Best Indian Food 2013: Salmon Roasted Over an Alder Fire Pit

Jackleen de la Harpe
May 22, 2013
In Indian country, frybread, Indian tacos, curly fries and pizza have become as “traditional” as the dancing and socializing of annual pow wows and celebrations...

Descending Drought Puts Klamath Tribes and Farmers on Brink of Water War

ICTMN Staff
May 07, 2013
The Klamath Tribes possess the oldest water rights in the nation, and as the Los Angeles Times reports, these Indigenous Peoples of Oregon are about to reclaim what they have been ...

Quinault Nation Restricts Lake Use Due to Habitat Degradation

Richard Walker
April 24, 2013
Quinault Lake has been a place of nurture since glaciers carved the lake and river valley in their retreat some 15,000 years ago...

Mother Earth’s Magnetism Guides Spawning Sockeye Salmon Home Like GPS: Study

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2013
Salmon are known for their homing skills, returning annually to the streams they hatched in to spawn...

Keweenaw Bay Indians' Fight Against Michigan Mine Detailed in Series

ICTMN Staff
November 11, 2012
As Kennecott Eagle Minerals lurches toward completing its plan to begin mining copper and nickel from tribal lands in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula beginning in 2014, the fight...

Hatching a Plan for Northwest Salmon: Conference Highlights Fish Stock Restoration

Jackleen de La Harpe
October 28, 2012
Fish hatcheries built below the dams in the Pacific Northwest have replenished salmon stocks for downstream and ocean fishermen for decades, while upstream, wild runs where treaty ...
Leonard Masten

10 Years After Klamath Fish Kill, New Water Proposals and Weakening of Indian Water Rights Threaten Salmon Gains

Ten years ago thousands of adult salmon died in the Lower Klamath River in far Northern California when extremely low flows ordered by the Bush administration created lethal conditions for fish....

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October 29, 2012

Snag Fishing During Salmon Spawning Season

Lee Allen
October 26, 2012
Salmon --- they’ve fed families ever since they began to swim upstream and Native peoples became the first to feast on their firm flesh...

Where the Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr.

Richard Walker
September 02, 2012
Not until the 1974 Boldt decision in United States v. Washington did Billy Frank Jr. think that his treaty right to fish would be secure...

Coquille and Cousin Tribes to Share Canoe Culture at Ninth Annual Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration

Tish Leizens
September 05, 2012
When the salmon swim upstream in September, the Coquille Tribe of Oregon's southwest region share their heritage, culture and traditions over two days of weekend festivities that i...

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