The largest dam removal project in the nation’s history was officially completed today, marking the end of an era and a new beginning for the Klamath River, now flowing wild for the first time in a century after being released from the chokeholds of the Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2, J.C. Boyle and Iron […]
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Street Art, Measure F, Tandoori Bites Pizzas and More…
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we’re joined by Arts & Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill to talk about the cover story on the Eureka Street Art Festival, as well as the new Tandoori Bites Pizzas coming to Humboldt. We’re also joined by California Local Journalism Fellow Kelby McIntosh as he covers Measure […]
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‘Our Food is Our Medicine’
Marion Frye is cutting sea anemones, or sa’roh, gelatinous looking fists pulled from rocks at low tide. She’s let them rest a couple days in water so they won’t sting her hands. “Yeah, ‘horse’s ass,’” she says with a chuckle, explaining the nickname of the creatures whose flowery tendrils retract when touched. She cuts into […]
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Miss Indian World Tori McConnell’s Song of Gratitude
On April 29, 23-year-old Tori McConnell of the Yurok Tribe and Karuk heritage, won the beaded crown of Miss Indian World 2023 at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born and raised in Eureka, McConnell studied neurobiology at University of California at Davis before switching to a Native American studies major […]
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Miss Indian World Tori McConnell’s Song of Gratitude
On April 29, 23-year-old Tori McConnell of the Yurok Tribe and Karuk heritage, won the beaded crown of Miss Indian World 2023 at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born and raised in Eureka, McConnell studied neurobiology at University of California at Davis before switching to a Native American studies major […]
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Artist, Poet, Activist and Karuk Ceremonial Singer Brian Tripp has Died
After a long and painful battle with illness, 77-year-old Brian D. Tripp, born in Eureka and raised in Klamath, died May 13. A nationally renowned artist whose work echoed traditional forms in painting and sculpture, Tripp was the 2018 recipient of the California Living Heritage Award from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. His mural “The […]
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NCJ Preview: Gift Guide, Karuk Land Return, Mushrooms and Crab
This week we’re peeking into the pages of the annual Gift Guide and the story behind its cover art. We’re also looking at proposed legislation to return 1,200 acres of land to the Karuk Tribe and why it’s culturally and historically significant. If you’re a mushroom fan or mushroom hunter, you’ll want to get in […]
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Klamath Spring Chinook Receive New State Protections
A decades-long effort to protect spring Chinook took a major step forward last week when the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously approved listing the fish as threatened under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The June 16 decision was applauded by Karuk Tribe and Salmon River Restoration Council, which jointly filed a petition to list […]
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NCJ Preview: Celebrating Brian Tripp, Reopening and Westhaven Arts
This week, we’re looking at the ceremony held at Sumeg Village honoring artist, Karuk elder and singer. It was a chance for friends, community members and family to express their gratitude for their friend and teacher, and an opportunity to look back on Tripp’s cultural, artistic and personal contributions. We’re also running down what the […]
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‘Given These Songs’
Brian Tripp, the storied Karuk poet, artist and ceremonial singer, is in hospice, receiving care provided for people who doctors think are in last months of life with an incurable disease. In many cases, hospice care is cause for abject sadness from the patient and their family. For Brian, it was reason to invite some […]
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Fight of the River People
It was a Friday in late August when four jet boats made their way up the Klamath River under a cloudless blue sky. The boats carried three tribal chairs. From the Karuk Tribe, there was Russell “Buster” Attebery, who’d found pride as a boy catching salmon from the river and bringing them home to his […]
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History and Mystery
Zooming from London, W.E. Roberts said of his new novel The Rivers, which is set in Humboldt County, “The book was written because I’m an actor, because I like a good story and I thought there was a story there,” Roberts explained, leaning forward into the screen. “I’m really an actor who came to writing […]