The Dolphin Company and Friends of Lolita announced a formal agreement and promise to return the orca from Florida to her home waters in the Salish Sea.
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Judge Rules BNSF Violated Agreement with Swinomish Tribe
The rail company trespassed by increasing train traffic across reservation.
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First Samish Housing Project Breaks Ground in Anacortes
‘We’ve been here since time immemorial, and we’re making a statement that we’re going to continue to be here.’
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Undoing a Life Sentence
A judge resentenced Herbert Rice Jr., undoing a life sentence the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a decade ago. Rice, a citizen of the Colville Tribes, is one of about 2,500 U.S. prisoners held on life sentences without parole imposed when they were minors.
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BNSF Fuel Train Derails on Swinomish Reservation
The estimated 3,000-gallon diesel leak comes as BNSF and tribe head to court in a right-of-way dispute.
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Portland Art Museum Changes Policy After Karuk Mother Speaks Out
Offended by multiple employees who told her to remove her traditional woven willow baby carrier, Sophie Weinstein left the Portland Art Museum’s exhibit on Yankton Sioux artist Oscar Howe. The incident caused an uproar.
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Inupiaq Musher Ryan Redington Wins Iditarod
Indigenous mushers sweep the top three spots for the first time in 50 years.
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Portland Art Museum Apologizes, Revises Policies After Employee Tells Indigenous Visitor to Remove Traditional Woven Baby Carrier
Employee told an Indigenous woman she was not allowed to wear the carrier while visiting an exhibit of Native American art at the museum.
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Two Pike Place Totem Poles to Be Removed, But Maybe Not for Good
Despite controversy, the 50-foot cedar poles could be reinstalled before Seattle’s Victor Steinbrueck Park reopens this fall.
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Two Indigenous Films Vie for Academy Awards
Short international films rooted in Native issues received nominations for the Oscars.