Indigenous

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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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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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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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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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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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Prince Rupert’s Bread and Butter

Saltwater Bakery, run by the Gitxaała Nation, embodies a holistic approach to economic development and community wellness.

By: Amanda Follett Hosgood

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Environmental Justice Is only the Beginning

If the U.S. ever hopes to be in right relationship with the lands and waters it has seized, it must first restore its relationship with Indigenous peoples.

By: Dina Gilio-Whitaker

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