October 2023 Family Violence Services would like to convey our gratitude for standing in partnership with us to end domestic violence in our community. Thank you to all who attended the noon time presentation of Protection Orders and their Effects on Children held on October 19th, 2023, great discussion and questions were had! Dear Pendleton Businesses, thank you for displaying…
BMCC would like to thank the following for their support and participation in the Conectate Conference on October 13: Fred Hill, Wus Gone, Charles Wood, Kelsey Burns, Merle Kirk, Kola Thompson, Wynema Thurman, Cecelia Stanger, Logan Quaempts, Nizhonia Toledo, Lindsay Littlesky, Muriel Jones Hoisington, Leila Crane, Diamond Greene, and CTUIR Youth Council: Meadow Morris, Dymond Say, Sunhawk Thomas, Brooklyn Jones,…
BY LINDSEY X. WATCHMAN, General Council Chair T’ac leeheype oykalo himiyuume kaa laawtiwama (good day relatives and friends). At the Elders’ listening session held on October 20, 2023, at Wildhorse, Mr. Richard Sam asked a question about the Board’s recent decision to expand alcohol sales on the Umatilla Reservation…specifically at Arrowhead Truck Plaza. Mr. Sam stated he was unaware of…
By CLAIRE RUSHAssociated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal regulators on Oct. 19 approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk. The project,…
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer One of the first gifts any member of the Onondaga nation receives is calleda “crib stick” – a small lacrosse stick given to babies that symbolizes theimportance of that sport to people who invented it. Nearly 1,000 years after lacrosse was first played on fields that couldsometimes stretch for miles across the Haudenosaunee confederacy,…
MISSION, Ore – Fall means it’s “fattening up” season for black bears before denning for the winter. While natural food sources are plentiful this year, bears don’t turn down free food. Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife is getting reports of black bears raiding garbage cans and backyard chicken feed bins. Biologists encourage residents, particularly those living in the wildland-urban…
George W. Aguilar, Sr. (Wasco) was honored with The Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Aguilar is an elder and life-long resident of the Warm Springs Reservation who won the 2006 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction for his book, “When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation.” The book, which also received the 2006 Award of Merit from the…
CTUIR Department of Education is seeking two preschool educators. $45,000/annual DOE/DOQ. Full Time with benefits package. Covered status (requires background check). Non-Exempt. The Preschool Education II participates in a team approach to implement curriculum activities and program services for children and their families using best practices. The primary responsibility of this position is to assist in ensuring that children’s learning…
CTUIR Department of Education is seeking to fill two Educator positions $45,000/annual DOE/DOQ. Full Time with benefits package. Covered status (requires background check). Non-Exempt. The Preschool Education II participates in a team approach to implement curriculum activities and program services for children and their families using best practices. The primary responsibility of this position is to assist in ensuring that…
Gabe Sheoships, Cayuse and Walla Walla, is a recipient of the 2023 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Awards. By NIKA BARTOO-SMITH ICT + Underscore News In a cornflower blue dress shirt with applique floral designs and a gray snapback with the phrase “Land Back” stitched on the front, Gabe Sheoships walked through the forest paths at Tryon Creek. Along the way, he…