On Thursday, members of the National Congress of American Indians will vote on a controversial constitutional amendment that would exclude 24 state-recognized tribes from voting membership. BY NIKA BARTOO-SMITH Underscore […]

BY CHRIS AADLAND Reporter MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will be led by several new leaders after voters on Tuesday chose six incumbents […]

MISSION, Ore. – On Tuesday, Nov. 14, members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) elected six new members and six incumbents to the Board of Trustees […]

Minam River Wildlife Area acquisition complete, adding 15,573 acres in Oregon landscape-scale conservation   MISSOULA, Mont. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Manulife Investment Management Timber and Agriculture […]

MISSION, Ore. – The National Rural Transit Assistance Program has announced Kayak Public Transit as its most recent recipient of the RTAP Tribal Transit Agency Award. The national award honors […]

BY CHRIS AADLAND Reporter MISSION, Ore. – Tribal leaders reviewed the findings of a report on Thursday that laid out several options for adding grades kindergarten through eighth at the […]

SALEM, Ore. – Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, proclaimed November as Native American Heritage Month for the state of Oregon. In an official proclamation, Kotek stated Oregon […]

Do not handle sick or dead waterfowl, hunters should take precautions SALEM, Ore.— Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been circulating in wild birds in North America since December 2021 […]