Melanie Henshaw A cascade of actions from the Trump administration represents a “grave threat” to health care, social, educational and other critical services in Indian Country, including for Native ...

The Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the Yakima Project which supplies water to the region, recently forecast ... happened without the plan. Federal, tribal, state, and private interests ...

Non-natives started to colonize the region in large ... rights for the tribal parties to the case. Another example is the return of nearly all of Mt. Adams to the Yakama Nation in 1972.

A Klickitat County renewable energy megaproject planned for a site sacred to the Yakama Nation inched closer ... say the proposal stands to repeat the region’s history of putting electricity ...

The Goldendale Energy Storage Project, a $2 billion pumped storage hydropower facility, is set to deliver clean energy and ...

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

Washington state needs lithium to meet the demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy. But mines add to a legacy of ...

The Yakama tribe says it has received no official communication ... part of OPB’s broader effort to ensure that everyone in our region has access to quality journalism that informs, entertains ...

The Yakama tribe says it has received no official communication ... Reporter Melanie Henshaw covers Indigenous affairs and communities in the region. Reach her directly at melanie@ ...

Kylee Probert, a descendant of the Spokane Tribe, was working with national tribal ... “Federal treaty promises of public safety within the Yakama Reservation are not being met,” said Jeremy ...