OSU awarded $10 million grant to work with 13 tribes to spur economic development with hemp production Tribes across the Northwest will soon make a foray into a new economic venture: hemp production and manufacturing. On March 10, Oregon State University’ ...
20 Mar 2024 - Melanie Henshaw
The largest river restoration project in US already positively impacting tribal communities "Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole!” came the announcement. A series of explosions erupted at the base of the towering co ...
7 Feb 2024 - Melanie Henshaw
In a boost for food sovereignty, the Cowlitz Tribe and volunteers annually plant thousands of the edible bulbs, an essential first food for many Northwest tribes. Come spring, thousands of qáwm’, or camas, flowers will blanket Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s triba ...
24 Jan 2024 - Melanie Henshaw
Northwest Native nations applaud presidential memo on salmon Northwest Native nations continue to sound the alarm on threatened native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin, and the White House is paying attention. In a historic first, President Jo ...
15 Nov 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
The Intertribal Timber Council’s report on the status and needs of tribally managed forests says tribal forest departments face increased threats from wildfire, pests and disease The Intertribal Timber Council, or ITC, is a Portland-based organization th ...
11 Oct 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
The bills would remove longstanding legal barriers that severely limited The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde tribal members’ ability to hunt, gather, fish and trap in their ancestral homelands The ability to ...
16 Aug 2023 - Melanie Henshaw