In 1954, the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act removed federal recognition of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and the tribe spent the next three decades fighting to restore it. Cheryle A. Kennedy, the tribe’s chairwoman, shares her personal experience, as told to Noeledrich’ Karina Brown, of losing federal status and her support for the Chinook Indian Nation.
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Cheryle Kennedy is the chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.