On May 5, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe observed the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR), also known as Red Dress Day. Tribal members and community partners came together to recognize missing and affected relatives, support grieving families, and raise awareness through heartfelt events and held a community dinner to stand in solidarity for anyone impacted by the MMIWR crisis.
Wellness-Fitness professionals and Tribal leaders gathered August 4–5 at the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for Native Fitness, a two-day event focused on health, movement, culture and community wellness.
This year’s Back to School Bash in partnership with the Youth Health Fair on Aug. 27 was the perfect sendoff to summer – and our community showed up ready to celebrate.
More than five decades after Larry Gossett came to the Muckleshoot Reservation looking for Native students to recruit to the University of Washington, the longtime civil rights leader returned to the Muckleshoot Tribal Council Chambers.
Tribal Council Chairman Donny Stevenson shares about his ancestors' and elders' surival of residential and boarding schools. "Sadly... my family’s story and experience are hardly the exception or unique in our Tribal communities..."
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