In 2001 Gary Johnson watched his tribe gain federal recognition, only to have it stripped away 18 months later. His son Tony now leads the fight to restore it.

The federal government can confer health care, education, housing and casino rights, but for small bands like many in the Pacific Northwest, recognition takes political muscle they don’t have.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deepening of the lower Columbia River has transformed lifeways for tribal and aquatic communities.

A closed-door meeting today on the Washington Coast to hear about the Quinault Indian Nation's bid to extend its fisheries to Willapa Bay and the bottom end of the Lower Columbia has ended.

The Washington State Senate passed a resolution this session recognizing the Chinook Indian Nation’s history and contributions to the Pacific Northwest.

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Senate has passed Senate Resolution 8690, acknowledging the Chinook Indian Nation and its role in shaping communities along the Lower Columbia River. The bipartisan reso...

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Help Feed Chinook Families This Holiday Season The Chinook Indian Nation’s traditional homelands are at the mouth of the Columbia River, and include land in present-day Clatsop and Columbia counties i...

‘Without it, the Chinook people continue to be denied the support and self-determination they deserve.’

Indigenous leaders call for sovereignty and representation in AI, urging ethical tech grounded in rights, identity, and self-determination.

It is summer, and the season of Tribal Canoe Journey begins. This is a special time for me and for Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. This tradition, once outlawed in the U.S., now brings us ...

The Chinook Indian Nation consists of 5 tribes that surrounding the mouth of the Columbia River on both the Oregon and Washington sides. Every year they have a private First Salmon Ceremony and this y...

The most recent speed bump came when the tribe announced they’d reached an “impasse” with U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington.

After decades of work toward federal recognition with Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez and surrounding tribes, the Chinook Indian Nation is calling on new legislative allies, following an amendment proposed to the bill that would restore recognition but erase core sovereign rights.

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The Chinook lost federal recognition in the early 2000s. We have been fighting to regain our status ever since because it has real-world consequences.

In early January 2001, a celebration was held in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of federal recognition for the Lower Band of Chinook Indians in Southwest Washington. There was cake. Tributes and co...

The guests are Tony Johnson and Rachel Cushman of the Chinook Indian Nation. They’ve had big victories in the past few months but they're still agitating to regain the federal recognition that was rev...