Makah Tribe subject of KPLU series
KPLU's Liam Moriarty has a conversation with Micah McCarty, Makah tribal councilman, about the People of the Cape as part of the Reflections on the Water, Conversations about the Salish…
Salish Sea Nations climate change summit April 26-27
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…
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…)
Coast Salish-USGS partnership honored with Partners in Conservation Award
The Coast Salish - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Tribal Journey Water Quality Project was recognized with the Department of the Interior's Partners in Conservation Award. The award recognizes the strength…
Coast Salish leaders commit to environmental action
Indian Country Today reports on the Coast Salish Gathering: TULALIP, Wash. - ''Enough talk, it's time for action.'' Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, summed up…
Salish tribes gather at Tulalip to set common policy
This week, American Indian and Canadian First Nations leaders will hold talks in their own way: with stories, songs and bits of the rejuvenated Coast Salish languages.
The Tulalip Tribes are hosting the third annual Coast Salish Gathering, which brings together leaders of Coast Salish tribes, a region that stretches from north of Bella Coola, B.C., to as far south as Tillamook, Ore. Hundreds of leaders from the region have gathered in past years, and as many are expected to participate in this year’s gathering.
Tulalips to hold gathering of coastal Indian tribes
The (Everett) Herald has an article about the upcoming Coast Salish Gathering: Tribal leaders from Canada and the United States are expected to travel to the Tulalip Indian Reservation next…
Step Forward for Puget Sound
OLYMPIA, WA (January 26, 2006) -- Today we know it as Puget Sound. For thousands of years, my ancestors have known it as the Wulge, or the Salish Sea. Whatever you call it, this magnificent estuary that connects us with the great ocean beyond is critical to your survival. It doesn't matter whether you fish or not. It doesn't matter what your income or education levels are. It doesn't matter what your ethnic origin is, what your religion is, or even your political party. Whoever you are, whatever you do, your health and well-being—as well as that of your children—are directly connected with the health of the Puget Sound, its connecting rivers, groundwater and ocean. Frankly, that health is not so good. That's not news to us tribal members. The locust-like swarms of Europeans and others who have migrated here over the past few centuries have been bent on over-exploiting virtually every resource the Northwest has to offer, and degrading land, water and sky in the process. Even the mighty Orca has now been listed on the Endangered Species List, due largely to the decline in the health of the water it lives in. All of these are indicators that your health and well-being are in trouble.