This newest ruling reopens an examination at the U.S. Department of Interior.

A federal judge in Seattle has declared the tribe's nearly 50-year quest for recognition should be considered again, but this time, under a new set of rules. ​A federal judge in Seattle has declared the tribe's nearly 50-year quest for recognition should be considered again, but this time, under a new set of rules.    The Duwamish Tribe, a group of Indigenous people that has sought federal recognition as a sovereign Indian nation for nearly 50 years, will get another chance to make its case, a judge ruled last week.