The Yakama Nation is disputing the state of Washington's claim of ownership of nearly 19,000 acres of land.
The tribe says the land was wrongly excluded from a survey of its reservation in 1908. By the time a map defined by the Treaty of 1855 was found, much of the land fell out of Indian ownership.
The area is now a checkerboard of state, private and tribal parcels. The state authorized an elk hunt that could force the ownership issue into court.
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Yakama Nation disputes state ownership of land
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
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