Amid drastic declines in Chinook salmon in the Coquille River watershed, the Coquille Indian Tribe last year began pushing the state for more authority in managing natural resources in southwest Oregon, culminating in a state commission approving an agreement on June 17.
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Family of Lakota Man Killed by Police Speaks Out
Authorities release body cam footage and say law enforcement’s actions were justified, but family and supporters say police used excessive force in March shooting death of Barney Peoples in South Dakota.
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Swinging Heartbeats with Musician Delbert Anderson
The Diné performer has blended jazz, rap, soul, funk, blues and Indigenous rhythms throughout his career. Now, as the BLM’s artist-in-residence, he’s embarking on a tour that includes a stop in Oregon on June 27-28.
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Wilma Mankiller Featured on New U.S. Quarter
Kermit Mankiller, the former Nez Perce tribal executive, says the quarter is an “excellent representation” of his aunt Wilma, the first woman to be elected primary chief of the Cherokee Nation and now just the sixth American woman to appear on a U.S. coin.
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Native Veteran Fights for Mental Health, Social Justice
Greg Urquhart of Washington is a student, activist and healer.
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Senate Committee Holds Hearing for Indian Health Service Director Nominee
Roselyn Tso, Navajo, has spent much of her nearly 40-year career with the agency in the Portland area.
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A Lummi Matriarch Tells Her Story
Raynell Morris was the first Native American staffer to be appointed to the White House, one of many firsts in her distinguished career and life.
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Fifty Years Ago: Mount Adams Returned to Yakama PeopleÂ
A 1972 executive order returned the sacred Pahto mountain to tribal lands, but disputes have continued to arise, including a recent challenge that culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court affirming the tribe’s standing in April.
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U.S. Boarding School Investigative Report Released
The findings show the federal Indian boarding school system consisted of at least 408 federal schools across 37 states and that roughly 53 different schools had been identified with marked or unmarked burial sites.
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Tribes Say They Were Left Out of Historic Revision to Oregon Forest Law
The bills were the result of an unlikely agreement struck between conservation and logging stakeholders over expanding environmental protections.