yakama nation

Cadaver dogs, ground-penetrating radar and high-tech computer mapping are all employed to help reveal suspected unmarked graves at Fort Simcoe Historical State Park on Yakama Nation lands.

The Yakama Nation is building up its little-known buffalo herd – so off-the-radar many tribal members don’t even know it exists. The plan is to help Yakama Nation members become more food sovereign.

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

Companies are interested, but it could be complicated to develop lands with multiple layers of tribal, federal and even complex-science concerns

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.

Long before the U.S. government made plutonium for bombs at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington [state], the land belonged to native peoples. For the Yakama Nation, the area was vital for hunting and fishing. Tribal leaders want young people to know about their legacy, and the fight that lies ahead.

A major new energy storage facility for the Northwest is one step closer to being built, with federal regulators releasing new documents outlining some of the impacts of the Goldendale Energy Storage Project in south-central Washington – including likely damage to sacred Indigenous sites.

While the state legislature is considering H.B. 1812, several tribal representatives said they believe the bill still has a few kinks.

A federal appeals court Wednesday dismissed a long-running case over a sacred tribal site.

A long-running case over religious freedoms is back in court today. Tribal leaders say a highway safety project in Oregon destroyed a sacred site.