Scenes of the Columbia River Basin

Photographer: Zach Arquette

Student Project

Haskell Indian Nations University

This photographs in this collection are from various areas around the Columbia River Basin. An area the Yakama people and various other tribes have called home for time immemorial. They were captured in the fall of 2022. The rivers pictured are Wenatchee River, Yakima River, and Columbia River; along with various landscapes near the Basin. All within the lands of the Yakama Nation.

Artist Bio: Xakái Arquette (Yakama) graduated Haskell Indian Nations University in Spring 2022. There he studied Environmental Science with emphasis on topics pertaining to tribal communities including ethnobotany, ecophysiology, toxicology, watershed hydrology, food sovereignty, and permaculture. Along with a strong research background in the aforementioned areas, Xakái also extensive experience in journalism, videography, and photography; especially utilized as a staff writer and Editor-in-Chief for The Indian Leader, HINU's student-run newspaper.

He also has a keen interest in videos, creative writing, biking, hiking, and exploring the corners of the Pacific Northwest, the homelands of the Yakama Nation.