Raphael Bill

Raphael S. Bill 79 of Pendleton died on Friday November 18.He was born June 25, 1943 in Pendleton, to Phillip and Eliza Cowapoo Bill.  Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Thursday December 1, at 10:00 a.m. in St. Andrews Catholic church. Please sign the on line guess book at www.burnsmortuary.com

Reginal Van Pelt

Reginal “Reg” Van Pelt, 67 died on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at St. Anthony Hospital.  He was born on December 25, 1954 in Pendleton, Oregon to Louis A. Van Pelt and Rosaline Shillal.  Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Friday, November 25, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Burns Mortuary of Pendleton with Traditional Songs at 8:00 p.m. …

Monica Lewis Clubfoot

Monica Rene (Lewis) Clubfoot, 33 died at her home in Portland on Friday, November 18, 2022.  She was born on September 3, 1989 in Sacramento, California to Donald Ramsey Scott and Danielle Rene Lewis.  Evening services will be held on Tuesday November 29, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Burns Mortuary of Pendleton.  Funeral Services with be on Wednesday, November 30…

Nicole Leann Jones

Nicole Leann Jones May 8, 2000– November 15, 2022 Nicole Leann Jones, age 22, of Pendleton passed away November 15, 2022 at St. Anthony’s Hospital of Pendleton. A Funeral Service will take place on Monday, November 21, 2022 at the Tutuilla Presbyterian Church in Pendleton, Oregon, with burial to follow in Tutuilla Cemetery. Nicole was born May 8, 2000 to…

E. Tessie Williams

Tessie Williams, 90, died at her home on the Umatilla Reservation on Monday, Nov. 21. She was born Dec. 14, 1931, to William and Nannie (née Crow) James at Cayuse and was an enrollee of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Her parents named her Ethel Marie and her grandmother called her Tessie. She attended St. Joseph…

CTUIR launches mobile app to inform UIR community

Story contributed by Cayuse Holdings PENDLETON – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has launched its new mobile application, Cay-Uma-Wa Camp Crier, which is designed to enhance communications with and among the Umatilla Indian Reservation Reservation community. The app is available now in the Apple (iOS) and Android app stores for free, under the name Cay-Uma-Wa Camp…

CTUIR breaks ground on Timine Way North apartments

Contributed by Planning Department MISSION – Years of work by current and previous boards and staff have laid the groundwork for these successful and much needed community asset. Despite years of uncertainty from the pandemic, devastating floods, and economic fluctuations, the dedication of the Housing Development Team and Board to not only respond to those events, do their regular daily…

Search underway for burial sites of Cayuse Five

UO students take on monumental task with Tamastslikt By Wil Phinney for the CUJ After two months of research, a group of University of Oregon honors students have narrowed potential sites in Oregon City where they think five Cayuse men were buried or reburied after they were hanged for the death of missionary Marcus Whitman. Whitman’s wife, Narcissa, and 11…

Board increases funeral funds for CTUIR members

MISSION – The Board of Trustees (Board) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) passed a resolution to amend the Funeral Assistance Code 7-0-0 during their June 27 meeting. Enrollment Department Director Toni Minthorn met with the Board in a work session June 22. The Funeral Assistance Code lays out how Tribal Member funeral services funding is…

Board approves $2k per Tribal member by July 31

By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ   MISSION – All Tribal members, including minors, will receive a $2,000 payment by July 31, according to a resolution passed July 7 by the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). The resolution states that the Inflation Mitigation payments will be paid for from the American Rescue…