Carol Craig, Yakama Journalist
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Carol Craig is a Yakama Nation tribal member. She also has Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Squaxin, Snohomish, Snoqualmie and Stillaquamish ancestry. She is a single mother, with two children and two grandchildren.
Since 1995, Craig has served as the Public Information manager for the Yakama Nation Fish and Wildlife Resource Management Program in Toppenish, Washington. She is the writer, editor, and photographer for the quarterly Yakama Nation publication Sin-Wit-Ki (All Life On Earth), and contributes to other tribal newspapers including the Yakama Nation Review and News from Indian Country [1].
Craig is the former tribal information and education coordinator of the Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission in Portland, Oregon. She was a contributing writer to Wana Chinook Tymoo (Columbia River Fish Stories), and served as the editor of the bi-weekly newssheet, Currents. She began reporting for the Pacific Northwest Bureau of News from Indian Country in 1994.
In 1998 the Yakama tribal council requested that Craig provide assistance to the Makah Nation in working with the media after they announced they would revive their whale hunting tradition. She worked extsively on this issue in 1999 and continues to educate the public about the Makah whale hunt.
She was honored as a finalist for the 2002 Buffet Award for Indigenous Leadership for her work educating the public about tribal treaty rights. In her public education efforts, Craig has addressed many civic organizations and visited schools throughout the Pacific Northwest from kindergarten through college level classes. She has spoken on tribal treaty rights both regionally and nationally over the past 16 years.
She received the Howard Simon Fellowship from the Society of Environmental Journalists in 1992. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Society of Professional Journalists, Washington Press Women, and the National Federation of Press Women.
She serves as a mentor to Yakama tribal students who wish to pursue journalism and photography. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Salmon Corps, and the Board for the Employees Club for the Yakama Nation. She is a graduate of Portland State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in 1994.
