Native Americans

Climate choice 2020: Trump’s 'wrecking ball' vs. Biden’s mixed record

Three days in from the trailhead, we weren’t sure what to do when the wildfire smoke got thick. Hiking deeper into the Olympic wilderness, toward the apparent source of the smoke, seemed a bad idea.

All Things Considered

Savanna's Act Addresses Alarming Number Of Missing Or Murdered Native Women

Sarah Deer, citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and University of Kansas professor, discusses the measures to strengthen investigation procedures and why it's taken so long to address the issue.

Chehalis Tribe opens distillery after overturning centuries-old prohibition

A new distillery will soon begin making whiskey, vodka and gin on Chehalis tribal land in southwest Washington state. It's the first legal, Native-owned distillery to open on tribal land in the nation. The Chehalis Tribe's effort to diversify its economy by joining the craft spirits boom had to first overcome a nearly two century old prohibition on liquor production in Indian Country.

New momentum to retire Native-themed mascots at Washington state schools

The first Native American woman elected to the Washington State House of Representatives says she is drafting legislation to retire Native-themed...

KUOW Newsroom

MacKenzie Scott lists $1.7B in donations since divorce from Amazon's Jeff Bezos

Multiple nonprofits and universities that received large gifts this month from Seattle billionaire MacKenzie Scott are describing the donations as ...

KUOW Newsroom

This Washington tribe has zero coronavirus cases. They plan to keep it that way

"If we were to lose a handful of those people, it would just be devastating."

KUOW Newsroom

First 'panic,' then a battle to keep the National Archives in Seattle

Lovers of history are scrambling to save a beloved local institution. Last month, the National Archives and Records Administration abruptly announced it would close its Seattle facility.