Lingua Franca

Seattle’s Historic Chinook Jargon Is Having a Moment

The Pacific Northwest’s very own trade language never went away.

04/21/2025 By Bess Lovejoy

Feature

The Endurance Trials of Rosalie Fish

A painted face and fleet feet made the runner a precocious advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women. But even as her public activism has gained traction, she confronts new tests of her resilience.

01/18/2023 By Benjamin Cassidy Photography by Lindsey Wasson

Essay

The Politics of Paying Real Rent Duwamish

Why a simple act belies a complicated history.

11/22/2022 By Colleen Kimseylove

Fruit Forward

The Complete Guide to Pacific Northwest Berries

How we eat, harvest, and love our juiciest local fruits, from strawberries to huckleberries and everything sweet in between.

05/19/2022 By Allison Williams Photography by Carlton Canary

2022 Legislative Session

A Missing Indigenous People Alert Is Coming to a Highway, or Phone, Near You

Somehow, this did not exist yet.

04/04/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Coming Together

A Discovery Park Peace Offering

A plan to create a public park on a former military site ended decades of discord on Magnolia Bluff.

03/07/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy and Angela Cabotaje

Feature

The Race to Free Washington's Last Orca in Captivity

A southern resident's violent capture off Whidbey Island was the original sin of a now-defunct local industry. Decades later, a Lummi-led effort to bring her home is on the verge of an improbable breakthrough.

02/08/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Enclaves

Chief Seattle Club Builds a 'Home' to Combat Indigenous Homelessness

The nonprofit's ?ál?al project, a culturally attuned affordable housing development, is set to open soon in Pioneer Square.

09/21/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Native Names

This Land Is Their Land: The Rise of Land Acknowledgments in the PNW

A growing wave of Indigenous acknowledgments tie outdoor recreation to the tribes that first lived here—but just saying so isn’t enough.

06/29/2021 By Allison Williams

Pandemic PSA

Fill Out Your Damn Census Forms, Seattle

Don't let the virus weaken our representation too.

04/01/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

ACE-HIGH SOCIALITE

6 Famous Figures on Buffalo Bill's Contact List

An army scout turned consummate showman, Cody knew practically everyone worth knowing in the West.

02/26/2020 By Allison Williams

archival revival

Seattle's National Archives and the Fight to Keep History Here

The announcement has many organizations and tribes looking for ways to stop the closure.

02/13/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

The Early Years

3 Seattle Pioneers You Need to Know

How Lizzie Ordway, Emily Inez Denny, and Princess Angeline made their marks before the turn of the century.

11/26/2019 By Sam Jones, Allison Williams, and Rosin Saez

Lake Town

Oregon Mountain Hideaway Joseph Is Worth an Underwater Look

And glass-bottomed kayaks oblige.

09/24/2019 By Allison Williams

Lit Life

Meet Hugo House's New Poet-in-Residence

Laura Da' talks writing in Seattle.

08/20/2019 By Stefan Milne

A Time Before Rainier

Should Mount Rainier Revert to Its Original Moniker?

Local Indian tribes lived around a mountain they called Tahoma for centuries, and their legacy struggles to hold on.

07/23/2019 By Allison Williams

Feature

Women Erased: How Washington Has Failed Missing Native Women

More Native American women have been counted as missing or murdered in Washington state than almost anywhere in the country. Authorities are at a loss on how to track, let alone stop, the trend. Can the plight of activists change that?

12/18/2018 By Hayat Norimine Photography by Lindsey Wasson

Criminal Justice

Report: No One Knows How Many Native Women Are Missing or Murdered

"I'm not going to wait for the state," Echo-Hawk said. "Our women deserve justice now."

11/16/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Seattle Lexicon

How to Pronounce Puyallup

How to really say local place names, including one that rhymes with “cocaine.”

09/21/2018 By Allison Williams

Feature

The Kings of Suicide Hill: Inside the Famous—and Deadly—Omak Stampede

It’s called the World Famous Suicide Race, a harrowing horseback contest between Native American riders in Washington’s most infamous rodeo. In 2017, one teenager has four days to defend a way of life and keep a family legacy alive.

07/17/2017 By Allison Williams Photography by Shane Moses

Seattle Met

Native Tribes

Seattle’s Historic Chinook Jargon Is Having a Moment

The Endurance Trials of Rosalie Fish

The Politics of Paying Real Rent Duwamish

The Complete Guide to Pacific Northwest Berries

A Missing Indigenous People Alert Is Coming to a Highway, or Phone, Near You

A Discovery Park Peace Offering

The Race to Free Washington's Last Orca in Captivity

Chief Seattle Club Builds a 'Home' to Combat Indigenous Homelessness

This Land Is Their Land: The Rise of Land Acknowledgments in the PNW

Fill Out Your Damn Census Forms, Seattle

6 Famous Figures on Buffalo Bill's Contact List

Seattle's National Archives and the Fight to Keep History Here

3 Seattle Pioneers You Need to Know

Oregon Mountain Hideaway Joseph Is Worth an Underwater Look

Meet Hugo House's New Poet-in-Residence

Should Mount Rainier Revert to Its Original Moniker?

Women Erased: How Washington Has Failed Missing Native Women

Report: No One Knows How Many Native Women Are Missing or Murdered

How to Pronounce Puyallup

The Kings of Suicide Hill: Inside the Famous—and Deadly—Omak Stampede