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Maintaining productivity in crisis-management mode

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By Ted A Wright, PhD These have been challenging times for us all, through the devastation of the Umatilla River flood right into a worldwide viral pandemic. So, as a […]

Kii hiiwes wew’eex wala! – it’s spring time!

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Normally during this time of year, the weather becomes warmer, daylight longer, and families enjoy community events like the Fun Run and Flag Day. Normally playgrounds and basketball courts are […]

Follow guidelines so we can reopen community

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By N. Kathryn Brigham The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are at war with an invisible enemy and we fight this war alongside all 574 Tribal Nations, the […]

Taking the classroom home…

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By Casey Brown and Wil Phinney of the CUJ Oregon students haven’t been sitting in desks in front of their teachers since March 12, but education hasn’t stopped, it’s just […]

Talia Tewawina, bottom right, is a warrior mom, keeping her five children on track during the COVID-19 pandemic with a daily schedule that includes schoolwork, chores, exercise and freetime while she works a part-time job at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The family, which lives in Pendleton, includes husband Andrew, plus the children, Midnight Rose Tewawina at the bottom, Ayanna and Ayden Star in the middle next to their mother, and Anthony and Leo Crawford on the top step.

A COVID Education

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Family’s distance learning involves daily schedule for school and chores, on-line learning systems and educational websites for children ages 4-16 By Wil Phinney of the CUJ PENDLETON – With five […]

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By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – More than 30 years after the first official resolution cited the need, a pair of “Sober Transition” homes could open as early […]

Wes Leers of Portland, who works for 3 Kings Environmental from Battle Ground, Washington, sprays water on the former accounting office for Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. That building and several more, including the old clinic and Cay-Uma-Wa Education facility, are being razed over the next eight weeks. That will leave the July Grounds mostly empty except for the Community Center, the Longhouse and a couple of other smaller buildings.

Demolition begins at July Grounds

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By the CUJ MISSION – Demolition work is beginning at the July Grounds on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Heavy equipment has moved in to tear down the Cay-Uma-Wa Education Center, […]

Demolition begins at July Grounds

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By the CUJ MISSION – Demolition work is beginning at the July Grounds on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Heavy equipment has moved in to tear down the Cay-Uma-Wa Education Center, […]

Demolition begins at July Grounds

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By the CUJ MISSION – Demolition work is beginning at the July Grounds on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Heavy equipment has moved in to tear down the Cay-Uma-Wa Education Center, […]

BOT Secretary Sally Kosey addresses fellow Board of Trustees members during a Zoom video-conference in April.

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By the CUJ MISSION – Besides the challenges of making tribal government work from the isolation of their homes, leaders on the Umatilla Indian Reservation are feeling a little lonely […]