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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
KCUW has gone through three different channels, currently using 104.1, and gone from a makeshift studio in a maintenance building behind Wildhorse Resort & Casino, with a “very, very low, low, low” power antenna on top, to its current studio and office space in the Public Safety building, as well as a couple of other antennas, said KCUW Operations Manager Anson Crane. CUJ ARCHIVE PHOTO
BY CHRIS AADLAND, Reporter MISSION – KCUW, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s community radio station, will hit its 20th anniversary in February – and it is planning to celebrate that milestone a number of ways throughout the year. In those 20 years, the station has gone through three different channels, currently using 104.1, and gone from a…
Public Works Department Director Justin Northern, left, instructs BOLSTER crew members as they prepare sandbags for possible flooding. Northern said the department has in place a standard operating procedure when it comes to flood assistance. LEE GAVIN | CTUIR COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO
BY CHRIS AADLAND Reporter MISSION – With recent rain and snowfall, tribal officials have started to prepare for potential flooding – though they say it isn’t imminent. Last week, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Public Works staff and BOLSTER crew members began filling sandbags to prepare for possible flooding after recent winter weather started to cause waters…
Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel “House Made of Dawn,” appears at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., on Nov. 13, 2019. Momaday died Jan. 24 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He had been in failing health. RUSSELL CONTRERAS | AP FILE PHOTO
By HILLEL ITALIE The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, has died. He was 89. Momaday died Wednesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He…
Local Indigenous students continue to graduate high school at rates higher than all other Native American students in Oregon, according to statewide graduation numbers released Jan. 25.
BY CHRIS AADLAND Reporter MISSION – Local Indigenous students continue to graduate high school at rates higher than all other Native American students in Oregon, according to statewide graduation numbers released on Thursday. At Pendleton High School, 82.4% of the Native students in the class of 2023 graduated, matching the rate for the rest of the school’s seniors. That was…
Throughout summer and fall, participants will receive a monthly Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge email with gardening information, harvest recipes and storage tips.
BY CHRIS BRANAM CORVALLIS – The Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge, Oregon State University Extension’s statewide seed giveaway, has returned for a fifth year in 2024 featuring a continued partnership with the Oregon Bee Project. Individuals and households, schools and groups can sign up to receive an individual/household seed kit, group kit or seed-starting teacher classroom kit through the mail. The seed-starting classroom…
The documentary “Common Ground” tells the story of the “Regenerative Movement” pioneers who are creating a food system that produces nutritionally dense food while balancing the climate, healing bodies and bringing the ecosystem back to life. The Wildhorse Resort & Casino Cineplex will screen a free, one-time showing of the film at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Courtesy Photo
MISSION – The Wildhorse Resort & Casino Cineplex will screen a free, one-time showing of the regenerative farming documentary “Common Ground” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The documentary tells the story of the “Regenerative Movement” pioneers who are creating a food system that produces nutritionally dense food while balancing the climate and bringing ecosystems back to life. Regenerative…
