
Roll & Register brought free skating, a live DJ, giveaways, and voter registration assistance to El Centro Skate Rink in Federal Way on Saturday, Oct. 17. Vice Chair John Daniels Jr. was among those at the event, where young adults ages 18-24 could get help registering to vote.

The event was held in partnership with the Seattle Seahawks, the League of Women Voters of Seattle-King County, and King County Elections. A second skate night is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24, with sessions from 7:30-9 p.m. and 9:30-11 p.m. The second night will again feature a live DJ, giveaways, and on-site voter registration assistance.
Admission is free for the first 250 skaters ages 18-24 with valid identification per session. El Centro Skate Rink is at 34222 Pacific Highway South in Federal Way.

The Boldt decision of 1974 was the result of sacrifices made by Native fishers and their families who were jailed and beaten while defending their rights.

The UW participated in its first Tribal Canoe Journey, with students, faculty, staff, and alums working together as a family — the Shell House Canoe Family, č̓away̓altxʷ ʔiišəd — to make it all happen.

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s first Coho fishery on an Elwha River unimpeded by dams in more than 100 years got underway in mid-October. Tribal member Jonathan Arakawa shares his thoughts.

Rachel Heaton shares her experience leading six other native mountaineers up Tahoma, or Mount Rainier, to increase Native visibility and raise awareness of the ancient relationship between Tahoma and the Indigenous peoples who honor her.
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