by Jill-Marie Gavin | Feb 12, 2026 | CRITFC News
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) 2026 Winter Convention brought together tribal leaders, youth delegates, and policy advocates for three days of urgent discussions on protecting sacred First Foods, defending tribal sovereignty, and...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Jan 16, 2026 | CRITFC News
Dr. King believed that “everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” In these challenging times, serving our communities is both an act of resistance and an act of hope. As our nation faces rising threats to civil rights, increases in racist...
by Jill-Marie Gavin | Dec 17, 2025 | CRITFC News
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tribal leaders, fisheries biologists, and conservation experts convened in Portland last week for the ninth annual Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative (PLCI) Information Exchange, bringing together decades of research and traditional ecological...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Dec 4, 2025 | CRITFC News
guest column by Jonathan Smith, Warm Springs Tribal Council representative and CRITFC commissioner On the Columbia River, our ancestors taught us that the strength of the people is tied to the strength of the salmon. Today, that truth has not changed, but the...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 9, 2025 | CRITFC News
by Andrea Tulee and Jill-Marie Gavin TOPXATUXT (PROSSER, WASH.) On October 3, 2025, Yakama Nation Fisheries hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a hatchery expansion next to the Yakima River at a site that has been used by tribal fishers since time immemorial. The...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Oct 8, 2025 | CRITFC News
GOLDENDALE, WASH. — Leaders and representatives from the Six Sovereigns—Yakama Nation, Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the states of Oregon and Washington gathered at the Rock Creek...
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