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, 2025, once the minutes have been approved and processed on CTUIR paydays. CTUIR is advertising the following positions:1 Position for CTUIR Culture Coalition, to…
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation held a voter registration event Oct. 10 at Hamley’s Slickfork Saloon in Pendleton. CHRIS AADLAND | THE CUJ
CTUIR hosts voter registration event
By CHRIS AADLAND PENDLETON – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation held a voter registration event on Thursday evening to give the public an opportunity to check their registration status and learn about other resources ahead of the upcoming elections. The event, held at Hamley Slickfork Saloon, featured live music, food and refreshments, election information and speakers who…
To obtain a CTUIR burn permit application, visit CTUIR – Burn Permits, call the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Air Quality at 541-429-7080 (follow prompts) or email oaq@ctuir.org.
Umatilla Indian Reservation to allow open burning starting Oct. 11
MISSION – The Umatilla Tribal Fire Department (UTFD) has announced that open burning will be allowed again on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR) starting Friday, Oct. 11. UTFD Chief James Hall said the ban on open burning would be lifted Oct. 11 and that all other public use restrictions are lifted and allowed. Hall’s announcement corrects an earlier report that…
CTUIR Board of Trustees Chairman Gary I. Burke and Health Commission Chair Althea Wolf team up to cut the ribbon in celebration of Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center’s soon-to-be-open expansion. CHRIS AADLAND | THE CUJ
Yellowhawk celebrates upcoming expansion completion
By CHRIS AADLAND, The CUJ MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center unveiled an expanded facility Oct. 4 that its leaders say will allow the tribal health provider to meet demand for its services and increase the types of care it offers to patients. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) health care provider began construction in the…
Schools nationwide, including in Oregon and Washington, have increasingly grappled with how to manage cellphones over concerns that unchecked use of mobile devices in the classroom or in school keeps students from learning or leads to bullying.
NCS changes cultural leave policy, bans cell phone use during class time
By CHRIS AADLAND, The CUJ MISSION – With a new school year at Nixyáawii Community School (NCS) comes new rules for students, including stricter requirements to miss class for cultural activities and a cell phone ban. The changes come after NCS staff tired of wrestling with the consequences of students taking advantage of lenient policies and what school officials say…
A map shows the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) proposed project area in Mill Creek near Walla Walla, Washington. A federal investment up to $10 million will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer and CTUIR to improve fish passage along the creek by notching 63 grade control sills to create a low-flow channel. CTUIR DEPT. NATURAL RESOURCES GRAPHIC | COURTESY
CTUIR selected for federal investment pilot program
MISSION – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) learned Sept. 3 that it is one of 12 communities around the country chosen for a pilot program designed to invest federal dollars in small or economically disadvantaged communities. The CTUIR’s federal investment will be up to $10 million to improve fish passage along Mill Creek in southeastern Washington…
Corinne Sams
Corinne Sams wins 2024 EcoTrust Indigenous Leadership Award
MISSION – Corinne Sams, a Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Board of Trustees Member at Large, has been named a 2024 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award (ILA) winner. Ecotrust is a Portland-based nonprofit working with community members and organizations toward a vision of an equitable, prosperous and climate-smart future. It celebrates determination, wisdom and continuum of Indigenous leadership…
UTFD Chief James Hall said that at approximately 4:20 p.m. the UTFD received a call of a fast-moving grass fire that was ignited by a baler on the west side of South Market Road that jumped the road and moved east. KAELEEN McGUIRE | THE CUJ
UTFD, BIA fire crews contain grass fire
MISSION – The Umatilla Tribal Fire Department battled and contained a grass fire on Tuesday, Aug. 27 along South Market Road south of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino. UTFD Chief James Hall said that at approximately 4:20 p.m. the UTFD received a call of a fast-moving grass fire that was ignited by a baler on the west side of South…
Lt. Michael Blasy, senior environmental engineer for the Indian Health Service’s Yakama Field Office, right, listens as Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Public Works director Justin Northern talks about a planned 60-acre manmade wetlands area located near Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. The wetlands will store reclaimed and recycled wastewater for use on Wildhorse Resort & Casino’s golf course and serve as habitat for birds, pollinators, waterfowl and native plants. CHRIS AADLAND | THE CUJ
CTUIR secures major funding boost for wastewater treatment system project
By CHRIS AADLAND, The CUJ MISSION – Standing on the edge of dry, brown fields near the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute (TCI) on Aug. 26, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Public Works director Justin Northern told about two dozen tribal leaders and federal officials gathered around him that much of area would likely soon be much wetter. That’s…