Two Cultures One Community Committee Vice Chairman Fred Hill, left, and Chairman Pat Beard shake hands on Dec. 28 at the KUMA radio station in Pendleton. The two men were at the radio station to discuss the inaugural Two Cultures One Community Powwow set for Feb. 23-25 at the Pendleton Convention Center. Courtesy Photo
PENDLETON – The Two Cultures One Community Committee and Nixyáawii Community Financial Services will host the inaugural Two Cultures One Community Powwow Feb. 23-25 at the Pendleton Convention Center, 1601 Westgate. “The Two Cultures One Community Powwow is a large-scale competition designed to harmonize Native American cultural heritage and traditions with the cowboy culture deeply rooted in our regional history,” committee officials…
Tina Taniguchi prepares one of her family’s many salt beds by rubbing it with a smooth river rock in Hanapee, Hawaii. JESSIE WARDARSKI | AP PHOTO
By DEEPA BHARATH, Associated Press HANAPEPE, Hawaii (AP) – On a warm summer afternoon, Tina Taniguchi was on her hands and knees scraping dirt off an oblong depression in the ground. Thick brown hair peeked out from her coconut leaf hat. Splotches of mud stuck to her T- shirt and speckled her smiling face. Taniguchi smiles a lot when she’s…
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The Nixyáawii Winter Celebration Committee would like to thank the following organizations and individuals who helped make the 2023 Winter Celebration a success: Donators/Sponsors: Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton Round Up & Happy Canyon, CTUIR BOT, Wildhorse Casino, Cayuse Holdings, Wildhorse Foundation, Yellowhawk, CTUIR Language Program, St. Andrews Church, Thomas Morning Owl, Sam Spino Veteran Coordinator, Arrowhead Travel Plaza, Jeremy and…
By CHRIS AADLANDReporter MISSION – Nixyáawii Community School leaders are considering changes to its student cell phone policy after a recent fight – the first in the school’s five-year history, according to its principal – was sparked by cyber-bullying. The mid-December incident, which was recorded and shared on social media, according to one parent whose child was involved, raised questions…
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
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
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
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
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…
