To Bring Stakeholders From Diverse Backgrounds
to Learn About Cross Cultural Issues That Native American People Have Faced
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After
spending two days interviewing various stakeholders of the Siletz tribe
we learned that there is no clear-cut answer to the many diverse issues
facing the tribe as it moves into the 21st century. While there
are several social programs in place to serve the needs of the tribal members,
these programs suffer from a severe lack of funding. Since the failure
of Measure 28 the tribe has experienced a weakening of its partnerships
with state-funded programs, which has led to a reduction in the amount
of services that they are able to provide. Currently, mental health services
and drug and alcohol treatment programs are in high demand on the Siletz
reservation but cuts in the state and federal budgets have forced tribal
members to travel to
•Heart
Disease & Diabetes
•Mental
Health
–PTSD
related to life experiences
•Drug/Alcohol
Abuse
–Domestic
Violence
•Funding
issues
•High
Drop-out & Unemployment Rate
•Funding
issues
•Requests
for services
•Lack
of resources
•Access
to health care limited
•No
hospital:
–Commute
at times to
–Transport
problems
•One
clinic for whole community
•Employment
within health and social services
–Both
tribal members & non tribal members
SILETZ:
•Breast
Cancer, Mother-Daughter Tea, Circle of Life, Diabetes Program, Mental Health
Programs
•Indian
Child Welfare (ICW), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF),Two
Elder Programs, Department of Labor (DOL) Work Program, Summer Youth Program
•Traditional
Healing within Western Medicine (IHS funds)
•Free
HIV-testing
•Community
Services Consortium(CSC) – tribal
members can partake in programs as well
•Largest
interaction with tribe is to work with underemployed and unemployed
•Education
first!
