Volunteers gathered on Memorial Day to clean the neglected Chemawa Cemetery, which had become an overgrown dumping ground.
Posted inCulture
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.
Posted inJustice
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.
Posted inLand
Climate Bill is Huge and It’s Coming Due
Flood risk is growing – and it’s not just coastal communities at risk.
Posted inLand
Quinault Nation’s Move to Higher Ground
Tribal community plans a village that’s ‘as resilient as possible.’
Posted inCulture
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.
Posted inJustice, Land
Warm Springs Asks State to Repeal Agreement with Grand Ronde
Nine months after Oregon passed a historic agreement with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs filed a petition to repeal the agreement, saying the state didn’t consult them about an agreement that threatens their treaty rights.
Posted inLand, Land Back
Chinook Indian Nation Closer to Securing Ancestral Winter Village Land
A Washington state task force voted to recommend the return of land at a former youth detention facility to the Chinook Indian Nation. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the fiscal committees of the legislature will review the task force report in June and make a decision.
Posted inMMIR
‘I Understand How Families Are Feeling’
Dawn Pullin, Spokane Tribe of Indians citizen, talks about her work since becoming the tribal liaison for Washington State Patrol in 2020.