Lack of federal recognition to slow-motion ‘genocide’
For over 120 years, the Chinook Indian Nation of the Pacific Northwest has been trying to prove its sovereignty to the United States government by seeking formal federal recognition -- yet the tribe is still unrecognized. And the pandemic has only exacerbated the Chinook’s lack of a social safety net.
“We don’t need the government to tell us we’re Indian. We just need them to honor the treaty our ancestors signed.”
READ: Members of Chinook Indian Nation liken lack of federal recognition to slow-motion ‘genocide’
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