Podcasts about Umatilla

Bonus Episode - The Armchair ExplorerHello and welcome to this week's episode! I've got something a little different—and very exciting—for you. Today, I'm sharing a powerful episode from The Armchair Explorer, hosted by my good friend Aaron Millar. It is called "IMMERSION: Homecoming: Chief Joseph's Promise and the Flight of the Nez Perce" from the Hidden Trails of Oregon Series.The episode is called Homecoming, and it tells a moving story about the Native American tribes of Eastern Oregon—specifically, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. It uncovers a nearly forgotten chapter of history involving two chiefs and a sacred promise to bring their people home.The Armchair Explorer is a phenomenal travel podcast that blends immersive audio, rich storytelling, and a deep sense of human connection and adventure. It's a huge inspiration to me, and I think you'll find yourself transported by the vivid way these stories are told. I am absolutely delighted to share this episode today, as quality content is the most important aspect, and Aaron has that in abundance with his podcast.See the shownotes below for all the links to the Armchair Explorer Podcast and everything mentioned in the episode. You have to check in to Aaron's podcast like I do every week!So sit back, relax, and let this journey take you somewhere unforgettable. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.ShownotesWelcome back to the Hidden Trails of Oregon! In the first episode of our new season, host Aaron Millar heads to the eastern edge of the state, far from the bustle of coastal cities and the craggy heights of the Cascade Mountains.We're going on location in the traditional lands of the Nez Perce to uncover a piece of history unknown to most outsiders. In the late 19th century, the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce tribe were driven from their homeland. 200 warriors, protecting hundreds more women and children, fought for five days against 520 US soldiers. Their leader, before surrendering, promised his people that one day they would come home. After nearly 200 years, his promise may just be starting to come true. This is a unique story of generational resilience, cultural preservation, and the ongoing work for recognition and ancestral lands. RESOURCESTo plan your next Oregon adventure:traveloregon.comAdventure Along With The Hidden Trails of Oregon - https://traveloregon.com/plan-your-trip/destinations/lakes-reservoirs/adventure-along-with-the-hidden-trails-of-oregon-podcast/Visiting the Nez Perce Homeland and the Tamkaliks Celebration powwow:wallowanezperce.orgLocal and cultural history at the Josephy Library: library.josephy.orgThank you to our guests: Bobbie Conner, Rich Wandschneider, Jacey Sohappy, and Nancy Crenshaw.CREDITSThis series was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry. Find out more at armchair-productions.comBrian Thacker: pre-productionCharles Tyrie: assistant audio editingJason Paton: writing, recording, mixing, sound designAaron Millar: host, writing, executive producerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit

Every month on Pathways, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton crack open a few stories, play their favorite clips, and take you on a whirlwind preview of what's coming up this month on Armchair Explorer. It's part travel hangout, part behind-the-scenes, and a whole lot of part “wait, you did what?” In this episode, we're going from the dreamtime waters of the Great Barrier Reef to the quiet strength of Chief Joseph's legacy in Oregon, from biking hidden streets in Victoria B.C. to walking with kangaroos on remote roads in South Australia. These are stories of culture, nature, and the wild places where the two intertwine.

In this episode of Build Momentum, we are joined by Dr. Heidi Sipe, Superintendent of Umatilla School District in Oregon, a role she has held for a remarkable 17 years. Dr. Sipe previously served as  the district's Federal Programs Director and Assistant Superintendent for five years. She also has a higher education background: She is an Adjunct Professor at Lewis and Clark College in Oregon and was an Adjunct Professor at Concordia University in Chicago.  Dr. Sipe brings a government perspective as well, having served as an Assistant Superintendent in the Oregon Department of Education.Some Questions We Ask:What is the most rewarding aspect of serving as a superintendent? (01:24)What is your opinion about the 2023 RAND Study and how do you cope with stress in the superintendency? (02:06)How has scrutiny of the superintendency changed over the years? (03:26)What are your strategies for bringing the community together to see your vision as a superintendent? (06:51)How do you gauge the engagement level of your community?  (10:00)Do you think your stress level as a superintendent is representative of others across the nation? (11:30)What creative ways have you used storytelling and communication? (13:04)What's your advice to district leaders who are having difficulty building a community? (16:56)Why is it important to see superintendents as real people? (20:02)How can we better support superintendents in their roles? (21:39)In This Episode, You Will Learn:Rewarding aspects of the superintendency (01:33)Dr. Sipe's opinion on the 2023 RAND study and stress coping mechanisms (02:22)Scrutiny of the superintendency (03:31)Bringing the community together around one vision (07:01)Gauging community engagement levels (10:12)Stress level comparisons among superintendents (11:41)Creative ways of reaching out to the community (13:17)Advice for other district leaders (17:01)The importance of humanizing superintendents (20:28)Tips for advocating for superintendents (21:50)Quotes:“How I do parental involvement: I try to be places. I try to visit. I try to get to know people.”“We can't ever forget that we are given this incredible opportunity—but also responsibility—to be a partner in raising the next generation of leaders, and if we don't own that and recognize the significance of it, we're failing our communities. No one's going to trust someone to be a partner in raising their kid unless they know that person and they know what they stand for."Stay in touch with Dr. Heidi Sipe:LinkedIn Stay in touch with Sarah Williamson:SWPR GROUP WebsiteLinkedInStay in touch with Chad Bolser:LinkedInAbout "The Secret to Transformational Leadership," which Sarah co-authored with Dr. Quintin Shepherd:Transformational Leadership Secret websitePurchase the print or ebook

Shippentower is named Co-Captain of the Oregon Ravens Football Team!Kola Shippentower is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. She has co-founded and is the Director of The Wisáwca Project - Enough Iz Enough, a non-profit organization working together for change, for better communication and involvement.Kola has developed a Safety Plan to be utilized by anyone in identifying safety methods, contacts, and procedures to keep one safe whether in an abusive relationship or a plan to track a missing person. She is a professional fighter and brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Welcome back to the show Kola!!!And we talk women's football and MMIW . . .Oregon RavensSRTN Website

Bobbie Conner is a cultural leader and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). For nearly 30 years, she has been the director of the Tamaslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Reservation in Eastern Oregon. She works to preserve the languages and rich cultural heritage of the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Nez Perce and other Indigenous nations from this region of the west. She offers funders insights into funding Native American causes and projects—spoiler alert—casino income isn't making these tribes wealthy.

The current flu season is the worst in 15 years in terms of doctor's visits. Tuberculosis cases are rising. On the horizon is a possible bird flu outbreak that is already affecting millions of livestock birds and it's starting to make the jump to humans. This is all happening with the backdrop of lapsed information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmation of a federal health secretary who openly expressed skepticism about vaccines, and unprecedented cuts in the works for the Indian Health Service. We'll get a gauge of the current threats to the health of Native Americans. GUESTS Dean Seneca (Seneca), CEO and founder of Seneca Scientific Solutions+ Katherine Minthorn (Umatilla), an owner of Rez Chicks Co-Op Aiono Dr. Alec Ekeroma (Samoan), director general of Samoa's Health Ministry Chanda Hesson, nurse consultant for the State of Alaska's section of epidemiology and the lead nurse consultant for the Alaska Department of Health's tuberculosis team Dr. Robert Belknap, executive director of the Public Health Institute at Denver Health

At the start of every month, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton preview what's coming up on Armchair Explorer, play their favorite clips, and reveal the stories they're most excited to share. A cross between a highlight reel, an interview, and two people telling travel tales down the pub, our Pathways episodes are your guide to choosing your adventures with us. October episodes: ADVENTURE: Adventure filmmaker Chris Burkard takes us surfing in the Northern Lights, and bike-rafting along Iceland's 300-mile Forgotten Coast. PERFORMANCE: We head to Chattanooga, Tennessee - one of the original homes of The Blues -for a hotel room jam, and interview, with local Blues legend Rick Rushing. IMMERSION: Hear the alternative story of the Oregon Trail, told On Location in Eastern Oregon by an elder of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. We Will Never Fade is the title, and spirit, of this rarely told history of the West. BUCKET LIST: Host Aaron Millar tells us about the most spectacular place he's ever stayed. Sheldon Chalet is perched on a nunatak in the middle of the Ruth Glacier, looking out to the eastern face of Denali, and the Alaskan Range. JOURNEY: Travel writer Alex Robinson takes us on a canoe journey through the lakes and rivers of Ontario, Canada, and discovers a deep connection to nature and the thrill of white-water canoeing. IMMERSION: Discover the story of the female St Patrick, in an immersive On Location journey across Ireland. St Brigid's story was buried for over a millennia, but now it's discovered, it's set to take on Patrick, and his worldwide famous day. *** If you enjoy the show, please subscribe on whatever podcast player you're reading this on right now. Go on, do it. It means you get to choose what episodes you listen to, rather than the algorithm guess (wrongly) and kick us off your feed. Reviewing the show helps other people discover it and helps us continue to produce it. If you like episode, please consider a quick review on your favorite podcast platform. You don't have to write anything just click those five (hopefully) stars! Following the show on socials will definitely maybe bring you good travel karma! Facebook: @armchairexplorerpodcast Instagram: @armchairexplorerpodcast Armchair Explorer is produced by Armchair Productions. Aaron Millar and Jason Paton presented the show, Charles Tyrie did the audio editing and sound design. Our theme music is by the artist Sweet Chap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy & Edith Woodley have a radically different perspective on what it means to live a fulfilling life. As Native American authors and educators, they challenge the Western notion of pursuing individual happiness, arguing that true well-being comes from living in harmony with our broader community and the natural world. In this conversation, Randy and Edith share their personal stories of overcoming intergenerational trauma and discovering the wisdom of indigenous worldviews. They contrast the European dualism that separates the spiritual and material realms, with a holistic understanding that sees all of creation as interconnected. Digging into concepts like hospitality, humor, and the importance of story, Randy and Edith paint a vision for how we can all learn to live more authentically and in right relationship - not just with each other, but with the earth itself. Their insights challenge us to unravel the lies we've been told, and to rebuild our lives on a foundation of harmony, respect, and generosity. This is a conversation that can open up a different way to see the world. So get ready to have your assumptions challenged, and your heart opened, as we explore a path to greater well-being - for ourselves, our communities, and our planet. Randy and Edith Woodley are a dynamic couple with a deep passion for creativity and Indigenous spirituality, justice, and earth empowerment. Their diverse backgrounds and experiences have uniquely equipped them to bring about positive change in their communities for over three decades. They have four children and six grandchildren.Randy Woodley, an award-winning author and Cherokee descendant (UKB), weaves Indigenous wisdom, ecological sustainability, and spirituality. He is respected by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities worldwide and has been featured in The New York Times, Politifact, Time Magazine, and The Huffington Post.Edith Woodley, a member of the Eastern Band of Shoshone Indians, and of Choctaw, Crow, Paiute, Pi'ikanni, Umatilla, and Mohawk descent showcases Indigenous cultures through traditional beadwork, seed-keeping, and storytelling. She advocates for Indigenous rights and cultural preservation. Edith is co-founder and co-leader of a semi-annual mentorship called “Decolonizing with Badass Indigenous Grandmas.” Randy & Edith's Book:Journey to ElohehRandy's Recommendation:The Universal ChristJoin Our Patreon for Early Access and More: PatreonConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@allnations.usGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Threads at www.facebook.com/shiftingculturepodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/shiftingculturepodcast/https://twitter.com/shiftingcultur2https://www.threads.net/@shiftingculturepodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@shiftingculturepodcastFriar TimeThrough meaningful interviews and heartfelt conversations, Friar Time, hosted by Fr....Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

The number of students regularly missing school across the country has soared since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A state report released last year found that more than a third of Oregon students are chronically absent, meaning they miss at least 10% of school days. State lawmakers removed truancy fines in 2021, but a new program in Umatilla County reintroduces them. As reported in the East Oregonian, the program uses a mix of family support, intervention from district officials and legal action with the goal of bringing students back to the classroom. Heidi Sipe is the superintendent of the Umatilla School District. She joins us with more details.

If you're looking to hear some impactful stories of a Servant & Holistic Leader in the fire service, then Chief Scott Stanton's story will not let you down. You'll learn about his active career in Oregon and as a federal firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service. Chief Stanton is a lifelong learner and instills this trait into the members of ... Read More

"Our country is complicit in so much violence." Sermon by guest preacher Melissa L. Bennett, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 23, 2024.   Melissa Bennett (she/her) comes from Umatilla, Nimiipuu, Sac & Fox, Anishinaabe, Nordic, and Celtic ancestors - all of whom have a plethora of stories to tell. She is a transracial adoptee who grew up on an Oregon onion farm in a region that was once traditional hunting and gathering grounds for the Kalapuya people. She is as connected to the stories of the farms that raised her as she is to the stories of her own people.   Melissa grew up on the storytelling of her great-aunt Annabelle, a librarian named Mrs. Borsberry, and the local creeks, woods, and kittens. She started telling her own stories in the first grade and was writing them by the fifth. For over 25 years Melissa has turned her love of storytelling and storylistening into a spiritual practice. She serves her community as a spiritual care provider and spiritual mentor bearing witness to the stories people share in order to help them see where meaning, belonging, curiosity, and possibility exist in their lives. She shares oral tradition, contemporary literature, spiritual texts, ancestral connection, the archetypal language of tarot, film, music, guided meditation, dreaming, altar building, ceremony, writing, and art as ways to support the healing of her clients through story, world building, and myth making.   Melissa has been cultivating a relationship with the unseen world since she was a small child and decided to make her lifelong spiritual work “official” when she earned a Master of Divinity degree, a graduate certificate in spiritual counseling, and a graduate certificate in theological studies from (what was once) Marylhurst University. Following her education she completed a clinical spiritual care residency in forensic mental health and has since utilized her skills working primarily with underrepresented people in higher education across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.   Melissa's identity as an Indigenous woman, a transracial adoptee, a person with chronic illness, lifelong anxiety and depression, and neurodivergence has shaped her work through a healing justice lens. She is committed to utilizing story as medicine for healing the past, addressing systems of oppression in the present, and imagining equitable futures where all people are safe, free, and thriving. For the past decade Melissa has presented, preached, taught, and facilitated on the intersections of story, spirituality, and social justice.

https://www.chaplaincyinnovation.org https://www.fetzer.org The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (CIL) is collaborating with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks of spiritual care providers who do not identify with a religious tradition or identify as non-religious (sometimes referred to as “spiritual but not religious”). This work brings together chaplains and scholars from diverse spiritualities, racial and ethnic backgrounds, geographies, and sectors of chaplaincy. It will help identify the needs of this population, which are neither well defined in the literature nor adequately addressed in many settings. This webinar will present new research on unaffiliated chaplaincy, including a new working paper that will be made available for reading and comment. We thank Fetzer Institute for their support of this work. We are joined by: Melissa Bennett (she/her) is a storyteller, storylistener, writer, educator,spirit worker, and chaplain. She is a descendant of the Umatilla, Nez Perce, Sac & Fox, and Anishinaabe Nations. Melissahas been reading tarot cards, building altars, channeling spirit, and chatting with the ancestors for over 25 years. In 2012 she earned a Master of Divinity degree along with graduate certificatesin spiritual counselingand theological studies. The following year she completed her chaplain training in forensic mental health specializing in the care of Indigenous people. Melissa has a decade of experience providing spiritual care in higher education settings and approaches her workfrom atrauma informedhealing justicelens. Melissa is the founder of Nnoshé's House (aka Auntie's House) where she provides spiritual care tools and mentorship to a diverse client base. To learn more visit: https://www.nnosheshouse.com/. Jason Callahan, MDiv, MS, BCC, is chaplain at the Thomas Palliative Care Unit at VCU Massey Cancer Center​ and Instructor in the VCU Departments of Patient Counseling and Pastoral Care. Anthony Cruz Pantojas, MATS, MALS (they/he/elle/él) is a cuir/queer Afro-Boricua who is deeply informed by decolonial humanisms,Cultural Studies, Afro-Caribbean subjectivities, and Spirituality. Cruz Pantojasregularly presents at numerous conferences and facilitates workshops on humanistic orientations and sensibilities within this current sociopolitical climate. As a humanist chaplain at Tufts University, they collaborate with diverse stakeholders to promotehumanism and to encourage more expansive and reparative modes of thought and relationship. Cruz Pantojas earned master's degrees in Theological Studies, and Leadership Studies from Andover Newton Theological School and Meadville Lombard Theological School, respectively. Additionally, they hold a Certificate in Humanist Studies from the American Humanist Association Center for Education. Anthony has also published in various scholarly and popular outlets.

In a 5-3 vote, the Umatilla County Planning Commission has recommended changes on the number of livestock residents can have. Under the proposed rules, single family dwellings are now allowed to have four small livestock animals per acre of property. The commission in a 7-1 vote also decided not to recommend proposed changes that would limit the number of fowl on a property. Both recommendations will now go to the county’s board of commissioners who will vote on the proposed changes at a June 5 meeting. Berit Thorson is a reporter for the East Oregonian covering this issue. She joins us to share more on the proposals and the community feedback the changes have received so far. 

Nearly a quarter of K-12 teachers in the U.S. reported going into a gun-related lockdown last year, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Researchers also found that most teachers experience some degree of worry about the possibility of a school shooter. How does gun violence look like right now in Oregon schools, and what are districts doing to address threats and concerns? Andrea Castañeda is the superintendent for the Salem-Keizer School District. Mark Mulvihil is the superintendent for the InterMountain Service District, which serves Baker, Union, Morrow and Umatilla counties. They join us to answer these questions and more.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on April 18. It dropped for free subscribers on April 25. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoPete Korfiatis, General Manager of Bluewood, WashingtonRecorded onApril 4, 2024About BluewoodClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Local investorsLocated in: Dayton, WashingtonYear founded: 1980Pass affiliations:* Indy Pass and Indy+ Pass: 2 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Cottonwood Butte, Idaho, 3 hours eastBase elevation: 4,545 feetSummit elevation: 5,670 feetVertical drop: 1,125 feetSkiable Acres: 355Average annual snowfall: 300 inchesTrail count: 24 (30% difficult, 45% intermediate, 25% easy)Lift count: 4 (2 triples, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog's inventory of Bluewood's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himSomeday, if it's not too late, I'm going to track down the old-timers who snowshoed into the wilderness and figured this all out. The American West is filled with crazy little snow pockets, lesser-known mountain ranges spiraling off the vast plateaus. Much of this land falls under the purview of the United States Forest Service. In the decades immediately before and after World War II, the agency established most of our large western ski areas within its 193 million-acre kingdom. That's a lot of land – approximately the size of Texas – and it's not all snowy. Where there is snow, there's not always roads, nor even the realistic possibility of plowing one through. Where there are roads, there aren't always good exposures or fall lines for skiing.So our ski areas ended up where they are because, mostly, those are the best places nature gave us for skiing. Obviously it snows like hell in the Wasatch and the Tetons and the Sierra Nevadas. Anyone with a covered wagon could have told you that. But the Forest Service's map of its leased ski areas is dotted with strange little outposts popping out of what most of us assume to be The Flats:What to make of Brian Head, floating alone in southern Utah? Or Mt. Lemmon, rising over Tucson? Or Ski Apache and Cloudcroft, sunk near the bottom of New Mexico? Or the ski areas bunched and floating over Los Angeles? Or Antelope Butte, hanging out in the Wyoming Bighorns?Somewhere, in some government filing cabinet 34 floors deep in a Washington, D.C. bunker, are hand-annotated topo maps and notebooks left behind by the bureaucrat-explorers who determined that these map dots were the very best for snowsportskiing. And somewhere, buried where I'll probably never find it, is the story of Bluewood.It's one of our more improbable ski centers. Not because it shouldn't be there, but because most of us can't imagine how it could be. Most Washington and Oregon ski areas line up along the Cascades, stacked south to north along the states' western thirds. The snow smashes into these peaks and then stops. Anyone who's driven east over the passes has encountered the Big Brown Endless on the other side. It's surreal, how fast the high alpine falls away.But as Interstate 90 arcs northeast through this rolling country and toward Spokane, it routes most travelers away from the fecund Umatilla National Forest, one of those unexpected islands of peaks and green floating above our American deserts. Here, in this wilderness just to the west of Walla Walla but far from just about everything else, 300 inches of snow stack up in an average winter. And this is where you will find Bluewood.The Umatilla sprawls over two states and 1.4 million acres, and is home to three ski areas (Anthony Lakes and inactive Spouts Springs, both in Oregon, are the other two). Three map dots in the wilderness, random-looking from above, all the final product of years in the field, of hardy folks pushing ever-deeper into the woods to find The Spot. This is the story of one of them.What we talked aboutGrowing up Wenatchee; “the mountains are an addiction”; THE MACHINE at Mammoth; Back-In-The-Day Syndrome; Mammoth's outsized influence on Alterra Mountain Company; how the Ikon Pass strangely benefited Mammoth; the accidental GM; off the grid; Bluewood and southeast Washington's unique little weather pattern; “everybody that knows Bluewood comes for the trees”; why the Forest Service is selling a bunch of Bluewood's trees; massive expansion potential; when your snowline is 50 feet above your base area and you have no snowmaking; the winter with no snow; Skyline Basin and dreams that never happened; ambitious lift-upgrade plans; summer and “trying to eliminate the six-month revenue drought”; “if you take the North American lifts right now, they're only coming out because they're pieces of crap”; potential future chairlifts; Bluewood's owners and their long-term vision; mountaintop lodging potential; whether night skiing could ever happen; power by biomass; the Indy Pass; Southeast Washington ski culture; free buddy tickets with your season pass; Bluewood's season pass reciprocal program; why Bluewood's lift ticket prices are so low; and the absolute killer expense for small ski areas.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewOne of the more useful habits I've developed is attending offseason media events and consumer ski shows, where ski area managers and marketers tend to congregate. The regional gatherings, where mountain booths are stacked side by side like boxes in a cereal aisle, are particularly useful, allowing me to connect with reps from a dozen or more resorts in an hour. Such was the setup at the Snowvana “stoke event” in Portland, Oregon last November, which I attended both to host a panel of ski area general managers and to lay deeper roots in the rabid Pacific Northwest.Two podcasts emerged directly from connections I made that day: my February conversation with Red Mountain CEO Howard Katkov, and this one, with Korfiatis.So that's the easy answer: a lot of these podcasts happen simply because I was finally able to connect with whomever runs the mountain. But there's a certain amount of serendipity at work as well: Bluewood, right now, is on the move.This is a ski area that is slowly emerging from the obscurity I caged it into above. It has big-picture owners, an energetic general manager, a growing nearby population, and megapass membership. True, it also has no snowmaking and outdated, slow chairlifts. But the big, established ski centers to its west are overwhelmed, exhausted, and, with a few exceptions, probably un-expandable. Bluewood could be a big-deal alternative to this mess if they can do what Korfiatis says they want to do.There are a lot of millions standing between vision and reality here. But sometimes crazy s**t happens. And if it goes down at Bluewood, I want to make sure we're sitting right there watching it happen.What I got wrongI said that Mammoth was an independent mountain when Korfiatis arrived there in 2000. This is incorrect. Intrawest owned a majority stake in Mammoth from 1997 to 2006.Why you should ski BluewoodUsually, when casual skiers ask me where they ought to vacation, their wishlist includes someplace that's relatively easy to get to, where they can stay slopeside, where the snow will probably be good [whenever their kids' spring break is], and that is a member of [whatever version of the Epic or Ikon pass they purchased]. I give them a list of places that would not be a surprising list of places to anyone reading this newsletter, always with this qualifier: expect company.I like big destination ski areas. Obviously. I can navigate or navigate around the crowds. And I understand that 24-chairlifts-and-a-sushi-bar is exactly what your contemporary megapass patron is seeking. But if someone were to flip the question around and ask me which ski area characteristics were likely to give them the best ski experience, I'd have a very different answer for them.I'd tell them to seek out a place that's hard to get to, where you find a motel 40 miles away and drive up in the morning. Make it a weekday morning, as far from school breaks as possible. And the further you get from Epkon branding, the farther you'll be from anything resembling a liftline. That's the idea with Bluewood.“Yeah but it's only 1,100 vertical feet.”Yeah but trust me that's plenty when most of your runs are off-piste and you can ski all day without stopping except to ride the lift.“But no one's ever heard of it and they won't be impressed with my Instastory.”You'll live.“But it's not on my Ultimo-Plus Pass.”Lift tickets are like $50. Or $66 on weekends. And it's on the Indy Pass.“But it's such a long drive.”No it isn't. It's just a little bit farther than the busier places that you usually go to. But it's not exactly in Kazakhstan.“Now you're just making things up.”Often, but not that.Podcast NotesOn Bluewood's masterplanHere's the basic map:And the lift inventory wishlist:On Mission Ridge and WenatcheeKorfiatis grew up in Wenatchee, which sits below Mission Ridge. That mountain, coincidentally, is the subject of an already-recorded and soon-to-be-released podcast, but here's the trailmap for this surprisingly large mountain in case you're not familiar with it:On Mission Ridge's expansionAgain, I go deep on this with Mission CEO Josh Jorgensen on our upcoming pod, but here's a look at the ski area's big proposed expansion, which Korfiatis and I discuss a bit on the show:And here's an overhead view:On “The Legend of Dave McCoy”The Dave McCoy that Korfiatis refers to in the pod is the founder of Mammoth Mountain, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 104. Here's a primer/tribute video:Rusty Gregory, who ran Mammoth for decades, talked us through McCoy's legacy in a 2021 Storm Skiing Podcast appearance (18:08):On Kim Clark, Bluewood's last GMIn September 2021, Bluewood GM Kim Clark died suddenly on the mountain of a heart attack. From SAM:Longtime industry leader and Bluewood, Wash., general manager Kim Clark died of an apparent heart attack while working on the mountain Tuesday. He was 65. Clark had been the Bluewood GM since 2014.In a statement sharing the news of Clark's death, Bluewood said, “significant rescue efforts were unsuccessful. Kim passed away doing what he loved, with people he loved, on the mountain he loved.”Clark was an influential leader during his career in the mountain resort industry, much of which was spent at resorts in the Pacific Northwest. He is remembered by his peers as a mentor, a teacher, and a leader with a passion for the industry who cared deeply for the teams he led and the resorts he helped to improve.Prior to becoming GM at Bluewood, Clark led Mt. Ashland, Ore., as its general manager from 2005 to 2014.On the Tri-Cities of WashingtonImagine this: I'm 18 years old and some dude on the lift at Copper Mountain asks me where I'm from. I say “Michigan” and he says “where” and I say, “the Tri-Cities area” and he says “what on earth is that?” And I say “Oh you've never heard of the Tri-Cities?” as though he'd just told me he'd never heard of Paris. And he's like “no, have you ever heard of the Quad Cities?” Which apparently are four cities bunched along the Iowa-Illinois border around Interstate 80 and the Mississippi River.It was my first real-time lesson in hyper-regionalism and how oft-repeated information becomes so ingrained that we assume everyone must share it, like the moon or the wind. The Tri-Cities of Michigan are Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland. But no one who doesn't live there knows this or cares, and so after that chairlift conversation, I started saying that I was from “two hours north of Detroit,” which pretty much every American understands.Anyway imagine my surprise to learn that America had room for a second Tri-Cities, this one in Washington. I asked the robots to tell me about it and this is what they said:The Tri-Cities are three closely linked cities (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland)[2][3] at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington. The cities border one another, making the Tri-Cities seem like one uninterrupted mid-sized city. The three cities function as the center of the Tri-Cities metropolitan area, which consists of Benton and Franklin counties.[4] The Tri-Cities urban area consists of the city of West Richland, the census-designated places (CDP) of West Pasco, Washington and Finley, as well as the CDP of Burbank, despite the latter being located in Walla Walla County.The official 2016 estimate of the Tri-Cities MSA population is 283,869, a more than 12% increase from 2010. 2016 U.S. MSA estimates show the Tri-Cities population as over 300,000. The combined population of the three principal cities themselves was 220,959 at the 2020 census. As of April 1, 2021, the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Forecasting Division estimates the cities as having a combined population of 224,640.[5]And actually, it turns out that there are tri-cities all over the country. So what the hell do I know? When I moved east to New York in 2002, it took me about five years to figure out what the “Tri-State Area” was. For a long time I thought it must be New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. But it is New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, from which many people commute into NYC daily to work.On Scot Schmidt For those of you who don't know who “that guy” Scot Schmidt is:On the Greyhawk lift at Sun ValleyKorfiatis refers to the “Greyhawk lift” at Sun Valley as an example of a retiring high-speed quad that is unlikely to have a useful second life. He was referring to this lift, which from 1988 until last year ran parallel to the monster Challenger lift:Last summer, Sun Valley replaced both lifts with one Challenger six-pack with a mid-station, and built a new high-speed quad called Flying Squirrel (which replaced a shorter double chair of the same name that met death-by-fire in 2014):On the number of Washington ski areasWashington, while home to several legendary ski areas, does not have nearly as many as its growing, active population needs. Of the state's 17 active ski areas, five operate only surface lifts, and I'm not even certain whether one of them – Badger Mountain – operated this past ski season. Sitzmark also failed to spin its lift. There are really only nine volume-capable ski areas in the state: 49 Degrees North, Crystal, Mission Ridge, Baker, Mt. Spokane, Stevens Pass, Summit, Alpental, and White Pass. Here's an inventory:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing all year long. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 32/100 in 2024, and number 532 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Joining us to decompress from MMIW Women's Empowerment Retreat in Pasco, WA earlier this month is Kola Shippentower, personal safety coach and founder of the Wisawca Project, and Miyo Strong who is the program director of Smart Defense from the Elizabeth Smart Foundation. The sisterhood we experienced everyone including the Indigenous women of the Washington Nations; Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla, was truly healing. Thank you for attending and being a part of the journey towards wellbeing and love. Please consider donating to our #MMIWarriors efforts by visiting our website. Donate:⁠ https://www.indigenousvision.org/⁠ #MMIWarriors Self Defense information. The Wisawca Project & Smart Defense information. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Register for our May Cultural Humility Training.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you're able to donate please support our work by donating here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indigenous Vision this Native Am⁠erican Heritage Month.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Learn more about⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Indigenous Vision⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The IVPodcast is hosted by Indigenous Vision Executive Director, Souta Callinglast (Blackfoot Nation) and is produced by co-host, Melissa Spence (Anishinaabe Nation)

We cannot express how honored we are as organizers and as Indigenous women to be a part of the MMIW Women's Empowerment Retreat in Pasco, WA last week. It was beyond incredible to witness the power and strength of the Indigenous women of the Washington Nations; Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla. Thank you for attending and being a part of the journey towards wellbeing and love. Please consider donating to our #MMIWarriors efforts by visiting our website. Donate: https://www.indigenousvision.org/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Register for our May Cultural Humility Training.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you're able to donate please support our work by donating here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indigenous Vision this Native American Heritage Month.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Indigenous Vision⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The IVPodcast is hosted by Indigenous Vision Executive Director, Souta Callinglast (Blackfoot Nation) and is produced by co-host, Melissa Spence (Anishinaabe Nation)

In the past, the Cayuse Indians ruled over a wide territory spanning over six million acres in what is now Oregon and Washington. Being the first tribe in the Northwest to own horses, they were few in number but incredibly powerful, well-known for their cunning negotiation skills and well feared for their fighting prowess. Among the tribes on the Columbia Plateau, fur trader Alexander Ross characterized them as "by far the most powerful and warlike" in 1818. When they asked Marcus and Narcissa Whitman to build a mission on Cayuse property close to Walla Walla in 1836, they were at the height of their influence. What started out as hospitality turned sour and bitter. The Whitmans and eleven other people were killed by a party of Cayuse who assaulted the mission in November 1847. This brief outburst of violence resulted in the first Indian war in the Northwest, the establishment of Oregon Territory as a federal territory, and ultimately a treaty that deprived the tribe of the majority of their territory.  The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla are home to the Cayuse today.Listen now to learn more about this influential tribe and how they helped to shape the early history of the Evergreen State!A special thank you goes out to Al Hirsch for providing the music for the podcast, check him out on YouTube.Find merchandise for the podcast now available at:     https://washington-history-by-jon-c.creator-spring.comIf you enjoy the podcast and would like to contribute, please visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EvergreenpodIf you have any questions, episode ideas you'd like to see explored, or just have a general comment, please reach out at Historyoftheevergreenstatepod@gmail.comTo keep up on news for the podcast and other related announcements, please like and follow:https://www.facebook.com/HistoryoftheevergreenstatepodcastFind the podcast over on Instagram as well: @HISTORY_EVERGREENSTATEPODCASTYou can also find the podcast over on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/@historyoftheevergreenstatepodThank you for listening to another episode of the History of the Evergreen State Podcast!

This week's episode addresses some of the concerns of educators who seek resources not available at their own schools. Our host, Toni Myers, discusses the support offered to rural educators by Education Service Districts (ESDs) with her guest, Ayla Olson. Ayla is an Instruction Coach with the InterMountain ESD, serving twenty-one school districts in Morrow, Umatilla, Union, and Baker counties. Through ESDs, educators have access to support in four areas: programs for children with special needs, school improvement, technology support, and administrative services.  ESDs are especially designed to meet the needs of educators in rural areas who may have difficulty traveling to distant meetings and workshops. Instruction Coaches in the different areas travel regularly to each school and reach out to educators through newsletters, virtual meetings, and professional development summits. Listeners are encouraged to contact their region's ESD for support (find your school's ESD on the map linked below). The website for each ESD will include a calendar for professional development events and lists of free educator resources. Ayla assures us that all ESDs are open to questions and suggestions for future trainings   Resources: Education Service District  map (Find which ESD serves your school)     InterMountain ESD Instructional Coaches website   InterMountain ESD Calendar of Events    OEA Grow is a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Learn more about Paths to Understanding at https://www.PathsToUnderstanding.org Join the Paths Network at https://www.PathsNetwork.org The two basins formed by the Columbia and Snake rivers were once the biggest salmon habitats in the world. But no longer. Just as the native fish population in this once famed region is struggling to survive, what are called the ‘people of the salmon' are also facing major challenges-the Yakama, the Nez Perce, the Umatilla and the Warm Springs tribes. We continue last week's conversation in this episode of Challenge 2.0.

Today's Herbal Radio episode features the enthralling storyteller and creative alchemist, Sarah Greenman. Sarah is a profoundly talented artist, cultural worker, community organizer, and a true archeologist of the soul. Thomas and Sarah sit down and chat about Sarah's upbringing in a household full of thespians who'd break out in theatrical tunes at the drop of a hat, Sarah's detailed recollections of climbing the steep staircase leading to their grandmother's art studio as a young child, and the numerous creative paths they've embarked on to blossom into the botanical artist and passionate community-driven person they are today. Sarah's passion for unearthing buried stories of those left without a voice in our past and present-day is profound across each of their paintings and collaborative work within their community. You'll certainly be left with new perspectives on the natural world that surrounds us after listening to today's episode. Be sure to check out more on Sarah Greenman's artwork and community efforts detailed below. We're so happy to have you tag along on another botanical adventure with us, thank you for tuning into Herbal Radio! Sarah Greenman (she/they) is an artist, storyteller, and facilitator. Their work is rooted in a core framework of justice, radical inclusion, creativity, and anti-racist praxis. Sarah embodies a liberatory eco-arts practice in service of right-relationship with land, animals, plants, and people. Sarah is a curious and strategic facilitator who weaves joy, story, connection, and purpose into all of their community building work. Sarah has experience as a frontline staff member, educator, outreach director, birth worker, project manager, continuity coordinator, and nonprofit operations director. Their work as a birth and death doula is particularly powerful when applied to groups interested in crossing transformative thresholds. Sarah holds a BA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Gender Studies from Mills College. And they are also a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Sarah is a 2021-22 fellow with the American Leadership Forum of Oregon, a Certified Narrative4 Facilitator, and a Certified Catalyst Leader & Facilitator. Sarah also serves on multiple boards working as a grassroots community organizer. Sarah is a white, cis, queer, able-bodied, woman of size, with Celtic ancestry and descends from Scottish stone masons, Irish laundresses, and midwestern homesteaders. Sarah resides in Halfway, OR on the stolen ancestral lands of the Nimiipuu, Cayuse, Walla Walla and Umatilla. To align her recognition more closely with action, Sarah redistributes a percentage of proceeds from her work to local native-led community organizations. While Sarah works as an independent guide, much of Sarah's facilitation work happens in partnership with Joy Facilitation, a team-led enterprise founded by Myriam Loeschen. Visit Sarah's art gallery here! Check out Sarah's own podcast - Collaborative Alchemy Podcast here! Check out Sarah's blog - The Bohemian Home here!   Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Follow on Twitter Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. Mountain Rose Herbs www.mountainroseherbs.com

Shippentower signs with the Oregon RavensKola Shippentower is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. She has co-founded and is the Director of The Wisáwca Project - Enough Iz Enough, a non-profit organization working together for change, for better communication and involvement.Kola has developed a Safety Plan to be utilized by anyone in identifying safety methods, contacts, and procedures to keep one safe whether in an abusive relationship or a plan to track a missing person. She is a professional fighter and brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Welcome back to the show Kola!!!Waymakers Ravens VideoOregon RavensSRTN Website

Over $3.6 million in federal funding will be given to the City of Salem and Umatilla and Clackamas Counties to improve street safety. The money will be used to develop and update road safety plans. Joseph Marek is the traffic safety program manager for Clackamas County. Treven Upkes is the deputy chief of the field operations division for the Salem Police Department. They join us to discuss what traffic safety looks like in their community and how they plan to use these new funds.

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is part of a new short monthly series where Mason Pashia is joined by Dr. Jason Cummins, a previous guest and a friend of the podcast, to speak with indigenous leaders and academics to discuss how indigenous ways of knowing and leading can, and should, shape the education system.   Awaachiáookaate', or Jason Cummins Ed.D is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation, and recently served as the Deputy Director for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, Office of the Secretary. Previously, he was the principal at Crow Agency Public School. As an Indigenous scholar and school leader he has innovatively worked to lead schools towards authentically serving Native American students PreK-12 and their communities by implementing culturally sustaining, trauma-informed, and restorative approaches.  Dr. Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Apache, Nez Perce, Umatilla and Assiniboine and is currently the Professor and Department Chair at the College of Education at Oklahoma University. At the time of this recording was a professor at UW Tacoma. Prior to her time in Washington, Dr. Minthorn served as Coordinator of Native American Affairs at Oklahoma State University and an adjunct faculty at Pawnee Nation College. Preceding that, as an academic advisor at Comanche Nation College, which is Oklahoma's first tribal college. Dr. Minthorn also co-founded Gamma Delta Pi, American Indian Sisterhood and RAIN (Retaining American Indians Now) as an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma. As an academic professional, she co-founded ONASHE (the Oklahoma Native American Students in Higher Education) Conference. Links:  Dr. Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn Unsettling Settler Colonialism  Since Time Immemorial Sweeney Winchief Paolo Friere  Dr. Michael Yellow Bird Connie Mcloud Native Student Challenges Indigenizing the Academy  

A conflict over fishing access has some of Oregon’s federally recognized tribes at odds with both each other and the state’s Fish & Wildlife Commission. The commission voted last month to allow the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to issue hunting and fishing licenses to its own members. It’s approved similar agreements with four other tribes, but the wording of Grand Ronde’s agreement has members of the Yakama, Warm Springs, Nez Perce and Umatilla tribes worried that they could lose access to fishing at Willamette Falls.  Joining us to explain what’s at stake and what comes next are Karina Brown, managing editor of Underscore News, and Nika Bartoo-Smith, a joint reporter for Underscore and ICT. 

Laura Starcher and her friends were fed up with the halfhearted, desultory service they were getting from city government. So they got organized, ran for all the public offices, and won ... much to the chagrin of the defeated mayor: Starcher's husband. (Umatilla, Umatilla County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1903d.umatilla-petticoat-revolution-540.html)

The Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, collectively known as the Blue Mountains, have been operating on a forest management plan developed in the 1990s. Two different attempts to revise that plan have failed, the latest one in 2018. Now, the Forest Service is restarting the process. Darcy Weseman, a Public Affairs officer for the U.S. Forest Service, and Eric Watrud, Umatilla National Forest Supervisor, join us to talk about what this process for revising the Blue Mountain Forest Plan will look like and whether the third time's a charm.

People in Morrow and Umatilla counties have faced nitrate pollution in their drinking water for decades. Last year Morrow County declared an emergency and began distributing clean water and filters, but that order ended in January. The Environmental Protection Agency sent a strongly worded letter to the state encouraging it to take more action against polluters, but the Oregon Health Authority still hasn't tested any residential wells. We talk to Paulo Lopez and Ana Maria Rodriguez, both residents of Boardman, about what contamination actually means for them on a daily basis.

Returning to the river to witness the annual kokanee salmon migration, CMarie starts to see the seasonal red of the fish everywhere. The kokanee mating, the flowers on the hillside, all these fleeting rituals, are miracles. This episode takes place on Shoshone-Bannock, Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla homelands. Do you want to reach out to the team? Email us at terrafirma@cpr.org. We've collaborated with Apple Maps to create a guide to the special places in nature that you've heard about in this podcast. It's a list of beautiful settings in the Rocky Mountains, handpicked by CMarie Fuhrman. To check it out, go to apple.co/terra-firma-guide. Host and Writer: CMarie Fuhrman Field Recordist: Jacob Job Outdoor audio recorded at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Editor: Erin Jones Producers: Rebekah Romberg, Kibwe Cooper Art: Maria Juliana Pinzón Executive Producer: Brad Turner Additional Editorial Support: Jo Erickson, Luis Antonio Perez, Emily Williams Thanks also to Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Arielle Wilson, Martin Skavish and Jon Pinnow Terra Firma is a production of Colorado Public Radio's Audio Innovations Studio.

HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED FOR BEST EXPERIENCE!! A florist. A last straw. A painful silence. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: anxiety, mentions of alcohol, swearing/cursing, manipulation, implied violence, screaming/yelling, death, mental health, loud noises, paranoia, hospitals Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Brunhild Cry MJ as Connor Montes Felyx Pozorski as Bartholowmew ‘'Sal'' Lein Jace Pelletier as Alexandrea Mallory Reilly Deegan as Devyn Fraser Beth Barrett as Ollie Jones Daniel Freiburg as Zacharias Beckett Mars Boucher-Apel as The florist Iliad Ether as The waiter Jasper T as Isa Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Cry MJ with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. Thank you for listening to our season two finale! We will return with season three soon. The podcast mentioned in this episode is Neighbourly If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails Sound attributions: AMB MID SIZE CHINESE RESTAURANT - 20 PEOPLE by tferrino , Writing by HogantheLogan , Walking On A Wooden Floor by ralph.whitehead , Phone Dial and call.wav by MainstreamMex , Ambience city_MS.wav by addiofbaddi , Soft Wind by florianreichelt , FootSteps-SolidSurface.wav by Dr. Macak , Ambience - morning - window - city - calm - pigeon.wav by ValentinPetiteau , Phone Vibrate.aif by Housed1J , Door Open Close by amholma , Knock_the_door.wav by anagar , Footsteps in Nature by flex0rnaut , City Street Ambience.wav by Fester993 , Turning Pages and Flipping through Pages by El_Wilk , ice_in_glass.aiff by athenspublic , Heartbeats 61.wav by patobottos , quiet_mexican_park.wav by tatianafeudal , Suburban hospital ambience - Moscow region, mostly old ladies & gents calmly talking and walking around, door closes, general noises OMNI mics.wav by gladkiy

Tribal courts are asserting their ability to mete out justice and work toward healing. Many tribal courts are being recognized for restorative justice and for providing a means to address wrongs that go unresolved in other courts. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce speaks with Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians), law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and author of the “Turtle Talk” blog, and Matt Johnson (enrolled in the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation), court director of the Umatilla Tribal Court.

A confession. A hearing aid. A game. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: swearing/cursing, mentions of alcohol, implied use of cigarettes Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Cry MJ, Monte Clarke and Jace Pelletier with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop as well as the aboriginal land of the Kaurna people. The podcast mentioned in this episode is Delivery Pod If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails Sound attributions: Ambience city_MS.wav by addiofbaddi , cat;meow;throaty.wav by Abir19 , Cat meow by TRNGLE , Dog Breathing.wav by cloe.king , Dog walks on wooden floor by Elenalostale , Ambience - morning - window - city - calm - pigeon.wav by ValentinPetiteau , Morning Spring Ambience - Early April .m4a by Noted451 , Door Open Close by amholma , Walking On A Wooden Floor by ralph.whitehead , Knock_the_door.wav by anagar

A living memory. An unwelcome joke. A flirt. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: mentions of death, swearing/cursing, alcohol, feeling overwhelmed, meltdowns/break downs, manipulation Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Maeve Fern as Claudine @lavenderliege Cam Ryan P as Destasia Freya Meldrum as Oleander Avery Thompson as Cassius Kit as Conan Phobos as Selain Vincent Meier as Anthony Byron J Fitterly as Oscar Rafael Leroy as Chrissy Oscar ‘'Tumbleweed Tom'' Ramos as Dante Kat Lazarus as Dahlia Rachel Schumacher as Peyton Landau Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Jace Pelletier, Daniel Freiburg, Cry MJ and Felyx Pozorski with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is The Night Post If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails Sound attributions: Urban Colorado Ambience by xef6, smoking4.wav by lmr9, Ambience city_MS.wav by addiofbaddi, soda bottle open by supersnd , Wooden Door Open2 by theshaggyfreak , Walking On A Wooden Floor by ralph.whitehead , Creeking chair by Hencocor

An awkward date. A friendship on loose threads. A determined owner. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: cursing/swearing, alcohol, choking, mentions of death, implied violence Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Want to apply to become part of the editing team? Click this link: https://forms.gle/JBqgLRcim61fWB4R7 Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Luka Miller as Nick Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Cry MJ, Sebastian Valenzuela and Daniel Freiburg with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is The Darkcast If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails Sound attributions: coffee shop ambience by waweee , katzenmix.wav by ChaliceWell , Cat meow by TRNGLE , Ambience city_MS.wav by addiofbaddi , Phone Dial and call.wav by MainstreamMex , Clothing Noise by joerschsb , Melon Stabs (Clean) by TheFilmLook , distant storm 3.WAV by Soojay , Night village edge with away storm.wav by Guz99 , Phone Dial and call.wav by MainstreamMex , Phone Vibrate.aif by Housed1J , Walking On A Wooden Floor by ralph.whitehead , Door Open Close by amholma , Knock_the_door.wav by anagar

Effort to improve communications between residents.

A sister. An uprooted past. A voice through the darkness. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: mentions of death and mourning, anxiety, panic attacks, manipulation, swearing/cursing, Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Want to apply to become part of the editing team? Click this link: https://forms.gle/JBqgLRcim61fWB4R7 Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Luka Miller as Nick Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Caspian Palemoon, Sebastian Valenzuela, Daniel Freiburg, and Jace Pelletier, with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is Believer If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails

An obsession. An old love. A jealous heart. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: mentions of death, arguing, swearing/cursing, alcohol, struggles with adhd Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Want to apply to become part of the editing team? Click this link: https://forms.gle/JBqgLRcim61fWB4R7 Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Luka Miller as Nick Freya Meldrum as Maya Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Caspian Palemoon and Jace Pelletier with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is The Pasithea Powder If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails

Clayton Lindley is a professional scooter rider, base jumper, skydiver and member of the Human Performance Project. We discuss his journey into extreme sports, radiation in Umatilla, the good and bad sides of social media, Undialed, 7X and so much more.

Decades ago my big brother attended a conference at the University of Toronto in the dead of winter. He told me about their extensive tunnel system that connects the city and university, sparing people from having to walk above ground in the sub-zero climes. As young kids whenever we traveled over the Cascade Mountains, we begged Mom to take us on the Underground Seattle tour. From the Catacombs of Paris to rumors of underground alien bases to a town built beneath Umatilla, Oregon where immigrants were sequestered after sunset because of racist laws of old, I'm hooked. What else lies beneath our feet? This week we'll explore a cross-section of earth beneath bustling NYC then explore other secrets beneath the surface across the globe. By the episode's conclusion, I hope you discover a curiosity for what exists beneath your feet!

A discovery. A never ending spiral. A new friend. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: spiralling mental health, depression, mental illness, mentions of death, manipulation, swearing/cursing Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Luka Miller as Nick Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Caspian Palemoon and Jace Pelletier with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails

A curious trio. A crush. A cold building. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: swearing/cursing, death, implied violence, isolation, mild mention of police Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Rachel Schumacher as Peyton ‘'Paris'' Landau LmRoxas as Sydney ‘'London'' Ortiz Brookelynn Andler as Ruby ‘'Rome'' Andler Scripts written by Jace Pelletier and Cry MJ with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Cry MJ with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop.

A first time. A friendly face. A family. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: anxiety, swearing/cursing Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Felyx Pozorski as Sal Lein Daniel Freiburg as Zach Beckett Emile October as Farrah Lein Sebastian Valenzuela as Esther Lein Morgan Champine as Isaiah Lein Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Cry MJ with music composed by Jace Pelletier. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. Sound Attributions: Clock ticks close to mic.wav by BonnyOrbit, Nashville Streets.m4a by Koenig_Media, searching through pockets and patting self down.wav by sidequesting, Carpet Dress Shoes by jeroberts92, Door_Open.wav by Tabook, Door_toOutside_Main_Open_Close.wav by LamaMakesMusic

A ghost of the past. A slip of the tongue. An end. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: swearing/cursing, arguing, melt downs, mentions of death and mourning, anxiety, yelling Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Cam Ryan P as Destasia Freya Meldrum as Oleander Avery Thompson as Cassius Kit as Conan Phobos as Selain Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Caspian Palemoon and Jace Pelletier with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails Sound attributions: Freesound - "Glass breaking" by DelonOW

A birthday. A pocket watch. A warning… from yourself? Wait, what? Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: alcohol, being sick/ill, swearing/cursing, anxiety, yelling, paranoia Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Luka Miller as Nick Anderson Vincent Meier as Anthony Leibermann Byron J Fitterly as Oscar Rafael Leroy as Chrissy Garcia-Rose Oscar ‘'Tumbleweed Tom'' Ramos as Dante Valiente Kat Lazarus as Dahlia Naftali Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Caspian Palemoon and Jace Pelletier with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is Francis Forever, a mystery and adventure podcast following Francis Webb and their relationship with death, immortality, humanity, and themself. If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails Sound attributions: Freesound - "Drinkbottle, metalic, steel, unscrew, screw, Open_96Khz_Mono_ZoomH4n_NT5-002.wav" by MattRuthSound

EP 5 - GEMINI TWINS A fake. A paranoid soul. A fading hope. Welcome to Seven of Hearts Content Warnings: mentions of death, mild paranoia, arguing, swearing/cursing Transcript can be found here Want to hear more from us? Check out all the ways you can here Cast: Caspian Palemoon as Carmin Cry MJ as Connor Felyx Pozorski as Sal Jace Pelletier as Alex Reilly Deegan as Devyn Beth Barrett as Ollie Daniel Freiburg as Zach Scripts written by Jace Pelletier with transcripts edited by Cry MJ. This episode was edited by Caspian Palemoon and Jace Pelletier with music composed by Jace Pelletier and Sebastian Valenzuela. Cover art by Beth Barrett. We acknowledge that parts of Seven of Hearts are recorded and edited on Native land: Abenaki, Wabanaki Confederacy, Cherokee, Choctaw, Suquamish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish, Coast Salish, Chinook, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Walla Walla, Northern Paiutes, Clackamas and Clatsop. The podcast mentioned in this episode is The Attic Monologues, a queer urban fantasy/horror podcast following uni students Nyx Ryland and Bella Crow. If you relate to anything in this episode, don't be afraid to reach out for help: The Trevor Project Mermaids International Helplines International Helplines, Text and Emails

The town of Pilot Rock has less than 2,000 people, but will soon have two dollar stores- both a Family Dollar and a Dollar General. Over a half dozen other dollar stores have opened across small towns in Umatilla and Morrow counties. We'll talk to reporter Antonio Sierra, who recently wrote about the impact of the expansion of dollar stores in Eastern Oregon.

Umatilla County currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita in Oregon. And this week, the Pendleton Round-Up is bringing an influx of people. The rodeo and surrounding events are requiring people to wear masks, but anecdotal evidence suggests that compliance is low and enforcement minimal. We hear from Umatilla County Public Health Director Joseph Fiumara about hospital capacity, case numbers and the outlook for the next few weeks.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe scores a reservation voting rights victory President Joe Biden nominates a Umatilla tribal citizen to lead the National Park Service

Umatilla County has the highest COVID-19 case rate in Oregon. It also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the state. And the hospitals in the region say they're seeing a surge in coronavirus cases. Joseph Fiumara, Public Health Director of Umatilla County, joins us.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has created an online Umatilla language dictionary. Modesta Minthorn is the director of education for the confederated tribes and Thomas Morning Owl is the General Council interpreter. They join us to reflect on the importance of the online dictionary and how it can be used to support the language.