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Left: Jarred-Michael Erickson is chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and he's pushing the Washington legislature to pass a bill adding tribal representation to the state Board of Natural Resources. Right: A Department of Natural Resources employee works to restore trail access after severe weather knocked down trees
Left: Courtesy Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Right: Courtesy Washington Department of Natural Resources
As WA lawmakers discuss adding tribal seats to the Natural Resources Board, Confederate Colville Tribes Chairman Jarred-Michael Erickson joined SPR to talk about that bill, plus IHS reform and energy sovereignty.
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Allegra Goodman's new novel is called This Is Not About Us, but critic Maureen Corrigan says that title is coy: Readers are bound to see aspects of themselves and their families in these pages.
Arts & Culture
  • Movie Reviews
    Everyone already has a strong opinion about Emerald Fennell’s maximalist retelling of “Wuthering Heights.” Nathan Weinbender is no exception: He says the movie is dramatically murky, emotionally inert and generally unbearable.
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of movies that feature characters in various stages of duress. The first is the latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel “Wuthering Heights.” They follow that with the wild time-travel venture “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.”
  • Movie Reviews
    No matter what your stand is on the war in Gaza, Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab” is likely to break your heart, Dan Webster says.
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