Lummi Stepping Stones - "A Le Leng" - "Ne'Wi Leng"

03/04/2020

The number of homeless children in the United States is at its highest in more than a decade, according to a recent study by the National Center for Homeless Education. More than 1.5 million public…

03/02/2020

Thankful to the National Indian Health Board for leading the conversation in a new way of thinking to advance helping our people who are affected by homelessness. This shift in how we discuss it will change a lot of the conversations for many tribes across the country and those who serve tribal members and the work we will now do in DC and everywhere else when lobbying on our people’s behalf. \o/

01/12/2020

In new Crosscut/Elway Poll, 31% of respondents named homelessness as the state's top issue, a 10-point increase from 2019.

01/09/2020

https://noisywatersnw.com/

information and opinion swells from the northwest U.S. corner

12/23/2019

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/homelessness-swells-in-toppen*sh-as-yakama-nation-shuts-winter-shelter/article_5ecf7916-8307-59e8-bd69-141fb3f0a3cb.html

Norman Sweowat emerged from his makeshift shelter in a Toppen*sh field, shook off the biting cold and walked a few blocks west to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ social services

12/18/2019

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12/17/2019

Lhaq'temish Foundation: Nilh Xwenang Tse Schelangen Este Nexw Xwlemi (this is our way of life in Lummi) - a healthy, giving, and prosperous

12/16/2019

The Supreme Court has refused to hear a case that originated in Boise, Idaho several years ago concerning the constitutionality of laws that prohibit sleeping or camping in parks or on public streets when no shelter space is available.