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  Colville Indian Reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Colville Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in eastern Washington State, inhabited and managed by Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is recognized by the United States of America as an American Indian Tribe.
The Confederated Tribes have 8,700 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes.
The tribes are known in English as: the Colville, the Nespelem, the San Poil, the Lake, the Palus, the Wenatchi, the Chelan, the Entiat, the Methow, the southern Okanogan, the Moses Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confederated_Tribes_of_the_Colville_Reservation   (1275 words)

  
 Washington v. Conf’d Tribes of Colville Indian Reservation, 447 U.S. 134, 100 S.Ct. 2069, 65 L.Ed.2d 10 (1980)
The Colville, Lummi, and Makah Reservations are isolated and underdeveloped.
The power to tax transactions occurring on trust lands and significantly involving a tribe or its members is a fundamental attribute of sovereignty which the tribes retain unless divested of it by federal law or necessary implication of their dependent status.
The incidence of the Colville, Lummi, and Makah taxes falls on the cigarette purchaser, since the tribal ordinances specify that the tax is to be passed on to the ultimate consumer.
www.utulsa.edu /law/classes/rice/USSCT_Cases/Wash_v_Conf_Tribes_Colville_447_134.htm   (12209 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
14 The Colville, Lummi, and Makah Reservations are isolated and underdeveloped.
Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. (1978), recognized that Indian tribes are "prohibited from exercising both those powers of autonomous States that are expressly terminated by Congress and those powers `inconsistent with their status.'" (Emphasis and citations omitted.) Still, United States v.
The tribe complained that the tax had to be invalidated because the revenues which it received as lessor would be directly reduced as a result of the state tax since lessees would be unwilling to pay the same price for tax-exempt grazing lands as for taxable grazing lands.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=447&invol=134   (17050 words)

  
 CIR9_Cases
No lands or interests in lands owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation shall be subject to disposition hereafter without the consent of the duly authorized governing body of the tribes, and no lands or interests in lands shall be acquired for the tribes without the consent of the said governing body.
The agreement entered into by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Okanogan and Ferry Counties of the State of Washington on April 21, 1954, is hereby ratified and approved.
The Colville Tribes voted against application of the I.R.A. Thus, the 818,000 acres remained open to acquisition by non-Indians in which event said acquired lands would be subject to taxation by the Counties.
www.msaj.com /cases/511fsu.htm   (3800 words)

  
 Colville
In June 1994 the Administration officially transmitted to the Congress enabling legislation for a settlement of the Colville Tribes' claim against the United States for the use of their lands by the reservoir from the Grand Coulee Dam.
Settlement discussions between the Tribes, the Justice Department and the Bonneville followed and in early 1994, agreement was reached between the Tribes and the United States.
The Committee is aware that the Spokane Tribe, whose lands were also inundated by the Grand Coulee Reservoir, has suffered a harm that is identical in many respects to the harm suffered by the Colville Tribes.
www.ccrh.org /comm/moses/primary/Colville.html   (2754 words)

  
 The Flag of the Colville Confederated Tribes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The reservation is named after Fort Colville, a British outpost established in the 1820s.
The coyote, a significant animal in the beliefs and iconography of the Colville, baying at the moon, is shown in natural colors.
This bridge serves as the gateway to the reservation for tourists, and the tourism business is a major economic interest to the town of Grand Coulee, and thus the entire reservation.
members.aol.com /Donh523/navapage/colville.htm   (1135 words)

  
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The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation has a primary interest in the protection of its fish and wildlife resources within and influenced by the waters of the Colville Reservation.
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation has jurisdiction to enforce the tribal hydraulics project permit system in order to protect fish and wildlife and the waters of the Reservation.
It is the policy of the Colville Business Council that a flow of water sufficient to support game fish and food fish populations as well as wetland dependent wildlife species populations be maintained at all times within the waters of the Colville Reservation.
thorpe.ou.edu /archives/colville/CHPT4-9.html   (5578 words)

  
 Governors Office of Indian Affairs
The Colville reservation was established April 19, 1872 east of the Columbia River by the executive order signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.
The North half of the reservation was opened to the public domain and opened for mineral entry by the act of February 20, 1896.
The Confederated Tribes of Colville are run by their business Council which derived its powers from their constitution and bylaws.
www.goia.wa.gov /Tribal-Information/Tribes/colville.htm   (328 words)

  
 ESRI Conservation Program Resources: General Conservation
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA e95.
(Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation PO Box 638 Pendleton, Oregon 97801, Phone: (541) 276-3165, FAX: (541) 276-3095) email: croswell@ucinet.com) "Once numbering over 8,000 strong (prior to European contact), the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) now have 1,900 enrolled members, of which two-thirds live on or near the Umatilla Reservation.
These lands are home to over 3,000 members of three tribes which form The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon." Tribal GIS PROGRAM: "In 1991, the Office of Information Systems assisted the Natural Resources branch of the Tribal in setting up a GIS Center.
www.conservationgis.org /links/native2.html   (1600 words)

  
 Lake Roosevelt NRA: Administrative History (Appendix E)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The NPS and tribes shall develop and implement a procedure that informs the recreating public of all facilities, resources, and concessions located within the LRMA, and the limitations on their use, and further informs the recreating public of the rules applicable in the various Management Areas of the LRMA, including anti-pollution rules.
The tribes shall retain within those parts of the Reservation Zone within their respective reservations the right to beneficially develop and utilize the natural resources and to develop economic enterprises that are compatible within the character of the LRMA, subject to federal statutory requirements.
The Federal parties will provide notice to the tribes of all contracting opportunities within the LRMA and will coordinate on contracting options, which may be available to tribes, either directly or through another Federal agency, within the LRMA, prior to the obligation of appropriated funds consistent with their statutory authorities.
www.nps.gov /laro/adhi/adhiae.htm   (2345 words)

  
 TriTAC. EPS. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Culturally-Based Literacy
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Culturally-Based Literacy
Since training and education is a real priority for their CCDF subsidy dollars, Colville pays for services to a number of families who attend colleges and universities away from the reservation.
Like all Indian children, Colville children are dually eligible for both tribal and state CCDF assistance; therefore, many Colville families access State of Washington CCDF subsides.
www.nccic.org /tribal/effective/colville/literacy.html   (561 words)

  
 Mainstem recommendation 10 - Colville Confederated Tribes
The Colville Tribes recommend the plan include as a priority, a measure that investigates the feasibility of restoring anadromous fish in the blocked areas, especially above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams.
The Colville Tribes recommend the plan investigate measures to improve mainstem spawning and rearing habitat conditions throughout the Columbia River, especially in the tailrace of Chief Joseph Dam.
The Colville Tribes are currently actively participating in this recovery effort and recommend that the Council include as a measure in their mainstem plan, the planning, coordination and funding of recovery actions necessary to restore and stabilize this population.
www.nwcouncil.org /library/recommend/mainstem/10.htm   (1836 words)

  
 Colville Congressional Testimony
A Colville representative testified that the United States had taken the Northern Half of the Colville Reservation with all the farming land, and was about to end our salmon fishing.
He presented letters showing that the Colville Tribes own to the center of the Columbia River, and said he thought the Colville Tribes were entitled to a 10% royalty on the power to be produced.
The Colville Tribes also employed an economist, who specialized in hydropower, who presented a report showing that fair compensation to the Colville Tribes could be over a billion dollars in back payments and annual payments beginning at $88 million per year.
www.ccrh.org /comm/river/docs/coltest3.htm   (2277 words)

  
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
We, the people of the Colville Reservation in the State of Washington, in order to form a recognized representative council to handle our Reservation affairs, and in order to improve the economic condition of ourselves and our posterity, do hereby establish this Constitution and By-Laws.
This Constitution and By-Laws may be amended by a majority of the qualified voters of the Confederated Tribes voting at an election called for that purpose.
The tribe shall also take appropriate action to correct the existing tribal roll and, if necessary delete from the rolls alien Indians whose names appear on the rolls of the Confederated Tribes and who have abandoned tribal relations.
www.narf.org /nill/Constitutions/colvilleconst/colvilleconst.htm   (2798 words)

  
 TITLE 10 EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTING
Like land, water, and minerals, jobs, subcontracts, leases and contracts on or near the Colville Reservation are an important resource for Indian people and Indians must use their rights to obtain their rightful share of such opportunities as they become available.
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation believes it is important to establish an employment rights program and office in order to optimize the aforementioned laws and powers to increase employment of Indian workers and businesses and to eradicate discrimination against Indians.
Said fees shall be paid to the Colville tribal finance department and shall be credited to the TERO Administration line item in the general fund of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/colville_lawandorder_CHPT10-1.html   (1748 words)

  
 ATSDR - Health Consultation - Colville Confederated Tribes (a/k/a Columbia River Mile 597-745), Bridgeport, Douglas ...
In October 2000, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation requested that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) review and comment on the proposed Air Toxics Study of airborne bed and bank sediments from Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake [1].
The upper Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt form the southern and eastern boundaries of the Colville Reservation in Ferry County.
The towns of Inchelium and Keller are the two population centers on the Colville Reservation that are located close to Lake Roosevelt.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/colville/cct_p1.html   (2744 words)

  
 CIR9_Cases
Appellees are the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation (the Tribes), a federally recognized tribal organization.
The only authority claimed by the State is to impose upon non-Indians who wish to fish upon the reservation its licensing requirements and such of its statutes and regulations as impose restrictions equal to or more restrictive than those that the Tribes apply to both Indians and non-Indians who fish on the reservation.
Non members of the Colville Tribes desiring to hunt or fish on the Colville Reservation must comply with all applicable state laws, in addition to all ordinances of the Colville Tribes.
www.msaj.com /cases/591F2d89.htm   (2335 words)

  
 Ancient One / Kennewick Man
Local Tribes, including the CTUIR, Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Wanapum Band, want the remains reburied as required by traditional tribal law and according to a federal law called the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
The remains, which came to be known as the Ancient One to the tribes and known as the Kennewick Man in the press, were found on Army Corps of Engineers lands and subject to federal law including NAGPRA.
The following is a summary of press statements, news releases and position papers by officials of the CTUIR during the pendancy of the case.
www.umatilla.nsn.us /ancient.html   (403 words)

  
 Constitution and By
Section 1: The governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation shall be a council known as the Colville Business Council.
It shall be the duty of all Courts established under this section to interpret and enforce the laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation as adopted by the governing body of the Tribes.
(c) A Judge may be removed from office for good cause prior to the expiration of a term by a majority of the voters of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation at a special election called for that purpose.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/colville_constandbylaws.htm   (2844 words)

  
 A Walk Through Time
Until the mid-1800’s, our forefathers, the ancestors of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, were nomadic: following the seasons and sources of food and moving from place to place to occupy fishing sites and to harvest berries and native plants.
Our forefathers knew no boundaries until the invasion of Europeans, other than those established by some tribes in certain areas.
consent of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
www.colvilletribes.com /past.htm   (378 words)

  
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Table of Contents
Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Table of Contents
NILL recommends that you contact the tribe for the "official" version.
Also, it was published as part of the 2001 edition of the tribe's Law and Order Code.
www.narf.org /nill/Constitutions/colvilleconst/colvilleconsttoc.htm   (124 words)

  
 NOAA Awards $574,000 to Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation for Salmon Recovery Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
NOAA Awards $574,000 to Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation for Salmon Recovery Projects
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a grant of $574,000 to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation of northeast Washington.
The Tribes will use these funds to implement projects related to their ongoing efforts to protect and recover depleted salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest.
www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov /releases2003/sep03/noaa03r950.html   (231 words)

  
 Lake Roosevelt NRA: Administrative History (Chapter 1 Endnotes)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Statement of Colville and Okanogan chiefs to President Calvin Coolidge in November 1925, in Maria Ilma Raufer, Black Robes and Indians on the Last Frontier: A Story of Heroism (Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1966), 428.
The spelling is frequently confused with the later U.S. Army post, Fort Colville.
Although the Yakama Tribe's name was spelled "Yakima" for many years, the treaty spelling was Yakama; the tribe officially returned to this earlier spelling in 1992.
www.nps.gov /laro/adhi/adhi1n.htm   (722 words)

  
 EPA Bioindicators - Bioassessment Programs - Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
EPA Bioindicators - Bioassessment Programs - Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page.
See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.
www.epa.gov /bioiweb1/html/state/colville-bio.html   (60 words)

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