PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Rose bushes currently cover some of the land in Northeast Portland where tiny homes will one day bloom in the name of a woman who fought to help indigenous families in need.

Jillene Joseph is the executive director of the Native Wellness Institute and the engagement mode lead for Future Generations Collaborative. Chris Dela Cruz is a former associate pastor at Westminster ...

Dozens of Indigenous elders, youth and church members filed into the former Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst on a March afternoon. It was the last time people would enter the building as a church.

“But in truth, Barbie’s Village is a gift to us, the church, for it allowed us to make a concrete real act of repair that must be a model for the church to continue to pursue if we are to be true of ...

Youth singers and drummers from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde filled the air with original songs, their voices and rhythms setting the tone for an afternoon filled with culture and community.

Broncho sat with her grandfather, Ed Edmo, a storyteller and elder who was sharing his poems detailing his lived experiences in Portland with attendees in the marketplace. “He’s overcome a lot of ...