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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Chinook Indian Nation’s champion for recognition receives high honor Tony A. (naschio) Johnson, chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, was recently honored with the 2025 Indigenous Leadership ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series that illuminates the historical context of tribal law in the Pacific Northwest and examines cases where tribes and tribal members have used federal courts ...

(KPTV) - A Native American tribe whose ancestral home is near the mouth of the Columbia River is hoping for some movement in its decades-long quest to be recognized by the U.S. Government. The Chinook ...

Tony Johnson, chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, speaks out in favor of federal recognition for the Chinook tribe, which continues to suffer poverty and poor health while other tribes move ahead, ...