Leo Stewart and Blaze, the Portland Trail Blazers mascot, hammed up at the NBA Finals Shindig. Two more photos on Page 19.
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With temperatures reaching as high as 110, these five girls beat the heat by taking a plunge in the upper Umatilla River at the end of June. Having a great time were, from left, Rosie Blue Thunder,
Re y anna Jackson, Victoria Star, Karen Jackson and Lily Star.
Tribes change pot hiring policy MISSION A positive result for marijuana in pre› employment drug screening will no longer keep an applicant from getting a job in the government and /or enterprises of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Following the lead of Wildhorse Resort 8z Casino,
the CTUIR Board of Trustees on June 29 voted 5-1 to remove what has been described as a "barrier" to employment opportunities. The change in pre-employment drug testing policy does nothing to change pot laws on the Umatilla Indian Reservation where it still is illegal to grow, possess or See Pot hirin o li c
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MISSION The analysis of DNA from the Ancient One, aka Kennewick Man, only reinforces what five Native American tribes have said since the remains were found in 1996. "The results determine that Kennewick Man is defi› nitely Native American, which is what we’ ve stated all along," said Armand Minthorn, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Minthorn was at the Burke Museum in Seattle where the remains of Kennewick Man have been stored for nearly 20 years when on June 18 it was announced that the journal "Nature" reported that the genome sequence of Kennewick Man "is more closely related to modern Native Americans than to any other living population." The announcement contradicts the conclusion of a team of scientists that Kennewick Man was not native, and therefore should not be turned over to tribes for reburial. Minthorn, who serves on the national Native Ameri› can Graves Protection and Repatriation Commi ttee, said it is only a matter of time now before Kennewick Man is reburied. The five claimant tribes Umatilla, Nez Perce, Warm Springs, Yakama and Colville have agreed on a site to See Ancient One a e 1 9
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About 666 acres purchased in June bythe Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian River were dedicated with a morning ceremony June 26. The property includes two miles of Looking Glass Creek.Turn to page 2 for another photo of the pristine land. Photo by Gary James, CTUIR FIshenes Program manager