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Construction on schedule at the Education Facility that will house the new high school. See more on Page 12A.

A huge crowd of youngsters came to dance and play at the first Culture Night of the school year.

See more on Page 17A

‘Climate Day of Action’ march in Pendleton.

See more on Page 6A.

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Federal grant will fund prosecutor for domestic violence CTUIR one of four tribes nationwide receiving $437,500 through VAWA program By the CUJ

MISSION – An additional prosecutor will be hired for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) following receipt of a $437,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

The grant will help fund CTUIR Prosecutor Kyle Daley’s work as a Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) and allow for additional prosecutorial coverage while his work as a SAUSA requires him to be out of town to handle federal criminal prosecutions. The grant is authorized under the Tribal Law and Order Act’s (TLOA) SAUSA Program.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) are one of four “model” tribes receiving that amount through the federal Office of Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Tribal SAUSAs Program.

The CTUIR was selected because it has led the way on many domestic violence fronts. The Confederated Tribes were the first to implement the Sex Offender Registry and Notification Act (SORNA), also known as the Adam Walsh Act, along with the State of Ohio, in 2009; it was the first to implement felony sentencing under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) of 2010; and it was one of the first of three tribes authorized to prosecute non-Indians under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

Brent Leonhard, an attorney in the CTUIR Office of Legal Counsel, was involved in the development of TLOA and the 2013 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Leonhard said the CTUIR helped push for TLOA’s SAUSA Program. CTUIR’s award was announced in recognition of National

Támayčt Mary Keith and Mildred Quaempts layer in the mint sweetener over alfalfa as Thomas Morning Owl prepares to Photos courtesy of Digital Brilliance LLC, Richland, Washington seal the earth oven.

“Támayčt – A Ground Oven Perpetuation Project,” was video-recorded to preserve the First Foods teachings and create an archive for educational purposes.

Camas cleaned before cooking.

The Tribal Language Program project is featured on Page 15A.

Rocks were red-hot before they were covered by mud.

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Light up for healing More than 50 community members showed up to honor survivors and those lost to breast cancer with a nighttime walk at Yellowhawk Oct. 18. See photo coverage on Page 23A.

CUJ photo/Jill-Marie Gavin

Damien Totus leans over the ground oven pit used to cook camas root for a video documentary.

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CUJ News Tribes make $2M offer to buy Hamley’s Read what people in Mission and Pendleton think about the potential purchase By the CUJ

MISSION – People were buzzing after reading the front-page story in the East Oregonian Oct. 23 that said “Confederated Tribes offer $2 million for Hamley’s.”

Apparently very few people, besides Gary George, CEO at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, and the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, were privy to a letter of interest sent to Hamley’s owners on Aug. 27 tendering an offer of $2 million for the Hamley’s operations, including the restaurant, western store and saddle shop.

Ownership is tied up in litigation between the two owners Blair Woodfield and Parley Pearce. Woodfield is the one working with the Tribes. In a follow-up

story, Pearce said he would not sell.

The Tribes – through Wildhorse - offered $3.1 million for Hamley’s in 2016, according to court documents. Nothing came of that offer.

In the recent story, Chuck Sams, CTUIR Communications Director, told EO reporter Phil Wright that Wildhorse would manage the Hamley’s establishment if the Tribes bought it.

However, Sams told the CUJ that at this time the Tribes have made no plans beyond making the offer.

George of Wildhorse said the Tribes and Hamley’s executed a non-disclosure agreement, which means neither side is supposed to talk about any discussions or negotiations.

That doesn’t mean, however, that others in the Tribal community and Pendleton aren’t talking about it.

The CUJ asked several people for their views about the potential purchase and received opinions that reflect both pro and con. Some of those comments

include: PAT WALTERS is a member of the CTUIR’s Economic and Community Development Committee. She said, “I supported the acquisition of Hamley’s last year (2016). Our community has talented people who can assist in managing and training new employees for the three enterprises connected to the Hamley’s name. Timing is everything, however, so we’ll wait and see what happens.”

GEORGE MURDOCK is a Umatilla County Commissioner. He said fellow commissioner Bill Elfering would respond on behalf of the commissioners but he didn’t. In his email, Murdock said Commissioners had talked to the County Tax Collector about tax implications. “I suspect that would be a concern of many people.”

SANDY SAMPSON is a CTUIR member who thinks $2 million should be used to build a “damn wellness center.” Sampson continued: “We need to be self-sufficient on this reservation, we shouldn’t have to go to Pendleton. We

need a wellness center and waterpark, a place where kids can stay fit and busy, not running around and getting in trouble, a safe location ... Social economics is always at the low end around here. We need to invest out here.”

ANTONE MINTHORN, a tribal leader who has been a strong advocate for economic development for decades, said purchasing Hamley’s makes sense.

“The CTUIR business interests, investments and successes make a powerful impact in building and strengthening our local economy. The purchase proposal is another step in that direction. Wildhorse has the investment and management experience to make good business decisions, particularly with tourism in this instance.”

ANSON CRANE, who goes by DJ BigWhispr with his Red Crane Records business, thinks buying Hamley’s is a good idea. “It’s an interesting approach for the Tribes to be involved in a Pend-

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Construction starting on new Wildhorse golf clubhouse By the CUJ

MISSION – Construction will begin soon on a new 8,400 square foot clubhouse at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

It will replace a pair of modular buildings that together provided about 3,000 square feet of space for the current pro shop and lunch grill, according to Wildhorse CEO Gary George, who outlined the new project in an Oct. 22 email to members of the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the Confederated Tribes.

The new clubhouse, with a hoped-for completion date of May 1 2019, will feature a high-quality pro shop with a staff work room and an indoor golf simulator training center.

It will boast a full-service three-meal restaurant and a kitchen to be managed

by Wildhorse Resort & Casino Food and Beverage. George said the restaurant will face west and overlook the ponds on holes 16 and 18.

“We expect people will see some spec-

Architect’s rendering of the fentrance to the new clubhouse at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course.

tacular sunsets over dinner,” George said in his email.

The new clubhouse also will have a large meeting area with a private indoor conference area that can serve approximately 100 people for banquets, golf groups or private meetings with audiovisual technology.

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In addition to restrooms, the facility will have men’s and women’s locker rooms, and will be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) rules.

With the expansion, the cart storage area in the basement will be expanded to accommodate all 90 golf carts and service carts. Over the last three or four

years, much of the cart fleet has been parked outside.

The golf course will continue to operate as normal over the six-month construction period with carts available.

However, the Golf Course Café will not offer food and beverage services during the construction.

A temporary Pro Shop with restrooms and a cart barn has been moved to the parking lot on the edge of the grass island. Several departments from Wildhorse Resort & Casino have pitched in to help with the move.

The design and construction partners were expected to mobilize Nov. 1 with demolition to follow soon after. The facility will be built using materials consistent with the Wildhorse Casino and Hotel, and will “fit into the property landscape to complement the destination resort look,” George said.

George said the BOT recently mandated updates to the Wildhorse RV Park and golf clubhouse. Earlier this year major improvements were made at the RV Park.

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CUJ News Fuel to flow in January at Mission Market Excavation begins for underground gas, diesel tanks By the CUJ

MISSION – Gasoline and diesel may be available for purchase at Mission Market by mid-January of 2019 – if all goes according to plan.

That’s what was said in June of 2017 and here it is 16 months later.

A couple of things delayed the project, including the issuance of permits from the Planning Department of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), which had concerns with potential runoff to groundwater sources.

The engineering design includes features to protect groundwater, even in the event of a spill, according to Holly Anderson in the CTUIR Planning Office.

An oil water separator collects any runoff under the fuel canopy and this goes to the sewer system, she said.

Remedies for those groundwater issues, including the additional engineering, increased the cost for the fuel project dramatically, said Tom Fine, General Manager for Mission Market and Arrowhead Travel Plaza, the tribally owned truck stop at Exit 216 off Interstate 84.

However, Cal Tyer, Wildhorse Hotel Manager, who has been involved in the strategic planning of the Mission Market project for the last two years, said the overall cost could stay relatively level.

“At this point we are hoping the fuel portion will come in at less than $1.5 million,” Tyer said.

Mission Market now has the proper permits and currently an excavator is pulling rocks and dirt out of a big hole in the parking lot in front of the store where a new fuel tank will be installed.

So this time it looks like a go.

“Finally,”Tyer said, who started collectively working on the project with Tom Fine in 2016.

Digging for the fuel tanks began Oct. 23 with the bulk of construction expected to be completed in late December, according to Fine.

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An excavator digs rocks out of the hole where fuel tanks will be buried at Mission Market. PNE Construction from Longview, Washington, was working on the project which, when finished early next year, will include three multi-product dispensers like the ones at Arrowhead, will allow for six fueling positions. Each dispenser will offer four grades of fuel each – unleaded, midgrade, premium, and diesel CUJ photo/Phinney

MISSION MARKET REMODEL The remodel at Mission Market was expected to be part of the fuel-expansion project, but likely will be reduced in scope because the new gas and diesel pumps are costing more than anticipated.

Initially, the planning called for the following changes to the store: Removal of the awning to open up the front of the store; Expansion of the front of the building adding 650 square feet and moving an interior wall to add 200 square feet to the sales floor; Expansion of the kitchen; Remodeling the bathrooms; Additional meat coolers, freezers, and open air coolers; Additional energy-efficient lighting, windows and appliances; Fuel prices and digital advertising road sign, and; Solar panels on roof and fuel canopy.

product dispensers like the ones at Arrowhead, will allow for six fueling positions. Each dispenser will offer four grades of fuel each – unleaded, midgrade, premium, and diesel.

To accommodate the fuel dispensers the center island in the parking lot will be removed and the parking spaces will be reconfigured.

Construction is going to disrupt parking through the end of the year.

“During the beginning of the process, there is going to be a huge hole in the middle of the lot and then preparation dead center of the lot for the tank pad, canopy, etc.,” Fine wrote in an Oct. 19 email to key Wildhorse staff.

For the most part, Fine wrote, Mission Market has not had a history of a full parking lot. Market manager Shirley Warnock will be directing staff to park in different locations to provide as much parking for customers as possible. The drive-thru is scheduled to remain open through the bulk of the construction process.

Fine said deliveries likely will have to be hand-trucked to the store via street parking. Areas will be cordoned off with

excavators digging and other construction work taking place.

There will likely be some impact to Mission Market sales during the construction process, but the store has struggled in this area all along, Fine said. “… the end result will more than make up for the loss during the time,” Fine said, noting the basic reason for the fuel sales is to “add an amenity and convenience at the store located in the heart of the community, as well as an attempt to create an avenue towards MM’s goal of financial independence/self-support.”

Even after construction, Fine said in the email, the parking lot will be mostly graveled until March or April of next year, or until asphalt is being produced again and can be laid in the spring.

“So MM could have a bit of a construction look to it for a few months following completion,” he said.

CTUIR’s proposed 2019 budget maintains services From the CTUIR Finance Department

MISSION – The 2019 budget for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is under development. The draft budget was presented at the October General Council meeting.

The Board of Trustees (BOT) conducted work sessions in October to review the target budgets and draft annual work plans from the departments and

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enterprises.

The BOT and executive staff expect that the 2019 draft budget presented to General Council in October will maintain all tribally funded government services at their existing 2018 levels.

Because of the positive revenue outlook and other adjustments made, the BOT will consider a two percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) as well as allow for an average of a three percent merit pay increase in 2019

for CTUIR government employees.

This was the same increase as was allowed in 2018.

The CTUIR uses a retro-budgeting process for its gaming funds, meaning that the money earned in one calendar year is used to fund programs in the following year (i.e., funds earned in 2018 are spent in 2019).

CTUIR Finance Director Paul Rabb says the retro-budgeting process helps the Tribes because it allows the BOT to

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make budget and spending adjustments in the following year, not in the current year.

The draft 2019 budget is available to General Council Members. To obtain a copy contact the CTUIR Finance Office at 541-429-7150.

Comments on the draft budget can be submitted in writing to BOT Treasurer Doris Wheeler by Nov. 14. The BOT anticipates adopting the budget at its Nov. 19 meeting.

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CUJ News Board wrestles with San Francisco application By the CUJ

Don Sampson, with son Johnny looking on, spoke at the Pendleton Climate Day of Action, one of several around the state in October. Sampson talked about clean energy jobs and legislation in Oregon that would require polluters to pay into a fund to combat climate change.

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Climate Day of Action

Children stood on the sidewalk of Emigrant Street prompting drivers to honk their horns for Clean Energy. Later they chanted for clean energy and clean jobs as they marched with adults to Main Street.

They stopped at Great Pacific for more remarks from leaders promoting a Clean Energy Jobs bill that will be pushed in the Oregon Legislature next year. Pictured here are, from left, Loren Sampson, Tamiah Burns, Ela Morris,Kathryn Morris, and Charlie Morris.

MISSION – An application for a committee position from a tribal member who lives in San Francisco prompted a lengthy and sometimes contentious discussion Oct. 29 among members of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Lucas Eastwood, a business owner in California, was the lone applicant to fill a vacancy on the Economic and Community Development Committee.

In response to emailed questions from Secretary Kat Brigham, Eastwood said he could attend one meeting a month and knew the consequences for missing meetings.

The committee code says that if a person misses three meetings in a row or more than half the meetings in a year they can be removed. In fact, two people were removed from committees by the Board at the same meeting, one for unexcused absences.

According to CTUIR attorney Joe Pitt’s interpretation of the code, a person has to be physically present to be counted in a quorum, so if Eastwood “attended” by teleconference or Skype he still could not be counted as present.

Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf said he wanted “as much participation as possible,” but would also like to know if there was any concern from committees and commissions regarding applicants who live far off reservation.

Naomi Stacy, lead attorney in the Tribes’ Office of Legal Counsel, said the BOT has the discretion to appoint

anyone to a committee or commission.

“They are not prohibited but there may be some challenges,” Stacy said.

Board member Rosenda Shippentower said those potential challenges should be enough to consider further discussion.

“Are we talking about Alabama, Texas, Portland, Seattle … all 50 states?” Shippentower asked. “There are too many questions on this particular applicant to proceed.”

Shippentower said the Board in the past had denied applicants who lived off reservation, but Brigham noted that she was appointed to the Fish & Wildlife Commission when she lived in Cascade Locks and Bryson Liberty served on the Gaming Commission when he lived in Tri-Cities.

Board member Aaron Ashley said committee and commission applications ask if an applicant can be present for meetings. It doesn’t ask, he said, if they have time to Skype or call in.

“I don’t agree. It doesn’t say if you can’t or can. Can you be here? Technically we could put him on there and let the year run out. If he’s not present in 50 percent of the meetings what position does that put ECDC in, if he’s not here every other week?” Ashley asked. “The way it’s written he can’t be present. He doesn’t have the time. My position is to readvertise. Until questions change and the Board decides to allow call-ins what precedent are we setting for people to show up?”

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Voters deciding Nov. 6 on key measures CTUIR Board of Trustees asks to provide summaries for tribal voters Voters in Oregon and Washington will choose a host of candidates and make decisions on several ballot measures in this General Election.

Vote-by-mail ballots are due in both states on Nov. 6.

At this point, if you haven’t voted and mailed your ballot with a stamp, you should deliver your ballot to a ballot box.

There is an official Umatilla County Ballot Box in the parking lot in front of the Nixyaawii Governance Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Ballots left in the drive-up ballot box will be picked up at 8 p.m. on Nov. 6 when voting officially closes.

The following are short synopses of the five ballot measures in Oregon and four measures in Washington.

The summaries were compiled from each state’s Voters Pamphlet at the request of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

For more information about Oregon ballot measures, please go to oregonvotes.gov.

For more information about the Washington initiatives, please go to www.sos.wa.gov.

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Ballot Measures – Oregon Measure 102: Amends Constitution: Allows local bonds for financing affordable housing with non-governmental entities. Requires voter approval, annual audits.

“Yes” vote allows local governments to issue bonds to finance affordable housing with nongovernmental entities.

Requires local voters’ approval of bonds, annual audits, public reporting.

The constitution prohibits most local governments from raising money for, or loaning credit to any private entity.

This allows local governments to issue general obligation bonds to finance the cost of constructing affordable housing, including when the funds go to a non-governmental entity. Measure 102 requires that local authorizing bonds be approved by local voters and describe affordable housing to be financed.

Measure 103: Amends Constitution: Prohibits taxes/fees based on transactions for “groceries” (defined) enacted or amended after September 2017.

“Yes” vote amends Constitution; prohibits state/local taxes/fees based on transactions for “groceries” (defined), including those on sellers/distributors, enacted/amended after September 2017.

Measure prohibits state/local governments from adopting, approving or enacting any “tax, fee, or other as-

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sessment” on sale/distribution/purchase/receipt of, or for privilege of selling/distributing, “groceries”, by individuals/ entities regulated by designated food safety agencies, including restaurants, or operating as farm stand/farmers market/food bank.

Measure 104: Amends Constitution: Expands (beyond taxes) application of requirement that three-fifths legislative majority approve bills raising revenue “Yes” vote expands “bills for raising revenue,” which require three-fifths legislative majority, to include (beyond taxes) fees and changes to tax exemptions, deductions, credits.

Measure expands three-fifths legislative majority requirement to also apply to fee increases, including changes to tax exemptions, deductions, or credits.

Measure 105: Repeals law limiting use of state/local law enforcement resources to enforce federal immigration laws “Yes” vote repeals law limiting (with exceptions) use of state/local law enforcement resources for detecting/ apprehending persons suspected only of violating federal immigration laws.

Measure repeals ORS 181A.820, which limits (with exceptions) the use of state and local law enforcement money, equipment and personnel for “detecting or apBallot Measures on page 14A

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CUJ News City wants to revive Umatilla Village plan Project would protect historic Indian cemetery and provide access to original Umatilla Landing with walking, bike paths

By Wil Phinney of the CUJ

UMATILLA – The City of Umatilla (City) wants to reengage in plans with the Confederated Tribes to enhance the 8,000-year-old Umatilla Village site, including a historic Indian cemetery, and connect the original Umatilla Townsite to the rest of the city with walking and biking paths.

The City also wants to provide access to the Columbia and Umatilla rivers for fishing and recreation purposes.

The old townsite – Umatilla Landing - was built on top of the native village, which was partially inundated by water backed up behind the John Day Dam more than 50 years ago.

It was thought that the entire Townsite would be covered by water, but it was not. Between 1965 and 1968 the town was condemned and moved south ahead of the rising John Day Dam reservoir, but remnants – mostly street grids and a few building foundations – can still be found.

The cemetery, which covers less than two acres, was excavated in 1965 and again in the 1970s, according to Teara Farrow Ferman, interim director of the Tribes’ Department of Natural Resources.

The remains of 230 individuals were reburied in a mass grave on Nov. 27, 1976, at the Agency Cemetery on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Remains of other individuals were sent to universities for repository, but were claimed through the Native Americans Graves Repatria-

tion Act (NAGPRA). That resulted in the reburial of 354 remains in 2003 at the Agency Cemetery.

However, Farrow Ferman said, some remains and cremains are still buried at the old Umatilla Village cemetery.

The improvement project, which actually began as “grand ideas” in 1991, was approved by the Board of Trustees

(BOT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) in 2016. The CTUIR and the City of Umatilla submitted a joint application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has jurisdiction over the federal property.

It’s going to cost an estimated $36,500 for the Corp of Engineers to simply review the application. The overall project

is likely to cost millions and could take years to complete.

At the request of the City, the BOT on Oct. 15 – following the recommendation from the CTUIR Cultural Resources Committee - pitched in $10,000 toward the application fee. The City expects to Umatilla Village on page 18A

CUJ Briefs Student performances planned for NA Month

PENDLETON – Native American Heritage Month activities will take place at Pendleton area schools throughout the month of November.

Washington Elementary will hold their Native American Drumming and Dancing Assembly Nov. 8 at 1 p.m., parents and family of students are invited to attend.

Pendleton Early Learning Center has scheduled their assembly Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.

The Nixyaawii Community School (NCS) will join in with other area schools as a part of their celebration and observance. Fred Hill said he will bring approximately 15 NCS students to Portland Nov. 13 for one of their performances of pow wow singing and dancing.

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MISSION – The Nixyaawii Chamber of Commerce will hold their Annual Gathering at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino Nov. 14 at 6 p.m.

The event will allow chamber members to network, eat and.

Free bankruptcy class set for Nov. 13

MISSION – The Legal Aid Services of Oregon office will hold a free bankruptcy class at Pendleton City Hall Nov. 13.

The class is for low income Oregonians facing consumer debt, medical bills, debt collector harassment and garnished wages. Those eligible will be referred to pro bono bankruptcy attorneys who will not charge for their services.

For more information call 541-2766685 or visit them at oregonlawhelp.org.

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MISSION – The Blue Mountain Community College on Nov. 14 will hold a screening of “100 Years” a documentary that revisits the legal fight won by Elouise Cobell.

The Cobell settlement was the largest class action lawsuit ever against the U.S. Government. There was a $3.4 billion settlement for 300,000 Native Americans whose lands were mismanaged byt eh Dept. of Interior. The documentary follows the turn of events that unfolded around the lawsuit, it runs for 76 minutes.

The film will be shown Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at BMCC ST-200. Snacks are provided and this event is free to the public.

For more information contact Annie Smith, Native American Liason and Success Coach for CTUIR, at 541-278-5935.

‘Invitational Exhibit’ continues at Crow’s Shadow

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MISSION – The works of 10 printmakers will remain on exhibit through Nov. 16 at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

“Returning: An Invitational Exhibition” represents the works by artists who attend by-annual artist-in-residence monotype printmaking sessions over the last eight years in the studio.

The printmakers initially came to structured workshop retreats, but more recently have rented the studio as an independent collective.

“They have developed a wonderful rapport with one another as well as the studio,” Nika Blasser at Crow’s Shadow said in news release. “Viewed together, the prints in Returning share a deep connection through the place where they were made with many of the artists drawing inspiration from the landscapes and colors of Eastern Oregon.”

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McKay Reservoir green and muddy Taking on that low-water autumn look, McKay Reservoir has turned a golden yellow at the south end and is a muddy trail toward the center of the lake. Next spring, all that area will be under water again, to be released for irrigation and fish downstream.

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Unseen Scars of War T

he scars of battle are not always visible on a veteran who has returned from duty and war. Many times, from all outward appearances, a veteran may look and seem happy and well-adjusted to life post-service. For those who have good relations with a supportive family and community, their adjustment may be just fine.

For others, their time in service may have been fraught with trauma, anxiety, and tension and in their return home they may be without support from family and friends.

What is seen in war cannot be unseen.

The Veterans Administration (VA) conducted a study in 2014 that determined 20 veterans died from suicide each day. Of those who died, 6 out of 20 had availed themselves of VA services. Veterans constitute 8.5 percent of the United States population, but account for over 18 percent of all death from suicide among adults. For a majority of these victims, 66 percent used a firearm to end their life.

In addition, approximately 65 percent of those veterans who took their life were 50 years of age or older.

Risk for suicide is 21 percent higher among veterans as compared to the general adult population.

For female veterans there is a risk for suicide that is 2.4 times higher as compared to adult females.

Who is responsible for prevention? The answer is - everyone.

There is an old saying, “A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The ‘United States of America’, for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’”

This willingness to sacrifice comes at a cost, to the veteran and the community as a whole.

There was once a practice here in our homelands that helped prepare our warriors for going off to war and to ease their return. A Paaxamn,

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War Dance ceremony was conducted both before and after battle. This war dance helped our warriors prepare for what they may see and experience in battle. Older veterans would tell their story to pass on their experience and knowledge about warfare, but also to help release the heaviness upon their heart. Upon the return of the warriors, the dance would be held again so the warrior could tell their own war story and begin the process of relieving their heart of the heaviness and burden placed upon it.

I was fortunate to have taken part in the Paaxamn before I shipped out to Desert Shield/ Storm and when I returned. Then in the early 2000’s I participated in this ceremony for several of our veterans when they returned from Afghanistan and Iraq.

We need to continue this ceremony and tradition to help our returning veterans.

The VA has a 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a week Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) that provides immediate access to mental health crisis intervention and support. Veterans can call the national suicide prevention hotline number at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) to reach a highly skilled professional.

Since the crisis line was established in 2007 more than 2.3 million calls have been received.

The professionals have dispatched emergency services for imminent suicidal crisis over 61,000 times. This is a good support system that everyone should know about to help veterans in need.

Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is a holiday to recognize those veterans who are still living. Take the time to thank a veteran for their service, listen to their story and help them lessen the burden on their heart. ~ CFS III

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Your vote matters

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ometimes we hear Tribal members say they don’t need to vote because what happens off the Reservation doesn’t matter to them.

Well they are wrong.

Everything that happens outside the boundaries of this Reservation impacts you. And in many cases the only voice you have is when you mark your ballot.

Should cities be able to issue bonds to finance affordable housing?

Should public employees have access to abortions just like Oregonians?

Those are two of the measures on the vote-by-mail ballot due Nov. 6. (It’s too late to put a stamp on the envelope and mail it now. Drop it in the official Umatilla County Ballot Box in front of the Nixyaawii Governance Center until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6.)

Think your vote doesn’t matter? It does. And if all Native Americans voted it would matter a lot.

Consider these numbers: With endorsements from 12 tribes, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) was narrowly elected in 2000, creating a 50-50 tie in the U.S. Senate.

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) credits her victory in the 2010 election to the significant power of the Alaska Native vote. With over 100,000 write-in votes, she was only the second successful U.S. Senate write-in candidate. In 2006, when Senator John Tester (D-Montana) won his election by 3,562 votes, over 17,000 voters cast ballots on Indian reservations. According to information from the National Congress of American Indians, there were 76,000 eligible American Indian/Alaska Native voters in Oregon in 2010.

That’s definitely enough to swing a statewide election.

The number of eligible voters on the Umatilla Indian Reservation is enough to swing a vote in Umatilla County, perhaps in a state legislative or senate race .

The number of eligible voters on Indian reservations in Oregon may even swing a vote in a federal contest.

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CUJ Op-Eds/Columns Attendance is a commitment for parents, too The speech below was delivered by Tribal Court Chief Judge William Johnson to the children and families attending the Tribal Attendance Project for Perfect Attendance at Washington School on Oct. 9, 2018. Before he began, he thanked Stacey Jacobs, Tribal Attendance Pilot Project (TAPP) Family Advocate, and Aimee VanNice, Washington Principal, for asking him to speak in honor of children with perfect attendance. He also introduced tribal member Louisa Allman, the Tribal Court Juvenile Delinquency Specialist.

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ome of you may be aware that our granddaughter Barrett Rivera (daughter of Drew and Shane) was recently very ill and required emergency life-flight to Portland, Oregon. Her illness emergency was eventually diagnosed as Alternating Hemiplegia in Childhood.

She is now receiving medication and care, which is making her better. During this emergency illness our community on the reservation and in Pendleton prayed and provided fundraising, child care for Barrett and our family. The best of our community comes out at these difficult times. Our community commitment to Barrett shined and will remain in our hearts forever. For that we say a heemaxus kats yow yow (giant thank you).

We have many current-day examples of community commitment to our children when facing medical or family emergencies. In past history our treaty makers/signers were looking out for future generations by reserving our right to an education. Our Treaty of 1855 with the United States reserved our rights as a sovereign government, provided for preservation of our people and resources and land base.

Included in these provisions was health, education, and safety for our community. We were reserving our inherent rights of self-government including an education of our choice, practicing our culture, and

‘Get your bluff in early – Say you will go crazy if you find out they are not in school and you do not know what insane discipline you may impose.’

-Chief Judge William Johnson speaking the language and practicing the religion of our ancestors. We were saying we want to do it ourselves, and that we are capable and able to do it ourselves. We signed the treaty for all our people - it was for the good of the whole tribal community, not just for a few.

Through history our community can be seen providing love and care to our children. Getting them to school and having perfect or almost perfect attendance is our way of committing to them and making sure they get the foundation and components to be a successful person and being the best tribal member they can be.

Education is our self-determination.

We all can think of examples of successful education in our own families and I can in mine. Here are some tribal members who probably had excellent attendance and who make us all look good: Sophia

Tauala-Lieras (Harvard University), Alyssa Farrow (Stanford University), Rosy Sams (Harvey Mudd School of Engineering), Nolan Nez (Oregon State University), Chelsey Minthorn (Portland State University), and Nicole Willis (Yale University). And of course I know I am missing others and I apologize.

When I started I said I would share my secrets to parenting so here they are: 1. Get your bluff in early – Say you will go crazy if you find out they are not in school and you do not know what insane discipline you may impose.

2. Time - Give time to your children as your gift to them. You will be rewarded.

3. Keep them busy with positive educational activities whatever that may be.

Again congratulations to all teachers, parents, and students for perfect attendance.”

CUJ Letters to the Editor Register and vote because Indian rights in peril

Dear Editor, Power goes to those who vote. Power keeps culture growing, casinos running and Indian land in Indian hand. Communication, health and wealth depend on positive, strong, unified warrior actions. By voting, power grows. By not voting, we lose power and voice.

Do you vote? Just register and vote for those that favor us. Do you need a ride? Just ask or catch the trolley.

If you are not a registered by the time this letter goes out, get registered now for the next presidential election in 2020. Then you will be ready.

The children need you to vote now for their future and yours. They often know who to vote for when it’s a toss-up, so ask them. Vote this time . . . it makes a democracy work. You will be setting the bar for all.

And it empowers you at no cost. Invest wisely! Your assets matter.

Our democracy and Indian rights have never been in bigger peril. If you don’t believe me, Google ‘Trump’s plans to privatization of Indian land’ and what that would mean to us.

Brenda Cook, CTUIR member Mt. Vernon, Washington

Huesties-Wolf supports BOT member Aaron Ashley

I appreciate the article about my sister Esther in the

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September 2018 CUJ. She was captured well and it also affectively described girls being valued in their families and representing more than themselves.

This is why I agreed to an interview with the CUJ about cosponsoring flowers for the Happy Canyon (HC) Princesses for the week of Round-Up. I hoped it would encompass the memory of my late sister and past HC Princess, Esther Lynn Huesties and support all who put themselves out there to represent our culture and people.

The article, however, was speckled with negative comments about the Board of Trustees, specifically AtLarge Member Aaron Ashley, for not sponsoring the parade flowers for the 2018 HC Princesses. I wanted to make it clear that I support Aaron Ashley as a thoughtful fiduciary of our Tribes. Fiduciary meaning, he cares about where our tribal funds go, and adheres to how funds are authorized to be spent.

In my interview with the CUJ, I stated that as a Board Member, Aaron is reported all our financials including our Casino, Cayuse Technologies, Yellowhawk, and the Wildhorse Foundation. He knows the bigger picture of money and efforts going towards the City of Pendleton, Round-Up and Happy Canyon Associations because of his Board position. He is also as a former HC and Roundup princess parent. Aaron, understandably, saw the $400 request as additional money invested in town and Roundup, instead of flowers for princesses. In the article, only the latter was stated.

As former HC Princesses my mother, aunt and I are honored and happy to be able to sponsor flowers for the princesses. In fact, many of our Tribal members are

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happy to step up to support our kids, schools, community events, and teams where we can. Let us all continue to support each other, and stay accountable to our Tribe as individuals.

I continue my support for At-Large Member Aaron Ashley, and appreciate his leadership.

Althea Huesties-Wolf, CTUIR member McKay Creek

Elders should be next in line

The new Yellowhawk Health Clinic is completed and how they are working on a new school. Hopefully, the next time they do the planning they should consider building a new Senior Center.

The present Senior Center has been here for about 40 years and an upgrade is needed.

The Center has been used for many activities, not only for the seniors, but all tribal members. Right now, the Kitchen area is crowded because it has the dishwashing area in the same areas as the cooking stove. A bigger area is needed for the cooks.

The seating area could be bigger and have an area where the Tribal members can have their pictures and other items that can be displayed.

In the campaign speeches the statement is always made ‘Let’s take care of our kids and elders.’

Looks like the kids have been taken care of, now is the time for the elders.

Ray Watchman, CTUIR member Mission

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CUJ Almanac Obituaries Frank Johnson April 18, 1956 - October 7, 2018 Frank Lynn Johnson passed away unexpectedly at his Lewiston home Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.

Frank was born April 18, 1956, to Leslie Dwight Johnson and Nita Fae (LaCourse) Johnson in Prineville, Ore. He grew up in Pendleton, Ore., and attended Pendleton High School.

After high school, he moved to Portland and attended Mt. Hood Community College. He and Susan Mize had a daughter, Summer, in August 1975.

In 1986, he married Nancy Elizabeth Clawson. This union also added a stepson, Charlie. In 1987, he Frank Lynn Johnson and Nancy welcomed a son, Taylor. They moved from Pendleton to Lewiston in 1988. He was currently working for Lewiston School District in the maintenance department. He could be seen all over Lewiston, mowing district lawns.

Frank loved spending time with his family. He regularly attended school and sporting events for his grandkids. Holidays were important to him, and the family usually got together at his house.

He was a quiet man who kept to himself, but his heart was huge.

Surviving him are daughter Summer (Rick) Kaufman, with grandchildren Tanner, Katie and Maddie, all of Asotin; his son, Taylor William (Felicia) Johnson, with granddaughter Jennessa, of Maple Grove, Minn.; stepson Loren Charles (Bonnie) Schademan, with grandchildren Hailey and Sheldon, of Clarkston, Pullman and Lewiston; sister Vickie Johnson; brothers William

(Darcy) Johnson and James Johnson; sister-inlaw Jenny Clawson of Eugene, Ore.; brotherin-law Jon Dawley of Lewiston; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father; mother; mother-in-law Louise Brown; wife Nancy; brother-in-law Mike Shailer; and girlfriend Jeanna Baker.

Frank’s immediate family would like to extend a special thanks to Jesse and Rachel Campbell and Rod and Dee Hemphill, all of Lewiston, for being so kind to our father over the years and after Nancy passed.

A celebration of life will be was held at 11 a.m.

Oct. 20 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 1104 Warner Ave., Lewiston.

Patricia Knight June 6, 1944 - October 9, 2018 Patricia Ann Knight was born June 6, 1944, the day the allied forces landed at Normandy to Naval Lieutenant Commander Oscar and Elizabeth Knight. The oldest of four children, Pat attended school in Elgin and Milton Freewater where she was active in ballet and was crowned “Pea Festival Princess” and “Miss Walla Walla.”

She attended Eastern Oregon College and the University of Portland where she studied to be a social worker. Pat was very involved in the Native American community and considered the Umatilla tribe her Patricia Knight extended family. Pat spent most of her life as a working photographer, both freelance and in commercial studios. Her work has been featured in galleries and publications throughout the Northwest including Native American Cultural Centers. Her biggest joy was teaching photography to aspiring artists of all ages including Elgin’s “Art Rocks” program. Pat

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returned to the Knight ranch outside of Elgin, OR and has spent the last two decades teaching photography, showing in galleries and selling specialty food products. It is here she felt the most at home.

Pat passed away in Milton Freewater on October 9th and is survived by her son Michael Stinnett of Soldotna, AK; and grandchildren Joshua, Aiden and Caileigh; and daughter Mary Lee of Bellevue, WA and grandson Dylan Gary.

She is survived by her three brothers, Douglas, James and Francis as well as many nieces and nephews.

If you would like to honor the life and memory of Pat, please consider purchasing artwork or goods from a local artist or farmer or make a donation in her name to the Wildhorse Foundation which supports the arts, cultural activities, education, salmon restoration and more for the Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. http://www. thewildhorsefoundation.com

Weather Weather information summarize data taken at the Pendleton Weather Station from Oct. 1 - 31.

Temperature is reported in degrees Fahrenheit and time in Pacific Standard Time.

T h e a v e r a g e d a i l y t e m p e r a tu r e w a s 50 degrees with a high of 73 degrees on Oct. 2 and a low of 31 degrees on Oct. 14.

Total precipitation to date in October was 1.56” There was a departure of .64” from average for the month of October.

The average wind speed was 6.3 mph with a sustained max speed of 22 mph from the South West on Oct. 28. A peak speed of 35 mph occurred from the North-Northwest on Oct. 2. The dominant wind direction was from the NorthNorthwest.

There were 0 Thunder storms, 10 rain days, 13 Haze events/Smoky days in the month of October. Air Quality Index values remained MODERATE thru October with improvement following a low pressure system that arrived late in the month.

Lester B. Spencer Stone Setting & Memorial Nov. 10th at 8 a.m.

Stone Setting at Agency Cemetery and Memorial to follow at Mission Longhouse.

Indian Lake

Campground closed to non-tribal members Indian Lake Campground is closed to non-tribal members for the winter season.

We will re-open for the season on May 1, 2019.

CTUIR tribal members are still allowed to utilize the campground.

Please give the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) a call to let them know that you are staying there, 541-276-3873.

If you see suspicious behavior at the lake or damage, please call Tribal Police at 541-278-0550.

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Three arrested during UTPD Elderberry Loop raid MISSION - Three adults were arrested in a police raid carried out in Mission Creek Housing projects on the Umatilla Indian Reservation Oct. 21.

Umatilla Tribal Police Department (UTPD) officers raided 823 Elderberry Loop in Mission, according to the East Oregonian police log.

Shaylin Rae Spencer, 24, and Austin Ray Satterwhite, 19, were arrested for dangerous drugs and criminal activity in drugs.

UTPD arrested Gracie Marie Hernandez, 19, for misdemeanor possession of heroin.

Satterwhite was taken in for a parole violation.

Corrections The last couple of lines were cut off from the Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Community School football story on Page 6B. The last paragraph should have read: Balezlena likes his punter, too. That’s Christian Haskell, who is averaging 52 yards a punt. Granted, PR/NCS hasn’t had to punt very often this year, but Haskell has a couple of 60 yarders to his credit. He mostly plays noseguard on defense.

Linda Jones, vice chair of the Celebration Committee, was misidentified in a story about Craft Night on Page 22A. Joseph Crawford and son, Joseph Crawford Jr., were misidentified in a Pendleton Round-Up photo package on page 15B.

CTUIR Employment Survey AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IS UNDERWAY TO GAIN FEEDBACK ON TRIBAL MEMBERS’ WORK STATUS, JOB INTERESTS, OBSTACLES OR CHALLENGES IN SEEKING OR MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CTUIR. THIS SURVEY INVITE IS SENT TO ALL GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOLLOWS THE 2011 SURVEY FORMAT. VISIT THE LINK BELOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ CTUIREmployment2018 THE SURVEY WILL RUN FROM NOV. 12-30, 2018.

PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A DRAWING FOR ONE OF FIVE (5) $100 GIFT CARDS RAFFLED FOR PARTICIPATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH A HARD COPY SURVEY FORM, CONTACT CTUIR HUMAN RESOURCES AT 541-429-7180

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Jobs CRITFC IS HIRING: Receptionist/OED/Reg/FT/NE Closing Date: November 19, 2018 Salary/Wage: $32,834 - $42,687 Job Summary/Primary Responsibility: This position is the primary Receptionist and first point of contact for the Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission (CRITFC).

Job Requirements/Qualifications: High school Diploma. Six-months of general clerical or office assisting experience and experience using a receptionist telephone console is required. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential. https://www.critfc.org/blog/jobs/receptionist-2/ Pacific Lamprey Project Leader/FTReg/NE The Pacific Lamprey Project Leader coordinates and works with CRITFC, tribal technical and policy representatives, and other regional management agencies and researchers to implement the Tribal Pacific Lamprey Restoration Plan for the Columbia River Basin. Requirements: A Master’s Degree in biological sciences or related field is required. Submit to: Email: hr@critfc.org (please follow with mailed original)

CTUIR

Career Opportunitites

Board of Trustees

General Council

Chair Gary Burke 1. Public Transit Driver 2. Archaeologist (2 positions) 3. Re-Education / Intervention Facilitator 4 Seasonal Farm Assistant 5. Victim & Witness Assistant 6. Field Station Instrument Specialist 7. NGC Receptionist/ Secretary I 8. Equipment Operator I 9. Administrative Office Manager 10. Program Manager, First Food Policy Program 11. Police Officer 12.Facility Technician II 13. Teacher/Family Advocate 14. CUJ Reporter 15. Economic Development Coordinator

Chair Willie Sigo, IV

Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf

Vice Chair Michael Ray Johnson

Treasurer Doris Wheeler

Secretary Shawna Gavin

Secretary Kathryn Brigham

Interpreter Thomas Morning Owl

At-large BOT Members: Aaron Ashley General Council contact Info Sally Kosey Office: 541-429-7378 Rosenda Shippentower Email: GeneralCouncil@ctuir.org Meeting updates and information on: Woodrow Star

www.ctuir.org/government/general-council

For more information visit: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Att: Office of Human Resources Online 46411 Timine Way Pendleton, OR 97801 http://ctuir.org

CTUIR Office of the Interim Director Executive Director : Eric Quaempts

General Council Meeting

Pendleton Pioneer Chapel received three prestigious awards in 2009

w The Oregon Funeral Directors Association Award of Funeral Service Excellence w The Best Of Eastern Oregon Award as voted by the readers of the East Oregonian

Nixyaawii Governance Center, Nov. 29, 2 p.m. Draft agenda: Old Business: Umatilla Basin Water Rights settlement New Business: CTUIR 2019 Budget

w Pendleton Chamber of Commerce 2009 Business of the Year

Our experienced family provides caring, compassionate care including:

Burial Services ~ Military Services Cremation ~ Monuments

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CTUIR Express Phone Directory

Tribal Court 541-276-2046

Human Resources 541-429-7180

Department of Children and Family Services 541-429-7300

Science & Engineering/Air Quality Burnline 541-429-7080

Enrollment Office 541-429-7035

Senior Center 541-276-0296

Finance Office 541-429-7150

TERF 541-276-4040

Finance – Credit Program 541-429-7155

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Partner-Trio Collaborates to Address Sexually Transmitted Infection Rates in Umatilla County Submitted by Natasha Herrera, Community Health Representative.

As partners of the Eastern Oregon Modernization Collaborative (EOMC), Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center and Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living (EOCIL) have been working to address the rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) rates Natasha Herrera in Umatilla County.

In 2008 Umatilla County had received 191 Chlamydia reports comparable to 2017, rates had increased to 323 positive cases. Between 2008 and 2017 over 2,628 total cases of Chlamydia had been reported.

In 2008 Umatilla County had received 7 Gonorrhea reports comparable to 2017, rates had increased to 67 positive cases.

Between 2008 and 2017, over 334 total cases of Gonorrhea had been reported.

While all sexually transmitted infections are preventable and treatable, it is important to get tested because often times there are no symptoms. Ask your provider about testing.

Initial efforts were made during Pendleton’s Round-Up week. One strategy implemented was to increase condom availability. Educational outreach, preventatives and a follow-up throughout the week to refill the condom dispenser boxes would all be provided by employees from the three organizations.

Twenty-three businesses, primarily establishments that cater to customers 21-years-of-age-and-older, were contacted. Four locations on the Pendleton Round-Up grounds were also a point of placement for the condom dispenser boxes.

Six out of the 23 businesses supported the effort, accepting condom distribution boxes, posters, flyers and postcards. More

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than a dozen condom dispenser boxes were placed in female and male public restrooms. Three businesses wanted only the educational outreach that included 4-inch by 6-inch postcards provided

by Oregon Public Health Epidemiologists’ User System (ORPHEUS).

ORPHEUS is a joint database development-and-integration effort co-sponsored by the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) and the HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease and Tuberculosis (HST) Programs within the Oregon Public Health Division.

Another resource included the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign, which is a youthful, empowering social movement to encourage young people to get tested and treated, as needed, for STDs and HIV. The campaign is a partnership between the American College Health Association, Kaiser Family Foundation, National Coalition of STD Directors, MTV, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Technical consultation for GYT is provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Yellowhawk has utilized GYT materials in the past two years during outreach efforts to prevent the further spread of STIs. Making condoms more accessible will decrease the spread of STIs. For tribal members please contact 541.966.9830 to see if you qualify for free testing.

Through this Round-Up week partnership, more than 1,600 condoms were distributed. Businesses have shown future interest.

Mission Market, The Saddle and The Frontier Tavern have agreed to be permanent sites.

Businesses interested in collaborating or supporting in the future can contact Nora Zimmerman, MPH Regional Systems Liaison, Eastern Oregon Modernization Collaborative, at 541-993-2326.

A special thank you to the businesses of the community that supported this effort in making our community a healthier place.

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Education Facility going up on Reservation

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‘The gym was first because it usually is the easiest to construct and it is the most important because the rest of the building stems off that attachment wall.’ - Kevin Kiniry, Superintendent for Chervenell Construction

A construction worker hammers on rafters in the main part of the building between the high school and the early childhood section of the Education Facility.

Workers put down steel re-bar before concrete is poured on one of the final slabs for the new Education Facility under construction on the Umatilla Indian Resevation.

At right, a masonry worker inside the gymnasium where the Nixyaawii Golden Eagles will be playing their high school basketball games in the 2019-2020 season.

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Crews on schedule for start of 2019 school year By the CUJ

Above, the walls, trusses and roof go up on the Education Facility being constructed on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

At left, the foundation of the new building looking from the southeast toward the big new gym, shows what it took to get things rolling on the ground before passersby could observe the structure that sits immediately to the west of the new Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center.

MISSION – Work is on schedule at the Education Facility and should be completed in time for the first day of fall classes for the young children in daycare and the teens at Nixyaawii Community School.

“We want to hit the end of August or the beginning of September with substantial completion on Aug. 30,” said Kevin Kiniry, Superintendent for Chervenell Construction Co. of Kennewick, the general contractor on the project.

With seven subcontractors and about 60 workers on site, the project hit a major milestone Oct. 23 when the last slab of concrete was poured in the southwest corner where the Early Learning area will be located.

The construction began with the big gymnasium. The tall concrete-block walls went up to form a gray building that looked enormous sitting by itself on the landscape immediately west of Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The east wall of the gym basically started the rest of the project, Kiniry said, with all other sections attached.

“The gym was first because it usually is the easiest to construct and it is the most important because the rest of the building stems off that attachment wall,” Kiniry said.

The current focus is the “heart of the building,” which is the section that sits lengthwise north-tosouth. It includes two mezzanines, all the HVAC components, and the kitchen.

The wings of classrooms on the northeast end for the high school and on both south ends for the younger children, Language Program, and administration, are “easy to build,” and can be finished even if they don’t start until spring, Kiniry said.

“We want to get as much done as we can before winter, but if we had to we could start on those classroom wings in spring we’d still have plenty of time to finish,” he said.

The biggest challenge so far has been the ground.

Excavation went down five and six feet in some areas to get down to the caliche hard pan. Once the hard pan was reached, the dirt was replaced in eight inch compacted levels.

“If it had been normal, what lasted a month to six weeks could have been done in a week, but we knew it going in,” Kiniry said. “It was just another challenge.”

Kiniry figures winter might also be a challenge.

“We’re at 1,300 feet elevation. We’ll probably see winter sooner and it will last longer. Even if it’s mild we’ll have some rain and snow,” he said.

Subcontractors on site, all using workers through the Tribal Employment Rights Office (which has a goal of 25 percent Native American employees), include:

Silver Creek Contracting, Hermiston, commercial concrete, excavation, grading, etc.

Aden Masonry, Kennewick, the gym construction and all masonry veneer, including an exterior brick wainscot around the entire building under the windows; Amos Construction, Kennewick, with the trusses and all other aspects of wood work; Horizon Construction Systems, Tri-Cities, with all the metal stud work; BnB Mechanical, Kenniwick; plumbing.

Bruce Mechanical, Inc., Kennewick, HVAC systems, and Gordon’s Electric from Pendleton.

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Oregon and Washington ballot measures Continued from page 4A

prehending persons whose only violation of law” pertains to their immigration status.

Current exceptions allow using law enforcement resources to: Detect or apprehend persons accused of violating federal immigration laws who are also accused of other violations of law; Arrest persons “charged by the United States with a criminal violation of federal immigration laws” who are “subject to arrest for the crime pursuant to a warrant of arrest

issued by a federal magistrate”; Communicate with federal immigration authorities to verify immigration status of arrested persons or “request criminal investigation information with reference to persons named in records of” federal immigration officials.

Measure 106: Amends Constitution: Prohibits spending “public funds” (defined) directly/indirectly for “abortion” (defined); exceptions; reduces abortion access “Yes” vote amends constitution, prohibits

spending “public funds” (defined) directly/ indirectly for any “abortion” (defined), health plans/insurance covering “abortion”; limited exceptions; reduces abortion access.

Amends Constitution. Under current law, abortions may be obtained, when approved by medical professional, under state-funded health plans or under health insurance procured by or through public employer or other public service. This measure prohibits spending “public funds” for “abortion” or health benefit plans that cover “abortion.”

No exception for pregnancies resulting from

CTUIR & Umatilla County Proud Partners – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Working Together For Our Collective Futures Umatilla County Commission Chair George Murdock celebrating the dedication of the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic with left, Gary Burke, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and Shawna Gavin, Secretary for the CTUIR General Council and Chair of the Tribal Health Commission.

It was a privilege to host Tayler Craig and Sequoia Conner on Tuesday night of Round-Up at our home and to watch them during Round-Up as they went about their duties as Happy Canyon Princesses. Two outstanding young ladies with bright futures ahead of them.

“During the past two years, I have been honored to serve as chair of the Wildhorse Foundation. The Foundation provides about a million dollars a year in support of a vast array of projects which make a profound difference in the communities within our boundaries. Thank you to the CTUIR for helping contribute to those in need, to the education of our children, to public safety, to our quality of life, and to the preservation of the cultural heritage of those who first settled the region in which we are privileged to live.”

George Murdock, chair, Umatilla County Board of Commissioners

Umatilla County Commissioner George Murdock has earned a second full term

Vote George Murdock for Umatilla County Commissioner – Position One Paid for by the Committee to Re-Elect George Murdock

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rape/incest unless federal law requires.

Measure reduces access to abortion.

Ballot Measures – Washington WA Initiative 1631 - This measure would charge pollution fees on sources of greenhouse gas pollutants and use the revenue to reduce pollution, promote clean energy, and address climate impacts.

At least 10 percent must be spent for projects supported by a resolution of an Indian tribe.

At least 35 percent of spending must provide direct benefits to “pollution and health action areas.” The state designates those areas based on analyses of vulnerable populations and environmental burdens.

A particular area partially or fully within Indian reservations or other Indian lands would also qualify as a pollution and health action area.

The measure would require consultation with Indian tribes by any state agency implementing the law, or receiving funding for projects, on decisions that may directly affect Indian tribes and tribal lands. Spending on projects that directly affect an Indian tribe’s lands or usual and accustomed fishing areas requires first engaging in formal consultation and establishing a mutually agreed timeline for the consultation. If a project is funded without this consultation and directly affects lands owned or controlled by an Indian tribe or affects lands where a tribe has a significant interest, action on the project must cease upon request by an affected Indian tribe.

Initiative 1634 - This measure would prohibit new or increased local taxes, fees, or assessments on raw or processed foods or beverages (with exceptions), or ingredients thereof, unless effective by January 15, 2018, or generally applicable.

If adopted, Initiative 1634 would prevent local governments from imposing or collecting any new tax, fee, or other assessment on certain grocery items after January 15, 2018. This restriction would prohibit any new local tax, fee, or assessment of any kind on the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, ownership, transfer, transportation, container, use, or consumption of certain groceries. Initiative 1634 would also prohibit any increase of existing local taxes, fees, or assessments on these grocery items after January 15, 2018.

Initiative 1639 - This measure would require increased background checks, training, age limitations, and waiting periods for sales or delivery of semiautomatic assault rifles; criminalize non-compliant storage upon unauthorized use; allow fees; and enact other provisions.

This measure would change state laws regarding firearms. Some of these changes would relate only to semiautomatic assault rifles, as defined. Other changes would apply to other types of firearms as well.

The initiative defines a “semiautomatic assault rifle” to mean:any rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.

Initiative to the Legislature 940 - This measure would require law enforcement to receive violence de-escalation, mentalhealth, and first-aid training, and provide first-aid; and change standards for use of deadly force, adding a “good faith” standard and independent investigation.

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Támayčt Earth oven project revives traditional cooking method and archives knowledge of Umatilla elders The Támayčt process

By the CUJ

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he resurrection of a once-strong, now almost forgotten pit-style cooking practice has woken the “memories of elders and the land itself.”

And through the technology of digital videography, this centuries-old method of preparing camas roots is being memorialized – and archived - in the Umatilla language (with English subtitles) for use by members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR).

In mid-October, two master Umatilla speakers – Thomas Morning Owl and Mildred Quaempts, along with apprentice Damien Totus – narrated the preparation for the 72-hour cooking process of the camas roots at the home of Linda Sampson and Bear Farrow just east of Mission.

Volunteers kept the fire The event, and it was an burning for 72 hours straight. event, required the help of some 20 volunteers who kept the fire going on top of the four-foot-deep earth oven for three days while it cooked three bundles of camas roots that had been gathered in the summer.

Morning Owl, who has experience cooking buffalo, elk and pine moss/lichen in a pit, said cooking camas root was a learning experience.

“It was a rookie crew, even me,” he said. “It was a different technique because we had to tend the fire for three days. It was the first step in reviving the memory for the land and elders’ hearts and minds.”

And the finished product?

“It was amazing. The grandmas would be proud of it,” he said.

The Támayčt – Ground Oven Perpetuation Project requires much preparation, starting months in advance when the camas roots are actually gathered.

Here’s how the earth oven process goes.

First the four-foot deep pit is excavated. The crew used a little backhoe to dig a spot just west of the house where Linda Sampson and Bear Farrow live.

The fuel wood, alder or cottonwood, is placed in the bottom of the hole.

Rocks are placed on top of the fuel wood.

Another layer of wood is stacked on the rocks before the bottom fuel wood is lit on fire.

The rocks heat up – red hot - as the wood burns on the bottom and on the top.

While the fire is burning, a mixture of mud and brown Josh Sandoval, left, and Jeremy Sandoval, right, use a microphone pine needles is prepared. Then the ashes and rocks are on a boom and a video camera to record the earth oven process. covered with the mud.

There at the event were, from left, Josh Spencer, Damien Totus, At that point the process quickens. and Thomas Morning Owl. “It’s a fast process. Once those rocks are red hot and once the mud goes on it moves fast. That’s when you need is to preserve this almost lost traditional First Food a lot of help and the help was wonderful,” Morning Owl said. procurement process for future generations.

This is when many earth oven cooks use a thick grass “It will be a historical moment and we will own it,” layer. However, Morning Owl remembers atway Gene John Parr said. “It will be an educational tool and we will telling him to “work smarter, not harder.” He took John’s have copies for people who request words to heart it. Perhaps we can have it on a loop and instead of at Tamastslikt (Cultural Institute) or grass began using a bale of maybe use it as a trailer at Wildhorse alfalfa hay to (Cinema).” cover the mud.

Parr said the original plan called Next the wild for a 15-20-minute video, but “after mint sweetener the trial run we realized there is so garnished the much information that we want to alfalfa. extend the film and the grantor has Meanwhile, already said yes.” much of the previous earth The process actually started soon oven work was after the Language Program submitproceeding, the ted its grant proposal in June. dirty camas root, Morning Owl gathered camas which had been When the Language Program learned of the near La Grande and south of Hepstored in a coolpotential grant, the teachers unanimously chose the pner in July, but because the area er, was being támayčt – earth oven project. was so dry, and because the potenmore properly “The first thing we did was compile a list of who tial for fire was so high, the camas cleaned. knew what,” said Kristen Parr, manager of the CTUIR was stored while the region awaited It was placed Language Program, noting that while neighboring into three linen rain.

Linda Sampson, Thomas Morning Owl and Damien Totus stand tribes do practice the tradition, fewer than five elders Meanwhile, as summer stretched near the earth oven dug to cook camas root. That’s a bundle of bags and tied here carry the knowledge of tamayct. off. without any precipitation, Morning wild mint, in the red bag, that was used for sweetener.

In the “Támayčt – Ground Oven Perpetuation It went into Contributed photos Owl looked for sweetener. Wild mint Project,” a video from Digital Brilliance LLC, an the pit fast with was growing all over, but by the time Indian-owned company (sons of former Umatilla BIA more alfalfa he started to gather it placed on top.

Superintend Bill the plant was going dormant for the fall.

Then a canvas tarp was used to trap more heat.

Sandoval) in KenneHe was able to find a patch and stored it And a foot of dirt covered the tarp. wick, is documentaway like the camas.

On top of that a fire was built. ing the process of Then he started cutting wood, looking And that fire burned for three days. gathering traditional for alder and cottonwood because it burns When the camas came out of the hole it was an experiraw materials for hot. The ashes and coals last a long time. ence very few people have or will ever know. making the earth He cut two truckloads up McKay Creek.

Language Program manager Kristen Parr, who helped oven, the gatherHe needed rocks for the oven as well. write the grant for the project, said eating hot camas out of ing of traditional He had some rocks from Mount Adams the oven is something she will never forget.

First Foods – Xmáaš and Mount Hood but he needed to pick “What a feeling,” she said. “To bring it back … to watch (camas and kwinč up more from area fields. people with knowledge show us, to give us the teachings Stored camas roots, left, were cleaned, right, before (edible tree moss/ “It was a learning process,” Mornso it doesn’t get lost.” they were placed in the támayčt to cook for three days. lichen), the process ing Owl said. “I’d never cooked camas Morning Owl said it tasted sweet out of the ground. of baking these First before. If was our first try. I can’t recall And he noted the social aspect of the occasion, comparFoods in the tamayct, and sharing the First Foods people processing camas here in easily over 50 years. ing it to Fox Prairie and other places where tribes gathered with a small feast.

Other Northwest tribes, but not here. for gathering and cooking.

The video documentary will be mostly in the “It actually wakes up memories of elders and of the “Not one person can do it themselves,” he said. “They native Ímatalam (Umatilla) language and subtitled all used to come together as a community, as tribes, as land itself,” he said. “People come back to a cultural visitors. There was a time to work, a time to play, a time with English translation. The purpose of the video norm once strong now almost forgotten, but for this to socialize.” documentation, according to the grant application, little attempt.”

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Tracey Gatica, left, Denise Morning Owl , center and ,Rosaella Salt right, show off their dancing skills as they dance in with the girls during grand entry at Culture Night Oct. 10 at the Mission Longhouse.

Dalvin Jim, left, and Waptas Brockie, right, it every in the “Duck and Dive” during the boys dancing at Culture Night Oct. 10.

First Culture Night fills Longhouse More than 70 people, with 49 kids participating, showed up to eat dinner, play games and practice traditional and pow wow dances during the first Culture Night of the 2018-19 school year Oct. 10. The event is put on by the Celebration Committee and will meet most Wednesdays at the Mission Longhouse throughout the school year. Schedules are available from the Celebration Committee, call Rachel Matamoros at 541-429-7845 or Babbette Cowapoo at 541-969-3303 for more information.

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Gabe Picard, left, Chance Squiemphen, center, and Jakoby Van Pelt, right, are all smiles as they dance in during grand entry at Culture Night Oct. 10 at the Mission Longhouse.

Bryson Red Crane, left, and Terry Nowland, right, practice their “Duck and Dive” during the boys dancing at Culture Night Oct. 10 at the Mission Longhouse.

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Babbette Cowapoo, right, has fun teaching youth to Owl Dance during the first Culture Night of the School year at the Mission Longhouse Oct. 10.

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use money it generates from a hotel tax to pay for the rest of the review cost.

Tamra Mabbott, the Community Development Director for the City of Umatilla, said the town’s money for the assessment, which may require National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) reviews, will come from transient motel-tax funds. It’s possible that the CTUIR’s Cultural Resources Protection Program (CRPP) could be hired to do the archeology work.

Mabbott said the City recently signed its portion of a formal co-management agreement that will make the CTUIR a partner in decision-making.

At the BOT meeting Oct. 15, Farrow Ferman, who is the manager of the CRPP (currently interim director of the Department of Natural Resources), said it is imperative that the CTUIR be co-managers of the project.

Farrow Ferman said that, like BOT members, she has concerns about looting that has taken place at the cemetery over the years. But she thinks the improvement plan could work to benefit the resource.

“There will be more eyes and more people there to help protect the resources,” she said. “There will be signs that outline the federal laws, which are stricter than state laws, and another benefit of being a partner is the added enforcement from Umatilla patrols.”

Once the Corps’ assessment is completed, implementation of the development and future management will require financial support at both the state and federal level, according to the working group draft proposal put together by City and CTUIR representatives in 2015 and 2016.

The support will be “far easier to secure with collaboration between the CTUIR and the City of Umatilla,” the proposal states. “The area is of such significance on a local, regional and national level that a collaborative approach to funding agencies should have a good potential for success, or at least a better chance of success than each applying separately.”

The project languished and changed over time as new administrations governed the City.

“The ball was dropped when we shuffled between city managers,” said Mabbott, who noted that the initial plan began some 27 years ago with former Umatilla City Manager Bob Ward.

Over the years, with staff changes in Umatilla and a certain amount of “push back” from the CTUIR, the big plans were downsized, Farrow Ferman told the BOT at an Oct. 10 work session.

Among the City’s plans are a new path along the

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The remains of 230 individuals were reburied in a mass grave on Nov. 27, 1976, at the Agency Cemetery on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Remains of other individuals were sent to universities for repository, but were claimed through the Native Americans Graves Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). That resulted in the reburial of 354 remains in 2003 at the Agency Cemetery. river’s edge that would provide access to the Columbia and Umatilla rivers and facilitate cultural resource protection by opening the view from the river to the Cemetery and the old town, which was briefly called Columbia in the early 1860’s.

A proposed riverside promenade would be one of the premier features of the area and would also be an effective location for the placement of interpretive signs and kiosks along its route.

Farrow Ferman said the Umatilla Village site was occupied for more than 8,000 years with “layer upon layer of history.” She noted, too, that the old Umatilla Townsite may include a Chinese population that warrants historical recognition. Historic information about the Umatilla Townsite indicates there also were Mexican and African American components to the population.

Over the years, Farrow Ferman said, the Corps of Engineers, the Department of Corrections, and Community Service crews, not to mention storms and contracted goat herds, have removed overgrown invasive species, knocked down or cut down trees. Community Service workers have cut firewood for elders.

However, there hasn’t been much work done there in the last couple of years, she said.

The following projects are proposed at the cemetery, which is currently enclosed with a chain-link fence topped by barbed wire.

Most or all of the larger vegetation within the fenced area and throughout an extended buffer area outside the fence

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would be removed, potentially through controlled burning.  The area would be filled and leveled, and then native grasses would be planted.  The chain-link fence would be replaced with a moreattractive vinyl coated fencing and rail.  CTUIR would provide a memorial stone as well as interpretive signage that would be developed in cooperation with Tamastslikt Cultural Institute to highlight the significance of the site. The signage also would highlight state and federal regulations protecting archeological sites.  Security would be provided by the City and would include non-intrusive lighting and security cameras.

The draft proposal says the “preeminent objective” throughout the process and for all future agreements is the protection of cultural resources.

Another overarching goal is to protect the “micro-habitat” in the area where a herd of deer and other wildlife species live.

The City wants to place a variety of interpretive areas built to minimize ground disturbance for visitors to “gain historical, archeological, cultural and social perspective of the area and its unique role in discovery and subsequent settlement by indigenous peoples and western civilizations.”

The Old Townsite improvements  The area outside of the cemetery would be open to public access limited to daylight hours.  Areas would be identified for intense wildlife habitat; some areas would focus on passive recreational pursuits such as picnicking. There is a current vision of vegetation management that commences at the river as a natural environment that would transition to a fully manicured environment as one moves south to the edge of the City.  Pedestrian and bicycle paths would be restricted to the current Old Town street grid. Streets not incorporated into the trail system could be ground and re-deposited on site to promote re-vegetation.  Illumination sufficient to discourage looting would be preferable to stadium-style lighting that would be intrusive.  Benches and picnic tables would be located along the trail system in locations determined to be least likely to result in cultural artifact disturbance.  A system of interpretive signs and kiosks can be developed that will generate awareness of the unique history of this area and the importance of protecting it. This signage would also highlight the state and federal regulations protecting archaeological sites.  Irrigation to the site is a potential. With the re-use of treated water from the wastewater plant an area within the Old Town Site that looks to have been wetted at some point in the past could be flooded to provide waterfowl habitat. Water to the Old Town Site could also be used as a source of irrigation in areas where re-vegetation would be enhanced with moisture.

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‘Tourist’ Quaempts riding Kayak since 2001 By the CUJ

MISSION – David Quaempts may not be the one-millionth rider on a Kayak Transit bus, but he’s ridden thousands of times since he boarded that first Walla Walla Whistler in Weston 17 years ago.

Over the last nine years Quaempts has taken the La Grande Arrow from his home in Meacham to work as the Tribal Court clerk for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

He didn’t realize until he started calculating at his desk that he’s probably ‘I enjoy the saved close to $20,000 in ride to work fuel, not to mention wear and tear on vehicles. and being But it’s not so much the able to savings as it is the relaxation unwind at the and ability to enjoy the view that he likes best about the end of the 26-mile trip over some of day.’ winter’s most treacherous freeway in America.

David Quaempts “I like being a passenger, taking in the scenery, landscape, wildlife. I like being a tourist,” Quaempts said.

“I enjoy the ride to work and being able to unwind at the end of the day.”

Of course, it’s nice to have an experienced driver to handle icy roads as well.

The freeway already has been closed a couple of times this year and winter hasn’t yet arrived. An accident now at La Grande or Baker City will close I-84 at Exit 216 where eastbound traffic is diverted to Wildhorse.

“Wildhorse said if Kayak is your main source of travel on I-84 and it closes down, you get a discount for a night at the hotel. I probably use it two to four times a year,” Quaempts said, noting that one time he

David Quaempts steps off the La Grande Arrow after arriving to work from Meacham at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 29.

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stayed there with three of his foster children.

And when I-84 closes, as it often does in winter, Wildhorse Resort Hotel offers a discount to people who can’t get home.

And westbound?

“Meacham is the Bermuda Triangle of weather,” Quaempts said. “Within a day and a half we can have a 60 degree change. It can go from 30-below to 30-above. You think it’s a heat wave and it’s still freezing.”

And that can mean snow and ice, too.

Quaempts hops on the La Grande arrow at 7 a.m.

in Meacham and arrives at 7:30 with a couple of other CTUIR employees and a student who rides from La Grande to attend Nixyaawii Community School at the new transit hub about 100 yards west of Nixyaawii Governance Center.

He leaves the transit hub at 5 p.m. and gets back to Meacham a half hour later.

Quaempts, who takes Kayak from Meacham fourto-five days a week, said he doesn’t have any trouble spending that extra hour at work before catching the ride home.

“I never take a nap here, but it has entered my mind,” he said.

However, he will doze off on the bus. Or he reads or listens to music or plays word games. Sometimes he’ll text home to find out what’s for dinner or use Facebook to find out his kids are doing.

But mostly he likes to look out the window from that upper level perch where, from above the guardrail, he’s able to see more country.

There are lots of deer and elk and eagles and hawks – “the regular stuff,” as Quaempts calls them.

But he said he’s also spotted coyotes, wolves and bears.

“Later I know where to go to take photographs,” said Quaempts, who often packs a camera when he’s on the route to-and-from work.

It’s never too crowded on the La Grande Arrow with as few as a handful to more than a dozen, not like in the early years when the Walla Walla Whistler’s original small bus was often standing room only. Since then the Whistler grew into a bigger bus to resolve that issue.

Quaempts said, “All walks of life use the buses.”

He said he’s seen full families with newborns and great grandpas traveling together.

He’s become acquainted with a few people over the years, but he’s mostly a solitary soul enjoying the solitude of the scenery.

“It’s relaxing and comfortable,” Quaempts said.

CTUIR plans for wolf management after delisting

By Carl Scheeler, CTUIR Wildlife Program Manager

The gray wolf, once common throughout North America, was nearly eradicated by the middle of the last century through a bounty hunting and poisoning campaign.

In wasn’t until 1999 that a lone wolf, migrating from the reintroduced Idaho population, signaled the beginning of the recovery process in Oregon.

Since that time, the Northwest has experienced one of the most challenging social, political and ecological experiments in history that has ultimately led to the delisting of the species under the Federal Endangered Species Act on the Umatilla Indian Reservation and state lands in much of Eastern Oregon.

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has since delisted the species under the Oregon Endangered Species Act statewide.

Throughout this recovery process, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has worked to educate and assist local residents and livestock operators about the challenges and opportunities associated with the restoration of this apex predator to the ecosystems of the Blue Mountains. This included information on non-lethal techniques for protecting livestock and pets, living with wolves and other large carnivores as well as information on the roles of wolves and other predators in a healthy ecosystem.

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Wolf management plan This plan is available for review and public comment through the end of November 2018 at http://ctuir.org/draftwolf-post-delisting-plan-uir.

Comments should be made in writing to the CTUIR Fish and Wildlife Commission care of Dora Sigo at dorasigo@ctuir.org or 46411 Timine’ Way, Pendleton Oregon 97801.

This trail-cam photo, taken on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, makes the visiting wolf look like a ghost through the snow.

Photo from CTUIR Wildlife Program

While the exact size of the Oregon wolf population is not known, there are at least a dozen breeding packs in nine areas of known wolf activity and nearly as many pairs and small groups documented in the state.

Several of these packs and smaller groups reside on or adjacent to the Umatilla Indian Reservation for at least part of the year, taking advantage of the healthy

populations of big game and other wildlife supported by the tribal land base.

Part of the success that led to the delisting of wolves can be attributed to a clear and deliberate conservation and management plan that was developed in an open public process with the support and guidance of state, federal and tribal co-managers.

The CTUIR’s Department of Natural

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Resources and the Fish and Wildlife Commission have developed a plan to guide their responses to any conflicts that might arise with the newly reestablished wolf populations within the bounds of the reservation.

“The Fish and Wildlife Commission is looking forward to wolves assisting in managing our environments,” Jeremy Wolf, Commission Chair, said in a prepared statement. “Their balanced inclusion puts us further on our path to ecosystem resiliency. They are certainly a welcome return to our lands but we are also aware that we all must be adaptable and listen to one another, which is why public comment is essential.”

The plan includes the tribal policy on wolf recovery and how the Tribes will respond to wolf depredation of livestock and pets on the reservation.

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Yellowhawk braces for more metal

By Wil Phinney of the CUJ

MISSION – At least 10 people will be able to get their teeth straightened each year now that money has been dedicated to an Orthodontics Program at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center.

Children with crowded teeth, overbites or underbites are already opening their mouths with big smiles.

Getting 12-year-old Fontaine Fuentes to answer questions was like pulling teeth, but it had nothing to do with her braces.

The Sunridge Middle School eighth grader is all about her mouth full of metal now that she looks like so many of her classmates.

Were your teeth out of place? “Yes.” How did you find out about the new program? “I asked about it.”

How did it make you feel? “Happy.”

Did you cover up your smile before? “Yes.” Why? “It bothered me.”

How do you feel when you go to school now? “It feels good.”

Fuentes is eligible for the Orthodontics Program as a Purchased Referred Care (PRC) patient, which is for enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation who live in Yellowhawk’s two-county service area.

In 2017, in a “project” funded by a $20,000 Wildhorse Foundation grant plus $38,000 from Yellowhawk, more than a dozen children between the ages of 10 and 15 received braces.

Then last year Yellowhawk earmarked $40,000 a year to turn the project into a program.

Talia McLaughlin, Purchased Referred Care Supervisor, and Mandee Adams, Dental Assistant Supervisor, are the two advocates of the program. They put together the original Wildhorse Foundation grant, which identified 15 children. Yellowhawk had funding for nine, but the Wildhorse Grant allowed the other six to start their teeth-straightening journey, which can last from one to four years depending on the extent of the problem.

Adams said she’s had calls from Idaho and McLaughlin said she was asked about the program by an enrolled member from Arizona, but those people are not eligible as PRC patients because of where they live.

Fontaine Fuentes, 12, is happy to have braces.

PRC-eligible patients pay nothing (but must sign an agreement with Yellowhawk that shows they understand the commitment they are making to the program) for orthodontic care, which costs a lower flat fee through Dr. West at Columbia Orthodontics in Pendleton than the normal cost of between around $5,500, according to McLaughlin.

If a child needs oral surgery before or during orthodontic care, and if they are PRC qualified, they will be referred to an oral surgeon. So far one person has required jaw-reconstruction surgery.

Getting braces is a commitment for the child and the parents, McLaughlin said.

Rubber bands, maybe headgear, and brushing for sure.

“We’ve had to remove braces for youth who did not brush,” said Adams.

For more details, check out the Yellowhawk’s informatio about the Orthodontics Program on Page 10A of this paper.

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service while living in Cascade Locks was on a commission, not a committee, which is governed by a different Advisory Code.

Brigham told the Board that so many times only one person applies for vacant committee positions.

“Some go unfilled for quite a while,” Brigham said. “It’s interesting to hear you stating this is policy and procedure. This Board doesn’t follow all policies and procedures.”

Ashley barked, “Including you?”

Which drew the first “Point of order” from Wolf.

BOT member Sally Kosey suggested the Board consider changes to the policy that will allow more tribal members to be involved. She said maybe it doesn’t have to be “so rigid” that people can’t call in sometimes for meetings.

She said Eastwood is a “successful” businessman who wants to “bring something to the table.”

She said he “wants to do something, make a difference.”

Before the back and forth bickering was over there was a second “point of order,” this time called

by Ashley in response to Brigham’s comments. At any rate, the Board voted 3-2 to advertise again for the position. Brigham and Kosey voted no. Wolf, Ashley and Shippentower voted yes.

General Council Chair William Sigo and BOT Treasurer Doris Wheeler were both on administrative leave to attend funeral services.

BOT member Woodrow Star was on personal leave.

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Yellowhawk: Quit tobacco during Great Smokeout From Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center

MISSION - Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center is encouraging community members to pledge to healthy, smoke-free lives by participating in the American Cancer Society’s 43rd Great American Smokeout® event on Nov. 15, 2018.

“The most important thing smokers can do to improve their health is to quit use of commercial tobacco from smoking cigarettes and other forms of combustible tobacco, to chewing,” said LeAnn Alexander, RN and Yellowhawk’s Tobacco Prevention & Education Program Coordinator.

“We are showing our support for people who take those first steps towards planning to quit.”

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, accounting for 29 percent of all cancer deaths. In fact, smoking cigarettes kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, HIV, guns, and illegal drugs combined.

Smoking not only causes cancer, it

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damages nearly every organ in the body, including the lungs, heart, blood vessels, reproductive organs, mouth, skin, eyes, and bones.

Addiction to nicotine in tobacco is one of the strongest and most deadly addictions. While cigarette smoking rates have dropped (from 42 percent in 1965 to 15.5 percent in 2016), about 37.8 million Americans smoke, of which 20 million try to quit each year with a success rate of 7 percent.

It is reported that 68 percent of the smoking population are interested in quitting.

Quitting commercial tobacco use is hard, takes commitment, should start with a plan, often takes several quit attempts, and requires a lot of support.

Getting help through counseling and/ or prescription medications can double and even triple your chances of quitting successfully. Support systems are also important factors which may include

American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout® Employees will be set up in the lobbies of Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Nixyáawii Governance Center and at Mission Market on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.

programs such as smoking cessation, telephone quit lines, the American Cancer Society’s Freshstart program, Nicotine Anonymous meetings, self-help books and pamphlets, smoking counselors and coaches.

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center is partnering with Umatilla County Health Department and the American Cancer Society to offer support 24-hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week as people make their plan to quit.

More information is available at cancer.org/smokeout or by calling 1-800227-2345.

“Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center is invested in helping everyone in our community to be healthy and happy,” Alexander said. “During this year’s Great American Smokeout®, we hope everyone

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will join us – while encouraging friends, family and colleagues to join us in committing or recommitting to year-around, smoke-free lives.”

Employees will be set up in the lobbies of Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Nixyáawii Governance Center and at Mission Market on: Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.

Tobacco cessation “Quit Kits,” will be available. There will also be interactive games and opportunities to win prizes. Community members are welcome to add tips on quitting and write encouraging statements to the Wall of Support.

For more information, please contact LeAnn Alexander 541-2408414.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Oct. 25.

Umatilla Tribal Court Judge William Johnson said it is laudable that the CTUIR is being recognized for its accomplishments.

“Domestic violence is a public health problem that needs to stop,” Johnson said in an email response to the CUJ. “We must clearly define violence and address it accordingly.”

Johnson said success will require the efforts “of all components of our community to effectively address and prevent it.”

That means a concerted effort from the Tribal Court, Tribal Police, the Tribal Prosecutor, Domestic Violence Services, Office of Legal Counsel, the Education Department, Health services, the Hous-

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leton business. It’s one of the main businesses in town and it’s cool we’re in a position to take it on. As far as a business, I don’t think it will make or break Pendleton or us. The Tribes will be investing in

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ing Department, tribal elders, the Board of Trustees and General Council. It also will require collaboration with other tribes, the State of Oregon and the federal government, Johnson said.

CTUIR Prosecutor Kyle Daley said the grant will allow for a prosecutor to focus on domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual assault cases.

The SAUSA would represent the CTUIR in Tribal Court as well as Federal Court in appropriate cases.

“The dual nature of the job puts the incumbent in an excellent position of information sharing and utilizing both tribal and federal resources to prosecute a particularly heinous category of crime,” Daley said in an email.

In a Justice Department news release, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein said, “There is no place in our society for domestic violence, and holding perpetrators accountable and providing services to victims is a critical part of the

Departments’ response … I encourage law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other criminal justice professionals to speak out about domestic violence and redouble efforts to bring perpetrators to justice.”

Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, said in the same news release that he was pleased to announce the appointment of a new Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the state.

“Pursuing justice on behalf of tribal communities is a priority for our office and has been for a long time,” Williams said. “We are deeply committed to continuing to work with our tribal law enforcement partners to reduce violent crime in tribal communities, especially crime against tribal women. We fully expect this position will show positive and meaningful results for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.”

The SAUSA program is another initiative supporting innovative prosecutorial collaborations, according to the Justice Department.

“These prosecutors bring cases in both tribal and federal courts, and help ensure that tribal and federal authorities have a seamless response in prosecuting cases under their jurisdiction, according to the Justice Department news release. In OVW’s pilot project, Tribal SAUSAs reported a wide range of successes, including prosecution of cases that otherwise may not have been brought.

In addition to the CTUIR, the following three tribes were funded with $437,500 SAUSA programs: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona, Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, and Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington.

a secure business. It’s a smart investment.

Hamley’s isn’t going anywhere.”

MATT FARROW is a CTUIR member.

“What are we going to do with it? I suppose we could market things. If we had machines (slot) we’d probably do pretty good. Pendleton is like a ghost town so

somebody needs to get something going.”

DOUG MINTHORN is an elder member of the CTUIR. “I remember getting my first pair of boots at Hamley’s. My grandma bought them. We’d go down and sit in front of Hamley’s.

The women would be bill paying for

their charges. They need to bring back the Indian atmosphere.”

JOHN TURNER is the Mayor of Pendleton. “My interest is to make sure Hamley’s stays in business as a profitable enterprise and I wish any new owner good luck.”

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Rhonda Scott, left, and Julie Taylor, right, take time to share a selfie during the Light up the Night event.

Raeann Oatman releases a pink lantern into the night sky during the Light up the Night event at the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Oct. 18.

Tiffany Rodriguez, walking, and Eli Azure, riding, enjoy the Light up the NIght Breast Cancer Awareness walk.

Night walk provides Breast Cancer Awareness CUJ photos/Jill-Marie Gavin

Chelsey Parker, right, and her daughter Caylin Grigsby, left, decorate their active wear with glow sticks and pins for the evening walk to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Oct. 18 in Mission.

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Gloria Rodriguez, left, and Dara Worden, left, rode around on the decorated golf carts during the Light up the Night Breast Cancer Awareness walk at the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Oct. 18.

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MISSION - The community was invited to participate in a walk to honor survivors and loved ones lost to breast cancer Oct. 8.

More than 50 participants walked a path lit up by 60 luminary bags filled with glow sticks placed for those who have lost their lives in the fight against cancer.

The purpose of the event, according to Community Health Representative for Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Natsha Herrera, was to provide solidarity for survivors and healing for the community, many of who have either personally battled the disease or have family and friends who have faced breast cancer.

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PR/NCS thumped; reward is second course in Adrian Pendleton Youth Football concludes with Requa Bowl. See more on Page 4B.

First TAPP night of the year held at Washington.

See more on Page 14B.

PILOT ROCK – After busting through the first six foes and racing to a top 10 ranking in Class 1A eight-man football, the Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Rockets ran into a couple of buzz saws.

Dufur and Adrian/Jordan Valley have speed.

And in eight-man football speed kills.

With quickness on the outside, Dufur raced to a 46-0 halftime lead and beat the Rockets 46-8.

Dufur’s squad included three sprinters from last year’s state championship 4 X 100-meter relay team.

It was tough sledding for Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Community School’s football team Oct. 26 when they ran up against Adrian/Jordan Valley on the artificial turf at Eastern Oregon University. Like Dufur did the week before, Adrian/Jordan Valley keyed on sophomore running back Tyasin Burns, shown here trying to break a tackle against Wade Bond.

Rockets pictured include Tanner Corwin (20), William Sigo (62), Cade Munkers (65) and Deven Barkley (57).

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Pilot Rock/NCS on page 3B

Cross Country runners pick ‘em up and put ‘em down By the CUJ

A new type of weaving was demonstrated and taught during a workshop at Crow’s Shadow Institute in October.

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Aaron Luke, a junior at Pendleton High School, finished 40th at the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite Cross Country Meet Oct. 18 and was 30th at the 5A-4 Intermountain Conference Championships at Barnes Butte in Prineville.

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PENDLETON – Cross country racers from the area put their feet to the ground on 5,000-meter courses at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course, at Community Park in Pendleton, and Barnes Butte in Prineville as the high school season came to a close.

The Oct. 18 Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite drew some 200 runners from 17 teams under sunny skies with temperatures in the low 60s. One girl ran barefoot.

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Mick Schimmel finished 38th at the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite Oct. 18, setting a personal best in school record time.

A junior at Nixyaawii Community School, Schimmel beat his previous best time by some 30 seconds.

McKinley Minthorn enjoys his day at the Bellinger Farms pumpkin patch in Hermiston Oct. 15.

Minthorn traveled with fellow Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start students.

See more page 17B Latis Nowland, a freshman at Nixyaawii Community School, runs the 5,000-meter course during the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite.

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Adilia Hart, a sophomore at Nixyaawii Community School, climbs the hill (center) during the 5,000-meter varsity girls race at the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite run at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course Oct. 18.

Nixyaawii Community School finished 60th at the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite and 24th in the District 3 meet at Pendleton Community Park.

Cross Country places out of third.”

In the new mileage program, cross country athletes are running up to 45 miles a week. In the past, the longest run has been 60 minutes. Now a 90-minute run is routine.

“These guys are all out for cross country. It’s not a conditioning program. They’ve totally embraced it and are stepping up to the challenge,” Stewart said.

PHS girls will lose two senior Native girls – Star Red Crane and Kayla Spencer.

“That’s going to leave a huge hole on our team because they are such wonderful girls, leaders in our school and on our team,” Stewart said. “They weren’t varsity but will be greatly missed because they are such wonderful people.”

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The Dalles won the boys 17-team varsity race and Enterprise took the girls 12-team contest.

Tim Stevens of Union won the boys race at 15:08.6 and Emma Mullins of The Dalles won for the girls in 19:13.9.

The top finisher among Native runners was Mick Schimmel, a junior from Nixyaawii Community School (NCS), who was 38th with a personal best time of 19:08.5.

NCS Coach Ken Mayfield said Schimmel’s time, more 30 seconds better than his previous best, broke the school’s all-time 5,000-meter mark of 18:36.5 set in 2013

by Shonee Littlesinger.

The next fastest was Aaron Luke, a junior from Pendleton High School, who finished 40th in a time of 18:14.2.

At the 3A2A1A Special District 3 Championships at Pendleton Community Park Oct. 26 Union, with five boys in the top seven spots, easily won the team title with 19 points. Heppner ran a great race with its five runners in the top 12, but scored a total of 45.

On the girls’ side, Burns battled Enterprise for the title. Burns, with a score of 35, and Enterprise, with a score of 41, had 10 of the top 13 spots.

Tim Stevens, who won at Wildhorse, won again at Pendleton in a time of 16:30.3. Mckenzi Hoyt of Burns won on the girls’ route in a time of 19:23.8.

For the locals, Mick Schimmel was again the top runner, finishing 17th in a time of 19:00.1. Teammate Moses Moses, a sophomore at NCS, was 24th at 19:31.9.

Close behind in 29th was Stockton Hoffman, a junior at Weston-McEwen, in 19:59.5.

On the girls’ side, the top Native runner was sophomore MacKenzie Kiona from NCS. She finished 46th with a time of 25:12.1.

“We really improved as we went along,” NCS Coach Mayfield said. “This group was committed. I’m proud of the way they worked hard.”

At the 5A-4 Intermountain Conference Championships at Barnes Butte in Prineville, Cade Catterson from Crook County was the hometown winner in a time of 15:59.49, leading his squad to the team title. Crook County scored 28 points with five runners in the top nine spots.

Pendleton boys finished sixth with 156 points.

For the girls, Hood River Valley blew the competition away with the first-through-fourth place finishers.

Their fifth girl finished eighth to give the team a total of

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Stockton Hoffman, a junior at Weston-McEwen High School in Athena, finished 72nd in the Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite Oct. 18 and 29th in the District 3 meet in Pendleton Oct. 26.

18 points. Frances Dickenson, a junior, won the race in 18:51.49. The team has just one senior with a freshman and a sophomore among those racers.

Pendleton girls finished fifth with 103 points, five points out of fourth place and 16 points out of third.

For the Native racers, Aaron Luke finished 30th for PHS in a time of 18:33.70. Kaiya Spender and Brooke Zander were 34th and 35th, respectively, in the girls’ race.

Pendleton assistant coach Nicole Stewart, who works with the girls’ team, said the PHS runners bought into Coach Ben Bradley’s “new mileage” program this year.

At district, the girls finished fifth, “but we performed way better than that sounds,” Stewart said. “Third, fourth and fifth were all right there together. We were last for two years and this time we were just a couple

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Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite Boys team scores – The Dalles 56, Union 71, Enterprise 93, Baker 124, La Grande 133, Heppner 148, Pendleton 215, Nyssa 251, Walla Walla Valley 260, Stanfield 279, McLoughlin (Mac-Hi) 304, Griswold (Helix) 304, Ontario 324, Grant Union (John Day) 386, Riverside (Boardman) 400, Weston-McEwen (Athena) 430, Yakama Nation Tribal School 449.

Local results Varsity Boys (132 runners) 1, Tim Stevens, Union, 15:08.6. 25, Gavin Newtson, Griswold, 17:29.1. 36, Zacchaeus Otto-Allen, Pendleton, 18:00.1. 38, Mick Schimmel, Nixyaawii Community School (NCS), 18:08.5. 40, Aaron Luke, Pendleton, 18:14.2. 52, Michael Brooks, Pendleton, 18:31.6.

55, Eyan Springer, Pendleton, 18:35.0. 56, James Thatcher, 18:36.2. 60, Moses Moses, NCS, 18:52.3. 62, Dustin Henderson, Pendleton, 18:55.7. 65, Garrett Rimbach, Pendleton, 19:06.0. 68, Elton Harrison, Pendleton, 19:19.8. 69, Julian Strom, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 19:1.3. 72, Stockton Hoffman, Weston-McEwen, 19:25.8. 76, Joe Simmon, NCS, 19:33.4. 78, Bryce Fairchild, Griswold, 19:33.4. 81, Preston Brower, 19:36.4. 89, Aiden Gunter, Pendleton, 20:06.3. 91, Kyler Greenhaigh, Griswold, 20:17.1. 92, Quintin Plenty Chief, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 20:21.3. 102, Alex Wood, Weston-McEwen, 21:00.8. 103, Elijah Kelly, WestonMcEwen, 21:01.0. 112, Noah Kelly, Weston-McEwen, 21:51.3.

115, Lane Ensey, Weston-McEwen, 21:56.2. 118, Sam Kubishta, Griswold, 22:05.4. 121, Naat’aanii Sinter, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 22:45.4. 1`22, Abel Lewis, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 22:52.4. 126, Ryen Martin, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 25:48.0.

130, Jared Wildbill, NCS, 28:01.3.

JV boys (68 runners) 1, Evan Despain, The Dalles, 17:43.6. 18, Daniel Blanscett, Pendleton, 19:54.5. 20, Elijah Tabelliaja, Pendleton, 19:56.9.

21, Ethan Harrison, Pendleton, 19:57.1. 29, Leighton Redcrane, Pendleton, 20:51.0. 32, Davin Russell, Pendleton, 21:04.5. 34, Skylar Janz, Pendleton, 21:06.8. 42, Tyler Spratling, Pendleton, Cross Country on page 5B

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Junior receiver Logan Weinke catches the football between a pair of Adrian/Jordan Valley defenders - Wade Bond (5) and Conly Martin (14) in one of the better offense plays for Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii in their polayin game at Eastern Oregon University.

Logan Weinke brought the ball down along the sidelines against a pair of Adrian/Jordan Valley defenders in a playin game Oct. 26 in La Grande.

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The next week in a 1A Special District 3 play-in game at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Adrian/Jordan Valley used more speed to earn a 52-14 win.

Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii remained in the hunt, but their reward for losing to Adrian/Jordan Valley is a two-hour road trip to Adrian for a rematch (Nov. 2).

The unbeaten Rockets met the unbeaten Rangers from Dufur Oct. 18 and it didn’t take long before the Rocket faithful, along with the players and coaches, realized it was going to be a long night.

Dufur scored in the first 1:40 and danced out to a 46-0 halftime lead.

Credit the Dufur coaching staff for laying off in the second half.

Against Adrian/Jordan Valley, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii took the lead when Tyasin Burns scampered 22 yards around the left end on a third-and-five play. The Rockets’ two-point conversion failed after a penalty but they still had a 6-0 lead with 4:43 to go in the first.

Adrian/Jordan Valley scored when QB Conley Martin ran 50 yards up the middle with 31 seconds left in the quarter to make it 6-6. The Antelopes recovered an onside kick and scored again three seconds into the second quarter, setting the scene for the rest of the game.

Mistakes hampered the Rockets the rest of the way. There was an 88-yard kickoff return called back by a penalty right before the half that kind of put a period on the end of the first half sentence.

Calls for information and comments from Coach Mike Balezlena were unsuccessful.

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Tyasin Burns broke free a few times against Adrian/Jordan Valley and scored on this play from 22 yards out with 4:43 left in the first quarter to give Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii a 6-0 lead. The Rockets’ William Sigo (62) follows the play.

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Athena wins Requa Bowl

The Athena Tigers topped off their Pendleton Youth Football season Oct. 30 with a 39-24 win over Pendleton Black at Pendleton High School Field.

Pendleton Black scored first, but Athena’s offense took off in the second half and the visiting squad never trailed after the intermission.

Ron Smith, the program organizer, said it was best attended Requa Bowl he can remember.

Pendleton Youth Football incloudes the communities of Athena, Weston, Milton-Freewater and Pendleton. This year games were played against teams from Hermiston, Irrigon and La Grande.

The teams consisted of a senior league of fifth and sixth graders and a junior league of third and fourth gracers. Girls and boys played in the program.

Atish Williams (20), playing for the Athena Tigers, blocks a bigger Landon Van Pelt, playing for the Pendleton Black team, in the Requa Bowl Oct. 30. Athena won 39-24.

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Athena’s Gunner McBean blocks on the left end in the Requa Bowl, the championship of the Pendleton Youth Football league.

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Diehard Oregon Ducks fans take in a game in Eugene at the University of Oregon. From are Rosenda Shippentower, Roberta Kipp, Shalaya Willliams and in front is Tessie Williams.

All Tessie, all Oregon Tessie Williams, left, is a sports nut, and her granddaughter, Shalaya Williams, had the chance to make a dream come true when the No. 19 Oregon Ducks played No. 7 Washington Huskies in October. Shalaya has worked for the Univeristy of Oregon for the last three seasons.

“This lady here loves her sports,” Shalaya said. “Our family could have a gathering and she’d be holding the radio to her ear to listen to a live game. She could be sitting by herself in her room screaming and hooting for her team. I really wanted her to see a game live, to feel the energy,” Shalaya said.

She took care of parking, tickets, a personal escort around the stadium and food.

Shalaya said “Queen of green purposely came dressed in red so she could get new gear - sneaky smart lady.”

Shalaya said Tessie, going on 87, told her she had the time of her life.

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Continued from page 2B 22:07.7. 43, Brady Blanscett, Pendleton, 22:09.6.

47, Keyshawn Jackson, Pendleton, 22:16.8.

48, Ian McClendon, Pendleton, 22:18.1. 60m Josh McCorkle, Pendleton, 24:34.3. 65, Connor Odum, Pendleton, 27:04.8. 67, Mikey Tincher, Pendleton, 27:51.1. 68, Christopher Burnett, Pendleton, 32:31.8.

Girls team scores- Enterprise 55, The Dalles 72, Union 73, La Grande 108, Pendleton 114, Baker 136, Heppner 226, Griswold 238, Ontario 253, Nyssa 267, McLoughlin 273, Grant Union 285.

Varsity Girls (101 runners) 1, Emma Mullins, The Dalles, 19:13.9. 7, Jordyn Murphy, Pendleton, 19:56.1. 14, Kaylee Cope, Griswold, 20:47.1. 21, Ellaynah Brown, Pendleton, 21:06.1. 30, Ashlee Zaugg, Pendleton, 21:56.4. 32, Kyndra Nelson, Pendleton, 22:05.7. 34, Julia Naughton, Pendleton, 22:08.7.

39, Kendall Bonzani, Pendleton, 22:22.4. 40, Rylee Harris, Pendleton, 22:25.8. 46, Ryann Stahanck, Griswold, 23:13.7. 47, Starr Redcrane, Pendleton, 23:15.4. 50, Karalin Reynolds, Griswold, 23:22.1. 60, Grace Phillips, Pendleton, 23:54.7. 65, Sierra Bonzani, Pendleton, 24:44.2.

78, Sydney Moore, Griswold, 26:13.5. 86, Latis Nowland, NCS, 27:38.9. 91, Adilia Hart, NCS, 29:17.6. 93, Jada Liulamaga, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 30:05.3. 94, Nevalynn Salazar, Yakama Nation Tribal School, 30:43.9. 99, Noelle Texidor, Griswold, 35:15.8.

JV girls (34 runners) 1, Zoe Orion, The Dalles, 22:29.6. 3, Sidney Schreier, Pendleton, 23:18.9. 7, Kendall Moore, Pendleton, 23:59. 11, Kaolyn Henderson, Pendleton, 24:45.0. 14, Giovana Angel, 25:50.9. 20, Jenna Harrison, Pendleton, 27:04.4. 26, Brooke Zander, Pendleton, 28:22.0. 28, Kaiya Spencer, Pendleton, 28:32.8. 30, Sarah Scott, Pendleton, 30:14.5. 34, Mari Mills, NCS, 38:18.2.

3A2A1A Special District 3 Championships at Pendleton Community Park Oct 26 Boys team scores – Union 19, Heppner 45, Stanfield 86, Griswold 142, Grant Union 149, Four Rivers 153, Adrian 161, Weston-McEwen 189.

Varsity boys (56 runners) 1, Tim Stevens, Union, 16:30.3. 17, Mick Schimel, NCS, 19:00.1. 24, Moses Moses, NCS, 19:31.9. 29, Stockton Hoffman, Weston-McEwen, 19:59.5. 32, Colton Reynolds, Griswold, 20:12.0.

35, Preston Brower, Griswold, 20:41.5. 38, Kyler Greenhaigh, Griswold, 21:08.0. 41, Joe Simmon, NCS, 21:16.5. 43, Noah Kelly, Weston-McEwen,

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21:44.0. 46, Sam Kubishta, Griswold, 22:01.4.

48, Alex Wood, Weston-McEwen, 22:17.6. 51, Jace Ashley, NCS, 26:00.9. 54, Lane Ensley, Weston-McEwen, 29:09.3.

Girls team scores – Burns 35, Enterprise 41, Union 50, Heppner 124, Griswold 156, Vale 160, Nyssa 196, Grant Union 202, Riverside 207.

Varsity girls (77 runners) 1, Mckenzi Hoyt, Burns, 19:23.8. 14, Kaylee Cope, Griswold, 21:14.6. 35, Karalin Reynolds, Griswold, 23:51.5. 39, Hannah Christman, Griswold, 24:08.6. 46, MacKenzie Kiona, NCS, 25:12.1. 52, Ryanna Stahancyk, Griswold, 26:07.0. 69, Latis Nowland, NCS, 28:48.6. 74, Noelle Texidor, Griswold, 30:42.1. 75, Adilia Hart, NCS, 31:35.5. 77, Mari Mills, NCS, 35:46.8.

5A-4 Intermountain Conference Championships at Barnes Butte in Prineville Oct. 24 Boys team scores – Crook County 28, Hood River Valley 50, The Dalles 51, Ridgeview 115, Redmond 118, Pendleton 156.

Varsity boys (42 runners) 1, Cade Catterson, Crook County, 15:59.49.

21, Zaccahaeus Otto-Allen, Pendleton, 18:08.62.

30, Aaron Luke, Pendleton, 18:33.70. 32, Michael Brooks, Pendleton, 18:47.41. 26, Dustin Henderson, Pendleton, 19:17.44. 27, Eyan Springer, 19:27.73. 38, James Thatcher, Pendleton, 19:41.50. 39, Garrett Rimbach, Pendleton, 20:34.51.

JV boys (67 runners) Pendleton runners – 27, Elton Harrison, 20:0897. 29, Ethan Harrison, 20:14.96. 30, Daniel Blanscett, 20:15.48. 44, Skylar Janz, 21:17.33.

50, Brady Blanscett, 22:35.95. 53, Ian McClendon, 22:42.63. 64, Josh McCorkle, 26:26.38.

65, Conner Odum, 27:38.71. 66, Mikey Tincher, 28:01.30. 67, Christopher Burnett, 32:23.79.

Varsity girls (42 runners) 1, Frances Dickinson, Hood River Valley, 18:51.49. 7, Jordyn Murphy, Pendleton, 20:19.92.

16, Ellaynah Brown, Pendleton, 21:11.1. 17, Ashlee Zaugg, 21:13.81. 31, Julia Naughton, Pendleton, 22:24.65. 32, Kendall Bonsani, Pendleton, 22:25.41. 33, Kyndra Nelson, 22:29.99. 38, Rylee Harris, Pendleton, 22:54.51.

JV girls (45 runners) Pendleton runners – 7, Kendall Moore, 23:29.65. 9, Grace Phillips, 23:41.23. 10, Sidney Schreier, 23:41.95. 11, Sierra Bonzani, 23:45.28.

17, Katie Bradt, 24:11.99. 23, Kaolyn Henderson, 24:47.64. 29, Giovana Angel, 26:54.63. 34, Kaiya Spencer, 28:07.54. 35, Brooke Zander, 28:08.04.

41, Sara Scott, 30:21.79.

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PHS lost to Ridgeview High School of Redmond, 7-1, ending the Bucks’ season.

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Marcella Jack, left, and Juliannah Matamoros, right, demonstrate jingle dress dancing.

Youth who attend Culture Night are regularly asked to share their skills and knowledge on a regional platform as they did during the Oregon Indian Child Welfare Conference held at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino Oct. 10.

Kids entertain hundreds at Child Welfare conference

MISSION – The State of Oregon sent workers from Department of Human Services (DHS) from all over the state to the Umatilla Indian Reservation for the 23rd Annual Tribal/State Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) Conference in October.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) worked with the State of Oregon to

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The theme of the conference was “One Heart, One Mind Strengthening Families.” The conference workshops focused on providing training on the importance of complying with ICWA policies which are aimed at promoting stability and security to Indian children.

The youth who participate in Culture Night were invited to dance and sing at the conference to display their cultural teachings as well as demonstrate diversity to the state employees. Acosia Red Elk, national award-winning jingle dress dancer, was also invited to demonstrate her craft as well as share her experience as a Native woman in modern times.

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High school students visit, learn about northwest colleges Students from Nixyaawii Community School, Pendleton High School and Weston-McEwen High School in Athena attended college tours to learn about admissions requirements, housing options, and academic programs. The group on Oct. 12 visited Columbia Basin College and Washington State University campuses in Tri-Cities. On Oct. 16, Native American directors Bob Sobotta from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, and Sydel Samuels from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, visited Pendleton High School, Weston-McEwen High School, and Nixyaawii Community School, to talk about admissions, financial aid, housing, academics, and the HOIST (Helping Orient Indian Students and Teachers into STEM - science, technology, engineering and math) summer program at UI. From left is Columbia Basin College Ambassador Wilson Ibyishaka, Althea Huesties, Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky, Pierce Watchman, Christina Kattsukis, Lilly Picard, Alyssa Tonasket, Zoe Bevis, Ada Sameryou and Brandie Weaskus.

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Willow weaving comes to Crow’s Shadow MISSION - In an effort to share skills that she learned on the coast, Brosnan Spencer invited her friend to the Umatilla Indian Reservation to teach a class on weaving willow baskets.

Moe Walrath and Spencer met through a mutual teacher and were interested in sharing their skills with one another.

The willow used to make the baskets was gathered by Spencer on the Umatilla Indian Reservation more than a year ago, which is how long it takes for them to be dried and soaked for use in basket weaving.

Walrath taught the workshop at the Crow’s Shadow institute over a weekend in October.

Jennifer Lewis, left, works on her basket during the workshop held at Crow’s Shadow Institute Oct. 20-21.

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Instructor Moe Walrath, left, and Brosnan Spencer, right, discuss the different color and types of willow used in the basket Spencer is weaving during the workshop Oct. 21. at Crow’s Shadow Institute.

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Two Oregon photographers featured in Feves Gallery exhibit

This is one of the photographs of the Boardman Tree Farm taken

by Kate Ampersand that will be on exhibit at the Feves Gallery.

PENDLETON - The Betty Feves Memorial Art Gallery will feature the work of two Oregon photographers in its next exhibit, “Vanishing Nature.”

The community is invited to attend the exhibit’s opening reception and meet the artists on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Blue Mountain Community College. The event is free, family-friendly, and light refreshments will be served. An artist talk will take place at around 5 p.m.

In this two-person exhibit, Kate Ampersand and Katie Newton share pieces from a series of work that explores iconic motifs of nature and the shifting landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. While each artist uses a different photographic process, the final images offer a visually stunning and thought-provoking exhibit.

After the Boardman Tree Farm was sold and plans to remove the trees were announced, Kate Ampersand began photographing the trees during multiple visits over varying seasons to capture the ever-changing colors, lines, shapes and textures among the poplars.

She uses three different types of cameras, including an iPhone, mirrorless and dSLR. While her tools may be digital cameras, she does not use Photoshop to alter her work, preferring instead to capture “real life moments as they actually exist, in-camera.” Amersand, a self-taught photographer, splits her time between Portland, Ore., and Vancouver Island, BC. She has taken continuing education classes in photography

at Portland Community College and Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. She has won numerous awards for her photographs and has work included in permanent collections, including a permanent installation at the Beaverton City Library.

In the series “Nature’s Afterimage,” Newton explores the continually shifting landscapes along the Oregon Coast that result from the strong winds, tidal currents and storms common in the area. She creates lumen prints, which capture the afterimage of organic materials that have naturally fallen onto the photographic paper. Netwon holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography from the University of Oregon. She currently resides in Redmond, Ore. More information about the artists can be found on their websites: Kate Ampersand: https://www.ampersandplanet.com/; Katie Newton: http://ktnewton. com/ The exhibit at the Feves Gallery runs Nov. 1-29.

The Feves Gallery is open Monday-Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and by appointment by calling 541-278-5952. The Feves Gallery is located in BMCC’s Pioneer Hall on the Pendleton campus at 2411 NW Carden Ave. The Betty Feves Memorial Art Gallery at BMCC is a non-profit exhibit space connecting emerging and established artists and their work with students, staff and the general public in eastern Oregon.

DID YOU KNOW? Birthdays:

4th: Juanita Hussey 5th: Brigham Campbell 9th: Calvin Medellin 11th: Dave Harrison 13th: Katrina Derrick and Vicki LaCourse 23rd: Eli Kash Kash 24th: Sharice Quaempts and Kieran Brigham 25th: James Campbell 26th: Diane Samson 27th: Ty Minthorn 28th: Ryan Marsh 30th: Kyra Van Pelt

The salmon was the first food to appear in early spring. Family bands gathered along the Columbia River at their favorite or traditional fishing sites to catch and dry enough salmon to use for the year ahead. During the salmon runs, the fish traveled up every creek and river that emptied into the Columbia. There were so many that it was said that you could walk across a creek on the backs of salmon.

The men hooked, netted, trapped and speared huge quantities of fish. A very common net was the long handled dipnet which is still used today. Platforms made of wood were suspended from rocks or bluffs.

Fishermen stood on these platforms and used their dipnets. The women cleaned the salmon and hung them on long racks to dry in the sun.

When enough salmon was dried and stored away in caches, the bands would prepare to move to the foothills of the Blue Mountains to dig roots.

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Anniversary: 11th: Charlie and Dennis Quaempts

Happy Birthday to Oske Love Grandma, Mom, Pete France, Ekillian, Nathan, Nevaeh and Oklahoma Family

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November is Diabetes Month

Yellowhawk Raises Awareness About Dia November is National Diabetes Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention to diabetes and its impact on millions of Americans.

This year’s National Diabetes Month is focused on promoting health after gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Mothers who have had gestational diabetes need to know that they and their children have an increased lifelong risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Most of the time, gestational diabetes goes away after the baby is born. Even if the diabetes goes away, you have a greater chance of getting diabetes — and your child from that pregnancy is at future risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. In fact, half of all women who had gestational diabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes.1 If you’ve had gestational diabetes— Get tested for type 2 diabetes within 12 weeks after your baby is born. If the test is normal, get tested every 3 years.

Talk to your doctor if you plan to become pregnant again in the future.

Tell your child’s doctor if you had gestational diabetes.

Keep up healthy habits for a lifetime to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.

Reference: Gestational diabetes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. https://www.cdc.gov/ diabetes/basics/gestational.html . Updated July 25, 2017. Accessed August 28, 2018.

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First TAPP event of the year debuts with full house PENDLETON – Judge William Johnson was the keynote speaker during the first Tribal Attendance Pilot Project (TAPP) event of the school year at Washington Elementary School Oct. 9.

Johnson gave advice to parents on how to keep their kids in school and the importance of daily attendance. Johnson presides over the Umatilla Tribal Court which manages the truancy program that keeps track of Tribal Member student attendance.

Having children of his own, who have gone

through the Pendleton School District and then on to college, Johnson said he knows how difficult it can be to make sure students are adhering to attendance guidelines.

His most important piece of advice to parents and guardians is to give time and attention to children without brushing them off or ignoring them. Part of it is keeping students busy with activities such as pow wows or sports, anything they’re interested in, Johnson said. Before perfect attendance awards

were handed out, the new Juvenile Delinquency Specialist Louisa Allman was introduced by staff.

Allman will be working with Ryan Sams and follows Shane Rivera as one of the specialists.

While Johnson and Allman spoke, children were invited to the gym where they completed a Halloween craft and had time to play.

The next TAPP event will be held at the Washington Elementary School on Nov. 6. Perfect attendance awards for October will be handed out.

More than 130 perfect attendance awards were handed out during the first TAPP night of the school year at Washington Elementary School Oct. 9. The next TAPP night for Pendleton School District will be held at Washington Elementary Nov. 6.

Abigayle Kordatzky shows off her ghost craft she made in the gym during the speaking portion of the event when children were excused.

EASTERN OREGON CENTER FOR

INDEPENDENT LIVING A Global Disability Resource and Advocacy Center EOCIL is a proud supporter of the CTUIR community and other communities and programs that promote and value inclusion, equality and opportunities for people with disabilities. EOCIL is a global disability resource and advocacy center that provides an array of services for people with disabilities.

EOCIL is operated by people with disabilities.

Services Available:

- Informational and Referral - Independent Living Skills Training (budgeting and financial management, cooking, application assistance, etc.)

- Peer Counseling - Individual Advocacy - Life Transitions (school to employment, home to home, corrections to community, etc.)

- LGBTQ and two spirit resources - Support Groups

- Youth Mentoring Project - Representative Payee Project - Emergency Financial Assistance - Accessibility Assistance - HIV/AIDS Independent Living Project - And many other services

Locations:

EOCIL has three locations: 322 SW 3rd St., Pendleton, Ore. webpage: www.eocil.org Email: eocil@eocil.org 541-276-1037 711 Relay Toll free: 1-877-711-1037 1021 SW 5th Avenue, Ontario, Ore. 541-889-3119 Voice 711 Relay Toll free 1-844-489-3119

The Dalles Office 400 East Scenic Drive Building 2, Third Floor, Suite 2 The Dalles, Oregon 541-370-2810 Toll free: 1-844-370-2810 Providing services in Harney, Malheur, Baker, Union, Grant, Wallowa, Umatilla, Morrow, Wheeler and Gilliam, Wasco, Sherman and Hood River counties.

EOCIL is a supporter of:

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NGC participates in pink day Employees at the Nixyaawii Governance Center wore pink on Oct. 19 in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Week. In the front row from left is Shalaya Williams, Aaron Ashley, Eric Quaempts, Matt Johnson, Judge Johnson, Mary Ann Rhoads, Brandy Jones, Carl Merkle and Denise Wickert,behind them in the second row is Monica Paradise, Judge Gallagher, in the third row is Kristi Gartland,Colleen Sanders and Carman Chalakee, in the fourth row is Celeste Reves, Susan Johnson and Kat Brigham, in the top row is Dara Worden, Leslie Cain and Julie Taylor. Along with wearing pink to work on Oct. 19 employees were encouraged to wear pink pins and stickers in support of those who have survived and lost the battle in their fight against Breast Cancer.

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AA Meetings on Umatilla Indian Reservation

New NCS ASB officers elected Recently elected Associated Student Body officers at Nixyaawii Community School are, from left, President Dazon Sigo, Vice President Ermia Butler, junior Class Representative Susie Patrick, Sophomore Class Representative Adilia Hart, and Freshman Class Representative Nizhoni Toledo.

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Elwood Wildbill-Harper, left, and Emilee Delgado, right, take time to find their favorite pumpkin during a daycare trip to the pumpkin patch Oct. 10.

Kariann Edmiston, left, holds her son Rhett Majors, right, during a pumpkin patch trip to the Bellinger Farms in Hermiston Oct. 15.

Searching for the Great Pumpkin

Kiya Frost, left, Hazel Quaempts, center, and Darryl Joe McKay, right, ride the tractor during a trip with Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start to Bellinger Farms in Hermiston Oct. 15.

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Lincoln Levalle, found his favorite pumpkin in Hermiston during a trip to Bellinger Farms with Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start Oct. 15.

Toshina John, left, holds Elara, right, while riding the tractor during a trip with Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start to Bellinger Farms in Hermiston Oct. 15.

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Birthday Blessings Son and Many more Z’ Bear

Thank you letters On behalf of the Munoz family, we would like to thank Jim Pace for creating a head stone for our loved one who passed before us.

We gave Jim some ideas on what we wanted, not only did he implement all of the ideas but added some special images to the stone which touched our family’s heart. Jim also completed the stone on a very short notice which was a miracle to us.

Thank you Jim Pace, The Munoz Family

All my love, Mom and Family

Happy Birthday Sky! Rock on!

The Spencer and Lamone family would like to thank everyone for their support! We had a fire within our home in October that managed to be contained to our bathroom but also caused smoke damage throughout the house. We are truly grateful to the first responders that arrived: Tribal Police, Tribal Fire Department and the Pendleton Fire Department. We would also like to thank my Grandma Rosenda Shippentower, she has been a big supporter of ours, along with family, friends, and co-workers that have offered aid and reassurance. A huge thanks to Judith Burke and Dara Williams-Worden for putting together a fundraiser for our family and also to the volunteers that contributed to the bake sale, Keysha Ashley, Cece Husted, Bette Husted, and Aaron Worden for his assistance.

Thank you to the community that purchased items or made a donation, your generosity is truly appreciated and will help us with repairs and cleaning done to the home.

Sincerely, Fabian, Lennox, and Lionel

Nixyaawii Leadership Class tackles school bullying Eva Oatman’s anti-bullying poster was judged the best.

By the CUJ

MISSION – Students and teachers stood up to bullying in October to “create change” at Nixyaawii Community School (NCS) and want to continue their campaign even after National Anti-Bullying Month ends.

“The Leadership Class thought it would be a good time to address the issue here within the school as bullying has seemed to rear its ugly head and has been an unwelcomed visitor here at our school,” Seanne Perkins, NCS teacher, said in an email.

Working with English teacher Chelsea Hallam, the students came up with contest guidelines. Nine writing and three poster submissions were received.

“Honestly, we wanted students to speak their truths and to let their art and words speak out against bullying,” Perkins said.

Students were given 10 days to work on their entries and then returned them without names so the art and writing could be judged

Targeted Thoughts People act like they know what I’ve been through They try to talk s*** and put me down But they don’t know what happens when they’re not around They don’t know what I’ve seen My nightmares are recurring dreams Sometimes I get so pissed I could just scream I wish I could just run away But I know I would have to come back one day So before you make another peep Let me just say you have no room to speak

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“Each entry was so personal and really they were extremely hard for the three of us to read and judge,” said Perkins, who judged with Hallam and Social Studies teacher Zack Brandsen.

The Leadership Class, which Perkins advises, hung posters, spoke to classes, showed videos, and organized open discussions to “really begin to create change here at the school.”

“The hope is that students begin to see that working together will promote change and that it is okay to stand up against bullying,” Perkins said. “These winning entries are just a start of building a good foundation of understanding in this school.”

Tystalynn Melton won the writing contest with a poem titled “Targeted Thoughts” and Kylie Mountainchief was second with her poem. A poster by freshman Eva Oatman was judged first.

The winners presented their posters and read their entries during the school’s Halloween Assembly Oct. 31.

I lie awake crying and I weep But you wouldn’t know that Because the only person you see never shows that The person you see is usually happy But what if I told you it was just an act And the depression I’ve been fighting Is getting worse by people stabbing me in the back I’m fighting these demons It feels like I’m under attack I ask the creator for help - Tristalynn Melton

It doesn’t show but when the Day is done the pain is present And it is strong But my will is stronger Your words hurt but they are nothing But your own insecurities You live off the pain of others So you feel better For you are weak but you are A better actor And wear a better mask.

- Kylie Mountainchief

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Board of Trustees members pose in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. From left is BOT Treasurer Doris Wheeler, BOT Chair Gary Burke and BOT Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf.

CTUIR leaders visit Washington D.C. WAHINGTON, D.C. – Three officers from the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation spent a busy two days, Oct. 10 and 11, in the nation’s capital visiting with key legislative staff.

BOT Chair Gary Burke, Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf and Treasurer Doris Wheeler represented the CTUIR in Washington, D.C. The trip was staffed by Chuck Sams III, the CTUIR Communications Department Director.

In addition to staffers, the trip included meetings with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and John Tahsuda, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

– Indian Affairs for the Department of Interior.

The group talked to Merkley, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, about sea lions and water rights, which were the two main issues discussed with others as well.

Other issues on the agenda for discussion during the two days included the Tri-Cities, Washington, land conveyance proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Columbia River housing and treaty fishing sites; conveyence of the wildlife area at the Umatilla Army Depot to the CTUIR through the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process; and Cobell Land Buy-Back Program.

Youth Leadership Council summit Nov. 20 MISSION - The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Youth Leadership Council will hold their annual elections and Youth Leadership Summit Nov. 20 -21 at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino.

The theme of this year’s summit is “The

Power of Vision & Action.” The event will begin with registration at 9 a.m. on both days and go until 3 p.m. The event will host a special guest speaker. It is open to all middle and high school youth. For more information contact Julie Taylor or Cor Sams at 541-429-7300.

CUJ news deadline Nov. 27 100 Years documentary screening on Elouise Cobell, who filed the largest class action lawsuit ever against the U.S. Government. There was a $3.4 billion settlement for 300,000 Native Americans whose lands were mismanaged by the Dept. of Interior. The film is 76 minutes.

Snacks provided. Free.

November 14, 6pm, at BMCC ST-200 Elouise Cobell was inducted into the Native American Hall of Fame in Phoenix, Arizona on October 15, 2018 for her advocacy in Indian Country.

BMCC and CTUIR Higher Education are hosting events to celebrate Native American Heritage month. For more information, please contact Annie Smith, Native American Liaison and Success Coach at 541-278-5935 or asmith@bluecc.edu

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Matching Saddle and Drape Martingale  Dentilium Shell Cape Commercial and brain tanned buckskin  6 white buckskin dresses  Dentilium shell dresses  Money cowrie dress All old style trade cloth dresses

 Large stock of moccasins - all sizes  Extra Large Dark Otter  Men’s old style buckskin shirts Beaded antique old and new shawls Tule mats  Men’s, women’s & children’s hard-sole fully beaded mocassins  Roaches, shell dresses for women and children White buckskin dresses for women and children  Old style trade cloth dresses for children  White 3X large deer hides Otter hair wraps  Wing and jingle dresses for women and girls  Large stock commercial and brain-tanned hides

Nixyaawii Governance Center Closed Nov. 12 in observance of Veteran’s Day

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Oregon OK’s roadkill salvage, but think twice on Reservation MISSION – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved rules that will allow salvage of road-killed deer and elk, but that’s not necessarily the case on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

The state’s new rules will allow deer and elk accidentally struck by a vehicle to be salvaged for consumption only. The antlers and head of all salvaged animals have to be surrendered to an ODFW office within five business days of taking possession of a carcass.

The Confederated Tribes’ Fish and Wildlife Code does not speak specifically to road-killed animals, but it does address preventing waste, according to Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chair of the CTUIR Board of Trustees who chairs the Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Wolf provided the Fish and Wildlife Code that addresses “Killing of Wounded Wildlife.” It states: A. Anyone may kill wildlife that is found suffering from mortal wounds.

However, no one shall use any such remains, out of season, for any purpose without a prior obtained permit from the Commission. Anyone who kills wildlife found suffering from mortal wounds shall take reasonable steps to prevent waste including immediately notifying Tribal Police and notifying the Fish and Wildlife Commission as soon as practicable.

Here are highlights of the new state rules, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2019.

• Deer and elk accidentally struck by a vehicle may be salvaged for consumption only. Intentionally hitting a deer or elk in order to salvage it remains unlawful.

• Anyone who salvages a roadkilled deer or elk must complete a free online permit within 24 hours of salvaging the animal and provide information including their name, contact info, where and when salvage occurred, species and gender of animal salvaged, and if they were driver that struck animal.

• Antlers and head of all salvaged animals will need to be surrendered to an ODFW office within 5 business days of taking possession of the carcass. This rule will meet the requirements of SB 372 and will contribute to ODFW’s surveillance

The CTUIR Fish and Wildlife Code does not speak specifically to roadkilled animals, but it does address preventing waste. program for Chronic Wasting Disease.

• The entire carcass of the animal including gut piles must be removed from the road and road right of way during the salvage.

• In cases where a deer or elk is struck, injured and then put down to alleviate suffering, only the driver of the vehicle that struck the animal may salvage the carcass and law enforcement must be immediately notified. (This is a requirement per Oregon Revised Statute 498.016 and SB 372.)

• Any person who salvages a deer or elk will consume the meat at their own risk. ODFW/OSP will not perform game meat inspections for any deer or elk salvaged under these rules.

• Sale of any part of the salvaged animal is prohibited, but transfer to another person will be allowed with a written record similar to transferring game meat.

• The State of Oregon is not liable for any loss or damage arising from the recovery, possession, use, transport or consumption of deer or elk salvaged.

The State Commission also approved the purchase of 214 acres of property adjacent to the Klamath Wildlife Area and the 560-acre Edmunds Well property near the Summer Lake Wildlife Area.

The Commission is the policy-making body for fish and wildlife issues in Oregon. Its next meeting is a joint meeting with Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission on Nov. 1 in Vancouver, Wash.

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Kayak Celebrates One Millionth Rider MISSION – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s Public Transit Program is pleased to celebrate our One Millionth Rider event. The Tribes of the CTUIR have travelled the paths and roadways that crisscross our region for thousands of years. The Transit program is an extension of our history and culture as a people who traded far and near. CTUIR also believes in giving back to our community to offer this free service to the public.

On Friday, November 2, 2018, from 3:30p.m. to 5:30p.m. Kayak Public Transit will celebrate its One Millionth Rider.

Refreshments will be available at the Kayak Public Transit Hub (46322 Timíne Way, west of Nixyáawii Governance Center) courtesy of Pendleton Safeway and Pendleton Bottling Company. In addition through the generosity of many local businesses prizes will be provided to the Kayak riders who have taken over 90,000 rides a year.

Friday afternoon’s event will begin with a series of raffle items to be given to riders on each of Kayak Public Transit’s seven routes: The Hermiston HART, Hermiston Hopper, La Grande Arrow, Mission Metro, Pilot Rocket, Tutuilla Tripper, and Walla Walla Whistler. In addition to the Facebook entries that are also eligible for prizes. A lucky Kayak Public Transit rider will be announced as the one millionth rider with a special prize for their patronage.

Seventeen years ago Kayak Public Transit began with a local service that has expanded significantly throughout our region.

Kayak has surpassed expectations by serving Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon, connecting seventeen communities to the multi-modal regional transportation system funded through Local, State, Federal and Tribal funding sources. Operating as early as 4:31a.m. with the last leg at 8:33p.m.

weekdays with some Saturday routes.

The CTUIR is proud of the services we provide through this region and is happy to celebrate this milestone with the local community. Ka’ya’ak translates as our core statement “removing obstacles” to keep you connected with core values of excellence in customer service, team work, and safe public transportation.

In her 24th year with CTUIR, Susan Johnson, Kayak Public Transit Program Manager takes pride in providing sustainable transportation services for her community.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is made up of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes, formed under the Treaty of 1855 at the Walla Walla Valley.

In 1949, the Tribes adopted a constitutional form of government to protect, preserve and enhance the Treaty rights guaranteed under federal statute.

Vigil calls attention to domestic violence MISSION - Several women shared a prayer at a candlelight vigil to honor the victims and survivors of domestic violence Oct. 26 in front of the Nixyaawii Governance Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Confederated Tribes’ Family Violence Services Program organized events that included the vigil, a Purple Door contest and the posting of flags to honor loved ones who died due to domestic violence.

Women on the left wear red to honor and call attention to missing and murder indigenous women’s movement.

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CTUIR Youth Leadership Council Summit and Elections Nov. 20-21 Wildhorse Resort & Casino Cayuse Hall 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Nixyaawii school offers new gear MISSION – The Nixyaawii Community School Booster Club has Golden Eagle apparel for sale.

The booster club is selling short sleeve t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts and shorts all for varying prices. The sales are cash only. NCS Temporary tattoos are also included in the merchandise list. All the proceeds from the sales go towards the Nixyaawii Booster Club and their efforts to support the student activities of the Nixyaawii Community School.

For more information or to purchase merchandise contact Andi Scott at 541-4297900.

Culture Coalition to review applications MISSION - Applications for the Culture Coalition are due Nov. 27.

The group will meet Dec. 11 and Jan. 22 to review complete applications submitted by the deadline.

There are no Tribal Member requirements for the coalition and it is open to the public. For more information or to get an application call Sally Kosey at 541-429-7372.

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