https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2026/04/09/despite-court-ruling-wa-still-blocked-from-inspecting-immigrant-detention-center https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-09/208bo5wv/Washington-State-Standard-Northwest-ICE-Processing-Center-IMG0068-1536x1152-by-Grace-Deng.jpg The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, which is one of the largest immigrant detention facilities in the western U.S. southseattleemerald en 2026-04-09T15:00:00.000Z Despite Court Ruling, WA Still Blocked From Inspecting Immigrant Detention Center News, Immigration, Washington State Standard, Reprints, Tacoma, Reprint, Northwest ICE Processing Center, NWIPC Tacoma, ICE detention Tacoma, Washington immigrant detention center, GEO group detention center, Washington Department of Health, ICE detention oversight Washington, Tacoma detention center, Northwest Detention Center, NWDC https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2026/04/08/judkins-park-photographer-centers-indigenous-stewardship-in-new-book https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/5xk7kinq/2022.11.18-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-NGS-82828S-21-221118-33921-Edit-court.jpeg Brian Fidiiy, a Helen Reef ranger, spears fish in the Helen Reef lagoon in the Southwest Islands. Four rangers at a time live on the island for three months, monitoring for illegal activity. The lengthy shift is difficult — Helen Island has no internet, and rangers must fish for their own food. But Fidiiy loves the job and sees the reef as fundamental to his culture. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/0zu2c2kz/2026.04.02-Kiliii-Yuyan-by-Yuko-Kodama-3756.jpeg Kiliii Yüyan sits by the window in Café Weekend in Judkins Park on April 2, 2026. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/efpk8tay/2023.05.22-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-NGS-82828S-21-230522-46218-court.jpeg Narwhals swim along the sea ice in Inglefield Gulf outside the Greenlandic village of Qaanaaq. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/54nbzusm/2020.10.09-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-MM9158-201009-08236-court.jpeg Karuk fishers Ron Reed and his son Ryan use a traditional dip net to fish for salmon at Ishi Pishi Falls on the Klamath River. Once one of many fishing spots used by the Karuk, Ishi Pishi is now the Karuk people's sole legally permitted fishery — a situation that angers many of the people who view subsistence and ceremonial fishing as central to their culture. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/pntpsagg/2017-06.24-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-YUYAN-170624-NALUK-1163-court.jpeg At the 2017 Nalukataq festival the Utqiaġvik village celebrates and gives thanks for a successful whaling season. Nalukataq means "blanket toss," referring to the festival's main focus, in which successful whalers are thrown up to 30 feet in the air and must trust their neighbors to catch them. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/o2ivkkuy/2023.09.22-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-NGS-82828S-21-230922-56073-court.jpeg In the Sutai foothills, Buyanbadrakh Erdenetsogt (second from right) burns offerings while performing a daylong rite for the snow leopard spirit. Praying on the far left is his apprentice Amgalan Tuvshintur. Sitting with them are Bazar Losoi (center), a herder from the nearby community of Darvi Sum, and Erjen Khamaganova (far right). https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/qma5g4bm/2023.07.20-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-NGS-82828S-21-230720-53029-court.jpeg In other groups, they show me how they steward their environment. While I was in Australia watching how they conduct cultural burns: I learned that people have been burning there for so long that animals have adapted to and take advantage of anthropogenic fire. When there's no cultural fire, the animal numbers actually decrease. https://media.assettype.com/southseattleemerald/2026-04-07/mgnogizt/2023.07.20-Guardians-of-Life-by-Kiliii-Yuyan-NGS-82828S-21-230720-53086-court.jpeg A 9-foot carpet python slips through the edge of a fresh Djabugay cultural burn, possibly searching for prey uncovered by the flames. So cool is cultural fire that these snakes are not only unbothered by it — this one simply allowed the flames to pass over its head — but many have evolved hunting strategies to take advantage of aboriginal burns. southseattleemerald en 2026-04-08T14:45:00.000Z Judkins Park Photographer Centers Indigenous Stewardship in New Book News, Indigenous, Photography, Environment, Judkins Park, Kiliii Yuyan, Guardians of Life book, Indigenous stewardship, National Geographic photographer, Judkins Park Seattle, South Seattle artists, Braided River Books, Mountaineers Books, Inidgenous conservation, Klamath River Dam removal, utqiagvik alaska whaling