Congress announces long-awaited advance funds for Indian Health Service, but ongoing underfunding is problematic Native nations in the Pacific Northwest and across Turtle Island applauded a historic decision to provide $5.13 billion in advance appropriati ...
18 Jan 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
After years of unreliable access to clean water, federal government pledges $23.8 million towards new facility on Warm Springs reservation A critical component of a solution to chronic water quality issues on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Rese ...
4 Jan 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Altering or reversing the Indian Child Welfare Act would damage tribal sovereignty, but select states — like Oregon — may offer protection In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences for tribal sovereignty, a divided Supreme Court debated the con ...
30 Nov 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
In Oregon and across Turtle Island, colonizing powers rewrite Indigenous history, sanitizing the atrocities of genocide and erasing enduring Indigenous presence and joy The massive lake known in English as Crater Lake attracts visitors from all over the w ...
9 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Tribes fear the Supreme Court decision will hamper the ability to protect their citizens. PL-280 states like Oregon may be the most accurate basis for predictions. In 2015, the state of Oklahoma convicted Victor Castro-Huerta of neglecting his stepdaughte ...
27 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Native Americans seeking abortions must negotiate a complex maze of legal, financial and jurisdictional barriers to receive care Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. After the landmark Supreme Court decision in ...
13 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Community leaders and health officials point to distrust, an incompetent early pandemic response and the predictable results of longstanding systemic inequities Black and Indigenous Oregonians have been infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 at rat ...
26 Jan 2022 - Henry Brannan
They taught more than grammar and vocabulary; they taught the cultural meaning behind the words. And now, they’re gone. “ We don’t say they died. We say that they returned home,” said Jermayne Tuckta of his tribe’s elders lost to COVID-19. “And now that t ...
7 Jul 2021 - B. Toastie
The legislator from Portland talks to Street Roots about how she's addressing issues such as addiction and justice for Indigenous Oregonians On a warm spring Tuesday last week, Oregon Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland) presented a history lesson on Chri ...
12 May 2021 - B. Toastie
Native representation in decision-making processes is meager compared to business interests’ Another wildfire season is already underway, with fires burning around Klamath Falls. Drought conditions across 85% of Oregon have threatened a worse fire season ...
21 Apr 2021 - B. Toastie