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A woman and a young boy in traditional Native American clothing looking up at Mt. Rushmore in the background.
Amelia Schafer/ICT

AMERICA 250: Religious freedom, but not for everyone

From ICT (by Mary Annette Pember) – “Religion shaped the founding narrative but it’s always been about the land”
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Three young Black women stand shoulder to shoulder in front of a wall of colorful paintings.
Photo: Hillary Montes De Oca-Salazar

Black and Brown Youth in the South End Find Their Voices Through Spoken-Word Poetry

From South Seattle Emerald (by Hillary Montes De Oca-Salazar) – “This year, three young South End women — Sinatra Kirvin, Madison Bryant, and Harlem Yarbrough — participated in Elevate, which offered them space for self-reflection and allowed them to use writing as a way to give voice to their communities.”
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Jarrette Werk, Underscore Native News

Building a Carving Community Inside Washington State Corrections

From Underscore (by Nika Bartoo-Smith and Jarrette Werk) – “A totem pole carving program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center supports healing for incarcerated individuals looking to connect with inter-tribal and intergenerational traditional practices.”
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Photo: Yuko Kodama

Why Chrissy Shimizu Sees the Wing Luke as Key to the CID’s Future

From South Seattle Emerald (by Yuko Kodama) – “The new executive director discusses cultural belonging, neighborhood preservation, and the Wing Luke’s role as the Chinatown-International District faces growth and displacement pressures.”
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Semilla Flamenca

How Redmond’s Semilla Flamenca is Preserving Flamenco and Mexican Folk Dance in the Pacific Northwest

From Orquesta Northwest (by Kevin Ruiz Rodriguez) – “In what started as a hobby teaching her young daughter, Founder and Director, Paulina Chalita, turned the traditional dance styles of Flamenco and Mexican Folk Dance into an immersive learning experience for young dancers.”
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David Walker

New book brings context and history to Black representation in film

From Street Roots (by Bruce Poinsette) – “In conversation with award-winning author David Walker on his new book, ‘Black Film: A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies.'”
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Portland Chinatown Museum

As America marks 250 years, rich Chinese history lives on at Portland Chinatown Museum, which plans major exhibit changes

From Oregon Artswatch (by Amy Wang) – “A new book, ‘Portland’s Chinatowns,’ will accompany planned exhibit update/redesign — funded by a gifts campaign — that will represent Chinese life through the 1980s.”
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Jourdan Bennett-Begaye/ICT

Standing Rock 10 Years Later: ‘We Still Have a Lot of Unknowns’

From Underscore (by Amelia Schafer and Kevin Abourezk) – “The fight continues on in court a decade after protests began over the controversial construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.”
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Christine Consolacion

‘Sama-Sama: A Movement of Collective Joy’ opens at the Filipino Community of Seattle Tanggapan Gallery

From International Examiner (by Jan Edrozo) – “On Tuesday evening, March 17, 2026, the Filipino Community of Seattle (FCS) Tanggapan Gallery welcomed guests into its first exhibition of the year with Sama-Sama: A Movement of Collective Joy—an immersive and deeply reflective celebration of Filipinx/a/o identity, community, and togetherness.”
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Courtesy of the San Francisco Flower Market

JA flower nurseries project captures industry bloom

From Nichi Bei News (by Derek Tahara) – “While researching a Caltrans retrofit project in Oakland, Calif. in 2013, Dana Ogo Shew, an oral historian and interpretive specialist at the Anthropological Studies Center at Sonoma State University, found a former Japanese nursery. Ogo Shew, a Yonsei who grew up in San Leandro, Calif. by a Japanese nursery, knew she had to dig deeper.”
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