KUOW Newsroom NW tribes use DOJ grants to support teens, jail alternatives Support for youth, and access to drug treatment for adults – these are some of the services that Northwest tribes want to expand. And they were recently awarded grants from the U.S. Justice Department to do so.
KUOW Newsroom Washington Gov. Inslee declares European green crab emergency Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has authorized emergency actions to combat an infestation of European green crabs.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle's 'green' power violates salmon's legal rights, tribe says It’s one of the more unusual plaintiffs you’ll see in a lawsuit: Tsuladxʷ. That’s the Lushootseed word for salmon.
KUOW Newsroom Lummi Nation combats massive outbreak of invasive European crabs Lummi Nation biologists were alarmed to find 2,600 European green crabs invading the shores of the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham last year, more than had ever been seen in Puget Sound. This year, they found 30 times that number.
Northern Washington tribes fear ‘devastation’ of salmon by extreme floodwaters Too much water can be dangerous, even for fish.
Native American tribes are gathering in Plymouth to mourn on Thanksgiving Thursday's National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, will honor Indigenous people who've suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment. It's the 52nd year the event has been observed.
KUOW Newsroom Time runs out on harmful Native American names and mascots in WA schools ‘What the literature tells us is that these mascots lead people to discriminate against indigenous people. They're more likely to stereotype us as aggressive, as savages, or as primitive.’
KUOW Newsroom Tacoma liquid gas plant gets go-ahead from state pollution board A controversial liquified natural gas plant on the Tacoma waterfront has gotten the final go-ahead from the state’s Pollution Control Hearings Board.
KUOW Newsroom Makah Tribe works to obtain food provisions after landslides close highways Makah tribal officials say record rainfall last weekend resulted in landslides and washouts that initially cut off access to their reservation at Neah Bay. They've been working to ensure access to food, medicine and fuel as tenuous travel routes are restored.
Lummi tribe improvises as flooding turns its reservation into an island Rising floodwaters following two days of intense rain cut off the Lummi Reservation from the outside world.
