Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Bill targets non-Indian crimes

  February 13, 2013 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday reauthorized a federal law channeling resources to female victims of domestic violence, including those on Native American tribal lands. It is now up …

• Shifting focus

  June 27, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Chris Herren has some advice for obsessive sports parents: Refocus. Forget the video camera, forget about your kid’s footwork for just one game, and focus on her face. “Sports are …

• A message and a warning

  April 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 A group of American Indian women, inspired by an environmental prophesy, passed through Spokane on Earth Day on their 1,800-mile walk from the Pacific Ocean to Lake Superior. They were … 8

• School immerses tribes’ young in Salish language

  January 20, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V5 Speakers of English as a second language say that they respond differently when someone speaks to them in their first language. There’s a deep emotional connection to that first language, …

• Preschool immerses tribes’ young in Salish

  January 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Speakers of English as a second language say that they respond differently when someone speaks to them in their first language. There’s a deep emotional connection to that first language, …

• VA opens lodge to benefit spiritual healing

  August 26, 2009 in City, News The Native American Veterans Healing Center was dedicated at the Spokane Veteran Affairs Medical Center on Wednesday.

• Indian Youth Summer Program sees record applications

  July 17, 2009 in City on Page A5 Jazmin Ramirez learned recently that her ancestors made earrings with sinew – dried animal tendons used as string. The 9-year-old said that among all the facts she’s learned in her …

• Native Americans air concerns over verdict

  March 25, 2009 in City on Page A1 Native Americans confronted city officials on Tuesday evening with their frustration over the acquittal of an off-duty Spokane police officer who shot a young American Indian man. Mayor Mary Verner … 13

• Tribes, state agree on how murals should be explained

  December 13, 2008 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Murals depicting white settlers accosting and then hanging a shirtless Native American man have been displayed openly in Idaho’s temporary Statehouse for the past year, with a note …