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CUJ Publisher Charles Sams III writes about how "History Repeats Itself" at Standing Rock in an editorial on Page 6A. At right, mace drips off the face of an Indian "water protector" on the front line at the Dakota Access Pipeline in South Dakota.

Duane Conner salutes in front of an American flag in this posed photograph. Conner servedin World War I. Stories and photos about veterans are on pages 10-11Aand 20-21A,including a provided list of afl C TUIR veterans.

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STANDI G UP FOR STANDING ROCK Peter Walters, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, stands in front of one of the camps at Standing Rock where thousands of Indians and supporters have gathered in an attempt to stop the construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would transport some 570,000 barrels of crude oil from Bakken Shale in North Dakota to illinois.

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MISSION — Cheryl Wilson is the decider. She and her husband, Leland, have three things in m in d w h e n t hey receive their Sisseton-Wahpeton settlement money: a trip, a pickup or furniture. T he more practical choice — furnit u r rose to the top of the list. "All we do is go to another Indian casino," said Leland, who works in maintenance at the Nixyaawii Governance Center. "She wants two beds and living room furniture. Ours is starting to get a little raggedy." Other members of th e C onfederated Settlement a e1 2A

GC complaints prompt review of Housing policies MISSION — "Past and current housing policies" are being reviewed following concerns expressed at General Council and Board of Trustees (BOT) meetings by members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). At its Oct. 17 meeting, the BOT called for a report wi thin 45 days from staff at the Housing Department, including D irector M a r cus L u ke, th e H o u s i n g Commission, and the Office of Executive

Director. According to the official statement from the CTUIR, "The General Council and community members have expressed their long-standing concerns regarding housing issues during the October 7 Special General Council meeting. The Board of Trustees has reviewed the requests made during the General Council meeting and is moving forward to review past and current housing policies with the appropriate staff to ensure Housing policies are meeting the needs of our

entire community." General Council meetings are closed to the CUJ so the specific concerns expressed at the Oct. 7 meeting were not made public. However, at the Oct. 17 BOT meeting, which was open to the public, General Council Chairman Alan Crawford reported on the action taken at the Special General Council meeting 10 days prior. The General Council — in a motion made by Molly Jim — voted 34-18-10 to terminate Housing Director Luke and

Resident Coordinator Kenny M i tchell. Her motion, Crawford said, citied violation of personal issues and misuse of tenants as unacceptable. Crawford said the vote came after tribal member and former BOT member Bob Shippentower pointed out that the General Council does not have the authority to hire or fire anybody. The General Council has the authority to only elect and/or recall General Council and BOT officers, and/or demand reports of See Housin olic reviewon a e1 9 A

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Y EARS IN B U S I N E S S Workers recall beginning and CEO casts vision of future T he celebration co m m enced w i t h prayer. Leading on the drum was Fred MISSION â€” It's been 10 years since Hill along with Nixyaawii students and Cayuse Technologies opened its doors other community members. Toni Cordell on the Umatilla Indian Reservation and carried the Tribal Flag into the front of the on Oct. 18 more than 100 people gathered room while Senator Bill Hansel was next to celebrate its to her, and young tribal dancers followed. anniversary and "Being able to hear the drum circle that ,oo~ovIHosr a cco m p l i s h close was amazing," said Billy Nerenerg, ments thus far. CEO of Cayuse Technologies. "Being Cayuse Tech- f rom Dutch heritage I never in my life nologies is an heard a drum circle and it stirs something o ut s o u r c i n g up inside of you ... you can feel it in your a nd technol o splrlt. gies company Following the dancing and drum were ~eIF lai o wned by t h e s everal em p l o y e e Confederat ed r ecogni t i o n s . A f Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation terwards everyone (CTUIR) and it currently employs 232 gathered around the people. Of those 232, almost 13 percent snacks that were caare enrolled Native Americans. tered by Tamastslikt Former Deputy D i rector of Cayuse Cultural Institute. Technologies and cu r r ent Executiv e Ganine Moses, a Director of the CTUIR, Dave Tovey, was Nez Perce Nativ e, in attendance at the 10-year anniversary has been with Caycelebration. In an email, Tovey recalls use Tech since their that he was inspired to work for Cayuse first hiring round in Ganine Moses Technologies after the first graduation June 2007. Before she ceremony held in 2007. was employed at the company, Moses "I knew most of those young folks and was a college student living in Lapwai, I was just so impressed that they'd take a Idaho, going through her general studies career leap of faith for a brand new busiclasses. She then decided to move home ness that didn't have a building yet," said to the Umatilla Indian Reservation to Tovey. "Like any department, program, submit an application with the business. or business, there's been a tremendous "It was nice to come home to a career amount of evolution there and it's pretty opportunity ... it's something new and impressive how far they' ve come. We all unique," said Moses. "It's an opportunity wished there were more Tribal members to step out into a corporate world and exworking there but I have to say, I' ve been perience that type of work environment." very impressed with current and former Moses currently works as a Strategic Cayuse employees' pr o f essionalism Operations Specialist in which she has and work ethic. I t' s very difficult and been able to work with the CTUIR on a demanding work. M y hat's off to those possible business acquisition. employees still there and succeeding." A lger Brigham is a member of th e

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Senator Bill Hansel walks next to Toni Cordell, Veteran's Services Representative for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, as they bring the Amedcan Flag into the front of the room during the ten year anniversary celebration of Cayuse Technologies. Dancing to the lettis Wllbur Oatman.

CTUIR who worked in the casino gaming i ndustry fo r t h r e e years before he was employed at Cayuse Tech in 2008. Sinc e th en, Brigham has gained experience working in several areas of t he company a n d Alger Brigham i s currently w o r k i ng as a D e l i v e r y Account Manager in which he monitors project finances, holds department teams accountable in meeting deadlines and ensures they' re delivering quality services to clients. He can also help the existing clients with finding other services, such as helpdesk solutions, by connecting them to different teams within Cayuse Technologies. "I'm never doing the same job . .. it' s always changing and evolving and I get

to grow my skills," said Brigham, who also enjoys traveling for work and getting to meet new people within the industry. "If you have the motivation, drive, and urge to leam business than there's always a way to grow," he said. In September of 2007 Maurice Will iams w a s a c o l lege graduate who h ad just f i n i s h e d his comp u ter e n -

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' izens P HOENIX, A r i z on a — Caw Paw a show how to make communilies places Laakni — They Are Not Forgotten, the lng , Hononng Nations has recog living atlas for the Confederated Tribes ams. Out of this group, thre est "They differ infocus fro rm of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is one nd the natural environm s N~ isdom, and hope for a be of six tribal programs across the United onoring Nations AllStates to receive awards from H onoring Nations, a program of The Harvard hat Project on American Indian Economic lf-i Development. : terr Three "High Honors" and three "Honors" recipients were selected from a pool ( iii Ptn t l t i k m of 87 applications representing more than ® Q 65 tribal nations. coQ rii It is the fourth time a CTUIR program has received Honoring Nations recogni<DidÃ tion. (The others have been Umatilla Basin Salmon Recovery Project in 2002, Cultural Resources Protection Program in 2003, Homeownership: Finance, Credit and Consumer Protection Program in Accepting the "High Honors" recognition for Caw Pawa Laakni - They Are Not Forgotten, was Board of Trustees Chairman Gary Burke, General Council 2006, and CTUIR Public Transit in 2010.) Chairman Alan Crawford, Tamastslikt Director Bobbie Conner, editor Phillip E. Cash Cash, atlas editor Jennifer Karson Engum, and BOTmember Armand The six programs were recognized Minthorn. The award was presented at the 73rd annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians in Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 12 for "outstanding excellence in CTUIR General Council, said the publigovernance at the National Congress Walla nations that contains 643 data enSystems), the authors, the press editor for American Indians (NCAI) 73' Con- tries ofplaces, waterways, areas, trails cation stands as an accomplishment, but at the University of Washington. It went the "real treasure" is the database kept vention in Phoenix. The awards were and bodies of water as well as more than on for what seemed like years. It was presented in front of an audience of more 70 maps and illustrations. The atlas is in house. years," she said. "It serves as a reference document "Babies were born, m a r r i ages octhan 500 native community members and actively utilized to protect treaty rights, tribal leaders. assist in the management of natural t hat c a n b e curred, elders D ur i n g resources, and transmit traditional expanded. As w er e l o s t . t he aw a r d s cultural, linguistic, and ecological time dictates There were a 'Babies were born, marriages g~~ P a ~ > Forgotten knowledge. c erem o n y , i t ca n g r o w lot of lessons obey A" occurred, elders were lost. e ach of t h e Jennifer Karson Engum, one of the a s a l i v i n g learned about f inal i st s o f There were a lot of lessons atlas authors, said she was surprised resource and collaboration fered a shor t the book was chosen for an "excelm ore i n f o r a nd w e h a d learned about collaboration p resentat i o n lence in tribal gover n anc" award. mation can go to keep pushand we had to keep pushing "I' ve been surprised at how it' s into the data i ng throu gh . their pr ojects, N pT.ACE Afuig.cafkil,A been received outside our tribes," base. The pubT here w e r e through.' w hich r a n g e d Karson Engum said. "We were so lication itself is t imes w h e n — Jennifer Karson Engum, editor «-™ f rom s o l v i n g f ocused on doing it right ... w e a visible manididn't stop to think how it could the challenges of festation of the ed t o qu i t water sanitation protect treaty rights for generaoverall gleanb ecause w e to child care for tions on maps, place names. We ing of information over a 13-year perio d." thought we couldn't get it right." nuldly ill children just wanted to do it right in a respectful Karson Engum said the hardest p of Bu t t h e atlas was able to "dovetail" on a nd fromhistorical t r a u m a t o i l l e g a l manner." the process was proofreading. the completion of the Umatilla Diction"Multiple, multiple, multiple pro ofs a r y t o h elp verify names and spellings drug and gang activity. Thomas E. Morn ing O w l , a n other They Are Not Forgotten is a living of the four authors who serves as the ... between the atlas team, the book deH n rin N tion on 14A atlas of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla U matilla language interpreter for th e signer, GIS (Geographical Information 1

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(ANA-SEDS) will help Yellowhawk focus on three inter-related objectives: • A workforce development program t o addr ess healthcare em p l o y m e n t through training, education and retention; • Qu a l i ty i m p r o v e ment strategies based on an proven operational framework process, and: • A management excellence program and leadership succession plan for Yellowhawk employees and members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The ANA-SEDS resources will prov ide Yellowhawk th e op p or tunity t o create long-term strategies to maintain

quality as the health center addresses continuing changes to health care delivery; and establish short- and long-term leadership and pr ofessional development strategies that promote Yellowhawk employee and CTUIR m ember succession planning.

Thorn Hauer, Yellowhawk Human Resources Director, said in a Yellow hawk news release that a commitment to long-term solutions to leadership and professional employee development is a challenge for small communities. With the rapid changes in today's health care, he said, Yellowhawk must adapt to new ways for service delivery. "At Yellowhawk w e r ecognize the

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importance of input by employees and opportunities for CTUIR members with transferrable skills and experience," Hauer said in the release. "Combining these two parts with leadership excellence training and quality improvement, Yellowhawk will reduce reliance on external labor resources and truly develop a healthcare model that also incorporates CTUIR culture and traditions." CTUIR Health C o m m i ssion Ch air Shawna Gavin agreed. "One of the best strategies for ensuring culturally sensitive health care and r educing turnover is to i n v est in t h e l eadership development of your o w n tribal members," she said.

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In celebration of Hallowwen, Tribal government employees partake in a potluck. Going through the line from front to backis Malena Pinkham, Annie Smith, Jamie Munoz, Justin Quaempts, George Clark, and Melinda Broncheau. CUJ photo/Miranda Vega Rector

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Tribal members take CTUIR spirit to Standing Rock CANNON BALL, N.D. - If Standing Rock is to be the last great Indian War then the warriors should be remembered as peacefulprotectors, not protesters,and their weapons will be recalled as sweet grass bundles for sm u d g i ng, bi cycle locks for civil disobedience, and prayer sticks to indicate the desire for a peaceful resolution to a situation that looks as if it could end much differently. That's the conclusion of two members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation who recently r eturned from Standing Rock w h e r e Indians from across America — and supporters from around the world — have rallied trying to halt construction of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). P eter Walters and Ar t M c C o n v i l l e aren't the only two CTUIR members who have or plan to spend time at the home of the Sioux Nation in N o rth D akota. McConville's nephew, Thomas Bettles, has been at the Sacred Stone camp where the protest began in September and plans to stay through the winter. Dee Williams was there as the CUJ went to press. Linda and Sandy Sampson, who have challenged CTUIR members to contribute $50 of the Sisseton-Wahpeton settlement money to the DOPL cause, are heading out later in November. And Randall and Katrina Melton also plan to make the trip. CTUIR Board of Trustees member Woodrow Star and members of his family have been there already. Star went as an individual, not in an official capacity. So far, the BOT's involvement has been letters of support. I f completed, th e p i p e l in e w o u l d transport up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The 1,168-mile pipeline, which would extend a cros s f o u r s tates, wou l d skirt the Tribe's 'We' re r ese r v a t i o n standing and would go under the Mistogether s ouri R i v e r . to protect The company the watel ... c onstr u c t i n g t he p i p e l i n e , We ve been

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on a microphone talking to the whole camp. They told their stories and eventually sang." What struck Walters most about the trip was when one of the men talked of his release. "He said he looked at all the people who were still in jail and asked 'Why am I being released?' and they told him that somebody posted his bail. He asked how much and they told him $1,000. He said 'I didn't think I was worth $1,000.' I thought he was joking but he was serious. That's the tragedy. Here's a company building a pipeline for $3.78 billion and making native people feel like they' re not worth sh-t, but we' re still able to laugh about it. Made to feel worthless and the mood is joyful in spite of the odds." WHAT PROMPTED THEM TO GO Walters said he'd watched the situation since it started and knew he should go but kept coming up with excuses until a friend called and said he wanted to go. "He pushed me. He's a white guy and I thought what good am I as an Indian if I don't go," he said.

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itoria s History repeats itself — at the cost of Indians again he Louisiana Purchase is a much-celebrated acquisition by the United States from the French in 1803. This purchase transferred the right to negotiate with American Indians for land and resources from the French to the United States. Under the Doctrine of Discovery precepts it declared that only the United States had the right to directly negotiate with American Indians, not the French, English, Spanish or Russians. To establish this right President Jefferson commissioned an expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to establish relations with Indian Tribes and find a practical route across this western part of North America and to establish trade routes. While the United States was a growing nation in 1803, it was also looking for new economic opportunities. The greatest potential lay in the west. The Missouri River held great economic potential — fur trade, minerals, timber, and land. This of course would come at the cost of the oklEp'g'jggless, Native People who have managed, preserved and protected the land for thousands of years prior. By the fOf P8agg 1940's the Missouri River was being well exploited as a resource. To further that exploitation the United States Congress approved the PickSloan Plan for river flood control and navigation to be carried out by the Army Corps of Ent. gineers. Of course, the primary beneficiaries were the A CTUiR ftag fges et Standing non-Indian fa™ers Rock. Photo by Norman Rendon of of t h e region. The Porcupine, South Dakota at Sacred pl a n called for the Stone CamP Oct. 28. it was shared construction pf fpur large dams: Garrison, Fort Randall, Oahe and Big Bend. The dams would directly affect 23 Indian reservations and force the relocation of thousands of Tribal members off their homelands, established by Treaty. The Army Corps of Engineers were given the responsibility to negotiate settlements with each of the Tribes; during the process the Corps ignored or violated Tribal sovereignty, Indian Law and Treaty Rights. The trust responsibility of the United States, to be upheld by the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Corps were nearly nonexistent. The dams were built and Tribal lands sacrificed for the progress of the American people.

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Here it is 2016 and these same Tribes face a federal government that fails to uphold their trust responsibilities. The Dakota Access Pipeline has been a disaster in the making from the word go. The Corps of Engineers failed in their consultation requirements with affected Tribes. The lands sacrificed for the pipeline crossed properties that the Corps condemned in the 1950s and 60s in violation of Treaties and were public lands that have ancient burial sites and significant natural resource conservation values. The destruction of our shared natural resources had to be stopped. The Standing Rock Sioux made their stand and called upon Indian Country to stand with them to block the further construction of the pipeline. Just as the building of the dams was to have little to no effect on the non-Indian communities, the building of the pipeline was to do the same. The non-Indian communities expressed their concern that the pipeline not be close to populated areas and not be placed near major water sources. To achieve the requirements the route went through Treaty reserved natural and cultural resource areas. Granted the United States halted construction of the pipeline on federal lands until further consultation with the Tribes, they still are allowing continuation on private lands under the permit the Corps of Engineers issued to Energy Transfer Partners. American Indians from across Indian Country are standing with the Sioux as Water Protectors in peaceful protest; nearly a dozen of our own Tribal members have gone to provide support and supplies. The Water Protectors are not armed as the protesters (ok, domestic terrorists ) at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge were. The Water Protectors are attempting to protect the sacred water that all of life depends upon. The Militant protesters at Malheur were attempting to take public lands out of the hands of the federal government and place them into local private hands. It is interesting to note that the Wildlife Refuge lands were

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taken by the United States government without the ratification of a Treaty between the Northern Paiute and United States. The Refuge lands are without a doubt originally owned by the Paiute People. Yet the response by federal, state and local law enforcement to both of these situations could not be more different. The Protestors at Malheur were dealt with by law enforcement with kid gloves, relatively. Recognizing that an incident off the Refuge ended in one man' s death. During most of the siege at Malheur, law enforcement kept a distance between themselves and the protestors. At Standing Rock the Water Protectors l face well-armed law enforcement - many of the police officers look more like our military than peace officers. This past week the Water Protectors were removed from a protest site by force. The Protectors were maced, clubbed and arrested for peacefully protesting. Yet, the ones who remain stand strong. This past month we watched as several of the Malheur protestors were let free and found to be innocent of federal charges of conspiracy. It leaves all wondering how the Water Protectors will be judged in the Courts of the nonIndian. Our Tribal members who have and continue to travel to Standing Rock need our support. They are Water Protectors. They are willing to sacrifice their time, resources, and efforts to ensure cool clean water will be protected for all human life. Our Tribal government has offered our support to the Standing Rock Sioux and we stand ready to provide any resources we can at their request. Water is the most valuable resource on the planet, how other humans cannot value this resource and protect it boggles our minds. History has to stop repeating itself. We have the power to change our destiny and the Water Protectors are doing it!

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0 UI1111S How are you going to spend your settlement money? he time came upon us quickly. Cheddar's coming, and everyone wants to know w h at Tribal Members are going to do with all that settlement money. Even the East Oregonian wants to know, when the news broke that CTUIR had some cash on the way they sent a reporter to Mission Market (a little strange) to ask a random Native what their plans â€˘ 000 were. That's how much curiosity has been built up. An information pamphlet released by the BOT said the checks will be up to $4,400 for each Tribal Member. It's no Salazar but it's certainly a significant amount of m oney, especially for those living below the poverty line. Super, especially for those living with woefully limited resources and raising several enrolled children. It's so much money in fact some of our Board of Trustee and community members don' t think the children's money should be available to the parents. Do you know why? Jordan' s, TV's and booze. That's what they think parents will use their children's money for. There are those who think poverty stricken Tribal Members can' t possibly know what to do with all that money. After all, some of them have been foolish enough to have several children on a small income, living in low income housing and possibly existing on food stamps. I' ve heard the way some of those Board members and non-Indians talk about the single and impoverished parents. They have no hope in young parents to use this opportunity to its fullest. I do however have faith in my peers to take this moment and break down some barriers that we might not otherwise be able to. The barriers that exist for the common family are ones that some people may not understand. It's hard to explain to someone that to some a small inconvenience in life can be enough to hijack your finances and peace of mind for the next two weeks. When you are constantly tight financially, a flat tire or unexpected snow can mean choosing between groceries and transportation.

If you are fortunate enough to live in a world where secure is always the goal. Many of our Tribal Members the necessity for snow tires means running over to Les who have arrived at that station in life have done so Schwab to charge some you may not know the panic or either through decades of work through this Tribal anxiety of having poor credit and spending time each entity or have perhaps arrived a little sooner through day figuring out how you' re going to get your kids to way of education. So as much as I would love to go on school and then get to work. an amazing shopping spree I do know that one of the Small barriers exist for everyone. Depending on best things I can do for my family is finish my degree. The second is take this sponge granted to me and clean your station in life you may have only a few or many. Transportation, housing, credit my credit. With an education and rating and education are factors clean credit I know that I can have Elected officials, staff that vary how successful one is at access to better jobs, better homes successfully improving their qualand ultimately more opportuniand non-Indians are ity of life. ties. It is sometimes frustrating quietly watching how Unfortunately wealth does have to exist wi t hi n t h ese confines, we as a People take this significant impact on health. In a but there's not much to be done study performed by psychologist about that. settlement and spend it. and Carnegie Mellon University's So while I w i l l d e f i n itely be Sheldon Cohen showed that sentibuying new clothes, shoes and ment precisely. This, along with many other studies bunk beds for my children I will also hopefully be pay(Google it) show that financial stability and success has ing for a change. A change that means no more anxiety a direct effect on access to medical care, safer homes between paydays, less worry about a trip to the grocery and neighborhoods and healthier food. Those below store for fresh food and an occasional trip to the movies the poverty line suffer more from stress and most imwith more ease. portantly they think different from the wealthy. Those The best defense against wastefulness is planning and who grow up in poverty are unable to make decisions education. Know your personal barriers, if you have a that have long term benefits, which translates to wild hard time finding a house because you have an old light shopping sprees during tax season. bill on your credit now is the time clear your name. If That's what makes this moment and opportunity so you' re tired of walking because your tickets have kept vital and special. you from getting a license, guess what? Get that driver' s Elected officials, staff and non-Indians are quietly license because it's hard to know when you' ll have the watching how we as a People take this settlement and opportunity again. spend it. The temptation to blow th e w h ole lot on I say all of this as a person who lives with financial clothes, makeup, TV's, iPhones, iPads, PS4's and all limitations. I openly share this in the paper because as of the things that sit directly outside of reach exists for much as I would like to pretend I have it all together I each recipient. Taking the kids to the mall and buying really don' t. A big flash of money brings temptation upon them every single thing they lay their eyes upon remains a person like few will understand if they have it all the a strong temptation as the settlement mailing inches time. I look at this moment as an opportunity to make closer and closer. long term changes in my family's life. As a single mother I will use my household for example. My family does of four children I recognize the weight of this moment. not live in destitute poverty. We are blessed to have It is my responsibility to carefully plan out each move a roof over our heads, food on the table and steady in the near future to positively impact my household. transportation (thanks to a generous support system ). I count my blessings each day for they are plentiful, jill-Marie Gavin is a member of the Confederated Tribes but there is always something more that could do with of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. She works as a social some improvement. services assistant â€”case worker in the CTUIR Department To own a house and have full room to feel financially of Children and Family Services.

CUJ Letters to the Editor Shippentower questions rulings of Tribal Court Judge To the editor, Issues arising out of our legislative (Board of Trustees) and executive (tribal administration ) branches of tribal government are regularly addressed and discussed in the CUJ. However, although issues coming out of our judicial (tribal court ) branch are not addressed very often in the CUJ, that is not to say they cannot be discussed in the CUJ letters section. During the recent recall process some issues were ruled upon in tribal court that merits tribal discussion. It is incorrect that Chief Judge Bill Johnson ruled that he did not have a conflict of interest when the Board of Trustees were the defendants in a court case right before him. Johnson's 10 year employment contract is with the BOT, so how could he not have a conflict of interest? At every point in the situation, Johnson consistently ruled in favor of the BOT. First, he refused to disqualify himself because he ruled he did not have a conflict of interest! Common sense says otherwise, or was there some deep, abstract theory of law he cites to

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justify his ruling that he has no conflict of interest when the BOT (his supervistors for all practical purposes ) are the defendants right in front of him? Johnson cited nothing for this ruling; he just proclaimed he "did not have a conflict" and that was that! Also, there is nothing "inconsistent" between the Constitution and the Election Code concerning proper form for a recall petition. In this situation, the Constitution and the Election Code complement each other, and that certainly does not mean they are "inconsistent" to the other. The Election Code, in the context of a recall, narrows down the obvious vagueness and ambiguity of the Constitution, and if anything, it clarifies the recall process. It was Chief Judge Bill Johnson who was the strongest advocate for the separation of powers issue, but now that we have it, he meekly rubber stamps the BOT's actions at every point in the recall situation. So where is his independence from the BOT? In this recall situation, there is no court independence. And there will be no independence as long as the sitting and ruling judge refuses to acknowledge a conflict of interest that everyone else can easily acknowledge. Tribal members/ citizens should be able to look to and depend on our court to receive fairness and justice when involved in

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the legal system, but it is hard to so in consideration of some court rulings in this recent recall situation. I am not questioning the BOT in this letter; this letter is about tribal court. Sincerely, Bob Shippentower

INCAN candidate seeks votes Attention, please, voters in Walla Walla County. I am Randal Son, and I am running for Walla Walla County Commissioner, District 2. Ballots for this race must be submitted by next Tuesday, November 8th. I want to let you know of my respect for the First Foods concept, and the River Vision that goes with it. The inspiration for these ideas, combined with the ecosystem science they express, should be a powerful guide for us all. The people of CTUIR have been bringing valuable gifts to the table in this valley. Watershed restoration is critical to everyone, even those that do not realize it yet. If you would l ike to learn more about me before c asting your vote, please visit my website at w w w . electrandalson.corn. T h ank you. Randal Son

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Resolution 15-054: Topic: Settlement of Sisseton-Wahpeton Lawsuit. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby: 1) reconfirms its approval of the offer from the United States, as set forth in the proposed Joint Stipulation of Settlement, to settle the Confederated Tribes' claims in Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribe, et ai., v. Jeweli, et ai., No. 1:13-cv-601, in the U.S District Court for the District of Columbia; 2) attests to the balances in the August 2016 PSPs for its trust accounts; and, 3) authorizes Melody McCoy as its legal counsel to execute and take all necessary steps regarding the Joint Stipulation of Settlement and all other necessary documents and pleadings to settle the Confederated Tribes' claims in the case on behalf of the Confederated Tribes and to bind the Confederated Tribes; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chairman to execute necessary documents and to take such further action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Resolution; AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 19'" day of September, 2016. Move to adopt Resolution 16-054 with correction. Motion carries 6-0-0. b. Resolution 16-055: Topic: BIAEMDP Grant Application. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees reaffirms its authorization of the July 8, 2016 proposal on behalf of the Confederated Tribes and hereby clarifies that the proposal was

intended to be, and is, a contract proposal under Public Law 93-638. AND, that said Resolution has notbeen modified amended orrepealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 19 day of September, 2016. Move to adopt Resolution 16-055. Motion carries 6-0-0. Other Board Action: None. BOT Travel Reports. None. BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Aaron Ashley, Personal leave, September 21, 22, 23, and 30. 2) Armand Minthorn, Polled Travel, September 25-28 to Albuquerque, NM to attend 2016 Indigenous Repatriation Conference. 3) Woodrow Star, Personal Leave, Sept. 28. Motion to approve leave and travel requests. Motion carries 6-0-0 Resolution 16-053: None. Other Board Action: -Timber Cutting Permits. Two timber cutting permits for Garrell Moore and Rochelle Helfrecht submitted by BIA. Move to approve the two cutting permits for Garrell Moore and Rochelle Helfrecht. Motion carries 6-0-0. - Letter to US Department of Veterans Affairs. CTUIR written comment in regard to 1) the proposed rule for recognition of tribal organizations for representation of Veterans Affairs claimants. 2) Concern about the proposed changes to treat tribal employees like county veteran's service in officers. 3) Questions from CTUIR that have not been answered with regard to what the VA requires of states to meet condition as we expect the VA to treat tribal nations similarly to state governments as opposed to private voluntary organizations with regard to compliance with those specific regulations. Move to approve letter to Veterans Affairs. Motion carries 6-0-0. BOT Travel Reports. 1) W oodrow Star, Healing Lodge at Spokane. Motion to approve report. Motion carries 7-0-0 B OT Leave and Travel Requests. 1 ) Aaron Ashley, Travel, Sept. 25-29 to ATNI. 2) Alan Crawford, Personal leave, Sept. 13-15. Travel, Oct. 9-14 to Phoenix, AZ for NCAI. 3) Gary Burke, Personal, Sept. 13, 14, 15 and 19. Birthday leave, Sept. 20. Travel, Oct. 9-14 to Phoenix, AZ for NCAI. 4) Jeremy Wolf, Personal leave, part of Sept. 14 and all of Sept. 15. Travel, Sept. 22 attend Centennial Accord. 5) David Close, Personal leave, Sept. 13-15. 6) Woodrow Star, Birthday leave, 9/12 from 1-4pm. Motion to approve leave and travel requests. Motion carries 7-0-0.

Weather information summarizes data taken at the Pendleton Weather Station from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31. Temperature is reported in degrees Fahrenheit and time in Pacific Standard Time. The average daily temperature was 61.8 degrees with a high of 74 degrees on October 24 and alow of 50 degrees on October 29 8,30. Total precipitation to date in October was 2.32".

The averagewind speed was 7.6 mph with a sustained max speed of 36 mph from the Southwest on Oct. 14. A peak speed of 51 mph occurred from the West on October 14. The dominant wind direction was from the Southwest. There were 10 clear, 11 partly cloudy and 10 cloudy day(s) in the month of October. Air Quality Index values remained stable in the low range throughout the month of October.

DATE: September 12, 2016 BOT Present: Gary Burke, BOT Chairman; Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; David Close, Secretary; Aaron Ashley, Member; Armand Minthorn, Member; Justin Quaempts, Member and Alan Crawford, General Council Chairman. Rosenda Shippentower, Treasurer on personal leave. Woodrow Star, Member, arrived at 11:30am. Quorum present. Old Business. None

DATE: September 19, 2016 BOT Present: Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; Rosenda Shippentower, Treasurer; David Close, Secretary; Aaron Ashley, Member; Armand Minthorn, Member; Woodrow Star, Member, and Alan Crawford, General Council Chairman. Gary Burke, BOT Chairman and Justin Quaempts, Member on personal leave. Quorum present. Old Business. None.

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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will hold public meetings to discuss plans to update the CTUIR Overall Economic Development Plan 2010-2015. The new plan will provide for a comprehensive economic development strategy for the CTUIR to follow for the next five years. The meetings will be held November 16th, 2016 at 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 5:00 PM at the Nixyaawii Governance Center. For morjhye information, please contact Ryan DeGrofft, 541-429-7478 or RyanDeGrofft@ ctuir.org. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Natural Resources Commission of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will hold the following public hearings. Conditional Use File ¹CU-16-005 —Applicant/Owner Dana Furgason, 269 Douglas Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901 is seeking approval to conduct a timber harvest on approximately 23 acres of Tax Lots 1000 and 1100 on County Tax Map 1N3506. Total acreage of both lots is 40 acres zoned G-1, Big Game Grazing Forest. Subject properties are located approx. "/2mile southeast of the Dead Man's Pass Rest Area 1-84 eastbound. The proposed salvage harvest is to remove merchantable trees on approx. 23 acres which were killed or injured by the recent Weigh Station Fire to prevent additional insect infestation. Timber Harvest is listed as a conditional use (Land Development Code $3.290) within the G-1 Zone subject to approval criteria in CTUIR Land DevelopmentCode Sections 6.015 and 4.025. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Nixya'awii Governance Center Wanaq'it Conference Room on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 46411 Timine Way, Pendleton, OR. The public is entitled and encouraged to attend the hearing and to submit oral or written testimony regarding the request. To obtain further information contact the Tribal Planning Office at, 46411 Timine, Pendleton, OR 97801 or call (541)429-751 8.

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interested because she wanted to follow into her father's footsteps as a Marine, Cordell declined the recruiters offer. Then he began listing countries she could be stationed at and once "Germany" was mentioned, her mind quickly changed a nd b e f or e t h e Marine recruiter got back from 1%, b r eak , C or d e l l e nl i s t e d i nt o t h e Army as a Food Service Specialist. Cordell s er v e d f r o m 1983-1991. Toni Cordell A t th e t ime t h a t Cordell joined the military, President Ronald Reagan was the commander in chief and it had been eight years since the Vietnam War ended. When she finished basic training, she was stationed in Germany. She remembers there being a difference in expectation from how she was trained in comparison to the previous military women. "I came in with different limitations put into place. The people who w er e already stationed there and were now leaving had different expectations and training," said Cordell. "The women stationed in Germany had their PT (physical training ) tests that consisted of leg lifts, push-ups on knees, full body sit-ups with them laying down ... the tests were more about flexibility." Whereas, Cordell's PT was identical to the men's and the only difference was in the reps. Another experience Cordell had was b eing a single m o t her i n t h e A r m y . When she arrived in K entucky at her duty station, no one was expecting a 5-month-old baby to be with her. This made it difficult for her to find housing and so she paid out of pocket for a hotel room. The next day Cordell had to go to in-processing and she went with baby Khrystal strapped to her chest. "You have an attachment," one soldier said in shock. "No one knew what to do or how to help with the baby," said Cordell. "It tells a lot about how the military wasn' t prepared." On the third day a sitter was found and baby Khrystal left her soldier-mom wearing an infant's BDU outfit, also known as a battle dress uniform. The outfit was

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purchased as a gift from other soldiers in Cordell's class who were enjoying the presence of the little girl. After Cordell served her t im e and transitioned back into civilian life, she noticed another difference as a military woman. During special events where veterans were honored or asked to carry the flag, it wasn't common to see women

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Stocheania Te well kate ma nee Lin tinmet cheania Pen a cheanit Watus te ma ty Qua chin Keantoan U wait Quiack

WORLD WAR ONE Louis Van Pelt Victor Johnley Gilbert Edward Conner Wilbur Minthorn Clarence L Gagnon Fred A Bushman Roy Mclntyre Grover Minthorn Joseph Paul Perry Isaac B Patrick John Thomas

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Phillip "Wild Bill" Bill Daniel White

Ray Picard Peter Oliver Moses McBean Andrew Jackson Harle Robey

INDIAN WARS Wep tsih Victor Williams Ya tin a witz Pops time o wa Pe na was a kown Sut tox Mathew Wat is kow kow Shap lish (Charlie) Pat se wa Chief Jim Kanine Shup ta ka ween Uma pie ma Chief Jim Badroads Qua ka kite Quig soot Pelio Dick Pio Twa ka kite He Wanghk Tok'Lo'Ki' Umas hat Cut Mouth John

WORLD WAR TWO Michael A Olsen Frank Marion Morrisette III Wesley Morrisette Raymond Thomas Burke Charles Edward Oleson Martin L Ricks Charles Morrisette Thomas Bushman Daniel McBean Armond Joseph Lavadour Francis A Lavadour Richard Lawyer Glen Lewis Sr David Peter Lloyd Henry Luton William "Chief Blackhawk" Minthorn Dwayne Elliot Conner Russell A Garden Ralph K Minnick Daniel Motanic Henderson F Patawa James C Penny Everett James Orton Augustine Bill (spouse) RobertJ Chadsey

Cas Cas Camp Henry Charlie Gum Coat Pe li lio Donald McKay James Slickpoo

Samuel Joseph Luton Harold Simpson Wallace 0 Parr Jewel C Sams Pershing A Sams John S Sams Marion J Sherburn Virgil M Sherburn James N Showaway Leonard Thomas Cree Percy Alger Brigham Edward Frank Sams Henry Alfred Bushman David Stephen Hall Veri AAllen

Marrietta Craig Wannessey Lawrence Lewis Norwood Forrest Wilford St Denis Edgar Thomas Simpson Normal J Rainville Leonard E Wilson Gilbert Cecil Conner Alfred C Parr Elias John Quaempts Robert T Perry Viola Rite Penny Wocatsie Alvin Joseph Bushman Gary N Sams Edwin J Rainville

KOREA Wendall J Hayes Wilson Totus Willard B Hart Richard A Parr Alphonse Shippentower Vern McKay Ronald Parr Ivan Ignatious Bill Wallace E Parr Larry Irvin Parr Glen Williams Raymond Totus William Herman Burke Carl Donald Sampson Marvin L Picard Denny Williams Leroy F Franklin Justin C Vincent Richard Thomas Shillal Bryson G Liberty Gerald W Reed Leslie E Minthorn Alvin Minthorn Phillip Minthorn Sr Marvin Patrick Sr Clarence Sidney Mills David Arlen Franklin George Arnold Patrick James J Miles Jr Richard James Moomaw Ronald Halfmoon Francis James "Foy" Wilson David Dean McKay Jr Cecil I Thompson Wayne L Sampson Clifford I Sampson

Arthur R Johnson Willie Johnley Donald Joe Richard M Sams Glen Wyman Lewis Jr Russell L Carter Paul Richard Brisbois Richard Burke Jr Norman Joseph Conner Ivan K Nicely Charles F. Sams Sr

Richard Alfred Picard

Bruce Bearchum Sandra D Robinson James Daniel Clark Frederick Louis Davis

GULF WAR Edward Joseph Lewis David J Taylor Freddy War Bonnet Herrera Kipp-Soots-paouyen Lewis Clay C Chnstensen Kenton M Minthorn William Ray Herrera Alvin B Van Pelt Jr Lora Lee Burns Steven Anthony Winn Charles Francis Sams III Christian Charles Dearing Lindsay Xavier Watchman Ryan Adam Svoboda Macheal Leslie Minthorn Cameron Jacob Sheoships Lance Marin Jones Jason Butler

VIETNAM Fred M Turk Alvin L Picard Mark Thomas Alexander Marcus Louis Luke Sr Robert A Shippentower Marion Arnold Kipp

Vernon James Guardipee Eugene Anthony Carter Matthew Steven Farrow Sr Dale E Brisbois Marvin Randolph Burke Leo Wayne Sampson Randy Ray Bonifer Paul Anthony Jones David Wolfe Jr Daniel J Brigham Leon D Sheoships Charles Allen Parr Raymond "Butch" Clark Jr Virgil Dale Bronson Woodrow Wilson Star Jr Leo Sam Stewart Orville John Sheoships Alan James Crawford Charles Walter Jones Wayne Arthur Van Pelt Reginald D Van Pelt Arthur James McConville Jr Gerald W Nanegos Charles Francis Sams Jr Kenneth Louis Crane Kenneth Wilbur Williams Jr Michael James Farrow John Arthur Sams Edward John McFarland

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Thomas James Ochoa-Bettles Lucas T White Ashley Wolf Derek Andrew Gavin Justin Matthew Yeager Erick Sheoships Camille Melissa Spino James JoshuaHalfmoon-Fasthorse William Christopher Halfmoon Derek Ray Patu Munoz

PEACETIME Antone C Minthorn Farren Dean "Jinks" Minthorn Robern Michael Gordon Arlene Tino Wannasay William Dwight Johnson Calvin B Shillal LeeRoy James Henry Leo Thomas Moomaw April Laginette Shell Richard Jay Moomaw Clifford Robert "Punky" Pond Melvin Mose Picard Emmett S Sheoships Arnold F Lavadour Jr Stephen Sohappy VincentAnthony Wannassay Kurt Bearchum Mark James Martineau Stephen John Ganuelas Elizabeth Skanen (Halfmoon) Raymond L Shippentower Allan Duston Towner Brian Patrick Conner Jolynne McKay David Dean McKay III Daniel Picard Arthur Randolph Picard

David W Turk Benjamin Bearchum Jr

Joseph Ghangraw Byron A "Tony" Gould Michael Halfmoon Earl Erwin "Taz" Conner Donald Aaron Jackson Peter William James Reginald R Johnson Roland A Lavadour Nathan Raymond Dick II Edward Crowe Michael E Lavadour Theodore Joseph Martineau Brady Leroy Mills James Volney Mills Darwin James Moe Gerald Dean Moe Charles Winston Murr Clifford Carson Picard

Clayton Mathew Eastwood Thomas Kaknish Morning Owl Fermore Joseph Craig Sr Alvan David Harris Ross W Simmons Francis Shillal Timothy Arlen Dale Wannassay Robert Lee Horn Sr Victor Barkley Desiree Coyote Wayne Forrest Barnes Arthur Louis Heay Joseph Alvin Bushman Eli Kineu Harris Richard Burke Sr Lori Dawn SiJohn Stanley Pearson Alexander GefferyHomer Malcolm Minthorn Robert Frederick Fossek Walter Price Farrow Roger L Bonifer Orval Curtis Kipp Louie H Dick Jr Charles A Webb Leslie Lee Alexander John Lloyd Brown Leroy Vincent Bushman Everett James Ghangraw Phillip E Minthorn Danies Robert Red Elk Sr Amos Walter Pond Douglas Eugene Olsen Lonnie Albert Wolf James Elwood Bill Ronald Anthony Fossek Johnson Michael Jackson Sidney Arthur Williams Daniel G Craig Jr Steven Thomas Quaempts Anna Louise Sheoships Thomas Peter Shillal Leroy Lawrence Williams Clifford Brian Stanger Emmett F Williams Anthony Wayne McClain Robert Quaempts

UNKNOWN SERVICE Orville David Perry Anthony Louis Van Pelt Howard Luton Joseph Nelson Shippentower David Dean McKay Patrick Luke

Mabel Sheoships (spouse) Gaylord Larue Jefferson Jr Leo Sampson Edward James Jesse Alan Zunke Lillian Minnie Spino (spouse)

Henderson Patawa This liat waa provided by the Veterans Services Office for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Toni Cordell in that office welcomes any additional information. Contact her at 541-429-7389.

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Crow's Shadows pulls permit application

MISSION — Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts has withdrawn its application for a conditional use permit to purchase and build on property at the east end of Kirkpatrick Road on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The decision by the Crow's Shadow Board of Directors came after an Oct. 11 public hearing in front of the Natural Resources Commission for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Tribal member Samuel Spino testified that construction of the proposed 15.000 square foot facility could infringe upon his ability to hunt. In a letter to the Planning Office for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Karl Davis, Executive Director for CSIA, said "It was ultimately the realization that our goal to build on this specific piece of land would be an encroachment and possible imp i ngement on the traditional hunting areas of the adjacent allotment owners." What Crow's Shadow intends to do now is yet to be determined. On the cusp of its 25th anniversry, Crow's Shadow has since 1992 been housed in the historic schoolhouse building of the St. Andrew's Catholic Mission, first in the original classrooms upstairs, and since 1998 in the renovated ground floor. It has been a long-term goal of the CSIA Board of Directors and staff to find a permanent home for the organization. To that end CSIA approached leaders of the CTUIR with the proposition of a cquiring a parcel of land w i t hi n t h e Reservation boundaries, then design and build a new facility customized for the art center's needs, while emphasizing the special environment that visiting artists find so remarkable, according to a CSIA news release. W orking c l o sely w i t h t h e C T U I R Planning Department staff, a parcel of land owned by Janet Stevenson of Pendleton was identified that fit all of CSIA's criteria, including "stunning views" of the Blue Mountains, accessible while in a relatively isolated area free from noise and light pollution, traffic congestion and other commercial activities that detract from the retreat of an artist residency. According to a Planning Department exhibit, the facility as proposed would include an estimated 3,500 square feet as art gallery space, 3,200 square feet for five studios, 1,050 square feet for a visiting artist residence, 1,300 square feet for a conferenceroom and offices,2,000 square feet for storage, 1,000 square feet for a kitchen, 700 square feet of living room and 450 square feet for a public restroom. The property owner was willing to accommodate Crow's Shadow's timeline to raise funds to purchase the land outright, the news release states. Crow's Shadow worked closely with Wenaha Group, a local, native-owned

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management firm, to prepare and submit a Conditional Use Permit application to the CTUIR Planning Department. At the public NRC public hearing, the CTUIR Planning Office recommended approval with conditions — some routine - relating to traffic, pollutant discharge, cultural resources, drainage and flood control, and paving an unpaved section of Kirkpatrick Road. The conditional use permit also had support from NRC vice-chair Raymond Huesties. However, after Spino's testimony, the NRC tabled the issue and a sked for m o r e i n f o r m a t i on . I n t h e meantime, Crow's Shadow w i t h d r ew the application. According to th e CT UI R Planning Office, there are other sites on the reservation where a new building for Crow' s Shadow could be permitted outright. However, the Planning Office document states, "The aim of the proposed use is to build a facility that takes advantage of the remote location, the mountain vistas, the proximity to the river and the quiet solitude of an artist's retreat. All while providing a world-class, state-ofthe-art print facility and a creative community gathering space." In its news release, Crow's Shadow said that as an independent non-profit organization, the institute "highly values the public process related to land use and development throughout the Umatilla Indian Reservation and believes in being responsive to the needs of local tribal members. We recognize, above all else, the sovereign rights of the people of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and do not intend to cause undue hardship."

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Per Section 3.11 (B), "any written request for an absentee ballot must be signed by the voter requesting the ballot, and his/her signature must be verified by Election Commission. Requests for absentee ballotsmust be received b the Election Commission no less than fifteen 15 da be f ore the [General orl Special Election, as defined in section 3.01 of this [Election] Code." Section 3.11, (F), Absentee ballot requests shall be made available to be picked up or mailed, as requested to all QualiTied Voters fifty (50) days prior to [General] or Special Election on ~s December 20 2016. The Election Commission shall use the Tribal newspaper [CUJ] to provide information about absentee balloting and how to request absentee ballots to Tribal members." You may submit your absentee ballot in the Ballot Box at the Nixyaawii Governance Center drop boxes.It must be received on day of election by S:00 pm [PSTl on Tuesda Februa 7 2017. Absentee Ballots are scheduled to be mailed by n an 01 by regular mail. If you would like to beremoved from absentee votin please email Electioncommission ctuir or

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of places. Like Karson Engum, Owl said there were a few stumbles when the project began. "There was a bit of trepidation voiced by elders who didn't quite understand at the onset what the total vision was," he said. "But as we began to go forward, they could see the value of what we were striving to document and preserve for the future." Morning Owl said he was happy the atlast was received well by Harvard and wished that "all participants that are still here, that gave their blood, sweat and tears could have been equally honored" as those who accepted the award. He said the future work on th e database "will continue until we exhaust the tribal

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elders' words they are willing to share. Bobbie Conner, Executive Director at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, said it took an effort from the entire community to make the atlas successful. "We are forever indebted to all the ancestors and elders who carried, taught and shared what they knew and made it possible to put this knowledge in the hands of another generation to carry forward," Conner said in an email. The value of the publication in changing the mindset of the general public is really up to the public, M Owl said. "It can happen in the blink of an eye or take generations," he said. "In the push to eradicate squaw names some were changed over ni gh, others are still being argued and battled." Thirty years ago, Morning Owl said, the Umatilla Indian Reservation area was

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known as Nixyaawii. Today, with the community school using Nixyaawii, "we' ve almost developed our own unified identity" of the three tribes as a Nixyaawii Nation. Perhaps that would not have occurred without the aboriginal name being used daily at the school. " One day i n a g e n eration or t w o , [ maybe] Pendleton w il l b e k n ow n a s Tililpa, the 'place of small cliffs.' How far our tribal members take this forward remains to be seen, but it's there now if they want to." ln addition to Morning Owl, Cash Cash and Karson Engum, Eugene S. Hunn was an author. Also named are Daniel B. Haug, Roberta J. Conner, Bruce J. Rigsby, John M. Chess, and Modesta Minthorn. The atlas is dedicated to Chess.

Options to Purchase In theNatter of the Estate of:

Elmer Paul Crow Jr.

Probate Nol P000115817 IP

Identification Nol182U000878

Allotment

1057-A 1057-B MC 361 MC 361-A

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Tribe: Nez Perce

1/1N/ 34E 2/2N/ 34E 18, 19/ 3N /36E

19/2N /34E

1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/6

Fair market Value

ShoreAcms: 7burlAcms

5.48: 16.46 13.33: 40.00 39.49: 118.50 6.66: 40.00

$14,000.00 $34,533.33

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31/2N / 33 E

1 / 10

16:160 XQERL

Marie Agnes Fry Identificatio Nol 101U014057

27/2N / 35 E

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ShoreAcrcs: 7burlAoss

11.42:80.00 Total:

Identification Nol145U003567

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1/60 1/30 1/240

Sham Ace s ' 7baliAc es

1.25: 75.00 2.66: 80.00 0.28: 68.40

In the Matter of the Estate of:

Gloria Jean Kincaid

Probate Nol P000105041IP

Identification Nol 143U000998

legalDescriptions

Agotment

Section ownshi Ran e

833

27/2N /34E

re ate Share

1/4

SllareAsres: TesolAsres

20.00: 80.00 Total:

Josepb p. Miller

Probate Nol P000082656IP

Identification Nol124U001737

Legal Description: Section ownshi Rane

20/ 1N /33E 7/2N /34E 5/2N/ 33E 5/2N/ 33E 5/1N/ 35E

8/ 225 1/ 5 6/ 20 6/ 20 1/ 10

*Estate Subject to Life Estate.

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2.84: 80.00 2.50: 12.50 45.31: 151.06 45.31: 151.06 8.07: 80.70 Total:

Alvin Mintitorn

Probate Nol P000121891IP

Identification Nol 124U003549

C3 MC3 WW 92-B 978 1009 1379

Legal Dsscrlptlonr Section ownshl Ro e

28/2N /33E 28/2N /33E 18/3N /35E 8/2N /35E 22/1N /33E 15/2N /35E

*Estate is Subject to Life Estate.

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1/ 21 1/ 21 1/ 21 1/42 1/ 7 1/ 14

20: 80 Total:

Lydia Jane Steele

Probate Nof P000120878IP

Identijication Nol 182U000278

L ego l Description: Section ownshi Ra e

19 / 1N / 33E 2/1N/ 34E

UM 81 680

1/684 1/684

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1159

3/1N /34E

$8,857.14

Tribe: Warm Springs

Tribe: Umatilla PairMarketValue

$11,150.00

Fair Market Value

.22: 152.69 .12: 83.23 Total:

$342.98 $91.67 $434.65

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1/ 12

Equivalent Share Acres ShIce Aeon: Tvmf Acr'

Elizabeth Karrie Waters identification Nol101U004742

Legal Descriptron: Secnon ownshi Ra e

MUM 126 UM 126 C 369 MC 369 1095 M 1095 1096 M 1096

31/2N /33E 31/2N /33E 7,8 / 2N / 34E 7,8 / 2N / 34E 16/2N /35E 16/2N /35E 21/2N /35E 21/2N /35E

re ate Share

1/42 1/42 1/2268 1/2268 1 /21 1 /21 1/21 1/21

*Estate is Subject to Life Estate.

petr Market Value

$2,991.67 $2,991.67

4.45: 53.51 Total:

Probate Nol P000089316IP Agotmenu

Tribe: Warm Springs

identijication Nol 145U004078

In the Matter of the Estate of: PairMarket Value

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Equimlent Share Amer eAovsrTO lewm

Erwin H. Stwyer

Probate Nol P000107515IP Allotment

FairMarket Value

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Tribe: Colville

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Parr Market Values

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To Be Determined

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$3,876.1 9 $98.10 To Be Determined

.07: 160 3.80: 80 3.80: 80 3.80: 80 3.80: 80 Total:

$2,200.00 To Be Determined

$2, 238.10 To Be Determined

$8,412.39

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Equivalent Share Acres

In the Natter of the Estate of:

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Equivalent Shore Acres re ate Share

36/2N /34E 36/2N /34E 26/2N /33E

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Carl Samuel Kalama

Probate Nol P000093199IP

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$25,330.00

Equivalent Share Acres

Legal Description: Section ownshi Ran e

Equi orient Share Acres Shomoomr Tomf~

*Estate is Subjectto Life Estate.

FolrMarkec Value

ShamAce s ' 7b all Aovs

Tribe: Warm Springs

legol Description: Section ownshi Ra e

To Be Determined

Equivalent ShoreAcres

ProbateNol P000086397IP

828 829 C 201

UM18

Allotment.

Legal Dsscrfptlonr Seccion ownshi Ra e

In the Matter of the Estate of:

Agatment:

UM15-A

Tribe: Colville

Identification Nol101U004037

*EstateisSubjectto Life Estate.

1237

Agotment

UM156

Elizabeth Davis

Probate Nol P000124344IP

Agotment

Identification Nol 145U002861

To Be Determined

$48,533.33

In theMatter of the Estate of:

UM 122

Bernice T. Mitchell

ProbateNof P000103455IP

Equivalent Share Acres re ate Shares

*Estate is Subject to Life Estate.

Agocment:

In theMatter of the Estate of:

Fair Market Value

$5,048.89 $22,900.00 To Be Determined

$49,500.00 $7,020.00 $84,468.89

Indian Reservation ("CTUIR") of Oregonwill exercise 7th Option to Purchase underthe authority of the CTUIR Inheritance Codon any and nn fetetontfn of the above referenced trust ot restricted allotments ntfair market value pursuant to Section 105(C)(4) o.

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Pleasecontact the CTLflR Land Projects Program et(Sqf) qzgvqqsgl f youhave any questions, concerns, or to request a copy of the inheritance Coda Equivalent ShareAcres Share Asm 7Total Acres

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"There was barely enough room for us in there," McConville said. "My daughter in Warm Springs had stuff we couldn' t take. It was crowded but it was worth it to me." McConville said he knows many who want to go but face financial difficulties. He's heard that some people plan to spend some of their Sisseton-Wahpeton settlement money to travel back to North Dakota. "The most expensive thing is fu el. It's $400 minimum for gas, not counting meals," he said. "You need warm clothing, tents, sleeping bags. You can't just go; you need to be prepared." M cConville said he's going ou t o f respect for the Lakota and Cheyenne, a "historically powerful people." "We want to stand together, knowing the reality of w hat is going on. We' re going with songs and ceremony to the encampment itself," he said. I MPRESSED WITH THE CAM P Walters said he met some incredible people from across the world — France and Japan, for example, but, obviously, it was courageous Indians from America who made the biggest impression on him. People from a Mississippi Stand, who had used the same tactics, moved north to try again. "They said they'd been defeated. They already were burrowing under the Mississippi River, but they brought their families and they said they may have lost but they would stand up at Standing Rock." The camps — there were three or four - weren't a hodge-podge of tents and teepees, but organized communities. "There was a school, a medical tent, a couple of mess tents, a tent just for coats, an art tent for silk screening," Walters said. "There were kids on horses, drumming, singing." At one of the mess tents, "Grandma" Diane Hart from California, with a handful of helpers, was feeding hundreds a

day. "Elders and children first, then security, then everybody else," Walters said. Walters said he wasn't prepared to see a temporary camp that was actually a sustained infrastructure, from a water supply to a solar and wind energy systems to charge phone batteries to their own camp security. (McConville said a couple of trouble makers were kicked out of camp. ) "It was a little community. The kids went to school and went back to their tents with homework," Walters said. There is more than one camp, McConville explained. The main camp in the valley — Standing Rock — is a spirit camp with ceremonies and flags. Sacred Stone is spiritual only. Another is for security and McConville described it as a "radical group." Another he called a "techy camp" that is non-native protesters — the "college kids" who chain themselves to vehicles and are first to jump to the front of the protest line. "They are all at different levels," he said. They all don't agree on tactics, but they all have the same goal. McConville said for so many groups, he was impressed with the organization.

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THE UGLY The intensity (and intimidation ) was palpable, although it was plain to see that some of the police officers didn't really want to be there. McConville said most police didn' t want to make eye contact. Walters said he heard that some of those that were arrested asked jailers, "Aren't we the coolest guys you' ve ever had in jail? The jailers kind of put their heads down and stifled smiles." On the other hand, Walters said while he was there a pair of helicopters and a fixed airplane were in the air above the camp. Police had a state highway covered in the south and north and "knew who came in and out at all times." McConville said some of the officers looked as if they were afraid of the Indians, which he found perplexing. "They were the ones with the armor. They had all the weapons, the face masks, body armor, knee pads, shin guards. You could hit them w it h a car and they' d survive," he said. Police carried assault weapons, used dogs and batons, and mace in "big canisters," and fired bean bags and rubber bullets, McConville said. Also, they had a sonic whistle with a piercing sound that, according to McConville, could cause brain vessels to burst. McConville himself was within 5 feet of the front line for about a half hour one day. A photo of him on the line was in the Seattle Times. "I was about caught in a stampede when they started macing people, but I had just taken part in a pipe ceremony so I wasn't afraid of anything. If I got arrested I was worried that I would get robbed. I had a couple hundred dollars in cash in my wallet." The North Dakota State Police, the National Guard, and company security personnel were the ones that took aggressive stances. McConville said the South Dakota State Police and the BIA Police did not interfere with the Indians. "They targeted people with cameras, people posting on Facebook," Walters said. "They strip searched elders, tribal council members, even a movie star that was there. They filled jails in a four-hour radius," Walters said. McConville said some of those arrested were kept in mesh-enclosed dog kennels. I t was all d e si gned t o i n t i m i d a t e people from joining the front line where the protest took place. PROTEC T O R S NOT PRO T E STERS Walters said the Sioux and their tribal supporters are steadfast in their commitment to their cause. "They are not pr otesters. They are water protectors," he said. "They will not give an inch. There is no debate. They are sure of themselves that this is a just cause. There is no negotiation of morality; it is devoid of ambiguous terms. It's not an opinion or point of view; their cause is clear. " These are the people w ho, w h e n somebody takes a stance and says get out there and do something about it, they do," Walters said. "Our w e apons," said M c C on v i l l e, "will be songs and ceremony, and prayer sticks."

What is the Sisseton Wahpeton settlement? The CTUIR was one of ten Tribal plaintiffs in a lawsuit captionedSissefon 5'ahpefon, ef al. v. Jewell, ef al. filed in April 2013 against the US Departments of Interior and Treasury in connection with their mismanagement of, and failure to provide a proper accounting for, Tribal trust accounts. The federal government worked with the Tribal plaintiffs to settle these claims. This lawsuit is similar to the first round of Tribal trust account mismanagement claims that was captionedNez Perce, ef al. v. Salazar, ef al. in which other tribes settled their claims.

How was the lawsuit settled? The CTUIR agreed to settle its claims against the federal government and has received payment of a $20 million settlement. The CTUIR must pay for the outside legal and economist firms that assisted the CTUIR in the prosecution and settlement of these claims. After those firms are paid, the Board of Trustees decided to distribute 75% of the remaining proceeds from the settlement to members of the CTUIR who are enrolled as of November I, 2016 and alive on the date of the distribution. Based on the number of enrolled CTUIR members, we expect each Tribal member will receive approximately $4,000.

When will tribal members receive the money? The distribution to individual CTUIR members will be mailed by Nov. 7. Payments will be made by check (no electronic funds transfer or automatic deposit to a bank account and no in-person distribution). It is very important that Tribal members ensure that the Enrollment Office has their current mailing address prior to the checks being mailed!

Will tribal members get the full amount? The CTUIR will not garnish any of these funds for debts that Tribal members may owe. The payment is non-taxable income and does not have to be reported on your tax forms. It should not affect General Assistance (GA), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or any other government programs.

What about the payments for Tribal member children? All of the settlement funds for Tribal member minors who are under age 18 on the day of distribution will be deposited into the CTUIR's Sisseton-Wahpeton Distribution (SWD) trust account (NOT an IIM or other federal trust account). The Board of Trustees has determined that eligible parents/guardians will be able to draw 100% of the money for their child.

How does a parent/guardian access their child's funds? Parents/guardians who want to withdraw the funds must complete and submit a notarized application form (that was mailed with instructions on Oct. 6 to parents/guardians). The application will simply serve as documentation and tracking for when funds were drawn for the child and by whom. •

Applications are due Nov. I (for the minor payments that will be mailed by Nov. 7). Any applications received after Nov. I will be processed weekly through December, 2016, then monthly after that.

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Future withdrawals will be allowed, and those guidelines are yet to be determined. This is not the parents' only opportunity to draw their child's SWD funds.

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All signatures must be notarized to help protect against fraud. Notary services are available (Iree) at the Nixyaawii Governance Center and at most banks (who may charge a small fee).

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For parents who have previously used the "Consent to release Minor's Dividend" form, it will NOT be allowed for the withdrawal from the SWD accounts. A new form has been developed for these settlement funds and is available at the CTUIR Enrollment Office.

What if a parent/guardian chooses not to draw from the trust account? Parents/guardians who do not choose to draw funds from the SWD account may leave the money there and it will be disbursed to the minor when he/she turns 18. The SWD trust account will earn interest at the same rate as the Custodial and Rabbi Trust accounts.

Please make sure the Enrollment Office has your current mailing address so you' ll receive your check in a timely manner. Still have questions about the Sisseton Wahpeton settlement funds process, please contact the CTUIR Enrollment Office at 541-429-7035 or enrollment@ctuir.org

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Pamawaluukt Empowerment Program ready to Discover By John Barkley, Pamawaluukt Staf5ng 4

MISSION - In 2017 the Pamawaluukt Empower Program plans to initiate its "Discover" training program designed to provide coaching and mentoring for employees enrolled with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

(CTUIR). A Pamawaluukt Empower Committee (PEC) was established to develop the Discover component and application, criteria and pr ocess for CTUIR tr ibal member employees interested in career development. PEC chair Gene Shippentower said that this effort is career pathing for employees currently working for the CTUIR. "It's a program to create opportunities for tribal member employees interested in more experience, responsibility, and

advancement," Shippentower said. "It' s not only for a current job, but for promotion positions, too." A budget for two e mployees to t a k e t he training will g o b efore th e C T U I R Board of T r u s tees, t he tr i ba l g o v e r n i ng body, on N o v . 7 . Participants wi l l be selected by PEC and will spend tw o weeks each month for six months in various departments or Gene Shippentower programs. They will l earn more adm i n istrative and managerial activities, and challenges unique to them. It includes review of existing annual work plans, budgets, and compliance and

For a list of current jobs available on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, visit: • CTU IR.org/about-us/employment-opportunities • Wildhorse Resort.corn/career-center • Cayusetechnologies.corn/company/careers

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Burke, director of the Office of Human Resources (OHR). Becenti, recently hired as OIT Director, shared her experience through the Pamawaluukt program: "Thank you to the Pamawaluukt Empower Program and the mock interview panel for the excellent feedback. With the positive critique I wa s able to better pr epare myself for my scheduled interview the next day." Pamawaluukt, in operation since December 2012, means "each person raising themselves up" in the Walla Walla language, according to tribal elders of the CTUIR Language Program. It was modeled after the Wings of Flight program of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino's PRIDE program and re-structured by the committee and OHR to conform to CTUIR's governance and administration. I n 2017 PEP will b e w o r k in g w i t h Education and youth on building the upand-coming workforce, broadening their awareness of viable career opportunities with CTUIR, and placement of summer youth and college interns in employment experiences related to interests or field of study. " Overall, we' re excited about t h e progress of the Pamawaluukt Empower Program that is one of the top priorities of the Board of Trustees," said Burke. "We are committed to this effort and will deploy all available resources to make this successful."

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Pendleton School Board picks George PENDLETON — Gary George, CEO at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, has been selected to fill the vacancy left by Bob Roselle on the Pendleton School District 16R Board of Directors. According to a Pendleton School District press release, George was selected from among nine other candidates, w hich included attor n ey, educators and other high-level professionals. George is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Two of his children have been through the Pendleton system and a third is attending high school. More than 12 percent of students in Pendleton schools are Native American, but George said he wants to be advocate for all students. "I'm excited about the potential opportunities we have in the Pendleton School District," George said in a prepared statement. "I want to see all students excel and I look forward to being an advocate for the Pendleton School District with the Tribes, our local community organizations, the City and our local higher educational partners. Perhaps more importantly, I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Board and in the Pendleton and Tribal educational systems." In a press release from the School District, Board Chairwoman Debbie McBee said, "Gary strengthens our Board's breadth of talent and background, bringing additional expertise and diverse experiences that we know will help us positively impact the education of all of our Pendleton students." George graduated from Eastern Washington University with a BA in Urban and Regional Planning with a minor in economics. He and his wife, Kelly, have two sons — Quinton and Dillon who graduated from Pendleton High School, and a daughter — Megan, who is a sophomore at PHS. George is the Chief Executive Officer at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, where he provides overall leadership and directs day-to-day perations for the entity, which employs more than 850 people. George served as the CTUIR Executive Director from 1990 through 1998.

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Health improvement plan seeks 'leadership buy-in' MISSION — More than 50 people participated Oct. 13 in "Community Health Improvement" sessions to address the top five health priorities identified in surveys taken and at presentations given by Yellowhawk T r i bal H ealth Center (YTHC) on the Umatilla Indian Reservation over the last year. The top five health priorities are obesity, diabetes, drug use, alcohol use, and mental health. In addition to personal surveys and on-line surveys, information was shared at least two dozen times with community groups ranging from Nixyaawii Community School to the Board of Trustees (BOT) and several committees and commissions of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Y ellowhawk a d m i n i s t r ator C a r r i e Sampson, whose background is in public health, has taken the lead on the project, which is expected to produce a community health improvement plan. Sampson said that Yellowhawk is taking point on the plan, but implementation will be up to the full community, not just the clinic. "It won't be just Yellowhawk's job to address the priorities. It will be everybody's job. The theme will be 'how can we each take a piece of the plan that relates to us?' How can Education take a piece of the plan or how can the Hous-

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Board ofTrustees member Woodrow Star, right, makes a point during the mental health session at one of the community health improvement sessions at Nixyaawii Governance Center. From left, others at the session included Janyce Quaempts, Abby Nez and Christina Barkley.

ing Department take a piece and say 'we can work on this'? Yellowhawk can lead the effort." According to Sampson, the process produced actionable items and themes. "We wanted to think broadly, but we also wanted to think about what could tangibly be accomplished in the next three to five years," she said. Reports from each of th e sessions haven't been compiled, but several ideas were emerging with one topping the list. "The big theme we were getting is 'leadership buy-in'," Sampson. Three tribal leaders - BOT members Woodrow Star, Justin Quaempts and

Aaron Ashley - attended the afternoon event and all participated in the mental health session facilitated by Sampson. Each of the break-out sessions was facilitated with technical assistance from the Northwest Area Indian Health Board as well as a Yellowhawk staff member, including Sampson, Becky Greear, manager of the Behavioral Health Program; and Lindsey X. Watchman, Yellowhawk Health Educator. T he Commun it y H e a lth I m p r o v e ment project received funding from the National Indian Health Board Tribal Accreditation Support Initiative. The federal grant will pay for printing and publica-

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tion of the improvement plan. Sampson said the efforts involved in the improvement plan can also be used toward public health accreditation for Yellowhawk. "Our ultimate goal is to improve the health of the community in a straight and healthful way and get to the point where we can apply for accreditation," she said. Survey results reflect a "snapshot" of the health of the community at the end of 2015, according to Watchman, who did most of the survey work. "And it is the first and most compreommunit H

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General Council or the BOT. Much discussion ensued, including plenty of give and take with h ousing resident surrogate Leila Spencer, who doesn't live in tribal housing but says she speaks for many who do. Spencer told the Board that although Shippentower may be right in his interpretation of General Council authority, the BOT still has the "power to direct OED to take action." She said residents, including evicted grandmothers with grandchildren, have been humiliated. "How can tribal 'Testimony members be evicted off the reseris just that. vation," Spencer We need said, challenging to get the B OT m e m b e r s that "You took an facts and oath." forward (Editor's note: them to Tribal m e m bers have not literally the GC. We been "evicted off the need to reservati on".J B OT V i c e investigate Chairman Jeremy and vet the Wolf said neither issues.' the General Council nor the Board — gpTvice-chair Jeremy Wolf of Tr u st e e s c an remove anybody from the position, but the BOT "can ask for an investigation of an individual by OED." Wolf couched that saying all the evidence hasn't been gathered. In fact, no official complaints have yet to be made to the Housing Department about any of the allegations made by residents against Luke or Mitchell. "Testimony is just that," Wolf said. "We need to get the facts and forward them to the GC. We need to investigate and vet the issues." Wolf also took umbrage at Facebook a fter Spencer said L u k e h a d m a d e unprofessional responses to residents' complaints over the social network. "The bottom line," Wolf said, "is that we need to make sure what is truth and what isn' t." Wolf told Spencer and about 10 others in the Board Room that he was once "run out of there" when he began working as a valet and exceeded income eligibility. "I have empathy for the situation," he said. "But we have to have a list of facts before we consider termination .... We have not received an evaluation of any complaints through GC. This has to be fact finding and assessment." Luke, when he finally had a chance, said these were issues he was prepared to address at the Oct. 7 Special General Council before the two-hour meeting ended. "All we' ve ever done is written on paper," he said, alluding to following current policies and procedures as outlined by federal programs, lending agencies, and the Housing Commission. What started all the consternation, Luke said, was a 2014 audit when HUD indicated CTUIR Housing was out of compliance. Since then, the department has come into compliance but in doing so new complicated calculations were used to determine rent. "There are so many rules and regula-

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tions, and not all [renters] are happy," Luke said, "but we' ve been in compliance with HUD." BOT member Armand Minthom, who has served long enough to see four Housing Authority directors, said "... We have some of the best looking housing in the Northwest compared to other reservations, but we' re hearing it seems that things aren' t benefiting the people. General Council concerns and issues need to be addressed and will be addressed ... Clearly there has to be changes within housing." Minthorn said. "But people say ever year 'let's eliminate HUD. You can talk about it, but if you d on't accept HUD money you have to replace it with our own money and we' re talking millions." Board of T r u stees Chairman Gary Burke added his insight. "I got evicted. I know w hat it feels like. Too proud to beg, too proud to ask. I understand. I had to walk around and see family. I went to them. I know what it feels like," Burke said. "But we have an established process for this," Burke said. "Whether or not testimony is true or if Marcus needs to be relieved, we have policies and procedures already in place. Are we going to be the HR (Human Resources) director now?" And f i n a l ly , BO T m e m ber Ju stin Quaempts brought the discussion to its end. "It's a toxic situation," he said. "There are two sides to every story and we need to make sound decisions."

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was mentioning my father how he got into the service. His family arranged a marriage for him and he didn't want the woman that he was supposed to have married. So he tried to go into the service and he was only sixteen. He left and came back and he I had to have permission from his mother to get into the service at that age. But he waited around until he was seventeen and immediately went back into gl the service. That was one of the reasons he went into service so early is he didn' t want the arrangement his parents made for him." This celebration grounds ... it was dedicated to the Veterans, then they made it into a baseball diamond. T hey h a d a r ac e t r a c k around here, the people used to camp here and have Harrison Lott c elebrations, tw o w e e k celebrations in July. They had horse races, parades." "The old warriors that went into wars, Indian wars,

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horse culture, ya know. Influencing the warrior image. And then uh that song came out. So when they were in battle, the big drum represents the weapon. And so uh when they was singing the song, then they get to the certain point where ya, hit the drum real hard. Then they holler, you know. What they' re supposed to do, is mimic, you know, the old timers in battle. Uh you know, that uh weapon goes off, then they' re supposed to go down and dance away from it. Then they would holler. You, you had to godown. It,you know. Veterans, to honor it a long time ago."

"When I got discharged, they put me on theboat and we took a boat back to the states and we docked there in San Francisco and then from there well, I stayed there for about a week in San Francisco. Then we flew back, I flew back home to Washington. So I made a Private II while I was stationed over there in the islands during the Korean War. Then there was a few more friends that didn't make it back, they were killed during the combat in Korea...terrible thing for me because I knew them real well. But I guess you had to expect that going in any war really. Just like the ones we have now!" "2006 American Legion, we honored World War I veterans, and to the Longhouse, we welcomed home the Afghanistan and Iraqi veterans. And Gene John is a speaker there and he's a Korea War veteran, but he's doing it in Indian. And there's all these guys on a big drum and they' re singing these last farewell songs. Then there's the guys that are doing the Gourd Dance, they sing with them. And there's the Gourd Dancers are kinda' sittin' there, kind of watching. And then they start dancing. They start going around, dancing like that. But that's the first time the Gourd Dance was ever done here. Yeah. That was it. We' ve done it before in Eugene back in the '70's, we did Gourd Dancing down there, Eugene and Portland, during-during the Vietnam War." "We lived for a spell, in San Francisco, California on Indian relocation program. And that's where I met Earl Conner, where I was stationed in the Navy. And he was getting ready to go off to Vietnam but before he left he was stationed out at Hunters Point, California on the USS Oklahoma. And I was about fourth grade and he taught us the significance of the War Dance. And the significance of sitting at the big drum. So I learned quite a bit from Earl. And it was many years before I seen him again, about 1977, before I seen him again. By then he was out of the Navy and I was out of high school." "When I was born I was raised by my maternal great, great grandmother, her name was Cecelia Albert. And she had a older sister named Mary Albert and a older brother named Joe Albert. And they were, survivors of the Nez Perce war I think Joe Albert was 16 and Mary was 12 and Cecelia was uh infant baby. But their mother and fathers were killed at the Big Hole Battle Field. So uh, she raised me by the time I was an infant and uh she lived to be 93 years old." "There was a big battle up on, just above where the Agency's at now. Uh with the uh Tewelka, that was uh you know, the tribe to the south, south east. And um it was the, it was the, you might say, the, the Indian wars. You know, 1878, that took place in there. But also uh when the cavalry come in. You know, they had, they always brought in

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a big howitzer. You know, to outdo the bows and arrows and lances. But you know how, you have to give credit to our people, how strong they were."

"But there may be other stories. But it deals directly with the duck and dive. Is that, when we started adopting the

"The Soup Dance is a traditional thing for such things like that. When they have that, when they honor them like that. Just point at them like that, you did this and that, and well, but then at the end of their story, they'd say we' re glad you' re, glad you' re back. Soup dance, yeah. They'd usually kill the beef. And all the people would boil it up and uh boil it up and later Teresa Minthom, she'd make picture bread. Bake a, big round frying pan size, oh about that thick. And she'd bake it in front of a fire. And they'd usually have

a stack about that high. Break it off in chunks like that. And people would relate what experience they had and all that. He was in the Navy, I was in the Army. And they had a Soup Dance for us, in '46. And they pointed, pointed that up and pointed at us like, you folks learned some bad things. And we had to dance coming in and there was one drum. Had to dance, come in with, give us eagle feather, eagle wing. Then invite everybody else to come dance with us. And that's when they told us, stand there in front there, so that, they' re scolding us. Then after that, they' d have a, then have the Soup Dance, the soup after that. We had to kill a couple deer. Killed a couple deer for the soup. They cut it up into small chunks, break the bones up for marrow and all that. But when kotsa had the soup then, she had cattle. And she had to kill a couple cows for, for the Soup Dance for Fish Hawk. And that's what they did to him. You shouldn't have been down there. That kinda stuff. But, you showed good sense. You took care of all your families, and the elderly people and so on. And then everybody started, started laughing after that. Had a good time. So, I think ours was the last Soup Dance they ever had around here."

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hensive assessment we have ever had. We asked our People the same exact questions that are being asked in affluent, eastern towns. Or in a suburban ghetto. Apples-to-apples, oranges-to-oranges. And we can measure longitudinally, over time to measure progress," Watchman said in an email. In addition to the survey snapshot, the CUJ was able to pop in and out of the five Community Health Improvement Sessions held at the Nixyaawii Governance Center over two hours on Oct. 13. Here's some of that information. OBESITY When asked what they did during the last 30 days to lose weight or keep from gaining weight, 43 percent said nothing. Nearly one third of respondents said they spendfrom 4-6 hoursa daywatchingTV and one in five spend 3-6 hours a day on their cell phones. More than half the respondents said they had no barriers to exercise, but excuses included weather, time, child care, pain/discomfort, no excercise partner, and 18.8 percent said they were too lazy. Around the table, brainstorming was focused on how best to motivate people to get off the couch and eat right. "Time is the number one reason people don' t exercise ... no barrier at all. That's a lack of motivation," said Tim Gilbert, CEO at Yellowhawk.

"That's baffling." Activities that involve children and parents might be motivating. "Working out can be so dreary," said one participant. Dave Tovey, CTUIR Executive Director, said he would consider expanding fitness time for employees to encourage the use of underutilized exercise equipment. On a paper on the wall, the following thoughts were listed: tax soda and sugary drinks, change vending machine choices, get rid of vending machines, poor facilities, one gym, motivation, education, tai chi/socializing and yoga. DIABETES

Survey showed a quarter of respondents have been told that they have diabetes, 50 percent have high blood pressure and 47 percent have a body mass index considered obese. Most of the comments being made around the table were fairly obvious: healthy recipes, cooking classes, ingredients, home gardening, traditional foods. But they also talked about public health and policies for vending machines. Modesta Minthorn suggested a community kitchen that was not attached to the Longhouse where "you can get bumped at any time." She saidthe Longhouse kitchen also can be a "territorial" area, perhaps righffully so, where "pots and pans sometimes walk off." Yellowhawk's new facility will have a new kitchen, but will people feel comfortable there? Could there be cooking classes in the Nixyaawii Governance Center rotunda lobby so that people could watch from the second floor mezzanine?

Instead of a happy hour in town, how about a cooking hour that fits schedules for people who live on the Reservation? DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE According to the survey, 80 percent of respondents said they had not used marijuana over the previous 30 days and only 5 percent said they used pot every day. Over the last six months, 97.5 percent said theyhad notused methamphetamines and 98.1 percent said they had not used cocaine. As for alcohol, the survey asked three questions: Number of binge drinking occasions (five or more drinks for males, four or more for women) in the past month, number of days in past month alcohol consumed, and average number of drinks consumed at a time. The percentages were low — or high —depending on your perspective. For example, nearly 58 percent said they had not consumed any alcohol in the past month. However, 8.3 percent said they had goneon a booze binge 3-5 times during the past month. And just under 3 percent said they drank to excess 11-29 times that past month. Talk in the session was focusing on the stigma of seeking help for drug- or alcohol abuse. The conversation also centered on how best to provide behavioral health counseling services to people with drug and alcohol issues. Everyone agreed that aRer-care is a big problem because there isn't any. There once was a transition house on the Reservation but the "log cabin" hasn't operated as such for years. Without it, people who go away for treatment mostly come home to the same friends and circumstances. One person said there isn't money or land

for such a structure. What's needed, she said, is early prevention for children. MENTAL HEALTH And the survey said: 22 percent have been diagnosed with or treated for depression and 15.5 percent have taken medication for a mental health issue.

When stressed, anxious or depressed, about 36 percent exercise and 36 percent talk to someone they trust; 25.5 percent work on a hobby; 23.5 percent eat more or less than normal; 22.7 percent work; 14.1 percent smoke tobacco; and 14 percent drink alcohol. Where do you get the social and emotional support you need? Nearly 70 percent from family, 61.5 percent from friends, and then a drop to 16.9 percent who get it from church. Just over 11 percent said they don't get the support they need. This session included the three BOT members. Discussing stress factors, Star said "domestic violence behind closed doors," including spousal, child and elder abuse, create situations that foment household strife. Sadie Mildenberger said mental health can be attributed to generational trauma. "So many troubles we' re going through are trouble s we' ve been dealing with for generations, but now we have new problems on top of our older problems," she said. BOT member Quaempts said each new generation brings with it new trauma. He talked about a "blood-memory ideology" that meshes new trauma with the experiences of past generational trauma. "We' re feeling things we can't understand," he said. ///Y g/////ZY ///////ZY/////////ZY/////////ZY///////ZY/////8///ZY

D ID YOU KN O W ? The inevitable reality was that the land was claimed by political circles beyond the scope of the Tribes. No government at the time doubted that resident Tribes had the superior military capability and controlled the region. Tribal peoples knew the land intimately and were considered as necessary and crucial allies by Euro-Americans. Without direct involvement with the Tribes, Euro-American interests could not compete with each other. Since the French and Indian War alliances with Indian tribes were highly desirable on political and economic levels. The resources that Euro-Americans were first driven by were furs and salmon. Oregon was eventually nicknamed the Beaver State. Wealth in trade was furs and nothing was going to stop the interests competing for furs. Local native inhabitants were viewed either as necessary allies for exploiting a landscape foreign to the traders or as simply in the way. "The incentive of great gains in the fur trading business was a direct cause of the exploration and settlement of the Oregon Country." Gathered &om "ctuir.org/history-culture/history-ctuir"

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Quaempts and crew heading to state Chelsea Quaempts, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, digs the ballin a win by the fifthranked Weston-McEwen TigerScots over over West Linn Christian Academyin Athena Oct.29. The girls lost the first set but bounced back to win the next three over the 12th ranked West Linn squad. The TigerScots next play Nov. 4 against the Bonanaza Antlers, who are ranked fourthin the Class 2A rankings. The games will be played at Ridgefield High Schoolin Redmond. Last year, the Antlers defeated Weston-McEwenin the consolation of the state tournament. Quaempts recorded 16 digsin the win over overthe West Lynn team. CUJ photo/Dallas Dick

Golden Eagles open hoop season Dec. 2 Trevon Allen at Ul Trevon Allen, the grandson of Rosalie "Lolly"Alexander, is playing basketball at the University of Idaho. He was a star at Lapwai before heading to Ul. Recently he was the subject of the @VandalHoops Hotseat, a questionand-answerfeature.Read iton page 3B. Photo provided by Taylor Murphy of the University of Idaho

BreastCancer Awareness Month brought out the pink around the Umatilla Indian Reservation in October. Here, several people, including some breastcancer survivors,walked through the housing projects to draw attention to the disease. Worldwide, breast canceris the leading type of cancerin women, accounting for 25 percent of all cases. In 2012it resulted in 1. 68 million cases and 522,000 deaths, according to the World Cancer Report, World Health Organization. A story about a breast cancer survivoris on page 7B.

MISSION - The Nixyaawii Golden Eagles will open their 2016-2017 basketball season at a Country Christian tournament with games scheduled Dec. 2 and 3. The boys and girls squads then take nine days off before they play against Dec. 12 in a home game against Class 2A Stanfield with a game the next day, Dec. 13, against another Class 2A team - Pilot Rock. Varsity girls games start at 6 p.m. with boys to follow at 7:30. Depending on numbers of players junior varsity

games will be played at 3 and 4:30 p.m. Conference games in the Old Oregon League begin Friday, Dec. 16, at Wallowa, with a game at home the following night against Cove. Non-conference games are scheduled Nov. 20 and 21 in Lapway. This year's Bouncin' Cancer Tournament with the South Wasco Redsides and Dufut Rangers is set for Dec. 29 and 30.

Eric Estrada, whom you may remember from the TV series "Chips", was the host of America's Greatest Game Shows held at Wildhorse Resort tt Casino where over $29,000was given away. Turn to page 10B for photos and story.

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Fourth g-eneration WSU football player strengthens ties to Nez Perce By DALE GRUMMERT

ULLMAN - No one who h as ever played football for Washington State Un i v er sity c an boast of deeper Cougar roots than linebacker Peyton Pelluer, whose father, grandfather and great-grandfather all played for the school. Growing up i n W a shington Hu sky country, Pelluer felt those roots all the more keenly. But it's f u n ny . B y c o m in g east t o Washington State, he has richened his appreciation for a different set of family roots, even deeper ones. Centuries deep. P elluer had alw ays know n t hat h e was connected on his maternal side to the Nez Perce Indian Tribe - that hi s grandmother, Wanda Dunn, grew up in Kamiah and still embraces her own connection to these roots. Intermittently, it's always been a part of Pelluer's life. But playing football at WSU and living in Pullman, within 35 miles of his grandmother's home in Lewiston and within 50 miles of Nez Perce tribal headquarters in Lapwai, has given Pelluer more chances to explore that part of his heritage, at least when his busy schedule allows. Hence, for example, a unique doubleheader last October: Pelluer made 10 tackles in a win at Pullman over Oregon State, then traveled with his family to attend a Nez Perce pow-wow at the Clearwater River Casino near Lapwai. It was one of many such events he has attended. "Very enriching for me," he said this week. "I try to embrace that side as much as I can." The pow-wows are "fascinating, so beautiful, so rich in tradition." Sometimes he' ll spend the night at his grandmother's condo, relishing her Indian fry bread. Even if he's too exhausted from football to note the history in what his grandmother calls her "Indian room," the history is there: the woven baskets and bags, the moccasins, the images of Dunn's own grandmother, Hattie Enos, who taught her the Nez Perce language when she was young. Dunn, 79, is half Nez Perce, which makes Peyton Pelluer one-eighth. At the moment, a one-quarter blood quantum is required for tribal membership, but the

Peyton Pelluer pulls down Oregon quarterback Dakota Prukop at Pullman, Washington.

Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee intermittently mulls a proposal to lower the standard to one-eighth. That would definitely interest Pelluer, "but at the end of the day, it's still my heritage," he said during an interview in October. "I still like to embrace it, and I'm still part of the Nez Perce Tribe in spirit, I like to think. But especially my mom and my grandmother are definitely a part of that. I' ll take that." Wanda Dunn tells as many tribal members as she can about Peyton Pelluer's roots. One of them, Kub Ellenwood, has responded enthusiastically, giving Pelluer, among other things, a small Nez Perce medicine pouch in Cougar colors.

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B ut the family spent so much tim e away from the region - even Dunn lived in the Seattle area for 44 years, working as an optician, before moving to Lewiston a decade ago - that tribal members, even themany Cougar fans among them, aren't necessarily aw are of Pelluer's heritage. "I did not know he was Nez PerceI' ve been watching him play the last two years and he is a great athlete," said Dan Kane, a member of the tribal executive committee. Pelluer shares with his grandmother a gentle, thoughtful demeanor, expressed in his case with a deep-voiced stoicism. He majors in h i s t ory an d secondary education, and when his football career is done he' ll possibly teach and coach. He impresses his father, Scott, with his graciousness after losses, among other things, and he impresses coaches with his studiousness and curiosity. "He's such a un i que ki d t o c oach, because he's just a wide-ranging human being," WSU linebackers coach Ken Wilson said. "It kind of keeps him grounded on the football field, because he has such interests outside." Increasingly, his outside interests inform his football. A 6-foot, 235-pound junior m i d d l e

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linebacker, he leads WSU in tackles. Like many football players, he tries to assume an alter ego on the field, and in his case he can place these efforts in the context of both his rich football background and his native heritage. "I think of the Nez Perce and Chief Joseph as great warriors, and it's something I'd loved to have seen," Pelluer said. "I'm thankful to have that in my blood, even if it's just that little bit. Just that warrior blood, that warrior mind set." With that in mind, after 20 years of buzz cuts, he grew his hair out this year. And wouldn't you know? It's copiously wavy - more Celtic warrior than Indian. But it gets the point across. "I keep trying to tell him to cut off 3 or 4 inches, so they can actually see the name on his jersey," Scott Pelluer said. Yet many Cougar fans are well aware of the Pelluer side of his roots, if only because of the rarity of a fourth-generation football player at any one school. "That's incredible," WSU coach Mike Leach said. "Three is impressive enough. Four, you come close to exceeding the founding of the school." Carl Gustafson, maternal grandfather of Scott Pelluer, started playing fullback for the Cougars in 1925, when the school P II

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Trevon Allen on Idaho Vandal's 'Hotseat' MOSCOW, Idaho — Heading into the 2016-17 season, GoVandals.corn will be sitting down with every member of the Idaho men's basketball squad with the @ VandalHoops Hotseat. Trevon Allen is the grandson of Rosalie Alexander or Lolly as she as known by many works at Wildhorse. A llen didn't have far to travel f r o m his home of Lapwai, Idaho, to join to t he team. A V a n dal since birth, Allen brings a ton of championship-level experience to a squad that is looking to improve on its semifinal appearance from a season ago. WHY IDAHO? "A bi g r e ason were the players and TrevonAllen the coaches. When I was up on the v i sits they really made me feel like I was already part of the team, even though I wasn' t. It was a good fit, overall. Then it being within a good range of home, getting to see my family a lot too, and having family and community members back home being able to come and watch some of the games. Then both of my parents being alumni too, might as well follow in the footsteps. It's pretty cool."

playing against bigger, stronger guys over there. Getting to know the offense earlier and getting to play with the guys on the court beforehand will help me going into the season, already getting me a couple steps ahead of where I would've been if I didn't get the chance to go. It was just a great experience overall." Y OU H A D A N A M A Z I N G H I G H S CHOOL C A R EER, HO W D O Y O U TRANSLATE THAT TO THE COLLEGE GAME? "Just keep working at it. Take on the grind. Just doing whatever coach needs me to do to benefit the team. It may be just taking care of the ball out there, or a good defensive possession, it's just whatever they need me to do. I'm going to use my abilities and what I have to do that the best I can."

HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE CHINA TRIP IN Y OU R G ROWTH A S A COLLEGE ATHLETE? "It was a great experience. Going to China really got my feet wet, especially

TEAM GOALS FOR 2016-17? "Trying to win it all, Big Sky Championship. I think it's a great team to do it, seeing what they did last year and how m any guys we' re returning I think w e have a good chance at doing it. Where we were placed in the polls means a lot, but it really depends on how much work we put in. If we really want to go get it I think we can."

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was 35 years old. John (Arnie) Pelluer, father of Scott, was a Cougar end in the mid-1950s who drowned at 36 after going into diabetic shock while swimming. He was a track c oach at Eastern Washington at t h e time, and the school still stages an annual track meet in his name, the Pelluer Invitational. And Scott Pelluer was a standout Cougar linebacker from 1977 to '80, during which time he fell in love with a blond WSU cheerleader, Kim Dunn, daughter of Wanda. Their Greek Row romance has led to a marriage of more than three decades, and meanwhile Scott Pelluer played five years for the New Orleans Saints. One of his teammates was Archie Manning, and Peyton Pelluer is named after Archie's famous son. When his playing days were done, Scott Pelluer launched a coaching career that eventually brought the family back to the Seattle area, where among other things it was easier to expose their four children to their native roots. Both parents and Peyton Pelleur all reminisce

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PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE THANKS for your thoughtfulness and kind words. They are greatly appreciated; it is of great comfort to know that you are thinking of us in the difficult time ahead. Doug lived a long and happy life and will be sadly missed by friends and family. Thank you for your kind words, beautiful flowers and cards. They will help us in the difficult time ahead as we face a life without Doug. Your visits meant the world to me and my family, Again I want thank the following people: Jeff and Cindy Shaw, Double M Ranch, Paula and Kris Powaukee,Dr.MattQuaempts, Shana Alexander, Bill and Stevie Quaempts, Lois Frank, Janyce Quaempts, Ronnie Red Crane, The Hall family, The Barkley Family, Verna Johnson and Dorothy Cyr, Kathy Burke, Joe Bear and RaeAnn Oatman and Mari, Dennis Quaempts and family, Jambo and Deb Crane, Deana, Juice Crane, Sedia, Bonnie Crane,Anson Crane, Dino Jones, Jody Allen, Steven Hart, Andrea Hall, Father Mike, Bibzee Lopez, and Rhonda Craig. Sincerely, Shawna Crane Douglas, Enoch, Leila, Leilani Crane, Michelle, John, Justina Talena, Christopher "CJ" Crane

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Drawing attention to breast cancer Employees from Yellowhawk Tifbal Health Center and the Confederated Tribews f the Umatilla IndianReservation wore pink forBreast Cancer Awareness Month in October.The group, some ofwhom were breast cancer survivors,walked through the neighborhoods to draw attention to the leading cancer among women across the world. One of those survivors is featured on page 7B.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE that helped out at the namings on Oct. 8 at the Longhouse. I was very privileged to be a part of the day. Thank you to Laura and Larry Allen, Mildred Quaempts and Mitch Hayes for encouraging me. Thank you to Armand Minthorn for standing up for m e. Also, Uncles Andy Dumont, Jesse Jones Jr., and Fermore Craig for the stories that you shared about Grandma Maudie Craig. Thanks to Marie Crawford and Mona Yeager for assisting. And to all the cooks Sandra Sampson, Linda Sampson, Michelle Thompson and all of your helpers and to the Senior Center for allowing them to cook the meal there. It was a beautiful day and I hope I can live up to my grandmother's name. Kul Kul Ast'ayat.

THANK YOU FROM THE NAFWS Pacific Region As Board Members of the Pacific Region for the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Ted Lame Bull and David Wolf, we would like to extend a special thanks to the General Council Chairman and his office for their contribution of coffee mugs and key-chain lights; and to the Department of Natural Resources for their contribution of Save the Salmon bags; and to the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute for their donation of a Pendleton Blanket — all of which were used as fundraising items at the recent Native American Fish and Wildlife Society

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE for their continued support throughout the process to recall David Close. We all came together for a common goal and it was great. I would also like to thank all The Coalition to recall David Close for helping send out the information flyer prior to the recall election. Thank you, Terrie Brigham

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Hillsboro-based newspapers, some 60 miles east of Cincinnati. It pledged that the school would partner with local organizations to further educate students about "atrocities faced by both the Native American and A f r i can-American cultures." T he statement e x p r e ssed " d e e p est sympathy"' to those of Indian and African-American descent, and "a sincere apology" to the communities, families and students of H i l lsboro, Greenfield and elsewhere. The statement said the school was investigating how "this deplorable situation" happened and will take appropriate action. Parents had told WHIO-TV in Dayton that an earlier apology posted on the school's Facebook page was deleted after parents began commenting and asking questions.

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MISSION — She's a single mother who considers herself a foodie, enjoys traveling, reading, and exercise. For the past four years she worked at Yellowhawk T r i bal H e alth Center (YTHC) as the Chronic Disease Health Promotion A s s i stant an d sh e ha s a dream of going to college to become a Nutritionist. Her name is Jennifer Lewis. And she' s a br east Cancer Survivor. L ew i s , a 58-yearo ld a d v o c at e f o r self-health awareness, received the news of her d iag n o s i s in September 2015 a c oupl e o f months after getting J ennife r L e w i s b e f o r e her annual chemotherapy m amm o gram. "All the crazy things go through your head about what kind it is and how bad it is .... It was a very aggressive type of cancer," said Lewis. "I remember . .. I almost blacked out. It felt like the whole room was spinning," said Lewis' daughter Claire Sideras who was at work when she heard the news of her mother's diagnosis. "I wanted to know more information right away but we couldn't ... because it takes a couple more weeks to get more information." Before working at Yellowhawk, Lewis worked as a nurse's aide and she was also a medical transcriptionist for 10 years, so she committed herself to finding out everything she needed to know about the cancer. "I was really familiar with advocating for yourself and looking things up," said Lewis. "I don't think I'd go overboard but I found some really good websites to educate myself on everything to not be surprised by anything. I thought it was my best defense." Shortly after, Lewis sought care and treatment at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in Kennewick, Washington. The team she met that worked on her case consisted of a surgeon, an oncologist, a radiologist, and their nurses. She went through surgery on Oct. 30, 2015 to remove the cancer. "It was about the size of a marble and they took out extra tissue - that was about the size of a golf ball - in order to make sure everything was out."

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Then in November, Lewis was set to begin six months of chemotherapy. Because the treatment was so strong, she was required to do one treatment every other week. "I had to stay home for a whole week after each treatment ...it just floored me," said Lewis. In less than two weeks and after one treatment, her hair began to fall out. By

this point she had already prepared for it by cutting her hair short. Once the hair actually started falling, she went to the barber shop to shave it all off. Then her nails started turning black and lifting from the skin so she taped them down to not catch them on anything. She experienced weakness, numbness, and pain in her hands and feet, she lost 10 pounds, and lost her taste of food although that

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it a 6. On the third kiss Bonnie took no chances and straddled him giving him the best kiss she possibly could as he sat on the c hair with hi s hands under i s (WRC) Oct. 29. legs. When she was done kissing In addition to the money, him, he rated the kiss a 9.5. Bonm ore than 900 tickets w er e nie stood in shock as the crowd filled with laughter. Many people awarded for guests to attend one of the three shows. At the were heard shouting "Give her end of each show, one lucky the money". Estrada looked at g uest got a c h a nce t o w i n the crowd saying, "Jokes on you because we prepped him and told $100,000. " I can't e ve n t a l k, " s a i d him to give those ratings" and the Christine Monahan of the Umacouple walked out with the win. " He's really shy an d I w a s tilla Reservation after meeting and hugging Estrada while on trying to make him n ervous," stage during the nHigh/Low n said Bonnie, "Even though he card game. " It wa s of f m y knew it was me the entire time, Bonnie White of Pasco, Washington locks lips with husband De~id he wouldn't kiss me back and he checklist to meet him." o win Bonnie and David White of Wh ite as they compete t $350. was shaking," she said. Pasco, Washington, were seAccording to Tiah DeGrofft, kissing three different women and he had lected to play the game "World's Greatest Marketing Director at WRC, Erik Estrada to rate each kiss. Of course, that was a lie Lover". Bonnie is a fan of Estrada's from r aved about eastern Oregon and t h e the television series "Chips" and said she because really he would be kissing his hospitality he received at Wildhorse. She wife each time. Bonnie's goal was to kiss said he commented on how the players used to watch it every week. Knowing him well enough so that David's' rating that her husband of three years is a shy were engaging, high energy and that he would add up to 20 points. If she got 20 and the crew had a lot of fun. person, she convinced Estrada to pick points, they would win $350. him for the game. "Wildhorse looks forward to the possiAfter the first kiss he rated the kiss bility of hosting Americas Greatest Game To play the game, David had to be blindfolded and was told he would be a 4 and after the second kiss he rated Shows again in 2017," said DeGrofft.

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q I' It was a sold-out event Oct. 21 at the Mission Longhouse when Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center held its annual crab feed fundraiser. Tim Gilbert, Yellowhawk CEO, stands in the back next to drawings of the new clinic under construction west of the Nixyaawii Governance Center.

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Tickets were limited to 250 this year and Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center had no trouble selling out for the annual crab feed fundraiser held Oct. 21 at the Longhouse on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Approximately 500 pounds of crab was eaten along with piles of baked beans. More than $4,000 was raised overall, which included $1,000 from the silent auction with such items as children's car seats to a dump truck load of gravel.

Myrna Toveywas among about 250 people who feasted oncrab, baked beans, cole slaw and bread at the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center's annual crab feed Oct. 21.

All proceeds will go toward construction of the new center due to open in October of 2017.

James Dean Kindle and the Eastern Oregon Playboys provided this year's entertainment. Yellowhawk employees and the Xa'lish Lacross team worked at the event, and people came to partake in the meal from all over Oregon and southeast Washington.

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Gartland, the employee wellness coordinator for both WRC and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Roughly 220 employees from Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center (YTHC), WRC, and the CTUIR sporadically a ttended th e s i x - h o u r e vent, which also pr o vided lunch for all guests. At the event were over 40 exhibitors such as St. Anthony Hospital, Wellness Wave, Costco Vision Center, several YTHC departments, and Pendleton Farmers Market. Two massage therapists were / present and together they gave more than 50 massages, and Rite Aid and Yellowhawk combined ! g ave more than 70 f l u i shots. " What kind of w o k e ' me up was the diabetes and stroke booth," said Melinda Alexander, emp loyee of t h e C T U I R . She explained that while speaking with an exhibitor she learned that diabetes can cause strokes. "I had never thought of Above, Janine Winn experiences acupuncture to her ear at one of the vendor booths

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Johnston achieves leadership and growth through Toastmasters MISSION — Leigh Pinkham-Johnston, who has been attending Cay-Uma-Wa Toastmasters for seven years, recently received the Advanced Leader Bronze award. Toastmasters is an organization that encourages growth in pu blic speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and welcoming environment, according to Roy Jones, the Vice President of Public Relations at the club. To receive the bronze award, Johnston had to accomplish specific goals that included conducting two presentations, serving as a club officer, attending a club officer training, achieving a competent leader award, and attaining a competent communicator award. "I am working my way to my Distinguished Toastmaster award," said Johnston. "Toastmasters helps us set goals for ourselves and the Advanced Leader Bronze was the next step after getting my Competent Communicator award." Johnston said that she was hooked to Toastmasters after attending her first meeting because she felt like it was a place where she belonged. She also wanted to improve her public speaking skills. Through her time attending the club,

she assists members through the leadership track a nd commu n i cation track. "I a ssi s t m embers w i t h setting goals," said Johnston. "Every goal that a member sets h elps the cl u b with the Disting uished C l u b Program ... this i s the h i g h e s t honor a club can

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the civilian world. "It was a love-hate thing. I was excited to get out, but at the same time I loved t he people and it w o u l d b e h ard n o t to see them every 24 hours," said Pete. "They were the most genuine people I met in my life and I still talk to many of them today." Pete is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

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PORTLAND, Ore. - On the same day seven defendants celebrated their acquittal in the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear and firing bean bag rounds arrested nearly 150 oil pipeline protesters camped out in North Dakota. The sudden developments in the two protests drew an unsettling contrast for some between the treatment of mostly Native American citizens at an encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the heavily armed occupiers who held the federal government at bay for weeks in the remote Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. "How is it that people who were seen on national media with guns having a standoff with police officials were acquitted ... and we' re being treated like we' re terrorists?" said Cody Hall, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and a spokesman for the pipeline

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Yet experts on public land policy who have watched both situations unfold cautioned it is too soon to draw conclusions about either protest's outcome - and pointed to broad yet important themes t hat und er li e m o v em ents other w i s e separated by hundreds of miles and an ideological chasm. Both the Standing Rock Sioux and the

Oregon occupiers consider themselves marginalized groups fighting to preserve a way of life. Both movements feel disenfranchised and are disillusioned with federal land policy, said Gregg Cawley, a University of Wyoming political science professor. " At that level, even though all t h e detailsare different, they' re very similar," Cawley said. "If you step back far enough ... then you can start seeing some parallels here." Ammon and Ryan Bundy, neither native to Oregon, seized the refuge in January to a protest the imprisonment of two ranchers convicted of setting fires on public land. More than two dozen others eventually joined the 41-day occupation, which grew into demands for the U .S. government to t ur n o ver p u b l i c lands to local control. On Oct. 27, jurors acquitted the brothers and five others on felony charges that included conspiracy and possession of a gun in a federal facility. In North Dakota, hundreds of Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and their supporters have held a m o n t hs-long

campaign to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which would skirt the reservation's northern border. The tribe says the 1,200-mile pipeline will damage its water supply and endanger sacred sites. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is building the conduit f rom w e stern North Dakota to Illinois, and state officials say no sensitive c ultural s i tes h av e b een found o n t h e route. The North Dakota protesters face misdemeanor charges, including t r espassing and engaging in a riot. S tand i n g R o c k Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault called the action "violence a gainst i n n o c e n t , prayerful people." The scale of the arrests shocked many onlookers, but public land policy experts cautioned it's too early to make meaningful comparisons between Standing Rock and Oregon. "These folks on the pipeline have just been arrested, but we don't even know if any of that is going to hit a trial," said John Freemuth, of Boise State University. "I certainly think the tribes will have a point if they find themselves arrested and

'History has placed the Indian peoples as expendable. And I think that attitude still exists in some circumstances.'

in jail and these Oregon guys get off." That's a possibility that deeply worries James Riding In, interim director and associate professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. The response to the Standing Rock protest has been racially charged since the beginning, he said. "History has placed the Indian peoples as expendable. And I think that attitude still exists in some circumstances," he said. That perception un d erscores what many at Standing Rock see as the ultimate irony: that although the Oregon occupiers said they were protesting the government's takeover of public lands, they themselves are descendants of the original American occupiers. That alone has strengthened the North Dakota protesters' resolve - particularly when the Burns Paiute Tribe in Oregon spoke out about potential damage the refuge protesters were doing to their sa-

cred sites and to tribal artifacts in storage there, Freemuth said. "They' re seeing a protest against the government and these lines, 'We want to take the land back.' That is wrong historically for the Bundys to say that, but any Native American with any appreciation of their history, when they hear, 'Take the lands back,' that really resonates," he said. Associated Press Writers Blake Nicholson in Bismarck,North Dakota, and Rebecca Boone in Boise, Idaho, contributed to this report.

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