If you are a boarding school survivor or a descendant, resources are available from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition at boardingschoolhealing.org. Catholic bishops have ...

WILLAMETTE FALLS, Ore. — An ancient fish has been swimming in the waters of the Pacific Northwest since before trees existed. After surviving for hundreds of millions of years, Pacific lamprey were ...

The racial justice movement has highlighted injustices around Native Americans and land ownership. One family in Washington has decided to return its farmland to the Yakama Nation. In recent years, ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haalan visited Washingon state in 2021 to meet with Washington state tribal leaders to discuss rising sea levels, community relocation and broadband access. This week, the ...

YAKIMA -- The Yakama Indian Nation has sued the federal government in an effort to force it to install fish-passage facilities at a major reservoir that serves irrigators from the Yakima Valley to ...

TOPPENISH -- A casino, sawmill and other businesses owned by the Yakama Nation are being questioned about their finances as some tribal members seek a greater share of the profits. Until recently, ...

A buffalo herd is a rare sight in Washington. But on the edge of the Yakima River, not far from an interstate, nearly 200 buffalo roam fields surrounding a small farming town called Toppenish. Two ...

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — On Wednesday, a Yakima man pleaded guilty to stealing cultural items from the Kalispel Tribe at the Northern Quest Resort and Casino in October of 2020. Acting U.S. Attorney ...