Muriel Jones Hoisington won the 400 meters for Pendleton High School. See sports coverage on the track team as well as softball, golf, Little League and more in Section B.
Too much rain with nowhere to go meant flooding on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in early April. For pictures and a story, turn to Page 23A.
Arya, a 4-month-old Chihuahua, was one of the dogs at the pet clinic April 11. For more, turn to Page 9B.
Confederated Umatilla Journal
2 Sections, 52 pages / Publish date May 3, 2019
The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ~ Pendleton, Oregon
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May 2019
First diggers ready for Root Feast First-time root diggers were sent down the Wash to retrieve their roots in preparation for a small give-away two days later at the Children’s Root Feast May 2. From left is Garian McDonald, Miles Minthorn, Drew Hall and Abel Matamoros. Leading in the line of children is Summer Smartlowit followed by Anala Iaulualo and teacher Talia Tewawina. See more on Page 5A.
PENDLETON – United States Senator Jeff Merkley, one of America’s Democrats who is not running for President, sat down with the CUJ April 25 at the Pendleton Early Learning Center before a town hall meeting, to talk about a number of subjects, not
Tribals, BOT talk about reservation violence Much of problem blamed on one family By the CUJ
run for the nation’s top spot was a regular on CNN and MSNBC, is serving his second six-year term in the U.S. Senate. He is a member of the Appropriations, Environment & Public Works, and Foreign Relations committees. Even though Merkley does not sit Merkley on Page 21A
Violence on Page 17A
Merkley: CTUIR should create energy plan the least of which was climate change. And his new term for the issue is “climate chaos.” He also talked about issues facing Oregon Tribes, the citizens he sees at his town hall gatherings around the state, and national politics. Merkley, who for a couple of weeks when he was toying with the idea of a
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MISSION – Violent crime isn’t systemic on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Rather, much of it can be pin-pointed to certain areas and, to be even more precise, to a specific family, according to a discussion April 29 between Public Safety officials and the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Police frustration and community exasperation were topics aired when Public Safety Director Ray Denny and Tribal Police Chief Tim Addleman answered questions during the BOT’s regular Monday public meeting. The issue of “violence on the reservation” was to be a footnote in Executive Director Ted Wright’s report about a meeting he was to have later in the morning with Denny and Addleman until BOT member Rosenda Shippentower asked about it. She said it shouldn’t be labeled as if there is violence all over the reservation when “We think it is one family, some of us. If it’s
CUJ photo/Jill-Marie Gavin
By the CUJ
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Posing for art
CUJ photo/Jill-Marie Gavin
Second grade Title VI students from Washington Elementary School pose for a photo at Pendleton Convention Center where their art was on display. For more turn to Page 21B.
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