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An Oregon principal was fired after allegedly berating students who refused to attend classes on the holiday celebrating Indigenous people.

An Oregon principal was fired after allegedly scolding students who refused to attend classes on Indigenous Peoples Day.

A Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) congregation in Portland, Oregon, made the final vote Friday to give land back to the Indigenous-run Future Generations Collaborative to build Barbie’s Village—a tiny home village and early childhood center for...

Coast Salish water warriors in canoes delayed a U.S. military ship believed to be carrying weapons from the Port of Tacoma to Israel.

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde can now issue hunting and fishing licenses to its citizens, despite opposition from other tribes.

The second largest falls in the U.S. have been inaccessible since industrialists dammed them and lined the river with paper mills 150 years ago. Four tribes are working with PGE to plan public access.

Two tribes made agreements with Oregon that affirm the rights of members to hunt, fish, trap and gather under tribal, rather than state licenses.

[Originally published in Underscore News.—eds] Welcoming the sun on the first Thursday of June, dozens of community members gathered at the first Cully Farmers Market of the season—with booths selling fresh produce, salsa, jewelry, skin care products, and more. Though the Cully Farmers Market has been a staple in the Cully neighborhood for a few years now, this year is the first time that the Native American Youth and Family Center, commonly known as NAYA,...

Buffalo’s Fire How Indigenous nations are rebuilding food systems

Originally published by Underscore News. When artist Jeffrey Gibson reflected on the 2020 social uprising embodied by the Black Lives Matter movement and activism for Indigenous rights in Portland, Gibson knew he could create something special. Gibson, a citizen of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw who also has Cherokee ancestry, and Kathleen Ash-Milby, curator of Native American art at Portland Art Museum, saw an opportunity to use the vacant pedestals that once held statues of...