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Neural Networth by Ashley Cordes. 4 ft x 2 ft. Beads, dentalium, wampum (quahog), olivella, abalone, pine nuts, wire, metal, and embroidery floss on painted wood panel. Edited using Affinity by manually adjusting levels.

Ashley Cordes Is Indigenizing the Algorithm

Artificial Intelligence, cryptocurrency, and other emergent technologies are known for their disruptive potential. In her new book, Indigenous Currencies, Ashley Cordes (Kōkwel/Coquille) insists they can also be systems of abundance.

By: Astra Lincoln

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Spirit bears, or black bears with recessive genes for white fur, are icons of the Great Bear Rainforest on British Columbia’s Central Coast. Photograph by Gillian Lloyd/Alamy Stock Photo

Welcome to the Great Bear Sea

After decades of discord, Canada and First Nations are working together to build a network of marine protected areas stretching from Vancouver Island to Alaska.

By: Serena Renner

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Yaaw Koo.éex’ Herring Ceremony

We travel to a herring celebration in Sitka, Alaska.
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The Great Sitka Herring Return

A photo essay from Spencer B. Beebe as he travels to southeast Alaska to experience the herring roe harvest.
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An Image of Blue Creek. (Photo by Cindy Diaz, courtesy of Western Rivers Conservancy)

Yurok Tribe Celebrates Largest Land Back Deal in California History

The over 47,000 acres of ancestral lands double Yurok’s land holdings and includes the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary.

By: Nika Bartoo-Smith

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Lynn-Marie Angus makes Sisters Sage wellness products from locally grown plants she harvests herself. Photo: Katie Hyslop.

Decolonizing Your Shower, One Soap Bar at a Time

How Sisters Sage brings activism, entrepreneurship, and First Nations plant medicine into the bath.

By: Katie Hyslop

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Standing Together for Wild Salmon

Hundreds gathered at Qualicum Bay, on Vancouver Island, to fight to remove open-net fish farms from the coastal waters of British Columbia.

By: Catherine Villarreal

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Courtesy PBS / Tending the Wild

Five Must-Watch Films on Indigenous Cultures

With public programming on the chopping block, here are our favorite PBS-supported films about Indigenous communities, situated in Salmon Nation.

By: Nicholas Triolo

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A pre-fab house is on a boat.

See Why Rescuing Homes Could Have a Booming Future

An ingenious collaboration by shíshálh Nation and Renewal Development shows what can be done.

By: David Beers and Quinn Kelly

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A misty river in California with green mountains

How the Klamath Dams Came Down

Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.

By: Anita Hofschneider and Jake Bittle. Illustrations by Jackie Fawn

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