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The Spokane Indigenous Peoples' Day event page on Facebook invites people to join together on Oct. 11 for an evening of healing, celebration and community.

Intended Audience(s): Public Registration required. Fee required. Tickets required. Through audio, archival photographs, animation, live music and sampling, this performance captures threads of Urban Native narrative, pre-Stonewall queer history, Black Indigenous stories, and the deep spiritual undercurrents that kept an embattled lesbian mother and her children afloat in the 1960s.     Using a form named jazz / poetics by the artist Laiwan, Storme Webber flows between spoken word and a cappella vocals to distill a sovereign journey of a girl growing up in whiskey bars and hustler dens...

People in low-income senior housing and other congregate living for people under 65 By the end of Thursday's meeting, the committee narrowed that list to BIPOC and people with chronic conditions. Data show BIPOC communities have consistently been disproportionately impacted by health inequities. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception, with many communities of color facing a greater number of cases and deaths per capita. "These people are silent and unseen," committee member Debra Whitefoot said. She is with Nch'i Wana Housing, advocating for native populations in Oregon. The Oregon Health Auth...