Federal recognition still eludes Duwamish tribe

Jacob Nierenberg • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Once again, the Duwamish tribe is looking at trying again in the quest for federal recognition as a Native American tribe. The Department of the Interior said last week that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that the current tribe, which consists of approximately 600 people, has descended from</p></h2>
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            <p>Once again, the Duwamish tribe is looking at trying again in the quest for federal recognition as a Native American tribe. The Department of the Interior said last week that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that the current tribe, which consists of approximately 600 people, has descended from the historical Duwamish tribe. (It should be noted that Duwamish members are recognized individually as Native Americans by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.) The tribe has been pushing for federal recognition, whose benefits include housing and the authority to operate casinos, since 1977. An attorney <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/puget-sound/duwamish-tribe-denied-federal-recognition/?ref=avalancheghost.one">told the Seattle Times</a> that there will be an appeal.</p>
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Once again, the Duwamish tribe is looking at trying again in the quest for federal recognition as a Native American tribe. The Department of the Interior said last week that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that the current tribe, which consists of approximately 600 people, has descended from the historical Duwamish tribe. (It should be noted that Duwamish members are recognized individually as Native Americans by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.) The tribe has been pushing for federal recognition, whose benefits include housing and the authority to operate casinos, since 1977. An attorney told the Seattle Times that there will be an appeal.

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By Jacob Nierenberg

Jacob Nierenberg is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He has lived in Washington for nearly all of his life, and still proudly identifies with the Pacific Northwest despite his relocation to Stanford U