Northwest Treaty Tribes

06/12/2026

A powwow, Indigenous sports and viewing parties—all that and much more are on the agenda as tribes in Washington state get ready to welcome visitors for the World Cup.

The Puyallup Tribe is the first Native American tribe to serve as an "official legacy supporter" of Seattle as a World Cup host city.

06/09/2026

Scientists are digging deep into possible alternatives to replacing 6PPD in rubber tires, a chemical that reacts with ozone and puts out the toxic agent 6PPD-Q that has been proven to kill coho salmon.

A chemical found in tires is leading to the deaths of untold numbers of coho salmon in Puget Sound every year. Chemical companies are searching for an alternative but say the unique chemistry and function of 6PPD are major challenges. This article is part one of a three-part series.

06/08/2026

Fish passage beneath roadways is essential to recovering salmon so we can ensure sustainable harvest into the future.

Cascade PBS today featured the Tulalip Tribes' work on this issue, as showcased in the Northwest Treaty Tribes film "Passage Home: Tulalip Tribes remove barriers to salmon habitat."

This week, the team brings you stories about small farmers, seafarers, WSU research on processed foods, and a salmon restoration project.

06/06/2026

We’re thrilled to introduce the new and improved Rooted Futures platform, designed to illuminate pathways to careers working with natural resources. The goal of serving tribal youth interested in protecting treaty resources earned our co-developers at UW a Bridge-Builder Award for Equity for their work on the project.

Check it out: https://rootedfutures.nwifc.org/

06/05/2026

Members of the Squaxin Island Tribe , City of Olympia - Government Mayor Dontae Payne and others gathered Thursday near Isthmus Park to dedicate a welcoming figure carved by Squaxin Island artist Andrea Wilbur-Sigo. The towering figure honors the relationship between the city and tribe, and marks natural resource restoration work still to come. "She's going to watch over all of us," Wilbur-Sigo said.

06/04/2026

The federal government has removed floating ocean observatories from waters off the Washington coast — equipment that collected crucial data for tribal and nontribal boaters, fishers and researchers.

"That great time series of data has suddenly ended," said Joe Schumacker, fisheries biologist for the Quinault Indian Nation.

The Trump administration has quietly removed an array of floating ocean observatories from waters off the Washington coast, KUOW has learned.

06/01/2026

If management practices don’t change, there is a real possibility western Washington mountain goats could be wiped out in the near future.

A lack of snowpack and abundance of mountain lions are among the primary concerns.

Tribes, state attempt to change course on steep mountain goat decline. Updated May 29, 2026 As the weather warms, mountain goats move to graze what’s available in the rugged, high-altitude terrain…

05/31/2026

S is for Salmon

05/29/2026

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is one step closer to having more than 1,000 acres of land put into trust for the tribe, after the land transfer bill was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

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05/28/2026

Tribes in Washington state are on the cutting edge of using environmental DNA to detect chinook salmon in some of the Olympic Peninsula's least accessible streams.

Whether chinook have always used remote headwaters or are moving higher due to climate change isn’t clear Higher and higher: Young chinook