PHOTOS: Makah Indian whale hunts from 1900s The Makah Tribe held a final hunt in 1999, but has not since practiced its whaling rights. Isolde Raftery Paige Browning
Environment Makah Tribe could again hunt whales off Washington coast The Makah Tribe held a final hunt in 1999, but has not since practiced its whaling rights. Paige Browning
Arts & Life 'It Surfaces With The Same Rawness': A Daughter Remembers Her Mother's Disappearance Carolyn DeFord, a member of the Puyallup tribe, was 26 when her mother suddenly vanished. At StoryCorps, she remembers what life has been like having never learned what happened. Kelly Moffitt Lindsey Feingold
Law & Courts Conservative Justice Gorsuch Joins Supreme Court Liberals In Deciding Yakama Nation Treaty Case On this conservative court, Gorsuch has been one of the most conservative voices. But in cases involving Native tribes' treaties and rights, he is most often counted among those sympathetic to tribes' claims. Nina Totenberg
Environment An ancient beach reborn — and renamed for a clam Heading out through the mud to dig clams by hand, Holden was following the footsteps of his ancestors who were doing the same thing in the same spot 1,100 years ago. John Ryan
Environment Trans Mountain expansion all but approved, despite indigenous opposition Friday, Canadian regulators endorsed the long-fought oil pipeline, which would bring more oil vessels through Washington state. Paige Browning
Politics Seattle Indian Health Board will shutter weekly clinic if shutdown continues Unless the government reopens, the Seattle Indian Health Board will have to cut services starting this week, according to the organization. Eilís O'Neill
Environment Sea lion shootings: Federal crime or legal response to annoying animal? “Every dead animal really has a story to tell us," she said, standing over the 800-pound carcass. John Ryan
Politics The U.S. government is failing its treaties with Native Americans, Civil Rights Commission says The lengthy report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls on Congress to put together an action plan. Paige Browning
National Native Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet New Census Bureau estimates underscore the digital divide facing Native Americans living on reservations or other American Indian land in the U.S. Hansi Lo Wang
