If you are a boarding school survivor or a descendant, resources are available from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition at boardingschoolhealing.org. Catholic bishops have ...

A buffalo herd is a rare sight in Washington. But on the edge of the Yakima River, not far from an interstate, nearly 200 buffalo roam fields surrounding a small farming town called Toppenish. Two ...

Ending decades of dispute, the Yakama Nation and the Yakima County Sheriff's Office have agreed to procedures that deputies should follow when entering tribal land to execute arrest warrants against ...

The racial justice movement has highlighted injustices around Native Americans and land ownership. One family in Washington has decided to return its farmland to the Yakama Nation. In recent years, ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haalan visited Washingon state in 2021 to meet with Washington state tribal leaders to discuss rising sea levels, community relocation and broadband access. This week, the ...

The man accused of stealing a display of handmade baby moccasins from Northern Quest Resort & Casino over four years ago will face trial in Spokane federal court next month. Kevin William Wissman, 61, ...

TOPPENISH -- A casino, sawmill and other businesses owned by the Yakama Nation are being questioned about their finances as some tribal members seek a greater share of the profits. Until recently, ...

TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) — Yakama tribal leaders have barred new dairies or feedlots within the reservation. The move comes after complaints from a group of residents concerned about the environmental ...

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. -- A Yakima man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing cultural items from the Northern Quest Resort and Casino in 2020. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern ...