Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon

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Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon

• History
• Rogue River wars
• Treaties signed
• Relocation Reservation formed for 20 separate
  bands and tribes
• Treaties ignored
• Termination 1954
• Restoration - 1977

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• CEDARR
• Community Efforts
• Demonstrating the Ability
• To Rebuild
• And Restore

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We Listened and identified the problem
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Relate Shared concerns with tribal council and
the community
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Respect

• Reached out
• to form partnerships

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Care

• We nurtured
• the process
• Food, Information, Inclusion

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Feel

• People start to feel comfortable sharing their
  concerns about the community, open to hearing and
  exploring solutions.

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What has helped?

• Good partners tribal, county, state
• Consistent meeting dates and times
• Feeding people
• Bringing in people to share information
• Drug Free Communities guidelines
• Taking meeting minutes
• Meeting reminders and flyer distribution

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What has else has helped?

• Setting achievable goals
• Revising mission statement
• Always welcoming and positive
• Not giving up

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Mission Statement

• Working together as a whole community
• we will utilize our resources to eradicate and
  prevent the use of all illegal drugs, underage
  drinking and
• abusive use of alcohol, delinquency,
• and community violence.
• Understanding that addiction is a multifaceted
  disease, we will seek to reduce barriers to
  treatment and support those who choose abstinence.

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CEDARR Goals

• Goal One
• Get Suspected Drug House forms (with secure
  fax) out to the community.

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Goal Two

• Institute and Support Citizens Patrol

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Goal Three

• Fully Implement Meth Watch

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Goal Four

• Design a prevention program for Siletz Valley
  School.

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Goal Five

• Increase community awareness.

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Goal Six

• Get information out about meth labs to property
  owners in the Siletz area.

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Goal Seven

• Recruit membership.

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Goal Eight

• Prevent meth manufacture and reduce use in Siletz
  Tribal housing.

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Goal Nine

• Meet the federal requirements for a coalition.

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Goal Ten

• Empower the community to be involved in creating
  a healthy community.

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Goal Eleven

• Eliminate the sale of drug paraphernalia in all
  retail stores in Lincoln County.

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Goal Twelve
Develop and implement a parenting program for
the Siletz community.
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Challenges

• Data collections
• Finding resources
• Community Readiness

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Discussion

• Existing coalitions What is working well, what
  are your challenges?
• Desire for a coalition What do you need to get
  started?
• Information sharing Addresses, email, telephone.
  

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