The Yakama Nation has started a position to help protect the way-out 586-square-mile site. Troy Watlamet, the new safety officer, will help guard the vast cleanup site in Southeast Washington.

The Yakama Nation now owns the Klickitat Hatchery, a facility near Glenwood which releases three species of salmon into the Klickitat River to boost populations. Yakama Nation Fisheries has led ...

(CN) — In a 7-2 ruling on Thursday, the Washington state Supreme Court overturned a century-old judgment of a Yakama tribal member that denied his right to hunt in areas once guaranteed through an ...