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Culture Watchlist: ‘A History of the Muckleshoot Canoe Journey’ 07.31.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist While canoe families are underway on the annual canoe journey, the Muckleshoot Tribe posted a video to its YouTube channel explaining the history of the Muckleshoot Canoe Journey. Muckleshoot is the host Tribe for the 2023 canoe journey and canoes are expected to land on Alki beach in Seattle on Sunday, July 30. Executive Director of Culture …
/articles/2023/07/31/watchlist-a-history-of-the-muckleshoot-canoe-journey/Culture Watchlist: ‘The Living History of Native Gatherings’ 08.31.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Powwow season is upon us and while many Tribal members don't need an explanation for what a powwow is, many non-Indigenous people do. This became evident to Smoke Signals recently when an outside organization asked us, “What exactly is a powwow?” NBC News answered this question in an eight-minute video published in early 2023 called, “The Living History …
/articles/2023/08/31/watchlist-the-living-history-of-native-gatherings/Culture Watchlist: “The Osage murders and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ ” 10.31.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist On Friday, Oct. 20, “Killers of the Flower Moon” premiered in the United States. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the movie is based on true events and follows members of the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on their reservation in 1920. Shortly after the Osage received their wealth from the oil, the murders began. Before the movie …
/articles/2023/10/31/watchlist-the-osage-murders-and-killers-of-the-flower-moon/Culture Watchlist: ‘Native Americans victimized by massive insurance scheme in Arizona’ 12.14.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist The Grand Ronde Tribe just held its first Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Dinner on Friday, Dec. 1. This event was hosted by the Tribal medication-assisted treatment facility, Great Circle Recovery. Great Circle Recovery Operations Director Jennifer Worth has spoken with Smoke Signals about how drug addiction …
/articles/2023/12/14/watchlist-native-americans-victimized-by-massive-insurance-scheme-in-arizona/Culture Watchlist: ‘Homecoming | Buffalo Return to Indigenous Lands’ 01.12.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Until 2021, the city of Denver used to auction off buffalo from its mountain parks to maintain a healthy population. In 2021, they changed directions and began transferring the buffalo back to Indigenous lands. A PBS video, “Homecoming | Buffalo Return to Indigenous Lands,” published in December 2023, shares the significance of this transfer …
/articles/2024/01/12/watchlist-homecoming-buffalo-return-to-indigenous-lands/Culture Watchlist: Mexican drug cartel targets six Native American reservations in Montana 02.15.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist “It’s as if fentanyl is raining on our reservation,” Blackfeet Nation Tribal leader Marvin Weatherwax Jr. said in an NBC interview. NBC News visited the Blackfeet Nation’s Tribal Reservation earlier this year to report on the Mexican cartel’s increased presence on Montana’s six Tribal reservations. NBC reporter Cynthia …
/articles/2024/02/15/watchlist-mexican-drug-cartel-targets-six-native-american-reservations-in-montana/Culture Watchlist: ‘An expression of love’ 02.29.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist A Smarthistory YouTube video pans to a 19 th century cradleboard with bright red wool and colorful beads on display in the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Choctaw Nation Tribal member Dr. Chelsea Herr provides a voiceover in the video with curators Jack and Maxine Zarrow, and art historian Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, explaining the materials in a cradleboard, how …
/articles/2024/02/29/watchlist-an-expression-of-love/Culture Watchlist: ‘Native American Governments’ 08.14.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Ballots for the Grand Ronde Tribal Council election have been mailed out and the election results will be announced Saturday, Sept. 7. Three seats on the nine-person council are up for grabs and Tribal members will vote from a list of seven candidates, plus vote on three advisory questions. (If you are still unsure on who to vote for, listen to the Smoke Signals …
/articles/2024/08/14/watchlist-native-american-governments/Culture Watchlist: ‘Represents our heartbeat: Native American group discusses importance of drums’ 09.03.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Grand Ronde’s three-day annual Contest Powwow at the uyxat Powwow Grounds concluded Sunday, Aug. 18, and my ears are still ringing from the thunderous sounds of the drums. “The drum beat represents our heart beat and our connection with mother earth,” Joaquin Rojas said in an 2023 ABC10 interview about …
/articles/2024/09/03/watchlist-represents-our-heartbeat-native-american-group-discusses-importance-of-drums/Culture Watchlist: ‘Fish War’ 09.30.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist “We have always been taught that when the tide is out, the table is set,” a voiceover said in the trailer for a recently released documentary called “Fish War.” “Fish War” follows the violent clashes between law enforcement and Tribal people of Washington when their treaty rights to fish and hunt in their usual and accustomed grounds were broken in the 1960s. A man interviewed …
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