Indigenous Leadership

A walk from a fire lookout traces the living relation between seeing and being seen.

By: CMarie Fuhrman

The Roadless Rule Tribal Hub was created to connect Native communities with the facts, on-the-ground tools to submit letters, and more. 

By: Nicholas Triolo 

Traditional knowledge keepers from across the Pacific Northwest came together for two days to explore food sovereignty, culture plants, medicines, and politics.

By: Nika Bartoo-Smith & Lyric Aquino

The most comprehensive assessment of Indigenous Guardians programs to date has just been released, outlining the enormous scale of benefits to communities, First Nations, and the bioregion.

By: Indigenous Leadership Initiative

British Columbia’s Kaska Nation wants to protect a wilderness area larger than Denali National Park, which brings both promise and challenge to the future of Indigenous-led conservation.

By: Cameron Fenton

The return of 3.56 acres is a first-of-its-kind community-led project in the Seattle area.

By: Mackenzie Olivo

How relationship and responsibility intersect through words and landscape.

By: CMarie Fuhrman

Heirs to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott explain their ancestors’ wisdom and how they defend it today.

By: Anna V. Smith & B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens severed prime habitat for salmon and steelhead. Now, for the first time in over forty years, local tribes have successfully restored river connectivity.

By: Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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