Tribes are steadfast about their treaty shellfish harvest rights. If we weren’t, our livelihoods and cultures would disappear. In Mystery Bay, off Marrowstone Island, several tribes are working hard to make sure that their shellfish harvesting rights aren’t hurt by pollution that could be prevented. The state Department of Health has been monitoring the number […]
OLYMPIA (June 19, 2007) – I’ve spoken about the traditional knowledge of our ancestors for many years because within its teachings are the answers to the environmental challenges we all face today. The heart of traditional knowledge is respect. Learn to listen and you can hear the rhythm of this heartbeat being passed from generation […]
Indian Country Today: Frank, Nisqually, is co-chairman of the Puget Sound Partnership, a governor-appointed panel charged with developing a plan to restore the health of Puget Sound by 2020. For their work, Frank and the co-chairmen received the Seventh Generation Legacy Award at the 14th annual Salmon Homecoming Celebration on Nov. 16 at the University […]
OLYMPIA (November 22, 2005) — My brother, Vine Deloria, Jr., of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, passed away on November 13, joining the likes of Joe DeLaCruz of the Quinault and Dutch Kinley of the Lummi as well as Joseph of the Nez Perce and Crazy Horse of the Lakota Sioux at the Great Council […]
OLYMPIA (May 30, 2003) — Tribal shellfish harvesters across western Washington have been reporting drastic drops in orders due to the continuing Severe Acute Repertory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China. “Geoducks are eaten in restaurants in China, but now because of SARS, it seems like no one even wants to go out in public,” said […]
WASHINTTON COAST (March 1, 2002) — Harvest of blackcod, one of the economic pillars of the coastal tribal communities, has been cut by 37 percent this season. The oily bottom-dwelling blackcod is prized in Japan, and more recently, in fine restaurants throughout the United States. In recent years, tribal fisherman were getting up to $4 […]
