About Us

The Siletz Regalia Sharing Closet is a 501(c)(3) founded by two Siletz cousins in 2023 after seeing the community need for kids to have regalia at powwow. The closet is mobile and trust based, centered in bringing us together as a community, bridging barriers, and closing existing gaps that currently keep us from learning and dancing. We are building an inventory of diverse styles and inclusive sizes for youth and adults.

Co-Founders

Jeidah DeZurney (she/her)

Jeidah DeZurney (she/her), is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, her bands are Chetco, Euchre Creek, Galice Creek, Klamath River, Molalla, Sixes, Tututni, and Yamhill. Currently a co-founder of the Siletz Regalia Sharing Closet. She also previously served as a tribal youth delegate for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, and was a 2024 Center for Native American Youth Champion of Change.

Jeidah continues to advocate for the holistic wellbeing and cultural connectedness of Native youth throughout organizations and her job. As a first generation college student, Jeidah has a Bachelors of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from Willamette University with a minor in American Ethnic Studies. Shu’ ‘aa-shin in-la, thank you.

Savanna Rilatos (she/her)

Savanna Rilatos is enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, her bands are Molala, Galice Creek, and Yamhill. Savanna has been recognized as a 2024 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow, and she was recently appointed as a board member to the Youth Development Council. She is also the co-founder of the non-profit “The Siletz Regalia Sharing Closet” which is a free traveling regalia borrow closet that houses numerous sets of regalia in sizes ranging from 18-24 months to 3xl and accessories. Savanna recently graduated Sapsik’ʷałá Teacher Education Program at the University of Oregon, and is currently in her PhD program at Pacific University.

Savanna substitutes at Chemawa Indian School, continuing her work with Native youth and is excited to further her work focusing on culture as prevention and the importance of culturally responsive, accurate curriculum for Native students.