Native Americans

Environment

Washington tribes oppose Canadian pipeline and more oil tankers in Salish Sea

“One of the many reasons our southern resident killer whales are about ready to go extinct.”

Race & Identity

Report: 94% of Native Seattle women have experienced sexual violence

Guy Nelson talks with Abigail Echo-Hawk about a 2010 survey of Native women living in the Seattle area. It found that 94% of the women had been raped or coerced into sex at some point during their lives. Echo-Hawk directs the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle.

That pain you feel about orcas? The Lummi know it well

Helping our relatives. That’s what Darrell Hillaire calls the project to offer salmon to the young whale known as J50.

Sex, science and decolonization—and a burlesque show that tackles all three

The shame and violence around sexuality in North America isn't an accident—it's inextricably linked to settler colonialism, says University of Alberta...