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The Boldt Decision’s impact on Indigenous rights, 50 years later

By NWPB February 13, 2024

Billy Frank Jr., left, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, poses for a photo Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, with Ed Johnstone, of the Quinault tribe, at Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. They are holding a photo from the late 1960s of Frank and Don McCloud fishing on the river. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP)

The landmark 1974 case ordered Washington to uphold its treaties, affirm Indigenous salmon fishing rights and recognize Native nations’ sovereignty.Read More

Late tribal leader, Billy Frank Jr., honored at Washington capitol

By Lauren Gallup January 12, 2024

Nisqually Tribe Chairman Willie Frank III stands next to the maquette of his father, Billy Frank Jr., in the State Reception Room at the Washington State Capitol, Jan. 10. 2024. (Credit: WA Leg Photography)

Emotions flooded the State Reception Room in Olympia Jan. 10 as tribal leaders, Washington lawmakers, and community members came together to witness the unveiling of the maquette of Billy Frank Jr. The maquette, a smaller replica of a 9-foot tall statue of Frank that will go to the National Statuary Hall collection, honors the late champion for Native American treaty Read More

Mysteries of the Governor’s Mansion: A spooky audio tour

By Lauren Gallup October 27, 2023

An illustration shows the Governor's Mansion on a hillside. Light shines out of some of the windows while spooky trees surround the mansion and bats flat above through a full-moon sky.

All Hallow’s Eve is just around the corner, and the home of the Washington State Governor has some mysteries of the mansion to unveil — just in time for spooky season! Read More