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Volume 30, Issue 5

CUJ

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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THE CONFEDERATED UMATILLA JOURNAL ABOUT THE CUJ

The Confederated Umatilla Journal (CUJ) was created in 1975 as the official publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), which includes the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla people. The 6,000+ circulation newspaper is based out of Pendleton, Oregon, is produced by the CTUIR’s Communications Department and is printed monthly in Lewiston, Idaho.

Richard V. LaCourse (1938-2001) helped found the CUJ in 1975 with the motto, “Only an informed people has its future in its own hands.” An investigative journalism award in his name is presented every year by the Native American Journalists Association.

Confederated Umatilla Journal 46411 Timine Way Pendleton, OR 97801 Phone: 541-429-7005 Fax: 541-429-7005 General inquiries via email: cuj@ctuir.org

STAFF

Interim Publisher: Jiselle Halfmoon jisellehalfmoon@ctuir.org Editor: Cary Rosenbaum caryrosenbaum@ctuir.org Reporter: Jill-Marie Gavin jillmarie-gavin@ctuir.org Reporter: Sam McCloud sammanthamccloud@ctuir.org

NEXT DEADLINE

Print subscriptions can be purchased The CUJ prints on the first Thursday by contacting the CTUIR Finance Deof each month. partment at 541-429-7150 or visiting Next publish date: June 2nd the Finance desk at Nixyaawii GovContribution deadline: May 17th ernance Center, 46411 Timine Way, Advertising deadline: May 24th Pendleton. Though the newspaper is free around the area, we do charge LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: for mailing subscriptions to cover the • Word limit: 300, unless approved printing and postage costs per issue. for more. Those prices are as follows: • Letters containing information One year: $15, Two years: $28 found to be inaccurate/libelous will not be published. ADVERTISE • Letters containing profanity will $5.50 per column inch not be published. Common sizes: • One letter per issue will be Full page: $417 published. Campaigning is not Three Quarter Page: $323 allowed. Half page: $229 • Author’s full name, address and Quarter page: $132 phone number must be listed for Business Card: $52 verification purposes.

LANGUAGE LESSON Edition: Nč̓í Xawit̓ál (Imatalamłaamí Sɨ́nwit), ˀapaˀáal (weyiiletpuutímt)

Imatalamłaamí Sɨ́nwit

weyiiletpuutímt

English

X̣áwš

qáawš

Cous, Biscuitroot

Sapɨ́l / Sapk̓ísa

capk̓íicay

Sun-dried Cous cookie

Wápas

ˀišp̓áalx̣

Root-digging bag

Kápɨn

túk̓eš

Digging stick/tool

Twaluut̓áwas

teqéˀš

Dipnet

Ilátx̣awša hahán.

hilíwce héhen.

The root tops are

Áw núsux patúnišiša

wáaqoˀ nacóˀx̣

Now the Salmon are

Nč̓í Wánapa.

hitqalatoláycix xuyéełpe.

wind-burning.

going upstream in the Columbia River.

Nč̓í Xawit̓ál

ARTIST CREDIT Alx Kujana is a Umatilla Tribal artist, musician and public speaker who also takes pride in working his day job at Wildhorse Resort & Casino. His latest piece, at left, is titled “Koreatown is Better than Beverly Hills” and was inspired by traveling back to the reservation from Los Angeles. “It’s city inspired.” The above piece, which the Alx Kujana CUJ theme is based on, is titled “Distracted.” Recently, Kujana completed a mural covering four walls at the Nixyaawii Governance Center for the Department of Child and Family Services.

ˀapaˀáal

(Means “big ripening”,

(Means “month of ˀápa”,

referring to plant growth

referring to ground qáawš cakes

happening during this time)

that are eaten during this time)

May

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NEWS / GOVERNMENT / BUSINESS

BOT Chair, family invited to White House Easter egg hunt BY JILL-MARIE GAVIN THE CUJ

When Board of Trustees Chair Kat Brigham got a call inviting her to the White House for their annual Easter celebration she had a moment of pause before ultimately accepting the invite. Brigham, enrolled Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), got a call April 12 from the White House Intergovernmental Affairs Office asking her to attend the Annual Easter Egg Roll, which was scheduled for April 18. She let the office know she would go home and check with her family before relaying an answer. The decision was unanimous, the opportunity was too good to pass up. So Brigham, along with her husband, Robert Brigham, and ten other family members packed up and headed to D.C. Tiona Morrison, Brigham’s granddaughter, said this trip was special, not only because of the White House invite but also because her grandmother had never been to D.C. on a non-business trip before. “This is the first time my grandma has been able to be a tourist in D.C. and not attend meetings. I wanted her to enjoy it and take it all in because she finally was there and it wasn’t for business or politics,” she said. Brigham was also very excited for the experience. She said when the family arrived they hit the ground running. They visited the National Mall, visited the Supreme Court, the Lincoln Memorial and spent several hours in the National Museum of American Indians. They even saw the United States Constitution. The family attended the Easter Egg Roll in the rain and the kids were happy for the experience but they decided to turn in after several hours spent on the rainy

White House lawn. Morrison said they were able to take in some of the activities and enjoy the snacks offered but at the end of the day they were all wet and cold and headed back to their hotel. While Brigham was in D.C. she got a second invite and opportunity to meet President Joe Biden. This next event was to be held in Portland. Brigham got approval from the Board and was among three Tribal leaders to attend the event and was able to take a photo with President Biden before leaving. “I told my grandkids that we went to D.C. and President Biden didn’t get to see us so he invited me to come see him in Portland, we all laughed about that one,” she said.

GOVERNMENT Board of Trustees

General Council

Chair Kathryn Brigham

Chair Lindsey X. Watchman

Vice Chair Aaron Ashley

Vice Chair Michael Ray Johnson

Treasurer Sandra Sampson

Secretary Shawna Gavin

Secretary Sally Kosey

Interpreter Thomas Morning Owl

At-large BOT Members: Boots Pond Corinne Sams Lisa Ganuelas Toby Patrick

General Council contact Info Office: 541-429-7378 Email: GeneralCouncil@ctuir.org Meeting updates and information on: www.ctuir.org/government/general-council

Executive Director: Donald G. Sampson

Tiona Morrison, front, takes a selfie with her family in Washinton D.C. before setting out on a day of sight seeing. Courtesy Photo

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NEWS / EDUCATION

CTUIR member Wolf wins prestigious scholarship BY JILL-MARIE GAVIN THE CUJ

MISSION – Aiden Wolf, member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), will be the first recipient of the Šináata scholarship when he begins classes at Whitman College this fall. The Whitman scholarship, offered only to CTUIR students, was named in honor of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Peoples [pronounced shin-AHHtah] and means “to seek,” in Cayuse. In the document naming the scholarship the school cited work done with Tamastslikt Cultural Institute Director Bobbie Conner. “This name is a positive related verb in the original Cayuse language prepared in a brief by Dr. Phillip Cash Cash, linguistic anthropologist: šináata/shináata ‘to seek,’ listed as “shin ahta” in Samuel Black’s 1829 Fort Nez Perces Report “faithful to their Tribe & friends”. This name is recommended because it provides the CTUIR and Whitman College the opportunity to actively use an old Cayuse term in modern time as an indication that the language is still in use. It also provides an occasion to align the ancient practice of vision seeking with the pursuit of higher education, seeking knowledge, enlightenment, and insight,” material attached to the polled motion adopted by the Board of Trustees said. “To seek,” as it relates to education, is an apt description of Wolf’s journey through his life as a student. Wolf’s mother Althea Huesties-Wolf talked about the decision to move her son from the Pendleton School District (PSD) to the Athena-Weston district. “They wanted us to put him on a special education plan, they thought he wasn’t smart enough and put him in remedial classes. We worked really hard with him and in 2nd grade we learned he will remain in remedial classes, so in third grade we moved him to Athena. In PSD they test you in one grade and then keep you in remedial classes (if that’s where you test), if you’re kept in those classes you will stay remedial. Athena doesn’t do that,” she said. Wolf, with the structure and support provided by his parents, was able to reach and exceed the benchmarks for his grade level. He will graduate in May from Weston-McEwen High School with approximately 22 college credits. Another strong motivator for him has been his consistent involvement in sports. Physical fitness is extremely important to Wolf and he uses sports as a means for maintaining his strength and agility, which he uses often to hunt and fish with his father, Jeremy Redstar Wolf. Being outdoors is one of his favorite things. Not only because he enjoys outdoor activities but because exercising CTUIR Treaty Rights is a steadfast cornerstone of family life for the Wolf’s.

Wolf’s love of his culture has always grounded him in what his father, Red Star Wolf, has long held as one of their most important teachings, “Always remember where you come from.” Wolf has held on tight to that teaching and involves his culture in every aspect of his life. From dancing Traditional style in local celebrations and pow wows, to weaving his culture into the comics he has been drawing since he was a young child. Sports have also been an import part of his schooling since a very young age. When he began searching for his college pick, Wolf applied for five schools. Oregon State University (his father’s alma mater), University of Montana, Montana State University, University of Hawaii and Whitman College all accepted Wolf. When he arrived home to his first university application letter, he was nervous. When he opened it and read the word “congratulations” he was overjoyed. That happened four more times and Wolf was overwhelmed with options. When it came to Whitman, it wasn’t his mother’s favorite pick because of the tumultuous past the CTUIR has with the Whitman legacy. When he expressed interest in applying, she said, “Why not? I didn’t think he would actually end up attending there.” With so many options to weigh, he began whittling down his college wish list. Hawaii seemed like an alluring option because there, Wolf could have an interesting life experience and study oceanography, but the distance may prove to be an obstacle if pressing matters called for him at home. Both Montana schools were tempting, not only because of his accessibility in being able to join his father in their annual Buffalo hunt at Yellowstone National Park, but because their forestry programs are so robust. In choosing his schooling options, Wolf has always known his career calling will be one that will keep him outdoors and on the land. OSU was one of his most tempting options, not only because his father attended there, but also because it is an accessible, affordable and strong in their fishery options. When it came down to Whitman the benefits were clear, Whitman is within the ancestral homelands of the CTUIR People. The Tribes signed their Treaty in what is present-day valley of Walla Walla. Being able to attend school on campus while being able to remain active in his own community, exercise his Treaty Rights and be near his family were all compelling reasons to attend. Beyond that, Whitman notified Wolf that he was eligible for a new scholarship designed for CTUIR students, however it required that he sign an early agreement and would have to withdraw his applications from all the other colleges who had accepted him. There was also the question of financ-

es. The unmet need portion of required contribution for the Wolf family had a price tag that amounted more than an entire years tuition and costs for attending OSU. Wolf-Huesties expressed her concerns about her son attending Whitman due to the high cost along with concerns about the college’s namesake and the trauma Whitman had caused the Tribe. Through communication and negotiation, the family was extended an offer for a lower contribution and Aiden ultimately chose Whitman as his college. He plans to live on campus, and take advantage of the 3-2 Program for Forestry and Environmental Management where three years are spent at Whitman and two years are spent at Duke University. Ideally, when he returns home in 2027 he will walk at Whitman with a bachelor’s and a professional master’s degree from Duke at the close of his studies. Heading into his new adventure, Wolf expressed excitement for his next moves but is fond of the memories he’s formed at Weston-McEwen. “I want to look back on my years in school and know that those moments will only come around once in life, and how I lived it the fullest the best I could.

Aiden Wolf, enrolled CTUIR, receives the 2020 Roy Raley Youth Appreciate award. Robert McClean photo

I really loved that this chapter in my life, high school, I will remember all the times I have had with my friends and family. I will remember all the opportunities I took and the ones I missed, I’m just glad I came away from school being who I am and being with the people that I have known my whole life,” he said. Whitman President Kathleen Murray said of Wolf’s scholarship award, “Whitman College could not be more pleased to welcome Aiden Wolf into the class of 2026 as the first recipient of the new scholarship.”

CTUIR HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE Priority Deadline for school year is May 6th One application is needed for the academic year

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PHOTOS / COMMUNITY CTUIR Climate Adaptation Planner Colleen Sanders, left, stands with Tribal Environmental Recovery Facility Program Manager Ashley Picard, center, and Robin Marsh, TERF Scale Operator, with a $50 bill found by Sanders during the annual Earth Day Clean-up April 22. Below Deshon Dick and Trevor Knopp use one of many TERF dumpsters set up for the annual Umatilla Indian Reservation event. Afterwards, TERF hosted lunch for volunteers. . A total of 12.79 tons of litter was collected along with 46 tires. Sam McCloud photos

EARTH DAY 2022 NEWS / EDUCATION

CTUIR Resource Meet and Greet Virtual Event coming BY THE CUJ MISSION – A Virtual Meet and Greet event by the CTUIR Education Department is scheduled for May 10 at 6:30 p.m. The department, along with Intermountain Education Service District (IMESD) are teaming up for the online session. “Join the adventure with the CTUIR Education Department and IMESD,” a flyer states, noting it is for families with a student on an Individual Family Support Plan (IFSP), Individual Education Program (IEP) or a 504 plan. From 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., a welcoming will be held, which includes an introduction of presenters and tutorial on how to use their website. From 7 p.m. to 7:45, there will be links to break out rooms to visit with presenters, where links will be shared for more information. Topics covered during May 10, 2022, including over 15 presenters for the event: • Regional special education services through IMESD, ages birth to exiting high school, • Early Intervention / Early Childhood Special Education programs with CTUIR / IMESD, ages birth to entering kindergarten, • Free advocacy workshops, FACT Oregon,

• Family support groups, Autism Society Oregon, • Health services & activities, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, •Continued education & supports for students with disabilities, BMCC Disabilities Services, • Support to obtain or maintain employment, for an individual with disabilities – Oregon State & CTUIR Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation programs and Oregon DHS Employment First, • Career Specialist (Youth), training & employment consortium with Worksource Oregon, • Intellectual and /or Developmental Disabilities Services, Umatilla County Developmental Disabilities program, • Workforce development, foster care, and other current services, CTUIR / DCFS, and • Cross-disability resource and advocacy center, Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living. https://www.cognitopia.com/apps/ MyLife/viewPortfolioShare/kDjnWSM8bIo6IVA5dJ8_lAbrKVNmOpQaas3zRC9wFOr/portfolio

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NEWS / GOVERNMENT / BUSINESS

Board of Trustees lists 2022-23 priorities Hemp and/or marijuana pilot project makes list BY CARY ROSENBAUM THE CUJ MISSION - The Board of Trustees released 12 priorities for the current two-year term. Each Tribal leader received votes to put toward the priority of their choice, and the 1-12 list was developed with Waste Water Treatment gaining the number one spot. “Often times (Board members) identify some of their campaign priorities, or pledges they made,” Executive Director Don Sampson said. “This year we received input from the General Council. There was a session focused solely on the priorities from General Council members. We engaged the 21 plus commissions and committees. We also spoke to our departments and directors. And also our enterprises: Wildhorse, Cayuse and Nixyaawii Community Financial Services. “And then the Board had a chance to review those over a 3-day period. And then we categorized that into major topic areas and we had them discuss the importance of working together; what it means to be a priority. Number one that they will allocate the time to get this implemented over the next two years. Some of them they can complete in a two year period, some of them they can advance.” The BOT plans to complete feasibility, design, finance and construct the Waste Water Treatment center.

At No. 2 was the Climate Adaptation Plan Implementation, which will require the tribe to finalize and adopt the CTUIR Climate Adaptation Plan. The Board wants to incorporate climate change actions in all Tribal departments and Tribal entities; develop education and outreach on climate change to CTUIR members; develop a drought management plan; monitor water resources on the Umatilla Indian Reservation; assess and develop a plan to mitigate impacts to CTUIR First Foods; promote and develop renewable energy on the UIR; and develop goals for climate gas reduction and set a cap. The third priority is to complete an assessment for the Nixyaawii Community School to complete a K-8 expansion. For that priority, the BOT desires to conduct an analysis and feasibility study on the needs for the expansion to allow for younger generations of tribal members to attend school locally. A Wellness Center earned the No. 4 spot on the priority list. The Board will complete a feasibility study that will include analysis of location, conceptual design, operations plan, construction and debt services. It also will look at potentially adding a seniors facility, and look at a final design, finance and construction options. “We could have a premiere fitness facility,” Sampson said. “It is one of the top priorities. We’re putting a request for proposal together.” Elders and assisted living made the Top 5 of the list. The Board plans to do a housing plan that involves conducting an assessment of assisted living and nursing care to determine pros and cons of each for consideration; determine if a Seniors facility and services should be added to plan; and develop a plan or amend the old plan for elder and assisted living housing that

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includes location, design and budget with a goal of 10 units minimum. “Enrollment Criteria Options and Analysis for Improving Enrollment Process” was listed at No. 6. The BOT plans to complete an analysis of options and impacts to CTUIR enrollment, with recommendations from the BOT and General Council considered. They also want to analyze the Enrollment Code, conduct an audit of the Enrollment Dept., and look into a potential referendum vote for CTUIR Constitution changes for enrollment. At No. 7, the Board voted the Tribal Emergency Response Equipment Training, and Emergency Operations Plan Update. That will include identifying and acquiring the best emergency response equipment for natural and man-made disasters; training CTUIR employees and Tribal members; developing a response plan and team for Tribal Emergency Response; and completing a review and updating of the Emergency Operations Plan. A hemp and marijuana pilot project made the No. 8 priority. The BOT wants to explore it as a potential revenue generator, according to Sampson. “That’s going to require us to have a team pulled together and part of that team would look at the legalization,” Sampson said. “Part of that team would look at what does it mean to legalize and decriminalize hemp and marijuana on the reservation. Are there any changes for the criminal code. Is there a requirement if we’re going to produce on the reservation and sell, and process? And what are the requirements from the tribe, state and federal agencies. And what kind of review

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processes are there. “Now we’re going to put together a business plan to operate ourselves or we’ll issue licenses to tribal members. All of those are questions that will have to be responded to. But they key is really getting the assignments, being thorough on what we gotta get done, and updating the Board on a periodic basis.” Improving internal and external communication is listed as priority No. 9. That will include completing the Tribal Portal project, upgrading the CTUIR website, developing a Communications Plan, completing a Moss-Adams Governance assessment, improving communications to General Council, and revising codes to allow for virtual participation of CTUIR members to BOT and Commit-

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tees and Commissions meetings. At No. 10, the BOT listed the Wildhorse Resort & Casino expansion. They’d like to utilize a prior feasibility studies, plan for the expansion of WRC with a 10-story hotel, convention center, sports betting, swimming pool, and arena. Water rights and housing rounded out the priorities. The Board wants to prepare for state and federal legislation on water rights; promote outreach to CTUIR

Tribal members, the Tribal community and public; and fund litigation, negotiation and lobbying costs. In terms of “reducing barriers to Tribal members for housing,” as No. 12 states, the BOT plans to look at revising the Housing Department’s wait list and point system for admissions; increase Umatilla Saves and Umatilla Builds Program funding to add for planning costs such as survey and explore a CTUIR Tribal member exchange of land value

for buildable sites on CTUIR land; conduct an analysis of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ regulations and rules regarding Land Buy Back Program lands purchased to see if there are other housing options to explore; Identify land and develop a plan that includes design and budget for Veterans Housing with a goal of 10 units minimum; and do an analysis of how Fair Market Value is determined for new housing and impacts of that to CTUIR Tribal members.

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OPINION / LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Still wrapping my head around CTUIR’s grazing permit denial FROM THE HEART I would have loved to send this to you sooner, but I’m still having trouble getting my head around the fact that the grazing permits were denied. I received the call last week to confirm our last hopes were to be denied. If they would have allowed a public meeting with us, so we could explain to them how this would affect us all. Not only did it affect the ranchers but the tribal members owning these grazing lands as well. I want to take this time to thank those tribal members who supported us. After all, they also had a stake in this as well. Someone said that the tribal members would not receive much. The person that said that must not have to work very hard for what he/she receives. No matter what we all receive in life, we are thankful and appreciate every little bit. So, if I was to stand in front of them, this is what I would say… I know the “First Food” means a great deal to the tribal members and others, I’m not denying that. The BOT is saying that the cows are harming the root. I have a hard time believing this. What I really see when I watch my cows graze are the pastures being taken over by medusa head, skeleton weeds and yellow star. The yellow star weed is the worst as it gives off a toxin that kills everything around it. Universities and colleges have proved that cows stimulate the grasses they eat. It’s like mowing your yard, the grass keeps coming back…doesn’t it? These cattle herds that the BOT wants to keep out are not just ordinary cows that you go to the sale yard and buy. They are genetically put together over many years by hand picking the best of each calf crop. We do this so we can produce the best product possible at shipping time. This is why you can’t just go to the sale and buy cows and expect the same results. Because the grazing permits were denied, this is what is going to happen: After having secured operational funding in November. We usually sell off the “calf” crop, the next November, to help pay this down. But now, we have to sell our herds (our lively hoods) and pay the IRS along with the lending institutions we’ll be lucky to have enough money left over to put fuel in fuel tank to get us home from the accountants’ office. So you know, we don’t just do this for us. We do it for you and

us. It’s not an easy life and it’s a lot of hard work! We are stewards to the land and we feel this is our calling. Ranching isn’t for everyone. It takes a special type of person who loves to work the land and the animals. These people don’t do this to get rich. They do it because it’s in their blood. Sometimes this bloodline runs for generations upon generations. It’s unfortunate that in one meeting, a few (3) people can vote “NO” and ruin this way of life, is heartbreaking. Every time I see an FFA jacket or a 4H banner, I think to myself, “I was just like them once”. I know what it meant to have hopes and dreams. I just hope there is a future for them. Without the farmer and the rancher, how will the world eat? There would no longer be a You or Me. We try to produce a product that people can use. A long time ago there was some talk about a pill being made in a laboratory that was supposed to be the answer to food consumption. Well we all know what happens in laboratories, we all were witnesses to that! When you go to the grocery store and you try to get what you want and it’s not there just think about if none of it was there. When you go past the meat counter and you see the meat for $6.43 a pound, the rancher gets $.43 of that. Now if you buy a loaf of bread for $3.49 the farmer gets $.49, all this, for his 12 to 16 hour days. We’re not complaining about the hours we put in, there isn’t a shop steward to complain to. We just get on our hands and knees and pray to God that we might be able to pay our lenders back. If we make so much money doing this, why are we always going back to that lender and borrowing the money back? When next fall comes around I won’t get a check, but you still will. So now that you’ve taken our lively hood away to produce a product for you and me. All you had to have done was to just invite us in to your meeting. That is what the old timers used to do. What happened to all that? Why not start doing that again, so we can all understand each other again. Yours truly, The Broken Heart Club. George Diggins

OPINION / LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Sams writes on grazing I don’t believe the allotment owners whom graze their land for money and the treaty of 1855 which served hunting, fishing, gathering and grazing right on ceded land are one and the same; they are totally different. The treaty of 1855 secured right for everybody; The Slater Act (1885) was done by congress (only). The tribe in 1885 was done by congress (only). The tribe in 1885 were not a party to the Allotment Act. Which gives ownership to an individual (not the tribe). The Allotment Act began in 1885, the treaty was made in 1855; 30 years apart. I don’t believe you can transfer treaty rights to Allotment Act that’s 30 years apart and the headmen of our tribes were not a party too. They have to be two separate issues the treaty allows tribal members to graze their animals on ceded land for free and the allotment owners want to charge money to graze their allotments (no free grazers).

If people whom say it’s their treaty right to sell their grazing right on allotted land for money; are you not selling your treaty right last time I checked that an illegal act; because you can’t sell a treaty right and they are not transferable. Mr. Wolf says the LPPC has authority over grazing permits; they may have some authority but the BOT has the final authority not the LPPC. Which is why the BOT takes it under advisement; just as they do for every committee and commission. In order to make good decisions you should have all the information, which according to the CUJ not all the information was presented by Schumacher. I don’t understand how put up permits to graze in April and not finalize your management plan until June, Isn’t that putting the cart before the horse. With all this being said; this isn’t about a treaty right it’s about money. David Sams Thornhollow

OPINION / COLUMN / COYOTE STORIES

Gramma rides the red minivan BY CARY ROSENBAUM THE CUJ Indian gramma, you’ve always interested me. We’ve been so close all these years. Through several conversations and interviews, and life experiences, I know you almost like you know your favorite book or Merle Haggard performance. You were born in ‘29; life was different then. You grew up in a cabin and rode horseback to school. Reading was your passion, but could only be done with an oil lamp once it became dark. Gramma, you couldn’t tell me any fond memories about your Swiss immi- Cary Rosenbaum grant father, who was an Atheist. But you loved your mother, who was a devout Catholic with mixed heritage stemming from the Pacific Northwest fur trade. You grew up without God, your tribal language and Creator. What a life that must have been. When your dad died, your world changed. You were a teen, and your mother wanted what was best for you. She sent you to live with a relative in the big city to attend school off the reservation. You excelled, graduating at 16 and earning a college scholarship, becoming one of just a few in your generation to attend higher education. It was a time where curfews still existed for Indians. World War II broke out around that time, and you married a hometown hero who was at the Battle of Normandy. You started a family, built a successful ranching business, and everyone in town came to watch and participate in cattle branding. Gramma, you were 36 when Indians

fully got the right to vote. I’m 36 now and I cannot fathom what it would have been like to live as a second-class citizen. Around that time, your Confederated Tribes also considered terminating themselves. Some locals wanted to get rid of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ reign over the tribe. You didn’t get involved. Despite grampa’s wishes, you stepped out of the box, gramma, heading into the workforce as one of few women at the time. You spent 25 years at Indian Health Services, and were the go-to person to bring tribal members to appointments in the big city. You gained your first male grandson in 1985, gramma. Gramma Your mother was still alive — she was Indian gramma then — and with my mom, we made four generations. A few years later, one of your younger brothers died of cancer. Around that time, your tribal members began rising up for the first time in Canada, where they were declared extinct in 1956. A barricade started to protect your ancestors graves from corporate interests in a land you never got to know due to epidemics, land thievery, and assimilation. You’re nearing the turn of the century now gramma; 2000 was a year you couldn’t visualize reaching in your cabin upbringing. Your only other brother died in 1998 at 58; he was a bad alcoholic. It’s just you and sister now, especially after the recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis in your husband. He takes off from time to time and has difficult-to-handle episodes. Eventually, you face the sad reality that you cannot help him. It was one of the Continued on k̓ úyc

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Herstory unfolding Willow Abrahamson (pictured) and sister, Lacey Bacon, travelled from Fort Hall, ID, to participate in the Five Crows War Bonnet Special during the Root Feast Celebration April 23 held at the Mission Longhouse. The special was held directly following grand entry and was followed by category pow wow dancing contests. Five women participated in the ceremony. Jill-Marie Gavin photo

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hardest things you had to do, but you put him in assisted living. Your husband was the main character of a storybook love you never let anyone read. He died in 2006. Around that time, you started worrying about me, as I had been drinking a lot and falling into the traps of my generation. You said “that’s terrible” over, and over, and over again as my friends and cousins died substance-related deaths and committed suicide in what felt like droves. You had a great-nephew and future grandson-in-law die. You tried to talk sense into me about changing but my mind was made. When I ended my wild streak and rose to new heights in my career a decade later, you asked me for my autograph. A childhood friend of yours who is an author put my biography in his book. You no longer worried about me, which was one of the greatest gifts I could have given you aside from three great-grandchildren. Gramma, in 2017, your tribal identity was further affirmed. You existed again in your homeland. The Provincial Court of British Columbia ruled in favor of your tribe, which recognized them for the first time as a living people. A troubling history took its first major turn toward reconciliation. You lived to see it, but were too brittle to experience it. *** It’s 2020 and you’ve hit 90, Indian gramma. The coronavirus pandemic

has begun and you’re getting lonely in relative isolation. On top of that, your eyesight has deteriorated so you can no longer read, like you so passionately did for decades. You were used to seeing everyone so often, but now we’re all afraid to get you sick with this mystery illness. “Are you ever coming home?” you tell me on one phone call after I moved 3.5 hours away from our hometown. With as many safety precautions as I can follow, I do. We visit and have a great time. You see your beloved grandchildren and learn I’ve been accepted to Gonzaga University’s MBA program. You’re very proud and happy. It’s 2021 now, gramma. Mom, nor anyone else in the family, can take care of your daily needs anymore. You had a stroke and your balance is off. Your health situation has gotten really complex. We make the hard, but temporary, decision to put you in assisted living on our reservation — hopeful you’ll recover with doctors, nurses and trainers in far closer proximity. You’ve always been such a tough woman, we bet on you bouncing back to the highest extent possible. It’s January of 2022 and the family has decided to bring you home in May. With your stroke, you’ve forgotten entirely that I was attending college at all. It’s a surprise almost every time I talk to you. Still, you’re invited to attend my college graduation in the same month. I really want you there, I say. Mom agrees to take you. But it’s early April and you have taken a sudden turn for the worst.

Your family members begin booking flights the week of Monday, April 11. Everyone wants to see you for what could be one last time. Instead, gramma, you slipped away even earlier on April 10. Though you’ve got your own tribe of family members now, just five of us were at your side as your breaths became further and further apart. As you struggled to let go of life, dozens of your loved ones called in if they could muster the strength, and if they could not, left voicemails saying goodbye. One of your daughters was out of service coverage and missed the window. We told you we loved you a hundred times, gramma. Once in a while a tear would manifest in the corners of your closed eyes. You finally let go and we stayed with you until the funeral home that services our reservation arrived. I couldn’t help but feel shocked as I watched a man load you into the back of a red minivan with its mid-row seating down. It was a first-hand glimpse of the end for the average Colville Indian. Mom, cousin and I followed you back over the hill as you got your final, physical touch of home. It wasn’t supposed to end like this, gramma. My graduation is this weekend and you’re supposed to be in my corner, just like you’ve been always been. But here we are. Everyone has at least a touch of regret. You’re gone, and some of us feel at fault. But in our hearts we’ll carry you and your strength until we meet again. Cary Rosenbaum (Colville Tribes) is the Editor of the CUJ.

OPINION / LETTERS

Shippentower shares ongoing Cayuse Holdings concerns It is a good step in the right direction for Cayuse Holdings to now financially contribute annually to the tribal operating budget. This, of course, was one of the primary purposes and intent for starting then Cayuse Technologies, now Cayuse Holdings. I agree with BOT Chairperson Kathryn Brigham, "It wasn't a lot, but at the same time, it is a beginning". The BOT will decide on how these funds will be used, such as supporting tribal departments, commissions, committees, programs, i.e., eider's, recreation, youth employment, scholarships, etc. However, another primary purpose and goal for Cayuse was to provide employment for tribal members, and more effort needs to be put into this goal. The CUJ touts in its March 2022 issue that CH has "doubled its workforce to more than 500 individuals who are stationed in the United States and overseas". A legitimate question here is how many of these 500 employees are CTUIR tribal members? Six? Seven? By any measure or standard this is not very good It is commendable that the current CH Board of Directors has acknowledged their responsibility to the owners of CH -the CTUIR tribal members. In my opinion, based on their record, the previous BOD never did recognize this responsibility. By hiring employees around the" United States and overseas" obviously means that the wealth of these employees' salaries, which is basically generated here, is being extracted from our community and being invested and spent elsewhere. Also, why is it our responsibility to provide employment around the United States when there are only a handful of CTUIR tribal employees at one of our largest enterprises and employers? Yes, as a tribe we do have economic and political influence, and responsibility, in the region, and beyond, but we also have an overarching responsibility to, first and foremost, take care of our own tribal people and our own local community. Bob Shippentower

Correction: In the last issue of the CUJ, we incorrectly named Art Motanic as Montanic. We apologize for this mistake!

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Former Health Commission Chair Shawna Gavin hugs former Vice Chair, and former Health Commission Member, Martina Gordon while she is gifted by Yellowhawk for her time served.

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Yellowhawk celebrates 50 years of service

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center staff gathered for an anniversary and honoring ceremony May. Community members, Yellowhawk staff, the Health Commission and Board of Trustees all gathered for past commission member recognition and welcome dances led by Mildred Quaempts and Thomas Morning Owl.

From left: Health Commission Members Shawna Gavin, Dorothy Cyr and Vice Chair Denise Wickert unveil a newly framed historical leather placard with names of past Health Commission and Committee members. The placard used to hang in the old Yellowhawk building on Confederated Way.

From left: Paula Powaukee, Tyler Rodriguez, Mitzi Rodriguez, Andrea Rodriguez, Christina Ferea and Easton Powaukee. Mitzi was honored with the CTUIR Tribal Flag in recognition of her years of service and lineage connected to Chief Yellowhawk, for which the Health Center was named. Jill-Marie Gavin photos.

From left: Health Commission Chair Althea Huesties-Wolf, Vice Chair Denise Wickert, Secretary Dara Williams-Worden, members Sandra Sampson and Dorothy stand for grand entry at the anniversary ceremony and event May 3.

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From left, Sarah Sams, Board of Trustees Secreatary Sally Kosey, Lisa Faye McIntosh, Abigayle McIntosh, and Awna’ee Najera smile for the camera.

Vietnam Veteran and Colville Tribal Member Soy RedThunder carries the American Flag leading th Cordell, Margaret GunShows, Tyson Cross and Chris Williams. Jill-Marie Gavin photos.

Tessie Williams, front, displays a painting gifted to a Five Crows War Bonnet Special dancer during the annual Root Feast Celebration.

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MISSION - Dozens of competitors took the floor at the Mission Longhouse for the Root Feast Celebration in April. Winners were as follows: 55+ Golden Age Women: 1. Billy Guerro, Pyramid Lake, NV. 2. Karla George, Toppenish, WA. 3. Marjorie Kalama, Warm Springs, OR.

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NEWS / BUSINESS / EMPLOYMENT

CTUIR Police Officer passes DPSST academy BY THE CUJ MISSION - Umatilla Tribal Police Officer Jonathan Elliott graduated from the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards & Training academy on April 14. Officer Elliott earned two awards at the academy,

including the Lee M. Brown Award, which is given to the top academic student, and the Outstanding Health and Fitness Award, given to students who excel in the area of physical fitness. “Thank you for your excellent work and dedication Jonathan and for representing the

UTPD and CTUIR well,” the UTPD stated. Elliott began attending the Academy in November of 2021. He is an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Upon graduating, Elliott has begun a Field Training Program and is working to complete on-the-job training.

TAMÁSTSLIKT CULTURAL INSTITUTE | EAT. SHOP. EXPLORE. | MAY 2022 8th Annual Mammoth Cup Golf Tournament Friday, May 13 Shotgun start at 1pm Presented by Wildhorse Resort & Casino, the scramble format tourney raises money for the Tamastslikt Trust Fund to ensure the institute’s long-term sustainability. Your team can sign up for $380 ($95 individual) which includes green fees, complimentary range balls, cart, tee prize, and sack lunch. Member discounts apply. There will be plenty of exciting prizes to be won, beverage carts throughout the day, a raffle for great golf items and rounds, and lots of fun side bets. Sign up to play or purchase a Sponsorship Package at www.tamastslikt.org/shop/. Thank you to our sponsors: Wenaha Group, Pepsi, Nixyaawii Community Financial Services, Mahoney Group. Contact Randy Melton at randall.melton@tamastslikt.org or call 541.429.7720 for more information or questions.

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NEWS / BUSINESS / EMPLOYMENT

Herrera, McConville Radford hired as DED’s PRESS RELEASE MISSION – Jonetta Herrera and Shana McConville Radford have been hired to serve as Deputy Executive Directors of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). “Jonetta has an educational background in construction and business administration combined with work experience as a former Department Director for CTUIR. Shana has a law degree and has worked in national and regionHerrera al legislative affairs and served as the BIA Superintendent for the Salish Kootenai area,” said Donald Sampson, Executive Director. “I look forward to having both of these CTUIR Tribal members join our executive management team and build a solid working relationship with the Board of Trustees.” In 2019, Moss Adams, LLP was hired to conduct a full review of the CTUIR organizational structure. Their report

identified the need for two deputy executive director positions. The Board of Trustees directed the Office of the Executive Director to develop these positions to report to the Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Directors will share the responsibility of supervising sixteen departments. The updated organizational structure will help CTUIR meet the demands of the tribal government. “I am very honored to be chosen for this position,” said Herrera who began work on Monday, April 25. “I look forward to making a positive impact for our community working with the CTUIR team.” Herrera holds a bachelor’s degree in Construction Management with a minor in Business Administration from Central Washington University. She has over 15 years of experience managing large projects often involving multimillion-dollar contracts. “I am extremely thankful, hopeful, energized, and confident that our people, employees, and community will return stronger and more innovative than ever – it is an exciting opportunity and important time to meaningfully rebuild,

reconnect and refocus our shared organizational values, relationships, identity, and purpose to allow our people and our organization to thrive in a post-pandemic environment,” said McConville Radford who will begin on May 2. “I am committed to creating and promoting an emotionally safe environment where employees and tribal citizens are comfortable asking questions, offering ideas, and are confident that their leaders are present, engaged, and responsive.” McConville RadMcConville Radford ford holds a bachelor ’s degree in Political Science from Portland State University with a master’s in International Law from the University of New South Wales. “I also want to thank Matt Johnson and Teara Farrow-Ferman who served as Interim Deputy Executive Directors for the past year for their exceptional service to the tribe. Both will assist the new Deputies as they transition into their new position,” said Sampson.

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Spring Air Quality Newsletter Warmer Days Ahead

• Open windows in your home to: • Freshen air and release odors • Decrease humidity, and associated mold • Increase indoor oxygen levels while decreasing carbon dioxide • Have allergy medications available if needed, as natural pollen levels rise in spring and sustain into autumn. • Spring Pollen: Trees • Summer and Autumn Pollen: Grasses and weeds • Check and replace filters in heating and air conditioning system.

Wildfire Smoke Preparedness

• Have indoor air filtering systems ready, and replace filters as necessary. • Consider using a MERV 13 or higher rated filter in home HVAC system. • Easy and inexpensive indoor air filter can be made with: • 20-inch box fan • 20-inch square furnace filter, MERV 13 or higher (Smoke rated) • Have N95/KN95 or better face mask or respirator available if spending time outdoors during wildfire smoke events. • Replace your car cabin air filter with new each spring. It also helps increase airflow, making the cooling system more efficient. • Questions? Contact the CTUIR Office of Air Quality at: OAQ@ctuir.org

Image 1. Willow catkins and pollen. Trees in flower produce large amounts of pollen each spring. Creative Commons (CC): Flickr © Natural England/Allan Drewit.

Upcoming Summer Burn Ban:

• Outdoor burning: check the CTUIR Burn Line to see if it is okay to burn first at (541) 429-7080. • Statewide burn ban usually starts around the beginning of June, sometimes earlier depending on weather. Check the burn line for updates.

Image 2. New and used cabin air filters, demonstrating 18,000 miles of use. Dusty dryland farming regions like Umatilla Co. take faster toll on air filters. It is recommended to change them each year. CC: Flickr user Ryan Gsell.

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NEWS / CRIME

Schimmel pleads not guilty on assault charge BY INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY PORTLAND — Former WNBA player Shoni Schimmel was arrested April 15 and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a former partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon. Schimmel, 29, has been charged with assault by strangulation of an intimate dating partner and assault resulting in substantial bodily injury, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The incident allegedly happened June 13, 2021. Schimmel was first arrested on June 14 last year and was held in the Umatilla County jail on charges including felony assault and criminal mischief. Schimmel was arrested by federal authorities Friday and pleaded not guilty to the charges at an initial appearance in federal court. Schimmel was released pending a two-day jury trial scheduled to begin in June. If convicted, Schimmel could be facing a maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison, three years’ supervised release and a $250,000 fine. The case was investigated by the FBI and the Umatilla Tribal Police Department.

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NEWS / TRANSPORTATION

CTUIR’s 20-Year Transportation Plan Update Underway PRESS RELEASE The last CTUIR Transportation System Plan was developed in 2001 with a 20-year goal to complete most of the projects listed there. Some of these projects, like the establishment of Kayak Public Transit, and the replacement of the two Gibbon area bridges over the Umatilla River, happened very quickly and were great successes. In 2012, growth around Wildhorse prompted an update to the plan specifically focused on how roads would need to adapt to more businesses in that area. Now the Tribal Planning is gearing up for a major update to that plan to look forward to the next 20 years and ask the questions: how does the CTUIR community get around; how would they like to get around; and how can we make travel easier, safer and more enjoyable for the community. Beginning in May and continuing through 2022, the Tribal Planning Office will be reaching out to the community to ask for input to update the Transportation System Plan for the next 20 years. They’ll visit key locations in the community to ask for information about travel paths, destinations, and transportation hot spots they would like to see improved. Over May 18th and 19th the team hopes to visit the Senior Center, Yellowhawk, the Rec Center, and Arrowhead, as well as setting up a table in the Nixyaawii Governance Center rotunda during General Council. A Technical Advisory Committee will be convened made up of representatives from across the reservation, including all of the road jurisdictions, the Department of Economic and Community Development, Kayak Public Transit, and Yellowhawk. This team will review background data, community input, and project ideas to help shape the plan. One TAC member, Lynette Minthorn, is excited to bring a health focused perspective to transpor-

1. Transportation facilities like sidewalks and crosswalks vary from neighborhood to neighborhood on the Reservation. Photo Courtesy of TPO. tation planning on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. “Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) is proud to support and partner with CTUIR, Safe Routes to School and our Technical Advisory Committee to create a safe space for our families to get to school and throughout the UIR. Growing up here and working with our community, I feel it is especially important to provide the safest options for our community and certainly for our children. As we grow, we must provide alternatives

Nixyáawaii Community Financial Services

Welcome Jacob Wallis! Join us in welcoming Jacob Wallis to the position of NCFS Business Services Manager. Jacob brings over seven years’ experience in banking and has a Business Management degree from OSU. He will work with small business clients and community members interested in starting or expanding their existing businesses. Jacob says he is “especially looking forward to working with youth entrepreneurs”. Stop by and let Jacob help you grow your business!

www.nixyaawii-cdfi.org 541.304.2387 46440 Kusi Road #A-3 Pendleton, OR Nixyáawii Community Financial Services (NCFS) is a developing Native Community Development Financial Institution loan fund that provides loans, homeownership assistance, business development services, youth and adult financial education to members of the Umatilla Confederated Tribes, Reservation residents, and Tribal employees. Treasury-Certified Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). 4.6 x 6.75

for our community members because there is an increase in traffic and having our people feel safe is a priority,” said Minthorn, who is also the Health Educator and GHWIC Grant Manager. Community members can provide feedback throughout the project by calling or emailing the planning office: 541276-3099 or DaniSchulte@CTUIR.org, or by visiting the CTUIR Planning Office webpage on the Plan Update here: https://ctuir.org/departments/tribal-planning-office/ transportation-system-plan-update-2022/

DID YOU KNOW?

Leadership on the reservation was constantly challenged by the agents assigned in the early 1860’s. The agents were charged with educating and civilizing the Indians. Conflicts arose when the agents did not use the chiefs and headmen, or when the agent directly supervised the people without the consent of the leaders. Some of the elders have stated that agents refused to recognize traditional leader purposely because the treaty called for annual payments to the chiefs of the Tribes that the government representatives did not want to pay. A Brief History of the CTUIR

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FINAL DAY OF COVID SCREENING Nixyaawii Governance (NGC) staff gathered to wish Melinda Broncheau farewell as her position closed as NGC Covid Screener. From left is Administrative staff members Karen Malcolm, Melinda Alexander, Dana Quaempts, Cami Lewis, Wellness Coordinator, Admin staff member Daniel Feil, Board of Trustees Member at Large Lisa Ganuelas and Melinda Broncheau. Sam McCloud photo

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LONG TENT

an example of what is possible thanks to our growing relationship with our Native neighContinued from page naxs (1) bors,” Murray said. Part of the new MOU agreement includes an Walla Tribes, dating to pre-colonial contact annual scholarship extended to CTUIR Tribal times. The significance of this connection member students who apply and are accepted between the Tribe and college was reiterated through the speeches made during the open- to Whitman in honor of the Cayuse Five. When the ceremony began representatives ing ceremony. from the CTUIR, the NiiMiiPuu Tribe, WhitWhitman College is named after Marcus man staff and project volunteers talked about Whitman, a missionary and doctor who ministered to the Cayuse people in the Walla Walla the significance of the partnership and the valley beginning in the late 1830’s. Whitman work that went into building the tent. “Our People, came from this land here, was killed after years of ignoring Cayuse instruction to stop guiding settlers into their thousands of generations. But today we share territory. A measles pandemic brought on by this land with each one of you, and we take Whitman’s disregard of his instructions, cou- care of it, because this is where the bones of pled with his failure to save the Cayuse from our People are. This land provides our native widespread death resulted in the killing of food. Probably right where were standing, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and members and up on these hills, was food in abundance. of the mission. Creator gave us all this food it was like a The Cayuse Tribe had long held a custombeautiful garden, we took care of it generation ary punishment for medicine men who failed after generation. These songs we sing today to successfully heal Tribal members. Medicine men who had multiple deaths while in are from the law, Tamanwit, Creator gave it to us to live by. Today their care were we can rejoice all liable to be sentogether, as one famtenced to death, ily,” Sampson said. a fact that WhitAmong the other man had been speakers was Genwarned of before traveleral Council Chair ing to Cayuse Lindsey Watchman. country. “These MOU’s Whitman, are signed in full his wife Narcisfaith and in full insa and 10 others tegrity to carry them were killed by The Long Tent was opened by ceremony April 18 at Whitman College. out. They provide Cayuse Tribal Members and prompted the those marching orders for both parties, just start of the Cayuse war, which brought on an like our Treaty did, 167 years ago. They said if onslaught of indiscriminate killing of local Tribal people until five Cayuse men (The you Indian People will move to a reservation Cayuse Five) sacrificed themselves to stop we will provide you with the tools you need the war and were tried and hung in Oregon to survive on that reservation while the world around you also begin to develop. Access to City in 1850. The Cayuse Tribe, along with the Walla education was one of those very important Walla and Umatilla Tribes, signed a peace treaty provisions that our treaty signers made Treaty with the U.S. Government in 1855 in the sure was there. So, Whitman College, and all vicinity of the modern-day city of Walla Walla those other colleges we have MOU’s with, The history of the CTUIR with the region with are fulfilling what was two weeks of very and Whitman name alone are both stories the difficult negotiations that would of started this CTUIR have expended great effort in sharing. time 167 years ago at the end of next month. When the Executive Director of CTUIR, also Many thousands of tribal members from difthe Chief of the Walla Walla Tribe, Donald ferent tribes and bands gathered somewhere Sampson sat down with current Whitman near here. Three reservations were created President, Kathleen Murray, she was careful from those negotiations. Those are a few things to emphasize the word murder in discussing you can learn about our People starting in the the Cayuse Five. Long Tent and in the programming provided The CTUIR signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Whitman for the first to you throughout the next week” Watchman time in 2017. The terms of the original MOU said. Other speakers during the event from were updated and renegotiated between the CTUIR included General Council Interprettwo parties for the new signing held during er Thomas Morning Owl, Umatilla Master the Long Tent Opening Ceremony. “It has been five years since Whitman Speaker Fred Hill and Board Member at Large signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Boots Pond. the CTUIR. The Long Tent project and the Pond, who is also Chair of the Education semester of educational offerings surrounding and Training Committee, joined Board delthe event was a truly extraordinary example egate General Council Chair Watchman, of the kinds of collaborations that are hap- Murray and Whitman Board of Trustees Chair pening thanks to the MOU. The Long Tent Joseph C. Davis in signing the new MOU diwas a unique opportunity for the Whitman rectly before the opening ceremony. Community to grow our understanding of “The Long Tent also gave us the opportunithe history of the Walla Walla Basin and the ty to reaffirm our work together with CTUIR Native communities connected to this area. by resigning the Memorandum of Agreement It was an honor to collaborate with Whitman alum Roger Amerman ’80 (Choctaw) and at the opening ceremony. This will allow us with the endorsement and partnership of the to maintain strong ties and open new areas Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian of future partnerships under the terms of the Reservation as well as the Whitman Mission MOA,” Murray said. A week of educational opportunities in National Historic Site, to bring this example of indigenous architecture to campus. It was conjunction with CTUIR and Whitman staff such a meaningful event for Whitman and were carried out the week of April 18.

CTUIR Education Director, who led a team who negotiated the first Whitman-CTUIR MOU in 2017, signs the new MOU along with Whitman President Kathleen Murray and Board Chair Joseph C. Davis. April 18. Jill-Marie Gavin photos

Donald Sampson is blanketed by Roger Amerman, Whitman Alum, April 18.

A row of historic photos of The CTUIR are showcased in the long tent.

General Council Chair Lindsey Watchman and Board of Trustees At-Large Member Boots Pond sign Whitman/CTUIR MOU April 18.

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PHOTOS / COMMUNITY / ALCOHOL AWARENESS WALK

Above, Bradley Brezeale, Michael Manta, and Robert Manta were the leaders of the walk around Yellowhawk April 30. Sam McCloud photos.

From left: Kelsey Burns, Liana Stewart, and Richard Star smiling as they participate in bringing awareness to alcohol use. Burns was a presenter and did an activity called Myth verse Fact where participants learned what is false and what is factual on topics on alcohol.

ABOVE: Jordan Stewart and her Grandpa Leo Stewart walking. Leo Stewart was one of the guest speakers who shared his sobriety story. BELOW: Rosenda Shippentower and Elizabeth Star take part in the Alcohol Awareness Walk.

TO REGISTER CONTACT: Family Engagement Program 541-429-7306 childrenfamilyservices@ctuir.org

Strengthening families through responsible parenting. 2022 CTUIR Community Picnic SAVE THE DATE Thursday, August 11, 2022 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

FATHERHOOD IS SACRED MOTHERHOOD IS SACRED TUESDAY MORNINGS & EVENINGS BEGINNING MAY 3 , 2022 9:00 - 11:00 AM 5:00 - 7:00 PM CTUIR WARMING STATION, ACROSS FROM LONGHOUSE

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NEWS / TREATY RIGHTS

Ninth Circuit declines to stop tribal bison hunt in Montana BY COURTHOUSE NEWS Annual bison hunts carried out by tribal members exercising their treaty rights will continue on public land adjacent to Yellowstone National Park, after a Ninth Circuit panel declined Tuesday, May 3, to side with a neighbor who says the annual hunt poses a safety risk. Each winter, bison migrate out of Yellowstone National Park looking for grass and other forage. The government encourages hunters to kill the animals that venture beyond the park’s borders into Beatty Gulch before they make it to nearby cattle ranches, as part of an Interagency Bison Management Plan developed in 2000. Some of the hunters are nontribal members who obtain hunting licenses from the state of Montana. But a larger number are member of four Indigenous nations that ceded their territory in the area. They agreed to do so under certain conditions, specifying in treaties that they would continue to be able to hunt bison and other animals in their usual hunting spots. Four tribal nations joined the case as amici: the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, The Nez Perce Tribe, The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. “To tribal members, the hunt provides a healthy and sustainable source of food and clothing for family members and an opportunity to re-establish cultural and spiritual connections to a majestic animal that at one time was intentionally destroyed as a military and political expedient, resulting in the near-extirpation of the species and devastating trauma to amici tribes,” the four nations said in their amicus brief. Over the last two decades, the hunt has expanded to allow the killing of between 100 and several hundred animals each winter, all in the quarter-squaremile area at the mouth of Beatty Gulch. But the government’s management plan has not changed. Bonnie Lynn, founder of Neighbors Against Bison Slaughter, owns two cabins in a condominium complex along the Yellowstone River just across the road from where the annual hunt happens. She said in her lawsuit against federal defendants including the National Park Service that she is scared she or her family could be killed by flying bullets.

Hamley’s is starting a Tribal leatherwork class open to tribal members starting May 2 at 4 pm for 3 weeks. Please call Woodrow Star at (541) 6964415 to sign-up. Location is handicap accessible.

The government says the hunt is necessary in part to prevent bison from infecting cattle with brucellosis, a disease accidentally imported from Europe that causes spontaneous abortions in cows. But in another case argued before the Ninth Circuit this past February, Cottonwood Environmental Law Center says there has never been a documented case of brucellosis transmission between bison and cattle. Instead, Cottonwood said, transmission is coming from elk, which are allowed to freely roam the area. See BISON on náaptit ku mɨ́taat (23)

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In gratitude for the outstanding partnership Kwalk ineet at Whitman College April 18–24, 2022 Special thanks to Donald Sampson, hereditary Chief of the Walúulapam, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Board of Trustees and Education Department, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Nixya'awii Community School and countless others.

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BISON

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But the government continues to allow hunting and hazing of bison based on its flawed logic, according to the group. Lynn’s attorneys argued the government has allowed the hunt to grow as a method of controlling the bison population in the park, and that outdated ideas about how many bison the park can accommodate are another subject the government should reevaluate in the environmental review it’s been putting off for over a decade. Based on the two lawsuits, the government agreed to voluntarily reassess its management plan for bison. But both Lynn and Cottonwood said that wasn’t enough. They appealed a federal judge’s approval of the agencies’ request to take the plan back for revision. This past February, the same judges issued a six-page ruling finding that the federal court properly dismissed Montana Governor Greg Gianforte as a defendant in the Cottonwood Canyon case. Lynn and Cottonwood also asked the Ninth Circuit to halt the hunt until a new management plan is in place. But they abandoned that request after the tribes argued that if the court vacated the policy entirely, they would lose access to the treaty-protected hunt they have only recently been able to carve out. Linn’s attorney, Matthew Thurlow with

Baker & Hostetler, said Tuesday that bison could be allowed to migrate farther out of Yellowstone before being hunted. That arrangement could also cut the tribes off from their treaty-protected hunt, since it is currently limited to federally managed public lands such as the national forest adjacent to Yellowstone. “Tribal treaty hunters do not hunt bison within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park or on private property outside of the park,” the tribes say in their amici brief. “A primary corridor for the bison migrating north of Yellowstone Park is on national forest land through Beatty Gulch, which is why Beatty Gulch is where the majority of the amici tribes’ harvest has occurred and is anticipated to occur in the near future.” The tribes added they have held extensive meetings with local residents to discuss public safety during the hunt. “Apart from respect for the bison, amici tribes’ regulations are intended to prioritize the safety of hunters, residents, and law enforcement in Beatty, and avoid any damage to private property,” they said in their brief. Attorneys for the tribes did not return a phone call requesting comment before press time. The four-page ruling was issued Tuesday by Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Anthony Paez, a Bill Clinton appointee, U.S. Circuit Judge Jacqueline Nguyen, a Barack Obama appointee, and U.S. Judge Richard K. Eaton, a Clinton appointee sitting by designation from the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH!

Front Line Zach Moss, Security Officer

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On more than one occasion over the last few years, I have seen Zach spring into action to assist in the safety of our patrons and employees. More than once Zach has chased the “bad guy” across the parking lot. More than once has he been there to assist in a medical situation on the floor. More than once he helped us with unruly patrons in the concert hall. Reliable, respectful and always willing to jump in and get the job done. Zach is an amazing security officer and employee and WRC is lucky to have him on our side.

Ernestine Morning Owl, TG Supervisor I would like to nominate Ernie Morning-Owl as supervisor of the month because she is awesome to work with. She is always in a great mood, very positive, hardworking and knowledgeable, understanding and caring. She makes you feel valued as an employee. There needs to be more people like her in this world!

I Michael Kanine McCloud am announcing tribe offers because we all get together, visit, make my retirement on May 13, 2022. I have completed new friends, and all the good food we share. I would my circle with fisheries. I have worked for the Umalike to see that all of us can continue to work togethCasino • Hotel • Golf • Cineplex • RV • Museum • Dining • Travel Plaza tilla Tribe for 33 years. I loved my job and working in er, good or bad, work together and do your best in 800.654.9453 \\ Pendleton, OR \\ I-84, Exit 216 \\ wildhorseresort.com many different fields. I learned a lot from my time in what you do. Bless you all. I will miss working with fisheries. I am very pleased with who I worked with, everyone. Thank you. If I missed anything or didn’t who I met and everything I did. I am grateful the mention it I am sorry. Please take care and be safe. tribe hired me. I have worked with O.D.F.W., Priest May the Great Spirit watch over all of us. Rapids, LaGrande Staff, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Bonneville Hatcheries. I will miss all the party’s the

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SPORTS COLUMN

NDN Sports REPORT CTUIR members make Buckaroo Hall of Fame

Anthony Bonifer of Pendleton competed in bullriding at the Arlington Rodeo. He came up short on two separate rides, however. Dallas Dick photo

Pendleton’s Clair Wildbill participates in the long jump. Dallas Dick photo

Nixyaawii Community School’s Emery McConnell gets out of the sand during a golf competition in April. Dallas Dick photo Ella Stewart, left and Kyella Picard, right throws the shot put for Pilot Rock / Nixyaawii. Dallas Dick photos

The Pendleton Linebackers Club announced its Pendleton Buckaroo Hall of Fame class of 2022. Among those selected were some CTUIR faces: Julie Taylor, Ryan Sams and Buck Jones. Other 2022 inductees include Miles Hancock, David Michael, Kathie Schubert Nooy, Harold Delamarter, Eric Holeman, Tim Cary, Dan Svetich, Mike Tague, Trevor Smith, Michael Derrick Hull, Lee Temple, Kelly Patrick, the 1969-79 football team, and Kuma. A dinner will be held Aug. 12 at the Pendleton Convention Center. The event begins at 5 p.m., with scholarship winners and Hall of Fame inductees occurring at 7 p.m. The Pendleton Linebackers Club started in 1984 and raises money for scholarships. “All of this is made possibly by support from our business community, athletic community, family and friends and our hall of famers,” Linebackers President Dean Foquette said. Pilot Rock / Nixyaawii softball ranked No. 12 in Oregon 1As

Luka Worden crushes a hit for SWBC Mortgage AAA, who fell to Pendleton on April 21. Aaron Worden photo

ABOVE: Samarah Eagleheart throws a pitch for SWBC Mortgage AAA on April 21. Aaron Worden photos BELOW: Fallyn Plume connects with a pitch.

LEFT: Sinaloa Eastwood pitches for SWBC Mortgage AAA little league softball on April 21. Aaron Worden photo

With a record of 10-6, the Pilot Rock / Nixyaawii softball team has earned a top 15 ranking by the OSAA and RPI system in the 1A ranks. The team started the season on a 5-game winning streak, before dropping five in a row. It then rallied to win 5 of the last 6 games. The regular season concludes with double-headers versus Elgin / Imbler on May 6 and Grant Union / Prairie City on May 12. The team includes Kyella Picard, Briana Matamoros, Gracie Moses, Addison Kosey, Lynn Williams, Natalie Lankford, Mackenzie Bennett, Madyson Moffit, Maggie Taylor, Paedyn Bennett, Paige Moffit, Aiva Ellis, Teagen Thornton, and Madison Lunzmann.

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CTUIR Notice to Purchase In the Matter of the Estate of: Probate No: P000168145IP Allotment:

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Fair Market Value:

$ 757.83 $ 757.83

In the Matter of the Estate of: Probate No: P000095095 (formerly P000169726IP)

Tribe: Umatilla

*Estate May Be Subject to a Life Estate.

$ 54,575.50

Allotment:

C 301 C 302 C 303 C 304 WW 460-A 552 553

Fair Market Value:

$ 8,915.50 $ 9,020.00 $ 8,745.00 $ 8,442.50 $ 16,950.00 $ 1,405.25 $ 1,097.25

This publication is to serve as the Official CTUIR Notice of Option to Purchase for the above referenced estate - that the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (“CTUIR”) of Oregon will exercise its Option to Purchase under the authority of the CTUIR Inheritance Code* in any and all interest(s) of the above referenced trust or restricted allotments at fair market value pursuant to Section 1.05(C)(4). CTUIR Inheritance Code Section 1.05(E) – Tribal Member Right to Purchase

b. The eligible member of the Confederated Tribes files his/her notice of intent to purchase the interest in the subject trust parcel with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees within 30 days after publication of the purchase by the Confederated Tribes in the Tribal newspaper; and c. The eligible member of the Confederated Tribes’ right to purchase under this subsection shall be subject to the requirements that the fair market value of the interest in trust lands as determined by the Secretary [of the Interior] must be paid as set forth in section 1.05(C)(4) of this code, and shall be subject to the rights of the surviving spouse and Indian lineal descendant set forth in section 1.05(C)(2), (3) and (7). d. The eligible member of the Confederated Tribes deposits payment in the amount equal to the fair market value of the subject trust parcel, of interest therein, with the BIA Umatilla Agency Superintendent which payment shall be accompanied by the identification of the decedent, the probate case number and trust parcel in question. The eligible member must make the full payment for the subject trust parcel, or interest therein, within 60 days of filing its notice of intent to purchase. In such an event, the eligible member shall be authorized to acquire the interest in the subject parcel in the place of the Confederated Tribes.

Please contact the CTUIR Land Acquisition Program at (541) 429-7485 if you have any Eligibility Requirements: Any member of questions, concerns, and/or to request a copy the Confederated Tribes owning an interest of the Inheritance Code. in a trust land parcel where the Confederated Tribes has filed a Notice of Purchase pursuant to Sections 1.05(D)(2), (3) and/or (5) * The CTUIR Inheritance Code was approved of this code may purchase such lands in the by the Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation place of the Confederated Tribes if: (CTUIR) per Resolution No. 08-028 (April 7, 2008) and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs on May 16, 2008 (effective 180 after approval = November 12, 2008) in accordance with the Ina. The member of the Confederated dian Land Consolidation Act, [P.L. 97-459, 25 Tribes owns an interest in the subject U.S.C. Ch. 24 §2201-2221]. trust parcel on the date of death of the decedent;

BRIEF

TERO Offers Carpentry Training with PNCI The Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) along with the Pacific Northwest Carpenter’s Institute (PNCI) have collaborated to host a pre-apprenticeship carpentry training May 9-27. The three-week training is for sixteen trainees. Six days of training will be virtual while the ‘hands-on’ training for nine days will be held at the Coyote Business Park Preparedness Building. Training is open to the public and is free. For those registering through TERO, the virtual training will be held at the Nixyáawii Governance Center May 9, 11, 16 and 18 th, and at the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute May 10 and 17. Trainees can also participate via Zoom from their own residence if necessary. For the outdoor training, tools and safety gear will be provided. Trainees must wear work clothes, boots and bring a notepad and pencil for taking notes. If you’re interested in this training contact the TERO office at 541-4297506, or email TEROStaff@ctuir.org.

To: Delores Quaempts Moses The beating heart and soul of the Moses Family, Happy Mother’s Day Gramma! Love, Titto, Gussie & Randy and your many Grandchildren, Great-grandchildren & Great Great-Grandchildren.

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started to now is very incredible. As we all continued to keep doing what we were doing our job got bigger. MISSION - He started in with the CTUIR in 1989, More things to do and new stuff came in. When I first started working we dreamed of the Walla Walla and in mid-May, he is retiring. Department of Natural Resources Mike McCloud, Hatchery and now it is built. I am happy I got to see a Fish Technician 2, will be celebrated at the Nixy- the hatchery being built on the Walla Walla River and have the opportunity to work there. Over the years aawii Governance Center on May 12. there has been a lot of new “I have completed workers and bosses and I my circle with Fisherlearned a lot from each and ies,” McCloud said in every one of them. I got to his retirement letter to meet a lot of people from DNR. “I have worked all over the state. for the Umatilla Tribe Why did you decide to for 33 years. I loved retire now? my job and working in I feel my time has come many different fields. full circle now. I decided I learned a lot from to retire and let the next my time. generation take over and “I am very pleased continue to preserve and with who I worked with Fisheries Office Employees in the mid-90’s. Atway care for the fish as I did. with, who I met and McCloud Mike Jughead” Farrow pictured next to sign. Courtesy photo What will you do with everything I did. I am your free time? grateful the Tribe hired me.” I will enjoy my time with my family and their He reflected on his career with an interview with kids. I will also visit my brothers and sister more. the CUJ. Why did you choose to be in the position you I also want to take a good trip, relax, and travel to McCloud, CA. are in now? Who would you like to thank from work for First I fished on the big river (Columbia) with my mother, Edith Kanine McCloud. We fished above their friendship? Atway Mike “Jughead” Farrow, Larry Cowapoo, John Day Dam. I found sometimes it was difficult Tyson Minthorn, Chris Dearing, Gary James, John for all who have fished on the Columbia River. I only knew about fishing on the river so when fishing sea- Lovrak, Jerry Rowan, Ron Fossek, Mike Richards, son was over that year, I went back home and there Robert Vanpelt, Melvin “Bear” Farrow and everyone was a job opening and I applied for it. I worked for who has helped and guided me throughout the years. fisheries before in Nisqually, WA for three years. Continued on next page When I applied for the job and got the job I was amazed at what we had to do to keep the salmon running in our river. When I realized what we were doing it made me really want to continue doing this work to help our people and the people on the river. My goal was to do the best I could do to help the salmon, sturgeon and all kinds of fish in the river. What is your favorite thing about working for DNR? I love taking care of the fish. I love raising them, protecting them, releasing them to the river and watching them return upriver. What will you miss about working for DNR/ CTUIR? My job, the workers around me, taking care of the fish and releasing them, and when they return back to our river. Who have been your biggest influences in your job throughout the years? My kids. They have kept me going as they were growing up. How have things changed from when you started until now? A lot has changed. It’s nice to reflect on all the changes from when I first

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If I have missed anyone I am sorry. Are there any stories you remember most from your time working from DNR? Once we had two Kennedy Boys visit our tribe. Mike Farrow asked me to go with him upriver (Cayuse/Thornhollow). He was taking the two Kennedy boys and we showed them a lot, talked to them a lot. I was really surprised he invited me. He wanted someone along with him who has similar knowledge (although he had more knowledge than I did). We all talked, had fun and had good time together. Then Don

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Sampson invited the Kennedy boys to our Huckleberry feast up at Indian Lake. They were there and enjoying the feast and getting to experience a little bit of how we do our ceremonies and feast. I remember those days. This is just one of many memorable stories I have throughout the years. Another story is during the winter time and we have four ponds of fish. When winter comes and it gets really cold we would have to break four inches of ice in the ponds and release the fish so they can survive on their own in the river. If we would try to keep them they probably wouldn’t survive. We had to break the ice down to really small pieces and a couple times we would be

doing that all night. I remember the ponds being built upriver in Thornhollow and the ceremonies held for each facility once they were open. We would even have school kids come up and visit us at our facilities and feed the fish and learn about one of our first foods the salmon. When I first started I never saw a lot of eagles and now I’ve seen a lot of eagles coming back. The most I’ve seen in a group of trees is 20. Got to see a lot of elk and a lot of deer. Is there anything you would like the younger people to know who want to work for DNR or the tribes? Learn as much as you can and love what you do.

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2022 Graduates! Kirk Houle Nixyaawii Community School

Kylie Jones Nixyaawii Community School

Nizhoni Toledo Nixyaawii Community School

Bryson Spino Nixyaawii Community School

Isabelle LeCornu Nixyaawii Community School

Healyne Mahoney Nixyaawii Community School

Julianah Matamoros Nixyaawii Community School

Elsie McKay Nixyaawii Community School

Latis Nowland Nixyaawii Community School

Eva Oatman Nixyaawii Community School

Ada Samayoa Nixyaawii Community School

Keyen Singer Nixyaawii Community School

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Owen Ancheta Pendleton High School

Tianna Arthur Pendleton High School

Lindsey Atkinson Pendleton High School

Shavaneaux Bell Pendleton High School

McKendra BlueThunder Pendleton High School

Ella Chrisman Pendleton High School

Leo Crawford III Pendleton High School

Jovi Davenport Pendleton High School

Muriel Jones-Hoisington Pendleton High School

Lamone Lennox Pendleton High School

Jayden Minthorn Pendleton High School

Zachary Moffett-Wallahee Pendleton High School

Sydney Mosher Pendleton High School

AJ Robledo Pendleton High School

Greyson Sams Pendleton High School

Aiyana Thomas Pendleton High School

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2022 Graduates! Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky Hermiston High School

Brian Day Weston-McEwen High School

Lakota Knutzen Weston-McEwen High School

Adrien McGill Weston-McEwen High School

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Alex Williams Weston-McEwen High School

Aiden Wolf Weston-McEwen High School

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by completing a short Parent/Caregiver survey DID YOU KNOW? Our school community recently received funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School Program to improve streets near the school. This will help families get to school more safely, whether they are on foot, bicycle, bus or car. Safe Routes to School programs help create safe, convenient, and fun opportunities for children to walk, bike, and roll to school.

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Miss our deadline? No problem. Submit a photo of your graduate next month to CUJ@ CTUIR.org, as we will continue to feature Tribal graduates!

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By completing this 5 minute survey you are helping the planning committee understand the program’s impacts within the CTUIR community. Thank you!

QUESTIONS Dani Schulte, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation danischulte@ctuir.org

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BRIEFS

Snake River event coming July 25-29; apply now Snake River School is a place-based learning and rafting adventure on traditional Nimipuu homelands, for Tribal Youth entering Grades 6-9. Youth from CTCR, Nez Perce Tribe, and CTUIR will learn with instructors from each tribe about history, cultural practices, geology, forestry, invasive species, hydrology, climate change, and biology in ancestral homelands. Will travel to Wallowa, camp at the Homeland Project, get on the river at Hells Canyon Dam, Spend 4 days and 3 nights camping along the river and return home. Application Deadline is May 31, 2022. To apply: Submit your name, what grade you’ll be entering in the fall, and your contact information, along with answers to our Essay Questions: Why is learning about the Nimipuu homelands important to you? Why do you want to be part of this learning experience? What knowledge do you hope to gain from this opportunity? Please send application materials and questions to: Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (541) 886-3101 PO Box 15 Wallowa, OR 97885 kevin@wallowanezperce.org

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COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION

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Deputy Director HR Director Public Info Specialist Fisheries Technicians Maintenance Workers Community Outreach Liaison Oceanographer Police Officer Enforcement Dispatcher

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YSN Performance at Pendleton Center for the Arts

Alyric Redcrane and his group YSN is hosting a performance at the Pendleton Center for Arts on May 20. Redcrance wanted to put the performance on to put his team on stage and give Native American artists the opportunity to get their names out there. Redcrane said he wants to make sure it’s a good experience and hope people will support us and continue supporting for the long run. My team and I are excited to do this show. We are looking forward to giving you all a good show.” Live Performances from Young MDX, YSN Cole, YSN Eno, YSN Lyle, and YSN Alyric will begin at 6:45 and go until 8:25 pm. Cost Is $15.

Yellowhawk hosting MMIW event May 5 Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center hosting a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Day on May 5 at 10 am. The community is welcome to join.

Thompson hosting hybrid MMIW event May 5 Tribal Member Kola Thompso will be keynote speaker for an Oregon State University MMIW Awareness Day event. The event will be May 5 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws room. To join the event virtually visit https://beav.es/ioh. For accommodations related to a disability, please contact 541-737-9036 or luhui.whitebear@ oregonstate.edu.

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SALMON & SPRING GREENS SALAD INGREDIENTS: Dressing 1 pound salmon fillets (4 fillets) 3 Tbsp. olive oil 1 Tbsp. olive oil 2 Tbsp. honey Salt and pepper (to taste) 1 ½ Tbsp. Dijon mustard 8 cups baby spinach (or other greens) 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar ½ small red onion (about ½ cup), thinly sliced 1/8 tsp. salt 1 cup walnuts, chopped (lightly toasted for added flavor, if desired) Pepper to taste 1 avocado, diced or sliced (skin and pit removed) 1 cup fresh blueberries (or other berries as desired) 2 ounces crumbled goat cheese or feta cheese

DIRECTIONS: 1. Cook salmon To cook salmon in the oven: Preheat oven to 400° F. Line a baking sheet or baking dish with parchment paper for easy clean up. Place salmon skin side down on the pan. Gently rub salmon with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake salmon for 12-18 minutes, until the thickest part of the fish reaches 145° F. Let salmon cool slightly before serving on salad. To pan-sear salmon: Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Season salmon with salt and pepper. Add salmon to the pan, skin side up, and cook for about 5 minutes, until salmon has a nice sear on it (do not move the salmon around as it cooks). Flip salmon and continue cooking, skin side down, until cooked through to 145° F, about 3-6 more minutes. Remove from heat and place on a clean plate and allow salmon to cool slightly. 2. Make dressing Whisk together olive oil, honey, Dijon, and apple cider vinegar until smooth. Add salt and pepper, to taste. (This can be made in advance and refrigerated until needed. Shake or whisk well before serving.) 3. Assemble salads Place two cups spinach in each of 4 large salad bowls. Top each with ¼ of red onion, walnuts, avocado, blueberries, and cheese. Top with the cooked salmon (remove the skin if desired). Serve with drizzle of dressing as desired.

Makes 4 servings

For nutrition questions or additional recipe ideas, please contact Dusty Dressler, RDN DustyDressler@yellowhawk.org 541.240.8524

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Flag Day May 20, 2022 Nixyaawii Governance Center 9:00 -10:00 AM

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PHOTOGRAPHY / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

PLAQUES GALORE

ABOVE: From left, Mitzi Rodriguez, Happy Canyon Princess Marley Johnson, Thomas Morning Owl, and Happy Canyon Princess Samantha Craig-Allen pose for a photo following appreciation awards given to Rodriguez and Morning Owl from Happy Canyon. RIGHT: Marie “Butch” Alexander Dick receives a Grand Marshall plaque for the 2022 Pendleton Round-Up and Westward Ho Parade. Sammantha McCloud and Dallas Dick photos

NEWS / COMMUNITY

Food Distribution gives update, talks May 17 ribbon-cutting PRESS RELEASE On August 21, 1991, Tribal Council Resolution 91-46 was adopted at the regular Board of Trustees meeting. This resolution gave authorization for the Resource Development Specialist of State Community Services with the Department of Human Services for the State of Oregon, the authorization to take the necessary steps to submit an application on behalf of the CTUIR for a Commodity Food Program. This was done to create a wonderful benefit to our Tribal Members in a time when unemployment rates were high and many of our people had difficulties in meeting the requirements of the Oregon Food Stamps Program. The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) was designed to promote the general welfare and to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s Indian population by raising the levels of nutrition among low-income households living on or near eligible Indian Reservations. The service area for CTUIR FDPIR are Umatilla and Morrow Counties and the Celilo Indian Village. Having previously worked alongside CAPECO through a Memorandum of Understanding, we are excited to announce the CTUIR FDPIR Program will now be located on the Reservation with an ease of access to our participating Tribal Members. The new CTUIR Preparedness Building is located in Coyote South Business Park at 46678 Tokti Road Pendleton, OR 97801. The CTUIR Department of Children and Family Services will oversee the operations, and begin working with USDA to complete the food ordering, distribution of food, proper storage of foods, and provide client outreach and nutritional education. We would like to Thank CAPECO for their collabora-

tion and support of the FDPIR Program and for their staff it’s been great working with them to support our families. We would also like to Thank the Board of Trustees, the General Council, and Department of Economic and Community Development, and the CTUIR Finance office along with the USDA they have continued to support DCFS in the plans to be within the CTUIR Pandemic Building. Thank you, DCFS Director, Julie Taylor along with her staff to help successfully with all the plans and achieving this long time goal for the CTUIR. We have hired CTUIR Tribal Member, Lawanda Bronson for the FDPIR Manager and she will be housed at the Pandemic Building in May of 2022. We do have 2 other positions we will be hiring to assist her with the FDPIR Program

and plans for an Open house and Ribbon Cutting in on May 17th, 2022 at 12:00-1:30pm. “It was an honor to work with people within the CTUIR boundaries when I worked with the FDPIR Program at CAPECO. The program is an amazing alternative to SNAP and you are able to fill your kitchen cabinets, refrigerator and freezer with nourishing food. I was asked quite often when the FDPIR program would be moved onto the Reservation and I am thrilled that this has finally become a reality. One of the biggest challenges to overcome was finding a ride to the warehouse, so this will be such a fabulous program to have closer to our homes. “ Martina Gordon, FDPIR Food Programs Manager 2009-2014

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First Fish Ceremony held at Nixyaawii Governance Center Board of Trustees At-Large member Cor Sams told her story of Celilo. “Can you hear it? Can you? The fish are running…..they are here! Spring Chinook are swimming home to Celilo Falls. Rushing water screams off the tops of the rocks, salmon jump out of the water they are home. The People of Nixyaawii pack up and set forth on a long journey to harvest fish. The fish will run until late fall the people will camp and live alongside their river families on the big river. The smiles and love flood the banks of the Columbia River as they are greeted by relatives from near

and far. These are the echoes of my elders who once fished the famous Celilo Falls. This land is my body the fish are my blood. The journey of my father, his father, and the fathers before him will forever remain a part of my soul, even when the ghosts are the only ones left to fish at Celilo. In 1957 our way of life was submerged under water with a blast of dynamite. The construction of The Dalles Dam forever changed the way we fish. The big river’s roar will tame, and the shock will set in. Fish will suffer and who will journey to rebuild the platforms? What will become of our

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way of life? Many years have passed since the days of Celilo Falls. Stories of being able to walk across the river on the backs of salmon are hard to imagine. We still listen for the salmon…… We still journey to the big river every spring. We are the families that remain in sites along the Big River. We are the descendants of those fishers, many of our relatives including our Chair fought in the fish wars, fighting to protect our livelihood, to protect the return of the salmon. The truth is in the tears of our grandmothers who speak of the days the river ran wild that keep me returning

to the big river year after year. Today we are blessed to remain and carry on the footprints that were implanted at Celilo Falls and along the Big River since time and memorial. We are the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (The Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Peoples) the big river lives in all of us and it is our birth right to continue the way of life our ancestors gifted us on the Columbia River. We continue to fight to protect our Salmon for our future generations. Fish On!!!” Jill-Marie Gavin photo

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cation. There he matriculated with friends from Omak and Brewster including Rodger Webster, Bill Palmer and Howard Gamble. He completed student teaching during the winter of 1949-50 at the Virginia Grainger School. Howard batched with various buddies and his brother Donald in Omak while working at Biles Coleman tailing a saw and playing baseball with Omak’s town team winning the County Championship in 1952. With encouragement from Webster and Palmer, he went down to Brewster to teach and coach in the fall of 1952. There, while, working as a laborer on Chief Joseph Dam in the summer of 1953, he played third base with Brewster’s town team and they won the Okanogan County Championship. Danny Gebbers of Brewster later remarked that baseball abilities were professional quality. That same summer of 1953, his wife to be was widowed with three children: Jack (deceased 1983), Ron, and Darrell Hauswirth. In 1954 he met Cora Evelyn “Toots” (Lull) Hauswirth requesting her as “room mother” to his sixth grade class which class Jack was entering. Ronnie as a first grader played match-maker. They were married at the house on the Bridgeport Bar on August 28, 1955 with Pastor Ray Glessner officiating. He has lived there since that day. Their son, Howie was born in October of 1958. In 1958 he began teaching seventh grade and then in 1968 began as the first School Counselor at Brewster School retiring in 1985. While counselor he also taught one period of either eighth grade English or an elementary P.E. class. He also coached high school baseball as head, assistant in football and basketball. He also then refereed football and basket ball throughout the 1960s. Every day, Evelyn sent him to his work well fed and in a clean white shirt and tie. He and the entire family played golf at Lake Woods Golf Course where in 1973 and 1977 he and “Toots” managed the course from tees to greens, fairway to clubhouse and truly advanced its posture as a family golf course. He had at least 4 holes-in-one and 1 or 2 Club Championships to boast. Mainly, he and Evelyn raised a family at home, in church and on the golf course and baseball diamond with great effort and faithfulness. Quoted in QCH June 27,1985, “Being married to the person I was married to was a fortunate thing. She has really taken care of all the needs.” He faithfully provided all for that to happen; his bedrock faith in Christ foundational to all. Services will be at Barnes Chapel in Brewster at 11 a.m. on April 29, 2022 and interment at Bridgeport Cemetery.

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Margarita Linda Rodriguez Facio was born on March 27, 1947 in Pendleton, Oregon, the 2nd of 13 children of Ramona Kash Kash Rodriguez Dick. She passed on April 21, 2022 in Sacramento, California, where she lived since the mid-60’s. She was of Cayuse/Nez Perce descent & an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Margarita, known as “Gita” for short, or as she preferred, “Maggie”, resided in Wapato & Seattle, Washington, prior to her move to the Sacramento area. She was one of the 1st women to work at the Safeway warehouse in Sacramento. She later was employed by the Indian Health Service, the Veteran’s Administration & the Bureau of Indian Affairs, all in Sacramento, where she retired from federal service. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Salina Facio Ramirez: her mother, Ramona; grandparents, Sam & Ella Kash Kash; brothers, Daniel (Tubby) Rodriguez & Robert Kash Kash. She is survived by 2 sons, Larry Facio, Jr., & Damion Barraza; grandchildren, D.J., Dominick, & Makayla Barraza; & Valentin, Cameron, & Edgar Ramirez, Jr., & 2 great-grandchildren, Enrique & Nevaeh Ramirez, all of Sacramento. She is also survived by sisters, Carmen Facio, Dolores Rodriguez, Cleo Dick, Emily Oatman, Ramona Thompson, Enola Dick, Evelyn Pollard; & brothers, Tom Rodriguez, Nathan (Duce) Dick, II, & Gunnar Dick; as well as her Aunt Sara Kash Kash Jones & numerous nephews/nieces & cousins.

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October 18, 1925 - April 21, 2022 On Thursday, the 22nd of April at home on the Bridgeport Bar, between Brewster and Bridgeport Howard passed from this life to wherein his life already was, hidden with God in Christ. His death was as peaceful as one could hope for it to come, with his sons ‘round about him in convivial conversation and reminiscence, Scriptures read and prayer, and even a chapter read from Farmer Boy, a classroom scene. He was born in Omak, Washington, on October 18, 1925 on a Sunday to parents, Stanley Edgar (LaCourse) Picard and Agnes Genevieve (Potvin) Picard. Already born into the family were sister Delores and brother Richard, Howard being followed by brother Donald and sister BeverIy (“Bebidy”). All his family predeceased him. In 1929 the family moved to Tahollah from necessity, returning to Omak in 1932. He entered first grade in Tahollah in 1931 being the first in his class to be able to count to one hundred. Also while there, aged 4 or 5, he was misled by another boy to ship out across the little harbor in a dinghy only to be swept to sea by the Quinault River. Out there for hours they were finally rescued by his father, the only one brave enough to attempt the rescue. Upon returning to Omak/Okanogan area he was entered into the second grade at the Virginia Grainger School for a few months and thence to East Omak Elementary, and the Stevens School. He graduated from Omak High School in 1943 aged 17. That summer in August he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Air Force training at Farragut, Idaho. He then went to gunnery and radio school in Florida checking out as a rear gunner in an SBD Dauntless Dive-Bomber. Eventually he shipped out for Hawaii and the Pacific Theater where he was an aircrew member in a Martin Mariner, flying combat missions on anti-submarine patrol at the end of the Philippines invasion and after the war flying mail service from Shanghai to Hong Kong. Honorably discharged from the Navy the fall of 1946 he enrolled in January, 1947 in classes at Eastern Washington College of Edu-

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BOT Minutes Date: April 4, 2022 BOT PRESENT: Kat Brigham, BOT Chair; Aaron Ashley, Vice-Chair; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kasey, Secretary; Toby Patrick, Member; Boots Pond, Member; Lisa Ganuelas, Member; Corinne Sams, Member and Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman. Old Business: None New Business: Proposed Resolutions: Next resolution number is 22-026: Resolution 22-026: Topic: POX Harbor - PacifiCorp Phase 2 Funding and Participation Agreement. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair to execute the Phase 2 Funding and Participation Agreement, Addendum No. 2 to the Phase 2 Funding and Participation Agreement, and the PacifiCorp Path C Funding and Participation Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibits 1, 2, and 3 respectively; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair and appropriate tribal staff to take any other steps necessary to formalize the Confederated Tribes’ approval of PacifiCorp as a Phase 2 Path C party. MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to adopt Resolution 22-026. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Resolution 22-027: Topic: NPS Tribal Heritage Grant. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees affirms by this resolution that outside funds are needed to support this work and that the in-kind match is funded by Tribally-appropriated budgets; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees supports the intended use of funds from the National Park Service for the 25th Anniversary Exhibit Upgrades; MOTION: Boots Pond moves to adopt Resolution 22-027. Sandra Sampson seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Resolution 22-028: Topic: Emergency Rental Assistance Program RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Housing Department’s proposed policy, attached as Exhibit 1, for the Confederated Tribes Emergency Rental Assistance Program; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees authorizes the Housing Department to make technical, formatting, and grammatical revisions to the proposed policy, so long as those revisions do not substantially alter the version (Exhibit 1) approved by this resolution; MOTION: Lindsey Watchman moves to adopt Resolution 22-028. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Other Board Action Items: None. BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports (9): Boots Pond, 3/29 Zoom r: WSU Native American Advisory Board meeting. 1. Kat Brigham 8 reports: 1. 3/15 at NGC Conference Room for TNT meeting with Westland Irrigation District in the morning and afternoon meeting with Federal/State representatives on process. 2. 3/15 Zoom re: 4 Chairs meeting. 3. 3/17 Zoom to prep for Oregon Tribes meeting with Governor Brown. 4. 3/17 Zoom re: 9 Oregon Tribes meeting with Governor Brown on Gaming. 2. 3/18 Zoom re: ATNI Pacific NW Salmon Recovery. 3. 3/20 and 3/21 at Clearwater Casino re: DC Administration Listening session on Columbia River Basin salmon. 4. 3/29 Webex re: Columbia Basin Collaborative meeting. 5. 3/29 Webex re: White House FY23 Budget update. MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to approve travel reports. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. a.BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests. Polled requests: Aaron Ashley, travel 6/13-16 to Temecula, CA to attend 7th Annual Native American Cannabis & Hemp Conference. Corinne Sams, travel 3/31-4/1 to Tulalip, WA to attend MMIWP. Commemoration Ceremony. Corinne Sams, 3/28 Virtual for Columbia Basin Collaborative IRG meeting from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Lisa Ganuelas, 3/25 personal leave from 1:30 to 4 PM. Lisa Ganuelas, 4/1 from 1 to 4 PM. Sally Kosey, 3/29 from 2:30 to 4 PM. Regular requests: Aaron Ashley, 3/31 personal leave for 1 hour. Aaron Ashley, 4/8 personal leave from 1-4 PM Aaron Ashley, travel 5/9-13 to St. Louis, MO at attend STGWG meeting. Boots Pond, personal leave on April 14 and 15. Kat Brigham, April 12 Zoom for LICS meeting from 8:30 AM to noon. Lindsey Watchman, 3/2123 personal leave for 15 hours. Lindsey Watchman, 3/28 personal leave. Lisa Ganuelas, 4/8 from 8:45 AM to 1:45 PM. Lisa Ganuelas, 5/24 from 9:15 AM to 1 PM. Toby Patrick, travel 5/9-13 to St. Louis, MO at attend STGWG meeting. Sally Kosey asked Lindsey Watchman about Friday, March 18th when he had a doctor ap-

BOT Minutes pointment then went grocery shopping for basketball tournament. She said for March 21-23 the leave slip is for 15 hours only, so what about the other days including March 23 and 24.. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to ratify and approve leave requests. Sandra Sampson seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests: .BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests (9): Polled requests: Aaron Ashley, 3/18 PL for 3 hours. Boots Pond, 3/21 PL from 7:30 to 9 AM. Kat Brigham, 3/20-21 to Lewiston, ID to attend CR Basin Tribes DC Collaboration meeting. Lisa Ganuelas, 3/15 from 7:30 to 9 AM personal leave. Sally Kosey, 3/18 for 1 hour personal leave. Sandra Sampson, 3/15-16 all day and 3/18 for 1 hour personal leave. Sally Kosey, 3/18 for 1 hour personal leave. Sandra Sampson, 3/15-16 all day and 3/18 for 1 hour personal leave. Regular requests: Boots Pond, 3/22 for 6.5 hours persona leave. Sally Kosey, 3/25 all day personal leave. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to ratify and approve leave requests. Toby Patrick seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0.

Date: April 11, 2022 BOT PRESENT: Kat Brigham, BOT Chair; Aaron Ashley, Vice-Chair ; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kosey, Secretary; Toby Patrick, Member; Boots Pond, Member; Lisa Ganuelas, Member; Corinne Sams, Member and Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman. Old Business: Official Polled Action: None. New Business: Proposed Resolutions: Next Resolution 22-029: Topic: Tidewater ROW. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Right-of-Way Agreement for Tidewater Terminal Company Pipeline and Access Road Rights-of-Way within the Wanaket Wildlife Area (Tidewater ROW) attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1C; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair to execute the attached Tidewater ROW, or a document containing substantially similar terms, and to submit the Tidewater ROW for approval by the BIA as required by federal law and by BPA as required by the Wanaket Wildlife Area Conservation Easement; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair and Executive Director to take such further action and to execute documents that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to adopt Resolution 22-029. Aaron Ashley seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6 for (Boots Pond, Aaron Ashley, Sally Kosey, Lindsey Watchman, Toby Patrick and Lisa Ganuelas) - 2 against (Sandra Sampson and Corinne Sams) - 0 abstaining. Resolution 22-030: Topic: Coyote Business Park - Solar Project. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby approves and authorizes its Chair to sign the First Addendum to Option to Lease Real Estate for Renewable Energy Project attached as Exhibit 1C to this Resolution, or a

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document containing substantially similar terms, which shall be effective as of December 1, 2021; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby approves and authorizes its Chair to sign the Lease Agreement between the Confederated Tribes and Tutuilla Solar, LLC for the Tutuilla Solar Project (Lease Agreement) on Lot 15 of Coyote Business Park South attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 2C, or a document containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby recommends that the Department of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, approve the attached Lease Agreement as required by Federal law. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to adopt Resolution 22-030. Aaron Ashley seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Resolution 22-031: Topic: Strategic Energy Implementation Plan. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees delegates and authorizes the Executive Director to sign and submit the following grant applications as described in Exhibit I, the Strategic Energy Implementation Plan: a. Oregon Department of Energy Community Renewable Energy Grant Program; b. Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project; c. Energy Storage for Social Equity Initiative; d. Bureau of Indian Affairs - Energy and Mineral Development Program; e. Bureau of Indian Affairs - Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant; and to take any other action necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees directs the Executive Director to report back on the status of the Energy Vision Team’s progress and status of the grant applications. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to adopt Resolution 22-031 as amended. Aaron Ashley seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Resolution 22-032: Topic: UIR Geothermal - Phase 2B EMDP Grant. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves and authorizes submission of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Geothermal Resources Assessment Phase 2B grant application, attached as Exhibit 1, and the Verification of Eligibility form, attached as Exhibit 2, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Energy and Mineral Development; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair and Office of the Executive Director to take such further action and execute documents, including but not limited to the issuance of an RFP for grant funded work, that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. MOTION: Aaron Ashley moves to adopt Resolution 22-032. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Resolution 22-033: Topic: NCFS Reporting to the BOT. RESOLVED, that the Nixyaawii Community Financial Services will report general operating reports and other informational items to the Board of Trustees on a monthly basis during the Tribal Entities Report during regular Board of Trustees meetings on Mondays. Any action items will be presented to the Board of Trustees through the Board of Trustees work session process. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to adopt Resolution 22-033. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion.

Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Resolution 22-034: Topic: ANA Preservation & Maintenance Grant Application. RESOLVED, that the Boards of Trustees agrees to provide the required 20% in kind match of the grant amount to be awarded in accordance with the terms for the Administration for Native Americans Preservation & Maintenance Grant from existing tribal funds annually allocated to support the CTUIR Language Program; MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to adopt Resolution 22-034. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. Other Board Action Items: None. BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports: Deferred. BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests: Polled Requests: Corinne Sams, travel to Washington, DC- Salmon Recovery from April 24 to April 28. Corinne Sams, personal leave for 4.5 hours from 7:30 AM to noon on 4/5. Kat Brigham, travel to Portland on April 1 to attend COE retirement ceremony. Kat Brigham, travel to Washington, DC from April 24 to April 28. Lindsey Watchman, personal leave, 4/4 changes to 6.5 hours leave. Lindsey Watchman, personal leave, 4/5 changed to all day. Lindsey Watchman, personal leave 4/6 changed to 2.5 hours leave. Sandra Sampson, travel from 6/14/15 to attend Native American Cannabis & Hemp Conference at Temecula, CA. Sally Kosey, personal leave all day on 4/7. Toby Patrick, personal leave 4/8 from 1-4 PM. Toby Patrick, personal leave all day on 4/12. Regular Requests: Aaron Ashley, travel 4/15-17 to Klamath Falls to attend Healing the Waters Ceremony. Kat Brigham, rescheduled approved Zoom from 4/8 to 4/11 at 2:30 PM re: ATNI Pacific NW Salmon Recovery. Kat Brigham, Zoom meeting approved for 4/6 was changed to just TNT technical meeting and will reschedule meeting with WID. Kat Brigham, personal leave starting at 1 PM 4/13 through 4/15. Kat Brigham, zoom quarterly LCIS meetings on 7/19 and 10/12 from 8 AM to 4 PM. Lisa Ganuelas, travel 4/15-17 to Klamath Falls to attend Healing the Waters Ceremony. Toby Patrick, travel 4/15-17 to Klamath Falls to attend Healing the Waters Ceremony. MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to ratify and approve leave requests. Lindsey Watchman seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

of Trustees hereby expresses its support for the constructive working relationship between the Education and Training Committee and the Tribal Education Department with the Whitman College as reflected in the Memorandum Of Understanding and hereby directs both the Education and Training Committee and the Tribal Education Department to dedicate the time, personnel and resources to work with the Whitman College representatives to develop and implement the programs needed to achieve objectives set forth in the Memorandum Of Understanding. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to adopt Resolution 22-035. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0. Resolution 22-036: Topic: Tamastslikt Trust Board. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby reappoints Skip Novakovich and David Liberty to three-year terms, Mike Bryan to a two-year term; and Kathryn Brown and Mark Blotz to one-year terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby appoints Rob Quaempts to a three-year term, Steve Van Ausdale to a two-year term, and Tim Mabry to a one-year term; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that these appointments are to the Tamastslikt Trust Board of Directors for the benefit of the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute and to further the public, charitable, cultural, education, and scientific purposes of the CTUIR; MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to adopt Resolution 22036. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0. Other Board Action Items: Moss Adams Audit motion. Moss Adams LLP completed the 2021 Audit of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino and reviewed their independent audit and findings with CTUIR Gaming Commission on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 and Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The CTUIR Gaming Commission approved the 2021WRC report. MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to accept the 2021 External Audit of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino completed by Moss Adams LLP and authorize the CTUIR Gaming Commission to submit said audit to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) before the April 29, 2022 deadline. Lindsey Watchman seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0. Telework by Sandra Sampson. BOT who are sick can Telework until April 29. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to approve BOT who are sick can telework through April 29th for BOT Work Sessions and Meetings but rest of time not used for meeting you are to use Personal Leave. Lindsey Watchman seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0. BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports: MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to defer the two reports from Kat Brigham to next BOT meeting. Sandra Sampson seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0. BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests: Kat Brigham, personal leave 4/15 and 18. Sandra Sampson, personal leave on 4/11 from 3 to 4 PM. Regular: Corinne Sams, meeting at WRC starting at 10 AM to 2 PM re: 4 chairs meeting with Port of Cascade Locks and American Cruise Lines. Corinne Sams, Zoom from 10 to 11 AM 4/19 re: state/tribal meeting on Lake Albert. Corinne Sams, personal leave from 2:45-4 PM 4/19. Corinne Sams, Virtual from 9 AM to noon 4/22 re: Columbia Basin Tribes-Kramer/Ross Strategic. Kat Brigham, personal leave all day 4/19. Lindsey Watchman, personal leave (45 hours) from April 25 to May 2. Was delegated to golf on April 30 but will not be able to attend. Sally Kosey, birthday leave on May 27. Sandra Sampson, Zoom 4/25 from 12:30 to 2:30 PM re: BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program RFP. MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to ratify and approve leave requests. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6-0-0.

038: Topic: Meat Processing Plant. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the letter from the Tribal Executive Director expressing support for the Grant application and for a meat processing plant to be developed at Wanapa attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 2C; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any development of the Nantz meat processing plant shall be subject to a business lease that shall require Board of Trustees approval, which business lease shall assure compliance with applicable laws of the Confederated Tribes, including Tribal zoning, cultural resource protection, tribal workforce development and taxation laws; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes its Chair and the Office of the Executive Director to take such further action and to execute documents as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to adopt Resolution 22-038. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0. Resolution No. 22-039: Topic: Loan Agreement and Promissory Note for Columbia Development Authority. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Loan Agreement and Promissory Note for a loan in the amount of $333,333.00 to the Columbia Development Authority that is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1C; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby appropriates $333,333.00 from the Tribal Contingency Fund to make the loan to the CDA and further directs that the loan payment(s) made by the CDA shall be deposited back into the Tribal Contingency Fund upon receipt; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Executive Director to execute the attached Loan Agreement and Promissory Note, or a document containing substantially similar terms, and to take such further action and execute documents as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to adopt ratify Polled Resolution 22-039. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0. Other Board Action Items: Commission/Committee Update by Sally Kosey, BOT Secretary. Health Commission, 1 vacancy, 12 applications, Dorothy Cyr and Rosenda Shippentower application. ACTION: By secret ballot Dorothy Cyr was appointed to the Health Commission for a three year term ending April 1, 2025. Land Protection Planning Commission, 1 vacancy for Alternate, 12 applications, Kathleen Elliot and Rosenda Shippentower application. ACTION: By secret ballot with BOT Chair breaking the tie, Kathleen Elliott was appointed to the CTUIR Land Protection Planning Commission as an Alternate for a three year term ending May

2, 2025. Science & Technology Committee, 1 vacancy, 1 application. MOTION: Corinne Sams Sandra Sampson moves to appoint Iron Cody by acclimation to the Science & Technology Committee for a two year term ending May 2, 2025. Sandy Sampson Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0. TERO Commission, 1 vacancy, 1 application. MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to appoint Dennis Munoz by application to the TERO Commission for a two year term ending Dec. 1, 2022. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0.Terms Expiring: Pam Shippentower, Education & Training Expires June 4. Kyle McGuire, Tiicham Conservation District expires June 11. Travis Olsen, Land Protection Planning Committee Expires June 17. Celebration Committee, Chair. Babette Cowapoo’s position expired August 2021. Position will be advertised after a BOT work session with current Committee. Will advertise for: 1 alternate position for Land Protection Planning Commission, 3 year term, meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 9. 1 position for Education and Training, 2 year term, meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday. 1 position for Tiicham Conservation District, 2 year term, meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday. All applications will be due Tuesday, May 17. 2022 by 4:00 PM. A BOT work session is scheduled for Friday, May 20 at 8:30 AM to review applications and appointments will be made on Monday, May 23, 2022. BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports: Aaron Ashley, 4/15-17 to Klamath Falls to attend Healing Our Waters Ceremony with 9 Tribes of Oregon. Lisa Ganuelas, BOT Members Toby Patrick, John Barkley and Melinda Broncheau and Lisa Ganuelas also attended as CTUIR representatives. Kat Brigham, 2 reports: 1) 4/1 attend retirement ceremony for Jr. Inglis from COE at Portland. 2) 4/11 Zoom meeting on ATNI Salmon Recovery. Boots Pond and Lindsey Watchman, 4/18 at Walla Walla for Long Tent Ceremony and to sign Walla Walla MOU. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to approve travel reports. Toby Patrick seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0. BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests Polled: Lindsey Watchman, 4/18 to Walla Walla for Whitman College and LongLog Tent event. Lindsey Watchman, 4/21 personal leave for 1 hour. Boots Pond, 4/22 personal leave from 1 to 4 PM. Corinne Sams, 4/21 personal leave from 10 to

10:30 AM. Corinne Sams, Zoom from 1:30 to 2:30 PM, CRITFC Local Food Purchase Assistance meeting. Corinne Sams, at July Grounds from 2-4 PM for fish distribution. Kat Brigham and Corinne Sams, travel cancelled, 4/24-28 Washington, DC will be. rescheduled. Lisa Ganuelas, 4/18-19 7.5 hours total for personal leave. Lisa Ganuelas, birthday leave on 4/29. Kat Brigham, personal leave 4/20 from 7:30 AM to noon. Kat Brigham, 4/21 travel to Portland for Op ED with President Biden and other Oregon political representatives. Kat Brigham, Zoom 4/25 from 11 AM to noon prep for Zoom meeting with White House Native Women Session on VAWA. Kat Brigham, personal leave all day on 5/5 and 5/56 from 7:30 AM to noon. MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to ratify and approve leave requests. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0.

Date: April 18, 2022 BOT PRESENT: Aaron Ashley, Vice-C hair ; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kosey, Secretary; Boots Pond, Member; Lisa Ganuelas, Member (remotely); Corinne Sams, Member; and Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman. Kat Brigham, BOT Chair on personal leave. Toby Patrick, BOT Member on personal leave. Old Business: Official Polled Action: None. New Business: Proposed Resolutions: Next Resolution 22-035: Topic: Whitman MOU.RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the attached Memorandum Of Understanding between the Confederated Tribes and the Whitman College; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes its Chair, the Chair of the Education and Training Education, and the Tribal Education Director to execute the Memorandum Of Understanding on behalf of the Confederated Tribes; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Board

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BOT PRESENT: Kat Brigham, BOT Chair; Aaron Ashley, Vice-Chair; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kosey, Secretary; Toby Patrick, Member; Boots Pond, Member; Lisa Ganuelas, Member and Corinne Sams, Member. Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman on personal leave. Old Business: Official Polled Action: Polled Resolution No. 22-037 Topic: SMCF Oregon Tribal Grant Program. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees affirms by this resolution that outside funds are needed to support this work and that the in-kind match is funded by Tribally-appropriated budgets; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees supports the intended use of funds from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund Oregon Tribal Grant Program; MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to ratify Polled Resolution 22-037. Aaron Ashley seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0. New Business: Next resolution number is 22-

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