On Saturday (May 5) the Yakama Nation Victim Resource Program, in association with Behavioral Health Services, presents REDgalia -- the march for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
The theme for Thursday's (June 8) annual Yakama Nation Treaty Days Parade was "Water is Life," and Mother Nature got the memo. There was rain, but that didn't stop people from enjoying the parade.
On Monday (June 5) the Yakama Nation kicked off its Treaty Days commemoration week with the Miss Yakama Nation Pageant. This is where the current Yakama Nation royalty spoke about their reign -- from Miss Yakama Nation, Chrissy Jim, all the way down to Lil' Miss Yakama Nation Treaty Days Princess, Tehy LoveAnn. The pageant also included the introduction of the candidates vying for whichever title
Yakima's 2016 Toys For Tots drive with the United States Marine Corps was a huge success. It usually is, however we all helped raise even more toys than ever before to supply even more families with toys. This year we got enough to help out families from the Yakama Nation, Wapato, Sunnyside and more over 1,000 families in Yakima!
Mai Hoang of the Yakima Herald-Rupublic has reported that Yakama Nation Legends Casino, as part of a $90 million expansion, is planning to add approximately 100 new jobs to their staff.
The largest oil-by-rail marine terminal in the nation proposed along the Columbia River in Washington is getting national news coverage. Fox News reports that environmental and tribal opposition have created a battle over Tesoro Savage Vancouver Energy terminal planned to handle 360,000 barrels of crude oil a day...
The Yakima Warriors Association is having the annual "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" this Saturday (March 26) at Sarg Hubbard Park in Yakima. We cannot thank them enough.