Treaty steelhead fishery provides winter harvest opportunity
Winter steelhead returning to the Skagit River watershed to spawn this year will support tribal treaty fishing opportunities for the…
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Pier upgrades planned to better support Lummi fishing fleet
Lummi Nation’s tribal fishing fleet is set to receive a new pier and docking equipment to support treaty fishing operations…
Wildlife park introduces tribal fellowship role
A partnership between the Nisqually Indian Tribe and Northwest Trek grew stronger this year when tribal member and elder Rose…
Students explore salmon-focused career paths at event
Tribal leaders are looking to the next generation to continue the work of recovering salmon, shellfish and wildlife populations. To…
Camp reconnects tribal members with camas
Leaning forward, Gordon Max Najera Jr. of the Port Gamble S’klallam Tribe used his weight to push the sharp edge…
Sharing cedar harvest traditions
During a short hike to Brighton Creek, a child approached Nisqually tribal member Hanford McCloud with a pair of antlers,…
Tribes’ spring ceremonies honor, protect Northwest salmon
Each year, many tribes in the Northwest host salmon ceremonies as a way of communing with the fish populations that…
Tribes discuss salmon, Fish Wars with university students
Nancy Shippentower of the Puyallup Tribe remembers the years leading up to the landmark Boldt decision in U.S. v. Washington…
Indigenous civil rights documentary FISH WAR to premiere at SIFF
FISH WAR, a documentary film produced by Northwest Treaty Tribes Media and North Forty Productions, will have its world premiere…