Seventy years ago, Congress passed the Western Oregon Termination Act, stripping 61 western Oregon tribal nations of their treaty-owed rights and resources. Termination acts were part of the federal ...

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 ...

Twenty-three acres of ancestral homeland in Southeastern Washington that used to house a juvenile detention center will soon be returned to the Chinook Indian Nation. That’s based on the April 25 vote ...

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 — ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Critical protections for historic tribal communities now hang in the balance as their future representation remains uncertain. Members of the National Congress of American ...

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 ...

On Feb. 22, the Chinook Indian Nation celebrated a major milestone in our fight to restore our federal recognition: the resolution of Docket 234, which reconfirmed our legal heirship to the settlement ...

The Chinook Indian Nation rallied Monday afternoon in advance of a court hearing that could determine whether the Pacific County-based tribe can reapply for official federal recognition. Tribal ...

Alleged broken promises by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez have resulted in the Chinook Indian Nation seeking a new legislator to champion their ongoing fight for federal recognition. Chinook Indian ...