Tribes hit hard by wildfires face health effects, cultural losses

Neighbors across the Colville Tribes communities in Washington state knew Matilda Bob’s log home as the “rainbow house,” for its brightly painted exterior. Now it’s gone. Sparked by a lightning strike in mid-July, the Kaiser Canyon Fire destroyed Bob’s home and 42 other houses on the Colville Reservation, along with 100 outbuildings such as sheds […]

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Also reported by Idaho Capital Sun, Nebraska Examiner, Ohio Capital Journal, Utah News Dispatch, Louisiana Illuminator, Source New Mexico, Washington State Standard

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