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Happy Canyon Princesses Tayler Craig and Sequoia Conner wave in their last parade as 2018 royalty during the Westward Ho! Parade in September. Lots more Round-Up photos in Section B.

Nixyaawii Community School student Austin Ancheta, Ed Michelson from NBBJ, RaeAnn Oatman from Yellowhawk, and volunteer Sherry Muse, planted vegetables in the Ilaxpiwit Garden. Read about it on Page 19A.

The Arrow Lakes jockey jumped over his horse in the second exchange of a consolation race at the Championship of Champions Indian relay races in Walla Walla. More on Page 10A.

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Tribes adopt new approach to suicide prevention

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By Jill-Marie Gavin of the CUJ

Epidemic, crisis, and contagion are all words that have been used to describe the suicide statistics and disparities that have plagued Native communities for several decades. Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Circles of Hope program hopes that a new way to respond to these deaths will help improve those numbers. Contagion is normally a word used to describe the spreading of a communicable disease through close contact, but it was used in the resolution passed Oct. 1 by the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to illustrate that suicide can spread from one person in duress to another. According to data gathered by the Northwest Portland Indian Health Board from 2008 to 2012, American Indians and Alaskan Natives living in the Northwest, ranging from

William Sigo, standing, and Tyasin Burns, both sophomores at Nixyaawii Community School (NCS), are two of three Golden Eagles making significant contributions to the undefeated Pilot Rock/ NCS football team. Along with senior Deven Barkley, the trio helped lead the eightman football team to a 28-14 win over fifth-ranked Imbler Sept. 28. For more photos and a story about the team, turn to Page 3B.

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Board, GC debate residency issue By the CUJ

MISSION – The Board of Trustees will shuffle the issue of residency eligibility for candidates on to the General Council following a work session Sept. 27 that resulted in a lively discussion with officers from both governing bodies of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). A General Council meeting with the residency issue on

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Residency on page 27A

Where there’s smoke ... A controlled burn got out of control and scorched 125 acres of grass, underbrush and some timber on the Umatilla Indian Reservation Sept. 20. No structures were damaged in the “Cabbage Fire.” For more photos turn to Page 5A. CUJ photo/Phinney

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CUJ News High-definition cameras will ID faces, license plates in Mission By the CUJ

MISSION – High definition cameras capable of recognizing faces and license plates will be placed at high traffic-flow areas in the Mission housing area to deter crime, according to Marcus Luke, Housing Department Director for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Depending on the cost, Luke is hoping to purchase as many as eight of the cameras that will be installed in places like Willow Drive, Walla Walla Court, Wetlands Park, and other places where there is a lot of activity in the project area. “Ever since the shooting a couple years ago on Willow Drive, the Board (CTUIR Board of Trustees) has directed Housing to increase security with police,” Luke said. Toward that goal, more Tribal Police officers have been hired and communication between police and housing staff has improved. Cameras will help to identify suspicious people and vehicles, Luke said. Residents often report cars with out-of-state plates or cars speeding and running stop signs. Likewise, people have found used needles and meth pipes in Wetlands Park. Vandalism is always a problem. “People feel like they aren’t safe,” Luke said. “Vandalism, broken windows, flat tires, graffiti at the bus stops, problems at Wetlands, shots fired. In 2013 the school gym and Cay-uma-wa (Education Center) was broken into. That led to the Board asking the Housing Department and the police, ‘What can we do to protect the community?” Tribal Police Officer Dave Williams said the cameras could work as a deterrent and they can provide evidence. Cameras currently are used at Wildhorse Casino, at Arrowhead Travel Plaza, and Mission Market, and outside the Community Center gymnasium. Williams said the cameras will be in public areas and will not interfere with anyone’s right to privacy. “They will be where we commonly have problems,” he said. Luke said it’s obvious the community needs and wants more security. “Not necessarily more police, but something,” he said. “Every child needs to feel safe in his own neighborhood.”

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Sergeant Russ Holt, left, and Community Policing Officer Dave Williams pose outside the Housing Department with Umatilla Police Department’s new motoroized bikes. Contributed Photo

Motorized bikes improve housing surveillance efforts for UTPD By the CUJ

MISSION – Two new motorized bicycles were purchased as a collaborative effort between the Umatilla Tribal Police Department (UTPD) and the Housing Department to increase patrols in the housing units of Mission. Officers will now be able to patrol undetected, in more areas, and pursue suspects into hard-to-reach areas. These are all advantages specific to bicycle patrols, according to UTPD Sergeant Russ Holt. Unfortunately, surveillance in a patrol car gives suspects time to stop committing a crime and flee

the scene before officers are able to observe what is happening, Holt said. When the officers are on bikes, they can quietly approach a crime scene undetected to observe criminal activity before suspects are alerted to their presence. Vandalism is one crime that will be on the radar for officers patrolling on bicycle. There will always be two patrolling together, also according to Holt, for safety purposes. Because only four officers were trained for bicycle patrol this past year and they must work in pairs, the specialized patrols will be limited to when manpower allows.

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CUJ News Tovey hired to run new CDFI loan program By the CUJ

MISSION – Dave Tovey has been hired as the Executive Director for a new Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that will serve the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Tovey, who was hired for the job by Wildhorse Resort & Casino, is the former Executive Director for the CTUIR. A member of the Confederated Tribes, Tovey most recently worked as a consultant to the Indian Land Tenure Foundation of Minneapolis, Minnesota, developing the trust land loan fund for individual Tribal members to acquire controlling interest in their allotments. Tovey has also worked in top execu-

tive roles with the Siletz Tribal Business Corporation, Cayuse Technologies, the Coquille Indian Tribe, and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) Economic Development Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors as a founding member for two other CDFIs—the Indian Land Capital Company and the ATNI EcoDave Tovey nomic Development Corporation. The CDFI is a program of the U.S. Department of Treasury. CDFIs are spe-

cialized financial institutions that serve geographically defined, low-income communities or populations that lack access to capital. Other regional Tribes have CDFIs, including Quinault, Nez Perce, Lummi, Colville, and the ATNI Economic Development Corporation. The CDFI here, which at this point has not been named, came about after five years of discussion and organization. It started after a group of tribal leaders, including Wildhorse CEO Gary George, then CTUIR Board of Trustees Vice Chair Leo Stewart, and former Wildhorse Business Development Center Manager Kathleen Flanagan in 2013 attended a Social Entrepreneur Initiative. A grant from the Northwest Area Foundation produced a feasibility report in 2015 and a business

plan was created a year later. A CDFI Founder’s Committee was created that includes George, the Wildhorse CEO; Toni Minthorn, Credit Committee Board; Les Minthorn, Economic and Community Development Committee; Marlene Hale, Credit Program; Pamela Ranslam, Housing Homeownership Program; Kelly George, Land Committee; and Raven Manta, Business Development Services Program Coordinator, to provide guidance and to build the job description for the Executive Director. Now it’s Tovey’s job to put together four programs into a single entity that will focus on loans and credit counseling. The Tribal Credit Program and ArCDFI on page 25A

Kayak prepares to celebrate millionth rider MISSION – Kayak Public Transit will celebrate its one millionth rider on Nov. 2 with a series of events planned in the month of October, including Kayak advertising, promotional and merchandise giveaways. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation began its public transportation services 17 years ago with a single bus – the Mission Metro

– picking up riders three times a day between Pendleton and Mission. “We had 12 riders for that first quarter” in late 2001, remembers Susan Johnson, Public Transit Program Manager. In the same quarter last year, Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2017, the Mission Metro boasted 4,773 rides.

People wait at the park-n-ride location set up with a canopy and hay bale benches.

“We have grown from one fixed route to three fixed routes (Mission Metro, Tutuilla Tripper, Hermiston HART) and four commuter bus routes (Hermiston Hopper, La Grande Arrow, and Walla Walla Whistler),” Johnson said. Over the last 12 months, Kayak has transported more than 82,475 people on all its routes.

The Kayak Public Transit trolley was used for the park-n-ride service to and from the Round-Up grounds.

Round-Up ridership more than doubles PENDLETON – Ridership on the Park-n-Ride trolley was up by about 250 percent during the Pendleton Round-Up this year over last year, according to tallies at the Public Transit Program for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The popular trolley, which ran about every 50 minutes between park-n-ride locations and the Round-Up grounds from Sept. 12-15, added two stops this year at Main/Court and Main/Frazer in downtown Pendleton. Last year, the trolley provided a total of 543 rides. This year, 1,379 rides were recorded. “We had more people parking at our park-n-ride locations than we ever have had in the past,” said Susan Johnson, manager of the CTUIR Public Transit Program. “The Main Street stop was very popular in getting people from downtown to the rodeo.” Johnson said the park-n-ride program was successful us-

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ing a combination of radio and newspaper advertising, plus a Round-Up Guide, and hand-out cards during the Dress Up parade. “Dispatch personally talked with people coming from Milton-Freewater and Hermiston to use our park-n-ride,” Johnson said. “I had a parent stop me in the parade to ask how their kids could just get a ride on the trolley. Kids love to ride the trolley because it has a beautiful saddle up front that moves back and forth so they feel like they are truly riding a horse.” In addition to the trolley’s regular park-n-ride stops, the CTUIR Public Transit helped out Wildhorse Resort & Casino by stopping at designated spots in the facility’s parking lot. Johnson said next year the Transit Program may consider using a Kayak bus along with the trolley so more people can be transported to their destinations quicker, possibly every 25 minutes.

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Aurora Whiskeyjack settles into the saddle aboard the Kayak Public Transit Park-nRide trolley during its Round-Up route. Contributed photos

CUJ News CTUIR pushes for full criminal jurisdiction Attorney, survivor participate in bipartisan House panel on ending domestic violence By Brent Leonhard

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was supposed to be reauthorized by September 30, 2018. Instead, Congress extended the Act through December 7, 2018, giving it time to act after the midterm elections but before any new electorates are seated. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has been actively involved in VAWA’s development and implementation throughout the years. The CTUIR played an important role in developing VAWA’s non-Indian domestic violence provisions that allow tribal nations to prosecute limited nonThe first time Indian domestic violence crimes as an exercise Ms. Minthorn’s of inherent sovereign power. The CTUIR was ex-boyfriend also among the first three assaulted her tribes to be authorized to implement non-Indian it was at her jurisdiction in February home on the of 2014. Between implemenreservation tation and January of 2018 the CTUIR has prosin front of her ecuted 13 non-Indian children. domestic violence crimes on the reservation. That is a 325 percent increase in non-Indian domestic violence crime prosecutions from the eight years before implementation, in which the United States Attorney’s Office prosecuted only three non-Indian domestic violence cases and declined

Erin Prochnow, CEO YWCA Cass Clay, Fargo, North Dakota; Amber Crotty, Council Delegate Navajo Nation; Michelle Demmert, Chief Justice, Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; Brent Leonhard, attorney for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR); Taryn Minthorn, domestic violence survivor representing CTUIR; Virginia Davis, Senior Policy Advisor, National Congress of American Indians gathered for a photo at the House Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence.

one. It not only represents an increase in prosecutions, but an increase in reporting. But more needs to be done with the next reauthorization. The CTUIR has been advocating for full criminal jurisdiction over all crime on the reservation, regardless of a person’s race or citizenship. It is in pursuit of this effort that Taryn Minthorn and I traveled to Washington, D.C., in September. We participated on a panel before the House Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence, a caucus bringing together members of Congress and key stakeholders dedicated to ending domestic violence. We were also interviewed by National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) about CTUIR’s experiences in implementing VAWA 2013 non-Indian jurisdiction, both successes and limitations. Ms. Minthorn’s story of survival is particularly

important in pursuit of this effort, highlighting both VAWA’s success and shortfalls. (Her story has been featured in several publications, most recently in the Sept. 20, 2018 issue of TeenVogue magazine.) The first time Ms. Minthorn’s ex-boyfriend assaulted her it was at her home on the reservation in front of her children. This is a serious offense. Normally it would be charged as endangering the welfare of a minor, one charge for each child who witnessed the assault on their mother. This is an important crime to prosecute because of the impact that witnessing abuse has on children - especially in Indian country where children suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at the same rate as those returning from was in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also committed the crime of DUI, having fled the Criminal juriscition on page 24A

Man gets 5 years for beating girlfriend on Umatilla Rez By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian/OregonLive

A 53-year-old man who beat, choked and forced his girlfriend to have sex over three days while she was trapped in his trailer on the Umatilla Indian Reservation was sentenced Sept. 18 to more than five years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones called Don Douglas Lovell’s crimes “chronic, terrible, unforgivable abuse.’’ Jones sentenced Lovell to five years and four months in prison after hearing testimony from the victim, a tribal police officer and an FBI agent. Lovell pleaded guilty to assault and strangulation. Lovell’s former girlfriend described how Lovell held her down by her throat and slammed her in the head with a red heavy-duty Maglite flashlight at least twice. She said she was afraid if she didn’t agree to his demands “the violence was going to get worse.” The sentencing came on the same day that the U.S. Department of Justice announced more than $4.8 million in grants awarded to seven tribes and one tribal commission in Oregon to help combat and investigate domestic violence against Native American women. The violence greatly exceeds that against any other population of women, with 56 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women experiencing sexual violence and 55 percent having experienced violence by an intimate partner, according to a 2016 report by the

National Institute of Justice. The victim ultimately escaped on Jan. 3 after Lovell left the trailer to go work. She tried to walk in belowfreezing temperatures to her brother’s home more than 10 miles away. She made it to an off-duty officer’s home, who called tribal police. As she was being treated at a hospital, Lovell called tribal and area police, claiming his girlfriend had roughed him up in a fight, that she had outstanding warrants for her arrest and had stolen his dog, which actually belonged to her. Abusers like Lovell often use a victim’s arrest warrants or their pets as manipulation to keep them from reporting the assaults to law enforcement, FBI agent Alexander White testified. White, who worked out of the FBI’s Pendleton office at the time, was the investigator in the case. The former girlfriend acknowledged that she had a warrant at the time for failure to appear in court on a probation violation stemming from a heroin possession conviction. Lovell’s defense lawyer Alison Clark argued that the woman’s injuries didn’t rise to the level of “serious bodily injury,’’ which would enhance the prison time for her client. The victim didn’t suffer a concussion from the flashlight strikes to her head, Clark noted. Lovell also never admitted to committing any sexual assault or abuse, his lawyer said. Clark urged a sentence of three years and five months.

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Prosecutor Jennifer Martin countered that the victim required hospitalization and a week later still had a black and swollen right eye, bruises to her head and neck and complained of dizziness. Lovell’s former girlfriend testified that she Case first filed in started “going in Tribal Court and out” after the flashlight attack. This case was first filed in the “My head was Tribal Court for the Confederlike mush from ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian this,’’ she said. Reservation, according to CTUIR “I had never Prosecutor Kyle Daley. It was been hit like that prosecuted in federal court under ever.’’ the Violence Against Women Act. The judge concluded the victim suffered serious injuries and the flashlight was used as a dangerous weapon, which enhanced Lovell’s sentence. Jones agreed to recommend that Lovell be placed at a federal prison with a medical facility because he has diabetes, Hepatitis C and pulmonary disease. “Your Honor, I’m very sorry, and please forgive me,’’ Lovell told the judge. “It’s not for me to forgive,’’ Jones said. “It’s for me to give a fair sentence.’’

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Smoke billows from the Cabbage Fire about six miles east of Pendleton along Interstate 84 between Telephone Ridge and Deadman Pass. About 125 acres of grass and underbrush - and some trees - burned after a prescribed BIA fire escaped in 15 mph winds. CUJ photo/Phinney

Controlled burn burns out of control

Equipment responding to the fire included two helicopters, four single-engine air tankers, one air attack and three dozers. Here a chopper drops what was picked up at a nearby pond.

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MISSION – A prescribed burn that got away from a Bureau of Indian Affairs crew scorched about 125 acres of grass and underbrush in open timber along the Old Emigrant Hill Highway about six miles east of Pendleton Sept. 20. The BIA was burning at Thinning Unit 3 on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Staff from the Range and Agriculture Program for the Confederated Tribes reported the fire about 11 a.m. The “Cabbage Fire” was driven by winds estimated at 15 mph with temperatures in the 70s. Fire-fighting crews from multiple agencies were the scene fast and none of the eight primary residences or 16 outbuildings that were in the fire’s path were damaged. Even though the fire was less than an a quarter mile from Interstate 84 in some spots, traffic was uninterrupted on the freeway. Emigrant Hill Highway and Poverty Flats Road was closed for a while. Numerous agencies provided resources for the effort, including the CTUIR Fire Department, which mostly provided water for other units, plus the BIA, Oregon Department of Forestry, East Umatilla Rural Fire District, Pendleton Fire Department, Pilot Rock Fire Department, and U.S. Forest Service. Equipment included 10 engines, two helicopters, four single-engine air tankers, one air attack, and three dozers. Crews were on scene through the night locating and extinguishing hotspots near the fire line and continued working throughout the day Sept. 21.

A tree goes up in flames along Old Emigrant Highway as a truck from one of several fire-fighting agencies cruises through the smoke. Multiple agencies from the region responded to the fire.

Betsy West from Athena, part of a crew from the Oregon Department of Forestry, sprays water on fire burning in dry grass on the Cabbage Fire Sept. 20.

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Moon settles over Pine Creek, south of Athena, two days before the September full moon in this photo taken from Pambrun Rd.

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Supreme Court nominee unknown in Indian Country

he Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS for short, is the highest court of the land. All controversies arising under the laws of the United States and the Constitution may be argued before the highest tribunal for final arbitration of the law. Under the U.S. Constitution, SCOTUS is charged with ensuring all Americans will receive equal justice under the law. SCOTUS is made up of the Chief Justice and eight associate justices. Justice Anthony Kennedy retired in July of this year. Now Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is President Trump’s nominee for the High Court vacancy. Over the past 30 years SCOTUS has heard, on average, two cases a year dealing with Indian law. Over that time period Tribes have lost nearly 77 percent of those cases. SCOTUS has begun a new session of the court and there are four cases on their docket: Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, a treaty and taxation case affecting the Yakama Nation; Herrera v. Wyoming, a treaty rights case involving the Crow Nation; Royal v. Murphy, a reservation boundary issue facing the Muscogee Nation; and Sturgeon v. Frost, a case that impacts Native subsistence rights in Alaska. The Tribes’ Office of Legal Counsel monitors Indian law court cases across Indian Country. In the

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upcoming cases before SCOTUS our Legal Counsel team has filed two amicus briefs in support of the Tribal positions in the Herrera v. Wyoming and Royal v. Murphy cases. An amicus brief is written by someone who is not party to a case but who can provide information, expertise or insight on the issues before the court. In these two cases our Legal Counsel clearly sees treaty issues at play and has offered SCOTUS information that will advance a legal argument that should make equal justice more apparent. Though the odds look stacked against Indian people. This brings us to Judge Kavanaugh. He is well educated. He attended a private preparatory high school, Georgetown Prep, went on to Yale University where he graduated with a bachelor of arts and then completed Yale Law School with a juris doctorate. His career led him to law clerk for US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit – Judge Stapleton, Ninth Circuit Judge Kozinski and SCOTUS Justice Kennedy. He also worked for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr investigating the death of Vincent Foster and the Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton sex scandal. He also practiced law in a private firm and joined the legal team for George W. Bush in trying to stop the ballot recount in Florida during the 2000 Presidential election. By 2006 he was nominated and confirmed to his federal judgeship. Throughout Judge Kavanaugh’s career he has

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worked on and ruled on a number of high profile cases, but not one dealing with Indian Country issues. He now faces a tumultuous confirmation and rightfully so, for he is accused of sexually assaulting a woman over 30 years ago. He has vehemently denied this accusation. The alleged victim has testified before the Senate judiciary committee and, to me, seems very believable in her charges against the Judge. Judge Kavanaugh is an unknown to us in Indian Country. We continue to fight for our reserved treaty rights in the federal courts. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) will receive challenges, especially as it relates to jurisdictional issues on Indian lands. It most likely will face a challenge one day before SCOTUS. This concern coupled with his lack of knowledge or understanding of Indian law should draw great concern from throughout Indian Country and for us here on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. We have led the way on VAWA, we continue to fight for our rights in the highest court of the U.S. Therefore, I cannot see any reason to support Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to SCOTUS. Sophocles said, “The golden eye of justice sees and requites the unjust man.” Let us hope this will bear true and Judge Kavanaugh will not become the newest Justice to the Supreme Court. ~ CFS III

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CUJ Op-Ed/Columns Sigo sheds light on tribal issues with TV question By Jill-Marie Gavin

On Oct. 2, our own Dazon Sigo, Youth Leadership Council Member for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, won another victory for young natives everywhere. Dazon stood up on stage, and in front of millions of viewers, asked our Governor, and gubernatorial candidates, a question that not only needed to be answered, but also sheds light on our unique struggles as a tribe, just in time for Indigenous People’s Day. Just this month Gov. Kate Brown declared Oct. 9 Indigenous People’s Day.

It’s such great news, especially considering the endeavor was largely driven by the Klamath Tribes’ Youth Council. While we should all applaud Gov. Kate Brown for this declaration, I think the real focus and gratitude should be shown to the Klamath Youth Council. This victory is a testament to what a group of driven, intelligent, thoughtful and Indigenous youth can achieve, including youth right here on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The question Dazon asked was, “I have noticed a great discrepancy when it comes to teaching all students about native American history, historical trauma, natural resource management and other topics

that are vital to understanding indigenous populations better. As governor, what specific steps will you take to solve the issue of under representation of tribal history in all schools across Oregon?” In this moment, Dazon was able to deliver a powerful message to viewers all over Oregon. In one sentence he delivered the message that we as Indigenous people are A. important, B. aware of how Oregon is failing us, and C. demanding a solution. Gov. Brown answered with grace and passion, but the real jewel of the evening was seeing a young leader using an enormous platform with poise, responsibility and authority. Bravo Dazon.

Tribal ‘leadership’ at Round-Up questioned By Marjorie Waheneka

here comes a time in a person’s life where what you see and the hearsay, it just rubs you the wrong way. People turn their heads, make some snide comments, laugh about it and continue on. No one is held accountable. I am one person – not perfect, but who is? I may not be the only person who has thought about this, meaning the true strength of our culture and traditions. “The chief” - Round-Up title, Tribal appointment, hereditary claim or self-proclaimed? “The whipman/whipwoman” – Same process of title? My concern is the leadership quality of said leaders. Everyone experiences negativity when you step up into a leadership role. But I heard my Granny and other elders say “it takes a person who can relate to the people.” Compassion, listening attentively, then alone ponder those words – the sweat house, going up into the mountains, prayer and songs for guidance. My emotions were full of memories, it made my heart heavy, and I really didn’t want to be at Round-Up. Eleven years ago when it was requested for volunteers under the Round-Up Indian Director, I signed up. There are many recurring issues of past, present and future

that the Indian Director didn’t feel comfortable with. There is a group of tribal people, plus other nonIndian volunteers, who meet with the Indian Director to discuss issues, concerns and get updates from the group on their areas of volunteer assignments. Everyone gets a chance to speak. This year at Round-Up, if you noticed we didn’t have all four chiefs present; one passed on, for health reasons one didn’t attend, another came a couple of days, leaving the youngest to pull all the weight. The son of the chief who passed was given verbal instructions to step up into his place but because no memorial has been done, no dinner for the community to convey his father’s wishes, an empty saddle was displayed on the arena track to pay respect for his loss. His son dressed and rode in but no recognition and maintained a low profile while the memorial will be in November. The subject of the whip woman has been a recurring issue even before the passing of her mother and it gets worse every year. I finally had enough. This year she over-stepped her boundaries. She took it upon herself to demand an extended family member from Priest Rapids take his teepees down and banned from the Indian Village for two years. Her demands were claimed on incidents that happened a year ago and she is just now coming forward. She was cornered by a group of us, as she had Gary Burke aside

talking to him. I looked her in the eye and stated my truthful words in front of witnesses. No disrespect to Uncle Rooney. None! Uncle is our only family elder from the Wocatsie side. His mother, father and sisters had a part of my growing years. We had some tough times, but he and Auntie Janie were my support, guidance and a couple who showed and expressed their love for me. My question is … how much longer is the traditional roles of leadership going to exist? So much has happened to tarnish the example of past elders; it is shameful. It’s stated in our tribal history book when the Constitution and Bylaws were adopted by the Tribe in 1949 there was no longer a need for chiefs, headsmen, leaders as we had a tribal governing board who would take care of the people. It would be very interesting to randomly ask a person, “What is traditional leadership?” For me a leadership role involves ethics, moral standards, and respect earned and given to others, communication skills, a people person, personal appearance, attitude, conduct/behavior and self-respect. Marjorie Waheneka is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

CUJ Letter to the Editor Tribal Court unfair to employees To the Editor, The CTUIR Court does not provide justice for employees or elders, as demonstrated by three recent cases. When Tribal members and other employees are fired based on fake charges, false accusations, and outright lies, and then try to follow the proscribed procedure to take the issue to the Tribal Court, they find out that CTUIR is willing to spend tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars to prevent them from airing their grievances before a jury. It does not matter that the managers grossly violated many provisions of the personnel manual, that the Human Resources Department did not perform their employee advocacy function, that a neutral investigation was not conducted, or that the entire basis for termination was provably false. What matters more to the CTUIR Court are document formatting rules, counting words, and the writing style of the employees/elder/senior citizens. No matter how wrong the managers were, the em-

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ployee or elder always loses. No matter how much case law the employee cites, the employee or elder always loses. Even if evidence favorable to the elder is suppressed and can be proven, the elder loses. Tamunwit (the traditional law of balance, fairness, and respect) has no place in the CTUIR Court. The CTUIR Court says it does not have to “resort to” Tamunwit or traditional law (quoting a CTUIR contract lawyer) because “we have come a long way since then” (quoting a CTUIR contract Tribal judge), even though Judge Johnson strongly supports traditional law. Unlike outside courts, Tribal judges are not elected. They are Tribal employees or on contract, and their positions are no more secure than any other employee or contractor; that is, subject to dismissal at any time for any reason or no reason. Employee job security under the personnel manual is essentially at-will, since the Tribe defends itself against all employees, citing sovereign immunity against the employee lawsuits even when the personnel manual is violated by CTUIR officers and managers. In fact, other tribes (e.g., Nooksak) have fired their judge for ruling against their leadership.

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Court activities and cases are not reported to the public or tribal members. It is time for transparency and accountability. Barbara Harper, PhD, Richland WA Editor’s note: This letter refers to court cases: Harper v CTUIR, Butler v CTUIR, and Harris v. CTUIR, plus a criminal case Sams v. McGuire. All of the civil cases, including appeals, have been dismissed. A Tribal court jury found McGuire guilty. The quotes can be attributed to Tribal Judge Dave Gallaher and attorney Daniel Hasson (hired by the insurance company retained by the Tribes to handle civil liability matters) in the case Harper v CTUIR and its agents Tovey, Croswell, Skeen, Sams and Phinney. As for the amount of money spent on litigation, the Tribes pay a set premium to an insurance company that pays the attorney. Harper based her “tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars” on her guess of the number of hours and the hourly rate for Hasson during the litigation, which started in November of 2015. Whatever that amount is was not paid by the CTUIR.

CUJ Almanac Obituaries Charles “Choc” George Craig March 31, 1948 - Sept. 27, 2018 Charles “Choc” George Craig was born March 31, 1948 to Daniel and Louise (Sampson) Craig. He grew up in Pendleton attending Helen McEwen, Middle School, he also attended school at the Chiloceo Indian Boarding School from 1963-67. Other schools he attended were Pacific Business College, Computer Career Institute, Portland State University, Charles Craig in Portland,Oregon and Haskell Indian University in Lawrence, Kansas. He married Rhonda (Peters) Craig and they had Kolin Michael Craig they divorced in 1975 and he then had Daniel Joseph Craig (Keyla) of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and Anthony Whiteclay (Carolyn) of Spokane, Washington. He worked as an Executive Assistant, Administrative & Contract Health Services for Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Benefits and Safety Coordinator for Wildhorse Gaming and Urban Indian Center in Portland, Oregon, and Portland Area Indian, Health Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs. He belonged to the Blue Mt. Officials Association. He enjoyed sports, fast pitch baseball, basketball, football and bowling. Charles is survived by his siblings, Fermore Craig Sr. of Thorn hollow, Or. Richard Craig (Kate) of Warm Springs, Or, June Craig Axtell (Chuck) Lapwaii, ID., and Melva Craig Perez (Ron) Wapato, WA. His children and grandchildren Chickobee Brotherson-Craig, Ronny, Zachary, Janice, Lamaya and Taysean Craig, and Brittany Whiteclay. And great grandchildren, Keyaree, Keyentrae and Keyajae Cage. Preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Craig Sr., Steven Craig and Marietta Craig Wannassey. Recitation of Rosary was held Monday October 1, 2018 at 7:00 pm at Burns Mortuary, Funeral Mass was at St Andrews Church Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 9:00 am followed by Burial at Agency Cemetery and lunch followed at Kateri Hall. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. The online guestbook was at www.burnsmortuary.com

David Dean McKay Jr., Pendleton, June 15, 1939 – September 14, 2018 David Dean McKay – Kaputs Tewat - was born at Red Hawk homestead at Tutuilla to David McKay Sr. and Elsie Allen McKay. He was the ninth of twelve children. Martha, Harold, Ely, James, Beverly, Laura, Diana, Vernita, Eileen, Gayle, Daryl. He went to St. Andrews School for eight years where he played basketball. He graduated High School in 1957. He then went in David McKay Jr. to the Service until 1961 with a Honorary Discharge. He enjoyed the time in service where he traveled to Camp Pendleton, Georgia, North Carolina and spent time in Korea. He met Rebecca in 1969. They had three children, David McKay III, Damon McKay, and Darcy McKay. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Teaching many young men and women how to fish and hunt and how to dress the meat in the traditional way. Many appreciated his leadership at Wildhorse. He worked there 22 years just retiring last year at age 78. His enjoyment was his children and 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at St. Andrews Mission. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton was in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com

Laura Belle Lewis April 2, 1963 - August 31, 2018 Laura Belle Lewis, resident of Weston, Oregon died Friday August 31, 2018 at a Portland Hospital. She was born April 2, 1963 to Robert McBean Sr. and Margaret (Fitzpatrick) McBean in Walla Walla, Washington. She was raised in Gibbon, Oregon with her brothers and sisters. She attended Weston McEwen High School. She married Roy Lewis Jr. January 12, 1985 and had three children, Stephanie Williams (James), Cheryl Lewis, and Nathaniel Lewis, all of Weston, Oregon. She worked as a cook and at harvest, and was a stay at home mom. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, bead work, helping people, and her garden. Her greatest joy Laura Lewis were her five grandchildren who knew her as “Nana”, Ciara, Cody, Georgia, Jennifer and Cameron.She is survived by her brothers and sisters, Mary Garcia (Javier) of Tollgate, Oregon, Bobby McBean (Jane) of Napa, Idaho, Bill McBean (Julie) of Plymouth, Washington, Joseph McBean III (Cary) of Gibbon, Oregon, Mervin McBean (Dot) of Gibbon, Oregon, Rosa Hays (Chris) of Pilot Rock, Oregon, Marilyn Sparks of Athena, Oregon. Her Aunts Sue Fitzpatrick, Rose Wiseman, and Irene Fitzpatrick. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Lewis Jr., and her parents, Robert McBean, and Margaret McBean. Services were held Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:00 am at Burns Mortuary, Pendleton Oregon, followed by Graveside service at Athena Cemetery, Athena Oregon. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton was in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmorturary.com

Chad Joseph Goodrider Born December 3, 1977 Chad Joseph Goodrider, Haneka Wancha (One Elk), born December 3, 1977 in Yorkton, South Dakota to Joyce Welch and Ferlin W. Goodrider. Ferlynn Goodrider is Chad’s only sister, and she currently resides in Fort Hall ID. Chad, an enrolled member of Blood Tribe, Standoff Alberta Canada, lived his childhood in Pendleton OR, Browing MT, and Inchelium WA. His teenage years were spent in Red Lake MN where he met Michelle Reynolds. Chad and Michelle had five beautiful children together. Breanna, Ashlyn, Wade, Brenton, and Chasity. Chad’s youngest daughter Johnny, currently resides in Bellingham WA. All of whom meant the world to Chad, especially his three amazing Chad Goodrider grandchildren, Navender, Chaslynn, and Aeryn. Chad was an extremely proud father, wonderful story teller, and our own personal archive for any memory of the family shenanigans. You couldn’t help but laugh when you were with him because he had some embarrassing story or jokes to brighten your day. Chad was full of laughter and love which his mother Joyce personally saw every day as he resided with her and cared for her dearly. He loved to sing, and send prayers to the four winds as well as go to the sweat house. Chad was proceeded in death by his grandparents Marie Welch, and Raymond Welch,and cousin Jason Broncheau. Survived by his mother in Pendleton, sister in Fort Hall, children and grandchildren in Red Lake ,MN, daughter in Bellingham, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Services were held Monday, Sept.17. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton was in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guest book at www. burnsmortuary.com

Roy (Ron) Howard Burns Born Nov. 11, 1942

Burns was born November 11, 1942 in Rainier, Oregon to Robert and Vivian Burns. He lived in Portland, Oregon where he met Lillian Jones and they married March 5, 1979. They had two children, Timothy Lynn, and Shawna Marie. Shawna passed away October 10, 1980. Also Lillian son Lance Jones he claimed as his son, Lance has passed away. He enjoyed hunting Elk and Deer and loved fishing. He loved watchRon Burns ing his grandchildren play Basketball, Baseball, and Football. He was very proud of them. Final Seven was held on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Burns Mortuary followed by Burial at the Agency Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton was in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guest book at www.burnmortuary.com

Weather September 2018 Weather information summarizes data taken at the Pendleton Weather Station from Sept. 1-30. The average daily temperature was 76.3 degrees with a high of 94 degrees on Sept. 7 and a low of 37 degrees on Sept. 24. There was no precipitation in September. The average wind speed was 8 mph with a sustained max speed of 33 mph from the Southwest on Sept. 7. A peak speed of 43 mph occurred from the West on Sept. 7. The dominant wind direction was from the West-Southwest.

Jobs The Pendleton Downtown Association (PDA) is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director. Named one of the best small towns by Smithsonian in 2018, Pendleton is situated at the foot of the Pacific Northwest’s sprawling Blue Mountains. The Executive Director will work with the PDA board to fulfill our mission to “Develop partnerships to stimulate economic vitality and investment in the downtown core, generate a positive image, and promote tourism while celebrating our Western Heritage.” This is a full time Salaried non-exempt position.

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The salary range is $45,000.00 to $60,000.00 DOE. Benefits package included. Qualifications: Have experience working with the National Main Street Center’s 4-Point Approach® to downtown revitalization Have administrative and volunteer management experience and have experience working with a volunteer Board Possess strong computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office and managing a database; and experience managing websites and social media channels Have the ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends as required. Experience writing grants is desired To Apply: Submit a letter of interest, resume, cover letter and contact information for three references by 5 PM on Oct 01, 2018 to Pendleton Downtown Association, P.O. Box 1643, Pendleton, Oregon 97801, or electronically submit to info@pendletonmusic.com; attention of Fred Bradbury. Full Job Description and benefits can be viewed at pendletondowntownassociation.com.

Career Opportunitites

1. Public Transit Bus Driver 2. Archaeologist (2 positions) 3. Re-Education / Intervention Facilitator 4. Seasonal Farm Assistant 5. Victim & Witness Assistant 6. Residential Services Coordinator 7. Field Station Instrument Specialist 8. NGC Receptionist/Secretary I 9. Juvenile Delinquency Specialist 10. Teacher/Coach Mentor 11. Equipment Operator I 12. Accounts Payable Clerk 13. Technician I - Hatchery 14. Sahaptian Language Apprentice (2 Positions) 15. Administrative Office Manager 16. Accountant I - Grants and Budgets For more information visit: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Att: Office of Human Resources Online 46411 Timine Way Pendleton, OR 97801 http://ctuir.org

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Land Protection Planning Commission of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will hold the following public hearing. Comprehensive Plan Amendment #CP-18-001 - Applicant, CTUIR – Tribal Planning Office, 46411 Timíne Way, Pendleton, OR 97801. The applicant proposes to amend text of the CTUIR 2010 Comprehensive Plan to update Chapter 5, Plan Elements and Chapter 6 Tribal Government as well as general housekeeping edits in other chapters. Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are legislative in nature requiring a recommendation from the Land Protection Planning Commission to the CTUIR Board of Trustees which are the final decision makers. Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan may be adopted if found to satisfy the decision criteria listed in Chapter 7 of the 2010 CTUIR Comprehensive Plan. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in the Nixyáawii Governance Center Wanaq’it Conference Room on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 46411 Timíne Way, Pendleton, OR. The public is entitled and encouraged to attend the hearing and to submit oral or written testimony on the proposed amendments. To obtain further information, a copy of the draft updated 2010 Comprehensive plan and staff report, contact the Tribal Planning Office at, 46411 Timíne, Pendleton, Oregon, 97801 or call (541) 429-7523.

CTUIR Board of Trustees

General Council

Chair Gary Burke

Chair Willie Sigo, IV

Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf

Vice Chair Michael Ray Johnson

Treasurer Doris Wheeler

Secretary Shawna Gavin

Secretary Kathryn Brigham

Interpreter Thomas Morning Owl

At-large BOT Members: Aaron Ashley General Council contact Info Sally Kosey Office: 541-429-7378 Rosenda Shippentower Email: GeneralCouncil@ctuir.org Meeting updates and information on: Woodrow Star

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CTUIR Office of the Interim Director Executive Director : Eric Quaempts

General Council Meeting Nixyaawii Governance Center, Oct. 18 2 p.m. -

Community Forum October 29 at the Senior Center 5:30 p.m. Potluck, 6 - 7p.m. Meeting Agenda: Kit Morgan, Oregon Legal Services “Consumer Remedies” i.e., protection against sales practices, credit financing.

Draft agenda:

Public Safety BIA Superintendent Land Buy-back Finance 3rd Quarter Financial

CTUIR Express Phone Directory

Jamie McLeod-Skinner, Candidate for Oregon 2nd Congressional District.

Pendleton Pioneer Chapel received three prestigious awards in 2009

w The Oregon Funeral Directors Association Award of Funeral Service Excellence w The Best Of Eastern Oregon Award as voted by the readers of the East Oregonian w Pendleton Chamber of Commerce 2009 Business of the Year

Our experienced family provides caring, compassionate care including:

Burial Services ~ Military Services Cremation ~ Monuments

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Wild in Walla Walla

It’s all about the exchange

CUJ photos/Dallas Dick WALLA WALLA – NW Express from Omak, Washington, won the Championship of Champions Indian Relay Horse Races at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds Sept. 23, the last of three days of exciting racing. NW Express, from the Colville Reservation in Washington, is owned by Edward and Loren Marchand, who are also the team’s holders. The jockey is Mathew Pakootas and the mugger is Arnold Abrahamson. The Relay Consolation Championship went to Grizzly Mountain, also from Omak and the Colville Reservation.

The team results of the Championship of Champions Sunday finals follow: Relay Championship – 1, NW Express. 2, S/M Express. 3, Carlson. 4, River Road. 5, Goes Ahead Pretty. 6, Abrahamson. 7, Northern Cree. Relay Championship Consolation – 1, Grizzly Mountain. 2, River Cree. 3, Bird Rattler. 4, Umatilla Express. 5, TSC/Jumping Eagle. DQ Lakota Warpath. Relay Consolation #1 – 1, Mountain River. 2, Black Rock Express. 3, Tipi C. 4, Two Nations. 5, Mountain Crow. DQ Cayuse Express. Relay Consolation #2 – 1, Whitetail Express. 2, Awa Daa Hey. 3, Alligator Creek. 4, Anatapsii. 5, Long Feather. 6, Blue Moons. Relay Consolation #3 – 1, Omak Express. 2, Whitefish Warriors. 3, Partner Stables. DQ Young Money, Buffalo Runners, Wolf Mountain Express. Relay Consolation #4 – 1, Mini Thin Nakoda Warriors. 2, Dancing Warrior. 3, Ategamik Yutin. 4, Treaty 6. DQ Stick Racing, Arrow Lake. Kids Relay – 1, Tipi C. 2, Little Grizzly Mountain. 3, Blue Moons. Junior Relay – 1, Little Buffalo Runners. 2, Smoke Ranch Express. 3, Abrahamson Relay. Warrior Race – 1, Abrahamson. 2, Dancing Warrior. 3, Mountain River. 4, Knife Chief. 5, Nimi Thni Nakoda Warriors. DQ Awa Daa Hey. Maiden Race – 1, Sage Creek Vets. 2, Brailee Tissidimit. 3, Young Money. 4, Awa Daa Hey. 5, Mini Thni Nakoda. 6, Knife Chief. Chief Race – 1, River Cree. 2, Lakota Warpath. 3, Carlson. 4, Mountain River. 5, Dancing Warrior #2, 6, NW Express. 7, Umatilla #2. DQ Dancing Warrior #1.

Tamastslikt Cultural Institute organized the Grand Entries for the three-day racing event. On Saturday, the opening ceremonies crews of Fred Hill, Thomas Morning Owl, Damien Totus, Ernest Morning Owl, Jake White Plume and Woodrow Star sang the Canadian Flag Song to honor the First Nations relative from the North.

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Heading out from the second exchange in the first consolation race Sunday, Two Nations (green) ran into the arriving Two Moons (dark blue) team...

Meanwhile, the rider and his horse from Mountain River (light purple) jumps the Two Nations horse ...

... and rides onto victory. (No horses or riders were hurt in this race.)

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Tamastslikt organizes ceremonies, activities A big drum and singers gave the crowd flag WALLA WALLA – A horse procession, big and victory songs and officials from the Horse drum and traditional dances were part of the Nations Indian Relay Council posted the colors. activities before and during the horse races orHalfway through the races each day Tamastsganized by Tamastslikt Cultural Institute at the likt organized other events, including traditional Championship of Champions Sept. 21-23. dancing. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation was the host tribe and a major sponOn Friday, there was women’s dancing, insor of the races, which drew 38 teams and nearly cluding a swan dance. On Saturday, there were 120 racing horses, plus thousands of enthusiastic three slick-style dancers – Clifford Stanger, Levi fans to the Walla Walla Fairgrounds for Friday Blackwolf and Ernest Morning Owl. On Sunday, night and weekend afternoon competition. there were war bonnet and basket hat dances. Tamastslikt, with Director Bobbie Conner at Thomas Morning Owl and John Bevis did the the helm, produced an opening ceremony that war bonnet dance. Tyera Pete, Edwina Mornincluded a horse procession led by four men and ing Owl, and Katie Blackwolf performed in the six women. They included Donald and Johnny basket hat dance. Sampson carrying the Eagle staff and Canadian There were various award sponsors, including flag, respectively, plus Aaron Hines carrying the Sampson family who gave limited edition the CTUIR flag, and Brian Conner carrying the Pendleton blankets in honor of the late Chief American flag. Also riding were Randy and Caleb Carl Peo Peo Mox Mox Sampson to winners of the Chiefs, Warriors, and Maidens races. Minthorn, and Landon Shippentower and Colten Pendleton Woolen Mills donated saddles and Bell. The women on horseback included Conner, youth blankets to junior and youth category Alanna Van Pelt, Virginia Conner, Appollonia winners. Saenz, Ashley Picard and Lilly Picard. Wildhorse Resort & Casino sponsored a During the daily opening ceremonies, invoAaron Hines, left, and Donald Sampson, right, leave the Walla Walla Fairgrounds warriors’ race and Tamastslikt sponsored a cations were conducted by Lloyd Commander, arena in the horse procession grand entry during the opening ceremonies at consolation race. The CTUIR Tourism Fund pastor at the Tutuilla Presbyterian Church; Ernest the Championship of Champions horse races in September. Johnny Sampson sponsored the Championship race. Tamastslikt Morning Owl and Ian Sampson. is the rider in the center. provided a Kusi blanket to the champions, Soloists for the American national anthem Northwest Express from Omak, who won in of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a Saddle were CTUIR members Martina Gordon, Carina a photo finish. Lake Cree Indian, sang the Canadian national anthem. Vasquez, and Tehya Ostrom. Jamie Grant, a member

Umatilla Express finishes 14TH of 40 at Walla Walla

Umatilla Express jockey Jonmarc Skunkcap and holder Jesse Tone, in buckskin and war paint, take off after an exchange.

Umatilla Express won an award as the best dressed team. From left the team consisted of Jesse Tone, Jonmark Skunkcap, with D.L. Shakespeare and James Tone holding horses.

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WALLA WALLA – Umatilla Express, the Indian relay team owned by Katherine Minthorn, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), finished 14th in the 40-team field in the Championship of Champions horse races at Walla Walla County Fairgrounds Sept. 21-23. The races pitted the best Indian relay teams in the United States with teams also competing from Canada. Friday night and Saturday afternoon heat races determined finals on Sunday. The races drew big crowds, including hundreds of members of the CTUIR, which was the host tribe and a major sponsor. The CTUIR, through Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, orchestrated the grand entries all three days. The Umatilla Express consisted of D.L. Shakespeare, James Tone, Tony Tone, Jesse Tone and Jonmarc Skunkcap. “We ran with some of the best teams in North America,” said Minthorn, “and we finished in the top 14. We started getting some wins at Fort Hall, Blackfoot and Pendleton. I feel we did very good considering we only had those three races to get our act together and be competitive.” The team finished fourth in the Consolation Championship after qualifying with heat race finishes of second on Friday night and fourth on Saturday afternoon. Umatilla Express won a $1,000 award for best-dressed team. Minthorn gave credit to James Tone, who inspired the team members’ dress and painted the horses. Umatilla Express qualified Saturday in the Chief’s Race with Tony Marchand, finishing in fifth place on Sunday. Lil Umatilla Express, a group of 9-year-old boys and a girl, didn’t get to compete because the horses in their division were just too big. That group included Cole Sazue, Hiyuum Nowland, Miles Minthorn and Denise Morning Owl. However, a Umatilla Express Junior team finished second on Friday before they were disqualified in races on Saturday and Sunday. Minthorn said she hopes the community will become interested in relay racing and especially encourage youth participation. “We have a tough time even getting the eight kids together we had on the two youth teams,” she said. “It’s my understanding there’s a lot more kids who would like to become involved … It’s my hope to bring the horsemanship aspect of our culture and tradition back to our community.”

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10 NCS students visit 10 colleges in 4 days By the CUJ

The NCS students, shown here on their visit to Pensole Academy, a product-design outfit in Portland, included, from left, Ermiah Butler, Cloe McMichael, Tristalynn Melton, Susie Patrick, Deven Barkley (kneeling), Tyanna Van Pelt, Mick Schimmel, Carissa Yallup, Dazon Sigo, and Kylie Mountainchief.

Walla Walla Chief Carl Sampson (Peo Peo Mox Mox)

Walla Walla Chief Naming & Ceremony for Donald Sampson

Saturday, November 3

Mission Longhouse, Mission Oregon Umatilla Indian Reservation (9 miles east of Pendleton)

7:30 a.m. Headstone setting - Walla Walla Chief Carl Sampson (Location:

Old Agency Cemetery, Mission, 1 mile west of Mission Market, Officiating Thomas Morning Owl)

8:30 a.m. - Memorial - Walla Walla Chief Carl Sampson

(Location: Mission

10 a.m. - Naming/Walla Walla Chief War Bonnet Ceremony for Don Sampson (Officiating: Thomas Morning Owl, Whipman Alan Crawford, Speakers Tribal

Chiefs, Elders, Guests)

Noon - Traditional Longhouse Meal 2:30 p.m. Naming ceremony for Elizabeth Bill family

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Construction at Walla Walla Hatchery delayed Oregon DEQ hasn’t approved discharge permit By the CUJ

Memorial

Longhouse; Whipman Alan Crawford, Drum Indian Nation)

MISSION – Ten Nixyaawii Community School (NCS) students took a four-day college-tour road trip Sept. 8-11 and visited nine institutions of higher education and a product-design academy. The students and their parents earned some $5,000 so no funds from NCS were used, although a 12-person van was loaned to the group for the 1,000-mile adventure by the Education Department of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. It was chaperoned by Zach Brandsen, social studies instructor, and Chelsea Hallam, language instructor. Students that took part included seniors Deven Barkley, Ermia Butler, Dazon Sigo and Carissa Yallup and juniors Cloe McMichael, Kylie Mountainchief, Tyanna VanPelt, Mick Schimmel, Susie Patrick, and Trista Melton. Juniors and seniors were open to apply for the trip last year and were selected by Brandsen and Hallam based on academic standing, character, leadership and maturity. Principal Ryan Heinrich also signed off on the students who were selected. The students toured the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon State University in Corvallis, Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Willamette University in Salem, Pacific University in Forest

Grove, Linfield College in McMinnville, they drove by George Fox University in Newberg, Pensole Academy in Portland, Reed College in Portland, and Portland State University. The group attended the University of Oregon football game against Portland State University and stayed in the Kalapuya Illhi Residence Hall on the UO campus. Additionally, the students and chaperones toured the Nike World Headquarters campus in Beaverton. Parents of the students collected and raffled off a collection of 10 Pendleton blankets, raising more than $2,500 and students held microphones over drum groups at the July 4 Wildhorse Pow-wow, which raised another $1,000. Students sold raffle tickets for items donated by the NCS Construction Class, which raised more than $500. And, each students contributed $100 apiece to their own trip “so they would personally have a buy-in and investment in the process,” Brandsen said. All the money wasn’t used. With the remaining funds, about $950 Brandsen told the NCS School Board Sept. 24, students may attend the TEDxPwwortland (April 2019) and/or TEDxSeattle (November 2018) event(s) and tour local attractions and universities in those cities.

MISSION – The groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for September for the South Fork Walla Walla River Fish Hatchery has been delayed due to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) permitting requirements for the hatchery’s proposed discharge into the river. BPA and CTUIR were hopeful that ODEQ’s concerns would be resolved with field data collected over the next year, that construction could start, and that the permit would be approved by the time the hatchery would be ready to operate. Gary James, Tribal Fisheries Program Manager, said it was previously thought that water discharge from “partial fish production” would be allowed at the new hatchery. However, it has been recently confirmed that no production can occur until the South Fork Walla Walla oxygen deficiency issue has been resolved and, therefore, construction will be delayed until the ODEQ process has been completed. “We are hoping to soon address the permitting requirements and groundbreaking would likely follow within the next few months,” James said. In the meantime, CTUIR staff is collecting dissolved oxygen data from the South Fork Walla Walla River to assist in dealing with ODEQ and hopefully expedite

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the permitting requirements, James said. When it is completed, the Walla Walla Hatchery will produce a half-million salmon smolts – 400,000 for the South Fork Walla Walla and 100,000 for the Touchet River. In addition to the existing adult holding and spawning facilities, new construction wil provide egg incubation and full juvenile rearing capabilities. Brood stock will be collected at Nursery Bridge near Milton-Freewater. The goal is a return of 5,000 adults with a harvest split of 50/50 for tribal and non-tribal fishers, as has been done in the Umatilla Basin for the last 25 years. Walla Walla Hatchery was first proposed in the Northwest Power Planning Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program in 1987. Before she retired in July, Lorri Bodi, outgoing BPA Vice President, Environment, Fish and Wildlife, told the CTUIR Board of Trustees, that after all the waiting this is “diamond year” for construction finally to start. Jeremy Wolf, Chair of the CTUIR Fish and Wildlife Commission and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, said the Walla Walla watershed has many deficiencies, one of which is salmon. “Getting the system moving in the right direction concerning water quality is dependent upon reestablishing historical/native fish populations,” Wolf wrote in an email.

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1. Acosia Red Elk was the first to walk the runway during the fashion show at Hamley’s Steakhouse, her boots and tule skirt were popular parts of her ensemble. 2. Acosia Red Elk , left, and Kellen Lewis, right, pose together in similar prints following the Pendleton Round-Up Fashion Show at Hamley’s Steakhouse Sept. 14. 3. Jacob Wallis poses in a embroidered western jean jacket following the show in the Catlle Baron’s Room. 4. Show facilitator Kerry Yu holds the microphone and interprets for Chinese fashion designer Jingjie Wang (J. King).

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5. Acosia Red Elk truts down to the catwalk in her custom embroidered jean trench coat.

MISSION – Local models, including three Tribal Members, 7. Kellen Lewis gives one last look at the end of the catwalk before joining walked the runway dressed head-to-toe in western apparel with a the rest of the models waiting for one final walk together with the designer. Chinese and Tribal twist at Pendleton Round-Up’s first fashion show 8 at Hamley’s Steakhouse Sept. 14. 8. Becky Martin, mother of show organizer Whitney Hunt, graced the runway with a beaded hat and Chinese Cherry Blossom inspired jean jacket. The event was dreamed up by Lake Oswego-based fashion company owner Kerry Yu, who is also the fiancé of Hamley’s co-owner Blair Woodfield. Member and has worked as a professional dancer based out of Los Angeles for Yu delivered the opening remarks to a crowd filled with family and friends of the last five years. This year he moved to Manhattan and is continuing to pursue the 26 models. She told the story of how when she saw the Pendleton Round-Up his passions in New York. Each year though, Lewis returns home to enjoy the for the first time she was deeply touched. Immediately following that experience Pendleton Round-Up festivities, especially considering his younger sister Gabby Yu told her fiancé that she had to unite her two passions, fashion and Round-Up. Lewis served as Happy Canyon (HC) Princess last year. Yu wanted to bring a part of her life to the small town that she had fallen in Through his connections in Pendleton, Lewis said he was introduced to Whitney love with so she contacted Chinese designer Jingjie Wang,who goes by J. King, Hunt, a co-chaperone for the HC Princesses, who asked that he walk in the show. and asked her to be the featured artist. Wang came to Pendleton in July to start Hunt was asked by Yu to facilitate the show due to her knowledge of the local work on the September show and was able to complete 40 pieces. community and type of people who should be present. The Chinese-infused pieces were designed to reflect both western and Native Lewis walked along with the other 25 models and said the atmosphere turned culture. Wang said her fascination with other cultures is what made her decide out to be electric. The experience of being around so many other “creatives” was to bring so many ideas together. truly inspiring for him, especially since he was among his own People. During Embroidered cherry blossoms, beaded embellishments, red fringe and painted the production of the show and in working together with all the other models scenes of Chinese gardens all flowed atop denim-Western wear on each local Lewis said meeting and networking with other artists from across the board was model during the show. a valuable experience. One of the models, Kellen Lewis, is no stranger to the stage but was extremely The show brought in more than 100 spectators and Yu plans to host another pleased to be visible to his own People for once. Lewis, 31, is an enrolled CTUIR show next Round-Up and in more years to come.

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PRCA Cowboys ( from left to right) Aaron Tsinigine, Ty Romo, Cody Barney, Clint Summers, and Erich Rogers stopped by Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center to help promote Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The cowboys, who were also contestants in the Pendleton Round-Up, met Yellowhawk employees, and community members, toured the new clinic and learned about more about The Circles of Hope Suicide Prevention program and it Culture is Prevention message.

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Statewide clean energy rally in Pendleton Oct. 20

PENDLETON – A statewide march and rally supporting Oregon clean energy jobs is planned in Pendleton Saturday, Oct. 20, according to local organizer Don Sampson, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Pendleton City Hall with a planned march east on Southwest Dorion to Great Pacific on Main Street where the rally will commence at 11. The rally is hosted by Renew Oregon, “a clean energy advocacy coalition of businesses and workers, healthcare

professionals and parents, farmers and ranchers, faith and community organizations, and individuals coming together to move our state away from polluting energy to a clean energy economy,” according to the organization’s website. Sampson said he and his family handed out flyers and 2,000 pieces of candy during Round-Up parades promoting the Oct. 20 rally. Sampson, former chair of the CTUIR Board of Trustees and General Council as well as former Executive Director for the Tribes, has been an advocate for an Oregon Clean Energy

Jobs bill that he hopes will get traction in the state legislature this next session. The Clean Energy Jobs bill, Sampson has said, is important to Tribes and rural communities like Pendleton because it will reduce climate pollution by making large emitters pay for what they pollute, and use the proceeds to invest in clean energy solutions. Investments, Sampson says, will be prioritized to help Native American communities and other low-income, rural and communities-of-color that are hardest hit by the impacts of climate

change and air pollution. Sampson said it is projected that as much as $500 million could be generated annually by large polluters. A percentage of that money would go to the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon, he said, suggesting that the CTUIR might receive as much as $5-$10 million a year that could be used for climate mitigation like solar power, weatherization, and irrigation efficiencies. For more information about the statewide march and rally, contact Sampson at 541-215-2753 or email DP@Seventhgenerationllc.com.

CTUIR signs on to 4-year Fish Accord extension By the CUJ

MISSION – It is more beneficial to fish restoration to extend the BPA Fish Accords than to support any legal challenge to breaching dams over the next four years. That was the decision of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Sept. 24 when it approved a resolution support-

ing the 2018 extension of the 2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords Memorandum of Agreement among the CTUIR, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. The four-year extension, according

to the CTUIR resolution, “largely continues” the projects implemented by the 2008 Fish Accord, which more than doubled the capacity to implement the CTUIR fish projects designed to increase the number of salmon, steelhead, lamprey, sturgeon and mussels available to tribal fisheries, and provided 10 years of funding certainty and stability for tribal fisheries programs, “enhancing these important expressions of tribal sovereignty.” The four-year extension allows the CTUIR to continue to implement its fish projects at the “same trajectory” that it has in recent years, the resolution states. Upon the listing of Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 1990s, the CTUIR did, among other actions, participate in legal challenges to

the adequacy of the federal government’s ESA-required actions to protect salmon and steelhead and their habitats from the development and operation of the federal Columbia River Power System and Upper Snake River dams. The purpose of joining in those ESA lawsuits, according to the resolution, was to argue for additional actions and commitments from the federal government to expedite the rebuilding of salmon and steelhead stocks and the repair of their habitat. Legal rulings by the federal court in those ESA cases agreed with the CTUIR position that the federal dams did not adequately protect listed salmon and steelhead and their habitats, yet those legal decision resulted in only limited Fish Accord on page 27A

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Rich Dallam, Managing Partner at NBBJ, along with Nixyaawii Community School students, from left, Lucas Arellanes and Jacob Gillpatrick, plant kale, broccoli and spinach in the Hearth Health Bed at the Ilaxpiwit Garden. The NCS construction class built the raised garden beds in the spring.

Ilaxpiwit Garden grows to teach healthy living By the CUJ

MISSION – Children helped “plant the seeds to become our future” at the Ilaxpiwit Garden at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Sept. 21. They were part of a dedication of five garden-bed planters – built by students at Nixyaawii Community School - that have been seeded and potted with fruits and vegetables that represent healthy living for children and adults that live on and around the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The goal of the garden called Ilaxpiwit, which means “to heal” in the Umatilla language, is “to improve health through enhanced health literacy, which includes understanding how healthy eating, including the plants put in the ground at the dedication, contribute to well-being.” Longhouse leader Thomas Morning Owl, who also is the Interpreter for the General Council, gave the blessing at the dedication. He noted that the Tribes have come a long way since the 1960s and 70s when Dr. Vega and her small staff worked out of an IHS trailer. “The elders who worked so hard would be overwhelmed by what we have today,” Morning Owl said. The garden represents the sustained community mindset of “only the best for our children” who are “planting the seeds to become our future.” “Today we’re planting seeds literally and figuratively,” Morning Owl said. “We want a healthy nation mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.” In his remarks, Rich Dallam, Managing Partner at NBBJ, quoted Young Chief Joseph who said, “I wonder if the land has anything to say.” And Ed Mickelson, from NBBJ, said it was “a thrill to know what we worked with you to create is so important to you.” He said that as a landscape architect, he was one of the people who helped design the garden, but ultimately it’s “about you enjoying it.” Adrienne Berry, Yellowhawk’s community garden coordinator, also made comments. She acknowledged the help of Tim Elliot, Dionne Bronson, and Mari Oatman. With more planting planned in the spring, here’s what the beds may include:

Children’s Garden – carrots, strawberries, blueberries, cherry tomatoes, pumpkins. Mental Wellness Garden – Romaine lettuce, broccoli, onions, beets, turnips. Diabetic Health Garden – Rosemary, sage, okra, garlic, ginger, cayenne. Heart Health Garden – kale, spinach, broccoli, arugula. Preventative Garden – kale, garlic, cabbage, tomatoes, lemon balm.

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Sandy Sampson and 3-year-old Saydee Speedis, work together to plant carrots for the Children’s Bed of the Ilaxpiwit Garden. CUJ photos/Phinney Sampson is the Tribal/State Liaison at Yellowhawk.

Children joined adults to dedicate the new health-themed garden beds at Ilaxpiwit Garden at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Sept. 21.

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CUJ briefs Athena Fall Festival Oct. 6

ATHENA – The annual Athena Fall Festival is Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street. Events include a classic car show, pie baking contest, local vendors and a kids’ pumpkin patch and craft area. This is the first year the Chamber of Commerce has taken over the event. For information email athenachamber@gmail. com or call Chamber President Katie Zmuda at 541-969-4810.

Culture Night Oct. 10

MISSION – The first Culture Night of the season is scheduled for Oct. 10. There will be a light meal at 5:30 p.m. with dancing and activities to follow. The Culture Night focuses on teaching children to dance in various pow wow styles, sing, and learn other cultural practices.

Breast cancer walk Oct. 18

MISSION – The Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center will hold a breast cancer awareness walk Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. The “Light up the Night” walk will

begin at the clinic and will honor survivors, fighters and those the community has lost to the disease. Also on that day is Indigenous Pink Day. Participants and observers are encouraged to wear pink apparel on Oct. 18.

Department. Education staff and Title VI workers will present information on Native American students served by the program and answer parent questions. For more information contact Lloyd Commander at 541-429-7887.

Culture Coalition wants new members

Umatilla Democrats meet Oct. 27

MISSION – The Culture Coalition Committee is currently accepting applications for new members. Their next meeting is Oct. 23 where they will review complete applications. The coalition is open to the public. For more information or an application contact Sally Kosey at sallykosey@ctuir. org or look under committee commission applications at ctuir.org.

Title VI grant parent meeting Oct. 25

MISSION – A Title VI grant update and parent meeting will be held Oct. 25 at the Mission Longhouse. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is provided by the Education

PENDLETON – The Umatilla County Democratic Party’s second annual Spaghetti Dinner and Auction are set for Saturday, Oct. 27, from 5-8 p.m. at Blue Mountain Community College in the cafeteria in Pioneer Hall. Jamie McLeod-Skinner, District 2 Congressional challenger to Republican incumbent Greg Walden, will be the guest speaker. Her remarks will be followed by a spaghetti dinner, silent and live auctions. Admission is $20 per person. Proceeds from the event support the local Democratic Party, candidates for local elections, and scholarships for students within the district. For more information, contact Sue Pe-

DID YOU KNOW? Before European contact, the members of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people were 8,000 members strong. Our people lived in the Columbia River region for more than 10,000 years, moving in a large circle from the lowlands along the Columbia River to the highlands in the Blue Mountains to fish, hunt and gather food. Until the early 1900’s, our ancestors moved in a yearly cycle, from hunting camps to fishing spots, to celebration and trading camps. The three tribes spent most of their time in the area that is now northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, subsisting on salmon, roots, berries, deer and elk. Gathered from ctuir.org

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Community Forum Oct. 29

MISSION – The Community Forum is returning to Mission Oct. 29 at the Senior Center. The meeting will begin with a potluck at 5:30 p.m. and the forum will begin at 6. Items on the agenda include a Consumer Remedies talk from Oregon Legal Services attorney Kit Morgan. Morgan will discuss protection against sales practices and credit financing. The second item on the agenda is a tentative visit from Jamie McLeod-Skinner, candidate for Oregon’s second congressional district. The meeting is open to the public.

Hoo Hoots Pow Wow Oct. 31 at Longhouse

MISSION – The annual Halloween Hoo Hoots Pow Wow will be held Oct. 31 at the Mission Longhouse. The pow wow is scheduled from 6-9 p.m. There will be a chili and fry bread cook-off, cake walk, thriller dance contest, other dancing and more activities. To enter chili or fry bread in the cooking competitions the food must be delivered by 5:45 p.m. For more information contact recreation manager Lloyd Commander at 541-429-7887.

Free ﬂu shots in October

MISSION – Flu shots are being offered around Mission in the month of October. The flu shots are free for Yellowhawk patients. Flu shot clinics will be available on Oct. 5 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and on Oct. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Nixyaawii Governance Center, and Oct. 18 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Wildhorse Resort & Casino.

Seeds of Culture exhibit opens Nov. 2

MISSION – A “Seeds of Culture” exhibit opens at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute Nov. 2. The first day of the exhibit will have free admission. Seeds of Culture focuses on portraits and voices of Native American women. The photos in the exhibit were taken by Matika Wilbur across the United States from hundreds of different tribes. Wilbur’s goal was to provide insight into contemporary Native women.

Salvation Army Kettle Kick-Off Nov. 3

PENDLETON – The Salvation Army to hold a fundraiser for their Kettle KickOff Nov. 3. Tickets to the “Keep the Kettles Hot” event are $25 each and include dinner, live entertainment and an auction. To purchase a ticket visit the Salvation Army Office at 150 SE Emigrant Ave. or the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce at 501 S. Main St. The fundraiser will be held at the Salvation Army offices.

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Jesse Bevis,Jr. used a pair of binoculars to discover in the Bear Class while waiting for breakfast on the first day at Cay-Uma-Wa Sept. 18. Bevis is one of 35 students enrolled at the Head Start.

CUJ photos/Jill-Marie Gavin Hayden Plume took over pulling the cart of her classmates Aya May Majors, center and Ruth Alonso-Jackson, right.

Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start kicks off last year in old building

Barrett Rivera uses her morning play time to have fun with puppets on the first day Sept. 18.

MISSION - Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start students are in their last year of learning in the July Grounds building before the Education Facility construction is complete and the doors open in fall of 2019. The Head Start is at near capacity with 35 students and soon will be adding five more. There are 17 students in the Bear Class and 18 in the Wolf Den. The students range from age three to five. Cay-Uma-Wa staff is currently working to fill the last five spots as well as encouraging parents to schedule their childrenâ€™s well-child and dental exams, a task that must be done within the first 45 days of school. This year, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center staff will be visiting classrooms to complete dental exams as well as train the students in Conscious Discipline (a program that uses breathing and physical exercises as tools to cope with difficult situations and emotions).

Ezra Squiemphen is one of 12 three-year-olds currently enrolled at Cay-Uma-Wa Head Start. Squiemphen enjoyed her time playing in the sandbox during outdoor play time on the first day of class Sept. 18. Teacher Rachel Treloar drops down to listen to Darryl Joe McKay during play time on the first day of Head Start Sept. 18.

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brings community together By The CUJ

MISSION- Craft Night has become a new venue for artists and beginners alike to join and create. Martina Gordon, left, discusses a project Celebration Committee Vice Chair Linda Jones, right, From weaving and beading to sewing and designing, all have been welduring Craft Night at the Nixyaawii Longhouse Sept. 26. comed by the Celebration Committee to bring their supplies and ideas to the Mission Longhouse on Wednesday evenings. There are three sewing machines and a room full of knowledge and know-how, according to Celebration Committee Vice Chair Linda Jones. Jones said the evening endeavor started last spring when Culture Night was taking a break for the summer. The craft portion of the evening was initially a side-by-side activity with the children’s dancing but slowly morphed into its own thing. The aim, she said, was to keep the momentum built by the parents of children at Culture Night when they needed help with regalia making. Another important part of the continuation of the evening, Jones said, was to hold onto Michael Ray Johnson. “MRJ,” as she called him, is a community bank of cultural knowledge when it comes to making outfits and other cultural items, according to Jones. She said that between all of those who attend there isn’t much that is lacking when it comes to making regalia or anything really. She said it’s been nice showing people how to make new things and come together for the company while doing so. Craft Night is each Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Mission Longhouse. Use of the Longhouse for funeral or other services will result in rescheduling the activity. Tyera Pete works on a beaded elk she started on the day of Craft Night Sept. 26.

Michael Ray Johnson, master weaver, works on a flat bag during the Craft Night at the Mission Longhouse Sept. 26. Johnson is known for his skill in weaving but also is well-versed in men, women and children’s regalia making.

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Linda Jones, an exprerienced seamstress, carefully uses her sewing machine needle as an awl to ease the pressure of sewing through thick leather, a trick she learned in a pattern.

CTUIR hosting Fish & Wildlife Society regional conference MISSION – First Foods, wildlife, lamprey, climate change, and floodplain restoration successes are topics to be touted by the Confederated Tribes when the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society (NAFWS) meets for its Pacific Region Conference Oct. 23-25 at Wildhorse Resort & Casino. David Wolf, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), is the NAFWS Pacific Region Director. Several CTUIR staff will make presentations during the three-day event, which officially begins on the morning of Tuesday,

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Oct. 23, with a drum and honor song at 8 a.m. Umatilla Veterans will post colors and Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chair of the CTUIR Board of Trustees, is scheduled to make opening remarks. Longhouse leader Armand Minthorn will lead an elders panel at 9 a.m. Jeremy Wolf, the son of David Wolf, is also scheduled at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon as the keynote speaker. He will talk about First Foods, a subject he is passionate about. During his talk, Jeremy Wolf is expected to highlight the recently published paper: “Aligning environmental manage-

ment with ecosystem resilience: a First Foods example from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, USA.” The paper was published in August by the Resilience Alliance in the publication called Ecology and Society. Also on Tuesday’s agenda, Jeremy Wolf and James Marsh, members of the CTUIR Fish and Wildlife Commission, will serve on a panel to discuss bison issues. And later, Don Sampson, Climate Change Project Coordinator for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, will present “Our Natural Resources.”

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On Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., Alexa Maine, a CTUIR Fisheries biologist, will talk about artificial propagation for the Pacific lamprey, and immediately following Gary James and Kris Fisher from the Fisheries Program will talk about floodplain restoration. After lunch, Colleen Sanders from the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources, will lead a panel on Climate Change. At 2 p.m., CTUIR Wildlife Program Manager Carl Scheeler will make a presentation. Tours and training are planned Thursday before a traditional feast at the Nixyawaii Longhouse with Judy Farrow as head cook.

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CTUIR Tribal Member asks tough question at Gubernatorial Debate

Dazon Sigo was selected to ask a question during the televised Gubernatorial Debate in Portland Oct. 2. In his question Sigo greeted the candidates in Native language before sharing his school, Nixyaawii Community School, and asking, â€œI have noticed a great discrepancy when it comes to teaching all students about native American history, historical trauma, natural resource management and other topics that are vital to understanding indigenous populations better. As governor what specific steps will you take to solve the issue of under representation of tribal history in all schools across Oregon?â€? Governor Kate Brown responded by sharing her experience working with the nine tribes of Oregon, and specifically the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Republican candidate Knute Buehler responded by talking about underfunded school districts, none specific to Indian Country. CUJ photo/Jill-Marie Gavin

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scene while drunk. But that could not be charged. He also ran his car into a neighbor’s fence and injured a horse. Neither of those crimes could be charged either. In his second assault, the ex-boyfriend covered her mouth and nose with his hand as he shoved his knee into her sternum and slammed her into a wall causing a concussion and a lump on her head she can still feel. This assault also involved violating a protection order as he was ordered not to have contact while the first assault case was pending. Not only did he commit the assault, he also committed the crime of false imprisonment by not

allowing her to flee, malicious mischief by damaging a wall, and most brazenly, the crime of menacing by telling police when he was in the back of the police car that “next time there will be more blood” while Ms. Minthorn was transported to a hospital in an ambulance due to her injuries. Her children, while not present during the assault, witnessed their mother being placed in the ambulance. All of these crimes would have been charged and prosecuted in another jurisdiction. But because her ex is non-Indian he was able to get away with these crimes scot free. This is not only morally wrong, Taryn Minthorn with Native women victims of non-Indian violence having less protection under the law than if it were committed by a Native man, as well as nonsensical because tribes have the power to prosecute one crime but not another, but it also ties the hands of prosecutors and makes holding offenders accountable much more difficult than in any other jurisdiction. For these reasons the CTUIR has been diligent in fighting to expand the sovereignty of tribal nations to include the power to prosecute all crime in their community without having to be dependent on foreign jurisdictions to ensure the safety of their citizens, residents, and guests. The CTUIR continues to push for full jurisdiction in the next VAWA reauthorization. When re-living her abuse and telling her story to NCAI and the House Bipartisan Committee, Ms. Minthorn expressed gratitude for VAWA 2013. Hauntingly, she stated that without it and the efforts of CTUIR Prosecutor Kyle Daley, she doesn’t think she would be here today. Her abuse became more severe each time her ex-boyfriend assaulted her with little consequence. There were many times where she just wanted to give up, but Mr. Daley diligently pursued the case and encouraged her to continue to pursue the matter. In this way VAWA 2013 has been a tremendous success. But, at the same time, it falls far short of providing the safety Native women and children need. Let’s hope the next VAWA reauthorization allows for full criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians so women and children can be better protected and abusers held fully accountable for their actions. Brent Leonhard is an attorney on staff for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

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Unbeknownst to BOT, Pacific Salmon Treaty OK’d By the CUJ

MISSION – The proposed Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada has been referred to the two governments for ratification through formal diplomatic channels, according to the Pacific Salmon Commission. The Pacific Salmon Commission is comprised of representatives from Canada, the states of Oregon, Washington and Alaska, and Northwest and Columbia River Treaty Tribes (Umatilla, Warm Springs, Nez Perce and Yakama). First Nations in Canada also are part of the Treaty negotiations this year. McKoy Oatman, a Nez Perce, represents 25 tribes - the four Columbia River tribes, 20 from Western Washington, and one from Alaska at the Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiating table. The new 10-year agreement covers salmon stocks from Cape Falcon, Oregon, in the south to Southeast Alaska in the north, including pink, coho, sockeye, chum and Chinook salmon from 2019 through 2028. The agreement is an update to the 1985 Treaty, which defines the obligations of Canada and the U.S. to conduct their respective fisheries in a manner that prevents overfishing and allows each country to receive benefits equivalent to the production of salmon originating in each nation’s waters.

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rowhead’s payday loans will be combined for coordinated loan products, and Wildhorse’s Business Development Services and the CTUIR Housing Department’s Financial Assistance Program will be combined for counseling, to establish the Community Development Financial Institution. Tovey said the Umatilla CDFI is starting in a good position. “A lot of CDFIs start up with a name and some grant money. Here we have a tribal loan program and a pretty good portfolio of loans along with solid client service outlets by the Business Development Center and the Homeownership Program at Housing,” Tovey said. Tovey’s job for the next five to seven months is to build the organization as a non-profit corporation. Once he builds a budget, a physical location will be needed to accommodate as many as five or six people, Tovey said. A number of space opportunities are being considered. “Once we do have a location we’ll be moving all those affected staff into the CDFI,” Tovey said. “We’re not taking control over them for a while. We’re building out the machinery first.” But a lot of that machinery is already working. The feasibility study, the business plan, and a couple of grants are in place and the program is capitalized with the current loan programs. Bylaws need to be written and a board of directors needs to be appointed by the CTUIR Board of Trustees. “The reality is that is if it’s already functioning well independently I’m not going to mess with something too much,” Tovey said. “We are going to build out more loan products, though.” Tovey hopes to develop partnerships with other lending institutions for pos-

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The Board of Trustees (BOT) for the tiations,” said Brigham, who particularly Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla In- likes one of the components in the new dian Reservation (CTUIR) has not given treaty that will require management its approval to the for ocean-going EnPacific Salmon Treadangered Species ty. In fact, the Board Act-listed salmon The Board learned from learned from a newsfor both United a newspaper story that paper story that the States and Canadithe Treaty had been Treaty had been apan stocks. The Coapproved by the Pacific proved by the Pacific lumbia River and Salmon Commission its tributaries have Salmon Commission and that it was bealways been manand that it was being ing sent to the U.S. aged for ESA-listed sent to ... Congress for Department of State stocks, but now the ratification. for review before it Pacific Ocean will goes to Congress for be, too. ratification. Pacific salmon are BOT Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf, the highly migratory, often spending years Tribes’ Chair of the Fish and Game Com- at sea and travelling thousands of miles mission and vice chair of the Columbia before returning to their native rivers to River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, spawn. That’s why, the Pacific Salmon did not verbally report to the Board on Commission says in a news release, that the Pacific Salmon Commission action. However, he said, he had placed a large a high degree of cooperation is required document about the Treaty in a folder to prevent overfishing, provide optimum that BOT members could access on their production and ensure that each country receives benefits that are equivalent to computers. BOT Secretary Kat Brigham negotiated the production of salmon in its waters. With the current harvest sharing the 1985 Pacific Salmon Treaty, but is no longer assigned to fish issues and has not agreement set to expire on Dec. 31, 2018, been involved in the new treaty process. Canadian and U.S. representatives on “It was nice to hear we have an agree- the Commission met regularly over the ment because I know how difficult it is, course of two years for extensive negotiahaving gone through a number of nego- tions leading to the new 10-year proposal.

sible home mortgage loans and possible small business loans. Otherwise, “just about any lending product could be considered,” including car loans. “That will be up to the board of directors, but it’s all viable,” Tovey said. Part of the counseling will include budgeting, which may encourage people to take out loans to consolidate credit card debt. He said counseling also will likely suggest people use the 10 percent interest payday loans at Arrowhead less frequently. “That’s not an effective interest rate,” Tovey said. “Ten percent over a twoweek period is huge if you annualize it. We want to line out a budget so people know costs and expenses. That said, the program is very popular with all the employees from various entities with folks using the program for gas purchases and emergency cash.” Tovey said the CDFI program has become a reality thanks to the hard work of George, Flanagan, and Raven Manta, who runs the Wildhorse Business Development Services. Tovey noted the efforts of Raven who has “been working several jobs and keeping pace with partner CDFI’s and granting agencies.” Tovey is excited to get to work on the project. “It’s pretty darn cool to be able to help with the individual side of the Tribal economy. Tribal government and the enterprises have built a huge employment base that many Tribes don’t have. People are increasingly wanting to build their own personal assets of retirement funds, homes, land, cars, and businesses. We hope to be a trusted resource to help along that way,” he said.

Under the agreement, catches of Chinook in southeast Alaska will be reduced by up to 7.5 percent from recent levels when poor chinook returns are expected. Canada will reduce Chinook catches by up to 12.5 percent under these conditions. The agreement also includes provisions in other west coast fisheries to ensure that harvests remain strongly tied to stock conservation objectives, according to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. As a result of these fishery changes, abundances of several chinook stocks returning to Oregon waters are expected to increase. Brigham said the next step is for the State Department to take the Treaty to Congress for ratification before the U.S. and Canada formally agree. The U.S. Pacific Salmon Treaty Commissioners will begin finalizing requests for federal funding needed to implement the new agreements within the next month, according to ODFW. Meanwhile, Wolf said the CTUIR is staying apprised of the Pacific Salmon Treaty’s progress. “We look forward to updating on an approved Treaty between the United States and Canada as we move to the end of the year, and then utilize the strengths of the agreement to build more resilient stocks for our futures,”,” Wolf said in an email.

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age 15 to 44, suicide is the second leading causing of death. The resolution passed by the BOT aims to drive down the number of suicide deaths on the Umatilla Indian Reservation by changing the way trained professionals respond to those left behind. This new approach, called postvention, will mandate crisis training for team members - to be identified by Circles of Hope - who will be mobilized in the event of a suicide. “Zero suicide,” a term coined to illustrate how many suicides is acceptable within the community, is the goal. To succeed in that endeavor the program will change how different organizations of the Tribes respond to everyone affected by the loss of a loved one. The BOT resolution states, “Postvention is a planned response to suicide death in the tribal community to support healing and reduce the risk of contagion.

Providing support to survivors of suicide loss will reduce the risk and promote individual and community healing. The suicide death of an individual affects many different layers of society. Who will be impacted by the loss and how a suicide is handled affects the risk factors for others, especially teens…” When a suicide happens, these “firstresponders” will begin to spring into action to rally around the affected individuals, which in such a small community will be many. Circles of Hope Project Director Jay Stanley said that when the trained individuals are alerted to a new suicide they will work hard to first contact the immediate family and identify all family members, youth, friends or coworkers who will need support. There will be trained postvention workers in all the area schools, the Longhouse, at the Nixyaawii Governance

Center, Yellowhawk, Wildhorse Resort & Casino and anywhere else where the program decision-makers identify as an area of need. Stanley, along with other Yellowhawk staff, recently went to a postvention training put on by Umatilla County. However, she and others felt that the training was not quite a fit for this Tribal community. Now, the Circles of Hope is working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) New Hampshire to tailor the program to fit the needs of the Mission-area community. “We are modifying it for tribal values and the community here,” Stanley said. Developed by NAMI New Hampshire, the Connect Suicide Postvention training was developed with specific best-practice protocols for social services, mental health and substance abuse, education, law enforcement, emergency medicine, faith leaders, and others. Stanley said she felt a “disconnect” during the training and when she talked with some of the county employees. She said the funeral customs of CTUIR were not well-known or understood; that’s when staff realized that the Tribes will need to have their own customresponse system. Stanley said, “The training will encompass tribal departments as well as faithbased leaders because so many people go to them first when facing tragic loss.” This means Longhouse leaders and cooks as well as pastors at local churches. During the work session on the resolution Sept. 27, BOT member Rosenda Shippentower shared her memory of a particularly hard suicide the community faced in the 90’s. She said during that time Donald Sampson was the Executive Director and stations were set up at the July Grounds where the governance offices were at the time. The response was something similar to what the BOT has adopted now, but she said she had not seen anything so systematically laid out and organized. The BOT blessing of the program’s new response system is something that Stanley said is very much needed. “Having the resolution blessed by the BOT will get people at the table,” Stanley said. “We will continue to hold QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer, a training aimed at early suicide intervention) trainings but this resolution gives it more teeth and makes it mandatory.” The resolution gives the Circles of Hope authority to identify crisis team members and train them based on their

Warning signs of suicide include: -talking about wanting to die -looking for a way to kill oneself - talking about feeling hopeless or having no purpose - talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain - talking about being a burden to others - Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs - acting anxious, agitated or recklessly - sleeping too little or too much - Withdrawing or feeling isolated - showing rage or talking about seeking revenge - displaying extreme mood swings The more of these signs a person shows, the greater the risk. Warning signs are associated with suicide but may not be what causes a suicide.

What to do: If someone you know exhibits warning signs of suicide: - Do not leave the person alone - Remove any firearms, alcohol, drugs or sharp objects that could be used in a suicide attempt - Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) - Take the person to an emergency room or seek help from a medical or mental health professional

community impact and involvement. After the identification of a team member is complete, say a police officer or social services worker, Circles of Hope staff will then move to a screening process. The screening process will help the program administrators determine if the selected individual is a suitable fit for the team. If the team member is not ready, emotionally, to take on the task, Stanley said her program will be sensitive to that and move on to another candidate. The crisis team, Stanley said, will be available all hours, including evening and weekends, and prepared to respond in any way necessary to quickly surround survivors and provide emotional reinforcement and comfort. This response system is new and CTUIR will become one of few tribes to adopt it in the country. “We are pioneering this type of suicide prevention, very few tribes have the grant that we have,” Stanley said Even fewer have adapted the postvention model to fit tribal communities, she added. Stanley continued to be thankful for the BOT’s backing of the program and unanimous support of the resolution. During the work session the BOT was extremely supportive of the resolution and Chair Gary Burke said, “It’s going to be hard for families. I hope you guys can do what it (the resolution) says.”

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new or additional actions to improve conditions. That led to the 2008 Fish Accords, which resolved for a period of time the CTUIR ESA litigation over the operation of the hydro system in a manner that strengthened the Tribal voice in the management of the Columbia River and created a new relationship with the three federal agencies. Now, at this point, considering the

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four-year extension, the CTUIR Board determined that “it is unlikely that rejoining the ESA litigation challenging the operation of the federal dams would cause the federal government to take action or make commitments to fish and habitat as expansive, beneficial, and direct over the next four years as those that BPA, the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will make in the Extension of the Fish Accord that has been negotiated.”

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the agenda has not yet been scheduled. Reacting to a June request from the Board, the Election Commission identified four options for residency. Option one proposed by the commission is to use the diminished reservation boundary, which is the most restrictive option, and option two is to use the 1855 treaty boundary, which has been the CTUIR law since 1993. Option three is to use the ceded territory as defined by the Treaty of 1855 and option four eliminates the Reservation residency requirement all together. The ceded territory boundary would include Pendleton, Hermiston, La Grande, Walla Walla and Tri-Cities. The Election Commission does not recommend options one or two for several reasons, including the lack of Reservation housing and the Commission’s interest in maximizing the opportunities of CTUIR members to participate in Tribal government, according to an Election Commission memo written by attorney Dan Hester. The ceded territory or elimination of a residency requirement option would require a constitutional amendment to be placed on a Tribal General or Special Election ballot by one of two methods – by resolution of the Board of Trustees or by motion of the General Council. Thomas Morning Owl, Interpreter for the General Council, expressed his views at the work session, at one point speaking in Indian before a point of order was called. Morning Owl said the Board’s contempt for the General Council is “palpable.” Morning Owl said the Board was wrong to consider a diminished boundary under any circumstances. He noted that it’s okay when the Tribes want to expand jurisdiction to hunt buffalo or fish in the Columbia, but leaders now want to restrict the peoples’ governance. “If you are comfortable with the erosion of the power of the people who put you in office maybe you are comfortable with the erosion of the land base of the 1855 Treaty,” Morning Owl said. Board member Rosenda Shippentower said tribal members who want to run for office should live on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, “not in Pendleton, not in Adams, not in Walla Walla.” Board member Sally Kosey, whose election last year sparked the residency controversy because she lives just outside the diminished boundary in Pendleton, said there are people who live in Athena, Adams, Pilot Rock and Pendleton who would serve but have “no property, no home, no place to live here because they can’t find housing. They are educated and want to work here. You want to eliminate them. You want to keep it small, tiny. People can’t run because they can’t find a place to live out here.” Alan Crawford, former General Council Chair, was the last to speak at the work session. “I would warn and advise the BOT if you are going to govern for the people with the Constitution and Bylaws then do your job ... It is an organic document and you have to govern from that as it was written.”

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Members of the Village People performing YMCA are Thomas Morning Owl, Luis Ortega Jr., Mick Schimmel, Dazon Sigo and Randall Melton. In the background is Anson Crane (DJ Big Whisper) who provided the sounds for the Elders Day activities.

Elders Day draws two dozen tribes

MISSION – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation made it an even two dozen tribes represented Sept. 7 when the Nicht-Yow-Way Elders hosted a breakfast and lunch, entertainment and awards at Wildhorse Resort & Casino. Additionally, it was a day for elders and veterans to receive free health screenings provided by Yellowhawk Native Connections program and the Yellowhawk Community Wellness in partnership with the CTUIR Department of Children and Family Services. Offered were screenings for blood sugar and wellness, vital sign checks, plus health surveys and informational booths. At the Elders Day event, Alan Crawford, chair of the Nicht-Yow-Way Elders, opened and closed the event. In between, there was a variety of activities, including introduction of the Nicht-Yow-Way Elders Advisory Committee: Crawford, Vice-Chair Lorena Thompson, Secretary Roberta Kipp, and Treasurer Adele Guyer. Don Sampson gave keynote remarks before tribal chiefs, CTUIR Board of Trustees and General Council officers were introduced. Recognized at the event were the following:

Honorees – Judge William Johnson and Gary E. George, CEO at Wildhorse. Eldest Male within the CTUIR – James “JC” Penney, 92. Eldest Female within the CTUIR – Mabel Sheoships, 93. Eldest Female – Lydia Johnson (Toppenish), 98. Eldest Male Veteran – Richard Picard (Spokane), 94.

Eldest Female Veteran – Anna Sheoships, 77. Others taking part in activities included Zech Cyr, chair of the CTUIR Youth Leadership Council; Dionne Bronson, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, doing Wisdom Warrior/Tai chi; Nixyaawii Community School students Lillian Star, Adilia Hart, Mick Schimmel, Dazon Sigo, Tristalynn Melton, Latis Nowland, Luis Ortega Jr., plus language teacher Damien Totus; Jess Nowland, Lorena Thompson, Corinne Sams, and Martina Gordon.

The Village People got the elders going with “YMCA” then the Rez Sister’s joined in with a finale of “We Are Family.” Tribes represented at the Elders Day were Nez Perce, Yakama, Warm Springs, Klamath, Burns Paiute, Colville, Seneca, Blackfeet, Sioux, Spokane, Turtle Doris Thompson and others were Mountain Chippewa, Na- exercising in their seats at the vajo, Swinomish, Mescalero Elders Day event. Apache, Tohono O’Odham, Muckleshoot, Grande Rhonde, Siletz, Cow Creek, Scowlitz First Nation, Lummi Nation, Shoshone Bannock, and Cocopah.

William Shawaway and Jesse Jones visit during the Elders Day activities at Wildhorse Casino.

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2018 Nixyaawii Community School Homecoming Court The 2018 Nixyaawii Community School Homecoming Court crowned at the Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii football game Sept. 28 included, from left, senior Queen Alyssa Tonasket escorted by senior Deven Barkley, senior Princess Shayo Bremner escorted by junior Ryan Yallup, Junior Princess Tyanna Van Pelt escorted by senior Jacob Gillpatrick, sophomore Princess Adilia Hart escorted by sophomore William Sigo, and freshman Princess Elsie McKay escorted by sophomore Tyasin Burns.

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The NCS Staff team, “Champions of the Mud,” included from left, Ken Mayfielkd, teacher aide and cross country coach; Zach Gaulke, math teacher; Zack Brandsen, social studies teacher; Seanne Perkins, teacher; and School Board Chair Randall Melton.

This group of freshmen couldn’t get it in done in the mud. The unit included, from left, Eva Oatman, Latis Nowland, Keyen Singer, Adrian Escalera and Owen Ancheta. Video-taping in the background is senior Carissa Yallup; the boys watching are sophomores William Sigo and Jared Wildbill.

Sophomore Ivory Herrera is on the front of the rope backed up by juniors Cloe McMichael, Tyanna Van Pelt and Tristalynn Melton. Watching at right is junior Susie Patrick.

Babies were everywhere at the 2018 Pendleton Round-Up. More photos on Page 14B.

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Nixyaawii Community School freshman Adrian Escalera sprays water on freshman Owen Ancheta (red shirt) and senior Austin Ancheta (green shirt). Senior Deontae Johnson stands in the background. The Pilot Rock/ Nixyaawii Football Team is undefeated after five games. See more football coverage on page 5B.

Landon Van Pelt (black jersey and gold helmet) was virtually unstoppable from his spot on the Senior Black teamâ€™s defensive line. The big sixth grader jumped the line and was into WKH EDFNÂ¿HOG TXLFN HYHQ ZKHQ WKH 6HQLRU *UHHQ VTXDG WULHG WR double team him. He took down WKH 6HQLRU *UHHQ TXDUWHUEDFN RQ three plays in a row during this VHULHV 2WKHU SOD\HUV ZKR FDQ EH LGHQWLÂ¿HG LQFOXGH 9DQFH 1HOVRQ (Black 24), Kael Kennedy (Green 55), and Blake Farber (Black 56).

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CUJ Sports Learning to dribble in the grass Joaquin Hernandez dribbles the ball while Miranda Case, left, closes in, during a Pendleton youth soccer game at Grecian Heights Park. Hernandez is the son of Andrea Hernandez. Miranda is the daughter of Laveda and Brandon Case.

New artist-in-residence begins at Crow’s Shadow PENDLETON — Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (CSIA) is welcoming Ka’ila Farrell-Smith to the studio from Oct. 21 to Nov. 2. Farrell-Smith is a recipient of a 2018 Golden Spot Residency Award at Crow’s Shadow, which allows Oregon-based contemporary artists to the studio to work in a new medium. The award is generously supported by The Ford Family Foundation. Ka’ila Farrell-Smith (Klamath Modoc) is a painter and mixed-media artist based in Modoc Point, Oregon. Her work engages with inter-tribal native communities, reflecting the Ka’ila Farrell-Smith mixed and sometimes complicated heritage of multi-ethnic and indigenous families living in a post-colonial world. Her paintings and installations are deeply symbolic and frequently abstract, employing dynamic mark-making and textural explorations. Farrell-Smith is one of the directors of the Signal Fire artist residency program, and is a professor of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University. Farrell-Smith has attended artist residencies at Caldera, Djerassi, Ucross,

and the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) among others. Farrell-Smith holds a BFA in Painting from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and an MFA in Contemporary Art Practices Studio from Portland State University. This is her first residency at Crow’s Shadow. Farrell-Smith will work at Crow’s Shadow developing limited-edition prints, which will be hand pulled by Crow’s Shadow’s collaborative Master Printer, Judith Baumann. Most artists-in-residence at CSIA create two images for editioning, which is typically completed in the following months. Crow’s Shadow Press specializes in fine art lithography, a labor-intensive printmaking process where each color is created with a different lithography plate, and represents an additional run through a traditional manual press. Depending on the complexity of the image and the number of colors, an edition can take months to complete. Upon completion, the prints will be available for sale and one copy of each edition will enter CSIA’s permanent collection, which is frequently lent to various cultural and learning institutions around the region and nationally. At the end of Farrell-Smith’s artist residency the public is invited to Crow’s Shadow for an artist talk and studio visit, which will occur from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, with the artist speaking at 5:30 pm.

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Protection restored for Yellowstone grizzlies By Laura Zuckerman , Reuters

A federal judge on Sept. 24 ordered Endangered Species Act protections restored to grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park, halting plans for the first licensed trophy hunts of the bears in the region in more than 40 years. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana, sided with environmentalists and native American groups by overruling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to strip the grizzlies of their status as a threatened species. The outcome caps one of the most high-profile legal battles over the Endangered Species Act in many years, rivaling previous disputes surrounding the gray wolf and northern spotted owl. The ruling came as the Trump administration is seeking to rewrite Endangered Species Act regulations that scientists say would erode wildlife protection for the benefit of commercial interests. The Trump administration’s decision in June of last year to “de-list” the grizzly, formally proposed in 2016 during the Obama era, was based on agency findings that the bears’ numbers had rebounded enough in recent decades that federal safeguards were no longer necessary. The de-listing, welcomed by big-game hunters and cattlemen, had applied to about 700 Yellowstone-area grizzlies in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

Environmentalists countered that treating those bears separately from other grizzly populations in Montana and elsewhere in the Lower 48 states was biologically unsound and illegal under the Endangered Species Act, and the judge agreed. Grizzlies, which are slow to reproduce, number fewer than 2,000 bears across the Lower 48. That is far below a historic high of 100,000 before widespread shooting, poisoning and trapping reduced the bears’ population to just several hundred by 1975, when they were placed under federal protection. Environmentalists have said that while grizzlies have made a comeback, their recovery could falter without continued federal safeguards. They point to, among other things, alterations in the bears’ food supply from climate change and human threats posed by poachers and road traffic. Christensen found that the Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to apply the best available science, as required under the law, in evaluating continued threats to grizzly populations, including limitations in its genetic diversity. The judge pointed to two studies cited by the agency that he said actually contradicted the government’s own conclusions that the Yellowstone grizzlies could remain genetically self-sufficient. Grizzlies on page 8B

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CUJ Sports Nixyaawii Community School (NCS) running back Tyasin Burns runs through an Imbler tackle during the Pilot Rock/NCS win, 28-14, on Sept. 28, over Imbler. Other identifiable Pilot Rock/ NCS players include, from left, Tanner Corwin (PR 20), Cade Munkers (PR 65) and William Sigo (NCS 62). Players in white and orange from Imbler include, from left, Wyatt Rankin (33), a six foot four inch, 240-pound senior linebacker, Jayce Burnette (14), and Grant Slater (10).

PR/NCS whips #5 Imbler, 28-14 8-man football squad unbeaten heading into October By Wil Phinney of the CUJ

NCS senior Deven Barkley was a force as a defensive tackle creating havoc around the ball in the Imbler backfield. He also played on the offensive line.

Junior Logan Weinke moved to receiver and caught two touchdown passes from Tanner Corwin. This play, an 84-yard scoring strike, came after a roughing-the-punter call in Pilot Rock’s own end zone with 1:30 left in the first half. Corwin hit Weinke in stride, Weinke juked Imbler’s Grant Slater and raced untouched to the end zone.

PILOT ROCK – Head Coach Mike Balezlena admits he’s “spoiled with weapons,” including a trio of Nixyaawii Community School boys starting for the Rockets’ unbeaten eight-man football team that clinched a playoff spot before October began when they slapped No. 5 Imbler 28-14 in their homecoming game. The Rockets were 5-0 after beating Imbler Sept. 28 with two games left against Union and Dufur. The squad was guaranteed some kind of a league playoff

Pilot Rock receiver Logan Weinke (4) leaps into the air after Caden Thorton recovers a fumble with about 2:40 left in the ballgame. At left, Cade Munkers (65) for Pilot Rock, and two Imbler players CUJ photo/Phinney

Pilot Rock junior Cade Munkers pumps his fist in the air after a fumble recovery in the third quarter. NCS lineman Deven Barkley (57) is recognizable at left. Imbler’s Wyatt Frost (58) is a sophomore standing at six feet and four inches and 255 pounds. Number 12 is Imbler QB Jayce Burnette.

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spot as the top four teams on each side of the 15-team league advance to post season. To reach the 5-0 mark the Rockets blasted Sherman County, Condon-Arlington, Ione and Enterprise, and then beat a much tougher foe in Imbler. Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii football on page 6B

Ryan Patterson, a senior defensive back for Imbler, tries to take down NCS sophomoreTyasin Burns as he carries the football around the right end. The Pilot Rock/NCS football team remained undefeated with five wins in a row after dispatching No. 5 Imbler.

Tyasin Burns, the workhorse running back for the 5-0 Pilot Rock/NCS football team, escapes the tackle of Imbler’s Grant Slater. Other PR/NCS players include, fropm left, Tanner Corwin (20), Ian Gambill (21), and Logan Weinke (4). Imbler’s defense, big and fast, was flying around the PR/NCS backfield. The Imbler player on the left is Ryan Patterson and the guy on the right is Aidan deLint. Those two aren’t that big, but Imbler boasts some other large bodies. Five boys on the roster are listed at heavier than 215 pounds with biggest boy, junior Hutch Wagoner, listed at 6-3 and 275. They also have Wyatt Frost, a sophomore at 6-4 and 255 pounds.

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On the other eight-team side, three schools were knotted at 5-0: Dufur, Crane and Wallowa. The way the playoffs work, the top team from each division will battle for the league title. After that, second place plays third, and fourth plays fourth, to pare teams down for the state title run. Balezlena said he expected Pilot Rock/NCS to be playing on the Eastern Oregon University turf in La Grande on Oct. 19. Games times were to be announced when match-ups were determined. The three NCS contributors – senior Deven Barkley and sophomores Tyasin Burns and William Sigo – are instrumental to the Rockets’ success. “They are a huge part of what’s going on right now,” Balezlena said. Burns gets the headlines because he can score from just about anywhere. He’s already scored rushing, receiving, and passing. Before the season is over he’s likely to score on a punt return and/ or an interception return. He did score on a 24-yard interception return that was called back on a penalty. “He’s a phenomenal back. He has

Logan Weinke, who normally plays quarterback for Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Community School, moved out to wide receiver and caught two touchdown passes in the team’s fifth straight win Friday, Sept. 28. The team whipped No. 5-ranked Imbler, 28-14, in a homecoming game. Here Weinke runs through the unsuccessful tackle of Imbler’s Isaac Herron (81).

excellent footwork and he’s difficult to take down. He can do everything. I’ve even had him play noseguard,” said Balezlena, referring to the position on defense that sets up over the center. Imbler was ready for Burns. “They were smart. They watched some game film and they tried to contain us outside. We tried to muscle inside for a while,” the coach said. When necessary, Balezlena used Burns as a decoy. On one of those plays, Rockets sophomore QB Tanner Corwin fake-pitched to Burns, Imbler bit and over pursued, and Corwin threw a pass to junior receiver Logan Weinke for big yards. But Burns still racked up about 100 yards, Balezlena said. After five games, Burns was just shy of 1,000 yards rushing.

“One thousand yards in a season is awesome,” Balezlena said. Of course, it wouldn’t happen without Barkley on the left side of senior center Cade Munkers, a solid ball snapper, and Sigo on the right opening holes for Burns to run through. Barkley is big enough, but he uses his speed to beat bigger linemen off the ball. Balezlena said he can use Barkley anywhere on the field and, in fact, he’d have him carrying the ball more if he wasn’t so necessary as a lineman. “I can use him at fullback, to catch a pass, to block outside. He’s part of our jumbo fullback package,” Balezlena said. “On defense I’ve had him from defensive tackle to noseguard to linebacker. He has one awesome work ethic. He goes 100 miles an hour.” Sigo is a “fireplug” with a “low center

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of gravity and he’s strong as an ox.” Balezlena said the PR/NCS offense runs a lot of plays off Sigo’s right side because the young man “is not afraid of anybody.” He proved that against Imbler when the two Frost brothers, who combined weigh in at 475 pounds, took turns trying to get into the Rocket backfield. One thing Balezlena also likes about Sigo: “He has a smile on his face every time I talk to him.” It takes eight players on the field for a team and Balezlena is well aware that he has a complete squad this season. “It’s awesome,” he said. “It’s the first time in a long time. The Pilot Rock program has been struggling for the last eight years or so. Now we have some weapons. We have Tyson who can run, pass and throw. Tanner who can catch and throw. Logan who is a phenomenal athlete. And they kind of overshadow our fullback Ian Gambill who has four TDs on the season and opens up a lot of holes for Tyasin to take off.” Weinke was the Rockets’ quarterback, but when Corwin grew six inches to 6-foot-1 this fall, he took over at QB and Weinke moved to receiver. It’s paid off. When Corwin puts the ball there, and he usually does, Weinke catches it. And Weinke runs crisp routes with good footwork. Against Imbler, Corwin laid a pass into Weinke’s arms on the home sideline. Weinke juked his defender and raced down the sidelines untouched for an 84-yard score. “Once he gets the ball he can go from zero to sixty in three steps,” Balezlena said. Offensively, the coach also points to tight end Saber Harp, who is a track-star sprinter who needs just a bit of open field to leave defenders shaking their heads. Balezlena likes his punter, too. That’s Christian Haskell, who is averaging 52 yards a punt. Granted, PR/NCS hasn’t had to punt very often this year, but

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Inslee, Washington tribes convene 29th Centennial Accord OLYMPIA, WASH . - Gov. Jay Inslee and chairs and councilmembers from Washington tribes convened in Suquamish Sept. 24 for the 29th Annual Centennial Accord. Leaders representing more than two dozen tribal governments and about 25 state agencies convene every year to discuss a range of issues and policy priorities. Kat Brigham, Secretary for the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, at-

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tended the Centennial Accord. The Suquamish Tribe hosted this year’s Centennial Accord at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort. Suquamish Tribal Chairman Leonard Forsman and Inslee opened the accord by emphasizing the importance of government-to-government collaboration and the many shared priorities of tribes and the state. Among the most pressing issues Inslee spoke about was the statewide effort to

protect threatened Southern Resident killer whales in Puget Sound’s waters and the corresponding effort to restore the orcas’ primary food source, Chinook salmon. Inslee said he plans to propose significant new investments in restoring and improving culverts for fish passage and will be relying on the recommendations from his orca task force to prioritize additional investments and policy actions in the 2019 legislative session. “I am hopeful that by illuminating

the intersection of salmon recovery, orca prey and fisheries we will better understand which actions will make the most difference as soon as possible,” Inslee said. The day’s discussions included updates on legislation to improve reporting and investigating the disappearance of Native American women, tribal traffic safety, natural resources and fisheries, social services, health care and education.

CTUIR & Umatilla County Proud Partners – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Working Together For Our Collective Futures Umatilla County Commission Chair George Murdock celebrating the dedication of the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic with left, Gary Burke, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and Shawna Gavin, Secretary for the CTUIR General Council and Chair of the Tribal Health Commission.

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“During the past two years, I have been honored to serve as chair of the Wildhorse Foundation. The Foundation provides about a million dollars a year in support of a vast array of projects which make a profound diﬀerence in the communities within our boundaries. Thank you to the CTUIR for helping contribute to those in need, to the education of our children, to public safety, to our quality of life, and to the preservation of the cultural heritage of those who ﬁrst settled the region in which we are privileged to live.” George Murdock, chair, Umatilla County Board of Commissioners

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Battle for the martial arts medal Miah Alvarez took first place in the Battle on the Columbia Open Martial Arts Tournament Aug. 15 at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. A purple belt, Miah is the daughter of Joe and Leanne Alvarez and the granddaughter of Peppy Frank.

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In his 47-page opinion, Christensen called the agency’s reasoning “illogical.” The judge’s ruling makes permanent a court order barring Wyoming and Idaho from going ahead with plans to open grizzly hunting seasons allowing as many as 23 bears in the two states to be shot and killed for sport outside of Yellowstone Park. The season had been set to begin on Sept. 1. U.S. law prohibits hunting altogether inside the park, and Montana had decided against a grizzly hunt, citing its concerns about long-term recovery of a bear population that is arguably one of the most celebrated and photographed in the world. Native American tribes, which revere the grizzly as

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sacred, sought reinstatement of its threatened status as essential to protecting their religious practices. Ranchers, who make up a powerful political constituency in Western states, have strongly advocated de-listing grizzlies, arguing the bears’ growing numbers pose a threat to humans and livestock. Agitation for state management of the bears also came from hunters, who highly prize them as trophy animals. The judge said he discounted such factors. “This case is not about the ethics of hunting and it is not about solving human- or livestock-grizzly conﬂicts as a practical or philosophical matter,” he wrote. Instead, it turned strictly on his determination that the Fish and Wildlife Service had exceeded its authority. The agency said it stood by its de-listing action, adding it was reviewing the ruling and “considering next steps.”

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2018 Round-Up & Happy Canyon

Medicine man Dallas Dick heals Rex Buck III while Boots Pond sings a song during the Happy Canyon Pageant at the 2018 Pendleton Round-Up. Photo by Robert McLean

Daily Arena MC Jess Nowland gives a run down of Tribal history and culture on Thursday of the 2018 Pendleton Round-Up.

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Logan Quaempts proposed marriage to Sierra James in front of 18,000 rodeo fans in the middle of the Round-Up arena on Saturday during the Indian dancing. She said yes. CUJ photo/Phinney

Tribes honor outgoing Indian Director Rob Collins Outgoing Round-Up Indian Director Rob Collins, third from left, was honored during the Indian grand entry Saturday. He is pictured here with, from left, Keith Burke, Umatilla Ceremonial Chief Gary Burke, Aaron Hines, Terry Heemsah, and Benny Minthorn. Collins retired after eight years as Indian director but he’s worked with the Indians at Round-Up for some 30 years. “It’s been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life,” Collins said. “I’ve got to know so many people and learned about the culture and tradition. I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.” Collings said it is “bitter sweet” to leave. He will now get to spend more time with his family and is looking forward to traveling with his wife. “I’ll be trading my relationships that I’ve formed with tribal members and other RoundUp board members and that’s hard to give up,” he said. As Indian director, Collins was in charge of facilities for all Native American events, including the tee-pee village, the park and vendors, beauty contests, ceremonial dancing, and dancing in the park. “My goal was to build relationships, trust and mutual respect between the Round-Up and the Tribes and I feel like I’ve done that in the last eight years. The appreciation has always been there but it’s not always been recognized,” Collins said.

American Indian Beauty Pageant winners

MARY HARRIS

Runner-Up Mary Harris “Ipnawasatillup”, 22, is the daughter of Stuart and Deborah Harris, and lives in Pendleton. Her tribal affiliation is Cayuse, Umatilla, and Wallowa band Nimiipuu. Mary’s family has long been involved with the Pendleton Round-Up and the Happy Canyon Night Show. Mary was a Happy Canyon princess in 2015, following in the footsteps of her two older sisters, Katie and Anna, who were princesses in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Her great-aunt Virginia Wilkinson-Conner was the RoundUp Queen in 1948, her grandmother, numerous aunties and bother her sisters have won the beauty pageant in years past. Mary has graduated from college where she earned three associates degrees. Current she is taking a short break from school so that she is able to “discover what truly inspires me” before attending a four-year college. She has worked as an intern at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute where she catalogues, archives and preserves items. “Family and tribal history is very important to me because if you know who and where you come from then you are able

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GABRIELLA LEWIS

Third place Gabriella Lewis “We-Ya-Ta-Mou-Nunt-My”, an enrolled Nez Perce, is the 20-year-old daughter of Joe and Kathy Lewis, and lives in Spokane Valley, Washington. Gabby, whose Indian name means “blankets piled on blankets,” is the youngest of three siblings. Her paternal grandparents are the late Harry Lewis and the late Etta Conner. Her maternal grandparents are Jon and Rosa Yearout and the late Larry McFarland Sr. She is a direct descendant of Old Chief Joseph, Ollokot, and Chief Red Grizzly Bear. Gabby’s family on both sides have camped at the Pendleton Round since the inaugural year of 1910. She has been performing in Happy Canyon since she was a little girl. Last year she completed her freshman year at Walla Walla Community College where she made the Dean’s List. She transferred to Boise State University and is currently a junior studying graphic design. She has learned sewing, beading moccasins and medallions, and weaving corn husk bags from her family, especially her older brother, Kellen, who created and designed her horse trappings and other accessories. She has won the Junior American Beauty Pageant and was a Happy Canyon Princess in 2017.

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GLORY ROSE SOBOTTA

Fourth place Glory Rose Sobotta, the 16-year-old daughter of Bob and Angie Sobotta, is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe and lives in Lapwai, Idaho. Glory Rose is the granddaughter on her mom’s side of Rosa and Jon Yearout and from her dad’s side Loretta and Bob Sobotta. She has lived in Lapwai her entire life and this year is a sophomore at Lapwai High School where she is playing volleyball and involved in extra-curricular activities, including drama. As a freshman, Glory Rose was a first team all-league and first-team all-state-tournament selection in basketball. The team placed third and Glory Rose predicts a championship this year. Glory Rose is part of the Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club and each year participates in the Chief Joseph Trail Rode. This was her fourth year on the ride.

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Avery Quaempts (daughter of Carrie Sampson and Justin Quaempts) and Alanah Eagleheart (daughter of Preston and Thelma Eagleheart) help Fallyn Sampson-Plume (daughter of Carrie Sampson) with her makeup while they wait in line at the Junior American Beauty Pageant at Roy Raley Park.

Jr. Pageant winner Rebecca Winn Rebecca Bearchum, the 13-year-old daughter of Janine Winn and Ben Bearchum, won the Junior Indian Beauty Pageant in Roy Raley Park on Thursday of the Pendleton Round-Up. Second place went to Faith Mae Angel Sobotta, 11, from Lapwai, Idaho, and third went to Alva Guillory, 13, from Spokane. Rebecca is the granddaughter of Beverly Winn and the late Roger Winn, and of the late Benjamin and Cecilia Bearchum. She is the great-great granddaughter of Emma Jones Burke, one of the Cayuse Twins made famous in photographs by Colonel Lee Moorehouse in the late 1800’s. Her Indian name is Hiumehewecksha (Bear Dream), which was was passed to her from her aunt Nicole Winn. The dress she was wearing has been passed down five generations and is more than 100 years old. The corn husk basket hat is also over 100 years old. The purse she carried was beaded by her grandmother Cecilia Bearchum. Rebecca made her own fan as part of a Finding Your Inner Balance workshop put on by Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation and Tamástslikt Cultural Institute this past June. Rebecca is an eighth grader at Sunridge Middle School where she takes honors Math and English. She is an active member in the Roundup City Barkers dog 4H group and the Buckles Bits and Boots Horse 4H club. She likes to weave baskets, ride horses, play softball, and plays the violin.

American Indian Beauty Pageant winner Kaia John Kaia “Xaamsali” (Hummingbird) John, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, was the American Indian Beauty Pageant. She was one of 14 contestants interviewed on Main Street in Pendleton on the morning of Sept. 14 before the Westward Ho! Parade. Kaia is the daughter of Sydney and Robin John. She lives in Toppenish, Washington. Kaia, 18, is the granddaughter of Lehigh and Sharon (Hoptowit) John, who was the 1963 American Indian Beauty Pageant and a Happy Canyon Princess. Kaia wore her grandmother’s dress and a replica Lewis and Clark Peace medallion necklace to represent the medal bestowed to her great-great grandfather Chief Jim Kanine during the exploration in the early 1800s. Kaia made the mat behind her saddle with her grandmother before she passed. Kaia recently graduated from Zillah High School with an honors diploma, a grade point average of 3.9 and 33 college credits. She competed as a varsity athlete in cross country, basketball and track. She was a member of the state championship 4 by 400-meter relay team. She plans to attend Western Washington University to pursue a nursing career like her grandmother. The young women, maidens age 14-24, are judged on their beauty, on an interview, on their horse trappings, and regalia. Selected by the Bishop family, judges are from the corporate offices of Pendleton Woolen Mills. Judges are provided with information, including pictures and definitions of regalia and trappings, so they can ask appropriate questions. Contestants are expected to know about the family history of their regalia and horse trappings. Kaia won $600 and a Pendleton blanket. Second place received $400, third $300, and second place $200, plus blankets. All other contestants receive $100. Contestants this year came from Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

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Tyler Peasley was on a winning Omak Express team during heat races at the Pendleton Round-Up.

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Come from behind winner in Chief’s Racet In perhaps the wildest race at the Round-Up, Mathew Pakootas from Colville, in the full red feathered war bonnet, came from behind to win the Chief’s Race on Friday, Sept. 14. The program for the Chief’s Race lists four riders, but when the gun sounded there were eight horses and riders in the race. At the second turn, however, there were just seven riders with one horse running free. In the photo above, the riders are, from left, Tony Marchand for Omak Express, Jared Cerino for Double Ought, then the loose horse of Cedar Ridge, Scott Abrahamson for the Abrahamson team, Mathew Pakootas with the war bonnet, an unidentified rider in the yellow shirt, and Montana Pokootas next to the rail. CUJ photo/Dallas Dick

Idaho racer wins women’s competition Amber Alsterlund from Viola, Idaho, won the women’s race on Friday, Sept. 13, at the Pendleton RoundUp. Alsterlund said she’d raced only once before - at last year’s Round-Up. She said she likes the atmosphere at Pendleton. “It’s amazing,” she said. “The crowd pumps you up. Everybody is happy here.”

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The wild, crazy, confusing chaos of the beginning of an Indian relay race is realized in this photo at the starting line in the championship race on Saturday at the Pendleton Round-Up. The teams are, from left, Abrahamson in purple, the eventual winners; Grizzly Mountain in black and yellow; and Omak Express on the right in black and white. Riders are, from left, Scotty Abrahamson, Olivery Pakootas, and Tyler Peasley.

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The Cayuse Express rider rounds the second turn a bit akwardly but still ahead of jockeys from Arrow Lakes and Umatilla Express in this heat race.

Scotty Abrahamson hangs onto the horseâ€™s reins in the championship race at the Pendleton Round-Up. He was able to control his horse, get back on and finish the race in first place.

Oliver Pakootas from Grizzly Mountain, left, and Matt Pakootas from Northwest Express in red, white and blue, race to the finish line in a heat race on Thursday, Sept. 13. By a 2-1 judgesâ€™ decision, Pakootas and Northwest Express was given the victory. The two riders are cousins from Colville, Washington.

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Everybody dance!

Native Americans of all ages from the Indian Village converge on the Pendleton Round-Up are

Gabby Tinoco, 2, naps on the shoulder of her mother, Camnille Martinez, from Yakama, during the circle dance in the Round-Up arena.

Eager youngsters burst onto the scene Friday of the Pendleton Round-Up Dancing in the Arena. Each day more than a hundred participants from around the Northwest wore their regalia into the arena to display tribal heritage and culture.

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Sis Moses, the daughter of Sam McCloud (pictured) and Isaiah Moses, took in her first Pendleton RoundUp. In the background is a smiling Kathryn Burke.

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ena each day of the rodeo to dance and sing and show off traditional regalia.

McKenzie Minthorn, one-and-a-half years old, watches the action from the arms of his father, Dusty Minthorn, in the RoundUp arena.

Dressed in his best Saturday derby, 3-year-old Paul Vaeth, snoozes in the sun as he leaves the Pendleton Round-Up arena with his grandmother, Vio Vaeth, from Warm Springs.

Melissa Van Pelt holds Ezra Squiemphen, daughter of Van Pelt and Chance Squiemphen, after dancing in the arena Thursday of Round-Up.

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Dancing in the Park

Defending champion Levi Blackwolf from Warm Springs was unseated at the Dancing in the Park competition during the Pendleton Round-Up. The intimate setting in the shade at Roy Raley Park, with bleachers on the west side and people gathered on the north and south, gives observers an up-close look at tribal dancing they don’t get from the rodeo stands. This year Blackwolf ended up in third place, but he’s always a crowd pleaser with his vibrant colors, traditional movement and ... his big smile. Logan Quaempts, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, dances in Roy Raley Park during the Dancing in the Park competition on Saturday morning before the final performance of the Pendleton Round-Up. Quaempts won the contest.

Winners of the Dancing in the Park competition included defending champion Levi Winners of the women’s Dancing in the Park were, from left, third place Edwina Blackwolf from Warm Springs, who this was third; from left, Louis Halfmoon, from Morning Owl from McKay Creek, second place Pat Heemsah from Yakama, and Mission, second place; and first place, far right, Logan Quaempts from Mission. first place Destiny Buck from Yakama.

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Wilbur Oatman was one of more than two-dozen dancers competing at Roy Raley Park.

Eric Broncheau from Mission competes in the three-day Dancing in the Park competition during the Pendleton Round-Up.

Don Sampson, who will be named in November to succeed his father, Atway Carl Sampson, as a ceremonial chief, congratulates dancers lined up after the finals in Roy Raley Park on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. CUJ photos/Phinney

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Award winner

Lark Moses was awarded the Louise and Robert Elk award during the arena dancing on Friday afternoon of the Pendleton Round-Up. This award is presented to a young person who exemplifies strong cultural values, appreciation for education, achievement and outstanding Tribal citizenship.

Ashley Moffet, enrolled Nez Perce, with her daughter Mona strapped to her back won Best Dressed during arena dancing on Saturday of the Pendleton Round-Up.

Indian Nations Hand Drum group from Mission, from left Rodney, Joseph and Frank Totus keep the dance floor moving during the daily dancing in the arena at the Pendleton Round-Up.

Keyen Singer and friends chose to spend their time celebrating the Pendleton RoundUp at the Davis Shows carnival at the intersection of Emigrant and Main street.

Golden Age Womenâ€™s Traditional was a popular category during Dancing in the Park. Above, Willie Wahsise, Yakama, shows off her high-step in the Roy Raley Park.

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A pensive young man from a Northwest Tribe watches the bull riding before arena dancing on Friday afternoon of the Pendleton Round-Up.

Many chose to spend their Friday evening participating in the Sobriety and Friendship Pow Wow in the park sponsored by the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center during the Pendleton RoundUp. Each year the pow wow is held to celebrate abstinence from drugs and alcohol and often brings in a host of participants from all over the northwest and beyond. Seen here participants are dancing and enjoying an intertribal before competitive categories began.

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Happy Canyon Princesses Tayler Craig and Sequoia Conner wave to the crowds lining the streets of Pendleton during the Westward Ho! Parade on Friday of the Pendleton Round-Up. The next day, Saturday, culminated a nearly year-long reign for the young women.

Mike Squeochs with horse trappings and regalia participates in the Westward Ho! Parade Sept. 14.

London Shippentower smiles stoically during the Westward Ho! Parade Sept. 14.

Les Wahsise waves at the crowd during the Westward Ho! Parade Sept. 14.

Itâ€™s not always easy to ride a wagon during the Westward Ho! Parade on Friday morning of the Pendleton Round-Up, some participants are up to save their space by 8 a.m. in the tipi village. The wagons can each hold more than 50 people but the spaces fill up fast. Often times riders are on the wagons more than two hours before the parade begins at 10 a.m.

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Friends Cece Stanger, left, and Edwina Morning Owl, right, walked together in the Sept. 14 Westward Ho! Parade during the Pendleton Round-Up.

On Friday of the Pendleton Round-Up the Westward Ho! Parade brought in thousands of spectators and hundreds of participants. In one of the wagons in the parade are riders, from left, Brittney Shock, Scarlett Shock, and Lisa Heemsah.

An out-of-towner from a Northwest Tribe smiles and waves and she makes her way though downtown Pendleton as a walking participant in the Westward Ho! Parade on Friday morning of the Pendleton Round-Up.

Not everyone chose to ride a wagon during the Westward Ho! Parade on Friday morning of the Pendleton Round-Up, some participants chose to walk the route through downtown.

Aurowlyn Stwyer and Dr. Ron Pond were dressed in their best as they rode through the crowds in the Westward Ho! Parade on Friday morning of the Pendleton Round-Up.

Westward Ho! Parade wagon-riders, from left, Rosie Hines, Josephine Penny holding baby Priscilla and Travis Bumgardner were all smiles as they waved to spectators on Friday morning of the Pendleton Round-Up.

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So long until 2019!

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Round-Up Arena Daily Dancing and Best Dressed Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 (name and tribe) – 1, Sheldon Joseph, Umatilla. 2, Pedro Rivera, Yakama. 3, Weptas (child, last name not specified), Umatilla. Best dressed – Cheryl Scott, Yakama, wearing memorial dress for her mother from 1989. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 – 1, Jordan Yassie, Yakama. 2, Boots Pond, Umatilla. 3, Skyler Burke, Umatilla. Best dressed – Nola Queahpana, Warm Springs. Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 – 1, Rex Buck III, Wannapum. 2, Emory Kordatzky, Umatilla. 3, Clifford Stanger, Cayuse. Best dressed – Lillian Burns, CTUIR, celebrating her 76th year at the Pendleton Round-Up. Oldest married couple – Evans and Eileen Spino, Warm Springs. Best Dressed in Westward Ho Parade – Terry Heemsah, Yakama. The Robert and Louise Elk Award – Lark Moses, CTUIR. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2018 – 1, Aiden Wolf, Cayuse and Umatilla. 2, Garian McDonald, Umatilla. 3, Keely Spencer, CTUIR. Best dressed – Ashleigh Ann Moffet, Nez Perce. Dancing in the Park winners First place received $1,000, second place $650, and third place $350. Cash prizes were sponsored by the Pendleton Round-Up and Wildhorse Foundation. Additionally, each received a Pendleton blanket sponsored by Oregon State University. Men – 1, Logan Quaempts, Mission. 2, Louis Halfmoon, Mission. 3, Levi Blackwolf, Warm Springs. Women – 1, Destiny Buck, Wannapum. 2, Patricia Heemsah, Yakama. 3, Edwina Morningowl, McKay Creek.

Darryl Joe McKay holds the hand of his father, Willie McKay, during Dancing in the Arena Saturday morning of the Pendleton Round-Up Sept. 15. CUJ photo/Jill-Marie Gavin

Native American Tribal Ceremonial Dancing in Arena Saturday morning Native American Tribal Ceremonial Dancing Round-Up Arena Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2018 Dances are dedicated to the spirit and mutual trust and friendship between forbearers of the Umatilla, Walla Walla and Cayuse hosts and the Bishops Brothers of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. The association dates from 1910 and the dances from 1927. Competitive tribal dance prizes are contributed by Pendleton Woolen Mills. Girls 7 and under – 1, Dazha Joseph, Pendleton. 2, Hazel Quaempts, Mission. 3, Jeni Jackson, White Swan, Wash. Boys 7 and under – 1, Jeremiah Wahchumwah, Puyallup, Wash. 2, Damon Ray Danzuka, Warm Springs. Girls 8-12 – 1, Faith Sobotta, Lapwai. 2, Jordan Heemsah, Toppenish. 3, Naima Sam, Toppenish. Boys 8-12 – 1, Sheldon Joseph, Pendleton. 2, Isaiah Florendo,

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Warm Springs. 3, Elijah Power, Pendleton. Girls 13-18 – 1, Natasha Slim John, Lapwai. 2, Justine Slim John, Lapwai. 3, Kam Gleason, Brownstown, Wash. Boys 13-18 – 1, Pedro Rivera, Yakama. 2, Drew Moses, Wapato. 3, Heaven Wyena, Priest Rapids. Ladies 19 and older – 1, Angel Sobotta, Lapwai. 2, Edwin Morning Owl, Howtmi. 3, Dolly Heemsah, Wapato. Men 19 and older – 1, Rod First Strike, Two Medicine, Mont. 2, Nathan Buck, Priest Rapids. 3, James Tone, Fort Hall, Idaho. Swan Dance – Kam Gleason, Brownstown; Martel Benson-Grant, Brownstown; Aurolyn Stwyer, Warm Springs; and Michelle Stangier, Coulee Dam Oldest woman – Wilma Wahsise, 68, Yakama. Oldest man – Soy Red Thunder. Oldest veteran – John Adams, 78, US Navy, Yakama.

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Youngest veteran – Derek Quaempts, 31, US Army, McKay Creek. Honor Song for Slim John, Condon, Sampson families. Blanket presentation to Rob Collins, retiring after eight years of service as Round-Up Indian director. Judges – Katrina Walsey, Roy Bilagody, Curtis Bearchum. Chiefs – Jesse Jones, Gary Burke, Donald Sampson for atway Carl Sampson. Whipman and woman – Terence Cowapoo and Lona Pond. Among award presenters were Happy Canyon princesses Tayler Craig and Sequoia Conner, Rose Festival Queen Kiara Johnson, Portland Airport Commissioner Chloe Daley, Mary Bishop, Don Sampson, Soy Red Thunder, Thomas Morning Owl, Dallas Dick, Charla Simons, Congressional candidate Jamie McLean-Skinner, and Betsy West.

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EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH!

THE NICHT-YOW-WAY ELDERS ADVISORY GROUP would like to thank the following for all of your donations and hard work to make our Elders Day Luncheon another success. We had over 600+ guest from CTUIR, Nez Perce, Tulalip, Yakama Nation, Colville, Seneca Nation, Warm Springs, Sioux and Blackfoot, Spokane, Navajo, Cocopah, Swinomish, Montana. We would like to Thank the CTUIR Board of Trustees and General Council for your annual donations for Pendleton Blankets, The Wildhorse Resort & Casino CEO and Event Staff, the DCFS staff along with the following sponsors: Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic Cayuse Technologies CTUIR Office of Legal Council Pendleton Community Bank Saddle Restaurant Round Up Gift Shop Pier 104/Kathie Burke Roosters Restaurant

Shari’s Restaurant CTUIR Department of Children & Family Services Marlene Taylor, Delphine Woods, Kelly Long, Lorena, Roberta Kipp, Bertha Case,Tessie Williams Ellen Taylor Jill-Marie Gavin Kaeleen McGuire Papa Murphy’s Pizza CTUIR Human Resources Alan Crawford CTUIR Department of Economic Community Development Prodigal Son CTUIR Vocational Rehabilitation Program CTUIR Finance Department The Elders Advisory Group Officers Chairman- Alan Crawford Vice Chair- Lorena Thompson Secretary- Roberta Kipp Treasurer- Adele Guyer

THANK YOU! I want to take a moment to thank everybody, who made the Annual Dancing in the Park during the 2018 Pendleton Round Up a success. Congratulations to all the winners, and, thank you to all of the Dancers, Drummers, Judges, Flag Bearers, Whip man Alan Crawford and Whip woman Judy Burke Farrow, for your attendance and participation this year. The event was colorful and I’m glad that everybody had a great time! Thank you to Chief Gary Burke, (Umatilla Chief) and Chief (elect) Donald Sampson (Walla Walla Chief) and Chief Earl Oldperson (Blackfeet Tribe) for judging the Championship Round on Saturday, your attendance was an honor to all of us who was there. A special thank you to Richard Sams, Sr. & Jr. for your annual contribution of letting us use your professional public address sound system, we appreciate all that you do, for making Dancing in the Park a success! The sound system was awesome as it really let

the Dancers “cut loose” and I believe that all of the Dancers really love dancing in Round Up grass in the Roy Rayley Park. Thank you to Thomas Morningowl for your Master of Ceremonies services. Your colorful and historical style is always fun to be a part of, and thank you for offering an invocation and prayer each day to start off the doings. Thank you to all of the people who came out to watch and enjoy the Dancing and Singing. Best wishes to Rob Collins on his retirement as the Indian Director after 8 years, for the Pendleton Round Up. Thank you to Cedric Bill and your crew for your hard work and energy to keep the Vendors and the Dancing in Park operating smoothly. In closing, thank you to all who had a great time at the Dancing in Park, it was an honor and privilege to volunteer for this prestigious event. Till next year….”Leter Buck”. Randall Minthorn, Dancing in the Park Volunteer.

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BOT minutes DATE: August 27, 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, General Council Chairman. Full quorum present. Old Business. None Resolution 18-064: Topic: TERO Minimum Wage. RESOLVED, the TERO Program Manager issued a public notice exhibit 1 for public notice along with 2 listing the 17 documents supporting the $20 hour minimum wage, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees does hereby adopt a minimum wage of $20 per hour Covered Activities, as defined by the TERO Code, on TERO Jurisdiction Lands, also defined by the TERO Code; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the TERO Program Manager is directed to publish the new minimum wage for 30 days and provide direct notice to all interested persons, entities, departments and contractors who the TERO Program has regular contact with; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,

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that the minimum wage rate is effective on covered activities that are not already governed by an established wage rate, (i.e., Davis-Bacon Wage Rates, BOLI Prevailing Water Rate); AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chairman or designee to sign the Minimum Wage rate notice (attached as Exhibit 3); AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Minimum Wage rate approved by this Resolution shall go into effect on October 1, 2018 (effective date); AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 20th day of August, 2018. MOTION: Woodrow Star moves to adopt Resolution 18-064. William Sigo seconds. Motion carries 5 for – (Doris Wheeler, Woodrow Star, William Sigo IV, Sally Kosey and Rosenda Shippentower) – 3 against (Jeremy Wolf, Kat Brigham and Aaron Ashley) – 0 abstaining. Resolution 18-065: Topic: New Market Tax Credit Agreements. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Sublease between Cay-Uma-Wa and the Confederated Tribes for the Tribal Education Facility parcel and improvements attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1, or a Sublease containing substantially

similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Subordination, Non-disturbance and Attornment Agreement and Estoppel Certificate attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 2, or documents containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Fund Loan Agreement and Fund Loan Security and Pledge Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibits 3 and 4 respectively, or documents containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Cost Reimbursement Certification Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 5, or a Cost Reimbursement Certification Agreement containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Investment Fund Put and Call Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 6, or an Investment Fund Put and Call Agreement containing substantially similar terms;

Birthdays: 5th: Jenz Kash Kash 9th: Sophie Van Pelt 10th: Michael Van Pelt 19th: Marcy Hoptowit and Petr Lebedev 29th: Bryson Bronson 31st: Francis Marsh Anniversary: 24th: Aaron & Brooklyn Quaempts

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BOT minutes Continued from page 25B AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) Compliance and Reporting Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 7, or a NMTC Compliance and Reporting Agreement containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the qualified active low-income community business

(QALICB) Indemnity Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 8 or a QALICB Indemnity Agreement containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Environmental and Hazardous Substances Indemnity Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 9, or an Environmental and Hazardous Substance Indemnity Agreement containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees

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hereby approves the Completion and Repayment Guaranty attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 10, or a Completion and Repayment Guaranty containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Contribution Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 11, or a Contribution Agreement containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Assignment of Development Documents attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 12, or an Assignment of Development Documents containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Sponsor Debarment Certificate attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 13, or a Sponsor Debarment Certificate containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Community Benefits Agreement attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 14, or a Community Benefits Agreement containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes its Chairman or his designee to execute and deliver each of the agreements or documents referenced above and attached as Exhibits 1-14 to this Resolution, as appropriate; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes and approves the Dispute Resolution Provisions set forth in each of the Fund Loan Agreements, and all other agreements, instruments, and documents related to the transactions contemplated by the Fund Loan Agreements as described herein (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and independently, by and through this Resolution, expressly, unequivocally, and irrevocably grants a limited waiver of its sovereign immunity, if any, in favor of the grantees named in each Transaction Document, including but not limited to the Investor, Investment Fund, Lender, and their successors and assigns, to suit and legal

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process as set forth in the Transaction Documents to which the Confederated Tribes are a party, consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal and State courts specified in the Transaction Documents to which the Confederated Tribes are a party, waive the exhaustion of tribal remedies as specified in the Transaction Documents to which the Confederated Tribes are a party, and incorporates such waivers and consents fully herein; AND BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes and directs that all necessary acts and further steps and actions, including but not limited to the execution of documents or agreements that may be required of the Confederated Tribes or that the Chairman of the Board of Trustees or Interim Executive Director deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Resolution, to facilitate the NMTC Financing of the Project; and that this Resolution be construed as including any form of specific authorization required to enable the Confederated Tribes to do or cause to be done all other acts and to take or cause to be taken all further steps and actions necessary or appropriate, and to execute and deliver all agreements, documents and instruments that the Board of Trustees Chairman, on behalf of the Confederated Tribes, deems necessary and appropriate, to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and to facilitate the NMTC Financing of the Project; AND BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED, that all acts previously taken by the Confederated Tribes, or by any officer, director or employee of the Confederated Tribes to effect and carry out the intent of this Resolution is approved, ratified, and confirmed in all respects; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall become effective as of the date and time of its passage by the Board of Trustees. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 27th day of August, 2018. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves BOT minutes on page 27B

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BOT minutes Continued from page 26B to adopt Resolution 18-065. Doris Wheeler seconds. Motion carries 8-0-0. Other Board Action: Commission/Committee Update and Application Review by Kat Brigham, BOT Secretary. Economic & Community Development Committee (ECDC), 1 vacancy with three applications from Antone Minthorn, Mary Halfmoon, and Lucas Eastwood. By secret ballot Antone Minthorn was reappointed to the Economic & Community Development Committee for a two year term. Jeff Van Pelt submitted his resignation and the ECDC accepted. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to accept Jeff Van Pelt’s resignation from ECDC and advertise for one positon. Aaron Ashley seconds. Motion carries 8-0-0. Education & Training Committee, 1 vacancy with one application from Scott Minthorn. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to reappoint Scott Minthorn acclimation to the Education & Training Committee for a two year term. Sally Kosey seconds. Motion carries 8-0-0. TERO Commission accepted Ross Simmons letter of resignation. Mr. Simmons submitted his letter of resignation on Aug. 8 and TERO Commission conducted a poll and accepted his resignation on Aug. 21. MOTION: Kat Brigham moves to accept Ross Simmons resignation from TERO Commission and advertise for one vacant positon. Sally Kosey seconds. Motion carries 8-0-0, Terms Expiring: Avery McKay, CTUIR Culture Coalition, term expires on October 3. Randall Minthorn, CTUIR Culture Coalition, term expires on October 3. Sharon Weathers, Gaming Commission, term expires on October 6. Douglas Minthorn, Tiicham Conservation District, term expires on October 3. ACTION: Kat Brigham send letters notifying member of expiration of terms and advertise for

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the vacancy. Aaron Ashley seconds. Motion carries 8-0-0. Will advertise for: 1 positon on TERO Commission, term ending 4/3/19, meets 1st & 3rd Tues. 1 position on Culture Resource Committee, two year term, meets 1st & 3rd Tues. 1 position ECDC, term ending 6/12/19, meets 1st & 3rd Tues. 1 position Science & Technology Committee, two year term, meets 2nd & 4th Thurs. All applications will be due Monday, September 17 by 4:00 PM. A BOT work session will be scheduled September 21 at 8:30 AM to review applications and will take action on the application appointments on Monday, September 24. BOT Travel Reports. 1) Gary Burke, 2 reports Aug. 21 at Salem for meeting with Oregon Dept. of State Lands Meeting. On Aug. 22 attended the Four Chairs meeting at Seattle, WA. On Aug. 23 gave testimony on DOI Reorganization. 2) Jeremy Wolf, Aug. 20-21 at Salem for meeting with Oregon Dept. of State Lands meeting. On Aug. 22-24 at Hagerman, ID for CRITFC meeting. BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Gary Burke, Travel, to Salem, Sept. 4-6 to attend Willamette Falls Locks Commission meeting. Personal leave on Aug. 30-31. Personal leave on Sept. 11-13. Travel to Worley, ID from Sept. 16-20 to attend ATNI Convention. Birthday leave on Sept. 21. 2) Jeremy Wolf, personal leave from Aug. 29-31. 3) Kat Brigham, travel to Cascade Locks on Sept. 21-22 as presenter for Eco-Justice Team. 4) Rosenda Shippentower, Aug. 30 personal leave from 3-4 PM. Oct. 4-5 travel request to Portland to attend NAMI event. 5) Sally Kosey, travel to Portland on Sept. 5-6 to attend PAC meeting at Portland.

DATE: September 17, 2018

BOT Present: Gary Burke, BOT Chairman arrived at 9:13 AM; Jeremy Wolf, Vice Chairman;

Doris Wheeler, Treasurer arrived at 9:15 AM; Rosenda Shippentower, Member; Aaron Ashley, Member; Woodrow Star, Member; Sally Kosey, Member and William Sigo, General Council Chairman. Kathryn Brigham, Secretary on travel. Quorum present. Old Business. Ratify Polled Resolution 18066: ATNI Delegates. MOTION: Aaron Ashley moves to ratify Resolution 18-066. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Ratify Polled Resolution 18-067: Cayuse Crossing, LLC Acquisition. MOTION: Aaron Ashley moves to ratify Resolution 18-067. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Resolution 18-068: Topic: Approval of EDA Planning Grant Extension. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the application for Economic Development Administration (EDA) Planning Grant Extension attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1. AND BE IT FINALLY RESOVLED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Interim Executive Director to execute and submit the attached EDA Application and to take such further action as my be required to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 17th day of September, 2018. MOTION: Aaron Ashley moves to adopt Resolution 16-068. Jeremy Wolf seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Resolution 18-069: Topic: VA MOA Amendment. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the attached Memorandum of Agreement Amendment between the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation regarding Section 106 compliance at the Wainwright VA; AND BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board of Trustees is authorized to sign the MOA on behalf of the Confederated

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Tribes; AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force and effect. DATED this 17th day of September, 2018. MOTION: William Sigo moves to adopt Resolution 18-069. Woodrow Star seconds. Motion carries 7-0-0. Other Board Action: None. BOT Travel Reports. Deferred BOT Leave and Travel Requests. 1) Kat Brigham Polled travel, Sept. 13. Polled travel, Sept. 28-29 to Portland to attend Oregon Environmental Council Board reunion from 6-9 PM. Polled travel, Oct. 5-6 to Portland to attend Oregon Environment Council 50th Anniversary Celebration. MOTION: Woodrow moves to approve polled travel requests. Sally Kosey seconds. Motion carries 4 for (Woodrow Star, William Sigo, Sally Kosey, Doris Wheeler) – 3 against (Rosenda Shippentower, Jeremy Wolf, Aaron Ashley) – 0 abstaining.

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