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The Ko-Kwel Wellness Centers in Coos Bay and Eugene provide essential healthcare for Native and non-Native populations alike, often from rural areas. Now they’re bracing for service interruptions amid ...
Joseph Ham, assistant at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s native plant nursery, examines a bunch of camas lilies blooming in the spring. The tiny, fuzzy white-and-purple flowers tilted toward ...
Just two weeks after Gov. Tina Kotek signed off on $45 million for an inter-tribal development project at Willamette Falls, the state has granted $12.5 million to Oregon City for a separate tribal ...
Hoping to break down financial barriers for Indigenous campers, organizers launch a free three-day culturally immersive camping program focusing on culture, nature and community building.
The federal government awarded over half a million dollars to the Chinook Indian Nation to settle the nation’s long-running land claim. The nation believes the decision strengthens its nearly ...
Native Nations across Turtle Island are working to ensure their citizens’ safety amid widespread reports of Indigenous people being racially profiled, stopped, questioned, and mistakenly detained for ...
The growing power of tribal courts is on full display at the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
This story originally ran in IndigiNews and is being republished with minor edits. Debra qasen Sparrow recalls talking and learning about Coast Salish woolly dogs with her grandfather, Ed Sparrow, in ...
Funds recently earmarked by Oregon and matched by Washington to support water projects by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are signs of progress on a multi-stakeholder ...
This story was originally published by High Country News. It was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting and with assistance from High Country ...
The view over Iron Gate Dam outside Hornbook, Calif., in February. Water levels continue to fall in the reservoir since draw down began in January. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy / Underscore News) The ...
After a four year fishing ban on the Coquille River, the Coquille Indian Tribe and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) have announced a proposed reopening of Chinook salmon fishing on the ...