The Yakama Nation Review is a bi-weekly newspaper printed by the Yakama Nation that includes articles of local importance. Articles in this issue are written by YNR staff writers, as well as external news outlets. In March 1994, the publication changed its name from Yakima Nation Review to Yakama Nation Review.
Page 1: Yakama Nation Review; After cleanup; Hanford plans 'final state' (continued on page 3); 'Loopholes' delays return of artifacts (continued on page 3); Cuomo Indian housing initiative (continued on page 2); First Indian appointed to civil rights commission; Tribal casinos stymie commission (continued on page 3); Gregoire won't oppose Gorton; Salmon-eating terns face relocation; Inside.
Page 2: First foods ceremony; Thanking the creator for return of the salmon; Event set for three mile falls; Cuomo launches Indian housing initiative (continued from page 1).
Page 3: Quickly; 'Legends' birthday looms (see Jeff Connor's anniversary observation on page 8.); Florida sues U.S. over gaming; Looopholes delay return (continued from page 1); Treibal casinos stymie commission (continued from page 1); Hanford plans its final state (continued from page 1).
Page 4: Native northwest; Womer offers scholarships for seniors; Status preparing events for mothers; Washington; City light pays Kalispel $4.5 million for flood; Spokane tribe, activists oppose radioactive burial; Red feather develops homes of straw bales; First tests: Crow, Pine Ridge; Oregon; Casino profits increase grand ronde enrollment applicants; Idaho; Nez Perce buy surplus fish and game land.
Page 5: Snake river 'most endangered'; Air quality consortium on horizon; Federal management for Wahluke slope.
Page 6: Caught in crossfire; Colombian tribes under assault from both left and right.
Page 7: Ceremonial calendar; People in the news; Ryan wins timber achievement award; Horace Axtell wins top Idaho honor; 13 new faces in work dorce; School safety websites.
Page 8: Opinion & Commentary; PXWI; Judge Wright cites Clinton for contempt; NMFS to legislature: Manage water for fish or uncle sam will' Legends' 'Entertainment destination'; Mailbag: Willing to sacrifice species?
Page 9: Walking on; William George Charley; Ladd C. Kabclamat Jr.; Barbara Yvonne Northover; Leona Darlene Smiscon; Daniel Tanewasha; Memorial; Encountering Lewis and Clark; 'Eyes like fish: they smelled bad'; Cable cars to Inca Andes heights?
Page 10: Sports; Olympic medalist to speak at YVCC; Eaglespeaker makes cut to play in national event; Redner, Smiscon, Young earn Yakama nation basketball tournament's 1999 top high school athletes of the year; Instant replays.
Page 11: Classified; Employment; Water technician IV; Detention officer; Criminal investigator; Seasonal gate guard; Executive aids; Fish technician I; Fisheries technician II; Custodian; Community health aide; Fire control worker I; Warehouse worker.
Page 12: Across Native America; Southwest; Judge: Utah excluded from Goshute license review; Nothern plains; Mont. governor signs bill targeting 'squaw' names; Southern plains; Dukepoo: Tribes should monitor gene researchers; Great lakes; Gov. Thompson interviewed in Hudson casino probe; Northeast; Abenaki continue fight for state recognition; Southeast; Piscataway-Conoy session cancelled after no-show; Planning for Indian planning. (Delete page 13, blank page)