From the Chair’s Desk
Opinion | By Kat Brigham, Chair, CTUIR Board of Trustees I’m now about two months into serving as chair of the CTUIR Board of Trustees (BOT), and it’s been a busy start. A lot of my time has been spent…
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CTUIR veterans logo, flag established as a symbol of service and identity
Opinion | By Derek Quaempts, Veterans Service Program Manager The CTUIR veterans logo and flag now displayed in the Nixyáawii Governance Center Board Chambers symbolize more than design — they honor service, sacrifice and the ongoing presence of tribal veterans…
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Protecting Umatilla Reservation streams
Opinion | By Troy Baker, CTUIR Water Resources Program Manager Streams and rivers on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR) are more than just lines on a map. They provide clean water, support fish and wildlife, help protect homes and roads…
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Making an effort to vote alleviates future effort, struggle
Opinion | By Sterling Cosper, Legislative Affairs Manager The Hard-fought Native American Voting Rights Act is 102 years old. Use it, “The first people on this land should not be the last to vote,” Jacqueline De León of Isleta Pueblo,…
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Executive Director letter to tribal members
Dear CTUIR Members, Since President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, we at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) – along with our lobbyist teams in Oregon, Washington State and Washington, D.C. – have been keeping…
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Watchman addresses expansion of alcohol sales on the UIR
BY LINDSEY X. WATCHMAN, General Council Chair T’ac leeheype oykalo himiyuume kaa laawtiwama (good day relatives and friends). At the Elders’ listening session held on October 20, 2023, at Wildhorse, Mr. Richard Sam asked a question about the Board’s recent…
Read MoreFrom Pendleton to Line 3 in Climate Solidarity
Guest Column by Colleen Sanders and Jessi Pedersen These last several months have been a marathon of challenges for everyone; as the Covid-19 pandemic still continues, record-setting “heat bubbles” have scorched the Pacific Northwest, even as the skies have been…
Read MoreConserving groundwater key to drought response
By John Barkley of the Department of Natural Resources While the western United States is alit with mega forest fires exacerbated by extreme drought and record-setting high temperatures, water resources are precariously evaporating and dwindling, threatening our environment and economy.…
Read MoreGuest column: Remembering elite firefighters killed in the line of fire
This fire related story begins decades before I was born in August of 1963. During the late 1940s-60s, my grandfather, the late Walter Gene Pond, became a supervisor of fire crews for the BIA, after he served four tours in…
Read MoreBrigham: An update from the Chair of the Board of Trustees
First would like to let everyone know that the BOT wants to congratulate all of our students who graduated in 2021 including Head Start, 8th graders, high school and college/university students. 2020/2021 was a very difficult school year but when…
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