Wednesday, May 28, 2025 – Hurdles, Opposition Confront Tribes on the Cusp of Federal Recognition » Native America Calling

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 » National Native News

A group of tribes want the U.S. government to explain how it historically funded boarding schools for Indigenous children. As Jimmy Romo reports for the Mountain West News Bureau, the tribes recently filed a lawsuit aiming to force the country to reckon with the past. The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma, along with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, filed the lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal district court. It seeks to hold U.…

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 – Hurdles, opposition confront tribes on the cusp of federal recognition » Native America Calling

The 3,300-member Chinook Tribe in Washington State just scrapped their support of legislation for federal recognition tribal leaders had been working on for more than two years. The rejection comes after the key author of the bill added a series of onerous conditions at the last minute. A handful of other tribes around the country are working through the long, complicated process to secure recognition. Meanwhile, efforts to follow through on Pre…