Posts tagged Tulalip tribes
Invisible no more: Tulalip flag soars at every Marysville School District campus by Michael Rios

For the first time ever, the red, white and black colors of the Tulalip flag are soaring over every Marysville School District campus. Tulalip’s iconic orca was raised up at each elementary, middle school, high school, and even District headquarters during the week of November 17th.

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“Please stand with us”: Tulalip Fishermen to Appear in Skagit Court Monday by Hazen Graham Shopbell

For the last six years, Anthony Paul and I have been the target of a racially motivated criminal investigation and prosecution by the State of Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). But we are not the real target. The State’s real target is Tulalip Treaty rights. The real target is our way of life.

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‘A step in the right direction’: Tulalip Tribes flag raised at Marysville Pilchuck by Michael Rios

It’s no secret that Marysville and Tulalip have a history rife with conflict and misunderstanding, especially when it comes to the subject of education. However, raising the Tulalip flag is a symbol of hope for the future. It’s an action that intends to create a better partnership between the two communities.

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Recognizing the national crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women by Michael Rios

To understand the complex and ongoing MMIW crisis one must first admit the current systemic response to violence against Native women is immensely inadequate. Then one must realize the rate at which Tribes are losing their life-giving women is devastating to not just the tribal communities, but to the entire nation as a whole.

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Tribal plaintiffs win case against Treasury; Funds for Coronavirus Relief to go to Tribal Nations not for-profit Alaska Native Corporations

Lead Plaintiffs the Tulalip Tribes, the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation in Washington state, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in Maine and three federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Alaska, won a major victory for all tribes today at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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