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Two tribes in Oregon made historic agreements with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that affirm the rights of their members to hunt, fish, trap and gather under tribal, rather than state ...

Recently hatched whitefish, no bigger than a grain of wild rice, are being raised in a tank. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian's hatchery is raising whitefish in an effort to see if ...

After more than a century, a Native American tribe in northern Washington can finally fish for coho salmon in the same rivers as its ancestors, the Seattle Times reported — and it's all thanks to the ...

Earlier this summer, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission formally agreed to give the Coquille Tribe more power to manage fish and wildlife in a large area of southwest Oregon. We talk to Brenda ...

This February, after long-anticipated rains deluged California, causing creek beds to overflow and turning fields into marshland, the spawning runs of a sacred, highly endangered fish—the Clear Lake ...

(TNS) — The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan announced Thursday it has released a smart phone app to guide people toward safe consumption of Great Lakes fish. The app, called the Gigiigoo'inaan "Our ...

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — They dove into the cold waters, emerging with writhing, eel-like fish in hand and thrusting them into nets. Thus began Northwest Native American tribes’ annual lamprey harvest ...

The federal government last week acknowledged that the construction and operation of 11 hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers during the last century has had a devastating effect on ...

Four tribes in Oregon can now issue hunting and fishing licenses for their citizens under the agreements, based on harvest limits informed by tribal values. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

This article was originally published by ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Salmon heads, fins and tails filled baking trays in the kitchen where ...