They taught more than grammar and vocabulary; they taught the cultural meaning behind the words. And now, they’re gone. “ We don’t say they died. We say that they returned home,” said Jermayne Tuckta of his tribe’s elders lost to COVID-19. “And now that t ...
7 Jul 2021 - B. Toastie
The legislator from Portland talks to Street Roots about how she's addressing issues such as addiction and justice for Indigenous Oregonians On a warm spring Tuesday last week, Oregon Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland) presented a history lesson on Chri ...
12 May 2021 - B. Toastie
Native representation in decision-making processes is meager compared to business interests’ Another wildfire season is already underway, with fires burning around Klamath Falls. Drought conditions across 85% of Oregon have threatened a worse fire season ...
21 Apr 2021 - B. Toastie
Taking lessons from the original stewards of the Pacific Northwest landscape could help Oregon avoid disastrous wildfire seasons T his past wildfire season was one of the most destructive on record. Over a million acres of Oregon burned, and 40,000 people ...
21 Oct 2020 - B. Toastie
NAYA was successful in renting 51 of 59 new units in Portland to Native households, and a clever financing model made that possible Nesika Illahee is the first of its kind. The 59-unit affordable-housing complex doubles as off-reservation tribal housing, ...
26 Aug 2020 - B. Toastie
NAYA is developing its second Portland apartment complex, Mamook Tokatee, with a gallery next door Portland’s Native American Youth and Family Center broke ground on a 56-unit affordable-housing development Tuesday. The project, called Mamook Tokatee, beg ...
5 Aug 2020 - B. Toastie
A darling of Portland’s contemporary art scene, Yale Union is fighting gentrification by dissolving and giving its $5 million building to a foundation that has big plans for the space “How do you reverse-gentrify?” asked Flint Jamison, co-founder and pre ...
22 Jul 2020 - B. Toastie