It's no secret that salmon are central to theh cultures of many Native nations in the Pacific Northwest, but outsiders don't really understand what that means. This piece by Native journalist 'Toastie' Oaster uses the words and photography of Yakama tribal member Lew George to open a little window on a life spent fishing for salmon on the Columbia River.

#NativeAmericans #Yakama #fishing #salmon #ColumbiaRiver #LewGeorge #photograhy #ToastieOaster #HighCountryNews

https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-multimedia-dispatch-from-the-scaffolds-native-fishing-culture-on-the-columbia-river

I got to appear on OPB's Think Out Loud this week to talk about #GreenColonialism in Goldendale! Drink a green smoothie shot every time I start a sentence with "Well..." 👇

#Indigenous #Yakama #ClimateJustice #RenewableEnergy #JustTransition NativeMastodon #Journalism #GreenEnergy

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/06/a-proposed-green-energy-project-could-lead-to-cultural-harm-for-the-yakama-nation/

And the Goldendale project is just one of dozens of #RenewableEnergy developments proposed on #Yakama Nation ceded lands alone—each with its own constellation of developers, permitting agencies, and landowners.

The tribe is inundated. “It’s pretty much a repeating history all over again,” Tribal Councilman Jeremy Takala told me.

https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.3/indigenous-affairs-green-colonialism-is-flooding-the-pacific-northwest/

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#GreenColonialism #GreenEnergy #RenewableEnergy #ClimateJustice #Indigenous #NativeMastodon

ProPublica: The U.S. Promised Tribes They Would Always Have Fish, but the Fish They Have Pose Toxic Risks

Tony Schick and Maya Miller

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-us-broke-promise-to-protect-fish-for-tribes?utm_campaign=Rockies%20Today&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

#environmentaljustice #toxicfish #Yakama #ColumbiaRiver

For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish.

So, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting did.

What we found was alarming for tribes.

New from Tony Schick, OPB, and Maya Miller, ProPublica

#salmon #pollution #oregon #fishing #washington #Yakama #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-us-broke-promise-to-protect-fish-for-tribes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post