Chinook Indian Nation closer to securing ancestral winter village land

Chinook Indian Nation closer to securing ancestral winter village land

This story originally appeared on Underscore.news.The Naselle Youth Camp, a juvenile detention facility in Naselle, Washington, closed in September 2022. The Washington State Office of Financial Management convened a task force in July to help decide what to do next with the facility and nearly 23 acres of land.On April 25, the task force voted to recommend the return of the camp to the Chinook Indian Nation.There were close to 30 ideas in July …