indigenous peoples

A study of access to polls during elections has found systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in turnout.

Washington lawmakers created the nation's first state-funded office to investigate police killings, but the office still hasn't officially launched any investigation.

The poles — which are not part of Coast Salish tradition — sparked a mini-culture war in Seattle around Indigenous representation and historic preservation.

Numerous Native leaders are taking Indigenous thinking to legislative corridors, city halls and school board meeting rooms across Washington state.

Some local tribal leaders are calling President Joe Biden’s official apology for the federal government's role in the Indian boarding school system a good first step.

Ten years ago, Seattle officially began recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a paid holiday instead of Columbus Day. This year's all-day celebration started on Seattle’s waterfront.

Philip H. Red Eagle is the first recipient of the Tribal Arts and Heritage Award. Red Eagle is one of many Indigenous leaders who worked to revive the tradition of Tribal Canoe Journeys in the Pacific Northwest.

The move to remove the dams marks a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds of miles of the Klamath River.

Southern Oregon Tribes have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, in an effort to delay an upcoming floating offshore wind lease auction off the Oregon Coast.

The U.S. government recently recognized the harm caused by the dams and has promised to work to restore salmon runs but tribal members doubt much will change.