In Good Faith, Inc.
Formed: August 2, 2018 | IRS Employee ID: 84-3089132
Documents, By-Laws, and Articles of Incorporation: available upon request.
“The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their land and property shall never be taken without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed.”
-The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Purpose: To undertake research for the purpose of educating and raising public awareness, as well as to advance the legal historic fairness and justice to Native American tribes pertaining to aboriginal rights, treaty violations and failure of the Native American tribes to receive adequate compensation for the taking of ancestral land; to do any other act or thing incident to or connected with the foregoing purposes in advance thereof; and to engage in any other activities for which a nonprofit corporation may be organized under the Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act which fosters the above charitable and educational purposes, and which qualifies as an organization exempt from tax under Code Section 501(c)(3).
“The United States, acting in good faith, expect the like conduct on the part of the Indians, so that perpetual amity and friendship may be maintained between the parties hereto.”
— Article 1, Virginia City Treaty of 1868
“The Indian plays much the same role in our American society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner’s canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith.”
-Felix S. Cohen, 1907-1953
Mission Statement: The purpose of In Good Faith is to undertake research regarding aboriginal rights, treaty violations and inadequate compensation, or failure to pay compensation, with respect to American Indians and their ancestral land in order to educate and provide public awareness of the circumstances of American Indians in the loss of their native land.
Northern Shoshoni Cultural Exchange 2024
About 1,000 people attended the last Northern Shoshoni demonstration powwow at Festival Meadows in 2018. This year, the demonstration will add a “cultural exchange” component to the Wagon Days festivities.
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