Larry, I wonder if Hunter Farms on the other side of the river has to reimburse or pay "rent" to the tribe for the land they occupy? I am guessing the tribe claims all of Hunter Farms land as theirs. Just wondering.

Lifter, the tribe's claim is that the borders to the reservation include the river up to its bank on the far side. History, maps and a other sources do a good job of disputing this. There was a prior suit the tribe lots concerning the ownership of tidelands that lays out some guidelines to determining borders. From this precedent, I believe the tribe clearly is in the wrong. In any case, the this would not have any bearing on Hunters land, just his right to access the river boarding his property.

I posted an old email here in the past in which I was told the State / Departement had worked out an agreement to open up the Skok in the past, but at the NOF tribal negotiations the other tribes stated that if an agreement was attempted, they would walk out of the negotiations - basically cancelling the State's / Department's ability to get a season. The State then caved. Then, it was all basically covered up. Both the state and tribe indicated that they work still working out an agreement and the Skok's actually came out and said the issue never came up.

Huge reason why the meetings must be opened.

Gov. response to the email I sent:
"Thank you for contacting Governor Inslee. We have received your comments and appreciate that you have taken the time to share your thoughts with our office.

Communicating with the Governor is an important way to help shape our state's policies and priorities. We all benefit from the input of interested individuals like you. Although the volume of contacts we receive does not permit a specific response to every email, please know that all comments are read and shared with internal staff and agencies as appropriate.

If you are experiencing problems with a state agency, our office will send a referral to the headquarters office on your behalf and ask that agency staff respond to you directly.

If you are contacting us about an issue that is outside of the Governor's jurisdiction, we will follow up with you and provide appropriate contact information and other resources as available.

Again, thank you for reaching out to Governor Inslee.

Sincerely,


Constituent Services
Office of Governor Jay Inslee

Obviously they are busy and sent out a generic response, understandable. we will see if they follow up?

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