For members of the Klamath basin tribes who had fought for the river dams’ removal and organized the historic first descent of the newly free-flowing waters, the signing of an international accord ...

PORT TOWNSEND, Washington — Canoe families from across the Pacific Northwest banded together Tuesday evening to help move each other’s canoes back to camp, away from the water’s edge, following the ...

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Canoe families from across the Salish Sea and beyond have begun their annual canoe journey, this year paddling to Elwha where the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe will host for the first time in 15 years.

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“I think about Lummi, about Muckleshoot, about Skokomish, about all these different tribes that stepped up when we called them and asked them for help,” said Mark Charles, cultural coordinator for the ...

Cultural impact of Pacific lamprey within Columbia River tribes Yakama Nation Fisheries was invited to participate in Lampreypalooza, where they focused on educational outreach. Their booth featured ...

Hundreds of people gathered in Oregon City for the fourth annual Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration last week to commemorate the renewed momentum of the Tribal Pacific Lamprey Restoration Plan. As ...

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation celebrated Treaty Day on Friday, June 13, hosting the first annual celebration since 2023.

A project 23 years in the making, the Yurok Tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy jointly achieved the largest land back deal in California’s history this May. With over 47,000 acres of ancestral lands ...

After decades of work toward federal recognition with Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez and surrounding tribes, the Chinook Indian Nation is calling on new legislative allies, following an amendment ...

One-fifth of 165 combined low-income units in Portland’s Cully Neighborhood have been served eviction notices in the last 10 months. The evicted tenants are decrying what they say is a pattern of ...