By CHRIS AADLAND PENDLETON, Ore. – Tribal leaders, mentors and others gathered in the Nixyaawii Governance Center rotunda Thursday morning to recognize the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s […]

By CHRIS AADLAND Confederated Umatilla Journal PENDLETON, Ore. – The White House on Wednesday directed the government to prioritize working to revitalize salmon populations in the Columbia River Basin, a […]

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel […]

ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Biden administration has pledged over $200 million toward reintroducing salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin in an agreement with tribes that includes […]

By CHRIS AADLAND MISSION, Ore. — A safer and newer-looking parking situation will soon greet those pulling up to the Nicht-Yow-Way Senior Center after a few weeks of work that […]

By CHRIS AADLAND Confederated Umatilla Journal PENDLETON, Ore. — Tribal leaders signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with a corporate entity today, further establishing a partnership and ensuring consultation in development projects […]

CLACKAMAS, Ore. — Salmon fishing will reopen from West Puget Island to Warrior Rock and remain open from Warrior Rock to Bonneville Dam effective Sept. 22, meaning the entire mainstem […]

WASHINGTON — A historic agreement to support Tribally led efforts to restore healthy and abundant salmon populations in the Upper Columbia River Basin was announced by the federal government today. The agreement […]

By JOHN O’CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDERAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For centuries, Europeans carving up the prairie to suit their own idea of settlement dug up the graves […]