The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, according to historians, has inhabited the Skagit Valley along the Skagit River for 10,000 years. Members say 100 years ago, their way of life on the Skagit was ...

The Upper Skagit Tribe said they were “forced” into a public call to action in the form of a billboard because they don’t think Seattle’s top officials, Mayor Jenny Durkan and members of ...

The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe is asking Seattle to conduct an official removal assessment for the dam, which has dewatered parts of a three-mile stretch in the Valley of the Spirits.

Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit tribe, held one of the tools, an oblong granite club, about a foot long, that was likely used for killing fish.

The Upper Skagit Tribe formerly had a permanent winter village along the Skagit River. Part of the land is now considered property of the city of Seattle as part of the city-owned Gorge Inn, ...

The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe is offering up to a $5,000 reward to help catch whoever looted an archeological site in North Cascades National Park.

“The Tribe’s history, culture, and identity is so intertwined with grizzly bears and the [North Cascades Ecosystem] landscape that it is impossible to separate them,” Upper Skagit Indian ...

In 1855, the U.S. government signed a treaty with Tribes, including the Upper Skagit at Point Elliot. The government took the Tribe’s lands in exchange for basic rights, including the right to ...

Associated Press. SEATTLE — Hundreds of historic artifacts will soon be returned to the Upper Skagit Tribe from the city of Seattle. The city has had the stone and bone artifacts since Seattle ...

The Seattle City Council voted 8-0 last week to return the artifacts to the Upper Skagit tribe. Once Mayor Bruce Harrell signs the legislation, which a spokesperson said he will do this week, ...

These fish formed the basis of the Upper Skagit Tribe’s culture and economy. Today, they’re blocked by a dry stretch of riverbed and three dams. In 1855, ...