| Jennifer Porter | |
| Office: | Tribal chair of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho |
| Term Start: | 2005 |
| Predecessor: | Gary Aitken, Sr. |
| Birth Place: | Navajo Nation, Fort Defiance |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Nationality: | Navajo and Kootenai |
| Children: | 3 |
Jennifer Porter is the current tribal chair of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.[1] She was born in Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance and is half Navajo and half Kootenai.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] [5]
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".[6] 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".[7]