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A husband and wife smile and stand in front of a fruit stand at Pike Place Market.

Past and present mingle as Vietnamese refugee helps a Ukrainian family

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.
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A group of Cham refugees gather on a picnic blanket. Many are wearing headscarves.

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

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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Two women and a man sit in wicker furniture having a conversation.

Out & Back: Walking through time in Seattle’s Central District

From Crosscut (by Alison Mariella Désir) – “Out & Back” is a collaboration between Crosscut and KCTS 9 exploring “the ways diverse communities are engaging with the outdoors”. This edition highlights the Club Seattle Runners Division, a running group that welcomes “all pace and all faces”.
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A colourful sculpture stands in the center of a room with colourful art on the walls.

New project spotlights work of modern Indigenous American artists

From PBS NewsHour (by Jeffrey Brown and Lena I. Jackson) – Candice Hopkins: There were so many good Native artists working in contemporary art, but they still weren’t getting the big shows. It was a kind of — the beginnings of a kind of national conversation that had been coming actually since the ’60s. But what they needed was […] allies in these large institutions.
Exterior of a brown brick building with signs in the windows that say "ʔálʔal Café: Indigenous Foods, Decolonized Space".

Local Indigenous Food Sovereignty Efforts Uplift the Importance of Traditional Foods

From South Seattle Emerald (by Vee Hua 華婷婷) – Open now in Pioneer Square, ʔálʔal Café is one of the Native organizations, along with The Way of the Buffalo and Friends of FEED, that are using Seattle’s Food Equity Fund to promote Indigenous food sovereignty.
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How a federal border became a dividing line for Nooksack citizenship

From Crosscut (by Luna Reyna) – In the last two decades, Indigenous communities have seen a troubling increase in tribal disenrollment.
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Indigenous Midwifery Center Aims to Revitalize Birth Practices

From Underscore (by McKayla Lee) – The Center for Indigenous Midwifery is providing culturally centered care for Native families, preserving the traditions of pregnancy and offering education and community support.
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Five Reasons Why: Spring 2022 Fellow Reflects on her Experiences with EchoX

Spring 2022 Social Media Fellow and Summer 2021 “How to Look Cool Online” participant Hidaya Abdinur reflects on her experience during the workshop.
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Two Dala horses stand on a mound of snow against a night sky.

Northwest Holiday Markets 2022

Winter is coming and with it, a slew of awesome holiday markets from organizations around the Northwest! Here are a few of the markets that especially made an impression on EchoX staff and board.
Two Dala horses stand on a mound of snow against a night sky.

Northwest Holiday Markets 2022

Winter is coming and with it, a slew of awesome holiday markets from organizations around the Northwest! Here are a few of the markets that especially made an impression on EchoX staff and board.
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