NWIN #26 – March 2008

Lummi Tribal member Chenoa Egawa hosts the program from the Sa’Heh’Wa’Mish Days Pow Wow and Art Fair at the Squaxin Island Reservation.

“Elyse Umemoto” Mystique Hurtado,  Skokomish / Hoopa, reporter
Yakama Tribal member Elyse Umemoto wins Miss Washington and then goes on to become
Miss America second runner up.

“Hoh River Flooding” Jason Roberts, Makah Reporter, Mark Anderson, Cowlitz Producer
The mighty Hoh River forces the Hoh Tribe to move their Tribal Center to higher ground.

“Alaska PITAAS Program” Morgan Howard, Producer/Photographer/Reporter
Alaskan Natives need to train teachers from within their own.

“Around Indian Country” includes these stories:
Lummi Nation and the Nooksack tribe partner to improve salmon spawning habitat.
Tulalip Tribes KANU TV was the focus of Seattle area news reports.

Current NorthWest Indian News reporters including their Tribal/Band affiliation: 
Frank Moxley, Puyallup, Ronnie Washines, Yakama, Chenoa Egawa, Lummi, Niki Cleary, Tulalip, Doreen Manuel, Secwepemc / Ktunaxa, Sherry Guydelkon, Tulalip, Morgan Howard, Tlingit, Sonya Rani Anatole, T’laz’ten, Fredrick Lane, Lummi, Gene Tagaban, Tlingit, Leslie Bristow, Potowatami, Frank Dunn, Swinomish, Deborah Parker, Tulalip. J.D. Mowrer, Tulalip, Dave BrownEagle, Spokane, Mystique Hurtado, Skokomish / Hoopa, Jason Roberts, Makah,