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...
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Louisiana tribe may be first climate change refugees
A Louisiana tribe is on track to lose all of their ancestral land by 2019 to climate change. Washington coastal tribes are all preparing to move homes and structures upland for the same reason. Read the Vice News article...
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Tribes Confirm Support for Washington Shellfish Initiative
Several western Washington treaty tribes affirmed commitment to the state’s shellfish...
Read MoreOcean Acidification Explained
During the First Stewards climate change symposium last year, Dr. Simone Alin made a well-received presentation describing the process of ocean acidification. Alin is an oceanographer and marine chemist at NOAA’s Pacific...
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Climate change: Washington coastal tribes hosting symposium blending indigenous knowledge with western science
The inaugural First Stewards symposium, to be held July 17-20 in Washington, D.C. is a national...
Read MoreIntergovernmental Policy Council Annual Report 2008
The coastal treaty Indian tribes and the state of Washington as co-managers continue to work with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) to achieve a shared vision of priorities for understanding and protecting the marine environment and improving the lives of all who depend on the sea.
Read MoreMakah Students Help Survey Culturally Important Purple Olive Shells on Makah Beaches
NEAH BAY- The chattering sound of hundreds of decorative purple olive shells has accompanied Makah tribal dancers for at least 500 years. The three-quarter-inch shells have been found in the oldest archeological digs in Neah...
Read MoreCanoes 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 landing dates, where canoes will be pulling into over the course of the next two weeks, go to...
Read MorePuyallup Tribal News: Second elders fishing season yields 17
The Puyallup Tribal News covered this year’s elders fishery: For the second year, Puyallup Tribal elders were given the first crack at the fishing season. Because of lower returns over the years, many local tribes,...
Read MoreTribes Express Concern Over Shellfish and Moored Buoys in Mystery Bay
The Jamestown S’Klallam and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes recently made headlines by taking a position on the potential prohibiting of shellfish harvest in Mystery Bay, off Marrowstone Island, near Port Townsend. The...
Read MoreTribes’ beaver research featured in Seattle Times
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) has found evidence that beavers living in the tidal marsh are creating prime salmon habitat. The SRSC is the natural resources arm of the Swinomish and Sauk-Suiattle tribes. The...
Read MoreCentralia Chronicle: New Elk Control Option Offered
From the Centralia Chronicle: The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has prescribed a solution for controlling the so-called South Rainier elk herd, considered a blessing by some in the East Lewis County area and...
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