Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation

Dec. 21st is the winter solstice — the shortest daylight hours of the year. It was also Indian New Year across the Northwest. One of those celebrations happened on the Umatilla reservation in northeast Oregon.

The Biden Administration announced it’s nearing a deal with Northwest Tribes to co-manage Rattlesnake Mountain or Laliik, in Sahaptin language, at the Hanford Reach National Monument.

For tribes throughout the nation, protecting access to culturally important foods is a top priority. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation say their first foods policy drives most of their land management decisions.

The federal government aims to document the experiences of Native Americans who endured forced attendance at government boarding schools

Pacific lamprey are returning to the Columbia River in record numbers. That’s boosting tribal efforts to help the fish, which are a big part of some tribe’s histories.

Checking every inch of a streambed for freshwater mussels requires a snorkel and a wetsuit. It’s a messy job, but it’s vitally important as these keystone species are declining throughout the West.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are opening a two-day mass vaccination event to any resident age 16 and above who resides in…

In recent weeks, Armand Minthorn led two traditional Washut religious services for elders at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation…

The fire that engulfed Notre Dame cathedral shocked the world earlier this year. And a wildfire in July on Rattlesnake Mountain in southeast Washington…

Tribes across the West are trying to restore their forests and grasslands to the way they were before white settlers arrived. Their goal is to return…