Dahza Joseph smiles at the camera during one of many Native American Heritage Month activities in November. See more photos and stories inside.
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New ED selected Alaska native hired after 20 months with three interim directors By Wil Phinney of the CUJ
Ted Wright has had a lot of jobs. He’s worked in a pulp mill, taught school, served in elected office, and has been executive director for five tribes. His sixth executive director job started Dec. 3 for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. And oh yeah. He’s got quite an education as well. When teaching jobs weren’t around in Alaska, he earned fellowships from the American Indian Leadership Program to attend Penn State University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he ultimately earned a doctorate with a focus
on tribal economics as tied to political dynamics. It’s safe to say Wright is administration in motion. He calls himself a troubleshooter. It’s that diversity, that experience, he said, that he thinks gave him an advantage when he was selected to lead the CTUIR, which has had three interim executive directors since the last fulltime executive direcTed Wright tor, Dave Tovey, left in February of 2016. “On one hand it looks like, ‘Hey, I know it looks like this guy has been Ted Wright on page 20A
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Sampson takes on father’s chieftainship Donald Sampson, in a chieftainship naming and War Bonnet Ceremony Nov. 3, took the name of his father, Peo Peo Mox Mox (atway Carl Sampson) to become a new Walla Walla leader. More than 300 people from across the Northwest attended the ceremony at the Longhouse on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The event included a feast featuring more than two dozen First Foods from shashik (moose) to xinin (black current) that were gathered over the last year. For more on the ceremony turn to page 16A. For a story and photo about the First Foods turn to page 4A.
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2019 Happy Canyon Princesses named The new Happy Canyon Princesses, Kaia John and Makayla Fossek, share a bit about themselves and their new reign in a story inside. John, left, smiles in her regalia during the 2018 Pendleton Round-Up Arena. Fossek, right, waves during the Westward Ho! Parade in September. Fossek’s photo was contributed by Thomas C. Duncan, Sr. See more photos and a story on page 22A.
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CUJ News Plans, dates finalized for Wildhorse expansion Construction to start in spring 2019 on new tower, bowling alley, and family entertainment center By Wil Phinney of the CUJ
MISSION – Construction should begin at Wildhorse Resort & Casino this spring on a major expansion that will include a second hotel tower, 24 bowling lanes, a 1,500-seat ballroom, and a family entertainment center. Gary George, CEO at Wildhorse, and Nick Schoenfeldt from TBE Architects, made a presentation at the Pendleton Rotary Club on Dec. 3 outlining the expansion, which has been scaled back from original plans because of construction costs. This architect rendering shows the overall view of Wildhorse Resort & Casino after the new expansion. The large addition on the right includes the Changes in the economy and trade new family entertainment center with the bowling alley. have had an impact on planning, according to a Wildhorse news release. Until now, blueprints were in flux as execu- ers don’t think about costs. We had to tives and architects worked on a “balance bring them back down to earth.” Schoenfeldt joked that his original between budget and construction costs,” plans included a 20-story hotel with a the release states. rooftop restaurant. But plans have been finalized for the The planning next phase of constructeam carefully prition, which is expected oritized elements to be complete in time of the overall vision for New Year’s Eve on and created “a realDec. 31, 2020, after a istic and innovative 16-18 month building strategy that works schedule, George said. within the $85 milSticking to the origilion budget,” the nal plan became a chalnews release states. lenge when the price “After year-long of steel increased dram e etings with matically. George atW i l dhorse staff tributed the price hike and the Board of This architectural drawing shows the bowling alley with the private “boutique” party lanes on the left - Nick Schoenfeldt, TBE Architects in steel and concrete Trustees (the Con- and the other 16 lanes on the right. Pool tables are also planned. to tariffs imposed by federated Tribes of the Trump administrathe Umatilla Indian the General Council on Dec. 20 to outline tion in March of this year. Additionally, The guest rooms and suites will range Reservation (CTUIR) are owners of the the full details of the new expansion plan. from the standard one-bed kingsize up to George told Rotarians, that because the economy is booming it is difficult to find resort), we finally settled on a project The expansion comprises the tower accommodations with as many as three that we can afford,” George said in the that will add a mix of 214 guest rooms queen beds to a boastful three-bay hoscontractors and sub-contractors. “They are so busy right now, they can news release. and suites and a “new ballroom” that can pitality room with a two-sided fireplace. George was to meet with the Board of seat as many as 1,500 for concerts and 850 hold you hostage to be blunt about it,” Wildhorse expansion on page 25A George said. “And architectural design- Trustees (BOT) early this month and with for banquets, Schoenfeldt said.
‘Wildhorse asked us to take the resort from extraordinary to the next level and I think we did.’
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CUJ News BOT takes ‘sole authority’ over member qualifications rolled CTUIR member over 18 years of age and reside within the boundaries of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The BOT removed the phrase that defines the reservation boundary “in Article 1 of the Treaty of 1855.” That definition is not specific and many different variations have been used, ranging from the large 6.4-millionacre ceded boundary to the smallest By Wil Phinney of the CUJ 175,000-acre “diminished boundary.” The Election Commission provided MISSION – Among the most four options to the Board of Trustcontroversial Tribal Election Code ees to consider regarding residency amendments adopted by the Board of requirements for candidates seekTrustees Nov. 19 was the “Qualifica- ing election to the BOT or General tions for Holding Office.” Council. In what has become familiarly The first option, which the Elecknown in the BOT chamtion Commission bers as Section 3.06, the did not recommend, adopted changes remove was to use the di‘Why would I the definition of the reserminished resersay that the vation boundaries and give vation boundary. Board has “sole authority” to the BOT The second, which “to determine the qualificaalso was not recauthorization tions of its members and ommended, was to to say officers.” use the 1855 Treaty Although that “sole someone that boundary that has authority” statement is been the CTUIR law the General designed to interpret the since 1993. Council reservation boundary isThe Election sue, it is vague and could Commission recelected can’t allow exclusion of elected ommended either serve? That’s members from serving for option three, which why I voted any number of reasons that was to use the ceded the BOT determines, such territory as defined no.’ as, for instance, whether in the Treaty of - BOT Secretary or not that elected official 1855, and option Kat Brigham is a felon or doesn’t have a four that eliminates college degree. the Reservation reBut more than that, Secquirement all totion 3.06 is controversial because it gether. The ceded boundary would is part of the adopted Election Code include Pendleton, Hermiston, La that the Election Commission did not Grande, Walla Walla and Tri-Cities. approve, contrary to what the BOT Although the Board did not specify resolution states. the diminished boundary by name, The Board’s adopted code keeps that was the implication at the Nov. most of the language of 3.06, which 19 meeting. More than one map has requires anyone elected to be an en- been created to define the diminished
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boundary. BOT Secretary Kat Brigham, along with Board member Sally Kosey, voted no on the Election Code Amendment resolution. “Why would I say that the Board has authorization to say someone that the General Council elected can’t serve? That’s why I voted no,” Brigham told the CUJ. “If the General Council has a question on residency or qualification then they won’t vote for them.” BOT member Rosenda Shippentower said the issue was simple. “Use the language of the Constitution. We all know what that says,” Shippentower stated. But Brigham and Kosey, and to a point Treasurer Doris Wheeler, were unconvinced. “It didn’t resolve anything,” Brigham said. “It says you have to reside within the boundary as defined in 1855. Which map do you use?” Brigham said, too, that the “sole authority” statement opens the door to many other issues for current boards and future boards. “It doesn’t even say the Board has to use a map,” Brigham said. “It says sole authority to determine qualifications. It doesn’t even have to deal with residency.” Kosey said she wanted another work session to continue discussion on 3.06. “It’s not clear. The Election Commission isn’t clear and they didn’t approve this. I’m concerned about General Council. I didn’t see it on the November agenda. At what point are we going to discuss this?” General Council Chairman William Sigo IV said the issue will be placed on the agenda and discussed once it is approved by the Board.
Board OKs voter intent amendments By the CUJ
MISSION – New Election Code amendments approved by the Board of Trustees Nov. 19 provide language that allows the Election Commission some leeway in determining “voter intent” when ballots are counted for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. After questions were asked and appeals were filed following the 2017 elections that alleged inconsistent procedures in ballot counting, the Tribal Election Commission (TEC) was tasked with supplying the Board of Trustees with options to address voter intent. An unsigned ballot, incomplete lines or hesitation marks are all cause for spoiled ballots under the previous Election Code that did not allow for voter intent. Before it was amended the code stated in section 3.13B: “The Election Commission shall not count votes for an elected position or for other matter(s) on the ballot where the Qualified Voter has failed to follow the ballot instructions in voting for that position or matter.” The issue regarding voter intent was raised by BOT vice-chair candidate Shana Radford after she and incumbent vicechair Jeremy Wolf tied in the 2017 election. Radford’s challenge was denied because the Election Commission said it was filed too late, but the board ultimately decided to attend to the matter. Voter intent has been exercised by the
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Comp Plan update reveals good, bad progress MISSION - Updates to the 2010 Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted Nov. 26 by the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), show good and bad progress since the document was adopted eight years ago. For example, the unemployment rate has been reduced from 17 percent in 2010 to 5.4 percent in 2016. The rate for obesity, however, is alarming. For adults, more than 56 percent are considered not overweight but obese, and 27 percent of young people between the ages of 2 and 19 years old are also considered obese. The Benchmark report for this first five-year reporting period (it took eight years) is now complete and available in full at the Tribal Planning Office, as well as on the CTUIR website. This updating and review process involved the participation of more than 50 Tribal employees, representing every CTUIR department and program. More than 35 meetings were conducted to explore how the reporting mechanisms could be improved. As a result of this effort each benchmark was revisited to ensure they would respond directly to each of the objectives; would be achievable numbers, but would
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not be too easy to achieve so we would still be striving to be our best; and are ideally numbers that we would already be using used for grant and program reporting. These edits were also taken to each of the CTUIR Committees and Commissions for review and input, as well as public forums held in August of 2015. There are nearly 70 benchmarks in the 15 elements found in the 2010 Comprehensive Plan, covering topics as diverse as Community Development, Facilities, Education, Treaty Rights, Energy, Housing, etc. Some of the highlights of the reporting include: • • • • • • •
CTUIR employee satisfaction level: 73 percent General fund revenues generated from non-resort enterprises increased from $83,000 in 2010 to $330,000 in 2016. Reduction of reservation unemployment rate from 17 percent in 2010 to 5.4 percent in 2016. Reduction of major crimes from 135 in 2010 to 69 in 2016. Development of a Historic Preservation Code in 2016. Increase in CTUIR Native Language Program from 47 participants in 2010 to 77 participants in 2016. Increase in CTUIR Public Transit (Kayak Public Transit) from 40,000 riders in 2010 to 95,199 riders in 2015.
The purpose of the benchmarks is not only to show the Tribes’ successes, but to also identify targets that
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are not met, and more importantly what hindered their achievement, such as staffing, funding, legislative issues, economic, etc. This is so the organization can respond and adapt to these hindrances and ensure that the CTUIR is constantly moving toward the community’s objectives. The following are a few of those areas that will require additional attention in the coming years: • • • • • •
Increasing small business development. The 2015 goal was 25 on or near the reservation, but we currently only have 15. Umatilla River fish populations did not meet the 2015 goals. A goal of Tribal home ownership for 2015 was 292 homes, but we’re only at 204. The number of tribal students receiving a high school diploma, or meeting state benchmarks in math and reading have not met the 2016 Benchmark. Obesity rates of adults (20 years old and older) is at 56.6 percent and the 2015 Benchmark was to reduce that number to 32.2 percent. Obesity rates of children between 2 and 19 years old actually increased from 22 percent to 27.4 percent when the goal was to reduce that number to 19 percent Comprehensive Plan on page 26A
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CUJ News Feast boasts 28 First Foods MISSION - The Longhouse tables at the Walla Walla Chieftainship Naming and War Bonnet Ceremony Nov. 3 for Don Sampson included a feast of 28 first foods, which many people say may be the most native foods ever at a feast on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The foods – men’s foods, roots and berries – were “gathered all from every direction in our 6.5 million acres of our usual and accustomed land,” said Don’s sister, Linda Sampson, who did most of the gathering over the last year since her father, atway Carl Sampson, the late Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox, died Nov. 15, 2017. Linda Sampson said her brother has taken the responsibility to protect and ensure Tribal members’ continued rights to gather foods throughout the seasons. “Just as was promised to us as Natitayt by the Creator, we will keep our promise to them, to continue to be their voice and protect and honor them,” Sampson said. “Pops was that voice and now Donald will carry that forward.” There were so many foods, the cooks and table-setters needed a diagram that informed them where to place dishes. Here’s a list of the foods for 32 tables:
The cooks and servers at the Longhouse used paper plates to identified the First Foods at the chieftainship naming and War Bonnet Ceremony Nov. 3. Teara Farrow-Ferman, manager of the Tribes’ Cultural Resource Protection Program, helped set up the plate/bowl examples for all the different foods gathered over the last year. The plates and bowls were numbered so they would all fit on each of the 32 tables in the Longhouse.”After we had them organized to fit on the table, we taped it on the wall above the kitchen window so when servers are lined up they could see where the next food was to go,” said Linda Sampson.
Men’s foods – fresh salmon, dried Alaska King salmon, trout, ksuyas (eel), yamash (deer), wawukiya (elk), shashik (moose), tunun (smoked mountain goat), and tsulim (buffalo). Roots – piyaxi (bitterroot), ground
luksh, luksh, xawsh, sikni, anipash (mounntain potato), sut’uxs (button root), nunas, sawitk (carrot), wak’amu (camas), istish (cactus) and kunch (pine moss). Berries – tmish (choke cherry), xin
(golden current), xinin (black current), mit’ip (elderberry) and wiwnu (huckleberries). The tables also included dried corn, huckleberry pies, and huckleberry cake.
Trump administration allows tribal housing to resume By Molly Harbarger of The Oregonian/OregonLive,
THE DALLES - After more than a year of obstacles, the federal government will resume a project to fulfill an 80-year-old promise. The Trump administration halted work in October 2017 on a plan to build a village for tribal members who fished the Columbia River for millennia, but in mid-November, money reappeared in the budget. “We’re so delighted by the White House’s decision to restore and direct funds to the Columbia River tribal housing initiative,” said Charles Hudson, intergovernmental affairs director for the Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission. “We did a lot of scratching and clawing to keep this project active after a year of lapsed funding.” Leaders from the Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla and Nez Perce tribes have lobbied along with Congressional officials from Oregon and Washington to find a way to circumvent the barriers the Trump administration put in the way. A year ago, tribal members who live along the Columbia River were cautiously optimistic that the federal government was making good on one of its promises. Starting with the Bonneville Dam in the 1930s, the federal government flooded villages where tribal members lived. Many of those villages were centers of economic, social and religious importance. The federal government said it would replace the flooded homes, but never did. Now, many people live six months to year-round at fishing sites built by the government that are decrepit, unsafe and unsanitary. The Oregonian/OregonLive
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Lone Pine, located at the base of The Dalles Dam, is filled with the ramshackle housing of tribal members who make their living along the Columbia River. Many lived there before the dam was built.
documented the conditions and how the federal government’s unmet obligation to the tribes forced them into these conditions even while a town of predominantly white people was relocated. Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, both Democrats, spearheaded the effort to prod the government to replace the housing. They devised a plan with the Army Corps to pay for the work in two funding cycles. The first went forward in 2016. But a second infusion of cash was blocked by Mick Mulvaney, head of the federal Office of Management and Budget, last year. He claimed that he wasn’t required to approve the money and he didn’t like the way it would be moved around in the Corps’ budget.
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Tribal representatives and Washington and Oregon lawmakers pleaded with Mulvaney and his staff to reconsider. But eventually, they found a way around the office. In a bill that dictates Army Corps priorities, they added language compelling the federal government to plan and build the villages. Merkley and Washington Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, sit on the Senate Appropriations Committee and added more than $1.8 million to a separate funding bill without any dictates of how it must be used. A bipartisan and bi-state group of lawmakers wrote a letter to R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army, and Mulvaney to suggest the $1.8 million be used to finish the village planning. The Army Corps, which had signaled willingness to start the work since 2016, added The Dalles Dam village plan to its project list of 2019 with the $1.8 million. “Now that the latest investment is in place, we will continue holding federal agency officials accountable to ensure that the plan is not only completed, but also carried out so tribal members get the facilities and river access they were promised more than 65 years ago,” Murray said. Merkley said Monday that he wants The Dalles village to move forward first, but it is not the last of his efforts. He and other lawmakers want to start the same momentum for villages at the Bonneville and John Day dams. “It was an unnecessary delay and I’m really pleased to see we’ve been able to get the legislation in place to Columbia River housing on page 18A
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She’s 1 in eight billion
Barrett being treated for rare genetic ailment By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ
MISSION – Three-year-old Barrett Rivera has always been a quiet child, but when she stopped speaking, and moving all together, her parents were scared. Drew and Shane Rivera are Barrett’s parents. Drew received a call on March 12 from Cay-UmaWa Head Start on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Barrett’s teacher said the little girl wasn’t feeling good. By that evening Barrett was unable to speak, move or even swallow. Like any parents would, Drew and Shane rushed her to the emergency room. The doctors at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton were perplexed and alarmed. They sent Barrett and her family by airplane to Portland Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. Upon her arrival, Barrett regained much of her function and was nearly on her way home when the mysterious illness hit her again. She was put through a gauntlet of testing with no answers. Her oxygen levels and heart rate were very low as the doctors continued to test - over and over. Finally, Drew said, one of the tests came back with elevated levels on her electromyogram (EMG). An answer at last. The doctors guessed that Barrett was suffering from botulism. That was not, however, their first or last diagnosis. “Every day we were there it was a new diagnosis,” Drew said. Days went by with no improvement until the botulism treatment appeared to be working. Barrett slowly began to start moving again and became vocal. Drew== said she could only say one word a day but it was a start. The family was moved to Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Portland where she kept getting stronger. Doctors at Legacy Emanuel wanted to keep Barrett, but Drew said they all begged to go home. On Easter, Barrett was discharged. One person in particular was glad to see Barrett, her sister Bradley. Bradley and Barrett are 14 months apart in age and had been virtually inseparable until the oldest became ill. Barrett and Bradley attended the Easter Egg Hunt in Mission and all seemed to be going well until Barrett suffered another “episode.” “On April 22 Barrett had an episode that lasted four to five hours,” Drew said. Less than a month after being discharged her health was declining again. Back at St. Anthony it turned back into a guessing game. Maybe it was some kind of seizure? Doctors treated her with medication designed to suppress seizures with no improvement. The family soon headed back to Doernbecher’s in Portland. On the drive there Drew had been reciting a list of questions in her mind that she intended to ask the doctor. She had noticed that while sleeping Barrett seemed to move just fine and she wanted to know why. The neurologist who had treated Barrett a month before called as they neared Portland. “When we got to Gresham the neurologist called and started asking me questions,” Drew said. “The first thing he asked me was if she can move when she’s asleep.” He continued down the list and asked all of the questions that Drew had been pondering. A blood draw had been sent off for testing during Barrett’s first trip to Portland and the results, which had taken nearly 10 weeks to complete, revealed that Barrett was suffering from an extremely rare genetic disease, probably. The disease is called alternating hemiplegia of
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Barrett Rivera, left, and her sister Bradley Rivera, center, sit and play with their mother Drew Rivera, right, during the Nixyaawii Golden Eagle home game in Mission Dec. 4.
childhood. According to the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, “Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a neurological disorder that usually affects children before 18 months of age. Classic AHC causes recurrent episodes of paralysis that involve one or both sides of the body, multiple limbs, or a single limb. The paralysis may affect different parts of the body at different times and may be brief or last for several days. A characteristic feature of AHC is that symptoms disappear during sleep and return upon waking. Many affected children display some degree of developmental delay, abnormal eye movements, uncontrolled limb movements and seizures.” Barrett had been suffering all of the symptoms, but her testing showed that her ATP123 gene, which is responsible for the disease, was altered in a way that had never been seen before. The neurologist could not give a definite diagnosis, but he told the Riveras it is most likely the cause of all Barrett’s medical problems. “They told us that the gene that is altered is the gene that causes AHC, but they have never seen it altered in the way as Barrett’s. Her condition went from one in a million to one in eight billion,” Drew said. On the day of diagnosis, the Riveras were preparing to dash north to Canada where the medication was available when they learned it could be shipped. “We were willing to start driving that day,” Drew said. When the medication arrived and was administered Barrett’s condition improved each day. She started the treatment on a Wednesday and was walking by Saturday. At last the family was able to go home. During the weeks the family spent in the hospital Drew said the family was comforted and supported by the Mission community. Fundraisers were carried out to support the travel and lodging costs for the family, and their younger daughter Bradley was welcomed into homes of family and friends. “The silver lining of this all has been the way the community rallied around us,” Drew said. “You hope you’re never in a situation like that, we had no idea if
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she was going to come out of it and we are so thankful for everyone who checked on her.” Drew said she is amazed at how well Bradley did while her family was away. She said she is extremely grateful for those who looked after Bradley, who was constantly asking after her big sister. When they reunited, the girls hugged and cried in each other’s arms, something that prompted tears from their parents as well. When people asked about Barrett, Drew said, she urged her family and friends to give full updates because she knew that the concern was so widespread, something that was a comfort to her during the scary nights she spent besides Barrett’s bedside. Barrett still has episodes from time to time, but they are not nearly as long or severe. One odd thing, Drew said, is that the symptom of abnormal eye movements has dissipated with treatment and Barrett no longer needs glasses. Those who know Barrett often recognized her by her cute pink frames she has worn for years. She has also come back from her illness much more outgoing, vocal and ready to play. Now that Bradley is a little older and she has her sister home she has become accustomed to Barrett’s disease and accommodates her when she has an episode. Drew said, “Before when they were playing Bradley always wanted to be the baby, but now when Barrett can’t move Bradley lets her be the baby.” The worst seems to be over, but Drew said every episode draws her emotionally back into the hospital room when she would hold Barrett and listen to her breathe. “It seems so far away, so separated now, but every time she has an episode I’m pulled right back into that place,” she said. She said she hopes with time the emotional reaction to the disease will fade and the family can handle each episode with hope and peace. As for Barrett, her mother asked her what she would “tell the people who helped us when you were sick?” Barrett replied, “I love you all.”
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CUJ Editorials Mocassin memories Ella Stewart, a seventh grader at Sunridge Middle School in Pendleton, watches other students like Keyen Singer, a freshman at Nixyaawii Community School, dance at the National Native American Heritage Celebration Nov. 29 in the Sunridge school gymnasium. Keysha Ashley works on Stewart’s mocassins while Joanne Stewart records the dancing, which took place in front of the full student body. Twenty-two dancers from Sunridge and another 10 from Nixyaawii, the charter high school on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, performed at the celebration. The event also included a big drum and singers, including several Sunridge singers,who joined in for a Flag Song. The activities also recognized atway Carl Sampson, the late Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox, who died a year ago. His son, Donald Sampson, was at the school and made remarks. See more photos from the Celebration and a story about Sampson on Page 16. CUJ photo/Phinney
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How we, the People, govern ourselves
efore we, the People, were organized as three Tribes - Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla - we were many bands of free People. The bands collectively were known as the People of the Rye Grass, the People of the Many Waters, and the People of the Island in the River/Sparkling Waters. We were free to choose our religion, choose our teachers, choose who we traded with, and choose our leaders. At the time of the Treaty signing we had well-established ways of governing ourselves. We regularly chose our leaders based upon their abilities to negotiate, trade, bring peace, bring prosperity, and when necessary lead us into battle. Not every leader had all these qualities or skills, therefore we would look to our People and seek those who best could provide for
our needs. This principle is not uncommon to a free People. The American colonies saw free republics forming in Europe, but they were most impressed with how the Indians of North America governed themselves. It is often said that the Founding Fathers of the United States based their form of government on the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. The Confederacy espoused the political ideals and principles of selfgovernance. This form of government is borne out of the rights of the individual to self-determine, that is, the right to decide without outside influence. This longstanding principle has been practiced by our People since time immemorial: sovereignty is vested in the individual – we share it with those who govern us.
The political ideals of self-governance came to the forefront post World War II. As the men and women of our People returned home from witnessing the devastation that was caused by leaders and people from fascist states, they took it upon themselves to write a Constitution for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. There was much debate as to what the Constitution should say, how it was to be said, what it was going to do to ensure we remain a self-determining People. It was believed that our Constitution had no need for too many words for we knew who we were, who we are and what we strive to be – a free People. Free to choose our own leaders and how we govern ourselves. ~ CFS III
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ne hundred seven-one years ago, on Nov. 29, 1847, the Whitman Incident took place at the Waiilatpu Mission, near present day Walla Walla, Washington. The Cayuse had suffered terrible losses of life due to a measles epidemic which took over 200 lives. In an effort to help cure the sick, which had affected both the new settlers and Cayuse, Dr. Marcus Whitman began treating the ill with medication and nursing. The epidemic marched on and took many more Cayuse than settlers. The Cayuse determined that Dr. Whitman failed to cure the Tribal members in his care and went to the Mission for reparations in accordance with Indian Law. For in those days, not dissimilar to today, a doctor could be held liable for malpractice if the patient did not recover from an illness that a doctor said was cur-
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able. The Cayuse leadership had determined that Dr. Whitman must pay for his malpractice. A delegation went to discuss the terms with Dr. Whitman and the settlers. The meeting went awry quickly. The accounts by the Cayuse present and those of the settlers present differ greatly, but the outcome was still the same. Over a dozen settlers were killed and 54 were taken prisoner during the ensuing exchange between the Cayuse, the Whitmans and the settlers. Eventually, James Douglas of the Hudson’s Bay Company, worked out reparation with the Cayuse and the prisoners were freed. The Hudson’s Bay Company never asked for and was never compensated by the American settlement for their work to free the prisoners. By June of 1850 five Cayuse - Clokomas, Kiamasumkin, Isiaasheluckas, Tomahas and Telokite – went to
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give themselves up to the Oregon Territorial Government. They believed that if they gave themselves up to the Territorial Government, perhaps the ensuing Cayuse War would end in peace. A Territorial Court was appointed and the Cayuse Five were hanged for the killings. The court had no jurisdiction over Indian land, but that didn’t stop the American settlers. The Cayuse Five paid the ultimate price for carrying out the judgment that was passed against the Whitmans at the Mission. Their graves are lost and have yet to be located somewhere around Oregon City. We must continue to look for their graves and bring them home for a proper burial and remembrance for their sacrifice in their attempt to keep our lands free. ~ CFS III
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‘We are still here’
Native Americans win voice in government In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages. By Terri Hansen & Jacqueline Keeler
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s we absorb the results of the 2018 midterm elections - and the question of whether a divided Congress and a willful chief executive means a looming constitutional crisis - it’s an excellent time to refocus our attention on the Indigenous origins of democracy in this country. As Native journalists covering the stories of our people, we are lucky to have recorded thousands of hours of knowledge from our elders, our youth, our brave-hearted women and men, and it’s hard sometimes to express how much that inspires our work and keeps us going. As journalists come under attack around the world and even by this president, we are reminded to keep listening and keep sharing what is on our peoples’ minds. We are reminded about the role Haudenosaunee of strong kinship bonds that promoted leadership not leaders played in planting the seeds of democracy compelled by financial gain or profit margins, but by that led to the United States of America. service. Not like our country today. In 2011, Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan Our suicide rate is higher than any other race or of the Seneca Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, ethnicity in the United States. took a timeout from a summit in Beaverton, Oregon, A healthy democracy requires that all people to tell one co-author of this piece the history of the participate. As a result of U.S. occupation of our Iroquois Confederacy - also called the Six Nations or homelands, Native Americans and, in particular, our Haudenosaunee. national identities, have been hidden and shunted out What an honor. of sight and out of mind. This shrouding of Native A great deal has been written about the Iroquois’ Nations’ continued political existence is understand“Great Law of Peace,” but listening to Lyons recite able as a full reckoning with our nations would it recalled the initial cultural exchange that inspired greatly alter the map of the most powerful country English colonist Benjamin Franklin to print the in the world. Honoring treaties would mean returnspeeches of Onondaga leader Canassatego at the signing land and resources. According to the 2010 U.S. ing of the Treaty of Lancaster of 1744. Canassatego Census, most Native Americans live off the reservaurged the contentious colonies to unite, as had his tion as economic refugees from their homelands. It’s people, using a metaphor hard to understand that many arrows cannot why Native peoples be broken as easily as one. Onondaga leader Canassatego are overlooked in the This inspired the bundle of urged the contentious colonies to demographic analysis 13 arrows held by an eagle of urban areas when unite, as had his people, using a in the Great Seal of the equally small populaUnited States. metaphor that many arrows cannot tions are included. The Iroquois Confederbe broken as easily as one. This (Native Americans acy was created among the are usually relegated inspired the bundle of 13 arrows Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, to the “other” catOnondaga, and Seneca in held by an eagle in the Great Seal egory.) 1142 (and with the TusIn 2018, American of the United States. carora in 1722) under the schools still teach guidance of the Great children that all of the Peacemaker to ensure peace Native Americans have died. A stunning 87 percent among their nations. They created a government of references to American Indians in all 50 states’ acabased on a model that was fair and that met the needs demic standards portray Native peoples in a pre-1900 of every person in their community. The example of context. the Iroquois sparked the spread of democratic instituAnd the Indian Wars continue to be waged as tions across the world, a story recently explored in Native Americans are killed at a higher rate by law episode 2 “Nature to Nations” of the new PBS series enforcement than any other race or ethnicity, often Native America. in remote locations, according to data from the U.S. “Our societies are based upon the democratic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If those principles of the authority of the people,” Lyons numbers were addressed by agencies charged with explained. oversight, it could help to lower them. But no one The Native American concept of always considerknows. ing how our actions will affect the seventh generation Our suicide rate is higher than any other race or to come is taken from the Iroquois Confederacy. And ethnicity in the United States. Among people ages 18 Indigenous nations in North America were organized to 24 nationwide, our suicide rate is 12.8 deaths per by democratic principles that focused on the creation 100,000.
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Democratic candidate for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District Sharice Davids (left), and her mother, Crystal Herriage, celebrate with supporters during an election night party on Nov. 6, 2018, in Olathe, Kansas. Davids defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder.
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Native Americans have a lot at stake in U.S. elections because we know the consequences of invisibility. There is an epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women in this country. It’s underreported, yet one in three Native American women and girls have either been raped or experienced attempted rape. So, Native Americans have a lot at stake in U.S. elections - like the 2018 midterms - because we know that invisibility makes its way into policy and negates our issues at decision-making levels of government. When a Supreme Court decision came close to keeping tribal members in North Dakota from voting for lack of physical addresses, the tribal nations worked to get them new IDs and addresses at their own expense before the polls opened. And the first Native congresswomen were elected on Nov. 6, including Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin who also identifies as LGBTQ, and Deb Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat and member of the Pueblo of Laguna Tribe. Haaland told NPR (National Public Radio) she sees policies changing as a result of their being elected. She talked, for example, about the missing and murdered Indigenous women. “It’s an epidemic. With two Native women in office, and two Native men [both Republicans from Oklahoma], the four of us can push it easier than one.” She ended the interview by saying, “We will listen to the voices of our constituents.” #NativeTwitter has been a trending a hashtag for about six months, and we’re looking forward to the day when it can replace another trending hashtag: #WeAreStillHere. You bet we are. Terri Hansen and Jacqueline Keeler wrote this article for YES! Magazine on Nov. 8, 2018. Hansen is a member of the Winnebago tribe and has covered Native and indigenous issues since 1993. Her focus is science and the environment. Follow her on Twitter @ TerriHansen. Keeler is Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota and editor of The Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears. Follow Jacqueline on Twitter @jfkeeler.
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CUJ Almanac Obituaries Lillian Minnie (Shock) Spino Wyatuks Jan. 9, 1928 - Nov. 24, 2018 Lillian Minnie (Shock) Spino, Tribal name Wyatuks, fulfilled the Creator’s expectations and began her spirit journey on November 24, 2018. Joyce Kahclamet, Betty Pierre, Julie Jim, Victor and Lilly Andy provided Shaker services for her transition on November 24. Thomas, Ernestine and Ernest Morning Owl provided Washat services for her family at her home on November 24 and 25, 2018. Dressing ceremony will be provided by Irma Totus and Mildred Quaempts on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at 10 a.m. at tribal longhouse. A short Shaker service will be provided prior to the overnight Washat services on November 27; services will be officiated by Thomas Morning Owl, Damien Totus and Armand Minthorn. Sunrise burial will follow on Wednesday, November 28 at Spino Addition Old Lillian Spino Agency Cemetery. Lillian was born January 9, 1928, at Brownstown, Washington, to Jim and Mary Shock. She grew up at the White Swan family ranch and also Priest Rapids, Washington. Lillian was a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, also a descendant of Yakama Nation and Wanapum bands, Nez Perce and Klamath Tribes. Lillian Shock and Lewis Spino were married by Tribal custom on July 12, 1948. They lived at the Spino homestead at McKay Creek, Oregon. They later moved to Adams, Oregon, where she was a homemaker and raised her nine children. Lewis and Lillian also opened their home to any children in need. Lillian was a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and lived in Mission, Oregon. She was an active member of the Umatilla Tribal Community, and instrumental in developing the Umatilla Tribal Housing. She also was an active member of the George St. Dennis Post #140 American Legion Auxiliary. Education was important to her and she served on the Johnson O’ Malley parent committee. She was actively involved in the design and development of the CTUIR longhouse where she and Lewis were lifetime members. Lillian was also a lifetime member of the Independent Shaker Church in White Swan,
Washington. She was not a stranger to and held leadership roles in the White Swan, Toppenish, Satus, Wapato, Simnasho, Celilo, Priest Rapids and Warm Springs longhouses. She attended Chemewa Indian Boarding School in Salem, Oregon, then later at Brownstown Elementary. She attended Blue Mountain College in 1967 to 1968 and received her GED and some college credit. Employment included field worker and truck driver for Barnett and Rugg. She retired from Lamb Weston. She was highly respected by the community for her knowledge, storytelling, and strength. Very active in her tribal customs, she was an accomplished traditional dancer, horsewoman, seamstress, artist and tentmaker, and loved to bead, weave and crochet. She also traveled throughout the Northwest to gather traditional foods and medicines, and willingly shared her knowledge. She gifted young food gatherers with a basket hat and wapus. Survivors include Luella (Dean) Azule of Salem, Lawrence (Angie) Spino of Warm Springs, Ore., Laura (Dave) Kordatzky of McKay Creek, Ore., Lester Spino, Leona (Greg) Harris and Lenora (Lorenzo) Toledo of Mission, Oregon. She is also survived by sister Marcella Shock Miller of Harrah, Wash., 28 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by husband Lewis Spino; her parents Jim and Mary Shock; brothers Sam and Wesley Shock; sisters Evelyn (Quaempts) Andy and Christine (Shock) Billy; daughters Regina Tomaskin and Louise SpinoPaxton; sons Floyd Shock, Leslie Spino and Lowell Spino; grandchildren Steven Azule, Earl Spino and Cheryl Spino-Osborne, nephew Ronald Morning Owl; and great-granddaughter Makaya Kordatzky. On behalf of her family, we would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and support through your words, hugs, actions, deeds, happy memories shared, songs and prayers. May the Creator bless you as well as we have been blessed to have had Lillian in our lives. Her smile was contagious as well as her laughter and generous heart and sense of humor. Burns Mortuary handled her final arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at www. burnsmortuary.com. Leah Conner June 29, 1932 - Nov. 15, 2018 Leah Joan Conner died Nov. 15, 2018, in Pendleton surrounded by loved ones. She was born June 29, 1932, to Gilbert Edward and Elsie Spokane Conner in the family home on the Umatilla Reservation. Midwives to her delivery were Vera Spokane Jones and Winnie Young Chief Crane. Leah attended District 44 on the Reservation
and graduated from Pendleton High where she was vice president of the school band (saxophonist), active in drama and Bachelor Girls and was a basketball princess and Junior Altrusan. Leah was an avid tennis player and swimmer along with dancing and riding horses including racing for her brother Norman. She began driving harvest trucks for local pea and wheat farmers at age 15. Mrs. Henry Roe Cloud, wife of the BIA Superintendent for whom Leah babysat, encouraged Leah to save for college. She attended Willamette University her freshman and sophomore years where she worked at the State School for the Blind to earn room and board there. In Salem, she also clerked in the Woolworth stockroom and worked at the Ice Arena. While a student at Willamette, Leah was selected to serve as queen of the all-Indian 1952 Pendleton RoundUp Court. This was her second stint as rodeo royalty. With Loretta Pinkham, Leah served as a 1948 Chief Joseph Days Indian Princess, the Leah Conner first time such a selection was made. In various capacities, she met Averill Harriman, Robert Taft, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Lee Marvin, Eddy Little Sky, Jonathon Winters, and Peter Fonda. Leah transferred to the University of New Mexico for her junior year as a physical education major and studied dance under modern dancer and choreographer Elizabeth Waters. As an officer of the UNM Kiva Club, Leah remembered one time being the only woman permitted to attend a kiva ceremony with her fellow male delegates—she wore boots and jeans. She graduated from Eastern Oregon State College in 1966 with an emphasis in health and physical education. She taught, counseled, and coached at Coulee Dam High School; Pendleton District 16 R Hawthorne, Lincoln and Washington Elementary Schools; and Warm Springs Elementary and Madras High School. Meanwhile, she attained her Master of Education from Oregon State University in 1973 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Washington in 1980 focusing on education and studio art. She also worked in parks and recreation for the City of Roses, Chemawa Indian School, and for the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla. She became the CTUIR’s first tribal member to direct the Education Department in 1981 until 1983. Prior to that, she had served as certified teacher in the Tribes’ early childhood education program. She worked at the circulation desk of the Pendleton Public Library from 1984 to 1992. Leah was the founding President of the Tiimutla Arts Council from 1981-1989. She served on the Resources and Research Committee in the planning stages of Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. Leah was devoted to the annual Tamkaliks Celebration in Wallowa and served on the Committee since its inception in 1991. She assisted the Idaho State Commission on Arts Services, Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council,
Oregon Commission for the Humanities, Umatilla County Education Service District, Blue Mountain Community College, the design committee of the the Clock Tower Restoration and on the Boards of Directors of the Nez Perce Trail Foundation and the Wallowa Homeland Project. She was honored as a Happy Canyon Volunteer of the Year in 1993. Leah is predeceased by her parents; siblings Duane Elliott, Gilbert Cecil, Antoinette, Norman Joseph, Etta Leona, Earl Erwin and Naomi Shepherd; and children Robert Hibbs, Norma Nanette Manta, and Kimberly Conner Coleman. She is survived by her children Roberta, Brian and Dana Conner of Pendleton and Chuck Warren, Alpine, Calif.; grandchildren Raven and Michael Manta, Pendleton; Monece and Kanim Moses Conner, PeAndleton; Jonas Moses Conner, Seattle; Cody, Sierra, and Austin Warren, California; Ashley Valdez, Portland; Eliot and Gilberta Gottfriedson, Pendleton; Blake Stohr, Corvallis; Wyatt Stohr, Bonney Lake, Wash. Among her greatest blessings were her seven greatgrandchildren: Kiana Manta, Michael Manta Jr., Robert Anthony Manta, Lillian Grace Wickert, Marcelline Garcia Gottfriedson, Cylus James Wickert, and Luna Love Garcia Gottfriedson. Celebration of Life was held at the Pendleton Presbyterian Church on Nov. 20. Burial followed at Olney Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Tamkaliks Celebration, P.O. Box 15, Wallowa, OR 97885. Sam McKay Feb. 24, 1969 - Nov. 19, 2018 Samuel D. McKay “Yaamash Washasha,” 49, born to Sam Willingham and Eileen McKay on February 24, 1969 in Portland, OR passed away in his home on November 19, 2018. During the early ‘70’s, he moved to Pendleton with his family. As a child he was raised by his Uncle Jake and Aunt Rubilee Willingham. Throughout his youth the family held a close bond with each other going on camping trips to Indian Lake, Starkey and North Fork sometimes for more than a week at a time during the summers. There were many swimming trips taken to Hat Rock State Park. Sam had many interests, he played baseball as a young man, began learning to cook, and later joined Rhythmic Mode in high school; he had the notoriety of being the first male to join the cheer club, later being joined by other males. He graduated from Pendleton High School in 1988 and after graduation he went to flight school back east Sam McKay where his goal was to become a flight attendant. Returning home, he was hired at Hanford Nuclear through the CTUIR and worked there for five years. When that job ended he was hired at the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources where he stayed for over twenty-five (25) years. During this time Sam was well known to be the coordinator of many staff potlucks, often going to find people to sign up if
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they hadn’t already so there was always plenty of food for events. Sam’s love of family continued and he was very involved with his nieces and nephews interests, helping them through sports, and took great pride in helping Makayla through her time as Happy Canyon Princess. He is survived by his life partner Rick Black; his brothers Tony Willingham, Atlanta, Georgia; Daniel Gilchrist, Puyallup, Washington; Rico McKay, Pendleton, OR; sisters Jolynne McKayWade, Columbus, Georgia; Leticia Willingham, Portland, OR; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his father and mother, his grandmother Elsie McKay, his sister Arzine Willingham. Jack Sams May 28, 1952 – Nov. 3, 2018 Jack Sams left us for the Spirit World on November 3rd, 2018, Jack was born May 28th 1952 to Chuck and Ruby Sams, in Pendleton Oregon. Jack was an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Jack grew up in Weston, Oregon, where he attended Weston Grade School and Weston High School. Jack excelled in football and baseball. He graduated from high school in 1971, and attended Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon graduating in 1973 with a degree in diesel mechanics. Jack made his home in Eugene Oregon, for the last 46 years. In September of 1996 he married longtime girlfriend Jack Sams Beverly Latenhauser. Jack worked many years for ( EWEB ), Eugene Electric Water Board. Jack was a fun loving guy, he loved to hunt, and fish, and Jack loved to dance, and enjoyed music and concerts and was a big Grateful Dead and Buddy Guy fan. Family actives were extremely important to Jack. He cherished, celebrating get togethers with his Sams family because there was lots of laughter and storytelling among the family members, and remembering of old times. Jack love to read his favorites were western books, he had a full collection of Louie L’Amour, he also collected comic books and enjoyed gardening, and attended to his roses. After retirement he volunteered at a Senior Center playing cards with the elderly. Jack is survived by his wife Beverly, his daughters Jen Blankenship, Chrissy Sams, 5 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, mother, Ruby Sams, Brothers, Butch (Sarah) David, Kim Sams, Sisters, Mari Tester, Margaret and Tammy Sams, Sally (Dave) Kosey. Many nieces and nephews He was preceded in death by his father Chuck Sams, brothers Donald Sams and John “Sluggo” Sams. There will be a Celebration of Life at St. Andrew Mission on Saturday, December 8th at 11:00 am. Dinner to follow at Kateri Hall.
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Public notice PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Land Protection Planning Commission of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will hold the following public hearing. Conditional Use File #CU-18-004 – Applicant, Paul L. Ellis; 68685 Shaw Road, Pilot Rock OR 97868. Owner, Paul D. and Dorcas K. Ellis; 68025 Shaw Road, Pilot Rock OR 97868. Applicant requests Conditional Use approval from the Land Protection Planning Commission to operate a private hunting preserve on 182.88 acres for upland game hunting offering guided and non-guided hunts for pheasant, chukar and Hungarian pheasant in conjunction with farm use. The subject properties are identified as Tax Lots 1900 (40 acres) and 2700 (142.88 acres) on Umatilla County Tax Map 1S 33B, both zoned Ag-2 (Farm Pasture). Properties are located on McKay Creek Road ¼ mile east of intersection with Shaw Road. Commercial activity in conjunction with permitted use is listed as a conditional use in the Ag-2 zone, Land Development Code (LDC) §3.050, subject to the standards in Chapters 17 and 18, approval criteria in Section 6.015 and approval process in Chapter 13, Hearings. The hearing will be held Tuesday, December 11, 2018 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Nixya’awii Governance Center Wanaq’it Conference Room on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 46411 Tímine 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 Timíne, Pendleton, OR 97801 or call (541)429-7518. _________________________ Travis Olsen, Secretary Land Protection Planning Commission
TRIBAL MEMBERS: This notification formally announces that applications are now being taken from tribal members who wish to serve on the Commissions/ Committees listed below. Appointed members will receive a $100.00 stipend per meeting effective January 1, 2016 once the minutes have been approved on CTUIR pay days. 1 position for Credit Board – 3 year term, meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday @ Noon 1 position for CTUIR Culture Coalition – term ending on May 7, 2020, meets as needed (No Stipends) 1 position for Culture Resource Committee – 2 year term, meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday @ 1:30 PM 1 position for Economic & Community Development Committee – 2 year term, meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday @ 9:00 AM-term ending June 12, 2019. 1 positions for Election Commission – Staggered Terms, BOT Appoints Position 4, meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday @ 4PM 1 position for Law & Order Committee – term ending Nov. 5, 2020, meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday @ 2:00 PM All applications will be due on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 by 4 p.m. and BOT will make appointments on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Applications available at the Nixyáawii Governance Center or online at www.ctuir.org/ government/committeescommissions. Completed applications should be submitted to the Nixyáawii Governance Center switchboard desk in the lobby. For more information, call 541-276-3165. If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn Brigham, BOT Secretary, at 541-429-7374 or Doris Scott, Secretary II, at 541-429-7377.
Weather Weather information summarizes data taken at the Pendleton Weather Station from Nov. 1-30. The average daily temperature was 40.5 degrees with a high of 65 degrees on Nov. 1 and a low of 20 degrees on Nov. 20. Total precipitation to date in November was 0.55” with greatest 24-hr average 0.28” Nov. 23. The average wind speed was 8.0 mph with a sustained max speed of 47 mph from the West on Nov. 4. A peak speed of 55 mph occurred from the West on Nov. 4. The dominant wind direction was from the West.
CTUIR Board of Trustees Chair Gary Burke
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Report: Climate change already impacting NW By Cassandra Profita, Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Northwest is already seeing the effects of climate change, according to a new national climate assessment. The 1,600-page report outlines dire consequences across the country as global temperatures continue to rise. In the Northwest, the changes threaten much of what our region holds dear – from ski seasons to salmon runs. Who put the assessment together? It was assembled by 13 federal agencies. It’s a report that’s put together for Congress every four years. This edition contains the most comprehensive evaluation to date on climate impacts to economy, health, agriculture and the environment. The 2018 assessment includes a whole chapter on the Pacific Northwest, providing a vivid picture of what’s in store. The findings aren’t just about future predictions but impacts we’re already seeing in the region. What are some of the key findings for the Pacific Northwest? They add up to bad news for Oregon, Washington and Idaho: More extreme weather creating more landslides, flooding, drought and wildfires. The report notes that the region’s way of life is connected to the environment and natural resources and that the impacts are profound. The Northwest’s economy depends in large part on natural resources in sectors like forestry, fisheries, agriculture and outdoor recreation. Climate change threatens all of them. Winter recreation, for example, would be hit hard; the report predicts a lack of snow from climate change could cut all snow-based recreation revenue by 70 percent. And with spring starting earlier, crops could start blooming before insects come around to pollinate them. Then there are the things we might not think about as related to climate change, like our health. Warmer temperatures bring more mosquitoes, and as a result we’re going to see more mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus. That means more people getting infected and even dying from that virus. The report says we’re already seeing some of these effects in the Northwest. What kinds of climate change impacts are we seeing? The report zeroes in on a recent year when we saw a lot of them: 2015, a year of severe drought for the Northwest. The report presents that year as a preview of our future with climate change. Temperatures were several degrees above normal with record low snowpack, rampant wildfires and smoky skies, and huge agricultural losses. Toxins from harmful algal blooms closed fisheries along the coast in 2015 and we saw salmon die-offs because of the warm water temperatures in rivers and streams. Does the report include recommendations for how we should prepare? Yes. And one of the big themes for those recommendations is reducing risk from extreme weather. It says we should
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More severe and frequent wildfires are predicted with climate change and fires in distant places like California and British Columbia will affect the airshed on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, as shown in this photo taken by Colleen Sanders during a period of heavy smoke in August. Sanders is the Climate Adaptation Planner for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Report: ‘Urgent call to tribal leadership’ By the CUJ
MISSION – Climate change isn’t a problem for the future. It’s a clear and present danger that must be immediately addressed “to provide for the long-term survival of the Umatilla Tribal citizens.” Fortunately, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) community “has the answers to the questions we will need to answer.” Those are the sentiments of two CTUIR climate change experts following the release in late November of the fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment, a 1,600-page report that summarizes ominous effects across the country, including the Pacific Northwest, as the earth continues to heat up. “Indigenous peoples around the world are the first to feel the effects, but are also in the best position to be ready,” Colleen Sanders, Climate Adaptation Planner in the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources (DNR), wrote in an email to the CUJ. “Having such a close relationship with the land means tribal members are seeing changes in the seasonality of traditional foods and medicines as they are happening now, and are sounding the alarm about the reality of climate change. “That connection to the plants and animals also means that local knowledge tribal members hold is the best source of information about how we can adapt,” Sanders wrote. “Tribal people have been on the landscape for millennia and have seen change before … Tribal nations are the leaders we need in the fight against climate change.” Don Sampson, the Climate Change Project Director for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, said in an email that the U.S. National Climate Assessment and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change present an “urgent call to our tribal leadership and people that we must begin immediately preparing for the impacts we will see in the next 10-30 years.” The reports identify that continued fossil fuels and polluting the air is already creating dire consequences, Sampson said. Extreme weather and heat, fires, drought, loss of salmon populations, and loss of native food all create
prepare our infrastructure for more stress in the future from stronger storms, hotter heat waves and bigger wildfires. It will be important to develop back-up plans for when things go wrong because of global warming. So, if a landslide or drought takes out a key source of groundwater, we need a second source to turn to. Farmers can start planting crops that are better suited to hotter summers and
health impacts to the CTUIR community. “I think the Board of Trustees, staff, and our community must focus immediately on how we will build self-reliance for our communities by building our own clean energy supply, our own clean water supply, our own local food supply, establish a community and food security system, and build strong political alliances with states like Oregon to build common strategies to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reinvest in clean energy,” Sampson wrote in his email to the CUJ. On the heels of the national assessment, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Nov. 28 released a budget and policy priorities that emphasize the importance of actions to mitigate climate change and transition to a clean energy economy, according to Kristen Sheeran, Ph.D., Energy and Climate Change Policy Advisor to the Governor in the state’s Carbon Policy Office. Brown’s budget includes funding for the Oregon Climate Authority, a new agency in government with a mission to oversee state strategies in pursuit of climate goals and implement the state’s cap-and-invest strategy, according to Sheeran. The Oregon Climate Authority will consolidate the functions of the Carbon Policy Office and the Department of Energy into a new agency with a new mission and structure, Sheeran said in an email. It will be responsible for greenhouse gas emissions reporting and tracking, operating the carbon market, overseeing state climate strategies, and the state’s current suite of energy programs currently located at the Department of Energy. Sampson said the CTUIR should endorse Oregon’s climate agenda and the new Oregon Climate Authority. “The Tribe should establish its own Climate Authority that goes beyond DNR. It must address and coordinate every department (natural resources, energy, health, public works, education, economic development, etc.) of the tribes’ efforts to plan for, mitigate, reduce, and create energy, water, economic, and security systems to provide for the long-term survival of the Umatilla tribal citizens,” Sampson wrote in his email.
wetter winters and springs. The Northwest can develop water markets so that people who have water could sell it to people who need it. And we can start growing more of our own seafood using aquaculture instead of catching wild species in the ocean to help offset the threat of extinction for fish and other species that will struggle to survive with warmer water and ocean
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acidification. The report acknowledges that much remains unknown about how the risk of climate change can be offset. But anything that reduces carbon emissions that trap heat — contributing to the greenhouse effect — will reduce the severity of that risk over time. This story was published Nov. 26, 2018
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CUJ News & Feature Nixyaawii students ‘next generation of givers’ By the CUJ
MISSION – If 11 students at Nixyaawii Community School raise $1,500 by February, the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation will match it with $15,000, which the students can then give away in grants to promote healthy living. CommuniCare, the outgrowth of a philanthropy elective class at NCS, consists of National Honor Society juniors and seniors, which make up a student committee that will ultimately decide on grant awards from a grant application process. “They will have difficult choices to make, but that’s part of philanthropy,” said Zack Brandsen, Social Studies teacher at NCS who is advising the CommuniCare group. The students have established a mission statement that will guide their decision making. “They can deny a grant request if it doesn’t fit the mission,” Brandsen said. “One of the concerns was that grants could only go to non-profits, but an exception was made that grants could be made to any group with a connection to tribal government.” That could be entities such as the Department of Children and Family Services or the Education Department of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Further, one fourth of the money $3,750 – can be spent at the school, again through an application process – for any number of things, ranging for example from microscopes to tennis rackets. The CommuniCare students could make a single grant or several. The only stipulation is that grants outside the school be no less than $1,000. Fundraising, which will begin Dec. 21 with a breakfast burrito sale (9-10:30 a.m. at Yellowhawk, Nixyaawii Governance Center and Wildhorse employee entrance), is designed so that students have to “take ownership” of the effort. “The Schnitzer family wants the students to accomplish something, to achieve something to get the match,” Brandsen said. Toward that goal, no donations of more than $50 will be accepted from an individual. Brandsen said CommuniCare fits into the philanthropy class, which is focusing on different “models of generosity” like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The class is designed to teach students “how to be better stewards of the community,” Brandsen said. As part of CommuniCare, the 11 students and four other members of the National Honor Society on Nov. 14 joined several hundred other Oregon students at a leadership retreat at the University of Portland. CommuniCare, through Jordan D. Schnitzer, covered the cost of the NCS students’ lodging and meals. The retreat was based on the art of storytelling and focused on expanding students’ ability to tell stories and share experiences.
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Nixyaawii Community School students who attended a Leadership Retreat at the University of Portland in November included, from left, Jace Ashley, Tyanna Van Pelt, Christina Kaltsukis, Reuben Bronson, Zoe Bevis, Kylie Mountainchief, Dazon Sigo, Lark Moses, Mick Schimmel, Susie Patrick, Ermia Butler, Cloe McMichael and Adilia Hart. All of these students are members of National Honor Society, however, Ashley, Bronson, Hart and Bevis do not participate in the philanthropy/CommuniCare group. Photo courtesy Zack Brandsen, Social Studies teacher and CommuniCare advisor
NCS CommuniCare mission statement
Nixyaawii Community School’s CommuniCare group is deeply concerned about fellow Native Americans. We want to do something to make a change, see a change, and be the change. We will use our funds to support and influence Native Americans and organizations supporting Native Americans in the promotion of healthy living. We define health living as, but not limited to, physical, mental, cultural, environmental or spiritual health. Historical trauma has led our people to live unhealthy lifestyles, which has contributed to alcohol and substance abuse for generations. This topic is important to us as student leaders because we see our community struggling with these health issues and we intend to break the cycle.
Schnitzer CARE Foundation mission statement
The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation believes that there should be opportunities for young people to create change. The CommuniCare program provides an environment where young adults learn about the needs of their communities through grant making and promotes a long-term understanding of philanthropy and ethic of volunteerism. By challenging students to engage in community service that is both rewarding and educational, we hope to encourage them to become adult citizens in their communities.
“They were supposed to practice with strangers one on one or with two or three, but some were shy and we had to push them to be with new people,” Brandsen said. While there, the students at the CommuniCare Leadership Retreat sat in on interviews of the three finalists for the Opus Prize, one of the world’s largest faith-based awards for social entrepreneurship. The finalists were hosted by the University of Portland, a Catholic college, for the week of Nov. 11-15, culminating in the final interviews in front of hundreds in the Chiles Center basketball arena. The winner, who received a prize of
$1 million, was Dr. Rami Nashashibi of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) in Chicago. IMAN implements grassroots programs that serve the most vulnerable families on Chicago’s south side. Working with Jewish and Christian leaders who also serve in the neighborhood, IMAN manages programs that address health, leadership development, arts and culture, transitional housing, food access and advocacy around poverty and prison reform. The two finalists – Daniel and Avitha Victor of the Agape Rehabilitation Centre in Chennai, India, and Jose Antonio Patron and Rev. Daniel Panchot of the
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Yancana Huasy in Lima, Peru - each received $100,000 awards. The Victors have spent their lives serving disabled teens and adults, a community of people who are often discarded in Indian culture. The Yancana Huasy works to integrate children and families with special needs into public school, faith communities and neighborhoods, primarily advocating to ensure the disabled have access to public transportation and handicapped accessibility in public buildings. On Dec. 13, the CommuniCare students from NCS and the rest of Oregon will have a backstage pass to the Portland Art Museum (PAM) to see the rehearsal for the Cirque de la Symphonie, which will combine the music of the Oregon Symphony with gravity-defying aerialists, acrobats, dancers and jugglers. Later on the same day at PAM, students will be exposed to “Memory Unearthed,” an “extraordinarily rare glimpse of life inside the Lodz Ghetto through the lens of Polish Jewish photojournalist Henryk Ross in Nazi Germany. Ross took propaganda photos, but at great risk also documented the brutal realities of life under Nazi rule, culminating in the deportation of tens of thousands to death camps at Chelmno and Auschwitz. With the hope of preserving a historical record, Ross buried more than 6,000 of his negatives in 1944. Some 125 of the photographs are included into the exhibit at PAM.”
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Michelle Thompson, Chair of the Election Commission, said that the Commission did not suggest the “sole authority” statement. Neither did it recommend the diminished boundary option. “The section in 3.06 that was changed was not our option, not any of those we recommended. We proposed four different options and none of those proposals were approved,” Thompson said. Thompson said the Election Commission wanted another work session and asked for one. Brigham also said the work session was asked for but the rest of the Board ignored the request. Thompson said the Election Commission thought at the Friday meeting on the 16th that the resolution was going to be tabled on Monday (Nov. 19) for another work session. “We knew the Board was fine with the grammar changes and the addition of the voter intent, but there was a bit of a mixup and Rosenda (Shippentower) said we needed to use what was talked about at the meeting on Nov. 6,” Thompson said. In fact most of the Nov. 19 meeting was a bit of a mixup. The attorney working with the Election Commission, who helped them craft their four options, was at his office in Denver. Dan Hester emailed or phoned at least five times to change the wording in different exhibits attached to the resolution before the Board voted. Which is why Treasurer Wheeler abstained when she voted. “I’m uncomfortable with this whole process,” Wheeler said. “I’m not sure what we’re voting on or where or what the exhibits are.” Thompson said the BOT accepted the rest of the Election Code revisions, including voter intent changes (see other story), but the four residency options were not considered and 3.06 was “rewritten.” Thompson also said the Election Commission wanted to take 3.06 to the General Council for a vote because she doesn’t think this Board, or subsequent Boards, should be able to decide which
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TEC, but illegally, according to Tribal Attorney Dan Hester. Hester said during a Dec. 11, 2017 work session with the BOT that voter intent has always been applied but never allowed, technically. Under the new code amendments passed by the BOT last month, a “voter intent guide” has been adopted along with new language in section of 3.06 of the code. The voter intent exhibit attached to resolution 18-085 states, “This helpful exhibit illustrates the important standards through the use of pictorial examples of voted ballots and how they should be interpreted by the TEC. No publication could anticipate all of the possible circumstances that arise in the counting process. In cases where the situation is not addressed in Tribal Law, Tribal Election Code that includes this exhibit, authority to determine voter intent rests with the Tribal Election Commission.” The sections within the exhibit include
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map to choose in deciding residency for candidates. “That’s why we wanted to go to tribal members,” she said. “They can use this map today, and tomorrow use that map. We should take it to the people.” Another member of the Election Commission, Andrea Hall, said using the diminished boundary makes no sense to her and she doesn’t think it would make any sense to the Constitution’s founders. “The Board said the founders made a ‘mistake.’ Eli (Elias Quaempts) and others did not make a mistake. If you diminish the boundary you are taking the very bricks away that you’re standing on. The founders like my father (Steve Hall, the first BOT Chair in 1951) were inclusive. This Board says they don’t know what the founders were thinking. I did. They didn’t turn anyone away. They didn’t exclude people. We’re talking about proximity to the reservation. Not Portland. We’re talking about Adams and Athena, 12 to 15 miles away,” Hall said. BOT Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf said the Board as policy makers are charged with making code changes. The General Council makes decisions when it comes to Constitutional amendments. Constitutional changes are not the job of the BOT or the Election Commission, he reiterated. “That’s the only job we have. We are tasked with making and changing policy. There are a number of codes that define the reservation,” he said, mentioning the CTUIR Water Code and Fish and Wildlife Code. Thompson said, however, that neither of those codes define the boundary and neither have maps. “It’s a guessing game if you live within the boundary. The Commission is concerned that our members know exactly what the borders are. People are coming home and wanting to run, but there is no official map,” Thompson said. Attorneys in the CTUIR Office of Legal Counsel were contacted by the CUJ but would not go on the record with comments about 3.06 – Qualifications for Holding Office.
Voter intent guide sections: •Target Area: includes guide for incorrect markings due to obvious stray marks, hesitation marks, parts of written notes and corrected votes •Pattern of Similar Marks •Corrected Marks •Not a Correction •Written Instructions •Identifying Marks •Overvotes •Write-in: Blank Target Area •Write-in: Already on the Ballot •Write-in: Name Variations •Write-in: Not Eligible •Write-in: Vote in the Wrong Place •Messy Marks
Target Area, Pattern of Similar Marks, Corrected Votes and many others. The purpose of the manual is to determine what a voter may have meant when they incorrectly fill out their ballot. Before the manual existed the TEC was left to guess what voters meant to mark. Now there is a guide that outlines exactly how to count a misstep made by a voter.
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Students display heritage proudly
Rosaella Salt grins while waiting for the next dance at the Washington Elementary Native American Heritage Month Assembly Nov. 8.
The Washington Elementary School Native American Heritage Month Assembly was a large family affair for many students who participated in the dancing. From left is Sheldon Joseph Jr., Maelyn Stanger and her grandmother Mildred Quaempts.
The Pendleton Early Learning Center held their own Heritage Month Assembly shortly after Washington Elementary held theirs. Azalia Minthorn holds her fan high as she dances.
A group of girls stand and honor veterans during the Heritage Month Assembly at Washington Elementary. From left is Elizabeth Bevis, Kyra Metcalf, Dazha Joseph and Marcella Stanger.
Eva Oatman, left, and Keyen Greene, right, stand during the veteran honoring song during the Washington Elementary School Native American Heritage Month Assembly Nov. 8. Oatman and Greene are both Nixyaawii Community School students and traveled with Nixyaawii Community School to area schools to help demonstrate different styles of dancing during the assemblies.
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Garian Morning Owl-McDonald dances during the Pendleton Early Learning Center Assembly.
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Welcome to Yellowhawk’s Behavioral Health Team Anna Towksjhea, Chemical Dependency Counselor Anna joins Yellowhawk’s Behavioral Health Department as a Chemical Dependency Counselor. Anna, who is from the Quinault Nation, will provide outreach, prevention, and outpatient chemical dependency counseling/education to Yellowhawk patients of all ages.
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James Rinehart, Integrated Health Care Coordinator James joins Yellowhawk as part of the BH2I Program, a grant addressing substance use disorders in youth and adults. His new role will provide assistance in integrating wrap-around support services for clients with medical, mental health and/or substance use disorders. James works collaboratively across multiple systems to provide the overall management and coordination of a patient’s recovery care plan.
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Sampson picks up Walla Walla staff for Peo Peo Mox Mox ‘I understand I will be criticized. My Dad and Grandma told me ... my elders told me … you must have a hide seven skins thick.’
Siblings Donald, left, and Linda Sampson, right, discuss the next move during the memorial for their father and chieftainship ceremony at the Mission Longhouse. “I will be there to stand by his side and support him. It will always be my responsibility to help my brother with his lifelong mission,” Linda said.
Story by Wil Phinney & Photos by Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ
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hen Donald Sampson took his father’s name – Peo Peo Mox Mox - and became the new Walla Walla Chief he immediately began a new life as a grassroots tribal leader who will advocate for Tribal treaty rights, protecting the land, air, and waters, encourage native youth, and advise tribal elected officials to do the same. Sampson’s chieftainship naming and War Bonnet Ceremony Nov. 3 drew nearly 300 people from across the Northwest. The Longhouse on the Umatilla Indian Reservation was packed with natives, including many Tribal leaders, from Warm Springs, Colville, Nez Perce, Jamestown S’Klallam, Nisqually Yakama, Umatilla, and guests from as far away as Japan. “It will be hard to live up to Dad’s role and those that went before him, leaders of the time who fought and died for the treaty. That’s what I aspire to. I have a lot of shortcomings, but I aspire to be a great leader,” Sampson said during a mid-December interview at his house on South Market Road. Sampson, 57, a fisheries biologist by education has served in elected and hired positions for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation – elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees (25 years ago) and Vice Chair of the General Council, and as Executive Director. But this new position is a hereditary leadership role that he is taking just as seriously. “I have a responsibility to be a role model, to live a good life, to encourage young people … to be a
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The event drew many guests and several men attended in their war bonnets to honor the late Chief Carl Sampson. From left is, Brooklyn Baptiste from Nez Perce, Walla Walla Chief Donald Sampson, Cayuse Chief Jesse Jones, Umatilla Chief Gary Burke, Umatilla Chief Bill Burke, Silas Whitman from Nez Perce and Curtis Bearchum, Walla Walla.
teacher, a mentor, and guide the community,” Sampson said. “I have a lot to learn and I’ll always be learning, but I also can use my tribal political experience and knowledge of customs and traditions,” he said. Sampson said he plans to listen to the will of the people. “My elders told me I have to listen to the people and that will guide you,” he said. “I will learn a lot from my people and I will look to get advice and hear from the people. I listened to what my elders had to say and they said ‘You listen to the people.’” Sampson said he knows he will be scrutinized. “I understand I will be criticized. My Dad and Grandma told me, Edith (McCloud), Lillian Hoptowit, Cecilia Bearchum and other elders told me … you must have a hide seven skins thick. I want to be humble and giving, but a strong advocate for our people and our land. I will always look out for the people, all of them.” In his new role, Sampson may not be in an elected position, but he plans to stay on top of political goings-on. He wants “our people” to return to the Walla Walla tribal homelands along the Columbia River in Tri-Cities where a controversial “conveyance” of land has been proposed. The three cities want the U.S. government to give them land along the river, but they haven’t provided any specific purposes for their request. Sampson said the land belongs to the Walla Walla Tribe. “This is our homeland, our people need to return
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there to exercise our treaty fishing rights, build a longhouse and gathering area at Columbia Point, protect our cultural sites, and return land to our people,” he said. Sampson said that in the Treaty of 1855, the first Walla Walla Chief Peo Mox Mox was promised a trading post there, but he was murdered and the U.S. government never kept its promise. “My father worked for years to honor that promise; now I am handed the torch to carry. Just like the land and longhouse at Wallowa, we want to return to our homeland on the Columbia River,” the new chief said. He said he hopes the CTUIR Board of Trustees and General Council will support this effort. “I will encourage and support the BOT as long as they are a strong advocate for treaty rights, our culture, our land,” he said. “I will be an advocate and offer encouragement. I won’t second guess the Board, but when I see the need to speak out, that’s what I’ll do.” Sampson knows his advice may not always be welcome, but he’s not afraid to offer it. He plans to attend meetings of the General Council and Board of Trustees. “If I can be a voice, if I can offer advice to the Board, or if they ask me I will be prepared to help.” The BOT is busy, Sampson said, so if he can assist them in any way he will. “If they ask me to do something that supports the Tribes’ values I’ll do it, I’ll help them,” he said. “If they ask me to represent the Tribes at meetings, I have enough knowledge on issues to do that.” In fact, Sampson has been Executive Director for
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The young men of the Sampson family were gifted with hand painted drums during the chieftanship ceremony and memorial giveaway. From left is Curtis Sampson, Johnny Sampson and Ian Sampson.
‘It will be hard to live up to Dad’s role and those that went before him, leaders of the time who fought and died for the treaty. That’s what I aspire to. I have a lot of shortcomings, but I aspire to be a great leader.’
Cathy Sampson-Cruse, Don Sampson’s oldest sister, speaks at the Mission Longhouse Nov. 3.
- Walla Walla Chief Don Sampson
Arlita Sampson, the wife of the late Carl Sampson, witnessed her son taking her husband’s place as the new Walla Walla chief. That’s Curtis Bearchum next to her.
Sandra Sampson, another of Don Sampson’s three sisters, examines some of the gifts given away during the ceremonies at the Mission Longhouse on the Umatilla Indian Reservation Nov. 3.
the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and negotiated as a member of the international Pacific Salmon Commission. He was awarded the Harvard Honoring Nations and Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World. He attends the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and National Congress of American Indians conventions regularly. He also represented Indigenous people at the United Nations Paris Climate Accord in 2015. He has owned a consulting business for the last eight years and plans to continue that work. He teaches at Portland State University, is leading the Climate Change program for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and works with real estate Portland philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer. The Schnitzers are working with tribes to diversify economic development and investments in real estate – offices, shopping centers, retail, industrial, and apartments. Sampson’s consulting job gives him flexibility to maintain his chief responsibilities. “I’m fortunate to have more time to attend to important matters. When there are funerals, namings, I’ll try to be there to support the people. Whenever I’m asked to be there,” Sampson said.
Young girls line up before the giveaway at the end of the memorial, chieftainship naming and War Bonnet Ceremony that took place at the Mission Longhouse. The all-day event drew some 300 people from all over the Northwest.
The new chief said he was proud to support young people at Sunridge Middle School’s National Native American Heritage Celebration and in Kennewick at The Reach Museum dance performance, both in November. Sampson knows people are sometimes critical of CTUIR chiefs, referring to them a “ceremonial” or “Round-Up” chiefs. But he says he will try to take on responsibilities beyond that role. “Round-Up is one week a year. There are 51 other weeks that are just as important,” Sampson said. “You can expect to see me as an ambassador, as a helper where ever possible.” Sampson has been traveling the world over the last eight years with his fiancé, Peggy, but heeded the request of his father who began in earnest about three years ago asking his youngest son to come home. “He slowly started asking me over the last eight years and in the last three he told me I need to come back. When he got sick he said, ‘Remember, I told you,’” Sampson said. Sampson realizes he’s not just succeeding his father. The lineage of hereditary leaders is long and includes Jack Abraham, Charlie Johnson, Jim Kanine,
‘I will be an advocate and offer encouragement. I won’t second guess the Board, but when I see the need to speak out, that’s what I’ll do.’
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No Shirt, Homily, and the first Peo Peo Mox Mox. “I’m going to take on the responsibility and take it seriously,” he said. “Anybody who’s done it before knows the challenge, but I’m not afraid. It’s a big honor. I’m humbled and honored at the same time.” Sampson also is aware that he is the first “halfbreed” to be a Walla Walla chief. “I heard it growing up, but I remember Steve Sohappy, Ike Patrick, my Grandmother and Grandfather Carrie and John Sampson, and other elders telling me to ‘Walk with my head up. If you have an Indian heart then walk with your head up.’ I was raised by my Grandma. I’m as Indian as anybody. I want our young people to believe the same thing, be proud of who they are.” Sampson remembered that day in 1996 when his father told him, “The elder women want to talk with you.” It was Edith McCloud, Lillian Hoptowit and Cecelia Bearchum, all gone now. “They came to my teepee at Indian Lake during the Huckleberry Feast. They talked to me and Mike McCloud. They told him that he would be a subchief to help his father,” Sampson remembers. “They told me that one day I would be a slave to my people and my community. They said it would take someone who can carry the burden is how it was explained to me. It’s a big honor and I’m very humbled by it. On behalf of all my family, I want to thank the people who were there for my father’s memorial and the chief/warbonnet ceremony. I will do the best I can.”
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Briefly Thompson fundraiser at Christmas Celebration MISSION – A fundraiser will be held for Tribal Member Valerie Thompson during the annual Christmas Celebration at the Mission Longhouse Dec. 21 and 22. Thompson fell extremely ill earlier in 2018 and had multiple surgeries for a septic infection. She will need reconstructiv surgery and has been unable to work due to her illness. A portion of the proceeds from the food vendors during the celebration will go toward Thompson’s travel, medical and housing expenses. For more information or to donate contact Valerie Thompson at 541-215-2887.
Elders: Youth Council will provide community service MISSION – Members of the Youth Leadership Council for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are ready to provide community service for elders in the Mission community. The young people will stack wood, rake leaves or shovel snow, etc. Just call any of the following: Luis Ortega at 541-215-7358, Moses Moses at 541-3108563, Tyason Burns at 541-969-8415, Bryson Bronson Red Crane at 541-215-5610, or the youth advisors at the Department of Children at Family Services at 541-429-7300.
Elders’ stipend information available
MISSION – Elders in search of their monthly stipends are encouraged to contact the Enrollment Office for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). After reaching the age of 65, CTUIR Members are allocated a monthly stipend. After coming of age elders must contact Enrollment to prompt the issuance of their checks, which are not sent until the month after their 65th birthday. For more information contact Senior Activities Coordinator Alan Crawford at 541-429-7388.
Elders’ Christmas Luncheon at Wildhorse Dec. 20
MISSION – The Elders’ Christmas Luncheon is planned at Wildhorse Resort & Casino Dec. 20. The event is for elders age 55 and older. A continental breakfast will be available before the event scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Door prizes will be awarded and lunch will be served. To donate items to the door prize and raffle drawings contact DCFS at 541-429-7300
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push it forward,” Merkley said. The money is needed to figure out where a village could be located near The Dalles Dam and how it would look. The Army Corps and a committee of tribal members had identified three Washington sites in 2016, but now need to figure out if they will still work. The site could end up on the Oregon side of the river. The locations would need to be assessed for feasibility and environmental concerns. Tribal members are supposed to be involved at every step of the process, such as deciding whether the housing will be individual homes with covered garages, like at Celilo Village, or multi-family units. Celilo Village, where 15 permanent homes take the place of one of oldest continually inhabited tribal centers in the world, took decades to build, but is considered a sign of success that could be replicated in this new effort. After the decisions are made, the plans would be subject to public input. The Army Corps would also perform preliminary engineering, according to Corps spokeswoman Sarah Bennett. All that work was expected to be done in 2016 - or shortly after. But now, the delay could add years to the project planning. The Corps will have to ask for more money to actually build the village once all the planning is completed. There is no estimate of the cost yet.
At the same time, a standalone bill is in its final stages to fix up the existing 31 fishing sites. The sites are maintained and operated by the Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission, which took on the task because no one else was doing it. The fish commission largely focuses on salmon restoration and managing tribal fishing on the Columbia River. The money to maintain the sites is quickly running out because it was created with estimates that undercounted how many people would use the sites. The Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act would allow the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to evaluate what improvements are needed at the sites and how much money it would take to bring them up to a safe, sanitary standard. The bill has already passed out of the Senate and is on the House floor awaiting a vote. From there, it would go straight to the president’s desk to be signed into law. “The Trump Administration has been putting up barriers to this project for too long and I’m glad they’ve finally decided to allow progress,” said Blumenauer. “While this process moves forward, they should also work with Congress to rebuild faith with the tribes and pass my legislation to improve conditions at the current in-lieu and treaty fishing access sites for those without housing.” -Molly Harbarger, mharbarger@oregonian.com, 503-294-5923, @MollyHarbarger
Happy 30th Anniversary December 23rd, 1988 to December 23rd, 2018
For my Husband Marvin I want you to know just how luck I feel every day of my life to be married to such a wonderful man. You are a wonderful, generous husband who’s been there for me time after time. You have blessed every day of my life with the joy and the wonder of knowing true love at its best.
With love, Your wife Patty
MerryChristmasandHappyNewYearandMerryChristmasandHappyNewYearandHappyHolidaystoeveryonewhoisreadingthisandwehopeyourholidaysaresafeandwarmandfullofloveandjoy.
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NCS art on exhibit at UO-Portland campus in December
Mission moc rockers Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center staff celebrated Native American Heritage Month by wearing their moccasins on “National Rock Your Mocs Day” Nov. 15. From left is J’Shon Thompson, Jackie Thompson, Sadie Mildenberger, Lorasa Joseph, Jacy Sohappy, Wenona Scott, Ashley Harding, Shana Alexander and Sandra Sampson. CUJ photos by Jill-Marie Gavin
Employees of the Nixyaawii Governance Center put one foot in to show off their moccasins Nov. 15.
Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center employees showing off their mocs.
CTUIR employees joined in for Rock Your Mocs and also rocked some ribbon skirts. From left is Modesta Minthorn, ShellyRose Minthorn, Martina Gordon, Aaron Hines, Jonni Spencer, Lexi Bronson, Appollonia Saenz, Lloyd Barkley, Denise Wickert, Carman Chalakee and Celeste Reves.
EUGENE – A special art exhibition at the University of Oregon – Portland will feature the silk screen, linocut and lithograph prints created by 22 high school students and alumni from Nixyaawii Community School on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. UO President Michael H. Schill and other leadership are expected to attend an artist reception at noon on Friday, Dec. 7, at the UO-Portland campus. It will be followed by a hosted lunch from 12:451:30 p.m. The event will feature remarks by President Schill, exhibit curator Cris Moss, and Michelle Van Pelt from Nixyaawii Community School. Several student artists plan to attend the reception. Students with relief prints completed in 2015-2017 in the exhibit include Arlen Blue Thunder, EllaMae Looney, Francis Gomez Chalakee, L’Rissa Sohappy, Montaylor Fuentes, Nathan Nez, Peter Gomez Chalakee, Shanae Williams, Shandiin Horton, Teata Oatman, and Tyanna Van Pelt. NCS students exhibiting screen prints created in 2018 are Cloe McMichael, Dancing Star Leighton, Ermia Butler, Kylie Mountainchief, EllaMae Looney, and Tuanna Van Pelt. Selected students learn printmaking techniques each year at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, which is located at St. Andrews Mission on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Briefly of funds. Call Crow’s Shadow at 541-276-3954 to reserve a spot.
BMCC Winter admission deadline Dec. 21
Dorothy Cyr will lead a one-day Star Pillow workshop for all-levels of participants at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts on Saturday, Dec. 8.
Cyr will lead another star pillow workshop Dec. 8 MISSION – Dorothy Cyr will lead a Star Pillow Workshop Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Crow’s Shadow Instiutute of the Arts on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The one-day workshop invites all levels, although some basic sewing experience is helpful. Lunch and materials, including fabric, stuffing, and tools, will be provided. Participants are welcome to bring their own sewing machine or any special fabrics. The class is limited to 10 participants. There is a $10 suggested registration fee but no one will be turned away for lack
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PENDLETON – The Winter admission deadline is Dec. 21 for classes at Blue Mountain Community College. Winter classes begin Jan. 7. FAFSA applications for 2019-20 opened Oct. 1 of this year. The application process and financial aid status are available in the Wolf Web student account online. For more information contact Annie Smith, Native Ameriecan Liaison and Success Coach, at asmith@bluecc.edu or call 541-278-5935.
EOU enrollment up 5% LA GRANDE – Overall enrollment is up 5 percent and online enrollment increased by 2 percent at Eastern Oregon University, according to an EOU news release that focused on a recent Board of Trustees meeting. The college’s satellite campus enrollment declined, but EOU’s online enrollment grew by 2 percent. “We are beginning to see positive results where resources have been fo-
cused,” EOU President Tom Insko said in the news release. “We are evaluating what we need to do to change the decline in enrollment at our satellite locations.” EOU is experiencing a growing number of high school students matriculating from the eastern Oregon region, and more transfer students from local community colleges enrolled in fall 2018 than a year ago. Among new transfer students, 50 percent are from low-income backgrounds and 35 percent are firstgeneration college students. EOU closed FY18 in an even better position than expected, and administrators say the surplus will be used to defray tuition costs, keeping the burden off of students.
The event is organized by community members and supported by the Nixyaawii Celebration Committee.
Coat Drive continues
MISSION – A Coat Drive sponsored by the Youth Leadership Council for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation continues through Dec. 14. Coats, scarves, hats and gloves which can be taken to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) office at the Nixyaawii Governance Center. For more information contact Keyen Singer at HuaHuats5@gmail.com or Latis Nowland at latisnowland@icloud.com. Contact DCFS youth advisors at 541429-7300.
Christmas light parade and Sobriety Pow Wow caroling Dec. 19 planned Dec. 28
MISSION – A Christmas light parade will start with set-up and decorating at the Longhouse at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 19 on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. At 5:35 p.m. decorations on a Christmas tree will be illuminated. The parade and caroling will start 10 minutes later at 5:45. The parade will travel in a loop through the Mission housing area back to the Longhouse. The parade, which is expected to last about a half hour, will end with hot chocolate and soup at the Longhouse.
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MISSION – A Sobriety Pow-Wow is planned Dec. 28 at the Longhouse on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The event begins with an Alcohol Anonymous meeting at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7, followed by dancing, drumming and games at 8 p.m. The pow-wow is sponsored by the Yellowhawk Prevention Program and The Beginnings Coalition. For more information contact Marissa Baumgartner at 541-240-8440.
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Harper Jones elected Round-Up Indian Director
PENDLETON – The Pendleton RoundUp Association at its annual Stockholders meeting reelected President Dave O’Neill to a second term to lead the iconic Oregon event into its 109th year. Harper Jones II, one of three new directors, will succeed Rob Collins as the new Round-Up Indian Director. Jones should be a familiar face to Native Americans at the weeklong event in September. Elected to the Happy Canyon Board of Directors in the fall of 2008, he has served the last three years as show director for the Night Show and Pageant. For two years he was the Indian Director for the Happy Canyon Board. Along with Jones, from Pendleton, the other two new directors are Pat Reay of Walla Walla and Kevin Jordan of Pendleton, who were elected to four year terms on the official board of directors. Livestock director Randy Bracher was elected vice-president, sponsors director Tiah DeGrofft was voted-in as secretary
Harper Jones, Pat Reay and Kevin Jordan were elected to four-year terms as new members of the board of directors for the Pendleton Round-Up Association.
and office/ticketing director, and Kevin Jordan, will serve as treasurer. Jones is a local dentist with a 30-year professional resume in the Round-Up
City. He is married to Kim and together they have three children – Harper, Jake and Sydney (2019 Round-Up Queen). Jones is active in his church and has
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around a lot. Why is that? Or it can be seen as he’s done a lot and that’s an advantage I think the Board of Trustees saw. And they saw it as strength, the ability to solve different kinds of problems,” Wright said in an interview a few days before he officially went to work in the West Wing of the Nixyaawii Governance Center. Wright said people that work for only one tribe know only one way to look at an issue. “And no matter how many national conferences you go to, it’s different when you work with people. It’s a completely different thing when you’re in it,” Wright said. “I feel like that may be one of the reasons they hired me, one of the main reasons, so we’ll see. I don’t think any problem is going to surprise me.” Wright has had success, he said, in “getting things turned around” in places. He was doing that at Haskell Indian Nations University in 2008 when a colleague asked him to help fix things. When he left Haskell a year later, some people called Wright a “whistleblower,” but he said that was exaggerated. However, Haskell has recently been in the news regarding the very issues Wright pointed out 10 years ago. He was getting things turned around at Lummi in 2011 when the Tribal Chair lost re-election by two votes. The new council didn’t want the executive director hired by the previous board. (Because there were no performance issues, the Lummi government bought out Wright’s contract. He isn’t working under a contract here.) The last two jobs, which lasted about a year between them, apparently weren’t good fits for Wright in one way or another. Seven months at Tolowa Dee-Nation (Smith River) in Northern California and it just wasn’t working for Wright, who was living and commuting from up the coast in Brookings, Oregon. “You have to feel comfortable for the long haul if you want to work some place several more years. In California, no matter what I was going to do it wouldn’t get better,” Wright said.
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served on local boards such as the Pendleton Air Museum, his kids’ local Boy Scout troop leader, as well as many other volunteer community activities. Jones started his Pendleton RoundUp volunteering in high school when he spent years as an usher in Section K of the South Grandstand. He spent two years as the Indian Director, three years as the Properties Director and also served concurrently as the Publicity Director for a year. His last three years were served as the Happy Canyon Show Director. At the same time Jones helped on the Round-Up side of the fence. He has stocked folding chairs by the hundreds for many years and helped wherever he could on the Round-Up workday. When not involved in physical labor, he and some friends have sung the National Anthem at the Round-Up for three years as well as over at the Professional Round-Up on page 21A
Ted Wright – At a glance He ran the administration for the Makah Tribe for about five months, leaving there to go to work for the CTUIR. He said he could have stayed there, but it’s so far from anything. It was a long drive and then a ferry ride through the Strait of Juan de Fuca. “You can see that my career path has been non-linear to say the least,” Wright said in an email he sent to the CUJ. “This is in part because of the nature of many executive positions in Indian Country, but also due to my frequent role as a troubleshooter.” Now about this job. Wright will be taking over a job that was run by Deb Croswell as deputy executive director and then as interim executive director from February to December 2017, Chuck Sams as interim ED from December 2017 to March 2018, and Eric Quaempts as interim ED from March to December 2018. In all cases, of course, the executive director is the only administrative position answerable to the Board of Trustees. Wright said he will be honest with the nine people he calls boss. “As I told the Board, I work for them. I will let them know what I think … I’ll do what they tell me to do, but that doesn’t mean I won’t work as hard as I can to convince them that there might be a better way of looking at this,” Wright said. He also said he would tell them: “If you don’t want to follow my recommendations, I understand. I won’t take it personally.” The Board, Wright said, hasn’t talked about any particular problems. “I think my assumption is that there are growing pains,” he said in the interview at Great Pacific in Pendleton. “I don’t anticipate all kinds of problems, but there has been 10 years of major growth in the budget and the number of employees … Considering that much growth in that amount of time it’s impressive how you’ve kept it together.” Wright said he told the Board that within three to six months he’ll have a work plan based on his observations and discussions with the 16 department directors in tribal government. “It will take me three to six months
to make sense of the organization,” he said. There will be alliterations of the plan, Wright said, noting that outcomes often change after an election and new strategic planning sessions by new leaders. Wright’s plan will surely “manage to mission,” he said. That means “strengthening sovereignty and treaty rights and improving the lives of tribal citizens through all kinds of programs and services without having them become dependent on them,” Wright said. “It’s a touchy balance between providing services and not having people grow dependent on them so that they lose their motivation to improve their own lives. Wright said he’s very progressive when it comes to politics. “I believe in helping people, but I also believe you can’t nurture overdependence.” Wright was in Europe when he learned of his interview for his new job. He changed his flight home from Spain to touchdown in Portland instead of Seattle so he could get to Pendleton quicker. Usually, he said, he spends two or three days preparing to meet his potential employers. As it was, he was hired after an hour phone interview with the Board’s ED Search Team and a two-hour interview in person with the BOT. He likes Pendleton, calling it a “small quaint town.” He said the area is “different from the coast in a good way.” Perhaps, he said, he’d like to finish out his career here. Because life is short. “You get to be my age and you better understand life is short,” he said. “Life is way too short to be in a bad situation or to be angry or upset or bitter or any of those negative emotions. I don’t waste my time on it. I get over things very quickly … whether it’s a job that wasn’t a good fit or somebody who didn’t like me. I don’t waste a lot of energy or emotions.” Having said that, Wright wants to settle down. “At this point in my career,” he said
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EDUCATION Graduated from Sitka High School in 1974 Attended Central Washington University one year to play basketball for a semester and the rest of the year studying in Spain Transferring to Southern Oregon University in 1976 and early Bachelor’s degree in secondary education/English in 1979 Received fellowship to attend Penn State University through the American Indian Leadership Program and graduated with Master’s degree in Educational Administration in 1980 and the next year began doctoral studies through second fellowship Graduated with Ph.D. in education Theory and Policy with focus and dissertation on tribal economies as tied to political dynamics in 1989 EMPLOYMENT Worked at a pulp mill in Sitka to pay for college Sitka Summer Youth Employment Program coordinator and interim Social Services Director in 1978 Taught high school English and coached basketball at Mt. Edgecumbe High School from 1982-84 Elected to Sitka Tribal Council and served from 1982-84 Consultant work in the mid-1980s before and after returning to finish his doctorate in 1989 General Manager for Sitka Tribe of Alaska 1992-95 Year before and year after returned to Penn State as director of the American Indian Leadership Program From 1997-2004 continued consulting through a company – Tribal Resource Management Planning, which he founded in the late-1980s Faculty and administration at Antioch University in Seattle in 2004 Spent a year as Vice President of University Services at Haskell Indian Nations University in 2008 General Manager of the Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, in 2009 After change in political power at Lummi, moved back to Sitka in 2011 Executive Director for Stillaquamish Tribe of Indians in Arlington, Washington, from 2013-17 Executive Director of Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation in northern California from November 2017 to May 2018 Executive Director of Makah Tribes at Neah Bay on the peninsula of the Straight of Juan de Fuca in Washington from May 2018 to December 2018 Executive Director for Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation December 2018
in that email, “I’m happy to settle in this one, beautiful place and finish my working years helping continue what has been a remarkable journey of progress for the CTUIR.”
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Queen Sydney Jones to reign over 2019 Round-Up PENDLETON – The queen and court of the 2019 Pendleton Round-Up were named in late November. Queen Sydney Jones of Pendleton will reign with four other young women - twin sisters Raelin and Robie Davis of Baker City, Addie Kilgore of Joseph, and Mallory Walters from Pendleton. This year’s 109th Round-Up is Sept. 11-14, but the queen and court represent the week-long spectacular and the city of Pendleton all year long, attending numerous regional rodeos and events from the Portland Rose Festival to the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming to the Calgary Stampede in Alberta, Canada, as well as many local and regional activities throughout the year. The following is information provided by the Round-Up about the queen and her court.
QUEEN SYDNEY JONES of Pendleton, will reign over the 109th Pendleton Round-Up Sept. 11 – 14, 2019. She is the 20-year-old daughter of Harper and Kim Jones, also of Pendleton. Sydney graduated from Pendleton High School where she earned multiple honors while participating on Rhythmic Mode Dance Team, Symphonic Band, Link Crew and National Honor Society. She now attends Carroll College in Helena, Montana, where she is a Dean’s List biology major with a chemistry minor. Sydney’s Round-Up exper ienc e i nc ludes warming up court horses and jumping practice, retail sales, riding in nearly every parade for the past ten years, Happy Canyon cast member and 2017 Round-Up Princess. She began riding horses in 2008 with mentor Toni Minthorn, who also taught her jumping skills. Sydney owns Tilly and Rosie, two sorrel horses that know the routine and are ready to carry the new queen. PRINCESS RAELIN DAVIS represents a family with deep Round-Up roots, starting with her grandfather Ermie Davis, who supplied roping steers, many volunteers and court members including two aunts and two cousins. Although she was raised on her family’s Nevada ranch, they moved to Baker City during her high school years, where she excelled in FFA (state degree recipient), National Honor Society, was an scholar-athlete, and a National High School Finals Rodeo Qualifier. Raeilin is the 20-yearold daughter of Sandy Davis of LaGrande. Currently she is a Dean’s List student at Eastern Oregon University studying biochemistry, and is a member of EOU Pre-Veterinary Club, EOU PreProfessional Club and EOU Chemistry Club. She actively pursued the many disciplines of the American Quarter Horse Association including showmanship, western pleasure, western horsemanship, hunter under saddle, hunt equitation, trail, barrels and poles. She earned numerous all-around, high point and year-end awards culminating in qualifying and competing at the AQHA Youth Association World Show in Oklahoma City. She has also worked to start colts, train horses, and fine tune client horses at Eastern Slope Ranch in Baker City. PRINCESS ROBIE DAVIS graduated from Baker High School as class president, a member
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of National Honor Society and a scholar-athlete. Like her twin sister Raeilin, she is the 20-year-old daughter of Sandy Davis of LaGrande. Robie developed her horse skills in the North Eastern Nevada Horseman’s Association, Elko Youth Rodeo, and Silver State Stampede. Her family moved to Baker City when she was in high school and she joined the high school rodeo team where she placed at state and went on to compete at the National High School Finals. Robie was active within the American Quarter Horse Association industry where she won multiple all-around titles and qualified to compete in the 2012 AQHA World Show in Oklahoma City. Last fall she earned the American FFA Degree, which is the highest award a member may achieve. Robie is now pursuing a degree in Biochemistry at Eastern Oregon University, and was a presenter at this year’s American Chemistry Society National Meeting. Robie has four family members which have ridden on the Round-Up court.
PRINCESS ADDIE KILGORE, daughter of Wes and Sherri Kilgore, is 19 years old. She was the valedictorian of her class at Joseph Charter School, where she earned numerous awards while participating in National Honor Society, FFA, three sports, drama and visual arts. This year Kilgore is a sophomore at Oregon State University pursuing her bachelor’s degree in communications, with an art minor. Addie started riding horses at 5 years old and worked her way through 4-H competing and showing in English, Western, Bareback, Gamed, and Trailed styles. She rode with the Tuckerettes precision riding drill team at the Chief Joseph Days rodeo where she also was the ninth member of her family to serve as CJD Queen. Three of Addie’s relatives have been inducted into the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame, including John Spain, and Bonnie Tucker-Blankenship and Harley Tucker. Addie’s own Round-Up volunteerism includes serving in the 1910 Room last year. Kilgore has spent two summers fighting wildland fires. PRINCESS MALLORY WALTERS, the 20-year-old daughter of Cathy Walters, graduated from Pendleton High School with highest honors and was a member of National Honor Society. Her adventure with horses began at age 8 riding trail and rodeo horses, before advancing to 4-H, Oregon High School Equestrian Team, and finally American Quarter Horse Association competitions showing in everything from Hunter Under Saddle to Western Pleasure, and Trail. Mallory completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Pre-law in less than two years at the University of Montana, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2018. While in Montana she began training with AQHA Professional Horsewoman Sheila Lowden. Walters now lives in Pendleton. She will work for a local law firm throughout her Princess reign then enter law school next year. Mallory has ridden in countless parades, served on Pendleton RoundUp Wagon Train Committee, sold programs, and cleaned grandstands; her volunteer record is endless.
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Cor Sams, Youth Council Advisor, talks to the middle and high school students during the Youth Leadership Council Summit and Elections held Nov. 20 at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
New Youth Council members elected at leadership summit Lark Moses, Sistine Moses elected to Chair positions By Jill-Marie Gavin
MISSION – The Youth Leadership Council for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) elected 13 new members during a Youth Leadership Summit Nov. 19 and 20. Lark Moses, a junior, at Nixyaawii Community School was elected Chair of the Youth Leadership Council. The Junior Youth Leadership Council elected 14 new members, including Sistine Moses as its new Chair. Over two days (when the youth were out of school for parent teacher conferences) the CTUIR Youth Leadership Council and young people from the CTUIR community gathered at Wildhorse Resort & Casino for the Leadership Summit and elections. More than 40 young people attended. Guest speakers included Donald Sampson, the new Walla Walla Chief; Marissa Baumgartner from Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center; inspirational speaker and championship jingle dancer Acosia Red Elk and others. The guest speakers took time to discuss the importance of leadership and
the opportunities and responsibilities that come with being a public figure, plus tougher issues such as drug and alcohol prevention and historical trauma. Guests and youth council advisors performed exercises and games with the youth who attended each day. The guests’ words resonated with the youth. Latis Nowland, Senior Youth Council member at large, said one of the highlights of the event for her was when Sampson spoke candidly with the youth of how hard boarding school was for elders and the residual effects it has on Native people to this day. Newly elected Senior Youth Council Treasurer Julianah “Juju” Matamoros said she left the summit with a lot of “wisdom” that was imparted by Baumgartner, who spoke about the importance of community service and involvement. Before and during the event the middle- and high school-youth were instructed to have nomination petitions filled out and turned in to declare their candidacy. On the second day of the summit, 27 Youth Council and Junior Youth Leadership Council officers and members were elected by their peers. Four were appointed to the Cultural Ambassador and Publicist positions, two for each council. During the event, candidates were
Youth gave campaign speeches before the new officers and members were elected for the 2019 Youth Councils. From left is Tucker Sams, Malaya Stanger and Alaina Bevis.
given two minutes each to introduce themselves and talk about their goals as potential leaders. They were asked questions by Julie Taylor and Cor Sams, election facilitators and Youth Council advisors. In addition to new Chair Lark Moses, youth elected to the Senior Youth Council include Lindsey Little Sky as Vice Chair, Julianah Matamoros as Treasurer and Elsie McKay as Secretary. Members at Large are Latis Nowland, Eva Oatman, Magi Moses, Moses Moses, Alyric RedCrane, Sky Smith, Keyen Singer, Aurelia Heay and Alex Williams. Luis Ortega was appointed as Cultural Ambassador and Tianna Arthur was appointed as the Publicist. Junior Youth Council Chair Sistine Moses will be assisted by Bear Moses, who was elected Vice Chair, Isabelle Sigo as Treasurer and Malaya Stanger as Secretary. Members at Large are Jae Dean Looney, Ella Stewart, Waptas
Brockie, Chris Minthorn, Tommy Moore, Sunhawk Thomas, Siddalee Baker, Alaina Bevis, Tucker Sams and Grace Moses. Bryson RedCrane Bronson was appointed as the Cultural Ambassador and Georgie Hoisington was appointed as the Publicist for the Junior Youth Council. The youth are excited to get started making a change in the Mission community. The Publicist for the Junior Youth Council spoke of what needs to be fixed on the reservation at their first meeting Dec. 2. “I’m excited because this is my first year on the council,” said Hoisington. “Living on the Rez we see a lot of gangs and drug use around. Even with my own family. I want to be involved in fixing that; it’s really upsetting. Kids get influenced (by this behavior) and we need to show them it’s not okay.” Both youth councils will be sworn in during the Dec. 20 General Council at the Nixyaawii Governance Center.
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2019 Happy Canyon Princesses
Kaia John
Makayla Fossek
Cousins picked as 2019 Happy Canyon Princesses By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ
MISSION – The two young women chosen to serve as Happy Canyon Princesses have many things in common - a profound love for horses and the outdoors, and a long family history of women serving as royalty. Kaia John and Makayla Fossek, 18-year-old second cousins, were quick to cite the long line of women in their family - grandmothers and aunts - who have served as Happy Canyon Princesses and provided their motivation to try out. Both women are direct descendants of Chief Jim Kanine. Though they differ slightly - John describes herself as out-going and Fossek said more than once that she is a little shy - they share similar goals of representing their Tribe and family well. John grew up in Toppenish, but is excited to spend much of her time in Pendleton this coming year. Currently attending Western Washington University in Bellingham, she spends most of her free time outside fishing or riding horses. John’s parents are Syd and Robin John and, although she grew up on a different reservation, she is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Each year John has returned to Pendleton over the summer and during the fall for the Wildhorse Pow-Wow and the Pendleton Round-Up. A former jingle and fancy shawl dancer, she redirected her focus to horsemanship and spending time outdoors. As she got older the goal of becoming the next generation of Happy Canyon Princess, after her grandmothers Lillian Kanine Hoptowit, Sharon John, and Joyce Hoptowit, turned out to be achievable. In the coming year John is excited to represent her family and her Tribes with honor, fulfill her duties as a princess, and continue her nursing school requirements. Heading into the year, John wants people to know she is ready to answer any and all questions. She said, “I want people to know I’m outgoing and can talk to anyone. If people have any questions I’m free.” Fossek, who goes by “Kayla” to family, also spends much of her time outdoors. She is currently a senior at Pendleton High School and works after school and
weekends on Toni Minthorn’s ranch. Fossek owns eight horses and has trained four that came off the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Two of those horses have been used by the Round-Up Directors. A CTUIR descendent, Fossek is the daughter of Jennifer and Robert Fossek. Her grandparents on her mother’s side are Gary and Barbara Sullivan; on her father’s side her grandparents are Fred Fossek and Belva Hoptowit. She has been dreaming of being a Happy Canyon Princess since she was a little girl, but she really became serious about it over the last few years, especially after she served on her cousin Tayler Craig’s horse team. Fossek’s great aunt beaded the original Happy Canyon bags that the princesses carry each year, so that adds an extra special pride for her. The Happy Canyon Princess interview panel was comprised of a group of people she felt comfortable with due to her involvement in parades and Round-Up in recent years. As a naturally shy person, Fossek appreciated that. “It was like a reunion, it was relaxed and fun,” Fossek said of her interview. Years from now Fossek is excited to be able to remember these great times of serving as a Happy Canyon Princess and looking at photos of herself and family during this time. What she wants most in this coming year is to be understood and be welcoming. “Even if I’m quiet I want people to know that I’m kind and I plan to open up and get out of my comfort zone,” she said.
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CUJ News & Feature Melissa Bob, left, and Janene Morris, stand amongst the many files and folders in the archive vault in the Records Department located in the basement of the Nixyaawii Government Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Bob is in charge of archiving old documents with a current priority on Board of Trustees resolutions and Confederated Umatilla Journals dating back to the 1970s when the newspaper first began.
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Records preservation goal is useable digital archive By the CUJ
MISSION – More government documents, including old minutes and resolutions from the Board of Trustees, will be digitally archived sooner thanks to a $33,544 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust. It is the third grant received since 2016 by the Records Program of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to support the preservation of government documents through a useable digital archive and, eventually, a web portal and mobile application. As envisioned, digitizing the CTUIR archives will make it possible for tribal government staff, the tribal community, and permitted researchers to access information about the Tribes. “Leadership will determine who can access the information. It will be Melissa Bob a controlled audience with different levels of access,” said archivist Melissa Bob, a member of the Lummi Nation, whose job it is to digitally archive the documents. Her job will increase from halftime to 29.5 hours a week, which will allow her to implement the cataloging and digitization at a faster pace, according to Janene Morris, CTUIR Records Program Manager. The Oregon Cultural Trust grant, added to a $50,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust and a $10,000 grant from the Wildhorse Foundation, plus a $1,221 Oregon Heritage Preservation Travel Scholarship, is providing nearly $95,000 for the archives development project. Right now, the focus is on BOT resolutions and minutes, plus old copies of the Confederated Umatilla Journal, some dating back to the 1970s when the paper was established by the late Richard LaCourse. “We’re starting with the highest, oldest priority … the most fragile, which are the resolutions and the oldest CUJs,” Bob said. Bob started with resolutions from the 1960s and has
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completed about 600 documents, putting her in the mid-1980s. “There is a difference between records and items for archives,” Bob explained. “Records are kept no longer than 20 years. Archives are kept forever.” Some CTUIR programs, like the Cultural Resources Protection Program, have historical documents that need to be available into the far future. Water Resources data is important to be archived as climate change information. Toward those goals, Bob manages storage and storage environment. In addition to digitally scanning documents, hard copies are stored in appropriate acid-free, lignin-free envelopes or file folders. She helps control temperature, relative humidity, and pests, such as insects, that could cause damage in the Records vault located in the basement of the Nixyaawii GoverJanene Morris nance Center. The Records Program is encouraging the Board of Trustees staff to purchase archival supplies, including the proper paper and files, for the upcoming year 2019, so that resolutions can be printed and appropriately stored from the “get go” to save time. In 2017 a Tribal Historic Records team selected Murkurtu as the content-management system to organize the CTUIR archives. Murkurtu was created by Washington State University for an aboriginal community in Australia, Morris said. It is a free, open-source software program developed for indigenous communities to manage and share digital cultural heritage, and is accessible online and through a mobile application. “Different cultural protocols are built into it,” Bob said. “There will be different levels of access for tribal members, staff and researchers. Currently, a researchaccess permit is being developed by the Communications Department.” The Oregon Cultural Trust awarded more than $3 million in grants to 137 cultural non-profits in fiscal
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year 2019, a 3 percent increase over 2018. The increase is the direct result of another record year of fundraising and a 55 percent uptick in new donors, according to a Cultural Trust news release. The awards include a total of $755,369 to the Cultural Trust’s five statewide partners (Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Humanities, Oregon Historical Society, and the State Historic Preservation Office); to 45 county and tribal cultural coalitions for regranting in their communities; and ‘Leadership $1,510,110 in competiwill determine tive cultural development grants to 87 cultural orgawho can nizations across the state. access the One of the grants went to Crow’s Shadow Instiinformation. tute of the Arts, which It will be a received $11,116 to supcontrolled port its artist-in-residency program. audience with Chuck Sams III, Chair of different levels the Cultural Trust Board, of access.’ said, “It is extremely gratifying to have the ability to - Melissa Bob, fund more of the amazing CTUIR archivist cultural projects happening across our great state.” Sams, who also serves as the director of the CTUIR Communications Department, went on to say, “We are incredibly grateful to our donors and excited by the increased access this funding will provide to ensure active and culturally vibrant communities.” Brian Rogers, the Cultural Trust’s Executive Director, said that through the generosity of Oregonians and Oregon’s Cultural Tax Credit, the Cultural Trust has now awarded more than $26 million in grants while growing its permanent fund to nearly $29 million, according to the news release. “That’s a good investment in Oregon’s famous quality of life for today, tomorrow and future generations,” Rogers said.
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A parking garage was removed from the plan, but the entire expansion will be Like the entire resort and casino expan- surrounded by an enlarged parking area. sion, décor will be based on tribal colors Meeting rooms will open to a new and patterns unique to the CTUIR. courtyard where the original hotel, built “Wildhorse asked us to take the resort in 1996, will be demolished to make room from extraordinary to the next level,” for the new construction. The last day Schoenfeldt said, “and I think we did.” for guests to check out will be March 31, The bowling alley will feature eight 2019. Demolition will begin after those “boutique lanes” that rooms are emptied of all can provide lights, “loud furniture and décor. Hot The expanded music,” bumpers on the Rock Café will close at lanes, etc., for private the same time. facilities and and special events, such Razing of the old hobowling alley are as birthday parties, plus tel “will be bittersweet” 16 more lanes. The bowlexpected to bring for staff and guests and ing alley also will include will cut the resort short tournaments, a bar and pool tables. 100 rooms until the new Additionally, the larger tower opens. Staff will 5,000 square-foot fambe referring guests to conventions, ily entertainment arcade local hotels in Pendleton and bigger will double the current for lodging during that family attraction. The time, according to the entertainment. new center, which will news release. provide child care, will Long term impacts feature a prize area to the community will where winning tickets can be redeemed. be an increase in visitors and more jobs A 24-hour restaurant, which will re- added to the local economy. The explace the Hot Rock Café, will offer break- panded facilities and bowling alley are fast, lunch and dinner with meals and a expected to bring tournaments, larger price-point between the buffet and the conventions, and bigger entertainment. Plateau upstairs, George told the Rotary. George told Rotarians that it’s easier A three-venue food court also is be- to attract visitors than employees, but ing added to the casino floor and a new Wildhorse is working hard to bring both poker room will accommodate 90 players to the area. at nine tables. “Pendleton is a great spot three hours Space will be available for future busi- away between Portland, Spokane and nesses as well. Boise,” he said. “People plan to stop here Continued from page 2A
Round-Up and spend the night, meet family and friends. The trend is a meeting halfway.” George said a lot of tribes and businesses are “finding labor tough,” but Wildhorse is hoping the creation of career opportunities will attract good employees. The resort’s first job market drew 122 people “so we’re off to a good start,” George said. Another job fair is being planned for this spring. George said the new hotel, the new food area and the family entertainment center will be non-smoking. He also announced that as of Jan. 1, 2019, the Wildfire Sports Bar will become smoke free. Customers on the floor, however, “like to smoke, drink and gamble,” George noted. Asked about a swimming pool and arena, which were in the early plans, George said Wildhorse would certainly like to have both, but the budget doesn’t include them at this time. A pool is needed, George said, for Wildhorse “to be a true destination.” “If we have enough money [after construction], my first priority will be a pool,” George said at the Rotary meeting. As for an arena, “We’d like to have more concerts,” he said, noting the success of music venues like the Round-Up arena’s Whisky Festival summer concert and Happy Canyon shows in Pendleton. “We want an outdoor amphitheater” and “we still have 25 acres undeveloped.” This will be the fifth expansion for the resort since it opened in a pair of modular units with 100 slot machines in 1994.
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Bull Riding (PBR) event. Jones has also donated his time as a photographer recording the parades and events and providing the photos to the families of the court members, pennant bearers, both boards of directors, and for the use of the publicity director. For the last few years he has worked behind the chutes helping the Hansell family provide security during the rodeo. At the Stockholder’s annual meeting, the Pendleton Round-Up Association reviewed multiple successes during the 2018 fiscal year ending October 31, 2018. All-time revenues were reported in ticketing, retail, beverages, sponsorships and trademark agreements. Media presence showed continued growth as did contestant pay-out and quality of livestock. Many accolades were awarded the Pendleton Round-Up in the past year including Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year (PRCA, five-time recipient), Tourism Excellence Award (Pendleton Chamber of Commerce), and Historic Rodeo of the Year (True West Magazine). Further, the Association has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 Massey Ferguson “Sowing Good Deeds” Award. The winning Rodeo Committee, who will received a new Massey Ferguson tractor ($38,000 value), was to be announced on Dec. 5 (after the CUJ deadline) at the PRCA annual convention in Las Vegas. The Round-Up is also nominated for 2018 Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year. The Stockholders voted to adopt newly updated by-laws at this meeting.
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NCS Board talks tennis, purchases van By the CUJ
Birthdays: •2nd: Linda Schmidt and Reuben Bronson •4th: Connie Jones •5th: Kathryn "Kat" Brigham, Kathryn Patrick, and Haiden Oar •7th: Kim Brigham Campbell •8th: Chelsea Quaempts •9th: Sara Hussey and Gene Shippentower •15th: Cheryl Shippentower •18th: Isabel Brigham Watchman •22nd: Terrie Brigham and Sara Patrick •29th: Calvin Van Pelt and Rhett Majors Anniversaries: •1st: Daniel & Fabby Jones •3rd: Kim & James Campbell
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MISSION – In a brief Nov. 26 meeting – less than 30 minutes – the Nixyaawii Community School Board had a few reports, but needed to take little action. Principal Ryan Heinrich reported an enrollment of 78 students (18 seniors, 20 juniors, 24 sophomores and 16 freshmen) with attendance up by 2.5 percent to 95.7 percent. Heinrich also reported that there were 19 girls and 16 boys out for basketball, which was “fewer than expected.” He led a discussion about a potential tennis co-op this spring. He said it may
be possible for NCS students to play tennis at Helix, Athena or Pendleton. The request was made by freshmen girls who played last year as eighth graders at Sunridge Middle School in Pendleton. Some boys also have shown an interest, Heinrich said. The School Board will need to make a decision by February for the Oregon School Athletic Association and so the selected school can prepare. Heinrich also reported on the planned purchase, which has since occurred, of a 2017 Chevy 15-passenger van for $25,000. Heinrich said it was necessary to buy the van for transportation to sporting events.
Mid-Co Bus Company, Heinrich, is not currently reliable because of an apparent lack of drivers. “One volleyball trip was cancelled and it will happen with basketball. ADs (athletic directors) are worried buses will be cancelled the day of or the day before games,” Heinrich said. “We will use MidCo when we can.” With the purchase, NCS has two large vans and one smaller van. The school took two vans to carry the boys’ and girls’ varsity squads to the first basketball tournament on the 6-hour trip to Coquille on Nov. 31.
Plan also required that a report on the benchmarks take place every five years. In preparation of the five-year Comprehensive Plan Review, the Tribal Planning Office began an internal evaluation in late 2014 and early 2015. Besides minor corrections, such as typos and grammatical errors, the Planning staff identified that improvements should be made to enable better Plan monitoring – especially in how the benchmarks respond to the community-defined objectives in each element. In addition to edits to the Chapter 5 on Elements, extensive updates were made to Chapter 6 on Tribal Government. The
ing program and department names, roles and responsibilities. Also, an additional section was added on the Treaty that specifically looks at that document in a modern legal context as it pertains to our relationship with the U.S. government. The Benchmark report is available at the Tribal Planning Office and will be available on the Tribes’ website. The updated 2010 Comprehensive Plan will be formatted for printing in the coming months and will be posted to the CTUIR website at that time. If there are any questions contact the Tribal Planning Office at
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The CTUIR Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2010 to replace the 1996 Plan, which was getting close to expiring, and required extensive updates to take into account economic and community development activities since the mid-1990s. The 2010 Comprehensive Plan was developed after about three years of community meetings and staff input. A major difference between the 1996 Comprehensive Plan and the 2010 Comprehensive Plan was the development of measureable benchmarks as a way to gauge how well the Tribes are achieving community-driven “objectives” found in each of the subject-matter areas known as “elements.” The 2010 Comprehensive
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Among the many dancers from Sunridge Middle School were Kindle Spencer (front), a sixth grader, and Alexis Maddern (back), an eighth grader. At left is Susie Patrick from Nixyaawii Community School, NCS brought dancers, drummers and singers to the event, where students from the school honored the late Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox (Carl Sampson), who died in November of 2017. CUJ photos/Phinney
Sunridge celebrates NA Heritage, honors Peo Peo PENDLETON – Sunridge Middle School students honored atway Carl Sampson, the late Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox, during a National Native American Heritage Celebration Nov. 29 in a packed gymnasium at the junior high in Pendleton. The event included remarks from new Walla Walla Chief Don Sampson, who in November took his father’s name, plus a showcase of dancers from Sunridge, Pendleton High School, and from Nixyaawii Community School, the charter school on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Sunridge Dance Troupe provided pow-wow demonstrations with explanations from emcee Thomas Morning Owl, a Umatilla language speaker. A group of singers led by Fred Hill, the cultural
advisor at NCS, provided the beats for the pow-wow dancing. Sunridge Singers joining the group for a flag song were Sky Smith, Ella Stewart, Alexis Maddern, Malaya Stanger, Tucker Sams, Grace Moses, Addison Jones, Baybay Matomoros and Sidalee Baker. The late Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox was honored by a Sunridge research team that included Ella Stewart, Sky Smith, Ella Sams, Sidalee Baker and Tucker Sams. The group’s Power Point presentation, which was narrated by the students, talked about Carl Sampson’s life, including his education, his government experience, his activism, and his family. The new Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox – Don Sampson – spoke to more than 800 students to start the Celebration, encouraging the group to take care of the earth
‘We’re all human beings no matter what color, no matter where we come from, no matter if I wear this (regalia and war bonnet) or a suit, and we need to take care of each other.’ - Chief Don Sampson Eighth grader Dylan Abrahamson does a cartwheel in front of fellow Sunridge students during a fancy dance demonstration.
Sunridge students join Native American in a circle dance on the gym floor. Some 800 students, 50 teachers and 30 guests attended.
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and to take care of each other. “All human beings no matter what color, no matter where we come from, no matter if I wear this (regalia and war bonnet) or a suit, we need to take care of each other,” Sampson said. “Each of us has a certain gift and together we can take care of each other. Understand each other. Have compassion; understand people and what they believe.” He also implored the students to respect their parents, grandparents … and the earth. “In the next 20 years you will be challenged,” Sampson said. “We will look to you young people to take care of the earth. It’s up to your generation.”
Drummers led by Fred Hill (red shirt at left) were joined by several singers in regalia from Sunridge Middle School,including, from left, Sky Smith, BayBay Matamoros, Ella Smith, (Sandra Sampson taking photographs), Alexis Maddern, Malaya Stanger and Addison Jones.
New Walla Walla Chief Don Sampson, flanked on the left by Fermore Craig, Sr. with the eagle staff and Luis Ortega, a student from Nixyaawii Community School, lead dancers during a Flag Song at the Sunridge celebration. Boots Pond follows the three leading the procession.
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Right out of the chutes! Alan Crawford puts up a shot over, from left, Stockton Hoffman, Deven Barkley, and Quincy George at the Thanksgiving Family Basketball Tournament. More on Page 2B.
Kim Stafford, Oregon’s Poet Laureate, spoke at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in November. Read about it on Page 16B.
The Capitol Christmas Tree stopped at Arrowhead Travel Plaza in November. People were able to sign on the side of the truck. See more on Page 14B.
The Golden Eagles boys’ and girls’ basketball teams from Nixyaawii Community School, the charter high school on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, each had won their first three games as the CUJ went to press. Both teams won opening tournaments at Chiloquin and then won their home openers against Stanfield. It was to be a building year for the girls squad following two years of all but one victory, a two-year span that included a state championship and a runner-up. The boys squad is a different story. With a couple of senior leaders, the team is still considered young, but an early coaches’ poll has the NCS team ranked number one among Class 1A teams in Oregon. Read more on Page 5B. Nixyaawii senior Deven Barkley takes the ball to the rack in the Golden Eagles’ home opening win, 80-44, over Stanfield CUJ photos/Phinney on Dec. 4. The team’s other senior, Dazon Sigo, trails the play.
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Allyson Maddern, one of 11 underclassmen on the NCS girls’ team, looks for a shot against three Stanfield defenders. The squad raced away from Stanfield in the third quarter to win their home opener, 43-13, on Dec. 4. Allyson’s father, Jeremy, is the team’s head coach.
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Billy Bronson holds the ball while he’s guarded by Aaron Ashley, left, and Lawanda Bronson (black) and Cash Bronson (camo) while Julie Burke watches from behind.
Families gather for Thanksgiving hoop feast
Rylan Bronson, a member of the Bronscard team, scores against Ira Ashley (white shirt) and Emery Bronson, who played for Ashley & Company. Clayton “Clutch” Johnson and a teammate throw up their best defense against the shot of Jacq Jones.
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The Sampson squad won the 2018 Family Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament played at the Community Center in Mission on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Pierce Watchman, playing for the Cowapoo team, guards Kelly George as she drives the baseline.
Winner of the six-team tournament was the Sampson family, with the Thompson crew taking second, followed in third by the Cowapoos. Kyela Bronson guards Jae Dean Looney with the ball while Casey Picard looks on.
Simon Picard dribbles the ball against the defense of Emery Bronson in one of the final games on Sunday.
T.J. Parish and Billy Bronson have a laugh in the key while Julie Burke moves down the court on Sunday, Nov. 25, the last day of the tournament.
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Athena vs. Irrigon JaLay Burns, sister of Jada Burns, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is a freshman at Irrigon High School. She’s a team leader on the 3-0 Irrigon Knights basketball team that defeated Weston-McEwen in Athena Dec. 4. Burns, the daughter of Julia Burns, scored 13 points in the 54-38 victory. Jada is now playing basketball at Chemeketa Community College near Salem.
Stockton Hoffman, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, was red-hot on Dec. 4 when his Weston-McEwen TigerScots took on the undefeated Irrigon Knights. But Hoffman’s 38 points weren’t enough as Irrigon won in overtime 5652. Ironically, Hoffman had a chance to win the game with three free throws at the end of regulation after he was fouled on a three-point attempt. He made the first two that tied the game but the third wouldn’t go down, forcing overtime. Hoffman also had nine rebounds in the game. Weston-McEwen suffered its third loss without a win. CUJ photos/Dallas Dick
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Quanah Picard, a junior guard for Nixyaawii Community School, led the team with 18 points against Stanfield. He hit four three-pointers.
NCS boys look strong in early victories By the CUJ
Tyanna Van Pelt, a junior guard, scored on this play in the first half of the Golden Eagles’ home opening win, 43-13, over Stanfield Dec. 4.
NCS girls start 3-0 with lopsided wins By the CUJ
MISSION – Lark Moses hit three three-pointers in the third period to lead a 20-0 run that propelled the Nixyaawii Community School girls to a 43-13 win over Stanfield on Dec. 4 in front of a packed house in the Golden Eagles’ home opener. It was their third win in as many games. Moses, a junior guard, finished with a game high
14 points while Tristalyn Melton, also a junior guard, came off the bench to score 10, including four in that big third quarter. “We were nervous in the first half and lacked execution, but we settled down. A little execution goes a long way,” said Jeremy Maddern, NCS Coach. He’s coaching a young team that follows a veteran squad that won all but one game – last year’s state title
Moses Moses, a 6-1 sophomore guard, scorched Stanfield for 16 points with four field goals in the fourth quarter.
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Tristalynn Melton, a junior guard, came off the bench to score 10 points for Nixyaawii. Lark Moses led the team with 14.
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MISSION – If the fourth quarter against Stanfield is any indication, the rest of the Old Oregon League – and maybe all the Class 1A teams in Oregon had best beware of the Nixyaawii Community School Golden Eagles. It was early in the season, only their third game against Stanfield, but the NCS boys put up 36 points in the final period to turn a 13-point game into an 80-44 route in their home opener Dec. 4. Moses Moses, who has earned a nickname from Coach Shane Rivera, had eight in the quarter with Quanah Picard adding seven. Those two took high scoring honors with 18 and 16, respectively, but two others – Mick Schimmel and Deven Barkley, rounded out the double-digit scoring with 15 and 13, respectively. Moses Moses, Rivera said, “was like a microwave. He was on automatic. He put on a little clinic out there.” When he wasn’t scoring, the 6-1 sophomore was dishing no-look passes inside to Magi Moses, who scored 6 in the final frame. At the end of the game, with about three minutes to go, Nixyaawii had five sophomores on the floor and they kept the bucket full. Reuben Bronson and Luis Ortega both buried threes. “It was our first home game and I think we were anxious to prove ourselves, trying to do something extra and we don’t have to do that,” Coach Rivera said. “We’re deep. We get up and down the floor, we can rebound and we can shoot.” The Golden Eagles have eight or nine players that aren’t afraid to shoot the ball and their defense in the home opener was stifling, at least for the Stanfield Tigers. NCS boys on page 6B
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“Our defense was in sync,” Rivera said. “We’ll get better and we’ll have more confidence the more we work at it.” Others who scored in the game included Dazon Sigo and Tyasin Burns, who each had 3 points. The boys’ six-hour trip to Chiloquin (seven hours through snow on the way home) didn’t provide much competition. The Golden Eagles thumped Happy Camp 86-16 and Chiloquin 63-33. Leading scorers against Happy Camp were Mick Schimmel with 19, Reuben Bronson with 18 and Deven Barkley with 11. Bronson hit four three-pointers in a row and scored 16 points in the second quarter. What everyone thought was a fifth three-pointer was actually a long two. Against Chiloquin, Schimmel scored 21 while Picard and Moses Moses each had 14 points.
contest – over the last two years. “We have depth, we have a mix of speed and size. We’re young but it’s a big ceiling. There’s lots of room to improve,” Maddern said. Maddern said the Golden Eagles’ defense was key to the third quarter turn around and he gave particular praise to guard Alyssa Tonasket, the only senior to suit up. The other senior, Ermia Butler, was nursing a sore finger following minor surgery. Other scorers against Stanfield were Kylie Mountainchief, Lillian Star, Tyanna VanPelt, McKenzie Kiona with four points each, and Tonasket with two. The girls won a tournament at Chiloquin Nov. 31 and Dec. 1, whipping Happy Camp 58-12 and then host Chiloquin for the hardware, 41-27. In their first game of the season, 10 girls scored, led by McKenzie Kiona with 14 points. Two girls – Tristalyn Melton and Lark Moses each had nine, Kylie Mountainchief had 7, Ashlynn Looney 5, Lillian Star 4, Susie Patrick 3, Adilia Hart and Tyanna VanPelt 2 each, and Allyson Maddern 1. In the second game, the girls jumped out to a 22-7 first quarter lead and held on for the rest of the contest, beating back a Chiloquin rally in the third quarter. Kiona led the team with 14 points and Moses added 11, followed by Looney with 6, Star and Mountainchief with 4 each, VanPelt with 2 and Hart with 1 point. Maddern said the starting lineup may change every game. “I’m playing all the kids. It doesn’t matter who starts. When they go in they’re going in to get a win,” he said.
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Sunridge Broncs have Native flair
The Sunridge Middle School Bronc eighth grade basketball team has a decidedly Native American influence with players like Chris Minthorn, above, and Aaron Barkley, left, on the team. Also on the squad are Dylan Abrahamson and Coyote Jackson, who is 6-foot 4-inches tall. The boys’ schedule can be found at the Sunridge Middle School website.
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CUJ Community News Be safe with fires during holiday season MISSION – The last thing anyone wants is a fire, especially during the holidays. To ensure that Christmas décor is not putting a home in danger is easier if a guide is present. In order to protect the home a decorator can take steps to ensure homes aren’t put in increased fire danger. A small hazard can take only seconds to burn a Christmas tree and an entire house to the ground. When you purchase your tree at a sales lot it is wise to be cautious. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, one of every four home Christmas tree fires is caused by electrical problems. Although Christmas tree fires are not common, when they do occur, they are more likely to be serious. On average, one of every 32 reported home Christmas tree fires results in a death compared to an average of one death per 143 total reported home fires. A heat source too close to the tree causes one in every four Christmas tree fires. The top three days for home candle fires are Christmas, New Year’s Day, and Christmas Eve. Candles start two out of five home decoration structure fires. Another way to prevent fires is to choose a fresh tree with green needles according the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire). CAL Fire suggests tree purchasers cut the trunk at least two inches above the old cut as soon as you get it home. This allows it to continue to pull moisture into its foliage. Keep the trunk in water immediately after it is recut. Moisture is the key to keeping the tree fresh and thereby enhancing its fire resistance. If the tree will be kept outside for a few days, stand it in a bucket of water until it is ready to be brought indoors. Locate any tree at least three feet away from sources of heat. Avoid placing any tree, live or artificial, near a heater outlet, wood stove or fireplace. If the tree does dry out and become a hazard, remove it from the home even if it’s not yet Christmas. A pretty tree is not worth the risk to a home or family.
The men all danced into the memorial in observance of Veteran’s Day, From left is Veterans Coordinator Sam Spino, Sean Soaring Eagle and Art McConville being led in by Whipman Andrew Wildbill.
Four men represented different branches of the military at the memorial. From left is Sean Soaring Eagle, Antone Minthorn,Veterans Coordinator Sam Spino and Art McConville.
Vets remember ‘War to end all wars’ Nearly 40 people, including four veterans and a big drum, gathered on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The event took place in a shivering 25 degrees, but at least two dozen people bundled up and stood above the circular monument to observe a blessing and song inside the Nix Ya Wi Warriors Memorial on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Four veterans – Marine veterans Antone Minthorn and Art McConville, Army veteran Sam Spino, and Army National Guardsman Sean Soaring Eagle – attended the
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commemoration. Antone Minthorn reminded the people that the George St. Denis American Legion Post 140 was established in 1918, the same year the “war to end all wars” ended. Armand Minthorn led the blessing and song with the bell. He talked about the names of warriors etched on the wall of the memorial. “We are descendants of the people whose names are on this wall,” Armand Minthorn stated. “The names on the wall are a reminder to us not to forget who we come from.”
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CTUIR descendant performs in Scrooge Michelle Wangerzyn, third from right in the bonnet, landed a part in “Scrooge The Musical.� Wangerzyn is a descendant of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The show ends at the Sellwood Playhouse in Portland Dec. 9.
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NCS releases first quarter honor roll and perfect attendance roster MISSION – The first quarter honor roll and list of students with perfect attendance has been released by Nixyaawii Community School. Twenty-two students earned a gradepoint-average of 3.5 (B+) or better with nine early a 4.0 (straight A’s) and another 19 students with a 3.0 (B) or better. Earning 4.0 GPAs were seniors Austin Ancheta, Dazon Sigo, and Ermia Butler; juniors Cloe McMichael, Mick Schimmel and Tyanna Van Pelt; sophomore Elle Marsh; and freshmen Moisha Sheoships and Keyen Singer. Earning 3.5 or better GPAs were seniors Deven Barkley, Kyle Close, and Keala Vanhorn; juniors Christina Kaltsukis, Kylie Mountainchief, Susie Patrick, and D’Andre Rodriguez; sophomores Zoe Bevis and Allyson Maddern; and freshmen Kylie Jones, Isabelle Lecornu, Latis Nowland and Ada Samayoa. Sixteen students had 100 percent attendance in the first quarter. They included seniors Austin Ancheta, Alyssa Tonasket and Carissa Yallup; juniors Cloe McMichael, Kylie Mountainchief, Isaiah
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Seniors, Dazon Sigo and Austin Ancheta, and junior Suzie Patrick, from Nixyaawii Community School were recognized at the Pendleton School District 16R Board meeting Nov. 12 at Wildhorse Resort & Casino. Ancheta was recognized for school leadership and academic excellence. In the first quarter of this year he had a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) and perfect attendance. Sigo and Patrick were recognized for cultural leadership and outstanding academics. Sigo had a first quarter 4.0 GPA and Patrick had a 3.7.
Pacheco, D’Andrea Rodriguez, Tyanna Van Pelt and Ryan Yallup; sophomores Jace Ashley, Zoe Bevis, Ivory Herrera and Jared Wildbill; and freshmen Owen Ancheta, AJ Robledo, and Latis Nowland.
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Sergeant Ashleigh Wolf USMC, CTUIR Tribal Member reads General Lejeune’s Birthday Message at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Chile Nov. 3. Wolf served as the Adjutant for the event. Contributed photo
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Research finds Nez Perce had tobacco long before Euro-American trappers, settlers arrived in NW
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By Becky Kramer of the Spokane Spokesman Review
4:15 p.m. Dec. 11, 2018 in the General Council Chambers of the Nixyaawii Governance Center in Mission on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The CTUIR Fish & Wildlife Commission is hosting the annual First Foods Forum. CTUIR members interested in participants in the 2018/19 Yellowstone bison hunt can meet their orientation requirements at this time. This is an opportunity to discuss hunting, fishing and gathering issues and questions to the Fish & Wildlife Commissioners and other members.
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Nez Perce Indians grew and smoked tobacco long before white traders and settlers arrived in the Pacific Northwest, new research from Washington State University has revealed. By testing stone pipes for nicotine residue, the researchers determined the Nez Perce were cultivating wild strains of tobacco 1,200 years ago in the warm, dry climate along the Snake River. The research represents the “longest continuous biomolecular record” of tobacco smoking from a single region in the world, the study’s authors wrote in an article published Monday in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings upset previous theories that interior Northwest indigenous people only smoked other plants – such as kinnikinnick – before traders introduced tobacco from the Eastern U.S. around 1790. “Humanity’s dance with this powerful plant is much more ancient than the 140 (years) since the first mass-marketed cigarettes were produced,” according to the research article. Nicotine addiction stretches back thousands of years, the study said, and
scholars are just beginning to understand the history of tobacco and its “co-evolutionary relationship with humans.” The research could have implications for Native American smoking cessation programs. About 34 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives age 18 and older smoke cigarettes – the highest prevalence among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They also have high rates of smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Although tobacco use has a longstanding role in tribal culture and ceremonial use, the varieties smoked by the Nez Perce’s ancestors contained lower nicotine levels, the study said. And instead of being used for recreation, tobacco was smoked in limited quantities by select community members, the research said. Shannon Tushingham, assistant professor of anthropology and director of WSU’s Museum of Anthropology, is the study’s lead author. During an earlier excavation of plank houses in Northern California, she came across two soapstone pipes. Tushingham started wondering what the ancient residents of Tobacco on page 11B
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the houses were smoking and whether tobacco was part of the mix. “Usually in archaeology we just find little pieces of artifacts, things that you might not think much of,” she said in a news release. “But the information you can extract from them on a molecular level is phenomenal.” Tushingham worked with another WSU professor, David Gang from the Institute of Biological Chemistry, to analyze pipes and pipe fragments in the WSU Museum of Anthropology. With Nez Perce tribal leaders’ cooperation, they used mass spectrometry to analyze a dozen artifacts from sites along the Columbia and Snake rivers in the tribe’s ancestral homelands. None of the pipes or fragments was damaged during the study. Nicotine was present on pipes dating before and after Euro-American contact. Tobacco native to this area (Nicotiana attenuata) is sometimes called coyote tobacco. It’s a small, scrubby species grown in sandy river bars. A second variety of Northwest tobacco (Nicotiana quadrivalvus) had a natural range in southwestern Oregon and Northern California. Because tobacco needed to be planted to thrive in the interior Northwest, Tushingham said it’s evident Native Americans were cultivating it. But new, higher nicotine strains of tobacco arrived on trading routes. The tobacco Euro-Americans used for
trade originated in the Andes of South America, where the domestication process began as much as 8,000 years ago. Genetic selection led to plants with larger leaves and higher nicotine content than wild varieties. Those tobacco varieties spread to the Caribbean – natives of the Bahama Islands introduced Columbus to tobacco. By the 1500s, tobacco plantations had sprung up in the Caribbean and Eastern U.S., and tobacco became a global trade commodity in the 1600s. “Explorers, missionaries and traders soon discovered that tobacco was highly prized by native peoples, especially in places where tobacco was difficult to obtain and hard to grow,” the research article said. Dried trade tobacco was more potent than wild varieties and came in easily transportable bundles called “twists” or “candles.” As the Hudson Bay Co.’s explorers spread through the Northwest, use of introduced tobacco overtook native varieties among the tribes. The shift from traditional smoking of indigenous tobaccos and other plants to commercial tobaccos has had “significant deleterious effects on tribal culture and health,” the study said. Understanding the difference between native tobaccos used in traditional ceremonies and the commercially manufactured product could help tribal members quit smoking.
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Four members of the Nixyaawii Chamber of Commerce were honored as their terms ended. From left is Janelle Gibson, Cindi LeGore, Dan Winters and Randall Melton.
One of the most popular activities during the Nixyaawii Chamber of Commerce Annual Gathering was the slot tournament. From left at the end of the row playing is Lorena Thompson, Kat Brigham, Dave Tovey and Lindsay Watchman.
Chamber gathering packs the house MISSION - The 2018 Nixyaawii Chamber of Commerce (NCC) Gathering, held Nov. 15 at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino, turned out to be the biggest gathering to date. The NCC boasts 37 members that range from local entrepreneurs to Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation departments. Four members of the NCC completed their terms and five candidates were introduced to the crowed at the eighth annual gathering for upcoming elections. Candidates included Jill-Marie Gavin, Jiselle Halfmoon, Scot Jacobson, Mary Liberty-Traughber and Lindsey Watchman. Ballots have been mailed to members and election results will be tabulated in coming weeks.
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Woman appeals elk hunt conviction FORKS, Wash. (AP) - A Quileute tribal member has been sentenced to community service after she was convicted of illegally hunting a bull elk on private property in northwestern Washington state. The Peninsula Daily News reports 39-year-old Rochelle Warner was sentenced last week to 200 hours of community service in lieu of 25 days in jail and fined $2,000. Warner was found guilty of two counts of unlawful hunting of big game and a count of unlawful hunting on the property of another without permission following a bench trial last year. She was also ordered to forfeit the rifle used in the October 2015 hunt. Her lawyer William Payne filed an appeal last week in Clallam County Superior Court. He says Warner claims she was hunting on the tribe’s usual and accustomed hunting area.
Montana tribe rejects bison transfer deal BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - An attorney for a Montana tribe says it’s not accepting a small group of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park because of burdensome conditions proposed by federal officials. The Billings Gazette reports the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes rejected an agreement with the Department of Agriculture that would have allowed the transfer of the animals. It marks another setback to efforts to relocate Yellowstone bison that would otherwise be sent to slaughter. Many of the animals carry the disease brucellosis. The five bulls that were offered to the tribes had been tested repeatedly for the disease. Assiniboine and Sioux attorney Majel Russell says federal officials wanted to the tribe to obtain insurance for any damage caused by escaped bison. Russell says the tribe also wants more control over disease testing.
CTUIR Notice of Option to Purchase **UPDATED NOTICE with VALUATION**
In the Matter of the Estate of: Probate No: P000095601IP Allotment:
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In the Matter of the Estate of: Probate No: P000089880IP Allotment:
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Dareith Louise Bruneel Identification No: 641U000249 Aggregate Share:
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Margaret Peters Charley Identification No: 145U002024 Aggregate Share:
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CTUIR woman, mother still missing Story originally published on Indianz.com
YAKAMA – Rosenda Strong, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, has been missing since Oct. 2 of this year. Vigils and searches have been conducted for the woman, but have not yet yielded any positive results. Strong, a 31-year-old mother of four, went to the Legends Casino on the Yakama Nation on Oct. 2 and she hasn’t been seen by family since. “Bring her home! That’s all anybody ever wants,” Roxanne White, an advocate for missing and murdered Native women and girls, said at a prayer walk and vigil for Strong on the reservation on Nov. 24, The Yakima HeraldRepublic reported. A new law in Washington requires the state to identify Native women who have gone missing. A report is due June 1, 2019, in hopes of addressing what advocates have called an epidemic. Rosenda Strong “We as Indian people, as Native people, are not going to be silent,” White said at the rally, The Herald-Republic reported. “Our loved ones matter.” Tribal and federal authorities are investigating Strong’s disappearance, the paper reported. Anyone with information is urged to call the Yakama Tribal Police Department at 509-865-2933.
a. The member of the Confederated Tribes owns an interest in the subject trust parcel on the date of death of the decedent;
b. The eligible member of the Confederated Tribes files his/her notice of intent to purchase the interest in the subject trust parcel with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees within 30 days after publication of the purchase by the Confederated Tribes in the Tribal newspaper; and
c. The eligible member of the Confederated Tribes’ right to purchase under this subsection shall be subject to the requirements that the fair market value of the interest in trust lands as determined by the Secretary [of the Interior] must be paid as set forth in section 1.05(C)(4) of this code, and shall be subject to the rights of the surviving spouse and Indian lineal descendant set forth in section 1.05(C)(2), (3) and (7).
d. The eligible member of the Confederated Tribes deposits payment in the amount equal to the fair market value of the subject trust parcel, of interest therein, with the BIA Umatilla Agency Superintendent which payment shall be accompanied by the identification of the decedent, the probate case number and trust parcel in question. The eligible member must make the full payment for the subject trust parcel, or interest therein, within 60 days of filing its notice of intent to purchase. In such an event, the eligible member shall be authorized to acquire the interest in the subject parcel in the place of the Confederated Tribes.
This letter is to serve as the Official CTUIR Notice of Option to Purchase for the above referenced estate - that the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (“CTUIR”) of Oregon will exercise its Option to Purchase under the authority of the CTUIR Inheritance Code* in any and all interest(s) of the above referenced trust or restricted allotments at fair market value pursuant to Section 1.05(C)(4). Please contact the CTUIR Land Projects Program at (541) 429-7485 if you have any questions, concerns, or to request a copy of the Inheritance Code. CTUIR Inheritance Code Section 1.05(E) – Tribal Member Right to Purchase * The CTUIR Inheritance Code was approved by the Board of Trustees Eligibility Requirements: Any member of the member of the of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Confederated Tribes owning an interest in a trust land parcel where per Resolution No. 08-028 (April 7, 2008) and approved by the Secretary the Confederated Tribes has filed a Notice of Purchase pursuant to of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs on May 16, 2008 (effective 180 Sections 1.05(D)(2), (3) and/or (5) of this code may purchase such after approval = November 12, 2008) in accordance with the Indian Land lands in the place of the Confederated Tribes if: Consolidation Act, [P.L. 97-459, 25 U.S.C. Ch. 24 §2201-2221]. December 2018
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Poet Laureate writes from the ‘perspective of the bead’
Kim Stafford, Oregon’s Poet Laureate, uses his hands to help make his points as he reads and recites his poetry at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in November. CUJ photos/Phinney
By the CUJ
MISSION – Kim Stafford, Oregon’s Poet Laureate, speaking at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the afternoon of Nov. 16, asked this question of his audience: “Can you see the pattern from the perspective of the bead?” The question, like Stafford’s poetry, is designed to make the listener think about the moment and a point of view. “Your job is to find what the world is trying to be,” said Stafford, who from June through May will have made 55 visits to Oregon communities as the state’s poet laureate. Stafford, a poet and essayist from Portland, is the son of poet William Stafford. He is the founding director
of the Northwest Writing Institute and teaches at the annual Fishtrap writers’ gathering in Joseph, Oregon. Stafford succeeded Elizabeth Woody, a Navajo-Warm Springs-Wasco-Yakama artist, author and educator. She was the first Native American to be named poet laureate of Oregon by Governor Kate Brown. Stafford visited Blue Mountain Community College and the Pendleton Arts Center Nov. 15, before giving an Arts Center workshop and speaking at Tamastslikt. He was to visit Two River Correctional Institute in Umatilla that afternoon. The day before he was at the Columbia Gorge Community College campuses in Hood River and The Dalles. Stafford said he tailors his remarks to the place he visits. In Hood River he talked about his brother, who
died years ago. At Tamastslikt, his focus was Native American. He mentioned inspiration from Phil George from the Joseph Band of Nez Perce and from Maynard White Owl, a master bead worker who is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Stafford said he loves to write and he is prolific. “There’s a difference between a great poem in a book and one that has impact on people that gives power,” he said. “I write for place. My colleagues despise that I write fast for this place today, but I’ve been waiting all my life to be asked.” Stafford encouraged the people at his talk to “bring forth your stories. Find someone who will listen to them.”
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The seven current regulatory commissions of the Confederated Tribes are: the Election Commission, the Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Gaming Commission, the Natural Resources Commission, the Tax Commission, the Tribal Employment Rights Office Commission, and the Water Commission. Boards of directors are created by the Board to run particular enterprises or service agencies of the Tribal government. They function like the boards of directors of private companies or non-profit groups. These boards of directors can exercise powers like hiring staff, running their own budgets, contracting in their own name or even, in some cases, filing lawsuits. Current boards of directors created by the Board of Trustees include the Housing Commission (which operates the Umatilla Reservation Housing Authority), the Health Commission (which operates the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic) and the Tribal Farm Committee (which directs the activities of the Tribal Farm Enterprise).
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Mission Native becomes life coach By The CUJ
Marissa Baumgartner, above attended training at the Wellness Wave to become a Certified Life Coach through the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Workforce Development Program.
MISSION – Happy Canyon Princess, Alcohol and Drug Prevention Education Program Coordinator and now Certified Wellness Wave Life Coach; Marissa Baumgartner continues to accomplish her goals. Baumgartner successfully completed her training and attended a retreat with other graduates from across the country in November. For two and a half years Baumgartner said she has wanted to be a Life Coach after going through her own struggles with anxiety and depression. Life Coaches on Youtube brought her comfort during those times and Baumgartner decided she wanted to help others through similar trials. “I don’t want to serve the richest of the rich, I want to serve the average person (in the Mission Community), from our teachers to those who work at the NGC. My goal is to serve the Native community which has been under served in the past.”
Six women graduated from the Certified Wellness Wave Life Coach course and headed up to Indian Lake with Wellness Wave owner Tania Wildbill in November. The participants came from as far as New York City to celebrate their certification on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
It’s not often that you see Life Coaches in Indian Country, she said, but she wants to change that. The group had a graduation ceremony at the Mission Wellness Wave,
at the Coyote Business Park on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, that included Washat songs and drumming, carried out by Michael Ray Johnson, Jess Nowland and Robert Wilson.
Thank you letters THE FAMILY OF CHARLES “CHOC” CRAIG extend our gratitude and appreciation to Father Mike Fitzpatrick for prayers and comfort to Charles. We also send a heartfelt thank you to the Umatilla Tribal Senior Center for the preparation of the lunch, to St. Anthony Home Health and Hospice for their support and compassionate care, Burns Mortuary for their guidance and respect to our family. To the pall bearers who carried him home, the tribal maintenance crew for preparing the burial site, to drummers and singers, and to all who sent flowers, cards, and donated food, we thank you. We thank those who sent condolences via text and Facebook. We are grateful to all for your thoughtfulness and kind gestures. A special thank you to Woody Patawa for the eulogy, Bob Shippentower and Sophia Enos for speaking at the cemetery, Dr. Quaempts for his respectful professional care of Charles, and Stanley Mace, Protos Office Supply for printing the memorial cards free or charge. We are grateful to his siblings, Fermore Craig Sr., Richard Craig, June Axtell, and Mel Perez for all your donations and support. Thank you Kolin, Daniel, Anthony (sons), Rhonda (caregiver), Kobe, Ronald, Britanny, Zach, Lil Jancie, LaMaya (grandchildren), Keyaree, Keyontrae and Keyajae (grandchildren). THE CTUIR DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND THE CTUIR YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL would like to thank each of the families - Sampson, Thompson, Cowapoo, Ashley, Van Pelt, and Bronson - for participating in the 2018 CTUIR Family Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament. We would like to thank Enough iz Enough, Recreation, and Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center for your support! Thank you to our referees: Lindsey Watchman, Kola Shippentower, Dionne Bronson and Tyason Burns, and our score keepers Larry Cowapoo, Aric Lyons, James Mountain Chief and Aaron Worden. “It was great to have our family play in this tournament. So proud of the energy, support, and diligence you all shared while having fun! Getting together for family fun is what it’s all about and what we need more of!” - Lorena Thompson. “Thanks for dedicating time, energy, and love to the community! Amazing time with the families!” – Dionne Bronson. “This is what it’s all about - family! Strengthening and healing our families through these difficult times to encourage and support each other and
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to celebrate life!” - Ellen Taylor. Many blessings to the families and community through the holidays and the New Year! Julie Taylor, DCFS Director and CTUIR Youth Leadership Council Advisor THE FAMILY OF SAM MCKAY “Yaamash Washasha” would like to thank and recognize those who helped him through his illness and funeral services: Rico and Laural, who were by his side 24/7 from when the illness got serious to the time of his passing, working tirelessly to keep him comfortable and playing Rihanna music for days. Special thanks to Roberta Wilson who brought him to the hospital and spent a lot of time with him afterwards. Jered and Trish McMichael also attended to him during his hospitalization, also Christine Willingham who was at his bedside at Kadlec. The ICU staff at both Kadlec and St. Anthony’s and the hospice center from Walla Walla who took the best care of him possible. Thanks to those who brought meals from time to time, especially Kathleen Peterson and Carman Chalakee; for his funeral, a big thank you to LynnSue Jones who made his shirt, Mildred Quaempts for the moccasins and Robert Taylor who dressed him; Thomas MorningOwl and Fred Hill thank you for officiating throughout the services; Father Mike thank you for providing services at St. Andrew’s Church. Thank you to Mike Shilow and Vivian Shaw who spoke at the cemetery, also Jue-Jue Withers for her words at the mortuary. Thank you to Michelle Thompson, head cook, and the entire cooking crew along with her. Thank you to the CTUIR Public Works department for digging the grave and being on hand to help out. Thank you to Mike Willingham and for representing his father’s side of the family. Thank you Chief Jesse Jones for providing guidance as the eldest of the relatives. We can’t express enough how much this all meant to us throughout this time - the good words that were shared, the many prayers sent to the family through this time. We will continue to be thankful throughout the year. Also deep gratitude goes to Burns Mortuary who respectfully carried out his last wishes. There will be a stone setting scheduled next year. Jolynne McKay Wade and family Rico C. McKay and family THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES – CTUIR YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL would like to thank all the
middle and high school students for your participation in the 2018-2019 CTUIR Youth Leadership Summit and Elections. We would also like to thank Wildhorse Resort & Casino for your amazing staff that assisted us throughout the two days. We would like to thank the parents and grandparents for their support to encourage the youth to participate. We would also like to thank our presenters - Donald Sampson, Marissa Baumgartner, and Acosia Red Elk, and our guest from Portland, Oregon. Also, thank you Sam Spino, Denise Wickert, and Jill-Marie Gavin for your assistance and support! And the General Council (Resolution 14-001) and Board of Trustees (Resolution 15-029). “Proud to see this happening for the young people and I’m glad I was here to witness this event with you. Just remember how important your culture and traditions are as leaders! ” – Babette Cowapoo “It was great to be here to listen to your issues and to hear all of you sharing your concerns and wanting to make change! “ – Josh Spencer “Now remember what you just spoke of! You as young leaders taking part be respectful, listen and learn, and know your responsibilities as young leaders!” – Rita George We had an amazing two days with the youth and we are so, proud of each and every one of them! Congratulations! Thank you, Julie Taylor and Corinne Sams, Youth Advisors ON BEHALF OF THE SAMPSON FAMILY, we thank all of our Walla Walla, Umatilla, and Cayuse relatives who attended, as well as those who were unable to make it, to Walla Walla Chief Carl Sampson’s Memorial and the Naming and Chief Ceremony for Donald Sampson. We are honored and humbled that so many of you were able to attend, enjoy a great traditional meal of the 28 native foods that were served (big thanks to Linda Sampson and all the hunters, fishers, root and berry gatherers - you made us proud), enjoy each other’s company, and be witness to the ceremony. We want to acknowledge Thomas MorningOwl, Chief Jesse Jones Jr., Chief Gary Burke, Chief Bill Burke, Whipman Alan Crawford, and Whipwoman Judy Farrow for leading the ceremonies. We also thank each of the tribal elders from home, and tribal leaders, elders, and guests from
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Yakama, Warm Springs, Colville, Nez Perce, Jamestown S’Klallam, Nisqually, Puyallup and afar for their support. We want to send a huge thank you to all of the cooks – Nina Watchman, Syreeta Azure Thompson, Alvina Huesties, Michelle Thompson, Sadie Mildenberger, Teara Farrow-Ferman, Judy Farrow, Kootsie Burke, and David Wolf, Gail, Maizy, Angie McCloud. Thanks to the Indian Nation Drum and the Totus Family for singing the honor songs and Chief song. Thanks to all of the Longhouse drummers, our young people for serving the foods – we are proud of you. Thanks to the Burke and McCloud families for all their support. We would also like to extend big thank yous and hugs to Mort Bishop and the Pendleton Woolen Mills for helping us create the beautiful limited edition Peo Peo Mox Mox blanket; Andi Scott for developing the program, labels, and keeping us organized; Alaina Aloysius for contributing the tasty Alaska smoked salmon; Liz Bill for the hides, blankets and giveaway items. Also thanks to Chuck Greywolf for the beautiful drums, Ben Bearchum for the food donation, Jordan Schnitzer and Tom and Sally Keenan for their financial donations for food. Thank you to our friends from Japan - Hisako Kunitomi, Yasuko, Brenda, Jill, Lenny, Shodo Harada Roshi and Chisan for their contributions for food and gifts, Delcie and Rose Scott from Warm Springs for the beautifully handmade Peo Peo Mox Mox medallion necklaces, Maggie Johnson for the beautiful handmade mocassins, Aaron and Keysha Ashley, Marissa, John Green, Tim Nitz, Joe Whittle, Tom and Janae Henderson (trout), Paul and Sylvie Tompkins for all their help and support, and Jim Carrico (Umatilla Trading Post donations). Umatilla warbonnet wearers: Thomas Morning Owl, Curtis Bearchum’ Warm Springs: Delvis Heath, Joe Moses, Wilfred, Geraldine and Wendell Jim, Alyssa Macy, Delsie and Rose Scott; Nez Perce Tribe: Silas Whitman, Brooklyn Baptist, LeRoy Seth, Roderick Scott; Colville Tribe: Soy Redthunder, Colleen & Rodney Carston, Bill and Carla Timentwa, Les Wahsise; Yakama Tribe: Delano Saluskin, Jerry Lewis, Ted Strong, Randy Settler, the entire Hill family. And my great friend and mentor Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Ron Allen. We are sorry if we did not mention anyone by name, but please know we recognize your support, contribution, and presence, and greatly appreciate you. Sampson Family
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US Capitol tree stops at Arrowhead MISSION - The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree traveled through Eastern Oregon Nov. 14. The 74-foot tree was making its way through the country to Washington, D.C. to be placed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and the drivers made an unscheduled stop at the Arrowhead Travel Plaza on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. “The People’s Tree,” as it has Employees of the Umatilla National Forest Supervisor’s Office gather around former Pendleton Round-Up Princess Kaelyn Lindsay as she signs ‘Let’er Buck’ on the tree trailer. been nicknamed, was cut down in CUJ photos/Phinney the Willamette National Forest near Blue River, Oregon. The Oregon tree, a Noble fir, is the first of its kind selected in the 47 years of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Program. It will be decorated with handmade ornaments from Oregon residents before it is lit on the West Lawn of the Capitol Dec. 6. One other time the tree came from Oregon, but it was clear back in 2002. Four U.S. Forest Service officers were charged with accompanying the eight ton tree across the country. On their route to the Capitol the tree crew followed the Oregon Trail in reverse and stopped in The Dalles to have the tree blessed by tribal members from three differTribal Member Jill-Marie Gavin signs “CTUIR” on the truck carrying ent tribes along the Columbia River. ‘The People’s Tree’ at Arrowhead Travel Plaza.
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Spencer appointed to Rural Organizing Project Fellows MISSION - Tribal Member Briana Spencer has been selected as a 2019 Rural Organizing Project (ROP) Fellow. According to their website the ROP is a statewide organization of locally based groups that work to create communities accountable to a standard of human dignity: the belief in the equal worth of all people, the need for equal access to justice and the right to selfdetermination. Spencer applied to join the initiative in July and was notified she had
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been selected in the same month. Upon hearing she had been selected Spencer said, “I felt really Briana Spencer honored to be selected to join an eclectic branch of thinkers .� She had a December retreat with the group and Spencer said the wide age range of people wanting to help their communities was uplifting as well.
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Board of Trustee’s Minutes DATE: October 8, 2018 BOT Present: Gary Burke, BOT Chairman; Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; Doris Wheeler, Treasurer; Kathryn Brigham, Secretary; Rosenda Shippentower, Member; Aaron Ashley, Member; Sally Kosey, Member and William Sigo IV, General Council Chairman. Woodrow Star, Member on travel. Quorum present. OldBusiness.None Resolution 18-075: Topic: Loan Agreement for Acquisition of Native Hawaiian Veterans LLC and Related Operating Capital. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves a loan from Northwest Farm Credit Services (NWFCS) in the amount and terms cited in Exhibit 1C NWFCS Loan Package and Exhibit 2C NWFCS Loan Security Agreement for the acquisition of Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC (NHV) and related operating capital and that Cayuse Holdings will be responsible for paying operating capital and that Cayuse Holdings will be responsible for paying the monthly loan payments; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees directs the Confederated Tribes’ Office of Legal Counsel, Executive Director, Finance Director and Board of Trustees Treasurer to review the final loan terms and loan documents; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Confederated Tribes’ Office of Legal Counsel, Executive Director and Finance Director, Board of Trustees Chair and Board of Trustees Treasurer are authorized and directed to take such actions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution No. 18-057, including without limitation the review of the loan terms and loan documents; AND BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED, that after the Board of Directors affirm the completion of due diligence for the intended acquisition of Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC, and subsequent approval of the final loan terms and loan documents by the Confederated Tribes’ Office of Legal Counsel, Executive Director and Finance Director, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to execute all necessary loan documents, or ones containing substantially similar terms to the attached Exhibit 1C NWFCS Loan Package and Exhibit 2C NWFCS Loan Security Agreement, for the purpose of acquiring Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC and obtaining related operating capital; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the execution of the loan documents shall be contingent upon final approval and execution by all parties of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement and related documents for the acquisition of NHV; AND, that said Resolution has not been modified, amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 8th day of October, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to adopt Resolution 18-074 and exhibit 1 as amended. Jeremy Wolf seconds. Motion carries 4 for (Kat Brigham, Jeremy Wolf, Aaron Ashley, Sally Kosey) -2 against (Rosenda Shippentower and William Sigo) – 0 abstaining. Other Board Action: None. BOT Travel Reports (11). MOTION: Jeremy Wolf moves to approve the eleven travel reports. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 5 for (Jeremy Wolf, William Sigo, Aaron Ashley, Doris Wheeler, Rosenda Shippentower) – 2 against (Kat Brigham and Sally Kosey) – 0 abstaining. BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Jeremy Wolf, travel to Columbia River Housing. 2) Rosenda Shippentower, personal leave Fri. Oct. 12 from 1 to 4 PM. MOTION: Aaron Ashley moves to approve leave requests. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. DATE: October 15, 2018 BOT Present: Gary Burke, BOT Chairman; Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; Doris Wheeler, Treasurer; Rosenda Shippentower, Member; Aaron Ashley, Member; Woodrow Star, Member; and William Sigo IV, General Council Chairman. Sally Kosey, Member departed for travel at 11:30 AM. Kathryn Brigham, Secretary on personal leave. Quorum present. Old Business. None. Next Resolution 18-076: None. Other Board Action: Umatilla Village/Old Town Site Recreation Area motion by Teara FarrowFerman, Interim Dept. of Natural Resources Director. The CTUIR has been work with the City of
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Umatilla on a proposal for the Umatilla Village/Old Town Site since 2013 and submitted joint application to the US Army Corps of Engineers in 2016 for consideration of such proposal. MOTION: Rosenda Shippentower to approve $10,000 from Contingency fund to work with the City of Umatilla on proposal for the Umatilla Village/Old Town Site. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 6 for (Rosenda Shippentower, Woodrow Star, Aaron Ashley, William Sigo, Jeremy Wolf, Sally Kosey) 0 – against, 1 abstaining (Doris Wheeler). BOT Travel Reports. 1) Jeremy Wolf – verbal report of Washington DC trip. 2) Gary Burke – verbal report of Washington DC trip. MOTION: Rosenda Shippentower moves to approve reports. William Sigo IV seconds. Motion carries 5-0-0. BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Jeremy Wolf, Monday, personal leave, October 15m 2018 – eye appointment 2:15 – 4:00 PM. Friday, personal leave, October 18, 2018 – PL 1:00 – 4:00 PM. Thursday, travel October 18 to Columbia River Housing. 2) Rosenda Shippentower, travel October 20-21 to Pullman, WA to visit WSU on behalf of Chair Burke. 3) William Sigo, travel Nov. 26-28 to Grand Ronde to attend 2018 Annual State/Tribal Summit. MOTION: Jeremy Wolf moves to approve leave requests. Aaron Ashley seconds. Motion carries 5-0-0. DATE: October 22, 2018 BOT Present: Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; Doris Wheeler, Treasurer; Kathryn Brigham, Secretary; Rosenda Shippentower, Member; Aaron Ashley, Member; Woodrow Star, Member; Sally Kosey, Member and William Sigo IV, General Council Chairman. Gary Burke, BOT Chairman. Quorum present. Old Business. Ratify Polled Resolution 18076: 2019 Indian Housing Plan. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to approve Resolution 18-076 as amended. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 6 for (Kat Brigham, William Sigo, Woodrow Star, Aaron Ashley, Kat Brigham, Sally Kosey) – 0 against 1 – abstaining (Rosenda Shippentower). Resolution 18-077: Topic: General Welfare Amendments RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby approves Chapter 8 of the General Welfare Code entitled Assistance Under Tribal Employment Rights Office Code attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that Chapter 8 of the General Welfare Code approved in this Resolution shall be effective as of January 1, 2018. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to adopt Resolution 18-077 as amended. Sally Kosey seconds. Motion carries 6 for (Kat Brigham, Sally Kosey, Woodrow Star, Aaron Ashley, Doris Wheeler, Rosenda Shippentower) – 0 against – 1 abstaining (William Sigo). Resolution 18-078: Topic: Stevens Forestry LLC Property Acquisition. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees does hereby approves the Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Confederated Tribes and Stevens Forestry LLC, attached hereto as Exhibit 2; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees acknowledges receipt of the attached Preliminary Report for Title Insurance no 17-28567 for the Stephens Forest, LLC, attached hereto as Exhibit 2; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes appropriate staff of the Land Acquisition Program, Department of Natural Resources, and Office of Legal Counsel to transmit a formal offer to the seller and to negotiate terms consistent with those outlined in Exhibit 2; AND BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes its Chairman, or his designee, to execute the above referenced Purchase and Sale Agreement, or an agreement with substantially similar terms, in order to secure the acquisition opportunity while final due diligence is completed including the development and approval of a conservation easement to be granted to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA); AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees directs the Office of the Executive Director and appropriate Tribal staff to timely develop and submit any additional documents needed to secure BPA approval of the use of Accord funds to pay the purchase price of the
Property, which documentation may include but is not limited to, the management plan for the Property and stewardship funding agreement with BPA; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the use of 2018 BPA Accord Funds allocated to the Confederated Tribes to pay the purchase price for the Property as set forth in the attached Purchase and Sale Agreement on the closing date and; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that staff are directed to identify an appropriate funding source to cover property taxes on the Property until revenue from the Property is sufficient to cover such taxes or until the Property is transferred into trust status; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon receipt of title to the Property, the Land Program Manager shall expeditiously file a fee-to-trust application for the Property; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Confederated Tribes’ Department of Economic and Community Development shall provide staffing for the fee-to-trust process, and any additional costs associated with the fee-to-trust conversion (e.g., cultural resource surveys, property survey). AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2018. MOTION: Rosenda Shippentower moves to adopt Resolution 18-078 as amended. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Resolution 18-079: Topic: Portland Harbor Damage Assessment Plan Addendum. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chairman, as the Authorized Official for the Confederated Tribes, to execute the letter of approval for the Damage Assessment Plan Addendum (DAP Addendum), attached as Exhibits 1 and 2, to the Portland Harbor Natural Resources Trustee Council (NRTC) Chair’ AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chairman and appropriate tribal staff to take any additional action necessary to convey the Confederated Tribes’ approval of the DAP Addendum to the NRTC. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to adopt Resolution 18-079 as amended. Rosenda Shippentower seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Resolution 18-080: Topic: Spirit Mountain Community Fund Application Education Facility. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the submission of an application to the Spirit Mountain Community Fund (SMCF) for a grant in the amount of $100,000 for the Education Project Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to adopt Resolution 18-080 as amended. Sally Kosey seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Resolution 18-081: Topic: Dept. of Energy (DOE) Northwest Site Office Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Campus National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 Adverse Effect MOA. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the attached Memorandum of Agreement (Exhibit 1) between the Confederated Tribes and Department of Energy and authorizes its Chairman to execute it on behalf of the Confederated Tribes and to take such further action and execute other documents, if any, that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this mitigation and this Resolution; AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2018. MOTION: Aaron Ashely moves to adopt Resolution 18-081 as amended. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Other Board Action: Donation Request for Ron and Lona Pond. Office of the Executive Director received voice mail from Lona Pond requesting $700 to attend Warm Springs Treaty Conference. Office of Executive Director will contact the Ponds and advise them of other resources. BOT Travel Reports. 1) Jeremy Wolf, Oct. 18 to Dalles, OR to attend Columbia River InterTribal Housing Authorities. 2) Kat Brigham, Sept. 23-26 to Suquamish Clearwater Resort to attend 2018 Centennial Accord meeting. Oct. 100 to Walla Walla, WA to attend Mill Creek
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Coalition meeting. 3) William Sigo, Oct. 17-19 to the Dalles and Portland to attend Columbia River Housing Commission meeting and to Portland to present campaign donation from CTUIR to Gov. Brown. 4) Sally Kosey, Oct. 15-16 to Corvallis, OSU to attend Nine Tribes Leadership meeting. 5) Woodrow Star, Oct. 16 to Portland, OR to attend Hanford DOE meeting. MOTION: Rosenda Shippentower moves to approve reports. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 6-0-0. BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Jeremy Wolf, local at WRC on Oct. 23-25 to attend NAFWS Conference. Local at TCI on Oct. 25-26 to attend CRITFC meeting. Personal leave on Oct. 26 from 1-4 PM. 2) Kat Brigham, personal leave on Oct. 23-24 all day. 3) Rosenda Shippentower, local at BMCC on Nov. 8-9 to attend Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. Personal leave Oct. 25 from 2-4 PM. 4) Gary Burke, Doris Wheeler, Aaron Ashley travel to Tribal/State Summit at Spirit Mt. Casino at Grand Ronde on Nov. 26-27. 5) Gary Burke, Portland to attend TNT meetings on Nov. 5-6. 6) Sally Kosey, personal leave on Nov. 8 from 1:30 to 4:00 PM. 7) Doris Wheeler, Fri. Oct. 26 local for Cayuse Tech. BOD all day. 8) William Sigo, personal leave Oct. 23 time undetermined. MOTION: Woodrow Star moves to approve leave requests. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 6-0-0. DATE: October 29, 2018 BOT Present: Gary Burke, BOT Chairman; Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; Kathryn Brigham, Secretary; Rosenda Shippentower, Member; Aaron Ashley, Member; Sally Kosey, Member and Woodrow Star, Member on personal leave. Doris Wheeler, Treasurer on personal leave and William Sigo IV, General Council Chairman on administrative leave. Quorum present. Old Business. None. Resolution 18-082: Topic: STIF Plan Adoption. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees approves the proposed Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund Plan attached as Exhibit 1, and staff to submit the Plan to Oregon Transportation Commission for review and approval. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 29th day of October, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to adopt Resolution 18-082. Aaron Ashley seconds. Motion carries 5-0-0. Resolution 18-083: Topic: PDX Harbor Kinder Morgan Phase 2 Funding Agreement. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chairman to execute the Phase 2 FPA, Addendum No. 3, and the Kinder Morgan Path C FPA, attached hereto as Exhibits 1, 2 and 3 respectively; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chairman and appropriate tribal staff to take any other steps necessary to formalize the Confederated Tribes’ approval of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. as a Phase 2 Path C Party. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 29th day of October, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to adopt Resolution 18-083. Sally Kosey seconds. Motion carries 5-0-0. Other Board Action: Commission/Committee Update by Kat Brigham, BOT Secretary. CTUIR Culture Coalition. One vacancy with one application from Avary McKay. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to reappoint Avary McKay to CTUIR Culture Coalition for a two year term. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 5-0-0. Economic & Community Development Committee. One vacancy with one application from Lucas Eastwood. There was discussion on a CTUIR member living off the CTUIR being able to serve on committee/commission because the Advisory Code does not address a number of issues. BOT asked that a BOT work session be held to address them and update the Commission/Committee application. MOTION: Aaron Ashley moves to re-advertise. Rosenda Shippentower seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 3 for (Aaron Ashley, Rosenda Shippentower and Jeremy Wolf) - 2 against (Kat Brigham and Sally Kosey) – 0 abstaining. Farm Committee sent a memo to BOT SecreBOT Minutes on page 22B
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Board of Trustee’s Minutes Continued from page 21B tary dated October 22, 2018 re: removal of two members from the Farm Committee following the Advisory Code, Chapter 3, Section 3.01 (j) Resignation by Default for missing three consecutive meeting or missing more than 50% of the meetings. The memo states a motion passed to remove Jolie Wendt and Matilda Hoisington per the Advisory Code for missing several meetings. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to remove Jolie Wendt and Matilda Hoisington from Farm Committee per Advisory Code, Chapter 3, Section 2.01 (j) and advertise for two positions. No second, motion dies. MOTION: Rosenda Shippentower moves to advertise for two vacancies on Farm Committee. Jeremy Wolf seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 4 for (Rosenda Shippentower, Aaron Ashley, Jeremy Wolf and Sally Kosey) – 1 against (Kat Brigham) – 0 abstaining. Law & Order Committee. One vacancy with one application from Paula Wagner Bellingham. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to reappoint Paula Wagner Bellingham to a three year term. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 4 for (Kat Brigham, Sally Kosey, Aaron Ashley and Jeremy Wolf) – 0 against – 1 abstaining (Rosenda Shippentower). Wildhorse Foundation. One vacancy with one application from Deb Croswell. On October 9, 2108 Umatilla County Council sent a letter informing CTUIR that George Murdock was nominated to serve another term on WHF. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to reappoint Deb Croswell to the Wildhorse Foundation to a two
year staggered term. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 5-0-0. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to send letter to Umatilla County informing them that George Murdock has been reappointed to the Wildhorse Foundation for two year staggered term. Jeremy Wolf seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 5-0-0. Terms Expiring: Alvina Huesties, Credit Board, term expires on December 7. Roberta Kipp, Election Commission, term expires on December 31. Michelle Thompson, Election Commission, term expires on December 31. Patricia Hall, Law & Order Committee, term expires on December. Michael Johnson, TERO Committee, term expires on December 5. Jeff Van Pelt, CRC, term expires November 7. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to send letters notifying member of expiration of terms and advertise for the positions. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 5-0-0. Will continue to advertise for: 1 position Culture Resource Committee, two year term, meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday. 1 position Economic & Community Development Committee, to complete a two year term that ends on June 12, 2019, meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday. All applications will be due Monday, November 19 by 4:00 PM. A BOT work session will be scheduled November 21 at 8:30 AM to review applications and will take action on the application appointments on Monday, November 26. BOT Travel Reports. Deferred
BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Kat Brigham, personal leave Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 from 1-4 PM. 2) Gary Burke, travel Nov. 15-17 to Lapwaii to attend Four Chairs Meeting. MOTION: Rosenda Shippentower moves to approve leave requests. Kat Brigham seconds. Motion carries 5-0-0. DATE: November 5, 2018 BOT Present: Gary Burke, BOT Chairman; Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman; Doris Wheeler, Treasurer; Kathryn Brigham, Secretary; Rosenda Shippentower, Member; Aaron Ashley, Member; Woodrow Star, Member; Sally Kosey, Member and William Sigo IV, General Council Chairman. Full quorum present. Old Business. None. Next Resolution 18-084: None. Other Board Action: Farm Committee Member Removal Process by Kat Brigham, BOT Secretary. Action was taken to remove two members during the October 19 BOT meeting and advertise the two positions. It has been come to BOT attention that the Farm Committee is not subject to the Advisory Committee Code and have their own Bylaws approved by Resolution 05-078 that set forth a different process for removal of members that do not consistently attend meetings. It was proposed to send the two individuals letters informing Jolie Wendt and Matilda Hoisington that the BOT intends to remove them from the Farm Committee for neglect of duty and allow them an opportunity to meet with the BOT on November 14th at 11:00 AM to answer the charge of neglect of duty. MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to send
letters to Jolie Wendt and Matilda Hoisington informing them of the Farm Committee Bylaws and removal process. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 7 for (Sally Kosey, Woodrow Star, Aaron Ashley, William Sigo, Jeremy Wolf, Kat Brigham and Doris Wheeler) 1- against (Rosenda Shippentower) – 0 abstaining. Oregon Health Authority Board appointment. This appointment to the Oregon Health Authority would be for a person to serve on the Oregon Health Policy Board. The Governor of the State of Oregon appoints individuals to the positions. The Health Commission approved Rosenda to submit her application which she did on June 18, 2018. The Governor has not yet made the appointment but should she do so Rosenda requested the BOT approval of her serving on the Oregon Health Policy Board. MOTION: William Sigo moves if Governor Brown appoints Rosenda Shippentower, BOT Member to the Oregon Health Policy Board, the BOT are in agreement that Rosenda accept the appointment. Doris Wheeler seconds. Motion carries 7 for (William Sigo, Doris Wheeler, Aaron Ashley, Jeremy Wolf, Kat Brigham, Woodrow Star, and Sally Kosey) – 0 against – 1 abstaining (Rosenda Shippentower). BOT Travel Reports. Deferred. BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Rosenda Shippentower, personal leave on Nov. 6 from 9:30 – 11:00 AM. Travel to Spokane, WA on Nov. 15-16 re Healing Lodge meeting. 2) Sally Kosey, personal leave, Nov. 9. 3) Jeremy Wolf, travel Nov. 13-18, CRITFC special & regular monthly meeting. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to approve five leave requests. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 8-0-0.
Nixyaawii Governance Center closed December 24-25 in observance of Christmas
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Work is continuing on the Helix Library and Children’s Room Expansion Project. Helix Advancement Partnership Network recently received a grant from the Wildhorse Foundation for the project.
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HAPN Library expansion project gains momentum with Wildhorse grant HELIX - The Helix Advancement Partnership Network (HAPN) is making steady progress on its Helix Library and Children’s Room Expansion Project. The Wildhorse Foundation recently awarded the group $20,000, and Northwest Farm Credit Services showed its support earlier this month with a $1,000 award. Donations from local community members total $6,000 so far. The Library and Children’s Room expansion will increase the usability of the Helix Library allowing it to accommodate further youth, family, and adult programming, according to Cindy Wood, a member of the HAPN Board of Directors. The Helix Library is housed in the Old Helix School, a building of historical significance to the area. This expansion project addresses much-needed repairs and will improve the layout of the library and children’s
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room space. The walls and ceiling will be replaced, cabinet storage and a sink will be installed, and technology will be upgraded - including a media system with speakers, projector and screen. Construction will also preserve historic features of the building, including an interior glass wall that is currently covered from past renovations. HAPN, a volunteer-run nonprofit, formed in 2004 to improve the quality of life and promote the welfare of Helix residents. HAPN and the Helix community are anticipating beginning construction on the Library and Children’s Room in mid2019, Wood said. HAPN’s future updates to the Old Helix School will include revitalizing the Helix Historical Museum and creating a community meeting room to host groups and classes.
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