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LUMMI FISHERMEN RETURN TO ANCESTRAL FISHING GROUNDS
Lummi tribal fishermen harvested salmon from Whatcom Creek in August, for the first time in at least 100 years. The chinook salmon were released as juveniles in 2017 from the Bellingham Technical College’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Science program’s hatchery, which works in partnership with tribal and state fisheries managers. When the chinook returned as adults,…
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Women, minorities shoulder front-line work during pandemic
As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along. They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and keeping streets and buildings clean. They have also watched their co-workers…
Washington governor withdraws support of LNG plant, sides with Puyallup Tribe
The Puyallup Tribe received some good news on Wednesday when Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced he no longer supports the construction of a liquified natural gas plant (LNG plant) on the Puyallup River Tideflats in Tacoma. The plant, which the tribe has opposed since 2015, would produce up to a half million gallons of highly…
Redface, like blackface, is a sin of white supremacy
Blackface is a damnable blot on the nation’s history. Today many Americans recognize it, belatedly, as the abomination it always was. Redface, too, is a damnable blot, though so common in our time it is nearly invisible. This contradiction puzzles Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. He is a…
Podcast | Past the dams, tribes help the Columbia River roll on
Few rivers define a region like the Columbia, where tribal scientists are making headway in bringing back its most important species: salmon. Few rivers define a region like the Columbia. Since time immemorial, it’s been a food source, a dividing line and a driver of culture and politics throughout the Pacific Northwest. And since humans…
Judge Orders Trump Administration To Give Tribes Their COVID-19 Relief Funds
The Treasury Department was planning to sit on $679 million in emergency aid that was due to go to tribal governments months ago. A federal judge on Monday ordered Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to distribute $679 million in emergency COVID-19 relief funds to Native American tribes that should have gotten it months ago, and he…