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Posted Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.
The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.
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Posted Fri, Jan 27, 10:15 a.m.
Budget constraints do not need to limit creativity -- or participation in the 2012 elections.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...
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Posted Tue, Jan 3, 2 a.m.
It takes more than one election to change national policies and create hope for the future, particularly for a group that has suffered economically.
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Posted Sat, Dec 31, 2 a.m.
A Seattle writer-attorney restores the heroic legacy of Nisqually Chief Leschi in an historical novel about the 1850s wars in Puget Sound. The book also conveys a sense of the amazing culture that was in place when the white man blundered in.
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Posted Wed, Dec 21, 2 a.m.
Seattle historian Lorraine McConaghy has written a new book that is not only a treasure trove of state history, but a tribute to the gold that can be mined in our archives.
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Posted Wed, Dec 14, 2 a.m.
A new form of fishing is allowing tribes to take home more salmon for ceremonial and subsistence use without damaging wild salmon runs. But will it be viable for larger scale fishing operations?
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Posted Mon, Dec 12, 12:45 p.m.
Congress' battle in D.C. over payroll tax cuts marches on. Why should you tune in rather than zoning out?
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Posted Mon, Dec 5, 2 a.m.
At a summit last week, the president stayed away from the kind of departure from traditional government programs that might build a stronger middle class in Indian Country.
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Posted Thu, Dec 1, 4 p.m.
The president hosts the White House Tribal Nations Conference in the middle of government contraction.
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Posted Tue, Nov 15, 2 a.m.
The deadline is coming up fast. So, it's time for Congress to float ideas about how maybe next year would be a better time for making the really hard decisions.
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Posted Wed, Nov 9, 2 a.m.
Even in stormy times, elections determine how the country faces its future.
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Posted Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.
The eccentric West through the eyes of Seattle's British expat author is a landscape of strange customs, forlorn towns, and back roads. His mantra: "To be alone is to be safe."
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Posted Mon, Oct 24, 2 a.m.
After a long negotiation process, the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River is coming down. Rather than viewing the process as a demolition, members of the Yakama tribe envision a rebirth of native foods and culture on the bottom of what is now Northwestern Lake.
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Posted Sat, Oct 22, 2:30 p.m.
Tribal leaders around the country are worried about deep cuts if the congressional Super Committee fails to head off automatic cuts. The concern extends to health programs.
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Posted Sun, Oct 9, 6 a.m.
Sure, he "sailed the ocean blue." But history long ago recorded other facts: his demands for gold, his use of torture, his kidnappings, his implementation of a regular slave trade.
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Posted Tue, Oct 4, 2 a.m.
Puget Sound is a poster child for the problems of regional transportation planning. One big roadblock: long-standing distrust of Seattle.
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Posted Tue, Sep 27, 2 a.m.
Scientists say the Elwha is the perfect test case for dam removal and restoration science. But that takes money, and experts worry that inadequate or curtailed funds for a full study of the effects on wildlife and fisheries could throw a wrench in their plans.
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Posted Fri, Sep 23, 2 a.m.
At Seattle Art Museum, a piece with peculiar power hangs in a Northwest Native art display case. A tour with a curator helps our writer learn why this object, more than all others, speaks to him, fully alive, across the cultures.
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Posted Thu, Sep 22, 11 a.m.
No matter what you say about the causes of the deficit (and the president is right on that score), there is no escaping the new reality of government contraction that will affect everyone, including Indian tribes.
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The proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal near Bellingham could brings jobs, but it could also endanger livelihoods and natural resources.
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 6, 11 a.m. 2011
Now that some tribes are doing a little better, Republicans in Olympia can't stop thinking about how easy life would be if they could just get more of the gambling revenue. While the legislative leadership spins its wheels on the budget, other lawmakers don't want everyone else to see how little else is being done. Questions about Kitzhaber's death penalty moratorium.
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 20, 9 p.m. 2011
A major break-through on prehistoric hunting in North America is confirmed by a study of Sequim's Manis mastodon bone and spear point.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 18, 4 p.m. 2011
An impending report on Sequim's Manis Mastodon site may break 14,000-year-old news.
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 21, 3:40 p.m. 2011
A congressional subcommittee has heard testimony on the House version of legislation to give the Tribe federal land away from the danger zone.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 4, 2 a.m. 2011
William O. Douglas thought it was silly to have big mountains named for people who'd never set foot here. Something to ponder when looking at "Rainier."
MOREPosted Mon, Mar 14, 10:10 p.m. 2011
Damage to crabbers, nature's warning signs of a coming tidal wave, fleeing vampires, and a boon for beachcombers.
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 17, 2 a.m. 2011
On a difficult day, Seattle's mayor chose to face questions and give answers.
MOREPosted Mon, Jan 10, 6 p.m. 2011
Turns out the kitschy Totem House, a local icon, played an important role in the revival of Northwest Indian art.
MOREPosted Sat, Oct 23, 2 a.m. 2010
A project to upgrade the trail system comes with new signposts that will reflect the landscape and its Native American past.
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