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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 1d
The United States government has entered a shutdown, meaning many federal agencies have had funding cut off and are furloughing workers. For Indian Country, this is a violation of dozens of different treaty obligations with no clear end in sight.

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Government Shutdown Begins, ‘Too Early To Tell’ The Full Impact On Indian Country - Underscore Native News
Impacts will vary depending on how much reserve funding individual tribes have.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 2d
“This housing is more than just a roof and four walls, it’s an opportunity to heal, reconnect and grow. It’s a chance for my family and I to thrive as tribal members in our own community.”

✍️ : @nikabartoosmith.bsky.social for UNN + ICT
📸 : @jarrette-werk.bsky.social for UNN
Siletz Opens Affordable Housing Project in Salem, Oregon - Underscore Native News
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians held ribbon cutting to celebrate Kloshe Illahee Haws, a new 39-unit affordable housing project open to Siletz citizens and the broader Salem community.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 20d
Portland based Indigenous artist, Marie Watt, receives a quarter of a million dollars in unrestricted funds. Through her art, she fosters meaningful connections across generations and cultures.

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Marie Watt Receives Prestigious $250,000 Heinz Award - Underscore Native News
The Portland based artist was recognized this week alongside five other “changemakers,” each receiving a quarter of a million dollars in unrestricted funds to honor their excellence in arts, economics...
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 22d
Ahead of the two weeks of strenuous paddling and celebration protocols, canoe families begin preparations months before the canoe ever even touches the water.

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✍️ : @nikabartoosmith.bsky.social for Underscore Native News + ICT and Carrie Johnson
‘Storm Before The Calm:’ The Making of Tribal Canoe Journeys - Underscore Native News
Preparation for the annual voyage across the Salish Sea requires an entire year of preparation with the highs and lows following.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 26d
In addition to collaborating with Coast Salish weavers for the jersey signs, the league donated the first $50,000 made from sales of the jerseys to local Native nonprofit organizations.

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✍️: @lunabreyna.bsky.social , Underscore Native News + Indian Country Today
Coast Salish Weavers Bring Meaningful Representation to New Seattle Sounders Jerseys - Underscore Native News
Underscore + ICT sat down with two of the Salish weavers, Gail White Eagle and Danielle Morsette, who created the “Salish Sea kit.”
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Sep 3
With Medicaid cuts taking hold throughout the country, essential Tribal health clinics like Ko-Kwel Wellness Center are at risk.

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✍️: Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America
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Medicaid Cuts Could Strip Critical Funding from Tribal Health Clinics, Including in Rural Oregon - Underscore Native News
The Ko-Kwel Wellness Centers in Coos Bay and Eugene provide essential healthcare for Native and non-Native populations alike, often from rural areas. Now they’re bracing for service interruptions amid...
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Aug 29
On a 20-stop national tour, the National Boarding School Healing Coalition is collecting oral history interviews from federal Indian boarding school survivors. The collection will be housed in the Library of Congress within the next few years.

✍️: Lyric Aquino, UNN + RFA
Mainland Living Native Hawaiians Asked to Contribute to Boarding School Oral History Project - Underscore Native News
The National Boarding School Healing Coalition meets with survivors in Portland as part of an ongoing oral history project with the Library of Congress.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Aug 26
Join our team!

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and hope to have someone start in the role as soon as September 2, 2025. For any questions, contact the hiring manager, Myers Reece, at [email protected].

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Work with Underscore - Underscore Native News
Staff Jobs We’re hiring! Select the job you’re interested in from the list below to see more details Freelance Opportunities If you’re a journalist with a freelance story idea to pitch, please reach out to Managing Editor Christine Trudeau at [email protected].
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Aug 20
The camping trip included cultural activities to teach traditional skills and nature-based activities to get people outside and connected with the land. 

✍️: Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America
Oregon Non-Profits Team Up to Host Their First Indigenous Camping Trip On Mt. Hood - Underscore Native News
Hoping to break down financial barriers for Indigenous campers, organizers launch a free three-day culturally immersive camping program focusing on culture, nature and community building.
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Cascade PBS Newsroom @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social · Aug 19
From @underscore-news.bsky.social: The Walla Walla Water 2050 Plan endeavors to provide a collaborative path forward for the overallocated river basin. For the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, whose traditional homelands encompass the basin, a lot is at stake.
Native nations collaborate with WA, OR on Walla Walla water rights
The watershed has long been overallocated, but a new plan offers hope for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, whose lands are affected.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Aug 8
After a four year fishing ban on the Coquille River, a proposed reopening of Chinook salmon fishing on the river that could happen as early as this September.

✍️: Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America
Coquille Indian Tribe Led Partnership Could Bring Back Chinook Salmon Fishing To Coquille River This Fall - Underscore Native News
Oregon officials said the Chinook salmon population would be restored in ten years. With Coquille leadership, they did it in three.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Aug 7
Washington and Oregon support Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation in addressing the water crisis with the Walla Walla Water 2050 Plan.

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✍️: Adrianna Adame UNN
With Improved Collaboration, High Hopes for Real Solutions in the Walla Walla Watershed - Underscore Native News
Funds recently earmarked by Oregon and matched by Washington to support water projects by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are signs of progress on a multi-stakeholder strate...
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Aug 1
The historic first descent was organized by Paddle Tribal Waters, a program under the nonprofit Ríos to Rivers, and was years in the making, including the participating youth traveling to rivers around the world.

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Global Solidarity at the Mouth of the Klamath - Underscore Native News
For members of the Klamath basin tribes who had fought for the river dams’ removal and organized the historic first descent of the newly free-flowing waters, the signing of an international accord bro...
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 31
Canoe families help move each other’s canoes away from the water’s edge, following the issuance of a tsunami warning across the Pacific Ocean coastline.

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✍️: @nikabartoosmith.bsky.social for Underscore Native News + ICT
Tsunami Warning Impedes Tribal Canoe Journey - Underscore Native News
Families work together to get to higher ground.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 30
The fate of many tribal radio stations, which are often critical sources of information in rural areas, is uncertain following federal broadcasting cuts.

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✍️: Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America
Tribal Radio Stations Hit Hard by Federal Broadcasting Cuts - Underscore Native News
KWSO in Warm Springs is set to lose 40 percent of its budget, while other rural tribal stations across the U.S., which play essential roles in disseminating information such as emergency alerts and na...
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 29
The annual Canoe Journey event for Indigenous tribes across the Pacific Northwest and beyond is well underway, with families coming together to paddle to the host nation.
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✍️: @nikabartoosmith.bsky.social for UNN + ICT, and Carrie Johnson
The Paddle to Elwha Has Begun - Underscore Native News
Canoe families from across the Salish Sea and beyond have begun their annual canoe journey, this year paddling to Elwha where the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe will host for the first time in 15 years.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 28
Indigenous youth kayak their free-flowing ancestral waterways, reconnecting the threads almost lost to harmful impacts of colonization and modern agriculture.

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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 25
In part as a response to the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, organizations and individual allies from across the country worked together to create the virtual hub. Creating spaces of love, safety and resource sharing for 2SLGBTQ+ relatives.

✍️: @nikabartoosmith.bsky.social for UNN+ICT
New Online Support Hub Launches for 2SLGBTQ+ People - Underscore Native News
Two Spirit Support Boat offers resources and an online community for Indigiqueer adults, caregivers of 2SLGBTQ+ youth and clinicians.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 23
Indigenous Youth Complete 310-Mile Klamath River Journey after largest dam removal in history.

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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 23
Intertribal Canoe Journey is about resilience, caring for others, and keeping the culture alive.

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‘When We’re All Together, We Stand Stronger’ - Underscore Native News
Intertribal Canoe Journey is about resilience, caring for others, and keeping the culture alive.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 19
The second annual Lampreypalooza offered a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into efforts to protect the Pacific lamprey.

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✍️: Adrianna Adame UNN
Lampreypalooza Provides Educational Outreach, Knowledge on Pacific Lamprey - Underscore Native News
Second annual event offers behind the scenes look into conservation efforts.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 17
Josephine Pakootas was just 10 years old when her mom’s tattoo artist, Big Mama, would come by to tattoo her at their kitchen table. This was when her love for tattoos began. 

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✍️: @lunabreyna.bsky.social, UNN+ ICT
Colville Artist Creating Safe Space Through Ink on National Tattoo Day - Underscore Native News
From traditional weaving to interweaving stories through tattoos, Josephine Pakootas, shares her path to becoming a tattoo artist
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 16
“All of our families have been fighting for dam removal. Everybody’s been fighting for us to be able to reach different parts of the rivers that we haven’t been able to in over 150 years," Isqotsxoyan Scott, of the Hupa Valley Tribe.

✍️+ 📸 : @jarrette-werk.bsky.social for UNN
Indigenous Youth Complete 310-Mile Klamath River Journey - Underscore Native News
Youth descend a free-flowing Klamath River after biggest dam removal project in history.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hundreds of people gathered in Oregon City for the fourth annual Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration to commemorate the renewed momentum of the Tribal Pacific Lamprey Restoration Plan.

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✍️: Adrianna Adame UNN
Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration Opens With Updated Restoration Plan - Underscore Native News
The fourth annual festival honors lamprey as a first food and promotes conservation efforts.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · Jul 2
The podcast invites on other young adult guests, covering topics such as data sovereignty, the history of Apache camp dresses and decolonizing education.

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✍️: Nika Bartoo-Smith UNN + ICT
The Power of Sharing Knowledge Through  Storytelling and Fashion - Underscore Native News
Angela Noah hopes to share her love of storytelling with her communities, inspire other young Native people through her podcast, ‘Young Elders’ and in the artful fashion regalia she sews.
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