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 ...

If you want to find a turning point in Washington state’s modern history of environmental protection and advocacy, just go back a few decades to the late 1980s and early 1990s. This was a time period ...

High Country News’ twice weekly email newsletter includes our latest on-the-ground reporting and investigations from across the West. Neal McCaleb, assistant director of Indian Affairs, reversed a ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — The population of summer-fall Chinook salmon expected this year on Washington's Skagit River will be the lowest in nearly 15 years, dealing another devastating blow to Native ...

Aug. 11—The salmon wiggled in the tanks on the back of the truck, throwing water into the sky. A few people standing on the truck bed next to the tanks netted the fish, one at a time, then wrestled ...

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 ...

Chinook tribe recognition challenged The Associated Press PORTLAND - The hatred between the Quinault and Chinook Indian tribes dates back centuries. And the rivalry is continuing today. The Quinault ...

Three Northwest tribes and federal agencies are getting closer to understanding how to revive Chinook and sockeye salmon runs on the upper Columbia River that were once among the most abundant in the ...

In mid-March a Chinook Indian Nation social media post stated that U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, had backed off of her promise to champion federal recognition for the tribe at the ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service says extending the life of this Skagit Delta tidegate in northwest Washington will jeopardize the continued existence of Puget Sound chinook salmon and killer ...