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Solar power, EVs introduced at tribal facilities

Solar power, EVs introduced at tribal facilities

May 2, 2025May 1, 2025

The Squaxin Island Tribe is reducing its carbon footprint with solar panels that support tribal sovereignty while reducing the power…

Partnership takes student science to the beach

Partnership takes student science to the beach

January 2, 2025December 31, 2024

When two Pioneer Middle School students picked their way across the tidelands of Little Skookum Inlet earlier this year, they…

Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority

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

Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon

November 30, 2022March 28, 2024

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

Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water

September 12, 2022March 28, 2024

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 on the forefront of preparing for climate change

June 27, 2022March 27, 2024

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

Squaxin Island Tribe Gains Access to Ancestral Lands

January 31, 2022March 28, 2024

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

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

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…

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