Native American

Three Native American women will share their own stories to a crowd at Yakima’s Capitol Theatre this Thursday as part of a storytelling program called “The Aunties.”

(Runtime 1:00)Wing dresses embellished with tiny shells jingle a bit as huge hugs are thrown between friends and relatives.This is the day “the sun turns…

(Runtime :57)Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek recently announced she hired a tribal affairs director for the first time. Shana McConville Radford is stepping into…

For Northwest tribes, removing the four lower Snake River dams means more than just saving salmon, more than just saving the orcas that rely on salmon for…

(Runtime 4:02)More than 17 million acres in what is now Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana make up the historic homeland of the Nez Perce Tribe.A…

(Runtime 3:51) Every time Jeremy Wolf heads out into the woods, it is an opportunity – more than just spending time in nature .“It’s for us, just being…

(Runtime :57) Jacob Johns is an artist and community organizer living in Washington. He recently finished painting a “Free the Vote” mural in Spokane to…

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced the launch of an oral history project that, for the first time, will document stories of generations of…

Providers say education, building trust among communities and building out mobile response teams are top priorities

(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…