Puyallup Tribe Archives - Northwest Public Broadcasting

Cantwell dice que Washington necesita más recursos para enfrentar crisis de MMIP

By Johanna Bejarano May 9, 2023

En una conferencia de prensa realizada en el Seattle Indian Health Board, dirigentes tribales, familiares de personas desaparecidas y la senadora estadounidense Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) afirmaron que se necesitan más recursos federales para abordar la crisis de las personas indígenas desaparecidas y asesinadas en el estado de Washington. La conferencia tuvo lugar el 5 Read More

Cantwell says Washington needs more resources to address MMIP crisis

By Johanna Bejarano May 9, 2023

Tribal leaders, family members, and Democrat U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington asked President Biden for more federal resources to address the missing and murdered indigenous women and people crisis in Washington. Read More

Electron Hydro dam could face largest fine for environmental crime in Washington history

By Lauren Gallup March 7, 2023

Artificial turf found in the Puyallup River on Nov. 11, 2020, after the materials flowed into the river from a construction project on the Electron Hydro dam in the summer of 2020. Photo courtesy of the Puyallup Tribe.

Electron Hydro dam and its chief operating officer could have to pay the largest fine and restitution for an environmental crime in Washington state history. COO Thom Fischer and the company, pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor permit violation for allowing the toxic contaminants crumb rubber and artificial turf to flow into the Puyallup River during a construction project. Read More

May 5 “Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And People Awareness Day” In Pierce County

By Lauren Gallup May 4, 2022

A participant in the Greater Than Fear Rally & March in Rochester Minnesota. The red handprint is a symbol for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people.

Tacoma has some of the highest cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People nationwide. Pierce County council members voted to establish an awareness day of this issue. Read More

StoryCorps Northwest: Puyallap Tribe Member Remembers Mother’s Disappearance 20 Years Later

By NPR News March 29, 2019

Carolyn DeFord poses with her mother and daughter in La Grande, Oregon in their last photograph together before Leona disappeared in 1999. Courtesy of Carolyn DeFord

It's been 20 years since Carolyn DeFord, a member of the Puyallup tribe, last saw her mother, Leona Kinsey in La Grande, Ore. DeFord was raised by Kinsey in La Grande. She remembers her mother as independent and self-sufficient, working odd jobs to scrape by.Read More

How The Puyallup Tribe Brings Salmon Home

By John Ryan May 22, 2018

Fred Dillon, second left, has help from his son, Codi Dillon, 10, while returning the salmon to the water after a tribal ceremony honoring the first salmon caught by Puyallup tribal fishermen on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Tacoma. CREDIT: MEGAN FARMER/KUOW

The Puyallup Tribe welcomed the first salmon of the year back to the Puyallup River in Tacoma on Tuesday. Strangely, perhaps, that chinook’s epic journey from mid-Pacific Ocean to a Puyallup fishing net begins with a sloshing tanker truck.Read More