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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Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation
By MATTHEW BROWN and MARC LEVY, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 to honor the resilience of Indigenous peoples whose children were forced to attend the school and hundreds of similar abusive institutions. The creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding…

Residents of Mission, other EO communities may qualify for $250 defensible space incentives
MISSION –Residents of Mission and other Eastern Oregon communities may be eligible for up to $250 to help pay for defensible space projects thanks to the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM). Defensible space is the area around homes and buildings managed to keep embers from having a place to land and catch fire. Creating and maintaining defensible spaces is one…

This holiday season, learn to protect yourself from online scams
By ADRIANA MORGA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With the holiday giving season upon us, it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from online scams. “Scams have become so sophisticated now. Phishing emails, texts, spoofing caller ID, all of this technology gives scammers that edge,” said Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource…

In new term, Trump set to go after measures that are doing the most to fight climate change
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts. When they list measures that are making the most…
Former UTPD officer sentenced for possessing child pornography, abuse of child
By CHRIS AADLAND, The CUJ PORTLAND – A former Umatilla Tribal Police Department (UTPD) officer has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison after admitting to possessing child pornography and repeatedly sexually abusing a child beginning in the 1990s. Cameron Jacob Sheoships, 57, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release on…

CTUIR Education assisting with GED testing
Science and Language Arts review courses scheduled for November Download and review application form, schedule and information below:

Poachers are exploiting the high demand for eagle feathers that are sacred among Native Americans
By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials, researchers and tribal members. The government’s response has been two-pronged: A crackdown on rings illegally trafficking dead eagles coupled with a longstanding program that lawfully…

Native voters could swing US elections, but they’re asking politicians: What have you done for us?
BY MEGAN JANETSKY and RODRIGO ABD, Associated Press DILKON, Ariz. (AP) — Felix Ashley’s red Toyota sends a plume of dust billowing along the sloping hills and boulders he traverses hours every week to pump water – the same roadway voters walk miles every four years to cast their ballots in presidential elections. Here on this forgotten swath of the…

Help detect Chronic Wasting Disease in Oregon
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a 100% fatal disease that impacts all members of the cervid family (deer, elk, moose, caribou). CWD has been detected in wild cervids in most western states. Early detection is critical to preventing the spread of CWD in Oregon. State and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) wildlife managers are collecting samples from…