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.
Posted inReporting
Art Show Helped Bring Indigenous Woman Home
With ‘Portraits in Red,’ artist Nayana LaFond aims to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Currently on display at Yakima Valley Museum, the traveling art show will continue its Pacific Northwest tour in January.
Posted inReporting
Yakama Nation Unveils New Justice Center
After seven decades, Yakama Nation has the justice center its community needs.
Posted inReporting
Project Salmon Claus Delivers Christmas Along the Columbia River
For over a decade, employees of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission have brought gifts to families living at in-lieu fishing sites along the Columbia River.