Voices

News, Seattle Eater

How Indigenous Restaurants Are Decolonizing Seattle’s Dining Scene, One Plate at a Time

February 2, 2023

From Eater Seattle (by Sabra Boyd) – Local Indigenous businesses like ʔálʔal Cafe, Off the Rez, and Native Soul work to educate and contextualize Native ingredients and customs while advocating for investment.

Arts & Literature

The Rhapsody Project tunes into cultural heritage and social justice

January 31, 2023

From KNKX Radio (by Robin Lloyd) – Conventional music education often lacks the cultural references that can help students connect to their roots.

Investigative West, News

One WA Tribe Tests Waters For Locally Sourced, Traditional Foods

January 30, 2023

From Investigative West (by Lizz Giordano) – Looking for chum salmon under crisp, windy skies of an autumn late to arrive, Shadrach Misanes zigzags his boat away from shore, launching fishing nets into Lummi Bay, tucked in Washington’s northwest corner.

News, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Uncovering the history of The Dalles’ Chinatown

January 26, 2023

From Oregon Public Broadcasting (by Gemma DiCarlo) – When archaeologists Eric Gleason and Jacqui Cheung bought a run-down building in The Dalles’ downtown in 2000, they had a vague sense of its history.

Arts & Literature

Reciprocity Project Highlights Indigenous Storytelling and Values

January 24, 2023

From South Seattle Emerald (by Victor Simoes) – Reciprocity Project, a series of seven Indigenous-made documentary short films, combines Native American storytelling with climate awareness and other intersectional movements rooted in Indigenous guardianship, social justice, and human rights.

News, Northwest Asian Weekly

Year of the Rabbit or Cat? — It depends on who you ask

January 23, 2023

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Indunil Usgoda Arachchi) – The Lunar New Year kickoff celebrations were spectacular everywhere this year. But curiously, the animal of 2023 is not the same for every celebration.

AsAm News, News

The Landmark Republic Café of Portland Chinatown

January 23, 2023

From AsAm News (by Raymond Chong) – In Portland Chinatown, the Chinese community this year celebrated the 100th anniversary of the old O.B. Stubbs building. Most importantly, it houses the oldest Chinese restaurant in Portland, the landmark Republic Café which opened in 1927.

Arts & Literature

Balancing Cultures reimagines the family album, revealing unspoken truths in ordinary mid-century Japanese American family photographs

January 21, 2023

From International Examiner (by Paul Mori) – More often than not, there is a deeper meaning behind the smiles in photographs, especially in the age of film when each click of the shutter was so very precious.

News, Northwest Asian Weekly

Past and present mingle as Vietnamese refugee helps a Ukrainian family

January 20, 2023

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Mahlon Meyer) – Memory knows before forgetting endures, sees, hears, feels the sway of the boat, the flaccid scent of 275 bodies packed like cordwood, knows a destination where they ate leaves and tiny crabs for a year until they came to the U.S.

News, South Seattle Emerald

Cham Refugee Community: A Photo and Video Portrait of Generational Wealth-Building

January 20, 2023

From South Seattle Emerald (by Ronnie Estoque) – The Cham are an ethnic group in Cambodia and Vietnam, tracing their ancestry back to the historic Kingdom of Champa, dating back to the second century CE. Many Cham people became refugees during the time of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge and the Vietnam War.

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