Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center’s Little Free Pantry located at the July Grounds near the Veterans Memorial. CHRIS AADLAND/CUJ
Press release provided by Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center (Yellowhawk) is excited to announce the completion of the “Little Free Food Pantry” project led by Mariah Watchman, Yellowhawk Resource Coordinator. This project began in March of 2024 and has been a collaboration with various staff and community members to whom we are extremely grateful. CTUIR…
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) member and knowledge keeper Brosnan Spencer, kneeling, shows celery diggers what to look for when harvesting this First Food. CTUIR First Foods are found on lands under different management types, and carbon sequestration initiatives have the potential to harm or help their habitats. The CTUIR will host a symposium Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 in Cove, Oregon, to develop a regional consensus in response to carbon sequestration projects impacting First Foods. CTUIR FIRST FOODS POLICY PROGRAM
COVE, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will host a symposium Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 to develop a regional consensus in response to carbon sequestration projects impacting First Foods habitats. “Carbon sequestration initiatives are being funded in the Pacific Northwest, and CTUIR’s First Foods habitats and the working lands that can support them are…
Spanning 11,438 acres, the Qapqápa Wildlife Area in Union County, Oregon, will be co-managed as a working forest by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION
MISSION – A wildlife area project backed by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has been awarded $22 million in federal funding. Funded through the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program, the Qapqápa (pronounced cop-COP-a) Wildlife Area State-Tribal Partnership Project will complete an acquisition of more than 11,400 acres with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife…
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Shoppers line up to pay for their merchandise during the 2024 Tamástslikt Culture Institute Museum Store anniversary sale. This year the sale runs Aug. 7-9. CTUIR
MISSION – Visitors can save up to 40% off items during the Tamástslikt Culture Institute (TCI) Museum Store’s anniversary sale set for Thursday, Aug. 7 to Saturday, Aug. 9. “It is 40% off everything in the store at Tamástslikt,” Randall Melton, TCI assistant director of operations, said. “We have this sale every August to coincide with the anniversary of the…
