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Running Down a Dream - Ku Stevens
Underscore.News: Young Native runner honors family legacy (November 3, 2022)
Ku Stevens’ great-grandfather escaped an Indian boarding school by running 50 miles through the desert to get home. Decades later, Ku runs to honor that legacy.
Washington State Penitentiary
Underscore.news: Powwow returns to penitentiary for first time since COVID-19 (October 3, 2022)
Native prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary hosted their first powwow in three years, a 50-year tradition temporarily halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Esther Stutzman and Aiyanna Brown
Underscore.news: Native family works to preserve Kalapuya language (May 2, 2022)
The recent publication of a four-volume dictionary and an effort to build an expansive digital archive have brought renewed attention to the Kalapuya language.
Anthony Paul's Boat
Underscore.news: Tribal citizens battle state over treaty fishing rights (April 4, 2022)
After a judge dismissed charges of shellfish trafficking on treaty grounds, tribes and treaty rights organizations say the case exemplifies how officials are working to undermine treaty fishing rights and agreements.
Chuck Sams
Underscore.news: National Park Service gains Native director for first time in history (January 12, 2022)
In a sit-down conversation with Underscore.news, Chuck Sams, the country’s first Native American parks director, discusses the role his agency can play in better representing Indigenous people and their stories.
Michael Gavin
Underscore.news: Umatilla Reservation family loses two to COVID-19 (September 8, 2021)
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation tried early and often to protect citizens from COVID-19.
Ashley Bowers
Underscore.news: Tribes along Klamath River face another water ‘catastrophe’ (August 10, 2021)
The Klamath River flows through two states and the lands of several tribal nations. There’s not enough water to meet everyone’s needs.
mildredquaemptsmerlekirk
Underscore.news: MMIW remains a crisis in Oregon (May 5, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and mismatched databases confound efforts to address failures investigating Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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Underscore.news: Race, media and the power of words (October 14, 2020)
Please join Underscore.news to hear from two prominent American Indian journalists who cover Indian Country.
warmsprings
Underscore.news: Census in the age of pandemic (September 10, 2020)

The Census has long failed to accurately tally populations in Indian Country. COVID-19 is hampering attempts to fix that.

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