ICT - National - Northwest http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest RSS Feed for ICT - National - Northwest en-us Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT College, university presidents pledge to make ‘Pathways’ a priority http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/87485432.html SEATTLE – American Indian/Alaska Native students have a lot of strength to draw from at home: Family, identity, indigenous knowledge and teachings, language, spirituality. CRITFC gets new watershed department manager http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/86650677.html PORTLAND, Ore. – Aja K. DeCoteau, a member of the Yakama Nation, joined the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission March 8 as the new manager of the watershed department. DeCoteau, 29, has been serving as the program manager for the Yakama Nation’s Environmental Management Program in Toppenish, Wash. for the past two years. Top Indian footballer contemplates Redskins suit http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/86603272.html WASHINGTON – A superstar Native American football player says he won’t pre-emptively turn down any potential draft offers from the Redskins football team. At the same time, a group of Indian litigants is pressing harder to prevent “redskins” trademarks across the nation. Yakama Nation investigates death of 11 horses http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/85498102.html TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) – Yakama Nation police are investigating the deaths of at least 11 horses near the southern boundary of the tribe’s reservation over the last few months. Landmark Klamath River restoration and dam removal agreements signed http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/85046697.html SALEM, Ore. – The world’s largest river restoration and dam removal effort kicked off in a spirit of celebration inside the grand rotunda of Oregon’s Capitol Feb. 18. Squaxin Island pays tribute to rare whale http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/84787042.html HARTSTENE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) – Here on this inlet in far South Sound, a visitor recently arrived from distant waters, and the Squaxin Island Tribe did what their ancestors taught them: They welcomed an honored guest. Mother and daughter purchase historic inn http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/84486617.html KLAMATH, Calif. – The historic ReQua Inn, located on the Yurok Reservation in northern California and an icon of the Klamath River for almost a century, is under new ownership. Yurok tribal members (and mother and daughter duo) Geneva Wiki and Janet Wortman took over the inn this month and are excited to continue a tradition of hosting that pre-dates even the inn’s opening in 1915.