Wrestling with Sharing, Protecting Culture in Parks
For tribes, the struggle between sharing culture and protecting it from being used by nontribal people for profit is a…
Tag: Tribal Culture
Muckleshoot Tribe’s Tomanamus Community Day: Connecting with the Land and Community
More than 1,200 Muckleshoot tribal and community members gathered in the rural foothills of Mount Rainier at the tribe’s Tomanamus…
A lead archeologist for Makah’s Ozette village passes
Archeologist who led the excavation of Makah’s Ozette village, which he called “Pompeii of America,” passes. http://tinyurl.com/l89lhhf
Quileute Tribe subject of Seattle Art Museum exhibit set to open Aug. 7
The Quileute Tribe, in partnership with Seattle Art Museum, will be the subject of a year-long exhibit designed to distinguish…
Canoes Take Off For Annual Journey This Week
The canoe families from Washington and B.C. are starting to make their way toward Suquamish this week. To follow the…
Skokomish Mark Return Of North Fork Flow
More than 80 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge pushed a button that energized Cushman Dam No. 1 on the North…
Being Frank: Life Without The Orca?
OLYMPIA (June 12, 2006) — Life just wouldn’t be the same without the orca.
For thousands of years, these magnificent mammals have splashed through the ocean waves and skipped playfully through the serene waters of Puget Sound. Tribal culture has been greatly inspired by these awesome black and white giants who have always been a wondrous sign of purity and vitality in the Northwest.
Now our brother orca is listed as an endangered species, a fact almost too tragic to perceive. Orcas will disappear from our waters unless we all work together to make sure we have an environment that will sustain them. As it is, we don’t. Our waters are riddled with toxic filth and it is slowly killing them.