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Mildred Quaempts and Merle Kirk hold a portrait of Mavis Kirk-Greeley, who died in 2009 after her boyfriend allegedly deliberately hit her with his vehicle on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Kirk-Greeley is Quaempts’ daughter and Kirk’s sister. (Photo by Kathy Aney, Underscore)
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Two years after Oregon’s MMIWG legislation, next steps unclear

Toby Patrick, who hosted an Easter feast in April of 2020 that violated his tribes' COVID-19 restrictions and led to citations for 17 Native Americans, stands next to his family's canvas longhouse at his home on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. (Wil Phinney/Underscore)
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Balancing safety and tradition

Nixyaawii Community Financial Services chief operating officer Dave Tovey (left), chief financial officer Becky Cain and business development counselor Raven Manta in the new offices near the Wildhorse Resort & Casino. The community development financial institution serves residents of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. (Photo by Wil Phinney, Underscore.news)
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Filling a financial gap in Eastern Oregon

Clients of Roxanne Best take part in one of her paddleboard yoga classes on the Okanogan River. (Photo by Roxanne Best,  Roxography.com via Underscore.news)
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A financial lifeline during COVID-19

A gnawed tree on the shore of the Umatilla River is the work of a beaver. Bushes and trees provide food and shelter for these nocturnal rodents. (Photo by Kathy Aney, Underscore)
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Bringing beavers back to the Beaver State

Immunizing Pharmacist Amy Valdez puts a bandage on Venus Thornton after vaccinating her at a temporary COVID-19 vaccine site organized by the Siletz Community Health Clinic for tribal members and their families in Salem. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy for Underscore.news)
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‘Moccasin Telegraph’ finds new life as source of vaccine information

Sam George gillnet fishes the Columbia River for salmon in October off the Stanley Rock Treaty Fishing Access Site in Hood River. Photo credit: Leah Nash:
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Salmon market slump strains Native fishers

Left photo: Josiah Niblett (center) with friend Sammy Grayson (left)and brother Noah (right). Right photo: Hannah Schroeder (right, holding little sister Adaline Schroeder) with her family at the New Year’s Eve Round Dance in Klamath Falls. (Photos couresty of Anne Niblett and Hannah Schroeder)
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COVID-19 derails graduation plans, not resolve

Census workers at a September drive-through tally in the community of Warm Springs. Photo by Brutis Baez/KWSO-FM
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Tribes work to beat the Census clock

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Oregon tribes’ primary economic engines stalled by COVID-19