Equity
WA colleges say Indigenous students need more support post-pandemic
Oregon and Montana have offered tuition assistance for American Indian/Alaska Native students, but similar proposals have stalled in Washington.
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The Lummi Nation sees ‘parallels’ with the orca Tokitae’s story
The whale — also named Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and Lolita — was captured in 1970, but died last month before her planned return to the Salish Sea.
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Indigenous nations say their forests are federally underfunded
To reach per-acre parity with Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands, the government would need to increase funding by $96M every year.
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Indigenous knowledge could help restore Vancouver, B.C. fisheries
Colonization decimated Pacific herring, surf smelt and eulachon populations. Now the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is trying to ‘reset the clock.’
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Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge
The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations.