Restore the Federal Recognition Status of the Chinook Indian Nation

[Hotspring 44]

I signed the petition.

In the petition; what it says about it:

Obama Administration: Restore the Federal Recognition Status of the Chinook Indian Nation Petition by Chinook Indian Tribes / Nation
https://www.change.org/petitions/oba...re_before_sign

The only basis for termination of Chinook Federal Recognition was the naming of 4 Chinook tribes in the 1954 W. Ore Termination Act, created to assimilate Indians into White culture.

After years of petitioning, the US reinstated the Chinooks in 2000. Then the Bush Administration rescinded the Recognition, dismissing extensive evidence of continuous Tribal existence. The Chinook satisfy all 6 criteria for Tribal Restoration: Ongoing community of Indians who are descendants of the Tribe; Located in the vicinity of the former lands; Performing self-governing functions through elected representatives/general membership meetings; Current use of aboriginal language/customs/culture; Marked deterioration in socioeconomic conditions since termination; & lower than average socioeconomic conditions.

The (actual) letter is simple and very short, it says

To: Obama Administration
Restore the Federal Recognition Status of the Chinook Indian Nation
Sincerely,
[Your name]

More:

Recognition and restoration of the Chinook's tribal rights seem natural. After all, Chinook ancestors saved U.S. explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from freezing and starving when they reached the Pacific Ocean in the fall of 1805 and then nursed them through the winter at Fort Clatsop, outside present-day Astoria.

The Chinook don't want to build a casino, leaders said. The tribe rejected gaming by a vote in 1999. It doesn't want handouts or anyone's land, leaders said. They just want tribal identity and rights.

The above info is from an article in the https://www.oregonlive.com website titled: "Chinook tribe pushes for recognition, again" Dated; November 28, 2012.

Also From Wikipedia article titled "Chinook_people":

Famous Chinooks

• Chief Comcomly
• Charles Cultee, the principal informant employed by Franz Boas for his work published as Chinook Texts
• Ranald MacDonald, a half-Chinook, born in Fort Astoria, Oregon, to Archibald McDonald, a Scottish Hudson's Bay Company fur trader, and Raven, chief Concomly's daughter, was the first Westerner to teach English in Japan, in 1847–1848, including educating Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters that would later handle the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate
• J. Christopher Stevens, American diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from June 2012 to September 2012. He was killed when the U.S. consulate was attacked in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012 ^[8]
• Catherine Troeh, historian, artist, activist and advocate for Native American rights and culture. She was a member and elder of the Chinook tribe and a direct descendant of Chief Comcomly
• Chief Tumulth, signed the treaty that created the Grand Ronde Reservation and was later killed by Gen. Philip Sheridan

[Kate Elliott]

Masi for your support. Please also sign our White House Petition at www.tinyurl.com/ChinookJan

I signed the petition.
More:
The above info is from an article in the https://www.oregonlive.com website titled: "Chinook tribe pushes for recognition, again" Dated; November 28, 2012.

Also From Wikipedia article titled "Chinook_people":

[Hotspring 44]

Thanks for the info.
I did, after you mentioned it, just signed that one too.

Masi for your support. Please also sign our White House Petition at www.tinyurl.com/ChinookJan