Indigenous Affairs

When Yakima Nation leaders learned in 2017 of a plan to tunnel through some of their ancestral land for a green energy development, they were caught off…

Indigenous and non-Native people gathered for the All Our Relations Snake River Campaign event in early October along the banks of the Hells Gate State…

(Runtime 4:15)On the banks of Oregon’s Willamette River, cooks grilled up food for hundreds of people. It was a summertime barbecue with a twist.The smell…

El sol apenas comenzaba a salir sobre el río Columbia en Bridgeport, Washington, cuando un pescador Colville capturó el primer salmón de la temporada.

As the days get hotter and warmer, many Washingtonians are gearing up for the wildfires that will ignite across the region this year, causing smoky skies, evacuations and potentially devastating loss.

(Runtime 4:00)On a warm evening last month, Yakama Nation leaders and environmentalists got together to eat giant crab legs, salmon and cheesecake – and…

(Runtime 4:04)The sun just started to rise over the Columbia River in Bridgeport, Washington, when a Colville fisherman caught the first salmon of the…

Washington state has one of the largest numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples cases in the nation.On May 4, the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Annual Protecting Our Sovereignty Tribal Summit focused on the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis.

On April 20, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1177 that establishes a cold case unit specifically for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people in the state. “This legislation will ensure that Indigenous victims of crime receive robust, thorough investigations, and potential prosecution,” Inslee said.

(Runtime 1:39)For over 30 years, Native American Heritage Month has been federally recognized by the United States government. Northwest Public…