OPB

Beyond settler history: New book explores the story of Willamette Valley’s Indigenous tribes

Lillian Karabaic: When students learn about Oregon’s history, the narrative of the land’s Native people often takes a backseat to the stories of the European settlers on the Oregon Trail or the Gold ...
The World

Coquille Indian Tribe Awarded Oregon Heritage Grant to Create Permanent Canoe Fragment Exhibit

A true team effort is bringing a story to life on Oregon’s South Coast. One that has been hundreds of years in the making.
The Redmond Spokesman

OREGON HISTORY: Retaliatory incursions made by Modoc Indians for brutal raids

The ancestral home of the Modoc Indian Nation consisted of more than 5,000 square miles along what is now the ...
Yahoo

Oregon Governor Visits Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek holds up a ceremonially signed copy of Senate Bill 1567 while members of the Confederated Tribes of the ...
The Vindicator

Long-sought court ruling restores Oregon tribe’s hunting and fishing rights

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia ...
KTVZ

Oregon tribes, OSU work together to build facility for repatriation, return of ancestral remains, cultural items

Alteza Films/OSU From left to right: Chief Jefferson Greene Jr., Wasco Chief, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Wilson Wewa, Tribal Council, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Jayathi Murthy, ...
Oregonian

Coquille Indian Tribe to open Oregon’s first tribal-owned, operated distillery

A new Native-owned distillery in North Bend will soon begin making craft spirits — the first in the state to operate on tribal land. The Coquille Indian Tribe will distill its own line of spirits ...
Oregonian

Tribes celebrate end of Klamath Dam removal project, largest in US history

The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed Wednesday, marking a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds of miles of the Klamath River near the ...
OPB

Oregon bill would allow tribes to petition for removal of state control from tribal affairs

InvestigateWest (invw.org) is an independent news nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Contact Melanie Henshaw directly at melanie@investigatewest.org or at (971) ...
Willamette Week

Six Oregon Tribes Blast Kotek’s Office and Out-of-State Tribes

Gov. Tina Kotek with a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in June 2024. (Office of the governor) This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering ...
Los Angeles Times

An Oregon tribe’s casino bid sparks furor over what land tribes can rightfully call home

YREKA, Calif. — It was midafternoon at the Rain Rock Casino in this faded Gold Rush town, and Jody Criner had just won $47 on the Dancing Drums slot machine, a respectable return on her $5 investment.