Nika Bartoo-Smith
Indigenous Affairs Reporter at Indian Country Today (ICT)
Indigenous Affairs Reporter at Underscore News
Indigenous Affairs Reporter @Underscorenews + @IndianCountry | @poynter fellow | Story tips: [email protected] | Formerly @thecolumbian
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ictnews.org | Nika Bartoo-Smith
Nika Bartoo-SmithUnderscore Native News + ICTA project 23 years in the making, the Yurok Tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy jointly achieved the largest land back deal in California’s history this May. With over 47,000 acres of ancestral lands, the area doubles Yurok’s land holdings. It includes critical habitat for salmon and other wildlife along the eastern side of the lower Klamath River watershed, just a few miles up from the mouth of the river.
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1 week ago |
underscore.news | Nika Bartoo-Smith
A project 23 years in the making, the Yurok Tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy jointly achieved the largest land back deal in California’s history this May. With over 47,000 acres of ancestral lands, the area doubles Yurok’s land holdings. It includes critical habitat for salmon and other wildlife along the eastern side of the lower Klamath River watershed, just a few miles up from the mouth of the river.
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2 weeks ago |
ictnews.org | Nika Bartoo-Smith
Alex Zielinski, OPB and Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore Native News + ICTWhen the City of Portland established its Tribal Relations Program in 2017, it turned heads. In a city with one of the nation’s largest populations of Native residents, creating a program to bridge the long-neglected relationships between Tribal and city governments seemed obvious – and overdue.
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underscore.news | Alex Zielinski |Nika Bartoo-Smith
When the City of Portland established its Tribal Relations Program in 2017, it turned heads. In a city with one of the nation’s largest populations of Native residents, creating a program to bridge the long-neglected relationships between Tribal and city governments seemed obvious – and overdue. The trailblazing program became a quick model for how other U.S. cities and counties could reimagine their relationships with Tribal leaders and Native residents.
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ictnews.org | Nika Bartoo-Smith
Nika Bartoo-SmithUnderscore Native News + ICTAround 150 community members gathered on May 22 for a free performance put on by the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and the Oregon Symphony, at the Center for Native Arts and Cultures, in Portland. The event, “Celilo Falls: An Evening of Music, Storytelling, and Discussion,” was a preview night for “Scheherazade and Celilo Falls,” an Oregon Symphony Performance running June 7, 8 and 9.
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