Quick Facts and Figures

 

• The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is a confederation of three tribes: Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla.
  
  
• The CTUIR has 2,446 tribal members (as of December, 2003). About 1,100 of those tribal members live on the Umatilla Reservation. The Umatilla Reservation is also home to another 300 Indians enrolled with other tribes. About 1,500 non-Indians also live on the Reservation.
  
• The total Reservation population is 2,927 according to the 2000 US Census.
  
  
• The Umatilla Indian Reservation is about 172,000 acres.
  
  
• CTUIR is governed by a Constitution and by-laws adopted in 1949. The Governing body is the nine-member Board of Trustees, elected every two years by the General Council (tribal members age 18 and older).
  
  
• Day-to-day business of the tribal government is carried out by a staff of nearly 500 employees in departments and programs such as natural resources, health, police, fire, education, social services, public works, economic development, and dozens more.
  
  
• Over 500 individuals are employed at the Tribe's Wildhorse Casino Resort (which includes a casino, hotel, RV park, golf course, and Tamastslikt Cultural Institute).
  
  
• In 1855 the three tribes signed a treaty with the US government, in which it ceded over 6.4 million acres to the United States. In the treaty, the tribes reserved rights to fish, hunt, and gather foods and medicines within the ceded lands, which today is northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. Tribal members still exercise and protect those rights today.
  
  
• Many tribal members still practice the ancient tribal religion called Washat. Some still speak their native languages. A language program is underway to preserve and teach the tribes' languages.
  
  
• Monthly newspaper: Confederated Umatilla Journal, published the first Thursday of each month.
  
  
• Mailing Address: PO Box 638, Pendleton, Oregon 97801
  Street Address: 73239 Confederated Way, Mission (5 miles east of Pendleton)
  Phone: 541-276-3165
  FAX: 541-276-3095
  Internet web site: www.umatilla.nsn.us
  Internet e-mail for general info or forwarding: info@ctuir.com
  
  

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