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SPOKANE, Wash. – Uranium mines were an economic driver for the Spokane Tribe of Indians. Decades later, an onslaught of cancer cases has left a complicated legacy surrounding the mines.
Originally published Oct. 27 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
In June of 1940, Native American tribes from across the Northwest gathered at Kettle Falls in northeast Washington to mourn the loss of their historic fishing grounds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration agreed Thursday, Sept. 21, to spend more than $200 million to fully fund Native tribes’ plans to reintroduce salmon in the Upper Columbia River
Dams had blocked salmon’s passage, driving them toward extinction and violating tribal fishing rights. The money will fully fund Native tribes’ plans to bring fish back to the region.