“Leaders like Guy and Joe DeLaCruz were the right people for the right time,” Ed Johnstone said. “They could see where we needed to go. They had good relations with other tribes and they sought out connections with people who could help. They weren’t shy about telling the federal government what their responsibilities were, how […]
This year’s annual paddle journey is underway this week in Neah Bay where the Makah Tribe is hosting the 86 canoes. Pictures from parts of the journey and landing in Neah Bay can be found on the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Facebook page.
Leaders, scientists, policy analysts and legal staff of the Coast Salish Nations will gather April 26-27 to strengthen approaches, relationships and discuss potential issues of the environmental impacts of climate change on tribal natural resources, traditional rights and cultural sustainability. The two-day Impacts of Climate Change on Our Tribal Lifeways in the Salish Sea Ecosystem […]
The Sol Duc River on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula runs at its lowest and warmest when summer chinook return to its waters every year. Despite being in one of the world’s greatest temperate rain forests, near-drought conditions often occur in late summer before the fall rains begin in earnest. “These fish are survivors,” said Roger […]
Alison Kay (Bridges) Gottfriedson, a central figure in the struggle for Indian fishing rights and an advocate for Indian people, passed away on July 18. She was 57 years old. The daughter of Alvin James Bridges and Puyallup tribal leader Theresa (Maiselle) McCloud Bridges, Gottfriedson grew up in the Frank’s Landing Indian Community. She was […]
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 subsistence chinook fishery since 1985. The Daily Herald: Even when other tribes continued welcoming the fish that are at the center of Coast Salish culture, […]
Billy Frank Jr, chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, wrote a piece about the importance of roadless areas in the Seattle PI: There seems to be an excess of optimism around these days. People feel like we’ve turned a page, that things we considered not possible are now possible. One of the previously hopeless […]
Russ Svec, fisheries manager for the Makah Tribe, and Craig Bowhay of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission were part of a presentation this morning on fisheries management to a state senate committee. You can watch their testimony here: (more…)
The Daily Herald of Everett: The new president has been in office for less than 24 hours, but the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission is wasting no time in making their requests for the next four years. In fact, the commission, which represents 20 tribes in the Pacific Northwest, including the Tulalip, Stillaguamish and Sauk Suiattle […]
Recommendations from the 24 treaty tribes represented by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission regarding treaty tribal natural resources management in the Pacific Northwest. Download PDF file: [download#2] “Among the many responsibilities Ken will bear as our next Secretary of the Interior is helping ensure that we finally live […]
