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Like interlaced fingers, the Inabas and the Yakama Nation have been collaborating to farm for generations. Now, this Japanese-American family, who owned and leased the land for a time, is returning it to the Yakama Nation.
The farm, located southwest of Wapato on the Yakama reservation, is a third-generation family farm operated by siblings Lon, Wayne, Norm, Diane and their mother, Shiz. The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation helped Lon’s grandfather begin farming there in the early 1900s, he said, so it’s only fitting that they will continue their association with the operation.
By Henry Kwan ’05 MA | Posted January 27, 2021 L to R: Yenyen Chan ’94, ’02 MEM, Sarah Charlop-Powers ’09 MEM , Phil Rigdon ’02 MF, and Georgia Silvera Seamans ’01 MEM As part of an ongoing series that explores topics relating to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in the environmental field, Yale Blue Green, Yale’s environmental alumni group, hosted a livestream discussion on the influence and impact of race, ethnicity, and bias in natural areas management. The program was moderated by Georgia Silvera Seamans ’01 MEM, an urban and comm...
In this file photo from Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, Melvin Sampson points to the logo of the Melvin R. Sampson Coho Facility after unveiling it at an open house in Ellensburg, Wash. The logo is the same as the brand Sampson used to use for his cattle when he was a cattleman. Evan Abell / Yakima Herald-Republic, file