Notice to CTUIR Housing Tenants

This letter is to notify all tenants of CTUIR Housing Department’s Admissions & Occupancy Policies (AOP) improvements that are taking effect in 2024. We will be continuing Tenant Meetings in the month of January and invite you to attend.  At this meeting, you will receive important information regarding the Housing Department’s modernized Admissions & Occupancy Policies. Copies of the AOP…

Nez Perce fishers pull in nets on the Columbia River. NEZ PERCE TRIBE | COURTESY PHOTO

Plan to breach Snake River dams was the work of tribes

The four Columbia River treaty tribes — Umatilla, Warm Springs, Nez Perce and Yakama — led the creation of a plan to restore salmon on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and invited the federal cooperation that sealed the deal. By KARINA BROWN, Underscore News A historic federal plan that paves the way for the breaching of the four dams on…

Najiah Knight prepares to ride a bull during the Junior World Finals rodeo, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Las Vegas. Najiah, a high school junior from small town Oregon, is on a yearslong quest to become the first woman to compete at the top level of the Professional Bull Riders tour. JOHN LOCHER | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Teen on quest to become first female PBR competitor

Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream. By ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) – Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300- pound bull and adjusts her ropes, warming the sticky rosin. Music blares across the arena, but Najiah can hear only her…

S/M Express’ Desmond Archilta, right, competes during the second heat of the World Championship Indian Relay Race during the Sheridan WYO Rodeo, Friday, July 14, 2023, in Sheridan Wy. Born out of necessity and in mastering skills that came as horses transformed hunting, travel and warfare, rodeo has remained popular in Native American communities. Grandstands often play host to mini family reunions while Native cowboys and cowgirls show off their skills roping, riding and wrestling livestock. MATT GASTON | SHERIDAN PRESS via AP

A lifestyle and enduring relationship with horses lends to the popularity of rodeo in Indian Country

By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Kicking up a cloud of dust, the men riding bareback were in a rowdy scramble to be the first to lean down from atop their horses and grab hold of the chicken that was buried up to its neck in the ground. The competition is rarely on display these days and…

Longhouse cooks Freddy WarBonnet, right, and Andrew Wildbill grill up salmon, an important first food, for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation winter solstice feast on Dec. 21 in Mission, Ore. Courtesy of Annie Warren / Northwest Public Broadcasting

First foods dinner and circle dance: Umatilla tribes celebrate winter solstice

The annual festival, on Dec. 21 this year, is considered a New Year Day for Indigenous communities across the Pacific Northwest By ANNA KING, Northwest News Network Wing dresses embellished with tiny shells jingle a bit as huge hugs are thrown between friends and relatives. This is the day “the sun turns around” — winter solstice, Dec. 21. But it’s…

Committee/Commission Member’s List

December 18, 2023 *BOT Chair will serve as ex-officio member to all committees/commissions when needed except Election and Enrollment. CCWIC CTUIR Community Wellness Improvement Collaborative 2 YEAR TERM (1 BOT Member) POSITION NAME DATE SWORN IN TERM ENDS MTG DAYS Chairperson Marcus Luke Yellowhawk   3rd Tuesday Yellowhawk 3-4 PM Member Housing/DCFS/Safety Yellowhawk Behavioral Health Directors   Member Steven Hart…

Jessie Elfleeda-Marie Walker

Jessie Elfleeda-Marie Walker, 91, longtime resident of Mission, OR, passed away surrounded by her family on December 11, 2023. She was a loving and compassionate person and will be dearly missed. Jessie’s children and their families were the most cherished parts of her life. At the time of her passing, this included 9 children, 42 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and…

Thomas Brigham

Thomas Brigham 77 died December 19, 2023 at his home in Stevenson Washington. He was born on an island at Celilo Falls Oregon September 14, 1946. At his request he will be cremated with burial at a later date. Viewing will be held December 23, 2023 from 10:30 to 12:30 at Gardner Funeral Home 156 N. East Church Ave., White…

Where’s my CUJ?

Due to a miscommunication with our local post office, the December CUJ subscriptionswere not mailed out as scheduled. There was a shortfall in our postage accountwe were unaware of, and we expedited payment the moment we were notified. Webelieved the issue was resolved, however, we discovered yesterday, Dec. 18,that our papers were not mailed as expected but instead returned to…