Lummi Nation looks at wind power
The Lummi Nation is taking a hard look at generating wind energy on the tribe’s reservation. Initial mapping and observations…
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Climate crisis jeopardizes tribal sovereignty
Michele “Shelly” Vendiola of Swinomish discusses the ways climate change interferes with tribal treaty rights and sovereignty in a column,…
Sauk-Suiattle Tribe surveys amphibians to monitor wetland health
DARRINGTON – In the springtime, frogs and salamanders busily lay eggs in a 5-acre wetland behind tribal members’ homes on…
Federal Update for January 2010
APPROPRIATIONS (President Obama’s Spending Proposals Anticipated) Rob Nabors, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, said the Obama…
Federal Update for November 2009
TRIBAL/OBAMA SUMMIT SET President Obama will meet with hundreds of tribal leaders in Washington, D.C. November 5th, 2009. The President…
Tulalip project receives $2 million in economic recovery funds
TULALIP – The Tulalip Tribes announce receipt of $2 million in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) American Recovery and…
SVH: Swinomish Tribe gets grant to study rising sea levels
The Skagit Valley Herald has a story about the effects rising sea levels have had on the Swinomish reservation: The…
Tribes monitor fish in nearshore ‘nursery’
LA CONNER— Nearly every day in the spring through early fall, somewhere in the Skagit basin and San Juan Islands,…
Federal Update for April 2009
APPROPRIATIONS FY ’09 Tribal efforts were successful in the restoration of the Pacific Salmon Treaty funding for FY09 in its…