http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest RSS Feed for ICT - National - Northwest en-us Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT 2010-03-17T04:00:00Z en-us 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. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/87485432.html 2010-03-17T04:00:00Z 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. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:47:54 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/86650677.html 2010-03-05T19:47:54Z 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. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:19:23 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/86603272.html 2010-03-15T15:19:23Z 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. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:34:49 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/85498102.html 2010-02-26T16:34:49Z 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. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:50:36 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/85046697.html 2010-03-01T15:50:36Z 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. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/84787042.html 2010-02-22T05:00:00Z