An art piece that will be on display in new cases at the Fort Walla Walla Museum thanks to a grant given by the Wildhorse Foundation.
Dave Tovey resigns as Exec Director
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Sergeant Ashleigh 'Weanako' Wolfand her father, David Wolf, enjoyed some time on the beachin Hawaii.
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The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation - Pendleton, Oregon March 2017
n cient n e By Wil Phinney of the CUJ rapped in a deerskin bundle, the Ancient One was quickly buried on the morning of Saturday, Feb. I 8, with as many as 10 men at a time taking turns shoveling earth into a six-foot deep grave surrounded by twisted sagebrush and tumbleweeds, and green grass laidover from a footofsnow growing toward hopes of spring, while Canada geese were specks of sound in the gray clouds overhead. As the bell ended and Washat songs concluded, a fine mist fell on an estimated 220 observers, the women in shawls and robes and blankets on the south side, and the men, mostly in jeans and sweatshirts, but for a few in Pendleton vests and leather moccasins, on the north side. It was quiet, but it wasn't necessarily somber. It was emotional, but not necessarily sad. Any tears flowed for relief and happiness to witness the Ancient One, commonly known as Kennewick Man, returned to his resting place after two decades of court challenges and scientific study. "It feels like a 20-year funeral," said Armand Minthorn, a religious leader and Board of Trustees member on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, who has shepherded Ancient One issues &om start to finish. He opened with comments at the repatriation and dressing ceremony at the Burke Museum in Seattle and was the final speaker after the Ancient One was put back in the ground. At the burial site, several people expressed their feelings.
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than 9,000 years old, but it would take 20 years of court challenges, much scientific study and finally a DNA analysis conducted by a renowned scientist in Copenhagen, Denmark, to determine that the Ancient One is genetically most closely related to the five modern-day tribes. The day before the reburial, nearly three "It's all one heart, one mind," said Michael dozen representatives of the five tribes met at Ray Johnson&om theConfederated Tribes of the Burke Museum in Seattle where the skeletal the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). remains of the Ancient One had been held since That was a phrase heard again and again they were found along the river. In addition, during the day — unity among tribes and in parthere were officials ticular the five Co&om the U.S. Army lumbia River Plateau Corps of Engineers, Tribes that worked Washington State t was quiet, but it wasn' t together to rebury Department of the Ancient One in necessarily somber. Itw as Archaeology and accordance with their Historic Preservaemotional, but not necessarily religious and cultural tion, and curators practices. sad. Any tears flowed for relief of the University of The Confederated Washington Burke and happiness to witness the Tribes of the UmaMuseum, to repatritilla Indian ReservaAncient One returned to his ate the remains to tion, Confederated the five claimant resting place a fter two decades Tribes and Bands of tribes. the Yakama Nation, of courtchallenges and scienAt the Burke Nez Perce Tribe, that day and at the tific study. the Confederated burial site the next Tribes of the Colville day only two menReservation, and the Robert Taylor &om Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids and James Kiona from Yakama Indians were "galvanized" in their effort. - were allowed to physically touch the bones, The work began in 1996 when two young but 35 people at the museum took part in an men inadvertently discovered human remains emotionally charged dressing ceremony with along the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washat funeral songs. Washington, and reported their find to local The bones, exposed to oxygen at the Burke, authorities. It is believed at least one of those had become brittle and dry to the point of demen, now in his 40s, attended the reburial and terioration. Some of the bones crumbled when then silently slipped away. Ancient One rests Pa e 18 Carbon datingfound the bones to be more
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MISSION — A 60-unit housing project and a 50,000-to-60,000 square foot education center will be built on property just west of a health clinic already under construction on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The approximately 30-acre Bowman Property is becoming the hub of activity for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). The property is now, or soon will be, home to the Nixyaawii Governance Center, the Tribal Police Department, the Energy and Enviommental Sciences Program and its greenhouse domes, Tribal Transit System and vehicle maintenance facilities, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center under construction, and now a planned housing project covering 25 acres, and the one-story facility to house all education functions, including Nixyaawii Community School. The Bowman property won out over two other housing sites — East Bench, also known as Wyit View, and the Nagel site. The Wyit View site, which is partially developed but carries political baggage, scored second and the Nagel site, which would likely be a favorite because of H
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