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Yakama Nation Museum and Cultural Center

Toppenish,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Yakama

The mission of the Yakama Nation Museum is to care for, collect and protect the items that promote and preserve the Yakama Nation Culture (T-130-77). The objects are showcased for the cultural, social & economic expressin of the Yakama (T-104-76). We strive to educate the benefit our people and all people (T-67-79).

Yakama Nation Review

Toppenish,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Yakama

The Yakama Nation Multimedia Services Program is made up of the media programs funded through the Yakama Nation. Currently, this includes the KYNR 1490-AM radio station and the Yakama Nation Review newspaper.The newspaper was established by Yakama Tribal Council Resolution May, 1970. The standard broadsheet newspaper is published every two weeks. The primary news content is focused on the Yakama Nation, but also carries a mix of area, regional, national and international news and information affecting Indigenous populations. There are sections prescribed for Northwest Native news, Across Native America, People in the News, letters to the editor, a powwow calendar, sports, and classifieds. The newspaper currently has a subscription listing of just under 1,000 readers. The newspaper accepts paid subscribers and offers a subscription discount to Yakama tribal members. There are about 800 newspapers sold at various sales outlets on the Yakama Reservation. The newspaper also accepts paid advertising.

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center

Pendleton,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Umatilla

Empowering our Tribal Community to achieve optimal health through a culture of wellness.

yəhaw̓

Seattle,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Alaska Native

yəhaw̓ is a collective of Indigenous creatives providing interdisciplinary cultural, art, and design services.

Yoona Lee

Seattle,

Community Focus: Americas, Eastern Asian, North American
Korean, Korean American

Yoona Lee is a Seattle-based visual artist, writer, and racial justice activist. Her artwork has been shown at Sotheby’s NYC, the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Vermillion, Ghost Gallery, Gary Henderson Gallery, and Zeitgeist Coffee, among other venues. Her art and writing have been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Breadline 4-Year Anthology, and The Stranger (a Seattle news and culture biweekly) and its daily blog.

Yupiit Piciryarait Museum

Atmautluak,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Alaska Native, Cup'ik, Dene, Yup'ik

The Museum offers proper curation, culturally appropriate outreach events, and knowledge sharing. Through expertise, research, and community-based programs the Museum utilizes the collections to deliver workshops, seminars, and provide research opportunities. Local Elders also contribute by serving as teachers and mentors to Native youth, community members, and visitors. Collections are available for study by qualified researchers and Native culture-bearers.

ʔálʔal

Seattle,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Alaska Native, Urban

ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning

Port Angeles,

Community Focus: Indigenous American

ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse is the first longhouse in the nation built on a community college campus. The vision of the Longhouse to be a center for cultural expression and educational achievement for all students and community members was woven together by Peninsula College and six Sovereign Nations: Hoh, Quileute, Makah, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, and Lower Elwha Klallam.

美华史记 Historical Record of Chinese Americans

National,

Community Focus: Americas, Eastern Asian, North American
Chinese, Chinese American

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