CTUIR wants more land at UMCD

UMATILLA – The Oregon Trail Advocates want a revised mitigation proposal for the Umatilla Chemical Depot by the Department of Army. The allocation of a 600 by 500 feet plot of land to preserve the Southern route of the Oregon Trail for lands to be transferred to the Columbia Development Authority, which the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation…

Wildhorse Casino and Tamastslikt Museum Store Remain Open

Mission, OR – Yesterday the new restrictions approved by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) took effect, temporarily closing select business units. Tribal businesses that remain open include the casino, RV park and hotel at Wildhorse Resort, Wildhorse and Birch Creek Golf Courses, Museum Store at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Arrowhead Travel Plaza and…

Governor Kate Brown Issues Executive Order on the Temporary Freeze to Stop the Rapid Spread of COVID-19

The order outlines risk reduction measures, effective for two weeks beginning Nov. 18, in all Oregon counties (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today issued Executive Order 20-65 following last week’s announcement of a statewide freeze to stop the rapid community spread of COVID-19 in Oregon. In light of increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the order outlines necessary risk reduction measures designed…

Board of Trustees Approves Willamette Falls Traditional Use Report

Mission, OR – The Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) on Monday, November 9, approved the public release of Traditional Use Study of Willamette Falls and the Lower Columbia River by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, a report prepared by the Department of Natural Resources Cultural Resource Protection Program.  This…

Candlelight vigil held on BIA lawn

By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ MISSION – A small but powerful candlelight vigil was held Oct. 15 in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Seven community members and CTUIR workers gathered on the BIA lawn to share experiences, prayers and songs, while standing in a half circle. Dana Campbell, the tribe’s child youth advocate for the Family Violence Services…