MISSION – The Board of Trustees (Board) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) held their weekly Monday morning meeting June 6. Present at the meeting was Board Chair Kat Brigham, Vice Chari Aaron Ashley, Secretary Sally Kosey, General Council Chair Lindsey Watchman, Board members Lisa Ganuelas, Toby Patrick, Boots Pond and Corinne Sams. Treasurer Sandra Sampson…
Month: June 2022
Organizational excellence picking up speed
By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ MISSION – The Board of Trustees (Board) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has begun adjusting organizational structure and plans to make additional changes to the way the Tribes address Human Resource operations, Workforce Development and Governance. The changes in operation for CTUIR are largely due to an organizational assessment…
UTPD, FBI investigating UIR homicide
By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ MISSION –Kawlija Scott, a member of the Confederated Tribes, appeared in Tribal Court May 25, a day after he was arrested for allegedly stabbing Gabriel Freeman to death. Freeman, 27, was stabbed May 24 at his residence on Parr Lane on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR), according to a Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla…