The small, high-desert district, one of the few to host in-person classes, has a 94% attendance rate.
Posted inJustice
Deadline to Spend COVID-19 Funds has Oregon Tribes on Edge
Relief money provided by the CARES Act must be spent by Dec. 30. With Congress fighting over additional stimulus, Oregon tribal governments are left wondering how they’ll provide services next year.
Posted inFood Sovereignty
Coronavirus Makes Feeding Hungry People Harder
The COVID-19 pandemic shuttered facilities at Portland’s Native American Youth and Family Center. Now the organization is finding ways to offer services remotely, including getting food to families who are at a high risk of going hungry.
Posted inReporting
When the Political Divide Turned Deadly in Portland
The two middle-aged white men shared a common backstory: Both were raised in the rural Pacific Northwest and found a sense of greater purpose and belonging on opposite sides of radical politics. Then both ended up dead.
Posted inEducation
Amid Technical and Logistical Challenges, Warm Springs Parents Struggle to Connect
“I’ve been emailing my fourth grader’s teacher saying, ‘Hey, we’re lost.’ But it’s after-hours, so he can’t really help me.”
Posted inReporting
New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect
Local law enforcement officers deputized as U.S. Marshals have given conflicting accounts of the shooting. Witnesses say they heard no warning before the agents shot Michael Reinoehl dead, an outcome President Trump termed “retribution.’’
Posted inCulture
Columbus Day: Settling of the New World Drenched in Hype
A look at events that led up to the Columbus Day proclamation that arose from racist attitudes and how Native Americans face similar racist demons.
Posted inReporting
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It.
Federal regulators have given a Canadian oil company the power to seize property from Oregon landowners for a gas pipeline that will help … Canada.
Posted inJustice
Preparing for College in a Pandemic
For Native American high school graduates, COVID-19 has derailed plans—but not resolve.