Letter: PCS Gleaners thankful for $6,000 in Siletz grants for food security program

To the Editor: Philomath Community Services would like to give a hearty thank you to the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund f…
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This was the first time in generations that the Siletz tribe has harvested a whale …

Before anyone cut into the animal, they smudged and prayed over its body. They honored the animal for its sacrifice.
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The team took most of the whale’s blubber, thousands of pounds of it, as well as virtually all its bones.
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https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2025/11/an-incredible-privilege-and-a-daunting-task-oregon-tribe-harvests-beached-whale-for-the-first-time-in-generations.html