The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe hopes to preserve the Snoqualmie Falls and other ancestral sites for future generations through a new 2% land protection tax. Leaders say it’s a model for other tribes working to reclaim their ancestral lands.
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Muckleshoot Tribal College Makes History With 2023 Doctoral Graduates
The University of Washington in Tacoma partnered with the tribal college to train the inaugural graduates of the Muckleshoot Cohort, a doctorate in education program for educators working with tribes.
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Warm Springs Elder Linda Meanus: Storyteller, Dancer, Beadworker and Advocate
Author Linda Meanus shares the inspiration for her first book, ‘My Name is Lamoosh.’
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Two More Tribes Make Historic Co-Management Agreements With Oregon
Four tribes in Oregon can now issue hunting and fishing licenses for their citizens under the agreements, based on harvest limits informed by tribal values. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shelved its planned agreement with a fifth tribe.
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U.S. Supreme Court Affirms the Indian Child Welfare Act
The ruling is a major victory for tribal sovereignty. “The bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners’ challenges to the statute,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in the majority opinion upholding the law.
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Beloved NAYA Leader Steps Down
During nearly seven years there, Lumley built the Native American Youth and Family Center into an economically powerful organization and more than doubled the affordable housing properties it runs.
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Shake Up in Portland’s Tribal Relations Office
Laura John’s mission was to make Indigenous voices heard at City Hall. On Monday, Miranda Mishan, who has worked with John for two years, took over the role.
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At Thacker Pass, Extraction and Resistance Come to a Head
Police and private security for a Canadian mining company arrested an Indigenous protester and demolished a protest blockade on Wednesday that was erected by descendants of a survivor of the 1865 massacre at the site, according to land and water defenders who were there.
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Cully Farmers Market: NAYA Hosts a Destination for the Whole Community
The Cully Farmers Market, hosted by the Native American Youth and Family Center, runs every Thursday this summer, highlighting about a dozen Indigenous vendors.
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Swinomish Community Creates Clam Garden on Reclaimed Lands
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is one step closer to a modern clam garden on tribal territory.