Washington’s tribal government leaders are building a better future for all of us by investing in public safety, education, and jobs.

Resources

Learn more about Washington's Tribes and the contributions they are making to communities throughout Washington state.

News:

Yakama Nation biologists are working to reintroduce the Pacific lamprey to its home waters in the Yakima River basin. These eel-like creatures are a historic food source for the Yakama, as well as being an important part of the river ecosystem for birds and other species. Anyone know how they taste?
The success of tribal businesses and gaming is benefiting communities across Washington, as well as state tax revenues.
Leslie Johnson, director of the Squaxin Island Tribe Tourism Department, has been appointed to the Washington Tourism Alliance. "The WTA's Board will benefit greatly from her knowledge and we know our Tribal interests will be represented," said Squaxin Island Tribal Council Member Charlene Kris.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe unveiled a new 26,000-square-foot Tribal Center on May 3rd. "Tribal history, tradition and culture are incorporated into the building's design, including a roof line that reflects native salmon, a cultural icon for the Nisquallys."
The Suquamish Museum and Cultural Center is the newest addition to an impressive list of tribal centers across the northwest dedicated to preserving and sharing Native American culture, art and history.
Students from the Hood Canal School, as well as elders from the Skokomish Tribe, took a tour of the Skokomish River estuary recently to see firsthand the restoration work the tribe has undertaken to reestablish habitat for native fish and wildlife.
At the Tulalip Tribes Hibulb Cultural Center, children and parents are working to keep the Lushootseed language alive for future generations, and proper pronunciation is the key.
Nisqually Markets, a new convenience store and fuel station in Lakewood owned and operated by the Nisqually Indian Tribe, opened for business on April 13th. The store has a distinctive Native American look, and features original artwork and hand-smoked fish from the Nisqually Seafood Marketing Program among other unique amenities.
Sacred whale songs and traditional dances were performed recently by the The Quileute Nation of LaPush, WA in honor of the return of the gray whales who are now passing the Washington coast on their annual migration north.
The Colville Confederated Tribes' have won the local Sierra Club's 2013 Watershed Hero Award for their work to hold a British Columbia smelter accountable for dumping pollutants into the upper Columbia River for nearly a century.
The Quinault Indian Nation has announced that two tall ships, the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain, will be joining this summer's Paddle to Quinault 2013 canoe journey! The ships will escort paddlers along the open coast to the landing at Taholah, providing on-the-water safety and logistical support as well as helping promote the event across cultural boundaries.
The Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort is making plans to expand its convention center and meeting space, as well as add a five-story hotel, making it "the largest convention center in the West Sound region."
The Nisqually Indian Tribe's efforts to restore endangered Chinook salmon to the Nisqually River were highlighted in two recent episodes of the "Saving the Ocean" series on KCTS. Both episodes can also be viewed online.
The Colville Tribe is planning to reopen a plywood mill in Omak that could provide as many as 200 new jobs. "This long term agreement will provide for sustainable mill operations and timber management in our forests, as well as needed employment opportunities for tribal members," said John Sirois, chairman of the Business Council of the Colville Tribes.
Threatened by the possibility of rising sea-levels, The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is planning ahead to "survive and thrive".
The Upper Skagit Tribe and the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences are collaborating on a two-year study examining the habitat preferences of juvenile steelhead and salmon in hopes of improving fish recovery in rivers that flow into Puget Sound.
The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe is working on a number of local projects and investments in hopes of "securing a bright and productive future for our community".
The Suquamish Tribe, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, the City of Bremerton and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Keyport teamed up recently to transport over 200,000 coho salmon smolts from Gorst Creek Hatchery in Bremerton to Puget Sound.
David Herrera, a member of the Skokomish Tribe and Vice-Chairman of the Puget Sound Partnership's Ecosystem Coordination Board, was recently featured in a great interview with the Kitsap Sun about continuing to protect and restore Puget Sound.
The Native Action Network's 9th Annual Native Women's Leadership Forum is April 5th at Swinomish Lodge! To learn more about this event please visit the link below.
The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians is investing $5 million in MicroGreen Polymers, a local company making environmentally friendly food packaging from recycled plastic bottles.
The opening of a new early childhood learning center marks the completion of a nearly decade-long building project for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe. The complex also includes a longhouse, elder center and library and was built with a number of environmentally friendly features.
Mary J. Pavel, a member of the Skokomish Tribe, has been named by Senator Maria Cantwell as the staff director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs! Pavel had previously served as the founding president of the Native American Bar Association.
An apprenticeship program put on by the Yakama Nation is helping young tribal members learn valuable career skills and train for the workforce.
Congratulations to Northwest Indian College for thirty years of serving students from our communities!
The Squaxin Island Tribe, the Port of Olympia, and several other groups are working together to clear derelict pilings and other structures from tidelands at a former industrial site in Budd Inlet.
The Sa'Heh'Wa'Mish Days powwow recently brought together thousands of people in the South Sound to celebrate Native American traditions, culture and family.
The Suquamish Tribe, with the help of grants from the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board and the Foss Trustee Fund, is working to improve salmon habitat and remove debris in Doe-Keg-Wats marsh near Camp Indianola.
A $10,000 grant by the Tulalip Tribes is set to help improve the Snohomish County At-Risk Youth and Juvenile Offender Drug Treatment courts, a program dedicated to offeri
The City of Lakewood recently received two grants from the Nisqually Indian Tribe as part of its 2012 Charitable Fund Program. The city obtained a $20,000 grant for its Healthy Start School program, and another for $40,000 to perform stream restoration in Clover Creek. The West Pierce Fire District also received an award of $30,000 to expand emergency medical services.
The Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation skate park being made possible by professional skateboarder Ryan Scheckler and the Sheckler Foundation's "Be The Change" initiative has received some more great news coverage!
The Suquamish Tribe has donated $80,000 to Peninsula Community Health Services, providing a financial boost to the organization which provided services to more than 25,000 patients in 2012.
Over 100 years ago the native sockeye salmon run in the Cle Elum River was wiped out by the construction of dams that prevented fish migration. Now, thanks to an innovative program by the Yakama Nation Fisheries, sockeye are being returned to the river, and this amazing video tells their story.
The Cowlitz Indian Tribal Health Clinic is working with Cowlitz County health officials to improve kids' flu vaccination rates.
Washington Senator Maria Cantwell has been nominated to chair the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs! Tulalip Tribes Chairman Mel Sheldon praised the news: "We are so proud of the senator. Maria has been a supporter of ours since her legislative service in Olympia. She has continued that at the federal level."
The Nisqually Indian Tribe donated more than $2.5 million in charitable grant funds to over 140 local organizations in 2012.
Students in White Swan, on the Yakama Nation, are taking advantage of a new tribal-sovereignty curriculum, which covers the history, culture and governments of Native American tribes.
The Klallam people from the Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble tribes are celebrating a new Klallam Dictionary that took over 25 years to complete and will be a valuable tool in preserving the Klallam Language.
Wendy Fryberg of the Marysville School Board published an editorial recently thanking the Tulalip Tribes for their support of the district. The tribes help fund pre-school and college ready programs, School Resource Officers and many other valuable programs.
Photographer Matika Wilbur's journey to photograph people from every federally recognized tribe in the U.S. received some great coverage in The Everett Herald recently!
Want to learn more about Native American tribal sovereignty? The National Congress of American Indians has an excellent guide on understanding contemporary tribal governments in the United States.
Art created and donated by artists from the Tulalip Tribes is transforming waiting rooms at the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett.
The Washington Transportation Commission has decided to give two new state ferries tribal names: Samish and Tokitae!
Indian tribes in Washington state are undertaking a number of major economic development projects, diversifying tribal economies, creating jobs and pumping dollars into the region.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe is tracking juvenile salmon in Ohop Creek, an important tributary of the Nisqually River for spawning Chinook, in an effort to learn more about habitat restoration.
Oral histories passed down for generations, and regular earthquake drills, are helping the Makah Tribe stay prepared against future tsunamis.
The Nisqually Land Trust recently announced the successful completion of the Mount Rainier Gateway Initiative, a 2,500 acre, $10.5 million wildlife corridor connecting local, state, and federally protected lands near the main entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. The Nisqually Indian Tribe, which helped provide funding for the project, will assist the Land Trust in managing the site's natural resources.
Makah Tribal Council Chairman Micah McCarty and Brian Cladoosby, Chairman of the Swinomish Tribe, were recently honored by the nonprofit Ecotrust in its 11th annual Indigenous Leadership Awards.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe has a new tool for separating hatchery and wild Chinook salmon on the Nisqually River. The goal of the "weir" is to send wild fish upstream to spawn naturally, free of interference from hatchery fish. "We applaud the tribe for their progressive view of salmon management," said Pat Pattillo, of the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.
A team of artists is turning what was once a "graffiti problem" on the Lummi Reservation near the Gooseberry Point ferry dock into inspiring public murals involving the Coast Salish people, salmon, eagles and fishers.
The Suquamish Tribe recently received a $588K federal grant to increase law enforcement services and combat domestic violence.
BankSavers Nursery, owned and operated by the Stillaguamish Tribe and the state's only tribal-owned native plant nursery, is receiving praise from customers and community members for its hard work, restoration efforts and healthy native plants.
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe has planted more than 10,000 Olympia oyster seeds in Sequim Bay in hopes of enhancing the tidelands and providing a valuable resource for tribal members in the future.
Big additions are planned for the Tulalip Tribes Quil Ceda Village and Seattle Premium Outlets, with an expansion of more than 100,000 square feet of retail space and 14 new stores planned.
The Skokomish Tribe is working with NOAA, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and other tribes, federal agencies and environmental groups to enhance steelhead populations in Hood Canal rivers.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe and Wig Properties are planning a new "mixed-use development" for the Lacy Gateway property near Cabela's in Lacy. "It's one more step to diversify our economy, provide jobs and create our own revenue, while also providing services and/or products to our neighbors," Nisqually Tribe Chairman Cynthia Iyall said.
The reopened Chief Kitsap Academy, a high-school run by the Suquamish Tribal Education Department and funded in part by a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant, helps students achieve by providing a close knit community, smaller class sizes and the option to earn college credits.
A $72,000 donation from the Squaxin Island Tribe will prevent a cut in three-quarters of the Chinook salmon production at the state's Tumwater Falls salmon hatchery.
According to National Geographic, watershed restoration work is providing a valuable source of employment and income for local citizens and communities in the Pacific Northwest, including members of the Cowlitz Tribe.
Funding provided by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe has allowed the Clallam County Sheriff's Office to hire its newest deputy, Laticia Wells, and send her to a Washington state criminal justice academy to better prepare her for the job.
The Tulalip Tribes, Sound Salmon Solutions, the City of Marysville and a number of state and federal agencies are nearing completion of a more than 18 year project to restore Qwuloolt Estuary, near the mouth of the Snohomish River, back into a natural salt marsh to benefit salmon, waterfowl and water quality.
The Yakama Nation has broken ground on a $90 million project to expand its Yakama Nation Legends Casino, starting with construction of a new day-care center for casino workers.
Professional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler, PlanB Skateboards and the Sheckler Foundation are releasing a limited edition skateboard to raise funds for building the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Skatepark. The effort is part of the foundation's Be the Change project, and will help provide kids on the Kitsap Peninsula with a place for positive "physical creative expression".
The new 9,000-square-foot Suquamish Museum; with two galleries, a performance space, museum store and outside learning areas, is "a living place for the Suquamish culture to thrive."
After the demolition of the Elwha Dam and the start of Elwha River Restoration, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has a lot to celebrate at this year's returning salmon ceremony.
Tulalip youth are gaining job experience through a tribal program that "provides summer jobs to teens between the ages of 14-18 to gain experience in career fields ranging from hotel resort management, office administration and housing to natural resource stewardship."
The Jamestown S'Klallam tribe is expanding its 7 Cedars Casino in a project that will create 85 new jobs, adding to the tribe's already 650 member workforce.
The new Lummi Gateway retail center features a seafood market, tribal arts and crafts, meeting space and a "business incubator" to help companies grow that are owned by or employ tribal members through expert advice and startup space.
The fourth annual Tulalip Days celebration in August made "tribal culture personal" for the surrounding community.
The Samish Indian Nation is proposing the name "Samish" for a new 144-car Washington State Ferry. Read more here or support the campaign at Support Naming a WA State Ferry Samish!
The Tulalip Tribes and state fisheries have reached an agreement for joint hatchery management in an effort to improve numbers of Chinook salmon in north-central Puget Sound. Part of the agreement will include doubling the amount of Chinook fry released into the Skykomish River system annually, from 250,000 to 500,000 fish.
Youth from the Suquamish Tribe are working to preserve their culture and keep the Lushootseed language alive.
Makah tribal youth are finding success and fun in the "old, borrowed tradition" of War Canoe Racing, placing in several meets this year. This recent Makah Days Celebration featured the final race of the season.
Pending an agreement with the city, the Nisqually Indian Tribe is planning a new gas station and convenience store in Lakewood as part of the tribe's ongoing economic investment.
The Kalispel Tribe, working with Garco Construction, has opened a new 60,000 square foot industrial laundry and storage facility to support the Northern Quest Resort & Casino and other tribal businesses.
Camas Path and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians are hosting the Tree of Healing Conference 2012 at Northern Quest Resort on Sept. 13 and 14.
Dr. Justin Guillory has been appointed the new president of Northwest Indian College. The college, based on the Lummi Nation, has "six sites at tribal locations in Washington and Idaho, where students can take classes in person or through distance learning."
PBS NewsHour and EarthFix produced this excellent short video about the the Quileute Nation and the dangers it faces from rising sea-levels and tsunamis.
The conclusion of the 2012 Canoe Journey was a "banner week" for the host Squaxin Island Tribe.
The Puget Sound Partnership has called a joint effort between the Skokomish Indian Tribe and Mason County Conservation District to improve the Skokomish River estuary "the single most important habitat restoration project in Hood Canal".
Federal and state approval of new tribal trust lands increases the Port Gamble S'Klallam reservation by 30 percent.
Port Madison Enterprises, the economic arm of the Suquamish Tribe, was recently named one of the finalists for "Washington's Best Workplaces" by Puget Sound Business Journal
The Quileute Tribe is finding ways to welcome, and benefit from, a rush of "Twilight-related" tourists.
With Canoe Journey paddlers on their way to Squaxin Island, the North Kitsap Herald writes about how the event builds "bridges of understanding" between cultures.
The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe won an auction for Heronswood Gardens & Nursery near Kingston. The tribe might use the gardens, described as a "world-renowned" place with plants from around the globe, as a retreat center for weddings and other events.
A $39.5 million, ten year partnership between the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and three federal agencies aims to improve stocks of native Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat in Lake Pend Oreille by restoring fish ladders over Albeni Falls Dam, managing water flows and protecting spawning habitat. The effort hopes to "keep centuries-old fishing traditions alive" for the Kalispel, and local anglers too.
A friend of Washington Tribes captured these photos of Canoe Journey paddlers approaching Neah Bay, Washington in heavy fog on Saturday. Good luck to everyone in this year's Paddle to Squaxin Island!
Efforts by the Nisqually Indian Tribe and local community to curb water pollution in Henderson Inlet pay off as the tribe's tidelands are approved for expanded oyster farming.
An auction in June for the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club raised $175,000. The club's space and operating costs are paid for by the Tulalip Tribes, but the money will go to fund supplemental programs like kids summer camps.
The North Kitsap Herald is publishing a series of articles on the 2012 Canoe Journey hosted by the Squaxin Island Tribe. According to the Herald, the first Journey was held in 1989 to "revive the canoe culture and the traditional form of travel on ancestral marine highways. It has grown into a cultural renaissance with economic, environmental, political and social implications." Follow along at the link below!
The Swinomish Tribe was recognized by the Seattle Children's Alliance with a Voices for Children award for its efforts to expand access to dental care around the state.
Yakama Nation elder Virginia Beavert, age 90, became the University of Oregon's oldest ever graduate this month. Beavert earned a doctorate in linguistics and is also responsible "for bringing a $250,000 gift to the UO's Linguistics Department to help fund the Northwest Indian Language Institute."
On June 7th, the anniversary of Chief Seattle's death, Governor Chris Gregoire and Washington tribal leaders met to celebrate "the great strides" made in the relationship between Washington state and tribal governments.
The Suquamish tribe's Marion Forsman-Boushie Early Learning Center is praised by Bette Hyde, director of the Washington State Department of Early Learning, as one of the state's best during its five-year anniversary celebration.
Donations from tribes like the Suquamish and Port Gamble S'Klallam continue to help fund education and public safety at a time when these institutions are facing major budget cuts.
W. Ron Allen, chairman of the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe and the Washington Indian Gaming Association, was honored by the non-profit Forterra with the 2012 Frank Pritchard Lifetime Achievement Award for his "steadfast commitment to sustainability, conservation, and the quality of life for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and the community at large" Congratulations Chairman Allen!
The new Cabela's store at Quil Ceda Village is a major boost for the Tulalip Tribes' shopping and hospitality center, writes the Puget Sound Business Journal.
In a plan to restore salmon habitat and productivity, the Squaxin Island Tribe has released thousands of juvenile Coho salmon in the Deschutes River near Olympia and will be monitoring the areas of the river they inhabit for future preservation.
The Skokomish Tribe spent April 20th, 2012 cleaning up their community in recognition of Earth Day. Check out photos here!
Nearly 300 new employees were hired to operate the recently opened Cabela's at the Tulalip Tribes' Quil Ceda Village.
The Suquamish Tribe gives the North Kitsap School District a $100,000 grant to help expand the district's math program and afford new technology devices.
The Everett Herald predicts that the recently opened Cabela's at the Tulalip Tribe's Quil Ceda Village will be an economic boost for the area. "Indeed, the Tulalips' business success is the entire county's success" said the Herald's Editors.
Jamestown S'Klallam tribe heralded as "one of the most dynamic, best organized, best financed, most public-spirited and capable organizations" in the region in an editorial by the Port Townsend Leader.
The recently opened Cabela's store at Quil Ceda Village, which features art reflecting the culture of the Tulalip Tribes, brought new work and opportunity for local artists, manufacturers and machine shops.
The Squaxin Island Tribe's Salish Cliffs Golf Club has been certified as the world's first "Salmon-Safe" course after passing an "exhaustive assessment verifying the Tribe's commitment to protecting native habitat, managing water runoff, reducing pesticides, and advancing environmental practices throughout the region."
The Kitsap Forest & Bay Coalition, which includes the Port Gamble S'Klallam and Suquamish Tribes, is working to set aside 6,690 acres of forest and 1.8 miles of shoreline near Port Gamble. This major conservation project will preserve tidelands, upland forest, wetlands and habitat for a variety of wildlife. The coalition is also planning a network of land and water trails in the area for recreational and educational use.
The Little Boston Branch of the Kitsap Regional Library reopened in 2007 on land donated by the Port Gamble S'Klallam tribe. The library is part of the tribe's "House of Knowledge" cultural and educational complex which also features a Longhouse, Career Center and Elders Center.
Gaming revenue has allowed Washington's Indian tribes to improve reservation housing, expand health care services and education programs, and provided a base for economic development. Now tribes are looking to diversify into related enterprises such as hospitality and retailing.
The Squaxin Island Tribe's Salish Cliffs Golf Club is named the "Best New Course to Open in 2011" by Golf Magazine.
The Cowlitz Tribe plans to start construction on a hotel-casino complex near La Center that is expected to employ more than 3,000 people.
The Werkhoven Dairy, through a collaborative partnership with the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, Washington, Sno-Sky Ag Alliance and Qualco Energy, has been awarded the Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability Award in the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award.
The Jamestown S'Klallam tribe proposes "traffic calming" project near Blyn with an emphasis on pedestrian safety including motion-activated crossing lights, asphalt resurfacing and increased lighting.
An apprenticeship program jointly sponsored by the Puyallup Tribe, The Tulalip Tribes, the Tribal Employment Rights Office of the Pacific Northwest Regional Tribes and the Helmets to Hardhats program seeks to help Native Americans and military veterans become skilled shipbuilders.
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians plans to build a visitor center and rest stop north of Spokane on State Route 20, part of the Selkirk International Loop Scenic Drive.
More than 3,500 people are now employed by the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, making them the third-largest employer in Snohomish County according to Tulalip Tribal Council President Mel Sheldon in a speech to the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce. The tribes are also expanding their Quil Ceda Village retail development and considering other community projects.
"Today, tribes across the state are turning their lives around, building their own economy, hiring their own tribal members, building health care centers and alcohol treatment clinics and graduating Native Americans from high school and college in far greater numbers" says writer John Wolcott of the Snohomish County Business Journal.
Second annual Mardi Gras parade at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino raises $15,000 for local nonprofits.
The Swinomish Housing Authority is building 16 new homes at Tallawhalt Village as part of an affordable-housing development intended to accommodate families and people with physical disabilities.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe broke ground Friday, February 17th on a $7.9 million tribal administration building. The project is expected to employ 35-40 workers and follows construction of a nearby community and youth center.
The Lummi Nation, Salmon Recovery Funding Board and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have contributed over a million dollars to set aside land for salmon habitat as part of the Smuggler's Slough restoration project.
The US House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed land transfer legislation that will give the Quileute Nation greater protection from tsunamis and flooding, while also ensuring public access to Rialto and other pacific beaches reached by crossing tribal land.
Partnership between the Kalispel Tribe, Washington State University, National Park Service and more than 20 other groups develops 70-mile water trail for kayaking, boating and camping in Pend Oreille County.
When other area gas stations lost power and were closed during January's storm, the Nisqually Indian Tribe's generator-equipped station stayed open as a public service. At the same time, the nearby Red Wind Casino remained open throughout the storm as a "place of refuge" for the whole community.
A partnership between the Tulalip Tribes and Werkhoven Dairy farm of Monroe creates profits and protects key salmon habitat by using manure to generate electricity.
The Washington Indian Gaming Association is now accepting applications for its 2012-2013 scholarship, with up to $60,000 being awarded for Native American students in Washington seeking to advance their personal and professional potential through higher education. The deadline is March 31, 2012.
On January 23rd, 2012 the Stillaguamish tribe announced donations totaling more than a half-million dollars to benefit the Arlington community. "We are not a private business, but a government eager to cooperate with and help other jurisdictions," Stillaguamish tribal Chairman Shawn Yanity said.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe and the City of Roy co-sponsored the Roy Salmon Homecoming on January 21st, 2012. The event featured displays on salmon restoration, educational activities and speakers including Nisqually Tribe elder Bob Sison and Col. Thomas Brittain of Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The Washington Indian Gaming Commission has released it's 2012 Community Investment Report detailing tribal contributions to employment, transportation and public safety in Washington state.
Jonathan B. Taylor, a nationally-known economist, presented findings on tribal reinvestment to the Washington House State Government & Tribal Affairs Committee on January 18th, 2012. View presentation.
The Tulalip Tribe is contributing $70 million to finance new pipelines that will connect the Tribe to the City of Everett water supply, solving chronic shortages while also bringing economic benefits beyond the reservation.
In 2011, the Snoqualmie Tribe donated $314,000 in addition to $100,000 annually to build and operate the Snoqualmie community center, which will be include a teen center, gymnasium, cardio/weight room, family changing rooms with showers, multipurpose rooms and a lobby with a fireplace.
SSA Marine, the world's largest marine cargo handlers, has partnered with the Puyallup Tribe to develop a new container shipping terminal on the Tacoma tideflats. This partnership creates greater cargo capacity for the region which translates to thousands of construction jobs and permanent family-wage jobs when the terminal opens.
In 2011, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe with a $500,000 grant to construct a new early childhood education center. This will be added to the $889,944 being invested by the Tribe.
The Squaxin Island Tribe, one of the largest employers in Mason County, recently opened Salish Cliffs near Olympia, a new 18-hole championship layout golf course created by award-winning architect Gene Bates. The tribe's 190-room hotel is nearby.