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Volume 30, Issue 5
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May 5th, 2022
The official publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Leading a group of dancers in a series of customary welcome dances is Keyen Singer followed by Malaya Stanger, Diamond Greene, Manaia Wolf and Stella Wolf. The girls also brought in the colors for the 50th anniversary grand entry ceremony. Speeches from Yellowhawk CEO Aaron Hines, Board of Trustees Chair Kat Brigham and newly elected Health Commission Chair Althea HuestiesWolf. See more from the day page A10.
Jill-Marie Gavin Photo
YELLOWHAWK HITS THE HALF-CENTURY MARK NEWS / CULTURE
Long Tent ceremony builds CTUIR and Whitman bond
BY JILL-MARIE GAVIN THE CUJ WALLA WALLA – A diverse crowd of college students, Walla Walla Community members and politicians gathered curiously around the newly constructed Long Tent at Whitman College, April 18, while Tribal leaders, staff and elected officials spoke on the significance of a growing relationship between Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Whitman. The opening ceremony began with a Memoran-
dum of Understanding (MOU) signing in front of the Long Tent before local Tribal leaders opened with a Washat song with the bell. The Long Tent, or Kwálk níit in Imatalamłamí sinwit (Umatilla Language), was a winter village spiritual home for the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla See LONG TENT on wát̓ uy pútɨmt ku k̓úyc (19)
See accompanying story on Whitman College Scholarship Recipient and CTUIR Member, Aiden Wolf, page A4
Fred Hill Sr., Donald Sampson, and Curtis Bearchum stood front and center during a Long Tent ceremony event in Walla Walla April 18. JillMarie Gavin Photo
INSIDE THE CUJ Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 46411 Timine Way Pendleton, OR 97801
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