Coast Salish youths revive land management and harvest practices on their ancestral prairie.
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Beyond NAGPRA: Guiding Ancestral Objects Home
Private collectors are now trying to repatriate items of cultural, historic and traditional importance to their place of origin.
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The Seed of an Idea
At a bootcamp aimed at cultivating leadership among Indigenous women, the goal is community and connection. Leaders hope more Native women will see themselves as candidates for public office.
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This Year’s Salmon Run is a Celebration
Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them.
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‘Rutherford Falls’ Star to Update ‘Uncle Buck’
‘It’s a really exciting time to be a Native person in Hollywood,’ Jana Schmieding said. ‘Especially as a storyteller and as a writer.’
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Kotek Reiterates Stance on Expansion of Tribal Gaming: No!
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek reiterated that she will maintain the policies of former Governors John Kitzhaber and Kate Brown regarding tribal gaming in Oregon.
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Justice
Two of the new environmental justice centers in the Pacific Northwest seek to amplify the voices of tribes and other communities particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. They will get part of a recent $177 million award from the Environmental Protection Agency shared between 17 groups.
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Envisioning Indigenous Futures
Meagan Byrne wants to create a world where Indigenous gamers can envision a post-Colonial future.
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Olympian Billy Mills Nurtures the Dreams of Indigenous Youth
‘Billy was a kid with a dream,’ said Sydney Mills Farhang, Mills’ granddaughter and executive director of Running Strong. ‘It’s truly an honor to be able to make the dreams of other Native youth come true, in honor of my grandfather.’
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Green Colonialism is Flooding the Pacific Northwest
The Yakama Nation is fighting a pumped hydro storage development near Goldendale, Washington – but it’s just one of many.