Weston-McEwen’s Ethan Reeder (16) tries to escape the grasp of Heppner’s Keaton Coiner (44) during their game Oct. 11, in Heppner. TARA PROUDFOOT | COURTESY

Heppner shuts out Weston-McEwen in BMC action

By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ HEPPNER — Alakae Rodriguez returned an interception for a touchdown, and had 10 tackles as Heppner beat Weston-McEwen 20-0 on Friday, Oct. 11, for a Blue Mountain Conference win at Les Payne Field. “Alakae is right in the middle of most things we do,” Heppner coach Greg Grant said. “I thought he gave a tremendous…

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation held a voter registration event Oct. 10 at Hamley’s Slickfork Saloon in Pendleton. CHRIS AADLAND | THE CUJ

CTUIR hosts voter registration event

By CHRIS AADLAND PENDLETON – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation held a voter registration event on Thursday evening to give the public an opportunity to check their registration status and learn about other resources ahead of the upcoming elections. The event, held at Hamley Slickfork Saloon, featured live music, food and refreshments, election information and speakers who…

2024 FALL SEASON TRIBAL FISHERY ANNOUNCEMENT 

Thursday, October 10, 2024  The Four Columbia River Tribes set the following fishery plan and the Columbia River Compact concurred:  Zone 6 Commercial Gillnet Fishery  Area: All of Zone 6  Dates/Times: 6 AM Monday October 14 to 6 PM Thursday October 17 (3 nights)  Gear: Set and Drift Gillnets with no mesh size restriction.  Allowable Sales: Salmon (any species), steelhead, shad,…

ICYMI: Thursday Sports

Bucks beat Bulldogs, remain perfect in GOL play By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Nicole Somnis had 10 kills and Josie Jenness handed out 51 assists as Pendleton made quick work of Baker on Thursday, Oct. 10, for a 25-15, 25-15, 25-19 Greater Oregon League home win. “The whole team played really well,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “Everyone…

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will host a voter registration drive from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10 at Hamley’s Slickfork Saloon, 8 S.E. Court Ave. Along with voter information, the event will feature complimentary food from Hamley’s, live western swing from Eastern Oregon’s own James Dean Kindle, giveaways and the Seahawks game on the big screen.

AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council members, attorneys general, secretaries of state —…

To obtain a CTUIR burn permit application, visit CTUIR – Burn Permits, call the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Air Quality at 541-429-7080 (follow prompts) or email oaq@ctuir.org.

Umatilla Indian Reservation to allow open burning starting Oct. 11

MISSION – The Umatilla Tribal Fire Department (UTFD) has announced that open burning will be allowed again on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR) starting Friday, Oct. 11. UTFD Chief James Hall said the ban on open burning would be lifted Oct. 11 and that all other public use restrictions are lifted and allowed. Hall’s announcement corrects an earlier report that…

Pilot Rock get the W, Nixyáawii falls to Echo in Oct. 8 play.

ICYMI: Volleyball

By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PILOT ROCK 3, GRISWOLD 0 — Lillie Holman had eight kills and two blocks to lead the Rockets to a 25-14, 25-15, 26-24 Old Oregon League road win over the Grizzlies Oct. 8. “We had a great all-round match tonight,” Pilot Rock coach Jen Porter said. “The entire team contributed and played aggressively offensively and on…

Pendleton goalkeeper Citlalli Garcia stops a La Grande kick on goal on Oct. 8, 2024, in Pendleton. KATHY ANEY | THE CUJ

La Grande holds off Bucks in GOL play

La Grande holds off Bucks in GOL play
By ANNIE FOWLER, for The CUJ
PENDLETON — Rowan Evans had a goal and an assist to lead second-ranked La Grande to a 4-1 Greater Oregon League victory Tuesday, Oct. 8, over Pendleton.
“It’s a long season and sometimes teams can start to wear down come October,” La Grande coach Chris Gianandrea said. “Right now, this group is ultra focused and hungry. We are hitting our stride at the right time. The girls can tell we have a special group and we just are focusing on one game at a time.”…

Video game studio Firaxis approached the Shawnee Tribe with a proposal to make a playable character out of the famous Shawnee leader Tecumseh in the upcoming game Civilization 7. FIRAXIS | COURTESY

Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER and MATT O’BRIEN MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. So when that same game studio, Firaxis, approached the tribal nation a quarter-century later with a proposal to make a playable character…

Gravestones of American Indians, including children, who died at the Carlisle Indian School, an Indian boarding and industrial school from 1879 through 1918, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | COURTESY

Army returns remains of 9 Indigenous children who died at boarding school over a century ago

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The remains of nine more Native American children who died at a notorious government-run boarding school in Pennsylvania over a century ago were disinterred from a small Army cemetery and returned to families, authorities said Oct. 2. The remains were buried on the grounds of the Carlisle Barracks, home of the U.S. Army War College. The…