Native Americans

An Indigenous artist has created "Portraits in Red," a series of painted portraits of missing and murdered Indigenous people. An exhibit featuring 40 of these portraits is on display in Newport.

The Oregon Land Board on Tuesday took a step toward permanently closing public access to Crump Lake when water levels dry up.

The proposed Thornburgh resort, located just southwest of Redmond, has been tied up in litigation for nearly two decades, with opponents arguing it could negatively affect water supplies and wildlife in the surrounding area.

Randy Settler’s family has spent generations fighting for its right to harvest salmon. But the federal government squandered its chance to recover the endangered fish before the onset of climate change. Now, Settler sees it all slipping away again.

Two members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are working with the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon to return 80 acres of land in Union County to its pre-colonial environment.

The Takelma language, once spoken by the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians and others, went extinct in Southwestern Oregon by 1940. Now, tribal members are in the process of restoring it.

Native American inmates say the powwows give them a sense of community and spiritual growth. Prison officials say the powwows help rehabilitation and are an important motivational and behavioral tool.

Native American veterans gathered in Washington, D.C., this Veterans Day to unveil a memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian.

The Home Flight Scholars Program provides financial aid, advising and mentorship to Oregon residents who are enrolled members of a Native American tribe.

Mann is a Marine Corps pilot, NASA astronaut and member of the Wailacki tribe of the Round Valley Indian Tribes.