Their clothing was rotten ... for which we gave fishing hooks & some trifling things …” Yes, the Indians — Chinooks — met the Corps of Discovery at a place of such misery Clark called ...

Almost two centuries after Chinook Indians greeted Lewis and Clark near the mouth of the Columbia River, the U.S. government does not recognize that their frustrated descendants still exist as a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Their ancestors helped the struggling Lewis and Clark expedition stay alive, but today’s Chinook Indian Nation says the tribe will not participate in the official bicentennial ...

VANCOUVER -- The Chinook tribe, whose people have lived in the lower Columbia region long before European settlers' arrival, would achieve long-sought federal recognition under a bill introduced ...

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 fede ...

Molly Solomon / OPB The Chinook Indian Nation is taking its fight for federal recognition into the courtroom. U.S. District Court Judge Ronald B. Leighton heard oral arguments and will take the ...

“This is an important step for the Chinook Nation in finally reclaiming full tribal rights,” Tribal Chairman Tony Johnson said in a tribe press release. Federally recognized tribes are ...

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, as the Bureau of Indian ...

Feb. 10), it seemed to develop the theme that the Chinook tribe will be better off because we have uncovered a smidgen of their paved-over land. Sure it was a nice pat on the back and an ...