Rose Joy Crutchfield Sundberg peacefully returned to her Creator on Feb. 25, 2023, at the age of 90. She was surrounded by family that loves her deeply. She was born March 25, 1932, at Yah-ter he-wan on the Klamath River, the third of five children, to Lila and Edward Crutchfield. She grew up in Blue […]
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Yurok Tribe, Marshals Service Form MMIP Partnership
The Yurok Tribe has been selected to serve as the first pilot location of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative, according to a news release from the tribe, which aims to “develop tribally-led collaborative partnerships to proactively examine public safety issues – particularly those involving missing endangered children.” “The Yurok Tribe […]
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Yurok Tribe Nabs $8 Million Grant for Youth Center
The Yurok Tribe announced this afternoon that it has received a $7.9 million state grant to construct a youth center in Weitchpec. “The new facility will serve as a one-stop location, where our youth will have access to the culturally informed services and self-empowering support they need to lead healthy, productive lives,” said Yurok Chairman […]
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There’s Nothing Clean About Offshore Wind Development Unless California Tribes are Involved
Since colonization began, the impacts of natural resource extraction have devastated Indigenous communities in the United States and across the globe. In Northern California, gold miners inflicted nearly irreparable damage to the Klamath River, the lifeline of my people. Hydropower dams spurred the collapse of salmon runs that sustained us since the beginning of time. […]
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Colleges Experiment with Restorative Justice in Sexual Assault Cases
When a sexual assault survivor walks into Alexandra Fulcher’s office at Occidental College, it’s the first step in a process fraught with consequences for both the survivor and the accused. If Fulcher, the school’s Title IX director, launches an official investigation, the survivor could be asked to recount their trauma and cross-examined about it in […]
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Tribes Decry Klamath Water Proposal
The Karuk and Yurok tribes issued a warning this morning that a Bureau of Reclamation proposal to reduce flows on the Klamath River could kill off an entire salmon run in advance of a historic dam removal and restoration effort aimed at saving the fish. Noting that tribes and state officials just last week celebrated […]
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Lead Ammo in Poached Elks Could Have Killed Condors
Two elks were killed by poachers using lead ammo in an area frequented by the California condors now flying free in the region, putting the endangered birds’ lives in danger. According to a release from the Northern California Condor Restoration Program — a partnership between the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks — […]
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Feds OK Klamath Dam Removal
The Federal Regulatory Commission gave its final nod of approval this morning to plans to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River, putting the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history on track to begin next year. The vote was unanimous. “This moment is bigger than anyone could comprehend,” said Amy Cordalis, a Yurok […]
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Another Shot at Freedom for Condor A6 Set for Saturday
The Northern California Condor Restoration Program will try again Saturday to release the bird currently known as A6 after two previous attempts this week. According to the NCCRP team, Thursday’s eight-hour effort was called off after A6 (and mentor bird No. 746) seemed hesitant to enter the trap area on the side of the main […]
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A7 Makes Seven Condors Flying Free on the North Coast (with Video)
Another California condor is now flying free on the North Coast. A7 left the Northern California Condor Restoration Program enclosure just before 2:30 p.m. today, becoming the second female in the local flock. A6, a young male, had also been set for release but he was “dawdling a bit,” according to the NCCRP team, and […]
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Two More California Condors Set to Fly Free
If all goes as planned, two more California condors will be taking a first flight into the wild Wednesday, bringing to eight the number of the endangered birds now flying free over the North Coast as part of a Yurok Tribe-led effort to bring back the bird they know as prey-go-neesh to its former territory. […]
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Condor A7 Recovering After Minor Surgery
The California condor currently known as A7 is recovering after undergoing minor surgery by Oakland Zoo vets this week to remove what appeared to be an embedded bone fragment that caused an infection in her jaw. The young female is part of a second cohort of the endangered birds that arrived on the North Coast […]