The Yurok Tribe Office of Emergency Services is reporting that two people on the Yurok Reservation have tested positive for COVID-19. The tribe says it is working with Humboldt County Public Health to conduct contact tracing investigations on the cases, one of which resulted in a hospitalization. The cases do not appear to be linked, […]
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Local Tribes Sponsor Day of Action for Removal of Klamath Dams
Members of the Karuk, Yurok, Klamath and Hoopa Valley Tribes including different organizations throughout the U.S. are sponsoring a day of action for the removal of the Klamath dams on Friday, Oct. 23, demanding that Warren Buffett, owner of PacifiCorp and the Klamath River dams, keep his promise to remove the four dams. In 2016, […]
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The Yurok Tribe Receives $2.2 million Grant for Homelessness
The Yurok Tribe received a $2.2 million grant from California’s Homekey Program to address homelessness, the same grant St. Joseph Health received for its Providence Eureka housing project. According to a release, the Yurok Indian Housing Authority will purchase a motel in Eureka for permanent housing for 30 people who are experiencing or are at […]
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Mental Health ‘Tsunami’ Looms: Can California Prevent a Surge in Suicides?
Celinda Gonzales has a long list of worries: She worries about COVID-19, which recently spiked near the Yurok reservation where she lives in Humboldt County. She worries about the wildfires threatening her remote, forested town, Weitchpec. She worries about gill rot and algae blooms in the Klamath and Trinity rivers, which join together just over […]
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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 […]
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Watch Huffman’s Klamath Forum Live
North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman is holding is hosting a forum today in his role as chair of the Water, Oceans and Wildlife Congressional Subcommittee focused on seemingly stalled plans to remove four hydroelectric dams along the upper Klamath River. Read more about the issues here and tune in below at 2 p.m.
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‘Monuments to Colonialism:’ With Klamath Dam Removal at an Impasse, Huffman Calls Congressional Forum
Since time immemorial, as summer turns to fall, the Karuk Tribe’s fatawana, or world renewal priests, have gathered for a renewal ceremony that spreads across many days. They fast and hike to ancient prayer sites. They dance and ritualistically bath in the waters of the Klamath River, all in an effort to bring balance back […]
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NCJ Preview: Talking with Cutcha Risling Baldy about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People
This week we’re talking about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people with guest Cutcha Risling Baldy of Humboldt State University’s Native American Studies department. A recent report sheds light on the unsolved cases in Humboldt — Risling Baldy shares the history and laws contributing to the violence. Hit subscribe for weekly updates […]
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Yurok Broadband Connect Project a ‘Game Changer’ for the Tribe
The Yurok Tribal Council recently approved a $2.1 million project to boost internet speeds and provide access to homes that have never been connected, according to an announcement today. The Yurok Connect Broadband Project received funding from the CARES Act and is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the release states. […]
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The Yurok Tribe Appoints Angie Brown as Public Health Officer
The Yurok Tribe has appointed Angie Brown as the COVID-19 Public Health Officer for its incident command team. “We are very grateful to have Ms. Brown on our team,” said the Chairman of the Yurok Tribe Joseph L. James in a release. “She is going to play a pivotal role during the next phase of […]
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Protest Planned Over Yurok Tribe Hiring of Former Executive Director
The Lost Coast Outpost reports members of the Yurok Tribe are planning tomorrow to protest the rehiring of Javier Kinney, who abruptly resigned as executive director last year but was recently hired to serve as the Tribe’s forest carbon projects manager. Read the full story here.
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Yurok Tribe Distributing $2 Million in COVID Relief Funds to Tribal Businesses
The Yurok Tribal Council authorized the distribution of $2 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) funding to help Yurok business owners and entrepreneurs that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Tribal citizen-owned businesses are essential to the long-term prosperity of our community,” Joseph L. James, Chairman of the Yurok Tribe, […]