Gerald Willard Nanegos, 72 of Prairie City, Oregon died on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day, Oregon. Gerry was born in Pendleton on April 14, 1951 to Willard Gerald Nanegos and Margaret White. Services will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at the Tutuilla Presbyterian Church at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow in…
Bid Notice: Sale of Grazing Privileges
Sealed bids for grazing privileges under permit on range unit of the Umatilla Indian reservation for a 3 year 8 month period beginning May 1, 2024, and terminating not later than December 31, 2027, will be received at the office of the Superintendent of the above Indian Agency until 10. AM., Pacific Standard time, February 21st , 2024, and will…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom fist-bumps Wiyot Tribal Chair Ted Hernandez at the Elk River where they were touring a salmon restoration project in Eureka, Calif., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. TERRY CHEA | AP PHOTO
California Gov. Newsom backs dam removal projects to boost salmon. Critics say that’s not enough
By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem that sustains both economies and…
Robert Kennedy “Robby” Bill
January 4, 1969 – January 16, 2024 Robert Kennedy “Robby” Bill was born in Pendleton, Oregon on January 4, 1969 and passed away peacefully in his wife’s arms at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton on January 16, 2024.He was born to Raphael Sebastian Bill and Sheila Elaine Pond and was the second to the youngest of four sons. He was…
Robert T. Halfmoon
February 28, 1931 – January 19, 2024 Ronald T. Halfmoon was born on 02/28/1931 to his father Otis Alphonses (Nez Perce) and mother Mary Joshua (Cayuse) Halfmoon, in Umatilla, OR., and raised in Pendleton, OR., an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indians (CTUIR) he was a Nez Perce/Cayuse Umatilla.Ron’s early education began at the St. Josephs the…
From left to right, Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Aaron Ashley, Member At Large Corinne Sams, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Board of Trustees Chairman Gary Burke visit between sessions during the winter meeting of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Tuesday, Jan. 30 in Portland. TRAVIS SNELL | CTUIR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE PHOTO
Board of Trustees, OED attend ATNI in Portland
PORTLAND – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Board of Trustees and members of the Office of the Executive Director attended the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Winter Convention Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. Within the five-day convention, tribal leaders attended keynote sessions that included speakers from the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Environmental…
KCUW has gone through three different channels, currently using 104.1, and gone from a makeshift studio in a maintenance building behind Wildhorse Resort & Casino, with a “very, very low, low, low” power antenna on top, to its current studio and office space in the Public Safety building, as well as a couple of other antennas, said KCUW Operations Manager Anson Crane. CUJ ARCHIVE PHOTO
KCUW celebrates 20 years, all year
BY CHRIS AADLAND, Reporter MISSION – KCUW, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s community radio station, will hit its 20th anniversary in February – and it is planning to celebrate that milestone a number of ways throughout the year. In those 20 years, the station has gone through three different channels, currently using 104.1, and gone from a…
Public Works Department Director Justin Northern, left, instructs BOLSTER crew members as they prepare sandbags for possible flooding. Northern said the department has in place a standard operating procedure when it comes to flood assistance. LEE GAVIN | CTUIR COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO
Tribe preps for potential spring flooding
BY CHRIS AADLAND Reporter MISSION – With recent rain and snowfall, tribal officials have started to prepare for potential flooding – though they say it isn’t imminent. Last week, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Public Works staff and BOLSTER crew members began filling sandbags to prepare for possible flooding after recent winter weather started to cause waters…
Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel “House Made of Dawn,” appears at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., on Nov. 13, 2019. Momaday died Jan. 24 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He had been in failing health. RUSSELL CONTRERAS | AP FILE PHOTO
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, walks on at 89
By HILLEL ITALIE The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, has died. He was 89. Momaday died Wednesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He…
Local Indigenous students continue to graduate high school at rates higher than all other Native American students in Oregon, according to statewide graduation numbers released Jan. 25.
Nixyáawii graduation rates climb
BY CHRIS AADLAND Reporter MISSION – Local Indigenous students continue to graduate high school at rates higher than all other Native American students in Oregon, according to statewide graduation numbers released on Thursday. At Pendleton High School, 82.4% of the Native students in the class of 2023 graduated, matching the rate for the rest of the school’s seniors. That was…