Steelyhorn Hunter, Here is what I know. Tribal members who make a money fishing or working in a fish related field (i.e. hatchery worker) can choose to be tax exempt. All other tribal workers are not tax exempt. However, a Yakama tribal member working on the Quinault reservation does not get this choice, you must be Quinault. If you choose to go tax exempt you also lose social security and I believe unemployment benefits.

As far as buying a vehicle, tribal members who live on or near the reservation get their state taxes back after the vehicle is payed off. Hope this clears things up. Updated info on the vehicle taxes. I checked on this and things have changed since I bought my last rig. It's not true that you have to wait till it's payed off. sorry

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