Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 16, 2020 Contact: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) is…
Month: March 2020
CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update for March 15, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 15, 2020 Contact: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT)…
CTUIR Incident Command Status Update for March 14, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 14, 2020 Contacts: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) is…
CTUIR Coronavirus command team converted after ‘pandemic’ declaration
By Casey Brown of the CUJ MISSION – CTUIR’s COVID-19 ICT (ICT) started out with a public health focus, but was converted March 12 to a pandemic response unit when the World Health Organization (WHO) reclassified Novel Coronavirus from “outbreak” to “pandemic.” The group, which is comprised of Tribal government officials, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center leaders, and officials from CTUIR…
Joseph Adams, custodian, and Andrew Lofting, security supervisor, were two of the staff members that sanitized Wildhorse Resort & Casino during a temporary closure.
CUJ Photo/Casey Brown
Casino, schools re-open after coronavirus scare: Wildhorse employee is third positive test in Oregon
By Casey Brown of the CUJ MISSION – Wildhorse Resort & Casino and Nixyaawii Education Center re-opened Wednesday, March 5, two days after Tribal officials learned that an employee of the gaming facility had tested presumptive positive for coronavirus. It was the third person in Oregon who was presumed positive for COVID-19, commonly referred to as novel coronvirus. The other…
Two horses stranded on an island during flooding.
CUJ Photo/Casey Brown
February flood hammers Reservation
By Casey Brown of the CUJ UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION – A State of Emergency was declared Feb. 6 by the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) when the Umatilla River breached its banks Feb. 6-7. Heavy snow topped by four inches of rain and unusually warm temperatures caused a melt that resulted in…
Rabb thrust into Incident Command role for flood
By Casey Brown of the CUJ MISSION – One day after class, Paul Rabb’s business professor Mrs. Bygun pulled him aside. She wanted him to know that he was born to be a leader, and nearly three decades later Rabb stepped into the largest leadership role of his life. It was a coincidence that he was in charge of operations…
Voters pass 1855 Treaty boundary
MISSION – Voters passed a constitutional amendment Feb. 26 that clarifies the Umatilla Indian Reservation boundaries to be used for elections of Board of Trustees members and General Council officers. Members of the Confederated Tribes overwhelmingly voted against the “diminished boundary” advocated by previous members of the Board of Trustees, five of whom were defeated in their bids for re-election…
From left to right, Armand Minthorn, CTUIR Board of Trustees member at large, Kat Brigham, BOT Chairwoman, WA Rep. Skyler Rude (Walla Walla), and WA Rep. Bill Jenkin (Prosser).
Minthorn opens Washington session with prayer
OLYMPIA – Longhouse leader Armand Minthorn delivered the invocation to start the floor session for the Washington State House of Representatives at the capitol in Olympia Feb. 26. Minthorn, who also is a member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), and Kat Brigham, BOT Chair, were guests of Washington state…
ICWA bill dying in hands of Oregon Republicans
By Casey Brown of the CUJ SALEM, Ore. – A bill aimed at increasing protections for Indian children and a flood relief funding package of over $11 million are two of many stalled in the State Capitol. Republicans in the Oregon State Senate walked out Feb. 24 and their counterparts in the Oregon House of Representatives joined them the following…