By Andrew Westney Law360 (July 10, 2020, 6:52 PM EDT) –A bipartisan pair of U.S. House of Representatives members are floating a bill to push back the deadline for tribes to spend $8 billion in COVID-19 relief funds from Dec. 30 to the end of 2022, saying the federal government’s delays in disbursing the money have contributed to a time…
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NFL’s Washington Redskins will change name and logo, team says
By Homero De la Fuente and Wayne Sterling, CNN The National Football League’s Washington franchise will change the Redskins name and logo, the team announced Monday in a statement. The new name of the team was not revealed. The announcement comes just days after the team said that a “thorough review” of the name would be conducted. The name has…
CTUIR Incident Command reduces allowable gathering sizes
Press Release Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 46411 Timíne Way, Pendleton, OR 97801 Phone: 541-276-3165 Fax: 541-276-3095 www.ctuir.org For immediate release: July 2, 2020 Contact: Heather Anderson, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8727 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 Mission, OR – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident…
Van Pelt new ASB President at Blue Mountain College
By the CUJ PENDLETON – Megan Van Pelt is the new Associated Student Body (ASB) President at Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) in Pendleton. Van Pelt, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), will be a sophomore at BMCC this fall and, after graduation next spring, plans to transfer to Arizona State University in…
Quaempts lands lunker Indian Lake trout on ultralight rod and reel
Logan Quaempts and the 6-pound, 6-ounce trout he took out of Indian Lake in June. By Wil Phinney of the CUJ INDIAN LAKE – On his way out the door, Logan Quaempts grabbed the 6-foot ultralight rod he uses to sneak up on brook trout hiding in the shadows under logs and behind boulders in the North Fork Umatilla and…
NCS playing football with Pendleton Bucks
Tyasin Burns, a senior next year at Nixyaawii Community School, will play football with the Pendleton Buckaroos. By Wil Phinney of the CUJ PENDLETON – Pendleton High School Coach Eric Davis is excited about adding three seniors from Nixyaawii Community School (NCS), especially tough running-back Tyasin Burns, to the Buckaroo football roster this fall. The Nixyaawii School Board in May approved…
SAMS & SONS — First Nixyaawii coach returns with two boys
Dakota Sams drives to the basket for Pendleton Buckaroos last year. Grayson, Ryan and Dakota Sams stand in the Nixyaawii Community School gym. By Wil Phinney of the CUJ Ryan Sams, Nixyaawii Community School’s first basketball coach, is returning to lead the Golden Eagles after 14 years of coaching at Pendleton High School, and he’s bringing his two sons with…
Hearings in July for people cited in social gathering case
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – Toby Patrick says he has “no regrets” about hosting a feast in April that led to citations for perhaps as many as 17 adults who allegedly violated a COVID-19 order restricting social gatherings to no more than 10 people. Those who were cited by Umatilla Tribal Police will be scheduled for telephonic…
J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney Jan. 29, 1926 – June 29, 2020 James C. Penney,”wit-sy-ky-kun,” an enrolled member and life-long resident of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, left this earth of natural causes at the age of 94 on June 29, 2020 in his home. He was born in a tipi on Jan 29, 1926 in Thornhollow, Oregon to Hiuse (Annie George) and Heyumetelekartset…
Rod Cowapoo Jr.
Rod Cowapoo Jr. Jan. 25, 1961 – June 2020 Rod “Gibb” Cowapoo Jr. was born on Jan. 25, 1961 to Roderick Cowapoo Sr. and Thelma Johnson. He died June 19, 2020, at the age of 59. Rod was an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He attended Wapato School District, but left in ninth grade…