

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

and families, conducts home visits and responds to the needs of

children in care. This position is essential to assisting with reports,

paperwork and phone contacts for the department.

With such a small staff for an increasingly busy department, it

is essential that all case managers are cross-trained and can back

up other positions if needed.

In 2013, the ICW Program closed 19 children’s cases and two

guardianships with Tribal relatives were finalized. ICW-certified

foster homes increased from 21 in 2012 to 33 homes in 2013.

Word of mouth, articles in the Tribal newspaper and information sessions help bring in new families, but the need for homes

remains critical.

The primary 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.

The State of Oregon, Department of Human Services is in the

process of implementing Differential Response across the state.

The Siletz ICW Program is assessing the practicality of Differential

Response and its potential impact on Tribal members and the

Tribal community.

Right: Logan family

canoe at the Gathering

of Oregon’s First

Nations Pow-Wow

in January

Below: Delina John

(left) and Jennifer

Metcalf during Run to

the Rogue in September

Bottom photo: DeAnn

Brown and her son,

Westman Mathews,

during the Nesika

Illahee Pow-Wow

in August

The Siletz Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Program (STVRP) completed its third

year of providing services since implementation. The program has one director and

an assistant in the Salem Area Office and

one job developer/counselor and an

assistant in Siletz.

STVRP helps clients with disabilities

identify and remove barriers to employment. Services include evaluations

(neurological, psychological and educational), ADHD counseling, supplies for

participants to complete an individualized

plan for employment (IPE), books/DVDs

for participants (literature on disability),

planners/organizers, cell phones, auto

repair, bus passes, gas vouchers, interpreting services, therapy, insurance, psychotherapy, licenses, registration, résumé

writing, job development, applications for

employment and peer mentoring services.

STVRP participated in wraparound

meetings (multi-disciplinary meeting with

multiple departments all working for the

best interest of participants) and provided

advocacy and referral services to other service providers and Social Security (resulting

in participants receiving benefits).

STVRP had 86 potential participants

inquire about the program, most of whom

participated in an orientation or intake.

STVRP had a 91 percent success rate

at meeting grant requirements for writing

individual plans for employment and a 69

percent success rate at placing participants in successful employment.

The Healthy Family/Healthy Child Project (HFHCP) is a coordination grant between the 477 Self-Sufficiency and the Indian

Child Welfare programs.

The HFHC Project continued to work with the following

objectives and goals: refining and expanding multi-departmental

team (MDT) meetings; continuing with wraparound services;

increasing coordination between programs; and providing Positive Indian Parenting classes to Tribally-associated parents.

HFHCP has increased the number of successful multidepartmental team meetings and wraparound meetings, and its

advocacy that various programs throughout the Tribe, state and

county work together with client families to help them overcome

barriers that hold them back from living successfully. The program is pleased to report that in 2013, wraparound services have

been implemented in the following areas outside of Siletz –

Salem, Albany and Eugene.

In wraparound, staff worked with 19 individuals involving 44

children among these parents. Eleven families were from Siletz,

three from Salem, two from Eugene and one from Albany.

A total of 58 wraparound meetings were held during the year.

Among these families, 11 were new to wraparound in 2013 and

an intake was subsequently completed.

In 2013, four terms of Positive Indian Parenting classes were

taught, equating to 32 individual classes, as well as two workshop

classes provided at the 2013 477-SSP Increasing Your Success

Conference in Lincoln City, where 19 477-SSP clients were taught

the lesson Harmony in Parenting.

Tracy Worman (left), Kurtis Barker and Stuart

Whitehead at the Elders Luncheon in December

The Programs I manager is responsible for oversight of these

six social service programs, which includes direct supervision of

six supervisors and one program clerk. The manager is a backup

for directors in the six programs when needed and is responsible

for meetings and constant communication and coordination of

the programs and staff.

Being new to the department, the Programs 1 manager has

worked with supervisory staff to identify areas in which they

would like to elevate the level of service provided in the department. Supervisors then prioritized these values and have been

providing guidance and mentorship for staff in these specific

areas. This was implemented to align practices of staff with the

procedures provided by the Tribe.

The Programs I clerk is responsible for office administration and

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

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

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

rograms 2

Programs 2

provides the following services: AfterSchool Program,

Child Care, Head

Start, Culture, Education, Language

and Traditional Arts,

Pow-Wow, and

Maternal, Infant, and

Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

Of the eight Tribal Standing Committees, three are within Programs 2 – Culture,

Education and Pow-Wow. The Culture

Committee’s staff representative is Robert

Kentta, with Bev Youngman for Education

and Buddy Lane for Pow-Wow.

Programs 2 staff continued team

development, collaboration and coordination on numerous projects, including:

•

Easter egg hunt on the day before

Easter Sunday

Memorial Day dinner following a

ceremony at the Veterans Memorial

Student Gathering to honor adult

vocational and higher education

students in June

Summer Solstice in June celebrating

the change of season

Culture Camp to teach Tribal history

and traditional arts; a three-day event

for families in July

Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow, a three-day

event in August

Run to the Rogue, a three-day event in

September featuring a relay run from

Siletz to the ancestral Rogue River area

in memory of our ancestors’ forced

journey to the reservation in Siletz.

This is the longest relay run in Oregon.

Restoration Pow-Wow 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 Employment Program,

which provides summer jobs and

learning experiences

Winter Solstice in December celebrating the change of season

After-School Program

This program provides after-school care to 15-25 children

age 5-12. Students participate in a Homework Club where they

devote 45 minutes to an hour completing homework. The

remainder of the time is spent on crafts; playing various games,

some educational and others for fun; plus outside recreation and

games. Students also receive healthy snacks and beverages.

This program is housed at Siletz Valley School. It benefits working parents because their children go to the after-school classroom

directly from their home room or by bus from Toledo schools.

This year, the school began a 21st Century Learning Center for

children in first grade and older. The Tribal program continued to

serve children in kindergarten.

Child Care

The objectives of this program are to assist Tribal families in

the 11-county service area with securing child care services and

with child care expenses, and to provide training and development of a provider referral list.

This year, the program served 50 families and 64 children

throughout the service area. The average number of hours per

month that child care was provided per child is 160.

Forty-six children received care because their parents were

employed, six because their parents were in education activities

and 12 for other reasons. Some families accessed the program for

multiple uses.

Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources participates in various work activities and

state, regional and federal meetings.

The culture director reviews archaeological permits and

coordinates with other Tribal, state and federal entities to ensure

protection whenever possible. The director also gave presentations to various local, state and regional entities.

In addition, he serves on various regional committees and has

worked on the Siletz Historical Research Project for several years.

He has expanded Tribal cultural and historical/archival collections. He now is working on Phase II of the culture complex,

which is the museum.

Miss Siletz SuSun Fisher, Junior Miss Siletz Faith Kibby and Little Miss Siletz

Jocelyn Hernandez (opposite page) ride on a canoe in the Nesika Illahee PowWow parade.

Education

Number of Students Served through Education

Students in

Total

Adult Education

Child Care

Head Start

112

Higher Education

121

Adult Vocational Training

Supplemental Education

2,187

Tribal Youth Education and Employment

TOTAL

2,671

Siletz Valley Early College Academy graduates

include Seth Benedict (above left), John Pullam

(below left) and Tiffany Stokes (below right). Desiree

Stainbrook (above right) graduates from Haskell

Indian Nations University.

An education specialist is located in each area office to provide services and resources for supplemental education, adult

education, adult vocational training and higher education. The

specialists also assist students in the FAFSA (Free Application for

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

They also work at the Youth Conference, Culture Camp, Run

to the Rogue and both Tribal pow-wows.

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

educational, recreational and cultural activities, as well as working

with local schools.

Graduates and other students are honored annually at a

Student Gathering sponsored by the Tribal Education Committee Sahaylee Mason, Mason Chamberlin and Ava Johnson

and the education specialists.

take part in a Siletz Tribal Head Start Transition

Head Start

Ceremony.

Head Start continues to be a strong, viable program of the

Siletz Tribe.

An average of 110.75 children were enrolled in four programs

located in Siletz, Salem, Lincoln City and Portland. Average

enrollment for 2013 was 78 percent American Indian children –

74 percent were Siletz Tribal children and 26 percent other Native

and non-Natives. Of the children enrolled, 11.5 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 all Head Start children.

The children receive health screenings, dental exams, immunization assessments and proper hygiene instruction. They participate in activities in a culturally enriched environment.

The Policy Council of Head Start parents also receives training and meets on a monthly basis. Staff and parents also sponsor

fundraising activities.

Language and Traditional

Arts

The Athabaskan language dictionary is

available to Tribal members. Alfred “Bud”

Lane III teaches language classes at Siletz

Valley School and all four area offices.

Traditional arts, basketry or regalia also are

taught in all area offices.

Bud teaches basketry classes for other

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

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

products for traditional uses.

Culture presentations were given for

several Tribal programs, including TANF

clients and the Siletz Elder’s Gathering.

Bud 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 and daily language classes during the camp. He meets monthly with the

Oregon Department of Education and language staff from the other Oregon Tribes.

Baskets purchased by the Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society

Pow-Wow – Cultural Education

The Tribe’s two pow-wows – Nesika Illahee in August and

the Restoration Pow-Wow in November – were excellent events

coordinated by Buddy Lane. He also assists with the local school’s

Mini Restoration Pow-Wow.

Tribal Royalty organization and activities also are coordinated

through this program. The young women represented the Siletz

Tribe at six pow-wows in 2013.

Culture Camp and Run to the Rogue also were successfully

coordinated by the cultural education director as well as cultural

classes throughout the year.

Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood

Education and Home Visiting Program

(MIECHV)

In September 2012, the Tribe accepted a grant from the

Department of Health and Human Services to administer this

program. A program coordinator, Patrice Clevenger, and outreach

specialist, Dorene Rilatos, were hired in early 2013.

During the program’s first year, a comprehensive needs

assessment of at-risk Tribal families who reside in our 11-county

service area was undertaken.

MIECHV focuses on the following areas of concern: (1) healthy

pregnancies and birth outcomes; (2) infant and child health

outcomes; (3) parent-child relationships; (4) safety and security of

infants, children and families; (5) child maltreatment, abuse and

neglect; (6) school readiness and child academic achievement; (7)

crime and domestic violence; (8) family economic self-sufficiency;

and (9) coordination and referrals for other community resources

and supports.

This is a much-needed service for our Tribal members to have

a program work with pregnant women, babies and families. The

grant is funded through 2017.

Lakota Blacketer and Madison Blacketer color at the

Head Start activities table during Culture Camp.

dministration

Sharon A. Edenfield, administrative

manager, oversees the Accounting, Fringe

Benefits, Information Systems, Public

Works, Facilities & Fleet and Property &

Procurement departments and Administrative Support staff.

She also serves as BIA self-governance

coordinator, plan administrator and trust

officer. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Audit and Investment committees and is staff representative to the

Budget Committee.

The Accounting Department continued

to function smoothly throughout 2013.

The firm Egghart & Associates performed

the 2012 audit, completing its seventh

year with the Tribe. There were no findings

against the Tribe or the Siletz Tribal Business Corporation.

The Information Systems Department

provided services to all Tribal programs

and employees. Highlights include:

•

RIO – Completed upgrade of document system, which will allow for better document control

Bomgar – Utilizing Bomgar as a support tool for employees who need to

access the network while away from

the office

Upgrades also completed on Iron Port,

Otter and MIP

Infrastructure changes – Upgraded 50

workstations, added 15 new printers,

upgraded new switch after failure

Continued training – Some staff finished their A+ certifications and are

doing CCNE classes. All staff continues

to learn new technologies as things in

the IT world change.

Top: Rylee Lautenschlager at Culture Camp

Middle: Cristobal Moreno Jr. at Tribal Government Day

Bottom: Izaiah Fisher at Culture Camp

The Public Works Department provided daily services and assistance to Tribal

programs and members. Accomplishments

include:

•

Providing assistance with seven funerals

Maintaining and mowing 167.11 acres

Completing all required testing of

water systems for EPA, plus generators,

building fire sprinklers, fire alarms,

elevator and HVAC systems maintenance and service

Painting Elder pow-wow seating area

Staining pow-wow emcee stand

Stan Werth, Public Works manager,

retired effective Aug. 1. We thank him for

his dedicated service to the Tribe and wish

him well in his retirement.

The Facilities & Fleet Department

maintained 44 GSA vehicles and 28 E-Plate

vehicles. The Tribal Community Center was

utilized for 249 events.

New duties were added to this position to assist with administrative support

to the Public Works Department.

The Property & Procurement Department filled 1,711 requests from stock

inventory and purchase orders for a total

savings of $172,813. The department also

held quarterly excess sales and completed

physical inventory.

The Administrative Support staff

provided daily clerical assistance to Central Administration managers and other

Tribal programs.

Staff continues to distribute The

People are Dancing Again history book to

Tribal members. To date, 1,609 have been

distributed to the membership.

Administrative support staff also distributed 13 laptops to higher education/

adult vocational training students.

uman Resources

Mission

Statement

It is the mission

of the Siletz Tribal

Human Resources

Department to

obtain, develop

and train the most

important resource

the Tribe has –

human resources.

This department

will provide service

to Tribal programs

and employment

applicants in an

efficient, respectful

and helpful manner. It will assist

employees with

skill development

to ensure quality

services to Tribal

members and personal growth of

Tribal employees.

Jerry Marzan attends

the Veterans Ceremony

at Siletz Valley School

in November.

Accomplishments/

Activities

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

During 2013, the Tribe hired 53 employees.

•

30 regular (16 Tribal, 3 other Tribe, 11

non-Indian)

23 temporary (14 Tribal, 3 other Tribe,

7 non-Indian)

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

and Siletz Tribal Gaming Commission.

New Positions

Three new positions were created:

•

Wildlife Biologist

Healthy Families Home Visitor

(2 positions)

Job Descriptions

Eight revised job descriptions were

approved:

•

Head Start Assistant Teacher/Bus Driver

Alcohol and Drug Program Director

Physical Activities Exercise Coordinator

Internal Audit Director

Public Works Supervisor

Head Start Program Clerk

CHD/Admin/QI Coordinator

Housing Finance Manager

Recruitment Activities

The department recruited for the following positions:

•

Historical Researcher/Cultural

Resources Tech

Diabetes Case Manager and Program

Assistant

Community Health Director

Home Visiting Program Coordinator

and Outreach Specialist

Clinical Nurse II

Admin Support Clerk

Medical Assistant

Administrative/Quality Improvement

Coordinator

Programs I Manager

Head Start – Teacher, Teacher/Bus

Driver, Asst. Teacher/Bus Driver; Classroom Aide, Program Clerk

Alcohol & Drug Program Director

Case Manager I, III and IV

Tribal Custodian

Social Service Advocate

Director Internal Audit

Youth Services Worker

Maintenance Worker/Groundskeeper

Exercise Facility Assistant

Temporary Dental Hygienist

Data Coordinator

Wildlife Biologist

Public Works Supervisor

Public Information Assistant I

Elders Council Coordinator

CHD/QI/Admin Coordinator

SPF Project Coordinator

Security Guard

Occupancy Specialist

Dentist

TSA

VAWA Coordinator/Advocate

Physician

Optometry Assistant

Compliance Agent

Planning Clerk

Labor Force

At the end of 2013, the Tribe’s labor

force was made up of:

•

Siletz Tribal Members

Other American Indians

Non-American Indians

142

Total Workforce

241

Training Activities

Bullying in the Workforce

Employee Incentive

Activities

The Human Resources Department

coordinates the Employee Incentive Awards

program. The following awards were presented at the 2013 all-staff meetings:

•

Extra Effort Award

Special Acts or Services

Time Off Award

Outstanding Performance

Employee Suggestion/Invention

Employee of the Quarter

Employee of the Year

Leatha Lynch, pharmacist, is Employee of the Year.

Photos left, top to bottom:

Sylvia Butler and Elaine Thomas attend Elder Honor

Day at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in April.

Sapphire Yarbour at Run to the Rogue

Spencer Hatch, volunteer firefighter with the Siletz

Valley Fire District, at the Health Fair in May

Awards Banquet: Approximately 240

people attended the annual awards banquet at Chinook Winds.

Poppa Williams at Run to the Rogue

Jack Strong takes time out from a cooking

demonstration to be with his grandmother, Wilma

Strong, during an event sponsored by the Healthy

Traditions program in June.

Our Worker’s Compensation Insurance

carrier for 2013 was Tribal First.

Worker’s Compensation

Employee Assistance

Program

Our EAP provider for 2013 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

ealth

There were

33,372 ambulatory visits this year,

including physician,

nurse practitioner,

physician assistant,

behavioral health

and optometrist.

The pharmacy

filled 39,766 prescriptions. The

dentists/dental

hygienist provided

5,444 visits.

Dr. Warren

Sparks retired at

the end of the year

and we continue to

search for a diabetes case manager.

More than 50 shirts

were displayed in

the Siletz Clothesline

Project during Domestic

Violence Action Month

in October.

Teresa Ueland, Bekki

Lundy, Wendi Schamp

and Kelley Ellis take

part in the local One

Billion Rising walk in

February, part of a

global movement to end

violence against women

and girls.

The Health Department administers

several grants in addition to our recurring

Indian Health Service compact funds:

Potatoes dug up from

the Siletz Community

Garden

•

The CARE program assists victims of

domestic violence and provides community outreach and education.

Tobacco Prevention and Education

provides information to youth about

the long-term health effects of

tobacco use and facilitates access to

cessation tools.

Substance Abuse Prevention assists

youth in acquiring the life skills necessary to avoid substance use and abuse.

Strategic Prevention Framework/State

Incentive Grant from the State of

Oregon assists the CEDARR (Commu-

•

nity Efforts Demonstrating the Ability

to Rebuild and Restore) group in

developing a community-wide strategy

to improve community health, especially in alcohol and substance abuse.

Youth mental health provides one-onone, group and family mental health

counseling and coping activities.

The Diabetes Program organizes a wellattended exercise challenge, operates

the Tillicum Fitness Center in Siletz,

pays for gym memberships outside

of the Siletz area and offers monthly

educational Talking Circles, individual/

family counseling and education.

Fitness center staff conducts summer

sports camps for youth.

•

Healthy Traditions sponsors the annual garden walk and

coordinates group activities for such events as mussel and eel

gathering, clamming and berry picking/maintenance.

The Community Health Department arranged 1,621 medical

transports. Services include home/hospital visits, bicycle safety

rodeos, monthly diabetes Talking Circles, distributing infant and

toddler car safety seats, coordinating annual flu shot clinics and

assisting with referrals to specialists.

In the Business Office, revenue increased more than 7 percent

over last year.

Contract Health Services (CHS) obligated $2,800,718 in care

and had an unobligated balance at year’s end of $202,992. This

unobligated balance is used to pay end-of-year claims.

CHS 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.

Alternative Health Care pays $50 per visit for acupuncture,

massage therapy or chiropractic care.

Left: Christopher Bayya runs

the SAAM (Sexual Assault

Awareness Month) 5K race

in April.

Top right: Woody Muschamp

cleans eels at Culture Camp.

Right: Mindy Blomstrom makes

trail mix during a Hands on

Food event in August.

iletz Tribal Business Corporation

Enterprises

STBC’s performance in 2013 continued

to improve compared to previous years

with a further 40 percent reduction in EPR

utilization compared to 2012.

Overall, STBC has improved its bottom

line every year for the last four years with

dramatic performance improvements seen

in 2012 and 2013.

STBC also reduced administrative overhead in 2013 compared to 2012.

Imprints Print Shop: Imprints’ yearly

performance was down from the previous

year and it carried a loss for the year. 2013

saw an increase in revenue and expenses

over 2012.

Imprints’ 2014 focus is on increasing

its retail sales and developing stronger

relationships with both Tribal and local

businesses. It also will focus on marketing

its products and services to Tribal members.

Financials

STBC continued to explore ways to

increase profitability by controlling costs

and increasing revenue, with a number of

its existing entities achieving improved

overall profitability at its RV parks and

properties as a whole compared to 2012.

Arthur Butler during

Run to the Rogue

Personnel

STBC saw the transition of two economic development directors in 2013.

The Imprints Print Shop also hired a

Tribal member to work full time in its

Lincoln City retail location.

Below left: Nolan Lane in a photo from The

Discovery Channel

Below right: Julia Trachsel during Culture Camp

Joe Scott during the

Living Earth Festival at

the National Museum of

the American Indian in

Washington, D.C., in July

Logan Road RV Park: The RV park

rebounded in 2013, finishing with annual

revenue up 3 percent and costs remaining flat, with decreased occupancy of 4

percent compared to 2012. It had a strong

fourth quarter in 2013 and looks to continue that trend throughout 2014.

Logan Road’s 2014 goals include continuing to strengthen its partnership with

Chinook Winds Casino Resort, expanding

its social media marketing campaign and

developing a mobile version of its website

for the increasing number of smart phone

and tablet users, as well as increase advertising directly on Highway 101.

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort: The RV

resort had a strong 2013, with revenue

up 11 percent, occupancy up 9 percent

and expenses down 1 percent for its best

revenue and occupancy in park history,

beating the previous record revenue and

occupancy numbers for 2012.

New picnic tables were installed at

every site along with new wireless repeaters to provide better wireless Internet

coverage for guests.

Hee Hee’s goals in the first half of 2014

are to continue the positive fiscal and occupancy trends set in 2012 and 2013 as

well as increase its marketing presence in

social media and develop a mobile version

of its website, like Logan Road RV Park, for

the increasing number of smart phone and

tablet users.

Properties

The occupancy rate of the six commercial real estate properties managed by STBC ended 2013 at 85 percent. 2013 overall

property management revenue increased 6 percent from 2012

and has increased 47 percent since 2010.

The Salem Flex building, Lincoln Shores building and Siletz

Gas & Mini-Mart properties ended 2013 fully occupied.

Siletz Business Complex: Revenue was down in 2013

because of reduced tenant occupancy. To help better market the

property, fiber Internet is being installed in the first half of 2014

with an increased focus on building and landscaping improvements aimed at increasing Stark Street visibility.

Eugene Office Building: Revenue was down in 2013 compared to 2012 because of a lost tenant. A major HVAC repair and

upgrade took place to increase energy efficiency and replace

older units. STBC continues to market the property.

Depoe Bay Building: Revenue was down compared to 2012

because of the loss of its tenant. A new tenant was signed to the

upstairs apartment from June 2013-May 2014.

This property ended 2013 with one tenant in the upstairs

apartment and the downstairs retail/restaurant area available for

lease. STBC continues to work diligently to fill that space.

Toledo Mill Site: This property ended 2013 with five tenants

on-site and generated a profit. 2013 also saw ongoing discussions with ALCAN about utilizing of a portion of the 70-acre

property as a log yard.

Salem Trust Property: This property generated a profit for

2013, retaining its tenant. STBC continues to market the property

for development.

Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart: This property remained fully occupied throughout 2013 and will remain fully occupied through 2014.

Salem Flex Office Building: A tenant moved into the

remaining empty space in January. The building was fully occupied

throughout 2013 and will remain fully occupied through 2014.

Youth Entrepreneurship

and Leadership Program

The YELP program, located at Siletz

Valley Early College Academy, completed

its third year with two scholarships awarded to Tribal members. Core components

included writing a business plan and developing leadership skills.

Projects

STBC administration will transition to a

Microsoft Office 365 cloud platform in the

first quarter of 2014 to more efficiently

manage its operations to include its properties and enterprises. This transition is

expected to reduce IT service and maintenance costs, increase uptime and reliability

of its email and IT infrastructure, and provide

more tools for staff and enterprise managers

to effectively manage their responsibilities as

well as streamline personnel transitions.

Right: Jazmyn Metcalf

Below right: Deenie

Rilatos at the Siletz

Tribal Restoration PowWow in November

Below: Chris Vandaam

and his daughter,

Savannah Vandaam

Lincoln Shores Building: This building was fully occupied

throughout 2013.

Siletz Tribe Revolving Credit Program

The Siletz Tribe Revolving Credit Program (STRCP) consumer

loan and housing loan components that were previously administered at Tribal administration in Siletz began their transition to

STBC during the fourth quarter of 2013. STBC already manages

the small business loan component of the program.

STBC will begin managing the entire program at its Lincoln

City office on Jan. 1, 2014.

As part of that transition, STRCP will have an expanded presence on the new STBC website set to debut in early 2014.

Goals for 2014 include developing online access capability for

Tribal members to review their loans.

hinook Winds Casino Resort

2013 was a

busy year for

Chinook Winds

Casino Resort. Our

property was in a

constant state of

activity, including

improvements, promotions, entertainment, international

events and community partnerships.

Remarkable Improvements to the Property

Chinook Winds

had a busy first

quarter of 2013.

One of the biggest

accomplishments

you may remember

was the tear-down

of our old escalator

and installation of

the new one.

Because of

the hard work of

Schommer & Sons

Contracting of Portland, Otis Worldwide and nearly

a dozen Chinook

Winds personnel,

the escalator was

up and running

five weeks ahead

A ribbon cutting celebrates the opening of the new escalator, with (l to r) General

of schedule. The

Manager Mike Fisher; Siletz Tribal Council members Sharon Edenfield, Reggie

escalator debut was

Butler Sr., Loraine Butler, Lillie Butler, Delores Pigsley and Jessie Davis;

on a busy sold-out

representatives from Otis Worldwide and Schommer & Sons of Portland, Ore.;

weekend of the

and Sean Sheridan, project manager.

Gabriel Iglesias

show and the Newport Seafood and

Wine Festival.

The escalator ran without a glitch. This $1 million project also was completed nearly

$20,000 under budget.

In addition to the escalator replacement, the Facilities crew was busy all year with

projects including, but not limited to, a new roof over the receiving area and demolition

of the old bar floor, opening an area for more slot machines.

They began replacing lighting for increased energy efficiency and continued replacement and updating of the old and badly damaged HVAC system.

The first phase of siding on the suites building was completed and landscaping was

brought in-house as part of an ongoing program to reduce costs while improving the

landscaping around the casino and resort areas.

The roof over the Banquets area outside of Chinook’s Seafood Grill was completed,

making it easier to clean and more attractive to our dining guests.

Aces Sports Bar & Grill was remodeled to increase customer flow and the golf

course maintenance shop now has a new indoor restroom, bringing the facility up to

ADA compliance.

The projects listed above are a sampling of the projects completed and ongoing, but

it gives you a snapshot of the commitment we have to making our resort live up to the

expectations our guests have come to have of us.

Oregon Coastal Caucus Economic

Summit

More than 300 people attended the Oregon Coastal Caucus

Economic Summit with Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley as the

opening welcome. The summit included participants from the

state legislature, county and local politicians as well as coastal

business owners and leaders.

The opening discussion was Tribal Contributions to Economic

Diversification on the Oregon Coast. The first discussion was how

Oregon’s nine federally recognized Tribes contribute immensely

to economic diversification.

ATNI Salmon Marketing Program

Partnership

Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley presents a

dentallium necklace to a member of the Japanese

delegation during an international tsunami debris

workshop in February.

Tsunami Debris

Workshop

Chinook Winds hosted a two-day

international tsunami debris workshop on

Feb. 15-16. During this event, students

from all over Lincoln County were invited

to participate in a special SOLV beach

cleanup in front of our hotel.

Survivors of the Japanese tsunami

were in attendance as well as Japanese

scientists; SOLV; representatives from

Washington, D.C.; and the Ocean Conservancy, as well as the First Lady of Oregon,

Cylvia Hayes.

We were proud to have Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley welcome the Japanese delegation and present them with

dentallium to let them know our appreciation of their efforts and concern for

our beaches. The event was filmed by

Japanese television and aired in Japan the

weekend of the event.

In March, Chinook Winds began a partnership with the ATNI

(Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians) Salmon Marketing Program, completing a process that started in September 2012.

It took a lot of hard work from Executive Chef Jack Strong,

Purchasing Manager Eric Anderson and Tribal Council member

Tina Retasket. This program is our opportunity to invest in the

Pacific Northwest Indian community. We are committed to setting

ourselves apart by putting quality first and supporting inter-Tribal

cooperation through the ATNI initiative.

The first delivery was 85 pounds of steelhead from Quinault

Tribal member-owned Sea-Atco Seafood on March 4. Thus far,

2,225 pounds of Quinault River steelhead has been delivered.

Chinook Winds uses more than 20,000 pounds of salmon/

steelhead product every year in all outlets, so it’s important to

work through ATNI’s program to ensure the need is met.

The ATNI Salmon Marketing Program works to promote interTribal cooperation for the greater good of all Northwest Tribes.

Golf Resort and Fitness Center

Chinook Winds Golf Resort and Fitness Center experienced

increases in revenue and guest counts. 2013 numbers showed

increases in many areas over 2012, including golf resort revenue

up 12 percent, total number rounds of golf played up 19.9 percent, number of rounds played by Siletz Tribal members up 2 percent, number of rounds played by junior golfers up 19 percent,

golf lesson revenue up 279 percent and Fitness Center-related

revenue up 3.6 percent.

The golf resort also hosted the largest weekly golf course

men’s club in Oregon for 24 consecutive weeks.

The golf course is in excellent shape and is in constant

improvements status. The staff works hard every day to make

the course a beautiful place to play golf.

The crew remodeled/rebuilt five tee boxes for playability and

worked with the Facilities team to remodel the golf maintenance

shop and added a fully functional ADA restroom on the course.

Giving Back to the Community

Without the generosity of the staff at Chinook Winds, Christmas would have been pretty lean for many local children, families

and homeless individuals.

The staff filled a wish list for the tags for children from NAYA

adorning the Taft Native Student Association tree and children

from the Department of Human Services tree.

For the fourth year, casino staff volunteered their personal

time to help coordinate and serve meals during Operation

Christmas Spirit. This community program offers a complete hot

Christmas dinner to anyone, although its main purpose is to feed

those who are most in need.

As part of the annual Lincoln City Community Days celebration in April, Chinook Winds sponsored a 1,500-piece pinwheel

garden in cooperation with the Lincoln City Cultural Center. This

moving tribute on the center’s lawn served to heighten awareness of child abuse in Oregon and promote its prevention.

The blue and silver pinwheels herald the start of Community

Days, shining brightly in the sun and strikingly spinning in the

wind. They were gently and patiently placed in the ground by

casino staff and community volunteers.

Casino employees took part in many of the activities that

raise funds for nonprofit organizations within the community,

including playing in the Mud Flats Golf Tournament and collecting food at the annual food drive (to which Chinook Winds

makes a sizeable donation).

Staff members took part in the semiannual SOLV Beach

Cleanups. Employees formed casino-sponsored teams to participate in community trivia competitions that raise funds for charity.

Our teams participated in charity golf tournaments and had a

team for the American Cancer Society’s local Relay For Life.

Once again, Chinook Winds sponsored the American Veterans

Traveling Tribute with the Vietnam Wall and the Field of Honor –

a display of 1,000 American flags – for the Celebration of Honor.

This event honors all veterans of the Armed Forces, active duty

personnel and their families.

The casino spearheads this annual event that includes young

ROTC and Sea Cadet groups and offers free buffets to military

personnel, present and past, in an effort to

demonstrate the commitment to support

our troops.

Chinook Winds held a Merchants

Social to thank local businesses for their

support and provide networking

opportunities for these business partners,

furthering the goal of working together to

strengthen economic partnerships.

A Community Leaders Social Gathering was held to provide elected and

appointed officials, Siletz Tribal Council,

casino executives and other community

leaders with an opportunity to meet and

become acquainted in a relaxed, informal

atmosphere. This also provided a venue to

showcase Chinook Winds’ culinary offerings available for conventions and other

gatherings.

Bus Sales

A punch card promotion was introduced in December 2013. Each time a

passenger comes down on the bus and

accumulates at least 50 points on their

Winners Circle card, they received a

punch on their card. After they receive

eight punches, they earn $20 slot play. As

of March 31, 2014, we have hosted 3,905

bus passengers.

Chinook Winds Fund Raising Bus

Program also was introduced in 2013 in

an effort to reach out to a segment of the

population that hasn’t visited Chinook

Winds. Groups have started booking

multiple trips, which was the goal of this

program. This is also an opportunity to

showcase our commitment to community

organizations.

A Chinook Winds team

participates in a beach

cleanup.

Sponsorships Result in

Free Publicity

Two major sponsorships in February

garnered more than $40,000 in TV news

exposure with the Newport Seafood &

Wine Festival and the Portland Golf Show.

Chinook Winds was the presenting

sponsor of both events and we showcased

our amenities to thousands of visitors. The

Portland Golf Show had more than 6,000

attendees and the Newport Seafood &

Wine Festival in Newport, Ore., reported

more than 20,000 in attendance.

Golf professional Aaron Johnson and

Interim Food and Beverage Director Jack

Strong were casino representatives on

both KGW and KPTV news stations in

Portland, Ore. Our goal is to capitalize on

sponsorships when at all possible to get

the most exposure for the casino and the

Siletz Tribe.

Food and Beverage

Aces Sports Bar and Grill was remodeled to increase guest flow, introduced

new food items, debuted a sleek new logo

and now is host to the most TVs and beer

taps in town. The focus increased head

counts and sales in 2013.

We also hosted the BigFoot Brewfest

and with its great success look forward to

the 2014 event. We were able to showcase

all of the beer taps available on property

and partner with Big Foot Brewery for the

event to keep our costs down.

New TV monitors were installed in the

buffet, showing guests the benefits of the

ATNI Salmon Marketing Program. We are

committed to “telling the story.” The

buffet refreshed its countertops for a

new upgraded look.

The Chinook’s Seafood Grill dessert

menu changed from pre-bought to “all

made in-house” for improved quality

and creativity and the appetizer menu

changed to a shared small plates concept

to compliment the new beverage program

incorporating new forms of drink specials

and wine.

The Food and Beverage team proudly

introduced Sunday brunch, which has

proved to be a popular item with our

guests.

Jack Strong leads the Chinook Winds culinary team during Literacy Night at

Taft High 7-12.

Native American Heritage Month

We were proud to help spread Tribal history throughout the

community, partnering locally with events to showcase the important connection the Tribe and the casino have with the community.

Chinook Winds participated in the Lincoln City Chowder

Cook-off during the first Native American Day on Nov. 10. We

partnered with the Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society (STAHS)

to execute a great event.

The day included Tribal dancers, storytellers and sharing the

history of the Tribe through beading demonstrations and more

at the STAHS booth. The Chinook Winds Culinary team, led by

Executive Chef Jack Strong, provided samples for more than

700 attendees.

Chef Jack also did two cooking demonstrations for the crowd

while talking about the connection of the Tribe and the casino

and the integration of his American Indian heritage to the menus

at Chinook Winds.

The culinary team also participated in Native American Literacy Night at Taft High 7-12, sponsored by the Native Student

Association.

Chinook Winds also is proud to have hosted Grandma Agnes

Pilgrim in the elementary schools, sharing the story of the Tribe

with fourth-grade students and the students of the Siletz Tribal

Head Start in Lincoln City.

ribal Council

Lillie Butler

Loraine Butler

Reggie Butler Sr.

Jessie Davis

Sharon Edenfield

Chairman

Delores Pigsley

Vice Chairman

Alfred “Bud”

Lane III

Secretary

Tina M. Retasket

Robert Kentta

Alfred “Bud” Lane III

Delores Pigsley

Tina M. Retasket

Treasurer

Robert Kentta

ribal Website

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.

ribal Entities

Chinook Winds Casino Resort

1777 NW 44th St.

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5825 or 888-CHINOOK

Fax: 541-996-5852

chinookwindscasino.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 Rec Center

1010 W Buford

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-2532

Fax: 541-444-2307

Logan Road RV Park

4800 NE Logan Road

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-994-4261 or 877-LOGANRV

loganroadrvpark.com

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

Salem Area Office

3160 Blossom Drive NE, Suite 105

Salem, OR 97305

503-390-9494

Fax: 541-390-8099

Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort

4751 Astoria St. NE

Salem, OR 97305-1106

503-463-6641 or 877-564-7295

heeheeillahee.com

Imprints

1520 NE Highway 101

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5550

Fax: 541-996-5551

imprintsprintshop.com

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 Gaming Commission

2120 NW 44th St., Suite A

Lincoln City, OR 97367

541-996-5497 or 800-789-5189

Fax: 541-996-5492

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

Siletz Tribal Community Center

402 NE Park Drive

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380-0549

541-444-2532 or 800-922-1399

Fax: 541-444-2307

Siletz Tribal Housing Department

555 Tolowa Court

P.O. Box 549

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8322

Fax: 541-444-8313

Siletz Behavioral Health

200 Gwee-Shut Road

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-8286 or 800-600-5599

Fax: 541-444-8280

Tenas Illahee Childcare Center

930 W Buford

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-2450

Fax: 541-444-2456

Tillicum Fitness Center

1016 W Buford

P.O. Box 320

Siletz, OR 97380

541-444-9656

Fax: 541-444-1278

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

First-Class Mail

U.S. Postage Paid

Permit No. 178

Salem, OR

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