Several dozen Indigenous youth completed a 310-mile, month-long source-to-sea “first descent” of the undammed Klamath River on Friday. As the youths, between the ages 13 to 20, approached the sand ...

ALONG THE KLAMATH RIVER — The journey was no longer impossible, but that didn’t make it any less audacious. One great waterway, newly freed from the stranglehold of four hulking dams. More than 300 ...

This story originally appeared on Underscore Native News. On July 11, 2025, over 120 youth kayakers representing the Klamath, Yurok, Karuk, Quartz Valley, Hoopa Valley, Warm Springs as well as the ...

For members of the Klamath basin tribes who had fought for the river dams’ removal and organized the historic first descent of the newly free-flowing waters, the signing of an international accord ...

NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE ELWHA — The bow of the canoe pierced the dense marine fog as paddles plied the churning sea, each stroke carrying these young people toward Lower Elwha Klallam territory. Once on ...