November 2, 2023 *BOT Chair will serve as ex-officio member to all committees/commissions when needed except Election and Enrollment. CCWIC CTUIR Community Wellness Improvement Collaborative 2 YEAR TERM (1 BOT Member) POSITION NAME DATE SWORN IN TERM ENDS MTG DAYS Chairperson Marcus Luke Yellowhawk 3rd Tuesday Yellowhawk 3-4 PM Member Housing/DCFS/Safety Yellowhawk Behavioral Health Directors Member Lindsey Watchman…
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Due to an oversight during production, Shawna Gavin’s campaign ad was omitted from the November CUJ. This is the ad that was to be placed. Apologies to Shawna. Lisa Snell, Editor
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Due to an oversight during production, the incorrect ad for Linda Sampson was placed in the November CUJ. This is the correct version of the ad that was to be placed. Apologies to Linda. Lisa Snell, Editor
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Due to an oversight during production, the incorrect ad for Sandra Sampson was placed in the November CUJ. This is the correct version of the ad that was to be placed. Apologies to Sandra. Lisa Snell, Editor
Thank you to all who wore purple during our Purple Thursdays all month long, we are grateful for your action to spread awareness to end domestic violence!
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,…
At the Elders’ listening session held on October 20th 2023 at Wildhorse, Mr. Richard Sams asked a question about the Board’s recent decision to expand alcohol sales on the Umatilla Reservation…specifically at Arrowhead Truck Plaza.
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Watchman addresses expansion of alcohol sales on the UIR
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…
TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline facility is seen in Hardisty, Alberta, on Nov. 6, 2015. Federal regulators on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline owned by TC Energy in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top West Coast officials. The pipeline project, known as GTN Xpress, belongs to TC Energy of Calgary, Canada — the same company behind the now-abandoned Keystone XL crude oil pipeline.
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Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests
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,…
Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Ala., July 24, 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. AP PHOTO BY PAUL NEWBERRY
Lacrosse at the Olympics gives Native Americans a chance to see their sport shine
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,…