Community

Muckleshoot Messenger

About the Muckleshoot Messenger

The Muckleshoot Messenger is a Tribal publication created by the Muckleshoot Office of Media Services. Tribal community members and Tribal employees are welcome to submit items to the newspaper such as news, calendar items, photos, poems, and artwork.


Submit Feedback About the messenger

Most Recent Edition:

January 2026

Featured Articles

February 2024
Edition

February 12, 1974: "Boldt Lightning" Strikes in a Tacoma Courtroom

Muckleshoot Tribal Council Treasurer, John Daniels Jr., remarks on the greatest anniversary for Federally Recognized Tribes in Washington State: the historic Boldt Decision of February 12, 1974.

read article
February 2024
Edition

The Seattle Times: How the Boldt Decision 50 Years Ago Remade Pacific Northwest Fishing

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.

read article
November 2023
Edition

UW College of Arts & Science: Building a Family Through Tribal Canoe Journey

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.

read article
November 2023
Edition

First Coho Fishery on a Free-Flowing Elwha River in More Than a Century

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.

read article
muckleshoot messenger

Past Editions

Muckleshoot Messenger: 2025

Muckleshoot Messenger: 2024

view All past muckleshoot messenger editions