Jan. 6 was a typical overcast day in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Few of the tech workers from the nearby offices of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft were outside at lunchtime. Only a few ...
We want to thank Ron Friesen for his excellent essay (“What I’ve learned about myself from my Tulalip neighbors,” The Herald, Dec. 17). He explains in very clear terms the different cultural ...
Salish is the language of the Inland Northwest. For thousands of years, since time immemorial, the language has been spoken by the various people of the Columbia Plateau — the Spokane, Kalispel, ...
The Hockaday Museum of Art is hosting a presentation and workshop on Salish cedar bark baskets on May 6. (Courtesy photo) Aspen and Cameron Decker are presenting programs at the Hockaday Museum of Art ...
CounterPoint Press Publishing Northwest author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe’s newest book is called Thunder Song. It’s a collection of essays examining the intersection of her Indigenous ancestry, Coast ...
LaRae Wiley, co-founder and former director of the Salish School of Spokane, is being honored for acts of courage and compassion in the community.
Look around Western Washington and the legacy of its early people is everywhere. They are remembered in city names, public parks and now as a new gateway to the entry the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood ...
Robert Woodcock with the Séliš-QỈispé Culture Committee asked a group of more than a dozen students if any of them wanted to help him build a teepee. About half the group shot their arms up in ...
ST. IGNATIUS - She was a Salish Indian, born in a log cabin without plumbing or running water, but she did not dwell on the hardships she endured. She worked all her life at manual labor - washing ...
Eastern Washington University is set to bring back its Salish helmets in honor of Native American Heritage Month. The ...
Aspen Decker, poised to work on her painting of "Big Blue," on the wall of the former Mission Mountain Enterprises building in Ronan. Aspen and her husband, Cameron, collaborated on half of the ...