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…
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…
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 resources management and the federal government’s trust responsibility to tribes.
“I’m familiar with the issues that concern Pacific Northwest tribes,” EchoHawk said. “I just have some catching up to do. I’m glad to have this opportunity to listen and learn from you.” (more…)
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.