Elder, educator and activist Patsy Whitefoot has a passion for arming the next generation with tools for change.
Posted inCulture
Indigenous People Press on to Indigenize Museums
Indigenous consultants are pushing to decolonize or Indigenize museums and galleries for accurate identification, representation and repatriation.
Posted inLand, Land Back, Tribal Government
A Closed Juvenile Detention Facility on Traditional Chinook Indian Nation Lands May be Returned
A task force created by the Washington State Office of Financial Management may soon recommend the return of nearly 23 acres to the Chinook Indian Nation, including buildings that could support the cultural survival of the first people of that land.
Posted inPeople
Elder Profile: Dr. Carma Corcoran
Dr. Carma Corcoran (Chippewa-Cree), director of the Indian Law Program at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., has built her career around the issue of incarceration of Native people. Corcoran applies her own research on Native traditional ways of knowing to Gentle Action Theory.
Posted inCulture, Food Sovereignty
How the Recovery of a Stolen Plant Helped One Tribe Re-Indigenize Tobacco
Tribes in Oregon are once again growing and using Columbian tobacco, a variety native to the Pacific Northwest that was all but wiped out by displacement from white settlers.
Posted inCulture, People, Profiles
Year in Review: Photos that Defined 2023
A look back at Underscore’s photojournalism of the year.
Posted inReporting
The Year in Review
In 2023, Noeledrich published over one hundred stories. Here are some must reads.
Posted inCulture
Salmon Claus Spreads Holiday Cheer This Christmas
Project Salmon Claus volunteers worked to make sure no child along the Columbia River would be without a gift this holiday season.
Posted inReporting
Siletz Valley Principal Fired Over Treatment of Indigenous Students
Students, families and teachers filed seven complaints against the principal at a majority-Indigenous school. But the school board didn’t investigate, until Noeledrich wrote about the complaints. Last week, the board announced her termination.
Posted inLand
Plan to Breach Snake River Dams Was the Work of Tribes
The four Columbia River treaty tribes — Umatilla, Warm Springs, Nez Perce and Yakama — led the creation of a plan to restore salmon on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and invited the federal cooperation that sealed the deal.