PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — 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 ...

Members of the Chinook Indian Nation rallied Monday on the steps of a federal building in Seattle to raise awareness for their long fight to get federal recognition. Chairman Tony Johnson, whose ...

When Sam Robinson arrives at a public event in his distinctive cone-shaped Chinook hat to sing, play his drum and tell stories, what seems like a cultural, broadly spiritual moment is something else ...

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 ...

In mid-March a Chinook Indian Nation social media post stated that U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, had backed off of her promise to champion federal recognition for the tribe at the ...

Chinook Indian Nation chairman Tony Johnson and Columbia Land Trust executive director Meg Rutledge shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on Sunday. There’s a phrase in Chinuk Wawa — ...

The Pacific Northwest is shaped by the culture and history of Indigenous peoples who have called this region home since time immemorial. As leaders of foundations explicitly focused on racial justice ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — When the Chinook Indian Nation (CIN) won a legal case back in 1970, they were awarded settlement funds as compensation for land taken from them by the U.S. government over 170 years ...

In 1805, the Chinook Indians met Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River. Historians say that without the tribe’s help the explorers would have perished over the long, wet winter. The tribe ...