{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jennifer Porter | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | office = Tribal chair of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho | term_start = 2005 | term_end = | predecessor = Gary Aitken, Sr. | successor = | birth_date = {{circa|{{Birth year and age|1974}}|lk=on}} | birth_place = Navajo Nation, Fort Defiance | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | citizenship = United States | party = | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = 3 | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Jennifer Porter''' is the current tribal chair of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kootenai.org/main.html|title=Kootenai Tribe of Idaho|accessdate=2006-10-22|archive-date=2006-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029084630/http://www.kootenai.org/main.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was born on the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance and is half Navajo and half Kootenai.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cohn|first=R.J.|title=Kootenai Tribal Chair Stresses Education for Tribe's Future|url=http://www.ruralnorthwest.com/artman/publish/article_9253.shtml|newspaper=Boundary County Digest|date=December 16, 2008}}</ref> She replaced her uncle on the Kootenai Tribal Council when she was 23. Porter has promoted educational and cultural programs, including a computer program to teach students words from the Kutenai language.<ref>{{cite news|last=Golder|first=Julie|title=Porter passionate about education, Kootenai culture|url=http://www.bonnersferryherald.com/local/article_64fe20ee-1608-11e1-ad9c-001cc4c03286.html|newspaper=Bonners Ferry Herald|date=November 23, 2011|archive-date=December 9, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209130814/http://www.bonnersferryherald.com/local/article_64fe20ee-1608-11e1-ad9c-001cc4c03286.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has three children, two of whom attend the Boundary County School District public school.
Porter has been active in efforts to save the Kootenai River white sturgeon.<ref>{{Cite journal | title = Restoring the Kootenai River | journal = The River Journal | accessdate = 2012-12-11 | date = 2009-08-14 | url = http://riverjournal.com/vivvo/news/724-restoringthekootenai_james_082009.html | archive-date = 2011-08-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110830093818/http://riverjournal.com/vivvo/news/724-restoringthekootenai_james_082009.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/news/newsreleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=2438FA19-A264-FE25-29F31FDF251D7804|title=The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, State of Montana, Federal Agencies and Conservation Groups reach historic agreement to save Kootenai River white sturgeon|date=2008-09-02|work=US Fish and Wildlife Service|accessdate=2012-12-11}}</ref>
In 2009, she signed an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection "to develop an enhanced tribal card for the purpose of crossing the border with the U.S. and Canada".<ref name="tribalcard">{{Cite web |title=CBP and Idaho's Kootenai Tribe Sign Memorandum of Agreement to Develop Enhanced Tribal Card |work=CBP NewsPhotos |accessdate=2012-12-11 |date=2009-02-02 |url=http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/multimedia/photo_gallery/archives/2009_newsphotos/ahern_tribal.xml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213170152/http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/multimedia/photo_gallery/archives/2009_newsphotos/ahern_tribal.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-13 }}</ref> In January 2012, the Kootenai Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC) was designated "as a travel document acceptable for entering into the United States through a land or sea port of entry".<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBP Designates Kootenai Tribe's Enhanced Tribal Card as Acceptable Travel Document |work=CBP.gov |accessdate=2012-12-11 |date=2012-01-31 |url=http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/national/01312012.xml |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021182750/http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/national/01312012.xml |archivedate=2012-10-21 }}</ref>
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