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WHITE SWAN, Wash. — Fort Simcoe Historical State Park is dedicated to the military fort that stood on the property for three years, but beneath the manicured lawn hides a

WA AG Bob Ferguson has announced a five-person committee that will look into ways to address alleged harms to Native Americans from boarding schools

Like other communities in the Yakima Valley, Wapato owes its existence in part to the Northern Pacific Railway, which opened up the Valley to commerce and more settlement.

Historians might never settle on an answer in the debate over what Chief Seattle might or might not have said back in 1854. But wherever the words originally credited to

WHITE SWAN, Wash.-Yakima County Fire District #5 firefighters responded to a large brush fire near Fort Simcoe Rd. southwest of White Swan.

Work continues to learn more about the history of the government-run Fort Simcoe Indian boarding school in the Lower Yakima Valley.

WHITE SWAN, Wash.-UPDATE. 12:30 p.m. According to Yakima County Fire District #5 the brush fire is now contained and crews will remain on scene mopping up and preventing flare ups.

WHITE SWAN, Wash.-UPDATE. 12:30 p.m. According to Yakima County Fire District #5 the brush fire is now contained and crews will remain on scene mopping up and preventing flare ups.

Our Indigenous communities are once again asked to abandon the ancient respect for Mother Earth. On the contrary — we will not.

Washington state’s website for Fort Simcoe State Park highlights the military history of the park, but members of the Yakima Nation say there is a "dark" past.