Yellowhawk holds equine therapy open house June 23

MISSION – An open house was held for the K’usiinmi Tawtnukt Horse Medicine Program on June 23 in the Tribal Arena on Patawa Road. During the open house, a demonstration of a horse medicine session took place and spectators were able to see how Tribal culture and history will be incorporated. “We are not a full equine therapy program,” said…

Message to Tribal members, ‘RE: Absentee Ballots’

Hello Tribal Members, we are entering another CTUIR election season. The Tribal Election is on November 9, 2021. All Board of Trustees Officer and At-Large positions and all General Council Officer positions will be on the ballot. Candidates seeking these positions must pick up nomination petitions from the Election Commission and submit those completed petitions by August 31, 2021. Tribal…

Spotlight: Monica Paradise of the Discover Program

By The CUJ MISSION – Monica Paradise is one of this year’s Pamáwaluukt Empower Program participants. She was nominated for a business spotlight by the Pamawaluukt Staffing/Recruitment Specialist, Lorene Broncheau. Paradise answered a handful of questions about what she does in the program. CUJ: The Pamáwaluukt Empower Program searches for Discover candidates based on a number of items including displaying…

Dave promoted to General Manager at Arrowhead McDonald’s

MISSION – CTUIR descendant Dakota Dave was promoted to the General Manager of the McDonald’s at Arrowhead Travel Plaza. Dave, an eight year veteran at the fast food restaurant, said he had a long road to get the promotion. “I started here in the kitchen flipping burgers,” he said. “I didn’t have a whole lot of work experience.” “The one…

Yellowhawk awards scholarships

MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center (YTHC) granted $1,000 scholarships to three Tribal members for the 2021-2022 college school year. Recipients of the scholarship were Alex Nilo, Brynn Cody, and Larysa Burright, enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. For the past 11 years, YTHC has granted a total of $15,220 in scholarships to Tribal members…

Yellowhawk sees 31 COVID-19 cases in June

By The CUJ MISSION – A flurry of COVID-19 cases were linked to each other this month, according to Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The Health Center logged 31 cases in June, with approximately 75 percent linked to each other, Yellowhawk Interim CEO Aaron Hines said. Since then, five more cases emerged in July. Variant testing is being done collaboratively with…

Potential distribution delayed

  By the CUJ MISSION – Talks about a potential financial assistance distribution allocating up to $3,000,000 from the American Rescue Plan funds to all Tribal members in the amount of $750 were pushed to Friday, July 9 by the Board of Trustees. A motion from BOT Member Jill-Marie Gavin-Harvey on June 28 would have released money “in response to…