KCTS9 EarthFix will be running a segment about the effects of climate change on Northwest tribes starting next week. The story is available online now. “Without everything that’s alive, the treaties are not worth anything,” (NWIFC Chairman Billy) Frank said. Today, Pacific salmon are facing yet another threat, which Frank fears could drive them to […]
NWIFC Chairman and Nisqually tribal member Billy Frank Jr. is scheduled to speak next month at the Living Earth/Living Waters Symposium at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The event will be webcast live at 1:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 a.m. PDT) Saturday, August 7 at www.americanindian.si.edu. Native cultures have long […]
KAMILCHE – Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry EchoHawk made his first visit to the Pacific Northwest as the head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to meet with leaders of the 24 treaty Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest. The daylong meeting on July 31 at the Squaxin Island Tribe’s event center focused on natural […]
Yesterday Billy Frank Jr, Dr. Jeff Koenings of WDFW and Jay Manning of DOE were panelists discussing the current state of tribal/state co-management. Listen here.
