Tony Johnson is the former Education Director of Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, the Chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation (CIN) which has about 3000 people total, and he’s also a Chinuk Wawa language teacher.
[citation needed] His father is also a member of the Culture Committee and the Tribal Council.
Johnson was named Oregon Indian Educator of the year in 2008.
As a descendant of the Chinookan and the chairman of the CIN, he’s trying his best to get the government sign treaties that would let the Chinook community be able to stay in their villages and fish in their rivers.
He also fighting to get the Chinook back their lands and their rights which were stripped by the government.