PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bones and sacred objects of Chinook Indian Nation ancestors are left on museum shelves without a legal path for descendants to bring home or bury. Chinook Indian Nation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Chinook Indian Nation is closer to regaining its status as a federally recognized tribe following a ...

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 ...

There is no question that the indigenous peoples who lived at the mouth of what is now the Columbia River helped Lewis and Clark's tattered Corps of Discovery survive a bitter Northwest winter nearly ...

A Pacific Northwest tribe is vowing to continue its fight for federal recognition after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to settle the issue. The high court on Monday declined to take up a case that ...

WASHOUGAL – Sam Robinson is continuing his 2025 visits to four Washougal schools, bringing the history of the Chinook people to life for fourth-graders. His presentations recount the enduring legacy ...

A Washington state task force voted to recommend the return of land at a former youth detention facility to the Chinook Indian Nation. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the fiscal committees of the ...

Come and learn about the maritime traditions, heritage, and culture of the Chinook Indian Nation (CIN) at our new exhibit, entitled ntsayka ilíi ukuk, or “This is Our Place.” The exhibit—which ...

Since time immemorial, members of the five tribes that comprise the Chinook Indian Nation spent their winters in a sheltered inland spot along a creek that feeds the Naselle River. The U.S. government ...

In July, when members of the Chinook Tribe were invited to the White House for a kick-off to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, they came bearing gifts – a hand-carved dugout canoe and beads – for the ...

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 ...