Native American News
Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight
Playwright and Cherokee Nation citizen Mary Kathryn Nagle said she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago. Nagle’s 2018 play “Manahatta” has landed in New York City this winter and it’s just the latest in a flowering of Native storytelling.
Portland church returns land for tiny home Barbie’s Village to help Indigenous families
Future Generations Collaborative, an Indigenous-led organization, hopes to build between six and 10 tiny homes along with a resource center to help support Indigenous families facing housing challenges.
Despite tribal objections, work resumes on $10B renewable energy transmission project
It's back to work for construction crews that are clearing land and building access roads for a $10 billion project that the Biden administration describes as an important part of the nation's transition to renewable energy. Federal land managers briefly halted work on the SunZia transmission line in southwestern Arizona earlier this month after Native American tribes raised concerns about the destruction of culturally sensitive sites.
New Mexico creates new council to address cases of missing and slain Native Americans
New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with implementing a state plan for responding to cases of missing or slain Native Americans. The federal government itself is weighing recent recommendations for addressing the problem nationwide while neighboring Arizona and other states have established their own panels in hopes of identifying solutions.
Multnomah County renames Sauvie Island bridge to honor Indigenous community
The landmark, now known as "Wapato Bridge," was renamed after a tuber collected by Native Americans on Sauvie Island.
Portland marketplace centers Indigenous artists for Small Business Saturday
The market will return Sunday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 710 S.W. Jackson St.
OSU drops out of plan to manage Elliott State Research Forest
The university’s new president ended the multi-year collaboration over disagreements about conservation and timber harvests
Congressional delegations back bill that would return land to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
The congressional delegations from Nebraska and Iowa have thrown their support behind legislation that would return land to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that the federal government took decades ago but never developed.
Readers respond: Repeal decriminalization of hard drugs
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Judge dismisses tribes’ claims that lithium mine is being built illegally near sacred site
Another portion of the case about the Nevada mine near the Oregon border is still pending appeals.
Sunriver summit focuses on Indigenous knowledge of forest health, responsible use of fire
Leaders and youth representatives from 17 tribes in the Pacific Northwest were involved in the event that examined ways to improve the ecological health of Pacific Northwest forests.
These NW orcas are being spotted around Puget Sound, in higher numbers year after year
There were 1,270 unique sightings of Bigg’s killer whales in the Salish Sea as of Oct. 31, surpassing the previous annual record of 1,220 set last year.
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