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Northwest tribes' salmon hatcheries get $240 million federal boost

West Coast tribes are getting nearly $240 million from the federal government to improve their salmon hatcheries.
John Ryan
BNSF Railway ordered to pay $395 million after years of trespassing on Swinomish land

A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Tribe $395 million for illegally running mile-long oil trains through the tribe’s reservation for nearly a decade.
John Ryan
Car crashes take deadly toll on Native Americans in Washington state

Fatal traffic crashes are up in Washington state, and they are hitting especially hard among Native American communities, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
John Ryan
Lily Gladstone represents at 2024 Met Gala — one of just four Indigenous attendees

Gladstone's attendance at the Met Gala was yet another reminder of her talent, grown at Mountlake Terrace High School. But for some onlookers, it was also a reminder of a persistent trend in fashion: a dearth of Indigenous stars, designers, and other attendees.
Katie Campbell
Lily Gladstone chronicles Blackfeet Nation's reunion with buffalo in new SIFF documentary

She’s an Oscar nominee, a Golden Globe winner, and the pride of Mountlake Terrace High School. And now, Lily Gladstone has an executive producer credit for her work with "Bring Them Home" a new documentary screening at SIFF next week.
Libby Denkmann

Noel Gasca
Deaths at rural Washington jails highlight perilous conditions: 'Failures at almost every level,' critics say

There’s turmoil in Klickitat County over a proposal to close the local jail and send inmates elsewhere. The move comes after one person's death and a second inmate was found in a life-threatening condition last year.
Amy Radil
Meaty razor clams bring profits, protein to Quinault Nation in Washington state

Thousands of Washingtonians are expected to head to the beach to dig up razor clams for food and fun in March and April.
John Ryan
'Overturning historical trauma.' Tulalip Tribes celebrates new laws supporting Native education in Washington schools
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Salmon-spilling company ends fight to resume farming at Puget Sound sites

The company behind a massive spill of Atlantic salmon in 2017 has thrown in the towel on its efforts to keep farming fish at two locations in Puget Sound.
John Ryan
In 'Thunder Song,' a Coast Salish punk creates her own form of medicine

If you read her award winning memoir, you may know Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe as a "Coast Salish punk." Now, LaPointe is back with a new essay collection, titled "Thunder Song: Essays". In it, LaPointe takes a raw, unflinching look the complexities of indigenous identity, the punk scene, and the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
Libby Denkmann

Noel Gasca

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