Native American history

Historically, museums across the U.S. have taken a detached, scholarly, and archaic view of Native Americans. But over the past decade especially, there’s been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to “decolonize” -- or alternately, “Indigenize” – these institutions, including here in Oregon.

Long before the U.S. government made plutonium for bombs at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington [state], the land belonged to native peoples. For the Yakama Nation, the area was vital for hunting and fishing. Tribal leaders want young people to know about their legacy, and the fight that lies ahead.

The streaming network Peacock show, Rutherford Falls takes a comical look at history and culture inside a fictional New York town, and its iconic “Big…

Greater access to indigenous culture has been made available to educators and students across the Pacific Northwest. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports on the…

Friday morning, a Native American blessing ceremony will be held at the University of Oregon’s Straub Hall. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, it’s for art…

As NPR's The Two-Way has just reported, American Indian Movement activist and co-founder Dennis Banks has died at the age of 80. Banks is best remembered…

Tonight, officials with the Marcola School District and Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde will hold a community meeting. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports,…

A federal program that aims to return land on Indian reservations to tribal control is expected to run short. But at least one Oregon tribe says it’s…

What’s being called a significant archeological discovery has been found in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports ancient obsidian objects…

On Friday Eugene elementary school students got hands on experience creating a totem pole. Kids at the Ridgeline Montessori School teamed up with a local…