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Chinook Indian Nation et al v. Zinke et al

  1. February 22, 2024

    Wash. Tribe Awarded Land Comp Funds After 50-Year Battle

    In a decision the Chinook Indian Nation on Thursday called groundbreaking for other Indigenous communities, the federal government determined that the tribe will receive more than $48,000 from an Indian Claims Commission judgment handed down half a century ago as compensation for the seizure of the tribe's ancestral lands.

  2. January 22, 2021

    Judge Sends Chinook Suit Against DOI Back To Department

    A dispute between a coastal Washington tribal nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior over access to funds held in trust by the federal government is heading back to the agency for review, following an order in Washington federal court.

  3. January 22, 2020

    DOI Must Revisit Decision Over Chinook Tribe's Trust Fund

    A Washington federal court handed the Chinook Indian Nation a partial win over its claim that the U.S. Department of the Interior stopped sending account statements for funds held in trust because it isn't federally recognized.

  4. January 14, 2020

    Judge Nixes Ban On Tribes Trying Again For Fed. Recognition

    A Washington federal judge has handed a win to the Chinook Indian Nation in its bid for federal government recognition, ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior hadn't justified its "draconian" refusal to allow tribes denied recognition to petition again under its revised rules.

  5. August 28, 2018

    Siletz Tribe Too Late To Jump Into Chinook Suit Against DOI

    A Washington federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon couldn't intervene in the Chinook Indian Nation's suit over federal recognition and access to certain funds held in trust by the government, saying the tribe waited too long to throw its hat in the ring.

  6. August 23, 2018

    Siletz Tribe Says It Belongs In Chinook Suit Against DOI

    The federally recognized Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon has told a federal judge it should be allowed to step into a suit by the Chinook Indian Nation against the federal government in regard to claims relating to the Chinook's efforts to get certain funds held in trust by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

  7. August 21, 2018

    Chinook Say Siletz Tribe Doesn't Belong In Trust Fund Row

    The Chinook Indian Nation has urged a federal judge not to let the federally recognized Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon intervene in a suit against the federal government in regard to claims relating to the Chinook's effort to get certain funds held in trust by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

  8. June 20, 2018

    Tribe Can't Get Judge To Declare Federal Recognition

    The Chinook Indian Nation on Wednesday lost its bid for a Washington federal court to declare it a federally recognized tribe, with a judge saying the court can't go around the federal acknowledgment procedure without "a clear delegation of authority from Congress," but otherwise keeping the tribe's case against the government intact.

  9. January 23, 2018

    Chinook Nation Says Court Can Grant Tribal Recognition

    The Chinook Indian Nation fought back Monday against the federal government's bid to kill its suit aimed at gaining formal recognition, contending that a Washington federal court can and should recognize the group as a tribe, as the people's sovereignty has been acknowledged through its dealings with the United States over the years.

  10. December 01, 2017

    Feds Move To Nix Group's Bid For Tribal Recognition

    The federal government on Thursday asked a Washington federal court to kill a suit brought by the Chinook Indian Nation aimed at gaining formal recognition as a tribe, arguing that the group is improperly trying to correct its prior political failure through "judicial fiat."

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