Memorandum of Understanding between Jefferson County and the Quinault Indian Nation

By Brown, George C.

Book Id: WPLBN0000702266
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Memorandum of Understanding between Jefferson County and the Quinault Indian Nation
Author:	Brown, George C.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations Publications, Commission on Human Rights
Collections:	Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) Collection
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Publisher:	Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) and The Fourth World Documentation Project


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Whereas, Jefferson County and the Quinault Indian Nation desire to develop and maintain a cooperative approach to the regulation of development for lands located within the Quinault Indian Reservation; and, Whereas, on June 29, 1989, the United States Supreme Court announced a decision in Brendale vs Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation in which the Court held that in certain circumstances the Yakima Indian Nation possess the authority to regulate the use of non- Indian owned fee land located within its reservation and under certain circumstances the Yakima Nation has lost such authority; and, Whereas, the Court's decision affirms exclusive tribal control over Indian owned and trust lands located within Indian reservations; and whereas, lands located within the Quinault Indian reservation are not specifically addressed or included in the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1979; and, Whereas, in order to provide comprehensive regulation of development of land located within the Quinault Indian Reservation, there is a need for a consistency and certainty in the application of development controls regardless of ownership; and whereas, Jefferson county and the Quinault Indian Nation find that the Brendale decision has created a need for immediate action while the County and Tribe review land use policy and regulatory authority over fee land within the Quinault Indian Reservation; now, therefore be it resolved, the Quinault Indian Nation and Jefferson County mutually agree as follows?