Cultural Blends owner Troy Douglass has shared his story with Native American youths, encouraging them to pursue their dreams Having superstars like basketball player Damian Lillard or rapper Snoop Dogg wear your clothing line is something most independen ...
29 Mar 2019 - Danielle Frost
State Legislature considers finding resources to solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls Deborah Shipman didn’t sugarcoat her intentions. “We want to keep you from being one of the statistics,” she said emphatically to the Native Am ...
1 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
DIRECTOR’S DESK | White boys who mocked a Native American elder were afforded a nuance that people of color are rarely afforded in the media Donald Trump disparages Native Americans frequently and relentlessly. He refers to mass killings as though they ar ...
25 Jan 2019 - Kaia Sand
Despite the Native American Languages Act of 1990, the dialects of indigenous communities still face extinction Alaska has a “linguistic emergency,” according to Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker. A report warned earlier this year that all of the state’s 20 Native ...
30 Nov 2018 - Rosalyn R. LaPier
Demonstrators demand the Army Corps of Engineers remove dams to restore salmon for Puget Sound killer whales Braving the rain and cold, 80 people marched with 20-foot banners to lay flowers, cedar and ferns in honor of recently deceased orcas. They had a ...
12 Oct 2018 - Stephen Quirke
Underrepresented elsewhere, First Nations people in Canada are working to create an Indigenous Walk of Fame to commemorate their work in the entertainment industry There is only one Indigenous person on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame: Jay Silverheels, the Mohaw ...
14 Sep 2018 - Cam Welch
With the opening of Cully Park, Portland has its first Native Gathering Garden Along one edge of Northeast Portland’s Thomas Cully Park, prairie grasses sway and softly crackle in the breeze. Shaved tree trunks, tall and straight, border a graveled circul ...
6 Jul 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Woodrow grew up on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota Woodrow Eagleman has an easy-going manner with an underlying strength that protects himself and others when needed. His names describe that inner strength. “Woodrow” comes from relati ...
5 Jan 2018 - Leonora Ko
The artist, stuntman and motivational speaker discusses sobriety, his big break and Native representation in the film industry When Duane Howard arrived at the Canadian street paper Megaphone for an interview, he had just finished working on a talk he wou ...
7 Jul 2017 - Rosemary Newton
Columbia River Gorge Commission upholds denial of permits for rail lines in Mosier, Oregon In a victory for residents, tribal communities and environmental groups, the Columbia River Gorge Commission has upheld a Wasco County decision to deny Union Pacifi ...
16 Jun 2017 - Stephen Quirke