News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Culture Big, cold-hearted river The author and Cal, just after the rescue by Gardiner Davis / July 9, 2009
Politics Seattle, city of dog parks Blue Dog Pond, a dog park off Martin Luther King Jr. Way by Gardiner Davis / September 14, 2009
Environment The dog that climbed trees A Catahoula Leopard dog: too smart for pigs by Gardiner Davis / September 3, 2009
Hospitals: Recovery is escape One person's experience of illness and recovery ends up being about more than the medical treatment. by Gardiner Davis / November 26, 2010