Native Americans

Environment

Kelp has protected Samish people for millennia. Now it needs their help

Scuba divers are heading underwater to help rescue one of the most important habitats in Puget Sound.

Health

What does it mean to 're-Indigenize' contemporary diets?

Dr. Charlotte Coté is the author of A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast, and she sat down with Libby Denkmann to discuss "decolonizing" native diets.

Environment

Rare whale that visited Seattle washes up dead in Canada

A fin whale spotted off Seattle and Whidbey Island in January has washed up dead northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Government

Seattle will return 270 artifacts to Upper Skagit Tribe

The Upper Skagit Tribe will soon reclaim hundreds of historic artifacts from the city of Seattle

Environment

Snoqualmie Tribe's fight to hunt and gather. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is in a battle with the state of Washington over hunting and gathering rights. In a recently filed petition, the tribe is asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that said the tribe is not entitled to hunt off reservation, on open unclaimed land managed by the state.

Environment

This rancher believes her land was stolen from Native Americans. She’s making amends

Crime

Washington lawmakers create first-in-nation alerts for missing Indigenous people

Later this year, Washingtonians may start seeing alerts about missing Indigenous people on highway billboards, your cell phone, or local media. A bill to create a new public alert system for missing Indigenous people has passed both chambers of the state Legislature. It could soon be on its way to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for his signature to make it official. The program in Washington would be the first of its kind nationwide.

Health

Chief Seattle Club inaugurates new housing in Pioneer Square

In Pioneer Square this week, new tenants are picking up their keys and getting settled in brand-new studio apartments built by the Chief Seattle Club. And leaders say they have a lot more housing in the pipeline.