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Tribes without U.S. recognition at higher economic risk


Tribes without U.S. recognition at higher economic risk
The path is long, complicated and expensive.
By CHRISTINE FERNANDOAssociated Press
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Tony A. Naschio Johnson, center, elected chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, plays a drum as he leads tribal members and supporters as they march to the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., on Jan. 6, 2020. Ted S. Warren/Associated Press, file
Rachel Lynne Cushman is used to getting calls from Chinook Nation members worried about losing housing or having their power shut off. Since COVID-19 hit, they come in daily.
Cushman is secretary-treasurer for the group of tribes whose rural, ancestral lands are based in one of Washington state’s poorest counties. While they mostly have been spared from the health effects of the coronavirus, the pandemic has taken a significant economic toll. ....

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