TRIBAL MEMBERS: This notification formally announces that applications are now being accepted from tribal members who wish to serve on the Commission(s)/Committee(s) listed below. Appointed members will receive a $125.00 stipend per meeting, effective January 1, 2022, once the minutes have been approved and processed on CTUIR paydays. Will advertise for the following vacancies: One Position for CTUIR Culture Coalition,…
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Cayuse Government Operations employees Ron Smith and Preston Eagleheart present a check to students and leaders of two Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation youth programs – the After School Education Program and the Youth Leadership Council.
Cayuse Government Operations donates $13K to CTUIR youth programs
MISSION – Cayuse Government Operations, part of the Cayuse Holdings family of companies, presented a check to two youth programs of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) in January. The donation was made on behalf of the 411 employees of Cayuse Government Operations and presented to the programs by Cayuse Government Services Managing Director Preston Eagleheart and…
With Oregon returning a $5.61 billion kicker to taxpayers in 2024 everyone wants to get their refund as soon as they can this year, but not everyone can afford commercially available software. Fortunately, all Oregon resident taxpayers preparing their own returns in 2024 can file electronically at no cost using one of the free file options that can be found on the Department of Revenue website.
Oregon Department of Revenue offers free tax filing options
News Release from Oregon Dept. of Revenue SALEM – All Oregon resident taxpayers preparing their own returns in 2024 can file electronically at no cost using one of Oregon’s free file options, the Oregon Department of Revenue recently announced. E-filing is the fastest way for a taxpayer to get their refund. On average, taxpayers who e-file their returns and request their refund via…
Headstones are seen at the cemetery of the U.S. Army’s Carlisle Barracks, June 10, 2022, in Carlisle, Pa. When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to the notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away in Pennsylvania, they were buried there without notice. Nearly 130 years later, the tribe wants the boys’ remains back home. So far, the Army has refused to return the remains of Samuel Gilbert and Edward Hensley. MATT SLOCUM | AP FILE PHOTO
Two boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s, their tribe wants them home
BY JIM SALTER, Associated Press When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away in Pennsylvania, they were buried there without notice. Nearly 130 years later, the tribe wants the boys’ remains back home. So far, the Army has refused to return to the Winnebago Tribe the remains of…
Gerald Willard Nanegos
Gerald Willard Nanegos, 72 of Prairie City, Oregon died on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day, Oregon. Gerry was born in Pendleton on April 14, 1951 to Willard Gerald Nanegos and Margaret White. Services will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at the Tutuilla Presbyterian Church at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow in…
Bid Notice: Sale of Grazing Privileges
Sealed bids for grazing privileges under permit on range unit of the Umatilla Indian reservation for a 3 year 8 month period beginning May 1, 2024, and terminating not later than December 31, 2027, will be received at the office of the Superintendent of the above Indian Agency until 10. AM., Pacific Standard time, February 21st , 2024, and will…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom fist-bumps Wiyot Tribal Chair Ted Hernandez at the Elk River where they were touring a salmon restoration project in Eureka, Calif., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. TERRY CHEA | AP PHOTO
California Gov. Newsom backs dam removal projects to boost salmon. Critics say that’s not enough
By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem that sustains both economies and…
Robert Kennedy “Robby” Bill
January 4, 1969 – January 16, 2024 Robert Kennedy “Robby” Bill was born in Pendleton, Oregon on January 4, 1969 and passed away peacefully in his wife’s arms at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton on January 16, 2024.He was born to Raphael Sebastian Bill and Sheila Elaine Pond and was the second to the youngest of four sons. He was…
Robert T. Halfmoon
February 28, 1931 – January 19, 2024 Ronald T. Halfmoon was born on 02/28/1931 to his father Otis Alphonses (Nez Perce) and mother Mary Joshua (Cayuse) Halfmoon, in Umatilla, OR., and raised in Pendleton, OR., an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indians (CTUIR) he was a Nez Perce/Cayuse Umatilla.Ron’s early education began at the St. Josephs the…
From left to right, Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Aaron Ashley, Member At Large Corinne Sams, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Board of Trustees Chairman Gary Burke visit between sessions during the winter meeting of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Tuesday, Jan. 30 in Portland. TRAVIS SNELL | CTUIR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE PHOTO
Board of Trustees, OED attend ATNI in Portland
PORTLAND – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Board of Trustees and members of the Office of the Executive Director attended the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Winter Convention Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. Within the five-day convention, tribal leaders attended keynote sessions that included speakers from the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Environmental…