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Lacrosse has Native origins. It was originally played by the Haudenosaunee peoples who used the games as more than just a sport. Learn more below ⬇️

Photo credit: (1) Change.org, (2) Historic Geneva, (3) The Daily Orange

Join us at the Healing Our Way Home, an Indigenous reentry resource fair hosted by Native Reentry, on June 9 in Tacoma. We'll be tabling at the event to make sure that formerly incarcerated individuals are aware of their voter restoration rights.

We are often overlooked in remembrance on Memorial Day. We have served in every major U.S. conflict over the last 200 years, and we have the highest rate of military service of any ethnic group in the U.S. Today, we remember our relatives and loved ones who have passed.

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We had a wonderful time connecting with the community at this year's ATNI Midyear Convention hosted by the Lummi Nation.

Thank you to Alyssa Macy and the Tribal Nations Program for representing Washington Conservation Action at this event!

Harmful colonial practices are embedded in Western data systems. For decades, Indigenous people have been misidentified, misclassified, or erased through data genocide, which is the systematic erasure or omission of Indigenous people in data.

No longer. We are decolonizing data by reclaiming our traditional practices, dismantling harmful western methodologies and narratives, and uplifting the power and resiliency of Native communities.

Learn more from Urban Indian Health Institute at https://wcaction.us/DecolonizeData

Introducing the 2026 Native candidates running for office in Washington state!

🔅 Patrick DePoe (Makah) - State House, LD 24
🔅 Chelsea Dimas (Nahua) - State House, LD 14
🔅 Kim Harless (Opata) - State House, LD 49
🔅 Renee Hernandez Greenfield (Pueblo) - State House, LD 26
🔅 Claudia Kauffman (Nez Perce) - State Senate, LD 47
🔅 Debra Lekanoff (Tlingit) - State House, LD 40
🔅 Maria Littlesun (Skokomish) - State House, LD 35
🔅 Christopher Roberts (Choctaw) - King County Assessor
🔅 Chris Stearns (Navajo) - State House, LD 47
🔅 Chandler Torbett (Muscogee) - State House, LD 45
🔅 Jennifer L. White (Makah) - Clallam County Treasurer

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee (RNC). Here's what you should know:

➡️ Currently 30 states, including WA, have a grace period for mail-in ballots. Ballots still count if they are sent by Election Day but arrive within a few days after Election Day.
➡️ If the Court rules in favor of RNC, this grace period would end, greatly affecting mail-in voters living in the U.S., as well as military and voters living abroad.

There's just ONE WEEK LEFT to apply for the annual Bullitt Prize, which invests $100,000 in emerging environmental justice or conservation leaders in the Pacific Northwest.

Our last two Bullitt Prize winners have been Indigenous, and the next winner could be you 👀

Apply by May 15 at bullittprize.org

📸 (1) 2025 winner Chris Esponda (Indigenous Mayan), (2) 2024 winners Free and Raven Borsey (Lummi)

YAKIMA - You're invited! 🎥 Join us Friday, May 15, for a free Yakima Environmental Justice Film Series screening of These Sacred Hills, a film by Jacob Bailey, Chris Ward, and members of the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation.

This documentary follows members of the Rock Creek Band as they confront a green energy project threatening their sacred mountain, Pushpum. Elain Harvey, Yakama Tribal Member and dedicated activist, will join us following the screening for a live discussion and Q&A.

RSVP: https://loom.ly/6W9R2iw

Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. We wear red to honor those we've lost and to demand the justice they deserve. No more stolen relatives. Learn more: niwrc.org/mmiwr-awareness



Credit: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center