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ATHENA. Ore - A new handmade drum took center stage at an assembly for the entire Athena-Weston school district Thursday.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Whitman College is working with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Walla Walla Community College to host the first Pášx̣apa Powwow.

This fall marks the first time the Athena-Weston School District has a Native American heritage club, called Atina Club, which has been in the works for several years.

This fall marks the first time the Athena-Weston School District has a Native American heritage club, called Atina Club, which has been in the works for several years.

Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.

Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.

Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.

Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.

Around this time each year, women and girls from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation gather wild celery. They say their ancestors come back through the plant, and the ceremonial dig marks the arrival of spring.

ATHENA — Weston-McEwen High School once more hosted a group of Native American youth dancers and drummers from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation for Pow Wow Day.