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Article: McCaleb Approves Reconsidered Final Determination to Recognize Cowlitz Indian Tribe of Washington
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 3, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Interior Assistant Secretary
-- Indian Affairs Neal A. McCaleb today announced his approval of the
reconsidered final determination in favor of federal acknowledgment
for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe of Washington. The reconsidered final
determination, which McCaleb signed on Dec. 31, 2001, affirms the
final determination signed by his predecessor, Assistant Secretary --
Indian Affairs Kevin Gover, on Feb. 14, 2000 acknowledging that the
Cowlitz Indian Tribe exists as an Indian tribe within the meaning of
federal law.
The 1,482-member tribe, which is located in southwestern
Washington state, submitted a request for federal acknowledgment to
the Bureau of ...