Native Americans

The depot is home to deer, songbirds and North America’s largest population of burrowing owls.

While many tribal governments hope for full criminal and civil restoration over their lands eventually, they say removing state jurisdiction is an important step toward respecting Native American nations as self-governing sovereign states.

The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans

OSU's NAGPRA director joins us to share more about the new facility and the repatriation process.

The Trump administration continues to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but that is complicating some federal funding for tribes in the Northwest.

Native Americans needing help with addiction and substance abuse have an option opening this month in Sheridan, a small town in Oregon’s Yamhill County roughly 20 miles northwest of Salem.

The first Native American parks director in U.S. history discusses the role of public lands in American life, the importance of Indigenous knowledge in stewardship and the consequences of Trump’s budget cuts.

Rep. Tawna Sanchez has introduced HB 3198, a bill proposing the Oregon Health Authority’s involvement in responding to missing and murdered Indigenous people cases to improve coordination and support for affected communities.

Peltier's imprisonment had symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans across the country who believe in his innocence.

For thousands of years, the Klamath Tribes have harvested a highly nutritious first food called wocus from the wetlands of Southern Oregon. As wetlands were drained for agriculture, the tribes lost a huge portion of the habitat supporting the wocus plant. Now, there’s hope that farmers can help bring that habitat back.