Colten Bell holds up a root he dug up during a children’s root digging trip April 24. For more photos, turn to page 16A.
Mari Mills and her mother, Rae Ann Oatman, spend four nights a week practicing yoga at Wellness Wave. Read about it on page 4B.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown met with the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation April 27 on her tour of Eastern Oregon. They talked primarily about mental health concerns. Turn to page 3A for the story.
Confederated Umatilla Journal
2 Sections, 48 pages / Publish date May 3, 2018
The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ~ Pendleton, Oregon May 2018
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Volume 26, Issue 5
New Yellowhawk is ‘fantastic’ Community turns out for opening of Tribal Health Center By the CUJ
MISSION – Dr. Rex Quaempts said the clinic he remembers as a kid was smaller than his office at the new Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center that opened to the public May 1 on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. When the doors opened about 1 p.m., following an hour of drumming, singing, speeches and a ribbon cutting, hundreds of community members entered the doors and flowed through the circular building on guided tours of the 64,000 square-foot state-of-theart facility that boasts, among other things, 15 medical exam rooms and 10 dental chairs. “It’s fantastic,” said elder John Brown. “It’s a big time difference. Everything is so nice and everybody is so happy.” The ceremonial “soft grand opening” of the new clinic, under construction for more than a year, was bittersweet for the community which was mourning the loss of three elders at the end of April. Tribal Members and other community members rejoiced at the opening, but it wasn’t without acknowledgement that many were absent from the ceremony. Master of Ceremonies Yellowhawk on page 17A
Dr. Rex Quaempts, Medical Director at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, was one of the speakers during the “soft grand opening” May 1 on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Hundreds of people turned out for ribbon-cutting ceremonies and tours of the 64,000 square-foot facility. For more photos turn to page 4A. CUJ photo/Phinney
First fish Malvin Jamison holds up one of the fish caught in the first salmon harvest of 2018. See more on page 18A CUJ photo/Dallas Dick
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