Northwest Native leaders gathered at the annual NCAI convention discuss top issues from protecting the environment, gaming, ...

With DNA testing confirming her identity, Oregon officials have returned Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter’s remains to her last surviving sibling.

Native leaders at the NCAI convention lay out the stakes in midterm elections, including the future of federal funding, ...

The November midterm election could lead to 17 states with Native candidates elected to local leadership positions ...

From left, Cultural Co-ordinator, Mary Johnson, Chinook Chairman Tony Johnson, and Councilman Gary Johnson, listen to Senator Jeff Wilson March 9, 2026 at the Capitol in Olympia, Wa. The Chinook were ...

Speakers and attendees at a press conference held in downtown Portland on Feb. 6, taking place prior to opening arguments for renewed litigation against the federal government to protect endangered ...

On the Colville Reservation in northeastern Washington, power outages can be a regular occurrence throughout the year, exacerbated by winter storms and summer heat waves. In a move to strengthen ...

A collaborative coloring wall at the National Association of Science Writers’ annual convening which was held in Corvallis, Oregon in September 2026. (Photo by Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + ...

Ty Running Fisher, a citizen of the Blackfeet Nation and a descendant of the Quinault Indian Nation, a fourth year student at the UW School of Medicine, on the day of his white coat ceremony and ...

Brookings report found that the Department of Government Efficiency trimmed 1,597 federal contracts and awards from tribes and Native organizations.

With DNA testing confirming her identity, Oregon officials have returned Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter’s remains to her last surviving sibling.