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Lummi Nation biologists were alarmed to find 2,600 European green crabs invading the shores of the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham last year, more than had ever been seen in Puget Sound. This ...
The Lummi-led victory marked a high point of recognition, but extinguished only one project in the Salish Sea. Another such fight would require the same respect from the Canadian government.
Lummi told Cooke in a Sept. 11 letter that the company’s initial offer of $30 per fish doesn’t begin to cover the tribe’s cost for staff, paying its fishermen and related expenses.
The Lummi Nation is among five tribes in Washington receiving grants totaling about $7.77 million for projects to address inadequate water infrastructure, water safety and drinking water supply.
For the Lummi Nation, who call themselves “salmon people,” the salmon decline has cut to the core of their cultural identity, said Solomon. “Without fishing, something is missing from our ...
Lummi Nation Chairman Lawrence Solomon holds a beaded medallion featuring the Tribe’s logo, an eagle with two orcas, at the Tribe’s canoe shed on the Stommish grounds on Friday, Oct. 1.
The Lummi Nation also has taken steps to bring medical care and support to their community, right to their homes. The tribe purchased iPads and Wi-Fi hot spots, dropped off at patients ...
A Lummi Island resident is suing Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu, Public Works Department Director Elizabeth Kosa, and Whatcom County over Sidhu’s recent executive order raising ferry ...
Two Lummi tribal members are renewing the push to have the Miami Seaquarium in Florida release the orca called Lolita by the theme park and renamed Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut by the tribe.
A Lummi tribal member has been sentenced to 52 months in prison for beating three people with an aluminum baseball bat during a methamphetamine-fueled rage. Court records say Talin Lee Morris, 30 ...
Lummi Tribal Chairman Jay Julius, left, stands with Jewel James after a ceremonial feeding where one live chinook salmon was released into the water, on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, on San Juan Island.
Jewell James of the Lummi Nation works on a 25-foot totem pole he helped make as head carver for the “House of Tears Carvers.” The pole is making a cross-country trip with a crew of travelers ...