August 28, 2019
A Washington federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Yakama Nation's reservation includes a large disputed area known as Tract D, but repeated his finding from an earlier decision that the state still has jurisdiction over any on-reservation crime in which a non-Indian is a perpetrator or a victim.
August 12, 2019
The Yakama Nation and a Washington county made their final pleas Friday in litigation over whether tribe members can be arrested on disputed land, with the tribe saying both it and the federal government agree that the tract falls within reservation boundaries.
March 07, 2019
A Washington federal judge has rejected the Yakama Nation’s bid to block a Washington county from arresting tribe members on Yakama lands, but put off deciding whether a large area claimed by the tribe belongs within its reservation.
February 04, 2019
The Yakama Nation has again urged a federal court to bar a Washington county from arresting tribe members on a portion of land the tribe contends is within the boundaries, saying a preliminary injunction is needed to protect its sovereignty.
January 22, 2019
A Washington county has urged a federal court to deny the Yakama Nation's bid to block local police officers from arresting Yakama members on land the tribe contends is part of its reservation, saying the county has authority in the disputed area and that the tribe hasn't shown how it would handle a shift of jurisdiction there.
December 12, 2018
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation has urged a federal judge to bar a Washington county from arresting tribe members for alleged crimes in an area the tribe claims is still part of its reservation and no longer subject to state or county jurisdiction.
November 06, 2017
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation hit a county in Washington state with a federal lawsuit Friday claiming that one of its enrolled members was unlawfully arrested and later convicted of a crime that occurred on its reservation's exterior boundaries.