The Skokomish Tribe of Washington is near a settlement over two dams that were built on its traditional territory, The Tacoma News Tribune reports.
The tribe would receive $12.6 million and 1,140 acres from Tacoma Power in exchange for dropping a $5.6 billion lawsuit over fishing rights and salmon runs.
The tribe would also get a 7.25 percent stake in the power generated by one of the dams.
The dams have been the subject of litigation going back to 1930.
Get the Story:
Dam deal close after most of a century
(The Tacoma News Tribune 12/16)
Related Stories:
Appeals court rejects tribe's treaty rights
claim (03/10)
Appeals court to hear
Wash. tribe's treaty dispute (03/17)
Appeals court to rehear Wash. tribe's treaty
case (2/25)
Appeals
court rules on Skokomish Tribe claims (06/05)
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
More Stories
Share this Story!
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories in the Indianz.Com Archive are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)