by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 8, 2018 | CRITFC News
by Jeremy FiveCrows, critfc public affairs “Everywhere you are, Indians have been.” This phrase captures the simple truth of the history of this land. Every hill; every creek; every meadow; every forest; every river on this continent has a story of its connection to...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Aug 14, 2018 | CRITFC News
Back in 2008, CRITFC, the Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Yakama tribes, the Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation signed the Columbia Basin Fish Accords—a decade-long agreement that secured funding for salmon...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Nov 16, 2017 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
Carl Sampson, also known as Peo Peo Mox Mox (Yellowbird) and was the hereditary Chief of the Walla Walla Tribe, passed away November 15, 2017 in Pendleton, Oregon. Carl was born August 19, 1933 at Tutuilla Flats on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. His parents...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Nov 14, 2017 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
It is with heavy heart that CRITFC shares the news of the passing of Roy Sampsel, our first executive director and a dedicated advocate of tribes throughout Indian Country for nearly fifty years. “Roy was CRITFC’s executive director from 1977-1979 and remained a...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 24, 2017 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
This year’s low number of steelhead returning to spawn are getting a helping hand from the Nez Perce Tribe and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission this week when fisheries biologists are releasing approximately 100 wild, B-run steelhead into the Snake...
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