Pacific Northwest Regional

From TERO Program of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

MISSION - The Pacific Northwest TERO Region held its first conference since the COVID-19 pandemic struck three years ago April 19-20 at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino.

“The event was reinvigorating for all of us in TERO,” said John Barkley, TERO Program Manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. “We reaffirmed our dedication and commitment to serving our people, training and deploying them onto viable construction career opportunities, and with our partnerships with contractors, unions, state and federal agencies.”

Starting the regional conference was a tribute for Dan Press, attorney for TERO’s parent company - the Council for Tribal Employment Rights (CTER), who died last November.

Press was fresh out of Yale law school when he worked for the Navajo Nation to battle discrimination practices pre- venting Navajos from employment on their reservation.

Press was co-founder of CTER and more recently addressed historical trauma issues for Native people, including a visit to CTUIR a few years ago. He also started an annual scholarship, “Itche Shiakake,” the name given to him by the Crow Tribe, which means “outstanding young man.”

Press states in his description of the scholarship “when awarding the scholarship to the deserving young person during the TERO conferences, I have always tied it back to the qualities and the struggles of the founding TERO directors, so the new generation of directors can learn on whose shoulders they stand.”

As a result of his work with the Navajo, 12 Indian tribes convened at the Warm Springs reservation to discuss the establishment of tribal employment rights offices to address discrimination and harassment practices experience by Native Americans in the construction industry. Indian tribes are exempt from Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting such acts.

In 1978, CTUIR established its TERO, which are modeled after unions regarding recruitment and dispatching, and incorporates Title VII-type language to protect referrals on construction projects.

“Dan was a consummate professional, a stalwart in protecting the rights of Native Americans in employment and contracting,” said Barkley. “His legacy to helping address these issues and educating all about the tenets of fair opportunity and the exercise of tribal sovereignty were instrumental throughout his career. We are indebted and thankful for his dedication.” Federal agencies, which represented onsite or virtually, included the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Other topics and presentations included the laborer’s union on Suicide Awareness; Apprenticeship programs

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Tribes sign 25th MOU with Washington State University

Members of several Northwest tribes took part in the 25th anniversary signing of a memorandum of agreement with Washington State University May 2. Signing for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation was Board of Trustees Chair Kat Brigham and WSU Tribal Nation Building Leadership Program Student Representative and CTUIR member Ermia Butler. BOT member Boots Pond also attended the ceremony. The MOU states that, together with the signatory tribes, WSU wishes,”to create a structure to strengthen the relationships between them, and to improve the quality of educational services and opportunities provided” and to, “increase access to, and Native American Achievements at, WSU.”

Evangelistic weekend May 6-7 at Tutuilla Presbyterian Church

Evangelistic weekend is May 6 and 7.

Join us for food, song, and sermon during this annual event, which begins with a song service on Friday, May 5 at 6 p.m. On Saturday, lunch will be served followed by an auction to raise church funds. Worship and music service will follow from 6- 8 p.m. Regular Sunday service will be followed by lunch. Call Bonnie Burke with questions or to arrange to submit auction items at 541-429-0806.

Some 15 men, women, and children have been baptized since the first of the year.

Our Sunday school class has returned to be led by Carl.

Monthly Potlucks, starting after church at 12:15 p.m., will resume in June. Potlucks are held the last Sunday of each month except in November and December. A public meeting will be held in June to publicize new information about Tutuilla Presbyterian Church Historical Cemetery burials and procedures.

Our small congregation is loving, respectful of all, and dedicated. We welcome all to join us on Sunday. Mornings at 11 a.m.

Submitted by Micheal L Minthorn.

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