Chinook Indian Nation

10/12/2026

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrate who we are, where we come from, and the generations who carry our culture forward.

For thousands of years, Chinook people have lived along these rivers and shores. Our connection to our ancestral homelands remains unbroken, our culture is alive, and our fight for federal recognition continues.

We have always been here. And we always will be.

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

10/08/2026

We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of a beloved Chinook elder and longtime member of our community.

An active and dedicated member of the Chinook Indian Nation, she gave generously of her time, knowledge, and care. Through her work on the Culture Committee and her involvement in so many gatherings and activities, she helped keep our traditions strong and our community connected.

Her presence, warmth, and dedication to her people will be deeply missed, but the contributions she made and the relationships she nurtured will remain with us.

Our hearts are with her children, her family, and all those who knew and loved her.

A memorial potlatch will be held next year to honor her life. ❤️

10/07/2026

Land Back! ✊🏽
Always good to see ancestral lands returning to their people.

Repost Underscore Native News

In 1855, the Siletz People yielded a parcel of land along the Oregon Coast as the United States ratified treaties and drew up territory. But now the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians are near a land transaction that’ll take almost seven acres of that ceded land out of private ownership and back under their stewardship. The effort is a coordinated Land Back partnership with regional nonprofits and land trusts, and will help safeguard the area against development.

🔗: Read the full story linked Underscore Native News
✍: Brian Bull for Underscore Native News

10/06/2026

The salmon are coming home. 🐟
We’re looking forward to gathering with and Consejo Hispano on October 17 to welcome the returning salmon and celebrate the waters that sustain them.

Repost Necanicum Watershed Council
The Necanicum Watershed Council is hosting a Salmon Celebration in partnership with the Chinook Indian Nation and Consejo Hispano on October 17th from 10 am to 12 pm in Seaside, OR. The Salmon Celebration will be an event dedicated to welcoming home our spawning salmon, highlighting the diverse communities that rely on and connect to this natural event, and bringing special attention to the unique river and estuary ecosystem that makes Seaside so much more than a beach town destination.

10/05/2026

Repost from Missing People in Washington
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10/05/2026

This. 💜

“Native women in leadership roles exist everywhere.”

Throughout , we’re asking: What does it take to create safety for Native women and communities?
For generations, Native women have held vital roles as leaders, advocates, knowledge keepers, and relatives. Creating safety means strengthening the conditions where Native women and communities can thrive—and recognizing the inherent authority of Tribal Nations to shape solutions for their people.

To survivors: we see you, we honor you, and we stand with you.

Repost National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

10/03/2026

10/03/2026

Repost from Cliff Taylor
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Come out and join us for our sixth annual Indigenous People’s Day Rally in Astoria, Oregon!

Represent, bring a sign, bring a friend, bring your dreams of a different, better, more Indigenous world!

Powerful, beautiful things can happen when we gather, and such gatherings are so needed right now.

Thanks to all who’ve come and supported our Indigenous People’s Day Rally over the years. We started with four of us and have grown to a size ten times that. Let’s make this year another good one!

Spread the word and we’ll see you there!!!

📷by ami_w_5

10/02/2026

“They’re not caring for the actual place.”

For generations, the Columbia River has been dredged, deepened and reshaped for commerce. But what happens to the river, the fish, the cultural places and the people whose lives have always been tied to it?

Chinook Indian Nation Secretary-Treasurer Rachel Cushman speaks with High Country News about what gets lost when the river is managed as a shipping channel instead of a living place, and when Chinook voices are left out of decisions about our homelands.

Read the story below.

Dredge Oregon operates 24 hours a day, six days a week, with a crew of around 45. The barge, owned by the Port of Portland, is among a small dredging […]

10/01/2026

Today, on , we honor the life, leadership, and continuing legacy of Tillie Black Bear (Sicangu Lakota), also known as Wa Wokiye Win, “Woman Who Helps Everyone.”💜

Tillie trailblazed a movement grounded in traditional teachings, the leadership of Native women, and a vision of safety that extended to generations yet to come.

Those generations to come? That’s us.

Her work continues through advocates, Tribal Nations, programs, survivors, and communities, carrying this movement forward today. As we begin , her teachings challenge us to ask: What will it take to create lasting safety for Native women and communities?

Repost from National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center