Geddes, NY -- Alma Ransom said the greatest gift the Creator gave the Native people is memory. "The memory was given to us so not to forget what he has taught us," Ransom, a Mohawk from the St. Regis ...

As early as next year, members of the Duwamish Tribe will be able cook salmon at their new headquarters along the river that bears their name. They will hold meetings, display artifacts, beat drums, ...

The annual festival, on Dec. 21 this year, is considered a New Year’s Day for Indigenous communities across the Pacific Northwest Cloe McMichael, 22, sets the table in the longhouse in Mission, Ore., ...

SUQUAMISH, Wash. (AP) -- The Suquamish Tribe, which produced Chief Seattle, has a traditional gathering place for the first time since its longhouse was burned more than a century ago. It's only been ...

Troy Canty stood straight as any steel beam next to the casket draped with the American flag. In his hands, what members of the Catawba Indian Nation call the “Eagle Staff” – made of wood and leather ...

Long before it became home to a major state university, the University of Washington’s Seattle campus and surrounding area was the site of an important village and longhouses for the Duwamish Tribe.

Trudy Marcellay is always struck by the same feeling when she enters the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. “It makes me feel like I’m coming home,” the ...

Plans to construct a traditional longhouse in North Vancouver’s Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park (Indian Arm Park), have progressed one step further, with the granting of $260,000 in funds from the B.C.

Why: The Longhouse is among the seafood dining options at the new Ilani Casino Resort on the Cowlitz Indian Reservation. The casino provides a place to dine after most of Clark County’s restaurants ...

Wing dresses embellished with tiny shells jingle a bit as huge hugs are thrown between friends and relatives. This is the day “the sun turns around” – winter solstice, Dec. 21. But it’s also the ...