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Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority
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Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority

April 13, 2023

Members of the Squaxin Island Tribe are proud to call themselves “People of the Water”—and now they’ll have a greater…

Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon
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Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon

November 30, 2022December 1, 2022

More than 140,000 juvenile coho salmon departed the Goldsborough Creek watershed this year, an exciting milestone after the Squaxin Island…

Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water
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Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water

September 12, 2022September 13, 2022

The Squaxin Island Tribe has partnered with the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton to ensure the corrections facility uses more…

Tribes on the forefront of preparing for climate change
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Tribes on the forefront of preparing for climate change

June 27, 2022June 26, 2022

Tribes in western Washington are on the front lines of climate change adaptation. The climate crisis threatens every aspect of…

Squaxin Island Tribe Gains Access to Ancestral Lands
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Squaxin Island Tribe Gains Access to Ancestral Lands

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

For generations, the people of the Squaxin Island Tribe lived near the waters of the seven southernmost inlets of the…

Squaxin Island Tribal Shellfish Harvests Part of Cultural Life
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Squaxin Island Tribal Shellfish Harvests Part of Cultural Life

August 3, 2021August 4, 2021

An audiobook plays just loud enough for Squaxin Island tribal member Natasha Bush to hear as she picks Pacific oysters…

Squaxin Island Continues Work to Reestablish Olympia Oyster Population
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Squaxin Island Continues Work to Reestablish Olympia Oyster Population

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

Squaxin Island tribal member Mike Peters recalls processing Olympia oysters in a floating hut in Eld Inlet decades ago for…

Squaxin Island Tribe Celebrates Community Effort Allowing Reopening of Harvest on Beach
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Squaxin Island Tribe Celebrates Community Effort Allowing Reopening of Harvest on Beach

January 31, 2020

The Squaxin Island Tribe worked cooperatively with neighbors and government partners to improve water quality to open shellfish harvest near…

Diplomacy an Aid to Tribes Accessing Treaty Shellfish Resources
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Diplomacy an Aid to Tribes Accessing Treaty Shellfish Resources

September 12, 2019July 13, 2020

Squaxin Island Tribe’s shellfish biologist Rana Brown’s unofficial title could be principal diplomat. That’s because her job encompasses contacting numerous…

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