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 ...

After 160 years of negotiating for their rights with the U.S. government, the is still in the game. The most visible -- and likely least legally recognized -- Native American tribe in the Pacific ...

Tony A. (naschio) Johnson, chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, who was honored this summer with Ecotrust’s 2025 Indigenous Leadership Award, said in an interview that this recognition goes beyond ...

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 ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) - Every day for the last three months, the Chinook Indian Nation has addressed a letter to President Barack Obama about a subject that tribal chairman Tony Johnson calls “a matter ...

Jul. 21—Don Abing, of the Chinook Indian Nation, tapped his chin so the children would remember to pronounce "Chinook" with a "chin" and not a "shin." He told them that Chinook people used Oregon ash ...