Since time immemorial, the Yurok people have called the coastal area north of Trinidad — located in the heart of their ancestral lands — Sue-meg. Now, some 170 years after the name was usurped, the 1-square-mile property with meadows, forest lands and long beaches stretched out below soaring cliffs will officially be known as Sue-meg […]
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Yurok Tribe Strikes ‘Unparalleled Partnership’ to Distribute Beer to SoCal Casino
The Yurok Tribe has struck a deal that it is casting as revitalizing a pre-colonization trade system adapted for the 21st century. Under the deal, the tribe’s Mad River Brewing Co. — one of the first tribally owned breweries in the country — will distribute its beer to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ […]
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New Deal Brokered to Remove Klamath Dams
Once again, a hard-fought accord to remove four hydroelectric dams choking the lower Klamath River has been resuscitated, a group of stakeholders announced in a press conference Tuesday. The agreement, which is more than a decade in the making and would result in one of the largest dam removal efforts in the world and the […]
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A Company at a Crossroads: Huffman’s Klamath forum wraps with sharp questioning of power company executive
North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman hosted a forum of the Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee he chairs this afternoon, orchestrating a two-hour panel discussion focused on the stalled agreement to remove four hydroelectric dams from the ailing Klamath River. The forum began with heartfelt testimony from the Karuk and Yurok tribal chairs and ended with […]