The legislative action follows InvestigateWest’s reporting [https://crosscut.com/2020/01/state-patrol-under-pressure-examine-bias-traffic-stops-following-investigation]that Native Americans were searched a rate five times that of whites.
Groups call upon the state's Voting Rights Act for better representation in Ferry and Yakima counties.
Emergency assistance alone can’t fix food inaccessibility for communities like the Hoh Tribe on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
Wyam tribal member Lana Jack argues the archives contain documents legally affirming her right to exist.
Across the border in British Columbia's Skagit River headwaters, a proposed open-pit mine has drawn protests from Native tribes, environmentalists and politicians.
