Marilyn is an elder of the Samish Indian Nation. She has lived in Bellingham for years but is now moving back to her Samish roots. It's an identity she embraces fiercely and one she doesn't want ...

2002-10-18 04:00:00 PDT Seattle-- The tale begins in 1969, when a low-level clerk in the Bureau of Indian Affairs typed up a list of recognized tribes and simply dropped the Samish Indian Nation ...

Just offshore, thick kelp stalks reached up from under the surface, connected to bulb-shaped heads and slick, hairlike fronds that swayed in the current ... for the tribe. Samish elders reported ...

(CN) - The full 9th Circuit upheld the denial of treaty fishing rights for the Samish Tribe, a Washington tribe that wasn't federally recognized until 1996. The decision overrules a finding that ...

Members of the Samish Indian Nation and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community joined on Saturday at Deception Pass for the ...

MOUNT VERNON — The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has approved a land application from the Samish Indian Nation. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the approval gets the tribe one step closer to ...

The Samish isn’t the first tribe to fight for fuel tax rights. A lawsuit filed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Nation and the Yakama Indian Nation led to the 1995 state law that ...

The Samish Indian Nation on Friday debuted a new affordable housing project spanning 2 acres of tribal land in Anacortes. The project, called Xwch'ángteng, contains 14 two-bedroom cottages that ...

Feb. 21—Work is underway near Lake Campbell south of Anacortes, where the Samish Indian Nation is preparing to build a gas station and convenience store called Samcor Fuels & More.

Before “canceled” began popping up across the Samish Indian ... began appearing on the tribe’s calendar in May. In June, the first elders meeting and cultural day were held online.