Bypassing ban on Sherman Alexie book: Buying it for Idaho students
Two young Washington state women are launching an effort to get copies of Sherman Alexie’s young adult novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian,” into the hands of teenagers in an Idaho...
View ArticleRepublican trustee defends WWU president against GOP legislator
State Rep. Jason Overstreet, R-Lynden, is “dead wrong” and woefully ignorant of history in calling for the resignation of Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard, former Republican...
View ArticleJohn McCain to Washington Redskins owner: Change team’s name
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, whose state boasts a high Native-American population, has become the latest political figure to call on Washington Redskins’ owner Dan Snyder to change the team’s name. But...
View ArticleBilly Frank Jr.: Appreciating a Northwest civil rights legend
Billy Frank Jr., was once considered an outlaw, poacher and scofflaw, arrested some 50 times — starting at the age of 14– for “illegally” fishing in waters where he had his home on the Nisqually...
View ArticleSen. Maria Cantwell leads charge to change name of Washington Redskins
In an effort led by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., half of the U.S. Senate is pushing the NFL to change the name of the Washington Redskins football team, bluntly calling it a “racial slur.” Forty-nine...
View ArticleRedskins is ‘disparaging;’ U.S. Patent Office strips team of trademarks
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday stripped six federal trademarks of the Washington Redskins team name, finding it to be “disparaging” of American Indians. “We decide based on the...
View Article‘Indigenous Peoples Day,’ not Columbus Day: Human rights commission
The second Monday of October, the federal holiday known as Columbus Day, should henceforth be recognized in Seattle as “Indigenous Peoples Day” according to a resolution passed by the Seattle Human...
View ArticleSens. Murray and Cantwell ‘undeserving bimbos.’ GOP House candidate says
Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., occasionally play on the national stage, where they have drawn the attention of a blogger who dubs himself “Mr. Conservative” and is a Republican nominee...
View ArticleIndigenous Peoples’ Day: Honoring ‘correct and appropriate’ history
Seattle has officially supplanted Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, to be celebrated on the second Monday in October. The change came in a ceremony that spoke of past persecution but reflected...
View ArticleNFL dodges Congress and Cantwell, relinquishes tax-exempt status
The National Football League on Tuesday agreed to relinquish its tax-exempt status and eliminate what its finance committee chairman described as a “distraction” and “misunderstanding.” The decision...
View ArticleNisqually Wildlife Refuge would be renamed for civil rights hero Billy Frank Jr.
The state’s congressional delegation, showing rare bipartisan unity, plans next week to introduce legislation that would rename the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in honor of Billy Frank Jr.,...
View ArticleGov. Inslee: Give Kennewick Man, ‘the Ancient One,’ back to the tribes
Gov. Jay Inslee has asked that the human remains known as Kennewick Man, or the “Ancient One,” be transferred to Washington’s tribes as soon as possible for suitable reburial. Inslee made his request...
View ArticleJudge upholds canceling of Washington Redskins’ federal trademark registrations
A U.S. District judge in Virginia has upheld a federal panel’s decision to cancel the Washington Redskins’ federal trademark registrations, saying the team’s controversial logo “may disparage” Native...
View ArticleBilly Frank, Jr., William Ruckelshaus honored with the Presidential Medal of...
Two of Washington’s great champions of environmental protection and salmon restoration, Billy Frank, Jr., and William Ruckelshaus, are being honored at the White House next week with the Presidential...
View ArticleCantwell: Name Nisqually refuge for Billy Frank Jr.
Billy Frank Jr., a veteran of 50 Indian fishing rights arrests, will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony later this month. But it’s time to honor Frank as a...
View ArticleU.S. House votes to rename Nisqually Refuge after Native-American leader...
We honor and cherish today those we put in jail years ago. The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Monday to rename the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge after Billy Frank Jr., the champion of...
View ArticleSenate passes legislation to rename Nisqually Wildlife Refuge for Billy Frank...
The U.S. Senate on Monday passed the Billy Frank Jr., Tell Your Story Act, and sent to President Obama the legislation that will rename the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge after the late Indian...
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