Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority
Members of the Squaxin Island Tribe are proud to call themselves “People of the Water”—and now they’ll have a greater…
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Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Squaxin Island Tribe’s shellfish biologist Rana Brown’s unofficial title could be principal diplomat. That’s because her job encompasses contacting numerous…