Contributed by Planning Department MISSION – Years of work by current and previous boards and staff have laid the groundwork for these successful and much needed community asset. Despite years of uncertainty from the pandemic, devastating floods, and economic fluctuations,…

UO students take on monumental task with Tamastslikt By Wil Phinney for the CUJ After two months of research, a group of University of Oregon honors students have narrowed potential sites in Oregon City where they think five Cayuse men…

MISSION – The Board of Trustees (Board) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) passed a resolution to amend the Funeral Assistance Code 7-0-0 during their June 27 meeting. Enrollment Department Director Toni Minthorn met with the…

By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ   MISSION – All Tribal members, including minors, will receive a $2,000 payment by July 31, according to a resolution passed July 7 by the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the…

MISSION – The Board of Trustees (Board) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) held their weekly Monday morning meeting June 6. Present at the meeting was Board Chair Kat Brigham, Vice Chari Aaron Ashley, Secretary Sally…

By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ MISSION – The Board of Trustees (Board) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has begun adjusting organizational structure and plans to make additional changes to the way the Tribes address…

By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ MISSION –Kawlija Scott, a member of the Confederated Tribes, appeared in Tribal Court May 25, a day after he was arrested for allegedly stabbing Gabriel Freeman to death. Freeman, 27, was stabbed May 24…

Mission, OR –Jonetta Herrera and Shana McConville-Radford have been hired to serve as Deputy Executive Directors of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). “Jonetta has an educational background in construction and business administration combined with work experience…

MISSION, OR – The Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) formally condemned Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation for the invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing genocide of the Ukrainian people that this…

BY THE CUJ WASHINGTON, D.C. – CTUIR attorney Brent Leonhard was one of 21 citizen members appointed to President Biden’s Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities (CPID) on March 11. He will begin a two-year term as part of a…