July 16, 2021

Seattle, WA - My platform is built on facilitating real, positive change in our neighborhoods — and tailoring those changes to each neighborhood and its needs. These are tangible developments that folks will see and experience. They provide tangible benefits, not lip-service or empty acknowledgements. […]

July 15, 2021

Seattle, WA - “I’m glad they are doing it,” said Echohawk, who is a member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. “Land acknowledgments are a bit controversial because we hope that it’s not just an acknowledgment but that it’s actually is movement toward supporting the leadership of the local tribes.”

July 13, 2021

Seattle, WA - Out of all the candidates, Colleen Echohawk, a former executive director of the Chief Seattle Club for seven years, has one of the most comprehensive plans for the arts. In her platform, she addresses a wide range of issues. She wants affordable artist housing, wants to establish an artist's seat on every City of Seattle board, and wants to break Bumbershoot up into “100 equitably resourced neighborhood festivals” around the city. […]

July 12, 2021

Seattle, WA - "We are facing a humanitarian crisis and have not been treating this crisis as an emergency. We have over 12,000 people homeless every night! As ED of the Chief Seattle Club I've been devoted to serving the Seattle urban Native population through our work of running a day shelter, a health clinic and providing meals and building housing. I know what it takes to serve our most vulnerable populations. With hard work, collaboration and creative solutions, we can bring all of relatives into housing." […]

July 11, 2021

Seattle, WA - Echohawk ran Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit focusing on housing King County’s sizable Native homeless population, until this year, building a tiny, struggling nonprofit into one of the city’s biggest homeless contractors. She has perhaps the most detailed plan to fight homelessness — “22 actions in 14 months to bring everyone inside” — written like an insider, proposing hiring 100 outreach workers who’ve been homeless to better connect with people outside and creating a real-time by-name list of every homeless person in Seattle. […]

July 9, 2021

Seattle, WA - Echohawk promised a complete transformation of how the city addresses homelessness, a pledge based on her time as the director of the Chief Seattle Club. An enrolled member of the Kitkehahki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake, she said she views the current moment through the Native principle of the seven generations — looking back three generations and forward three generations and acting on their behalf. […]

July 9, 2021

Seattle, WA - Colleen Echohawk has said she decided to run for mayor to address the “humanitarian crisis” of homelessness. As director of the Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit organization that works to address and prevent homelessness among Seattle’s Native community, she has tried to navigate between advocating for Native people living outdoors while working within systems that often fail people experiencing homelessness. […]

July 6, 2021

Seattle, WA - Colleen Echohawk almost always begins by talking about her grandmother. At campaign appearances over the last six months, as she seeks to become Seattle’s mayor and potentially the first Indigenous woman to lead a major American city, Echohawk introduces herself and says “I am most proud to be the granddaughter of Katie John, from Copper River area and Mentasta Lake.” […]

July 2, 2021

Seattle, WA - “We have a 22-point plan to bring everyone inside in 14 months. It goes far, far beyond what Compassion Seattle does. I want to emphasize that because it’s a real plan that’s based on real experience with real dollars attached to it, so check it out on the website.” […]

June 28, 2021

Seattle, WA - When Colleen Echohawk thinks about growth in Seattle, the mayoral candidate thinks about coffee and new neighbors, because that’s what she got when more than 100 micro apartments were constructed in Idaho, hauled to her Bitter Lake neighborhood and assembled like Lego pieces down the street from her house, with a coffee shop below. […]

June 27, 2021

Seattle, WA - She would bring to every transportation discussion a lens of mobility justice, where she emphasizes the opinions of people most marginalized by the transportation systems. Echohawk, the former director of Chief Seattle Club, which provides housing and services to Native people, would seek to reward residents in the community with stipends or gift cards because “we need to be investing in their time and what it takes for them to get out to a meeting.” […]

June 21, 2021

Seattle, WA - “An Echohawk administration would have the courage to implement the policy that politicians have talked about for years and have not followed through. Our carbon emissions have only gotten worse since the Nickels climate plan. Another way that I will differ from other candidates is that I will consult with the tribal governments and ask for their guidance of their land, waters and resources.” […]

June 14, 2021

Seattle, WA - While current Mayor Durkan and the City Council have struggled to devise effective policies that serve the unhoused, Echohawk has been in the trenches; her group cooks tens of thousands of meals, provides essential healthcare services, and builds dozens of affordable housing units every year. […]

May 26, 2021

Seattle, WA - 2021 Seattle mayoral candidate Colleen Echohawk is the immediate past Executive Director of the Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit focused on serving Seattle’s Native American homeless population. Although she has never served in elected office, her extensive advocacy has made her one of the most well-connected people in the city, as well as one of its most effective political operatives.

May 25, 2021

Seattle, WA - “There’s no secret I’m running for office because I’m frustrated we haven’t done more for our homeless community,” Echohawk said. “So there will be critiques of what’s happening at City Hall and I don’t want that to get in the way of the work Chief Seattle Club is doing.” […]

May 12, 2021

Seattle, WA - Mayoral candidate Colleen Echohawk issued a letter to state Attorney General Bob Ferguson this week, calling on him to open an investigation into the recent discovery of 10 months of missing text messages from current Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. […]

May 7, 2021

The current state of the mayoral race, which now runs on voucher money for the first time since the program's implementation, arguably speaks to the success of the program. The campaigns for both Chief Seattle Club director Colleen Echohawk and architect Andrew Grant Houston claim they recently already hit the $400,000 fundraising cap for the primary. Both entered the race early, so that's not too surprising. However, though both candidates have worked in and around politics, neither have held an elected office. […]

April 27, 2021

Seattle, WA - Family has played a crucial role for the Greenwood homeowner, who made more than $100,000 last year as executive director of the Chief Seattle Club. She and her husband, a consultant who made under $100,000 in 2020, bought their house with her sister. They share the three-bedroom home with their mother. […]

April 20, 2021

Seattle, WA - Leading the way is homelessness advocate Colleen Echohawk, who has collected a combined $263,300 in Democracy Vouchers as of Monday morning, and over $21,000 in additional individual campaign contributions. […]

April 2, 2021

Seattle, WA - “I grew up in a family where if someone was experiencing homelessness, my parents brought them into our house,” Echohawk said. “My parents have taught me if you see something that’s a problem, and you can be of use, and you have solutions, you need to step up and step forward.” […]

March 24, 2021

A hotel for homeless people opens in downtown Seattle today; here’s a look inside

Seattle, WA It’s more than a year after the pandemic cut downtown tourism to ribbons and forced many of Seattle’s homeless shelters to empty out or relocate, but on Wednesday, the city will begin leaning into a strategy that brings those two problems together: putting homeless people up in hotels. […]

March 23, 2021

Seattle, WA Concerns for the lives of the people living in the Miller Park encampments and worries about a sweep before next month’s planned return of in-classroom instruction at the campus’s Meany Middle School are driving Seattle mayor’s race candidate Colleen Echohawk to speak up now and call for the city to start emergency actions immediately. […]

March 22, 2021

Seattle, WA The fact that the city has remained in for over five years now is "unbelievable," said Colleen Echohawk, mayoral candidate and executive director of the nonprofit Chief Seattle Club. […]

March 17, 2021

On March 24, my colleagues and I on Nia Tero’s Seedcast team will release the first episode of our new season of the podcast, featuring an interview with Colleen Echohawk, executive director of . […]

March 2, 2021

Seattle, WA - Colleen Echohawk is the executive director of , a Native-led human services and affordable housing nonprofit, and is currently running for mayor of Seattle. She has spent her career addressing the root causes of homelessness and the systemic racism in our criminal justice system and is passionate about building community and creating equitable systems. […]

March 1, 2021

Seattle, WA - Colleen Echohawk is the executive director of Chief Seattle Club, an organization with a mission to provide urban Native people shelter, rest, and nourishment, both physically and spiritually. As the founder of the Coalition to End Urban Indigenous Homelessness, Echohawk has been committed to homeless advocacy and righting the course of Indigenous people who experience homelessness living away from reservations in urban places. […]

February 16, 2021

Seattle, WA – A Native . Colleen Echohawk heads a Seattle nonprofit that helps and heals indigenous people in need by affirming their cultural identity while providing housing and job training. […]

February 4, 2021

Seattle, WA – An Alaska Native woman who grew up in the Interior is running for mayor of Seattle. Colleen Echohawk heads a Seattle nonprofit that helps and heals indigenous people in need by affirming their cultural identity while providing housing and job training. She says the holistic approach could be applied to uplift all the people of Seattle. […]

February 4, 2021

Seattle, WA – Colleen Echohawk, a Native American woman who grew up in the Interior, is running for mayor of Seattle.

Echohawk heads a Seattle nonprofit that focuses on helping and healing Indigenous people in need by affirming their cultural identity while providing housing and job training. She said the holistic approach could be applied to uplift all the people of Seattle.[…]

February 3, 2021

Seattle, WA – Colleen Echohawk, a Native American woman and key advocate in Seattle’s homelessness crisis, is running for mayor of the Pacific north-west city and laying the groundwork for it to potentially elect its first indigenous mayor. […]

February 3, 2021

Seattle, WA – The Seattle mayoral race is heating up, with one candidate poised to make history if she wins; Colleen Echohawk, the executive director of the Native American advocacy organization Chief Seattle Club. […]

February 3, 2021

Seattle, WA – Colleen Echohawk, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, announced her campaign for mayor of Seattle on January 25.

Echohawk also co-founded the Coalition to End Urban Indigenous Homelessness, and has spent her career working to help Native people experiencing homelessness in the Seattle area. […]

January 25, 2021

Seattle, WA – Colleen Echohawk launched a campaign Monday to lead Seattle as its mayor, running on a platform of transformation; rethinking justice, mental health and the city’s common purpose. […]

January 27, 2021

Seattle, WA – Hôm thứ Hai, ngày , Bà Colleen Echohawk đã công bố chiến dịch tranh cử chức Thị Trưởng Seattle bầu ngày 2 tháng 11-2021 của bà, “hoạt động trên nền tảng: ưu tiên vì người dân để đạt được một sự đổi mới công bằng khỏi đại dịch COVID-19”. […]

January 27, 2021

Jason Rantz - My Northwest | With Seattle set to elect a new mayor in 2021, Chief Seattle Club Executive Director Colleen Echohawk is entering the fray on a platform of addressing the city’s homelessness crisis, and how reimagining policing can serve that goal. Echohawk serves as a homelessness and housing advocate as part of her role with the Chief Seattle Club, with a focus on providing aid to the city’s Native American community. She also serves as a commissioner on the Community Police Commission, and is a board member for the Downtown Seattle Association. […]

January 27, 2021

Runta News | Seattle, WA- Colleen Echohawk announces her campaign for Mayor of Seattle today, running on a people-first platform to achieve an equitable renewal from the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m running for Mayor of Seattle because I love this city, and we have a once-in-a-generation chance to rethink how it works, and who it works for,” says Echohawk on her decision to run. […]

January 25, 2021

Seattle, WA- Colleen Echohawk announced she is running to replace Jenny Durkan as Seattle's mayor.

"I love the city. I have been here for 20 years, I have worked hand in hand with some of our community organizations, with some of our elected leaders with business. And over the years have just realized how much I believe in this city," Echohawk said. […]

Enero 26, 2021

Luis Lema Osores - Plataforma Latina | El director ejecutivo del Chief Seattle Club es un nombre muy conocido en el Ayuntamiento y en el mundo de las personas sin hogar y la filantropía. Colleen Echohawk, directora ejecutiva del Chief Seattle Club, anunció su candidatura a la alcaldía el lunes, convirtiéndola en quizás el nombre de más alto perfil para participar en la carrera para reemplazar a la alcaldesa Jenny Durkan. […]

January 25, 2021

Richard Arlin Walker - Indian Country Today | Colleen Echohawk launched a campaign Monday to lead Seattle as its mayor, running on a platform of transformation; rethinking justice, mental health and the city’s common purpose. Echohawk, Pawnee and Athabascan, is executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit that serves homeless Native Americans. […]

January 25, 2021

Capitol Hill Blog | SEATTLE — A candidate who would be the city’s first Native mayor, Chief Seattle Club executive director Colleen Echohawk is joining the race to head Seattle City Hall. The advocate for affordability and for the city’s unsheltered populations made her announcement on her 2021 bid for the mayor’s office Monday saying she would put forward a platform focused on “solutions which co-create equitable development and rapid rehousing with community members” and policies “which share the prosperity of the city more equitably, particularly with people of color.” […]

January 25, 2021

West Seattle Blog | The first high-profile candidate for Seattle Mayor has announced her campaign. Colleen Echohawk leads the nonprofit Chief Seattle Club, which provides services to urban Natives experiencing homelessness. Her announcement says she is “running on a people-first platform to achieve an equitable renewal from the COVID-19 pandemic” and quotes her as saying that “we have a once-in-a-generation chance to rethink how [the city] works, and who it works for.” […]

January 25, 2021

Matt Baume - SLOG | […] Colleen Echohawk has entered the Mayoral chat: Kroman offers an introduction to the nonprofit leader over at Crosscut. […]

January 25, 2021

David Gutman & Christine Clarridge - Seattle Times | Colleen Echohawk, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, is running for mayor of Seattle, promising a “people-first approach” with a focus on affordable housing and homelessness. Echohawk, who has been involved in the city’s police reform efforts as a member of the Community Police Commission, joins a still-slim list of people vying to take over after Mayor Jenny Durkan, who has said she will not run again in 2021. […]

January 25, 2021

Q13 Fox | SEATTLE - Colleen Echohawk, a police reform advocate and president of the Chief Seattle Club, is running for mayor of Seattle, she announced Monday. "I’m running for Mayor of Seattle because I love this city, and we have a once-in-a-generation chance to rethink how it works, and who it works for," Echohawk said in a news release announcing her candidacy.  […]

January 25, 2021

Nick Bowman - My Northwest | Despite a decision from Jenny Durkan to not run for reelection in 2021, the race to be Seattle’s next mayor has seen few people announcing campaigns early in the year. That changed Monday, with Chief Seattle Club Executive Director Colleen Echohawk announcing her candidacy. […]

January 25, 2021

Callie Craighead - Seattle P-I | Seattle’s 2021 mayoral race got a new candidate Monday morning. Chief Seattle Club Executive Director Colleen Echohawk launched her campaign for mayor, calling herself a "new face" in local politics. […]