First would like to let everyone know that the BOT wants to congratulate all of our students who graduated in 2021 including Head Start, 8th graders, high school and college/university students. 2020/2021 was a very difficult school year but when we saw you graduating you sure made us all very proud. On June 18th the BOT had lunch with about…
Month: August 2021
Tribal youth attend Salmon Orca Summit in Shelton
By the CUJ SHELTON, Wash. – Members of the Youth Leadership Council of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) attended the annual Salmon Orca Summit held July 7-8. “Our young People are excited to be here to listen and to stand united in supporting investment in salmon and river restoration in the Northwest and throughout Indian Country,”…
Vaccinated Win Big Prizes
By the CUJ MISSION – More than $200,000 in prize money for getting vaccinated was announced on Aug. 3. Three grand prizes for $50,000 — including one scholarship in that amount for a Tribal youth — were announced by Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center and Interim Executive Director Teara Farrow Ferman. “We had a random generation system that assigned numbers to…
COVID cases jump in July
By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ MISSION – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation reached a small but grim milestone in July. Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center officials stated a second death has occurred since the pandemic began. And cases spiked in July with 86 locals diagnosed with the virus, according to Yellowhawk Interim CEO Aaron Hines. “The biggest…
Burns, Soaring Eagle, Moses anchor Young Guns to NABI Championship, win trip to NBA Finals game
By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ PHOENIX – A trio of CTUIR members played significant roles on an inter-tribal team called the “Young Guns,” which captured the 18th-annual Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI) championship in July. With the victory, former Nixyaawii Community School players Tyasin Burns and Magi Moses, and White Swan High School/Haskell-bound Teal Soaring Eagle got to attend…