Government 'She would hide in the corner and hope the rats wouldn’t get her' The air was smoky with welcome outside the gathering hall on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Isolde Raftery Ashley Hiruko
Race & Identity Bringing ancestors home — the long process of recovering tribal remains Museums around the nation are filled with items and ancestors from the Northwest Indigenous communities. KUOW’s Gustavo Sagrero reports on how some tribes navigate a long and emotional journey to bring them home. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
What hides in the records from WA Catholic Native boarding schools? Tribes may soon find out A spokesperson for Catholic bishops in Washington says the church has started the process to review their records of Native boarding schools. This comes after increasing calls for greater transparency from the Catholic Church. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Sports As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding. Scott Neuman
National Denise Lajimodiere is named North Dakota's first Native American poet laureate A citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, Lajimodiere has written several award-winning books of poetry and is an expert on the history of Native American boarding schools. The Associated Press
Arts & Life A Native grandma smuggled her grandkids out of their abusive boarding school. She hid them in the mountains One time, when my gram/Tupa came to visit, she waited for the nuns to be busy doing something else, and she said, “Get in the car.” I was 8 years old when we were taken to boarding school. Pam “Twoyah” James-Sinix
Environment Safety device, human error derailed Anacortes train, federal officials say The Federal Railroad Administration has confirmed KUOW reporting that a safety device meant to keep trains from plunging into Puget Sound knocked a train off the tracks and onto the Swinomish Reservation early Thursday morning. John Ryan
Environment Oil train derailed to avoid plunging into Puget Sound, tribal leader says “It did what it was supposed to and spilled the train off the tracks so it wouldn't continue on into the Swinomish Slough, into the water, which wouldn't have been good at all.” John Ryan
A 12-year-old boy was shot running from a Native boarding school. His tribe mourns him today This is the first in a series of stories KUOW is publishing on the Native boarding school experience in the Pacific Northwest. Ashley Hiruko
Government Change the channel? New (or very old) name sought for Hood Canal Members of the Skokomish Tribe say they’ve had a perfectly good name for the waterway in the heart of their territory for thousands of years. John Ryan