It took nearly twenty years, but it appears that the Cowlitz of Washington
 State will finally gain federal recognition. There only remains a 180-day
 comment period which ends in August at which time the Interior Department
 will make its final ruling.
 
 Twelve tribes have made it through the process since 1978.
 
 It's taken twenty years, three thousand three hundred pages of documents
 weighing one hundred seventy-eight pounds, hundreds of volunteer hours and
 much work by attornies and historians.
 
 One and a half million dollars was awarded the Cowlitz in the 1970s but the
 a federal agnecy refused to pay a "non-existent" tribe. That money has now
 grown to ten million dollars today. There are one thousand five hundred
 Cowlitz and they own seventeen acres.
 
 Information for the above post taken from "The Oregonian", March 1, 1997.
 Jim
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