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Tribal Scholarships

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 by Morgan Gaines

TRIBAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 2021-2022

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 22nd, 2022 by 11:59 PST

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CTCLUSI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NO LATER THAN May 22, 2022 BY 11:59 P.M PST, REGARDLESS OF POSTMARK. ONLY SCHOLARSHIP SUBMISSIONS THAT ARRIVE BY THE DEADLINE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

ATTENTION PLEASE!!  The selected scholarship winner(s) will receive a scholarship. Scholarships are usually $250.00 to $500.00, but the amount is contingent on scholarship funds. 

Be sure to apply to all because you could be awarded more than one!!!!

Awardees will be announced at the Annual Student Dinner.

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Spring Equinox Household Kits

Friday, 18 February 2022 by Morgan Gaines

***Spring Equinox Kit sign up has ended due to popular demand and limited supplies. Updated 03/04/2022***

Celebrate Spring Through Tribal Care Package Kits

While the Covid-19 pandemic may still be limiting our ability to gather together, we are still thinking of you and your families. In lieu of gathering, we are offering Spring Equinox Kits to Tribal Households.

Kits are limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

For more information, please contact Ashley Russell at (541) 888-7511 or arussell@ctclusi.org

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Virtual Spring Break Day Camp 2022

Monday, 07 February 2022 by Morgan Gaines

March 21 – March 25, 2022

Children of CTCLUSI Families and Administration Staff Ages 5 – 18

Click here to fill out the Spring Break 2022 form

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, CTCLUSI will be hosting its Spring Break Day Camp via zoom for Children of CTCLUSI Families and Administration Staff Ages 5-18. If your child(ren) would like to participate virtually but have barriers (I.E. equipment, internet access, etc.), please contact Josh Davies, Education Director at 541-888-1314 or jdavies@ctclusi.org.

A schedule of activities will be sent to the emails provided on this form in addition to a ZOOM link, where most of the activities will be hosted. Some of the activities will occur on a new Virtual platform called Gather (www.gather.town). For more information about Gather, contact Eriq Acosta, Education Specialist II, at  541-888-1318 or eacosta@ctclusi.org. Supplies for each activity will be mailed to the address specified on this form as well.

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Live Native Program: Tribal Family Activities

Thursday, 13 January 2022 by Morgan Gaines

CTCLUSI’s grant programs: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) and Tobacco Prevention Program would like to invite Tribal Families to participate in our new program, Live Native. This program will range from 4 to 8 weeks long, with at your own pace family activities, and a variety of virtual classes including, but not limited to cooking classes, guest speakers, and cultural activities.

All Tribal Family participants will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of CTCLUSI designed clothing and/or outdoor apparel, while supplies last. At the end of each month, there will be a grand prize raffle: one for an adult, and one for youth. Raffle tickets are awarded to each participant for each activity and virtual class/event completed.    

Free Outdoor Apparel

Raffle Prizes: Adult and Youth

Questions: Contact Mark Petrie at 541-435-7217, mpetrie@ctclusi.org

Armando Martinez at 541-888-7228, amartinez@ctclusi.org

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, March 3, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Check in Day: Answer any questions or concerns.
Cultural family activity

Thursday March 10, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Cooking Class – Cooking Tips

Thursday March 17, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Check in Day: Answer any questions or concerns.
Cultural family activity

Raffle Prize Drawing!!!

Thursday March 24, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Guest Speaker/Presentation: Rita Hoover

Thursday March 31, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Check in Day: Answer any questions or concerns.
Cultural family activity

Thursday April 7, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Cooking Class – Cooking Tips
Raffle Prize Drawing!!!

Thursday April 14, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Check in Day: Answer any questions or concerns.
Cultural family activity

Thursday April 21, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
End of the program get together.
Snacks
Cultural Activity

Answer any questions – Open discussion
Grand Prize Raffle Drawing!!!
Thank you!!!

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2022 New Year’s Day Peace Hike

Thursday, 23 December 2021 by Morgan Gaines

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Picnic Shelter behind the Yachats Commons

By Jan Brown

Given the ever-shifting impact of Covid and the absolute need to keep the Peace Hike activities safe, the Yachats Trails Committee will again be changing the format to a combination of live and virtual experiences. There will be no indoor nor large group ceremony but there are a number of ways to manifest and celebrate peace throughout the day, both outdoors and within one’s home or shelter.

On New Year’s Day (weather dependent) in lieu of a single event, this year’s Yachats Trails Committee has composed a map of alternative trails that allow everyone to hike or walk where they are most comfortable. Committee members will be on hand to answer questions and provide maps and guidance at the Lions Picnic Shelter behind the Yachats Commons.

The Peace Hike traditionally honors the memory of a blind Native American (Coos) woman named Amanda who was forcibly taken away from her daughter and marched 80 miles with other captives all barefoot through the rocky terrain to the Alsea Sub-agency prison camp in what is now Yachats in 1864.

To truly understand the atrocities that Indigenous People in the area faced, watch a video narrated by Patricia Whereat Phillips, Miluk Coos and member of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI)

(video can be viewed at end of post)

Cedar is a sacred tree for many tribes of the Pacific Northwest. On January 1, anyone interested in exploring Cedar in prayers is invited to take a Cedar sprig from a basket outside the Commons at the Lions Picnic Shelter or at the Bears’ Statue on the Amanda Trail. From there they can take the sprig and walk with it holding their vision of peace and what it means in one’s life.

While there is no formal ceremony at the Amanda Gathering Area, there will be two small ceremonial fires in which to place the Cedar sprigs – one near the picnic shelter and one at the Amanda Gathering Area for those who hike the Amanda Trail.

Amanda Trail will be open to the Gathering Area only that day. When hikers reach the Kittel driveway signs will instruct them to walk down the driveway to the green gate, turn left and walk down the new auxiliary road to the Gathering Area. Hikers will also have the opportunity to see the progress on the suspension bridge construction. (The auxiliary road will remain closed to the public both before and after New Year’s Day.)

This year’s Peace Hike button has been beautifully created by artist and illustrator, Nora Sherwood www.norasherwood.com Peace Hike buttons can be picked up at the Picnic Shelter or at the Amanda Gathering Area during the Peace Hike. If you have hiked or celebrated peace throughout the day, both outdoors and at home or shelter, you may pick up peace hike buttons at the Yachats Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center located at 2nd Street and Highway 101. Water, energy bars and delicious cookies prepared and generously donated by the Yachats Ladies Club will be available at the Picnic Shelter and Gathering Area.

The Yachats Trails Committee wishes you peace and good fortune during this time of many celebrations and in the year to come.

It is though the Tribes’ and community endeavors with the Amanda and Ya’Xaik Trails that many people have become aware of the need to acknowledge the wrongs of the past and to be more conscious of the need to treat people of all cultures throughout the world with honor, dignity and respect.

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Special Election Results

Monday, 20 December 2021 by Morgan Gaines

A Special Election was held on Sunday, December 19, 2021 regarding Council Compensation. All enrolled registered voters were mailed absentee ballots for mail in voting or had the option to vote in person at the Tribal Hall in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Election Results for the Tribal Council Stipend

December 19, 2021 – Special Election Vote

Yes 117

No 78

A YES Vote Means: Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians elected officials will be compensated for duties performed…The monthly stipend would begin on January 1, 2022 and will stay in place for all Elected Officials going forward, only an official vote of the General Council could authorize any changes.

The CTCLUSI Tribal Council and Chief positions will be paid for their performance of Tribal Council duties by monthly stipend in the amount of $3,600 (for anyone not currently employed) and $1,800 (for anyone currently employed).

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Winter Solstice Kit Request

Monday, 06 December 2021 by Morgan Gaines

***Winter Solstice Kit sign up has ended. Updated 12/28/21***

COVID-19 is still limiting our ability to gather together, the Tribe would like to offer Winter Solstice Kits for interested CTCLUSI Enrolled Tribal Members in lieu of the Winter Solstice Gathering.

Winter Solstice Kits are limited, so they will be available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

These kits are sponsored in part by Youth Suicide Prevention and Tobacco Prevention Grants. Thank you Family Services, Education, and Culture and Natural Resources for making these kits possible. 

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Notice of Special Election to be held 12/19/21

Friday, 03 December 2021 by Morgan Gaines

NOTICE – SPECIAL ELECTION – December 19, 2021

To Officially Vote on Council Compensation

Article V of the Tribes Constitution gives certain authority to the General Council (Tribal Members). One such area states the General Membership have the authority to: Article V –Section 1 General Council. (b)  Elect tribal council members and approve or disapprove any salary wages paid for performance of tribal council duties.   

On Sunday November 14, 2021 the Tribal Council passed a resolution calling the Election Board to meet; Tribal Code Chapter 7-3-2(e)(3) The Tribal Council may request the Election Board to meet at any time, with reasonable notice. The Council requests the Election Board to facilitate a Special Election to be held for Council Compensation; Tribal Code Chapter 7-3-25 (5) Ballots for initiatives, referenda and issues requiring General Council approval shall contain a statement of what the voter is deciding and shall be worded in such a manner that clearly allows for a choice of a “yes” or a “no” vote only. No misleading statements whatsoever will be accepted.

The Election Board met on November 17, 2021 and set the date for the Special Election.

Sunday December 19, 2021. The ballots will be mailed to every registered voter on November 30, 2021 to the last known address we have on file. The Administration will prepare and mail all the ballots, return envelopes and secrecy envelopes from the Coos Bay Government office. The ballot mailing process will be verified by Mark Petrie Election Board Chair and Andrew Brainard, Election Board Vice Chair. When you vote and return your ballots, they will go to an independent third party, then the third party will supervise in tabulation and certify votes with the Election Board members on Election Day.

In person polling location will be at the Tribal Hall, 338 Wallace Ave, Coos Bay Oregon 97420 during the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. You may register and vote in person on that day, if you are not registered. (Social distancing procedures will be conducted per current CDC guidelines.) For more information about voting, registration or any election questions contact Jeannie McNeil @ jmcneil@ctclusi.org or (541) 888-7506.

Tribal Code Chapter 7-3-22 Public Notice of Upcoming Elections

 (b)       The Election Board shall post at the Tribes’ Administrative Building, Tribal Hall, Outreach Offices, on the Tribes’ website and in the office of the Gaming Commission a notice of an upcoming Special Election, as soon as practicable after the setting of a Special Election, and in no event later than fifteen (15) days before the scheduled election. If practicable, the Election Board shall publish a notice of an upcoming Special Election in the Tribal Newsletter in advance of the Special Election.

 For a complete Election Code please see www.ctclusi.org Tribal Code, Ch 7-3 Elections.  Contact me with any questions. Jeannie McNeil, Election Clerk jmcneil@ctclusi.org 541-888-7506

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Enrollment Posting December 2021

Wednesday, 01 December 2021 by Morgan Gaines

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP – Posted December 1, 2021

According to CLUSITC 7-1-36(i), this information will be posted in the Administrative Building, Tribal Hall, Outreach Offices, on the Tribes’ website and at Three Rivers Casino for twenty-eight (28) days from the date listed above.

In accordance with CLUSITC 7-1-37(a), Tribal Members shall have the right to protest the recommendation of the Committee approving an application and must file a written, signed protest with the Committee stating their reasons for believing that an Applicant(s) is not entitled to enrollment.  The protest must be filed with the Committee within twenty-eight (28) days after notice of the proposed enrollment is posted as described in CLUSITC 7-1-36(i). 

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PRC 2022 Application for Health Care Services

Monday, 01 November 2021 by Morgan Gaines
Click here to fill out your 2022 PRC Application for Health Care Services

The Purchased and Referred Care department is now accepting applications for the Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) program for FY2022. You must submit a new application each year for each PRC-eligible Tribal member in your household.
This year, the deadline for applications is Monday, January 31, 2022.

You can apply online at www.ctclusi.org. You will see a link at the bottom of the home page that will take you to the online form (or look under Member Services, Purchased and Referred Care). Please be sure to upload the front and back of your insurance card to ensure we have the most current information

You must complete a separate form for each PRC-eligible family member.

Please call PRC at (541) 888-4873 or (800) 227-0392 to have a hard-copy application mailed to you or with any questions.

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