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  Flooding is a familiar foe on the Lummi Reservation

  “We seem to be experiencing catastrophic flooding every few years,” Hillaire said.

  • John Ryan
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  ICE stops Native American actress Elaine Miles in Redmond

  Amid the increase of reports of ICE arrests in the cities surrounding Seattle over the past weeks, a member of a federally recognized tribe says she was also stopped and interrogated by apparent immigration officials.

  • Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
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  Human remains identified as missing Tulalip woman whose disappearance helped spark movement

  Mary Johnson-Davis’s disappearance while walking on the Tulalip Reservation on Nov. 25, 2020 sparked a reward, a documentary film, and fueled a successful movement to create statewide alerts for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Now, the FBI said DNA from human remains found in a remote area in North Snohomish County on June 13, 2025 has been confirmed as matching Johnson-Davis.

  • Amy Radil
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  Uncle Sam billboard on I-5 goes from right-wing zingers to a statement of Native rights

  The 70-year saga of the Uncle Sam billboard on I-5 south of Chehalis and its provocative, right-wing messaging took an abrupt turn this summer when the billboard and the 3.5 acres on which it sits was purchased by the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

  • Stephen Howie
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  Glacierless Peak? The icy realms of Washington’s North Cascades lose their cool

  The ice fields that give Washington’s Glacier Peak its name are disappearing, though few people may have noticed.

  • John Ryan
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  Native children in WA are disproportionately taken from their families. Advocates are working to change that

  Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be taken from their parents and placed in foster care than any other kids. That rate has remained stubbornly high, despite policy efforts to keep more families together.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Northwest tribes: Treaties mean Trump can’t ax salmon funding

  Northwest tribal officials say the Trump administration’s latest budget proposal would violate their treaty rights to catch salmon.

  • John Ryan
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  Poetry is 'like falling in love' at Seattle Reads

  This is the KUOW Book Club, and we've been reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" in partnership with Seattle Reads.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Trump admin aims to gut salmon spending

  The Trump White House wants to eliminate several programs that benefit Pacific salmon, the iconic but widely threatened species of the Pacific Northwest.

  • John Ryan
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  The case of the missing hooligans: a Cowlitz River mystery

  Thousands of northwesterners were disappointed when they failed to meet up with some hooligans in March. These hooligans don’t make much trouble, except when they fail to show up.

  • John Ryan

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