Shelly Boyd traced her finger over a raised-relief map made by her students of the Sn̓ʕay̓čkstx traditional territory. She spoke of the great expanse, touching the now-drowned Kettle Falls on the ...

at Colville Tribes Indian Health in Nespelem, Wash. Tyler Tjomsland/Spokesman-Review / SR “So if you can imagine 54.8% of your paycheck going away because you’ve already put out the money to ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation ...

Although many tribes control the administration of federal dollars earmarked for IHS, five tribes in the Northwest’s Portland ...

A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

A Federal judge in Spokane sentenced 37-year-old Louis Lee Zacherle of Omak for his role in a violent assault on a woman whom ...

Actions from the Trump administration represents a “grave threat” to health care, education and other critical services in ...

Rural school districts often depend on federal Impact Aid grants. Rural schools can lose the ability to collect meaningful property tax revenue because there is much non-taxable federal land in their ...

In 1993, he was awarded the Artist Trust Fellowship in Media for his documentary work with the Colville Indian Reservation. He continued playing hockey, joined local rec teams, took to the mountains ...