Tribe Seeks to Restore Status

Nov 8

Their families survived a military extermination campaign.

Now, members of the Confederated Tribes of the Lower Rogue hope they survive a trip through federal bureaucracy.

For more then 14 years, tribal Chairman Don Fry, Vice Chairman Clyde Haga and other members of the Chetco and Tututni tribes have painstakingly amassed documentation of the tribes’ histories and cultures, with the goal of restoring federal recognition as the Confederated Tribes of the Lower Rogue.

But their application is making slow progress while congressional staffers assess the tribes’ needs and research the best way to meet them.