The Cowlitz Indian Tribe, based in Longview, Washington, received federal recognition around the same time as the Chinook’s short-lived acknowledgement, but theirs was not rescinded.

Resource rights. According to the Chinook, Gluesenkamp Perez flip flopped on a previous promise to fight federally on behalf of the tribe with a bill that would restore recognition, which would be ...

The Chinook Indian Nation is closer to regaining its status as a federally recognized tribe following a “landmark” legal decision, which reaffirmed that its tribal members as the rightful ...

Tony Johnson, chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, speaks out in favor of federal recognition for the Chinook tribe, which continues to suffer poverty and poor health while other tribes move ...

Leaders of the Chinook Indian Nation celebrated Thursday what they described as a precedent-setting legal victory granting the tribe access to its land claim trust funds even though it is not federall ...

The Chinook tribe has a long and storied history in the Pacific Northwest, but wasn’t officially federally recognized until 2001. That recognition was short-lived, ...