Month: July 2022

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…