Department of the Interior

Cadaver dogs, ground-penetrating radar and high-tech computer mapping are all employed to help reveal suspected unmarked graves at Mool-Mool, or Fort Simcoe Historical State Park, on Yakama Nation lands.

The federal government aims to document the experiences of Native Americans who endured forced attendance at government boarding schools

Indigenous families and tribal communities are gathering across North America, many wearing red in solidarity as they honor thousands of missing and slain relatives. Friday marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day.

For grizzly bears in Washington’s North Cascades, climate change could open up more habitat, according to a new study.

The 18,000-acre bison range is located on land taken away by the U.S. government 100 years ago. Congress passed a law in 2020 giving the land back to the local native tribes.

The U.S. government hasn't been open to investigating its role in stripping Native Americans of their cultures and identities in boarding schools. Until now. The Interior Department released some initial findings this week from its investigation into the government's oversight of Native American boarding schools.

A lawsuit has been filed seeking federal recognition for the Duwamish Tribe, whose forebears include Chief Seattle for whom the city of Seattle was named. Federal recognition of a tribal group as a government opens the door to federal benefits and privileges, including operation of casinos.

People with an interest in geography or Pacific Northwest history are coming up with replacement names for dozens of places around the region that currently have a name considered derogatory. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior launched the search for new names by ordering a specific racial slur stricken off the map nationwide as expeditiously as possible.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has identified 18 places in Washington State named with a slur for Indigenous women. But the federal plan clashes with the state's slower, more deliberate process for renaming places.

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