Empower Committee congratulates Discover Program participants

MISSION — The Pamáwaluukt Empower Committee would like to extend congratulations to Cynthia Bean on her successful completion of Discover 2022. In 2022, Cynthia, Secretary II for the Public Works Office, completed the following rotations for her Supervisory Training Module: Human Resources, Department of Children and Family Services, Housing Authority, Department of Natural Resources, Finance, Public Work, Office of Information Technology, Tribal Planning, Off-campus management training – Falmouth Institute, Education Department, Department of Economic and Community Development, and Tamástslikt Cultural Institute.

While participating in Discover, Cynthia continued to make choices to enhance her career choices. She applied for, interviewed and was accepting into a nine-month Leadership Development Program for women of color called sHERO. She enrolled and completed her first term back into college. Her continued efforts and dedication has made her 2022 training opportunity a success.

When asked what she enjoyed about Discover. “I enjoyed seeing the different works of the departments, but I really enjoyed hearing on how they got there and the advice/tips they gave. It’s good to get a better understanding when you are there and see how they run their department. It’s truly teamwork to keep a good functioning department.” Cynthia Bean.

When asked if she feels her operational knowledge of management has grown while participating in the program. “I feel that the more I learned from Program Managers/Supervisors and Directors. The tips were helpful and with the advice they gave, I have a better understanding on how to handle situations and to do the best I can.”

Lorene Broncheau, Pamáwaluukt Staffing and Recruitment Specialist, stated, “The Pamáwaluukt Empower Program and Discover training module is available to tribal members and tribal member employees to assist and guide with their continued educational and career goals. The exemplary growth that Cynthia has shown over the course of the year has been phenomenal. It has been a pleasure watching her step out of her comfort zone to really learn more about herself and to assist her while she made leaps forward in her career goals.”

The Pamáwaluukt Empower Committee also announces the participation of Andrea Hall in the Discover Program for 2023. She has been selected for the Program Manager training module.

Andrea is currently an Office Assistant for the CTUIR Planning Office and has also been learning the responsibilities of the Environmental Health Program while the Environmental Health Officer position has been vacant. While working in the Environmental Health Program, Andrea has found this is where she would like to focus her career.

Andrea earned a double major with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies –both completed at Washington State University in 2007 She has over 26 years of experience working for the CTUIR Government and related entities, including the Department of Economic and Community Development, Tribal Planning Office, Department of Children and Family Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Wildhorse Resort and Casino.

The Pamáwaluukt Empower Committee is excited to have Andrea’s participation in the Program Manager Level training module. Her dedication and passion for work with CTUIR in combination to her drive to keep rising herself up makes her an ideal candidate.

In past years, two tribal member staff persons have been selected to participate in the Discover Program but due to a lack of applicants, Andrea is the sole participant for this year. So, if you are tribal member employed by one of the CTUIR government’s departments or offices, please consider applying in next year in order to further your career development.

Showtime® Documentary Films announces “Murder in Big Horn”

Three-part docuseries highlights epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

LOS ANGELES – Showtime Documentary Films announces that Murder In Big Horn will make its Showtime debut on demand and on streaming Friday, February 3 and onair on Sunday, February 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT following its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, January 22.

Directors Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin craft a powerful portrait of tribal members and their communities within Big Horn County, Montana battling an epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) that has been prevalent since colonization. The three-part docuseries examines the circumstances surrounding many of these cases, told solely through the perspectives of those involved: Native families, Native journalists, and local law enforcement officers. All three episodes will also release on demand and on streaming platforms for SHOWTIME subscribers on February 3. To watch and share the trailer, visit https://youtu.be/FxdY-KRQaa0.

Within the past decade, dozens of young Indigenous women and girls from the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Nations have disappeared from Montana’s Big Horn County and its surrounding areas. Grieving Native families who fear the worst press local law enforcement for answers, but their pleas are most often met with silence or indifference. Arrests in these cases are rare, and convictions are virtually nonexistent. Elsewhere in America, similar stories of disappearances and death shock communities and become nationwide news, but when they occur on Native land, a circle of bereft family members, friends, and activists are left to fight for justice on their own. Murder In Big Horn intimately embeds with these families and this community in an effort to shine a light on the unanswered mysteries of this land.

Oglala Lakota/Diné filmmaker Razelle Benally wrote for the noir Navajo Tribal Police investigation drama series Dark Winds. Benally was a Sundance Native Lab fellow, a Creative Producers fellow, and a Screenwriters Intensive fellow and is pursuing an MFA in film production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is currently in development on her directorial feature film debut.

Matthew Galkin’s recent directing work includes the Showtime limited series Murder In The Bayou, Kevorkian, the award-winning documentary I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA, and loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies.

The series is produced for Showtime by Fairhaven. Producers are Benally, Ivan MacDonald and Ivy MacDonald. Galkin executive produces.

Obituary

Wayne Forrest Barnes

Wayne Forrest Barnes, age 90, passed away at his home on December 12, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife, Cynthia Garthwaite Barnes and his two children: Anita Barnes Powell and Jeffrey McMillan Barnes. Wayne also had four loving grandchildren: Ryan Wayne Dobies, Joseph Leonard Dobies, Donovan McMillan Barnes, and Bryce Levi Barnes.

Wayne attended Hollywood High School where he excelled in sports. He served honorably in the United States Marine Corps. Wayne’s experience in the Marines played a very important role in his life. In his later years he became a Veterans Advocate assisting fellow veterans with their benefits.

Wayne was a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Wayne Forrest Barnes is the son of Anita Mae Forest, and grandson of Edgar Lamont Forest and Selina Mary Remillard.

Thank You

Human Resources would like to take the opportunity to thank the following local Pendleton Merchants who donatedion to our Annual Employee Holiday Banquet: Barhyte Specialty Foods, StarbBucks, Moe Pho Noodles & Café, Big John Pizza, Oregon Grain Growers Brand Distillery, Big John’s Hometown Pizza, Pendleton Bottling Company, Les Schwabs Tires, Great Pacific, Wildhorse Resort and Casino (Blazer tickets), Wildhorse Cineplex (movie passes), Joe’s Fiesta, Safeway, Arrowhead/Mission Market (gift cards), Mission Inflatables (gift certificates), Tri-City American (CTUIR Board of Trustees

(Tri-City Americans tickets), TERO, Ellen Taylor, and Catherine Barkley Therapeutics Gift Baskets. We would also like to thank the wonderful Wildhorse Staff: Andrea Decker, Jake_____and Kim Crown, for helping with the Rivers Event Center and Cineplex tickets. Banquet, Vicente Romero and his team Ozzy Ross, Misty Ross, William Kaup and Leiloni Estaquio. Nathan Garton, AV Manager and his team Nick Foster and David Dudek. Our entertainers Chance Rush and Rudy Indigenous for making this a fun event and our own CTUIR Department of Finance for always being so helpful during this time of year!! Last, but not least, our we want to thank the employee volunteers who helped during the event: Lori Templin, Brad Spencer, Liz Bill, Kristi Yunker, Matt Campbell, Julie Taylor, Katrina Burnside, Ethel Hogge, Lee Gavin, Shannon Blood, Mark Blood, Louisa Allman and Cindy Freston. Thank you all for all the hard work you put into making this event a huge success and we look forward to next year!!

THE FAMILY OF ETHEL ‘TESSIE’ WILLIAMS would like to express our Love & Gratitude to all that were there to support us during our Mother’s illness and assisting with her journey home. To all the friends and family that stopped in to sit with her and visit with her, it was so nice to hear the stories and most of all to hear her laughter and giggles. Qieceyewyew for all the Prayers and Heartfelt Condolences. The Cards & Flowers we received from; Happy Canyon Board of Directors, Round Up Board of Directors, Mort Bishop, Mac & Jan Levy, Brian & Jennifer Carra, Cheryl & Vicki Stillman, Lindsey Watchman, Sam Spino, CTUIR Board of Trustees & all of CTUIR Staff, CTUIR Tribal Health Commission, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Staff, CTUIR Housing Department Staff, Nicht-Yow-Way Senior Program Staff, American Legion Post 440 & Auxiliary, Ida Senator, Dorothy Cyr, Gladys Mendenhall, Eugena ‘Sugar Bear’ Stacona & Family, Suzanne ‘Miss Purple’ Barnette, Roberta Kipp & Family, Rita Campbell, Beth Condon, Gary C. Chamberlin, Katrina “Kintch” Burnside & Odie Minthorn, Dorothy O’Rourke. The beautiful flowers that were delivered to our home from Jesse Walker, Willa Wallace and Randall Melton and family. The following assisted in her care with compassion and professionalism for which we are grateful; CTUIR EMT/Fire Department, St. Anthony Hospital Emergency Room Staff, City of Pendleton EMT Department, St. Mary’s Hospital Staff & The Compassionate staff of Burn’s Mortuary. Our Loving Nixyaawii Community opened their hearts by cooking & delivering food to our home; Kay & Chaz Webb, Daniel Red Elk, Julie Taylor, Terri Carnes, Daisy Minthorn, Shawndine Jones, Kathleen & Tim Elliott, Sandy Craig, Tara Craig, Rene & Richard Kaizer, Cara Green & Melissa Bobb, Cece Whitewolf & Her Loving Companion Ron. Washat Services were held at our home thanks to; Armand Minthorn, Andrew Wildbill, Kellen Joseph, Josh Spencer, Tommy Pierre, Jr., Clayton ‘Clutch’ Johnson, Randy Minthorn, Irma Totus, Debbie Craig, Ernestine & Thomas Morning Owl, Lela Buck, Paul Carral, Richard Sam & William Showaway. Our thanks to the following for their support and contributions; Mort Bishop for his warm and loving friendship he had with our mother over the years and his generosity he has for our . Bobbie Conner for the beautiful obituary she wrote on behalf of the family, Shawndine Jones for creating the beautiful memorial cards, Sadie Mildenberger for providing the Rose Water, Latis Nowland & Layla Sohappy for cleaning and attending to all that visited our home, Chris Williams & Charles Jones for bringing Grandma home from Burns Mortuary to the Longhouse. The Yakama Nation Warriors Association & the beautiful Geronimo flag that was presented to the family. Ron & Kathy Fuller have sponsored 3 Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in February at St. Andrews Mission in Honor of Our Mother. Qieceyewyew to Jacy Sohappy for stepping up and offering to create the beautiful wing dresses and ribbon shirts that were worn by family members. The Hunters; Andrew Wildbill, Sam Spino & Tyson Minthorn. Appreciation to the Enrollment Office and the Public Works Department for their professionalism. We appreciate the following for the beautiful Ceremony at The Longhouse; The Dressing Ceremony was lovingly performed by Ernestine Morning Owl & Irma Totus, the tule mat and dishes were taken care of by Latis Nowland & Auralia Heay. Father Mike & Brother Thomas of St. Andrews Mission for the Recitation of the Rosary. Qieceyewyew to Dylan Abrahamson and the Nixyaawii Boys Basketball Team that shared a video for Gramma, their #1 Fan. The Washat Services were officiated by Armand Minthorn & Mike Squeochs along with the singers; Randy Minthorn, Sam Spino, Robert Wilson, Ian Sampson, William Showaway, Wilson Wewa, Mike, Brother Bear, Boots Pond, Josh Spencer, Jr., Fred Hill, Sr., Thomas Morning Owl, Jason, Aaron Hines Kellen Joseph, Logan Quaempts, Kelsey Burns, Isaiah Welch & Caleb Minthorn. The Songs, the dancers and the testimonies that were shared warmed our hearts and assured that her journey was filled with love. We also whole heartedly appreciate the following for all of their work. The Cooks; Trish McMichael, Beth Looney, LeAnn Alexander, Lynn Sue Jones, Gail & Brenda Shippentower, Ashlynn Looney, Susie Patrick, Shawna Gavin, Jolie Wendt, Jill-Marie Gavin & Daughters. We appreciate the food donations by; Aaron Hines, Althea Wolf, Sandy Sampson, Darlene Foster, Camille Williams, Lorna, Beatrice Kiona. Thank you to the Grave Diggers (Public Works), Richard Lyons, Tim Elliott, Jim Bill, Burke Farrow & Tyler Simmons. Thank you to the Pall Bearers; Christopher “Ish” Williams, Charles Jones, Andrew Williams, Alex “Mutt” Williams, Kellen Joseph and Clifford Stanger. Darcy Johnson, we thank you so very much for coming out of retirement to play the piano at St. Andrews Church, the music was beautiful. During our time of grief, although Cece Whitewolf was also in mourning, she came and assisted us in the care of Mother, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Qieceyewyew to Celeste Whitewolf & Randy Minthorn for your kind and loving words at the Gravesite.

Mother loved her sports teams especially the local NCS Eagles. She loved to travel, meet new people but Nixyaawii was where her heart was and she just knew this was the most beautiful place in the world.

Mother loved her Catholic Faith along with our own Washat Religion. Worship is a lifelong learning journey; we appreciate everyone that corrected and taught us during this process. We respect as did Mother the different ways of Worship and Praise of our Creator.

If we forgot someone, it was not intentional, please know that you all are in our prayers.

Qieceyewyew, Teresa Parker (Gary), Nancy Minthorn (Randy), Roberta Williams, Laura Allen (Larry), Kathleen Elliott (Tim), The Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren & Great Great Granddaughters

On behalf of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation we would like to express our gratitude for Benthe Jansen-Jones and Lawrence Jones’s gift of 80 acres of land. Your gift supports our Tribe’s efforts to gain ownership of our reservation and more importantly the land will benefit our Tribal members.

Many Thanks, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Department Economic Community Development Land Acquisition Staff

The Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, New Year’s Eve Pow Wow Committee would like to thank these generous businesses and individuals for their contributions to our event. Without these donations and volunteers we could not have made it such a successful event. There were over 150 attendee’s and we are looking forward to the next one!

THANK YOU:

• Community and family attendees

• Dancers

• Drummers

• Emcee, Boots Pond

• Local AA Chapter, meeting hosts

• Community members for numerous cake donations

• CTUIR Celebration Committee for helping set up

• Safeway - donation

Raffle donations: o Moe Pho o The Saddle o Walmart o OMG Burger o Glavis Wagner o Martina Gordon o Waterlilly Botanicals, LLC o Behavioral Health Suicide Prevention program

• William Shawaway/Yakama Nation - apples and potatoes

• CTUIR Public Works and Longhouse

• Yellowhawk Tribal Tobacco Prevention Programfunding event and raffle item

• Yellowhawk Public Health Department and Behavioral Health, Family Strength program

• Big John’s and Dominos- Yellowhawk purchased 50 pizzas from these vendors

• AJ’s Apparel – Yellowhawk purchased custom beanies for event

Thank you to all who donated and volunteered for this amazing event, participants in the Sobriety Countdown totaled 503 ½ years sober! Congratulations to all!

ALMANAC: To place an advertisement, public notice, announcement, or obituary in the CUJ email: cuj@ctuir.org

Jobs

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland Organization seeking Community Engagement Director and Development Director. Each part time. Can be combined to full time. Remote work with some travel an option. Details at www.wallowanezperce.org. Submit cover letter and resume to mary@wallowanezperce. org. Questions welcome, (541)886-3101.

Join the Cayuse Holdings team! We have dozens of jobs open each month. Work on the Reservation, remotely from your home, across the US or overseas. Equal Opportunity Employer.

See the complete list of job openings at www.cayuseholdings.com. To sign up for our Talent Network (be the first to learn about career opps that fit your interests and skill sets and get access to our weekly hot jobs list) go to https://www.cayusetalentsolutions. com/talent-network

Current Cayuse Holdings job opportunities include Accounts Payable clerk (Pendleton office based but remote work), Business Support Manager, Contracts Administrator Customer Service Rep., Designated Executive Assistant, Help Desk Technician, Procurement Manager, Public Outreach specialist, Service Desk Technician, and Desktop IT Technician on or near Indian Reservations across the US.

WE’RE HIRING!

For more information and to apply visit: https://ctuir.org/career-opportunities

Government

Board of Trustees

Chair

N. Kathryn Brigham

Vice Chair

Aaron Ashley Treasurer

Sandra Sampson Secretary

Sally Kosey

At-large BOT Members: Boots Pond

Corinne Sams

Lisa Ganuelas

Toby Patrick

General Council

Chair

Lindsey X. Watchman

Vice Chair

Michael Ray Johnson Secretary

Shawna Gavin Interpreter

Thomas Morning Owl

General Council contact Info Office: 541-429-7378

Email: GeneralCouncil@ctuir.org

Meeting updates and information on: www.ctuir.org/government/ general-council

Executive Director: Donald G. Sampson

Deputy Executive Directors: Jonetta Herrera & Shana McConville Radford

Pendleton, OR —Native owned businesses may now receive free marketing support to help develop and grow their companies through a new offering at Nixyaawii Community Financial Services (NCFS).

NCFS has hired Cayuse Native Solutions (CNS) to provide digital marketing and related services to NCFS business development clients. These services include websites, logos, graphic design, social media training and management and other business support.

Clients participating in the business development program at NCFS may be eligible for this offering, including tribal members, their families, and tribal employees and their families. Those interested should contact Business Services Manager Jacob Wallis at NCFS for more details on how to access this service (phone 541-310-2145 or email JacobWallis@ nixyaawii-cdfi.org ).

Additional services provided by NCFS business development program include individual business consultation, business classes and workshops, office equipment usage, reference library, and financial coaching.

“We’re excited to partner with Cayuse Native Solutions to offer these essential support services for our clients,” said Dave Tovey, NCFS Executive Director. “CNS has done some great work for other clients and we’re confident they can help our business community up its game when it comes to websites, graphics and social media effectiveness.”

Cayuse Native Solutions hired Jiselle Halfmoon in November 2022 as its Digital Marketing Specialist. In addition to leading CNS’ own marketing strategy, she also works on client projects providing website development, graphics design and related services. CNS has provided digital marketing services since it started in 2021, and prior to that performed similar services through its Cayuse Shared Services division under the leadership of Debra Croswell. CNS has a similar contract with Oregon Native American Chamber (ONAC) based in Portland, Oregon and has provided websites and graphics design for their Native business owner clients.

Nixyaawii Community Financial Services (NCFS) is a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Native CDFIs build equitable economies in Native communities by opening doors to loans, extending credit to thriving businesses, generating good jobs, and expanding access to new opportunities.

Cayuse Native Solutions was created in 2021 as part of the Cayuse Holdings family of companies. It serves Tribes, tribal entities, Native owned businesses, and other organizations throughout Indian Country. Cayuse and its subsidiaries are wholly owned by the CTUIR.