One Branch At A Time: 2025 Herring Egg Harvest
Alaska Natives celebrate spring by eating and sharing eggs across the state.
Recent Stories
New Center Providing Comprehensive Youth Services Opens in Spokane
The NATIVE Project, serving the Indigenous community and beyond in the Spokane region, celebrated the opening of its Children and Youth Services Center in March.
Nooksack Eviction Exposes Gaps in Native Property Rights
Olive Oshiro, a disenrolled Nooksack citizen, died before the four-year legal battle with Nooksack Indian Tribe to keep her home of two decades was over.…
A ‘Decolonized Approach’ to Law
Molly Washington started her own law firm, N’dee Law LLC, in 2024 and hopes to use her practice to bring an Indigenized lens to law…
Oregon Bill Could Empower Tribes to Remove State Control
Proposal would simplify patchwork laws governing jurisdiction on tribal lands.
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Running Down a Dream
Ku Stevens’ great-grandfather escaped an Indian boarding school, repeatedly, by running 50 miles through the desert to get home. Decades later, Ku runs to honor that legacy.
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Northwest Tribes Sound Alarm About Cuts to Health Care, Education and Other Key Services
Moves targeted at programs that are already underfunded and understaffed, tribal leaders tell Congress.
‘He Didn’t Deserve What Happened:’ Community, Family of Madras Man Killed by Police Speak Out
The mother of Allan Dale Warner Jr., who was shot by police on Feb. 20 following reports of a fight,…
Oregon Bill Takes Aim At ‘Epidemic Of Violence’ Around Missing And Murdered Indigenous People
Proposal would provide resources, form partnerships and improve data collection among agencies.
Healing through Song: Culture as Medicine
Ten years ago, Aldo Garcia (Puxtunxt), a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, almost lost custody of…
Land
How the Klamath Dams Came Down
Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.
Pressure Builds on Army Corps to Produce Years-Late Reports on Willamette River Basin Dams
New federal study shows dams harming endangered salmon as Congress pushed for action.
Chuck Sams Reflects on the Past, Present and Future of National Parks
In two lengthy interviews with Underscore at his Pendleton home, the first Native American parks director in U.S. history discusses the role of public lands in American life, the importance of Indigenous knowledge in stewardship and the consequences of…
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People
Indigenous Futurism Brings Fresh Perspectives to Pop Culture
Sadekaronhes Esquivel is a Kanien’kehà:ka and Mexican Indigenous artist and writer who utilizes illustration and gaming to create worlds and stories that promote imaginative futures, enhancing Native representation in pop culture.
Indigenous Youth and Women Shaping Environmental Futures
New podcast series Healing Women Heals Mother Earth led by youth tribal leader Santana Rabang features Indigenous women leaders within grassroots movements sharing knowledge about how they take care of themselves while involved in advocacy work.
The Year in Stories: 2024
Noeledrich published dozens of stories throughout the year. Here are some of the must reads.
Culture
Tenants Speak Out Amid Wave of Evictions at NAYA Affordable Housing
One-fifth of 165 combined low-income units in Portland’s Cully Neighborhood have been served eviction notices in the last 10 months. The evicted tenants are decrying what they say is a pattern of unjust eviction notices, mismanagement and neglect by…
‘Hello, Everybody’: Leonard Peltier Gets a Warrior’s Welcome
The Chippewa and Lakota activist spoke to nearly 500 supporters Wednesday on the Turtle Mountain Reservation.
Finding Strength in Vulnerability
Artist Kitana Connelly, citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, hopes to create spaces for healing and creativity through her art book “Sacred Flow: Creativity as Medicine” and by opening up about her personal journey.