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Yakama Nation celebrates ‘resounding victory’ for treaty lands
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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The Yakama Nation is celebrating after a federal appeals court confirmed that the tribe has been right all along about its treaty lands in Washington state.
In a unanimous decision on Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 1.4-million acre Yakama Reservation includes a parcel known as Tract D. The land was set aside by treaty more than 150 years ago in recognition of its importance to the tribe and its citizens.
“The Ninth Circuit’s decision is a resounding victory for the rights that our ancestors reserved in the Treaty of 1855,” Chairman Delano Saluskin said in response to the 26-page ruling.
Tract D consists of 121,465 acres in the southwestern part of the reservation. It includes land near Mount Adams — one of the most sacred places for the Yakama Nation — that tribal ancestors recognized as critical for food, water and other resources.
“Both parties to the treaty joined together to protect the Yakama Reservation from Klickitat County’s challenge, and we are thankful the Ninth Circuit honored the treaty parties’ common understanding,” said Saluskin.


9th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Klickitat County (June 11, 2021)
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