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ATNI: Tribes act to oppose coal exports - On May 16, the 57 members of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) took historic action during their mid-year meeting at Airway Heights, Washington, unanimously adopting a resolution entitled Opposing the Proposals for the Transportation and Export of Fossil Fuels in the Pacific Northwest. Comment: Coal is about to go the way of whale oil, along with oil, nuclear and even solar, wind and hydro. Google "Andrea Rossi" and LENR. Seriously.
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Burns Paiute-Klamath: Lakeview geothermal project ready to move forward - The often delayed Lakeview geothermal project appears ready to move forward. A memorandum of agreement for cultural resources has been reached with the University of Oregon archeology department, which will oversee data recovery and monitoring. The agreement also involves the Klamath Tribes and Burns Paiute Tribe.
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Coeur d'Alene: Idaho's Circling Raven Golf Club hosting series of golf academies - Circling Raven Golf Club - located in the scenic Idaho panhandle, adjacent to the recently expanded Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel - is once again welcoming Pros2Go and the Brian Mogg Golf Academies this July.
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Colville: Colorful crossroads of pop culture and heritage - Gendron is an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated tribes who has been a full-time professional artist for more than three decades. He paints every day, combining the pop-culture iconography of contemporary America with symbols from his Native American heritage.
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Colville: CNI Northwest lands work on NE Washington projects - Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, expects to begin construction this month on two projects with a combined value of $2.4 million. The projects include a $660,000 renovation of a 54,000-square-foot Super 1 grocery store in Colville, Wash., and a $1.7 million expansion and remodel at the administration building of the Colville Indian Housing Authority, in Nespelem, Wash.
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Colville: State, tribe conflict on Sanpoil fishing licenses - Lake Roosevelt anglers continue to be caught in the crossfire of boundary disagreements between the state of Washington and the Colville Confederated Tribes.
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Colville: Tribal culture and history - We are from the Entiat tribe which is one of the twelve tribes making up the Colville Confederated Tribes. My great-grandfather, Chief Chilcosahaskt, remained at the Entiat Valley and my grandfather Lahompt (Chief Koxit George) was the first of our family to move to the Reservation.
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Colville: Meeting on wolves planned - Two meetings are planned on the Colville Indian Reservation to bring the public up to date on the wolf population in the area. A meeting will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 28, at the Nespelem Community Center, and a second meeting will be held June 4, at 6 p.m., at the Inchelium Center. The meetings will be hosted by the Colville Confederated Tribes Wildlife Department with Carter Niemeyer as the special guest speaker.
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Colville: Tribes host Okanagan National Alliance meeting - The Okanagan National Alliance Chiefs Executive Council quarterly meeting will be hosted by the Colville Confederated Tribes from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 8 at the Omak Longhouse, 25 Mission Road. Subjects will include a Columbia River Treaty presentation and a ceremonial signing of the Columbia River Treaty Protocol Agreement.
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Colville: Denied recount, tribal candidate files grievance - A candidate for the Colville Business Council has filed a formal grievance against the tribal election committee, saying she was denied a recount required as automatic by tribal law, she said. Charlene BearCub, who ran for the position 2 seat in the Nespelem District, was edged out in the May 18 primary by two votes. She said the tribal election code requires an automatic recount if the difference between candidates is three votes or less.
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Colville: Two lose office in tribal primary - Two Colville Business Council incumbents lost out in their bids for another term in the primary election certified last week. Losing in the primary were Brian Nissen, in position 1 in the Nespelem District and Darlene Zacherlie in the position 1 race in the Keller District.
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Colville: Tribal election poll results in - The results of Saturday’s Colville Business Council primary election, minus absentee ballots, show that in two of the races, it appears incumbents are in for serious challenge.
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Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Big employers await health care clarity - Three Rivers Casino and Hotel in Florence has offered health insurance to full-time employees since 2004, when it opened in a tentlike structure off Highway 126. Today, the casino has more than 800 employees, and 85 percent are full-time and eligible for health insurance. The casino pays 80 percent of full-time employees’ premiums and offers a family health plan for employees’ spouses and children. So General Manager Michael Rose isn’t expecting that the casino will have to change much to comply with the new health care rules taking effect Jan. 1.
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Coquille: Tribe plans Medford video-gambling operation - Gov. John Kitzhaber's attempts to limit Oregon casinos to one per tribe are getting a test from a video gambling establishment the Coquille Indian Tribe proposes in Medford.
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Coquille: Tribe Doubles Down On Medford Casino - The tribe proposes a video-gaming operation at the Roxy Ann Lanes bowling alley and the former Kim's Restaurant along South Pacific Highway. The tribe also agreed to lease Bear Creek Golf Course, adjacent to the two buildings.
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Coquille: Is the idea of one casino per tribe a false one? - Coquille Tribal Chief Ken Tanner told a reporter that the tribe has the right to build a second casino. "The idea of one casino per tribe is a false one. Evidence of that is that the governor signed our compact which allows us a second casino," he said in a radio report that aired April 24, 2013, on Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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Coquille: Tribe Moving Ahead With Medford Casino Plans - Representatives of the Coquille Indian Tribe say they're moving forward with a proposal to build a casino in Medford, despite opposition from the Governor's office.
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Coquille: Tribe donates logs for chainsaw event - When contestants in this year’s Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship start their chainsaws, they will be carving into logs donated by the Coquille Indian Tribe.
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Coquille: Tribe schedules golf clinic, camp - The annual Coquille Indian Tribe Southwestern Oregon Golf Clinic will be held on June 27 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. The free clinic, held at the resort’s practice center, is for golfers who will be in second to 12th grade next fall.
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Coquille: Tribe’s casino would hurt Medford - The Coquille Indian Tribe’s proposal to establish a gambling casino in Medford has drawn strong opposition from Gov. John Kitzhaber and from the Jackson County commissioners and concern — but not yet formal opposition — from the Medford City Council. Count us among the doubters that a Class II casino would benefit the local community in any substantial way.
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Cow Creek Umpqua: Hay barn burns to the ground at Rogue River Ranch - In the late afternoon of May 21, the ink on the deal to transfer the Rogue River Ranch to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians was barely dry. At that time, spontaneous combustion caused a bale of hay to ignite and from that beginning, some 600 tons of hay burned along with a barn and some the equipment on the ranch.
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Cowlitz: Latest ruling clears way for Cowlitz casino, but expect more legal fights - The Cowlitz Indian Tribe has the green light to build a casino on Portland’s doorstep - again. The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a ruling on Wednesday that the tribe can form its reservation on 150 acres in Clark County near the town of La Center.
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Cowlitz: BIA issues new decision in favor of Cowlitz Tribe’s casino - The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a new Record of Decision (ROD) April 22 to allow the Cowlitz Indian Tribe to take nearly 152 acres of land near the La Center I-5 junction into trust for the purpose of building a mega casino.
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Cowlitz: Roy I. Rochon Wilson: Tribal Leaders – Part One: Cheholtz - Chief Cheholtz was the only Cowlitz Indian whose life spanned the entire nineteenth century. He was born in 1795, and died on February 19, 1911, living to the ripe old age of 116 years. He witnessed the transition of Indian to White control of the land. Note: A subscription is required to read the article.
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Cowlitz: Roy I. Rochon Wilson: Tribal Leaders – Part Two: Cheholtz - According to information sent to E.A. Underhill by the Hudson’s Bay Company at Winnipeg, Canada, in 1828 there were 50,000 Cowlitz Indians; the following year, 1829, only a few scattered camps remained. The ague, brought by the Whites, spread rapidly from Cowlitz village-to-village. Pioneers who arrived after 1829 found the Indians were descendants of those who had survived the terrible epidemic. When the government gave the Indians the franchise to take up homesteads, plural wives were common, and Cheholtz had two. Note: A subscription is required to read the article. Comment: The fact that Cowlitz men commonly had more than one wife should dispel the myth that the Cowlitz were matriarchal.
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Cowlitz: Endangered white-tailed deer moved to a new Southwest Washington home - Twenty-seven endangered Columbian white-tailed deer are settling into a new home on the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge after being rescued from possible drowning. In case the deer wander, Lapp said planning is underway with the Cowlitz Tribe and the Washington and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Services to make a plan to deal with any problems, "if the deer leave and start depredation on adjacent landowners."
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Culture: Water Festival offers insight ‘camaraderie’ - Morning clouds and cool temperatures didn’t stop visitors from heading to the Penn Cove Water Festival. Racers from tribes all over the Pacific Northwest gathered in Coupeville to take part in the annual festival, which aims at maintaining a cultural relationship with Pacific Northwest Native Americans.
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Culture: Coupeville Water festival honors tribe history - Held in downtown Coupeville, the festival allows guests to relive history while honoring ancestors and those who first hosted the festival in the 1930s. The event was an annual affair until it was cancelled during World War II and then resumed 21 years ago.
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Culture: Seattle's Native American art reconnects with Salish tribes' traditions - It's impossible to picture the Pacific Northwest without the image of a totem pole. Considered by many as the emblem of the native people of North America, the poles have been the iconic symbol of the region since the late 19th century. But the poles are not indigenous to this region.
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Culture: Wisdom of the Elders Nonprofit Celebrates 20-Year Journey - Founded in 1993 by the late Lakota spiritual leader and medicine man Martin High Bear and his partner Alaskan Athabascan Rose High Bear, Wisdom of the Elders in Portland, Oregon, is a small nonprofit that has created powerful health and wellness curricula, a cultural radio series, a television show and storyteller events.
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Culture: History lesson blooming in Steilacoom - Two centuries ago, a small pink flower framed the hills and prairie around the main village of the Steilacoom Indian tribe in what is now west Pierce County.
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Duwamish: Seattle's Fragmented Duwamish Tribe Struggles For Identity - On a rainy Saturday afternoon, a strong brew of native tea warms up the crowd at the Duwamish Longhouse in West Seattle. The tribe has hosted this casual tea party every spring since the longhouse opened three years ago, along the Duwamish River bank.
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Economic Development: Help for American Indian Entrepreneurs - There is general help for entrepreneurs provided through the U.S. Small Business Administration. For American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians, the SBA’s Office of Native American Affairs offers specialized help, entrepreneurial development training, and lending and procurement programs.
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Education: Powwow teaches traditions - Men beat on a large drum with mallets and cried out a Native American song as dancers of all ages in vibrant regalia circled inside Gill Coliseum, moving their feet to the rhythm as their bells and bangles harmonized with the drum at the Oregon State University’s 37th annual Klatowa Eena Powwow.
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Education: Native American mascot bill running out of time in Oregon Legislature - Proponents of a bill that would allow some schools in Oregon to avoid a statewide ban on Native American mascots are facing a difficult time crunch in Salem.
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Education: Making students feel at home - After 40 years of meeting in a prefab Quonset hut, Oregon State University’s Native American Student Association at Oregon State University has a new home it can really be proud of.
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Fisheries: Washington attorney general appeals culvert ruling - Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is appealing a federal ruling ordering the state to fix culverts that block salmon passages. The state on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on the March 29 U.S. District Court ruling by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez that set up a timeline to fix hundreds of culverts around the state.
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Fisheries: Klamath Basin water wars heat up as drought threatens - For decades, this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast. Now, one of the nation's fiercest water wars is on the verge of erupting again.
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Fisheries: Restoration projects to vie for grant money at meeting today - The North Olympic Lead Entity for Salmon's policy and technical teams will hear seven presentations for grant money for programs. Project proposals include: Dungeness River large wood restoration and Dungeness riparian habitat protection, proposed by the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe and Ediz Hook beach restoration, phase 3, and Elwha River revegetation, phase 2, proposed by the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe.
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Gaming: National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) Publishes Final Rule for Tribal Self-Regulation - Gaming tribes, particularly tribes conducting only Class II gaming, should take notice of the publication by the National Indian Gaming Commission (“NIGC”) of a revised final rule for Self-Regulation of Class II Gaming earlier last month.
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Government: 3 Washington Native Leaders, Quinault Adviser Named to Key Positions - Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman was appointed by President Barack Obama to the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Maia D. Bellon, Mescalero Apache, was appointed director of the state Department of Ecology by Gov. Jay Inslee. Gary Morishima, natural resources adviser to Quinault Nation President Fawn Sharp, is a new member of the U.S. Geological Survey Climate Change and Natural Resources Science Committee, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Native AmericanPolicy Team.
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Government: Celebrate Native American culture and 100 years of state parks at Deception Pass June 8 - The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites the public to attend the Eighth Annual Salish Sea Native American Culture Celebration with the Samish and Swinomish tribes. The celebration runs from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Bowman Bay picnic area on the Fidalgo Island side of Deception Pass State Park, 41020 State Route 20, Oak Harbor.
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Grand Ronde: Building police department from the ground up - Mere months ago Alvin LaChance, the Grand Ronde Tribe's police chief, was enjoying his retirement, spending most of his time traveling with his wife, Susan. Now he is leading a brand new police department that next week will add its fifth officer. Comment: Doubtless, he knows not to pull over the yellow corvette that is driven by their vice chairman.
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Grand Ronde-Siletz: Native American students celebrate rite of passage - The district’s Indian Education Program organizes the ceremony to honor native students. The program also offers tutoring, open study halls and summer college preparation programs. The Siletz Charitable Contributions Fund sponsored the Pendleton stoles, programs and food for graduation. Volunteers from the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde Color Guard carried the flags and handed out the eagle feathers at the ceremony.
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Health: 'Invisible' Urban Indians - Urban Indians are not new to the urban scene, as New York Times reporter Timothy Williams suggested in his article, "Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations," published online Saturday, April 13. Nor is their ongoing struggle against invisibility new, as Williams accurately depicts. In 2007, the Urban Indian Health Institute at the Seattle Indian Health Board published a report titled, Invisible Tribes: Urban Indians and Their Health In the 21st Century.
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Health: Group honors Spokane Valley resident for her work at Healing Lodge - During National Health Week last month, Spokane Valley resident Martina Whelshula was named a health champion by the Washington State Public Health Association. Whelshula is the executive director of the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations, an in-patient youth rehabilitation facility in Spokane Valley.
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Jamestown S’Klallam: It’s a wrap — in vinyl - There’s something different about Sequim — and it’s not the Irrigation Festival. The power and control boxes at several intersections are all receiving face lifts in the form of vinyl art coverings. The City of Sequim and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe have each sponsored an artist, spending $500 for the commission and $1,000 for the vinyl wrapping.
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Jamestown S’Klallam: Sequim gets wrapped in art: Displays to fete city heritage - Artists Bud Turner and Dusty Humphries from the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe last week wrapped a tribal-designed vinyl wrap around a traffic utility box in Sequim as the first of several art pieces planned to spruce up the city for its centennial celebration.
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Jamestown S'Klallam: Tickets for Duck Derby now on sale - Volunteers will be quacking up their efforts for the 24th annual North Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. Tickets are now on sale for the benefit Sunday, June 9. During the derby, presented by the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe, all rubber duck “adoptive parents” will have chances to win prizes, including a 2013 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck or a Toyota Corolla provided by Wilder Toyota.
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Kalispel: Pend Oreille River pike netting continues - Washington fisheries officials and the Kalispel Tribe have removed around 6,000 northern pike using gillnets in the second year of a pike suppression and monitoring operation on the Box Canyon Reservoir stretch of the Pend Oreille River.
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Kalispel: Lake Cd'A pike study worries anglers - An effort to restore the westslope cutthroat trout fishery on Lake Coeur d'Alene has some people worried that it will lead to the eradication of certain predator fish sometime in the future. Most recently, anglers have been noticing researchers gill-netting northern pike on the lake. Smith is referring to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife study that occurred last year below Albeni Falls Dams. That study was in conjunction with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, which led to the eradication of the pike on Washington's stretch of the river.
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Karuk: Rally to thank Sen. Wyden for KBRA support - A May 30 rally in Portland will thank Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., for supporting restoration agreements in the Klamath Basin, and push for congressional action. Craig Tucker, Klamath coordinator for the Karuk Tribe, said supporters need to make their voices heard.
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Klamath: Descending Drought Puts Tribes and Farmers on Brink of Water War - The Klamath Tribes possess the oldest water rights in the nation, and as the Los Angeles Times reports, these Indigenous Peoples of Oregon are about to reclaim what they have been fighting for during the past several decades.
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Klamath: New tribal chairman represents diversity - Allow him to reintroduce himself: His name is Don Gentry and he’s the new chairman of the Klamath Tribes. Gentry plans to maintain cultural traditions while emphasizing positive roles for tribal members in the larger community. “As the Klamath Tribes prosper, the community prospers, and vice versa,” the new chairman said in an interview with the Herald and News.
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Klamath: Water quality, fisheries and tribal resources all must mesh - A long-awaited Senate hearing June 20 will address the fate of the Klamath River and larger water resource issues. The hearing comes on the heels of the Department of Interior’s recommended removal of four Klamath River hydroelectric dams built between 1918 and 1962.
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Law: Indian country torn over gay marriage - The Coquille Indian Tribe in Oregon became the first in the nation to approve a gay-marriage law. But of the 566 federally recognized tribes, the majority have stayed silent. Ron Whitener, the executive director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, predicted that would change quickly if the Supreme Court or Congress threw out the Defense of Marriage Act and made same-sex marriage a universal right.
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Lower Elwha Klallam: Dam Removal Ushers In New Life In Washington State - Two dams that block the migration of salmon are coming down in the largest dam removal in U.S. history. The dam sits on the Elwha River in the northwest corner of Washington state. They were built in the early 1900s to power nearby timber mills, but their power is no longer needed.
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Lower Elwha Klallam: Which Fish Get To Recolonize After Elwha’s Dams Are Gone? - Millions of cubic yards of sediment and debris are flowing down from above the two dams, making this murky lower stretch of the river a bad place to spawn. But nevertheless, these few wild fish represent the prospect of a restored river, populated with thousands of salmon and steelhead – rivaling the numbers of fish that were here before the dams went in 100 years ago.
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Lower Elwha Klallam: ‘Elwha: A River Reborn’: the resurrection of a river - In “Elwha: A River Reborn,” Lynda V. Mapes and Steve Ringman document the process of restoring 70 miles of pristine salmon spawning habitat by removing dams on the Olympic Peninsula’s Elwha River.
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Lower Elwha Klallam: City And Park Officials Confer On Elwha Water Facilities - Officials from the City of Port Angeles and Olympic National Park met Thursday at Port Angeles City Hall to discuss and share concerns about ongoing issues
of the quality and quantity of treated water at the Elwha Water Facilities (EWF).
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Lummi: Retail plans for Slater on hold as Ferndale, Lummi Nation fail to reach agreement - Lummi Nation was on the verge of jump-starting major retail development along Slater Road but canceled the possible sale of 25 acres to a major retailer because the tribe and the city of Ferndale failed to reach agreement on how to divide sales tax revenue.
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Lummi: Ferndale to consider deal that would end land dispute with Lummi Nation - City officials and Lummi Nation are pursuing an agreement to protect the city's tax revenue and the tribe's interest in properties it owns at the south city limits.
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Lummi: Washington tribes battle youth suicide - Suicide stalks Indian Country, claiming more lives of native youth than those in any other population, not only in Washington, but nationally. State Department of Health statistics released this month show that in Washington, the rate of suicide among native youth from 10 to 24 years old was more than double the rate of any other ethnic population.
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Lummi: Silver Reef, Ferndale chamber to host border expo - A cross-border expo next month will feature more than 60 vendors and two educational sessions aimed at cross-border business and real estate investment. The event, put on by the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce and Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa, takes place from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6. It is free to attend.
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Lummi: Attracting business clients a key factor to latest Silver Reef expansion - The Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa has taken a steady approach to growth, and officials believe the latest expansion is an important next step for bringing business into Whatcom County.
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Lummi: Lummi Master Weaver Fran James Walks On - Love was the common thread in everything Fran James did, whether serving her faith, hosting an unexpected guest, passing on a teaching, or weaving a basket, hat, robe or shawl.
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Lummi: Tsawwassen man faces up to five years in U.S. prison for fishing in what he calls traditional territory - In October 2011, Steven Stark and his deckhand were arrested by U.S. border agents while collecting crab traps in Boundary Bay, the body of water east of the point. Stark argues that the closeness of that relationship means that TFN should fall under a 19th-century treaty that grants various Puget Sound tribes, including Lummi Nation, the right to fish in their traditional territory.
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Makah: EPA proposes to add Makah Reservation Warmhouse Beach dump to federal Superfund cleanup list - Seattle -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Warmhouse Beach dump, on the Makah Reservation, in Neah Bay, Washington, to the Superfund National Priorities List. The proposed cleanup listing includes a public comment period from May 23 through July 23, 2013.
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Muckleshoot-Yakama: Enumclaw woman competes at Miss Indian World pageant - Enumclaw resident Jolene Lozier joined 16 other Native American women who competed for the title of Miss Indian World 2013. The Miss Indian World Pageant is a part of the Gathering of Nations, the largest powwow in North America. People from different indigenous nations throughout North America gathered at the University of New Mexico’s University Arena – also known as “The Pit” – in Albuquerque April 25 to 27. Lozier, 25, is a member of the Muckleshoot and Yakama tribes.
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Nez Perce-Yakama: Chief Joseph Mural Being Created at Chief Joseph School - Joe Galati, principal at Chief Joseph School in North Portland, used money the school had received from the Portland Public Schools Equity Fund, to hire Toma Villa, 35, a Native American artist from the Yakama tribe, to paint a large mural of Chief Joseph on the side of one of the school buildings.
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Nez Perce: Officer will not be re-charged - Lewis County Prosecutor Zachary Pall said he was disappointed that a state judge last month dismissed a voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon charge against Officer Robert S. Wall, 31. Pall told the Lewiston Tribune this week that he has no plans to pursue the case again and respects the judge’s decision in the case.
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Nez Perce: Tribal member puts grazing rights to work - A member of the Nez Perce Tribe is exercising a lesser-known treaty right to graze cattle and horses on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Joe McCormack, of Joseph, Ore., began running livestock on the northeastern Oregon forest last winter and is in the process of moving animals to summer range.
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Nez Perce: Betting on a new venue - A renovated gambling area is the first thing LeAnn Rimes fans will see Saturday as the Nez Perce Tribe debuts its event center with her concert at the Clearwater River Casino and Lodge just outside Lewiston.
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Nez Perce: Members vote to change per capita distributions; Parents now have option of investing payout for their children - Members of the Nez Perce Tribe's General Council voted to change policy Friday on per capita distributions from a trust settlement after pushing for the option to receive the money immediately rather than investing it. The settlement is a $34.7 million sum paid out for mismanagement of funds and accounts the U.S. government held in trust for tribes.
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Nisqually: Tribe recruiting Stream Steward trainees - The Nisqually Tribe is offering free Nisqually Stream Stewards training beginning June 5. Weekly classes will take place on Wednesdays until late July, with four additional field trips on Saturdays.
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Nooksack: Tribe Seeks To Cut 15 Percent Of Members - What’s considered the largest proposed disenrollment of tribal members in Washington state is still moving forward, following a tribal court’s ruling this week. Leaders of the Nooksack Tribe near Bellingham aim to cut ties with 306 of its 2,000 members – that’s 15 percent of the tribe. Moreno Peralta is one of the members facing disenrollment. His grandmother was full Nooksack and he’s one-quarter.
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Nooksack: Tribal judge refuses to block disenrollment of 306 Nooksacks - Nooksack Tribal Chief Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis has cleared the way for tribal officials to go ahead with plans to strip 306 people of their membership in the tribe, refusing to grant an injunction that would have blocked such a move.
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Politics: Sequester Guts Indian Education, Part 1 - The sequester, a series of automatic reductions in the rate of increase of federal spending totaling $85 billion in 2013 and $109 billion for each year from 2014 to 2021 for a total over $1.2 trillion, was authorized by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Note: Political posturing imposes actual cuts in places where they will hurt, but the overall budget is not being reduced at all; to the contrary, it will increase by an appalling amount. Democrat or Republican doesn't matter, both parties are corrupt and are using our pain for their gain.
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Politics: Sequester Guts Indian Education, Part 2 - Political posturing to cut of $400,000, or 5.9 percent, of Puyallup Tribal School System's budget.
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Port Gamble S'Klallam-Suquamish: Forterra signs purchase agreement for Port Gamble shoreline block - Forterra and Pope Resources signed a purchase and sale agreement Wednesday for 535 acres of forestland and 1.5 miles of shoreline along Port Gamble Bay and State Route 104.
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Port Gamble S’Klallam-Suquamish: Deal signed for first purchase of Pope Resources land near Port Gamble - Forterra and Pope Resources have signed a purchase and sale agreement to protect 535 acres of forestland and 1.5 miles of shoreline along Port Gamble Bay, south of the former Pope & Talbot sawmill site.
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Puyallup: Let Tacoma Totem Pole decay publicly, committee says - If a makeshift committee has its way, a historic but increasingly unstable totem pole that has stood in downtown Tacoma for more than a century would be taken down and left to decay publicly as a piece of the city’s “living history.” Shaun Peterson, a Puyallup tribal member who carved the Welcome Figure that now stands near Tollefson Plaza has noted totem poles aren’t endemic of Washington’s Coast Salish tribes.
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Quileute: Streamkeepers to collect insects for Quileute tribe - Streamkeepers, Clallam County’s volunteer stream monitoring program, will sample bugs in the Quillayute River basin if county commissioners approve an interlocal agreement with the Quileute tribe next week. “The tribe has asked for our help in collecting bugs,” Ed Chadd, Streamkeepers coordinator, told the three county commissioners at their Monday work session.
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Quileute: Harbor dredging delay could affect fishing, Canoe Journey - A delay of at least two years in dredging a channel at this remote coastal reservation could restrict access to Quillayute Harbor for the $4 million Quileute fishing industry and for participants in the 2013 Tribal Canoe Journey, according to the tribe's executive director and the Corps of Engineers.
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Quileute: Former Clallam County official takes Quileute director job - John Miller, former director of the Clallam County Department of Community Development, has become the Quileute tribe's new executive director.
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Quinault: Indians preparing for possible First Lady visit - Members of the Quinault Nation along the Washington coast said Tuesday there is a chance First Lady Michelle Obama will attend this summer’s Tribal Journey. The annual event draws thousands of Native Americans from the Northwest.
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Siletz: Tribe contributes to Lebanon district homeless - The Lebanon Community School District’s Homeless Program received a $2,000 grant from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund on May 3.
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Siletz: Dedication marks Trails Day in Yachats - The dedication of the new Ya’Xaik (pronounced yäh’ khk) Trail is among a variety of activities scheduled Saturday by the city of Yachats, the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon State Parks to celebrate National Trails Day.
Dedication ceremonies will be at 1 p.m. Speakers will include Robert Kentta, cultural resources director and tribal council member with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
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Skokomish: Potlatch Waste Water Treatment Plant Update - The Skokomish Indian Tribe’s Community Development Director, Lennea Wolfe gave an update of the Potlatch Waste Water Treatment Plant, complete with pictures. The Potlatch Plant will use Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology to treat waste water.
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Snoqualmie: Meadowbrook, Camp Korey, STEM, pets get Snoqualmie Tribe fund help - The Snoqualmie Tribe Fund recently awarded donations to 113 organizations following its winter application cycle. For this funding cycle, 83 grant recipients were new, and 44 of the funded organizations are located in the Snoqualmie Valley.
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Snoqualmie: Election season shapes up after candidates file - Current hospital commissioner Gene Pollard, whose term ends in 2017, has decided to run against incumbent commissioner Kevin Hauglie. Pollard, 78, said he is unhappy with the board’s decision to accept $14 million from the Snoqualmie Tribe for the old hospital building and property, when it had originally agreed to pay $30 million. He voted no on accepting the new agreement.
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Spokane: Casino not a tax drain - A Spokane County study claiming significant negative tax impacts from a proposed Spokane Tribe casino on the West Plains is drawing criticism from the city in which the casino would be built.
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Spokane: Was the Spokane Casino Helped by an Air Force Decision? - For two years, one word has summed up opposition to a plan by the Spokane Tribe of Indians to build a casino and resort complex on off-reservation trust land near Fairchild Air Force Base in eastern Washington: Encroachment.
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Spokane: Vice chairman of Spokane Tribe resigns - The vice chairman of the Spokane Tribe has resigned under significant pressure from tribal members. Rudy Peone, chairman of the Spokane Tribal Business Council, announced that Rodney W. Abrahamson resigned on Thursday. Abrahamson was convicted of five misdemeanors after he illegally killed two bison north of Yellowstone National Park in February.
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Spokane: Casino opponents blast Spokane Tribe-funded study released last week - Critics of the Spokane Tribe’s proposed casino and resort at Airway Heights took issue Wednesday with the findings of a consultant’s study that claimed the project poses no threat to nearby Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Spokane: Big decisions coming on Spokane's Fairchild AFB - The Air Force this week is expected to decide if Fairchild will serve as the first base for the next generation of air refueling tankers. And the Bureau of Indian Affairs is expected to decide soon whether a big Indian casino can be built just a short distance from the base, an encroachment that opponents fear could eventually prompt the Air Force to close Fairchild.
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Spokane: If STEP moves forward, let’s hope the tribe chooses a stunning design - We can't go two days without another mention of the proposed STEP project, which would begin with a proposed Spokane Tribe casino and resort. It would be built on 45 acres inside the City of Airway Heights.
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Spokane: Another casino is crazy - The idea of allowing another area casino is ludicrous. Already, there are three major casinos: one in Airway Heights, one at Three Rivers and one in Worley. Also, a large one exists in Chewelah, and there are several privately owned gambling businesses scattered through the area.
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Spokane: Casino decision momentous - Local politicians, you now have the opportunity to decide what kind of society you want to have in this area. Do you want a casino-based economy that will flop in any economic downturn, creates many minimum wage jobs, can and will reserve jobs for Native Americans, which is fine as they supposedly are the owners?
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Spokane: Fairchild remains valuable installation - The U.S. Air Force decision to base the KC-46A tanker program at McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., does not change that fact. Although there is disappointment Fairchild was passed over for the initial allocation of 36 new tankers, the Airway Heights base remains a contender for some number of tankers as deployment of the 179 planes provided for in a contract with Boeing continues.
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Spokane: New business developing in...Forks! - Forks has a new business in town, a full-time professional photography studio. Jeff Ferguson, active in Spokane since July 2008, opened the Forks studio of J. Ferguson Photos on April 29. "I am a Spokane tribal member and the peninsula offers the opportunity to work with various different tribes on projects that entail still and video imagery and raise awareness to tribal issues or provide cultural preservation.”
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Suquamish: Federal appointment for Suquamish Tribe chairman - President Obama on Wednesday announced his intent to appoint Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman to the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
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Suquamish: Local tribe among 3 in country to defy federal law and invite a lawsuit that could threaten the sovereignty of all tribes - Heather Purser, a member of Washington state’s Suquamish Tribe who knew she was gay at age 7, led a personal lobbying campaign that ended with her tribal council voting in 2011 to approve gay marriage. Comment: Traditionally, no tribe issued marriage licenses. Until and unless DOMA is repealed or overturned, tribes that defy DOMA are putting the sovereignty of all tribes at risk. As long as the progressive-left controls the White House, the risk is low. But when a progressive-right administration takes over, as will eventually happen, all tribes could see their sovereignty diminished by that fight.
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Suquamish: Students will produce a documentary film in 36 hours - By the time their films premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival June 1, 50 student filmmakers will have worked for 36 hours straight to produce their community-based documentaries on the Suquamish culture.
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Suquamish: Suquamish artists join Vikings at festival village | Viking Fest 2013 - Two groups were crucial to the founding of Poulsbo — the Norwegian settlers who immigrated, and the ancestral people of the Suquamish Tribe, according to Viking Fest organizer Ron Krell.
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Suquamish: Treaty rights subject of presentation - The historic 1974 U.S. District Court case, United States v. Washington, reaffirmed the right of Washington Tribes, including the Suquamish Tribe, to act as “co-managers” of salmon restoration and harvesting, alongside the state of Washington.
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Suquamish: Is there a better way to deal with Liberty Bay pollution? - The Suquamish Tribe has proposed reopening the west side of Liberty Bay for shellfish harvesting. The Washington Department of Health is expected to undertake a three-year review of water quality in the bay as well as upstream pollution sources to make sure that the shellfish are safe to eat.
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Swinomish: New Publication Tells Western Fisheries Research Center’s History of Innovation - The U.S. Geological Survey's Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC), headquartered in Seattle, has led cutting-edge research on fish and aquatic environments for nearly 80 years – first in the Pacific Northwest, then nationwide and throughout the world. WFRC's history of innovation continues. Since 2008, the Coast Salish Nation and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community have partnered with WFRC on the Coast Salish Tribal Water Quality Project, which blends science and Coast Salish cultural practices to study water quality and its effects on an ecosystem that supports orcas, salmon and other culturally important species.
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Swinomish: Artist giving works to Oak Harbor - It’s taken a couple of years of negotiating, but North Whidbey artist Wayne Lewis may soon send his 3-foot clay sculpture of a Native American to be cast in bronze. Lewis is donating the intricately detailed sculpture, named “Island Spirit,” to the city of Oak Harbor for display on Pioneer Way. He originally depicted the well-muscled Indian man wearing a loin cloth, but officials at the Swinomish tribe said they believed that was inaccurate. “They felt it looked too much like a plains Indian,” he said. Native Americans likely caught fish without clothes, but Lewis said a nude might not be appropriate for downtown Oak Harbor. So he settled on a more generic covering.
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Swinomish/Tulalip: Indian Enough Photography Exhibit Opens in Ohio - Matika Wilbur: Indian Enough has opened at River House Arts in Perrysburg, Ohio. The exhibition, featuring Wilbur's photographic work, will run until June 10.
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Tulalip: Woman indicted in daughter's death - A federal grand jury in Seattle on Tuesday indicted Christina D. Carlson with second-degree murder and criminal mistreatment charges. Her arraignment is scheduled May 23.
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Tulalip: Not guilty plea in child neglect death at Tulalip - A woman accused of neglecting two young daughters in a car on the Tulalip Indian Reservation had a not guilty plea entered for her Thursday if federal court in Seattle.
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Tulalip: Finishing touches go into bigger outlet mall - Several retailers located in the Settle Premium Outlets' new promenade expansion are scheduled to open for business on June 20, with additional retailers following in the coming months. "We are excited to welcome wonderful brands and stores that have proven to be so popular in other centers of ours," said Mark Johnson, general manager of Seattle Premium Outlets. "Being next to the Tulalip Resort and Casino is a great complement to our shopping options and a benefit to area visitors," Johnson said. Comment: Oh, no! More bad news for the moneyed elite in Clark County: tribal casinos are good for business! Gah!
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Tulalip: Involve Tulalips from the start - I read with much interest the article "A player in tidal power." This type of business could be good for both PUD and the general public; however, I was very upset when the article stated PUD hosted the meeting and invited certain groups and did not invite The Tulalip Tribes! Note: Popularly called "cold fusion," a new way to generate energy is coming and it will put everything like this out of business. Something to think about.
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Tulalip: I-5 bridge collapse could dampen tourism
- The fallen Skagit River bridge on I-5 lies between Snohomish County and some of the area’s top tourism spenders, who drive south from Vancouver, B.C.
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Tulalip: Simpson University biology graduate wants to serve rural community as doctor - When she graduated from college on April 27, 22-year-old Tempest Dawson had a lot of eyes on her. The oldest of 10 siblings, she’s got quite a standard to uphold. “A big motivation for me to finish school was my brothers and sisters,” Dawson said. “Anything I do, they want to do, so I try to be a good influence on them.” Dawson grew up in Chiloquin, Ore., on the Klamath Indian tribe’s reservation. A direct descendant of the Klamath tribe, she’s also enrolled in the Tulalip tribe.
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Tulalip: Tulalip historian amasses treasure trove of photos - Diane Janes has been collecting and preserving tribal photos for years. Countless tribal members, their ancestors and many events on the reservation are chronicled in a dozen volumes, each an inch thick or more. About 10,000 photos are shown in 2,000 pages.
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Upper Skagit: Deal to buy and reopen Semiahmoo Hotel may be near - Seattle-based Coastal Hotel Group has posted two job openings at the Semiahmoo Resort, raising hopes that a deal for the sale and reopening of the Semiahmoo Hotel may be complete soon.
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Umatilla: Tribe arrests man after stabbing - Umatilla Tribal Police arrested a man Friday after a stabbing on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The tribes charged McCallister John Sohappy, 20, with assault, menacing, harassment, recklessly endangering another and attempted criminal homicide. Police booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.
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Warm Springs: Testing Programs for Drones Could Be Economic Opportunities for Tribes - A year ago, President Obama signed into law the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, a bill that requires the FAA to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into national air space. In February of this year, the agency began vetting applications for test sites. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is preparing their application, according to Anspach, CEO of Warm Springs' economic development arm, Warm Springs Ventures.
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Yakama: Toppenish casino distributes community contributions - — The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office will be able to install audio and video equipment in 25 squad cars, thanks to a grant from Yakama Nation Legends Casino. The grant was part of nearly $800,000 the casino gave out this year to 163 different nonprofits and four local police and fire agencies.
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Yakama: Tribe suit is settled - A federal lawsuit filed by an American Indian tribal government against the city of Martinsville and other defendants involved in a raid is being settled. In a unanimous vote, Martinsville City Council on Tuesday night adopted a resolution accepting a settlement agreement with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, a tribal government in Washington state.
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Yakama: EPA issues order to protect Yakama Nation drinking water - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, has ordered two gas stations to close their underground injection wells to protect drinking water on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington.
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Yakama: Turning back the clock on the Klickitat River - Columbia Land Trust leads restoration effort to get rid of old haul road along river, open historic floodplain.
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Yakama: Tribal school senior perseveres to forge a good life - Gage Andy knows what it means to be a self-starter. Every morning the 17-year-old wakes up at the Yakama Nation’s youth substance abuse treatment center — where he’s lived the past two years — and goes to school.
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Yakama: Lamprey returned to Yakima River basin - After being largely absent for nearly a half-century, an old friend of the Yakamas — the Pacific lamprey — is being reintroduced to its home waters in the Yakima River basin.
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Yurok: TreeSpirit Project, coverage insulting to Yurok Tribe - We write this in response to “ 'Creating a sacred ceremony' “ (Times-Standard, May 12, Page B1). The article features “TreeSpirit Project” founder Jack Gescheidt and his exploitation of a local issue involving a Yurok traditional cultural property now named Strawberry Rock.
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Yurok: Local tribes protest Humboldt State University program consolidation on campus - Members of the Yurok and other local tribes rallied on Humboldt State University campus Friday afternoon to address potential program cuts of Native American studies. ”This is Humboldt State. This is where we live,” Yurok Tribal Council Member and HSU alumnus David Genshaw Sr. said. “This is where we want our children, our grandchildren and future generations to learn.”
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