After years of planning and fundraising, a tiny home village for Indigenous families experiencing houselessness has a permanent home at the former Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst.

Executive Director of Friends of Tryon Creek Gabe Sheoships, Cayuse and Walla Walla, is a recipient of the 2023 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Awards.

After a four-year pause, the Native American Youth and Family Center powwow returned to Neerchokikoo.

Land trusts in Oregon are beginning to transform from their white-led roots, toward models based on Indigenous values and leadership.

Land that was for centuries an Indigenous village is now a permanent home for the Native American Youth and Family Center.

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe hopes to preserve the Snoqualmie Falls and other ancestral sites for future generations through a new 2% land protection tax. Leaders say it’s a model for other tribes working to reclaim their ancestral lands.

What was described by a tribal leader as a benchmark achievement in a landback initiative has inspired what could become landmark litigation.

An 1855 treaty with the U.S. government ensured one of the Yakama Nation’s most important sites would remain part of its homelands. The tribe recently celebrated the decades-long effort to see that promise kept.