On the recognition issue, however, the Samish finally prevailed. A 1996 U.S. District Court order in the tribe’s favor referred to the “protracted and tortured history” of the Samish struggle and ...
Karenne Wood's words in May seem prophetic. The U.S. House of Representatives, amid the fanfare of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, had passed a bill that would give federal recognition to six ...
In the last year, the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation has worked to protect its cultural sites from more than 850 land development projects around the Los Angeles Basin, thanks to a ...