Gathered at Cowlitz Landing the first weekend in June, Cowlitz Indian Tribe citizens taught the younger generations how to prepare and cook the first salmon of the year.
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Feds Shrug Off Responsibility for BIA Officer Who Raped Woman Under Threat of Arrest
A Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer pleaded guilty in a criminal case arising from his rape of a woman who had called for his help. At a hearing Monday in a related lawsuit, the government claimed it bears no responsibility for his actions.
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Former Oregon Governor Kate Brown to Lead Willamette Falls Trust
After a tumultuous tenure as governor, Kate Brown has taken on a new role, as president of an organization with Native leadership dedicated to creating public access at Willamette Falls.
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Honoring the Lost Kids of Chemawa Indian School
Volunteers gathered on Memorial Day to clean the neglected Chemawa Cemetery, which had become an overgrown dumping ground.
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Portland Rose Princess Advocates for Native Representation
Roosevelt High School junior Heleen Red Bird, descendant of the Fort Peck Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, hopes her reign on the Rose Court will increase Indigenous visibility.
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Washington AG’s Office and Local Police Intensify Search for Missing Indigenous Teen
The teen’s disappearance is among the first cases taken by Washington state’s new cold case unit, launched by the attorney general’s office to investigate cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives.
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‘We Are Going to Lead the World’
Indigenous values center a tribal community’s move to higher ground.
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Climate Bill is Huge and It’s Coming Due
Flood risk is growing – and it’s not just coastal communities at risk.
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Quinault Nation’s Move to Higher Ground
Tribal community plans a village that’s ‘as resilient as possible.’
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Portland Exhibit By Hopi Artist Provokes Healing Through Remembering
Hopi artist Mikaela Shafer’s new exhibit, Matrilineal Memory, takes viewers on a dreamlike journey through an immersive experience at the Center for Native Arts & Cultures.