MISSION â A longtime administrator with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has been tapped for a job with broad influence over regional energy and environmental conservation. But an even bigger job could be in store for him. The CTUIR announced on Monday, March 8, that Chuck Sams was leaving his role as the interim executive director of the Tribes to fill a seat on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Gov. Kate Brown appointed him to the council, but sheâs also backing him for another appointment: a job in the Biden administration as the director of the National Parks Service.