Supreme Court Decision Ends Tract D Dispute

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to reject Klickitat County’s appeal that the long-disputed Tract D, including Mt. Adams and the Glenwood Valley, should not be a part of the Yakama Reservation effectively ends nearly a century of dispute over the matter.  Klickitat County Commissioner Jacob Anderson says he wasn’t surprised by the decision, noting it does bring the final answer the County had been seeking.  Anderson says the result does not bring major changes, noting people don’t lose property rights and there are in-holdings on reservation lands throughout the country.  Anderson says the County and the Yakama Tribal Nation will need to work through some procedures, but he noted building permits will still go through the County.  Anderson also said interaction between County and tribal law enforcement agencies has been positive.

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