Herald: Tribes react to damage control elk hunt
The Daily Herald reported on the tribal reaction to a damage control archery hunt last month in Concrete: Damage-control elk hunts are a management tool that should be used only…
Herald: Honoring tradition, Tulalip hunter shares meat
The Daily Herald has a nice story about a young Tulalip hunter sharing his first harvest with low-income and homeless urban American Indians and Alaska Natives: Bagging his first deer…
Tribes to gather water quality info during Canoe Journey for second year
Tribal canoes are participating in a water quality study in partnership with the USGS for a second year. Five canoes will tow water quality probes during the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, which culminates at Suquamish Aug. 3-8.
To learn about what happens on and in the water, one of the best places to be is in the belly of a canoe — about a foot away from the surface, moving more slowly than most other vessels. That’s why federal scientists have asked tribal canoeists, for the second year in a row, to help them find out more about the health of the water in the Puget Sound region. (more…)
Stillaguamish Tribe to hold Salmon Ceremony on July 25
The Stillaguamish Tribe will have its first Salmon Ceremony in at least 25 years on July 25. The ceremony marks the first time the tribe has had a ceremonial and…
Herald reports on EPA grants to tribes
The Daily Herald of Everett reported on the $2 million in grants awarded to tribes by the EPA, describing how the Stillaguamish and Tulalip tribes plan to use the money:…
Tulalips mourn and honor tribal elder Bernie Gobin
The Daily Herald of Everett: Bernie Gobin was honored Friday for the determination that helped American Indians take back their fishing rights and for his precise carvings, paintings and other…
Bernie Kai-Kai Gobin of Tulalip passes away
Tulalip Tribes elder Bernie Kai-Kai Gobin passed away on Monday. The Daily Herald: Bernie "Kai-Kai" Gobin told stories through his carvings and other artwork. The canoe paddles, masks, boxes and…
Herald: Stillaguamish Tribe gathering juvenile chinook to save dwindling run
The Daily Herald of Everett reports on the Stillaguamish Tribe’s efforts to capture juvenile chinook and raise them to maturity for use as hatchery broodstock:
There was a time when a net cast in the south fork of the Stillaguamish River would bring in a variety of fish.
These days, nets often pull up little more than debris. (more…)
Daily Herald: Tulalip police get Coast Guard training
The Daily Herald of Everett reports:
Tulalip police officers who patrol the water off the coast of the Tulalip Indian Reservation and other areas where tribal members fish are now able to maneuver their vessels with expertise more common to the Coast Guard than that of a tribal government.
Four officers recently graduated from a two-month program through Zenith Maritime, a Coast Guard-certified agency that trains captains to expertly handle their boats. (more…)
The Herald: Tribes, state will return to court over salmon
The Daily Herald of Everett reports on a future court date between the tribes and state to settle the Culvert Case