Cayuse Government Operations employees Ron Smith and Preston Eagleheart present a check to students and leaders of two Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation youth programs – the After School Education Program and the Youth Leadership Council.
MISSION – Cayuse Government Operations, part of the Cayuse Holdings family of companies, presented a check to two youth programs of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) in January. The donation was made on behalf of the 411 employees of Cayuse Government Operations and presented to the programs by Cayuse Government Services Managing Director Preston Eagleheart and…
With Oregon returning a $5.61 billion kicker to taxpayers in 2024 everyone wants to get their refund as soon as they can this year, but not everyone can afford commercially available software. Fortunately, all Oregon resident taxpayers preparing their own returns in 2024 can file electronically at no cost using one of the free file options that can be found on the Department of Revenue website.
News Release from Oregon Dept. of Revenue SALEM – All Oregon resident taxpayers preparing their own returns in 2024 can file electronically at no cost using one of Oregon’s free file options, the Oregon Department of Revenue recently announced. E-filing is the fastest way for a taxpayer to get their refund. On average, taxpayers who e-file their returns and request their refund via…
Headstones are seen at the cemetery of the U.S. Army’s Carlisle Barracks, June 10, 2022, in Carlisle, Pa. When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to the notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away in Pennsylvania, they were buried there without notice. Nearly 130 years later, the tribe wants the boys’ remains back home. So far, the Army has refused to return the remains of Samuel Gilbert and Edward Hensley. MATT SLOCUM | AP FILE PHOTO
BY JIM SALTER, Associated Press When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away in Pennsylvania, they were buried there without notice. Nearly 130 years later, the tribe wants the boys’ remains back home. So far, the Army has refused to return to the Winnebago Tribe the remains of…
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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
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…
