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Members of Chinook Indian Nation liken lack of federal recognition to slow-motion ‘genocide’ Updated Apr 03, 2021; Posted Apr 03, 2021 Members of the Chinook Indian Nation paddle a newly made replica of an historic Native American canoe in 2013. They were on the first day of a five-day river journey down the Lower Columbia in honor of their ancestors and in celebration of the river. Faith Cathcart/The OregonianLC- Facebook Share By Anna V. Smith/High Country News Before the pandemic, the cedar plankhouse called Cathlapotle would have been full of stories and fire. Every winter, the Chi...

The ‘slow-motion genocide’ of the Chinook Indian Nation Federal recognition provides tribes with critical healthcare and education. What happens to the tribal nations that the U.S. refuses to recognize? Image credit: Greg A. Robinson April 1, 2021 From the print edition Before the pandemic, the cedar plankhouse called Cathlapotle would have been full of stories and fire. Every winter, the Chinook Indian Nation and neighboring tribes hold their annual gathering here, on their ancestral lands on a Columbia River floodplain, where red-winged blackbirds sing fro...