Hey salmo g I think you may have the cowlitz and chinook mixed up. The cowlitz indeed received federal recognition in early 2000 and the Quinaults did, within, the 90 day period, appeal this and of course it is now back to the BIA. But the Chinook also received federal recognition in December 2000 and the Quinaults appealed this one also within the 90 day period. It is my understanding that the Chinook are the ones with subtantial land allotments on the Quinault reservation.

An interesting side not is the term for the head of the BIA, who granted both these tribes recognition, ran out in december and there now is a new person in that position.