Nov 2021 CUJ

Confederated Umatilla Journal

The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ~ Pendleton, Oregon November 2021

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Volume 29, Issue 11

COVID cases down, but one death reported in October MISSION - As of Oct. 31, there were no new COVID-19 cases on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, according to Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. Active cases at this time last month were listed at 85.

Now, they’re at just four.

That doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods just yet, Yellowhawk Interim CEO Aaron Hines said.

“YTHC is actively asking our community members to mask up, stay home, limit contact and get vaccinated!” Hines said. “We do expect a small spike in cases leading up to the cold and flu season, especially after holidays. We encourage everyone Aaron Hines to use caution when gathering, especially with elders.”

As of Nov. 1, Yellowhawk logged 678 total cases and five deaths, including one in October, through the pandemic.

As flu season approaches, Hines said Yellowhawk is providing shots as well as continued COVID-19 vaccinations, including a booster shot for those eligible.

“People 65 years and older, 50–64 years with underlying medical conditions, or 18 years and older who live in long-term care settings, have underlying medical conditions, or live/work in high-risk settings, should receive a 3rd dose shot,” he said. “We encourage our community if you have questions and are unsure if you are eligible to get the 3rd dose to call your provider or our COVID team.”

Hines said data indicates many cases on the UIR are linked to small gatherings, and said Yellowhawk is avidly providing information through its website, social media and print advertisements going into the holidays on how to help prevent spreading illness.

“As we have discovered through these long months of COVID, many cases are linked to small gatherings. We continue to stress these points,” he said. “Limit indoor gatherings to those in your immediate family; participate in outdoor events; avoid crowded, poorly ventilated spaces; protect yourself and those not yet eligible for vaccination by getting vaccinated; wear well-fitting masks in all public settings; if you are sick, stay home.”

The vaccination rate for the CTUIR is up from 47 to 48 percent this month, compared to the national rate of 58 percent.

General Council Vice Chair Michael Johnson provided his guidance to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Michael Johnson Board’s monthly newsletter.

“As a religious leader, I would like to encourage all tribal nations to get vaccinated, to continue your teaching of your traditional ways, and to become stronger by means of surviving another genocidal virus. Our ancestors have made it through the measles, flu, small pox, and many of the other foreign sicknesses that have been placed upon our lands.

Be strong my people, stand together and fight this, GET VACCINATED, so that we may live to tell the generations ahead that YES, we did it, WE MADE IT and are still caretakers of MOTHER EARTH!!!”

Masks are still mandatory in all indoor settings on the UIR; General Council Chambers are limited to 30 people; eligible workers are encouraged to telecommute. The precautions are in effect through Nov. 30.

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, which has been posting daily COVID-19 updates on Facebook, announced it would move to weekly updates on Nov. 1, with the first report given on Nov. 8.

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 46411 Timine Way Pendleton, OR 97801

By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ

Charles F. Sams III, nominee to be Director of the National Park Service, poses for a photo before the start of his confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Bill Clark / AP

Sams passes through committee, on to Senate confirmation for National Park Service Director

By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ

WASHINGTON, D.C. - CTUIR member Chuck Sams continued on his trek to make history as the first Native American to serve as National Park Service Director Nov. 2, as his nomination unanimously moved forward in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

One last step awaits: Approval by the Senate.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) led a small wave of positive praise that none of the other six candidates received.

“First, I want to thank Sen. Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. Manchin ((D-WV) for Ron Wyden moving Mr. Sams. This is an American who we’re going to be proud of in terms of service on Parks. A lot of my colleagues met with him and talked with him; I very much appreciate his consideration today. I hope all colleagues will support him. I think he is going to make us proud of what he does at the Park Service.”

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said, “historic moment for someone from the Pacific Northwest ... And our Park Service having been vacant

for a long period of time is desperately in need of the leadership that I think Mr. Sams can provide us. Very excited he is moving to the Senate floor and that this level of diversity and focus on Maria Cantwell Interior issues; continued leadership in the Dept. of the Interior about our first stewards of the lands -- Native Americans -- so I’m glad to see that diversity integrated into the leadership.

We’ve come a long way on that type of leadership and I know both sides of the aisle support that type of leadership.”

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said “I too share the support for Mr. Sams for the National Parks leader. If we pass the Great American Outdoors Act we have a wonderful opportunity now to move Steve Daines forward with implementation of addressing that maintenance backlog. ... I’m glad to see we got this done as a committee.

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ELECTIONS 2021 Amendments to vote on in the 2021 Tribal Election

By The CUJ

MISSION - Proposed amendments passed by the General Council on Aug. 5 are as follows in capitalized and bold format: ARTICLE VI - BOARD OF TRUSTEES SECTION 5 Whenever, in the opinion of a majority of the entire Board of Trustees, any member of the Board of Trustees has been guilty of MISCONDUCT, CORRUPTION, HARASSMENT, OR gross neglect of duty, it shall certify its opinion, together with the reasons therefore, to the General Council, which shall have the power to remove said member from office and to elect a successor. The member who is so accused shall have the right to receive a copy of the charges against him at least twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting of the General Council at which the question of removal and of selection of a successor are to be voted on, and shall be entitled to appear at said meeting and answer said charges.

The original text states, “Whenever, in the opinion of a majority of the entire Board of Trustees, any member of the Board of Trustees has been guilty of gross neglect of duty, it shall certify its opinion, together with the reasons therefore, to the General Council, which shall have the power to remove said member from office and to elect a successor. The member who is so accused shall have the right to receive a copy of the charges against him at least twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting of the General Council at which the question of removal and of selection of a successor are to be voted on, and shall be entitled to appear at said meeting and answer said charges.”

ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENTS This Constitution and Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the members of the General Council at an election called for that purpose by resolution of the Board of Trustees or majority vote of the General Council, provided that such ELECTION receives at least TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE ELIGIBLE CTUIR VOTING POPULATION WITH A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The notice of said election shall set forth the proposed amendment in full. Unless specified otherwise in the ballot text for the amendment, all amendments approved by the voters shall take effect 30 days after the certification of the election.

The original text states, “This Constitution and Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the members of the General Council at an election called for that purpose by resolution of the Board of Trustees or majority vote of the General Council, provided that such amendment receives at least fifty (50) affirmative votes. The notice of said election shall set forth the proposed amendment in full.

Unless specified otherwise in the ballot text for the amendment, all amendments approved by the voters shall take effect 30 days after the certification of the election.”

The ballot question is: Do you agree with the language changes to the Tribal Constitution? Yes or No.

Candidate List BOT Chair

*N. Kathryn (Kat) Brigham Gary Burke Justin Quaempts Elwood H. Patawa

BOT Vice Chair Jill-Marie Gavin Aaron Ashley

BOT Secretary *Sally Kosey William Sigo IV David Wolf Jr.

BOT Treasurer *Sandra Sampson Eugena Stacona

BOT Member at Large

*Boots Pond *Corinne Sams Lawanda Bronson Babette Cowapoo Toby Patrick Rosenda Shippentower Michelle Moses Lisa Ganuelas

General Council Chair

GC Vice Chair

*Michael R. Johnson

GC Secretary *Shawna Gavin

GC Interpreter

*Thomas Morning Owl Key: *Incumbent

*Lindsey X. Watchman Andrea Hall Alan Crawford

Voting to occur on Tuesday, Nov. 9

By The CUJ

MISSION - Voting for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s General Election will occur Nov. 9 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Nixyaawii Governance Center’s General Council Chambers.

The front entrance of NGC will be the only entrance allowed during the voting window times, officials said.

CTUIR members over the age of 18, with Tribal identification in hand, can cast their vote. Masks are

also required.

COVID-19 screening will occur for voters.

“Those who are found to be experiencing symptoms or are unable to comply with the requirements will be issued an absentee ballot by an Election Commission member to complete and cast their vote at the ballot box located in front of the East Guest Parking Lot at NGC. Voters who could not vote in person had to have absentee ballots sent by Oct. 26.

A swearing-in ceremony will happen Dec. 1.

Nine Committees and Commissions positions open

By The CUJ

MISSION - A public notice was sent out Nov. 1 notifying CTUIR members of vacancies on several Committees and Commissions.

Openings include: • CTUIR Culture Coalition (1 vacancy , 2-year term, no stipend) • Education and Training Committee (1 vacancy, 2-year term) • Farm Committee (1 vacancy, 3-year term)

• Health Commission (1 vacancy, 3-year term) •Alternate position Land Protection Planning Committee (1 vacancy, 3-year term) •Tilcham Conservation Project (2 vacancies, 2-year term) •Wildhorse Foundation (2 vacancies, 2-year term) Appointed members receive a $100 stipend per meeting.

All applications are due Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. The Board of Trustees will review applications Nov. 19 and appointments are scheduled to be made Nov. 22.

The full Tribal constitution is available at https:// ctuir.org/departments/office-of-legal-counsel/ codes-statutes-laws/ctuir-constitution.

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(Sams) filled that position. There’s a lot of great work to be done and he’s the right guy to do it.”

Sams was one of five nominees to move forward unanimously.

During his Oct. 19 confirmation hearing, Sams stated there is an urgent need to address staffing shortfalls within the NPS. “The National Park Service cannot achieve its mission without a well-supported workforce, and I am committed to focusing on the caretakers of this mission,” he said. “Staffing, housing, and other issues are impacting morale and deserve our active attention.”

Permanent employees have declined 6 percent over the past decade, while attendance at national parks is up dramatically.

Sams also said he would emphasize tribal outreach as director.

“In Indian Country, we expect an open discussion with the federal government prior to making a decision, not after the fact,” he said. “If confirmed, I will bring this spirit of consultation to my service as Director. I look forward to consulting with neighboring communities, stakeholders, local, state and Tribal governments, and Members of Congress, even when the conversations and topics are challenging.”

During the Oct. 19 confirmation hearing, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) had concerns with Sams’ lack of Park Service experience.

“Convince me that you’re ready to take on this challenge having had no

Charles F. Sams III, nominee to be director of the National Park Service, testifies during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Photo By Tom Williams / AP

experience as a park ranger, or a park manager, or otherwise involved in the National Park Service,” he said.

“For the last decade, I’ve been part of the executive management team in managing one of our original reserves, a reservation, the Umatilla Indian Reservation which is an over 190,000-acre reservation, along with the 6 million-acres of land co-managing with local, state and federal officials,” he said. “And that includes National Parks, Park lands and other resources. And over my career I’ve actually worked in National Parks,

mostly with volunteers in eradicating invasive species, cleaning up, and doing preservation work, in addition to providing additional lands to National Parks.

When I was with the Trust of Public Land, we donated land to National Parks for visitation.

“And,” he added, “over the last decade I’ve worked very closely in my home state on a number of initiatives on Oregon’s outdoor initiative and parks initiative, helping the state director figure out how we do traditional, ecological knowledge.”

Wyden took to Twitter Nov. 2 following the committee meeting, further pushing Sams’ nomination.

“With Chuck Sams earning committee approval, the @NatlParkService is one step closer to having the director it needs & our country deserves to protect our parks’ natural & cultural resources.

Chuck represents the best of Oregon.

I urge the Senate to move quickly to #ConfirmSams,”he wrote.

Back home on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Board of Trustees Chair Kat Brigham congratulated Sams for the historic approval.

“Tribal elders have been preparing Chuck for this type of work his entire life,” said Brigham. “From a young age, he learned he has a responsibility to take care of the land for our children’s children.”

If selected, Sams would be responsible for more than 22,000 employees and 222,000 volunteers at National Park units in every state which generate nearly $40 billion for the national economy.

The National Park Service is a bureau of the Department of the Interior, which is led by Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. She made history when she was confirmed as the first Native American cabinet secretary in March.

Jonathan Jarvis was the last permanent NPS director confirmed to the position back in October 2009. He served for the remainder of the Obama presidency.

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TRIBAL NEWS

Judge Johnson receives Oregon State Bar award Press Release

MISSION – The Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) recently took action by way of motion to honor Chief Judge William Johnson of the Umatilla Tribal Court as the recent recipient of the President’s Special Award of Appreciation. This award was formally conveyed by David Wade, President of the Oregon State Bar, on Oct. 28, during a remote ceremony for recipients of the Oregon State Bar awards for exceptional service.

Judge Johnson received the President’s Special Award of Appreciation for his lifetime of service to the people of the CTUIR through his work in the Umatilla Tribal Court, but also specifically for his efforts to help secure passage of Senate Bill 183. This bill, which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, provides for full faith and credit for tribal court judgments, William Johnson decrees, and orders of all federally recognized tribes in Oregon in the state judicial and law enforcement systems. This will increase the ability of state, county, and tribal courts to coordinate and enforce tribal court orders, including protective orders, improving safety for individuals who rely on enforcement of tribal court orders and increasing accountability for those who have been found to have violated tribal criminal law.

The Oregon State Bar annually recognizes Oregon attorneys for exceptional contributions in the field of law, including an Award for Merit for contributions to the bench, bar, and community at large while exhibiting the highest standards of professionalism, the Wallace P. Carson Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence for contributions to the judicial system, and the President’s Public Service Award for contributions to the public through efforts involving pro bono services, among a number of other awards.

In addition, the Oregon State Bar Indian Law Section, of which CTUIR Tribal member and Lead Attorney Naomi Stacy is a member, is receiving the President’s Membership Service Award that honors attorneys for contributions made to the legal profession.

A full list of awards and the 2021 recipients is available online at: https:// www.osbar.org/osbevents.

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TRIBAL NEWS Chair Brigham speaks at Wilson Center world climate conference

By The CUJ

Board of Trustee Chair Kat Brigham is one of a number of notable women to speak at The Wilson Center’s “The Use of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Strategies” conference online Nov. 3.

She was part of a panel that included Sineia do Vale (an Environmental Manager and Coordinator of the Environmental Management Department of the Indigenous Council of Roraima, Brazil) and Dalee Sambo Dorough (Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council).

In the speaker biographies, Brigham is listed as having “served as leader on issues relating to fish and wildlife since the 1970’s including time as an original commissioner to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission when it was created in 1977. She has been recognized for her work on negotiating agreements ranging from the Pacific Salmon Treaty to Kat Brigham countless government to government negotiations with the States of Oregon and Washington to restore fisheries opportunities for Tribal people and protect Tribal Treaty Fishing Rights.” do Vale is a Brazilian Indigenous leader and environmental activist. She is an environmental manager and the coordinator of the Environmental division of

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the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR, in Portuguese language), also a member of the Climate Change Committee of the Coalition of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil.

Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) is the international Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. She holds a Ph.D in Law from the University of British Columbia and a Master’s degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Nearly 900 attendees are registered to listen to the panel, which will answer several questions on world climate.

Limit indoor gatherings to immediate family only.

Participate in outdoor events when possible.

Avoid crowded, poorly ventilated spaces.

Protect yourself and those not yet eligible for vaccination by getting vaccinated.

Wear well-fitting masks in public settings.

If you are sick, STAY HOME.

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Serving on BOT was an honor First I would like to thank my wife and children for supporting my tenure as an elected official. They have sacrificed much through my time away and energy that I have dedicated to serving on the Board of Trustees. Second I must provide my utmost gratitude to all those who inspired me to run for office in the first place and Jeremy Wolf of course those of you that supported me with your vote and/or opinions.

It has been an honor to serve my people. It has been a lifelong passion to live

for our unwritten laws as best we can and fulfill the promise we have made to the foods that have sacrificed themselves on our behalf. It’s an imperfect effort but worth doing with all we can. This will not escape my life, merely it will change to be expressed more directly through my family, home, horses, culture, art, coaching, etc.

Whatever you do, “don’t do it any ol’ way” or any less than your full effort, I’ve been told.

Continuing to participate and contributing in the direction of our Tribe is a given. This choice is something I have been assessing for some time. Originally pursuing this office I was told to be secure in knowing that if I needed to step away I could. Lessons from our past, and

present have guided me and I thank you all for being there and providing them.

Once I committed to it this past spring, I asked a friend to pursue my vacated position.

We have a top notch governmental operation because of the guidance and foresight in our predecessors all the way back to the Treaty negotiations and before, with top staff to support it. It will continue to stand strong so long as we support it by taking care of own minds and bodies so that we can truly be there for our families and foods. Once again, I thank you for your support and praise all our candidates for stepping up for our futures.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Family and friends of Atway Michael Gavin give a big thanks to helpers To all of those who helped us in our worst days, THANK YOU. We would like to thank the many people who stepped up to help us in the time of our loss. Starting with the day of his passing, we would like to thank the washat singers who came to light up our home. This helped the family more than we can say and gave the nieces and nephews a strong foundation for the days to follow. These were Tommy Pierre and Aaron Hines, we also want to thank those who came to the house service, especially Timothy Bell and The Brothers from Portland.

Many thanks to Althea Wolf who sent medicine and a feather to give strength.

Special thanks go to Jess Nowland and Armand Minthorn who lead Washat services; to Pastor Tim and his wife Myrna Van Cleave who lead Christian services. A big thank you to the washat singers: Tommy Pierre, Robert Wilson, Josh Spencer, Aaron Hines, William Showaway, Isaiah Welch, Fred Hill, Calib Wilson. To the beautiful dancers at his final washat service. For the special music provided by Tim Van Cleave, Gregory Gavin and Martina Gordon, thank you so much. Thanks to Jackie Thompson for handling the tule mat for our Big Brother.To the longhouse cooks Linda Jones, Cloe McMichael, Cara Greene and her daughters, LeAnne Alexander, the food was DELICIOUS!!!

Thanks to Bethel Church for holding a beautiful service for him, and our dear friends Roberta Kipp and “Illapit” Suzanne Barnett who attended along with family. Thank you to all who attended the church service as well as the sister church who provided the lunch.

Those who helped by bringing food in the coming days: Andria Scott, Doris

Scott, Helen Morrison (Aunty); Bibzee and Frank Lopez, Roberta Wilson, Martina Gordon, Kola Shippentower, Kathleen Elliott; many more brought meals and dishes to our home and we apologize for not listing everyone.

Thanks go to those who provided financially to help us through, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Executive Director, Laura Platero, Cheryle Kennedy, Pippa Nez, Cilde Grover, Helen Morrison, The Brothers, Sir Christopher Harvey, Jenna Spencer, the GoFundMe account organized by Zamir Wassermiller, Norma Minthorn, Rachel Mitchell, James “Jamesy” Bettles who provided hotel rooms for some of our visiting family. Again, if we missed your name we apologize your help was immeasurable and we couldn’t have gone through this without your help.

We’d like to thank again, Aunty Henny for help with his name given in 2008.

Tommy Pierre who kindly loaned us his tipi poles to help house all who came to be with us during this time. We’d like to thank Tsiluuyin who brought us salmon and other foods afterwards and provided us with wood which was what Atway would have done. Jiselle Halfmoon who graciously created the funeral folders and flyers, thank you so much. To the Public Works Department staff who dug his grave, thank you!

The Umatilla Tribal Police Department who provided escort from town, we’ve so grateful.

There was so much love and help poured out to us through those days and we are eternally grateful to all who stepped up, his dear friends who came from afar to honor him, such as Susan and Hannah Aitken who came from Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Jordan Stockton, Donnie Fallis; Samuel and Jamie Maynes, Jed and Rebecca Maynes, Daniel and Amanda Maynes; his dear friend Olivia, and all of our family who gathered around us and helped us, those

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who couldn’t be there in person but texted or messaged their condolences (so many, Beebas Hunt and Jackie Jim, special thanks), we are so thankful for all of you.

Kun’ku The family and friends of Atway Michael Alexius “Heeyoomakin” Gavin

Tovey thanks BOLSTER I wanted to say thank you to the Bolster Crew for all their help and support at Preparedness Building. They worked grounds keeping at the south end of Coyote Business. I also want to recognize Julie Taylor, Natasha Herrera, David Wolf, and especially the Bolster work crew which made it happen in a timely manner, and in harsh conditions.

Thank you from Department of Economic and Community Development to recognize Danial Thompson, Clarissa Close, Syrian Redelk, and Robert Crawford.

DECD supports the DCFS vision which is to support, guide and invest in our Tribal community and promote achievement of physical, social, and spiritual well-being to empower current and future generations.

Bill Tovey

Why I will vote for GavinHarvey Dear Editor, I would like to say a few words on behalf of Jill-Marie Gavin who will be running for the Vice-chair, of the Board of Trustees this coming election.

I worked with Jill for quit a few years before I retired, she was always very helpful for any need that came about.

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together with the BOT to make sure Tribal members and Community are well informed on Tribal issues and also to improve the communication between BOT and General Council.

Tribal members and future career paths, as stated in Jill’s forum speech, it was estimated in 2013 that in a decade 25 percent of the CTUIR will retire, this is happening now and growing as the CTUIR is growing.

I strongly agree with her statement that we need to create more space in our job descriptions to fully honor the years of service Tribal members have put in on the job and weigh that in determining whether they have met minimum qualifications. Many have worked for the CTUIR for several years and have on the job experience that upper management depends on, yet will never be able to achieve upper management positions with the new requirements.

These are just a few priorities mentioned in Jill-Marie’s Candidates forum speech, I believe she will do a great job for the CTUIR as Vice-Chair, I like her campaign slogan “Listen, Improve and imagine”. VOTE FOR JILL-MARIE. Bonnie Burke X512

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I pledge to take the action necessary to exercise the treaty rights reserved for us more than 160 years ago.

Sovereignty allows us to protect our natural resources, like water, the lifeblood of our people.

Sovereignty is more than a word.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Expressing my thoughts on Tribal employment policy

My name is Nan Hill, I am the daughter of Teresa Parker and Fred Hill. My grandparents are Tessie Williams and Edward James.

The intention of this letter is only to express my thoughts, experiences and sadness of how this tribal employment policy has affected my life, and how throughout the years I watched others experience the same unfairness. It was never the intention to put the responsibilities of this ceremony on the tribe itself. Yet this ceremony landed in the tribal policy under cultural leave.

The confusion started when I left my position at a tribal entity. I was not covered or protected for cultural leave. I walked away from my job position because this ceremony requires my full attention. Our group has run into numerous situations with the tribe, community conflict schedules at the long house, denial of cultural foods and funding when requested. Many years ago my grandmother handled the responsibility of the food for the dance. We had many contributors at one time and they are longer with us. Throughout the years the responsibility became bigger. What started off as just a few of us grew bigger then we ever imagined. The requirements for funding became too much. Most places were requiring tax ID numbers and flyers or something of exploiting us.

We have a Tribal undertaker who lost her job for fulfilling her Tribal obligation to dress a body. The information circulated within the community, yet nobody spoke up for her. A thirteen year employee with a tribal obligation I felt should have been protected. I don't understand what has become of us. With my own situation, I was employed nearly five years. When I applied for the job, I never shared completely that I was "obligated" to a cultural practice. I never felt it was something to bring up or share because it was sacred.

I have read the mission statement of this tribe and it states to preserve our way of life. I made a choice to relinquish to CTUIR, to be a voice for what was left behind by our tribal elders who carried a knowledge so deep. We have been here for twenty years. This ceremony has always been open to the people. The ones who are obligated to our cultural practices including others from federally recognized tribes should be protected. There are many people not willing to speak. My request is to revise this policy and to invite leadership to witness so they can understand us better.

I strongly felt that because of this policy I slipped through the cracks of non-believers and a policy made by people who truly do not understand what it is to be Indian.

When the discovery of the boarding school children happened I was hurt.

There were unanswered questions and unresolved situations. All I want to do is move forward and heal and share what I was taught with the people. We must peserve and protect what was left behind.

Our ancestors fought fiercly for us to be here. Pilalasinmay X-3900

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The Voices and Perspectives of the Tribal Community – What We Know About Sexual Violence When: November 19, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.

Where: Wildhorse Resort & Casino Cayuse Conference Room Family Violence Services will be presenting the findings from our year and half long project regarding sexual violence in our community. Systems and community members, your input has been generous and we look to you as we move forward setting next steps for the safety of our people.

We have included interactive portions throughout the day which will provide you another opportunity to share ideas and recommendations.

What to expect:

8:00 am 8:30 am 11:30 pm 12:30 pm 4:30 pm

Learn a Craft!

Opening and Welcome Sexual Assault Survey Findings Interactive Activities Lunch provided Welcome Sexual Assault Survey Findings Trauma & Healing Presentation Closing

Earn tickets for the raffle drawing by taking part in viewing short videos, taking quizzes, providing recommendations at various white boards, learn a craft.

Raffle prizes include 2022 Round-Up and Happy Canyon tickets, Subway sandwiches, Pins & Pizza at Quaking Aspen Lanes, Cineplex Movie passes, Papa Murphy’s gift cards, Dutch Brothers gift cards and more!

Lunch provided to the first 75 participants! Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided.

We hope you will join us November 19, 2021 starting at 8 a.m. at Wildhorse Resort & Casino.

For more information, please contact Family Violence Services at 541.429.7045.

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General Council resumes in hybrid format

By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ

MISSION - Sixty Tribal members -- including 14 in-person attendees -- signed in Oct. 26 for the first hybrid General Council meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic ended regular gatherings.

“Funny, they all sat in the back of the room,” General Council Chair Lindsey Watchman said, “except to come to the front table, for the microphone to ask questions. ... The majority of in-person attendees were elders.”

Maximum seating in General Council chambers was 30. Counting the personnel and General Council, that number reached 28, according to Watchman.

Many Board of Trustee members stayed in their offices to ensure seating was available to Tribal members.

General Council has been trying to provide the hybrid format since late 2020, Wathcman said. But because Nixyaawii Governance Center had limited access, it wasn’t possible until now.

The numbers were promising compared to before the pandemic, when average in-person attendance was 74.

And they’re finding that the hybrid format is allowing more off-reservation Tribal members to have their voice represented at the table.

“Being able to serve both on and off reservation General Council members, using both our traditional chambers and format -- as well as incorporating evolving technology, like Zoom -- are primary objectives of the Office of General Council - Communications Plan,” Watchman said. “This, too, is why we developed a social media presence on Facebook, and established an email distribution list.”

“Zoom,” Watchman added, “is an opportunity that the General Council has found to be valuable in engaging off reservation tribal members. We have altogether taken the time and patience, to learn this new communication tool. Now that we have it figured out, all future meetings will be held in this format. We have effectively removed a barrier, for fuller participation in our tribal government.”

General Council Secretary Shawna Gavin said the hybrid meetings were a goal to be able to offer prior to the pandemic. So when it hit, and the technology was forced into use, it was a positive. But not every CTUIR member has ability to use or access to a computer, so General Council attendance waned in that sense.

“Tribal members have been frustrated, many of them look forward to the meeting each month,” Gavin said. “It’s a chance to greet each other, grab a quick snack together, then catch up on tribal affairs via departmental reports; committee/commission reports – many of which are required via their code to report to General Council annually; finance and Board of Trustees individual reports.”

“This past term has been a challenge,” Gavin added, “but with every challenge is an opportunity to grow and stretch what ‘we used to do’ against ‘okay let’s do something new.’ General Council officers have long dreamt of being able to offer off-reservation G.C. members an opportunity to listen to reports, offer

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their input and exchange ideas. Although COVID-19 hit the CTUIR in a hard and profound way, it’s been good to know that each month on the third Thursday, we would gather for a meeting.”

Gavin said it was a blessing to see those who made the first hybrid meeting in-person. “We look forward, as vaccinations and surges decrease, to holding more and being able to include more,” she said. “That being said, hybrid meetings are a good option in my opinion, so that those without childcare, transportation or from afar, can join the General Council meeting each month. Many thanks to the Information Technology Department (IT) and Public Works who provided the necessary assistance to do this.”

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PROGRAM UPDATE

BOT to approve annual budget in November

Board adds $4 million to Tribal programs, including BOLSTER

By The CTUIR Finance Department

MISSION – The 2022 budget for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is under development. The draft budget will be presented at a Special General Council meeting on November 4, 2021 at 2 p.m.

During these unprecedented times of COVID-19, we do appreciate your patience during the new zoom meeting world or call in capabilities through General Council. Please contact General Council Secretary, Shawna

Gavin (Shawnagavin@ctuir.org) for zoom meeting ID login and call-in information for your participation.

The Board of Trustees (BOT) conducted work sessions in October to review the target budgets and draft annual work plans from the departments and enterprises.

The big highlight of the 2022 budget is the expansion of some programs. Because of the additional revenues generated by Wildhorse Resort and Casino, the BOT is planning to add over $4 million dollars to programs.

Making the BOLSTER program a 12 month program and expanding funding on emergency assistance to CTUIR Tribal members are just a couple of examples of revenues being allocated to programs.

The CTUIR uses a retro-budgeting process for its

gaming funds, meaning that the money earned in one calendar year is used to fund CTUIR programs in the following year (i.e., funds earned in 2021 are spent in 2022). CTUIR Finance Director Paul Rabb says the retro-budgeting process helps the CTUIR as it allows the BOT to make budget and spending adjustments in the following year, not in the current year.

The draft 2022 budget is available to CTUIR General Council Members. To obtain a copy contact the CTUIR Finance Office at 541-429-7150.

Comments on the draft budget can be submitted in writing or by email to the BOT Treasurer, Sandra Sampson, by November 12, 2021 to SandraSampson@ ctuir.org. The BOT anticipates adopting the budget at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 15.

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NEWS Rec Center wall spray-painted with graffiti

VOTE Babette Cowapoo

By The CUJ

MISSION - On Nov. 1, the Umatilla Tribal Police Department responded to a call concerning graffiti spray-painted on the CTUIR’s Recreation Center, 73315 July Grounds Lane.

They arrived to find the northern-most wall of main building covered with graphic imagery.

An employee at the scene stated that nothing else appeared to be bothered, missing or damaged inside or around the building.

They stated that no one should have been accessing the building over the past weekend and implied that the graffiti wasn't there prior to the weekend.

The outside of the building was checked for further graffiti and none was found.

Photographs were taken of the graffiti were taken.

As of Nov. 1, it's unknown who's responsible for the graffiti.

Arrangements were being made to get the graffiti covered up.

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any events and ceremonies are held throughout the year on the Umatilla Reservation -some are open to the public, others are not. “Celebrations” or “Pow-wows” are gatherings held at both our Tribal Longhouse and at our Wildhorse Casino and Resort. They are primarily traditional dancing and drumming competitions that the public is welcome to attend. Celebrations are generally free and often have lots of food and arts/crafts available for sale by local and regional vendors. Excerpt from “A Brief History of the CTUIR.”

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Russell goes out of his way to help everyone on the floor. Russell will drop what he is doing to help any guest or staff member.

Russell is always polite and in good spirits, sharing his smile with everyone he encounters. I’ve never heard a single compliant about Russell and only good reports from guests and employees.

Frank is the supervisor who is most dedicated to serving his staff we have in our department.

He will always make time to talk to them and is a great encouragement to everyone he comes in contact with. Frank has an infectious laugh and spreads joy to every shift not just his own.

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PROGRAM UPDATE Cay-Uma-Wa Toastmasters awards members in October

By Cay-Uma-Wa Toastmasters

MISSION - Karen Malcolm, PM5, has received her Level 5 award in Presentation Mastery through Toastmasters International. Presentation Mastery helps build skills as an accomplished public speaker. The focus on audience response to the speaking and improving connections with the audience. The goal is for the Toastmaster to develop an understanding of effective public speaking techniques. There are five levels; 1-2 are introductory. 3-4 are focused on persuasive speaking, managing a difficult audience. She also had to choose an elective class for Level 5 and she chose “Leading in your volunteer organization”. Karen tied this project with her volunteer work as the lead advocate for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN). Karen has been a member of the Cay-Uma-Wa club since June 2016.

Mrs. Malcolm will need to complete one more path in Pathways to attain her Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award. The DTM is the highest award that a member can receive.

Leigh Pinkham-Johnston, SR1, has been a member of the Cay-Uma-Wa Toastmasters club since September 2009.

Mrs. Pinkham-Johnston just received her Level 1 award for Toastmasters International. Her chosen path is in Strategic Relationships. This path helps leaders to build communication skills. Leigh finished the introductory level which included an ice breaker speech, evaluation and feedback project, and presenting a research project.

The Cay-Uma-Wa club meets every Wednesday from noon-1 pm. These meetings are hybrid in format. Which means a person can meet via Zoom or in person. When meeting in person, the meetings are held at the Wildhorse Hotel Birch Room at 46510 Wildhorse Blvd, Pendleton. The public is always welcome to participate in a meeting. To attend a meeting virtually, go to the Cay-Uma-Wa Toastmasters website, https://1089523. toastmastersclubs.org/ November 17th is the themed meeting for the month. The theme is “Turkey Bash”. Food and drinks will be provided. Please come to the Birch Room 15 minutes early to socialize with members.

The public is always welcome to come to a meeting. Guests who attend will have their name put in for a drawing for a $10 gift card to Moe Pho @ Wildhorse.

For more information contact President Jan Taylor at 541-276-9492 or by email at jraetay74@gmail.com or Vice President Membership Leona Enright at 541-429-7478 or leonaenright@ctuir.org.

About Toastmasters International Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., the organization's membership exceeds

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364,000 in more than 16,200 clubs in 145 countries.

Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators and leaders.

For information about local Toastmasters clubs, please visit www.toastmasters. org. Follow @Toastmasters on Twitter.

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LISTENING SESSION

Members of Secretary of the Department of Interior Deb Halaand’s program came to visit Columbia River fishing sites in October and conduct a listening session with regional tribes. Among those in attendance was CTUIR’s Board of Trustees Chair Kat Brigham (front row, left) and Vice Chair Jeremy Wolf (back row, second from left). Haaland, herself, was unable to make the event due to a family emergency. Courtesy photo / Sara Hottman

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ROSENDA SHIPPENTOWER for BOT MEMBER-AT-LARGE ROSENDA SHIPPENTOWER for BOT MEMBER-AT-LARGE BOT Background: I served as the BOT Treasurer for several terms; and, helped draft the Tribes’ Fiscal Management Policies and Investment Policies with a team of consultants but mostly Tribal staff. I helped with several expansions of WRC, the planning and construction of the NGC, the Education Facility and Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic. All of these CTUIR successes took a team effort and we succeeded. I also served as a BOT Member-at-Large for several terms. Here I was able to play a very positive role in our Health care and promotion of our wellness needs.

Today: My belief continues that the CTUIR must place the health and wellness of our people as one of our top priorities. If this means seeking consultants or experts to evaluate our health system and provide necessary improvements then let’s get started.

We should also take a good hard look at the needs of our Elders and how to increase employment opportunities for tribal members.

Served CTUIR on various entities: TERO Commission Education & Training Committee Law and Order Committee Land Protection Planning Comm.

Tiicham Conservation Board Wildhorse Foundation Head Start Policy Board Housing Commission

Health Commission Farm Committee Credit Committee Economic & Community Dev. Committee Alcohol/Drug Task Force/Oversight Committee Cayuse Technologies Board Nixyaawii School Board Tamastslikt Trust Board

Other: Hanford Trust Board Oregon Health Policy Board Umatilla Basin Water Commission Umatilla Army Depot BRAC NAPOLS Board (Legal Aid)

Moderator Listen, Envision, Act to End Poverty Oregon Health Equity Committee Portland Harbor Superfund Seven Nations Healing Lodge Board Community Forum/Picnic/Clean-ups

CTUIR Employment included: Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic Dept. of Natural Resources (EPRP) Planning Office Social Services (now DCFS)

Wildhorse Resort & Casino Dept. of Science & Engineering Public Safety (DV) Dept. of Economic & Community Development,

PERSONAL; I am a lifelong CTUIR Tribal Member. My children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are or were also all enrollees. I still live on the same Tribal homesite where I grew up. Our family is strongly connected here. The Umatilla Indian Reservation is our home. I am asking for your important vote on Nov. 9, 2021. WE HAVE A

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Kayla Fossek answers questions about her regalia and horse regalia during the event on Oct. 23 at Washington Elementary in Pendleton. Cary Rosenbaum Photos

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ENVIRONMENT Tribal member provides testimony on Climate Protection Program

By The CUJ

CTUIR member Cathy Sampson-Kruse provided testimony Sept. 30 on Oregon Environmental Quality Commission’s (EQC) proposed Climate Protection Program.

“Something so foreign to our Tribal ways of allowing elders to speak their hearts and minds on such important issues that our very way of life and the future of all living beings as we know it,” she stated.

“The current proposed ‘Oregon Climate Protection Program’ is unjust and unfair in many ways. ... Many people have given EQC good testimony on several key issues but I will focus on what I see is a lack of government to government relationship as promised to Tribal people and the absence of any regulation of fracked gas power plants.”

Sampson-Kruse shared her personal, familial and Tribal history in the testimony.

“Our Tribes traveled the Blue Mountains, the Umatilla River and Wildhorse Creek, the confluences of the Columbia River and the Snake,” she said. “Homelands of our Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people. Treaty land upheld by our 1855 CTUIR Treaty with the U.S. Government.

Unfortunately we have seen constant exploitation of the land, air and water we hold sacred. Where we gather our plants, berries, roots, medicines and fish and hunt and carry on the old ceremony and prayers given to us by the Creator. ... Do you understand the meaning of this?”

She then asked if the commission had taken into consideration the infringement of the CTUIR’s Tribal treaty rights.

“And those of our neighboring Tribes who are also affected,” she said. “The Yakama Tribe sit just across the river. Have you read the Washington State Environmental Health Disparities information and their mapping? That we should replicate for Oregon.”

Sampson-Kruse then focused on fracked gas power plants near Hermiston.

“What about the brown and black families who live near the area of the four fracked gas power plants near Hermiston: the Carty, Coyote Springs, Hermiston Power Project and Hermiston Generating Station, all among the biggest polluters in the state,” she said. “Our small but tenacious grass root efforts to stop these plants will continue. We have read the fine print, more people are informed and concerned, and we know the greed of Portland General Electric’s Carty plant permit change: They want to allow a 7-fold increase in smog forming pollution!”

In concluding her two minutes, Sampson-Kruse said, “We are not going to sit idly around the fort waiting for your clean air rations. This is unacceptable to allow the sacred air that we all breathe to be constantly polluted with smog which is compounded by volatile organic compounds at the fracked gas plants. EQC, you have a responsibility to regulate and eventually we the people will put these fracked gas plants out of business! But what is this I

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read. Your current proposed OCPP doesn’t even address it? Why am I not shocked.

Gov. Brown gave a clear mandate. Don’t just get the job done -- get it done right. The rule needs to reflect stringent regulation of fracked gas power plants. Protect the sacred. If not for my grandchildren, for your own.”

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EDUCATION Higher Education assistance target set

By The CUJ

MISSION - The CTUIR is planning to provide for the future with higher education funding goals that total up to $14 million.

The Board of Trustees passed a resolution in October which set a target of allocating $700,000 per year into the CTUIR Education Trust Fund, which considered the needed change to ensure the fund grows sufficiently enough to assist future generations of Tribal students.

On Oct. 14, the BOT passed a resolution to achieve the Target Fund Balance, stating it “initially set out to add $1 million to the fund over a period of years to achieve a target of $2 million. That was achieved, but the cost of education and the number of students continued to increase. The BOT continues to add to the fund and has determined that a current target of $14 million is needed to provide $700,000 per year for scholarships, based on current needs. ... The BOT has a goal to add to the fund each year until it reaches the $14 million target.”

In August, the BOT increased funding for undergraduates to $6,000 per year and post-graduates to $8,500 per year.

Funding has come a long way since 1991, where the BOT allocated just $50,000. It has, however, plateaued at $400,000 per year from 2017 to 2021, according to the Higher Education department. Tuition rates and fees for full-time

students in Oregon’s public four-year universities has gradually increased in that time frame.

According to the Higher Education Department, the Scholarship Policy will be reviewed every three years to maintain increases based on the comprehensive plan goals.

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Golden Eagles have historic season end at district tourney

NCS grad hooping at Haskell

By The CUJ

MISSION - The 2021 Nixyaawii Community School volleyball season was one for the history books.

For the first time since the program started in 2014, the team made the Old Oregon League District Tournament.

There in the second round, unfortunately, is where the season ended in a 3-1 battle versus Cove.

But there’s a lot to look forward to for the future of Golden Eagle volleyball.

Standout juniors Mersayus Hart, who earned Second team All-District honors, and Grace Moses-Watchman, who earned Honorable Mention honors in the Old Oregon league, anchored the team on the successful run.

“They worked really hard this year,” NCS coach Jacinthia Stanley said. “Mersayus, she’s an all-around player. She’s a hard worker, she’s good on her feet, has good timing when it comes to blocking, is getting her hit down real well, and has a killer serve that saved us in a couple games.”

“Grace,” Stanley added, “is also an all-around player, go-to setter; she sets pretty much everywhere front row, back row.

The team featured just one senior, Eva Oatman, who Stanley said the program will miss.

“She had a phenomenal serve,” she said. “Great passer. She was definitely a great energy for the team.”

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ABOVE: Nixyaawii junior Grace Moses-Watchman sets up a teammate for a spike. RIGHT: Mersayus Hart keeps a play alive during the 2021 season.

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Stanley said the team really enjoyed the season -- one which showed the dominantly basketball-enthusiastic community was more than just that.

“These girls were really excited about making history at Nixyaawii,” she said.

“I feel like next year we’ll come back and hopefully win more games and continue the chemistry and athleticism they have at Nixyaawii. It’s starting to come together to put Nixyaawii volleyball on the map.”

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Dillon George, left, won the men’s chamionship division at the 2021 Santa Ana Pueblo Native American Golf Open in late October. He shot a 150 over 36 holes, while the runner up shot a 159. George is a 2015 Pendleton High School graduate. Courtesy NDNSports

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Pendleton / Nixyaawii / Griswold won the OSAA 5A Special District 1 Championship with contributions from Nixyaawii Community School’s Dylan Abrahamson, left, and Aaron Barkley, right. The team will now face Dallas in the State 5A Football Tournament on Nov. 5. Courtesy photo

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LAWRENCE, Kans. - Former Nixyaawii Community School standout Mackenzie Kiona has walked on to the Haskell Indian Nations University basketball team.

The 5-5 guard played point guard and shooting guard for Nixyaawii Community School last season, averaging 10 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Mackenzie Kiona “I’d like to thank everyone who believed in me and told me I can do it,” she said. “Coming from a small school to college basketball was scary. There were times I doubted myself and didn’t think I was going to make it. So thank you, because I probably wouldn’t have had the courage to even step on the court to play college basketball.”

She will be coached by Yakama Nation member Adam Strom, who became the coach in May after coaching Yakama Tribal School and then Yakima Valley College.

“It’s been quite an experience,” Kiona said. “There is so much I’m learning, not just from the coaches, but also my teammates.”

Kiona said her teammates make it fun for her.

“It was hard at the beginning,” she said. “Some of my teammates pushed me so I can be where I’m at today.”

As of Nov. 3, Haskell had compiled an 0-3 record, losing to Ottawa University (87-79), Midland University (81-49), and Hastings College (88-72).

Haskell competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Kiona graduated from NCS in 2021.

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NCS makes run to District 3 Championships

By The CUJ

JOHN DAY - The Nixyaawii Community School Cross Country team competed at the 1A/2A/3A District 3 Championships on Oct. 29 The boy’s team finished in 7th place with a score of 156, topping Pilot Rock (205).

Sophomore Baron Moses led the way with a time of 19:17.3, good for 26th.

Saint Schimmel and Sacas Wildbill finished close at 20:30.1 and 20:50.2, respectively. Wildbill’s performance was seventh best among freshmen.

Three more freshman -- Weptas Brockie, Rion Johnson and Symon Picard -- rounded out the No. 55-57 spots with times of 23:40.2, 23:46.6 and 24:00.5, respectively.

On the girls’ side, senior runner Keyen Singer finished at 30th place with a time of 23:51.9. Teammates Diamond Greene (26:42.8) and Sophie Bronson (27:24.0) finished in 52nd and 56th place, respectively.

The team was coached by Weyekin Wildbill.

The Nixyaawii Community School Cross-Country team had a good season in 2021. The boy’s team -- including Sacas Wildbill, Symon Picard, Baron Moses, Weptas Brockie, Saint Schimmel and Rion Johnson -- finished in 7th place at the 1A/2A/3A District 3 Championships in October. The girls team, including Keyen Singer, Sophie Bronson and Diamond Greene, also did well. Courtesy photo

OUTDOORS CRITFC leaders name Aja K. DeCoteau new Executive Director CRITFC Press Release

PORTLAND - The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is pleased to announce that Aja K. DeCoteau was selected as the organization’s new executive director at its October meeting, effective Nov. 1 “This is a great day for CRITFC and its member tribes,” said CRITFC Treasurer Jeremy Takala (Yakama). “It is an honor as we see more and more Native American women take leadership roles nationally, in our tribal governments, and in the care and management of our First Foods. I believe Aja will carry on the tribal vision of putting fish back in the rivers that this organization has been working toward for nearly 50 years.”

DeCoteau had been serving in the executive director role on an interim basis since April, however this is the first time the organization has a woman serving as its official executive director.

“Our resilience is how the tribes have overcome challenges,” said CRITFC Vice-chair Ron Suppah (Warm Springs).

“We bend and change, but always stay true to our culture and values. Our selection of Ms. DeCoteau is a positive change and I know that the future of CRITFC is in good hands.”

The selection committee, comprised of leadership from all four of CRITFC’s member tribes, was impressed by DeCoteau’s expertise shown in her career as well as the leadership abilities exhibited while serving as the organization’s inter-

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im executive director. “Aja has shown her skill in the needs and demands of this role over the past six months,” said CRITFC Secretary Jeremy Wolf (Umatilla). “I want to express my pride and congratAja DeCoteau ulations, not only in her abilities, but also the unique perspectives she will bring to our work.”

DeCoteau is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and has other tribal lineage with the Cayuse, Nez Perce, and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.

She grew up in Wapato, Washington on the Yakama Reservation and has worked in natural resources her entire career. For the past 12 years, she was the manager of CRITFC’s Watershed Department where she led a team focused on the implementation of Wy-Kan-Ush- Mi WaKish-Wit—the tribes’ salmon restoration plan, activities that impact ecosystems at the watershed, river basin, and regional landscape levels and coordinated the organization’s climate change research and response.

“Since I was a child, my family, elders, and tribal leaders have taught me the significance of salmon as one of our First Foods and the importance of tribal treaty fishing rights,” said DeCoteau. “As tribal people, our natural resources are our

cultural resources, which is why I have dedicated my career to protect them. I am honored and excited to lead CRITFC and work together with our member tribes to bridge traditional knowledge, scientific expertise, and cultural connection to ensure that we have salmon and other natural resources for generations to come.”

As CRITFC’s Executive Director, DeCoteau will work closely with its governing body to lead the organization’s strategic direction and a team of more than 130 employees in four locations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to put fish back in the rivers, protect treaty fishing rights, share salmon culture, and provide direct services to tribal fishers along the Columbia River.

“I thank Aja for her time, commitment,

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and dedication, not only the service to her tribe, but to Native Americans and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission,” said CRITFC Chair Quincy Ellenwood (Nez Perce). “There is a long road ahead of us and I have the ultimate confidence in her and look forward to working with her.”

DeCoteau also sits on the Board of Trustees for Earthjustice, the Board of Directors for the Columbia Land Trust and the Portland Energy Conservation, Inc, and the Board of Advisors for WorldOregon. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Native American Studies from Dartmouth College and holds a Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, School of the Environment.

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OUTDOORS First Foods: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation conserve and restore freshwater mussels

By Leanne Tippett Mosby of the Pulitzer Center

“This is our mother, as if we drew our living from her,” Cayuse Chief Stikus at the Walla Walla Council is quoted in As Days Go By, Our History, Our Land, Our People. The Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla.

It’s mid-July, and the Pacific Northwest is experiencing an historic heat wave of such proportions that scientists conclude it to be ‘virtually impossible’ without human-caused climate change. In the hot and dry air, with the temperature exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit, scientists Alexa Maine and Christine O’Brien don full-length wet suits, masks, and snorkels. They lower themselves into the crystal-clear waters of the John Day River’s upper reaches in eastern Oregon.

The water is too shallow for swimming, so Maine and O’Brien gently float upstream, pulling themselves along over rocks and gravel, being careful not to stir up bottom sediments that would impede visibility.

As they inch their way along, they are scanning the river bottom for one of the most endangered animals in North America. Freshwater mussels, historically a key part of riverine ecosystems and food source for Indigenous peoples, have been on the decline nationwide for several reasons, many of which began with colonization

by European settlers.

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation notes that, while the range of these animals in the west extended from northern Mexico to Alaska and from the Pacific Coast inland to Wyoming, Montana, and Arizona, research suggests they have disappeared from nearly one-fifth of the watersheds where they were once found.

It is difficult to pinpoint the cause of species decline in specific cases, but many modern era alterations to the natural landscape are implicated. Climate change influences water quantity and temperature, dams and other projects affect habitat and life cycle, and urbanization and farming practices change stream flow and affect water quality; all these modern era changes affect the ability of this sensitive species to survive.

CTUIR leads the way in the West The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation—made up of the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla tribes—are leading the way in efforts to study and promote conservation of freshwater mussels in the West. The tribes’ mussel work is focused primarily in five river sub-basins: the Walla Walla, the Umatilla, the Grand Ronde, the Tucannon, and the John Day. Maine is an employee of the CTUIR, and O’Brien is a CTUIR contractor who has spent nearly 30 years studying freshwater mussels. Maine notes the CTUIR is the only agency with full-time staff dedicated to research and restoration of mussels. In addition to Maine and O’Brien, Donna Nez is a tribal member and a freshwater mussel technician who has worked for the CTUIR since 2000. Nez is involved in field work and research and was instrumental in producing an educational book about freshwater mussels.

The CTUIR are federally-recognized and governed by a Board of Trustees, and as such are viewed by the U.S. Government as a “distinct, independent political community.” CTUIR natural resource management activities are carried out by their Department of Natural Resources.

“All of that research for all of the mussels in the West has come out of CTUIR,” said Maine. She further notes CTUIR’s ability and resources to undertake these efforts is due in part to their status as a recognized tribe. “But that doesn’t mean that CTUIR is more important than [other tribes that have not been given] federal status

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Alexa Maine displays the nacre of a Margaritifera falcata, or Western Pearlshell mussel. Nacre is the natural substance secreted by the mussel and deposited in iridescent layers. It is also sometimes called mother of pearl. Native Americans used the shells to make beads for necklaces. Courtesy Leanne Tippett Mosby

for whatever reason, and therefore don’t have the infrastructure [of the] CTUIR. Their first foods are the same and their needs are the same, even though they don’t have the same…funding opportunities.”

Maine laments the relative inattention to western species when compared to the greater number of scientists working with freshwater mussels in other areas of the country. She notes that, although a handful of people have come on board, the funding is still very limited.

Despite the somewhat lackluster efforts to date, Maine is encouraged by the steady increase in federal and state agencies’ interest in western freshwater mussels she has seen during her tenure with the tribe, which began as a volunteer in 2011 and an employee in 2013.

For example, Maine is working with the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to put together a survey protocol so these agencies can begin documenting freshwater mussels. She notes a large percentage of the West has not been surveyed for mussels, which is a significant problem.

A key part of the tribes’ work is to help correct this deficiency of data with respect to the presence and diversity of species. The CTUIR is working with the Portland-based Xerces Society to document populations.

“The database that CTUIR created and co-manages with Xerces Society is a huge resource,” said Maine.

“Now we have a central place for people [to record mussel discoveries]. [This work] led to a paper in 2017 that looked at the extinction risk of our species in the West, [which] kind of helped jump start some of the state agencies to start looking at mussels a little bit more closely.” It also provided a foundation to petition the U.S. Department of Interior to list the Western Ridged Mussel, Gonidea angulata, as an endangered species.

The CTUIR Department of Natural Resources has been documenting populations for the last two decades.

They are finalizing a master plan which calls for artificially producing mussels and supplementing various life stages throughout tribal ceded lands in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. The eventual goal is to restore sustained natural mussel populations.

This unique effort has never been tried before and is expected to take many decades.

A First Foods approach This work is formulated around the tribes First Foods philosophy for natural resource management, which is articulated in the CTUIR’s publication The Umatilla River Vision. This document was first released in 2008 and updated by CTUIR department of natural resource director Eric Quaempts in 2011. The

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CTUIR contractor Christine O’Brien pulls herself over rocks while snorkeling in the shallow waters of the John Day River in Eastern Oregon in July 2021. O’Brien is counting individual mussels—a labor-intensive process—to track population over time. Freshwater mussels were plentiful in this location. Courtesy Leanne Tippett Mosby

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For the first time, aerial ignition was used on the Umatilla Indian Reservation for a prescribed burn.

October burns were substantial

By The CUJ

The Bureau of Indian Affairs Umatilla Agency Forestry and Wildland Fire Management Team had a successful series of burns in October, which included the second-largest burn to date with the first-ever aerial ignition, officials said.

“Doe Canyon Rx was our second largest burn this year,” officials said on Oct. 27.

“We successfully burned over 400 acres that day. 2021 has been the most acres ever burned on the Umatilla Reservation.”

From Oct. 14-16, the team conducted the prescribed burn to a 1,730-acre unit at Stage Gulch (east of Telephone Ridge) and 433-acre burn at Doe Canyon.

Including a third burn, the total acreage is approximately 2,440 acres, officials said.

The burns are led by BIA’s Jeff Casey, of the Forestry and Wildland Fire Management Department.

“Prescribed burning this time of year is a critical management tool to alleviate the dense, dry underbrush and cuttings that can provide fuel for catastrophic wildfires in the summer heat,” officials said. “Especially when we experience extreme heat and drought like we did this summer and as we expect to continue to see in the future as the climate continues to change and get hotter with more extremes around here.”

The efforts were approved by the Tribal Fire Cheif and coordinated with the CTUIR’s Department of Natural Resources and included involvement from the Fort Hall Agency, Zuni Agency, Navajo Region, Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon Military Department and the U.S. Forest Service.

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framework established by this document “seeks to reflect the unique tribal values associated with natural resources and to emphasize ecological processes and services that are undervalued by westernized Euro-American natural resource strategies.”

The vision, developed by CTUIR for the Umatilla River basin but more broadly applicable to resource management, is for a “healthy river capable of providing First Foods that sustain the continuity of the Tribe’s culture.”

“This is where I think CTUIR has a really good stance, this River Vision,” said Maine.

The vision views everything as connected “so that the restoration is a full, holistic restoration of the entire river system so that it can provide First Foods… That’s unique to the CTUIR.”

Cultural traditions The Plateau Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest for 10,000 years. The traditional use areas of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla are concentrated most heavily in Eastern Oregon and Washington but encompass a large swath of territory reaching north to Canada, west to the coast, south to California and Nevada, and east to Wyoming and Montana.

The tribes moved around these areas in seasonal cycles to harvest the food sources that sustained them. The traditional gathering of roots and berries, fishing for salmon, collecting other aquatic species, and hunting game are an important aspect of tribal culture.

In 1855, the three tribes signed a treaty whereby the U.S. government distributed 6.4 million acres of tribal lands, known as the ceded territories, to mostly Euro-American settlers. As noted in in The Umatilla River Vision, this action resulted in a shift in land utilization philosophy from the tribal ways of communal and sustainable use of resources to one of extraction of resources for private use, resulting in profound impacts to the tribal way of life.

The Umatilla Indian Reservation is approximately 172,000 acres and is located east of Pendleton, Oregon. Under the Treaty of 1855, the tribes retained rights for hunting and gathering in their traditional use areas to engage in the cultural practices they have maintained for thousands of years. A primary goal of the First Foods approach is to restore the resources and make it feasible for tribal members to exercise these treaty rights.

The Creation story Wenix Red Elk is the public outreach and education specialist for the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources, Cultural Resources Protection Program. Working with the department and the tribe, Red Elk oversees service learning in colleges and does public education in grade school through college. Much of her work revolves around salmon restoration and promoting the First Foods management approach.

Red Elk explains that the idea of First Foods is connected to the tribes’ Creation story, whereby, starting with the salmon, the animals and plants gave of themselves

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to the people as sources of food, clothing, and tools in exchange for the care and protection by the people; in other words, a relationship of reciprocal care.

The order in which the animals and plants offered themselves to the people informs the order in which courses are served in a traditional meal. The meal begins and ends with a drink of water in recognition of the fact that it is water that sustains all life.

“When we’re talking about the water and the foods and the relationship…our first law always goes back to that traditional teaching,” said Red Elk. “From the time that we’re little, when we’re sitting in the house, you hear the adults talking about foods…’we’re going to go out and we’re going to go root digging at this time’ or ‘we’re going to go fishing at this time’… so you hear your parents are talking about the importance of food [in ceremonies and feasts].”

The specific practices for obtaining these traditional foods are passed down through generations and are based on methods to ensure the collection is conducted in a responsible and sustainable manner. This includes minimizing waste and using all parts of what is harvested. With respect to mussels, this means eating the meat and using the shells to craft tools and beads.

“We are a food-associated culture,” said Red Elk. “Every Native song that we have, the religious practice, everything we do relates back to the Creation and when those foods came forward and when we promised ourselves with them.”

Due to the decline of Western freshwater mussel species, Red Elk notes it has been generations since tribal members have been able to collect mussels for their traditional uses. The shell necklaces in existence today are those made by earlier artisans, crafted when freshwater mussels were still abundant, and passed down through the generations as prized heirlooms.

No small task Restoration of freshwater mussels is complicated by their complex life cycle.

The male releases sperm into the water, which is siphoned up by the female to fertilize her eggs and then transformed into larvae known as glochidia. The female releases the microscopic glochidia into the water, where they attach to the gills or fins of a host fish to mature into juveniles before dropping off to begin life as an independent organism at the bottom of the stream. Different species of mussels require different species of host fish.

A freshwater mussel burrows into a streambed with a pseudopod, a portion of its body it extends like a foot outside of its shell. From the other end, the mussel extends a siphon to draw in water to filter feed; relying on water flowing over them to bring the nutrients to sustain them.

Mussels remain largely stationary for their entire life.

Mussels filter as much as 10 to 15 gallons of water per day. In the process, they clean the water like a vertebrate animal’s liver cleans its blood—which is how they have earned the nickname “liver of the river.”

This particular “ecosystem service” fresh-

water mussels perform also makes them especially sensitive to increased sediment or toxic chemicals in the water.

Because they are sedentary filter feeders, they require a stable stream channel and flowing water, meaning any geomorphologic changes to the stream can also affect their viability. Climate change and stream channel alterations can cause impacts not only to mussels, but also their host fish, which are sensitive to water temperature changes, stream flow declines caused by drought, and other stream disruptions. The numerous variables at play for freshwater mussels to survive and reproduce make restoration particularly challenging.

Declining numbers Many freshwater mussel species have already been declared extinct. The West has fewer species than other parts of North America, but some of the species have historically had a very large range. For example, Maine notes the range of the Western Pearlshell, Margaritifera falcata, is from northern Alaska to southern California.

They can form dense beds of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of mussels and live 80 to 100 years.

But this longevity can also lead to misinterpretations of the health of mussel populations by those who do not understand the life cycle of the mussel. “You can look at a Margaritifera bed and say, ‘oh there’s hundreds of thousands of them, they look fine,” said Maine. “But if you look closer there is not a single individual under the age of 50… So for 50 years, …there has been no reproduction.” She adds, “Those are going to die someday, and then there’s nothing left.”

O’Brien points to several factors that have led to the decline of freshwater mussels, including water pollution, changes in water temperature and drying up of streams, and unnatural stream channelization from farming practices and urbanization, which in turn leads to increased erosion and sedimentation.

Climate change impacts represent a relatively recent phenomenon. “In the past 20 years, I’m thinking that global warming is also now rearing its ugly head,” said O’Brien. She notes the freshwater mussels are very sensitive to water temperature changes, especially during breeding season.

“It’s just death by a thousand cuts for mussels,” said O’Brien. “It’s…this really broad issue that people are trying to figure out.” To further compound the problem, O’Brien notes there is potentially a novel virus affecting some species of mussels, but scientists still lack a complete understanding of this problem.

Building a program Gary James was the first biologist hired by the CTUIR in 1982 to manage the fisheries program. After 39 years, he now oversees a staff of 70 people.

James reflects on the challenges of working with aquatic species in eastern and central Oregon. “I looked at those rivers.

And there was not only no salmon, but there was no water at key times a year,” said James. “I thought, hey, why would I want to work here? But there’s always been

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a positive side and then I looked at it as so much to be gained.”

Congress enacted the Northwest Power Act of 1980, which created a partnership between the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and federal and state agencies.

This included a requirement for BPA to provide funding to mitigate natural resource impacts from a series of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River system. James notes these funds have “been the lifeblood of building [the CTUIR’s] program.”

Although James is not himself a tribal member, he is a true believer in the tribal way of approaching natural resource management in a holistic fashion, as evidenced by his long tenure with CTUIR. “It all connects to our First Foods/River Vision and mission,” said James. “It’s so deeply ingrained in the culture and science both…

It’s very powerful.”

“I think we’ve had some good results,” said James. “We’ve got a good relationship with Bonneville Power. It’s kind of win-win.

We’re restoring aquatic First Foods and habitat, which addresses their mitigation requirements while creating opportunities to exercise a treaty fishing rights for CTUIR.” Emilie Blevins works with the Xerces Society on freshwater mussel research, policy, and advocacy. She is passionate about helping what she terms the more “unloved” species.

“We’re dealing with such a complex species but also complex environment with so many things out of our control,” said Blevins. “This year, we are in a historic drought. The effects of that on the mussel population are devastating.”

Blevins echoes the concerns of other scientists when she notes the problems are not confined to drought, but also declines in water quality, habitat degradation, water use, and declines in host fish populations.

Aside from working toward restoration, Blevins notes the importance of monitoring existing populations. “One of the main challenges facing mussel populations in the western U.S. right now are these mass mortality events [where] we don’t really know the causes,” said Blevins. The ability to document such events was only possible because CTUIR and Xerces had collected data and documented the presences of mussel beds prior to the die off.

“Having [this] kind of approach to doing research and conservation, where you have these sites that are sort of sentinels to help us understand what’s happening [is] so critical because some things are happening on a very short time scale,” said Blevins.

This helps justify work on the longer time scale. “That mussel bed is not going to come back in two years; it’s not like a wildflower meadow that you can re-seed.”

“In the Northwest, tribes have had this incredible effort to force important change in the natural resources world,” said Blevins. “Tribes advocating for salmon and lamprey and mussels have all resulted in the state and federal government having to take notice and do the right thing.”

Blevins stresses the importance of the tribe’s work and long-term commitments to conservation efforts for freshwater mussels. “You have to agree to be in it for the long haul… [CTUIR has] really led the way and it’s made space for other people to follow suit. It is really inspiring.”

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NEWS Rebuilding Native nations in Eastern Oregon Q&A with J.D. Tovey

By Maralea Lutino of Ecotrust.org

In 2018, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) built a new educational facility in Pendleton, Ore., using New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing from Ecotrust CDE. The educational facility, called Nixya'awii Education Center, includes a Head Start program, day care, CTUIR education department, language program, and Nixya’awii Community School, a charter school of the Pendleton School District.

Here, Maralea Lutino, NMTC Compliance and Asset Manager, catches up with John David "J.D." Tovey III (Cayuse, Joseph Band Nez Perce), the Planning Director at the Tribal Planning Office for the CTUIR. They discuss the outcomes of this NMTC project and the reservation's upcoming projects and goals to build generational wealth.

Tell us about how Nixya’awii Community School has impacted the community and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) .

Preparing for this meeting, I asked that very question to the Education Director this morning. She said the biggest impact that she’s seen is in the high school: attendance rate has gone from about 68 percent to 90 percent in its first year. Truancies have fallen to the floor.

The increase in attendance has extended to the Head Start and daycare [programs] as well.

Hearing those numbers really made me happy that the school is so much more conducive to learning for the kids.

It was a real challenge in the old school facility for kids to come out fully college-ready, and a lot more of the kids are now coming out college-ready. I’m very proud. I think it absolutely has to do with the building and learning environment.

Now everyone has their own space.

The language program is directly adjacent to the little kids and Head Start, and they can do immersion programs. The immersion programs speak nothing but the Native language to the little kids and teach them the CTUIR Tribal languages.

The thing that everyone was most excited about was the gym. Our older gym—it was a sweatbox in there, during a game when it was shoulder-to-shoulder. The new gym has turned into a real community asset. It’s just a really lively place. And from what I gather, the students have taken ownership of it, like “it’s their school,” whereas their older building felt like “this is the place where we were stuck during the day.”

So the last time I saw you, you mentioned that the Tribe has long-term plans to rebuild its nation. Can you describe what those plans are?

We have a Comprehensive Plan that goes until 2030. It has long-term goals and objectives such as economic development, housing development, and personal development, like job creation

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and things like that, for the Tribe.

We’re working on, as always, economic development projects through Cayuse Holdings, which is now an 8(a) organization.

(8)a is a designation J.D. Tovey through the Internal Revenue Service, and it means it’s a certified Native- or women-owned business, which elevates their ability in government contracting.

It allows you to get your foot in the door, until you get big, and then you graduate the program and start competing against everybody else. It’s been about a year or two since they got the 8(a) status.

It’s been really great. They’ve done a handful of great business acquisitions and business development under that designation.

At Wildhorse Resort and Casino, we just completed an expansion that includes a bowling alley and a food court.

It is wildly popular—and despite having opened in the middle of a pandemic, it has continued to thrive.

The other big project we’re working on is housing. A housing study we did back in 2017 showed that we actually could have a surplus of housing designed for those at or below poverty level, once we have available housing options for those in the market-rate range to move.

We have a number of people who have salaried out of those low-income homes but have had limited housing options to move to.

What we identified as our largest need is market-rate homes. So once we create these market-rate homes and apartments, then people can move out of the subsidized homes and provide space for other people on the waitlist.

Construction on our first major market rate housing developments will be in the spring of 2022.

We’ll have two projects near each other: (1) Nixya’awii neighborhood, which will include 40 market-rate home sites for individuals to build their own homes and (2) a market-rate apartment/condo complex that will have approximately 25-35 units. This new apartment complex will be just directly north of Nixya’awii Education Center, and the subdivision will be directly south of the educational facility. So we’re kind of creating a residential neighborhood.

That sounds like kids could walk to their school from where they live.

Yeah, that’s the anticipation. And to that end, one of our projects is completing a trail for kids who live further away but are still close enough to walk.

There’s a 400-foot section where there’s no sidewalks, and it was very difficult to get to the campus from where many of the students live. We got grants through

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More than 20 employees at Nixyaawii Governance Center participated in Indigenous Pink Day -- which is a national breast cancer awareness campaign for Native Americans -- on Oct. 21. Several were photographed here, including, from left to top, Karen Malcolm, J.D. Jones, Sally Kosey, Danielle Broncheau, Julie Taylor, Brittney Eickstaedt, Martina Gordon, Enola Dick, Matt Johnson; starting from right to the top of the stairs, Lisa Ganuelas, Kristi Gartland, Mugga Alexander, Kootsie Burke, Melinda Broncheau, Cindy Freston, Corinne Sams, and Keera Gray. Not pictured: Kat Brigham Kate Ely, Leigh Pinkham, amd Zachary Patrick. Courtesy Photo

Safe Routes to School and the Community Paths Program, both through Oregon Department of Transportation. That’ll be constructed in the spring.

It sounds like there is momentum building behind a rising middle class in the Reservation. Can you tell us more about that?

One of the biggest things we’re working on—and I can’t wait for the new census data to be finalized—is here in Native Umatilla County, our household income profile has this “camelback.” It’s highly skewed to the right. We have a high number of people on the poverty side—most rural areas have incomes highly skewed to the right. But we noticed in 2000, on

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the other side of the bell curve, there’s a little bump that’s been building. And in 2010, it was a significant bump, and in 2020, I want to see how that’s improving.

That bump is the emergence of middle-class Natives within Umatilla County. We want to see how that’s improving in 2020, which drives the need for middle-income housing and those types of projects. It also means that there are more and more Tribal members who now have economic freedom to start investing in local businesses, start their own businesses, and then start doing community reinvestment, like through our school districts or TOVEY TALKS on page 8B

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through supporting artists and things like that. And as that’s growing, we also want to have a support system there, to maximize their participation in the community.

A lot of the history of the Tribe has been focused on the people at the very low end, and while that will always be a priority, we also have to provide unique services and support to those in the middle and higher end of the economic spectrum.

We’ve been a people on our back for 100-plus years. We’re now getting up off our back, and we’re starting to stand up. The emergence of this middle class is kind of a testament to that—and now we’re walking, and soon we’re going to be running. And so I can’t wait. I can’t wait to see what the next 50 years are going to do.

Talk to us about how access to capital plays a role in the tribe’s future.

The Tribe actually just had an open house for our Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) called the

Nixya’awii Community Financial Services (NCFS). They’re highly involved in the housing project; the homeownership program is now through NCFS. So the home sites that we’re creating are going to be lease lots. They’re 99-year leases on trust lands and reserved for Tribal members only. So we’re figuring out how to tie them in with a loan product that allows Natives to build houses.

The idea of the CDFI is to help Tribal members to build their wealth and without a predatory lending agency or help keep money reinvested locally. [They can help tribal members] get low-interest, solid loans that are backed by the Tribe and the CDFI, to be able to improve credit scores, improve loan capability, and financial literacy and capacity.

We’re hoping this helps foster and build that middle class, provide space and support to build businesses, and rev up the economic engine—so then our economy becomes even more diversified and self-sustaining. I think it’s really exciting.

Speaking of economic development, when we visited you in 2019, you

mentioned the Tribe was interested in acquiring Hamley’s, the historic downtown Pendleton restaurant. Can you describe what has since come from this project and how it has impacted the Tribe?

So Hamley’s is one of the oldest businesses [in downtown Pendleton]. It’s a wonderful place. It’s a tourist stop; it has a great shop area. And so we have purchased it; it is now in one of our holdings in town.

We [the Tribe] are more and more part of the community. I think [initially] there was some fear, like “The tribes are coming; they’re taking us over.” But then [the city is realizing] we’re not doing that, and I think the City of Pendleton is realizing the full potential of what partnerships with us could be, and other opportunities are always coming up.

There are at least four conversations going on about other potential partnership projects with the City of Pendleton in economic development, transportation, transit, etc. We’re just like any other entity. It’s a partnership; it’s a business investment. What’s best for the City of

Pendleton is best for Hamley’s, which is good for the Tribe, in order to be able to improve everyone’s economic status.

Is there anything else about the Tribe’s economic development projects that you’d like to share?

I think, at some level, all tribes in the [Pacific Northwest] were knocked on their back in the mid-1800s or even earlier. And I do believe that since at least the early 1980s, a lot of the tribes, through capacity development, economic development, and investment, are going back.

We really are in a reawakening—the Indian reawakening.

Some tribes are ahead of others, but I do think that the tribes are really ready. A lot of times, the tribes have become very self-reliant and really excelling at that.

But I think a lot of tribes are also now to the point that “We’re now open for business. We’re ready to start engaging more where we’re toe-to-toe on economic development.”

Like I said, in the next 50 years, we’re really gonna see stock take off, when the middle income [group] really feel their power.

Who is eligible for Pfizer dose 1, 2 and/or booster vaccination at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center?

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All Yellowhawk eligible persons, CTUIR entity employees and their families.

Pfizer dose 1 & 2 is for 12 years and older.

Pfizer booster is for 18 years and older only.

Who is eligible for the Influenza vaccine at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center?

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All Yellowhawk eligible persons only

What are the vaccination clinic days and hours?

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Tuesday and Thursdays 8 am 3:30 pm.

Clinics will remain on these days through 11/30/2021.

Can you mix and match vaccine brands?

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Yes, but only the booster dose.

How far apart should the 2nd dose and booster be administered?

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The Pfizer booster dose is to be administered 6 months after the 2nd dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

The Pfizer booster dose is to be administered 6 months after the 1st dose of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine.

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Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

General Council www.ctuir.org email: generalcouncil@ctuir.org Phone & Fax: 541-429-7378

46411 Timíne Way Pendleton, OR 97801

SPOTLIGHT: Fred Herrera

Tribal artist makes Veterans Day more special

By The CUJ

General Council Draft Agenda November 18, 2021 – 2:00 PM Hybrid: In-person & Virtual via Zoom Note:

1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Ascertainment of Quorum a. General Council Officers b. Board of Trustees c. General Council Members 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Approval of Executive Summary – October 21, 2021

In person attendance is limited to the first thirty (30) people. You will be temperature checked and screened, then invited into Council chambers.

Masks required fully covering nose & mouth throughout meeting For zoom meeting ID or call-in phone access, email General Council Secretary Shawna Gavin at shawnagavin@ctuir.org Please include your CTUIR tribal enrollment # for verification.

6. Old Business a. Covid-19 Update – Aaron Hines, YTHC Interim CEO / Public Health Authority 7. New Business a. Department of Children and Family Services Report – Julie Taylor, DCFS Director b. Education and Training Committee Report – Sally Kosey, ETC Chair 8. Open Mic 9. Announcements/Notes 10. Adjournment ______________________________/ November 1st, 2021 Chairman Lindsey X. Watchman Date Lindsey X. Watchman, Chairman ~ Michael R Johnson, Vice Chair ~ Shawna Gavin, Secretary ~ Thomas Morning Owl, Interpreter

MISSION - Seventy-eight local veterans received a special honor this year.

CTUIR member and artist Fred Herrera created emblem necklaces to honor their service to the United States. The number 78 represents the number of known living CTUIR veterans.

“From a veteran, to a veteran, I felt honored and proud to be tasked with such a selfless project for our local veterans,” Herrera said. “Something I will never forget. I didn’t think even think twice about it, or what the reward was…I mostly thought of how my work and art was going to make the other veterans feel, that was my reward.”

Department of Child and Family Services Director Julie Taylor appreciated Herrera’s dedication.

“I was so happy he was ready and willing to share his beautiful artwork,” she said. “He is so kind-hearted and it’s an honor to know him and the family.”

Herrera moved to the Pendleton area in 1995.

After retiring in 2000, he started J Lazy H Designs, beginning with pole furniture like blanket ladders, bed frames and benches.

He then began creating jewelry utilizing antlers, elk teeth and buckskin.

Herrera has also designed earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and horse halters

from mule tape and parachute cord.

Some ideas come from his daughters and granddaughters, according to the family, who says he is good at making them come to life.

Herrera is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, Fred Herrera fishing and horseback riding.

George St. Denis Post #140, American Legion, Oregon would like to thank all that came to the CTUIR Departed Veteran Honoring Ceremony for Corporal Ryan Adam Svoboda. Those are as follows: Sam Spino, US Army, CTUIR Tribal Veteran Services,

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Cold Hand Drum Group: Isaiah Welch, Wus Gone, Ike Black Wolfe, John Watchman, Jess Red Sky Bevis, Sam Spino Veterans Antone Minthorn, US Marine Corps, Post #140 Commander David Wolf, Jr, US Army Post #140 Vice-Commander Art McConville, US Marine Corps

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Ashleigh Wolf, US Marine Corps Clifford Stanger, US Navy General Council: Lindsey Watchman, US Air Force, Chair, Michael R. Johnson, Vice-Chair, Shawna Shillal-Gavin, Secretary, E. Thomas Morning Owl, US Army, Interpreter, and Robert Wilson, Washat Singer Our condolences to his family and may he Rest In Peace.

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VETERANS A list provided by the Veterans Services Department. To add a name to this list, contact Sam Spino at (541)429-7389 or samspino@ctuir.org.

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A group photo from the 2007 Veterans March.

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Stephen Sohappy Vincent Anthony Wannassay Kurt Bearchum Mark James Martineau Stephen John Ganuelas Elizabeth “Constance” Skanen (Halfmoon) Raymond L. Shippentower Allan Dustin Towner Brian Patrick Conner Jolynne McKay David Dean McKay III Daniel Picard Arthur Randolph Picard Clayton Mathew Eastwood Thomas “Kaknish” Morning Owl Fermore Joseph Craig Sr. Alan David Harris Ross W. Simmons Francis Shillal Timothy Arlen Dale Wannassay Robert Lee Horn Sr. Victor Barkley Desiree Coyote Wayne Forrest Barnes Henry Barnhart Arthur Louis Heay Joseph Alvin Bushman Eli Kineu Harris Richard Burke, Sr Lori Dawn SiJohn Stanley Pearson Alexander Geffery Homer Malcolm Minthorn Robert Frederick Fossek Walter Price Farrow Roger L. Bonifer Orval Curtis Kipp Louie H. Dick Jr Charles A. Webb Leslie Lee Alexander John Lloyd Brown Leroy Vincent Bushman Everett James Ghangraw Phillip E Minthorn Daniel Robert Red Elk SR Amos Walter Pond Douglas Eugene Olsen Lonnie Albert Wolf James Elwood Bill Ronald Anthony Fossek Johnson Michael Jackson Sidney Arthur Williams Daniel G Craig Jr Steven Thomas Quaempts Anna Louise Sheoships Thomas Peter Shillal Leroy Lawrence Williams Clifford Brian Stanger Emmett F. Williams Anthony Wayne McClain

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From left, Toastmasters Roy Jones is Santa, Jan Taylor is a pirate, Michelle Bratlie is dressed in pajamas, and Mary Halfmoon. The Toastmasters’ themed meeting was, “Halloween Bash!”

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2 ½ teaspoons ground cumin 2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 2 cups (480ml) vegetable (or chicken) broth 3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, do not drain 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree 1 cup sweet potato, peeled and diced Optional – cilantro, avocado, diced red onion

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NEWS Umatilla-Morrow CASA receives Wildhorse Foundation grant

By The Wildhorse Foundation

MISSION - The Wildhorse Foundation recently awarded a $5,000 grant to Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), a program within Umatilla-Morrow County Head Start that serves children in foster care. CASA/Equity Director Jesus Rome, said, “We want to thank the Wildhorse Foundation for this funding opportunity.

The funding for this grant will be focused on outreach and recruiting community volunteers to become Court Appointed Special Advocates.”

The mission of Umatilla-Morrow CASA is for trained volunteers to advocate for safe, permanent, loving homes for all children in foster care in Eastern Oregon. CASAs are trained volunteers whose duties are to gather information from families, social service agencies, public safety departments, and other resources. A CASA’s primary function is to prepare a written report to the Judge concerning the best interest of the child concerning their future. Currently, there are 242 children in Foster Care in Umatilla and Morrow Counties. Due to a lack of volunteers, we are only able to advocate for 80 of these foster youth. Funding that we receive from grants and donations goes toward training community volunteers to become advocates for foster care children. Currently, efforts will go

towards recruiting volunteers on the East end of the county that includes Pendleton, Milton-Freewater, Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and surrounding area where the need is great.

Umatilla-Morrow CASA is looking for community volunteers who want to make a difference in a foster child’s life. If you

are interested in becoming a CASA, please reach out to Tina Fox, East End CASA Coordinator, Pendleton at 541-278-6292 or Diane Shockman, West End CASA Coordinator in Hermiston, at 541-667-6091 OR CASA@umchs.org. Or if you would like to donate to Umatilla Morrow CASA program, donations to the CASA program

may be made by going to UMCHS.org and clicking on the donate link. UMCHS is a non-profit agency committed to ensuring that children, and those who care for them, are given all the tools they need to create healthyand happy futures for the next generation. Donations are tax deductible.

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NATIONAL NEWS Sitting Bull’s great-grandson identified through DNA fragments

By Denise Chow of NBC News

A living descendant of the famed Lakota leader Sitting Bull has been confirmed using a novel technique for analyzing fragments of the historic figure's DNA. Scientists were able to trace family lineages from ancient DNA to verify that 73-year-old Ernie LaPointe of South Dakota is Sitting Bull's great-grandson and closest living descendant. The findings, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, will likely help LaPointe in his long-standing fight to Ernie LaPointe move the Lakota leader's remains from their current burial site in Mobridge, South Dakota, to a location he said has more cultural relevance to his great-grandfather.

Eske Willerslev, a professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Cambridge who helped identify Kennewick Man’s ties Sitting Bull to Columbia Plateau tribes, said his research normally focuses on piecing together ancient DNA to understand human genetic diversity and how different groups of people around the world are similar and distinct. But he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to study Sitting Bull’s DNA. “I’ve always been extremely fascinated by Sitting Bull because in many ways he was the perfect leader — brave and clever, but also kind,” said Willerslev, who is also director of the Centre of Excellence in GeoGenetics at the University of Copenhagen.

Sitting Bull, born in 1831, was chief and medicine man of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux. He united the Sioux tribes across the Great Plains in the late 19th century and led the resistance against settlers who were invading tribal lands. After he was killed by Native American police in 1890, an Army doctor at the Fort Yates military base in North Dakota took a lock of Sitting Bull’s hair and his wool leggings. The hair and and leggings were obtained by the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in 1896, but both items were repatriated to LaPointe and his family more than 10 years ago.

When Willerslev heard more than a decade ago about LaPointe’s efforts to claim the Lakota leader’s bones for reburial, Willerslev said he felt compelled to assist.

“I reached out because I’m an ancient DNA researcher,” he said. “I told LaPointe, ‘If you want to do this, I think I can help you.’”

Obtaining enough usable fragments of Sitting Bull’s DNA from the small hair sample proved challenging.

Willerslev said the hair had badly degraded after being stored at room temperature at the National Museum of Natural History for more than a century.

“There was very little DNA in the hair — way too little for established methods of DNA analysis,” he said. “So we had to develop a new method.”

It took the scientists 14 years to develop a technique to search for “autosomal DNA,” which is non-sex-specific DNA that people inherit from both their mother and father.

The researchers compared autosomal DNA from

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Sitting Bull’s hair sample to DNA samples from LaPointe and other Lakota Sioux to establish the familial connection.

Typically, genealogy studies focus on sex-specific genetic matches, such as zeroing in on the Y chromosome, which is passed down to male descendants, or specific DNA in the mitochondria that is passed from mothers to their offspring. But since LaPointe claimed to be related to Sitting Bull on his mother’s side, Willerslev said his team could not rely on these more traditional methods.

Kim TallBear, an associate professor in the faculty

of Native studies at the University of Alberta, said that while confirming Sitting Bull’s family lineage may help LaPointe win the dispute over his great-grandfather’s final resting place, the study’s findings likely don’t represent an “aha” moment for the Lakota and other tribal communities.

“To my knowledge, there’s never been any real challenge to Ernie LaPointe and his siblings’ direct descent from Sitting Bull,” TallBear, who is a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, said. “We have detailed Continued on page 17B

Ernie LaPorte, above, was identified through a DNA study as a descendant of historic Chief Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux. Courtesy Photos/Ernie LaPorte & National Archives

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genealogies that we keep through oral history and now also tribal genealogical documentation.”

She added that these types of studies are complicated because they risk further exploiting Indigenous communities.

“Any time we participate with a scientist in reaffirming genetic definitions of what it means to be Indigenous, we are de facto helping to uphold their definitions over our own,” TallBear said.

“But we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place because settler institutions control the disposition of Sitting Bull’s remains.”

Willerslev said the new method of DNA analysis could be used to confirm other familial relationships between living and historic people or to assist forensic investigations where DNA evidence may be scarce.

It’s also possible to use autosomal DNA for other high-profile genealogical studies, he added.

“In principle, you could investigate whoever you want — from outlaws like Jesse James to the Russian tsar’s family, the Romanovs,” Willerslev said in a statement. “If there is access to old DNA — typically extracted from bones, hair or teeth — they can be examined in the same way.”

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Gary I. Burke for Chairman of the Board of Trustees Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation I am Gary Burke, Tuk-Lu-Key, X-611, a full-blooded Umatilla, Walla Walla, Cayuse. As son of the late Chief Wish-Lau-Tu-La-tin Raymond Burke, I was raised traditionally and taught respect. I pray for our people and try to teach the young ones the Unwritten laws handed down from our Elders. We need to acknowledge and give thanks to all our Veterans, men and women, past, present, and future generations.

I served as the BOT Chairman for four terms, representing you, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in providing support to established priorities including, economic development, natural resources, education, water rights negotiation, housing, organizational excellence, language and worked to continue collaboration on priorities set by the Board of Trustees. I have experience in working with our external tribal, state, and federal partners. I have provided testimony on important issues in Washington, D.C. I uphold our Treaty of 1855 and our Constitution and bylaws. I am a father, a husband, and a grandfather.

I was taught the Treaty is the Supreme Law of the land. I will continue to uphold our Treaty. It is important to protect and to exercise our Treaty Rights, practice our traditions and carry on our culture.

I will defend the rights of we the people of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. I will defend all tribal articles of the law.

I will defend all tribal treaty articles. We are here to protect our resources for all our children and our grandchildren.

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Thank you from Wallowa Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday October 9th to celebrate the completion of a Wallowa River restoration project

by Nez Perce Tribal Fisheries on the Tamkaliks grounds in Wallowa.

We welcomed back our plant and animal relatives with a morning Blessing Ceremony, a salmon meal, and an afternoon of drums, song, and dance. Congratulations to the following dance contest winners: Women’s 18+ Open Category Contest Dance winners: 1st - Lynn Pinkham - Meninick, Lenore,ID Nez Perce Tribe 2nd - Katrina Miller, Mission,OR Yakama Nation 3rd - Cece Stanger, Nixyàawii,OR., Umatilla Tribe Men’s 18+ Open Category Contest Dance winners: 1st - Aaron Greene - Mckay Creek,OR Warm Springs Tribe 2nd - Clifford Stanger, Nixyáawii,OR Umatilla Tribe 3rd - Raymond Cree, Pendleton,OR Umatilla Tribe Sincerely, Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (NPWH)

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FINAL - Bradford Island NPL listing PN – intended for newspaper publication

Public Comments Welcome Until November 8, 2021: EPA proposes listing Bradford Island as a Superfund Site on the National Priorities List

CTUIR Notice to Purchase

Summary: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add Bradford Island as a Superfund Site on the National Priorities List, a list of sites throughout the U.S. that EPA prioritizes for cleanup action due to known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. EPA has determined that listing the site on the NPL will help ensure timely and comprehensive cleanup of contamination to protect human health and the environment. EPA is requesting public comments on this proposed listing by November 8, 2021. EPA will consider all public comments received. Comments may be submitted by: • E-mail to Region10@epa.gov and please include “Bradford Island” in the title of your e-mail • Visiting www.regulations.gov and using docket number EPA-HQ-OLEM2021-0462 to submit a comment online • Mail (comments must be postmarked by November 8, 2021 and addressed as follows): COMMENTS – Bradford Island Proposed NPL Listing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 1200 6th Ave, Suite 155, MS 12-D12-1 Seattle, WA 98101

Site information and documents supporting EPA’s proposed NPL listing for Bradford Island are available at www.epa.gov/superfund/bradford-island and via www.regulations.gov (using docket number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0462).

Background and History: Bradford Island is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and located within the Bonneville Dam complex on the Columbia River; approximately three miles west of Cascade Locks, Oregon, and 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon. Historical discharges of wastes on Bradford Island and disposal of electrical equipment directly into the adjacent Columbia River present risks to human and ecological health. Since 1998, the Corps led studies to determine the extent of the contamination and explore cleanup options. They have also removed electrical equipment and some contaminated sediment from the river. For more information, please review EPA’s Bradford Island fact sheet at https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/10/100341436.

What NPL Listing Means: Because Bradford Island is operated by the Corps, they would still be the federal agency responsible for the cleanup process, including community involvement. Listing Bradford Island on the NPL would grant EPA a more formal role in overseeing the Corps’ cleanup work.

Questions? More Information? Please contact Laura Knudsen, EPA Community Involvement Coordinator (knudsen.laura@epa.gov, 206-553-1838) or visit www.epa.gov/superfund/bradford-island.

TDD and/or TTY users please call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

Then give the operator telephone number 206-553-1838 for Laura Knudsen.

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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 Eligibility Requirements: Any member of the member of the Confederated Tribes owning an interest 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) of this code may purchase such lands in the place of the Confederated Tribes if: a. The member of the Confederated Tribes owns an interest in the subject trust parcel on the date of death of the decedent; 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 questions, concerns, and/or to request a copy of the Inheritance Code. * The CTUIR Inheritance Code was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (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 Indian Land Consolidation Act, [P.L. 97-459, 25 U.S.C. Ch. 24 §2201-2221].

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Join the Cayuse Holdings team! We have dozens of jobs open each month. Work on the Reservation, remotely from your home, across the US or overseas. Equal Opportunity Employer. See the complete list of job openings at www. cayuseholdings.com.

Our current opportunities include: Business Support Specialist (Pendleton based); Human Resources Project Specialist; Human Resources Associate Manager; Executive Assistant; Help Desk Agent; Recruiting Coordinator/Assistant; Desktop IT Technician on or near Indian Reservations across the US.

COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION IS HIRING THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: Finance and Operations Department Accounting Technician One (1) Vacancy This position provides support to accounting and operations functions. The position will have primary duties in fleet management, document management, and general ledger account reconciliations. It also assists in the back-up of other accounting and operations functions such as front desk coordination, asset receiving and tracking, and travel coordination. The position prepares general ledger journal entries; assists in special project management; participates in internal and external audit; and works in other areas managed by the Department. Classification: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt. Salary: $42,731 - $55,546. Location: Portland, Oregon.

Closing Date: Open Until Filled.

Staff Accountant/Accounts Payable One (1) Vacancy This position primary function is the processing of all phases of the Accounts Payable cycle. The position provides support to accounting functions. The position also helps maintain accounts receivable; ensures weekly bank deposits, maintenance of credit card, charge account and petty cash accounts; prepares general ledger journal entries; assists in special project management; participates in internal and external audit; and works in other areas managed by the Department. Classification: Regular, Fulltime, Non-Exempt. Salary: $44,155 - $67,946.

Location: Portland, Oregon. Closing Date: Open Until Filled.

Fishery Science Department Hagerman Genetics Laboratory Genetics Laboratory Technician One (1) Vacancy We are seeking to fill the position of Genetics Laboratory Technician. This position is part of CRITFC’s Fishery Science Department, it is located with the genetics group at the Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station in Hagerman, ID. This research group is involved in testing conservation, evolution, and ecological theories related to salmonids and other fishes. The Genetics Laboratory Technician will work under the Lead Geneticist and Lab Managers, in association with CRITFC geneticists and other technicians, as well as staff of the Fishery Science Department in Portland, OR. Efforts will focus on applying empirical genetics/genomics data to address questions related to conservation and recovery of steelhead, Chinook, sockeye, and coho salmon, sturgeon, lamprey, and other

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fishes of the Columbia River Basin. Classification: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt. Salary: $39,738 - $45,035. Location: Hagerman, Idaho.

Closing Date: November 5, 2021.

vices that assist individuals living with HIV access and adhere to HIV medical care and treatment necessary to achieve undetectable status and enhance overall health.

Qualifications/Skills ➢ Bilingual (Spanish/English) ➢ Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs, and interests of Hispanic/LatinX LGBTQ communities of color, youth, adults, families and community. ➢ Must have a valid Driver’s License or access to transportation for meetings and events.

For More Information or to Apply • Contact Person: Kelly Rumsey, • Voice: 541-889-3119 E-mail: kelly@eocil.org Text: 541-709-8059 • Obtain the application located at www.eocil. org • Fax or e-mail application or resume to 541889-4647 Closing Date: Open until filled Notice: EOCIL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Members of the LGBTQIA+ & Two-Spirt communities, people with disabilities, minorities, women, and Veterans, are encouraged to apply.

her family. She was a loyal and trusted friend to many and words cannot express how much she’ll be missed.

Taryn is preceded in death by her mother, Marceline Quaempts-Hoptowit. She is survived by her father Larry Minthorn, stepfather Anthony Hoptowit, sisters Talia (Ryan) McLaughlin and Nicole Minthorn, brothers Tysen (Beth) Minthorn, and Jesse Minthorn Sr., companion Jim Sproed, daughter Chenoah (Brian) Begay of Kennewick, Wa., sons Jonathan Begay and Jayden Minthorn, and daughter Chaynne Spencer, all of Pendleton, Or. , granddaughter Isabella Gutierrez of Kennewick, Wa., nephew Breyon Minthorn, and nieces Dakota and Paisley McLaughlin all of Pendleton, Or. Dressing Service Thursday, October 28, 2021- 9:00am. Burial will follow at Agency Cemetery.

Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com

Fishing Site Maintenance Department In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Fishing Site Maintenance Worker Two (2) Vacancies These positions will provide the maintenance of the 31 Tribal In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites located along 150 miles of the Columbia River. The FSMD crews perform work that involves a variety of trade practices to maintain, repair, and improve existing public facilities.

Skills include painting, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, electrical, custodial work, and maintaining sanitation standards in all facilities. Maintenance workers use hand and power tools to accomplish the work. Classification: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt. Salary: $34,496 - $36,796. Location: The Dalles, Oregon. Closing date: Open Until Filled.

Enforcement Department Hood River Office CRITPD-Police Officer Multiple Vacancies The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Department (CRITPD) is based in Hood River Oregon.

The CRITFC Police Department provides 24hour policing focused on the 150 mile stretch of the Columbia River from Bonneville to McNary Dams and adjacent lands by vehicle and boat.

CRITPD has commissions from all four CRITFC member tribes (Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Nez Perce), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, some Washington counties, and are Oregon-certified officers. The department enforces treaty fishing regulations and criminal laws, responds to search and rescue emergencies, and provides archeological resource protection.

CRITPD also provides full police services on tribal lands along the Columbia River. Classification: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt. Salary: $51,516 - $56,261. Location: Hood River or Boardman, Oregon. Closing date: Open Until Filled.

CRITPD-Dispatcher Three (3) Vacancies Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police dispatchers are based in Hood River, Oregon and are the communication link for all incoming communications to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Department (CRITPD). Dispatchers are directly responsible for the operation of all office radio communications and telephone equipment, they monitor patrol officer activities, and answer incoming emergency calls for service, business, and assistance calls. The position works rotating shifts to support the round the clock police service provided by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Department. Classification: Regular, Fulltime, Non-Exempt. Salary: $39,937 - $43,661.

Location: Hood River, Oregon. Closing date: Open Until Filled.

All positions are permanent full-time unless otherwise noted.

The complete job description, minimum skills, application requirements, deadlines, and pay information are available on the CRITFC website www.critfc.org Careers. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Job Title: Care Coordinator Work Location (s): Pendleton, Oregon Salary: $ 19.00 per hour Work Schedule: Monday – Friday (8 -5) Job Purpose Provide agency outreach to the Hispanic/ LatinX communities throughout EOCIL service areas. Provide care coordination ser-

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DIXIE SUISTE

TARYN MINTHORN Taryn Terese Minthorn, of Pendleton, Oregon, passed away on October 22, 2021 in Pendleton.

Taryn was born on August 27, 1978 to Marceline Quaempts-Hoptowit and Larry Minthorn. She was an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation.

She attended school in Pendleton and Athena.

Graduating from Weston McEwen with the class of 1996. She was a letterman athlete in volleyball and basketball. She started playing sports young and knew every sport. For fun she played cityleague softball. She watched SportsCenter daily and her favorite sport of all time was baseball.

Her favorite teams were the Yankees, Mariners, Braves and Red Sox. After high school she attended Blue Mountain Community College for a time and worked at Wildhorse Resort Casino. In 2007 she started work with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Human Resources as a Generalist in a trainee position. In 2010 she was hired as the tribe’s Benefits Coordinator/ Records Specialist where she worked until 2019. In her time there, she earned an accreditation to the Tribal Human Resources Professionals.

Taryn was a mother to four children: Chenoah, Jonathan, Jayden and Chaynne. All of her children are student-athletes and she was very proud of that. She coordinated game and practice schedules, AAU tournaments and everything else in between. She attended almost every single one of the kids’ games. Many of the highlights of her life were wrapped up with sports and her children, including traveling to San Berndadino to watch her daughter play in the Little League Softball World Series.

Taryn was truly beautiful, inside and out. Her friends and family will remember her for her honesty, humor, her activism for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, her fierce mama bear spirit, and for always speaking her mind. She loved

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Dixie Lee Suiste passed away peacefully at the age of 83 on September 24, 2021, in Vancouver, Washington. Dixie was born on May 14, 1938, in Pendleton, Oregon to Andrew Suiste and Irma Lavadour. She was the oldest of three children.

Dixie spent her childhood growing up on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in eastern Oregon where she also went to school and worked on the family farm. While attending high school she met, and later married, Everyl Pennington. In 1955 they wed and had three children together during the span of their marriage.

Among her many interests, she took pleasure in reading, gardening, cooking, dancing, and listening to music. Her musical tastes were varied, but she maintained a lifelong love of classic country and western swing. She also enjoyed old movies, antique collecting, swimming, hiking, and watching the night sky. Dixie had a strong connection to animals and supported their ethical treatment. During her lifetime she nursed many an injured and infirmed animal back to health.

She was beautiful and funny and curious and intelligent. And she will be greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her father, Andrew Suiste; mother, Irma Lavadour; brother, Leonard Suiste; first husband, Everyl Pennington; and second husband, Bud Ferguson.

She is survived by her sister, Donna Reece (Jim); daughter, Christine Fry (Glenn); son, Ellis Pennington; daughter, Sara Pennington (Melissa); niece, Lisa Peterson (Lorne); grand-daughter, Dana Fry (Tyler); grand-daughter, Gloria Fry (Russell); grand-nephew, Kolten Youncs; grand-nephew, Dylan Youncs; and additional extended family.

Services were held October 5, 2021, at 1:00 pm under the direction of Herring Groseclose Funeral Home in Walla Walla, Washington and with Reverend Steve Morris officiating. Internment is at Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens, Walla Walla, Washington.

The family would like to thank everyone for their continued prayers, condolences, and gestures of love during this time.

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Obituaries UNADELL “MIKKI” SHOWAWAY Unadell “Mikki” Showaway left for heaven on August 07, 2021 after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held on August 13, 2021 at Burns Mortuary. Burial was at the Umatilla Agency cemetery.

She was born 11/1/1933 In Fallon, NV to Ike Smith and Ima Cushman Smith. Ike passed when Unadell was 2 years old. Ima married Earl Frank who helped raise Unadell and her siblings.

Unadell was an enrolled member of the Fallon Nevada Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. She graduated from the Stewart Indian Boarding school in Carson City. She married Raymond Eagle in 1969 and had 5 children. 2 died in infancy. They were divorced.

She married Willard Showaway in 1982.

Willard and Unadell traveled to Canada for their honeymoon than spent many years traveling to Tribal celebrations in the western United States.

She was a lifetime member of the American Legion George St. Dennis post 140 Auxiliary and the Schurz NV Veterans of Foreign Wars All Indian Auxiliary.

Unadell enjoyed supporting Willard who was a veteran. Both attended many conventions to support other veterans. Their house was often the meeting place with the coffee brewing.

She enjoyed time with her grandchildren and great-grandkids. She was an avid reader of Louis L’amour, enjoyed rodeos, and soap operas.

Unadell is survived by daughters Rae Allstott and Karen Malcolm, both of Pendleton. Grandchildren Brandon Eagle-Alllsott, Joe Malcolm and Brittany Malcolm. Three great grandkids Aidin Schell, Elijiah Johnson and Emery Brown.

Preceded in death by her husband Willard, Sister Andrea Gonzales, her brothers Joe Smith and Chester Smith. Four sons Joseph Pacheco, Leonard Eagle and infant sons Phillip and Alan.

Due to health restrictions a dinner and giveaway will be held at a later date.

TINA MONTOYA-MAKINSTER Tina K. Montoya-Makinster 63, of Pendleton died Saturday, October 23, 2021 at her home.

Dressing service will be held Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 2:00 pm at Burns Mortuary. Recitation of the Holy Rosary at Agency Long House Tuesday October 26, 2021 - 6:00 pm followed

by Washat Service at 7:00 pm. Final Seven at 7:00 am Wednesday October 27, 2021 at Agency Long House. Burial will follow at Homily Cemetery at 8:00 am. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guestbook at Burns Mortuary of Pendleton | Pendleton OR funeral home and cremation

Public Notice PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Water Commission of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will hold the following public hearing: Stream Zone Alteration Permit Application

Public Notice (SZA), File SZ-21-09 – filed by James Setzer, 54693 Bingham Road, Adams, Oregon 97810.

The application requests installation of a culvert on the Setzer property to drain water from a detention ditch located along the frontage of three properties. A protest to the application was filed by an adjacent neighbor opposing the culvert installation.

A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 pursuant to Section 4.07.B.2 of the Tribal Water Code, between 8:30 AM and 11:30 AM at the Nixyaawii Governance Center 46411 Timine Way, Pendleton, OR 97801, Conference Room 101A (Walla Walla) and via Microsoft TEAMS, to consider the application and subsequent protest.

The public is entitled and encouraged to attend the hearing and submit oral or written testimony pertinent to this application. Written testimony may be presented at the hearing or must be received by the CTUIR/DNR Water Resources Program, 46411 Timine Way, Pendleton, OR 97801 before the close of business November 10, 2021.

For further information, please contact Kelly Warren, Water Code Administrator-Water Resources Program at 541-429-7271.

BOT Minutes DATE: October 4, 2021 BOT Present: : Kat Brigham, BOT Chair; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kosey, Secretary; Armand Minthorn, Member (remotely from home); Boots Pond, Member; Jill-Marie Gavin, Member; Corinne Sams, Member and Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman. Jeremy Wolf, BOT Vice-Chair on travel Old Business: None.

New Business Proposed Resolutions: Next resolution number is 21-087: i. Resolution 21-087: Topic: City of North Powder Wastewater System Improvements. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Confederated Tribes to participate as an invited signatory to the “Memorandum of Agreement Between the City of North Powder and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office Regarding the City of North Powder Wastewater System Improvements Project, North Powder, Union County”, attached as Exhibit 1, and authorizes its Chair to execute it on behalf of the Confederated Tribes and to take such further action and execute other documents, if any, that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this agreement and this Resolution. MOTION: Armand Minthorn moves to adopt Resolution 21-087.

Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question.

Motion carries 6 for (Armand Minthorn, Corinne Sams, Sally Kosey, Lindsey Watchman, Jill-Marie Gavin and Boots Pond) – 0 against – 1 abstaining (Sandra Sampson). ii. Resolution 21-088: Topic: Kenworth Lease Amendment No. 2. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves Kenworth Lease Amendment No. 2 attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1C; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes its Chair to execute the attached Kenworth Lease Amendment No. 2, or one containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board

BOT Minutes of Trustees hereby waives the requirement that Transport Equipment Company, Inc. be required to post a performance bond as permitted at 25 CFR §162.434(f); AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves of the lease payments that have been negotiated as being in the best interest of the Confederated Tribes and waives the valuation of the Leased Premises as provided in 25 CFR §162.420(a) and any periodic review for valuation or lease adjustment as provided in 25 CFR 162.428; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair and Interim Executive Director to take such further action and to execute documents that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution; MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to adopt Resolution 21-088.

Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question.

Motion carries 6 for (Jill-Marie Gavin, Boots Pond, Armand Minthorn, Corinne Sams, Sally Kosey and Lindsey Watchman) – 0 against – 1 abstaining (Sandra Sampson). iii. Resolution 21-089: Topic: BLM B2H NAGPRA Plan of Action RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the Plan of Action proposed by the Bureau of Land Management for the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in relation to the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees authorizes the Chair to sign all necessary documents for the adoption of the Plan of Action. MOTION: Armand Minthorn moves to adopt Resolution 21-089.

Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question.

Motion carries 6 for (Armand Minthorn, Corinne Sams, Sally Kosey, Lindsey Watchman, Jill-Marie Gavin and Boots Pond) – 0 against – 1 abstaining (Sandra Sampson). vi. Resolution 21-090: Topic: Amends BIA Self-Governance Funding Agreement to include Section 105(l) Lease for BIA Compact Related Facilities RESOLVED, that the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation hereby request that the Secretary enter into Section 105(l) lease or leases for Tribal facilities used to carry out administration and delivery of services under the Compact of Self-Governance between the Tribe and the Secretary of Interior as set for the Funding Agreement attached thereto; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOVLED, that the Funding Agreement be amended to include a provision for Section 105(l) leases for Nixyaawii Governance Center, Nixyaawii Education Facility, the Public Safety facility and other facilities utilized for the administration and delivery of services under the Compact of Self-Governance; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, the Executive Director or Designee is hereby authorized to apply for and negotiate Section 105(l) lease(s) to begin no later than January 1, 2022, as discussed above and to negotiate amendment to the Funding Agreement; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Executive Director is hereby authorized to take all actions necessary to implement this resolution.

MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to adopt Resolution 21-090. Armand Minthorn seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0.

Resolution 21-091: Topic: CARES Act Budget Modification. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the CARES Act Budget Modification attached to this Resolution as Exhibit

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1C MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to adopt Resolution 21-091. Armand Minthorn seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 6 for (Jill-Marie Gavin, Armand Minthorn, Sandra Sampson, Sally Kosey, Boots Pond and Corinne Sams) -1 against (Lindsey Watchman) – 0 abstaining. vi. Resolution 21-092: Topic: Wildhorse Back of House Project. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and Contractor by and between the Confederated Tribes and Chervernell Construction Company for the Wildhorse Back of House Project (BOH Project) attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1C (the Agreement); AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the Wildhorse Chief Executive Officer to execute the attached Agreement, or a document containing substantially similar terms; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the use of the funds appropriated for the BOH Project by its March 29, 2021 Motion; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees expressly agrees to the limited waiver of sovereign immunity and consents to the authority of the Umatilla Tribal Court and the United States District Court for the District of Oregon to compel arbitration or to enforce a settlement achieved in mediation or an arbitration award as set forth in Section 6.2 of the Agreement; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair and Wildhorse Chief Executive Officer to execute the documents and to take such further action as may be required to carry out the purposes of this Resolution and to complete the BOH Project; MOTION: Armand Minthorn moves to adopt Resolution 21-092. Jill-Marie Gavin seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0. vii. Resolution 21-093: Topic: Thanksgiving Assistance. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby directs the Office of the Executive Director, working with the Finance, Enrollment and Children and Family Services Departments to provide $50 (fifty) checks to every member of the Confederated Tribes that is 55 years of age or older as of November 1, 2021, which check shall be mailed no later than November 10, 2021 so that they are received and can be used for the Thanksgiving holiday, provided that Tribal members receiving this assistance that are also Tribal employees shall be eligible to receive the Tribal employee Thanksgiving gift or benefit; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby directs that the assistance to Tribal elders provided herein is subject to Section 2.03 and 2.04 of the General Welfare Code and shall be excluded from Federal income tax as provided in that Code and the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014 because the assistance provides for the general welfare of the Tribal community under exigent, economic and public health circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees appropriates from the Confederated Tribes’ General Fund the amount needed to provide the Elder’s assistance approved herein and for all postage and associated administration costs; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby directs the Office of the Executive Director and Finance Director to include a similar Thanksgiving benefit for Tribal elders as authorized herein

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in future Confederated Tribes’ annual operating budgets; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes its Chair and Treasurer, and the Office of the Executive Director, to take such further action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution; MOTION: Sandra Sampson moves to adopt Resolution 21-093 as amended. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion.

Question. Motion carries 7-0-0.

BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports. Deferred.

BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests.

Polled: Corinne Sams, 10/1 from noon to 4 PM for personal leave. Jeremy Wolf, 10/3-4 travel to Toppenish, WA to attend Special SPOD meeting.

Sandra Sampson, 10/1 from 12:30 to 4 PM for personal leave. Regular request: Kat Brigham, travel request for 10/10-12 to Lummi Nation to attend Indigenous Day Celebration in recognition of Mother Earth & the Salmon People. Sandy Sampson, personal leave on 10/8 from 1:30 to 4 PM. Lindsey Watchman announced he may have to fly out to see his daughter and will keep BOT updated. MOTION: Armand Minthorn moves to approve and ratify leave requests. Jill-Marie Gavin seconds. Discussion.

Question. Motion carries 7-0-0.

2021; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the Executive Director to execute the attached Professional Services Agreement, or one containing substantially similar terms, and amendments to the Professional Services Agreement necessary to meet the ongoing needs of the Tribal Broadband Project, and to take such further action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. MOTION: Lindsey Watchman moves to adopt Resolution 21095. Jeremy Wolf seconds. Discussion. Question.

Motion carries 8-0-0. ii. Resolution 21-096: Topic: Scholarship Fund Investment.

RESOLVED, that Article III, Paragraph 4 and Article IV, Section 10 “Target Fund Balance” of the Fund Authorization Policy for the CTUIR Education Trust Fund is hereby amended to read as follows; Background: Paragraph 4 “The Board of Trustees initially set out to add $1 million to the fund over a period of years to achieve a target of $2 million. That was achieved, but the cost of education and the number of students continued to increase. The BOT continues to add to the fund and has determined that a current target of $14 million is needed to provide $700,000 per year for scholarships, based on current needs. ”Section 10. Target Fund Balance “The current target fund balance for the fund shall be $14,000,000.00. The Board of Trustees has a goal, to add to the fund each year until it reaches the $14,000,000.00, target.”; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the attached restated fund authorization policy for the CTUIR Scholarship Trust Fund as set forth in Exhibit 1, which shall be effective immediately, AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Director are authorized to take all actions necessary to implement policy changes adopted by this resolution. MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to adopt Resolution 21-096. Jeremy Wolf seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. iii. Resolution 21-097: Topic: Residential Lease of Tribal Trust Land. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees approves the Residential Lease, Exhibit 1, for use as the long-term lease form for residential leasing on trust land, for housing for public purposes, in conformity with the Confederated Tribes’ Land Leasing Code; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees authorizes technical, formatting, and grammatical amendments to the Residential Lease form to conform with applicable changes in Tribal and federal laws, so long as those updates do not substantively alter the substantive rights of the Confederated Tribes to lease land for residential purposes under the Land Leasing Code; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees authorizes the Executive Director, or their designee, to sign and enter into residential long-term leases with eligible individuals under § 2.07 of the Land Leasing Code. The Board of Trustees will be updated on the progress of the enactment of the leases in routine reporting by applicable departments and the Executive Director reports; MOTION: Jeremy Wolf moves to adopt Resolution 21-097. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

Other Board Action Items: None.

BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports.

Lindsey Watchman, 9/3 to Eugene to attend NAAC meeting. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to approve Lindsey Watchman’s travel report. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests. 8 Polled Requests to Ratify: Boots Pond (3): 1. 10/15 Personal leave. 2.

10/12 Personal leave. 3. 10/8 Persona leave from 1 to 4 PM. Corinne Sams (2): 1. 10/14 attend US v. OR meeting from 9 AM to 4 PM. 2. 10/1515 Personal leave from 11 AM to 4 PM. Jeremy Wolf (2): 1. 10/10 travel to Wallowa to attend and assist with Side-Channel Blessing. 2. 10/14-15 travel to Bend to meet with Deb Haaland and tour of CR. Kat Brigham, 10/14-15 travel to Bend to meet with Sen. Merkley and DOI Secretary Haaland.

8 Regular Leave Requests: Jeremy Wolf (2): 1. 10/19 virtual CRITFC-SPOD meeting from 12:30 to 2 PM. 2. 10/20-22 travel to Portland to attend CRITFC/SPOD/Hiring Committee for 3 interviews.

Lindsey Watchman, 11/4 from 10 to 11 AM.

DATE: October 18, 2021 BOT Present: : Kat Brigham, BOT Chair; Jeremy Wolf, Vice-Chair; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kosey, Secretary; Armand Minthorn, Member; Boots Pond, Member; Jill-Marie Gavin, Member; Corinne Sams, Member and Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman.

Old Business: a. Polled Resolutions: i. Resolution 21-085 Topic: COVID Facilities Upgrade. MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to move this to ED Info as a non-action item. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. ii. Polled Resolution 21-094 Topic: BOT Order to End COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration and Dissolve Incident Command Team.

MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to ratify polled resolution 21-094. Sally Kosey seconds. Discussion.

Question. Motion carries 7 for (Corinne Sams, Sally Kosey, Jeremy Wolf, Sandra Sampson, Lindsey Watchman, Boots Pond and Jill-Marie Gavin) – 1 against (Armand Minthorn) – 0 abstaining. b. Polled Action: i. No. 21-025 Subject: BOT authorizes BOT Chair to sign two letters regarding the Oregon Racing Commission pending action and authority.

MOTION: Sally Kosey moves to ratify polled BOT action 21-025. Jill-Marie Gavin seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. ii. No. 21-026 Subject: BOT approval of polled motion to accept settlement offer in lawsuit threatening CTUIR Treaty Bison Hunting Rights. Jeremy Wolf announced there was an update after as a result of the BOT polled action. MOTION: Jeremy Wolf moves to ratify polled BOT action 21-026.

Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question.

Motion carries 8-0-0.

Joe Pitt, OLC Attorney provide a brief update that all the Tribes accepted the settlement and the case has been withdrawn. The case being withdrawn removes a threat to CTUIR bison hunting rights for now. iii. No. 21-027 Subject: Oregon Tribes Letter to Governor Brown requesting a meeting to discuss Oregon Racing Commission. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to ratify polled BOT action 21-026.

Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question.

Motion carries 8-0-0.

6. New Business: a. Proposed Resolutions: Next resolution number is 21-095: i. Resolution 21-095: Topic: Legal Services Contact. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the Professional Services Agreement between the Confederated Tribes and Jim Deason, Esq., attached to the Resolution as Exhibit 1C, to provide legal services for the Tribal Broadband Project; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby confirms the appropriation of CARES Act Funds in Resolution 21-057 to pay for the scope of legal services set forth in the attached Professional Services Agreement, which work will be completed by December 31,

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BOT Minutes Sally Kosey (2): 1. 11/22, 23 and 24 Personal leave. 2. 11/12 Personal leave.

Sandra Sampson (3): 1. 10/19 Persona leave.

2. 10/28 Personal leave. 3. 10/22 Personal leave.

MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to ratify and approve leave requests. Boots Pond seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

DATE: October 25, 2021 BOT Present: Kat Brigham, BOT Chair; Jeremy Wolf, Vice-Chair; Sandra Sampson, Treasurer; Sally Kosey, Secretary; Armand Minthorn, Member; Boots Pond, Member; Jill-Marie Gavin, Member; Corinne Sams, Member and Lindsey Watchman, General Council Chairman.

Old Business: None New Business: Proposed Resolutions: Next resolution number is 21-098: Resolution 21-098: Topic: Transportation Improvement Plan Update. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees enacts the proposed Tribal Transportation Improvement Plan (TTIP) and directs the Executive Director to execute the necessary contracts and program documents required to accomplish the projects and make modifications as necessary to implement the annual Transportation Improvement Program; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Executive Director to forward this resolution and attachments to the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Umatilla Agency and the Northwest Regional Office, Division of Transportation; MOTION: Boots Pond moves to adopt Resolution 21-098. Jill-Marie Gavin seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. ii. Resolution 21-096: Topic: Amends Education Trust Fund Policy to Update Fund Target. MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to remove Resolution 21-096 from the agenda. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. b. Other Board Action Items: i. Commission/Committee Update by Sally Kosey, BOT Secretary, -Farm Committee, 1 position, 1 application. MOTION: Jeremy Wolf, moves to reappoint Katherine Minthorn to the Farm Committee by acclimation for a 3 year term ending November 6, 2024. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

-Land Acquisition Committee, 1 position, 1 application. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to reappoint Aaron Jackson to the Land Acquisition Committee by acclimation for a 2 year term ending November 6, 2023. Jeremy Wolf seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7 for (Corinne Sams, Jeremy Wolf, Sandra Sampson, Sally Kosey, Jill-Marie Gavin and Armand Minthorn – 0 against – 1 abstaining (Boots Pond).

-TERO Commission, 1 position, application.

MOTION: Boots Pond moves to reappoint Kelly Long to the TERO Commission by acclimation for a 2 year term ending November 6, 2023. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

-Tiicham Conservation District, 1 position, 1applicaiton. MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to reappoint Katherine Minthorn to the Tiicham Conservation District by acclimation for a 2 year term ending November 6, 2023. Boots Pond seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

Resignation and Removal: One resignation received from Scott Minthorn for Education & Training Committee. MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to except Scott Minthorn letter of resignation, and re-advertise his position in November for Education & Training Committee. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

One removal received for Matilda Hoisington for Tribal Farming Committee. MOTION: Boots Pond moves to except Tribal Farming removal of Matilda Hoisington from Tribal Farming and re-advertise the position in November. Jeremy Wolf seconds.

Discussion. Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

Terms Expiring: Louisa Allman Wildhorse Foundation 12/2/2021. John Turner Wildhorse Foundation 12/2/2021 Will advertise for: 1 position for CTUIR Culture Coalition, 2 year term, meets as needed.

1 position for Education & Training Committee, 2 year term, meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 1:30PM. 1 position for Farm Committee, 3 year term,

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2 positions for Tiicham Conservation District, 2 year term, meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 1-2:30PM 2 positions for Wildhorse Foundation, 2 year term, meets quarterly.

All applications will be due Tuesday, November 16, 2021 by 4:00 PM. A BOT work session is scheduled for Friday, November 19, 2021 at 8:30 AM to review applications and appointments will be made on Monday, November 22, 2021.

7. Executive Director (OED) Information by Teara Farrow-Ferman, Interim Executive Director.

New Business (Including Departmental info, top issues.)

ACTION: -Invitation to River and Water Healing Ceremony

by Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Tribal Council to all Oregon Tribes, location and date TBD. Recommended destination is Willamette Falls.

MOTION: Jill Marie Gavin moves to approve the invitation to participate in the River and Water Healing Ceremony. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion.

Question. Motion carries 8-0-0.

Request from John Turner, Pendleton Mayor, for Board of Trustees to meet with Pendleton City Council for annual meeting in November. John’s proposed agenda items include: Vert Collection, Workforce, Housing, Jordan Schnitzer building in Pendleton, and any other agenda items the BOT want to discuss. MOTION: Jill-Marie Gavin moves to approve the request for an in person meeting with possible lunch with the Pendleton City Council on November 10, 2021 and would like to add Oregon Indigenous People’s Day to the agenda for discussion. Corinne Sams seconds. Discussion.

Question. Motion carries 8-0-0. End of report.

BOT Travel or External Meeting Reports. Deferred.

BOT Leave and Travel or Outside Meeting Requests.

Polled: Kat Brigham Zoom meeting on 10/22 from 1 to 2 PM. Jill-Marie Gavin, 10/22 personal leave on 10/22 from 1 to 4 PM. Lindsey Watchman, 10/22 personal leave.

Sandra Sampson, 10/23 personal leave.

Armand Minthorn, 10/21 for travel to Rattlesnake Mt. Leave Requests: Kat Brigham, 2 leave requests: 1. Travel on 10/26-27 to Little Creek Casino for State/Tribal Work session on Environmental & Natural Resources.

2. Zoom meeting on 11/3 from 11 AM to noon r: UN COP 28 event.

Boots Pond, 11/26 personal leave all day.

Jill-Marie Gavin, 11/2-29 personal leave.

Jeremy Wolf, 10/27 travel CRITFC meeting all day.

Sally Kosey, 11/5 all day, 11/19 from 9:30 AM to 4 PM. Sandra Sampson, Zoom meeting on 11/15-16 all day bot days for 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit., MOTION: Corinne Sams moves to ratify and approve all leave requests. Boots Pond seconds. Discussion. Question. Motion carries 7-0-0.

Weather According to preliminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton Oregon, temperatures at the Pendleton airport averaged slightly warmer than normal during the month of October.

The average temperature was 52.3 degrees which was 0.4 degrees above normal. High Temperatures averaged 64.2 degrees, which was 0.5 degrees above normal. The highest was 78 degrees on the 21st. Low temperatures averaged 40.4 degrees, which was 0.3 degrees above normal. The lowest was 26 degrees, on the 12th.

There were 3 days with the low temperature below 32 degrees.

Precipitation totaled 1.03 inches during October, which was 0.02 inches above normal.

Precipitation this year has reached 6.02 inches.

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