Posted on Jun 1, 2022
'It's bringing healing:' Methow Valley land returned to Colville Tribes
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More than a century after the United States government took most of their land, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are getting small chunks of it back.
The nonprofit Methow Conservancy handed over the deed to 328 acres of forest, sagebrush, and salmon spawning grounds along the Chewuch River in the Methow Valley to the Colville Tribes on May 19.
The deal follows the return of 9,200 acres of ranch land just east of the Methow Valley to the Colville Tribes in October.
“It touches our heart," said Andy Joseph Jr., Colville Business Council Chairman, "that some of our people will be able to spend some time in their homeland on probably the very same place their elders’ footsteps once were.”
The business council is the governing body of the Confederated Colville Tribes.
The nonprofit Methow Conservancy handed over the deed to 328 acres of forest, sagebrush, and salmon spawning grounds along the Chewuch River in the Methow Valley to the Colville Tribes on May 19.
The deal follows the return of 9,200 acres of ranch land just east of the Methow Valley to the Colville Tribes in October.
“It touches our heart," said Andy Joseph Jr., Colville Business Council Chairman, "that some of our people will be able to spend some time in their homeland on probably the very same place their elders’ footsteps once were.”
The business council is the governing body of the Confederated Colville Tribes.
'It's bringing healing:' Methow Valley land returned to Colville Tribes
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..."Conservation Northwest executive director Mitch Friedman said in a press release that the Figlenski ranch deal may be the most rewarding and meaningful action he’s been involved in.
“We are making a statement here that injustices can be redressed,” Friedman said.
The Conservation Northwest deal prohibits residential, industrial, or commercial use of the land other than agriculture or minimal commercial recreation.
Methow Conservancy executive director Sarah Brooks said her group donated the Wagner Ranch land to the Colville Tribes outright, with no strings attached.
“It was clear we shared the same vision and values for the landscape. And out of respect for the care they gave that land since time immemorial, we felt it was the right thing to do to give it back with a sense of trust,” Brooks said."
..."Conservation Northwest executive director Mitch Friedman said in a press release that the Figlenski ranch deal may be the most rewarding and meaningful action he’s been involved in.
“We are making a statement here that injustices can be redressed,” Friedman said.
The Conservation Northwest deal prohibits residential, industrial, or commercial use of the land other than agriculture or minimal commercial recreation.
Methow Conservancy executive director Sarah Brooks said her group donated the Wagner Ranch land to the Colville Tribes outright, with no strings attached.
“It was clear we shared the same vision and values for the landscape. And out of respect for the care they gave that land since time immemorial, we felt it was the right thing to do to give it back with a sense of trust,” Brooks said."
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