CUJ News Spencer selected for ‘Discover’ training
Wolf crew ‘goes to buffalo’ in Montana It was a successful hunt in Gardner, Montana, for Aiden Wolf, Jeremy Wolf, Isaac Bearchum, Adrienne Wolf and David Wolf, and (not pictured: Bruce Bearchum and Jason Bearchum), who took a total of six bison as the year came to an end. A portion of the meat will be donated to the Fish & Wildlife Commission for ceremonial and subsistance use. Several other members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) will also take part in the annual buffalo hunt in the coming months. The Wolf group was the first from the CTUIR to “go to buffalo.”
Sager starts new court manager post
Kelly Sager
MISSION - Kelly J. Sager, currently Attorney/ Director of the Office of Child Support Enforcement for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), has accepted the newly created position of Judicial Assistant/ Court Director, according to Tribal Court Judge Bill Johnson. This new position is necessitated by the demands of the Court’s expanding responsibilities under the federal Violence Against Women Act and Tribal Law and Order Act, and the Court’s recent designation as an authorized participant with the National
Crime Information Center. Sager, an attorney with “distinguished courtroom and management experience, is a much valued addition to the Court”, said Judge Johnson. “She will enhance the Court’s ongoing mission to provide highly professional and efficient criminal and civil judicial services to Tribal members and the community-at-large and maintain and advance the high standard of administration of justice that the Court has established,” Johnson said in a statement. Sager assumed her new role on Jan. 3.
Three tribal officers graduate SALEM, Oregon – Two police officers who will serve in this area recently graduated from the Basic Police Academy in Salem. They are Officer Markus Williams for the Umatilla Tribal Police Department and Travis McMasters for the Pendleton Police Department. They have completed a 16-week course in dozens of training areas including survival skills, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, ethics, cultural diversity, problem solving, community policing, elder abuse and drug recognition. It is the 362nd class
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to graduate from the academy. The officers will return to their home departments for field training. Williams was one of three recruits recently hired by the Tribal Police. The other two, William Lyle and Samuel Williamson, attended the basic police academy just ahead of Williams. “We felt they were all three excellent hires,” said Tribal Police Chief Tim Addleman. Lyle and Williamson, Chief Addleman said, performed exceptionally at the basic police academy and Williams
followed suit. Police Chief Stuart Roberts hired McMasters in July, which enabled him to begin the mandatory field training. The chief said the rookie’s presence will help at the short-staffed department. “We’ve been limping along for a heck of a long time,” he said. “We’ve had as many as five or six vacancies at any one time. With having McMasters back and getting him through his field training, it will help alleviate some of those pressures.”
Confederated Umatilla Journal
MISSION - Briana Spencer, Helpdesk Support Representative in the Department of Information Technology, has been selected as the first tribal member participant for the Discover training program offered by the Pamáwaluukt Empower Program. Discover is a management/supervisor experience program designed to enhance the operational knowledge of management for current tribal member employees who are interested in advancing into management Briana Spencer positions, according to Kathryn Burke, Director of Human Resources for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. As the first participant in the management-experience program, Spencer will learn personnel policies, annual work plans, budgets, administrative processes, and challenges related to management. Spencer will work two weeks each month from January through June undergoing coaching, mentoring and job shadowing to help her understand the functions and challenges of each of the program she experiences. Spencer said she wants to cultivate the mission of the Empowerment Program to instill positive attributes, effective communication, encourage cooperation, foster commitment and self-esteem, and work to achieve common goals. “It is vital to measure the impact of a positive and supportive attitude to our community, Tribal programs and employees,” Spencer said in an email. The Discover program not only encourages tribal members to achieve higher personal goals, it helps the CTUIR accomplish future goals as a tribal entity. “By investing in our people through experimental management experience,” Burke said in an email, “we are also investing in the future for potential growth and success of future leadership. “This has been in the works for the last couple of years with the Empower Committee and I am very happy to say we were able to secure funding and start investing in our people, who are our most important resource in order for us to maintain not only our treaty rights and sovereignty through our governance, but to forecast ahead to the future so we can begin to develop success planning for key positions within our tribal government structure.” The Board of Trustees, the tribal governing body, approved a budget to support the Discover training program, which is modeled after a supervisor training program at Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
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