The Columbia and Okanogan Rivers to the east, south and west of the Colville Indian Reservation form natural borders on a map of north-central Washington. On the ground, the reservation’s forested ...

The immediate issue is how Congress should respond to a 2009 ruling in which the justices narrowed the mandate of the Indian Reorganization Act that has guided federal policy since the New Deal.

This map shows the Western Washington land, currently held in federal trust, that a new congressional bill could hand back to the Quinault Indian Nation after nearly 100 years.

Washington tribes boosted the state's economy by generating $7.4 billion in 2023, up from $6.6 billion in 2020, according to ...

State trust lands, which are managed by state agencies, generate millions of dollars for public schools, universities, penitentiaries, hospitals, and other state institutions.

News; Crime/Public Safety; Wildfires burn nearly 10,000 acres on Colville Reservation July 23, 2024 Updated Tue., July 23, 2024 at 9:37 p.m. Swawilla Fire Level 2 evacuation map issued Tuesday for ...

At least 10 states quietly own lands within Indian reservations — and profit from them Tribal climate action plans are being stymied by state-owned land within reservation borders. Maria Parazo Rose & ...