11th annual Shane Proctor Bull/Steer riding school brings tribal and non-tribal youth from all over the region along with top bull riders
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At the 2016 Colville Tribal General Membership meeting in Nespelem, Oct. 8, Colville tribal member Richard Allen held the microphone for nearly 10 minutes to ask CBC members about a council pay increase passed as part of the 2016-17 tribal budget.
This week, on an open agenda at the Keller District meeting, Colville Tribal member Vern Kheel asked about non-tribal members attending the district’s monthly meetings.
Shandiina Nanamkin-Spencer of Keller will serve as your Miss CCT for the next year
SPOKANE—The first statement Colville Tribal member Stefanie Marchand-Reuben made when asked at the First Friday show in downtown Spokane’s Philanthropy Center, Feb. 5, was that her art is an expression of the traditions of her family.
SAN FRANCISCO—Colville Tribal member Kimberly Norris will be recognized along with castmembers of “Cherokee Word for Water” at the American Indian Film Festival here on Nov. 9.
OMAK—The Sinkietqu Okanogan Basketweavers Association held the Basket Weaving Conference Friday and Saturday at the 12 Tribes Casino and Resort in Omak.
Friends, family and coworkers welcomed Joanne Leith into retirement today, honoring the Colville Tribal elder with a lunchtime potluck at the Nespelem Senior Meal Site.
Down two gas stations, Inchelium District tribal members must choose between Rainbow Beach Resort, 10 miles west, or Tribal Trails Noisy Waters, 27 miles north and nearly a dollar cheaper.
SILVER LAKE, Wash. — At a dead end road near the gateway to Mount St. Helens sits a 2,700 square-foot home crafted almost entirely of logs from the Colville Indian Reservation; its tables, cabinets and dressers hand-crafted from dozens of types of wood from three continents. On most surfaces…
WHITE SALMON – When asked to tell stories of his now 92-year-old life, tribal member Marlow V. Johnston had another idea.
BONNERS FERRY, IDAHO, 1922—
Not many people alive remember Kewa, Washington, on the Colville Indian Reservation, the way William Clark Jr. does.
Cody Desautel was just trying to lend a hand, or a DNA swab, to a neighbor, friend and fellow tribal member in 2012, as their daughter, suffering from aplastic anemia, desperately needed a bone marrow transplant.
Fifty women gathered at the Second Annual Women’s Wellness Conference at Nespelem Head Start, August 4.
Every year from Aug. 1-7, over 120 countries celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. This year’s theme was to support and empower mothers by combining work and breastfeeding.
OMAK—Forty-eight children and adults participated in the second annual Take Charge of your Health Triathlon held by the Diabetes Prevention Program, Saturday, August 1 that started in Omak Lake and ended at Omak’s Stampede Park.
George Opel has always been fascinated by airplanes. He recalls the first time he looked up and saw a plane and wondered at the marvel of flight.
OMAK-Funeral Services have been arranged for the four victims of Wednesday evening’s car crash along Highway 2 west of Davenport, according to a Colville Tribal email broadcast.
Deep in the $38.2 billion two-year state operating budget, passed by the Washington Legislature June 29, hides a $2 million line item for the Lake Rufus Woods Fishing Access.
Omak High School’s sophomore wins bullriding national championship
Colville Tribal elder Dorothy “Dot” Crabbe recalls when her grandfather was killed, her mother, May Huff, was only four years old.
Oldest member of Chief Joseph Band of Nez Perce talks little of traditional upbringing, lives to pray for tragedies around the world and close to home
Nespelem Community Center Director Dan Nanamkin and professional canoe carvers John and Isa Zinser are looking for community members’ help.
Colville Business Council Chairman Jim Boyd issued a statement regarding the recent marijuana referendum that found narrow support, 1,044 for and 866 against, from Colville Tribal members during the 2015 General Election.
On the opening day of hunting season in 1980, Ella Mae Deno slept in a family travel camper at the Whitestone campground near the Hellgate Game Reserve with her elderly mother and father, Bill and Della Beardslee. Her parents were both 78. Ella was 54, and she was hunting elk, one of five Co…
Colville Tribal Member Cole Stanger doesn’t just give up, no matter the circumstances.
NESPELEM- Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife has announced the distribution of fresh spring Chinook salmon from the Winthrop National Fish Hatchery at various locations today, Thursday, May 28.
BRIDGEPORT- The Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife department has announced the Chief Joseph First Salmon Ceremony is set for June 19.
KELLER-Starting May 20, fish will be available to Tribal members Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Keller Campground on the San Poil River.
NESPELEM- Ricky Gabriel recently started phase one of his plan to fix up the Nespelem Rodeo grounds.
NESPELEM- Nespelem Community Center will host a three day Total Athlete Basketball Camp July 8-10.
NESEPELEM-This weekend, Nespelem Community Center will host a Celebration of life and healing ceremony.
NESPELEM- The Colville Tribal Employee Appreciation Day winners for each division were announced, Friday, May 15 at the second annual event. Tribal attorney
NESPELEM-Lake Roosevelt boat launch permits are now available to Colville Tribal members for Washington State boat launch sites.
OKANOGAN- Producer of Merit Program application packets are available at the WSU Okanogan County Extension Office in the County Courthouse Room 101.
NESPELEM- The SmileMobile dental clinic will be visiting Nespelem May 19-29.
NESPELEM- With Washington Governor Jay Inslee declaring a drought across the state in April, Washington State University Extension and WSU Agricultural Weather Network Program have launched a new website to help educate the public on drought preparation.
OROVILLE- Pascal Sherman Indian School students Serayla Bent, Larissa Gorr and Gabrielle Tonasket along with staff members Michele Matt and Tashina Gorr traveled to Oroville, May 1 to visit the Depot Museum and set up a display of their artwork.
Wilbur— On behalf of the Wilbur school district, superintendent Steve Gaub, Keller/Wilbur School Liaison Joanne Turner and k-12 Youth Education Mentor Sharon Lowery recently traveled to Spokane to accept the 2014 Washington Achievement Award.
NESPELEM- Colville Tribal member Olivia Prumatico turned to the website gofundme.com when she found her family struggling with financial obligations earlier this month.
NESPELEM — This morning at the Nespelem Community Center nearly 100 runners, organizers and elders—most clothed in running shorts or spandex, colorful running shoes and orange shirts that read, “χ̆əl iʔ kʷw sqilxʷ,” on the front—stood in a large circle on the black top of the outside basketb…
COULEE DAM – Now in it’s third year, the Lake Roosevelt Family Fun Night saw a crowd of well over one hundred people from the community come together the evening of April 29.
OWHI FLATS – Nespelem Creek Kids Club Leader Ian Wilder, presented to staff of the WSU 4-H Extension Colville Reservation Program projects the Creek Kids have been working on recently.