A majority of Washington Tribes have come out against Initiative 2117, which would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act if approved by voters on the November general election ballot.

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 1998, file photo, Makah Indians paddle away from the rising sun as they head from Neah Bay, Wash., toward open Pacific Ocean waters during a practice for a planned whale hunt.

Merging ancestral wisdom with technology, the Tribe is setting a new standard for honoring tradition while embracing the ...

WASHINGTON — Washington’s 29 federally recognized tribes generated more than $7.4 billion in gross state product in 2023, according to a new economic impact study released this week.

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee visited the Quinault Indian Reservation on Tuesday to help announce $52 million in funding for tribes to implement climate resiliency projects.

Washington’s Yakama tribe lives on a one million-acre reservation in the southern part of the state, a relatively small patch left after nearly 12 million acres was ceded to the U.S. government ...

The battle to get legal sports betting in Washington state has been a constant since a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that scrapped a law that had made it illegal in most states.

The recent U.S. District Court ruling directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to reconsider the tribe’s status under updated rules adopted in 2015.

The Makah, a Washington state Indigenous tribe, has been given a waiver from federal rules so that it can hunt up to 25 Eastern North Pacific gray whales over 10 years in U.S. waters.

Relations between Washington tribes, the state, and recreational fishermen have reached a historic low point after talks over ever dwindling salmon runs reached an impasse, threatening to wipe out ...

The justices divided 4-4 Monday in the long-running dispute that pits the state against Indian tribes and the federal government. The tie serves to affirm a lower court ruling in favor of the tribes.

The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999.