Lummi Tribal member Chenoa Egawa hosts the program from hosts the program from the Jamestown S’Klallam reservation near Sequim, WA.  During the program’s open and interwoven throughout the various segments, NWIN provides coverage of the 2008 Executive Council Winter Session of the National Congress of  American Indians. NWIN partners with crews from Native American television out of Washington D.C. to ask the top Tribal leaders, “what is the most important issue facing Indian Country today?”

NWIN 27 stories:
“Nuxalk Chieftan Potlatch” Doreen Manuel, Secwepemc / Ktunaxa reporter, Mark Anderson, Cowlitz Producer
Hereditary chiefs from throughout the Bella Coola, British Columbia area, gather together in sacred ceremony; to witness the transferring of a chieftainship. NWIN is there.

“Yakama ‘Healthy Heart’ Project” Ronnie Washines, Yakama,  Reporter, Jim Browder Photographer
On some Indian reservations, certain chronic diseases such as diabetes occur at a much higher rate than the national average. Find out how the Yakama Indian Health Service is taking bold steps to help prevent and treat chronic disease.

“Do Tribal members pay Taxes?” Mystique Hurtado, Skokomish, Reporter, Morgan Howard, Tlingit, Producer
Indian Tribes and therefore Tribal members, contribute billions in fees and taxes to federal, state and local governments each year.  Learn more about these and other stories as Northwest Indian News continues …

“Around Indian Country” includes these stories:
•Aboriginal Tourism B.C. Awards
“What Does Compassion Look Like?
“Shadow of the Salmon
“Demetri Robinson, Tulalip Heritage wrestler
More interviews and video excerpts from the 2008 Executive Council Winter Session of the National Congress of  American Indians in Washington D.C.

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, Potawatomi, Frank Dunn, Swinomish, Deborah Parker, Tulalip. J.D. Mowrer, Tulalip, Dave BrownEagle, Spokane, Mystique Hurtado, Skokomish / Hoopa, Jason Roberts, Makah.