Siletz News - 2023 February - excerpts from the Newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
For the 2023 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Tribal Council Election, 795 ballots were accepted. Winners were Selene Rilatos with 345 votes, Alfred "Buddy" Lane with 281 votes, Loraine Butler with 259 votes. They have all been sworn in and seated on the Siletz Tribal Council. Candidates who didn't win were Tina Retasket with 231 votes, Gerald Ben with 213 votes, Jenifer "Jen" Metcalf with 174 votes, Cynthia Farlow with 154 votes, Charles Ben with 120 votes, Tracy Lancaster with 104 votes, Tamara Miner with 89 votes, Linda Merrill with 78 votes, Creed Taylor with 59 votes, Jim Lane with 54 votes, Jeff Williams 30 votes. In other news... Tribe seeks to update its record of Tribal veterans It is important for the Tribe to keep a current updated record of our Siletz Tribal veterans. So often we are totally unaware of Siletz veterans who have served our nation, especially our younger veterans. We are also trying to track how many Vietnam-era veterans have ...