Our community member Savann submitted the following language and request. The website is embedded, so you easily navigate the Chinook Indian Nation’s page from here.
🌱🌹Please support the Chinook Indian Nation's fight for Federal Recognition! They are one of the only tribes that were approved for federal recognition as a preliminary decision, but not federally recognized in 'final determination'. Leaders like Rachel Cushman are working on suing the U.S. government, arguing that this refusal for federal recognition is "arbitrary and capricious." Federal recognition can influence things like the (lack of) scholarships Native students are allowed to receive. They have a petition and writing-to-legislators template on their website [ https://chinookjustice.org/]. They are also on Instagram with the handle @everydaychinook !
with many hugs, Savann
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