Patos Island is the northernmost in the San Juan Islands group. The entirety of the island--all 207 acres--is a state park, one of the most remote in Washington state. With no ferry service, visitors to the island must ferry themselves in any…

Anthropologists have long held, despite the insistence of Native Americans to the contrary, that early humans, known as “Clovis people,” came to North America from Asia via a land bridge. New evidence from Orcas Island is changing that narrative. …

Indigenous peoples throughout the San Juan Islands and beyond relied on massive cedar canoes for their subsistence since time immemorial. Native craftsmen chose sections of cedar trees up to 60 feet long for their vessels. Cedar logs would always be…