The Arid Lands Ecology Reserve in Washington. Photo from Department of Energy / Flickr

A federal jury convicted a member of the Yakama Nation of Washington of one count but deadlocked on another in a treaty rights case.

Delbert Loren Wheeler was found guilty of using a motorized vehicle on lands not designated as a road. The jury did not reach a verdict on a charge of disturbing and injuring natural growth but federal prosecutors won't retry him, The Yakima Herald Republic reported.

Federal authorities say Wheeler drove through the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve, which is part of the Hanford Reach National Monument, in October 2011. He claimed he had a right to be there under the Yakama Treaty of 1855.

Wheeler was not charged with any hunting violations although authorities reportedly found elk carcasses in his vehicle.

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