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A federal trial over access to a five-acre portion along the shore of Willamette Falls came to a close on May 6. Central to the trial is a ceremonial fishing platform built in 2018 on the rocky shores ...
Cletus Paradise moved away from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation after his son was killed by BIA police there. He finds it painful to return. (Drew Nash/InvestigateWest) Cody Whiterock was ...
Judge preparing to issue written decision in trial that seeks to settle a yearslong land ownership dispute between Portland General Electric and the Oregon Department of State Lands that centers ...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), www.ice.gov. Photo courtesy of ICE, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Tribes across the U.S. are responding to reports of Indigenous people being ...
The Food Sovereignty Project tells stories about traditional Indigenous knowledge and practices that honor and strengthen the relationship to the plants and animals that sustain all of us. The ...
A young man with two long, black braids clinging to his back took a deep breath before diving head first into a crevice at the base of the Willamette Falls, searching for a slippery Pacific lamprey — ...
On Feb. 10, around a dozen people gathered outside the Mamook Tokatee apartment complex in the Cully Neighborhood to display protest signs and sing handdrum songs before walking to the Native American ...
Shuína Skó works to "empower Indigenous people, create avenues for positive societal change, and share the vibrancy of their culture through storytelling." Contributed photo Shuína Skó wrote their ...
Stephanie Craig, citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, runs her own business, Kalapuya Weaving & Consulting. Besides teaching traditional basket weaving, she consults museums and ...
Editor’s note: This story is the first installment of a series that illuminates the historical context of tribal law in the Pacific Northwest and examines cases where tribes and tribal members have ...
At the end of a week-long paddle, the Lee-Choe-Eese Canoe Family, from Quinault Indian Nation, arrived at the homelands of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. One of the youngest paddlers on board, KaLeah, ...
Imagine a future in which first foods and medicines line the shores of the Willamette River in the OMSI district, Indigenous stories and design on full display, as flags from hundreds of Native ...